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,J. B. WRIGHT & CO., Um '■ii I .Vi i m{ , ik"'h* I TKIIMH OF THE Columbus Daily and Weekly Times. DAILYi One Year. • • Six Months. 4 W Thm* Months 2 Oc One Month (We paying pontage.) WEEKLY: One Year $ 2 00 Six Months. 1 lH ' (Wo paying postage.) KITE* OF AIIVEKTISIX;. SOJUnb^ SSSSSCi**tv“3SWU J 3 3§SBBBBJS§3B3Bj &333855&3* ci •♦* ©ao j • ■ ■ "s>yoo?: 83888383835533 :=2SBB*SE-i 88888888888833! „ ‘ . 333? g g g 3.SBJ 8 8.81 §3Bag3Bg!B:BSS3| n o K * g g ggggggg 33883i 8388 8 8 888 888 33 iss§as#ssssaßs| sW o Kt 8888888388M531 ; ©sssssisssssf sssss <; 88888888888881] - SSsSSSBBBSs3S:!s Kifiuoiv !t SSSSSSsssissIS IlilSSSiSsisa? a. Hl i 83335533383883! 80 pur ot. additional In Local Column. j Marriage and Funeral Notions sl. Daily, every other day for one month or longer, two-thirds above rates. I The Alabama K*llalnrr. Montgomery, Martdi 22. —The Leg islature adjourned to-day, sine die. The last aets approved were to sus pend taking the census, and to regu late keeping of hotels in this State. The citizens are giving the Demo cratic Senators and Representatives a handsome entertainment to-night. Tin: tor\Aim. GREAT IA)HS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAR* OLINA. Special to Daily by 8. A A. Liue.J Augusta, Oa., March 22. The tor nado caused fearful destructions along its path laying waste houses, trees and fences, and killing persons and stock. The Baptists were hold ing a meeting at Elmo church, near Camak, when the storm demolished it, killing three and wounding twen ty-flue persons. Residences and out houses were demolished on many plantations in Warren, McDuffie and 'Columbia counties, in Georgia; the destruction extending into Edge field, Aiken and Barnwell counties,in South Carolina. In some places per sons were blown a distance of sixty yards. Every house on Mrs. P. E. Walton’s plantation, including a fine residence, was destroyed. In Colum bia county three negroes were killed and twenty-live persons wounded. Ten houses on Dr. Hamilton’s place were destroyed. It is impossible to give a correct idea of the amount of property lost. Several hundred thousand dollars will not cover it. Fearful suffering is already reported in the devastated locality. Nothing so universally destructive has ever happened here, it being the severest storm ever known in this section. Tlii* Flooiln—treat Duma-c** Feared. Serial to Daily Timer, by 8. k A. Lin l New Yoke, Man’ll 22. A Port Do p .sit special says the water gradually fell yesterday, but a sudden rise is considered probable at any moment. There is no change in the position of the ice gorge. None oT the families : who were compelled to abandon their ' homes Friday last ean yet, return, as . the water is still deep in the streets, though it has fallen considerable. Passengers aro conveyed through the streets from one point to another in row boats. Several families have re mained in their dwellings, notwith standing that the water covers the first story. Many of the inhabitants believe the worst effects of the gorge are yet to come. A Pittston, Pa., special says the in habitants are preparing for flight, in anticipation of a flood from the ice gorge. Families residing in the most exposed localities have removed their furniture to a safe distance, or to the upper floors of dwellings, and many have moved across the river, three miles back of West Pittston, until the trouble is over. Some families are locating themselves at Wyoming Camp Meeting Grounds, where daily prayer meeting will be held. At Wilkesbarre, Kingston and Ply mouth, similar preparations aro be ing made for the worse. There is not much change in the condition of the ice. Thfye are 150 miles of heavy ice, with two tremendous gorges in the vicinity, and a third a greater dis tance to come. Weather statement. Washington, March 2'2.-~ For.South Atlantic States, continued cool and partly cloudy weather, with north or east winds and high barometer. For Gulf States, partly cloudy weather, rising temperature, easterly and southerly winds, and falling barom eter. ♦ ■ — —David Schroeder, cigar dealer in West Hoboken, N. J., was robbed of fifty dollars and terribly beaten up by two ruffians two nights ago. They followed him from New York, stole a ear hook from a street car in Hobo ken, with which they beat him so se verely about the head and body that he will probably die. The villains escaped. THE DAILY TIMES. ! TERRIBLE TORNADO. ! Death and Destruction! (.rent Devolution in Harris and Talbot Comities. On Saturday night we heard that a terrible storm had devastated part of Talbot county, and immediately sent a messenger to the scene of life ca lamity. We were, therefore, able to give a short account of the destruct ive effects of tlic tornado in Sunday’s Tim£s, On Sunday and yesterday wo received from our agents, messengers and others the full particulars of what is perhaps the MOST DREADFUL STOIIM ever known in this State. The details of ruin, devastation and destruction of life and property are such as may well appeal to the stoutest heart. There appears to have been three distinct tornadoes. One took a belt through Talbot county, another through Harris, and the third be tween Whitesvllle and West Point. Tlie latter was not by any means as severe as the two others. We re ceived full accounts of these torna does from eye witnesses, and are able to give the true statements of the de struction of life and property. Many exaggerated reports reached the city on Sunday and yesterday. It was af firmed at one time that the whole town of Hamilton had been torn to pieces; that twenty-seven persons had been killed in Hamilton, and that the whole of both counties was laid waste. ! It appears that the FIERCEST TORNADO j started Saturday morning about 11 o’clock, ten miles northeast of this I eity, near the house of Mr. Perry : Wimberly. It did very little damage ! here, except to trees and fences. It j struck the Poe place just beyond Sir. j Wimberly’s with great violence. It ; blew the house down and killed a ne ! gro on the premises. The destruction [ of fences and trees around the house : was complete. Mr. Howard's place j suffered next. Here the house was ! completely demolished, and several j persons seriously, if not fatally, in jured. Nat a sign of a fence or tree j was left on the premises. Clothing i was blown from the house and lodged :in the tops of trees yards away. Just i beyond this place several gin houses ' were leveled to the ground and two I or three cotton screws completely do jstroyed. The next place which the storm struck was Bothesda Church. | This was completely destroyed. Mr. 1 Lee Tidwell’s house was demolished, and lie badly injured. Mr. Burdett’s j iiouse was blown down, and his wife i was badly hurt. An old lady named Tommy had her house blown down, and she was badly hurt. All the out ! houses on Mr. Philip’s place were demolished. Not a single house or ; farm in the track of the tornado es ; raped injury. There were live churches destroyed by the two tornadoes—Beth’esda and Prospect churches in Harris, and Sa lem, Mt. Vernon and Olive Branch cliurchc3 in Talbot county. Two school-houses one at Mt. Airy, and one at Baughvillc -were demolished. Mr. John Kennon's place was made u perfect wreck. Every house, hut, cabin or habitation on the whole farm was completely destroyed. Mr. Ken non was at, a store not far distant when the tornado passed, and lie hurried home. Ho soon saw before him a I'ERFECT WRECK. His home was one mass of ruins, and everything around was desolate. The premises wore covered witli timbers, and it was impossible to realize that the destruction presented was, ten minutes before, the scene of a happy, prosperous home. As Mr. Kennon j approached the place where his house had stood he saw his wife’s body lying i in a ditch, terribly mangled and life less. Ho had scarcely seen this hor rible sight before he viewed the dead bodies of several of his children lying near the same spot. This was about one hundred and fifty yards from the site of the house. The bodies had been torn out from the ruins by the storm and carried to this distance. The clothing was almost completely torn off of some of them, and nearly all were so terribly mangled and dis figured as not to bo recognized. A gentleman informed us that ho came upon the scene about half an hour later and found Mr. Kennon seated near the ruins of his home, with the dead bodies of his wife and five chil dren around hirn. He was sitting with his head bowed down, and when spoken to pointed to his ruined home and dead family and said, “THIS IS ALL I HAVE LEFT.” Such a scene as this is too horrible to contemplate. A happy family in one moment destroyed, and the fath er compelled to look upon the dread ful scene. Two of the dead children wero girls in the beauty of young wo manhood ; one was a little infant, and it was terribly crushed by the falling timbers. Two of Mr. Kennon’s sons were absent from home, and were thus saved. Near by Mr. Kennon’s place a store was blown to pieces, and several men severely injured, some of them fatally. Four horses that were near by were killed. Mt. Airy school-house was demol ished. Prospect Church was blown down, and not even its foundations left standing. Major Epps’ place was in the line of the storm, and of all the buildings on it one small room was left stand in f. COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1875. A storo near by was demolished, and all its contents strewed for hun dreds of yards around. Some of the goods were lodged in tops of trees far away from their original position. Four men iu the store were very bud ly hurt. Mr. Clurk, the school-mas ter was badly injured, and his recov ery is doubtful. His wife had her shoulder broken. The house iu which Rev. J. McGehee resided was blown down, and that gentleman had his jaw broken. The Bradshaw and Neal places suf fered badly; everything was swept away at Dr. Peter’s place, and four negroes were killed outright; several others badly injured. A WHOLE SETTLEMENT SWEET AWAY. The settlement known ns Baugh ville was entirely destroyed, and sev eral persons killed. There were three or four stores and several dwellings hero all of them were blown to pieces, and their fragments scattered all around the neighboring area. The tornado passed about n mile and a quarter to the left of Talbotton, and that town was scarcely injured. It then turned a little to the north, and completely demolished Gorman’s mill. No lives were lost here. Mr. Culpepper’s house, near Talbotton, was blown down. He was killed out right, and his wife tyully injured. He had a daughter so badly injured that j she is almost sure to die. The tornado followed the course of the road almost exactly, and, on this account, was particularly destructive. The people iu that part of the county live very close together, and nearly all of them had gathered their prov ender and all their earthly effects near their dwellings, and immediate ly on the road. The storm made a clean sweep of all these products of industry, and left the people desolate and without any means of subsist ence. The tornado did not extend over a belt of more than half a mile at its greatest width. At first, it was uo more than a quarter of a mile wide, and from this, it generally in creased in width us it proceeded. The length of its course is not certainly known. It extended about 15 miles with full force, and for miles beyoud | that it continued as a very strong wind. The destruction of negro cab ins was universal in the course of the storm. A large number of negroes were killed, and many of them terri bly wounded. Some of them ure re ported us lying at the point of death, without any assistance or means of help at hand. There is said to be not more than one or two houses left j standing In the whole course of the storm. Gin houses, screws, and barns all leveled to the earth and their contents gone. It is said upon the best authority, that about twenty-one persons were killed, and forty or fifty wounded in the course of this tornado. THE HARRIS COUNTY CALAMITY. Tho tornado which visited Harris county was of about tho same width as tho one wo have described, but was less destructive of life and property. It began a little later in the day and raged somewhat longer. In the opin ion of some, it hud tho same origin as the one which passed through Tal bot county, while others regard it us a separate and distinct storm. We give below a letter, which ap peared yesterday as a Times extra, and which gives as full an account ot the damage and suffering as can now bo had. Tho particulars indicate a terrible sacrifice of life and destruc tion of property. The farms in this county have suffered terribly. Hund reds of fences are gone, and tiie cat tic are now destroying the hopes of a crop for this year: Letters from J. T. Jolm.on ami Hon. T. J. Watt. Below we give interesting letters from Mr. J. T. Johnson and Hon. T. J. Watt, giving full particulars of the tornado in their vicinity: Editor Timex: Between 10 and 11 o’clock A. M., on Saturday the 20th instant, one of the most destructive wind storms ever known in this section, passed about one and a quarter miles south of Hamilton, Harris county. The be ginning, as far as heard from, was six miles south-west of Hamilton. The houses and fences on Messrs. Parker’s and Burt’s farms were com- pletely destroyed; next in it course was Mr. J. T. Johnson’s farm, on which his father, Mr. Isaac Johsnon, resided ; there every house, except an old kitchen, was blown away; the gin house being literally blown to atoms, and the contents carried like chaff before the wind; no person was killed on this place, but Mr. Isaac Johnson was slightly injured by falling tim bers; some of the negroes slightly hurt. Passing from there to William Webster’s place, it left not a shelter for man or beast on bis place; his wife received a cut on the head not dangerously injured; some two or three little negro children wero mor tally wounded. Passing from there to James Lovelace’s tanyard place, it swept all the houses from the place; injuring Mrs. Mullins and Mrs. White, both seriously. Passing from there to Mr. H. W. Pitts’ place, where it seemed to do its worst; the destruc tion of bouses, and everything else, cannot ho described on paper; the very blocks and underpinning of the houses were driven away, and killing almost instantly two of his children -—Fannie and Alice, his youngest and oldest daughters mangled and bruised the two younger boys, and his other little daughter, very bad ly, If not mortally; and of this large family not one of them escaped being hurt, Mrs. Pitts seriously. Two ne gro children, on the same place, were killed; the logs and arms of several others were broken. Largo timber was nothing but straw, comparatively speaking, before the fury of the storm. From Mr. Pitts’ place it seemed to rise, but struck down again before It had gone moro than a mile or two; destroying Mr. William Glass' place. The houses of Mr. Dennis Miller wore all driven to atoms by the wind; Mrs. Miller was seriously injured; a horse and some other stock were killed. It dostroyed.Mr. Martin’s house; took off a number of houses and killed stock of Mr. W. C. Johnson; blew down Bethel Church and houses at Mr. T. N. Sparks’; blew away Val ley Plains storo and doctor's office, 4 out-houses at Wm. Copeland's, and strewed tho goods for a long distance from the store, and passed off in tho direction of Flint Hill, in Talbot county. Another branch of the hur ricane passed through the southern part of tho county at about 12 m., kill ing six members of Mr. J. H. 8. Ken on’s family—his wife and five chil dren ; took in its path Bethesda and Prospect churches; blow down or oth erwise Injured every house in the way; passed on into Talbot county, doing great destruction as it went. Another, about two o’clock tho same day, on the line of Meriwether and Harris counties. The particulars are not heard, but It took away houses and blow down fences and timbers as it went. The current was generally about half a mile wido. J. T. Johnson. P. S. The scene beggars descrip tion. You must visit it to realize. P. 8. —March 21.—1 u addition to the above, I would add for tho benefit of the moro immediate relatives, that I visited the scene of destruction this morning, and the family of Brother Pitts. The two older hoys, Henry and Robert, though severely scratch ed anil bruised, are able to be up; Sister Pitts’ left ankle crushed and bruised generally; extent not ascer tained by the physicians; mind much impaired, condition critical; Jimmie’s skull fractured, with body bruises, unconscious and stupid; Rosser, tho worst looking case in the face, two fingers and shoulder broken, but conscious; Mamie’s leg broken in two places, also both arms, and delirious; but little hope entertained of the recovery of either of the four last named. Brother Pitts lost every particle of furnituro and clothing, except wlmt they had on ; provisions, corn, fodder, shucks, chickens and S3OO in money—saved nothing, not oven his yard dog, Tho poor man is almost a maniac. Rev. Dennis Miller, Armstrong and others, are In tho same destitute condition. An appeal will bo made through the Hamilton VhAtor to the sympathizing public, and tho Granges especially, for relief of the sufferers, liro. Johnson will visit Columbus in their behalf, so soon us he can leave the wounded. In the meantime, any as sistance, either monoy, clothing or provisions, can be forwarded to J. F. C. Williams, Hamilton ; or Dr. W. W. Bruce, Kingsboro. Tho North and Soutii, wo feel assured, will transport free. T. J. Watt. The total destruction of Mr. Pitts’ residence, and the death of his chil dren, is one of tho saddest features of the calamity. His house was very largo, and contained ten rooms. It is said that not enough lumber is loft on the site to build u common shan ty. Tho woods all around are strewed with timber and the broken sillsof tho house. It is impossible to give a correct estimate of tho amount of damage either in Harris or Talbot county, but it is surely enormous. The people near Hamilton are doing all they can to help tho sufferers; they are meet ing together and helping to recon struct the fences to prevent any fur ther damage to farms. They are also liberally contributing both food and clothing to the destitute. In both these tornadoes considera ble rain fell. Hail fell in great quan tities, and some of the stones wore very large; a gentleman found one that was fully tho sizo of a gooso egg In his yard. At several places many cattle were killed. Large numbers of chickens fled to the houses for refuge and were mashed in the ruins. Several yard-dogs were killed. It is feared that much damage has been done in Harris which is not yet reported. We hope the worst Is known. About twenty deaths have been reported; many wounded. STILL ANOTHER TORNADO. A terrible tornado is also reported to have occurred, about tho same time as the other two,between Whites ville and West Point. Great havoc is reported to have been done among barns, stables and fences. Bevcral dwellings are also reported blown down, and some lives are said to be lost.. The forests are torn to pieces, and great destruction done to farms. We have not yet received the full par ticulars of this storm, but fear it was terrible. Truly our neighbors have mot with an awful calamity. Thousands of dollars wortli of property have been lost. Death and desolation have ruined many a household. We arc glad to see our people moving so ac tively to relieve these suffering be ings, and hope the cause will com mend itself to the philanthrophyand Christian liberality of this commu nity. INCIDENTS. Several tndoidouts are reported which illustrate the wonderful power of tho storm. Tho bark was com pletely torn off tho trees in many localities. Rails and broken trees wero carried as far as a quarter of a railo from where they were found by tho storm. Mattresses and fragments of furnituro wore lodged in tho tops of the trees, just outside tho lino of the tempest. Pieces of marble which had been on bureaus wero carried two hundred yards. A team of mules was torn away from a wagon and killed. Tho whole forest in tho lino of tho tor nado was completely leveled. Trees wero snapped like reeds and their tops blown far away. It is said that the course of the tornado is cloarly marked out, und looks as if a huge road had been cut out and everything in its course destroyed. Such a clean sweep of houses, fences, trees and lands was never known in this soetion before. The appearance of tho tor nado Is said by spectators to have been terrible. Its rumblings were hoard for miles. It seemed as if the clouds had settled upon tho earth. The dust and fragments carried on by the wind made one dense mass which moved with frightful rapidity, with a whirling, turning motion. An appearance of light or electrical Ure was plainly seen just above the dense volumes next to tho earth. The whole scene was exactly like the tor nadoes which so frequently visit tropical regions, but such phenomena are seldom seen in this country. In some places people who were overtaken by the storm lay upon the earth and clung to sapplings for safety. Homo of those saved life, but had nearly all their clothing com pletely torn oft of them. Such a scene of ruin and terror has never been witnessed before in that county, ami we hope wo shall never hear of another such calamity. Tho tornado traveled very fast, and wont its whole length iu about twenty-live minutes. Nono of Mr. Kennon’s furniture could bo found. It must have been carried far away from tho house. A walking cane which Mr. Kennon prized very highly was found broken in two pieces, some distance from the house. At one place a bale of cotton was blown nearly one hundred yards, through trees and sapplings. A mule was standing hitched to a wagon near one of the stores which was blown down. The mulo has not been seen since. Tho wagon was blown on top of the mass of ruins. Tho sills of several houses wero blown as far as forty yards. Ouo of tho sills of Mr. Kennon’.s house is said to have blown into a hickory tree as if it had been driven there by a huge hammer. At Mr. Bradshaw’s a boy was fixed to a wardrobe by his head, the splin ters piercing into the back of his nook and holding him up. His weight pulled his body down so that the whole of tho back part of his scalp was torn off. It is thought, how ever, that the boy will recover. Near Mr. Kennon’s a sheet was blown into the top of a tree, and is still there waving like a flag of truce to the angry elements. The trees in many places are full of fragments of clothing and bed clothes. THE LATEST. From Mr. A. M. Brannon, who re turned from the scene of destruction last night, we learn some further par ticulars of the calamity. He reports the devastation as absolutely fearful. Everything is laid waste, and the suf fering beyond the power of descrip tion. It seems that tho accounts that have heretofore readied us have not been at all exaggerated, but are sur passed in horror by tho reality. Mr. Brannon states that Dr. W. F. Tigner, of tills city, succeeded in setting Rev. J. McGehee’s jaw admirable, and thinks he will soon recover. He also states that notwithstanding the fear ful ruin about them, tho people are still hopeful, and think that they can yet make a crop, if they get a little assistance. They do not want to abandon their old homos, although they are destroyed, and are bearing up bravely under the terriblo trials which have come upon them. This is certainly encouraging. Nrw Hampshire Election—Full Returns Special to the Tim eh by 8. k A. Line.] Concord, March 22.— The Patriot (Democratic) has special returns from every town in the State, and figures up tho result as follows; No choice for Governor by the people; total number of Representatives elected, 371; the Democrats have 181; the Re publicans, 190 a majority of 9. At Hart’s, where there are but 31 voters, the election was postponed until the following Saturday, when two Demo cratic Representatives wore elected. It is claimed that this is illegal, and tho two Representatives will probably be sent home. The Senate remains unchanged—s to 5. In two Districts there is no choice. Mouth flarollna I/esllature. Special to the Timkh, by S. & A. Line.] Charleston, March 22. —The Legis lature debated the removal of Treas urer Cordosa all day Saturday, and took a vote at midnight on the adop tion of the address demanding his re moval, The address was not adopted, the vote being in the Senate 11 to 18, and in the House 45 to 65. This is re garded as a vindication of Governor Chamberlain’s administration and of tho integrity of the present manage ment of the State finances. Conserv atives generally voted to sustain Cor dosa. MASIII\4,TOV. Special lo the Touch by S. & A. Lino.] SENATE PROCEEDINGS. Washington, March22,—The unfin ished business being tho resolution endorsing tho President’s action in Louisiana, it was proceeded with, on which Mr. Johnson, of Tennesson, was entitled to the floor. ANDY JOHNSON'S SPEECH. Mr. Johnson said that for many years he had been accustomed to speak before tho people and in delib erative assemblies, yet ho now con fessed that ho appeared before tho Senate with some embarrassment. "He feared that many had been drawn here with expectations that they would surely ho disappointed. Ho had not expected to take any part in the debate at this tlmo, but circum stances had occurred which induced him to change his resolution. He wished it understood, however, that in what he would say ho was not guided in any manner by party bias, but solely by his regard for the good and happiness of the country. If this resolution was proper to be consid ered, then it was proper to consider any act of tho Administration since its ail vent to power. It was reversing the policy and the principle upon which the Legislature had always acted. He said tho Senators would no doubt remember tho resolution brought in by Mr. Clay, denouncing President Jackson for relieving the bank deposits. This was at a timo when botli houses wero in session, but it was then urged that the Senate had no right to pass upon the action of tho President unless sitting as a court of impeachment. The Senate was now asked to express its approv al of tho action of the President in interfering in tho uffairs of a State. Now what had usually been the course of tho government in cases similar to that which had arisen in Louisiana, he referred to tho case in iu Tennessee in 1800, when tho Gov nor and the Legislature were at vari ance, and when tho Governor under took to control the Legislature, the Legislature then reduced itself below a quorum. Here was a contest between two of the civil departments of tho government. In principle, this case was exactly the same as tho case of Louisiana. Now, wliat was tho ac tion of tho Federal government? Then he read from the letter of Gov. Brownlow, refusing to receive the re signation of members of the Tennes see Legislature, because he alleged the object of their resignation was to break up a quorum. Tho govern ment had nothing to do with tho or ganization of the Legislature; it was not for him to provide a quorum. Gov. Brownlow then applied to Gen. George H. Thomas, commanding at Nashville. He read from a dispatch of Gen. Thomas, of July, 1868, con cerning the request ot Gov. Brown low for military assistance to compel the Legislature to preserve its organ ization, addressed to Lieut. Gen. Grant, at Washington, and inqriuing whether he should furnish military assistance. He (Mr. Johnson) was only now speaking of the public nets of public men, and he would not on this occasion indulge in one personal reflection. Ho then read from a tele gram of .Secretary Stanton, directing Gen. Thomas that it was no part of the military to interfere, and that he must scrupulously abandon primary interference. This was prepared by the government, and it was known to the now President, who was then Lieutenant General, and through whom the correspondence passed. But there was further than this; In 1867, Gen. Sheridan was in command at New Orleans, when, in consequence of his officious interference and op pression, there came up from that country a universal demand for his removal. Gen. Hancock was sent in his place, and immediately peace and quiet was restored. Gen. Hancock, on assuming com mand, issued an order reorganizing the supremacy of civil law, and sot ting up the true line between civil and military authority. Tho General of the army, then Grant, at that time protested against the removal of Gen. Sheridan, but his assertions, which were mero assertions, were shown to bo without foundation. Then why, at this time, is this man sent back to the people whom he op pressed, and who had prayed for his removal? Why was ho sent, when there were so many other officers of the army who could have been sent? unless to carry out a certain political policy to irritate and goad those people. Ho knew those people; all that they wanted was their rights in tho Union; their rights to self-gov ernment. Now, he would toll thoso people that wero behind the curtain, that were trying to stir up another civil war, in order that they might ride into power, on tho third term, over the ruins of the Union; a civil war that, if their plans succeeded, farewell to liberty. [Applause in the gallery.] He then commented on tho views of Washington as to the third term ; referred to tho proviso in the Constitution prohibiting the Presi dent from receiving any gift, etc., from any foreign Prince or potentate if offered, or from any American citizen, it would perhaps have been well. [Laughter.] He then instanced tho resolution passed by the IJouse of Commons in 18—, arraigning their Speaker, Sir John Trevcll, of high crime and mis demeanor because ho accepted a gratuity of one thousand guineas from the city of London for assisting YOL. I.—NO. 68 in passing a bill in which it was in terested, and ho was made to road tho resolution himself, and the resolution oxpclllng him for such conduct; and this was in corrupt England. He then alluded to tho Government Interference in Louisiana, and said that the action of the President in interfering to uphold the Kellogg government was a plain violation of law. If the action taken by tho Fed eral Executive is to stand to bo in dorsed, then there is an end of tho existence of tho States, oxcopt on tho will of tho President. Within his recollection such a usurpation ns thiß would have shocked this nation, but now it is proposed to approvo of this violation, which, if unchecked, must lead to tho destruction of our presont form of government. He then read from what ho styled an extraordinary letter of instruction of the Secretary of War to Lieut. Gen. Sheridan, directing him to pro ceed South, and commented in a satirical voin on its language. Hero was an officer of tho army sent back lo a peoplo who had repudiated him, and tlio limit of his command left to his own discretion to mark out; and ho does mark out a command as proud us an emperor. In conclusion he thanked the Sen ate foi the kindness and attention with which lie had beon listened to. [Applause in the galleries.] Mr. Bogy then addressed the Sen ate in opposition to tho resolution, after which Mr. Thurman moved to adjourn. Mr. Anthony said he had no objec tion to adjourn now, but ho would give notico that to-morrow he would ask tho Senato to remain in session until the matter was disposed of. The Senato tlien.aftnran Executive session, adjourned. J. E. BRYANT DISAPPOINTED. ,T. E. Bryant, ox-candidate for Con gressional honors, when he first ar rived In Washington expected that he would bo allowed to control all the appointments in tho several De partments of persons representing the Stato of Georgia. His first effort of this kind was attempted at the Post Office Department. On making known his wishes to Gen. Jeweil that gentleman informed Mr. Bryant that lie could not certainly allow a de feated candidate for Congress to do what ho never had and never would allow au elected candidate to do. Bryant has made like failures in all the departments, and has no doubt learned that neither honor nor profit follows in tho wake of a defeated candidate. _ TELEVKAPIUC ITEMS. Spnci.l lo tho Timm by 8. 4 A. Line.l —One hundred and fifty Indians were baptized in tho Mormon Church at Salt Lake City. —Tho time of the winners In the University boat race, in London, on Saturday, is officially announced to bo 22 minutes and 12 seconds. —The Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company have acquired a valuable addition to their system of lines, in creasing materially their facilities for the transmission of business. —Pacific Mail Directors, at a meet ing in New York yesterday, appointed Sidney Dillon, Jay Gould and George S. Scott, a committee to arrange a new schedule for their steamers. —The U. S. steamer Dispatch ar rived at Fortress Monroe yesterday from Washington, en route for Now Orleans, where she will receive a com mission consisting of Senator Sher man and others, und then sail for Ve ra Cruz, their objoct being to secure a coaling station for naval vessels at that port. Tho latest advertising dodge in Pa ris is thus described; You are quietly walking the boulevard, pensively meditating on life and your mother in-law, when suddonly you are aston ished by a kick from behind. Yon turn and meet tho impertinent gaze of a strunger. If you are ‘‘a man of honor;” and most Frenchmen are, you at onco demand satisfaction. ‘‘Certainly,” says the assailant, bow ing coolly. "Your card, sir,” you say, whilo your eyes burn with rage. “Here it is, sir,” ho responds, hand ing you a pasteboard. You look at tho card and aro stupeiled to read something like this; "The largest stock of winter clothes con be seen at No. —, — — street,” - The Fashion oditorofaNow York paper offers the following advice; '‘Ladies who wear bustles should fasten tho thing down, and not meander the streets with a huge bun dle bobbing up and down, and wrig gling from sido to side, behind. It looks ridiculous, and besides, with so many beads and bugles on it, is apt to make a person walking in the rear cross-eyed!” The most potent poison yet discov ered is osmium a speicos of metal, twenty pounds of which is sufficient to poison the entire population of the world. One-thousandth part of a grain of osmic acid sot free in a vol ume of air of one hundred cubic yards would possess such a deadly influence that all the persons respiring this air would be nearly killed. Osmic acid is so much tho more dangerous that no counter poison is known against it. To what good uses such a terriblo poison ean be applied is not stated. An lowa woman went to church one Sunday and ‘‘experienced re ligion.” Arriving home, she called her children about her and said: “I am pious now, and I am going to give you two days to get religion. If you don’t do it in that time I’ll whale your hides off. I have learned my duty. Do you hear me?” —On the Boulevards Montmartre and Poissoniero Baris, 600 persons pass every minute throughout tho day—nearly half a million persons from morning till night. Dr. John son said in his timo that the high tide of human life was at Channg Cross,” but that Is a lonesome place compared to tho boulevard indicated.