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CEDARTOWN RECORD. W, S, D. WIKLE & 00., Proprietors. CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 187(5. VOL. II. NO. 48. TIMELY TOPICS. LATEST NEWS. Tiik centennial tauml of finance cm* | noi'tii ani> wi'.«t. vcrjr fortunate that there | Tri „i; „f ,,„ r tiea i„,liete,l lor connee Trill enljr hea deBcleneyor H,5110,000 to |i0 „ wUh „ 10 Mo „ mnill Mea.luw in,..were la. made up fn.m vlaltora. Aa it will. eoiniueneu n k nih at Reaver, Utah, early thin only require 3,000,000 paving visitors to , mouth. produce thin sum tlu* Iward in probably j Robert W. Estlin, a well-known cotton justified in rejoicing, for the exhibition tan hardly fall to attract at leant that number. Vienna had 7,000,000, Paris, in 1807, had 10,000,000 and the British exposition, in 1802, 0,000,000. It will depend somewhat on the railway fares, however. tiH'rcImnt of New Orleans, suieiileil, Sunday, by jumping into the river from a ferryboat. General Howard, of Whitehall, South t'lirolinn, whs murdered by negroes on the sixteenth of April. Robbery was the oh- jeet. A firs at Versailles, Woodford county, Kv., Sunday, destroyed Harrison .lohnstou’s “ Tiik most popular fashionable aflecta- "• r "l«°uso ««"» b « rr ‘ ,|H «'hta- tion ” savs the New York Gazette by, valued at $75,000 mid insured for $33 per " among young ladies rarenous for social | Hrn notoriety is the * Flornda cough,* which is regarded by those who have been abroad as a tine substitute for ‘ Roman malaria, 1 so fashionable a lew years ago. The southern malady ta sup|K)»ed to Is* contracted silting on the piazza of a Magnolia or Jacksonville hotel, flirting and eating oranges alternately. Thuso who have never tas'ii near either place uflor dreadfully from the disease.” To Ik* a San Francisco aristocrat one must ho r member nf the Stock board, whicli is composed of just one hundred members. Rut the select hundred are not disposed to let in (lie vulgar herd. The price of a seat has gone up from $211,000 last year till $35,- 000 was offered Inst week in vain. A Texas sheep raiser says there Ih about two million head of sheep on the bord ers of the Rio Grande—the finest sheep-rais ing country in the world, Ilo has imported some of these to Ids own rancho, and he says I that in two years the clippings wilfnet him Tiik school euiKwintcndent of Port- Mxty-five cents per head, which, together land, Oregon, touches a grievous abuse with the increase of stocks, will yield him a when he says in his re|*ort: " One ol i handsome revenue. On llio Nonces and the crying evils of the day is the horde ! Frio,river* there are about seven hundred of text-books, succeeding each other j Rml flfl - v thousand sheep, from which the like OoU,» ami Vi.ii.IhIs; rorlw of Rl ,„ K . "’"tm,,lion »HI bo,roily for msrkvl. rnphip., grn.nnu.rH And aritbmoMi'*, ‘six | A New Orlcnns invent.>r<')iiim^tli,‘(H'r- ilrrp 1 and graded until gradation in „ J f.oUonof» l...«l nll.rly .■..n.lr.udrd .villi mi.non.or. W,. ndvneale ,.f ,)„. ! » dm.ldv «l,i,d, ..111 permit il.r.larn ,, , . , , , , : up stream with hut little resistance from the so-called oral svztein, and lieliuvc tli«r-| , , ...... ,,. , , , • . 'current. \\ it h this advantage, he proposes ouglily in good text-books in the bands t „carry wh ,. nt frolll CaJro New <> r |, of good teachers; but the schools of the | three its a bushel so soon ns (’apt. ads whole land aro now at the mercy of the ! secures a channel below sufficiently deep for publishcra, whoso interest requires the foreign vessels to reach the hitter city. The most books at the highest price for the w York Commercial nml Financialf’liron- least number of children. ! ido ’T""*" favorably of thu project, and re I gnrds the problem of making New Orleans a great exporting point for breadatufls as al> Milan has made arrangements for the r ,. n ,| v H «dved. rngnlnr prat-tiro of mnmtlon, the Hull,nr- , mllch talkw , „ r (r l|mt „, In .tic I.HV.ng (aii.M'd a “ pyre In Imorclnd i (, lrnllR ,, ... llm p.ll.lm rompU'ry for flic nw nf | ionite Yiaulmrg l..t wrok I those who desire—and can afford—to : tho shortest ever known «<> have occurred in avail themselves of It. The pyre ia the the valley of the river. The distance around invention of two Milanese professors, ami the head or newly formed hike is about live is so constructed thut ill a tew hours the j “die", *»d die newly nindr channel flows remains can l»c reduced to a handful of ' *° ftH ‘° h{r ' k '' thv ‘•‘wtcrrt^hore near- aal.rn, and ll,at wit makiag a„v din '* " 1 1 1 “. t, " 1 !"l 01v , 11 "’ 7"""'';" , ,. . . • pari of the city. It is likely that tlu agreeable spectacle or disseminating any : c(Wl of lhi(1 fr , llU of lho riv ,. r on Vicksburg smoke or odor. The apparatus is in the , w|U , H! u , ohan|{B „, c | HIH ,| ng fvr ,p. nni j, 0Hlh form of the ancient Roman sarcophagus, ! a point somewhat lower than iHi within which is a receptacle for the tasly, j that is, if the lake ever fills 1*4, with sand ll|Kin which upwards ol five hundred bars, so as to make the water too shont for lighted gas jets aro turned, and kept them lo ascend to flic present landing point, ablaze until it is reduced to ashes. I ' n, “ nr,M ‘ of ,hn nuwl >' f**rnie.l island oppo- I situ the city is less than 3000 acres. Last I August, when a survey was made, Ihe dis- I ill. great increase of intcm|»craiiec in tanru across the narrow neck of the pcuiii- England during the last few years is suln was U51 feet. The engineers then ealeu causing unusual effort on the part of j Inted that the cut would make through and Christians of all denominations for its I Vicksburg would he left on the margin of Huppremlnn. • Tins blaliop of I.lcli field, III BBWly mtd« lake.,. Il.„eal.,a,l .1,1,1. a recent public meeliug, said that I ,,,,rv l,rt - They were ol eoani. ■llgl.lly mis ■ , . .. ,. taken us to the time, drunkenness was eating up the vitality - of religion, and the life and health of the ' r.aar. nation.” A conference of the Churrh The New York Indies who are ondeav- of England Temperance Society, which 1 "ring to secure for shop-women the privilege has been unusually active of late was \ "Rtlng down when their dutieii do not re- held in i.iverjHH.I* .lauuary 13. ’ Tim I'l" ir » In Mand, prop™, lr.oiifr.rrollii.li Y„rk a, II,er prominent | ""'"7"* U«>*> «M.ka.p. ' , ,, ers who comply with iL ministers of the church made addresses. as stated that during the past s h the money spent in buying liqti increason 1 from XI 10,000,000 jkt a i to XI 10,000,000. UK emigration from Ireland is ■er what it was ten or fifteen or twi inply with iL The reduction in New York rents gen- ! erally is one-quarter, hut high priced build- j tag* suffer u much greater depreciation. The greater part of the Aslor house being now i fitted for offices bear two large signs "to let," I and there arc morn "offices" now in the i market than ever before. In the fashionable ; suburbs the depreciation is still greater for ' i the gentry are unnhlc to go out of town an ty years a K „. little more than fif- Many India, are lcar„l., B t„ make ly tl.ut,.and |s rs,,n emlgrausl last year, , thvlr „wn dr,-roc., nail II,a proi.ro l.revori- and the premises is that this year the 1 ly felt among the modistes. t» ti ii»1k* r will Ik- even less-less than in j Gov. Rice, of .Massachusetts, has vc- any year since 1858. This shows that, tned the hill legalizing the marriage of Mr. the situation of the people is improving, -tamea Farton with his step-daughter that the evils of oyer iMipuhition have 1 kmnnd of Iks-ii alleviated by the vast emigration •if the past quarter of a century. It in- whieh is funded. Thu khedive’s personal debt is secured on lands which ho holds by virtue of his official position, and is really part of the public debt of Egypt. As En gland is thu largest creditor of Egypt, and, according to MoCave’a statement, the khe- divc is in no condition to pay, thu ehnncosof foreclosure scum good. After that willcomo Rritish control, and that is the reason En gland seems so listless about the Turkish quustion. The cable linea Itctwcen Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and connecting with the Atlantic cables at Heart’s Content, aro broken, and consequently communication with Europe by the Anglo-American lino is temporarily interrupted. A fault was dis- red in the French cable, two hundred s from Brest, some time ago, which not been repaired. The Enited Stales rt cable i^working, and is mow the only line open to thu public, hut measure* will he taken to repair the onblo between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and it is hoped that the interruption of communication with enrt’s Content will not he of long enutin- Tho London Times, the Lancet,, and other Kugl ish journals nppoar to he really alarmed about the continued approach of the plague. The disease tins been absent from England and the continent of Europe for more than IM) years, and from its once fa vorite haunts in Egypt, Syria, and Mcanpo- * for about 40 years. During the last two years, the disease has appeared now and again in villages on the lower Euphrates, and it has now broken out at llillnh, and vrral severe cases have occurred at Rag- d. The recent outbreaks have shown no diminution of the old virulence, and in the opinion of the Times there can he little doubt, when the present state of commercial communication is considered, that tho mala dy may soon he convoyed from Bagdad to the Levant. Fnriu the Levant it might he easily passed to Europe, and even to the shore of England. The plague was last prev alent in Bagdad in 1831-3(1, and it is believed that between lire 28th of March and the ‘JOtli nf April, 1831, not less than 00,000 persons fell victims to the disense among a popula tion estimated at a 130,000. niN<!KM,ANr.O|IN. Tho letter carrier syHtrm in to l>e abol ished soon in all towns and cities hnving less than 40,000 inhabitants. Postmaster’s salaries will lie reduced in the aggregate $780,000 a year, and mails paid for hy space and speed. Thu total reductions in the pos tal hill will amount to $1,250,000. Petroleum has risen to the (rosiHon of our third great staple for export, following i;ottyn and IJour in importaiioo. At fine time the petroleum Industry became very stag nant on account of overproduction, hut now tho uses to which it can lie put all over the world have greatly multiplied, and there is unprecedented activity in the crude article and the resulting volatile oils. The Titus- villu Herald reports the number of produc ing wells at 3,(525 - more than were ever be fore operated at nuy one lime. 'Die ship* incuts now averagettO.OOO barrels a day. Tho recent decision hy the United Hbites supreme court in the Arkansas Hot Springs ease in favor of the government pro vidcs Uncle Klim w ith property valued at $10,000,000. The tract Is claimed hy ex- Governor Hector. It contains a large popu lation and the celebrated Hot SpringN. The east- has been in litigation twenty-five years, and two o( the litigants have been pocketing $20,000 n year each out df the property for ten years. The Hectors have not made up their mind to abandon thu fight for the bo- P0ST0FFK i; STATISTICS. diraw-s pcrhnps more that tho had times In this country have discouraged intend ing emigrants from crossing the ocean. 'The steamship lines between here and Europe are either making no money or losing money. They feel tho loss fif the passage money of emigrants. The con* tonial will he a yoar remarkable for the small addition of foreigners made to our population. At the last census in Wales and Eng land of persons engaged in manufactur ing |sittery tho number of people so oc cupied was found to bo about 4fi, 122; of these 29,1 fill were males and 10,903 females. Among the males the mortality was no less than thirty-eight per cent, higher than the average death rate for the males of the whole community above the age of fifteen years, and the increase principally .-bowed itself in carrying off men) in the prime of life, say thirty-five year- of age. The climate Wring good, the wages fair and the workmen fairly temperate and cleanly, nevertheless the [sitters were |*>or in physique. Now, re lated chemical analyses of the honour lungs have shown that the silica is absent a-* a normal constituent of these organs. Prof. Church having, however, inciner ated the lungs of a potter, found that there existed in the ash left the amazing amount of forty-eight per cent, of silica, eighteen per cent, of alumiaand five per cent, of oxide of iron. This showed to what an enormous extent finely divided being constantly breathed by iiNlitntinnnli'v. , khortly after the cclchrntion of his Miin- Michusetts Marriage, quietly went over to New York with the lady ynd had the cere mony performed again, the veto of Gov. Hire will not interfere with his domestic happiness. The revolt in Algeria has been com pletely subdue 1. Tho lenders have been raptured and are held ns hostages for the conduct of their tribes. Disraeli is taring attacked on all sides. The royal titles hill made him very unpopu lar, and now he is getting well nagged about that promised release of the Feniuri priso ners hy the "empress." Through the efforts of tho cmjs r. the Brazils, slavery in that country will prob ably disappear within a few years, a having passed five years ago providing that a]l children of sluves horn after that should he free. Dom Pedro has eioani ted his own slnves. Austria is the least prepared for of any of the F.uropenu powers. Her a merit is defective, but in the course of the year her troops arc to he armed with rifles, and her field artillery are to have the " steel-bronze" guns which have recently been tested with favorable results at Kpi dan. in Prussia. Brussels lias the largest ice house the world. The roof covers an arcanf$1»,. 000 square feet. The walls are double, and filled with moss and saw-dust. There nine separate ice chambers, each of 30,000 cubic feet capacity. There are galleries foi storing meat in hot weather, capable of hold mg 2,000 quarters. A million tons of ict have been stored in the building at one An Alexandria dispatch says that the khedive’s private estate lias been adjudged liable to execution. The Dairn property A very interesting table of statistics has recently been sent to the senate from the poKtoflice department, showing the receipt a and expenditures at diflcrrut I tost offices in the country for the year 1873. The largest receipts are, of course, from the New York tswlofliee, which were last year nearly $3,000,000. Tho excuses were twenty-seven porccut. of the receipts. Philadelphia conies next, Boston next, (’llicago next, and St. l/ouis fifth. Thu following table represents the principal offices of the country: CONGRESSIONAL In the aeiiato, on the 28th, legislative liiisiuess was suspended at 12:30 and (lie im peachment trial resumed. Mr. Carpenter,of counsel for tho necusoil, addressed the sen ate. He charged Unit the managers were attempting to manage the ease on both sides It was not tho Intention of counsel to uiiiiho any unncecssnry delay, hut they had prior professional engagements, and had not vet had time to prepare themselves for arguing thu question of jurisdiction. He asked that the matter hqdelayed for two weeks from to-day, and they would then ask no further postponement.” After further argument, Mr. Gonkling submitted an order that the senate proceed first to hear and determine the question whether \V. \V. Belknap, llm respondent, Is a men able to trial hy ii>.- praehment for acts done as secretary of war, notwithstanding his resignation of said office. The senate then retired.to consider thu or der as submitted by Mr. Gonkling. At -1:10 the senators returned to the chamber, mid the presiding officer. Mr. Berry, announced that several orders had been agreed upon, which were read hy the clerk, as follows: t. Ordered that the senate proceed first to hear and determine tho question whether \V. W. Belknap is amendable to Dial hy impeach ment for nets done as secretary of war, not withstanding Ids resignation id said office, and that the managers and counsel in siieli arguments, dismiss the question whether the issues of the fuel are material, and whether tIm matters in support of the jurisdiction al leged hy the house of representatives, in the pleadings subsequent to the articles of im peachment, can lie those alleged, if the niiiiio are not averred in said nrtieles. 2. Ordered; that the hearing proceed on the -llh of May that llm opening and close of tho argument he given to respondent; Hint three .counsel ami three managers may lie heard in such order ns may he agreed on between them selves, and thut such time ho allowed for ar gument as the managoni and counsel may desire. Afier argument hy Messrs. Hoar and Garpfutcr, the NCnntO sitting as ii court nf impeachment adjourned until Monday. In tho raimto. on tho tat, tho resolu tion submitted hy Mr. Hamlin Friday last to amend the rules in relation to impeachment trials so iin to provide that deliberation on questions submitted shall lie in public, was (IlseusHud hut no action taken and the im peachment trial was resumed. The pend ing question was the motion of Mr. McDon ald to rescind tho order agreed upon in the conference Friday, allowing respondent to open arguments, etc. Tile presiding ollleer sMcd the motion to rescind the vote hy which thu order of argument was made was overruled, ami that the request of the mana gers that four of them he allowed to addrcsH the senate on the question of jurisdiction had been granted. Thu court of impcnch- nient then adjourned until Thursday. Mr. Roiitwcll introduced a hill authorizing tho secretary of the treasury to renew the issue of fractional currency, providing the total amount outstanding at nuy one time shall not exceed $50,000,000. Referred. Mr. Sar gent called up his resolution in regard to Ghincfte immigration, and made an address in favor thereof. At the conclusion of Mr. Sargent’s speech, discussion bustled, pend- ••*'«** In tho Mcnalo, on tho 2nd., a hill ap propriating $50,000 for siilislslcnee supplies for the Apache Indians in Arizona and for the removal of llm Iiidiiins of the Ghoriii- liua agency to Han Carlos agency. I'assetI. After the introduction of various hills, the resolution of Mr. Hamlin to amend tin- rules sons to provide that the deliberations of the senate mi impeachment trials shall In! in public was taken up and discussed until the expiration of the morning hour, when it was laid aside and the consideration of the hill in relation to the Japanese indemnity fund was resinned. Bonding llm dlsditsslon the chair laid before the senate ii message fr< Ihe president of the United Stales inclosing the report of the centennial eouiiiiissioii and inviting the two houses of congress to lie present at the opening ceremonies on the lOili Inst. Ordered printed and lie on the table. After executive session Ihe senate adjourned. In tho Hcnuto nn tho 3rd, after nqxirta from various committees were received, Mr. Morton arose to iniiku a pursoual explana tion. lie sent to the clerk's desk and had read a Washington dispatch to llifl New York World, in regard to $250,(MX) received by him from the general government while lie governor of liidinmi, out of an appropriation of $2,000,000 to pay the expenses of transpor tation and delivery of arms, etc,, to loyal citizens in the slates in rebellion, lie I lien make a lengthy statement in the jx.tt?r, and was evidently the ciuse of j ,|,jbt in valued ut from sixty million to . t'ae |ireoi»ture death, | euty-five million dollar., about nnc-linlf of While Chicago stands fourth on the list of receipts, she is but a few thousand dollars below Boston or Philadelphia, and more than double that of 8t. Ixmis. New York, of course, stands alone. Bos ton, Philadelphia and Chicago belong to the same group of cities whose receipts exceed $900,000. St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Baltimore belong to a group yielding more than $335,000 and less than $450,- 000 of receipts. Pittsburg, Cleveland, New Orleans, Detroit and Broolflvn be long to the fourth category. Peoria stands at the head of the Illinois cities of the second class. San Francisco docs not appear in the table.. proceeded defeii riKid examination nf Iiih official In the senate, on the 4th, Mr. Morrill [Me.] presented a concurrent resolution I lint congress mlioiiru from Tuesday to Friday ol next week to attend the opening of the ecu 14ii n In I exhibition at I’liilndclnhiii. Aflci discussion it was laid over ami tin- impeach ment trial resinned. Mr. Itluir, for respond cut. opened tho argument on the question of jurisdiction, quoting at length from the Blount ease. ID- denied tier power of the senate to try on nrtieles of impeachment pri vate citizens. When Mr. Blair eomriuded Iris argument, the senate look a recess for fifteen iiiimites. The Emilia mine investigation is declared closed. Upon reassembling Mana ger Lord replied to 1 lie argument of Mr. Blair, lie asserted that the senate had juris diction in the ease, and in Mipoorl of Ins po sition cited numerous legal authorities, When Mr. ta.rd concluded, the senate, sit ting as a court of iiiipcaehiiieiil, adjourned until to-morrow and tin:consideration of leg islative business was resumed, after which the senate adjourned. In the senate, on the 5th, the house resolution accepting the invitation to attend the opening ceremonies of the centennial ex hibition and providing that when the tw< houses adjourn on the Oth inst. it he to meet on the 12th, was, after dismission, adopted. Consideration of the artielesof impeachment was then resumed ami Mr. Carpenter, for re spondent, began his argument on the ques tion of. jurisdiction. At 2 o’clock the senate took a recess. After recess Mr. Carpenter resumed and finished his argument, lie was followed hy Mr. Knott in behalf of the man agers. The senate sitting as a court of im peachment, adjourned until to-morrow. The -ral house hills In appropriate eommittee jodrned. IIOUMK. In the house, on the 28th, permisHion was given the managers of the Relkmq peach me nt to examine us witnesses on trial any members of the committee oi pemlitiircs iji the war department f »r members of the house whose testimony they may deem requisite. The house then voted on the amendments to the#legis lative appropriation bill. All the amend ments on which a separate vote was not asked were agreed to in hulk. The sec tion transferring the Indian bureau to the war for the subsistence of the Apache Indian* Arizona. After discussion the Dili pawed. The house then went into cogjjjiittce of the the prl- , „ inlior of hills of n private character, tho house ad journed. In thohmiHC, on tho 20th, Mr. Morri son introduced a hill In relation to tho stor age *f fermented liquors. Mr. Harris called up tho contested election ouso of Lemoine vs. Biirwoll, from the third oonsrCMiotial (Ih- triet of Illinois. Mr. Brown (Kan.) spoke in support of the claims of Mr. Earwell as a sit ting member. Mr. Thompson followed, sup porting the majority, and Mr. Baker, of In diana, advocated tho minority side, when the matter went over without not ion, and the, house soon aftor adjourned. In tho house, on the tat, under oal-I of states to-day hills were Introduced and referred relating to the punishment of wit nesses adjudged in contempt by either house of congress, and to repeal the law which re quires the speaker to certify tho ease of a re cusant. witness to the district attorney for uriiuituil prosecution. Mr. Clark (Mo.)moved to suspend the rules and to make in order, to offer an amendment to the postoflicc ap propriation hill to repeal the legislation of last session in regard t« third-class mail mat ter. Agreed to. Mr. Holman moved to sus pend (lie rules and pass tho hill to repeal so niuoh of tho resumption net ns authorizes tho redemption and cancellation of United States notes and the sale of United States bonds for the iiocnmptlshmcnt of thill pur pose. Rejected—yeas 115, nays 111, not two- thirds in the affirmative. Tim speaker an nounced the appointment of a select eomniit- burn, Now, Vance (Ohio), StepheiiHon, .las. B- Reilly ( I’m). Foster. Crano anil Darrell. The speaker asked mid obtained leave ofnh- sciioe mi account of personal Illness for not exceeding 10 days, and appointed Mr. Cox speaker pro tom. lie then in an earnest manner expressed his thanks to tho house for its long continued kindness and indul gence toward him. The house adjourned. In the hotiHO, on the 2nd., Mr. Wells (Mo.), from the committee of appropriations, -ported a hill appropriating $111,000 for the maintenance of lightH on llm Mississippi, and Missouri rivers. 1’iiHscd. The res- minimi nf censure of Mr. John Young Brown, nf Kentucky, in the last house was rescinded and expunged, ami the contested election ease of Lemoyuo vs. Earwell was taken up, the report of thu eomuiittoo lining that Ear- well, Hitting as a member, is not entitled to his seat, and that Lomoyno, contestant, is. Aftor a discussion the ease went over until to morrow. Mr. Bayne, from the committee mi blinking and currency, reported a hill authorizing tho secretary of tho treasury, under such limits and regulations as will best secure a jiiHl and fair ilist lluitioil of silver coin throughout the country, may is sue llm silver coin now in the treasury to nn amount not exceeding $10,000,000’ in ex change for no equal amount of legnl tcudci notes, and providing Hint the notes received and exchanged shall lie reissued only on re tirement and destruction of n like stun of fractional currency received at tho treasury in payment of dues to the United States,and that such fractional ciirrcnoy, when so sub stituted, shall lie destroyed anil lurid as a part of the sinking funds iih provided in the of 17th of April, 1870. Mr. Ilnlimiu s provl legal tender notes should not lie reissued Mr. Blount ohieeted to Ihe consideration of the hill, and the house adjourned In tho hotiHO, oil tho 3rd, llm hill passed transferring sixteen thousand dollars to the iiiiiliilcuiinco of tlio lighthouse servien outlie Mississippi,.Ohio, and Missouri riv ers. In (he house, the Illinois contested election was taken up, and its discussion re sulted in unseating Earwell, the silting mem ber, and the seating of Leinoyue, the con testant. Tho house spent the remainder of the session in committee of the whole oil the postoflicc appropriation hill. Adjourned. Ill tho house, oil the -lilt, tho house went into committee of the whole oil tlit! postollicQ appropriation hill, Mr. Springer in llm uhalr. Mr. Vniieu (N. C.), addressed the committee nil the subject of fraternity, and pointed mil certain tilings which lie believed would greatly lend to create a better feeling in the south. Olio of these was to hIoii the partisan appeals that wore indulged in hy northern repilhlioniis; another was to help to build up the waste places of the south ; another to go ns far as possible in the pay ment of claims to the Hoiilliern people for services rendered the United Stales in tho war. Among llieao claims was that of mail contractors for services prior to 18(11. The committee rose, mid oil motion of Mr. Gib- eon, the hill missed appropriating $1)000 for the expense o( the committee to investigate federal offices in Louisiana. A resolution was plumed aeeeiiting an invitation to nttend thi! opening of tiie centennial exposition, mid adjourning tlm house from Tuesday, the Dili, to Friday, the 12th. Mr. Blaine oilercd a resolution directing tho committee on Wiivh and Means to consider at once some measure for the relief of the country from threatened scarcity of fractional currency. Accepted. The message from the president declining to -d with cool disdain on the ratle aide, and with evideiitoiiloyiiient n side. Mr. Itniidiili moved that it he’referred to the judiciary eomiiiittre lIn- rcpuhlici t it he refi and printed. ordered. Mr. MncDongnl then oflered a resolution instructing the se lect committee fur the investigation of feder al offices in Isniisiiiiia to make a fall and complete investigation of the eireiiiiiNtaiiee iling the assassination of M. II. Twitch- I David King,on Red river, Louisiana, whether the cause particularly as to whether the cause was or w as not of a political character. Accepted, and the house adjourned. In the house, on the 5th, a resolution was adopted appropriating $-1500 forscciiring better ventilation of the ball of the house of representatives. Mr. Blount, from the ap propriation committee, reported Hit! naval appropriation hill, which was made the spe cial order for Monday next. After the pas sage of a large number of private bills the house adjourned. RUSSIANS AND GERMANS. l*rol»nl»le l(«-*tilta In <'n*c or u t'.nro|M-nn Wnr. In the event of a European war, which seems imminent now. it will lx; interest ing to know something alsmt the men who are at the head of the Russian em pire—the great power which will place in the field the largest army ever known in the history of warfare. Emperor Alexander, who has never been a strong man, is growing weaker as he grows older; and, although he is now but fifty- eight years of age, he haa liceome well- nigh senile. The recent reports intended abdication in bis son's favor probably bad their origin more in the wishes of the people than in the desires of the emperor himself, for absolute sov ereignty is not the kind of bauble that even a weak man would care to throw away. Alexander has always been an intense admirer of his uncle, the Ger man emperor, and him been more or less subject to German influence. All tie best posts in the Russian service aro filled by Germans, even to the plucc of the commander of the great Russian army < f conquest in tho oust, whicli in filled by Kuuflnmnn. The Russian people have no fondness for the Germans, and I bis preference for their old-time enemies fills them with disgust. The czar's phys ical unsound ness Isas conspicuous ns was his father's extraordinary bodily vigor, and this fact places him at a disadvan tage ftlrtong so hardy ti race us the Rus sians But his son and heir, the cznro- witz, supplies in his character, person nml opinions many of the deficiencies of his imperial father. Ilo hates the Ger- numu ns intensely as Ids father loves them, is intimately associated with the nntl- Gorninn feeling of the country, nml is haughty and inqieriouH where his father is weak and complaisant. It is the old story of an heir-njqmrcnt allying himself with a powerful opposition to gain popu larity; and it Is pretty tolerably certain that tho czarowitz is more |Hipuhir to-day limn the emperor. In tho event, there fore, of a general European war it ta not unlikely tluit influence would he brought to hear which will procure the abdica tion of Alexander II., and the succession of tho young Nicholas to tho throne. Another convenient fit of sickness on tho old man's part will settle tho matter without the necessity of going to the trouble of poisoning him oil, as wiuj done with another czar when considerations of state demanded Iih removal. The I,anil llo Loft Behind Him. Dom Pedro, next to tho emperor of all tho RusshuiL’, rules over the largest con tiguous territory under one government tho globe. Official roporta give Him i of 4,801,394 square miles, more or less. Itsgrealest length is 2,(100 miles, and its greatest breadth is 2,470. To go all over it in an ordinary lifetime one would need to travel ns fast as its emperor It iih boon doing while in this country. It is divided into twenty jirovineoa nml one independent municipality, each of which has a local capital. The empire claims a imputation of 11,- 780,000, but some authorities claim that it does not contain moro than 7,000,000 people of all races. The whites number about ono-tblrd of Llm entire population, and aro chiefly of Portuguese descent. In tlm seaboard cl*lea thorn are many French, Germans and English, most of whom a reengaged in trade. Nearly ouo- third of tho inhahitantu are Indians. They represent all degrees of civilization, and no civilization worth speaking of. Some of the interior tribes are catmihals. They practice jerking the meat obtained from enemies’ taxlics and storing it up for a rainy day. In Huh respect they show more foresight and thrift Ilian the natives of the Gatmibul Islands. Most of tho Indians, however, are very quiet and friendly. They subsist for the most part on game and wild fruits. They requiro little byway of houses. Their fiivorito clothing Ih red paint. Thy country com Iji Ins nearly J, out), 001) negroes. Tho- ro- iiiaindor of tho imputation consists of mixed races. Some of the races aro very decidedly mixed, having thu hloodof ne groes, Indians and whiles in their veins. Since Brazil was discovered, in tho year 1300, and settlements were com menced shortly afterward, it seems some what reniarkalile thut it has not a larger white population. This may he ex plained by tho fact that tho country was long tributary to Poriugul, which did not contain inlmhitants enough to people so vast, a country. During tho past twenty years Brazil Inis made strenuous exer tions to promt ro settlers from foreign countries. 'They have not only been of fered laud without cost, hut in some in stances have Jmd half of their passage money paid. The < ioniums have availed themselves of theso liberal oilers to the greatest extent of any people. Accord ing to official reports t here are fifty colo nics in the empire containing on an aver ager 1,000 persons each. At tho close of our civil war oujte a number of confed erates removed to Brazil. As a rule, tho foreign settlers do not tako kindly to tl country. Quite likely this is owing to tlm circunistuncc that soil, climate, pro ductions, tangling* and institutions of Brazil aro very unlike those of the coun tries from which settlers have been ob tained. Considerable time is required for foreigners to accommodate themselves to tlm now order of things. All intelligent travelers who have Rod Brazil speak in tho most glowing terms of tho country. Prof. Agassiz r garded it us tho most productive and i foresting country on the glolw, and the one in which it is llm easiest to obtain a livelihood. Some who have sailed up the Amazon declare that a vessel can la* loaded with Brazil mils at an expense of only a few cents per Inishel. These con stitute a valuable article of commerce, while the oil extracted from them is very desirable. All the. tropical fruits are pro duced in Brazil almost without cultiva tion. The soil in many parts of the country will produce twenty successive crons, of cotton, tolmcco, or sugar cane, without tlm application of manure. No country in the world approaches the land of Dom Pedro In tlm variety of its forest productions. Prof. Agassiz slates that Jm saw 117 different kinds of valuable woods that were cut from a piece of land not half a mile square. They represented almost every variety of color, and many of them were cajiahlc of receiving a high polish. One tree furnishes wax that is used for caudles; another a pith which is used for food ; and still another yields a juice which is used in tho place of intox icating limior. There ta a single variety of palm from which the natives' obtain food, drink, clothing, bedding, cordage, fishing-tackle, medicine and the materTui they maiiiifaelure into dwellings, wca- nons, harpoons and musical instruments Doubtless the day is not distant when tho valuable woods of Brazil will he used for various useful and ornamental ptir- |kis'*h. Brazil is not only a ‘‘wood'll country,” hut a country that produces the most beautiful woods in the world. If one docs not want to cut wood that is nearly as hard as ivory, with a tropical Min exactly overhead, there are other things he can busy himself about For instance, he may shovel up diamonds, or rake together sapphires, emeralds and rubies Mo can also quarry limestone that is so sonorous that it makes good church hells. So, too, he limy engage in loading carts with honey, some sweet, and some sour, which is collected by bees that have no stings, but which work all the year long. In short, if any one wants to go south and grow up with a good country, let him make the acquittal mice of Dom Pedro and uceompany him home.—Chicago Times. FACTS AND FANCIES. "Now,” said flic professor, as he grew animated in the discussion, "all matter itantly changes. 1 have changed since taking my sent here. Every single moment in mv tauly are tens of thou sands of blood corpuscles smashed to pieces and forever destroyed.” Senior in the hack seat (in a voice expressive of deep wonder)—" Gosh I” A pom Cobh fellow was dining with a country family, when the lady of tho o desired the servant to take away the dish containing the fowl, which word sta> pronounced fool ns is not uncommon in Scotlnnd. " I presume, madam, you mean fowl,” said the prig, in a reprov ing tone. " Very well," wild tho lady, a little nettled, "he it so; take away tho fowl and let the fool remain.” a rtiiay ri’iti.. It hung o’er her slinuliloisdivinely, A curl of innguifieeilt gold, I thought iih it lay there supinely, Of tresses tluit Gorman girls sold, I envied the eurl so reposing, Like sunshine or niilhient pearl, But while I was dreamily dozing It fell with a quivering whirl— And that eurl—ah! my dream was then It lays there aghast on the floor, While its owner in Ignorance wended, ’Mid silence, her steps to the door! They were sitting together, he and she, and he was arduously thinking what to say. Finally ho burst out with, " In this (and of noble achievements and un dying glory, why ta it. that women do not come more to the front? Why ta it that they do not climb the ladder of fame?” "I suppose,” said she, putting her finger in her mouth, "it’s all on ac count of their pull-backs.” Ll KH everywhere! The air is crowded with birds—ueiiutiful, tender, intelligent birds, to which lifo is a song and a (hull ing anxiety, tho anxiety ol love. The air is swarming with insects—those liltlo animated miracles. The waters are peo pled with innumerable forms, from tho animalcule, so thatono hundred and filly millions of them would not weigh a grain, to the whale so largo that if scums an island us it sleeps upon tho waves.— G. A. Hula. Opt west, a short while since, a sub scriber paid a year’s subscription to a weekly paper consisting of a single sheet, by sending tho proprietor tun cents in cuppni change, a (uilihushcl of peas and a piece of pork, whereupon the editor of Urn paper canio out in the next issue with a leader on the resources of this great country, and the renewed activity and prevailing prosperity among tho "horny handed” sons of toil. I'AHTINU. "Ho far-rsn far!” Nay, sweet I nor distant lands. Nor breadth of waters can avail to liar My lave from then. Alas! ’Ito e.vcr far, To yonrnJnxr hourta, Um aumJliuH. sjxiuu (lint stands Beyond thu compass of outstretching hands ; Darling, farewell I With tearful eyes I go, Unknowing when the glad return slinll he; But I will think—to mitigate my woo— Mow loving souls of time and tide lire free; And oft, to greet thee, dearest, mine I know, Exultant, will o’urlcnp the sundering sea! —Ncriburr't fnr May. Noui.khhr Oblige. — Jntorlooutor-- “ Who’s that showy woman who talks and laughs so loud, and digs people in the ribs?” Interlocutrix—"On, that’s the duchess of Bays water; slie was a Lady Gwendolen Beaumnnoir, you know I” Interlocutor (with warmth)— "Alii to he sure! That accounts for her high bred ease, her aristocratic sim plicity of manner, her natural and stralgnt-forwnrd—” Interlocutrix (put ting up her eye glass)— 1 " By the hy,par don me I 1 have unintentionally misin formed you; it’s Alra. Judkins; slio’s the widow of an alderman, and her father was a cheesemonger in the New Cut I” Interlocutor—" Dear inn !—ah ! hum !—er— hum!—Ini!— That quite alters tho easel Sho ta very vulgar, I must say—awful I” N. IL—It was the duchess, after all.—Punch. J, ItIUKCTKI) I’OBM. fur away in thu wild western prairie nobody is living there, away in tlm eastern Sahara nobody is living (bore, except n few wandering travelers traveling lieru and there, far away on thu western pad lie nobody is living there ; far away on thu eastern atlnnliu nobody is living there uxeeptii few wandering seamen sailing lieru and there, away on the border of northern arctic nobody is living there, oil the border of southern antarctic nobody is living there except a few cold frozen trappers trapping here and there. TllK Ht. Ismis Republican mentions some of the troubles that, will follow the now money : " When a man walks much the. inside of Ills legs will ta) chafed raw. When less than a dollar is to go by mail it will liavo to he converted first into [MistHgo stumps. When yon run for a car money will fly out of your nocketa at every jump. When you toll your wife tjiat you have no money she will say that you lie, for she heard it jingle. It will ta) difficult to pav a man a quar ter hy mistake for a half When you aro in a hurry, the storekeeper will liavo to weigh the coin in Ills hand and sound it twenty-five times on the coil liter before he can determine whether it is good. The baby will swallow a dime a day. A boy with a quarter will lose it in a crack in two mimilcH. from which no amount of coaxing with forks and chips can re cover it. Sleepy men will put buttons arid lozenges into contribution taixes as of yore.” ________________ FAii.onKOF Eahtkbn Cotton Mi llh. The heaviest mill failures that western Massachusetts has yet seen, arc that ol Harvey, Arnold A Co., of the North Attains print works, shutting up their mill and those of Gallop. Houghton A Smith and E M Arnold A Co.,at North Adams, the Willinmstown manufactur- ingcompany,at Willlamstown, the North I’ownal manufacturing company, at Pownnl, Vermont, and tho Arnoldsvillo mill at South Adams; a total » f -ix mills, with aggregate liabilities ol p o!«i~ lily over $1,000,000. The assets arc in most unsalable property, costing proba bly $1,500,000. The nulls ran in all over 1.000 looms on print goods. Eight hun dred people tire thrown otiV of employ ment.