Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1889 — Page 2

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THE NEWS RECORD.

A SUMMARY OF THE EVENTFUL HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK. The Latest News as Flashed Over the Wires from All Farts of the World—Regarding Politics, Religion, Casualties, Commerce, and Industry. DOINGS OF CONGRESS. Amending the Nicaragua Bill The Holiday Recess. The tariff bill consumed most of the time in the Senate on the 21st inst., and but little progress was made, a heated and lengthy debate being indulged in on Mr. Vest’s amendment on tte cotton schedule. Mr. Teller’s resolution providing for an investigation into the office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury during the present administration was passed after being modified so as to provide for a simple investigation into the conduct of the office. The public printing deficiency bill, which appropriates ¥63,000, was passed. The Senate passed Mr. Plumb’s resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information regarding the purchase of bonds. The Senate passed the House bill granting right of way through certain lands in Minnesota to the Moorhead, Leach Lake and Northern Railroad Company. The Senate voted to nonconcur in the House amendments to the bill to forfeit lands granted to the State of Michigan to aid in the construction of a railroad from Marquette. The House completed consideration of the Nicaragua canal bill in the committee of the whole. On motion of Mr. Payson (III.) amendments were adopted providing that all the bonds, stock, and certificates shall be issued at the principal office in Now York City, and that all shares, bonds, certificates, and other evidence of indebtedness shall bo paid for only in cash, to be paid into the company’s treasury and used for corporate purposes. An amendment, offered by Mr. Holman (Ini), was adopted, providing that the Directors shall be citizens of the United States or of Nicaragua, and a majority shall be citizens and residents of the United States. Mr. MacDonald (Minn.) offered an amendment, which was adopted, providing that no change of the concessions by Nicaragua and Costa Rica shall be made which in any way affects the rights of American citizens, or the right of the Government of the United States, to have a voice in Governmental control of the canal until the Consent of the United States shall have been first given. Several minor amendments were adopted. Both houses adjourned until Jan. 2. WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE. The Volume of Business Satisfactory—Business Failures. jR. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade for last week: • At St. Paul mild weather was held to be the cause of tardy trading, and the movement at Kansas City was rather light, but more activity was noticed at Detroit, and other reports from the Northwest indicated a satisfactory volume oftrade. In the Southwest there was more irregularity, uud while the cotton movement was large and, the clearings heavy the situation seemed less wholesome. At Memphis the character of recent failures was thought indicative of an unhealthy state of trade. Pittsburg found Southern iron underselling Northern products, and the same was reported Irom Philadelphia. The payments through all clearing houses were about t> per cent, larger than a year ago, and at all cities outside of New York the amount was about 3% per cent, larger. Wheat prices were 4 cents lower for the week. Sales were only 7,500,000 bushels in New York City, and the scat of the difficulty was Chicago, where favorable reports as to growing winter wheat began to be felt. Exports from Atlantic ports for three weeks have been»37i,s9l bushels, against 1,198,321 last year, and of flour 303,092 barrels, against 668,259, and corn expor s are 3,1t8,03t> bushels, against 1,414,074 last year. The price of corn advanced ’-4 cent, with oats unchanged. On the whole the tendency of prices was downward. At Western points some stringency appeared. The Treasury paid out during the week, at all points, $4,400/ 0» more than it took in. Bankers look for a further outgo of gold in January, though annual disbursements are expected to stiffen the market for securities. The business failures during the seven days numbered 311, as against a total of 3 3 for the week before, and 305 the week previous. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 290.

BRAVE MR. STANLEY. The Explorer Was at Stanley Falls Aug 1 . 28, and Reported Einin Bey in Good Health. A Zanzibar special says: Letters dated Stanley Falls, Aug. 29, have been delivered here by Tippo Tib’s men. They stated that a letter was received at Stanley Falls from Henry M. Stanley on Aug. 28. Stanley was then at Bonvala, on the Aruwhimi, where he had arrived on Aug. 18. He had left Emin Pasha eighty-two days before in perfect health and provided with plenty of food. Stanley had returned to Bonvala for the loads of stores in charge ot his rear guard, and Intended to leave ten days later to rejoin Emin. He reported all the whites in the expedition as healthy, and said the expedition wanted nothing. The West African Telegraph Company received the following dispatch from St. Thomas: "I have just received information that Henry M. Stanley, with Emin Pasha, has arrived on the Aruwhimi. The news is reliable. Parsons, Agent.” JACK THE RIPPER AGAIN. Another Woman Murdered in a Mysterious Manner in a London Suburb. The body of a woman was found in the suburbs of London. An empty phial lay alongside the body, and the impression first formed was that the woman had committed suicide. The physicians who examined the body testified that there were no signs of poison in the stomach, and declared their belief that the woman had been murdered by strangulation. There was a mark on the woman’s neck which showed that a small cord had been tied tightly around it. The woman was of low character. It is believed that her—murderer is identical with the Whitechapel fiend, who has adopted a new method of disposing of his victims. Hopkins Pardoned. Ben Hopkins, of Cincinnati, Ohio, sentenced for embezzling and misapplying the funds of the Fidelity National Bank, has been pardoned by President Cleveland. It is said that Hopkins can live but a few days. Caught by a Devil-Fish. The body of S. J. Hughes, of the United States Coast Survey, who fell overboard from a steamer in Puget Sound two weeks ago, was recovered thirty miles distant, an immense devil-fish fastened to one leg.

TORTURED A “HOODOO” TO DEATH. ANegre«» Hangi and Beats a Kansas Girl in Order to Break a Sp-I*. Eugene Bartlett has lived for five years near Bross. Kingman County, Kansas, with his two daughters and young son. He took with him from Kentucky an old servant, a hegro woman, known as “Good Old Rebecca.” The servant became impressed with the idea that she was being “hoodooed” by the daughter. Jennie, about twenty years old, and told the young lady that “she must quit or there would, be trouble.” The colored woman watched her opportunity for breaking the spelt One night the family, excepting Jennie, visited a neighbor. Shortly after their departure Robert Donnelly, a young man, called to see Jennie. He remained until about 9 o’clock, when Rebecca appeared and stated there was a siek horse at the barn, and she wanted him to go to Bross for medicine. He left in response to the request. As soon as ho had gone the servant caught the young lady, bound her hands and feet, and, tying a rope around her hands, swung her to a joist with her feet about two feet above the floor. The negress then stripped the girl of her clothes and covered her body with paint and thin tar. In a short time she had placed a kettle filled with kindling wood under her, and after putting a large amount of oil ou it applied a match. While the flames were curling around Jennie’s feet and legs Donnelly returned. The front entrance was locked, and going to a window the horrible spectacle met his eyes. He rushed to the back door, broke it open, and at once removed the kettle. He then cut the rope and earned the girl to a resting-place. Soon after the girl recovered consciousness and told the story of her fiendish treatment. Her feet and lower limbs were burned to a crisp, and a few minutes later death relieved her of her intense agony. EXCITED FRENCHMEN. Abandoned the Most Glorious of Mon»rclii«s—M. Cballemel-Lacour’s Speech. In the French Senate durine the debate on the budget M. Challemel-Lacour said the present was not the moment to consider French finances but the future of France. He condemned the policy now pursued in the schools, which, he said, struck iit the root of the traditional principle of paiental control. The main cause of existing evils, he declared, was radicalism, which relentlessly pursued the old founders of the republic and gave promises that were impossible to fulfill. France had abandoned the most glorious of monarchies, and was about to fall at the feet of the least of men. The Cabinet’s duty was to check the movement toward the abyss, but instead of doing this the Cabinet were hastening the movement. It was time to return to a policy of good sense. He appealed to the Right to unite witli the party of the Left, which was the upholder of order and liberty, and together save the country. The speech created a sensation, and at its conclusion the Senate arose en masse and enthusiastically cheered the orator. BEATEN BY REBELS. Four of Gen. Legitime’s AVar Ships Bombard an’lnsurgent Stronghold. On the morning of Dec. 5 four of Legitime’s men-of-war bombarded Cape Hayti. The gunboats dropped anchor four or live miles off the shore, lying broadside to the town, and fired blank cartridges to give notice of their warlike intentions. The foreign Consuls in the city petitioned for time to get out of the city, and were given thirty-six hours. The people fled into the hills, taking ail the possessions they eould conveniently carry, loading their effects on the backs of mules, and as the supply of pack-mules was limited to fifty or sixty, fabulous prices were paid for their use. The bamboo huts succumbed easily to the shots from the boats: but the stone buildings in the central and more elevated portion of the town were not so easily destroyed, the heavy walls resisting the fire for several hours. Despite the warning they had received thany of the residents clung to their habitations. In fact, it was impossible to remove many of the sick in the city within the time allotted by Legitime. Some twenty were killed and many wounded.

RACE TROUBLE IN MISSISSIPPI. Two Men Killed and Several Wounded— Swearing Vengeance. The latest version of the affray at Wahalak. Miss., in which the blacks fired upon a posse of whites is that Constable Seth Cobb was endeavoring at the time of the shooting to serve upon George Maury, colored, a warrant sworn out for the arrest of Maury by Tom Nicholson, white. Maury had cursed a 6-year-old son of Nicholson, and when Nicholson interfered Maury called him a liar. Nicholson struck Maury, whereupon the negro stunned the white man with his pistol. The killed in the affray are: Seth Cobb and W. H. Maury. The wounded are: William Vaughn, John W. Dew, J. T. Maury, G. T. Nicholson. William Hare and Jeff Thomas. Vaughn and Maury will die. The negroes fled to the mountains, and are about two hundred strong and well armed. They were pursued by the whites, who swear vengeance. If the negroes show fight it will be a terrible affair. MILLIONS AT STAKE. Sult Entered in Toledo to Recover Thou, sands of Acres of Limd. Considerable excitement was caused at Toledo, Ohio, by the filing of a suit by H. S. Walbridge to gain possession of the old Miami and Erie Canal bed. It was formerly State property, and the Legislature ceded it to Toledo. Plaintiff avers that as it has been abandoned for canal purposes it reverts to the former owners or its heirs, of whom he has purchased the reversionary interest. The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Depot, County Court House, park. Memorial Hall, tho chief Are engine house, public library, and many other prominent public buildings are located on tho strip, which is nearly 1,000 feet wide in some places and runs the entire length of Toledo. Many

millions of dollars are at stake and the case has interest all through Ohio, as it affects all the towns along the canal, including the famous Paulding reservoir, whieh embraces nearly 4,000 acres, valued at $53 an acre. BRITISH VICTORY AT SUAKIN. Several Hundred Men Slain and Troops Driven Toward Handoub. Dispatches from Suakin give the details of a combined attack upon the rebel position by the British and Egyptian forces. They stormed the redoubts and trenches, and after a brilliant engagement lasting half an hour drove the enemy into the bush, scoring a complete victory. The British troops are encamped in the rebel position. The British lost four men killed and two wounded during a gallant cavalry charge. The Egyptian and black regiments charged the trenches and carried them brilliantly, losing two men killed and thirty wounded. The only officers injured in the attacking force were two Egyptians. The rebel loss is placed at 400. Osman Digna’s nephew, the Emir of Trinkitat. and twelve dervishes were captured. AU are wounded.

MRS. OGDEN’S NOBLE GIFT. The Widow of a Former Chicago Millionaire Founds a Memorial Hospital. The Arnot-Ogden memorial, a gift to Elmira, N. Y., from Mrs. Marrianna Ogden, has been dedicated. The institution is one of the finest in the country. The whole cost, about SIOO,OOO, was borne by the donator. In addition to the donation of the fully equipped hospital and nine acres of land to Elmira, various members of the Arnot family endowed beds to the amount of $50,000. The coremonies were witnessed by many distinguished people. Mrs. Ogden was formerly a resident of Chicago, having married the late William B. Ogden, who was one of the most prominent business men of that city. A Fraudulent Marriage. Recently, .at North Adams, Mass., Thos. Raidy married Mrs. Margaret Moore, being first compelled to show that his first wife was dead. The sudden departure of the pair excited suspicion, and developments show that the documents purporting to prove that the first Mrs. Raidy had departed this life were forgeries, and that the woman is still living, in a destitute condition, at Port Henry, N. Y. Heavy Losses Caused by Rain. Heavy rains in Pennsylvania, New York, and Connecticut caused the rapid rise of the Susquehanna, Lackawanna, Mohawk, and Connecticut Rivers, and much damage was done in places. At Scranton, Pa., a loss of $75,000 was caused to the Jersey Central Railroad Company by damage to bridges and track and a damage of $90,000 resulted in the city. Miners Favor a National Order. Clay County (Ind.) miners, embracing the largest mining district in that State, met in mass convention at Brazil and indorsed the action of the Columbus (Ohio) convention in recommending one national order for the miners of the United States. Steps were also taken looking to the enactment of better laws for the safety of miners in that State. Editor Matthews Dead. J. N. Matthews, editor and proprietor of the Buffalo (N. Y.) Express, is dead. He was born on Nov. 21, 1828, in Bungay, County of Suffolk, England. He made the Express a widely circulated and muchquoted paper, and succeeded in placing it upon a sound financial basis. Two children, survive him—George E. and Frances Amy, wife of Charles B. Graves. Mrs. Matthews died last February. Hanged on a Picket Fence. Samuel Davis, the 22-year-old son of William Davis, a wealthy farmer living near Jeffersonville, Ind., was found dead with his neck caught between the palings of the fence. He undertook to climb the fence and, slipping, was killed. Prince Eugene Dead. Prince Eugene of Savoie-Carignan is dead at Turin. He was 72 years of age and was an Admiral in the Italian navy.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Prime Steerss 4.50 © 5.00 Medium 3.50 @ 4.25 Common 2.75 & 3.25 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4.50 ©5.25 Sheep 3.00 & 5.00 Wheat—*,o. 2 Red 1.03 © 104 Corn—No. 233)4© .34)4 Oats—No. 2 .25)4© .26 Rye—No. 250 © .51 Butter—Choice Creamery 27 © .30 Cheese—Full Cream, fiatlo)4© .11)4 Eggs—Fresh2o © .21 Potatoes—Car-loads, per bu3o © .35 Pork—Mess 12.75 @13.25 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 95)4© ,97U Corn—No. 3 31 © .32 Oats—No. 2 White27)4© .28)4 Rye—No. 1 .51 © .52 Barley—No 2 66 © 68 Pork—Mess 12.75 @13.25 DETROIT. Cattle 4.00 © 5.25 Hogs 4.51 @ 5.25 Sheep ?.00 @4 25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.04 @lO5 Corn—No. 2 White 35 © .36 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 28 @ .30 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 103 @ 1.06 Corn—May 36 © .36)4 Oats—No. 2 White... 26 @ 30 NEW YORK. Cattle 4.00 @ 5.25 Hogs 5,00 © 5.75)4 Sheep 4.00 @ 7.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.06 ©1.07 Corn—No. 2 47 @ ..44J Oats—White 33 @ ’4O Pork—New Mess 14.50 @15.25 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 5.00 @ 5.75 Hogs 4.75 (g, 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 1.01 @ 102 Corn—No. 2 30 @ .31 Oats—No.-2 24)4® .25)4 Barley—lowa 62 @ 63 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle 3.C0 @ 4.50 Hogs 5,00 © 5.25 SB EBP 3.CQ @ 4.50 Lambs 3.50 © 500 CINCINNATI. Hogs 4-50 @ 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.04 @ 1 414 Corn—No. 2T..., 35 @ Oats —No. 2 Mixed 27 © .28 Rye—No. 2f6 © Pork—Mess... 14.50 @15.00 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Prime 42.5 @ 5.00 Fair 3.25 @ 4.25 Common 2.50 @ 3.00 H0g5..... 5.00 © 5.25 Sheep 4.00 @ 5.00 LaMBO. 5.00 ifj e.fio

THAT BANKRUPT CANAL.

M. DE LEBSEPS* GREAT SCHEME FAILS FOR VARIOUS REASONS. The Panama Canal Company Announces that It Will Not Be Able to Continue — Action of the French Chamber of Deputies—Late News by Wire. [London special telegram.] The Panama Canal Company has defaulted on the payment of a quarter’s interest, 3,750.000 francs on 500,000,000 francs, which is the par value of the bonds issued prior to the lottery bonds. The French Chamber of Deputies has voted urgency for legislation, which, by legally postponing the evil day three months, enables the company to evade the ordinary penalties of bankruptcy. The failure of the last attempted loan was unexpectedly complete. M. de Lesseps asked for about $75,000,000, and at the same time he announced that if the people should lend him $26,000,000 (taking 400,000 bonds at $65 each) he would go on with the work. M. de Lesseps and his colleagues have resigned from the Tribunal of the Seine. At their request the tribunal appointed M. Hue, M. Baudelot. and M. de Nounandie to settle up the Panama Canal Company affairs. DE LESSEPS BROKEN DOWN. e> The Failure of His Panama Scheme Unnerves Him. [Paris telegram.] The embarrassment of the Panama Canal Company was the topic of excited controversy in all public places. Ten minutes after the vote was given in the Chamber a Figaro correspondent called on De Lesseps. “Eh bien, monsieur, do you know the result of the vote?” asked the correspondent. “No,” replied De Lesseps. "The Government bill is rejected.” De Lesseps suddenly became pale; he was speechless; he placed a handkerchief to his lips to stifle a cry. Then becoming calm he said: “Mais e’est impossible;” then in a murmur he repeated: “Cost impossible.” "C’est indigne." exclaimed Mme. de Lesseps. "I do not believe it,” broke in De Lesseps, vehemently, ‘that a French Chamber will thus sacrifice the interests of the nation. They forget that a milliard and a half of savings of the French people are compromised by this vote, and they could have saved all this by a firm decision. This will be a triumpti for our enemies and disaster for our flag.” Le Figaro says editorially: “The Chamber plays into the hands of the Americans, who always predicted the non-completion of the canal, and it is a blunder the republic will be the first to suffer for.” THE FEELING IN NEW YORK. Men Who Had Invested in De Lesseps* Scheme Will Not Own Up. [New York telegram.] Nobody in. Wall street will admit bow that he lias had any sort of interest in the Panama Canal scheme. Those who were most boastful of their relations with it are now more than discreetly silent, and glibly repudiate all their past utterances. A brief order by cable gave instructions to Count Colone, the head of the New York office, to refund to Americans all subscriptions made to the collapsed bond scheme, and directing him to stop all payment demanded on any account. No instructions reached here from official sources, though Wall street was deluged with cable dispatches telling of financial trouble, probable and possible, apprehended in Paris and throughout France. How great an interest Americans have in the collapsed company is not to be easily ascertained. It is declared on authority that not less than $150,000, and nrobablv $250,000, was subscribed here for the bonds. “The effect of the failure of the Panama Canal scheme on the Nicaragua Canal enterprise," said a representative of the latter, “is difficult to estimate. It removes from our way a possible claimant to rivalry as a waterway, but further than this and the probable concentration of attention and interest in the Nicaragua Canal I can see no immediate effect. We have never seriously regarded the Panama Canal as a rival, because even if the Panama route had been possible it would have made impracticable the general use of sailing vessels on account of the windless area that extends info the Pacific from the vicinity of Panama Bay. The Panama Canal would have been as useless for sailing craft as the Suez Canal, through which only one jailing vessel has ever passed, and that was a pleasure yacht. We have every reason to believe that we shall begin work on the canal next spring and that we shall then push it forward to completion with the utmost rapidity. From the very best engineering opinions that we have been able to secure the maximum of time will not exceed six years.”

FATHER DOUGHERTY’S CURSE.

Misfortune Attends Those Who Fall Under a Priest’s Displeasure. [Springfield (Mass.) dispatch.] “Another victim of Father Dougherty’s curse," was the exclamation heard on hearing of ex-Mayor O’Connor’s death in Holyoke, Forty years ago a Catholic priest in Springfield, Father Dougherty, was charged with the betrayal of a young lady. The Sunday following the exposure a crowd of forty or more excited parishioners gathered at the church door and refused the Father admission. The angry priest thereupon cursed those whose hands were turne’d against him, and it is declared that nearly all of those cursed have died unnaftiral deaths, while their children have not been exempted from suffering. Three or four of the “accursed” are still alive. Among them is Owen O’Connor, of Springfield. Two years ago O’Connor’s youngest son. Dr. P. J. O’Connor, committed suicide; another son, ex-Mayor O’Connor, of Holyoke, died of apoplexy. Dr. Swazey fell through a bridge near Northampton and was killed; John Cardiff fell down a flight of stairs and died; John Topping fell.thirty feet in an icehouse and was instantly killed; John Madden, one of the leading saloonkeepers of New England twenty years ago, came under the ban. Misfortunes crowded in upon him and from a prosperous merchant with a SIOO,OOO bank account he died almost a pauper. Edward Bile died of paralysis, his •"daughter became insane, and his bon, Edward Rile, now violently insane, raves in his delirium about Father Dougherty’s curse.

PROMINENT MAN PASSES AWAY.

Death, of George Routledge, the Famous London Publisher. George Routledge, the founder of the famous publishing house of Routledge & Sons, died in London. He imd been seriously ill, since October, and had given up all active business for a year. He had been in business just half a century when he retired. Mr. Routledge made a popular success with ‘‘Barpes’ Notes on the Old and New Testaments," with Dr. Cummin as editor. In 1848 he began the famous "Railway Library,” with Fenimore Cooper’s “Pilot" as the initial issue. In 1852 he began the publication in England of "Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” and up to last year had issued over half a million copies of the story. He became Bulwer Lytton’s publisher in 1853, and in 1854 went to’ America and started the New York branch of the firm. The firm has a branch house on Lafayette place, New York.

THE SENATE AND HOUSE.

NATIONAL LAW-MAKERS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. Proceedings of the Senate and Honse of Representatives Discussed and Acted On Gist of the Business. Mb. Chandler presented to the Senate on the ■ 17th inst., a statement from ninety-nine citizens of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, declaring that they had been prevented from exercising the right of suffrage lost month, and peuuoning the Senate io make an inve.ti e atiou of affairs there. The tarin debate was continued. The Senate agreed to the conference report on the following bills: Relating io the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota; to retire Major General A. J. Smith as colonel of cavalry;. granting right of way to a water company in Arizona. A resolution was adopted by the House appropriating $2,000 to pay the expenses of the Ford investigating committee. Cn motion of Mr. Springer, from the Committee on Territories, the House passed a resolution making the Senate bill for the admission of the State of South Dakota and for the organization of the Territory of North Dakota a special order from day to day until disposed of, providing that the omnibus bill may be offered as a substitute therefor. Thereafter other bills relating to the admission of Territories shall be disposed of in the order fixed by the committee. The Ht>use passed a bill incorporating the American His orical Association. Geo. Bancroft, Andrew D. White and Justin Windsor are among the incorporators. The resolution providing for a holiday recess from Dec. 21 until Jan. 7 was passed by the House and referred to the Finance Committee by the Senate. The House amended and passed the Senate bill increasing to $651,000 the limit of cost of the San Francisco public building. Considerable filibustenrfg occurred over the Oklahoma bill, but no action was taken.

The resolution for evening sessions was taken up by the Senate on the 18th, and an. amendment offered to it by Mr. Morrill, providing that, until otherwise ordered, the daily hour of meeting of the Senate be 11 a. m.. and. that at 5:30 each day a recess be taken till 8 p. in. was lost. Bills were passed to permit the construction of free bridges across the Red River in Dakota and of a railroad bridge across Young’s Bay, Oregon. The Senate then resumed consideration of the tariff bill, taking it up at paragraph 150, in reference to wire rods, and various amendments were rejected. A. new movement toward woman suffrage was begun in the Senate. Senator Lawes introduced a bill to remove the political disabilities of Harriet H. Robinson, of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and to declare her a citizen of the United States, with all the rights and powers of citizenship, including the privilege of voting or being voted for. The general appropriation bill, carrying nearly $21,000,000, was passed by the House. After a general discussion, of a rather political nature, on an amendment to the river and harbor bill, the House adjourned.

But little progress was made on the tariff bill by the Senate on ths 19th inst., only three pages being disposed of. Mr. Voorhees, after action on several amendments, spoke on the Senate substitute, which, he said, was conceived, not for the reduction of taxation, but merely to gam a temporary political success. He was followed by Mr. Hawley, on the other hand, the debate ■ being quite heated. The following resolution was introduced by Senator Edmunds and referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: “Resolved, That the Government of the United States will look with serious concern and disapproval upon any connection of any European Government with the construction or control of any ship canal across the Is hmus of Larien or across Central America, and must regard any such connection or control as injurious to the just rights and inforests of the United States and as a menace totheir welfare. Resolved, Tt at the President, of the United States be requested to communicate this expression of the views of Congress to the Governments of the countries of Europe.” The senate passed the House bill incor--porating the American Historical Association. Tne House agrepd to the conference report on. the bill letiriug Gen. A. J. Smith with the rank or Colonel of cavalry. The House went into • committee of the whole cn the river and harbor bill. Mr. Blanchard (La.) explained that every item of appropriation in the bill hod been in the bill of last yew, and that the .¥11,900,666 appropriated was a little loos than per t ent, or the amount recommended by the chief of engineers. Alter considerable debate the House od.oumed.

The Senate non-concurred in the House • amendments to the direct-tax bill and a conference was ordered on the 2oth inst. By unanimous consent it was ordered that the ■ voting on the tariff bill and all amendments thereto shall be. in at 1 o’clock p. m. January 21, after which there shall beno further debate without unanimous consent. An amendment was adopted fixing the holiday recess from Friday, Die. 21, till Wednesday, Jan. 2. Mr. Gibson offered a resolution, wh ch was ordered printed, for the appointment of a • commiitee of thirteen Senators to inquire into the state of suffrage throughout the United States, especially to investigate tho election of State officers at the State elections held in November in Rhode Island and Louisiana, and the » residential election in New York and Indiana. The House joint resolution for the pay of Congressional officers, clerks, and employes on the 20th of December was passed. The ■ House bill to authorize the construction of a • bridge across the Missouri River in lowa and Neoraska was passed with amendments. The tariff bill was taken up, beginning with the section relating to tocacco and cigars. About ten pages were disposed of. The action of the Senate on the direct tux bill was rec nsidered and the bill was referred to the Finance Committee in order to afford an opportunity for the presentation of arguments before ■ the committee in support of the House amendment to restore the proceeds of the sale of the lands at Beaufort, 8. C., some SBOO,OOO. Mr. Call introduced a joint resolution, giving thethanks of Congress to Supervising Surgeon. General Hamilton and other general physicians for their fidelity and efficiency in the treatment of the yellow fever epidemic in Florida. Referred. All the pension bills on the calendar, ninety in number, were passed. The legis--1 tive appropriation bill was referred tothe Committee on Appropriations. The Senate bill to open abandoned military reservations in Nevada was passed. The - Senate in executive session confirmed all i the army and navy nominations that have been sent in this session except the six new staff appointments. The Senate also confirmed the • nominations of Thomas Burke, to be Chief Justice of Washington Territory, and O. B. Hallam, to be Deputy First Auditor of the • Treasury. A bill appropriating $63,003 to meet' • a deficiency in the appropriation for public printing and binding, and $5,000 to enable the Navy Department observe the eclipse of the sun, was ■ passed by the House. In committee of the. whole the House resumed consideration of theriver and harbor bill.

Short and Sweet.

“Mr. Boozie,” said the pleasantfaced landlady of the Tanner House,,, as the young gentleman came down forbreakfast at 11 o’clock, “you’re the light of this house.” “Am I?” asked Mr. Boozie, greatly pleased. “Yes,” said Mrs. McKerrell, sweetly, “headlight.” And Mr. Boozie smiled feebly.— Burdette. Translated from the French: “Tell me,” he said to the doctor, “tell mefrankly, is there any hope?” “Yes, sirp a great deal. The statistics show that one out of every hundred affected with* your disease recovers.” “Well?” “Yow are the hundredth I have treated forthe malady, and I did not cure one of. the ninety-nine others.”— St. Louis' Magazine. The farmer who studies his soils knows: where to plant and sow, and where certain crops will do most good. He knows the soil which grows the best oats, barley, and wheat. Money is saved when the isoil is studied; so study the soil. j