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The people *ent those 303 nca who wear the
broN-i collar of GranUsm (o tae ren — but Gtil-
Icau's pistol-shot called them again to the (rout
and defeatedthe popular will, Let us not I oaj
sight of there facts. They ought to command
decency even from r.icu lost to any ordinary
decency even lrom
Ideas of self-respect.
t\ hfr* the (Jlrli Fall.
Peck's Jtiluaukce San.
A long alary In the Wheeling Leader Is head
ed “Her Kim Love." We have no Ume to read
long stories, but II It was really aud truly her
hr»t love, it Is safe to say lie got away. It takes
a practiced hand to know just when to reel In,
payout more line and “playjiim” until ho can
lie lim.led and putin tue basket. It can't be
done by a girl with her first love, because of
the excitement when she first feels there Is one
nibbling, causing her to shut both eyes, pull
'Xordcar life and throw him fifteen feel into the
air, when the hook drops out of his mouth, he
falls “slap’’into the water and scuds under
some old root. The desert of life Is strewn all
over with the bleaching bones of first loves who
have bail tlielr jaw tom off so that they could
not masticate their food.
THE GREAT FLOODS.
conkllisic and Illx Colleagues.
Si. Louis Post’Dispatch.
Twenty years ago Conkllng, Blaine, Allison,
Winclom and Wilson were all licpuiilicsti mem
bers of the House together. They » ere all poor
at that time—very poor They were about the
same age, had utmut the came start, and have
been in public life constantly. Blalnota now a
millionaire; Allison, of Iowa, In the senate. U
another millionaire; Sherman is trebly a mil
lionaire; Wlndom is a millionaire: \\ Ifson lias
also trot to be very rich. Roscop tousling, the
ablest, greatest, proudest of them all. is poor
to-dny. No man came so near to ■•e pelliig
President of tills country during the eight years
of (Irani as Conkllng. So man in '} lydiington,
except Grant, bad sneh imwcr, such influence,
such oppor.unllle*. Sir. Conkllng did not
pipflt by them. He Is poor to-day, and this
chftmrterizet the difference between him ana
other leaders of the Republican pony.
Women's Hltocs.
Goad Words.
Take the most recent fashion of shoes. The
heel of the hmuan being projects outward, or
ratlicr backward, and gives steadiness to the
sure and certain step of roan.' But fashion
has decreed Hull Ihc heel of the boot or shoe
shall get as near tlio centre of the Instep as ws-
si hie. Instead of the weight of the body resting
uiK>n an arch, in the modem fine lady it rests
upon pegs, with the toes in front, which have
to prevent the liody from toppling forward.
Then the heel Is so high that the foot rests upon
tlio peg and the toes, and the gait is about as
elegant as If the Indy was practicing walking
upon stilt*. With such modem Improvements
on sandals—allowing the feet perfect freedom
anil play—the present mademoiselle when she
attempts to mil la a spectacle at which the
gods—well, not quite that, but at which her
mother might well weep.
yjuHes’ New Straw Hats.
Jennie Jane’s Letter.
Straws appear in all colon, but there are
modified poke In black or while which are
faced with velvet, the edge finished with an ex
quisite silk snd gold bnud, ami the exterior
with scarfs of embroidered silk muslin, and a
bouquet of mustard In flower, of oats, and
small red popples or hedge roses, that arc
small red popples or hedge rosea, inui are
handsome, and suited to ull occasions for
which a summer bonnet la required, The col
ored straws are In demand; but, except with
brown suits, wlileh seem to require hats or
boniiclain quiet accord with tlielr subdued
tone, they will be selected without much ref
crenrc to anything more than an absolute op
position (very different from contrast) to the
color of the dress with which they are worn.
Very dark red straw hats tnay be worn with Ante
brmise; black, with white or buff: dark greeff %
Xew Obleaks, March 5.—A repreaeu-
tall 7c of the Ttmes-DeiMC-ot having
niado an examination of the levees for a
distance of 150 miles above New Orleans,
report* that the levees ace generally in
good condition and able to aland more
water, hut reports several hundred weak
places where roadways have been made
aud rico flumes built. Iu case of high
water end rains these places are danger
ous unless promptly streujthened. The
Timea-Dciitocrat caused inspectors from
the State engineer department to bs sent
out to-day from Neb' Orleans, Donalds-
ville and Baton Kongo at the paper’s ex
pense to examine the entire lino of levees
for 150 miles above New Orleaus and
want the authorities and planters. A
crevasse on the west bank of the Missis
sippi river below Baton Bouge would in-
nndatotbc rich sugar parishes of the
Teche.
Memphis, March 5.—The river at this
joint declined one inch to-day and now
indicates thirty-five fee', eight inches
abi ve lower water mark.
Commissioner 51 uigutn, of Arkansas,
sent supplies this afternoon by steamer
to the needy at Lasoula Ci c’.e aud up
White river.
A Helena, Ark, special says: The
river has risen over four incites in the
past twenty-four hours. It is thought by
Monday the waters will be above-the
highe-.t point reached this season, and
the river is expected to continue rising
unli*. about the 12lb. Thu citizens are
thoroughly aroused, and will make a hard
fight to save the front levees. The back
water in the city is rising at about the
same rate as the roaiti liver, but will riso
faster when the levee below gives way,
which will be about Monday.
Vicksburg, March 5.—According to
the best information received, the dimen
sions of the crevasses above are given as
follows: Easton’s, a hundred to a hundred
and twcuty-iive yards wide; at Catfish
Point, fifty feet oil the 27th ult. and
widening rapidly; at* City aud Bogot’s,
one hundred yards; at Hughes’, sixty,
yards; at Miles’, two breaks, the width
not known; at Riverton and Concordia
the breaks are vety wide, but their exact
width is not known.
Memphis, March 5.—The river at this
mint is about stationary, but will doubt-
ess begin rising again to-night, as heavy
rains have fallen to-day throughout this
region. In an interview lo-uight Com
missioner L. U. Mangutn, of Arkansas,
said that in tlic counties of Mississippi,
Crittenden, Lee, Poinsett, Cross, Craig
head, St. Francis, PbiPips, Desha, Chicot
and Monroe, In Arkansas, ho had infor
mation ol about L'kfll'AfWdnatl-
flrst settled. There will be very little land
above water from the river front-places
to the ldll* beyond tbe Yazoo river.
Greenville Is secure from any possible
overflow, though low points were at ope
time threatened. Kefngees front the over
flowed plantations are congregating here.
with white and old gold, trimmed with
Conklins:.
Xtte York Tribune, Rep.
Gnlteau lion made a supreme Judge ns well
as a president, and he 1* not hung yet. There
is not a human being In the country ao leno-
runt a* to believe that Mr. Rom-oc Conkllng
Would have been awarded the highest judicial
office In the gift of the President II a cold
blooded assassin had not first murdered the
President whom tho people elected. For that
horrible murder no man living ii thought by
the people of the United States more responsi
ble than Mr. Conkllng lilmself. Mr. Conkllng
has no standing at the bar to cutlllc him even
to be thought of In connection with the su
preme bench. Mr. Conkllng la until for Hie
supreme bench or any other bench, because he
is not a man of judicial temper. Everybody—
friend and foe alike—knowsnimosan intense,
red-hot partisan, who never sees or can never
see more tlmn one side of a question. This
nomination Is grossly unfit, because it is a fin
grant abuse of the appointing power to use the
supreme bench to pension a broken-down poli
tician, who has made himself to the last degree
odious to the people.
(JJiO Bible nn«l Its ifclueuccs
- lion. Emery Speer
But T do not mean to separate the claims of
the lfiblc ns a mere educative Irsifc Loin
that veneration wbleli belongs to It by virtue
of Its divine origin and authority. In tlie sys
tem of ]<olitiml ethics which has come down to
us from Washington and Jefferson and Adams
and Madison, we have been taught that men
might as well build their houses u|>nn the snml
as to t ok to build republican institutions on
any other basis than that of morality and pub
lic and private virtue. Otherwise when the
winds blow, and the rains fall and the flood* of
revolution come, the institution will fall and
great will be the fall thereof. They will perish
as utterly as the baseless fabric of the parable.
Of that morality and virtue the Bible is the au
thoritative role aud tho adequate and consplc-
ous sanction. Compare tho nation* who l>e-
llcve in the Bible with the lands of Ilic Koran
and of the Hindoo faith, and see their im
measurable superiority of morals aud perfec
tion of civilization.
Tbe Universal Brotlierbood.
Poston Herald.
Senator Hoar deserves credit for n broad hit
mindly which Includes tho yellow man as well
as the black man and the rail man. The agita
tion against the Chinese Is low-Ignorant ami
brutal. The prejudice which has excited dent-
Ogognes of various degrees of ignorance, from
sand-lot spouters to the United States Senators,
is unworthy of onr age and country. It is on a
ia»r with the prejudices which have been held
against particular race* In all ages of the world,
in which the Almighty has sometimes !«cvn lui-
plnnsjy supposed to nave a part. Among the
races which have suffered from such prejudices
In recent times are the Jews, the Irish and the
Africans. There is no sense in tbe California
"hoodlum” cry against tho Chinese. These
Asiatics have done great things for that State.
They are docile, pcaceaWe and industrious.
They teach the virtues of sobriety, Industry
and economy. They ask little, and are not un
grateful. It is a shame on a country which has
proudly called herself “an asylum for tbe op
pressed of all nations,” and which has flour
ished because It lias offered equal rights to all
men under the law, to go wild on this senseless
prejudice against a particular race. It Is base
for public men of large experience to yield to a
denmgicue’s cry for the simple purpose of car-
ryinga doubtful State. That is the whole se
cret of it. The "hoodlum” yell has frightened
the politicians, and both parties light shy of the
question. We honor Senator Hour for rising
above such considerations ami sficnkingfor
justice for all races of men.
“Old SI.”
Jacksonville Union,
Old 81 came Into the ofilco last evening, and
after he had spit on the stovo and found it
would n't stole, lie remarked:
"I kinder likes dis sort ob climack
“In what way t” . . ,
••Well, I likes ter be 'round whar ycr kin
hang up yer obcrcoat soon ez yer buy* it an’
set 'round in yer shurt-slecbes test «
well on Now Ycarcz ycr kin on dc lotli-o -
J '-Hittt Is pleasant.” -
••Yes, sab. an', daft what raebs me say
-nrhiitldo. Dar'a plenty ob heltlt down bean
if you jess knows how ter fin' it. Jim cr
msn kin git mistook 'bout Kluridy moughty
easy.”
••flow do you mean? _ _ .
•*»Kaxc dar’a or gin’nilI Idee dot dis State
nm cr kin* ob naabonal liosspltue, an hit s
ivah all de time twin deth an* de dockters.
Instead of dnt Jar's lieltli down hash an’ pb-n-
tv ter stair. Doy sells bit from de limrklt house
ter <le kite hin-do\ and de only place whar ycr
kant tin’ It Is In cr allygator s monf 1
“Then your advice Is that jioople should
come to Florida, but beware of the altlga-
°“But'Shltl I ain’t got no use ter cr allyga
tor—bit's loo much like er lxfilytishum—got
mo' mouf <lan vlttalsan’ mo’ hide da# hon-
1 ! '\m1 with this epigram the old man bowed
lii'msetf "Ut of the sanctum.
Rad Incident of the Flood.
Little Rock Gazette.
ai..carder Jasper. an old man from frit
dm, mntv. irtiwl In the chv la-t night,
ringing lifs wife and two boys. He seemed to
& l£ great distress, and when questioned by a
Gazette man be told
iiV/.m know.* hcsa'di in Hi ine
i... ..i.-r water. 1 amoncot tbesuflv
! lived ill the Mississippi bottom not far
, , i settled there several years
from * • Hll fan,,. I had heard of
.....undopcireda .omll l '„., a . ri . I settled
1 did not feel any fear.
high water, but the
seemed to l>e high, nod
Well high water came repeatedly
but it lie
I w waU-r h coqM m break through with sti
While I stood listening there cam
b;A?y w^ SSiMn ‘prV&wJ
II ■” ,. u„ si-lxed the Other. rhe horn
The lamp fell ami was cxUngulshe
-icdreply* “V'^nihwTuireugh^e fiSa^tow^rll
5S5i3^gifc.'»SSSa'JJ’
\S tlN IIOUC-**
FROM WASHINGTON.
PilOCEEOtXUS
GUEiH.
Waihistcok, Msrcfi 0.—In tlie heb-.
Oiir reTOurees to feed and lodge them sro ale, Mr. Vest, from the commerce com-
ternai revenue, but to repeal this law tow
would be to throw the whole tobacco
trade open a;ul depre date the stock in the
! bands of every manufacturer. The House
I should wait until tlic committee on ways
ol means liad lepottcd o:i the subject
opposed to members deserting tlielr busi
ness, moved to amend by adding the fol
lowing : “Provided, that bv that tit je Con
gress has finally adjourned for this ses
sion.”
Mr. Gibs-n of Louisiana, earnestly
bow taxed. So far, the relief agents have . mittee, reported favorably wlih amend-
uni communicated wilb our local authori
ties. Our board of supervisors bas asked
that some government rations lm sent
ments,thebillto incorporate theIater-oce-
aulc Ship and Railway Cotnpauy, and for
here. The need is immediate. Tbe aher- other purposes, accompanied by a written
report of tbe evidence taken by the com
mute H i said !u would ask the consul
oration of tbe bill on tbe 15th if orders
now having precedence were then dispos
ed ot. The bill went to tho calendar.
Mr. Teller reported favorably on the
iff of Bolivar county has put bis prisoners
In jail here. He reports very few plauta-
tioi s in his county with even a atrip cf
land above water, consequently the loss
ol stock there will be almost total. Tbe
levees are thronged with negroes aud
stock whose condition is most deplorable. I —----- ? , .
As its extent becomes known,this calami- House b.il to pension Mrs. Garfield, to-
egov
A primary F.atrwet
Prom Iks If see Primer.
KetlT
These counties do not include those bor
dering on the Red river, where great suf-
sering is said to exist. Commissioner
W. L. Hewm^acy, of Mississippi, said
the inhabitants of Tunica, Coahoma, Dc-
Jioto, Quitman, Bolivar, Washington, Is
saquena, Yazoo, Tallahatchie and Sun
flower counties, m his State, to tho num
ber of 15,000, were in a like suffering
condition. These counties iu Mississippi
arc all above Vicksburg, and there are
other counties below thut city which have
suffered by the floods.
New Orleans, March 0.—The follow
ing appeal has been received here :
“Baton Rouge, La., March G.—The
levees of West Baton Rouge cannot stand
a much longerpressure. A call is made
upou interior parishes which will suffer
from the flood sure to pass evor the par
ishes in rase our levers break to send at
once money to our aid. A few thousand
may prevent a repetition of tho disaster of
1674- Will the people of St. Mary’s,
lberi*, Terre Bonne, Lafourche, St. Mar
tin, Assumption and Iberville respond to
the tall for aid iu their own defense ?
[Signed] C. J. Harrow,
Fies’t of the Police Jury.
“The people aud local authorities of
I’oiut Coupee and West I?atou Rouge are
uct able to defeud the long li:v of levees
extending from Hickory to Morgansea.
Tbe State has no funds for this purpose,
aud the parishes to the south and west
protected by our levees should respond at
once and remit to the president of the
»olice jury of Toint Coupee and West
3aton Rouge liberally and promptly. Tbe
authorities of Ibese two parishes are l>on<
urable and energetic men and every cent
contributed will be employed lo the best
advantage. We call upon those interested
directly m maintaining these levees, aud
make no appeal in this time ot general
distress.
[Signed) “D. C, Morton.'
The parish protected by these levees
annually produces about 122.000 hogs
heads of sugar, besides molasses, cotton
and rice.
There is another serious crevasse about
one aud a half miles from here which
started at the same time. It is on tbe
west side cf the bayou, on the IaJgardes
place, and is sixty feet wide by eight
deep and is increasing. They are ot
work at it UjW. This covera J. J. Jay’s
and the Lcgardes places. The super in
tendent of the Morgan road, who has
been here, has ordered all tbe section
Hands available to this point, 'the water
has fallen in the bayou one foot on ac-
count of breaks.
LaFouiicbe, La., March G.—At 10 a.
m. yesterday, at the l’itt sin an place, three
miles below here, the leR bank gave way,
and there is now a sweep of water thirty
feet wide and ten feet deep. Three
largo plantations are already under water.
On the left of tbe Morgan track, from the
44th to the 40ili mile post, tho water is
within eighteen inches of the track. Ef
forts have been made to stop it. A
number of sacks and 200 men have been
ordered there.
Washington, March 5.—Postmaster
Pearce, at Vicksburg, telegraphs the War
Department that the levee is broken all
along the river front, that many people
have been drowned, and asks for prompt
assislauce
Governor Cullora,of Illinois, telegraphs
that the people of Pulaski county, Ill., aro
appealing lor aid, having been inundated
by the overflow from the Ohio river. As
sistance will be sent. Tbe War Depart
ment lias also ordered five thousand addi
tional rations to points in southeast Mis
souri, lo be named by Governor Critten
den.
New York, March 0.—A New Orleans
specialtothe Times says: “Up to this time
cfov. McKuery lia3 received petitions
from Ricfclar.d parish asking for 2,500
rations, from Catahaula parish, asking
rations for four months, and from persons
in Concordia parish asking for relief.
Some of the signers ot these petitions are
wealthy men and independent planters.
One of them makes over a thousand bales
«f cotton aud has more than $150,000
deposited with a cotton Ann in this city.
The appeal for relief is contradicted by
responsible citizens, who have written to
the Governor that there is no need for
relief. It Is generally looked upon as a
dodga to obtain provisions from the gov
ernment freebf charge, ^oteneof theso
points is affected by tho crevasse, and
the Governor is watching the matter
closely so that the generosity of the gov
ernment shall not be abused by crafty
politicians or penurious planters.”
Memphis, March 0.—At 7 o’clock this
morning the gauge at the river indicated
thirty-six feet above the lower wator
mark, showing a rw. c f faur inches alnce
yesterc ay morning, doubtless caused by
the local rains, which fell in torrents all
yesterday afternoon ar.d last night
throughout the entire country tributary
to Memphis. The telegraph wires between
Memphis and Helena are down, and
nothing can be heard from Umt point
Great lears are entertained that the rains
of yesterday have caused serious damage
at that place, as the rise here was unprec
edented, and must have been fully six
Inches at Helena. AH streams between
here and Cairo were pouring out floods
this morning, and greater dlaaster to the
country below must necessarily be the
result.
ty begins to appall. A tax sufficient to
rebuild tbe levees above would be almost
insupportable. But that is only an item-
Laborers have lost their stock and mova
bles and aro in a panic-stricken and de
moralized condition. Could transporta
tion be secured there would be »u exodus
from here to the hills. Tho dt-spoudeuce
of the planU-rs and merchants is deepend
ing. At first this blow was regarded as a
disaster involving loss and uard
times, bat now it is assuming graver
and greater proportions. The most
thoughtful, as well as the most sanguine,
look upon it as a disaster greatar than has
ever before befallen tee bottom country.
It will almost destroy tbe feeling of secu
rity with which our local capacity to hold
the levees was being regarded. Upon
this reliance was based the railroad aud
other movements of capital to the Yazoo
delta, and if it goes, all the possible pros
perity of this section goes with it. The
correspondent does not believe that confi
dence or hope can bo restored will .out
national help lo rebuild the levees. -
Memphis, March 7.—Captain Edward
Post, of the steamer Hard Cash, which
arrived this morning, reported that
the backwater from the Mississippi
river extends up White river to Claren
don, a dtstanco of 135 miles from the
mouth of that ri7cr. The entire country
intervening is under water, which is two
feet higher than was ever known before.
A great los3 ol slock and damage to farm
ing interests has occurred throughout the
White river bottoms. The river here con
tinues stationary.
MEurnis, March 8.—The river conUn-
nea stationary, with thirty-six feet on tho
gauge—the highest point readied this
season. There Is no cessation ol reports
of great suffering by people iu the over
flowed districts. In reply to an inquiry
from tho Secretary of War, as to the num
ber destitute in Ins State,jJudgo Manguin,
commissioner for Arkansas, replied that
He had information of 20,000, but the
□umber is increasing daily. Commis
sioner Hemingway reported 18,000 in a
needy condition iu Mississippi aud 5,000
in Tennessee, making 43,000 persons
whoso condition is such as demands
-^-k«ompt attention at the hands of
forty days, the government. The change _ in the
weather lias increased the suffering, and
many lives must be lost from exposure.
Governor Hawkius has appointed II. M.
James commissioner for Tcnnesjec, to re
ceive government supplies.
Memphis, March b.—Tho river remains
stationary here, with thirty-six f:et on
tho gauge. Passengers who arrived from
below this morning report that tho levee
at Helena was intact yesterday afternoon.
A forco ot 303 men was at work guarding
all weak points. The river there was
rising steadily. At Austin, Mississippi,
between Memphis and Helena, the river
had cut through the town, destroying the
principal buildings, among the number
the Masonic Temple. The Centennial
block, a large brick building, is almost
demolished,' tho water being tweuty feet
deep all around it. Several store Ironses
and dwellings were washed away aud
carried half a irite. The loss oi slock
continues, aud the situation is hourly
growing more desperate.
Washington, March 8.—The S?erc
tary of War has received the following
dispatch from L. II. Mangam, commis
sioner for Arkansas, at Memphis: “Have
issued 100,000 rations throughout the
overflowed country in Arkansas to about
15,000 sufferers. Will last seven or eight
days. Affairs very alarming. Suffering
on the increase. Will continue from for
ty to sixty days under the most favorable
circumstances. Tiiere are uot los3 than
20,000 destitute sufferers from the over
flow in Arkansas.”-
Also the tollowiug from Win. L. Hem
ingway, commissioner for Mississippi, at
Memphis: “Eighteen thousand jiersons
aro without supplies or means for procur
ing them. The number will increase rap
idly during the overflow. The rations is
sued will be exhausted by tho luth'insL”
Gov. Hawkins, of Tennessee, has tele
graphed the Secretary of War as follows:
“I have appointed II. W. Jones commis
sioner for Tennessee to receive and re
ceipt for stores at Memphis. Other
points iu Tennessee will be supplied from
that place. Tbe number of Tennesseans
made destitude by tbe overflew is esti
mated at from 3,000 to 0,000.” .
The Secretary to-day telegraphed Gov.
Hawkins as follows: “Tweuty thousand
rations have been ordered .to be sent to
Commissioner James at Memphis.” . .
New Orleans, March 8.—No^further
disasters to levees are reported, but peo
ple aro thoroughly aroused aud are
strengthening points all along here. A
heavy south wind to-day produced a swell
in the river, the waves at times breaking
over the levee at tbe head of Canal street,
and at several points between this city
and Carrollton. This, however, creates
no alarm. Tho gauge this morning show
ed the river to bo seven-tenths of inch be
low the high water mark of 1874.
gether with Mrs. Folk and Mrs. Tyler.
The amouuts specified aro $5000 & year,
from Sept. 10, JS81. Bills were intro
duced by Mr. George to aid iu the repair
and construction of tho levees on the east
side of the Mississippi river, in the State
or Mississippi. Also, to revive (he grant
ot lands made to the State of Mississippi to
aid in the construction of a railroad frein
Brandon to the Gulf of Mexico.
Mr. Garland eflered a resolution of inquiry
addressed to the military committee as
to the propriety of increasing the $100,000
appropriation for the purebaso and distri
bution of subsistence stores to aid in the re
lief of the laboring classes in the districts
overflowed by the Mississippi aud its trib
utaries. He said he had received infor
mation which convinced him that the ap
propriation would be insufficient. The
rising of tjio water continued, and the
suffering was really beyond estimato even
at this time. Upon tolegrams and letters
he had received, including one from the
Governor of Arkansas, bo deemed it his
duty to call attention to tbe matter. Tho
resolution was adopted.
The Chinfs-3 bill was taken up a3 un
finished busiuess aud Mr. Slater advocated
Mr. George announced that he emphat
ically endorsed the bill and arguments of
Messrs. Grover and Farley. Two of tlio
reasons governing his vote would be be
cause with almost entire unanimity the
people of the States most afiecled by Chi
nese immigration desired the passage of
the bill,and as a clear and direct and not a I islands tho treaty wa3 absolutely cssen-
Au Old School Reopened.
New York, March 8.—A Charleston,
South Carolina, special to tho Times,
gives tlie following: A salute uf twenty-
one guns was fired to-day by tho LaFay-
otte artillery on Citadel Green, in honor
of the formal re-occupation by the State
authorities of tlio Citadel, which since tho
war has served as barracks for Federal
troops. A special guard of ex-Cadete—
who left this, the West Point of tlio
South twenty-one years ago to join tho
Confederate army—hoisted a banner ontlio
flag staff from which lately floated tlio
stars and stripes. In the presence oi tbe
State officers and many other prominent
citizens. A supper was given this evening
to tho battle-sacred veterans of tho lost
cause by the graduates of the institution.
Tlie limi’ed appropriation allowed by the
State will not provide a full faculty, and
only the lower branches will be taught at
the reopening of the academy on October
first.
Women Assassinated
Mt. Vernon, Ky., March 8.—Monday
night Mary Segmar, of Round Stone, and
her mother, Rlioda Segman, were assassin
ated by an unknown person. They lived
about s?ven miles from here. The assas
sin entered the littlo cabin about mid
night, and shot Mary with instantly fatal
result. He then went out and consulted
with some one, and presently returned
and killed the old womau. Mary’s little
children gave tho alarm to the neighbors
when the assassin was gone. There were
uino wounds on the body of Mary Seg-
man, of five of which any one would have
proved fatal. Tho assassin fired fifteen
shots in all. There is no doubt of Ills
bavin" had a confedera'e. James Bishop,
whose brother was killed at this house a
year ago, has been arrested on suspicion,
A Preacher Arrested
Rockland, Me., March 8.—Rev. Ed
ward H. Ellis, of Neponset, Mass., was
arrested at North Haven, Me., last even
ing, on the charge of criminality with the
wife of a resident of Thomaston. Both
parties belong lo highly respectable farni
lies. Ellis is a Baptist clergyinau, and
has been lidding revival meetings in this
section of the Slate for the past two years,
He was arrested in the pulpit while ad
dressing a large audience.
Qermazar sad tbs Ci
JLkjndon, March 8,—The Berlin corre
spondent of the St. James Gazette says
r _ . j . degjre m avail
v*«r Orleans. March 0.—A special, the Czar hoi expressed a desire to avail
„ or;.. “The back- himself of the approaching birthday of
«d“preading, andTs 1 the emperor William, to make a public
nnw frem's/a'iDche** to a foot higher than manifestation of the conUnusnce of insnd-
U *^cv^oTrin« the country, was ly relation'between the two empires.
I l.dieve thaUhe committee will iu a fort- j favored the resolution, dwelling ou the
night bring iu a bill reducing the internal 1 great exploits of LaSalle, who had ce-
rovtnue by an amount of from $50,000 000 i ('owed America with the richest jewel in
to 370,C30jO0O, aud then it will be time to ! her diadem. [Applause.)
see wbat^gentlemen will aid in the good Mr. Humphrey, 6f Wisconsin, though
work of emancipating the South,
Mr. Young opposed tbe hill, which he
argued, would strike down tho manufac
turing interest, and make every farmer a
quasi manufacturer.
Mr. Speer, of Georgia, contended that
tilis vexatious and harsh system of taxa
tion s’io' . id be abolished.
A motion to suspend tho rules and pas*
tlie bill was lost by a vote of yeas 113,
nays 01— not tlie necessary two-thirds
voting iu tlie affirmative.
Mr. Bliss, of New York, presented to
day 102 petitions from the Stales of New
York, Illinois and Indiana, signed by
about 3,000 citizens of those Slates, pray
ing for the passage of tho bill introduced
by himself, granting pensions to the Un
ion soldiers and sailors of tho iato war oi
the rebellion who were confined in Con-
iederate prisons. Referred. Adjourned.
Washington, March 0—The hearing
was resumed to-day before tlie House
committee on foreigu affairs on the pro
posed termination of the reciprocity treaty
with the Hawaiian Islands, by the pro
visions of which sugars produced in tho
Sandwich Islands are now imported into
this country free of duty. Arguments
were made ty Representative Gibson in
behalf of the Louisiana sugar growers,
and by Representative Hardy, who spoke
for the sugar refining interests, of the
East. Both of these gentlemen urged
that the advantages alleged to have ac
crued from the treaty are entirely one
sided, and that as a matter of fact the in
troduction of this sugar free of duty will
eventually ruin tne sugar growing and
sugar refining interest of this country.
Minister Allen, of the Sandwich Islands,
and ex-Governor Boutwoll, his counsel,
spoke for the continuance of the treaty,
urging that tko Hlwaiian sugar was but
a drop in tbe bucket compared with tbe
total sugar consumption of tbe United
States, while ou the part of the Sandwich
second hand or roundabout protection of
American laborers against a degrading
and inferior race now threatening to over
whelm them. Replying to what he char
acterized as speculations in humanitarian
philosophy, he said he preferred to incur
the charge of inconsistency rather than
subject tlie people of the Pacific States to
continuance oi the dangers to which they
are exposed. Ho did net believe the bill
transcended constitutional principles. The
debate was temporarily suspended, and
Allison submitted a conference report on
the immediate deficiency bill, which was
adopted. The debate then proceeded, and
Mr. Brown, against the hill, argued that a
twenty years’ suspension,being practically
an luliibition of immigration, was vio
lative of the spirit if not the letter of tho
treaty, and an intimation to China that
our first step in a twenty years’suspension
would Le followed by a ninety-niue years’
extension.
When Mr. Brown had concluded Mr.
Dawes was awarded the floor aud the
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Tbe Speaker announced the unfinished
business to be tlio consideration of the
consular and diplomatic appropriation
bill, on the passage of which the previous
question was ordered on Saturday.
Mr. Holman, of Indiana, moved to recom
mit tho bill, with instructions to the
committee on appropriations to strik”
therefrom all provisions in regard to en
voys extraordinary, ministers plenipoteu-
tiarv, ministers resident and secretaries
of legation, and to insert therein provis
ions for tlie appointment of such consuls
and other commercial agents as shall be
necessary to promote and encourage the
commerce oftiio Uullcd States aud pro
tect the interests of citizens of the
Uuited States in foreign countries. Tlie
m olion was lost by 22 to 27, and the bill
passed.
Under the call of States tho following
bills were introduced and referred:
By Mr. Bel ford, of Colorado, a resolw-
tiou reciting the miseries inflicted upou
the Jews in Russia; declaring that tbe
people of tho Uuited States protest against
the spirit of persecution revived in
Russia; asserting that tlie Hebrews are
loyal citizens and subjects, and request
ing tho President to submit to his Impe
rial Majesty, the Czar, tho friendly assur
ances of tho people of tho United States
and to request him to exercise his powers
ftr the sake of humanity to protect his
Jewish subjects from tho violence of their
enemies.
By Mr. Hammond, of Georgia, a bill
reducing the tax upon the manufacture
of worms and stills 50 per cent.
By Mr. King, of Louisiana, to provide
pensions to the soldiers and sailors of the
llexicau war and the Indian war uf 1S30.
By Mr. Dingley, of Maine, to place
American shipping employed in tlio for
eign carrying trado on an equal footing
with the vessels of othor countries en-
gsgod in the same service. It abolishes
consular fees, repeals the law directing
the assessment of hospital dues upon
sailors, and provides that tho tonnage tax
which is now imposed annually shall be
imposed upon every entry. It also im
poses on foreign vessels enteriug an
American port light dues equivalentto
those imposed ou American vessels by
tlie nation to which said vessels may be
long.
By Mr. Candler, of Massachusetts, to
equalize duties on sugars and mo
lasses. It fixes tbe rate of taxation on
molassesfmelado, syrup of sugar cane
juice, tank bottoms, cane molasses,and ail
sugar not above No. 13 d. s. in color at
25 per cent, ad valorem, and on sugars
above No. 13 d. s. in color at 35 per cent,
ad valorem.
By Mr. Vance, of North Carolina, to
place all surviving soldiers and sailors
who served in the Indian wars on the
pension rolls.
By Mr. Cornell, of New York, to
amend the statutes relative to duties on
sugar. It provides that a tax of 25 per
ceDt. ad valorem shall be levied ou sugar,
molassas and confectionery, and that un
der these titles shall bo included syrup of
sugar and suga? canojulCA melado, tank
bottoms, concentrated molasses and con
centrated melado.
By Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, to
abolish discriminating duties and to en
large the free list. (It places a large
number of articles on the free list.)
By Mr. Gibson, of Louisiana, for the
improvement of the Mississippi rivw.
By Mr. Hewitt, of Alabama, to restore
to ths pension roll the names of persona
dropped therefrom by reason of participa
tion in or aiding the rebellion.
Mr. Dlbbrell, of Tennessee, moved to
suspend the rules and pass a bill repeal
ing so much of clause 0, section 3244 of
the revised statutes, relating to the sale of
leaf tobacco, as imposes a fine, or pen
alty, on the fanner, or producer of leaf
tobacco, who may sell tho seme to con
sumer land providing that hereafter
all farmers or other producers of leaf to
bacco shall bo allowed to sell tbeir own
or their tenants’ productions without li
cense or penalty. The motion was sec
onded, and a haif hour’s debate was en
tered into. Mr. Dlbbrell advocated the
bill, which, he asserted, would only reduce
the revenue about $000. At present it
cost the government $10,000 to enforce the
law and collect that $000.
Mr. Robinson, ol Massachusetts, oppos
ed the proposition as one that would strike
down the tax on tobacco and give unlim
ited opportunity to fraud and imposition.
Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, stated that
he was anxious to get rid of the system
of internal taxation which put the whole
process ofbuslness of particular classes un
der a cruel supervision, but Ibis was begin
ning at the wrong end. It would allow the
revenues, so far as tobacco was concerned,
to be frittered away. This question was
now before the committee on ways and
means and receiving grave consideration.
It had been stated ttiat the revenue would
only be reduced to the extent ot $60, but
tbe Commissioner of Internal Revenue
bad "laughed at that statement and de
clared that the effect upon tbe revenue
could not b9 estimated, inasmuch as man-
ulaciurer stocks would be greatly depre
ciated. He (Kelley) would co-operate in
all just efforts to relieve the country of in-
tial to their commercial life. If abrogated
or terminated it would become necessary
for the Hawaiian people to place them-
sel'-es under the protection of some Other
nation. Ono feature of tho hearing to
day was tho introduction of a petition
thirty-five feet long, signed by business
men aud firms of New York city repre
senting $110,000,000 of capital, praying
for a termination of this treaty, as danger
ous to tho commercial interests of ibis
country.
Washington, Mafcli 0. — President
Arthur has received from ex-Senator
Conkling a letter declining the associate
justiceship of the Supreme Court.
Washington, March 0.—The United
States Supreme Court to-day, in the case
ot Edwin A. Merritt, coMector, against
Samuel Welsh et. ah, iu error to the
C ! ”cuit Court for the southern district of
New York, commonly known as the sugar
case, has rendered a decision against the
position taken by the Treasury Depart
ment. The Supreme Court held that the
dutiable quality of sugars Is to be deter
mined by their actual color graded by the
Dutch standa r d and uot by their
saccharine strength as ascertained by
chemical tests.
Washington, March 0.—Mr. Scoville
has submitted to District Attorney Cork-
hill his bill of exceptions in the Guiteau
case. The District Attorney said to-day
that it is a voluminous document, and
will require several days iu its examina
tion, but that bo would certainly complete
it by the end of Ibis week. Although
Scoville could not be found this forenoon,
there is no doubt that up to tlie present
nothing has been received to indicate that
General Butler (rill enter the case as
counsel for the assassin. Warden Crock
er, of the District jail, says that he is pos
itive that up to Saturday night Guiteau
bad no information to tlio eflect that
either Butler cr Merrick would couie to
bis assistance. Tlio warden also said
that to the best of his knowledge nothing
had been heard to-day from cither of tho
gentlemen mentioned.
Washington, March 7.—In the Sen
ate, Mr. Beck, from the finance commit
tee, reported favorably, with an amend
ment, his bill to punish the unlawful
certification of checks by officers of
national hanks- The amendment extends
tho provision, making a willful violation
of tho act of 1809 a misdemeanor punish
able by fine and imprisonment, so as to
cover specifically the case in which any
one shall resort to auy device or receive
any fictitious obligation or pretended col
lateral in order to evado tlie provisions
thereof. Mr. Beck gavo notico of an
amendment to the committee amendment
sinking out tho words “fictitious” and
“Dretended."
Mr. George introduced a joint resolu
tion authorizing tho Secretary of War in
his discretion to use tho hospital tents now
possessed by the War Department to fur
nish temporary shelter to distressed people
driven from their homes by tho Mississippi
overflow. Passed.
Mr. Call introduced a resolution calling
on the President for information whether
any representation has been made by the
diplomatic representative of the United
States to Chill that the United States
would regard with Indifference or consent
to -he dismemberment of Peru by the
cession of any part of hor territory to
Chili under existing circumstances, and
whether any such statement was made
with authority. Ordered printed.
The Chinese treaty bill was again taken
up, and Messrs. Miller and Farley, of Cali
fornia, an 1 Mr. Fair, of Nevada, spoke
briefly in favor of the hill. Mr. Dawes,
who was entitled to the floor, then spoke
at length against the bill.
Mr. Platt then obtained the floor, but
gave way for a motion by Mr. Hoar for an
executive session. Pesdlng action the
California Senators urged that the bill
should be disposed of to-day, and after a
statement thal Mr. Platt, owing to the
condition oi his’healtb, preferred to pro
ceed to-morrow, endeavored to secure a
specific limitation of the debate, but
unanimons conseut was not obtained.
Mr. Frye introduced a bill Ideutical
with that presented by Mr. Money in the
House for a fast ocean steamship mail
service, etc. The Senate than adjourned.
v HOUSE.
Mr. King, of Louisians, offered a resolu
tion directing the committee on appropri
ations to consider what measures of relief
should be extended sufferers by the pres
ent floods of the M’ssissippi river and iu
tributaries, and to report by bill, or other
wise, as speedily as possible. Referred.
Mr. Robeson, of New Jersey, from the
committee on rules, reported back the
resolution for thaappointment of a com
mittee of five Senators and nine Repre
sentatives to attend the celebration of the
twobuedredtb anniversary of tlie discovery
of the inoirth of tho Mississippi river by La
Salle, to be held at New Orleans on April
0th, 1882. Mr. Robeson said that the
committee on rules was not sure that it
had jurisdiction aver the matter, but had
determined to report back the resolution
as serving to remind us that we have a
common country and a common destiny.
Mr. Cox pictured the voyage of LaSalle
down the Mississippi, contrasting the yast
wilderness which was washed by the wa
ters ot that great stream with tlie giand
empire through which it now flowed, and
concluded with an eloquent tribute to the
achieveraenU of the great discoverer.
Mr. Washburn, of Minnesota, aud Mr.
Ladd, of Michigan, advocated the adop
tion of the resolution as being appropriate
action to be taken ty Congress.
Mr. Haskell, or Kansas, thought that
the proceedings ol the House this morn
ing were a grave travesty ou legisla
tion. The calendars were clogged with
public business, ».ud members were de
claring that it was impossible for them to
listen to the demands of their esnstitu-
ents for lack of time. This injection of
such a mass of poetry into such a volume
of plain prose as the House of Represeta-
tlves ought to be and wss out of place and
out of order.
Mr. Taylor of Ohio, saying that he was
that in view of the suffering of the prop!
of the Soul it from floods of the Mississip
pi, the House had better attend to the alle
viation of that suffering, than send a com
mittee down to celebrate an occasion like
tilis. [Applause.]
Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, opposed the
resolution as being a bold proposition lo
send a Junketing expedition to New Or
leans to join in a festival.
On motion of Mr. Haskell, of Kansas,
the resolution and proposed amendment
were laid on the table by-77 to 30.
The Senate bill appropriating SiO.OOO
for a statue of Chief Justice John Mar
shall was passed.
The morning hour was dispensed with
and tho House went into committee of
the whole, and Mr. Katson endeavored to
have the tariff commission bill considered.
Mr. Valentino antagonized it wiUi the
agricultural appropriation bill, ara after
a long discussion as to which hill was en
titled to precedence,tlie chair ruled in favor
of the agricultural appropriation bill, and
it was accordingly taken up. The
amount appropriated is $390,S80, being
an increase of $71,3S0 over last year and
$106,100 below the estimates.
Mr. Aiken, of South Carolina, after an
appeal for an appropriation for the en
couragement of tea culture in this conn'
try, branched off to a general discussion
of tlie question of the tariff, advocating
a revision of the customs duties, an'
especialiy a reduction of the duty upoi
iron. Several other members upon the
same text discussed the tariff until the
committee rose, when, upon motion of
Mr. Moore, of Tennessee, the Senaio bill
was passed authorizing the Secretary of
War to use hospital tents for the relief of
sufferers from tte overflow Missis
sippi river. The House thy adjourned.
Und# the decision of Upr chairman of
the committee of the the tariif bill
must take its regular j^ce on the calen
dar, where it standaX^sn order. Among
the bills which mitybe disposed of or
laid aside before is reached is thst
providing a permanent construction fund
for the navy. The advocates of this
measure will probably resist any attempt,
to have it set aside without consideration,
and in view of the fact that tlie opponents'
ofthe tariff bill may demand tho yeas
and nays on the selllug aside of every
bill which precedes it ou tlie calendar
the prospect of an early discussion of the
measure is not promising, unless the
ways aud means committee can devise
some way to obviate tho necessity of
passing over oilier preceding bills seriatim.
Washington, March 7.—The Senate
coniinnod Chas. W. Buckley, as postmas
ter at Montgomery, Ala., aud Mary E.
Wiley at Huntsville, Texas.
It is stated, upou good authority, that
the President yesterday offered the now
vacant feat upon the Supreme bench to
Senator iEdmunds, but that he declined it.
Tho President to-day nominated Enos tbe same direction, but, from pecuniary
J. Penny packer as collector ot rus^pis at ' ‘ '
Wilmington, N. C.
Senor Romeo, the new minister from
Mexico, to day presented liis credentials
to President Arthur, when an exchange
of complimentary speeches took place.
Washington, March 8.—In the Sen
ate Mr. Garlaud introduced a bill for tlie
construction, completion repairing and
preservation of tbe levees on tho Missis
sippi river. Temporarily tabled, subject
to his call.
Mr. Jackson, from the committee ou
the improvement of the Mississippi river,
reported the original bill appropriating
$25,000 to continue ths improvement of
tho Memphis harbor.
Mr. Kellogg introduced a bill lor a pub
lic building at Baton Rouge, La.
Ths bill tor a commission on the a!c>
holic liquor traffic came up ou the calen
dar,jthe question being ou Mr. Bayard’s
motion lo recommit to the finance com
mittee. Rejected—ayes 19, tioes 26. The
voto was a party one, except that Mr.
Cameron, of Wisconsin, voted ayo witli
the Democrats, and Messrs. George and
Davis, oi Illinois, voted no with the Re
publicans. The bill was tlieu read, and
pending a motion by Mr. Davis, of West
Virginia, to amend so as to preveut the
commission from being exclusively
partisan, the morning hour expired, and
the bill was laid aside. Tho Chinese bill
was proceeded with, and Mr. Platt,
in opposition, said the object of the b 11
was to suppress and prohibit absolutely
Chinese immigration Wider tho guise of a
twenty years’ suspension of tlie coming of
Chinese laborers. When Mr. Platt con.
eluded, a vote was ordered upon Mr. In-
gall’s amendment, limiting the suspen-
.Ia.> tUa aftmlna nf CldrirsS labi***”** Irt
n»te the bUl which shall be first consider
ed. A ruio is also added, according the
second and fourth Mondays, af-ur the
morning hour, to the consult ration of bus
iness relative to the District of Cojumuir.
Laid over under tlie rules.
A number of bills weie iutroduci d and
referred.
Under the call ofthe commit lees the
following bills were reported: Iiy Mr.
flarris, of Massachusetts, fr tn tlie com
mittee on naval ail'ai;-', authorizing the
construction of vessels of war for the navy
of the United slates. Referred to the
committee ofihe whole. This is tho bill
authorizing the expenditure of $10,000,000
for the purpose named.
By Mr. Money, of Mississippi, from the
committee on putt efflees and po-.i roads,
providing tor an ocean mail »«ivlce be-
tween the United States and foreign
ports. Referred to the committee of the
whole.
By Mr. Townsend, of Ohio, from the
committee ou coiumeice, amending the
law concerning commerce and navigation
and tlie regulation of steam vessels. Re
ferred to the committee of tlie whole. It
places foreigu vessels, when in our putts,
under the'same rules relatire to their
outfit aud to the protection of passengers
a* govern vessels owned i.i tlio United
States, and reduces tbe license fets of
pilots, engineers, etc., from ten dollars
aiid five dollars to one dollar, fifty aud
seventy-five cent*. It also exempts own
ers of domestic vessels from personal
liability beyond au amount equal to about
double tho amouut of their respective
investments therein.
Mifiatkeli, ot Kansas, moved that the
U mm proceed to tlie consideration cf
ess ou the Speaker's tabic, slating
his object was to take up the Senate
ti-polyeamy bill. Agreed to—yeas 111,
jays $6. Tlie firet bill ou the Speaker's
table, authorizing the purchase of the
property known as tno Freedmau’a Bank
in Washington, D. C., and appropriating
$230,000 therefor, parted after some de
bate. Several executive communications
were le'erred and a number of Senate
bills passed, among them ilia bill direct
ing tho Secretary of War to pay over to
the Society of the Army of the Cumber
land $70,000 to aid in the creel ion of a
statue or monumert to Gen. James A.
Garfield.
CfFinaily, the anti-polygamy bill was
reached. Mr. Convers >, of Ohio, raised
tlie point of order that the bill must go to
the committee of tlie whole. Pending a
decision ol the point oi order, the House
at 1:30 adjourned.
Washington, March 8.—Rev. J. L
M. Curry, of Richmond, Va., geucral
agent ol the Peabody education fund, ad
dressed ihe Irouse committee on educa
tion and labor to-day, ou the question of
national aid to public schools ou tho basis
of illiteracy. Uu laid down two postu
lates : First, tbat the perpetuity and
prosperity of our free, republican, repre
sentative institutions depends upon the
intelligence aud integrity of our citizens;
aud second, to secure universal education
governmental authority and aid are indis
pensable. Thu duty to furnish education
chiefly and primarily devolves on the
States. Tho North has bravely
assumed and nobly performed this obliga
tion. The South is netting l.cioh-a!ly in
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inability and other causes,-is not furnish-
i g adequate means oi instruction to
all of her uducaiionable youth. National
aid is imperative. The illiteracy, estab
lished by the census, of tlie white citizens
and more largely of tlie hia'-k citizens, is
appalling. As a means of self preserva
tion, aid should he gendered by the gov
ernment. Ignorant vo ers are unsafe de
positaries of a free government a yd uncer
tain guardians of the nat'onal honor and
interests.
Wiriiout favoring any particular meas
ure, Mr. Curry said tho national aid
shot. Id tuppleiuo t, not supplaut, the
Slate system, of education. It should be
immediate and to correspond with the
peril. It should be for a free, adequate,
mdimeutary education.
A. J. Chambers, of New Haven, Conn.,
also addressed the committee on the bill
providing for the appointment of a com
mission ot colored men to inquire into
and report upou tho material, industrial
and intellectual advancement and present
siatus of tlie colored people of tbe Uuited
States, and making appropriations for the
same,
The Government Purchasing Flow
ers.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
•VDo you mean you paid for Powers which
were never delivered?”
“I mean this, for instance: If the Secretary
wanted dowers for hi* use, he would get them,
and they would lie paid for.”
“Get them where? And how were they paid
for?”
“If wedid not have them In the garden, we
would get them from some florist.”
"And pay for them?"
"And nay for them.”
"How?"
-“Pay for them out of die appropriation for
ice, care of ground*, etc."
“What sort of voucher would'you make out
In that cave?”
“They would be described as plants for the
garden."
Do you know of any case where that was
here were a great many case* of that
'“c.”
klni.nt
“Uo»
“I c#u
eroi Tuor eo.
“Doyou know anything of a specific*
ot a bouquet placed on Secretary WIndo
desk at the time he took cbnrgo ofthedep
sion of the coining of Chinese labo
ten years. Tlie amendment
on a tie vote as follows: - *
YeaS—Aldrich, Allis * .. •-,
Cockrell, Conger, D-.ss .ois,
Dawes, Edmund?, Frye, Irarris. Tear,
Ingalls, Jackson, Lapliatn, MeDiTJ, Mc
Millan, Mitchell, Morrill, Saunders, Sew
ell, Sherman and Teller—23.
Nay3—Bayard, Beck, Call, Cameron of
Wisconsin, Coke, Fair, Farley, Garland,
George, Hale, Hampton, Hill of Colora
do, Jonas, Jones of Nevada, McPherson,
Maxey, Miller of California, Miller of
New York, Morgan, Ransom, Slater,Vest
and Walker-23.
Pairs were announced between Messrs.
Davis, of West Virginia, Sauisbury, But
ler, Johnston, Kellogg, Jones of Florida
and Grover, against the amendment, and
Messrs. Windom, Ferry, Hawley, Platt,
Pugh, Rollins and Vanwyck, in the affirm
ative. Mr. Camden was also paired.
* Mr. Hear rose and resumed the discus
sion. He said the vote just taken showed
it was tbe purpose of those having charge
of the bill to force it tLrough without re
gard to its effect upon the public faith of
tho government, pledged by an act, in
which tho Senate took its share, to the
Emperor of China.
Mr. Ingalls offered an amendment pro
viding that the act shall not go into effect
until ninety days after its passage, and
the amendment was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Bayard, amendments
were adopted making the second section
read as follows:
“That any master of any vessel of
whatever nationality who shall knowingly
on such vessel bring within the jurisdic
tion ofthe United States and permit to be
landed any Chinese labor#!a,” etc.
On motion of Mr. Miller, of California,
the provisions directing tlie removal of
Chinese unlawfully found in a customs
co’Iection district by tlie collector, was
amended to direct that he shall be re
moved to the place from whence he
came.
On motion of Mr. Brown, an amend
ment was adopted providing that the mirk
of a Chinese Immigrant on’y, attested by a
witness, may be taken as his signature
upon the certificate of registration Issued
to him. . .
The question then recurred on the
amendment offered by Mr. Farley, that
hereafter no State court, or United States
court, shall admit Chinese to citizenship.
Mr. Hawley rose to speak upou what
he termed “this bill of iniquity,” but
yielded lor an adjournment. The Sen
ate, at 0:10, adjourned.
The hill introduced in the Senate to
day by Mr. Garlaud, for the construction,
completion, repairing and preservation of
levees on tiio Mississippi river, empowers
the Mississippi River Commission to cause
the construction or repair, aud to keep in
order such levees aloug the banks or tlic ; but the public never shared in Mi s
river as shall be deemed of lbs greatest! the MetneKifitan t£!i5, ha*'given
general importance to the preservation of *-
the channel of »ald river, and to the pre
vention of devastation from breaks and
overflows. The bill appropriates $13,009,-
000 for that purpose.
HOUSE.
Mr Reed, ol Maine, from tbe commit
tee on rules, reporte l the amendments to
the rules, presented by him some days
ago, and published in the Record There
have been some slight modifications made,
the most important of which is the addi- .
tlou or a clause providing tlist it shall bn home working ftr E. I*. R.deout <Se Co ,
in order for the House, on motion, to go | 10 Barclay street, New York, Send for
luto comm luce of the whole aud to desig- j their catalogue aiul full particulars.
many?”
not attempt to tell you how many—a
great many."
“Where were the flower* rent to?”
“They would generally be rent to tlio Score
tary s house, or for his use. II he would want
a box of flowers, we would scud and get the
flowers."
“tVhat Secretary?"
“Mr. Sherman anil Mr. Windom.”
"How much did they coot?”
“The boxes of flower*, bouquets and baskets
vary. I cannot give the price new. They can
be shown, though, from tnc vouchers iu the ded
partment”
••Can jit'vou guess whether the cost would
be So oi-*fvr.”
“Perhaps 2 or 3, sometimes 85 or$G, and
sometimes #S or > 10, according to what was
furnished. There was one bill paid for $117
nnd one for about SHO paid since last March—
during the last spring, X think there was anoth
er o! 70 cr 80.“
i flo case
,om’:
of the depart
ment?”
“I know about that."
“IIow was thnt paid for?"
“Out of tlio contingent expenses.”
"To whom?”
“To Mr. Small.”
“Was that directed to bo presented by any
particular persou?”
"No. Mr. Power sent for mo and toid me he
had n design for making an offering to Mr.
Windom when he came in. I think Mr. Power
knew Mr. Windom beforehand, end had very
kindlv feelings towurds him. He wanted to
make some little offering to him. and gave n
design of u shield. He took the impression
of tho Treasury seal, took the sent off it
wberethu scales were, scut for Smell and got
him to look at iL”
"Who sent for Small ?”
“I sent for him, and told him to get It mode.
Then ho was going to chanre 30 for it. I told
him that it wns for Major Power, anfl that lie
ought to make it a* low as he could. I sup
posed at tho time Major Power was going to
pay for it. no said well, if it was for Major
Power he would charge what the flowers cost
him nnd make it as tow as he could, aud lie
charged 823. That wns paid for out of the con
tingent exnenjes afterward " .
“Did Major Power know that it was paid for
In that way?" _ . . „
“Yes. sir. Ills attention was called to it
when It wns paid tor." — . .. _,
"By whom wns hU attention called to it r
“I called his attention to It.” -
"Do you recollect the particular time and
place that you cnlled his attention to it?"
“It wns In hit office.” ,
i I “What was that voucher made out for?*’
“Fur plants furnished the garden. I do not
think we cter jmid fur any flowers directly as
"'•■H.u'e you any idea how much it amounted
to during the year?”
“I should have to make a Tory rough guess
If I attempted to state lu”
••Think a minute and come as near as you
can to what It a mounted to?”
“I should think it amounted to at least a
couple of hundred dollars a year—perhaps
more.”
Two Hetropolitan Millionaire*.
*Veic York World.
Mo*-- Tavlor, the oldest bank president In
Kfew York city, has been very 111, but is now
reported convalescent. He is tbe richest of our
active financiers, being estimated at a half
dozen millions. Moses lets been making
steadily for more than a half century,
Hr
Shipped to-day...,.— —
“ previously
67.07-
24fi—31,277
Stock on hand this evening ■' 7 j1
Cotton Marked* by Telegraph.
LIVERPOOL, MarchS.—Noon.—Cotton hai 1-
cnlng; middling Uplands fi 0-lfi; middling Or
leans (%: sole* 1.7,nun; speculation and cr port
20PO; receipts -irt.saXr; American 28.000.
Kuril res-yteady; uplands low mlddfP'.TClaq.'e,
March 0 9-16; March aud April (.916;
April and May 21-32; May and June 6 ! r -Cl
fitti 23-22; June and July <527-32: July and Au
gust 6 27-32: August aud 8eptemt<er 6 57-64,
LIVERPOOL—1:10 p. a.—Middling uplands
GTt middling OrleansG13-10; upland-. l..v mid
dling rlnure. August aud September 6 29-32
IJVlrttPOOL—230 p. m.—Uplands, low mid
dliug clause, March u 19-22; March and April
6192k May and June 6 47-01; June und July
6 31-61; July nnd August 6 55451; September and
October 6 23-S2.
LIVEKPOOL—TeCO p. m -Sales, American. 11,-
OTO: uplands, low middling clause, March 6 :v 11;
March nnd April 6 :tw.l; April and May 6 1 >01;
June and July 6 IJ-lttfyG 51-01; July and August
6J4. Futures barely steady.. «
NEW YORK, March 8.—Noon—Cotton firmer;
sales 22H; middling uplands 11 lfi-K; middltn;
Orleans 121-16. _
Futures steady; Mam 11.37; April 1X00; May
121S; June 1234; July 1251; August 1261.
NEW YORKk-Evculng—Net receipts 506;
gross 2970. Futures closed weak; sales Krj.ri'O,
as follows:
March—Jl.S2@ll.831 August -lir.; 41260
April— .1L9M1LK5 Scptembvi .I2tv.vi238
May. 12.12013.13 October 11.66$UJ8
June. —12.28012391 November...1L I ■ •11.50
July.——„1245tal246 | Doecmbcr...ll..J/;M..j2 ;
Cotton firm: middling upland* IT IS-IS; uUk .
dling Orleans 121-16.
GALVESTON, Mnrcii S.-Cotton steady; mid
dling 11JS; low mlddliug 11%; good Oidina-
,- li% net receipts 1177; gross —; sale*
ock 61.258.
NORFOLK, March ft-Cotton firm; middling
11>£ not receipts 1621; gross ; sale* tte
stock 42,951.
BALTIMORE, March f*.—Cotton st-jady; mid
dling llJi; low middling 11*.«: irood ordina
ry l<% net receipt* 45; gross 117; sales —-;
stock tei.Ott.
BOSTON, 5!areh S.—Cotton quiet; mi l
12; low middling ll>fr good ortUni
' is 987; gross 1W9: sates stc
iGTON, March otton steady;
middling li%: low middUuff 1655-U'l go -i
dinary 101-16; net receipts 131: gr* -■ —; ;
stock 7,535.
PHILADELPHIA. March S—Cotton firm;
middling 12; low middling 11%; good ordina
ry toji net receipt* —: gross 1031; rate* to
spinners : stock 13,612.
SAVANNAH, March 8.-Cotton steady; m:.'.
dliug 11%: low middling 10;„- good ordi
nary 10; net receipts 1386; gross ; sales ZiuO;
stock 62,168.
NEW ORLEANS, March 8.—Cotton strong;
middling 11%: low middling 11%: good ordina
ry luj.k m-trecuiptsSWO; gross36;.v, saleslo.fotr
MOBILE. ' March 8.—Cotton firm; mid
dling 11%: low middling 11%; grad ori'j- ir--
10%; net receipts 1310; gross—; sides 1035; stock
“ MEMPHIS, March 8.-Cott.>n firm: mid
dling 11%: low middling 11; g.-tvl ordinary
Xf% net receipts 265; gross 30stiiptaenta2822;
sales 3.700; stock 81,313.
AUGUSTA, March S.-Cott« i .jnlet: mid
dling ll%i Ibw middling 10%: :;ooil ordinary
10; uct receipts 0)1; grosz ; sales 322
MACON MARKET.
Dry Goods.—Market Arm. Print t tandartl
696J4C, lower grades 4%&-7%c. vlids fie. 7 :cr-
1 -••-. aizmigc. Hickory rtripes 7)^10c, oi
10c.. Wlgans6%«7j£. Oraulmi)
•ight 02 10c. SncetiugE-
brown *>
six 02 Sc, eight
lignter weights 7@p7t:. fill
standard 6< %. Chccks-^tau.Urd 8.
14. Kentucky Jeans 8^20;
seys12C
do. 25@
Paovistoss.— 1 The market Is m ilve aud ad
vancing. Bacon—C. It. side*, i •%. Bacon—
shoulder* none D. S side*. 10; D . abonjdea
8. Boston bcllic*, 11. Plain W« : m hams,
12%: New York pig hams. 14.
LaBn.—Market very firm. Choice- leaf, in
tierces, 12%MU( tubs, 18%. N. Y. Boflnod, iu
tierce, 13; tub*. U%.
Fi/jur.—Market very firm; flnett patent. S9..50;
fancy, 28.50; choice family, 88.00; extra family.
27.75; family, Ti.or, buckwheat, $10.50. Wheat
bran, per cwt. tl.30.
Granulated. 10%:standard A. lo!. ; wu
S 10; extra C. 9%; golden C, i
'4 N. O. yellow clarified, 9%.
MolasSes a:;d . Svncr.—Cuba melas'cs, 50:
do, good, 55; honey drips, 50; Georgia sj nip, 55.
SALT.—Liverpool, *1.10; Virgin: 151.2 rul.X.
Fauna.—Apple*. 85.00. Oranges, par 100
a rc. Lemons, per hex, 81.00 London layer
sins. S3.SO.
Irj-u potatoes—Eastern wdlmr—Mark 1 1
active: demand good. Early R«-.' *!-75; Good
rich SI-75; Pccilezs 81.50; Snow FlakeM.V5;
Peach Blow St.7.7; Burbanks 84-75; Pink I.y*
85.00: White Rose 81.75. . .
Fish.—No. 1 mac-scref, half bblt . 8?.iO: do
kits, 81.80; No. 2ila. half bbb.,15.73; kit*, C5a;
No. 3, half barrels, 85.50: kits. GOe.
Miscellaneous.—Candy, 13e. Pickles, pint*
81.50, per quarts, 8227. Starch fiUo. p. r lb.
Cheese. 15. Warding, Imported, 15%: raidinez,
domestic. 80.00. Rice. 7#9c. Ball p:;t-
osh, S27. U1AM; Canned. 83.25Sg.50 HMc,-
Drv flint, sail: salted. HAUL Wool-Washed
250250; unwashed, free from buna 29.925:
burry, 10018. Tallow, 5%@0. Wax, IS.
Grain and Hat.—Market very firm. White
corn, 96; mixed com. M. Feed rust
proof oats, 51.'W. Rye. 81.75. Western timothy
i-.av, 81.10; Georgia bay, 81.V Com men!,
plain 81; bolted. 81.U3.
Hardware—Markct^good. ltorseslioi-s jt'j.Oo
t bound hames
■ kk*. per pair
»!m.-: «V." (V fc.
A x<*s ^.*.00
».u0. Well
Swede
. Po"
; GO. Lead
per keg: mule shoes 87.01.
»t.60<yo.tXL Trace chains
Ames' shovel* S12.00|.erdozen. !’
pcrlb. Haimun’s plow stocks 81
10.00 per dozen. Cotton car
buckets *250. Cotton rope 18c..
iron 5«5%e. per «■: refine Ms la ;-er
steel 5%C per It’. Nails 8?.65-bi -e of I
der *8.40 per keg. Blasting- ‘
Sc. t>er Ifi. Drop shot 82001
Bagging andTik*— Faird
2M bagging, all lute, none: 2 do., none:
ojjCtlOe: arrow ties. £1.05; pieced tits, ii
Provlaioa Markets by Tel
LOUISVILLE, March 8.—Pr.
mera pork - UJOuULuO Bulk i
s 6.7-7;. rib *9.25: clear -9.62'
ham* 11.75nl 2. Vi. Hour dull
Grain irregtdiirbut fairly ac ri
unchanged, but some sales rat
8T. LiiClis, Marc h Flout
Wheat higher nnd unsettled
81.20%cash: 51.22.'4 April. Cor
at fid cash: 61% April. Outs h:
higher at$H'..<7 bid cash: ■ 1>
816,95 bid April. Bulk meat* i
£6.25; rib • p.2.7; clear • 9.50.
.'t/if'k Ugh 4 .
1% do.,
IsioTv* stroiifftir,
caK- shoulder?
Susrar « ured
iul ;mrhuiiged.
.• and generally
< . cr. •
.****:it 'c. t otter.
No. 2 rv-vl fail
i >. ;ter hut flow
i ;i» l" Kork
»j : l»id March;
ruu r hiiouldera.
I.ar! hi 1 -;her at
61.^00*000 in public benefdcilon:
tlon to hi* tiXfcjensive private charitit*. M‘*>
Taylor ban been at the head of the City lut
for forty years, and hi** success in itiiuana#
ment i- shown by the fact that .its shares a
unoted ft1200. He has devoted himself cjom
to money making, nnd will 1 - •*
i his daughters (w
no fcons.
.meter
iian
idi-
, l x 11 married),
When contemplating such
iM thiukius how
much good such a man might have clone lend
1 iu* bec-n like George I. Ifcney, “f a philanthropic
disporitlon.
i(l 1.7. Whisks- steady nt 51.17.
CINCINNATI, Mar.ii s.—K’.
ilv j5.50u3.T3; fancy s-V-’.'ui.W.
Xo. -2 red winter Sl.27n1.2--. ' e,
2 mixed 62?,ail.";. Oats ni
16%. l'ork firmer 111 }•*'
firmer and. higher nt 51 11 .1
stronger; shoulder* fi.2': •■.
Whisky steadv at Si.h>. <<uin
finished gorais, 57.• bins, on u
Sugar ciUic-t and unctiange :
common and light 5.25e.i. <■
butchers' S'* 25#7.00
CHICAGO, March 8.—Than
nr.!. Wheat excited and high-
spring *1.2.7%al.26 cwsh:
*1.'i; , ,j»1.2i«% April: No. 3< n;.
•11.05%: rejected 70s? .. Corr.
nnd higher, regular fresh
March; April: rejected ••
nted.v active and higher ot 12 ca«h: 40%_ March;
40* j April. Barley
Dressed hop* inac
Wheat
ii stronger: No.
>• No. 2 mixed
liof2 firmer;
c-ncking and
ill Arid DOQii-
in'f^r^eS^
% cash; 50%
Oats rnodcr-
40% Mai
steady and nnchaSL
vand iio-.iinn!: jpood 88.78.
Pork arrive, fine and higher at S16.S7%al8A0
«,5C0.I^ year can be rwMy made at
