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CEDARTOWN RECORD. W. S, D, WIKLE & CO,, Proprietors, CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 JS7(>. YOU. 111. NO. ||. TIM KEY TOPICS. A riiRfli*n who was sent l» prison lor marrying two wins, excused himself hy wying that when lie had or»o .die fought him. Iml when he got two they fought themselves. Kldorado, Kansji.hMbelitd its name. \ >e|>osiiors ot the luuik there have lmd to ask lor their tuoiiey at the mouth of six shooters, ar.d one of them, being met in the saui' style hy the president, had to »Iuk*A him. Tun heir-presumptive to the throne,or crown, or whatever they may call it, of Turkey, is very unlike the present sultan. While the latter is of a mild and rather indolent disposition, Abdul Hamid is strong and healthy, Imth in Indy and mind; and the energy of his rlmractcr, sHottld he Miccecd, would pioliahly cause new complication in the politics of Europe, A ni.i \n .Swiss girl, who is mi adept at tine needlework, recently rent to the rm- I emr t»f Germany a tahli ‘Ely worked with hero to avoid the appoaranco of having rent the prerent in c.X|ieetutiou of getting -omething in return, she omitted her ad dress, and simply signed herrelf, “ A Blind tiirl in Switzerland." The old monarch was so pleased with the gift and the manner of sending it, that he he eatired the German minister in Swit zerland to ascertain the girl’s name and addrer*, wliorciipnu he sent her a vuluu- hl«i brooch and ail autograph letter of thanks. Titkiii; are 2.(100 breweries in Hie United States, They produce annually RKft,000,000 gallons ol malt liquors. Most of these hreweries have liccn erected within the last twenty-live years. In 1871 over 32,000,000 bushels of bar ley were u«ed. There are nearly four hundred malt houses in the union. Beer comes thus: The barley is mailed, then ground, then mashed with hot water, a sweet liquor, or “wort," extracted, hops added, the whole lioiJed, then rool then fermented with yeast: result, hr containing 01.0 water, fi.l malt extract and 3.r,q alcohol. An imitator of Joan ofAro has a pcarod in Herzegovina. The Manchc ter Courier gives the following inforiii Hon mneerning her: “Miss Mereus of Dutch nationality. She E about ihirly years of ago, of diminutive stature dark, ami not handsome. She has squan dered away the greater |Mirtiou of a large fortune in the realization of lior romantic dreams j nevertheless, she is still in ]*»n- M ''iy'i of more than T70,000. Her first flippy was to erect a Protestant tempi at .lerusalem, in front ol the monument. HUpjMised to Ih> our Saviour's tomb. The temple, which co-t U 1,000, still exists. Mile. Mereus’ present ambition is to com mand a battery of artillery, and she re cently gave £1,2181 (or the purchase of guns, hul tin* gentleman intrusted with the money suddenly disap|Hared ami nothing further has l**en heard of him This extraordinary lady is not admired, having siip|*ortod the Paris commune and approved of the archbishop's assas sination. She s|s.‘inls her time running after battle-field adventures whenever they are to lie encountered. TilK history of the Missouri lmndits, whore recent daring eqploit in robbing a whole train has again brought the into notice, is an romantic as it is dark. They arc the successors to Dick Turpin and Claude Duval, with the difference that they attack railroad trains instead of mail-coaches. The lenders of the gang are the .lames and Younger Iwys, and some of their operations are described as peculiar, ('enconled behind their masks, they hoard a train, and having presented a pistol at the head ol every man on I ward, their companions busy themselves getting the contents of the express wife, with or without shooting the agent. Hie masked men come and search the passen gers, taking their money, sometimes their watches, hut always sparing the Indies from either insult or rohliery. They arc as frank as they are free, cut their rough jokes, and are snvngely good-natured, with an undercurrent of bloody threaten ing lK-nealh it. The work done, and from $10,000 to $">0,000 worth of plunder di vided, They mount their fine horses and away into the Windsor across the prai ries, as only a Texan or a Bedouin can ride. They ride at the rate of a hundred miles a day, stealing or taking hy force the fresh hor.res they need, until they reach their homes or find a placcof refuge in the Indian Territory. Many a man riding along has met the raiders and been compelled to sw farmer woke up ing hall a dozen of his fresh ono* robber* have hitherto defied arrest, ana have thus far killed all who have co » e to take them, or even lssen prying too closely uliout their haunts. Hplendid rider.- and splendid shots, and desperate almost beyond conception, these mei a savage band to attack, and aharde to get at a disadvantage. The telegraph brings the welcome tidings of the cap tore of the entire gang at last, howevei and it is certainly tq be hoped that the report i= true LATEST NEWS. mouth ami wwrr, Austin, Texas, manufacture* twenty tons of Ice per day. There ^are thirteen North Carolinians in thv house of representative* of Texas. Speaking of the Texas penitentiary, the Galveston News says of a mine noted chaiaelcr : Old Sanuntu, on hearing of the slaughter of Custer nml hi- rnnuuniid, could scarcely conUdit himself with joy, and said he, too, like Sitting Hull, wanted to go on the War-path. Kx*Gov. Henry A. Wire hits no hope of his own rerovery< In reply to an in vita- to attend a reunion of confederate sol 's. he sends word that sickness will pro- l him from being present, and add: “I er expert to leave my room again until ii carried to my grave. The weather Is xeesslvely hot here that I would gladly e tills griddle of n town, if for iio other ohjeet, to get oil the great Shenandoah mountains, where I could get pure air and old friends." peent reports of thv ravages of grasshoppers in the northwest were gross exaggerations. The wheat, which is nearly all harvested, is a good crop, and the corn It is quite possible Hint the constant rumors of Turkish advances and Servian retreats are exaggerated, hut it can not he denied that the prospects of the Servians is becom ing gloomy. The rumor of their evacuating the dclllcs leading from Gurgugovatz to Ihdegrnde, and from Saitseliar to I'arakiu, though uiicouliriucd, is highly prohnhle. If the Turks push forward, it is more than likely the expected grest hattle at Alexiiitr. Uclcgrndc, will never ho fought. The oftieials continue to assure the public of their ability to heat the Turks, nevertheless lon.sternntioii prevails, and must inuronso as the number of runaway* increases in the that (-ll«'ii il report ol the Chicago nml Northwestern railway shows the gross earn ing* to he $12,773,771 ; operating expense*, $7,108,857; interest and other expenses, $3,- In reviewing sou them manufactures, the Clmlta The south Ini* to-day more furnaces in blast in proportion to her number limn the north has, and very few of ours are losing money, while ei.nslj.nl loss at the north is the rule. We believe the only mill in the United Stale.!, running exclusively on railroad iron, which declared a legitimate dividend for 1873 wa* tin- Hoiiiic iron company’* mill m till* city. At the South 1’iihm thero has Ikm'II ex cavated anew andjdocp channel through the old bar to the sea, and over 3,000,000 cubic yards of sand and mud removed in addition to the sediment ordinarily contained in the river water and that of the ocean currents which sweep* athwart the outer bar crest and hear away the westward the earthly Nine of the jurymen at the Hamburg Inquest could not sign llu-ir names to the verdirt. Texas legislator* only got two dollars per day, hut then they arc allowed to sit with their coats oil. A mortgage of $32,000,000 on the New York central and Ilil'lson river railroads, in favor of Cornelius Vanderbilt jun., and Wm. II. Vanderbilt, wn* recently recorded in the county clerk’s ullieiy^l Albany, New York. New York is suffering from an attack lispntcli from Ilclgrml while war preparation* continue actively, uud while even the peace parly consider any fate preferable to the deposition of prinee Milan and the annexation of any part of Ser in to Turkey, or even for a period of Turk- ill rule, there are at the same time a de pression of spirit* and a desire for peace among the moderate party mid the Servian people, and the intervention of the powers i* anxiously looked for, in the hope that it rould bring peace without any of the above onditions, which, it is feared, the Turk* de- ire to impose. Huthcr than accept any one f these, (lie moderate party will support tin* government in continuing the struggle until Servia conquers nr can not light longer, hey say the deposition of prince Milan mild occasion a dynastic civil war, which ould retard tile progress ef tin; country twenty years. A* for Turkish rule here, the ost men of Bervin, and even the op ponents of the war, say it I* better that all the Servians perish in the struggle than sub mit to it; that it i* evident that if the in- lit ion of (lie powers does not bring *, that no arrangement between Hie bel ligerent* themselves is likely to. The postal-card manufactory is run ning ten hour* a day, turning out about 500,000 cards per day, and i* 3,500,000 be hind ii* orders. The number of card* print •i during (lie quarter ending July 1st, win 38,000,000, an increase of nearly 10,000,000 he corresponding quarter for 1875. n Hcimto con firmed tho following noniinatioiiM: II. E. Finlay, United State: attorney for Kentucky, vice G. (\ Wlmrtoi »’ed; Wilford E. Wilson, appraiser o inndise, St. Haul, Minnesota; W. W Stnndifor, United States nmrslial of Arizona, o now four tind-n lmlf per cent, loan irt-e hundred millions will lie brought i a short time. Them is competition e control of it among' foreign and do mestic hankers, and it i* thought all tho pur ill Ismibni and New York will tie brought together hy the administration Nelllicr the president nor the secretary of •cuaury will favor mi extensive negotia tion. of had \ while settled upon tlx- surface of Croton lake parting to the water a horrible smell taste; mnl New York i* driver for consolation. Tho Now York Tribune, in tlx- mid article in that > find his yard contain- orn-out horses in piac At their homes th city, states llml any builder can employ a* many first-class carpenter* us he wants at $13 per week, mid find them grateful for the chance. The sumo may liu said of most ol the other trades connected witli building. It adds that there has been no time in the past fifteen years when building could la- done in New York at so cheap a rale, and scarcely a time in that interval when there has been so little of il doing. When a New York railroad company does not place drinking water in its en is liable to a fine of $73, half of which goes to the informer ami the other Im the overseers of the poor. Frank Walworth i« thought to I* covering from Id* insanity, ili* friend*, il is said, hope ttiat he will lie pinioned. Should he he set at liberty he i* to leave the country. rOKKIUN. That the republic is daily being firmoi established in France is proved hy the reso lution of the chamber of deputies on tin 22d of July, that “ the chamber, expressing its confidence in the minister of interior, re quests the cabinet in appointing public functionaries, not to forget the d posed upon it hy tho decree overthrowing the empire.” Gnmbetta eloquently stigma tized the system pursued by the Honapurt- istM in seeking to make tho country believ that manilml MucMnlion was hostile to th i-onstitntion, and said ho lmd perfect con lidence in the Marshal’s good faith. Turn ing to the Bonnpsrtists,Gnrnhetta conclude) by exclaiming: “You will never smotiie the cry of the 2d of December!” Amid tremendous applause, three hundred rded : the i solution; the Honupurtist deputies did Lunacy is ntill increasing in Ireland At the close of last year the number of p Dents under the supervision of the inspi tor general wa* 1 1,777—an increase of oi hundred and ninety-four onj the proceeding year. Prince Milan has received from several if not from all, the powers congratulate upon the birth of an heir, all of which c tain expressions leaving, no doubt, in the mind of the prince that the {powers are <i si roll* of seeing an end of the war, which dangerous to the general peace ot Europe The result is the Servians are ready to tr for peace, but will not consent to the de sition of prince Milan or the sacrifice of i territory, nor will she submit to the Turkish administration. In re(flv to speeches made in the Eng lish honsS of commons lately, to the cflV that Russia wa* stronger in 1853 than no the Galas show* that Russia in 1853 had i army of 600,000, and now, 1,3$0,000 as peace armament and 2,500,000 in time A dispatch from Belgrade says it is r ported that the Turks have advanced be yond Banja, and that the Servian* evacuated that important nu:>8 without firing a shot, TIIK l.M’OKOMMENT ACT. < SI •-••••III It t-SOl II tlOII «r till* HlMIM- Till. Ai-iuyto Im* lli'lil In ltt-n«llii«‘s* ti ■'ruled ToIci-m. rotary Cameron has written tho following to Gen. Hherman: War Dhpaiitmknt, ) Washington, Aug. 10, 1870. | IV f. Slu rin iii, f.iiiiiiininlliig United Hlabt The limine ol representnlives of United Staten, on tho loth inM passed the following preamble und resolt tiun, viz: Whereas, The right of suffrage pro- rilied by the constitution ol the veral states is subject lo the lifteenlh iieudmeul of the constitution of the United States, which is as follows: “Article I ft, section I.—Tho right of lizens of Hie United States to vote shall not l>e denied or abridged hy the United Stales, or by any state on account of , color or previous condition of ifcudc. •See. 2. Tho congress shall luive power mi force this article by appropriate legislation ; and Whereas, the right of suffrage so , scriU-d and regulated should is* faith fully maintained und observed by tin I tilted .States and the several states and citizens thereof; and whereas, asserted that this exercise ol the right of suffrage is in some ot the stales, withstanding the efforts of all good citizens to the contrary, resisted and controlled by fraud, intimidation and violence, so that in such cases the obji of the amendment is defeated; a whereas, nil citizens, without distinction of race, or class, or color, are entitled to 'the protection conferred by such artich therefore, be it Resolved, by the house of representa tives, That all attempts hy force, fraud, terror, intimidation or otherwise, to pre vent free exercise of the right of suffrage in any state should meet with certain condign and effectual punishment, and that in any ease which has heretofore occurred or that may hereafter occur in which violence or murder lias Inn I’lall lie committed by one race ot upon another, the prompt prosecution and punishment of the criminal, or.cn Inals, in any court having jiirisdioti is imperatively demanded, whetiier crime lx* one punishable hy fine and im prison men*, or one demanding the pen alty of death.” Thc nrcsident directs that in accordance with the spirit of the above you a hold all available force under your mand, not now engaged in suwilling the savages of the western frontier, in readi- ness to be used upon call or requisition of the proper legal authorities for protecting all citizens, without distinction of ra.e, color or political opinion, in the exercise of the right to vote, ns guaranteed hy the Fifteenth amendment, and to assist tlie enforcement of certain, condign and effectual punishment upon all jxrsons who shall attempt Uy force, fraud, terror, intimidation or otherwise to nrevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage .. provided by the laws of the United States, and have such force so distributed and stationed as to lx* able to render prompt assistance in the enforcement of the law. Such additional ordersas may be necessary to carry out tho purpose of there instruc tions will bo given from time to time after consultation with the law officers of the government. Very respectfully your obedient servant, J. I). Cameron, Secretary of War. CONGRESSIONAL In the senate, on the 12th, at tho ex piration of tin* morning hour eonshloralioii -iniu’d of the hill to carry into afiret the provision* of tin* Hawaiian treaty. Sen- alor Sargent spoke in favor of Iho hill, nml senator West m opposition. Tho joint reso lution proposing an aineiiilinoiit to th(> con stitution of the United State*, prohibiting appropriation* for sectarian schools, was third time, in tireonhinec with an of tho senate last evening.' Air. Anthony culled up senate hill to print tin* report of tho proceeding* of tho Hclkn.tp impeachment trial. Passed, and tlm senate then took a recess. Evening session— upon the resNsembling of tho seunlo, the con sideration of the (till to carry tho Hawaiian treaty into ellbet, wa* proceeded with, ami Mr. Saiilsluiry continued Id* argument. In the senate, on the 1-ltli, Mr. I lar i' called up tho house hill for tho sain of S:»l>iiio islands. Several nniciidiueuts wore d to and the hill passed. Mr. Edmunds d to take up the proposed constitu tional amendment prohibiting tho appro priation of money for (lie support of sec tarian schools. Agreed to; yeas 23, nays 13. A discussion then took place, which lasted until the expiration of the morning hour, when the matter was laid over and tho sen- proceeded to consider untlnisliukl husl- >, which was tin* bill to carry tho lliiwui- treaty into etVeol, Mr. Norwood continii- Id* remarks in opposition lo the hill, •r a long debate (lie senate hy a vote of t 21Mo nays 12, passe I tho Ill'll to carry eftect the Hawaiian treaty. It passed without amendment. After it long delude tho senate at one o’clock voted oil the pro posed eonslitiilioual amendment and il was rejected; yea*2(1 nays It); not Iwo-lliird* voting in the aflirnmtive. It wa* defeated hy a strict .nartv vote. Mr. Logan calls up tho Imitso (till to authorize tin* president to accept the services of volunteers to aid in .suppressing Indian hostilities. He sub mitted on amendment in the nature of a substitute, authorizing (lie president to in ure Hindi companies of cavalry regiment* no may think proper to one Imiulrod men Ii, providing the total tminbnr of n\cn en listed shall not exceed 2500, and appropriat ing $1,(131.700 to pay (lie expense of siieli in crease The amendment of Mr. L»gnn was •ed to yens 20, nays II—and the hill as tided was read the third Imm and passed. Adjourned. In tho somite,‘on tho lfttli, proceeded lo the consideration of house hills granting pensions to various persons, and a large number were passed, lull before acting on i the calendar a motion for tin cxoou- session Hindu hy Mr. Anthony "was agreed lo and at 12:30 the galierie* were leared and the. doors closed. Hcuuto rc- limed session at two o'clock, and Mr. Whi lom moved to take no the liouse resolution, providing for a filial adjournment of con gress, and lo amend tho Name so as to ad journ tiniilly at three o’clock lids evening. Several senator* objected, and the motion was thou withdrawn. A hill to provide for tho payment of a full mouth's qrag** lover tain of the employes recently pbrimiflmnly discharged from the bureau of engraving and printing of tho treasury department, wa* passed without amendment. The chair laid before tho senate a message from tlm president of tho United Hlates, returning, without lii* npprovnl, senate hill to provide for the sale of n portion of the reservation of the confederated Otoe and Missouri bands of Indians, and Hae* and Fox Indian* in Kansas and Nebraska. Also another me* sage from the president, slating Hint fie was mvinccd, after further examination, Hint is message, returning tliu hill*without his signature was premature, and reiiiiesliug that hill might la- relumed lo im for his signature. A motion to refer the me*- Huge was rejected. The qm-Htion being on tlie passage of the hill, notwilliHhimling Hie objections of (lie president, it was passed hy a unanimous vote. Tlm imicntliiiciitM of (lie the hill fixing the limit of expeudi- lie erection of public building* at Little Rock was concurred in and tlie hill *cd. House hill for the relief of Mrs..!. Folk, widow of ex-president I’olk, wa cussed at some length and passed. Mr. Winilom called up liouse joint resolution providing for final adjournment, ami moved lo amend so tlial tin* house* of rnngruMU should adjourn at 7E o’clock this rvciiGfn Tlie amendment was agreed to, and tlie res olution ns amended adopted. At 7:30 p. in. Ik: hummer of tlm presiding officer, Mr. Ferry, fell, and he spoke iih follows: Be fore declaring the order of adjournment, permit Die, senators, lo express my obliga tions fee the trust confided and for (lie cour tesy extended to me throughout an arduous session of eight months and over, now drawing lo a close. For your generous support through an impeachment trial and during my first regular session's experience as your presiding officer, accept my hearty thanks. This session has drawn to a close, and while associated wUli other historical event* it will especially he no table as em bracing Die union of two cunluries in the life, of tlie republic. National permanence, however, i* no guarantee agninst personal change. We are about to part, hut not with out Dm suggestive reflection that in Dm month of Dm new century and next to in which we separate our number broken hy the death of one whose short senatorial career had won Die attachment of many and the respect of all, and by the de parture of another whose longer career had qualified him for Dm iiieriUm place of exe cutive adviser, which he now honors with credit to himself and Die senate. In re turning to your several Mate* to greet the approval of y ate that there lmd Ite tlie recent election in that ,... Dint no such tiling lmd boon charged part of Dm government of Mississippi or of Die election judges. Mr. Henry Wutterson, member elect from Kentucky to fill the va cancy caused hy the dentil of Mr. Parsons, presented himself and took tlm oath ot olfittQ. Mr. Schleicher made a speech in ad vocacy of the silver bill. Ills speech closed Dm legislative session of Saturday Iasi, ami Hint, of to-day was begun under tliu e*li of states. A few private hill* were Introduced and referred. Mr. Haudali submitted the report of Dm committee of conference on Dm Indian appropriation Bill. Tim report wn* agreed to without discussion. Mr. Unit- •bill then proeoedotl to make scum general remarks oil tlm several appropriations. Mr. nnber of the uppropriati of November, Die irrigated bind has dried, and i* sown, nml is covered with green crops, which Inst till tho end of February. In eplied to what liu called tlm iugei niltte , Ions misstatements of Dm gentleman from Fouiisylvniiia (Mr. Uamliill). The speaker laid before tho liouse a message from Dm iiroiddcnl in regard to the river and harbor hill, stating Dmi il it lmd been compulsory to expend money therein appropriated Im would have violated it, lint a* it was not Im would take care that no public money should lie expended on useless works or upon liny Dmt wore not clearly national. The message was referred to Dm eummitloo on aotliinoree, and Dm liouse took a recess till eight o'clock. Evening session—There was great confusion on Die reassembling of tlm house and many nmiiihcr* were noisily endeavoring to at tract Dm attention mid reeelvo Dm recogni tion of tlm sneaker. Tlm liouso at two o’clock was still in session, without having boon able to accomplish anything, except adjourn nud answering a call of Die liouse. Monday night 'HOHaion of tho lioilHo continued till six o'clock, a. in. of Dm 15th, most of tlm time after midnight being taken up in dilatory motions nud maneiivre* to prevent Cox resuming liisspuceli in reply to Kiihsoii. At last about five o'clock this morning a truce was efi'eeted between the opposing forces and ail opportunity was af forded to both Cox and Kassou to make dim apology to the liouse, and to each other for exhibiting any angry passion or Dm viola tion of any piiriiamcutary decorum Dial wither might ho guilty of. After Mr. ilowltt took tlm lloor ami in a speech which was frequently applauded hv IDs own Hide of the liouse, defended Cloy, Tilden from tho iih- saiilts made on him hy Mr. Kassou and oulogizcd him us Dm standard bearer of untionul democracy. A message wa* read from ilm president, announcing thnt lie lmd signed the diplomatic ami consular appro priation hill, lull calling attention to Die fact that cniiHtlltilionnlly tlm liouse, lmd iio right to order Die withdrawal of coiihiiIn nr ministers, though it might reduce or with hold entirely Dm salaries to lie paid to said officers. Mr. Lawrence thought congress was n* morally hound as a political duly, to appropriate for salaries of minister* as for any oilier olfioor. Mr. I'ago moved to take up and pass Dm senate hill to increase and promote telegraphic ocmiumilunlion be tween America nail Asia. After some dis cussion, nud tlm adoption of Dm amend- incut oll'ored hv Mr. Holman to guard against ivlegrapu monopoly, Die hill was passed. Mr. Ilundall reported tlm hill ap propriating $3000 to defray Dm expenses of ilm commission to prepare a suitable form of eoveriiinunt for tlm district of Uoltimhia. 'kissed. On motion of Mr. Wllshira. tlm somite hill limiting Dm expenditure (or a public building at Littlo rock, Ark ,to $150.- (Mill, passed with Die amendment of Mr. Ilnl- , reducing tlm amount to $100,000. On mol ion of Mr. Crouse, Dm bill providing for tlm sale of a portion of the reservation of confederated (Item and Missouri Indians and Such mid Fox Itidiniis in tlm stales of Kansas nud Nebraska was Liken up and passed hy a two-thirds vote over tlm presi dent's vote. Tlm speaker pro tem, then an nounced Hint tlm hour for final adjournment had arrived, and thanking Dm house for its oiirlcsy, Im declared Dial the first session of tlm house of tlm Forth-fourth congress stood adjourned without dnv. ]'II I LA DELPHI A LETTER. Kir.ilit Ihlttiiril r.llns Vllnlllr »r III position XI Isccl Into. From Oar Own Correspondent. KOYJ*T— KDWAIUl KI.IAH. The secretary of t lm Egyptian commission, Edward Kilns, is u native-horn Egyptian, who at first glance you would take for mi Ameri can from some of tlm extreme southern states, fine hearing, open frank manner; who is olio of those men who grasp your hand earnestly and heartily, ami lo whom you feel attached at once. I am imluhlcd to lids prominent Egyptian gentleman, who is also interpreter to tlm coimiiissioiii for much valuable Information regarding Ins country and her aims, I asked him if lie uompre- lieadcd Die co-operative feature in journal ism as represented in the “ American News paper Union,” 1 ie replied, " It is Dm siiiue principle iih the Associated Press dis patches.” He could not have given n more Intelligent answer, because il is exactly so. Tlm Egyptian commission is composed of hi* highness, prince Mohammed Tawfie Pacha, president. Hi* excellency, Chorif I'scha, minister of commerce, vice president H. lirugNch Bey, commissioner-geuorul General ritone. M. Mahmoud Bey, astrono mer. M. Marietle Hey, director of tlm urn* of antiquities. M. Giistiuel Hey, pro fessor of the medical school. M. Rogers, di rector in Die ministry of public, instruction. M. Acton, chief of division, ministry of com merce. M. Haiidry, architect. M. Delchc valeric, attache. E. Hrugseli, chief of trans portation and installation. A. Hehmers, at tache, secretary. Edward Elias, secretary i interpreter. M. Daninos, attache. Egypt in an important power in the world’) distinguished services, may attend and return you igth to renew your lu- nll with added hors next December. To the officer* of the. senate whose valued aid, has enabled me to hold your confidence, I tender sincere ac knowledgment. Finally wishing you a Hale return to your re prelive homes, I now pro nounce Die first regular session of the sen ate of the Forth-fourth emigre** adjourned without duy. IHHINK. The house, on the J2th, resumed tho-- political discussion, and wan addressed hy Mr. Lynch. The report^was then agreed to. Hy it the following missioiis are practically, abolished, as no appropriations are made for ministers to any of them: Portugal, .Swit zerland, Bolivia, Eucndor, 'Columbia, Para guay and Uruguay, Greece and Denmark. The hill provides, however, for a charge de affairs to represent the United .States in Por tugal, .Switzerland, Greece, Denmark and Paraguay and cities of 5,000 each. The fol lowing consulates are not provided for, mid lienee are practically abolished hy the hill, viz..; Hwatow, Southampton, Malta, Vlado- vostoek, Oporto, Santa f.’ruz, Port .Said, Nan tes, Maroachcllc, Port Mahon, Valencia, Sti8 tin. Marinharn, Cyprus, Huelmrcst, Venice, Milan, Gaboon, Turks Island. Ifadodadi, Godericfi and Windsor, Canndu West. The hill as it now stands saved $20,000 from the appropriations of last year. On motion of Mr. Banning, the senate hill posponing pub lication of Die army register was Liken from the speaker’s table and passed. Adjourned. The house met at one o'clock, on the 14th, In continuation of Saturday's session. Mr. .Singleton then proceeded to address the house on the condition of.public affair* in Mississippi. He gave an emphatic denial to the statement# made ill the liouse and sen- Nile and central Africa, are, vaguely esti mated to embrace an area of 4,777)830square kilometres.and lo lie inhabited hy a popula tion of 10,1152,018), of whom about one-third arc in EgypL proper. The following state ment gives tin*. area and population of tin: various divisions of the kingdom, and cent annexation, according lo government estimate, of tlie year 1875: Egvpt proper, 550,030 square kilometres, population, 5,252,000. Nubia, 804,500 square Kilometres, population, 1,000,000. Former kingdom of Ethiopia, 2,018,000 square kilo metres, population 5,000,000. Darfur, ami other annexed territories, <141,700 square kilometres, population, 5,760.000. Total square kilometres, 4,777,830. Total pojmlu- lion, 10,052,000. The great physical peculiarity of Egypt is the absence of ruin, tho land being only ir rigated hy the annual overflow of the Nile. The climate i* remarkably mild and sound, especially south of the delta; and in the desert, from Cairo to Alexandria, the aii contains more moisture than to the south From tlie middle of August to December, west winds prevail; east winds from that time till March; after that, unhealthy south winds or khamsin Dll Juno ; and from June till August tlie north or Etesian winds, Earthquakes are occasionally felt, and the temperature varies from 84'' F. to 32". The most remarkable phenomenon is, however, the regular inerea*o of the Nile, fed hy th fall of the tropical rains, which commenci in IP north latitude,in the spring; and fall ing first into the White, and then Hluc Nile reach Egypt in the middle, and the delta ii the end of June. In the middle of July, the red water appears,and the rise maybe elated from that time. It attains its maximum at the end of September, and begins to decline visibly in the middle of October, and sub- Hum tlm variation of teuinurntiirL*. Many of the European trees and plants are found in Egypt; tlm date-palm, tun doom- palm, tlm sycamore, acacias, tamariskH, etc., are among It* more peonliur hofntiicnl pro ductions; iil*o Dm papyrus, which anciently supplied material for paper, and the lotus or wiitur-llly of Dm Nile. Tlm extensive cul ture of papyrus lias liccn, in modern time*, placed hy Dial of the sugar-cane, cotton, Indigo, iiml tobacco, ii ltd tlio plant lias al most disappeared. Gourd* and intdons liavn always abounded. To tlm wheat und barley of antiquity have boon added maize and dor- Egypt is very deficient in timber trees, rocks of Egypt nflbrdod tlm stones used ... .Is edifice* nud sculptures; granite, syenite, basalt (at Assoiinu), breccia (in tlm (.ussier Rood), porphyry (from the quarries irf Gehrl DosimiL) Tlm Naticiuil museum of Egypt send* rare oliis, in gold, silver nud copper, beautiful olleotlmiN of Arabic, ornaments. Ancient glass lumps from tho inosqdbN. The mu- setim also solids Eegumes Tuberculous All- inontAiios tolmeco seeds, some rare pearls, Arabian literature. Also from Die iuiihciii comes n list ef the umnes of the caliph* and sultans who have reigned in Egvpt from Omar to Ismail Pnahn, khedive of Egypt, i.isi also of tlm PiiurnoliK. Lot disputants over Hlminse*, and ttesostris bring or not br ing one and Dm same study this list. Col. bong, now a hoy in Egypt, will soon return on a visit to IDs old homo. He is a gallant soldier and a gentleman, and will he wel comed hack to IiIh native land hy a host of friends. He is now in Paris oii route. A handsome display of woods also add* to tlm Egyptian attractions. lilt VITALITY OK TUB KXIIIIUTION. one can say, tlial there is any Iohh of vitality in tlm exhibition. Tlie protracted lien toil term from days to weeks, while it im peded Dm current, that Imre Imndreds of tlioiisandH to (liu grounds, wa* hut a tem porary obstruction. An abatement of (lie torrid influence and again tlm Hood gates were opened, and now the volume of visita tion* is pouring in, oil tlmir pilgrimage to Cosiunpolla, tlm Mceea of the intelligent world, Ntroiiu men and delicate women, courage nml heiuity-—science nud industry— honest labor—pump and pageantry--syno nym ton often those two p 1 * p’s of pig-licad- ism and poppy eoeklsui. Yet, in tho ease of Iho nation’s centennial all mix in one liar- mnniotiH whole, high, low, rich and poor, wise and Igorunt. Die good, lmd, nud the sorter tolerable. Die latter those milk and wishy-washy follows who do no good for four or harm. S’es, nil of them find tlmir level in the imposing contemplation of tho wonders of Die oenteiiuiiil. Lost to self in admira tion of works, whoso grandeur teaeli indi viduality of Id* littleness and abjoetnosH when facing international society, and which individual il not inclined to forego Ids strut, and return to a proper poiHo from his swag ger lmd better go into Ills hole nud pull it in after him. A 1’KHKItCT JAIL. Among the valuable articles on exhibition in Dio Govt, building tho most attract I vo I* Cook A Heath's perfected syslen of prison ooiiBtruotioii. It Is the best jail in tile conn- and i* .worthy the iiUoiiti'Mi of state, unty and municipal autliorltius. MIHOK.LIlANY. Tlm magnificent lamp Unit ornament* tho entrnnou to the Hussion section is valued lit $7,000, ko Dm polite attnclm informed am. I declined purchasing, using for economy, the “ light of other days” better to road by, for future reference at least, than tlm one of my Hussiim friend and safer than coal oil. The lace exhibit in the Helgium section is valued at $200,000. It I* a treat for the ladies to examine these beautiful speeiuieiiH of Ridgimii industry in valonoiminc*, gui pure, applique, Hrussel* act mid point, in jmriiHol covers, hull dress, lloillices, edgings mid liaudkereliiefs. A hiiiiiII farm if well Hold will buy a haiidkeroliittf, and a blind- soiiio city residence, if sold on a flush market would liny three lloiinces for a hull dress. No goods are permitted to leave the exhi bition until it. close*. The eonstnuiDon placed hy Die conunisHion upon Dm law of congress i*, that duplicate* may lie sold. Imt, not Die original*. The Kansas mid Golorndo state commiMsioner* have presented a rifle to Mrs M. A. Maxwell, whose reputa tion as n huntress i* natural. Admission* to (Into 12,524,3011. 4,0000 varieties of Eng lish and American gladioln* lire on exhibi tion ill horticultural hull. Tlm exhibit Im a competition between Europe and America and will continue two weeks. Cherries have boon received from Oregon fourteen days out, and yet fresh. Tho benzoin is an aromatic resin, used for medicinal pur- largely used this district; they _ , basis in thv preparation of chocolate, ami of liquor*. One DioiiniiiuI plains of Ihcnbroina cacao will produce approximately one thou- Hand kilogramme* of fruit* and berries dur ing the space of eighty years, Dm period of its life. The llmnliix Mori from which Bra zil obtains her silk is of wonderful produc tion; each cocoon contains nearly 3D00 inches of silk thread, of which six hundred metro* can he utilized. A metre is about thirty-nine inches in length. The mulberry leaf must he fat and luscious in the Brazil ian empire. Caoutchouc is a product o Mm Inter siphonia chmtioa. Tho provine Juinnciu DiHplay* artificial (lowers made from tho cuticle of tliu leaf of the Lucca Al- r(folla, resembling wax work. Jamaica also exhibit* necklaces of tho seeds of tho greo- greo palm. A very singular, yet, quite pretty exhibit is one from Rio do Janeiro. ( ni flares inado of (lowers, mid from Dm province of Nnncbi It is certainly a work of great in gcnuily, exhibiting skill mid taste, nml speaks well for Dm artistic merit of the misses Hilvcira do Houzu, the industrious young ladies who arc entitled to credit for their efforts lo make a display of Brnziliuii industry. From Ramua, Brazil, is a hoquet made entirely of fish soulcs,also a handsome hoquet inado entirely of feathers.—Her Im perial highness, the uriimcsH D. Isabel, Hio All honor to the gifted lady for her in to reel in the centennial. The orphan girls of the Immaculate Con ception school, of Brazil, in Hio do Janeiro, send nil exquisite niece ofi work, a FACTS AND FANCIES. A Macon man says ho enllfl on tho girlH in this weather just to hoo them paddling in tho nir witli their funs.—Sa vannah News, The world will never ho In any man lier of order or tranquility until men are firmly convinced that conscience, honor and credit are all in one interest.—Steele One fellow, when Iio saw n femnlc wo man step into tho Jlufltilo’s car, said they’d hotter change it# name to Bhocnr- go. Tho wrotch l—Philadelnhia Jiullc- Jin. 1 It is just oh hard work to get. any kin dling wood split ns it over was; Imt over sixty young men of Romo me ready to go west, und nvongo tho death of Cun- tor.—Nome ticnlincl. Won’t them Im fun after tho Indian ir is over and Sitting Bull takes a turn around among the newspaper office* to find out who wroto tiioso articles!—Chi cago Tribune, WllKRKVEii I go,” suiil an elderly traveler the other nay, “ I find men wear- • ing out tlioir old clothe* and hats; hut the ladies, almost without exception, have brand new and expensive drome*.” The llilile is'tho most ltctrn*liod hook in tlie world. Coining to it through commentaries is much like looking at a landscape through garret windows, over which generations of unmolested spiders have spun tlioir webs.—Bctchwt Whitiieu are we drifting? Tho first anplo spoken of in history was accompa nied by a large serpent, while nothing hut a contemptible littlo worm can ho found in our favorite fruit to-day.— Whitehall Times, A KAHiiiON cxchnugo say* that “the .jalxm Ih now generally used by married ladies.” This would indicate that a liarmloHH but incorrect method of spell ing jawbone is now prevalent in pollto society.—Norwich JJulletin, n agrocablo figure and winning man- winch inspire affection without love, always now. Beauty loses relish, tho graces never; nfter tlio longest ac quaintance, they aro no Ichh agrecablo than at first.—llenry Heine. Tiik brain Ih Hie patent of all internal organs, and the heart Ih the reddest. Whatever come* from the brain, carries Hie hue of the place it came from and whatever cotneH from the heart carries tlie heat and color of its birthplace.— Holmes, Oh (or Homo spot whom n mwoIIh Iiik mortnl Form Hits hot world of ours iiiJkIiI piifitlnRly lice Oli Hint I wrrn soiim kind of u " tort hi" Nino fnthous deep In the Cnsplmi sen. Oh for n fun like nil nrinorer’s bellows, IMowIiir cold bins!* on tny hllsteriiiK soul, Oli lo Im Hundwllchnd in lee, ns they tell us. Franklin Is, noiuowliero not far from tho pole. In an article on the habits of tho fly the Now York Tribune ably snys: " Great care has to lie taken in eating huddpborrioa. becauae nothing please* a fly so much hh to \w mistaken for one; and, if ho can Iks baked in a cake and puss himsolf off in tho unwary a* a currant, lie die* without a regret. 1 It Ih an error common to many to take the character of mankind from tlio worst and basest amongst them ; whereas, as an excellent writer has observed, nothing should lie esteemed as cimraclcristical of a species hut wlmt is to ho found amongst tlie best and the most tierfecL individuals of that speoiOH.—Fielding, We do not know either iinalloyod happiness or unmitigated misfortmio. Kverything in thiH world iH a tangled yarn; wo taste nothing of its purity; we do not remiiin two moments in tfie same state. Our nfleetioiis, as well as our bodies, are in a perpetual flux.— Rousseau, Mankind aro fond of inventing cer tain solemn and sound nxprewionswhich appear to convoy much and in reality mean little; words that are the proxies of absent thoughts, and, like* other proxies,add nothing to arguments, wltilo they turn tho scales oi decision*—Shelly. No man can rightly form even an ap proximate idea of tlio number and in finite variety of living creatures which inlmliil tho woodland solitudes, until he lies down on tlio velvety green sward under the spreading branches of some monarch of the forest, and counts, or trios to count, the different kinds of bites lie receives in five minutes. Quite an excitement was created In Nashville a few days ago hy the appear ance of an uncommonly seedy couple in a dry goods store. The woman or dered a largo stock of “fixings,” ior which tho man paid. Hite then asked a clerk logo after a parson, and upon his arrival tlie rustics wero married amid a pile of muslins, calicoes and linen goods, witli a grinning group of passers-by for WitllOHSCH. According to a Cologne newspaper, there ‘ih in that city a lxioth in which is exhibited a “ boarded lady.” AL tlicen- Iranco is stationed a girl to take money. Itccontly a visitor, having feasted his eyes on the strange phenomenon, think ing on liis departure to hnvo a ioko with the little money taker, said to her, fond ling Iter under tlie chin tho while; “ Well, littlo one, I suppose the bearded woman i* your mamma, eh?” “No,sir,” replied the child, “she is my papa.” JIKKORK TIIK I.KXVKS HAl.f.. squares, ■ and labyiiiiDi lace with sinal- i square with a design, and exo- d hv a diilerent girl. Idelvira Flum- incuse, a little girl of ten yenre of age, from Rio de Janeiro, furnishes a beautiful piece of tapestry. The little girl ha* ta*te and skill, and deserves enriching in (he interna tional temple of taste and progress. J.B Bulky labor and the labor of force are little worth. Whatever a man doos with a guilty feeling lie is apt to do wrong; and whatever he Does with a melancholy feeling he is likely to do hy halves. If you could only shed tran quility over the conscience, and infuse joy into the soul, you would do more to make a man a th rough worker than if you could lend him the force of Her cules, or tlie hundred arms of Briarcu*. — Wilbcr/orce, I wonder If oak nml niiqilt-, Willow nail elm and nil, Aro ntlrrod nl liMrt by the coming Of lira day tlioir leaven imoit fall. Do llicv think of tho yellow cy th ... A tlio crimnon "pray. That idrall bo wlion chill Novomhnr Hoars all the leaven away 7 "If die v. mist," Iho leaflets in by ono to sny, r-nr the colon ef all Ilia earth, o pass uway. No cyen shall nee im falter; And Indore lav It down Wo’il wear In tla- sIkIiI of all Iho earth The year’s most kingly crown." Until v by the trodden w dling into glory autumnal dny. And we, wliognvn, remember That more than all they lost, J’o hearts arid tree* together May come through ripening frost. Bring together nil tho children in tho uni verse ; you will sec nothing in them hut innocence, gentleness and fear. Were they born wicked, spiteful and cruel, some signs of it would come from them—as little snake* strive to bite and little tigers to tear. But nature, having been as sparing of offensive weapons to man as to pigeons and rabbits, it can not have given them an instinct to mischief and destruction.— Voltaire,