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tUcckli) Conotitutionolist.
Old Series—Vol. 25, No. 18.
*‘fhe Georgia Volunteer.”
BY MARY ASHLEY TOWNSEND - !
Far up mountain side,
My wandering footsteps led;
-the moss lay thick beneath my feet,
The pines sighed over head. ‘
The tri.ee of a dismantled fort
I Lay m tie forest nave,
And in the shadow near my feet
I saw a soldier’s grave.
The laurel nestled with the weed
Uyt'r -he lowly moflnd;
The PimpleJiead-iu.) a rd, rudely writ,
I raise ; it
But tune had '
A Georgia Y< 0 u :it
ViW the- toad and scaly
From tangled coverts start. " *
And hide themselves among the weeds
j Above the dead man's heart;
But undisturbed, in sleep profound,
Unheeding there he lay,
His coffin but the mountain’s sod,
. His shroud Confederate grey.
TK*%rd the Shenandoah roll
. the vale below,
. ■? saw the Alleghanies rise
< Toward the realms of snow;
The Valley Campaign ” rose to mind-.
Its tender name—and thqn %
I knew the sleeper had been one
Os Stonewall Jackson’s men.
Yi r whence he came, what lips shall say,*
what tongue will ever tell,
What desolated hearths and hearts
Have been because he fell?
What sad-eyed maiden braids her hair—
Her hair which he held dear- -
One lock of \jfiich. perchance, lies with
The Georgia Volunteer.
What mother, with long watching eyes,
And white lips, cold and dumb,
Walts with appalling patience for
Her darling boy to come?
Her boy! whose mountain grave swells up
But one of many a scar
Cot oil the face of our fair land
*-05y gory-lianded war!
What fights ho fought, what wounds he
wore,
All are unknown to fame;
Remember on his lonelv.grave
There is not e’en a name!
That he ought wcil, and bravely, too,
And hold his country dear.
We Jrm, else he liad never been
A Georgia Volunteer
He sleeps! what need to question now
IV}ie were wronger right?
Ho knows e’er thisrwhose cause is just
In-God the Father’s sight;
He wields no warlike weapon now,
‘ietunv. no foeman’s thrust,
Who but a eowi and would revile
An honest soldier jj dust?
8011, Shenandoah! proudly roll
<b-A«own thy .ck^glen;
-Beneath thee lie?,«« grave of one
Os So ’ ■-•>-#ll xA -n Jroen . I
In solitude austere,
Unknown, unnamed, forgotten, lies
A Georgia Volunteer.
King Fritz and his Sons.
The following is published in the Oornhill
Magazine as a posthumous poem of Mr-
Thackeray;
King Fritz at his palace of Berlin
I saw at a royal carouse; . •
In a periwig powdered and curling
He sat with his hat on his brows.
Tlu; handsome young princes were presen ,
Uncovered they stood m the hall;
And oh! it was wholesome and pleasant
To see how he treated them all.
Reclined on the softest of cushions
His Majesty sits to his meats, .
The princes, like loyal young 1 russians,
Have never a back'to their seats.
Off salmon and venison and pheasants
He-dines like a monarch august;
His sons, if thev oat in his presence, .
Put up with a’ bone or a crust.
He quaffs his bold bumpers of Rhenish,
It can’t be too good or too dear;
The princes are made to replenish
Their cups with the smallest ol beer.
And if ever, by words or grimaces,.
Their highnesses dare to complain,
The King flings a dish in their faces,
Or batters their bones with his cane.
’Tis thus that the chief of our nation
The minds of his children improves,
And teaches polite education
By boxing the cars that he loves.
I warrant they vex him but seldom,
And if so we dealt with our sons.
If we up with our cudgels and felled em,
We’d teach ’em good manners at once.
Judge Not.
How do wc know what hearts have vilest
sin? . , 0
How do we know ?
Many, like sepulchres, are foul within.
Whose outward garb is spot.ess as the
And many may be pure we think not so.
How near to God the souls of such have
Whatniercy secret penitence may win—
How do we know ?
How can we tell who sinned more than we?
How can we teH r ,
We think our brother has walked guiltily.
Judging him in self-righteousness. Ah,
Perhaps had we been driven through the
Os hifuntold temptations, we might be
Less upright in our daily walk than he—
How can we tell r
Dare we condemn the ills that others do?
Dare we condemn r
Their strength is small their trials not a few,
Thetide of wrongs is difficult to stem.
And if to us more clearly than to them
Is given knowledge of the good and true,
More do they need our help and pitj, too,
Dare we condemn i
God help us all, and lead uS day by day,
God help us all!
We cannot walk alone the perfect way.
Evil allures us, tempts us, and we fall.
Not one of us may boast, and not a day
Rolls o’er our heads but each hath need to
Say ’ God bless us all!
A French gentleman, learning Eng
lish to some purpose, replied thus to
the salutations; “How do you do,
Monsieur?” “Do vat?” “How do you
find yourself ?” “I never loses myself.
“How do you feel?” “Smooth. You
just feel me.”
A New Orleans woman wears a bus
tle made of Government bonds. Her
husband looks over the report of the
bond market in the evening paper be
fore going home from the club, to see
if her, back is up.
iFrom the Virginia, Nevada Enterprise.
SENATOR JONES’ FIGHTER.
An Incident of a Senatorial Contest
in Nevada—How the Hon. J. P.
* Jones Tested the Points of the Re
doubtable Tarantula of Calaveras,
the War Horse of the Hills.
Just previous to the Senatorial con
test which resulted in his election,
Hon. J. P. Jones had the following
funny adventure in this city with a
man who came to him to hire nimself
out as a “ fighter
Mr. Jones and several friends were
in one of oui* first-class saloons sip
ping their Wine, smoking and chat
ting, when a wrather strange looking
customer entered the place, and saun
tering up to the group, began the oper
ation of “ eyeing oyer ” the gentlemen
composing it. He "was a man of mid
dle age And medium height, with arms
disproportionately long, great, spread
ing hands and knotty lingers. His
angular, ungainly form was poorly and
scantily clad, and he was topped out
with a curious little bullet head,
set upon a very short allow
ance of neck. From the side of his
little round head stood leaning out
two great, pulpy ears, and all that ap
peared on his face in the way of beard
was a jet black stubbed moustache.
This seemed to have been planted a
hair at a time with a pegging awl and
hammer, the latter coming down on
the defenceless nose as each bristle
was inserted, and so intimidating that
organ that it had ever since remained
crouched out of sight behind the hairy
stockade. A large livid sear described
a semi-circle round one of his project
ing cheek bones, and passing down en
tered the comer of his mouth, giving
to the feature an ugly upward hitch on
that side. Wabbling’ his little, glitter
ing gray eyes over the party before
him until said orbs rested upon the ro
tound form and rosy face of Mr. Jones,
hq pulled off the hirsute ten-pin ball,
whWi he would have called his head,
a scrap of hat, and making an awkward
bow, said :
J. P. Jones, I believe?”
“ That is my name, sir,” said Jones.
“ Correct,” sententiously observed
the strange visitor.
“Do you want to see me ?”' said
J ones.
“About three minutes,, an<l in pri
vate, if you please’.”
M*. JcnAo 1-o*l »t it>r tv n IrugG
private room in the rear of the sa
loon.”
“ Mr. Jones, sir, you don’t know me,”
said the fellow, “but when you lived in
old Tuolumne I war also in that part
of Californey—in the adjining county.
Mr. Jones, I’m the ‘ Taranterler of Ca
laveras ;’ I’m a war boss from the hills
and a fighter from h—1!”
“ I don’t dispute your word, sir,”
said “ J. P.” “ but how does your being
‘ war horse of the hills ’ concern me ?”
“ I’m here to tell you. Here, now,
you are goiu’ into this here contest,
and it’s liable to boa very lively one.
About election day it’ll be all-fired hot.
Now what you’ll need will be a good
fighter; a feller to stand up, knock
down and drag out for you ; a man
what can go to the polls and knock
down right an’ left—wade through
everything!”
Mr. Jones said he had not thought it
would be necessary to have such a man
at the polls on election day.
“Oh, but it will!” cried the man of
muscle. “You see, you don’t know
about them things. I’ll manage it all
for you.”
“So you want me to hire you as my
fighter?”
“Jest so.”
“What would be your price from now
till after the election? You see as I’ve
never yet bad occasion to hire a fighter,
I don’t know much about the value of
such service.”
“ Well, I couldn’t undertake the job
short of §1,000; there’ll be lots of work
to do.”
“Ain’t that pretty high ?”
“Os course it’s a considerable sum,
but thar’s a terrible set over here.—
These Washoe fellows are more on the
cut and shoot than is healthy. You
see §I,OOO is no money at all when you
calkerlate the risk. lam liable to be
chopped all to pieces, riddled with bul
lets, and either killed out and out or
crippled for life. You see §I,OOO is no
money at all.”
“ Well, come to look at it in that
light, I don’t know but your price is
reasonable enough.”
“ Cheap! of course it is. I rather
like your style, or I wouldn’t undertake
the job at that figger. Come —is it a
bargain ? Am I your man at the fig
ger named?”
“ Well, not so fast. If I am to have
a fighter, I want the best that is to be
had. I don’t want a fellow that, will be
kicked and cuffed about town by every
bummer. lam able to pay for a first
class fighter, and I won’t have any
thing else.”
“ Ain’t Ia fighter ?” rolling his eyes
fiercely, and thrusting first his right
then bis left straight out from the
shoulder, ducking his head comically
about, and poising himself on one foot;
“ will anybody kick and cuff me—me,
the war hoss of the hills, the Taranter
ler of Calaveras ? Not much.”
“Have you ever whipped anybody ?”
“Ever whipped anybody ? Me —h ave
I ever whipped anybody ? You make
me laugh. Next you will be asking if
I was ever whipped? Show me your
man—show me your men—-for I ain’t
particular about ’em coming one at a
time. Bring ’em on, and I will whip
all that can stand in this room in one
minute by the clock 1”
“Well,” said “J. P.,” “I think you’ll
do ; but as I said before, I want the
AUGUSTA, GA., W EDNESDAY 1 NORNING, JULY 1, 1874.
best man in the country. My fighter
must be a regular fighting striker. Now
I have another man in my eye. He is
something of a fighter ; has a grave
yard of his- own of considerable size.
It lies between the pair of you. The
best man is the man for my money.”
“D—n your man! Bring him on.
D—n me, I’ll devour him! 'Show him
to the Taranteler!”’■
“Remain here two minutes and I’ll
bring him in.”
Now, before coming into the room
with the fellow, Mr. Jones had observed
James N. Cartter—commonly known on
the Pacific coast as Big Jim Cartter—
sauntering about the saloon. As is
well known to everybody in this city,
and pretty generally throughout the
towns and cities of Nevada and Cali
fornia, Jim Cartter is a powerfully
built man, standing over six feet six
inches in his stockings, a man who is “on
the shoulder,” and is at home with
either knife or pistol, as more than ohe
grave can testify. Calling'.to Cartter,
Mr. J ones briefly made known the sit
uation, and invited him in to interview
the “ war horse of the hills.”
This was as good a thing as Cartter
wanted, and into the room they went.
“ Here,” said Jones, as they entered
the room, “is the other man. Nobody
will disturb you here, and, after ail is
over, the best man is for my coin.”
Jim waltzed into the room with Ais
hat standing on two hairs and a wicked
smile playing upon his features. Said
he: f
“Is this the blessed infant that has
come to eat me up ? Is this the Cal
averas skunk that lias come over here
to set himself up as ‘ chief?’ Move back
the chairs.”
With this Cartter began to wriggle
from side to side in the effort to
“ shuck ” himself of the long-tailed
black coat he always wore, and, in so
doing, ho displayed on one side that
famous old white-handled, sixteen-inch
bowie knife, his, constant companion,-
and on the other side the butt of a
navy revolver.
“So this is the lop-eared cur of Cal
averas who comes here to set up as a
fighter ? Move the chairs to the wall!”
“*'bid Cartter, still wriggling at %is
Tones,” cried the migirey
vourei of men, “M. Jones, this man is
a fiieml of yours. I can’t fight any
friend of yours. With any friend
youiSjjl ua «. hub. x~^
fa flttgLQf Ms head I'V A I
“$o menu at all. He is a Jughtr-r.
like yourself. Besides, wliat lias fiim.i ’
ship got to do with a transaction in
volving §1,000? I want the best man I
can find. If you whip this fellow I
hire you as my fighter. That’s all
there is about it.”
“That’s fair and business-like, you
skunk!” cried Cartter. “Peel yourself
and waltz out here!”
“ Mr. Jones,” said the “ war hoss of
the hills,” in a mild, conciliatory tone,
“ I am satisfied that this man is a
friend of yours. You might insult me
and banter me and tear me all to pieces,
but against a friend of yours I’d never
lift a hand. Now. your friend is of the
right stripe; I like his looks. Thar’s
no use of two good men a fightin’ for
nothing, so I’ll tell you what you’d
best do. You give him §SOO and me
§SOO, an’ we’ll work together. The two
'of us could chaw up the town—we’d bo
a terror to it.”
“No,” said Jones, “you won’t do.
You ain’t game, you—.”
“ He’s a dunghill,” chipped in Cartter.
“Ican’t fight in a room,” said the
fellow ; “I have never yet had a fight
in a room. I don’t like it.”
“I guess you are not stuck after it
anywhere,” said Cartter. .
“It is rather close to fight in a room,”
said Jones. Then turning to the fel
low, whose eyes were still wandering in
the direction of Cartter’s coat tails, he
handed him a twenty-dollar gold piece,
saying, “Take this. I hire you for my
open-air fighter. You are never to
fight for me except in the open air,
where there is a good chance for you
to run.”
“Thank you, Mr. Jones,” said the
fellow, pocketing the coin and making
for the door. “Thank you, and if I ever
see a show to put in a lick for you, I’ll
not forget to do it.”
“ Provided you have a chance to run,”
sneered Catter.
Turning as he was passing out of the
door, the fellow said;
“It’s all very nice Mr. Jones; but that
is either Big Jim Cartter or the devil,
and you can’t ring him in on me.”
A Recollection of the W ah.— The
Northeast Georgian, published at Ath
ens, is favoring its readers with remin
iscences of the late war. Among the
list we find the following account of the
promotion of a gallant Georgian on the
battle field by Gen. R. E. Lee. The
officer alluded to is Capt. Robert Fal
iigant, the commander of the Ogle
thorpe Light Infantry, of this city ;
“ During the battle of Sharpsburg,
Gen. Lee, observing a section of guns
from a Georgia battery being most ef
fectually served, keeping a whole di
vision of the enemy at bay, rode up to
where these gallant Confederates wAe
dealing death and destruction to the
enemy, and inquired : ‘ Who commands
these guns?’ There being no commis
sioned officer present, the sergeant in
command, stepping forward, saluted
and replied : ‘ Sergeant Falligant, Gen.
Lee.” The General only replied : ‘Lieu
tenant Falligant, return to your gallant
work.’ The Sergeant’s commission as
Lieutenant dated from that hour.”
[Savannah News.
“ Please, sir,” said a little girl, who
was sweeping a crossing for a living,
“ you have given me a bad penny.”
“ Never mind, little girl; you may keep
it for your honesty.”
ilFor the Constitutionalist,
IER, THE SOLDIER OF
FORTUNE.
1Y E. L. WHATLEY.
)Q regretted that the name
' so many of the old Revo
roes should have been at
k into obscurity, their very
ing unknown to the “great
To enjoy the fruits of their
nd efforts in the cause of
te days which “tried men’s
‘ names of Washington,
Ireene, Putnam and some
others nfg is imperishable as the rec
ords t tine, and it is right that it
shouiV; h|,ib, yet there have lived and
died men ‘®o, in an humbfer sphere of
action, rendered no mean service in the
mighty coatest which gave peace and
independence to us who now “sit under
ottr own vines and fig trees” unmolest-
ed by tjie fear of the oppressor’s rod,
and in full enjoyment of “life, lib
erty an ft the pursuit of happiness.” Os
this nu nber the name of Louis Lanier,
a rnajo r in the Revolutionary army,
should lie held in grateful remem
brancer Born in Virginia, of French
descent, top inherited from his ances
tors the versatility and impulsive ener
gy of t»t mercurial race, while he par
took o« flip chivalric sentiment of the
cavalbuAYt the conclusion of the war
he movJß'tb Georgia, where, for twen
iy-se fijryears, he represented the coun
and Screvenfln the State
Legfsißrh'e; took a prominent part in
the br,rnifig, at Louisville, then the
capital §f the State, of the papers per
taining# o the great Yazoo fraud, and
continit qln the service of the people
for se*Val years after, until finding
the infispities of old age creeping upon
him,i hi returned to his farm on the
OgeecrapT river, in the County of Scre
ven, vfijere, at the advanced age of
oightyiT’oe years, he “shuffled off
this n Brat coil,” and by his own re
quest ■-.s carried over to his old home
stead BBullock and laid in his family
buryi. Bground, where his old mortal
ity s! *B, under the strong verdure of
the o . pines.
Bu /'lk; chief object of this sketch is
tore’ / an incident of the early life of
*
»
'• Ii; I
<?n. Butler I>■
prorcinOTw, < A 1 ! rl -. , alled a battle in
thosd" wtnild, perhaps be
thought a stffi'jjjh in comparison with
the of our “late
unpleasaritinp.s', ” —he was unsuccessful
in the accomplishment of his design.
This chafed and mortified the fiery
Frenchman to such a degree that he
forgot his duty as a soldier and the
stern rules, of the service, and induced
hifh to speak in disparaging terms of
his superior officers.
“ It is outrageous,” he said to those
around him, “ to be defeated in this
way. Butler is not fit to command an
army ! ”
“Mind how you talk, Major,” re
plied a friend, “you’ll be arrested and
court-martialed.”
“ I don’t care. If we go on this way,
we’ll all be arrested by the British and
sent to their stockades and prison
ships.” And he turned off in supreme
disgust. Os course, such a flagrant
violation of military rule was not long
getting to the ears of the General.—
What, then, did he do ? Have the of
fender arrested, tried and degraded ?
No such thing. Towards a different
man he might have pursued that
course. But Butler was as chivalric
as his detractor. He knew him to be
a good soldier and a gentleman,
though at times blindly impetuous.
Yet he could not let the offense pass
unnoticed ; so he resigned his commis
sion and sent Lanier a challenge. It
was promptly accepted, and all ar
rangements were speedily made and
the parties met to decide the issue.—
At the first fire Lanier was severely
wounded, and fell to the ground. His
friends were quickly beside him.
“ Give us another shot,” said the
wounded man.
The pistols were loaded, but Lanier
could not rise from the ground.
“Prop me up” he said. He was
raised from his knees, the attendants
retired and another fire passed between
them without any result, when friends
interfered, and effected a satisfactory
arrangement, and all left the field.
War’s wasting power is exhausted ;
independence has been acknowledged
and peace has returned to the distract
ed land, The scarred veterans are
taking up the line of march for their
long deserted homes, when bight eyes
and warm hearts will welcome them
back with tears and rejoicing ; and the
many hearths have been desolated, and
houses and enclosure have gone to de
cay, yet the hope of ‘.‘a better time
i coming” moves the blood with a quicker
pulsation, and joy overspread the land.
| But why lingers Lanier aronrul the old
camp fires ? Has he no friends at home
to be made glad at his return? Sure
ly, his help is needed to put to rights
the confusion produced by the? war.
He, too, must bear a hand in rebuild
ing the waste places, and erecting on
their ruins anew order of things. Very
true; all this he knows and feels, but
still he tarries. But the time for the
final breaking up has come. Officers
and men are exchanging farewells, and
I the last tent is about to be struck.
T anier was standing by the embers
! of a decaying fire when Gen. Butler
passed near him. Now was his time.
“ Gen. Butler, I wish to speak to you a
moment.”
Butler turned, and haughtily draw-
ing himself up, coldly replied, “ Very
well, sir.”
“I wish, sir,” said Lanier, “to apol
ogise for the wrong I have done you.
Under a blind and inexcusable impulse,
I committed an offense, from the con
sequences of .which your generosity
saved me, and I sincerely ask your for
giveness.” The tears started to the
General’s eyes, as in the frankness of
his nature he extended his hand.—
“ Not only forgive, Major, but forget.
Henceforth we are friends.” Neither
spoke again, but with emotions too
deep for utterance, and with a parting
grasp, they separated, and each went
on his way.
“ Will you give a soldier a night's
lodging, madam ?”
I “Certainly sir. We never turn a
soldier from the door, while we have
anything to give him. Walk in, sir.”
“ Thank you, madam ; thank you,”
and Lanier passed into the bright
room.
“ What a contrast between this place
and the dismal camp-fire, exposed to
rain and storm;” so thought the Major
as he stood before the fire that cool,
Autumn evening, and indulged in the
prospect of a supper, such as he had
not enjoyed for many a day. But what
vision of beauty was that which cross
ed the passage and enteredjthe oppo
site room. Surely it must be a houri
from Mahomet’s paradise. Such, at
last, it seemed to the excitable French
man, and all thought of supper van
ished. He was not at all hungry,
though he had eaten nothing since the
early morning. He wished for supper
to come on, but it was with the hope of
seeing that apparition again. He did j
not have long to wait before a servant i
came to call him, with two or three
others, who were stopping for the I
night, into the supper-room. Here lie ;
faced the lady sitting at the head of the
table to whom he bowed most respectful
lyand taking a convenient seat was soon
in a lively conversation with her. This
was continued after they retired to the |
pfffior and it was with a feeling of re
gret that he awoke next morning with j
the thought that ho must so soon leave j
his pleasant quarters. On coming down j
into the parlor what was his dismay to j
find the General himself. The situa- |
tion was embarrassing, but the General
relieved it at once by coming forward J
and exf. tf aajas tokhpiyinc**-tt having,
fatigue,
But why delay the denouement of a
story which is becoming potent to all.
The Major of course accepted the invi
tation, and while stopping at the Gen
eral’s hospitable home, wooed and won
the fair lady, and in due time Miss
Butler wended her way with her
romantic lover to the sunny clime of
Georgia, where many of their descen
dants remain and are growing in num
bers, respectability and fortune.
WASHINGTON.
The Currency Bill Gone to the Presi
dent—The Senate Will Have an Ex
ecutive Session Before Adjourn
ment.
Washington, June 21.— A resolution
providing for a survey of Raiford’s land
locked water route, passed the Senate
last night, and will probably pass the
House to-morrow.
The currency bill has reached the
President, and the general opinion is
that he will sign it.
The Senate will have an executive
session before adjournment, to dispose
of the pending nominations. Imme
diately on the meeting of the Senate
to-morrow, Frelinghuysen will call up
the House bill for the execution of
Federal laws, in effect abolishing such
features of the Territorial Judiciary as
interfere with their enforcement. This,
together with Ramsey’s post route bill,
will probably be passed with but little
discussion.
The Currency Bill Signed-Confirma
tions—Organization of National
Banks and new Distribution of Cur
rency-Convention of Pilots.
Washington, June 22.— The President
has signed the Currency bill and also
the bill for the government of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Confirmations—Syman R. Bass, of
New York Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury ; Bluford Wilson, Solicitor of
the Treasury; Robert M. Douglass,
Marshall of Western North Carolina;
Benj. J. Morey, Appraiser of Merchan
dise at New Orleans.
The Comptroller of the Currency is
prepared to receive applications for
the organization of national banks in
all the Western and Southern States.
Applications may be made by letter,
giving the names of not less than five
stockholders of the proposed organi
zation, which shall be accompanied
with the endorsement of the Senator
or Representative of tiie district where
the bank is to be located, giving satis
factory „ information in reference to
the character and means of the appli-
cants. Applications are to be consid- i
ered immediately upon their receipt, '
and if approved, the necessary forms
for tiie organization of the new banks
will be at once transmitted. Under
the new apportionment to all West
ern and Southern States, with the ex
ception of Colorado, Montana and
Wyoming, will be entitled to additional
| circulation. The State of Indiana will
jbo entitled to about §2,800,000; Ohio
! to about §6,000.000 ; Minnesota about
§600,000; Nebraska about §300,000.
The other Western and Southern
States will be entitled to a much larger
emount. *
The following- banks have been au
thorized to commence business: The
New Series, Vol. 2, No. 30.
People’s National Bank of Rock Island
111., with a capital of §100,000; First
National Bank of Belleville, 111.. §125 -
000 ; Citizens’ National Bank of Win
chester, Ivy., §126,500 ; National South
ern Bank of Bowling Green, Kv §SO -
000 ; Marion National Bank of Lefca
n°D, Ky., §60,000. National Bank notes
of denomination of §lO are now being
issued to National Banks as hereto*
fore.
Washington, June 23.— The President
nominated ex-Gov. Alex. Shepherd, ex-
Postmaster Dennison and Henry T.
Blow, Provisional Commissioners to
govern the District. Blow and Denni
son were confirmed, but Shepherd was
rejected by 36 to 6. The President
substituted A. G. Cattell, of New Jer
sey, who wa’s confirmed.
The new Tariff bill failed.
Martin Rejerson, of Mississippi, is
among the Geneva Award Commission
ers.
The bill for the survey of water routes
passed.
One of the last bills to pass the Sen
ate was Gen. Young’s bill to improve
the Oostanonla river in Georgia. The
appropriation is ten thousand dollars.
The Conference Report on Miscellane
ous Appropriations was Agreed to—
It Advances $1,300,000 to the Dis
trict of Columbia to Pay the July
Interest on the Bonded Debt, $75,-
000 to be Reserved for the Payment
of Laborers.
The law under which civil service
commission exists is not repealed, but
no appropriation is made for continu
ing its work or paying its expenses.
The law providing for replacing worn
bank notes is still in. force, the-Senate
not passing the amendment first of
fered.
The amount appropriated to the over
flowed districts is §400,000, instead of
§500,000, first proposed.
Bills passed authorizing the employ
ment of thirteen clerks in the office of
the Comptroller of the Currency, cost
to be paid by the national banks ; to
provide §IO,OOO for the destruction of
retired notes by the maceration pro
cess ; appropriating §40,000 for the
erection of an equestrian statue of Na
thaniel Greene; §IO,OOO for the pur
liase of works of art for the Capitol;
of Venus ; §IO,OOO for the collection of
information regarding tiie fur trade of
Alaska ; §32,220 for a board of health
for the District of Columbia; §60.000
for surveying the public lands in Ore
gon, being an increase of §20,000; §200,-
000 for the improvement of the Capitol
grounds according to the plans of Fred
Law Olmsted; §IOO,OOO for fitting upthe
j basement of Post Office Dept.; §29,000
i for the Columbia Deaf and Dumb
j Asylum building : §25,000 for the build
! ing of a Woman’s Christian Associa
j tion ; §25,000 for the little sisters of
) the poor ; $9,000 for a Light House at
1 Rockport Harbor, Maine ; §15,000 for a
Light House in Cedges Strait, Chesa
! peak Bay, reappropriating the unex
pended balancqof the appropriation for
a Light House and bay signal at Point
FirminCil fornia;appropriatingsls,ooo
for building a relief light ship for the
! general service; $5,000 for experi
j ments regarding fog bells, &c.; §20,000
| for an experiment with breech-loacling
| cannon; §30,000 for winter quarters
! near the Red Cloud and Whetstone
Agencies ; §25,000 for presents for the
Sioux Indians on condition that they
shall relinquish their treaty rights
to hunt in Nebraska; SIO,OOO
for the National Association for
the relief of colored women and chil
dren in the District of Columbia ; $50,-
000 for continuing the work on the new
jail in the District of Columbia ; §2,000
for plans for library accommodations ;
§IB,OOO for machinery and fittings of
the new mint building at San Fran
cisco; §3,400 for fitting up a refinery
in the District of Columbia; §30,000 for
repaing the old mint building at San
Francisco for a sub-treasury and
other goverment offices; 40,000 for
1 wages and expenses of the Carson city
, mint, Nevada, and §25,000 for incidcm.
tal expenses of the New York Assay df
! ficc; also reappropriating the unexpend
-1 ed balances for repairs of the iron clad
Miantonomah, at Mare Island Navy
Yard, California, and other iron clads
elsewhere; for a public building at
Covington, Ivy.; for a public building
at Nashville, Tenn.„ with an increase
of the amount to §375,000, and limit
ing the total cost of the Philadelphia
custom house and post office to §4,-
000,000, and of Cincinnati public
building to $3,500,000. The appro
priations as fixed by the House for these
two buildings, namely : §750,000
and §600,000 respectively are retained.
§II,OOO for supplies for the Yankton
Sioux ; §150,000 for extending the
Washington City Hall building, so as
to accommodate the Pension Bureau ;
§15,000 for a reform school in the Dis
trict of Columbia, and §50,000 for a hy
prographic office.
In the Senate, the House bill to re
lieve the political disabilities of Jas.
L. Pugh, of Alabama, passed tl*p Sen
ate a few minutes before 6 o’clock, and
before it could be enrolled and got to
tile House to receive the signature of
the Speaker, that body had adjourned,
and the bill failed to become a law.
The House bill to relieve the political
; disabilities of Jno. Forsyth, of Ala
bama, passed. Spencer moved to re
consider the vote by which the bill to
i relieve the political disabilities of Jno.
I Forsyth, of Alabama was passed. The
Chair informed the Senator that the
bill had been enrolled and sent to the
j President. The House bill for the re
; lief of J. Scott Payne, second Lieut. 6th
| United States cavalry, passed.