Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 19, Number 46, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 November 1877 — Page 6
WEEKLY COURIER
JASPER, ... ,
C. MAKE, WUtc,
- - - INDIANA.
CURRENT NEWS.
WASHINGTON. It U reported tkat Ol. K. 0. lafrersoll of Illinois Was bee UHOlMcially tendered tke wbxrkMi to Berlin. The CemiitfcfthHter of the General Land ec, In kU annual report, ay tke hs of imbiie kinds or cash are about 100,000 aeres mm tkn tke previous year, while the number entered muter tke homestead anil tim-ber-eiture laws k TS5,1S8 k. There were certified for railroad purpose TOO.TSl acre. Total disposals ot public lands, 48,WS,4.,W
aeree. Public wmp nave been extended ever 71,&7S,7S7; total of uasurveyed lands, 1,161,197,1? acres. Tke Pestmaeter-Geaeral has tailed an enler rwmiriag all Postal railway clerks, rHte agents, me;R:ei, and all other employee f tke Department, whose busine it is to kandle tke mail in public, to unlfarm themselves in a suit of blue (speetlieatieae for which aeeowpeny tke order), within 96 days from Oct. 26tb, the date of tke order. Tke Senate ha .unanimously oonirmcKl tke MomiHatioa of Mr. Jokn YV'ekh as 31!nfcfter to Knland. ,Xhe President has nominated Henry S. Saaferd, cf Colorado, to be Minister to llelgium. Ah Associated Press dispatch of tke 10th nays tkat at a caucus of 1'epublicaa Senators, keid on tke 10tk, it was developed that a majority of tke Senator were not in aeeenl with tke President as to his Southern and Civil-service pelleiea, but at tke same time Im than a majority were disposed to make any formal issue with the President
A delegation of Ponea Indians had an interview with President Hares on tke 10th, 'At tk'CabRet-e.fen held on tke',Utu7 Secretary SherraaR,pfesented a- letter from
31 r. Belmont and other members of the Syn-
'slieete repeetiBgjtlie X$ue$ kill for'tke re " meetizstk f " f liver. ln whtsa. it ,w
stated tkat tke effect of buck a radical lives
revolution in tke monetary nysten el tke UnHed States would be disastrous", and intimation- were made that it would le impracticable to further conduct their operations in placing the new loan. Tke Senate Committee en Finance, at a special meeting, also heard arguments from a number of Eastern gentlemen representing banking and otker financial interests in opposition to tke passage ef tke bill. Represents-; tive Bland was present and spoke in favor, of tke bill. f r A committee of Republican Senator, beaded by Mr. Sdmun4Mkad a lone con
ference with the President on thelSth, and,
fsetaed by the Riffled Vy-Mamler, a rape
pbjemi around eek, ami in a lew momenta he was tmnijiinic from" limllef a tree. Ms body was KutaeoueHty cut ilewn ami buried beneath tke tree upon which he wa hauled. Tke Northern Line steamer Alex Mitchell Ktruck a snag and saHk about four miles below Keokuk, Iowa, on the JHk. She lie wltk ker deck about two feet under water. Xe lives were lest. The Steamer John F. Telle, Capt, Brady, of tke Count Line, from St. Louis to Kew Orleans laden wltk produce, wa burned t Grand Gulf on the nlftht fe 10th. Boat ami cargo a total loss The steamer was valued at $25,000, and carried a small insurance. News is received from San Antonio to the effect tkat a party of Mexicans, numbering nearly 100, pursued a party of thieving Indians aenw the border into Texas, overtook them near the Guadeloupe Mountains, killed six, captured others and recovered the stolen stock. The Indians had left their reservation In New Xexleo'and gone to
KoumeHa-Anll. Probably'Taxll Paska will eommand the Army of TW.tlV9 Interference of Servm In tkr1Wr lrnewi al-( met certain. j coKimuss. The Senate watt not In session on the 7th. ....In the llou, tfte KeiHimpttou Kcpeal bill
wax tlusel 4 iHftli,Me.ri.(iaiiiuT(i(ui
Government ISe m resolnthm that whs HdopteUt the bfVnliHt of tke !t t'4'H
' ------ - - i Ti'tl 'kItiv vtnHo.VTKBVir.vnKnttx, Tk foltci wliwrt k a Ht,of tkj iH-wher or tbo IloH-A-tlBr BiftHt the adoption of tke
Kiaiiu im tor hw recoiHKaxj mi wri
eon, New York; Halton, Mhode KUnii: ltlalr, Ne- ItamH'h"; Hrower, Mtlit(fan; llrliMx, Newllaiupahiroit'nmp.New oiki Chittuu-
die. Ket ey, awl others ipeakincmTiavotoi . '""I. u '",,.",, i,u7.7- v bepropied bill,,aiHl lers. 1'rie. ltlalr, hjsM:, .1 0,?l,l i",Ui.j...n,.V HV fraiV v ri Luii Atiui-( tttfitlHft It. Tti Hiwakei" t aroliiia; Demsoii, Vermont. Raines, itllMrollu uT tthmt Ifland; Flehl. .Massat-lmsctts; Fryo, Uev lb- I'olSMl as CbauUitn. Maine; ttlbsoii.tmlstaiiHtllanlenlM pelt, New liei.lH. i mshi as apia.H. Jii,y; Hart. Now York; lomleo, Vcniiont; In the Senate, on the Jh, a reselntlen was iimvitt. New York; Joyco.Vonuont; Leonaid,
1 ....... a I luil.litlt tlul.Wk Xllt.Ii.U'Ull Xllfll
tvan ; Slorsc, MasSHclmwuMs; Noroross, MasMwlniM'tts; Peddle, Now Jersey; Powers, Muiito; I teed, Maine; Uice, Mawsaclnii-ettSi Schleicher, ToxasttStonliens.tSeowla; Swauu, MkrwlHiu. ' Want, I'ennsylvanlH; Wtanl, Now York. ---' SUHh'UhU AitHtkowatlKBH the Amcrl CHMH,
ho j A special from F)rt Wnlslt, November -s l, to tho New York World, is as follow :
S ttitiL'-Bulrs homo is to bo oti ueor
i
depredating in' the vicinity of San Diego, , yortltern Pi
Mexico. Ben. B. Groom, a well known stock raiser of Clark County, Ky., has gone Into bankruptcy with liabilities exceeding a quarter of a million and assets worth about one-half that sunt. Ex-United States Marshal Shanenbcrger, of Colorado, who has been eon lined in tho Kansai Penitentiary for the. past eight months, where he was sent after being found guilty of robbing tho Government of ;j40,000, has been pardoned by President Hayes. It is announced that Shaticnkerger is going to Europe. A Galveston Xeirs special of tho 12th says that LieutBullis, with a small party of "scouts, crossed the UIo Grande near the mouth of Peeos Itiver; was attacked by a body of fiOO Indians and compelled to retreat. Loss not stated. Col. Young had left Fort Clark with 200 cavalry to rciuforec Buills. A Memphis dispatch of the 12th says that a refcjriMif terror exists in the vieinity of .Halaigh in that county, ea'used t tke shooting of colored men bv whlti -Usperadoes, chief among whom U Mac): Williams". Law-
abiding citizens are overawed by the, rutli
HKi-eed to instructing the Committou on Ju
dtctatyto iwiulro HndreiMirt whether any legkMation is neeeaiy in mtter to authnrlzo tho payment ou of any moneys received or to tu received from tho Itepnbllc of Mexico, or otherwise, to American claimants of awards made, bv tho Coinmltteo created under the treaty lletwocn tho fnltinl States bihI that republic, ratitlcattons whureot wero .v cbaiiKed on the 1st of February, IS. The resolution sulnnttted by Senator Maxey, callint; upon tho President for Information inrejrartl to the rescMoof netom tromthe
stark County (Txa) Jail by outlaw
from .Mexico, in August lar, wa taken up
ummtlio Sccretan ot tho Interior for in Kivur, Ho tul his band Will m SOCltro
iormauou
,HSJU!? Huer of luiieM f J y euttrdctl by iioliuo, but the most ulli'aetrtc Uailroad eonstructeil, what ."7... y.' ,.-...sn k.. .... i.:D
chanxce had been made in tliu lino. i vio waicu ihui iiiiu y ...... ... etc The House went into Committee of neighbors, tho Hlackfcet Plain CfOOS. the Whole upon tho Army .Appropriation t i?niTiint. Ulvnr ia munb favornd bv buf-
lenxtny aeimto ensueu. ana was par- ;':.,".:"". ., ctMtM.,.li11
in oy jicsrs. aikius, miikioioii, mm nun suuiiici unuiu, n uiitiug-i'UM
bill.
tlclnated
Sehlelebor, Foster, Itlackburn, fonder,
Money. Phillips, Calkins, I.nttrell.Towusend,
situs, rriuomnru, i iyiner, wriKnt.i'uioerMin, ltannlng. Hewitt, Hanks, Itlonut, Crittoutleu and Sparks. Without action the committee rose and the. House adjourned. In the Senate, on the 0th, a number of bills were Introduced and ref erred. Tho VicePresident appointed Senator Klrkwood a
member of tho Committee on Foreign Af
lairs, ft niitteu
ator
Uailroads. to Oil tlio VHcancieson tht'iu com
tnlttees occaslonetl by the death of Senntor Morton. Adjourned till Monday In the House, Mr. Swanu,Uhalrmau ot the Commit ' tee on Foreign A Ifairs, presented a communication from the Secretary of State lureteronce tot lie Paris FLxpositlon. They estimated the expenses itf an American repro-entatton atflVl,eeti. Ordered printed and lecounultted. Kov. P.W. I. Harrison waselected Chaplain. The House went into Committee of the
w nolo on ti after a Ionic
out definite action.
The Senate was no in session on the 10th. The Housu again took tip the Army Ap
propriation Mil in Committee of the Whole, and after considerable discussion, the bHl
find a good market for skins at tho Ison Hay Company. Three days
will
Hudson
ago ho was told by Col. McLeod he was t hold himself in readiness to movo to
his now usarters: that tho Queen had,
through her servant at Ottawa, provided
I n good homo for him whore ho could
live in neaco. Sitting-Bull made an
.Senator Ingalls a member of tho Com ( eloquent replv, saving: "1 eaino to you, eo on Privileges and Elections, and Sen- ! in tllO first place, bcctlUSO I was being saunders a member of tho Committee on , , , . 1 , u. ... 'i'i,V- . ... .in .i i I lfirl ilnvnfi livtno AllKtVU'ansi. 1 ItOV
III.! . "I .aw - . broke their treaties with my people, and
I when I rose up and fought, not against them, but for our rights tis tho first pen-
pie on this part ot ttie eartu, iney pur- ! sued mo like a dog, and would havo
hung me to a tree. 1 hey are not just.
Thev dnvo us into Avar, anil then seek
thoArmv Annromfiition bill, but to mititsll Us for ilschtltig. Iliat IS not
k discussion again adjourned with- honest. The Ottoen would not do that."
i ...t . i " . pnfseu.Mttotwi tke committee. Tlio com
mea. u ,wh an, uu w.uiwi wen, jire aeeia lor incir : mtttco rti.vo Hnit reported 'the bill, butiwlt
tke general tone an4 tentiment of criticisms
expressed at the recent senatorial caucus
eeaeernlag varkHW features et hie policy
j MAST AND SOlfTIIIVST.
Cardoza, ex-State Treasurer of South
Carelina, has been found guilty of the various Irregularities charged against nlmV
The Jiryin Ws oeneisted of four white
The side-wheel steamer 'Tom Morgan, of
Covington, Ky., was wrecked by the Explosion of Its lwh;rs-near Greenville, MIjs., en the 10th. Pr. Powell,- who was both owner' and eaptain,and the engineer were killed. The County Treasury of Clermont County, O., atBatvia,hasheea mysteriouslyrobbetl of2-l,000. A " rf r Z 2 "J 9nsctsNEocs.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison, a well known dec
was found that the amendments iitcctl to in the cemtHitti-ticoiullctcd, hhU as It required
nine mi Hiraigmoo tuem oat, tne nouse auJo urned. In the Senate, on the 12th, a number of bills were Introduced nnd referred, among them the following: lly Senator Wlndom, to establish a department of Commerce by
Mr. Conover, to provide for th survey of an
f Aitor thanking tno lateen, no saut; f Tell her that I will bo a good man; : that mv people will bo good. I will
take my jieople to the lied Deer country, and ttow I declare before you that
L will not mnke any trouble or annoy you, or give pain to tho Queen; I wiH
bo otitet. I will never light on your
soil unless you ak mo to help you then I will fitrlit. Place mo where vou
I like, I will be at peace in Canada. But iyou, who are bravo soldiers and not
treaty DreaKers, tiuevos ami muruerers, 1 1.1 it I .IS. I
stnliiftht SvlfWh hcallth'trThonograph,
by
means of which human speech
it U uaderstocd, fully aenualnted him hfj)wuMlyiiaistercd and reproduced with ; s"natT liavis of SllmolsTa'exct.d
and ekjkt eolered men. ' Ex-CengresjiHMd7,r "M1 !""
Smells Is row undergoing trial, and B. F. '".
Wkittemore, ex-State Senator, Is tinder in
Jintmast bAlb frfriiil anil orn),kl?nii
WKST AND SOUTHWEST.
Ex-Marshel George VT. Hunter, of
BardstewRjKy., while In charge of prisoners te be token to the Penitent lary,fataljy wounded Sam. Ford, who was attempting to es-
c tpe. Ferd was one of tke Murrcll gang of
euMWs. Y. 0. Meed, Cashier of the Appleton CltyHBank, St. Clair County, Mo., has absconded, owing to a supposed irregularity in the handling of Kansas City and Memphis Railroad bends, 0,003 worth of which are mteeinfr. Ceryden "Weed, ef Bloomlngton, III., has gene into bankruptcy, with liabilities of about $1,hOO,000 and no asset? to sneakbf. Mr. Weed has been loaning money for other parties on farm mortgage", guaranteelngthe interest and principal of the loans. IMls heaviest creditors are Eastern capitalists. A horrible double murder: was committed in Monroe County, ill., on the Sd. Henry Geetz, a young German farmer,and his wife, wk owned and worked a small farm on what Is known a tke " Columbia bottom" were. tke victim; the aeseeein was a man named Carl Strait!, who had worked around In the neighborhood for some yean, and was generally considered a shiftless and vicious character. The murder was first discovered by a neighbor on the 7th, who found the house deserted and the dead body of Mrs
Geetz lying in the cellar. The body TierTtBskend had evidently been removed
and secreted. The neighbors at once star
in pursuit of IHe murderer, who had d
off a iwlr of mule, and had also taken a
cow, wkkh fte tied behind the wagon. He wa easily traced to the Mississippi Itiver at Ban Carendelefr, where he bad sold the cow, and then proceeded to-St. Louis, where he bad" nice endeivefed to klspise of the team, but was arrested on suspicion of tki property being stolen and looked up Just about the time his pursuers arrived in the city. Strange to say,Strahl voluntarily accompanied the Illinois officers lack to Monroe County, and the formality of procuring a requisition was dispensed with. 'Carl Strahl.the murderer 6f Henry Goctz and wife la Monroe County, III., an account ( whose capture: In St. Louis and return to the IoeelHwWre crime was comfttfued w been heretofore given, made i hill eonlewlon to the Coroner ef the county, and himeeM led the Way to the place In the wHHbJ where lay the body ef Henry Geetz. At -tke- eouehiilon ef the Insert, and after the murderer had nixed hki signature to his written eenfes4e as taken down by the Coroner, in the reeee ef seme ftO er more of the residents f tke eeunty, the prieener was, taddealy
mum ,.it.X ual
vrT"vT"t ' i.-" mini.. . cent
l tie woiuiernii poeuoruttes ei tins invention, by which the .actual ,totcs of a great atcipn!aWer, ect ,Jr parent or
Mend, can be trangmleted te yostcrlty. ren
Bing iHiuovery wthi
interior water route and canal from the l vou woultl think me a coward if I, tlttl
Mississippi itiver to tho Atlantic, senator not .i:,, (MrbtiiH'' tho Americans. ThereMaxey submitted a resolution Instruct!! , 001 UlL t K . Tnw the committee on MiiitHn Affairs to incpdre 'fore, while I go to Bed Deer now, to intothooxiM-dicncyof constnictinar defensive ' live at peace (here the speaker almost
"M7"w.f"'".'":'T, clirinVmn. T w nnio ftk whon mv
rcrior inc present, non. it. w. oorneca i . j as sworn in as Senator from IihIIhiih. Sun- braves aru stroner. or if thev will not
r,,Kma! 1 will come alone, and
can be WadbUKb. recently appointed Chairman of ngt lo Americans until tieatn. i ou
i tue uommiuee on rnvitcKCs anu Kiectioas.fi ovo anrt rosnect. titem 1 liate. ami
Pen" ' y0,lr Qeen'3 soldiers would desriso me 3ed if I did not liato them. That is all. I
am ready to go with you to the Bed Dcor." The Blackfcct Indians say they won't stand any more nonsense from the Sioux. Tito Jfez Perces, who tied here, before Joseph's surrender, havo nearly all returned. Tliey attempted to squat between this post and tho Buttes, but were warned oil'. Some of them crossed the mountains" into British Columbia, probably with a view of joining their old allios, the Okanogans.
eerj lone vxaciif as ufuree, at any iiuiire umn?r servieu mi tne t omtulttco on
timp. Thf. Instrnmpii. iuumT U lint unl bo i siobs, ana bcimtor ftauncicnr was exctt
,si..m..:T i m t,s .i , rom further service on the Committee of thertcleien? in wWAuction, and Transiwrtation Itoutcs to the Seaboard,
.nr. i;uison tms so larexpermtejiteu witu ttinawr voiikjiiik rose to. a per- . . - . i ' u 1 1 1 (i I i -v i&i nualloii i..iiiAilfiihi.F
v vrii'iiuiniivii v- 1 1 1 wz I H m n nublicatlon In the Now Vm-J.-
JltrM which pnniorted to give bis (Conkling's) expressed oplttf ona on certain pemuis ana matters. The Senator said the statement
coutHins wjine remarks which he made In f casual conversation at times, and contains
u I III MIT rrtlll UTkM V 1 1 1 ( 1 1 Ftn 11tltt liiUMll UV (1 1
s are of :vr " "
v --iiuntT. j iiiiiueer i Hpoiiiiiiicius were con1 Urmwl in executive mwIoii, Hinonsr them tho
Themeetinifof tW FBtJPadlamcnton ' ?.OI,rt.wl,, Jo in I., fttepliens, MlnMitr to
the 7tk, ws auended wltllflerable ex- &VMIKf citement, but every thing'passed off quietly. I. Oefrees. Public Printerl Kenneth Itayner, The Chamber elected M. GrevS'TBeubH- ?,Uol,or .f k Treasury; Kllorj M. Itrayton, aacuainoer ncaeu ji. urep.Kepumi- Collector Internal Itcvenue for South CnroeH,' Provisional President. The'De llrog-, Una, vice L. Casa Carpenter, reslimcd. United
1 HeMwIetry, at thereqnet of-President Mac- t ;t!;? Marchats-ltobt. H.Crittcndcii for Ken-
Mahon,havc withdrawn their resignations LVirf. nT" ti litA. t " ' Trl
ine iHOHiicHr says mat rreeiueM iae.Ma
Are. Wc Be earning Indlant.!
hon lias no,. Intention of resigningras had been previously xumored. Eleven persons were killed by the explo-
i . i t f . amwiiuiHVl
sionoi an Arrenunc torpeuo-uoai in iiietcnmtil In- lit- Mr. .sl.i,itni.;r.iMvi,r-. ...,
harbor of Buenos Ayres on the 12th. the clause prohibiting tho recruiting of the The October rennrts of the vtrlftinl rnttnti H,n,, beyond the number of eiill.-ted men on ine uciooer reporis or tnc various cotton tho rolls tho ilrt of Xovembor. Ity Mr. Vul Exchanges show that unfavorable rains have berson providing that four cavalry rest
prevailed uttrinr tue month throughout a 1 "" recnuico to one nunureu men large portion of the ootton-grow.ng region. f ft,f "S&SS 7X1
Tho New York Tribune says: The n.asn with whleh snmn roailx- writers can
of1' rtirtt'a wfho! i spi theories is curiously illustrated in
on Saturday, came up tor consideration aa recent article in Bcjorm, a journal
wiu ir.mi imn r, hiki auera icnguiv (uncus- nubliSllOU at lllimbUrL'.
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Miiit'iniiiieiHN 10 i no mil weru previously con
i my
the
Appropriation
Tke average ylekl xs compared with last year shows an estimated deficiency of from 5 to SO per cent., although some favored localities estimate an increase. It was reported by telegraph from Paris on the 12th that the Pope had been fatally itrlcken with paralysis and could not long survive. Later dispatches deny the truth of the report, and state1 that although the Pope Is quite weak, he 'was able to give audience to several persons oh the 18th. THE EASTKKN WAK. t The Russians oa the 8th were erecting siege batteries In front of Kars. The, Turks attacked them, supported by the fire from the fori; bitfwere driven back Into their IntrcnchmentH. A dispatch from ttkhtar Pasha, dated
jBrfeeumJ l$,neet0 says that at 4 a. m.
ilirwttatikedjlie, Turkish fortified trtit were repulsed with ureal
slaughter. A press dispatch says the battle lasted 11 hours and was fiercely Contested throughout. The Itttsslans finally gave way and were pursued several mile?, losing many guns, though but few prisoners. Previous to the battle
the situation at Erzeroum was very critical
tne inhabitants demanding the authorities should capitulate, reinforcements not having arrived. The Turkish army at Plevna fe believed, te he In a very orltlcnl situation'.
and It was thought Qsman Pasha could not
-,,5! Rrif"!?PU n riveri slaughter. A
have a Held telegraph completely arounl
Plevna so they can concentrate Immediately en any .point attaeked. W
A Constantlneple dispatoh 'ofJthe 10th says hat 40, of the relatives of ex-JiiltaH Murad have been srreeted, and it in rumor ed strangled, lieeause of, aw alleged conspiracy to feinstatt) MariuU The Turks have rcsolf cd t defend Kara' td the Issrt'exkeraity. IHspatehes of the lSth report bat heiivy lighting mid been going on at Plevna for two days, In which the Turks had seen red some advantages. .Suleiman Pasha has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Turklsh.armlM in
Texas, provided nothing herein Shall authorize recniltliiK beyond tSi.WX) men. Tho Republicans voted ftolldlr axalnst this amendment and wero Joined by Mewrs (Jlddlngs, Mills
and Schleicher. Tim amendment nrovidhiir
that staa onlcera shall not be entitled to or receive any additional rank, pay, or allowances whh rejected yeas, 128; nays, 181. Tho negative vote was jclven by ltopublicans, backed by Messrs. lllackbum, Carlisle, Cook, Harrison, Jilckbog, Mullcr, Potter, Willis and Kandolph. A large number of hllls'wcre b,troducel and referred, Including the bills to amend the laws In relation to mailable matter of tho third class; designating the time for the meeting of Congrews theHrnt Monday In January; toj-eduee tlie number of military cadets: for payment of all cotton seized after the 2Mb of May, 1SR5 ; also.'to refund the tax on raw cotton collect cdfromlSSStolssg; to prohibit by constitutional amendment the payment .of .claims arising OHt of the late rcbolllon, etc., etc. lathe Senate, on the 13th, kills were Introdueed by Henator Oarland r To authorize the election of a Delegate to Congress from the Indian Territory; by .Mr. Horsey: To authorize tlie construction of a bridge across the 'MIsWippl River at Memphis; hNo, making an appropriation for tho Improvement of tho Arknnaaa Klver by reirtevttiK tho bar opposite Fort Smith; by Mmator Cockrell i To remove tke National Capital to some more central looatlon; alno, to repeal the bankrupt biwsj .Senator Cockrell alee presented a petition to bulldaSfuith era traMScontinental railroad ou tho SW and 31 paraMeU.ot latitude, fnnn tbeMlsslesippl River to the Pacific Ocean: also, to widen and deepen the channel, of the Mlailpl River in Missouri. Tke House Army ApproiMaatioti bill was read and referred, ftenato? Booth, Chairman of tho Committee on
nantHaeturM, wax, at uis reiuest,exeused Jrtmi farther service on that toinmlHee, He
t i f . . '' a4eslMlut a resolution calMng npo the hold out many days longer. The Jtu8slan"fFrtMent to inform the Senate ofWe eamto
of the X Perees war. and olfce
Uoa ml tho ninrnkuf li
r i) art Ha
Aiiar
Nsx. Jir-M
liars
the
hHoo
ittcd
by nim In regard to the management of the
i-ncinu itHiiroHu, iiihi njioko at icngiii in regard to the subject. Tho-resolution was laid over.....,Thn .House occutded most of the'day hi Committee of (ho Whole, constdermg the Dellrtency bill, which passed without division. Tho total amount approprieteCbv tke bill Istf.SlO.Sftt, of which ?l,41,ss Is for the Xavy ; Mll.ww for an amount due Selljgman Itros., of Ix)iol()n;?tft.noo for the Marine Corpse Thu bill alw provides for the payment of United Statos Judges, etc. The bill for the repeal of the Resumption act was again considered. Messrs. Chittenden and Monroe spoke aKalnst the bill and Mr. Kelley for It. Mr, Clover oHerod a resolution for Invertlgatlons Into all the departments of the
in whicli tne
ellet-t of climate on the people of tho
United States is discussed. The theory assumes that we arc beginning in this country to resemble tho Novth American Indians. The assumption is first made that our people arc chiefly of English descent. Our skins have become dry. Our glandular system has shrunk to a minimum. Our nooks are long; our heads small. Our cheekbones project. Our eye cavitios are deep. Our undrejaws arc full. In all thoso particulars we are approximating the Indian. Furthermore, tho Englishman is heavily bearded, tho American lightly, the Indian not at all. Our hair is straightening. Our extremities are lengthening, so that American gloves havo to bo mado with long, slender fingers. Hut this is not all. 1 he change extends to our manners and customs ; for instance the lynch law of the border and tho polygamy of Utah show the proclivity toward tlio ways of tho aboriginos. Even tlio negroes Jtcrc, we aro told, are yielding to the climate, ami bleaching gradually. o Sunshine as Force. A good illustration of man's inability for self-support, independently of sunshine, is afforded by the following calculation. Tho mechanical equivalent of the vertical sunshine received upon a square mile of tho earth's surface,is computed to bo y,tJ23,O0O,OOO pounds raised a foot high in a second. Under tho most favorable circumstances, a square mile of terrestrial soil receiving this amount of sunshine, if planted with bananas, would yield according to tlio estimate of Baroii Humboldt 60,000 tons of nutritious food yearly. This is the greatest amount of food-producing power of which tho oartli appears to ba capable. Hut this quantity of food would sit lllca for only 100,000 men, whose united mechanical force would not raise more than 10,000,000 pounds a foot.high in a second. :It would therefore not bo possible for, any nnmber of men, by their mere mechanical force, to produce any thing like suillcient light and heat in tho absence of sunshine to raise from tlte soil the food needful for their own support.
A Kellred HHtcker.
A story Unrelated 4n All the Ft'Ar IUuml of, v worthy London tradesman in .tlio butchering line of hus'itics, who, hitving aninU a ctufeiderablu fortune by means of a snug family trade in Shorcditoh, disposed of his shop, nnd retired with ids family to a villa residsnce at Glanhami kbit somehow the luxury of idluiies did not agree with him, neither did tlio brisk air of Clapham Common agree with his health as did the moi'o substantial atmojiiihcrc of tho back end of IHshopsgnto, llr grew so dull and mopish that hisrionds were alarmed, and a temporary migration to Margato was resolved on. Lt was at the height of thu .season, nnd thu select wa-tering-plaeu in question wtis crowded with a mixed company of visitors, including butchers, both retired ami still on active service, and for a time Mr. Shortribs quite recovered his spirits. Hut on returning to Clapham his spirits sank agajn so rapidly tiiat it seemed not improbable that he would terminate ids career in melancholy madness. At last, ono day, ho amazed his wife by announcing his determination to return to Margate for a few weeks alone, lie foit sure, ho said, that, although it was noiy tlio depth of winter, the sea breezes wottldl revive him ; ami ho moreo er promised to return to Clapham at tho end of. each week, and pass Sunda with his family. lie went, and lo! the very first week saw a change in him that was almost miraculous. His eye wiw brighter, his iicsh firmer; there were oven indications of a return of that roseate hue to which his checks had long beem strangers. Another week, nnd ho returned fresher than over. Still another, and ho was tlte Shortrjbs of old, with tu jovial laugh, a ready joker and an apnetite ho seems to have lost irvecwarably when ho quitted Shoredttch. .Still he expressed no desire to settle dowra onco mora at Clapham. lie pleaded for another week, and yet one more, until his.,wife, with fond woman's foolish misgivings, began to suspect that possibly there might bo something more in it than appeared on tlio surface. Thenext timo that her husband, gay and! cheerful, set out with his bag on Monday morning, sho well, there is no use in mincing the matter she caused him to bo watched. And with a most astonishing result. It was all a subterfuge as to Shortribs going to Margate. He had never, during the whol3 period sincehis health and spirits began to improve so astonishingly, been further than Canipdentown. There, at tho shop of a trustworthy brother-butcher, sworn tosecresy, lie had passed tltu pleasant time, busy with knife and steel from Monday morning to Saturday night.
The experiment of propagating shad in the great lakes has been entirely successful. A few fry which were placed in tho lakes by Seth Green, in 18T2,Jave: attained thu size ami quality of suk-water had,.and Mr. Green now intends to supply the lakes with large quantities Tlio German daily newspapers aremuch smarter than their American cotemporaries. Nearly every German daily prints two continued sturies, overy day giving a column to each. Thus, the reader, kept forever upon tho ragged edge of'a Wild romance, goes on takisig tho paper till he dies. Courier Journal,
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