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Newspaper Page Text* . . .JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. THE FAMILY JOURNAL—NEWS—POLITICS- LITERATURE—AGRICULTURE—DOMESTIC NEWS,'Etc.—PRICE $3.00 PER ANNUM. GEORGIA TEL APH BUILDING TABLISilED 1826. MACON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1882. VOLUME LVI-NO 2 A. J»JiRHIAS DAXC1XG SCHOOL. Jum'nM tangled in b«r hair— Ebon hair that loosely hangs, Tip.-ed with silver serpents’ fangs, Swaying in the scented air. Silken sandals os her feet— Tiny feet that trip in time To the tambourine, and rhyme With the tinkling music sweet. in her olive-tinted breast, Turquoise trinkets, Jewels, rings— ) Lovers’ tokens—gifts from kings, ' Jingle gayly, never rest. i Now she gives a dizzy twirl To tho measure of a dance— { Quicker than a stolen glanoe, * I Glides the dainty, graceful girl. Wnst beyond the eager throng Lazily her lover smokes f With his rivals, telling jokes ipiced with strains of Persian song. dly waiting—well he krows How they hate him, every one. In the garden of the Bun He has plucked the fairest rose. F. D. 8. HIS CHRISTMAS GIFT. The Christmas sun streamed Joyously through the stained windows of the old thurch, reflecting their many hues on the ween twined about the pillar, even sport- kg among the pure white flowers with (liicb the altar was dressed; the organ aled forth its glad, triumphant Christ 's as strain, and slowly died away, and sl ut lost itself, when, breaking the soJ- in stillness—a stillness which seemed a ry hush of gladness—one voice,exquisite- sweet, and pure, and clear, floated rough the vaultless aisles, higher and ;her, until it seemed as though carrying ! Christmas aathem upward to the feet the listening angels, that they might ichnbc strain aud bear It to their God. "nstiuctively, Colonel Dancan Dare t% 'll. that he might view the songstress. " v Warccly known what motive had . v \>is morning into the church, ex- of ^.is regiment had only recently Vdiaitjd here, and he bad strolled in Wfaqfatom, half from ennui. 1 few friends here, except .■fcecafaothcr officers, and a friend s'’ ~%s is the mosti desolate day l' Calendar. No one had brought J **’’ van as gift, no one wished him >. . asting, but In this moment ap^ f le«"ireceived both. ■w*'"’* . passeJ^nd Vod, the owner of the , . v - tfH.ntry- - v s ynig dre&ipily into space, -'^Ipberi 1 'bands simply clasped, , ' ijd|r*l J W 1 >S 110 effort, scarcely con- O V '’A-awwi^sang, 3' et wit h every stone i N-Jv . vatynfvb echoing in perfect mel- * . V t£,ofeh]d *- th a* r "ook her seat^the % litUc «h the •■'hdlr sat, was igatikn s-.tied them 1 havingjAi taken f£ so nfe- hem wr^STallv food: but . D-r« ameV' distance JKf tho.j,Lav>‘ ■# Single breajted the storm brought by a sudden turn in the tide of financial affairs. Hap pily he was spared the knowledge (hat his child was exposed, unprotected, to Its fnry; but Meta now learned the innate strength and force of her womanhood. Her voice, which had always been her pride—on whose cultivation he had lavish ed gold which now might have supported her in comfort—she could at least turn back into gold again; but not here—not where she had always lived—where she bad dreamed the one love-dream whose harsh dispelling none knew save the heart which had suffered it. It was Christmas eve, and, in a distant town, where she trusted she might know or be known by none, Miss Melville was billeted to appear in concert. For this evening, she had laid aside her mourning, wearing a white heavy silk, her neck anc, arms bare, without a tinge of dolor In her dress, except a bunch of deep red roses In her hand and a single one in her hair. Excitement had brought a faint flush to her cheek and her eyes seemed ablaze with fire. A burst of admiration, almost awe, followed her appearance, succeeded by a bunt of applause. She seemed so young, so exquisitely lovely, such a very child in their midst. Then the conductor raised his baton, confidence crept reassur ingly Into her heart, and, though she dar ed not glauce among the auditors, she felt them to be her friends. Faint, and low, and sweet, began the flute-like tones, until, gathering strength and courage, they rose higher aud higher, ending in a thrill so perfect, so wonder ful, that ere it finished the houft had risen to ils feet, and the songstress* triumph was complete. llaptuously they began the encore Smilingly she obeyed. Again the sweet young tones broko the silence—this time essaying some simple ballad. It was a little song she had once sung to Dnncan (^“^wheu they two had been alone to- For the first time her glances had swept the honse, and a* though its notes had conjured up his wraith, she saw 1dm standing pale and stern, leaning against one of the stalls, his* eyes fixed on her face. For a moment her voice trembled and broke. The memory of all she hadsuiler- ed blotted out the present. She heard somewhere in the distance her manager’s reassuring voice, caught the glauce of pity and sympathy from many faces; then gathering strength tor one supreme eilort of her life, caught up tho broken strain and held it to the end. Smiling to the last, she boned to tho delighted audience her adieu; then, no longer feeling their curious gaze upon her, sank fainting where she stood. It vu Christmas morniDg. A year ago, and hoy? bright aud joyous bad been her yelcome to the day! Now all was sad pud desolate. Only the floral tributes stranger hands had sent her genius, not b’ea-serf, surrounded her, already showing sUas/tf decay. No single tribute prompt- tfil-dy love was hers. Such was her bitter musing, when the Servant of the hotel brought her a card bearing Duncan Dare’s name; and in a few moments he had 'fllowed it into her ♦fir «el- idome -had f the latter at his cost be had look- translucent as lied to him a d all were 'false and the glance, ing, the current that It bad force, and he to jjrove his' own vt.bis passion ho had in- Vf''ell bound }ji others Lvt) her, he V it, she jifce to her from ___ «{ed, "that uncan' 'Dare heard in low tones bo- eman who is so atten- i,” he distinctly heard Limed the other. “She Sgagement then soon, I ; think so. It is a binding at least. He must face pale, and, all w kr%g was, bis limbs ''upg*Before, and, listening fY'*-- of her voice, they a T of her truth into eternal slumber, and _ new and hydro-bead- r the first time, ac- own soul that one pure A sprang up again in the of bis heart, and that ac- Ele start?' , t *''tj»i'. dev ’ 310,1 e:mpiy> trains tv er to his look. “You didn’t know it?” “I knew nothing,” he replied. “My ife, since I left you, has been one long truggle to forget, but I find-it has been all in vain. I cannot tell you the horror with which I saw you, last, selling the voice whose notes are priceless. How did it all happen? Meta, tell me!” In a few words she told him all. “But your engagement?” he went on. “Who or where is the man, that ho al lows you to do this thing—to barter that which should be hls’most, precious treas ure?” She looked at him with wondering eyes. “What do you mean?” she said. “I have never been engaged.” Then he told her about. what he had overheard. The blood mounted to her brow as she listened. “They had no right to link my name with yours,” she cried, indiguantly, won dering, with a spasm of wounded pride, if he would ever guess how nearly they had hit the truth; “hut the engagement they referred to doubtless was with the choir, as that bound me for ajyear, and they sup posed my possible mairiage might inter fere with it.” “Meta, my love! my love!” he exclaim ed, in the fullness of his grateful joy. ‘Then you are freo—free to love me? Ah, you knew long ago, my dear, how all my heart was yours! 1 need not now pnt it into words. Meta, you will he my wife —my Christmas gilt?” She looked up, smiling through her tears. “I was just about to make another en gagement,” she said. His face paled. “Do not trifle with me!” he pleaded. ' For answer, she placed w itbin his bunds a paper, containing future tenns of agree ment between herselt and her manager, awaiting only her signature. He Tead it through; then, crossing the room, placed It on the burning coals In the grate. “My little Chrislmaa gift,” he said, re turning again to her side, aad taking her right into his strong, loving embrace, “you have made betterleims to-day, and with another manager. Henceforth, my dar ling, all legal documents must be signed by both Colonel and Mrs. Duncan Dare.’ THE GUITEAUTEIAL. Garfield's Doctors’ Bills.—Repre sentative Springer, who is a member of the House committee to pass upon claims for compensation for attendance upon and service to the late President, says no ex cess ol bills will be allowed. He says the committeo will allow just about such amounts as the court would award il the claims were made against the estate, and that every claimant will be required to give a written guarantee that he or she will occept the ^nouut allowed by Con gress in lull for 111 services, antrwill re lease the estate from all liabilities. ~y: qf.i -t - hf’'ijr 1 ' FI Ff-,-1 fro, icaren-Mnt gift, he would ( > Bib leu iii now, with his own ' * ’ J « .a .>.I af If rant.. s .'ll nfld uproot and cast It out. tzed, incredulous glance, Mias •w hhn pass her with a cold, raising of his bat; then with ■lost fierce In their swiftness, town the street. ’• week she learned that, throagh f orders he himeelf had sought, ire had been removed toanotb- > said, next Sunday, In charch, lelville’s voice waa falling, they tell that, looking down vacant place from which, since -istmas day, the tall, soldierly form ever been abseut until now, a senao dden loneliness had emote upon her t until her notes of pralee had almost -d iu a burst of bitter weeping. Jt, like many another ef her sound up her heart, lashing it with •h to ng* of pride, stifling every moan, Jc her eyes aud llpe still smlUed. But ) rer sorrow was in store tor her. * months later, her toad, doting fat»* ed, leaving her orphaned end alone- wealth, too, vanished under the Argus of executors and creditors, and town once vast fortune it waa discovered hing was left. This fact aroused Meta tana her torpor Commending a Stalwart Organ. —Senator Mshone, ol Virginia, has ad dressed a letter to the publishers of the Washington National Republican, one of the most stalwart of the Republican or gans, in which he says: “It elves me great pleasure to commend the National Repul" Republican—so well aud ably edited—to the earnest friendship of those who would uphold the constitution and the laws, dis courage sectional lines and class legisla tion, toater public education, and reaped the rights and care fofthe proper inter ests of all the people of a common coun try.” Along with this the Republican publishes a circular signed by all the Re publican members of Congress from the Jouth, and addressed “to Hie anti-Bour- bou voters of tne Southern States,” In which they heartily recommend the ex tension of the circulation of the Republi can as one of the means of “breaking up what has been a solid Bourbon South.” rsa st the ■'MpIltUsc Nrt Territorial Enterprise. Hie fluorite amusement of the Ar izona oow boys is shooting off each other’s hats for tha whisky. If, unfortunately, a “boy” Tpt—the hat and kills the man he has to gland the drinks for the whole erowd. The bar-keeper, in the latter contingency, obeerfolly pays the funeral expenses. Washington, January 0.—When the court opened the ninth week of the Gul teau trial this morning the crowd filled every nook and corner in the chilly room and the ladies were decidedly in the ma jority. The prisoner arrived at the court house about 9:30o’clock and rfas taken to his waiting room. He appeared rather nervous and his countenance indicated anxiety. When be had taken his seat in the dock, he glanced around stealthily over the audience and Immediately began a harangue, evidently intended for the jury. “1 have received,” he said, “some eight huudred letters; a great majority of them are from ladies; when I get time I shall attend to them; I want to send my greetings to the ladies of America and thank them for their sympathies; they dont want me to be hanged; the public opinion is fast changing. I received on Satuiday a check forono thousand dollars from the stalwarts of Brooklyn, and an other for fire hundred dollars from the stalwarts of New York, i want this Jury to understand how public opinion Is on this case.*’. A bailin' hero tried to silence him wlieD ho turned upon him in the most vicious manner and snarled out: “You keep quiet aud mind your business. Don’t interfere with me when I am talk ing. If you had any sense you would un derstand your place?’ With this opemug breeze the proceedings in due form were begun, and Scoville resumed his argu ment. Ml'. Scoville proceeded without inter ruption for an hour, and his remarks were listened to with marked attention. He laid stress upon the proposition that in sane men often know the difleret.ee be tween right and wrong and forihU reason conceal their plans; that the benefit of doubt should attach to the pica of insanity when raised with the same force as when urged in connection with the commission of crime, Scoville concluded bis argument at 12 o'clock, and i" :onclus>on desired to make a few remarks of a personal character. Alluding to b:s controversies with Judge Porter, bo disclaimed auy intention of transgressing the bounds of propriety or tho rifles ol practice, but he should criti cise the conduct of counsel when it merit ed criticism, and the threats of the prose cutton would not intimidate him. Citing the custom of counsel on the other side ol’ bowing to tho jury upon entering, Scoville said: “Sometimes it’s three rows all around, someti.ms more—never less than three. It has never been done by counsel upon this side, and I do not hesitate to criticise tlic propriety of it.” Judge Porter—“The gentleman is simply instancing his lack of politeness. If he has no apology to offer, I shall certainly not apologize for him.” A recess was then taken. After tho re cess, Corkhiil N.ated that he had not ex pected to speak on the legal points to-day, upon the assurance of the defense that the question of. jurisdiction would not bo raivd. • Dpi a* two or the prayers of tho jicfeTisfe/iiStlnclly made that issue, he felt it his duty as the prosecuting officer of the government to address tho court upon a question to which he had devoted much careful consideration. He then proceeded to read from printed slips an exhaustive argument upon the subject of jurisdiction, The argument of the district attorney occupied attention fot one hour. Lia- vidgo then addressed the court upon the general oppositions contained In the prayers. “1 do not deem it necessit y, “lie began, “to advert to the question of juris diction at this time.” “A very wise decision,” piped in the prisoner. Davidge then discussed the question of malice, which, lie said, m its legal sense meant the intentional doing of a wrong ful act, and not as the defense seemed to claim. In this respect he thought they had fallen into grave error. Davidge discussed the prayeis of the defense and pointed put their sophistries and incon sistencies. “The object of the prosecu tion,” he said, “is to obtain from your Honor a plain, clear aDd direct ruling upofl four distinct propositions. The ap parent object of the defense lias been to befog all that may be clear iu this case, in the vain hope that they may get the jury tradictions and denials. For once, how ever, the insufferable impudence of the prisoner was completely overawed. Neither his noise nor his abuse could iu* impressed with somo uncertainty. Your Honor, in the course of thirty years’ practice, I have never seen such a prayer as this one of fered by the defense. It has no justifi cation—it has no excuse. We don’t want obscurity in this matter. We want light. We don’t mean to let this prisoner escape In a cloud, but wo want from your Houor a clear and perspicuous ruling, so that the twelve average men sitting upon the jufy cannot possibly go astray.” Davidge se verely handled the 11th.and 12th prayers of the defense, and characterized them as mean attempts to cast aspersion upon the experts who had testified for the pros ecution and upon counsel for the prose cution themselves. The prisoner followed the argument with the closest attention, and indulged In frequent and noisy comments. Da vidge concluded Ins argument at fire min utes to 3 o’clock. The court then ad- ourned till to-morrow morning. Judge Porter will make the concluding argu ment immediately upon the opening of court, after which Judge Cox will render Ills decision. Washington, January 10.—The court room was densely crowded this morning when Judge Cox made his appearance, a great majority being newcomers, as was evident by the general movemeut to catch a glimpse of the prisoner as he passed before them on his way to the dock. As Guiteau passed bis brother, he whispered to him: “Come over to the dock. I want to see you about something of great im portance.” Taking his seat tho prisoner laid down a large bundle of papers, and spreading out his manuscript, busied himself looking it over. Judge Forter began his argument shortly after 10 •’clock, and at once fixed the attention of every one in the court room. Guiteau pretended tc be engrossed in his manu script, but soou laid it aside and listened with wrapt attention. It is believed that Judge Porter will speak until the hour of recess. Nothing like it has been seen or ird during the past nine weeks in the Guiteau trial. As Judge Porter reviewed the conduct of the prisoner and the con duct on the part of his counsel of his cause in court, and the crime in all its hideous ugliness was held up to the detestation of his hearers, the silence became oppressive, and the pres ence of aveDgingjustloe in the near fu ture was suggested with a force of convic tion that swept from the court-room every vestige of that levity which has so loDg danced attendance upon every utterance of the prisoner, and, like a veil, obscured from the consciousness of the specta tors the horrors of the crime and what should be the solemnity of Its judicial atonement. The prisoner winced and nervously twisted in his place, and for several minutes was unable to say any thing that in any sense could approach to an interruption. Gradually the prisoner regained his usual assurance and resumed terrupt or silence the avslsnche of con demnation that swept from the lips of tba eloquent counsel. “The prisoner is mis taken, your Honor,” said Judge Forter, “if he believes by his unseemly bawlliq: he can prevent my voice from being heard by the jury. The puppet cannot be moved in such good tim6 as when he sat with bis counsel, and by his outbursts now he is fast tightening the hangman’s noose about his neck.” With a nervous twitch ing of the mouth, Guiteau muttered: “We’ll see about that.” The heretofore audacious and wholly unabashed prisoner seemed ill at ease, and at a loss to an derstaiul why his would-be sallies of wit and impudence wholly failed with the au dience, while the more severe became the denuuclation of counsel the more frequent and marked were the demonstrations of approval. Finally, like a wild beast brought to bay, Guiteau yelled out: “I stakod tny life on the issue, and I’m will ing to go to the gallows to-morrow if it’s the Lord’s will. I’m sick of this bosh. Judge Porter, I wish you would get jour fire thousand dollars and go home.” Judge Porter concluded his masterly argument at 11:40 by reading the now fa mous letter of Prcsidbut Garfield to Judge Payne, Iu which he complimented and thanked him for brushing away the- net work of sophistries with which it has of late years been customary to envelope the plea of insanity when set up in excuse lor crime. Judge Cox, at 11:45, began the reading of his decision, which begins with a lengthy review of the subject of ju- Judge Cox occupied fifteen minutes in reading that portion of his decision touch ing upon the question of jurisdiction. He reviewed the progress of opinion aud cited all important rulings from the early days of the common law iu England, and de cided against the prayer ol the delense. lie summed up the question that jurisdic tion is completo in the place where the wound Is completed, consequently this court has full cognizance of the offense. Judge Cox next took -up the question of the legal text of insanity, and decided that a knowledge and appreciation of the difference between right aud wrong must be taken as the correct test. Judge Cox concluded bis decision at 1:25 p. m., having consumed an hour and forty minutes in rapid speaking. Upon every material point his rulings were di rectly against the prayers of the defense, aud the only grain of comfort for the prisoner was offered when Judgb Cox reached the question of reasonable doubt. Upon this subject lie said: “I shall not charge to acquit if they lmd a reasonable doubt as to any ouc element, but I shall take into consIde:ation afd charge them relative to all the elements, and that if from all the circumstances and all the ev idence they have a reasonable doubt of the commission by defendant of the crime as charged, then they shall acquit.” As Judge Cox finished speaking, Gul- leatt called out: “I am perfectly satisfied with that exposition of the law.” Aftet consultation between counsel, the court adjourned till Thursday morning, when Mr. Davidge will make the opening argument to the jury for the prosecution THE FEDERAL. CONGRESS. Tlio Ashland Murderers. Perhaps a short description of the lives of the wretches would net he amiss. Ellis Craft is the eldest child of a Baptist min ister now stationed at Cannonshurg, in this county. Craft was born in this county, and has always led a wild and reckless life. His devilness would mani fest itself by interrupting religious meet ings and carrying on the devil generally. He has three times been convicted of criminal intercourse with young girls, and had to leavb tho county for over a year, and been criminally intimato with a Lizzy Church, a grass widow. By this last-named woman be proposes, through her evidence, to prove an alibi. But there is no strength / to base an alibi on her testimony. Ho shot at a man named Proctor about four months ago, and the ball went through Proctor’s hat, but through some unaccountable reason ho escaped all action against him. He has been arrested twice in tho town by Capt. Whitten, the city marshal, and has been arrested several times iu Catlettsburg for disorderly conduct. Ho is of a quarrel some disposition when under the influence of liquor. His general appearance is that of a rough, uncouth person. He has a low, receding forehead and repulsive look, mixed with a small percentage of assumed respectability. His character,as given by those who are acquainted with him, is not at all enviable. His whole conversation among his companions has been of that lascivious aud demoralizing kind peculiar to such characters. He is about live feet six inches high, medium built, dark com plexion, dark hair and moustache. William Neal married a woman named Rice from up the Big Sandy river, and has three children by her. His physiognomy is worse than Graft’s. The formation of his head would not be a model that a phre nologist would pick out for classifying among tho benevolent and moral ones. George Ellis is about five feet ten inches high, stoutly built, light hair and mous tache. He has been married about one year. He has always deported himself In a proper manner. He formerly boarded at the Star Hotel, andtheu went to house keeping. His landlord speaks very highly ofblmasa good tenant qnd industrious man. New Orleans, according to the press of that city, has bad a prosperous year. There have been more bulldiugs, and bet ter, erected during the year than any year since the panic—more business done, and better. For the year on which we have just entered New Orleans has the promise of reaping rich harvests from tho Southern Pacific and- other railroads which have been brought to its doors. No large fires have visited New Orleans durlDg the year, and the city has been wonderfully healthy and free from epidemics. Tho only halt In the onward march was that brought about by the labor troubles of September fortunately averted without bloodshed and satisfactorily arranged. Extract From Carpenter’s Npeecb on tbo Fits Jobn Forter Cnee. Were I to vote for this bill I should fancy that the tears of widows and or phans were moistening the dust at my feet; I should imagine that the disembod- isd spirits, the frowning shades of twenty thousand soldiers, slaughtered in vain, were mustering in this chamber to scourge me from my seat. Nevertheless, Mr. President, God’s will be done. It may be that eveu this last travesty upon justice is necessary. They tell us that whom the gods mean to destroy they first make mad. It may be, althongh it seems impossible, that the Democrats are not mad enough yet to insure their total de struction. This last act may he qeeded to conviuce the American people that, to Insure a proper discrimination hot ween virtue ana vice, to fix the ptoper baa on disloyalty and hold rebellion in check, we ueed in the White House once more the ateedy hand, the cool head, and the patriotic heart of U. 8. Grant. Ortb Wzbt Mantle* It ta Mr. Cameron BprinolUld Mepublican. In fact, Mr. Keifer is the men deliber ately chosen by Don Cameron to exercise the powers of the Speaker. Washington, January 9.—In the Sen ate, a number of bills were introduced, among them the following: By Mr. Hill of Geo-gia, for the termination of the convention of January 30lh, 1875, be tween the Unitcd.States and the king the, Hawaiian Islands. He also intro duced a resolution, which was adopted, for an inquiry by the committee on foreign relations as to what action is proper to terminate the convention. Mr. Call, of Florida, in presenting petition' fur mail facilities from Manatee to Cedar Keys and other points on the Florida coast, asked tho special attention of the postal committee to ths necessity for the maintenance of an adequate pos tal service ou the gulf coast of that State, along which nearly the entire commerce cf the Western Stales now passes. Mr. Jonas, oi Louisiana, introduced bill for a public building at Shreveport. The House resolution of thanks to the Khedive of Egypt for Cleopatra’s Needle was, ou motiou of Mr. Bayard, takeq up and passed. The morning hour was extended to dis pose of Mr- Hoar’s pending resolution for a select committee on the rights of wo man, to whom are to be referred all peti tions and resolutions In relation to wo man suffrage. The resolution was adopt ed-yeas 35, nays 23. Sherman’s 3 per cent, bond bill was taken up, and Mr. JTest offered an amend ment, which was ordered to bo printed, adding to the bill a section identical with tho fifth section of the vetoed 3 per cent, hill of last session, but modified to cover the provision of two hundred mil lions. It makes the bonds the sole basis for bank circulation. The amendments reported with the bill when it came from the committee on finance before the holi days were adopted. The debate occu pied the remainder of the session until 2:55 p. ra., and adjourned with Vest in possession oi the floor when the bill next comes up. Jones introduced a joint resolution, giving notice of the termina tion of the convention of June 30th, 1875, with Ihe King of the Hawaiian Islands. In' the House, Mr. Kelley, oi Pennsyl vania, chairman of the committee on ways and means, offered a resolution for tlie;distribution of the President’s message to the various committees of the House, and it was referred to the committee of tho whole, Mr. Belford, of Colorado, re serving all poiuts of order thereon. On motion of Mr. Hlscock, of New York, the committee on appropriations was granted leave to sit during the ses • sions of the House. Uuder the call of the States a number of bills were introduced and referred, amoDg them one by Mr. Shelley, of Ala bama, to reduce the fees to be paid by olficers of steam vessels tor certificates of license to fifty cents Bills were introduced as follows: By Mr.-Hender-on, of Illinois, for tho con struction of the Mississippi and Illinois of canal. By Mr. Kasson, oi Iowa, a bill providing for a tariff commissiou. This bill Is identical with the Morull bill introduced in the Senate ou DecemberSth. By Mr. Caldwell, of Kentucky, to equal ize pensions; also, to repeal the arrears of peusioDS act. By Mr. Ellis, authorizing the laying of aqueducts from Lake Ponch- artraiu to New Orleaus. By Mr. Dowell, of Louisiana, to aid in the establishment and temporary support of public schools. By Mr. Buckner, to give American registers to foreign-built Iron and steel vessels. By Mr. Van Vorhls, prohibiting the sub-letting of contracts for carrying the United States mails. By Messrs. Hardenburg and Crapo, bills to enable national banking associations to extend their corporate existence. By Mr. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, proposing a con stitutional amendment providing for the election of United States Senators by the direct vote of the people, and also that for each million of inhabitants above two millions each State shall have an additional Senator. By Mr. Thomas, of Illinois, proposing a constitutional amendment making polygamy a felony. By Mr. ReltZhoover, of Pennsylvania, proposing a constitutional amendment applying tho principle of minority repre sentation to the Presidential elections. It provides for the eloction by a direct vote and the revision of the electoral vote in each State in exact proportion with the popular vote. By Mr. Whlt- thomc, of Tennessee, to authorize a treaty with the republic of Mexico; to promote and facilitato reciprocal and liberal com mercial relations between the people of said republic and the United States, and to secure protection to capital and labor of citizens ol the United States which may be invested and employed in opening railway communication in said republic, and through ils territory to the Pacific coast. By Mr. Wise, of Virginia, repeal ing the law requiring manufacturers’ names to be printed on certain plugs of Mr. Desendorf, oi Virginia, $500,000 ... ■ of construction and repair, $150,000 for the bureau of steam engineering and $75,- 000 lor the bureau of equipment and re cruiting. By Mr. Springer, of Illinois, defining the law 81 insanity in criminal cases; also a resolution requesting tho Secretary of the Navy to transmit to the House all papers and correspondence iu tho department relative to the Chlriqut coaling stations and an appropriation for tho purchase thereof, aud further request ing the Secretary to continue to withhold all payments for such stations until far ther legislation by Congress. Tl*re were about 075 bills introduced to-day. The House, at 4:40, went into commit tee of the whole, Mr. Hlscock, or New York, in tlio chair, for the consideration of the resolution, reported this morning from the committee on ways and means fur the distribution of the President’s message. A dispute arose as to the refer ence of that portion of the President’s message referring to silver certificates. It was finally referred to the commutes on banking and currency, and the original resolution thus amended was reported back to tbe House aud adopted. The Speaker announced the following appointments: Reed, of Maine, as a mem ber of the committee on rules in place of Orth, resigned; . Kasson, of Iowa, and Tucker, of Virginia, as directors of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb; Deering, Taylor and Cox, of New York, as regents of the Smithsonian Insti tute. The Speaker laid before tho House the following message from the President: To the Senate and Houae of Representor- Ikes: I transmit a communication re ceived this day from the late Postmaster General to which I Invite your careful at tention. Though the period limited for the reception of bids under tbe existing advertisements expired on the 7th insL, several weeks must necessarily elapse be fore they can be classified and examined and the actual letting take place. If, therefore, Congress should be of the opin ion that a change in the law is necessary It might, I presums, be made immediate ly applicable. Chester A. Arthur. Executive Mansion, Jan. 0,1882. Tbe message and accompanying docu ments were referred to the comnUtee on post-offices and post-roods, wllhTsave to report at any iime, and the House at 5: adjourned. Washington, January 10.tbe Senate, Mr. Bayard, from the finance committee, reported with tbe recommen dation that it pass the Morrill tariff com mission bill; also, with an adverse report, the Garland commisaton bill. He said he favored the mode of constituting the commission prescribed In the ' former (namely, from among civilians), as ten«L ing to remove tbe tariff question from the arena of sectional or partisan feeling, of the existence of which Congressmen were fully conscious. Proceeding to aigue tho necessity for immediate actiun correct the incongruities and inefficiency of the existing tariff, he characterized its class legislation for the benefit of the few as a perversion of legislation. He repudiated the doctrine that what is wanted is a tariff for protection, with incidental revenue, and argued that taxation, to be just, must be uniform, and to be uniform must be uulreral. The paramount purpose iu tar iff taxation shffild be to provide for tho expenses of the government, and inciden tal to this the fostering of our industries may be wisely considered—not as the cor- trolling motiv Jin laying tbe taxes) but as OHO of its i.’pjitable results. He did not propose iK'~~to'discuss tbe principles of tariff Uxi /m 7i at auy length. They were soou tended upou by the representa tives of 4 .Ve people. The war taxes oi the present tarilt were out of date iu a time of peace. In illustration of this he referred to the duties on various articles. Upou the conclusion of Mr. Bayard’s remarks, the morning hour hiving been extended informally, Sherman’s funding t "j .catne up, but was temporarily laid aside without a vote, and Mr. B«vk took the floor aud delivered a long speech in opposition to the Morrill bill. Mr. Beck opposed the bill as a cunning scheme of tho monopolists for delay, to which they had resorted not only as a means of p& venting Jegislationby the present Congress bat of whitewashing all enormities of the high protective system. He wanted to have immediate action upon ths tariff, and asserted that all that the commission would find out wss a basis for judicious reduction 6f taxation which could b i presented by a committee of the Senate aud furnished to the ways and means committee of the House wiUiiu six' weeks. The nine men whom it was pro posed to have the President select might refuso to hear whatever did not suit them, and would not be accountable for misrepresentations .in their report. The evident purpose of the so-called protec tionists, as shown by the declarations of tlelr organizatious and conventions, was to have the commission which would be appointed a committee in their inter est. The declaration of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Morrill), that the changes should be made by friendly bands and not by ill-informed and . reck less revolutionists, was easily understood. This, however, was an Impeachment of the integrity and ca pacity of Congress, one house of which was charged Dy the constitution with the duty oi originating bills for raising, revis ing or changing taxation. Upon that ac count the election of its members every two years would make them careful. The success of the infant Southern cotton in dustries demonstrated that tbe only pro tection such industries require to compete with the old and established ones was proximity to raw material and a market for their products. Georgia in this direc tion was more successfully competing with New England than would the latter in a free contest iu coiton manufacturing production with Great Britain, and he would cheerfully vote to exempt all cotton machinery from tax by way of encouraging home compet ing industry, and he would also make iron cotton ties free. He would do this ■ compensation to tbe cotton planters for the $00,000,000 of which they were* robbed by tbo unjust cotton tax of 1805-00, audio mike them even with New England manufacturers, who had had for fifteen years the benefit of the war tariff. After commeuting at some length upou the incongruities and iniquities of the present system, and advocating a tariff for revenue framed so as to be readily un derstood and adjusted upon adtalorcm principles as far as practicable, Mr. Beck closed by criticising with some severity the recommendations of the Secretary of the Treasury concerning the withdrawal of silver certificates and the placing oi the currency in tbo hands of the national banks. He incidently referred to what be called the absurdity of any effort to abol ish internal] taxation, in view of the present wants of the treasury. Mr. Beck occupied the floor nearly three hours, concluding at 4:10. He was atten tively listened to throughout by an almost full Senate and some members of the House. Mr. Morrill, rising to reply to .a few of the points made by Mr. Beck, said he had not been ignorant ol that Sanatoria intention to deal sharply with his argu- ments,and he (Morrill) now wished to say he was about as well as could be expect ed—that he needed neither to haul off for repairs nor wait to find ammunition. The Senator seemed to have jumped into the controversy for the purpose of headiog off tbe growing, prosperity of tbe South, which bad now. to some extent at least, embarked in man ufactures. Aa to the cotton tax of which the Senator complained, that was abont the only tax paid by the South, while the North, East and West paid thousands of millions to support the government. If he (Morrill) was a Southern man, he would levy an internal revenue tax upon every pound of cotton produced in this country, except that ior family use, and make a drawback of au equal amount upon the manufactured article if sent ahroal. He believed this would in a short time double the total of Southern >rts. _ere the debate, which had been con tinued by unanimous consent, terminated, aud the chair laid before the Senate the unfinished Sherman fnnding bill. At 4:20 the Senate adjourned. HOUSE. Benjamin Wood, of New York, appear ed at tbe bar of the House and qualified as a member. The House then, as the regular order, resumed tbe consideration of the Utah contested election case, the pend ing resolution being that offered by Mr. Haskell, of Kansas, declaring that Allen G. Campbell, tbe delegate elect from Utah Territory, is entitled to be sworn in as delegate on his prima facie case. Mr. Reed, of Maine, offered as a substi tute a resolution referring to the commit tee on elections tbe question of prima facie right as between Campbell and Can non to be awom in as delegat+from Utah, together with all certificates and papers presented on each side, with instructions to that committee to report at as early a day as possible. After a spicy debate, In which Haskell and Cox weie the principal speakers, Mr. Reed modified his substitute so as to refer to the committee on elections, not only the decision of tbe prima facie cue, bat also the final decision of the contest, and proceeded to argue in favor of his proposi tion. Mr. McCord, of Iowa, seat to the clerk’s desk and had read a resolution which he said he would offer at a proper time as a substitute ■ tor tbe pending 20 lction. it Is long and to tbe effect that it is inconsistent with the rights and diguitv of the House that the Terri tory of Utah, which is so flagrantly controlled by tbe institutlon’of polygamy, should be entitled to representation on the floor of the House; that delegates claiming seats from that Territory are de clared disqualified, and that all papers in this care be reterred to the committee on electioryv with instructions to present a bill givrhg effect to the judgment of the House as herein expressed. Mr. McCord made an exhaustive argument in favor of his proposition. Tbe debate was further participated in by Messrs. Converse, Uiscock and UoMn- son. Finally, Mr. Haskell demanded the previous question, which beiug seconded cut off Mr. Marsh, of Illinois, who desired to offer a resolution directing the commit tee ou elections to report on tha fact whether either of the claimants was a polygamist. Mr. Haskell stated that be desired to offer a resolution giving certain instructions to the committee on elections in the case. It was read, rs follows: “Whereas, polygamy has been for many years and is now practiced in sev eral or the Territories of the United States in contraveution of the laws there- .oft aud, Whereas, There has been admitted Into former Congresses of the United States a delegate from the Territory of Utah, who has served iu the House of Representa tives as such while sustaining polygamous marital relatiras (vide documents in tho contested election case of Cannon vs. Campbell), therefore, be it Resolved, As the fixed and final deter mination of the House of Representatives of tbo Forty-seventh Congress, that no person guilty of living in polygamous marital relations, or of leaching or iustig- natlng others to do so, Is entitled to be ad mi tted In this house as a delegate from any territory ot the United States. The reading of this resolution was re ceived with applause. Mr. Randall raised the point of older that the resolution was not germane to tbe case under consider ation. He protested against the idea that m voting upon tbe pending resolution members were expressing auy opinion on the subject of polygamy. Th$ Speaker held that the resolutiou did not give such instructions to the committeo as were comprehended in the rules, aud therefore ruled it out of order. Mr. Reed’s substitute was then adopted b7180 to 23, the negatives being all Re publican, and tbe contested case was thereby referred to the committee on elec tions. Mr. Haskell then desired to offer as a privileged question tho resolution given above, but was cut off by a motiou to adjourn, which was at 4:50 carried. THE COMMITTEES. Tbe House committee ou agriculture to-day decided and the chairman was au thorized to report a bill to the House ap propriating-$5,WO to defray the expenses of transporting to Washington certain ag ricultural and mineral products which have been ou exhibition at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition, and were presented to the United States government. The House committee on appropriations to-day practically agreed to report part of the regular appropriation bills to the House In tbe following order: Military academy, fortifications, petiaions, naval, Indian, consular and diplomatic. The order of the remaining bills has not yet been decided upon, excepting that the sundry civil and deficiency appropriations will be the last considered. The first of mtine portions of several of the bills are already in type. It appears to be the sentiment of the sub-committee that the census deficiency ihould be promptly paid, and it la thought that the sub com mittee will during the present week report a bill to the full committee covering the entire amount of the deficl*. Washington, January 11.—A number petitions were presented for com mission to inquire into the liquor aud al coholic trade. Nearly eveiy Senator pre sented one or more memorials on the sub ject. The President pro tem. announced the special committee on the rights of woman, under tbe resolution of Mr. Hoar, as fol lows: Lapham, Anthony, Ferry, Blair, George, Jackson and Fair. At the end of tbe morniDg hour, the Sherman funding bill was taken up and Mr. Vest addressed the Senate. He claim- that the Democratic funding bill of the last Congress would have saved the peo ple $15,000,000 a year in interest * on tbe iublic debt, and that this was prevented jy the Republican party. He said he was not attacking tbe national banks, but he did attack tne vast power vested in them. He condemned the legislation which bad given the national bauks power to con tract or expand the debt at will. He declared that tbe national banks have grown In wealth and power to such an extent that they do cot intend to surrender their charters or their existence. These banks can cniy continue with the national debt, and they don’t propose to have tbe public debt paid off, riecause it would wipe them out. He insisted that the Issue between tbe aggregated capital iu the national banks on tbe one side and- the people on the other is now presented, and be arrayed himself on the side of the )eop!e. He criticised Mr. McPhersou for lis remarks yesterday in behalf and sup port ot tha national banks, and said this was not Democratic doctrine—that the Democratic party does not sympathize with the national banks. Alter further remarks by Messrs. Mc Pherson and Sherman upon the accuracy ot tho statement of the latter that tbe 3 per cents, proposed by the vetoed bill of fast year could not have been sold at par, Mr. Garland was awarded the floor aud the debate was suspended. Mr. Hampton, from the committee ou military affairs, reported favorably a bill' to authorize the sale of the military bar racks in Savannah, Ga. Mr. Anthony stated that on the 19th inst., he would ask leave to submit reso lutions of respect for the memory ot his late colleague, Ambrose Burnside. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, gave notice that on the 25th be would present resolutions commemorative of the late M. H. Car penter. Mr. Brown offered a resolution, which was laid over, supply tog each Senator who is not chairman of a committee with a clerk. After a brief executive session, the Sen ate adjourned at 4:10. The Senate confirmed tbe nomination ot Jack Wharton to be United States marshal for the eastern district of Louis iana, and of Charles T. Dougherty to be postmaster at Dennis City, Texas. Washington, January 11.—Tbe bill introduced in the Senate to-day by Mr. Yuorbees to repeal the At lantic and Pacific Railroad Com pany’s land grant, proposes to repeal tbe grant to that road, except so far as the road was completed on July 4, 1879, and restores to tbe government lends hitherto reserved along tha uncompleted portion of the road. „ S he bill introduced by Mr. Voorhees live to the Venezuela swards refers tbe swards mads by the mixed commis sion to tbe Court of Claims, to examine and determine which awards are valid. The bill provides that then shall be no appeal from the judgment of the court, and also that tbe distribution of the money already received from Venezuela shall be suspended until after the rendition of a judgment by the court. HOUSE. Washington, January 11,—Mr. Orth, of Indiana, offered a resolution -instruct ing the committee on civil service reform to inquire into tbe expediency of provid ing a mode different from the present for tbe appointment of committees ot the House, with leave to report at any time. The Speaker, bolding that tbe resolution related to a change of rules, stated that it would be referred to the committee on tules. To this reference Orth objected and moved that the resolution be reterred to the commitle ou civil service reform. On division, this motion' was lost—55 to 87, but Orth demanded the yeas and nays. This motion was defeated—yeas 85 to nays 139, and the resolution was referred to the committee ou rules. The polygamy debate catne up again on au attempt nv Mr. ilaskell, ot Kansas, to present as a privileged question the reso lution which he failed to have considered yesterday. It was finally decided by 109 to 130, tbs’, no questiou ot privilege was Involved in the resolution. The committee on post-offices aud post roads reported favorably a resolution calling on the Postmaster-General for de- . tailed iutormstion iu regard to mail trans portation since March 4, 1881. Adopted. Further committee reports were then called. The committee ou appropriations reported a bill making an appropriation of $540,000 for the final expenses of the tenth census. Referred to the committee of the whole. Mr. lliscoek gave notice that he wou'd to morrow ask to have tha bill considered. < The committee on the District of Co lumbia reported back a bill to incorporate tbe Garfield Memorial Hospital. Placed on the Ucuse calendar. Mr. Burrows, of Michigan,'asked leave to introduce aud put ou its passage a bill defiuing the qualifications of territorial delegates. It provides that no person shall hereafter he.admitted to a seal from any territory who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five yeais, and been for seven years a citizen of the United States, and that no person who is living in biga my or polygamy shall be eligible to sit In the House as a delegate, iiessrs. Arm- tie Ul, of North Carolina, and Singleton, o( liliuois, objected, aud Mr. Burrows stating that he had mistaken the sentiment of the, other side, gave notice that he would in- * troduce the bill again on Monday. Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, offered a reso lution calling on the Secretary of War for information as to what additional work is necessary at the fails of tbe Ohio river to complete the improvements thereof. Adopted. .Mr. Robeson, of New Jersey, intro duced a bill to declare certain lands heretofore granted to railroad companies forfeited to the United Slates. A contest arose as to what committee the bill longed—whether to the cOmmlllod 6u public lauds, or the committee on Pacific railroads—aud pending a decision tbe * Speaker laid before the House a number of executive communications, transmit ting information from the departmeaU ; aud also a memorial of the General Assembly of tbe Presbyterian church Iu reference to polygamy. Referred. The House, at 4:20, adjourned. THE COMMITTEES. The Senate commute on claims to-day uuauimously decided to report adversely on the claim of Warren Mitchell for $128,092, covered into the treasury as tbe proceeds of cotton taken from him at Savanuah by the government, daring the war. The claim liao been pending before Congress about fifteen years. NOMINATIONS. The President to-day nominated Chas. G ’firkin to be postmaster at Elizabeth City N.C. WbatwaabSMThaa aid There. The 130th monthly (being the semi annual graud) distribution of tbe Louisi ana a State Lottery took place the 13th day of December as usual. $100,000 the first capital prize, fell to ticket No. 94,982, which was sold in tenths of $10,000 each, one of which was collected by J. Droueti of tbe Firemen’s Insurance Company, of New Orleans; one by W. G. McConnell, Toledann street, near St. Charles street, New Oileatu; one by Miss Mary J. Big ins, a nurse in J. 1. Kidwell’s family, ’respect and Frederick streets, Washing ton, £>. C.; two-tenths, or $20,000, by A. Z. Ackerman, a farmer at Milford, Dela ware ; the remaining tenths or ($50,000) were held by parties who did not desire any publicity given to their names. The second prize of $50,000 was drawn by No. 82,872. Tho third by No. 09,702. The fourth of $10,000 each, by No.70,132, one- half held by William Page, 2,022 Carson street, Pittsburg, Pa.; and 91,388, drawn in tenths—two of which ($2,000) were held by George H. Theanl, No. 201 Royal street, New Orleans; one by P. T. Simpson, No. 01 Royal street, New Or leans, one by Captain Thomas Wall, No. 30 Palmyra street, New Orleans; two- tenths by L. De Poorter, of Edward P. O., St. John the Baptist Parish, La. Tbe fifth capitals of $5,0o0 each drawn by No. 27,400, wholly held by J. M. Walker, Danville, Va.,' and Noe. 44,290, 4,060, 00,- 207, sold In tenths, fell to George A. Bright, Carmi, Ill.; Jobn M. Reox, No. 1^30 North N. street, Georeetown, D. C.; W. Portlock, through W. H. Campbell St Co., Bankers, Florence, Ala.: G. A. Mac Donald, of New York city; James Casey, also of New York city; F. Stiles, No. 007 W. Girard aveuue, Philadelphia, Fa; Jno. H. Skidmore,No. 30 Cross street (Charles town) Boston, Mass.; besides many other thousands of dollars. Tbe full list of prizes and any information can be bad by writing to M. A. Dattpbir., New Orleans, La., before the 14th of February, when tbe next (the 141sl) monthly drawing will occur. It costs only $2 to buy a Whole ticket, or $1 * half. Modem star* Frono—ood Objection able. Prom a fashion Article. A woman of good form is only spoiled by the corset. Tbe corvee of tbo body are all outward carves, one arising out of the oth er. Bat the chief corves of the ooreet are inward carves, which are not only incor rect, bat are the sou roe of grave damage in compressing unnaturally the organs of the body. Another objection to the ooreet is in the bones, whose rigidly obscures that rippling movement of the body which is is one of its chief beauties. As far as this is concerned, the body might as well be in cased in oast iron. Another objection is in the hard croze line of the butt, which distinctly shows, es do often the laces, un der a tightly-fitting drees. Looking Em lb ward Courier Journal. The tendency of price* for all the noees- saries ot life is downward; therefore the tendency of cotton mills is to the Sooth. By bringing mills nearer the fields much of the expense of transportation is saved, the cotton reaehee the mills in better con dition, the climate is better adapted to the RenGiing of the materials, land is cheeper than in New England, and numeroo* other advantages become apparent. This fa so longer mere theory; the truth baa been demonstrated, not in one place, but to many; not by one mill, but ny senra, — A. Mew Crop «f «.— I»wt Bottsa Herald, Iud. aBjacarttg*