Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1885 — CONGRESS. [ARTICLE]

CONGRESS.

What the Extra Session of the Senate Is Engaged At The Chair laid l»etore the Senate, March 18, the resolution offered by Mr. Miller, of New York, authorizing the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry to sit during the recess to consider the best means of preserving the forests upon toe public domain, and to employ a clerk. A brief debate ensued, developing the fact that the only object of the resolution was to give employment to the clerk of the committee named during the recess. It was a<- eed to, however—27 to 25.' The division was upon party line*, except in the case of CaU. who voted in the affirmative, and Riddleberger and Sherman, who voted in the negative. The President sent the following nominations: Milton J. Durham, of Kentucky, to be First Comptroller of the Treasury; William Garrard, of Nevada, to be Superintendent of the Mint at Carson City, Nev.; James R. Ryan, of Nevada, to be Coiner of the Mint at Carson City, Nev.: Malcom Hay, of Pennsylvania, to be First Assistant Postmaster General; Martin V. Montgomery, of Michigan, to be Commissioner of Patents; David S. Baker, Jr., of Rhode Island, to be United States »ttorney for the District of Rhode Island; Benjamin H. Hill, Jr., of Georgia, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. The Senate then went into executive session. Ephraim K. Wilson, Senator-elect from Maryland, was sworn in on March 19, as was also George Gray, of Delaware, successor of Senator Bayard. The Committee on Printing was authorized to sit during the recess. The resolution offered last week relating to the sale of lands eranted Florida to aid railroads was referred. Mr. Ingalls’ resolution, offered last week, calling for information relating to the illegal occupancy of Oklahoma lands, was laid before the Senate, Mr. Ingalls said since the resolution was offered it had been t>ractlcally answered by the President’s message. He moved it be laid on the table—agreed to. Mr. Manderson offered a resolution providing that a committee of five Senators be appointed to proceed to Alaska to make investigations; laid over. In executive session Mr. Sherman offered a resolution providing for the appointment of two Senators to wait upon the President and inform him that unless he had some further communication to make the Senate was ready to adjourn without day, which was laid over The resolution for the appointment of an Alaskan Commission was taken up in the United States Senate on the 20th. During the debate which followed Mr. Van Wyck made a vigorous attack upon the South American Commission, which, he said, consisted of two men and a boy, the Chairman remaining in Albany. He charged that two men and a bov chartered a palace-carat $35 per day,and each drew s7,s<iO for his expenses. It cost the Government $40,000 before the trio got beyond New Orleans. Messrs. Vest and Hawley defended the commission. The Alaska resolution was referred to the Committee on Territories. In executive session the Senate confirmed the following nominations: Martin V. Montgomery of Michigan, Commissioner of Patents; Milton J. Durham of Kentucky, First Comptroller of the Treasury; Malcolm Hay of Pennsylvania, First Assistant Postmaster General; Joseph R. Ryan of Nevada, Coiner of the Mint at Carson City: 'William Garrard of Nevada, Superintendent of the Mint at Carson City; J. D. C. Atkins of Tennessee, Commissioner of Indian Affairs; and James D. Porter of Tennessee, Assiatan; Secretary of State. Mr. Mitchell offered a resolution in the Senate on the 21st, providing for the appointment of a special commission of five Senators to inquire, and report not later than the second Monday in next December, as to the number of trade dollars put in circulaticn in the United States before their legal tender quality was repealed; how said coins came into circulation subsequently; how many are still held in the several States of this country; ar. what rates they were token; how much profit accrued in any way to the Government by the coinage of trade dollars, and what has been the practice of this and other Governments as to the receipt or refusal by them of their own coins. Laid over. the Couore.ssional Record of some remarks made on the 20th by Mr. Van Wyck derogatory to members of the South American Commission, and, a! tor debate, a resolution was passed directing the official reporter to republish the proceedings of the previous day. During tne discussion Mr. Teller made a spirited defense of his course as Secretary of the Interior. Mr. Frye reported a resolution from the Committee on Rules, directing that committee to prepare an official seal lor the Sena eof the Un'ted States. Laid over. The Senate then went into executive s 'ssion, and when the doors reopened adjourned.

George Eliot’s Wisdom. One of the lessons a woman most rarely learns is never to talk to an angry or a drunken man. We are apt to be kinder to the brutes that love us than to the women that love us. Is it because the brutes are dumb? When Death, the great Reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent, but our severity. Quite superfluous existences inartistic figures crowding the canvas of life without adequate effect. He held it no virtue to frown at irremediable faults. Imagination is a licensed trespasser; it has no fear of dogs, but may climb over walls and peep in at windows with impunity. There are various odors of beauty, causing men to make fools of themselves in various styles, from the desperate to the sheepish.

Gladstone’s Appearance and Tastes. Gossip about great men is always in order. People never tire of reading accounts of the appearance and habits of men who mold public opinion and govern the world. Gladstone has been described over and over again, but in such a way as to leave the impression that he is rather a stately personage. Nothing could be further from the truth. The great Premier is a mildlooking man, with baggy trousers. He is a regular prowler. He prefers back streets. He never dresses well. People frequently see him in a tumbledown hat and a shabby suit standing in front of the window of a bric-a-brac store. His face is striking. It is hard and bony, with a powerful forehead, a firm mouth, and a characteristic nose. He is, as everybody knows, a close student, a devout church-goer, and a great lover of negro minstrel songs. Altogether, an odd character. — Atlanta Constitution.

Cleaning Brass. The Government and railway method of cleaning brass is to dip the articles in a mixture of one part common nitric acid and one-half j>art sulphuric acid in a stone jar, and then into water, and rub them with sawdust.. They at once take on a brilliant color. If the brass is preasy it should first be dipped in a strong solution of potash and soda in warm water, which so cuts the grease that the acid is enabled to act.—Philadelphia Press. The wealth of Mammon is locked up in burglar proof vaults; the wealth of God is stored in the hearts of man. The lock combination to open the first is only known to the man who sets it, but the combination that opens the latter is known to every Christian.— Whitehall Times. If you are determined to live and die a slave to custom, see that it is at least a good one.— B. P. Day. Afteb a man has led a fast life for a while the fast life begins to lead him.