Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1886 — Page 2

gljcJlcmocraticSeittiucl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J W McEWEN, • - - - Puelisheb.

NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Record of the Week. EASTERN. A yacht containing eight persons was caught in a sudden squall off Portland, Me., and capsized, seven of the unfortunates being drowned. Five of the victims were children and two adults. Iheir names were: Wellington Masters, aged 70; Jane Masters, bis wife, aged 09; Benjamin Whitten, aged 7; Maud Whitten, aged 12; Harry Cleveland, aged 7; Emma Cleveland, aged 11; Jane Masters, aged 9. All were related, Mr. Masters being grandfather of them all. Litt!e James Cleveland, aged 15, leaped overboard and escaped the suction that carried the party dowD. His father rescued him. When the yacht capsized Mrs. Cleveland, in the other yacht, fainted, and when her husband got on board again he found that the shock had deprived her of her reason. Two coopers, William Potts and George Hazlitts, navigated Niagara’s whirlpool rapids in a barrel-shaped boat. The feat was accomplished in the presence of 15,000 people. A landing was made at Queenstown. Canada, five miles from the starting place, the Maid of the Mist's dock. The voyage occupied fifty-five minutes. I’otts and Hazlitt were fatigued with the heat and excitement, and bruised by being thrown against each other. The craft was unharmed. The remains of the late Samuel J. Tilden were laid to rest in the cemetery at New Lebanon, New York, on Saturday, the Otli inst. Impressive funeral services were held at the residence in Yonkers. Among the distinguished persons presold were President Cleveland, Secretaries Manning, Whitney, and Endicott, Governor Hill, Congressmen Randall, Hewitt, and Morrison, General Schofield, Charles A Dana, and others. The pall-bearers were: Samuel J. Randall, John Bigelow, Daniel Manning, Smith M. Weed, Charles A Dana, Dr.. George L. Miller, Wili am Allen Butler, Daniel Magono, J. B. Trevor, Dr.’Charles E. Simmons, and Aaron J. Vanderpoele.

WESTERN.

The Grand Army of the Republic, at San Francisco, elected General Lucius Fairchild Commander-in-chief, and chose St. Louis as the next place of meeting. Resolutions were passed denouncing polygamy. General Sherman read an eloquent address, detailing the consequences of the American wars. A large portion of Miles City, Montana, waß burned. The Indianapolis Journal has absorbed the limes of the same city. At a meeting of the Central Labor Union of Chicago, it was stated that nearly $14,000 had been raised for the defense of the anarchists, SI,OOO of the amount coming from Poland. The town of Spencer, county seat of Marathon, Wis., was laid in ashes by flames communicated from the burning forests in that and Clark Counties. The loss will bo upward of $200,000. The farmers of Clark County, Missouri, are much alarmed about a malady appearing among their cattle which is generally fatal. The wheat crop of Minnesota will be the finest in quality ever raised in that State, and the yield will be almost as large as that of last year. Corn prospects in Minnesota, lowa, Illinois, Ohio, and Kansas have boon materiilly improved by the recont, rains, although in large sections the drought continues and the crop will probably be a total failure. In Indiana an average yield is anticipated. Some two or three weeks ago while a man named Waller, his two daughters, and a neighbor named Fault/ were returning homo from a picnic at Birdseye, Dubois County, Ind, they were attacked by two farmers, Thomas Hobbs and liis son. Fault/ was instantly killed and Waller fatally wounded The young ladies escaped injury, although they were sitting by the side of the two men during the shooting. Waller lingered several days before death relieved him of his sufferings. Last week a mob of citizens organized and went to Hobbs’ house with the intension of mobbing the murderers. The latter heard of their coming and fled to the woods. The mob, about 100 strong, gavo pursuit The Hobbses were finally found, aud then a wild chase took place, the posse running and yelling, jumping over fences, and following them through fields. When the posse came upon the murderers they turned and showed fight, but strong hands soon overpowered them. Two stalwart men stepped forward with ropes, quickly tied them around the necks of the two vict.ms, and threw the ends over projecting limbs. Without further ceremony the two men were swung to the night breeze. The ropes were fastened tight to the tree, and the mob drew the r revolvers and riddled the bodies of the lynched men with bullets.

SOUTHERN.

Two constitutional amendments will be voted on at the State election in Georgia in October. Should they pass, Confederate soldiers will be placed on a permanent pension - list. Victoria Grace, the famous trapeze performer, died in poverty in New Orleans, her corpse|finding its way to a dissectingroom, where it was recognized by an acquaintance. "What was deemed an outrageous decision by an ump re on the base-ball grounds at Charleston led several hundred men to rush forward and threaten his life, but the President of the club saved him. Wlllla Hudson was executed at Fort Gaines, Ga., for ihe murder of Marion Willjams in August, 1885 k

Cattle are dying of a disease said to 'ce Texas fever in Clark County, Missouri A railroad collision near Ashland, Kv., resulted in killing four persons aid injuring two o h r ■. Henry Yelleski, a declared anarchla 1 , committed suicide by drowning near New Orleans.

WASHINGTON.

It is reported from Washington that at a meeting of the Cabinet it was decided to call in a large amount of bonds, in accordance with the surplus resolution, which the President hud failed to sign. The first call will be for $ 15,(XX1,00J. The President has appointed Thomas Cooper to be Collector of internal Revenue for the Eighth District of Illinois, and Nelson F. Ayres to be Collector of Internal Itevenue for the district of Kansas. These were nominations upon which the Senate failed to act The grand total of the appropriations made during the last session of Congress is $264,783,579. Eitz-John Porter has been placed on the retired list of the army, with the rank of Colonel. Commissioner Miller has begun preparations for carry.ngnnto effect the oleomargarine b. 11. Ex-Governor Glick, now Pension Agent at Topeka, is said to be the coming Commissioner of Pensions, vice General John C. Black.

POLITICAL.

A call has been issued from Indianapolis for a national convention of Knights of Labor, Grangers, National Grcenbacker. J , Farmers’ Alliance, Anti-monopolists, and all othor organizations which may harmonize outside the old parties, for the purpose of forming a new party. The convention will meet Sept 1, at Indianapolis. James T. Jolmston was renominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Eighth Indiana District at Terre Haute. Capt. A. D. Yan Osdel has been nominated by the Republicans of the Fourth Indiana Congressional District to contest the district against W. S. Holman. There are two Democratic candidates for Congress in the Third Indiana District—D. M. Stockslager and Jonas G. Howard Ex-Gov. Samuel J. Kirkwood has entered the race for the Republican Congressional nomination in the Second lowa District. The Democrats of Kansas assembled in convention at Leavenworth and nominated the following ticket: Governor, Col. Thomas Moonlight; Lieutenant Governor, L. G. Isett; Secretary of State, W. F. I’atillon; Attorney General, A S. Devinney; Auditor, W. D. Kelly (colored); Treasurer, L. B Burchard; Superintendent of Public Instruction, W. J. Montgomery; Associate Justice, A. M Wiiitelaw. The Democrats of the Fourth North Carolina District in convention at Raleigh nominated John W. Graham for Congress. Ho is the eldest son of the Hon. William A Graham, who was Secretary of the Navy under President Fillmore. John Sobieski, of Neosho, Mo., has been nominated for Congress by the Prohibitionists and James B. McCreary by the Democrats of the Eighth Kentucky District. Messrs. R. H. M. Davidson and Charles Dougherty, members of the last Congress from Florida, have been named for reelection. Nashville (Tenn.) dispatch: “Returns from the S ate elections show Democratic gains. The Democratic State ticket is elected by 35,000 aud possibly 40,000. The successful candidates for the Supreme Court bench are Peter Turney, Franklin County; W. C. Caldwell, Gibson; W. H. Burton, Montgomery; B. E. Snodgrass, Hamilton; W. C. Folkes, Shelby. ”

THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK.

The miners employed by the new coal-mining syndicate which operates a majority of the mines in Southern Illinois met in East St Louis last week, and decided to demand two cents a bushel, top weight In case the demand is refused they will str.ke. The great rolling-mill strike at Philadelphia, involving over 1,500 men, has been settled. The lockout at the extensive packing establishment of John P. Squire, in Cambridge, Mass., led to serious rioting, the old employes fighting the police. Leading Knights of Labor are discussing the propriety of reorganizing the management of the order. The plan most favored is to give Mr. Powderly, or whoever may be at the head, the privilege of selecting the members of tlie General Executive Board. The matter will be considered at the Richmond convention in October.

RAILROAD INTELLIGENCE.

Railroad men are making ready to do a very important a i well as a very sensible thing—namely: to prepare a series of railroad signals which will be understood on any road in the country. Under the auspices of the Illinois Central Road, the Chicago, Madison and Northern Company lias been incorporated at Springfield, 111., and Madison, Wis. Grading has been comme icod at a point neai Freeport. An unofficial estimate of the business of the Northern Pacific for the last fiscal year has been mad'. It shows: GroES earnin ;s $11,730,527 Injon.e fr m otter souicjs z'lß,ooo T t 1 income .• $12,00 ,52 Op-e a in* expenses 92j,cOJ Net i coin" ,182,52' All fixed Caarges 5,974,6)9 Surplus for the year $ 07.53/ The July earnings of the Northern Pac.fic Road were $1,290,805, an increase of $120,854 over the same month last yoar. The Railway Commissioners of Massachusetts are warm in their recommendation of a section of Meigs Elevated Road, at Cambridge, built with one rail and passing around sharp curves. The statement of the Indiana,Bloom-

ington and Western Railroad shows the earnings for the week ending July 31, 1886, to be 165,252.67; 1885, #43,519162. Increase, #21,733.05.

MISCELLANEOUS. Failures in the United States last week numbered 124, against 162 the preceding week. lJradslreet's weekly review says: “Later advices from the spring wheat crop are more favorable than previously anticipated. Heavy receipts continue to depress prices. The damage to corn from drouth is also less than was recently reported, the probable yield being 1, (XX1,(XX), 0.0 bushels, against 1,940,000,000 last year. The more significant industrial feature of the week is found in the improved demand for finished iron at Pittsburgh. Special advices are that makers are more sanguine than for two years past. Prices are unchanged, but the mills are pushed to meet requirements. Like reports come from Philadelphia and St Louis. Dry goods sales are fairly well sustained, the aggregate being in excess of last year. Cotton i are stronger at advances. Pnnt3 are less active, but no lower. Stocks of flannels are light Prices of wool depend upon the results of the opening of light-weight fabrics, which are not fully known. The total of bank clearings for twenty-nine cities for the week was $847,429,192, against $747,586,678 the previous week. There has been a noticeable hardening of interest rates at financial centers, owing to the increased demand from wool, lumber, and clothing dealers, as well as to advances on grain shipments.” Editor Cutting was sentenced at Paso del Norte, Mexico, to one year’s imprisonment at hard labor and $630 fine. An El Paso dispatch says: As sentence was pronounced the prisoner turned slightly pale, but was otherwise thoroughly composed. When the reading of the sentence was finished he asked in a loud voice of the court, at the same time pointing to Medina: “About the S6OO, is that creature to get any of it?” At this point Consul Brigham interposed to stop him. "If the prisoner uses insulting languago.” said the Judge, “I can add something to the term of his sentence.” Judge Brigham assured the court that neitner he nor Cutting meant any disrespect to it. “Let us understand,” said Judge Brigham, “just what this is for.” “It is for the publication on the other side of an article which is held to have vitiated a reconciliation inade on this side.” “And this act on the other side,” continued Brigham, “was construed on this side as a contempt of court?” To this the Court replied in the negative. The Court then turned to the prisoner and asked: “Do you still stand under the protection of your Government?” “I do,” replied Cutting. "Do you wish to take an appeal to the Supreme Court?” the Judge asked. "I have no appeal to make except to the Government of the United States.” “If you snould desire to talco an appeal,” said Judge Zubia, “you have five days in which to give notice. Do you wish to sign the proceedings of this court?” “I sign nothing." “Do you wish to express satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the sentence?" “No, sir; I have never recognized your court or jurisdiction, and I do not recognize its right to imprison me for an hour.” Cutting was then taken back to jail. No sooner was the fact of Cutting’s sentence known than both towns on the Mexican and American sides were wdd with excitement over the matter. Companies of minute men were organized at El Paso and other Texas towns. Michael Davitt arrived at New York on the Bth of August. The Irish agitator was accompanied by Jame 3 Rourko, business partner of Patrick Eagan. Mr. Davitt will be present at the Chicago convention, and his stay in this country will cover several months. A volunteer battery of two guns and forty men was organized at Garden City, Kan., in view of possible hostilities with-Mexico. La Patria, published at the City of Mexico, says that while Secretary Bayard has proceeded somewhat hastily in the Cutting matter he will undoubtedly admit that the Mexican Government has proceeded within the law when he shall have obtained trustworthy information of the facts. The paper attributes the whole misunderstanding to the officiousness of Consul Brigham, and Bays he should be removed.

FOREIGN.

French papers assert that Lord Salisbury is working for an English-German-Austrian alliance to offset a possible RussianFrench compact. The Czar is negotiating with the Shall of Persia for an alliance. He is also negotiating a loan of 300,000,000 rubles at Amsterdam. A cable dispatch reports that the British Cabinet has decided on introducing a large Irish land measure if file support of the unionists can be secured. The unionist support is, however, considered doubtful. In the event of the measure being choked by Hartington and Chamberlain the Government will propose the following programme: First. Reform of the procedure of the House of Commons amending the cloture rules, in anticipation of Nationalist obstruction. Hecond. A resolution or a short bill strengthenin'! the hands of the Executive in Ireland, ostensibly for the preservation of law and order. Third. The proclamation of the National League. These precautionary measures, it is stated, would be introduced to pave the way for general remedial measures, by preventing intimidation by the majority, aud the free expression of public opinion. Tlie ravages of cholera in Yokohama and Tokio, Japan, are appalling, the deaths in the former city from the disease averaging about fifty a day. The weather is the hottest experienced since 1871. The policy of Mr. Gladstone’s following, says a Loudon dispatch, is that uutil the dissenting Liberals repent in dust and ashes, aud declare themse ves ready to submit and accept the leadership of Gladstone on Mr. Gladstone’s own terms, renewed friendship will be impossible. A riot occurred at the Belfast shipyard between tlie Orangomeu and the Catholics, and a number of men were so severely hurt that they had to be removed to hospitals. The Inspector General of the Irish constabulary was ordered to proceed to 1 lie city to preserve the peace, and the taverns were ordered to close. Additional information has been received anent the volcanic eruptions in New Zealand No further loss of life is reported, but no human being approaches the vo canoes Borne of the cauldrons have boiled themselves out, others are still steaming. A volcanic cone thrown up in Lake Rotom&haua has attained • height of 600 feat

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The London Timex says editorially : The riots in Belfast have almost risen to the height of civil war. If the Conservative Ministers show weakness in dealing with the situation it will be all over with the Government in Ireland. While the Tinusx is convinced that tnero are faults on both sides, it places the larger share of the responsibility on the Protestant musses. The home office at London has received information that a number of dynamiters have left the United States for Paris, with the view of entering England stealthily aud doing vast damage. The Burlington and Northern Road announces its purpose to put on limited trains next October, to run from Chicago to St Paul in twelve hours. The excitement over the Cutting affair is iutense in El Paso, Tex. The people there seem spoiling for a fight, aud the appearance of a few United States soldiers on the way to Fort Bliss was magnified into many carloads. Eight hundred Mexican soldiers have reached Paso del Norte. Gov. Maceyra, it is said, has ordered the Paso del Norte authorities to decapitate Cutting in case of au attack from Texas. A New York dispatch states that at the army posts in aud around New York considerable activity is displayed. Ten guncarriages for field batteries were shipped to Tan Antonio, Texas. A Washington dispatch credits Secretary Bayard with saying that no ultimatum has been sent to Mexico. The First Assistant Secretary of State says that no serious trouble is at all likely to arise between this country and Mexico. He says: “Neither country wants any trouble. When this is the case it is generally d.fficuit to get up a broil.” Secretary Bayard was interviewed at Baltimore with the following result: He saw no reason why a satisfactory adjustment of the Cutting difficulty should not be reached. The Mexican minister has assured him that such was the desire of the Mexican Government. Tne Secretary seems to tliink that much of the difficulty has been created by persons seeking to embarrass the administration, and that Mexico’s altitude has been strengthened by tlxe efforts of Mr. Blaine’s friends to show that he (Mr. Bayard has been too hasty and exacting in the matter. Secretary Bayard considers tne principle involved one of the gravest importance, witn which Cutting s merits or demerits have nothing to do. He says tho case is too clear ior equivocation, aud he has no idea of retreating from the position taken by tho State Department when it demanded Cutting’s release two weeks ago. Under the treaty of ISIS both countries are bound to exhaust all possible means of effecting a settlement. He said the rumored resignation of Minister Jackson l;a l no significance. He says he has received no intimation of Mr. ' Jackson s res gnation, although it Is quite possible that he may wish to come home. Secretary Bayard says that the Arresures case is also in process of settlement. It is thought that tho murderer will be hanged by the Mexican Government. In both the fisheries aid Mexican affairs the State Department has acted with great promptness and vigor, and Mr. Bayard makes no concealment of his determination to insist upon full satisfaction in the Cutting affair ; not so much for Cutting’s sake as because it involves the question whether American citizens in Mexico are to be protected in their rights. The following table, which gives the average rainfall in inches during .May, June, and July for the last nine years, and the rainfall for the same months of this year, is significant as showing the stern reality of the drouth that has affected the West and Northwest. A single glance at the startling figures will be suftici nt to convinces the most skeptical of the natural effect of the drouth iu a large shortage of the corn crop: Aver. May, for 11 June, - years. July, 'BO. Bismarck 9.52 5.10 Cairo 12.51 8.31 Chicago..... .... 11.94 3.40 Davenport 13.53 4.60 Des Moines 9.04 5.30 Dodge City 9.65 8.00 Huron 7.38 5.10 Indianapolis 15.67 11.03 Keokuk 14.82 8.0 i La Cross 3 13.00 4.61 Leavenworth 15.23 9.40 North Platte 9.8-5 4.10 Omaha.... 10.70 6.23 St. Paul 11.96 5.80 Springfield... 15.26 8.40 Yankton 14.18 7.23 200.30 104.51 12.52 6.53

THE MARKETS.

NEW YOKE. Beeves $4 25 @ 5.75 Hogs 5. 00 @ 5.25 Wheat—No. 1 White 90 @ .90% No. 2 Bed 85 @ .86 Cohn—No. 2 50 @ .51 Oats—White 38 @ .47 Pork—New Mess 11.50 @12.00 CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice to Prime Steers 5.00 @ 5.50 Good Shipping 4.03 @ 4.50 Common 3.25 (as 3.75 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4.50 @ 5.25 Flour—Extra Spring 4.25 @ 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 lied 77 (as .77% Corn—No. 2 43 <s .43% Oats—No. 2 27 @ .28 Butter—Choice Creamery 16 @ .18 Fine Dairv 11 @ .13 Cheese—Full Cream, Cheddar.. .07 @ .07% Full Cream, new 08 @ .08% Eggs—Fresh 09%@ .10% Potatoes—New, per brl 1.50’ @ 2.25 * Pork—Mess 9.50 @IO.OO MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 74 @ .75 Corn—No. 2 43 @ .43% Oats—No. 2 27 @ .28 Bye—No. 1 54 @ .56 Pork-Moss 9.50 @10.03 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 79 @ .80 Corn—No. 2 44 @ .44% Oats—No. 2 28 @ .30 DETBOiT. Beef Cattle 4.50 @ 5.25 Hogs 3.75 @ 4.75 Sheep 3.25 @ 4.25 Wheat—No. 1 White 77 is .78 Corn—No. 2 44 © .44% Oats—No. 2 White 32 @ .32% ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 76 @ .77 Corn—Mixed 40 @ .40% Oats—Mixed .26 @ .27 Pork—New Mess 10.00 @10.50 * CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 2 Bed 75 @ .76 Corn—No. 2 13 @ .43% Oats—No. 2 ' .28 @ .29 Pork—Mess 10.00 @10.50 Live Hogs 4.50 @5.00 BUBFALO. Wheat—No. 1 White .86 @ .^6% Corn—No. 2 Yellow 18 @ .49 Cattle 400 @4.75 INDIAN APOLIS. Beef Cattle 8.50 @ 5.25 Hogs 4.50 @5.00 Sheep 2.25 @ 4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 74 @ .75 Corn—No. 2 39 @ .41 Oats—No. 2 .27 @ .28 EAST LIBERTY, Cattle—Best 5.00 @5.25 Fair 4.25 @4.75 Common 3.25 @ 4.00 Hogs 5.00 @ 5.25 Sheep 4.00 & 4.75

CONGRESSIONAL.

Work of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate passed, over the President's veto, on the 3d inst, by a unanimous vote, the House bill granting a pension to Jacob Romisor, after Senator Wilson had explained that the President had acted under a misapprehension, he having been informed that no application had been made to the pension office, while, in fact, an application had been made. The bill granting a jiension to Mary J. Nottage failed to pass over the veto- by a party vote, except that. Senator Wilsen (Md ) voted in the affirmative. Senator Hoar, in objecting to the consideration of a resolution providing for an adjournment, said lie thought the bill reported by him providing for “inquests under national authority” should first be considered. He referred to tho massacres in the Southern States during the last few years, and said that so far as shown by the press a negro and a Republican was the victim and a Democrat and a wh.te man the aggressor. Senator Kenna protested anainst tho introduction of a bloody-shirt campaign document into the closing hours of Congress. Senator Giuson said tho bill was un indictment against the entire population from the Potomac to tho Rio Grande. He compared the peace and quiet of his own State with the turbulent state of society in Chicago and the country adjacent to it. These nominations were rejected bv the Senate: Adelavd Guernon, to be Collector of Customs for Minnesota; George P. Sanford, to be Postmaster at Lansing, Mich.; and H. H. Porter, to be Postmaster at Dowagiac, Mich. Frank J. Mott was nominated for Register of tho I,and Office at Denver, and Thomas Cooper to be Revenue Collector for tho Eighth Illinois District. The House of Representatives, by a vote of 122 to 95, passed tho river and harbor bill, as agreed upon by the conference committees, omitting all provisions for canals except for the survey of the Hennepin sciieme, for which $15,030 was appropriated. The Senate has also adopted the measure. The House agreed to the conference reports upon the deficiency appropriation and sundry civil measures. The Morrison surplus resolution, after being stripped of the clause providing for the reception or redemption of trade dollars, was adopted by both houses of Congress, on the 4th inst. In the Senate the House bill to restrict the ownershijj of real estate in tho Territories toAmericon citizens was taken up and passed, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. A conference was asked. The Senate adopted a resolution accepting from W. H. Vanderbilt and Julia Dent Grant various articles presen.tod .to Gen. Grant by foreign governments. A bill extending the system of immediate delivery to all articles bearing an immediate-delivery stanp was passed by the Senate. The following nominations were made by the President: William G. Bowman, of Illinois, to be Surveyor' General of Utah. Postmasters: Leonard W. Chambers, at Jacksonville, Ill.; William Carter, at De Kalb, 111. Edward Hawkins was confirmed as Marshal for Indiana. The nomination of H. A. Beecher to be Customs Collector at Port. Townsend was withdrawn by the President. The House took up the resolution requesting the President to renew the demand for the release cf A. K. Cutting by tho Mexican Government. Mr. Hitt, of Illinois, of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said he had signed tho report on the bel es that the Moxican Government had refused to release Cutting on tho demand of our Government. Since then he had read tho correspondence, which showed that the Moxican Government had shown every spirit of compliance. Cutting, he said, had refused to be released on bail, declaring that his case was now an international affair. This was the work of our mischief-making Consul, who made speeches to crowds in the streets about vindicating tho rights of his country. Messrs. Crain, of Texas, and King, of Louisiana, defended Consul Brigham. Pending further discussion tho House adjourned. Congbess adjourned sine die at 4 o’clock p. m. on Thursday, Aug. 5. Senator Plumb, from, the conference committee on the bill for, therepeal of the pro omption and timber-cul-ture acts, reported a disagree ment. The usual resolution of thanks to the President of the Senate (Senator Sherman) was. unanimously passed. Ci nsideriuion of the bill to prevent Congressmen from acting as counsel lor subsidised raiiwaja was fixed for the second Monday in Dt cember. The House bill for the lelief of certain dishonorably discharged sol tiers of the Tw lith Michigan Yolunteer Infantry wes amended and passed. About forty nominat.ons were left unacted uponi by the Senate. A largo number wre confirmed in tho closing hours. The Houbo adjourned with .uc taking any act on upon tho resolut o’us iu regard to the case of Editor Cutting. Tlio Democratic leadtrs seemed to have decided not to permit the matter to become the subject of a partisan debato on tho last day of the session, when it would not. bo possible to discuss and determine with proper deliberation what, if any, action was desirable to be taken by Congress. The State Department had not requested any action by Congress. Mr. Bayard bad simply submitted the correspondence, aud it was generally felt that the statement of facts presented in the correspondence submitted to tho Senate and House did not show that the case had arrived at the point where the interference of Congress was either necessary or prudent. Congress having adjourned sine die, the whole matter now rests with the State Department. Bills passed the Ho iso appropriating an additional sum of $35,000 for the selection f a site for tho Congressional Library, seo, 00 for completing the publicbuilding at Fort Sjoit, Kan., and $150.300 for a public building at Los Angeles, Cal. The President did not sign the “surplus" resolution before adjournment, and the probability is that it will not bo allowed to go into effeot. The committee appointed by the House toinvestigate the labor troubles in’the West was given permission to sit during tho recess of Congress. The fortifications bill, after passing both bouses, failed in conference. A brief summary of the work of the session is as follows: It was in session 241 days ; 13,202 measures wereintroduced, 10,328 originating in the House and 2,984 in the Senate ; 1,101 passed both houses, 241 being Senate bills and 860 House measures; 806 became laws with the President’s approval, 181 becnm9 laws by limitation, 113 were vetoed, and one failed by reason of adjournment without action bv the Presi ‘ent.

One Bright Morning in December.

“That reminds me,’’said the war correspondent, “of an occurrence at Nashville that gave Stanley great pleasure. After the battle of Franklin, which was fought November 30, 1864, General Hood invested Nashville, much as Sherman had, many months previous, invested Atlanta. That is to say, the lines of investments were semi-circular and parallel, the distance between them being from one to three miles, ac< » rding to the conformation of the ground. “One bright morning in December, before the days of fog and ice, a cavalcade of Confederate officers, in gay uniforms and accompanied by a band, rode ,'auntily out in front of the intrencbment along the ( ranny White pike, and taking a conspicuous position overlooking the valley between the two lines, were apparently en oyiner themselves, the band m< anwhile playing, ‘Who’s Been Here Since I’ve Been Gone?’ They made a splendid ta get, and the temptation was too strong for an officer of the Sixth Ohio Battery. Carefully training a section of his guns on the picnickers, he gave the order to fire. Boom! boom! When the reverberations died away and the smoke lifted the music had ceased, and the Confederate officers, orderlies, and musicians could be seen scampering in all diiec ions for cover. The pale smoke lazily rising from the exploded shells on the exact spot where they had been jubilating but a few moments before told the story.”