Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 29, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 March 1875 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL TUESDAY, MARCH 9 1875,

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THE THRONE OF ATTILA. 0 wrinkled lion of St. Mark. hailing through tnlne thousand Isles Heme fanny summer yesterdays, Hy unknown boats through unknown bays, W hose Bad sweet beauty still beguiles My somber, silent, hears-like bark My bark of crossed and yellow sail And prow In steely coat of mail Below the Tyrol's peaks of snow And grass-grown causeways well below, I'ld touch Torcello. Once a-land, 1 took a sea-shell in my hand. And blew like any trumpeier. ' ?ly gondolier leaned oa his oar, Ixioked up amazed, but di'l not stir. Jiack from a farther Hland höre "rae roilingon in echoeclear Mine own wild note, but nothing more Was beard or cccn in all the land. Yet here stood Venice once, and here Attila came with sword and flame. And set his throne of hollowed stone In her high mart. And 11 remains. The crowded city, cruel kng. Has lmg since paa-ed; yet all alone There si is that massive, empty throne. 1 turned me down the grassy lane. By cattle paths prass-grown and dim. And through the lone wood silent walked, A bent, old bpggar, white, like one Kor better fruitage blossoming, i'ameon. And as be came he talked Unto himself, for there were none Jn all that isle to answer him. I climbed and sat that throne of stone. Alas for p.ophecy ! A'one, In silent mockery of this. It stands in wild, weet grasses set; Aye, girdled deep In tun, strong grass And Spanish clover, such as haa Usurped the Occident and grows On Sacramento's sundown hills. And all the verdant valley Ulla With fragrance sweet ana delicate As wooing breath of woman is. What prophecy was his! He sal J No arass shall grow where my steeds tread t" 0 Kin?! thy very throne to-day Is hid and sunk In waving grass. Horaetlmes the csreless gypsies pass. And wonderat this hollowed atone. Uetimessorae pilgrim steers this way, And wearied sits him here alone, And contemplates the rise and (all Of proud and puny man. You hear The sometime song of gondolier Afar and fatnt. Ilieo Dsiifrmen Sometime draw boats upon this shore, ( When sudden ßtorms blow sharp, and then (Vtmctlmm the celt or turbaned Turk, J lalf pirate, has some midnight work To do hereiu, but that is all A grass-grown throne and nothing more. Some snails had climbed the throne and writ. Their silver monograms on it In unknown tongue. I sat thereon And b ew again ray loud sea-shell ; lile w loud, and strong, aud long and well ; Then rested, waiting for reply. Home cows that fed in lanes hard by IOoked up. A cow-herd came From out the grass In hairy kin, Half clad, nor et half tame. And wildly stared; then turned and fled. The gay old beggar bared his head, My only subject brave and true, Then spoke and asked me for a sou. Venick, 1S71.

NEWS AND GOSSIP. I'altimoro haa abolishgei her telegraph poles. Over 12,000 lodes have been rerdcd in Colorado since 1SÖ9. Pneumonia has been carrying offnipety a week in New York this winter. Nearly half of the voting population of the United States are farmers, numbering about 6,000.000. The number of sheep last year in Australia was 5-3,400,000. It haa doubled in twelve years. The fare between Louisville and St. Louis ia already reduced to f 1 by the ompetltion of the B. t O , and the Pennsylvania railroads. A still farther reduction ia anticipated. The students of Philip Academy, at Anclover, Mass., and the local police had a pitched battle on Tuesday night, and the latter were badly worsted in their attempts to stop the coasting. Miss D. sends us a poem entitled " I Can Not Make Him Smile." We can not publish it unle?3 she gives us the name of the young vman. All the young men we know "smile." Indiana Exchange. The United Order of Tree Reformers Is the name of a new colored organization which is making considerable progress in Virginia,. Its subordinate divisions ' are known as "Fountains." Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes frankly admits that since the advent of Lyd'a TlmnpRon he has had much less difficulty in making his classes comprehend the manifold mysteries of the human frame. "Now, there's a finished gentleman fori you," said a fireman as be gazed upon tie piece of the engineer that had been scraped up and gathered to his" lathers, after bis last attempt to ran a trainon nothing. St. Joe JTerald. From the returns just published we learn that France is the greatest wheat producing country in the world. She produced, in 1873i the enormous quantity of 332,209,000 bush els. The United States rank second in this respect, and Russia third. Emily Soldene has been playing at Buffalo, and the Express says: "Congress has passed a bill for the 'improvement cf the mouth of the Mississippi. Now why doesn't Miss Emily S Id na apply to congress for relief in this respect also. Gold ha been discovered on the land of R. S. Lane, cf East Pawlet, Vermont, The property has been leased by It. L. William, of Middle Granville, who has already sunk a shaft, and the quartz which has been taken out is rich in gold, silver and laai. The following is the circulation of the Indiana newspapers two hundred and seven-ty-rour in number: Dally, per annum.. ".GOOXOO Weekly, per annum .L2,0ix),ju f. ml-wetjkljj, per 11 u u ta -.. ..... 4i,lKiu "Tri-weekly ..- . Z3,ixry j:oaimy... . .. &,iju Total 19,100,0.0 The Ksmingtcn Gun Work?, at Dion, N. .Y., are employing 2 030 men, night and day, upon a contract lor 500,000 breech-loading Tinea for the Spanish government, Between 4,000 and 5,000 finished rifles are shipped per week. The Providence Tool Company, of Providence, R. I., are no w at work on a contract for 600,000 Peabody-Martinl rifles for the Turkish government, ad are turning out about 600 of them daily. The following from Gibbon's "Decline ard Tall of the Roman Empire," Chap. 20, is sow the favorite text of the Plymouth -Church: Constantino was satisfied that ecret impurity would be less pernicious than public scandal; and that the Nicene council was edi tied by hU public declaration that if be surprised a Lisbop in the act of Adultery, he should cast his imperial mantle over the episcopal sinner. A New York letter sayB: To-day In New York the , alang ol "Give na a rest" ia set aside, and the new phrase, "Give the old man a chance," is in every mouth. Mrs. Moulton said it so innocently. She, In answer to a question of Mr. Evarts, replied: "I counseled the short statement because I .thought Mr. Beecher would see the saying

good of a clean confession, and It would give the old man a chance." The New York Tribune of Thursday relates a marvelous infantile escape which occurred in that city. A woman living on the fourth floor of a tenament house suspended a market basket containing some meat from one ol her back windows by a long rope. While her back was turned faer son, aged three years, climbed upon a chair and began playing with the rope. Just as she discovered him he lost his balance and fell out of the window. She rushed forward with a shriek, expecting to see hia lifeless body on the pavement beneath. To her wonder and delight, however, she saw him looking up and laughiog at her from the bottom of the basket, into which he had fallen. Th9 boy was probably born to be bun, and was therefore saved by the banging basket. The German civil marriage bill haa been passed by 207 votes against 72. The Bavarian bishops have protested against tbeintrcduction of the new law into Bavaria. The original bill has been altered in the following

particulars: The marriageable age. for men and women has been changed respectively Irom 13 and 14 to 20 and 16 years. Marriage without parental consent Is lawful when the man ha3 reached years, ana mewumau 24; the original bill proposed 30 and 24 years. An appeal can be taken to tne courts in case nf an unreasonable refusal bv parents or cuardiana to cive consent. An unsuscoss lul attempt was made to add the entry oi fsnaAnt rinatii tn the, fvirnnulsorv registration clause. Difference of creeda between the parties, or vows of celibacy, will not render innrrlaco niesrii. uisDensationa iroui iuo hirriflra to marriasre are in future to come from the state. The superintendents of public instruction for Pennsylvania, Souta Carolina, Boston, Iowa, Indiana and Connecticut, as a com mittee of the National Educational Assoc! ation, have addressed to congress a memo rial, embodvinar the action of that associ aiion. including the follow ins: resolution: Resolved. That as. la order fully to per form the work pressing upon it and make its usefulness still more widely felt, we are satisfied the National Bureau of Education needs increased clerical iorco. and as it is eouallv nlain to us that the distribution di rectlv bv the bureau of at least ten thousand copies of its annual reports each year, among school officers and thote s peciauy interested in the work, of education in the different states and territories, would do an incalcula ble amount of cood. we therefore restecl fully petition congress, in the interest oi the education of the people, to take the necessary steps to bring about these desirable ends. A DOMES I IC DRAMA. AN OLD MAN'S WIFE BECOMES DISCONTENTED AND LEAVES HOME PRIDK AND POVERTY AND A FINAL ELOFEMENT WITII A SPIRIT UAL AFFINITY. The Tolodo Commercial gives the follow ing S3d story of.domestic unhappiness: Last Saturday evening there came to the city a wealthy oil uerman, a citizen oi ueiroir, seeking a young wile, whom hehad reason to believe was in the city in company with a traveling clairvoyant "physician" and spiritual medium, nominally as his wife, and ho applied to the cmer oi ponce ior aia in hunting her up, tolling his storj' as follows: Nearly nine years ago he was married to a beautiful Southern girl at Louisville, Kentucky. After a few months they came north aud fixed upon a residence at Detroit, Michigan. Although the husband was forty or mere years of. age and the girl but eighteen, his constant attention to her and her desires of the most trivial nature, ws sufficient to compensate her for the difference their ages might occasion, and all went rleasantly and happily for a period of about four years, when the husband began to notice a restlessness and discontentednesa in his wife's manner that occasioned him extreme surprise and pain, lie imagined that she was sorrowing and signiDg for the happy home he had taken her from, and accordingly returned with her-on a visit, hoping she would in time lose that feeling and bo satisfied to return to her home in Detroit, there to reside permanently. They passed a year or two traveling through the South and visiting her people at Louisville, after which they returned to Detroit, where they resided together, although somewhat unhappily, until last September. Finding that they could not be happy together longer, they mutually agreed that she should apply for a divorce. She made application at once, but there being some delay in the matter, and, she feeling too proud to accept aid for her support, in the meantime, from her husband or her people. accepted a position as a copyist In the house of a Pittsburg firm, where she remained until the 5th. of last December. The firm failed about this time and she was thrown out oi employment, with n re sources at hand with which to support herself. In a moment of despair her eye lighted on an advertisement in a Pittsberg pap r, for a lady traveling companion. She auswered the advertisement, and the husband says, left Pittsburg in company with the party who had advertised for a companion, as his wife . They traveled for tome weeks together as man and wife.but her companion uut proving kind to'her she communicated to a lady .friend of hers, in Detroit, what she had done, and said she;waa TREATED WITH EXTREME CRUELTY. This intelligence reached the ears of her husband, wto started at once to find her and tender her the means on which she could live comfortably until she obtained her divorce, lie traced her from place to place, and finally to Cleveland. On ariving there he found she had fust left in company with her supposed paramour, and had gone to. Toledo. Last Saturday evening he learned that she was at a St. Clair street restaurant. He lmmeliately sought out Capt. Purdy and told him the whole story, and said that ha wanted to see his wilo then. Capt. Purdy, to oblige him, called with him at tbU restaurant, and learnlngthatthe recalcitrant wile was there, requested to see the man she was with, and ha was summoned accordingly. The man denied of there being any lady with him except hi- wife, whem he said he had married in Pittsburg. The husband, however, begged to bo ' favored with an interview with the woman herself, which was granted. Sho denied that she was the German's wife, but acknowledged that she had been married to him. Iler paramour as.-.umed to be Ignorant oi this, and asked her finally if she had been divorced, bui she declined to answer. Iler husband pleaded with her to cjme back to him, but she refused, saying he had not done lor her as he ought to have done, and she would never live with him again on any condition. After long and urgent plead i ok on the part of the husband, it was agreed that all the interested parties should meet in the morning and arrrange matters. The clairvoyant had been advertised to give a public entf rtainment Monday evening, but immediately caused his advertisement to be withdrawn from c the papers. Sunday the huband wife met at hi? rooms, and, after a long interview, parted to meet the next day. They mef, and after an hour or two spent in the husband's pleading, he succeeded in obtaining her consent to ko to the house of a lady friend in Michigan and remain a day or two to collect her confused thoughts and decide what she would do in regard to living with him again. At the hour she promised she was ready, and the husband, placing quite a mini of money In her hand, saw her depart for the home of her friend. The "medium" was advertised to give a "seance" last night: what hia suc cess was ia not known;

. TUE VICTORY OF LIFE. BY THEODOR TILTON. I once made search in hope to find Abiding peace of mind, I tolled for riches w if these Could give the spirit ease! I turnei aside to books and lore, Ktlll battled as before. I tasted then of love and fame, But hungered still the same. I chose the sweetest paths 1 knew. Where only roses grew. Then fell a voice from out the skies. With warning in this wise: "Oh, my disciple! is it meet That roues tempt thy feet? "Thy Master, even lor Ills head, Had ouly thorns instead!" Then, drawn nsbya heavenly grace, I left the flowery place. And walked on, cutting flints and stones, And said, with tears and groans: Oh, Lord ! my feet, where Thou dost lead, Shall follow, though they bleed!" As then I saw He chose my path For discipline, not wrath I walked in weakness, till at length I suUered unto strength. Vet never were my trials done, Hut only sew begun. For when I learned to cast disdain Upon some special pain. He gave me bharper strokes to bear, And pierced me to despair; Until, so sorely was I pressed, I broke beneath tne test. And fell within the Tempter's power ; And, in an evil hour, liound hand and foot, I cried, "Oh, Lord ! Break Thou the three-fold cord!" And while ray soul was at her prayer, He snatched me Irom the snare. 1 then drew nigh the gUe of death, . Where, struggling for my breath, I shook ray coward knees in fear, Aghast to stand so rear! Yet, while 1 shivered in the gloom, DowD-gazlns In the tomb, "Oh, Lord !" 1 cried, "bear Thou my sin. And 1 will enter in!" Hut He by whom my soul was tried Not yet was satisfied : For then ha crushed me with n blow Of more than mortal woe Till bitter deatu had beeuTellef To my more bitter grief. Vet, bleeding, panting. In the dust, 1 knew ills judgment Just; And, as a lark with broken wing Sometimes has heart to sing. So I, all shattered, Ktill could raise To His dear name the praine I Henceforth I know a holy prayer To conquer pain and care; For when my struggling flesh, grows faint. And murmers with complaint. My spirit cries, "Thy will be doner And finds the victory won. . . TUE CHURCH RUIN.

THE APPEARANCE OP TUB BC1LDINO THE MANNER BY WHICH EXIT WAS MADE THE REPORT OF THE ARC III TECI. Frcm the New York Times ol the 27th ult some additional lacta are obtained of the church destruction already described in the Sentinel: A broken window of the church opeuins on City Ilall Place Is the only evi dence of the disaster visible frcm the street excepting the high broken wall. The wall is fave feel from the church, and almost sixty roet in height, and the portion that fell leaves a tap of nearly triangular form in its rear and upper portion. The root of the church is about thirty feet below the top o tbo wall, and is broken in two places. In ida the church the e ceae i3 cue of the wild est confusion, although the numerous arti cles of clothing, umbrellas, etc., which were scattered over the floor have be?n eolheted In a little room in the northwest corner of the building. Daylight pours mrouph the two boles in the root on a mass or bricks, plaster, broken timbers and other debris, that encumber tb9 eastern ganery. inis debris is scattered far over the floor of the church and the inclosure about the altar, showing that fully one-half the congregation sat under the aDcallinz shower. In the gallery, the bricka that fell are scattered and broken, and the woodwork of the pews is in many places shattered into minute fragments. Three rows of pews are entirely broken away, and others are badly pplihtered. In one place a capssone, measuring about 24 by 12 by 3 inches, is leaning azainsr. a seat, xne holes in the roof and the ceilinz areiaircedand irregular. one being fully ten feet long, of an irregular ovai anape, ana the other perhaps two feet longer, vine rooi 13 COMPOSED OF INCH SCANT LISO laid over Deams aoout six inches square, and covered with a preparation of lelt. The ceiling ia of lath and plaster, and between it and the gable roof is a huge garret, which has been put to no use, and haa no floor. Down through these two shells the mass oi brick fell from fully thirty feet above. The main girder of the roof was, fortunately, untouched. Had that been broken, the en tire roof would, doubtless, have fallen. There were about 2)0 person in each gallery and nearly fcuo on tne mam noor. Ihe panic was naturauy greater on tne east side. where the accident had occurred, and on tbU side were the most of those who were njored. The hall, where the staircase if. is about twelvo feot square. The door through which the paople had to pass is about four feet wide, and the staircase ia about the same width. -Into this hall an other door opens from the organ loft. The stairs run down half way in an easterly direction and then, following the wall, turn north at a right angle. Down this narrow staircase the crowd fairly lell, and in an instant the upper part ol the trap was full and there was no egress below, for the vestibule was also full. The narrow landing above, between the two door j, bears witness that on these few planks was a desperate struggle for life. The walls and floor, and parts of the woodwork around are stained with blood. In the hall below the frail railing is broken off and lies on the floor. Over a hundred per sons were jammed in together on the stair case, and many had to be lifted up bodily from the top. Ihe church 13 usually emptied In five minutes, even when it is crowded. lint Thursday night, when it held hftv or a hundred persons more than its seating capacity, and each person was STRIVING TO GO OUT FIRST, over ten minutes expired before the main part of the house was emptied, and then the crowd on the staircaso hid not found their way out. Mr. John II. Saook, the architect, stated to a Times porter that he had not been altogether satisfied with the rate at which the work had gone on under the contract which he had made witi the builder. "I have tried," said he, "to hurry up the workmen by telling them that the wall was liable to 1111, but I can not say tha', I thought it -was really liable to. I suppose they will make an excuse of the cold weather for the length of time they have been at work. I don't give that as the reason, but I suppose they will make that excuse. I think trat the wind waa the cause. It was a disaster that waa unforeseen. Of course it is easy enough to say, now it has happened, how it could have been avoided, but I did not look for anything of the kind. I viewed the walls carefully, and I could not find any brak or evidence of unsoundness in them. The only sad feature about it is the loss of life. All the rest can be remedied with money." It is reported in one of the morning papers that "Gen. F. J. Lippitt, who has boen investigating the 'Katie King' business, avers that Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have voluntarily confessed to him that the pretended spirit photograph of Katie was the likene&s of Mrs. White, who played the role of a spirit for that purpose." If this Is so we should like Gen. Lippitt to explain his statement, twice made, that at one of the seances he saw the eyeball of Katie King gush Irom its socket and trickle down her cheeck. He made this assertion quite

fiercely after the exposure of the fraud, end an expression of his present views concerning that gushing eyeball, therefore, would be very interesting. Philadelphia Bulletin. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FAMILY. OMS I.TTERESTIXO FACTS COXC1RXIXO IT PROBABLE ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAN FLAG. The St. Louis Republican gives the following bit of biographical history: The Washington's were North of England people, who sometime lived in Durham, then Lancashire, and finally in Northamptonshire. It is safe to go back to the? reign of the Seventh and Eighth Harrys for a founder, and we find him in Sir Thomas Kitson, one of the great merchants who developed the wool trade. The first of the family to settle in the rich pasturage of the midland country of Northampton was Lawrence Washington, whose mother was a Kitson. Lawrence was a barriiter, but gave up hU profession of the law for the goocl and ancient reason, perhaps, that though he was bred to the law, the law was not bred for him, and so he retired to the country to look alter bis Uncle Kitson'a flocks of merinos. Lawrence must have been a man of some significance, for he waa made mayor of Northampton, and when Bluff Hal raided the monasteries, Lawrence being identified with the cause of reformation came infoia share of what in vulgar parlance might be called the "swag," in other words, the king made a grant to him of the monastic laccU of Sulgrave. Near this was Altborp, the family seat of the Spencers, and the Lady Spencer of that day was the daughter of Sir Thomas Kitson, and con

sequently the first cousin of Lawrence Wash ington. The rector of the parish was Dr Lsyton, who was Lord Cromwell's prime commbiioner for the dissolution of mocaa teries. by which we reach another cause, in addition to his blood relationship to the Spencers, of why the lands of Sulgrave should be given to Lawrence Washington. For three generations the Washingtons held Sulgrave, taking rank among the nobility and lande J gentry of the country, but after that their fortunes waned. Sulgrave was sold, and the lamily retired to the parish of lirington under tne care ana patronage as it were of poor relation&bip of the Spencers. Prosperity, however, came to them here quickly, and it came to in away to prove te respectability of their lineV The eldest eon of the family married the half sister of George Villiers, duke of Bucking ham, and thus we sea the Washingtons inter marrying with TWO OF THff BEST FAMILIES in all England. The Washington who emi grated to America iu 1057 was the grand father of the hero who sleeps on the banks of the rotornac. In 1GG2 he was knighted by James I., and it is known that ho was 011 the most friendly terms with the Spencers down to the very eve of the civil war. In that struggle the Washingtons drew their swords lor the king. Sir Ilenrv Weshinr ton led the starming party at Bristol, and defended Worcester. Sir Henry held the rank of colonel, and was a man so noted for his bravery that it became a proverb in the army when dimculty arose: "Away with it," quoth Washington. In liringtou church are twcsepuicarai stones, one oeam:g the date cf lOlb over the grave of the lather of ashington. the emigrant, in which his arms appear imDaled with those of his wife. Ihe other stone covers the remains of his uncle, and presents on a bass the simple family shield .with the crescent appropriate to a younger brother. We have before us a transcript of this shield, and from it we are constrained to believe that the United States flag as seen now very certainly took Ha origin. In this shield are Ave horizontal stripes, oi alternate crules and white, as are those of the national flaj;, while the three stars in the upper stiipe have the parallel peculiarity ot being nve pointed. All of this may not beot interest to those who care very little whether George Washington had a grand father or not, but then ajsin there may be others who will not think anv the less of the Father ol the Great Republic because his ancestors fought against Cromwell and his Ironsides to keep Charles a head upon nis snouiaers. "GOING TO MARIA." A MAN WHO HAD EVIDENTLY TRAVELED HOW HE SOLD SOME TICKET SCALPERS. The St. Joseph (Mo. J Herald gives to the world the following story which haa an ap plication which will be generally appre ciated by the traveling public: Just at this time there U a lively competition among railroad ticket agents to secure travel over their re?rectlve lines. Kates East have been cut. travel has increased in consequence, and each Western road wants to have its full share. Yesterday a portly, pleasant-looking old gentleman came in on the tram irom the north, and started up Francis streetcarpetsackinhand. lie was evidently a larmer, and probably belonged to the grangers. At this Drecise iuncture, L. M. Dunn, ticket seent of the St. Louis. Kansas City & Northern line, happened to be glancing out pf his window, and saw the traveler and bis carpet sack. He met him nan way Deiweeu Lon? Kranen ana tne racinc, ana com menced as follows: "Going East, sir?" "Yes." was the reply. "Ah! Step right up to the Union ticket office. Great through line, sir. Land you in New York sixteen hours in advance of anv other route. Finest sleeping and din ine.cars in the world. Chicken three times a day. and beds free from vermin. Butter on two plates, and molasses all over the ta ble. Come right along, sir." The innocpnt countrvman walked along a few stens. when Mai. J. B. Laueblin, ticket scent ot the Hannibal fc St. Joseph railroad, greeted him affectionately with: "Going Kast, sirr" "Yeti." a ciin. "Glad to meet you. Step ribt into tho office. Shortest lice by thirty-three miles and a halt to New York: put you in there nine hour3 ahead of any other line. Finest eatinz-houes in the world. Soup three times a dav. and fleas expelled from the slerflt8 daily. Come in. s:r." Before the a-.tonif.hed countryman could recover from hH bewilderment l these &udlan and unexpected manifestations of in terest in his welfare, Dan Mountain, of the Kansas Citv, St. Joseph & Council Ulufft, tackled him w;th: "Going Eist, sir?" "D n it. ves " (rather curtly.) "I'm iust tfce man vou want to see. Come alone with me. Office 'not on the corner.' Best and shortest route ny a long snoi 10 . . t 1 iK any point, rut you mrougu in a jiny. Splendid sleepers, and codfish-balls lor breakfast. Conductors all of pious and re spectable parentage, and fires kept up constantlv. Come along, sir." The unfortunate man was completely dumbfounded, and before be could recover Laughlin had him by one arm, Mountain bv the other, while Dunn clung tightly to the coat-tail, and he was bustled into the llannibal t St. Joe office, w heranother par ley took place. 'What point are you going tor" wasasKea by three disinterested individuals simulta neously. "Goin'to Maria." Instantly three railroad maps were jerked out, and for full fifteen minutes three pair of eyes Inspected them closely. Then each of said pairs of eyes looked at the other, and finally all centered on the gentlemau from the rural'districts. Then the question was asked by three persons: "Where is MariaT" "Where's Maria? Why, I 'spose she's tu bum. Maria's my wife, ana lives six mues east of town, and if I didn't want to go to her where the h 11 would I want to eo to?"

FORTY-TIIUID CONGRESS.

SECOND SESSION. SENATE. w.tii.i.su: ur tub LAST SESSION PASSAGE OF THE APPROPl ATION BILLS CTFIOCS rKOCEEDlXOS WITH THE BOUNTY BILL AD JOURNMENT SISE DIE. WASHixorex, March 4. uocrs were reopened at half we, ewn thereafter the cousideralion of the river and harbor appropria tion oui was resumea, the question being on wucumug m me amendments ma je In the committee of the whole other than those al ready disposed of by separate votes. They were 8 11 non-concurred In with the exception of a few appropriations ror the Atlantic coast harbors mainly. The bill wan then read a third time Ati:lo, Mr. Edmunds, of VU from the confer ence commmee on me legislative, judicial and executive appropriation billsubuiltted a report which was agreed to. Mr. f argent, of Cal., called up the deficiency fjiuyuuuu um, uuu several 01 tne amend iuenui rejKjneu oy me committee were asretd to, including the following: Authorizing the iiunuii.i.mi 1 Bwu i'uuuc aocamcou as are pruviuea ror aisinoutlon to the govern meats of lucBiaiCTnee inrougn tne mails; s'rlklne out the approprMioH to pay various contestants for seats in the House f Representatives; aupro- --'"' v me expenses or tne signal Bervice beureau : authorizing 1 huut.,. of the Interior to sell bonds held b him in trust me viiuciaw ina.aus 10 an amount not exceeding 8iiiu.ooO, and to pay the proceeds over to the representatives of the Choci aw nation appropriating fltC.WQ for the subsistence of' the f,lopx Indians who have been collected on the t.ed Cloud and Wbetelone agencies; auihorlciaz the secretary of state to pay to each of the iiiiu commissioners to tue Vienna exposition who reported upon special subjects, served on intern sional Juries or were detained at Vienna on puouc oosineiw; providing that hereafter tue wmmibMons 01 an omcers under the con troi ti tne secretary or the interior shall be made out and recorded at the Interior departAir. Pratt, of lad., from the committee on pennons, caneu up a number of liousa bills, and tliey were passed, including a bill grantln mothers and lathers, or omhan brother nrt sisters of those soldiers murdered by cuenillas at Centralia, Mo., iu lssi. Mr. W lndoni. of Minn., from the mmmit i. of fnfeJfp,nce on the river and hai bor appropria"Ä malting tne report he said that 1)1 lyinr... wujiuuico uou u-uii uuvt u iu appropriations eo mw tutu ue ixn-x aeciineu 10 sigu, as agreed upon Ja the conference. It appropriated ometlilne I-'yj vx aiswui, more luan wuen U came from the House exclusive of the Kad's um, wmcn remainea on 11 as an amendment. reverai amtuaraen's were submitted, bat ruled out on the point of order that thev had ue er oeen reported iavorably by the committee. The bill was then reported to the enate. .Mr. Bcott, of Ia., called np the House bill maiting appropriations to pay the awards ma le by the Southern claims commission. Ha Kn that the whole number of claims examined by me wuiiui.viuii iu v.i uns number l, ': were uiiowiu, involving expenditures in ihe sum or EiJO.-tOii. After some discussion, the amendments of the committee were agreed to when She bill wts reported to the feknace, read a .mm i une ana paseu vy yeas sj, nays 12. air. Alorrill, of Vt from tue com mite rt conference, made a report on the detkieLcy appropriation bill. Ag eed to. fir. Logan, or III., from tho confcrpnM rnm. niiitee ou the bill for the LOCALIZATION OF BOUNTIES, made a report. He said that the House had withdrawn its non-concurreace in the Senate amendments, and agreed to the same, but as the bill has been in conferenjfe he supposed the report must be agreed to. Mr. Sprague, of K. I , moved to lay the report on the table. Mr. West, of La. That don't make any differ ence. 1 he amendments of the benate have been agreed to by the House and the bill Is passed. Mr. sprague uemanueu tne yeas and nays on his motion to lay the report on the table, and it was sgretu 10, y fa unyn z. .Mr. est said that this was a House but. It came to-the tsenate and was amended. The House refused to concur iu the amendments! rr the Senate and It went to a conference committee. Subsequently the House did concur in the Senate amendment and the bill as therefore passed. lweciiair (lngaus) saia tne report or tne conference committee had been laid on the table. Mr. Mori 111, of t. And has not been accepted bv the Benate. Mr. liayarcl, of Eel., submitted a resolution tendering the thanks of the Senate to the Hon. Henry Y llson for the impartial and courteous manner in which he had presided over the Sen ate. Agreed to. The chair (lngalls) laid before the Senate a number of billsjust signed by the vice president, who occupied a seat at the clerfc'a table, igeing bills. When thsy were read It was found that among them was the House bill ior the equalization of bounties. Mr. Hamilton, of Md.. said that he would like to know what about tuat bill. Mr. Logan It has been signed by the vice presi dent and the speaker of the House. The chair (Inga lib) The bill has been sisrned by the vica president and the speaker. 1 3ir. aiorrin, 01 vt. 1 raise the question of or der that the bill having been submitted to a conference committee, the report of that committee having been laid on the table by the Senate, the vice president could not legally sign iu The cnair said tuat he could not entertain a question of order on a bill not before the tsenate. Mr. Davis, of W. Va said that he entered his prot est agai nst it. .Mr. uvt8 presented the credentials of the Hon. Allen v. Capertnn, ITnited States Senator elect from Went Mrginia, for a period of six years, irom Tiaren 4, is. litad and nlacdd on hie. Messrs. Con kiln sr. of JT. "i., and Thurman.of O., were appointed a committee on the part of tne senate to wait on Hie president and notify him that congress had finished it business and was realy to adjourn at noon. Thev renorted that they had discharged the duty and that the president repuea tnat ne nan no further com munication 0 mate. ice-President Wilson then declared the Senate adjourned without a day. HOUSE. LAST HOCKS OP THB 4.JD CONGRESS GBEAT CONFUSION HCRRTINd OFF THE APPROTRI ATION BILLS DISSOLUTION. . Mr. Garfield, at five minutes past 2 o'clock, re ported back the Senate amendments to the sun dry civil appropriation bill and the House pro ceeded to act upon them. The Senate amend inents were concurred in, except the following: Striking out the item about the McUarrahan claim: the appropriation of $i2',(iu lor tho ex tension of the bunding for a government hospi talforlhe inssne; the appropriaiin of t!S,O)0 lor a pneumatic tune feiween the chduoI and government print! ug office; strlkirgout the ltm to pay the expenses in comeMed electiou casts: li e appropriation ofljt'.ixxi ior bouuties to sailors and marines under the existing laws; the amendment striking out the item for the MnUuA voluuteer forces was liotconcurri-dlo: ht rili in? out me item or isixflj for tho Iirady colleotiuu o" photographs of the war; striking out tne item 01 iwuiorcioimEg ior tne navy striking out the clause for the reorganization of the 1 reasury department j amendments making appropriations for public buildings. Including ior uranct khpiqs, piicu., were not con currel Jn; also amendments striding out the limitations in the cot of public buLdiDs at Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Italeigb. The amendments being all disposed of, at4:3J the.bül was gent to the conference committee. Mr. Hand all, of Pa., sent to the clerk's dek and had real a letter from Mr. Hale, of N. Y., recognizing the Injustice done tr- f ir. brown, of Ky., bv the resolution ol censure anpted at his (Hale's) motion. Mr. Itandall aided that, as congreta was about to close, It was better not to leave behind any relic of Hi feeling, and he suggested that there should come from the other side a motion to expunge the resolution of censure. Mr. Negier, of Va. If you make that motion don't put it on that trashy letter. Mr. nutter, or Mass. nt-re is my response to that (sending np a resolution to 1 ve the clerks to committees two month's pay from the 4th of Tiaren ) wnicn was auupteu. Air. spcer That is unworthy of the gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr. Dawes.of Mass , said that the gent'eman from Kentucky (Brown)Jwas in the House and could at once put the House in such a poMtln that the Houmj might gladly wipe out any thing that reflected on his honor. Mr. Todd, of Penn., remarked that the gentle man (Brown) had been asked whether he had any explanation to make of his language and he said that be stood by his words. Mr. Randall I withdraw the subject from the consideration of the House. Mr. Dawessaid that it would delight him. as he was about to leave the House, to contribute to the wiping out of whatever there was In that

resolution painful to the gentleman from Kentucky and that the gentleman had an ppoitanlty to place himself before the country in a light in which every gentleman would like to stand. Mr. Randall reminded the Honse that yesterday a resolution of censure on Simon Cameron had been rescinded, and that to-day a resolution had been parsed highly complimentary to the speaker. (Mocking laughter irom toe republican BldeA He withdrew the subject from before the Houe. At 5 a. m. the Senate amendments to the river and harbor appropriation bill were received, non-concurred in without being read; and unt to a conference committee. The Hosue again took np the business on the speakers table,, nod disposed of a number of senate bills. The biU for the relief of the trustees or the Methodist Episcopal Church, at New r1retkf,ye6t Vir8inia. was rejected. The bill for the relief of the THE TERES HACTE A INDIANAPOLIS RAILROAD COMPANY was passed. , Mr. Maynard, of Tenn at 6 made a-conference report oa the legislative appropriation bill which was agreed to. The House tgain went to the business on the speaker's table and the following Senate bills were dlpoed of: To authorize the purchase of ai-lTe for a public bulldlna- at Tont- krn

parsed; appropriating U3VuJ for public buildings at Covington, Ky passed: amending the charter of the Krmlrann'g Savings fc Trust (xmnanv. relucted afr.r n HiniA., n v.

-ir. Merrimun said that the depositors would receive 9 J per cent, dividend; amending section 8,M2of the revised statutes In relation to affixing stamps on brewers caks, parsed. v.?.Vn?Jnoll.OQ of Mr- Wiilard, of Mich., the bill for the coinage of twenty cent Kilver coin pieces wa passed. At half-past 7. Mr. Garfield, o ., from th committee on appropriations, reported back tie Senate amendments to the denciency bill. arious appropriations for Indian deflcitncles were not concurred in and likewise new sect ion allowing the Jndiaua to take homesteads. Tho disagreeing vote was referred to the conference committee. Mr. (iunckel.of O., then desired to present the conference reort on trie bounty bill, but as' an. antagonistic movementt, the House, at a.h,. took a recess till half past 9. Thecapitol was crowded this morning with P'P,1? witnessing the cloning iceoMofoongrtw. Ihe House side was particularly thronged, and It was almost Impossible to get throunh. the lobbies and corridors. Inside the chamber every available incb of room unnnniH arwi h dreds were unable to obtain ndmKcir,n Th. iloor also was crowded with strangers composed for the most part of ex-members, mnmhera e.oT and distinguished stranger Irom every section? of the country. AU'jnitnuU'S ouzo cloet.umn the morion -f Mr. Pack hM of Ind.. cerminKioii wa t-ivm admit ladies on the floor, immediate! v after a large number entered, crowding the m.mir. from their seats ana adding to the general dm and confusion. At the end of the recess Ihn Itnuu aaumui and Mr. Sawyer of Wis., from the cenferenc committee on the river and harbor bill, mJe a report which was agreed to. He slated that the aggregate of the bill was 8,i0,i)t0. Air. Cox. Of JJ. X.. protested against Iii ruiai of appropt itition bills under a suspension of the ruit-h anu said mat 11 ever he bad a hand in legation hereafter, no appropriation bul should ko through in that way Mr. May card As the centleman. la a cnnrli.ls t for the speakership, I suppose that is to be taken as hi declaration of principles. Mr. Cox The centleman can retire to hia mountains, and we will take care of lesrishiLinn. or he may retire to Constantinople, where he is Koiue. iL.auguier.1 Mr. Uunckel, from the confereitco committee on THE BOUNTY BILL, made a report concurring in the Senat ami ndmeuts. Agreed to, yeas 150. nays 41. On the motion of Mr. Lawrence, of Lv, Ite Senate amendment to the Southt-rn claims bill were concmred In. Mr. Garfield, from the conf?reneo committee on the sundry civil appropriation bill, made a report-. Mr. Randall, one of the conferees, said that ha bad not si-iitd tue report because he considered the aseresate of the biUV.27.0G0.iO. as utterlv unJustlriable lu the present conuitlon of the nnancesoithe government and of the business of the country. Mr. Uarneld said that there had been 75 differ ences pending between the Senate and House. The Senate nad receded on about 41 of them and the Bouse on about :3 On allthe others there had been mutual concessions and agreements, in roost cases the amounts had been cut down. On every great subject of importance he will of the House had been amply realized. The conference report was agreed to. Mr. rjrker, of Mo , presented the conferenca report on the deficiency bid. Agreed to. scores or resolutions and i ills of aprtvate char acter were then rushed through. the area In front of the speaker's chair beinz ooonnii hr members having propositions to get be lore the nouse. For the last hour of the session there was litt! done exc-pt the passage of resolutions, making some special allowance uj cierits ana employes. in the midst or the turmoil Mr. Niblncfe. nf Ind., offered a resolution of thanks to the clerk. sergeant-at-arms, doorkeeper, postmaster and other oiheers for their courtesy, erlic.ency and naeiity. Agreea jessrs. Dawes, Maynard and Cox were ap pointed a conainittee to wait on the president to notify him that congress was ready to ad journ At tins time. II: la. the rressure of spectators was so great that the doors were thrown open to ladies. The galleries were crowded and ihe doorways were choked np with those who could not force their way in. Even in the diplomatic gallery there was not a vacant real As the last minutes were wearing away the speaker was engaged in signing and the clerk in reading ttie titles of enrollod bills. At a minute before 12 Mr. Dawes, from the committee to wait on the president, rf roiled that the commifte had-performed that duty, and had been informed that the president had no further communication to make to congress. The last act enrolled and signed wa one for the benefit of William (ireen, and before the messenger bearing it to the president had got out of the hall the speaker gavel fell, and he took his farewell of the House in a short address: speaker blaine's closing address. Gentlemen: I close with this hour a six years service as speaker of the House of Representatives a period surpassed in length by but two of my predecessors, and equaled by only two others. The rapid mutations of personal and political fortune in this country have limited the great majority, thy who have occupied this chair to shorter; terms of oflice. It would br the gravest insensibility to the honors aud responsibilities of life not to be deenly touched by so signal a mark of public esteem as that which I have thrice received at the hands of my political associates. 1 desire In this last moment to renew to them, one and a'l, my thanks and my gratitude. To those from whom I ttlflrr in my party relations the minority of this Hoaso i tender it-y acknowltdmentsfor tho generous courtesy wiih which they have treated me. By one of- these sudden aud 'decisive changes which distinguish popular Institutions, and which coospicuously mark a frt people, that minority is transformed in the ensiling congress to the cover? i!ix power of tt e House. However it might possibly have beeu ondtT other circumstances, that event necessarily renders the-se words my farewell to the chair. ' Tne speakership of the American House of iU presentau ve is a post oi nonor, ol diirui ty.of pow er, of responsibility. Its duties are at oucj com plex aud continuous: they are both onerous and delicate: they are performed in the broad liaht of day. under the eye of the whole people, küdjeci at all times to the closest observation, and a I way 8 attended with the sharpest criticism. I think no other oflfcial is held to such instant and such rigid accountability. Pariiamentary rulings iu their very nature are peremptory; almost absolute in authority, and instantaneous in effect. They can not always be enforced in such a way as to win applause or secure popularity; bul I am sure tuat no man of anv party who Is worthy to fill this chair will ever nee a dividing line between policy and duty. Thanking you once more, and than kins you most cordially, for the honorable testimonial you have placed on record to my credit, I perform my onlv remaining duty In declaring that the forty-third con Kress has reached its constitu tional limit, and that the House of Representatives stands adjourned without day. At the conclusion of the speaker's address th great crowd dispersed, and the members bade each other good-bye. A company is in process of formation ia London for the purpose of providing retiring-rooms, dressing and washing rooms, and tea-rooms for ladies In the principal streets of that city, and ultimately in the chief towns of the country. No male persons are to be allowed on the premises. The charges are to be: For retiring-rooms. Id.; for dress ing and washine rooms, with use ot soans. towels, brushes and combs, Kla, etc., 3d.; for the use of tea-rooms, includinz email pot ol tea, with biscuits, 4d.