Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1885 — Page 2

gljt Jkiu-Knilic Sentinel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J W McEWEN, - - - I’bT.USHCT.

NEWS CONDENSED.

tJcnelse Roeord of the W eek. THE DY2TC SOLDIEI: Gen. Grant’s Obstinate Battle with Death. New York dispatches nt the morning of the 6th Inst, report that Gen. Grant had passed a restless night, but all things considered, was in no worst condition than he had been for several days previous. The General rested peacefully Saturday night, the 4th, and took his nourishment regularly. In the forenoon of bnnday he enjoyed the genial warmth of the sunshine sitting at hie window, and remarked that he suffered no unusual pain. Four physicians held a consultation in the afternoon, and after a thorough examination of his throat it was agreed that the local conditions were improved. The treatment of the nast few days was commended, but on his departure from the house Dr. Shrady stated that the General grew no stronger, and the expression of other visitors was that there was no room for hope. During the early hours of the evt nine the patient was in a cheerful frame of mind, and retired in a rather drowsy mood. He received his first month’s pay as a retired General on Saturday, the 4th inst He devided the amount into piles of S2W, and gave one to each of his four children and Mrs. Grant. He attached his signature during the day to several steel engravings of himself. They were presented to personal friends. During ’he night the General had a singular dream, which he related to the doctors on the foilowing morning. He thought he was off traveling somewhere and had but a single sachet He thought he was very poor, only half-dressed, and without money. This worried him a good deal, although, as he said: "I thought ,1 ought to be used to it by this.” He felt hims'elf altogether in a bad predicament, without money and without friends. He came to a fence and got over it very awkwardly, there being a stile on one side only. When he got over he found that he had left the sachet on the other side and that he could not get it unless he paid duty on every step of the stile as he went back. Then he thought he would go back home and Irorrow the money of Mrs. Grant, He found she had only sl7 and that was not enough, and then he was very glad to wake up. The General said hie sensations during the dream were very real, and that he had been much troubled with the annoying adventures which had happened to him. He could not explain what had led him to this train of thought. Dr. Shrady left the house at 7:45. He said that Gen. Grant's condition was almost a miracle. Just as lie left, this conversation passed between him and nispati- nt: “Good morning. General; you have had a splendid night." Yes, I feel much refreshed.” “Now, General, the way to make me happy is to stay that way until 2 p. m., and when I ask at that time how you arc. you are to say better." “1 do not wish to go against my conscience." “But I am sure you will be better. ” “1 will agree to be If you will keep up the same line of action. Tell Dr. Douglass to do so while you are gone.” “Certainly I will. We intend to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.” The General laughed at the familiar quotation. The General is himself fully aware of the fact that he is going to die, says a New York dispatch. Mr. Charfee had a half hour’s interview with him Saturday. Gen. Grant was seated when the Senator entered, but Immediately got up and walked across the room and back to his chair again. "This is hard," he said, wearily. “Yes, it is hard," said Senator Charfee. “but I suppose it is what we must all come to.” “It is not that; but it seems so useless to keep up the struegle," G n. Grant replied. “But vou are better to-day, are. you not?" •‘Ob, I can’t tell. I know Ica >’t live but a few days, and you know it, and the do tors know it. But every moment ot' life is a week of agony to me.” “Some one came in ■ t this moment,.’ said Senator Chaffee to the reporter, “and that w.is n signal for silence. He never says anything of that kind except to me, and only when rye are alone. You must understand that the General is not complaining of his coming end. He has met that event long ago, and it is behind him. He wants to die. He has said so frequently.” Senator Chaffee said, further, that the General's voice is firm in tone, but his articulation is difficult. He has never said to h s family that he knew he would die except on one occasion, when it was thought his end was near, and Mrs. Grant broke down., He waved her away, saying: "Don't make me feel badly. I am going away now." “There has been a good deal of nonsense in the papers about Dr. Newman’s visits,” continued Senator Chaffee. “Gen. Grant; does not believe that Dr. Newman’s prayers will save him. He asks the Doctor to pray tor the sake of not hurting the Doctor's feelings. He is indifferent on his own account to everything ’*

EASTERN.

A New York dispatch of the Ist inst. reported Gen. Grant as much better. Ho enjoyed a good night’s rest, partook of nourishment with re'lsh, and did not suffer from choking, except once early in the morning. Hiram H. Kimpton, once a broker in Wall street, with a fortune of $2,000,000, became an outcast from drink, and has been sent to a charitable institution in New Y’ork.

WESTERN.

The Southern Pacific Company, which recently leased the ‘-Sunset route" from San Francisco to New Orleans, has secured a lease of the entire Central Pacific Hoad and its branches north of Goshen for a term of ninety-nine years, the consideration being taxes, repairs, interest on Its debt, an 1 a rental ranging from $1,200,000 to $3,600,000 per annum. A section of the Emery Candle Factory at Cincinnati was burned, creating a loss m excess of SBO,OOO. Some of the employes became panic-stricken, but all were removed in safety. The United States Marshal at Springfield, 111., has in custody, for lack of $50,000 bail, Jami s E. Chandler and John B. Cummings, who were respectively President and Cashier of the wrecked First National Bank of Bushnell. The Examiner charges them with the embezzlement of SCO,OOO. The court-house at Minneapolis, valued at $40,000, was burned, but the records were saved. The estate of C. H. McCormick has made another gift of SIOO,OOO to the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Chicago. Lightning exploded the Hazard Powder Company’s magazine, containing eight and a half vons of powder, at St. Joseph, Mo. The detonation partially wrecked all the bouses in the vicinity. Three masked men entered the farmhouse of Jacob Miller, near Lancaster, Ohio, and demarded money. Be felled one robber with a chair, when another of the thieves killed him with a navy revolver. The family were threatened with death while the house was being robbed of S6OO. Mrs. Ezekiel T. Cox, mother of the Hon. 8. S. k Cox, Minister to Turkey, died at Janesville, Ohio, last we-ak.

At a farm house near Monmouth, HI., 1 a . .an named Ek.ward F. Nash, whohad spent a year in the Insane asylum, killed his ' mother and sister, and laid their bodies side ide on th j porch. The maniac fired aix- • i pullets from two revolvers into the ; bodies of the victims. Insanity is hereditary ■ in tho family, Thirty-eight indictments have been found by the Grand Jury of Morgan County, Ohio, against liquor dealers and gamblers In the to wn of McConnelsville. Sixteen of the accused, upon being arrested, either pleaded guilty or were convicted of selling liquor to minors, und were punished by a fine of $25 to SSO and twenty to thirty days in jail.

SOUTHERN.

Mrs. Judge P. B. Muir, a prominent society lady of LouisvlTe, Ky., was burned to death by her clothes taking fire while standing near the stove. About a thousand negros have within the past year emigrated to Arkansas from Laurens County, South Carolina. Two men recently walked back the entire distance. The Exchange National Bank and the Franklin Savings Bank, at Norfolk, Va., and Bain Brothers’ Bank, at Portsmouth, Va., have failed. The people of South Carolina are driving away Arkansas emigration agents, who seek to have the negroes break their planting contracts. Between $400,000 and $500,000 of Government funds (revenue collections) were on deposit in the Exchange National Bank of Norfolk, Va., which failed the other day.

WASHINGTON.

The decrease in the public debt for March was $483,000. Secretary Manning has changed the form of the Treasurer's monthly statement. By the old method of tabulation the surplus in the vault is $153,000,003; by the new form it appears as $21,500,000. The sum of $100,000,000 has been reserved lor the redemption of greenbacks, and small change to the amount of $31,500,000 is stated by itseli. In the new form of debt statement the Pacific Railroad bonds are added to the bonded indebtedness. Within three months the Treasury has lost $16,000,000 in gold and gained $7,000,000 in silver. Following «is a recapitulation of the debt statement for lust month, according to the new form: Interest bearing debt— Bonds at 4's per cent $250,000,000 Bonds at 4 per cent 737,710,900 Bonds at 3 per cent 194,190,500 Refund.ng certificates at 4 per cent. 248,200 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent . . 14,000,000 Pacific Railroad bonds at 6 per cent 64,623,512 Principalsl,26o,o73,ll2 Interest 11,957,512 T0ta151,272,730,614 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity Principal $4,951,505 Interest. 242,310 Total $5,193,815 Debt bearing no InterestOld demand and legal-tender notes. $346,739,081 Certificates of deposit 26,212,000 Gold certificates 115,647,540 Silver certificates 112,500,226 Fractional currency (less $8,375,934, estimated as lost or destroyed)... 6,967,099 Principal 608,063,948 Total debt— Principa151,873,788,563 Interest 12,199,812 T0ta151,885,988,378 Less casii items available for reduction of the debt $261,150,165 Less reserve held for redemption of U. 8. notes 100,000,000 Total debt less available cash Items 1,524,838,210 Net cash in the Treasury 22,259,023 Debt less cash in Treasury April 1, 1885 1,502,579,184 Debt less cash in Treasury March 1,1885 1,502,489,928 Incr. ase of debt during the month as shown bv this statement 89,256 Cash in the Treasury—Available tor reduction ot the debt— Gold held for gold certilicates actually outstanding $115,647,540 Silver held for silver certificates actually outstanding 112,500,220 U. 8. notes held for certificates ot deposit actually outstanding 26,210,000 Cash held for matured debt and interest unpaid .7 6,788,921 Fractional currency.. 3,478 Total available for reduction of debts 201,150,165 Reserve tund held for redemption of U. 8. notes, act July 12, 1882.. 100,000,000 Unavailable for reduction of the debt— Fractional silver coin.. .$30,632,326 Minor coin 876,051 Cash held for certificates issued but not outstanding 69,556.805 Net cash balance oh hand. 22,259,025 Total cash in the Treasury as shown by Treasurer's general account $484,474,174 Capt. Evan P. Howell, of Georgia, has refused to accept the appointment of Consul at Manchester, England. Many of the young anny and navy officers who have enjoyed a life of elegant leisure in Washington for some years past are being sent to join their regiments or their ships.

POLITICAL.

Secretary Manning has appointed Eugene Higgins, of Baltimore, Chief of the Appointment Division of the United States Treasury. most inevitably be a heavy loss to the Democratic party in New York, and that the injurycan not be fully repaired even by filling all of the important Federal offices inthatcity with active Democratic partisans.” Rhode Island held her State election on Wednesday, the Ist of April. George Peabody Wetmor -, of Newport, was e:ected Governor by the customary Republican majority. One of the features of the election was the success of the Rev. Mahlon Van Horne, of Newport, the first colored man ever elected to the General Assembly of that State. Miss Ada C. Sweet, United States Pension Agent at Chicago, received a telegram from Commissioner Black requesting her resignation, to take effect June 30. In his telegram the Commissioner stated that the request was made for no reason personal or relating to the management of her

office. Inasmuch as she hnA receive! her appointment from the Presickwt, Miss Sweet ignored the Commissioner’s unication and telegraphed to Mr. Cleveland saying that, as there was no reason for her dismissal, she declined to resign. Miss Sweet was appointed eleven years ago, at tlje death of her father, Gon. Sweet, who held the office before her. The New York County Committee of the Woman Suffrage party denounce Gov. Pierce, of Dakota, for vetoing the suffrage bill, and call on the President to remove him.

MISCELLANEOUS. In a dispatch from Aspinwall Commander Kane says that he bolds two of the chief insurgents who assisted in firing the town. He does not think it safe to hand them over to the Colombian authorities, who would permit them to escape. Application has been made to the War Department at Washington for tents to shelter the destitute people of Aspinwall. The' department was only able to give fifty hospital tents. Admiral Jouett left New Orleans for Aspinwall on the 3d Inst. Two hundred and fifty marines left Brooklyn the same day for Panama, and 200 more sailed on the 6th. Secretary Bayard says that American citizens will be protected, and the transit across the Isthmus kept open at all hazards. The failures throughout the United States for the week were 197, the smallest number since the year commenced. The movement-of merchandise throughout the country during the week was somewhat heavier, although not so large as at the corresponding period one year ago. At various cities, as reported to Bradstreet’s, there was an improvement in trade. This was noticeable at Cleveland, St. Paul, St Louis. Kansas City, and Philadelphia, although at none Of them was the volume said to be as heavy as in the like week of 1881. At Boston the distribution of goods to the West is gradually improving,' but at New York the record was only equal to that of preceding weeks. The industrial situation is complicated by the efforts making to form’ an organized resistance to the depression in the current rate of wages paid to anthracite coal miners in Eastern Pennsylvania. The total number of manufacturing and mining employes who are actively demanding higher rates of wages is nearly iPnot quite as large as at any time within two years before or since the strike of the Gould railway employes. The iron market is quite as dull as heretofore. President Barrios, who recently undertook the task of consolidating the Republics of Central America by the sword, Is said to have perished on the battle-field of Chalchuupa. The Legislative Assembly of Guatemala has annulled the decree making Barrios dictator, and an armistice ot one month is announced. Commander K> ne has telegraphed from Aspinwall to Secretary Whitney that everything is quiet there. There are about 100 Colombian Government troops at Colon, holding a large numbering of prisoners, but rendering no assistance in preserving order. Transit across the Isthmus has been stopped by the insurgents, and the telegraph wires are cut frequently. Charles W. Durant, ex-President of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, whom the New Y’ork Supreme Court recently adjudged to be a lunatic, died last week at tho house of his son Frederick. Dispatches from the Northwest state R'el has formed a provisional government in the Saskatchewan District. Teton-Sioux, who are refugees from the United States, were committingdepredations about Prince Albert, and it was stated that unless relief speedily arrived at the latter place the rebels would be in possession. Two batteries, 228 officers and men, with four nine-pounder guns left Winnipeg, the 4th inst., for the front. The permission of the Washington authorities tc permit Canadian troops to pass through American territory has not been asked for.

FOREIGN.

Ismail Pasha, ex-Khedive of Egypt, says that England and Italy, separately 01 allied, could never conquer and hold the Soudan, ow Ing to the immense extent of thal countrj-, its danaerous climate, and wile character. He thinks that England has now realized these facts and is pt present temporizing with a view to abandoning the Soudan as soon as it maj r be done without undignified haste. The preliminaries of peace betweer China and France, under discussion wjtl Ferry, are now suspended. The Governmem at Pekin awaits a resumption of negotiations, but insists, as a first condition, thaFrance withdraw her prohibition of rice ai contraband of war. The Marquis Tseng, th< Chinese Ambassador, states the recent Chi nesa victories will bo no obstacle to the conclusion of peace. Since the capture ot Langson the Chinese Government has sent a cable dispatch maintaining the peace proposals. Officials at the Russian War Office are said to be blue over certain reports made by a secret agent who was sent to Atghanisan to sound the Ameer as to his attitude in the event of war with England. The Ameei has exchanged his former frendlinoss for a feeling of hostility toward Russia. This melancholy change is attributed to Lord Dufferin’s malign influence upon the trustful nature of the Ameer. Sir Peter Lumsden says that the Ameer is ready and able tc place 100,000 well-equippod soldiers in the field to oppose the Russian advance. The native princes of India continue to flock tc Lord Dufferin, tendering allegiance and troops. The Grand Scheerif of Mecca has issued a proclamation declaring El Mahdi an outlaw, and notifying all true Mohammedans that the English have a right to treat him as a common murderer. The proclamation declares that El Mahdi has massacred hundreds of true believers and caused the murder of Gen. Gordon, for whom praise had been offered up at Mecca as a friend of Mohammedans.

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

In Lake Michigan, to the north and east of Ahnapee, there is a solid field of ice -ixiy miles square and nearly three feet thick. The Governor of Wisconsin has vetoed a bill authorizing the keeping ot vagi ants on bread and water for ninety days, deeming such punishment cruel and unusua'. Notwithstanding Russia’s pacific assurances, orders have been sent to India by the British Government to continue actively the preparations for war. There was a gran I review of British and native troops at Rawil Finde, in the presence of the Ameer of Afghanistan, Lord Dufferin, and all the native chiefs. The railway to Quetta i< to te completed at once. The Maharajah of Ncpaul has offered England the service of 15,00:) picked Goorkas. In England the Radi cals arc complaining of the cost of the war preparations. They say that as much has been already paid for a demonstration in India as.some wars have cost. Tho Admiralty Office has had special reports prepared to show the-number of merchant steamers capable of being converted into cruisers in case of an outbreak of hostilities. The fast ocean steamships will be armed. They will have ten guns each. Two thousand men will be drafted at once ’ for regiments serving in India. M. Brissoii has 1 completed a Cabinet for the' Fre’nCh, including De Frcycinct as Minister of Foreign Ass airs, and Gen. Campenon as Minister of War. , Gen. Lawton, of Georgia, who was nominated foi the Russian mission, has been invited.to Washington to consult with the President concerning the removal of the political disabilities which stand in. the way of his appointment. Mr. Cleveland and the Attorney General take the ground that the disabilities have been removed by the pardon of President Andrew Johnson. The United States will in a few days have a force Of 1,200 men and 100 officers on the Isthmus. The entire force will be under the command of Admiral Jouett. The fleet at Aspinwall will consist of five vessels—the Tennessee, the Yantic, the Galena, the Swatara, and the Alliance. A Washington dispatch says that Secretai#' Whitney is very particular to have it understood that, the forces sent to 1 anaraa are not to aid in any way in re-establishing the authority of the Colombian Government. He thinks that 1,500 marines, if necessary could be concentrated on the Isthmus in two weeks. Gen. Sheridan says that no application has been made as yet for any land forces. Officers who have spent much time on the Isthmus fear that the marines and sailors will suffer greatly from the climate. The rainy season is now beginning, and it will be extraordinary if the troops escape the deadly Isthmus fever. Gen. Grant rested well throughout the dav of Monday, the 6th iust., chatted with members of the family, nd the tew callers who were admitted to his presence, and there was uninterrupted cheerfulness in the house. The street was quieter th:in it had been for some days. A lame tiddler hobbled down the street and began to tune up in tront ot the General’s house. Three policemen ran at him. and he limped away Two ladies called and left preserves for the General. An old man of West Chester, Pa., called. He said the Lord had summoned him to save Gen. Grant’s life. He had written two weeks ago to Mrs. Grant but had received no reply. He had therefore come on, and called on Gen. Sickles and Dr Newman. He thought the doctors were killing Gen. Grant by giving him coffee. He showed a scar on bis face, said he had had a cancer there, and the remedy for it was a tea made of senna and manna. He tried to see Col. Fred, was refused, and went away disappointed. Another old man, who said he had fought with Grant in the Wilderness twenty-one years ago, tearfully inquired at the do r for the old General's health. Toward the afternoon the General remarked that he feared another strangling spell, in which he would probably die as quickly as a man would perish under water. 'Shortly after 3:30 o’clock on the morning of Tuesday, the 7th inst,, the General’s household were aroused and alarmed, the patient having been seized with another violent and dangerous tit of coughing, like in character to those which on one > r two previous occasions caused such grave apprehensions. A messenger was suddenly dispatched in haste for Drs. Shrady and Sands. The Rev. Dr. Newman. ex-Senator Chaffee, and Gen. Badeau were also summoned.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beeves $5.00 @ 7.00 Hogs 4. so @c.oo Wheat—No. 1 White 89 @ .01 No. 2 Red 89 @ .00 Corn—No. 2. so @ .51 Oats—White 38 @3.H Pork—New Mess 13.00 @ 1.60 CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice to Prime Steers. 6.00 @ 6.25 Good Shipping s.oo @ 5.60 Common to Fair 4.25 @4.75 Hogs 4.25 @ 4.75 Floub—Fancy Red Winter Ex.. 3.75 @4.25 Prime to Choice Spring. 3.50 @ 4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 81 @ .82 Corn—No. 2 38 @ .41 Oats—No. 2 28 @ .29 Rye—No. 2 60 @ .63 Barley—No. 2 64 @ .66 Butteb —Choice Creamery 23 @ .25 Fine Dairy 16 @ .20 Cheese—Full Cream 11 @ .12 Skimmed Flat 05 @ .06 Eggs—Fresh 12 @ .14 Potatoes—Choice, per bn 47 @ .52 Pobk—Mess 11.25 @11.75 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 77 @ .78 Corn—No. 2 41 @ .42 Oats—No. 2 33 @ .35 Rye—No. 1 66 @ .67 Barley—No. 2 57 @ .58 Pork—Mess 11.25 @11.75 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2Red.. 79 @ .89 Corn—No. 2 43 @ .44 Oats—No. 2 32 @ .34 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red. 85 @ .86 Corn—Mixed 39 @ .40 Oats—Mixed 32 & .33 Rye 58 @ .60 Pork—Mess 12.00 @12.50 CINCINNATI Wheat—No. 2 Red 87 @ .88 Corn 44 @ .45 Oats—Mixed 34 @ .35 Pork—Mess.... 12.00 @12.50 DETROIT. Flour 4.75 @5.25 Wheat—No. 1 White 89 @ .89& Corn—Mixed 42 @ .43 Oats—No. 2 White 34 @ Pork—Family 12.75 @13.25 INDIANAPOLIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red 84 @ .85 Corn—Mixed 40 @ .42 Oats—Mixed. 31 @ .32 BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 92 @ .93 Corn—No. 2 47 @ .48 Oats—No. 2 White 36 @ .37 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Best 6.35 @7.00 Fair 5.25 @ 6.00 Common 4.25 @ 5.00 Hogs 4,25 @ 4.75 Sheep 4.50 @ 5.00

GRAVE SENATORS.

Work in the Extn Session of the United States Senate. The following proceedings were had in the Senate on the Ist inst.: After the reading of the journal the Chair laid before the Senate several communications which he had received m regard to the failing health of Gen. Grant,, and asked if it was the pleasure of the Senate that the Secretary should read them. Several Senators responded in the affirmative,, whereupon the Associated Press bulletins were read from the Secretary’s desk. On motion of Mr. Shermaa, the Chair was authorized to. appoint the committee provided for by the Allison resolution, to sit during the recess and take into consideration the contingent expenses of the Senate. The following Senators are named: Messrs. Allison, Platt, Plumb, Miller of New York, Cockrell, Harrison, and Payne. ThePresident sent in the following nominations: A Leo Knott, of Maryland, to be Second Assistant Postmaster General. To be Postmasters: John A Showalter, at Latrobe, Pa.; Adelbert Sheppcrd, at Waverly, Iowa; Bayard 8. Gray, at Portland, Ind.; Thomas B. French, at Alexandria, La.; Charles E. Cook, at McPherson. Kan.; G. Marion Moore, at Pleasanton, Kan. 'lhe Committee on Postoffices made a. favorable report on the nomination of Henry G. Pearson to be Postmaster of New York. The United States Senate adjourned sine die on Thursday, April 2. The Senate cleared its desk of nearly all the nominations that had been submitted. Among those which were not acted unon were the following: W. W. Lang, of Texas, for Consul at Hamburg; A H. Gross, of Pennsylvania, for Consul at Athens; E. P. Howell, of Georgia, for Consul at Manchester; H. P. Kernochan, tor Naval Officer at New Orleans; Louis McMullen, tor Appraiser at New York;. James 0. Henderson, for Collector of Internal Revenue ot (he Eleventh Indiana District; J. T. Magraw, for Collector of Internal Revenue for West Virginia, and C. T. Russell, for Consul at Liverpool. The Republican Senators had decided to resist the removal of Republican officers whose terms have not expired and who have not resigned, except in cases where cause for removal was assigned, which in their judgment was, sufficient to justify removal of incumbents. Consuls have no fixed term, and may be removed at any time by consent ot ttie Senate, but' not without such consent. It is understood that) he Consuls, at Hamburg,Manchester, Liverpool and Athens, whose successors were nominated, had not resigned. If is anticipated by Democratic Senators that there will be a renewal next winter of the long and tedious debates which occurred some years ago in respect to the tenure of office Jaw. A message was received from the President, withdrawing the nomination of Alexander R. Lawton for the Russian Mission. This withdrawal was the result ot an objection by Senator Edmunds to the confirmation. The Senator held that the appointee’s political disabilities had never been removed. The Georgia Senators responded that he had received a full pardon from President Johnson in 1867. Senator Edmunds insisted that this did not remove the political disabilities. He quoted section 3of tho fourteenth amendment. The Sortions which he held to apply to this case are: o person shall hold any office un ler the United States who, having previously taken an oath as an officer ot the United States to support the Constitution of the United States,shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof: but Congress may, by a vote of twothirds of each house, remove such disability. Then the Georgia Senators contended that Gen. Lawton had never taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States; and that the oath be took was a mere oath of allegiance. But the Republicans seemed determined to defeat the confirmation, so the nomination was withdrawn. The President and Secretary of State will examine the question of law carefully before acting further in the matter. TheSecretary of State is understood to hold that the pardon granted by Johnson removes the disability. If the President agrees with him. Gen. Lawton will be apnointed Minister to Russia, This now seems probable.

The Modern Shakspeare.

“Henrico! Dost love the fragrant winter time ?” “When buckwheat batter scents the early morn, and incense throbs in sizzling cod-fish ball ?” “Go to, thou giddy mocker thou, go to! There’s other fragrance than the vulgar sort; e’en such as balms the realm of sweet romance and freights the air of love and poesy.” “Ah! now I twig thy meaning, dainty sprite. In fancy ’tis the fragrant winter time. ” “Well, an’ thou likest, in fancy let it. be. Yet, good me lord, look yon upon the snow, where moonlight plays upon the whited prisms, and tinks its beams upon the frosted keys of jingling January ! Is that not invitation to the soul of youth, that longs for merry-making i’ the air, where sleigh-bells set themeasure of our joy and prankish winds do teach us how to kiss “And where, besides, the seeds of bronchial woes and pangful chilblains penetrate our lives, and we do contemplate an aftermath of doctor’s and apothecary’s bills.” “Nay, good Henrico, thou art growing old, else would no hint of these infest thy thoughts. I’ve heard Vingardo say, when thrill of winter’s bout had tuned his tongue, that heaven must needs invent some rare inducement if him from sleigh-ride it would seek to woo.” “And I have heard this rare Vingardo say, when liv’ry bill did stare him ? the face, that t’other place would see this liv’ry man e’re he would shekel him at his demand.” “But look you, boy, there’s other joy than just the jingling transit through the snowy deeps. I’ve heard them tell of certain hostelries where oysters grow them to the palate’s whim, and vinous fountains whelmed the savant’s thirst.” “Whereto experience doth give me proof, and yet, Andromeda, I needs must check me yearning for these rich indulgences. I’d freely feed thy cravings in this mood, but there’s an asthma which abides with me that oft doth nip desire i’ the bud, and whensoe’er thine inclination, sweet, doth meet abatement from thy lover true, thou’lt know the asthma rules, and leave it so.”—Yonkers Gazette.

A Literary Feller.

“Let me see; you told me your husband’s business in the State was ” “Literary pursuits, ” replied the excashier's wife to her Canadian neighbor up near Montreal. “He was a famous writer, was he?” went on the Canadian, encouragingly. “Oh, yes,” said the wife; “he made all his money by writing. ” But a caller or something else orevented her telling her friend that Iter husband’s writings had consisted of forging his employer's checks.— Yonk~, era Statesman.