Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1881 — Page 1

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

FOREIGN NEWS. A dispatch from Dublin Buys the average emergency committee are taking steps to procure Protestant tenants for Irish landlords who are about to evtct the present occupants of their land*. It is thought there will be no lack of afqi&OMlts, for the passage of the Coercion tail has emboldened all who were opposed to Hba Land League, Numerous evictions arc talking place all over Ireland, and the scenes in •some cases are said to be heartrending. Am*her destructive conflagration haß ‘ xxisSred in Tokio, Japan. Eleven thousand •taA'uses were destroyed, and 80,000 people rendered homeless. A party of fifty armed men are reported to have visited several houses in Kerry, Ireland, stolen forty guns, and compelled the farmers to swear that they will pay only Griffith’s valuation. Fenian lodges have been discovered?n Lancashire, England, and a quantity of arms ■seized. JVjrty-five oaf-loads of munitions of wsur, destined for Greece, have been embargoed .a* Dunkirk. The authorities at Marneilkw have stopped a large amount of dynamise which was on the way to the Greeks. ’Thomas Carlyle bequeathed his Dumfriesshire estate to the University of Edinburgh. The Arms bill passed in the British House of Commons forbids the possession of arms except by license, permits the searclung of houses between sunrise and sunset, and regulates tho importation of arms, dynamite and nitro-g 13-ccrino. The bill is to have effect for five years. Detailed accounts of the engagement between Gon. Colley and the Boers at Spitzkop frendec it certain that the British were fairly hefcton. The fight ended in a rout, and the unost moderate estimate places the loss at 800 killed and wounded.

Tho losses by fire and robbery during the riots in Lima and Callao are estimated at ♦6.000,000. The correspondent who was with Gen. Colley at Spitzkop, and who was captured and subsequently released by the Boers, has written a very graphic description of the engagenent. His statement shows tint, with every advantage on the side of the British, the Boers carried the day by sheer fighting. Gen. •Colley had 690 men, and a position that "was regarded as absolutely impregnable. 'Tho Boers, who numbered about 1,000, made several attempts to carry tho position with a rush, biit each time they were driven back with the bayonet. At last they made a tremendous charge, and the British were routed, fit w*,s an instantaneous change from perfect *ul& ty to total defeat Drouyn de L’Huys, Minister of Foreign Affairs in France under the republic, and again under the empire, is dead. In tlie debate on the second reading of tho Arms bill in tho British House of Commons, Dillon defended his advice to the Irish to arm, and said that in the event of their disarmament they were resolved to disarm tho landlords also. He declared that were ho a tenant farmer he would keep a rifle to kill landlords, and expressed his regret that the Irish people had not resorted to civil war. Advices from Honolulu report a deplorable condition of affairs there. Small-pox is epidemic, and many houses are quarantined, and no one is allowed to enter or leave the city. The Pope has asked the Czar to grant amnesty to the Bishops and priests exiled to Siberia. Full returns of the census just taken in Germany show a population of 45,194,172, A cable dispatch from Rome says : “The loss of life by the earthquake on the island of Ischia is appalling. One hundred and two bodies have been found at Cassamaciati up to the present. It is stated that 300 houses have fallen at Casaamaciati. One hundred and ten corpses have been recovered, and sixty-seven wounded sent to the hospital. The fissures in the streets were fifty centimetres wide, and the people fled from town and encamped in the fields.” The British Ministry has settled upon terms of peace with the Boers, which were telegraphed Gen. Wood last week. It has been snowing steadily in Scotland for seventy hours. Traffic is blocked, and many shipwrecks are reported on the coast. Harris, Boyton and Sheridan, the Irish traversers, have reappeared. About twenty Americans in the counties of Cork, Limerick and Kerry, Ireland, have applied to the United States Consul at Queenstown for protection. They fear arrest under the Coercion act.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. East The Italian bark Ajace was wrecked off Coney island. Ten of the crew were drowned, and four others cut their throats in despair. Samuel J. Tilden predicts for Gen. Garfield the stormiest Presidential term on record. L. B. Boomer, the famous bridgebuilder of Chicago, died at the Windsor Hotel, in New York, of apoplexy. West ' Herman Fisher, of St. Louis, killed Peter Kealeamann with one blow of his fist. A fire at Chatsworth, 111., destroyed ten mercantile houses, leaving $31,000 to be adjusted by the insurance companies. A gentleman who has traversed Southern lowa and Northwest Missouri reports the winter wheat in magnificent condition. Harry S. New treated the people of Indianapolis to a sensation by cowhiding J. G. Thompson for writing reflections upon his wife and father. Judge Moran, of Chicago, refuses to grant naturalization papers to Chinamen, on the ground that they are not white men. A shocking double railway disaster occurred on the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad. A train was thrown from the track near Bericr, Mo., in the night. Twelve persons were injured, none of them very seriously, however. A wrecking train with thirtysix men on board, which started from Brooklyn, Mo., to the scene of the accident, went through a bridge into a broken heap, down a distance of over twenty feet. Every man was injured more or less. Dr. Wood, one of the physicians on the train, was killed outright, and five others died shortly afterward. Not a man of the entirt thirty-six on the train escaped injuiy. The State Capitol at St. Paul, Minn., caught fire while both houses were in session, and burned to the ground. The members escaped by means of ladders, although some pf

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them were slightly singed. The loss on the building is about $100,900. The historical and Supreme Court libraries were destroyed. The records were saved. A coal field, six miles long and half a mile wide, has been discovered in Arizona, seventy miles north of Tucson. An immense double-decked, fourmasted steamship, with a carrying capacity of 80,000 bushels of grain, has just been launched at Cleveland. She is to be used between Chicago and Buffalo. Thirty-five Chinamen and three whites were killed by an explosion in the coal mine near Alma Station, in Wyoming. By an explosion at the Eureka powderworks, at San Francisco, two Chinamen were killed and five others wounded. Ex-Sheriff O’Hair, of Edgar county, Ill.,'shot a Chinaman at Peris. The Chinaman's offense consisted in suspecting O’Hair of hnviog robbed him. There was an exciting scene at the funeral of C. E. Freeze, the young man who committed suicide in Fort Wayne, Ind. His mother arrived during tho service and wanted to take the body homo for interment, which tho widow would not allow. The mother then rushed into the street, summoned a crowd, aud asked lhem to take the corpse by force. They refused. Bhe then demanded that a second inqnest be held, alleging that her son had been murdered. Sho was finally quieted and induced to return to her hotel, and the funeral proceeded without further interruption. South. The house of Dudley Hunter, of Shelby ville, Ky., was burned, and three children perished in the flames. Andy Page, of Broad well, Ky., an aged colored man, got his head fastened in a barrel of water while attempting to get a drink, and before assistance could reach him was drowned. The Pearl hominy-mills, at Baltimore, havo been burned, the loss being $70,000.

WASHINGTON NOTES. A Washington telegram says : “ Representative Hurd, the leading spirit of the new free-trado organizations, says the purpose is to push forward vigorously and organize Democratic free-trade clubs all through Ohio for a Btnto election this year. Mr. Hurd says free trade will be the Democratic issue in Ohio, supplemented by opposition to the concentrated power of national banks.” The monthly public-debt statement, on the Ist inst., is as follows: Six per cent, bonds $ 202.266,550 Five per cents .' 469,320,650 Four and one-half per cents 250,000,000 Four oer cents 738,565,050 Refunding certificates 782,750 Navy pension fund 14,000,000 Total coin bonds $1,674,935,500 Matured debt $ 6,578,725 Legal tenders 346,741,711 Certificates of deposit... 7,965,000 Fractional currency 7,144,413 Gold and silver certificates 54,425,740 Total without interest. 416,276,865 Total debt $2,097,810,590 Total interest 15,353,999 Cash in treasury 233,208,176 Debt less cash In treasury $1,879,956,412 Decrease during February 11,843,155 Decrease since June 30, 1880 62,215,882 Current liabilities— Interest due aud unpaid $ 2,795,597 Debt on which interest has ceased 6,698,725 Interest thereon 760,292 Gold and silver certificates 54,425,740 United States notes held for redemption of certificates of deposit 7,965,000 Cash balance available March 1,1881..,. 160,602,822 T0ta1.... $ 233,208,176 Available assets— Cash in treasury .$ 233,208,176 Bonds issued to Pacific railway companies, interest payable in lawful money, principal outstanding $ 64,623,512 Interest accrued and not yet paid 646,625 Interest paid by United States 49,528,566 Interest repaid by companies— Interest repaid by transportation of mai15......; 1.. 14,079,707 By cosh payments of 5 per oeut of net earnings 655,198 Balance of Interest paid by the United States 34,793,660 Over 1,500 bills which were not acted upon remain upon the calendar of the last Congress. Don Piatt has withdrawn from the Washington Capital, and proposes to retire to a hermitage in Ohio.

POLITICAL POINTS. The United States Supreme Court has decided adversely to the claim of Charles J. Folger, formerly sub-Treasurer of New York, lor nearly $200,000 as commissions on the sale of revenue stamps. Between Feb. 19 and March 21, the deposits of legal tenders for the purpose of retiring circulation amounted to $18,069,970. Gen. Garfield arrived at Washington on the morning of the Ist inst., accompanied by his mother, his wife, his daughter Mollie and his sons Irvin and Abram, and was welcomed by Col. Bob Ingersoll, Chairman of the Committee on Inauguration Ceremonies. President Hayes, after an interview with Gen. Garfield, issued a proclamation convening the Senate in spec : al session March 4. The new President, after much deliberation, thought it would not be wise to advocate a departure from tho established precedent, and delay the session until the election of a successor to tho late Senator Carpenter.

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. The brigantine Isabel, one of the finest ships engaged in the*trade between Brazil and Newfoundland, was wrecked among the reefs at Gulf island, and all on board lost. The coast of Newfoundland has been visited by the worst gale experienced in sixty years. Every vessel in the- harbor of St. Johns was destroyed. About a dozen people were drowned. The insane asylum at Danville, Pa., has been destroyed by fire. There were 600 par tients in the institution, all of whom were removed without confusion or loss of life. The building had been in process of erection for eleven years, and $600,000 had been expended upon it. Ex-President Hayes and party had a narrow escape from death on the trip from Washington to Ohio. The train carrying himself and family collided with another while running at forty miles an hour. Several persons were killed and many maimed by the collision, but, fortunately, all the Presidential party escaped uninjured.

DOINGS IN CONGRESS. The Monroe doctrine resolution was referred to in the Senate on Wednesday, Feb. 28,' Mr. Eaton announcing that be would press the resolution to a vote. The bill authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to sell worthless vessels and place the proceeds to tho credit of a naval construction fund was recommitted. A bill giving any medical, pay, or engineer officer who, has served, or may servo a term as chief of a bureau of the navy, and whose name has been on the navy register thirty years, the relative rank and pay of a Commodore on' Qje retired list, was passed. After some further business, Mr. Windom obtained the floor and. anticipating his intention by twenty-four hours, ad-

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dressed the Senate In WtppoH bf the Hemroe doctrine resolution. A bill Was passed appropriating $76,739 al payment of the claim of Capt Samuel C. Reid, of the privateer Gen. Armstrong, which was sunk by the British fleet in a" neutral harbor during the war of 1812. President Hayes sent a massage to Congress accompanied by a report from Collector Merritt, of New York, in reply to Senator Conkling’s resolution as to the enforcement of the civil-service rules in the New York Custom House and postofficS. Collector Merritt’s report sets forth that Ml permanent appointments have been atafehred in accordance with the ciVitserViUe rules, adopted by him when he took charge of the office; that promotions have been made on the ground of length of service and efficiency alone and that the efficiency of the office has been increased. The Senate adopted the conference reports on the Legislative, Postoffice and Indian Appropriation bills, and passed a bill for the survey of public lands in Lucas and Ottawa counties, Ohio, the House of Representatives met in continuation of Saturday’s session, aDd proceeded to vote Ch the amendments to the Sundry Civil bill. That striking out the provision for the purchase of the private papers of Gens. Brsgg and Polk, and that appropriating $200,000 for coaling stations on the Isthmus of Panama, were agreed to. The House then went through the motions of adjourning and reassembling for Monday’* session, and proceeded with the consideration of the bilL The amendment requiring our representatives to the monetary conference to insist upon the recognition of stiver was rejected. The bill finally passed. Mr. Reagan moved non-coneurruhce lb the Senate amendments to the River ahd Harbor bill and the appointment of a confers ce committee. This was agreed to. An attempt was made to call up the Funding bill, but it failed. Mr. White proposed a constitutional amendment prohibiting the payment of ciaima for proper** injured or destioyed in the late war. Eulogies upon Fernando Wood were delivered at the evening session. There are 1,664 bills and resolutions pending in Congress. In the United States Senate, on Tuesday, March 1, the Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from tho consideration of bills for railways or ship canals across the isthmus. Bills were passed: To establish a life-saving station at Louisville; to dispose o£ Osage Indian lands in Kansas, and to open a portion of the Fort Rldgely reservation In Minnesota to homestead and timber-culture entry The Japanese Indemnity bill, directing the payment of $4,163,224 to Japan, Came Up and was discussed, but no actiou was taken, There was a bare quorum present at the evening session. The conference report on the Fortifications bill was agreed to, and several House bills Were taken tip and passed. In tho House, the General Deficiency bill, the last oi the appropriations, was reported-. The Senate amendments to the agricultural appropriation were concurred in, one of which gives $10,090 for the investigation of pleuro-pneumOhia. The Senate amendments to the River aud Harbor bill were agreed to, making the appropriation $11,141,800. Mr. Acklen’s title to the seat from the Third Louisiana district was confirmed. A struggle then en ued over the Funding and Apportionment bills. The House refused to consider tho latter, but the Funding bill was finally taken up. Mr. Conger raised the point of order that tho Senate amendments must be considered In committee of the whole, but the chair overruled it. Without acting upon the measure, the House took a recess. On reassembling the consideration of the bill was resumed, and Mr. Conger raised more points of order, which were regularly overruled. Mr. Tucker demanded the previous question upon all but four of the Senate amendments, ahd it was carried by a vote of 100 to 60. The amendments were concurred in. Attempts were made to modify the remaining amendments, but they failed, and, after a struggle which lasted until 12:45 a. jd», the House took a recess, leaving three of the Senate amendments to be disposed of.

The Senate took up the Sundry Civil bill, on Wednesday, March 2, to which the Senate committee had added $2,119,000. Most of the amendments were agreed to without important debate. Mr. Bayard offered a new amendment, authorizing the Secretary to use surplus money for the purchase or redemption of bonds. It was adopted without objection. An amendment offered to the bill to enable the Secretary of ihe Treasury to reimburse President Hayes lor the amount he paid out of his own private purse ($3,950) to meet the expenses of the Wayne MacVeagh Commission to Louisiana in 1877 gave rise to a lively disoussion, participated in by Beck, Bailey, Conkling, Jonas and 1 hurmau. Beck and Bailey favored the amendment, and the latter took occasion to say of President Hayes’ administration that there had been no better ot purer one for fifty years. Conkling made the amendment the bccasion to give the President a hit, sneered at the Commissioners es tourists, and ricliiculed the item. Thurman humorously requested that the amendment L>e allowed to go over till the next Senate could act on it, and then John Sherman, who was one of the promoters of the commission, could defend it against tho ridicule of Coukiiug, and Wayne MacVeagh, the prospective Attorney General, could give his opinion on the legality of the item. After some more discussion the amendment was tabled by a unanimous vote. A vote on the amendment appropriating $20,000 for the purchase of the papers of Confederate Gens. Bragg and Polk resulted in its defeat. The bill was finally passed. The Funding bill was received irom the House and signed by the Vice President. An attempt was mado to go into executive session to set upon the contested cases, but the Republicans, in view of the fact that many of their number were absent, opposed and finally defeated it. The House of Representatives met in continuation of Tuesday’s session, and the struggle over the Funding bill was resumed. Mr. Tucker demanded the previous question on the Senate amendment authorizing pub:ic subscriptions for the new bonds and certificates, bnt there was no quorum voting. Under a suspension of the rules, the Deficiency bill was taken up and passed. Mr. Tucker then returned to the attack, and after a good deal of filibustering on the part of the Republicans, succeeded in obtaining concurrence in the remaining Senate amendments. All other amendments proposed were rejected, and the bill passed. Mr. Carlisle then moved to suspend the rules and pass a bill amending the Funding act so as to conform with the amendments proposed by the Ways and Means Committee. After some debate the motion prevailed and the bill passed. The Speaker then signed the enrolled Funding bill, and the House adjourned.

Au attempt was made in the Senate on Thursday, March 3, to replace the Funding bill, add ing to the Deficiency Appropriation bill an amendment embodying all the main features of the vetoed act, but leaving out the objeotlonable fifth section Objection was made to the addition as not being ger mane to the bill, and it was ruled out. The Senate, after an animated discussion, passed the amendment appropriating $165,000 for the purpose of enabling the Secretary of the Interior to indemnify the Ponca tribe of Indians lor losses sustained by them in consequence of their removal to the Indian Territory, to secure to them lands in severalty on either the old or new reservation, In accordance with their wishes, and to settle all matters of differences with these Indians. The Japanese Indemnity biil passed the Senate by a vote of 46 to 6. The biil directs the payment to the Government of Japan of $1,463,224. Of this sum $248,000 is to go gs a prize to the crews and officers of the United States ship Wyoming and the steamer Takiang. In the House, the Apportionment bill introduced by Mr. Cox, amended by the insertion of 319 members instead of 307, passed by a vote of 145 to 113, Several Democrats voted with the It ©publicans for the number inserted. Tho veto messa go on the Refunding bill was received from the President and read by the Clerk. Mr. Tucker moved that the message be printed and laid on the table for f u tnre consideration, Carried. The Sundry Civil biil, which appropriates $21,573,000, passed the House ,n the form in which it was reported from the conference, committee. Mr. Singleton, at midnight, made the point of order that the 4th of March had arrived, and all legislation after that hour was illegal. Nothing of importance was done after that hour, a general good time being indulged in, and the floor of the House being given over to a scene of the utmost confusion. A recess till 10 o’clock was carried about 3 a. m. The Senate met at 10:30 on the 4th of March, but transacted no business. A joint resolution was offered for an extra month’ll pay to the Senate’s officials and employes, which was briefly debated and passed. At IS o’clock Vice President Wheeler bade the Senate adieu in a few words, and declared the Senate adjourned sine die. Vice President Arthur then took the gavel and called the new Senate to order. The ceremony of swearing in the new Senators was then proceeded with, and ail but Senator Mahone responded to the call of their names and took the oath of office. Ab soon as this was concluded the ceremony of inaugurating the President was carried out, the Senate adjourning to the east portico. After this ceremony the Senate adjourned for the day. In the House, the closing hours were full at confusion, and no business was transacted. Mr. Conger presented the customary resolution of thanks to Speaker Bandall, and at 12 o’clock the Forty-sixth Congress adjourned without day. Mr. Hoar offered a resolution, in the Senate, on March 5, extending to Gen. Winfield S. Hancock the privileges of the floor during his stay in Washington. Adopted unanimously. Mr. Blaine, in accordance with a notice given by him some weeks ago, submitted the following resolution: “ Resolved , That a special committee of five Senators be appointed by tho Chair to take into censid-cr-ition the mode of voting for President and Vice President of the United States, and the mode of counting and certifying the same, who shall report such propositions for a change in the law and constitution as may seem expedient; that said committee have power to sit during the recess of Congress, and that they be directed to report on or before tho second Wednesday in January, 1882.” The resolution was temporarilylaid on the table to be printed. President Garfield tent to the Senate the names of the persons he has chosen to form his Cabinet, as follows: Secretary of State, James G. Blaine, of Maine; Secretary of the Treasury, William Windom, of Minnesota; Secretary of W'ar, Robert T. Lincoln, of Illinois; Secretary of the Navy, William H. Hunt, of Louisiana; Secretary of the Ulterior, Samuel J. Kirkwood, of Iowa; Postmaster GeneraLThomas L. James, of New York; Attorney General, Wayne MacVeagh, of Pennsylvania.

“A Firm Adherence to Correct Principles.”

THE BILL.

President Hayes’ Reasons for Vetoing; It* The following: is the message of President Hayes vetoing the Funding bill: To the House of Representatives : Having considered the bill entitled “An act to facilitate the funding of the national debt,” I am constrained to return it to the House of Representatives, in whieh it originated, with the following statement of my objections to its passage: The imperative necessity for prompt action, and the pressure of pdblic duties ib this, the closing week of my term of office, compel me to refrain from any attempt to make any fully satisfactory presentation of my db= jections to the bill. The importance of the passage at the present Session of Cotigress bf a suitable measure for refunding the national debt which is about to mature is generally recognized. It has been urged upon the attention of Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury, and in my last annual message. If successfully accomplished, it will secure » large decrease in the annual interest payments of the nation, and I earnestly recommend, if the MU before me shall fail, that another measure for the purpose be adopted before the present Congress adjourns. While, in my opinion, it would be wise to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to offer to the public bonds bearing 3% rr cent, interest in aid of refunding, should not deem it my duty to interpose my constitutional objections to the passage of the present bill if it did not contain in its fifth section provisions which, inmy judgment, seriously impair the value and tend to the destruction of the present nationalbanking system of the country. This system has now been in operation almost twenty years. No safer nor more beneficial banking system was over established. Its advantages as a business are free to all who bate the necessary capital It furnishes a currency to the ptiblie which, for convenience and security bf the bill-holder, has probably never been equaled by that of any other banking system. Its notes are secured by deposit with the Government Of interest-bearing bonds of the United States. Tho section of the bill before me which relates; to the national-banking system, and to Which objection is made, is not an essential part of a refunding measure. It is as follows: Section 5. From and after the first day of July, 1881, the 8-per-cent, bonds authorized by the first section of this act shall be the only bonds receivable as security for the safe keeping and prompt payment of the public mouoy deposited with such banks, but when any such bonds, deposited for the purposes aforesaid, shall be designated for purchase or redemption by the Secretary of the Treasury, the banking association depositing the same shall have the right to substitute other issues of the bonjjs of the United States in lieu thereof; provided that no bond upon which interest has ceased shall be accepted or continued on deposit as security for circulation or for the safe keeping of the public money, and in case the bonds so deposited shall not be withdrawn, as provided by law, within thirty days after interest has ceased thereon* the banking association depositing the same shall be subject to liabilities and proceedings on the part of the Comptroller provided for in seotion 5,234 of the Revised Statutes Of the United States; and provided further, that section 4 of the act of June 30, 1874, entitled “An act fixing the amount of United States notes and providing for the redistribution of national-bank currency, and for other purposes,” be and the same is hereby repealed, and sections 5,159 and 5,160 of th< Revised Statutes be and the same are herebj re-enacted. Under this section it is obvious that no additional banks will hereafter be organized, except, possibly, in a few cities or localities where the prevailing rates of interest in ordinary business are extremely low. No new banks can be organized, and no increase of the capital of existing banks can be obtained, excopt by the purchase and deposit of 3-per-cent, bonds. No other bonds of the United States can be used for that purpose. The sl,000,000,000 of other bonds recently issued by the United States, and bearing a higher rate of interest than 3 per cent., aud, therefore, a better security for the bill-holder, cannot, after July 1 next, be receiveed as security for bank circulation. This is a radical change in the Banking law. It takes irom the banks the right they have heretofore had under the law to purchase and deposit as security for their circulation any of the bonds issued by the United States, and deprives the bondholder of the best security which the banks are ab e to give, by requiring them to deposit bonds having the least value of any bonds issued by the Government. The average rate of taxation Of capital employed in banking is mote than double the rate of taxation upon capital employed in other legitimate business. Under these circumstances, to amend the banking law so as to deprive the banks of the advantage of securing their notes by the most valuable bonds issued by the Government .will, it is believed, in a large part of the country be a practical prohibition of the organizing of new banks, and prevent existing banks from enlarging their capital. The national-banking system, if continued at all, will bo a monopoly in tho hands of those already engaged in it, who may purchase Government bonds bearing a more favorable interest than the 3-per-cent, bonds prior to next July. To prevent the further organization of banks is to put in jeopardy the whole system by taking from it that feature that makes it as it now is, a banking system free, upon the same terms, to all who wish to engage in it Even the existing banks will be in danger of being driven from business by the additional disadvantages to Which they will be subjected by tbis bill. In short, I cannot but regard the fifth section of the bill as a step in the direction of the destruction of the national banking system of our country, which, after along period of business depression, has just entered upon a career of unexampled prosperity. The withdrawal of currency from circulation by the national banks and the enforced winding up of the banks in consequence would inevitably bring serious embarrassments and disaster to the business of the country. Banks of issue are essential instruments of modern commerce. If the present efficient and admirable system of banking is broken down, it will inevitably be followed by a recurrence to other and inferior methods of banking. Any measure looking to such a result will be a disturbing element in our financial system. It will destroy confidence and surely check the growing prosperity of the country. Believing that the measure for refunding the national debt is not necessarily connected with the National Banking law, and that any refunding act will defeat its own object if it imperiled the national-banking [system or seriously impaired its usefulness, and convinced that section 5 of the bill before me would, if it should become a law, work a great harm, I herewith return the bill to the House of Representatives for that further consideration which is provided for in the constitution. (Signed) Rutherford B. Haves. Executive Mansion, March 3,1881.

The Square Man.

The square man mezzures the same each way, and hamt got no winny edges nor shaky lumber in him. He is free from knots and sap, and won’t warp. He is klear stuff, and I don’t care what yn work him up into, he won’t swell and he won’t shrink. He iz amongst men what good kil dried boards are among carpenters, he won't season krack. It don’t make any difference which side uv him yn cum up to, he is the same bigness each way, and the only way tew get at him, enny how, iz to face him. He knows he iz square, and never spends enny time trieing to prove it. The square man is one of the bestshaped men the world has ever produced. He iz one of them kind ov chunks that kant alter tew jit a spot, but you must alter the spot to fit him. —Josh Billings.

How to Make Koumiss.

As soon as the cow is milked, take one champagne bottle of milk, and info this put one table-spoonful of white powdered sugar previously dissolved; add one table-spoonful of brewers’ or bakers’ yeast, and shake all thotongbly, but not sufficiently to produce butter. Set the bottle in a warm where the temperature will be from 8 to 14 degrees Reaumur, and let it ferment. It is difficult to describe its appearance when ready for use, but this will usually occur in two or three days. The qjjrk must be well tied in to prevent it being thrown out by the fermenting liquor. The next making of koumiss may be prepared from the first when it is four or

five days old. One-third of a bottle of the old koumiss may be added to twothirds of the new or fresh milk. Before drinking, shake the bottle well. —New York Sun. ___

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

Saturday, Feb. 26.— Senate.— The Senate spent the morning in a coll of the counties and committees for the introduction of new bills and report*. Between eighteen and twenty uew bills were presented, going over pretty uracil the same ground that has already been traversed tithe and again. Ih. thfe afternoon tho now Tax bill was considered, but the body f.djourned before putting it upon its passage. House. —Tho rfdiise completed the consideration of the Criminal Code and passed the bill, rhere are 335 sections in the act, one of them taking the punishment to which criminals may be sentenced out of the hands of the jury and putting it in the hands of the Judge, except in capital cases. Under the new Criminal Code executions also will be private, shutting out the press, all spectators, aud all perrons except the officers appointed by the Sheriff, the jury and the relatives of the condemned. Monday, Feb. 28.— Senate.— The Senate completed reading the civil code. During the afternoon bills were passed amt nding ihe law providing for the inspection of mines, changing the time of holding mnuicipal elections in Indianapolis from May until October, and providing for a State Commissioner of Fisheries. The Coal Oil bill and the bill increasing the compensation of the Speaker of the House to $lO per day failed to pass. The Governor submitted for confirmation the name of George I. Reed, editor of the Peru Republican , as Trustee of the State Normal School at Terre Haute, to.succeed Alexander O. Hopkins, and that of Barnabas C. Hobbs, of Parke county, to succeed Mr. Nicholson, of Wayne county* who declined reappointment. ihe terms of the new Trustees will begin Dec. 21, 1881. The Seymour Reform Club petitioned for permission to establish a gift concert on the lottery plan, in order to raise $30,000 for a concert hall. House. —At the opening of the House session, Gregory, of Benton, introduced a Local Option Temperance 1 i'l, and attempted to secure its reference to a special committee named by himself. The bill increasing the pay of jurors to $2 per day was engrossed. Several hours were exhausted in considering tho Codification bill on public offenses, and the provision was stricken out making reporters of the press amenable if they knew of an impending prize fight for failure to acquaint the authorities therewith. A joint resolution passed asking Congress to establish a port of entry at New Albany. The bill making keepers of houses of ill-fame subject to prosecutions for felony Was indefinitely postponed by a standing vote. Resolutions in inemoriam of the late W. D> Lindsay, of Lawredceburg, were adopted, The deceased was a brother of Judge Lindsay, of Kokomo, and at the time of his death one of the assistant doorkeepers of the House.

Tuesday, March I.— Senate. —The work of the Senate to-day was marked by a spirited discussion of the Local Option Temperance bill, and its final defeat by a vote of 25 to 23. The voluminous bill relating to officers and offices, coming from the Codification and Revision Committee, was introduced. Among the bills passed was one providing for the purchase of toll-roads by County Boards, appropriating $6,000 to remove a sandbar ih the Calumet river, and giving guardians power to mortgage their wards’ property under certain contingencies. The Coal-Oil bill was revived and referred to a committee. The Drainage bill, as prepared by the Codification Committee, was passed, together with bills legalizing the acts of the Trustees of Monroeville, Allen county, authorizing the issue of military stores to colleges, and concerning procedure in civil cases as compiled by the Codification Committee. The Civil Code bill passed with but five negative votes, and there was practically no opposition to the measure relieving endowment funds of universities from taxation. The act regulating the working of coal mines was amended so as to exempt mines with a working force of not over ten men from inspection, and 1 eqniring tho Inspector to be a practical miner, The bill authorizing cities to guarantee part payment of bridge bonds also passed. House.—The House during the morning session passed Senate bills relative to free gravel roads, and for the relief of Madison county from the result of the burning of the Court House ; also, providing against loss by destruction of records. Considerable time was wasted in forcing the consideration in committee of the whole of the General Appropiation bill, and tiie afternoon caihe and went wilhout material progress. The State University appropriation was increased to $25,000 and tho Purdue University to $20,000, and a determined effort was made'to reduce tho salary of the Governor’s private secretary to sßco from $2,000, but without success. An amendment was introduced to the State-House bill creating a tax of 2 cents on each SIOO for building purposes, and forbidding the borrowing of money on the credit of State for the erection of the new buildings. Under its provisions $831,000 is ! urnished with which to float the board until the next meeting of the General Assembly. The bill was introduced and advanced to a third reading repealing the December, 1872, enactment and providing for the payment of the old bonds issued prior to 1841. Bills were introduced making stockholders individually liable in specific cases and permitting railways to enter on and appropriate land. Wednesday, March 2.— Senate. —The Senate passed the bill amending the Election law by providing that in towns of 3,000 population and less the voting shall be done at one precinct. The bill also passed protecting the literary property of public libraries from mutilation and defacement, and making the offense in this direction a misdemeanor punishable by fine and imprisonment. During the afternoon the Drainage bill, being a codification of ail the laws on that subject, was passed, and so was the bill increasing the per diem of the Speaker and Lieutenant Governor to $lO. The Committee on Education reported on the condition and needs of the State educational institutions. Objectionable features having been found in the bill repealing tho whistling act of 1879, the vote by which it passed was reconsidered, after which reference was had to a committee.

House. —The House favorably considered a recommendation from the Ways and Means Committee appropriating $4,000 annually to the State Board of Agriculture for the payment of interest and debt, and authorizing the board to make a new loan in relief of the present $60,000 mortgage. The Tipton county swamp-land claimants were ordered paid their total claim, aggregating $5,185.92. The Temperance Committee made a favorable report upon a License bill, which was made the special order for to-morrow. The minority report favoring more stringent legislation was indefinitely postponed by a test vote of 48- to 42. The House then took up the General Appropriation bill, and ordered it engrossed. It cuts down the salary of the Governor’s Private Secretary to $1,500, and that of Deputy Attorney General fron#sl,2oo to S6OO. Some progress was made in'considering the bill defining public offenses. A bill was introduced exempting private libraries from taxation to the amount of S2OO. Thursday, March 3.—Senate. —Bills were passed: Regulating the practice of medicine by requiring practitioners to secure a certificate from the board of examiners prior to pursuing the practice; enabling manufacturing and mining companies of other States to purchase and hold real estate within Indiana to be used in manufacturing and mining ; what is known as the Coal-Oil bill; appropriating real estate for school piss poses ; authorizing succeeding Judges to sign court records which the preceding Judge, from death or other causes, has left unsigned; Two or three judicial circuits were modified and the usual number of legalizing bills passed. Among the half-dozou new bills introduced, the only important one provides that County Auditors shall be paid $1,200 annually for their services in counties having a population of 15,000, and $125 for each 1,000 between 15,000 and 20,000, SIOO for each 1,000 between 20,000 and 36,000. $25 for each 1,000 over 35,000. The Auditor is allowed 6100 for making reports. The bill making township Trustees Supervisors of highways failed to pass after a lengthy discussion, owing to want of a constitutional majority. The House Tax bill was made the special order for to-morrow, and the House Appropriation bill was ordered printed. A resolution was adopted asking the House to return the bill appropriating $6,000 for removing the Calumet river sand-bars.

HouSi—ln the House, bill* I fete pawed: Fixing certain fees and salaries, and amending the law of descents and county prisoners ; the bill authorizing the people of Floyd county to contribute toward another Ohio river bridge passed unanimously, and the bill permitting cities to guarantee bridge or roau construction bonds reached the third reading. A bill was introduced to forfeit the charter of gravel roads neglecting repairs. The committee appointed to investigate the House of Refuge reported that it was not advisable to proceed with the inquiry because nothing but anonvmous charges had been made. The House'passed the General Appropriation bill by a vote of 64 to 27 ; also, the bill increasing jury feds til $3 per day. A political contest developed In calling Up the bill creating a Superior Court In Yigo county. By a strict party vote the bill passed—s 2to 87. Consideration of the bill reported by the Tcmpei ance Committee auiending tho LiqUof License act occupied the remainder of the day, Ihe principal change upon the present law is anincrease to $125 per year for license and removing tho right to * change of venue from the county on an appeal from the County Commissioner to the Circuit Court; Friday, March 4.— Senate. —The Senate began passing House bills this morning under a dispensation of the constitutional roles, disposing of those relating to the duties of Justices of the Peace ; preventing cruelty to animals ; vacating cemeteries in corporate limits of towns and cities ; admitting George Manser, tho soldier whose arms were blown off by the accidental discharge of a cannon in the last political campaign, to the Soldiers’ and Sailors' Orphans’ Home at Knightstown; allowing property to bo appropriated for schoolhouse purposes ; remodeling the act for the inspection of oil; legalizing the eloction and acts of the Trustees of incorporated towns; concerning fees and salaries, aud ameudiug the act concerning free gravel roads. The greater part of the afternoon session was wasted in wrangling over the House Tax bill, which finally went over until to-morrow. A joint resolution passed directing the purchase, for use of the State of- the collection of books known as the “Daniel Hough library,” at a cost not exceeding SI,OOO. A bill passed establishing a Superior Court and abolishing the Criminal Court, in Vanderburg county ; so, also, tho one concerning fees and salaries, and for the appointment of a Fish Commissioner. House.— Bills were passed: Relieving William J. Richie as Trustee of a to mis hip in Scott county; providing for the publication of the Revised Statutes of 1881; repealing the act for the payment of Wabash and Erie canal internal improvement bonds ; regulating the sale of iron, brass, and scrap metal; authorizing appeals in will eases within one year to the Supreme Court; protecting quails and pheasants for the next two years ; legalizing the incorporation of Merom 'Christian College j concerning inclosures and trespassing animals; repealing the obnoxious features of the Whistling law, and exempting all roads from penalties which did not observe the whistling nuisance; refunding to Benton county $973.70 expenses incurred in the prosecution of Johu L. McCullough for murder in 1872 ; establishing public librar.es in connection with public scuools in cities of 15,000 or more. A motion to pass the bill increasing the pay of the Speaker and Lieutenant Governor from $6 to $lO a day was rejected by a vote of 57 to 50. The Gillum Prohibition bill was ordered engrossed, and the Specific Appropriation bill in-u-odnccd. It appropriates $30,000. The total included in the General Appropriation bill is $1,148,000.

THE BOERS.

How They Came to Possess the Land Over Which Great Britain Now Claims Jurisdiction. [From the Cleveland Leader.] The history of the Boers is interesting. It tells of triumph over obstacles almost insurmountable, and of a simple religious faith founded on an unostentatious Bible. About 200 years ago four ships sailed from Holland, carrying to Oape Colony, the most southern point in Africa, on the Mediterranean, then settled by Dutch, certain French Huguenots, exiled by the revocation of the edict of Nantes. These vessels contained about 150 men, women and children. Among them were names which had figured conspicuously in France. These people took to the colony no ambitious designs, and within fifty years the French language had died away, the second and third generations had intermarried with the Dutch, and the all-conquering mother tongue had had its triumph. The descendants of these people became known as Boers. The war cloud constantly hung over them, and, though not innately belligerent, yet when aroused they fought with a determination that hurled death and destruction into the ranks of the enemy. In the years 1835-6 there began a movement among the inhabitants of the Cape Colony that has produced great results. It was the emigration of a large number of Dutch farmers over the then recognized boundary of British dominion into that vast tract of land spreading north from the Orange river into regions unexplored. With lumbering wagons they marched toward their land of Canaan. Two years passed and found them still moving. Hardships had reduced the number of people and cattle, but the attack of lions and fierce tribes did not for a moment waver the determination of the emigrants. On they moved, ever buoyed by the hope of reward. Finally, from the crest of a hill, they saw stretched out before them the beautiful land, their agricultural goal. On the hill top the snows of winter lay, and the chill blast swept with fierce breath, but below in the valley birds sang, green leaves waved and green grass carpeted the soil. Imagine that band of suffering people that had traveled for years in search of a home. See them stand and with swelling breasts offer up silent prayers for the bounteous kindness of Him in whom they had never failed to trust. But the emigrants were not to obtain this fair land without a desperate struggle. Their leader, Pieter Reties, and seventy of his best men were treacherously slain at the King’s Rrail, in Zululand, whither they had gone to arrange the cession of the country. Months of conflict followed. Zulus swept upon the Boers, and the Boers, in turn, went into Zululand. Finally the Dutch, by a mighty effort, broke the Zulu power. Three years passed and the republic of Natalia was established The country became prosperous. The homesteads were numerous. But the clouds gathered, and the storm burst. In the year 1842 a body of regular troops appeared at Port Natal and took possession in the Queen’s name. The Boers arose, flew to arms, and besieged the troops. More troops came, and the Boers, finding themselves beaten, tumedi took their flocks, and set their faces toward the wilderness again. The misery of their second exodus was indescribable. But even here they were not to be left alone. In 1848 another proclamation appeared, declaring the land to be British territory. Then the Boers became desperate. They had fled from the old home to Natal, and from Natal to the wilderness. In 1849 they rose in insurrection. It was a wild, hopeless attempt. And now, t> day, these poor people are being oppressed. Not satisfied with the hardships and privations of years and years, the British lion still pursues, and with his monstrous paw strikes deatfy and devastation. • 4

$1.50 tier Annum.

NUMBER 5.

A “ VITAL QUESTION.”

Concerning' II cm trie* I on# Upon tUe Suffrage* [From the Cincinnati Enquirer.} The latest issue of Harper* * Weekly, which certainly represents a large fraction of the Republican party, says that “except for one vital question, and fur the fact that the oivil service Is filled mainly by Republicans, the administration of Gen. Garfield, like that of John Quincy Adams, would probably see a reconstruction of parties.” This statement from a Republican stand-point is a complete admission that but two tilings hold the Republican party together. One Is the spoils; the other is that “ vital question.” It is a great Republican advocate that makes this admission. Certainly there is no indication on the Democratic side of Democratic dissolution, of the disbandment of the Democratic party, of the abandonment ot an organization old as the century. A high Republican authority, on the contrary, in speaking of the future, admits that the Republican organization rests only upon two things—on the fact that “ the civil service is filled mainly with Republicans," and a certain “ vital question.” What is that “vital question?” In the words of the authority we quote, it is the “ forcible suppression of the right of suffrage in a large part of the country.” The context indicates that “the large part of the country” to which the “Journal of Civilization” alludes is the southern portion of tho country. But suffrage, as we have recently taken occasion to say, is denied and abridged, or suppressed, in a portion of the country far larger than the South, not merely by individuals whose random efforts are of little consequence, but by entire States, by the fundamental laws of great commonwealths. We suggest that the cultured editor of Harper'B Weekly direct his indignation to the limitations upon suffrage in his own State ; in the State of Rhode Island, where, in Brown University, he received his early education : in Massachusetts, where he lingered among the delights of the Brook Farm community, and in the western portion of which State he still makes his summer home ; in Vermont, the home of Senator Edmunds, whom he admires ; and in various Northern and Republican States whose directions touching suffrage Lave evidently escaped his notice. If this question touching the hindrances upon suffrage is so “vital,” the constitutions and the laws of nearly every Republican State must be remodeled, for they all deny, or abridge, to citizens of the State and of the United States the right to vote. They do this not by scattering inconsequential individual interference, but by the solemn constitution and statutes of the State, behind which stand the jail and the penitentiary. The editor of Harper's Weekly graduated from a Rhode Island college. The State in which he received his early impulses denies to citizens of the State and of the United States the right to vote, unless they own a certain amount of real estate. This disfranchises a large portion of the citizens of the State otherwise qualified to vote. Massachusetts, the ideal State of this distinguished editor, disfranchises, it is alleged, more than 100,000 citizens of the State and of the United States who would be qualified to vote, and be permitted to vote under the laws of most of the Southern States. Massachusetts says that no man shall vote within her borders who has not some education. How would this qualification affect the negroes of the South? Massachusetts says that the citizen entitled to vote within her limits must' be able to read the constitution of the United States. About nine-tenths of the Republican voters of the South scarcely know the difference between the constitution of the United States and a Virginia fence. The editor of Harper's Weekly is not much of a believer in the Christian religion ; but some of his ideal Republican States exact a religious qualification for suffrage or office-holding.

In these allusions to the inhibitions placed upon suffrage in the States which are in political accord with this Republican critic, we say nothing of the notorious, scandalous and almost universal intimidation which banks, corporations, manufacturers and employers have outrageously applied therein to free suffrage. This intimidation is a more “vital question” to the welfare of the republic than anything in relation to negro suffrage in the South. We have only spoken of the suppression of suffrage by the Republican States, with courts and jails and penitentiaries at their command to emphasize their edicts of suppression of suffrage. We repeat the suggestion that the States of the South in their constitutions and laws copy the statutes and constitutions of these New England and Republican States concerning suffrage. Should they do this we will watch the result with interest. How many negroes of the South could vote under the laws of Massachusetts or Rhode Island or Vermont or Connecticut? To compel every negro in the South to own real estate, to pay a poll tax, to be able to read the constitution of the United States, to be able to write legibly—the religious qualifications would De no incumbrance, for the negro has plenty of religion—and to do other things that these enlightened States do, would leave how many of the citizen negroes of the South legal voters ?

THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK.

Pronounced Utterances of Hr. Horatio Seymour. [From the Syracuse Courier.] Gov. Seymour, who has been ill for some time, was found at his home in Utic«. He said: “I have been shut up in my house during the past four months by ill-health. I have seen but few •with whom I could talk about public affairs, but it seems to me that the policy of the Democratic party is a plain one. It outnumbers the Republican organization, as is shown by the *•- turns, although the latter party had the assistance of nearly 100,000 officeholders beside the support of large numbers who vote for its nominees for the purpose of promoting a scheme in which they are interested. Both Mr. Hayes and Mr. Garfield not only received less than a majority of the votes of the American people, but they were actually beaten as regards the number of their supporters by the Democratic candidates. The controversies in the Republican party are more widespread and deeper than those of the Democratic party. Nothing more is needed for the success of the Democratic party than a steady and firm adhesion to its principles, It is

ghf §Jemocrutiq gsnfmef JOB PRIHTIIO OFFICE Km better AmOUm Uim any oOm ta VorikwMtM* Indiana for the exeosttea of eU bnacfcM of JOB PRIUTZUO. PROMPTNESS A SPECIALTY. Anythin*, (ran a Dod*er to a Film TM. er Iran ■ punphlet to a Boater, black or ootored, plain or fancySATISFACTION GUARANTEED.

true that these have been too frequently lost sight of, but many schemes will bo developed by the Republicans under the tcacliiugs of Mr. Garfield that power gravitates more and more into the hands of. tho General Government, and for which Mr. Garfield rejoices. His speeches on this subjeot are invitations to all manner of schemes to besiege the capital. This will arouse the public mind to the necessity of returning to a constitutional policy. While there aro dissensions in both parties, the longcontinued power of llie Republicans has endangered controversies throughout the mass of their party, while the troubles in tho Democratic ranks ore mainly local and more easily cured.” “ What do you think of tho propriety of nominating a business man for President next time, a man who has tho confidence of the business interests of the country?” “We have failed to elect politicians and soldiers. What the Democratic party wants is a man who, by his character and business relations, can draw votes from the Republican party and poll the Democratic vote. Wo have such men in our party, and we must nominate snch a man for our candidate for President in 1884. In doing so wo can succeed. There must be a reunion of the party, not at the sacrifice of any Democrat or Democratic organization. We need them all, and I hope to soo the party united, which would bring success. The idea is a good one, although it would be idle to speculate at present with regard to the next nomination for the Presidency. No one can foresee the events of four years. Popular strength is a thing so transitory in its nature, and depends so much upon events and accidents at the time of cleotion, that theories with regard to men are more apt to mislead than lead to correct conclusions.” “ Would it not be well to seek the cooperation of and encourage the young men of the country who are coming of ige and will cast their first vote iu 1884?” “By all means ; yet the fate of the Democratic party depends upon tho addition to its members of the young, tho unselfish and the active. Old men and their quarrels are the great causes of tho destruction of political organization. As I am one of them, I have a right to speak freely, In the natural course of events a large share of those who now disturb the Democratic party by their quarrels will have passed uway, and most of the others will be rendered inactive by old ago and physical in firm ijies. Age and experience have taught ne to admiro tho unselfish and enthusiastic action of young men. I believe that the Democratic party must be restored to power through their efforts. ” “ What do you think of Gi ant’s engineering for the nomination for President in 1884 by the aid of tho Democratic * “I have no idea that his nomination could be brou *bt about by such agenoy. I have none but kind feelings for Uront, but his nomination by the co-operation of the Democratic party is so entirely out of the question that I do not believe that ho can entertain such a thought. Both Gen. Grant mid the Democratic party would be incalculably injured by £;uch an unnatural alliance."

Rank.

From general observation it seems that a man is ranked according to his wealth and standing in a community. If he has a comfortublo income he is a Major, but if he possess a bank or runs a half-dozen plantations, all letters addressed to him will have the prefix Colonel to his name. When a man looms up as a Commodore, he is a fat bondholder. He owns two or three railroads and very nearly all the people who have business transactions with him. No one has the least idea how many military officers there are in the country until lie travels around. Not long ago an observing man, while on a trip through Georgia, was invited to a fashionable dinner party, and while there was introduced to sixteen Majors, ten Colonels, and eight Judges. He was nothing but a plain Mister, and, as ho gazed at the notables seated around him, he felt like a mere fly-speck in this world. Life suddenly grew gloomy and dull, and the more he thought of his humble position the more melancholy he became. Ho wanted to seek some dark secluded spot and there bay the moon until some one mistook him foradogand shot him with a gun. Sad and listless he roamed about, and whon his heart was sinking with despair he was presented to a Mr. Brown. “Are you plain Mr. Brown? ” he inquired, as the tears welled up in his eyes. “Yes, sir; and I am glad to meet you.” “Friend, brother,” was all he could say as he fell on Brown’s neck and wept. Brown was veritably an oasis in a desert of dignitaries, and life was bright once more. —New Orleans Times. •

The Golden Opportunity Slipped from Her.

A dairyman in Floyd County, lud., having settled it to his own satisfaction that a certain widow whom he was supplying with milk would make him an excellent wife, rang his bell in front of her house, and when she came out with her pan, addressed her ns follows: “I want a wife. I have a good dairy of fifteen good cows. We rise at throe o'clock in the morning; we have rye coffee for breakfast, with skimmed milk, but no sugar for seasoning. You need not get up so early, and you may have cream in your coffee. We have bean soup once a week; we have boiled cabbage once a week, and kraut onoe a week. We occasionally have some bacon. But we do not use butter, for it is too expensive, and use lard in its place. We work liardand live saving. I have told you all, and would like to marry you.” The widow thanked him, said she preferred her own table, and told him he would better propose to his next customer.

Presidential Hand-Shaking.

Our Presidents ought, in self-dofenoo, if for no other reason, to decline to shake hands with all the world. Why should the people subject a President of the United States to absolute cruelty ? At least, we ought to have the good sense to defer the torture until ho lias done sdmething to deserve it. Few porsons have the least idea of the misery that is involved in a man’s standing three hours, while 2,000 people file past him, each giving the victim’s right hand a wrench proportioned to the warmth of his patriotism, or the heat of his politics. There is also the still weightier objection of profaning—as a meaningless form—one of the symbols of devoted, manly friendship. Upon the whole, this White House handshaking is a custom that should bo more honored in the breach than iu the ob-. servance. -