Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 26, Number 31, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 March 1877 — Page 10

;.i THE LEUISLATUItE. ; In Special Session.

, V SENATE. , , )"' ' . : Mos dat, .March 12. Mr.' Johnston, of Tarke, moved to suspend the regular order and take up H. B. 322. Messrs. Dykeman and Burrell demanded the yeas and nays. The rote resulted yeas, 32r' nays, 10. The bill was taken up and read by sections. Mr. LaRure offered an amendment proriding that the commission shall not be appointed before May, 1878. Mr. Reeve moved a substitute leaving the date of appointment discretionary with the governor, riot later than September, 1877. Agreed to. The section, as amended, was adopted. Mr. Skinner moved to amend by inserting a provision authorizing the acceptance of the offer of the Marion county commissioners and legalizing the same. Adopted. Trie section ad amended was adopted. Mr. Reeve moved to amend so as to require the architect to guarantee the completeness and sufficiency of each part of the work under a bond of $200,000. Mr. Skinner moved to amend the amendment by reducing the bond to $100,000. Mr. Reeve accepted the amendment. The amendment aa amended waa adopted yeas, 23; nays, 22. The section as amended was adopted. Section 7 was so amended as to provide that no contract for over $500 shall be let except at the sessions of the board of commissioners, and requiring the filing of all contracts and papers Mr. Taylor moved to amend section 11 by adding, "and the proceeds of the tax so raised shall be appropriated to the use of the corun?ission 83 provided." Agreed to, and the section, f s amended, was adopted. Mr. Dice moved that the amendments be considered engrossed, the rule suspended and the bill put upon its passage. Agreed to Yeas, 37; nays, 10. The bill was then read the third time and passed peas, 30; nays, 17; as follows. Yeas Baxter, Beardsley, Ilearss, Dice, Dunham, Grove, Hackleman, Harris, Henderson, Hendricks, Johnson of Floyd, Johnston of Parke, Kent, Maxwell, Moore, Peterson, Ragan. Reeve, Riley, Shirk, Skinner, Stockslager, Streight, Tarlton, Taylor, Treat, Trassier, Underwood, Wilson. Winterboth-am-30. Necessary to pass, 26. Nays Bell, Burreil, Cadwallader, Culbertson, Davidson, Doxey, Dykeman, Fowler, Givan; Ilefron, LaRue, Major, Mercer, Peed, Sarnighausen. Tobin, Weir 17. Mr. Bell offered a concurrent resolution for a tine die adjournment on Thursday at noon. Mr. 'Dice moved to strike out the word noon. Mr. Skinner moved to lay the resolution and amendment on the table. Not agreed to yeas, 12; nays. 32. Mr. Dice's amendment was agreed to yeas, 29; navs, 15. Mr. Streight moved to take up II. B. 433, the suspected felon bill. Mr. Givan moved to amend by taking up bouse bills on third reading. Not agreed to. The motion of Mr. Streight prevailed and the bill was read a first time. Mr. Streight moved that the constitutional rules be suspended, the bill read a second and third time and put upon its passage. . Mr. Reeve moved as a substitute that the bill be referred to the judiciary committee, with instructions to report to-morrow morning. ...... Mr. Streikt accepted the amendment, and the bill was so referred. Mr. Dykeman introduced S. B. 334, fixing the time of holding court in the 29th judicial circuit, and changing Pulaski county to that circuit. Mr. Dykeman moved that the constitutional rules be suspended and the bill be read a second and third time and put upon itspaosage. Agreed to. The bill was read a second and third time and passed ayes, 87 ; nays, 0. H. B. 559, to legalize the records of courts of common pleas not signed by the judges thereof, was read a first time. Mr. Burrell moved that the constitutional rules be suspended, and the bill be read a second and third time and put upon its passage. Agreed to, and the Dill was so read and passed ayes, 36; nays, 0. II. B. 485, authorizing the acquisition of Green River island, or to locate the true boundary line at said island, was passed under a suspension of the rules ayes, 33; nays, 1. I III. B. 344, providing for the protection of fish, was passed under a suspension of the rules ayes, 31 ; nays, 4. II. B. 60, amending the act for the compensation of owners of animals killed by ears, passed ayes, 36; nays, 0. i . iiorsE. Mr. Lanbam moved to lay IL B. 523 on the table. Agreed to. It is toe mayor's bill. H; B. 477, by Mr. Yaryan, to authorize stock companies to increase their capital stock and fix shares at $100 each, passed ayes, 69; noes, 8. II. B. 57, by Mr. Matthews, authorizing township trustees to act as supervisors of roads, failed ayes, 30; noes, 46. II. B. 461, by Mr. Langdon, to amend section 136 of the code by allowing restraining orders to be issued during recess, passed ayes, 66; noes, 9. S. B. 18, to amend sections 550 and 551 of the code by abolishing writs of error, aad limiting time for appeal to one year, passed yeas, 61; nays, 34. IL B. 492, by Mr. Unlet, for the election of road supervisors, and providing that they shall be elected by the votes cast only in their own district, passed yeas, 65; nays, 7. IL B. 490, to cure defects in an act passed March 11, 1S75, for the sale of certain lands, passed ayes, 70; nays, 2. IL B. 377, prohibiting cities, counties or townships from voting aid to railroads. Mr. Gossman moved to lay bill on tha ta .ble. Agreed to. li. Foster, of Monroe, introduced II. B. 559 to Jegalize and render valid the record of the court pf common pleas of the various counties. ' Under a suspension of the constitutional rules the bill was read a second and third time and passed ayes, 73; nays, 4. 8. B. 55, to indemnify counties against loss in certain cases by competing contractors erecting county buildings to give adeSuate bonds for the faithful performance of 2 contract, and to pay laborers, passed ayes, 57; noes, 22. The Joint resolution sent In by the patrons of üusbandry, instructing our senators and requesting our representatives in congress to elevate the head of the department of agriculture to the dignity of a cabinet officer, and to create a national bureau of agriculture, failed for want of a constitutional majority ayes, 50; noes, 19. Ii. B. 531, by Mr. Freeman, authorizing the capture and return of fugitives from the house of refuge, passed ayes, 69; noes, 2. 8. B. 52, compelling notice to be given of pending suits affecting real estate, passed ayes, 64; nces, 7. Mr. Carr moved that the house adjourn. Agreed to. . - BE5ATC TvtsDAY, March 13. The judiciary committee reported back.

II. B. 483 the suspected felon act recommending its passage. Mr. Reeve, from the same committee, submitted a minority report, recommending that all, after the enacting clause, bestricken out, ami inserting the substance of the bill in a different form. The amendment of Mr. Reeve was agreed to, the rules suspended,-and the bill as amended passed yeas, 29; nays, 13. II. B. 305, providing for the removal of plank and rail fencing from overflowed lands, which bill failed for want of a constitutional majority, was taken up and passed yeas, 38; nays. 3. H. B. 235, authorizing boards of underwriters to establish and maintian fire patrols, was taken up on third reading and passed yeas, 31; nays, 9. . , II. B. 376, amending the election law, was taken up on first reading, ' the rules suspended, and passed yeas, 35; nays, 8. Mr. Bell introduced 8. B. 345, fixing the time of electing road supervisors. The rules were suspended and the bill passed yeas, 3!); nays, 0. Mr. Peed moved that the senate take up honsebilllß. Agreed to. The bill, which authorizes county commissioners to furnish justices of the peace with record books, wat, read the second time. Mr. Peed moved to suspend the rule and put the bill on its passage. Agreed to. The bill was read the third time and passed yeas, 31; nays, 8. II. B. 194, for the equitable disposition of surplus dog tax fund, was taken up on first reading. The rule was suspended and the bill passed yeas, 34; nays, 3. norsE. Mr. Benz offered a resolution that a committee of two be appointed to secure a photograph group of the members of the house, to present to Mrs. Morrison, wife of the late Hon. A. A. Morrison. Taken by consent. The chair appointed. Messrs. Benz and Sanborn. H. B. 549, by Mr- Carr, requiring a residence of. one year by the applicant in the, township in which an application for a liquor license is made, was reported favorably upon by the committee on temperance. Mr. Lehman moved to lay the bill and report on the table. Not agreed to ayes, 37; noes. 45. At 10:30 a message was received from the senate announcing the passage of the state house bill, with sundry amendments. The announcement created no excitement, the interest being centered in the discussion on the bill 549. The report of the committee on II. B. 549 was concurred in and the bill ordered to be engrossed. Mr. Matthews moved a suspension of the constitutional rule, that II. B. 557 be taken up and read a second and third time and pu upon its pas-age. Agreed to ayes, 81; noes, 1. The bill was then passed ayes, 69; noes, 1. It provides that courts may appoint commissioners to confer with commissioners of other states to adjust the partition of lands when such lands are located partly in one state and partly in another. Mr. Priest moved to take up the state house bill and concur in the senate amendments. The bill was then taken up and the senate amendments rea,d. Mr. Branyan said he had voted against the bill before, and he now surrendered and would vote to concur in the amendments, but he wanted to compromise and not press the state house bill until other necessary measures had been disposed of. The bill, with the amendments, was then read and concurred in by the following vote: Ayes Adams, Ames, Baxter, Branyan, Bumgarner, Carey, Carlton, Carr, Carson, Chawner, Cole, Collins, Compton, Craft, Davis, Elwell, Endsley, Foster of Monroe, Fromm, Garver, Girton. Gossman, Grubbs, Guthrie, Harris, Harper, Hatfield, Henderson, Heighway, Hosmer, Uaughton, Hubbard, Hulet Johnson of Carroll, Kennedy of Rush, Kennedy of Union, Kimmell, Koontz, Leeper, Lehman, Little, Lockhart, Madden, Mathews, Merriman, Moorman, McCarty, McGaughey, Paige, reelle, Priest, Riley, Sailors, Scott, Spencer, Swayzee, Thomas, Thompson of Howerd, Thompson of Miami, ! Wells, Overmyer 62. ' " Noes Albert, shby, Askren, Austin, Benz, Cofiman, Cook, Cooley, Copeland, Crum packer, Dannetell, Foster of Allen, Freeman, Hall, Hauss, Johnson of Dearborn, Langdon, La a ham, Oglebay, Perigo, Rea, Reno. Stewart, Thompson of Elkhart, Whitehead, Yaryan, Zeiing, Zimmerman 28. .. Mr. Hall moved to take up the senate concurrent resolution as to tine die adjournment on Thursday. Mr. Adams moved to postpone consideration of the resolution till 7 p. m. Mr. Adams withdrew his motion, and the Siestion recurring on the motion of Mr. all the ayes were 63 and the noes 26, so the motion prevailed. The resolution was read, and Messers. Freeman and Hall demanded the ayes and noes. The resolution was adopted ayes, 58; noes, 23. Mr. Craft moved to non-concur in the senate amendments to II. B. 483, which is the vagrant act. Argeed to. Mr. Adams introduced II. B. 500, authorizing the governor, treasurer and auditor to make a temporary loan, not to exceed $200,000. A message was received from the senate requesting the return of - H. B. 483 for correction. , .- . On the motion of Mr. Craft the vote was reconsidered by which the senate amendments were non-concurred in and the bill was sent back to the senate. Mr. Lehman offered a resolution instructing the ways and means committee to report on H. B. 552 within one hour. It is the loan bill introduced by Mr. Yaryannn February 23, and is identical with the one introduced by Mr. Adams. Mr. Craft called up the vagrant act and the senate amendments were -concurred in. The amendments reduce the penalty to $10 in certain cases, and provide that an officer shall interrogate a person, and shall make no arrest, unless the suspected person is unable to give satisfactory answers. ., SEX ATE. ' Wednesday, March 14. The senate was not called to order till near 10:30. . . , The Journal of Tuesday was read in päf l when Mr. Fqwler moved that the further reading be dispensed with. Mr. Sarnighausen rose to a privilege question, and stated that the journal showed him as voting in the affirmative on the passage of II. B. 182, when the fact was he was not present when the vote was taken, and, if be had been present, would have voted "no." He moved the journal b corrected. Mr. Streight moved to lay tue motion on the table. Not agreed to. Mr. 8amighausen'a motion was agreed to. This left the bill standing as not passing for , want of a constitutional majority. Mr. Fowler's motion to dispense with the reading of the journal was agreed to. ' 1 Mr. Bearss aked to have bis vote recorded In the affirmative on the same bill. The chair ruled that it was not in order to do so. Mr. Johnson, of Floyd, offered a concurrent resolution, referring the claim of Clark county for illegally collected taxes to the governor, auditor and treasurer of state for adjustment. ' ' . . , i Mr. Dykeman moved to amend so aa to in

clude the claim of W. IL Drapier for brevier reports for.1875. The concurrent resolution was then adopted. ,1: The president appointed . .Messrs. Streight and Tarlton a committee to wait on the governor. . , . . Mr. Harris introduced a concurrent resolution for the appointment by the governor of a commission of three to act with the auditor of state to investigate the subject of insurance and report ' to the legislature what laws are necessary to supervise the business of foreign insurance companies doing business in this state, to foster sound home insurance companies, etc Not agreed to yea, 16; nays, 20. Mr. Fowler offered a concurrent resolution directing the secretary of state- to publish the acts of the regular and special sessions and the journals of the senate and - house in single volumes. Adopted. . -; j; Mr. Dykeman offered a resolutior allowing W. IL Drapier $500 for the brevier reports for 1875. Adopted yeas, 21; nays, 14. - ' Mr. Straight, from the committee to wait on the governor, reported that be had no further communication to make. Mr. Johnson, of Floyd, introduced a resolution allowing T. B. Buchanan and R. D. Slater each $50 extra for indexing the acts and journals, and closing up the unfinished business of the special session. , Mr. Fowler moved to lay the resolution on the table. Not agreed to. The resolution was adopted yeas, 20; nays, 12. Mr. Fowler moved that when the senate adjourn it be till 10 a. m. tomorrow. Agreed to. Mr. Dykeman moved that the employes of the extra session be allowed the same compensation aa those of the regular session. Agreed to. Mr. Bearss offered a concurrent resolution declaring partisanship in appointments to office under the general government opposed to the spirit of civil service reform. Adopted. ' Mr. Reeve offered a resolution allowing the reading . clerk $100 for extra services. Agreed to yeas, 24; nays, 12. Mr. Bearss offered a resolution allowing Messrs. Kasan and Bliss, register and file clerks, each $50 extra yeas, 12; nays, 20; no quorum voting. HOUSE. : Mr. Grubbs offered a resolution authorizing the state librarian to sell the statutes now in possession of members, at $5 per set. Mr. Johnson, of Carroll, moved to amend by making it $4. Mr. Chawner moved to amend the amendment by making it $6. Mr. Crum packer moved to lay the whole matter on the table. . Not agreed to ayes 32; noes, 49. The question recurring 00 the amendment offered by Mr. Chawnor, Mr. Kennedy, of Rush, moved to lay it on the table. Agreed to- .' ' : The question then being on the amendment offered by Mr. Johnson, it was not adopted ayes, 19; noes, 53. The question, recurring on the original resolution, it was adopted ayes, 43; noes, 27. Mr. Cole offered a resolution suspending the appropriation for the purpose of erecting an addition to the state building. ' Mr. Hulit moved to lay the resolution on the table. Agreed to ayes, 42; noes, 31. Mr. Johnson, of Carroll, introduced the following resolution: 'Whereas, The present Reneral assembly, actuated by a spirit of pro re km and reform, has with great unanimity passed an act providing for the erection of a new state house; and, Whereas, The happy family now occupying these venerated and dilapidated balls, renowned in the annals of the state for the hon orable record and acts of our predecessors, aud especla ly by the brilliant and valuable legislation of the present assembly; and. Whereas, We have determined and so enacted that no future general assembly can ever again meet In Its foul and noisome precincts; and. Whereas, We will soon return to our homes and the glory of the old state house will nave departed: Therefore, Be it resolved that the doorkeeper be, and Is hereby directed when the general assembly shall have adjourned, to cause to be Inscribed In letters tn keeping with the dignity of the oid building, over lis imposing portals, the significant Inscription, "Ichabod." i Mr. Guthrie introduced a concurrent resolution calling for the appointment of a committee of three by the speaker of the house and two by the president of the senate to visit the southern penitentiary and the stone fields of Jennings, Monroe and Lawrence counties, and report to the next general assembly upon the expediency of removing tha touthern penitentiary to one of those counties. The state geologist is made an advisory member of the committee. Not adopted. Mr. Teelle introduced a resolution authorizing the state librarian to distribute all but 100 sets of the adjutant general's reports, now in his hands, to the 'members of the legislature and soldiers who desire them. Adopted. the pages 50 cents per diem extra for services during the special session. Not adopted, Mr. Lanham introduced a concurrent resolution in regard to the expediency of removing the southern prison, similar to the resolution offered by Mr. Guthrie, and which failed before the noon adjournment. Mr. Hulet moved to lay the resolution on the table. Agreed to.

I SENATE. Thursday, March 15. The senate met about 10 a. m. The journal was read and approved. ; The house corcurrent resolution in relation "to the adjutant general's reports was adopted, and Messrs. Underwood and Skinner were appointed a committee on the part of the senate to carry out its provisions. The house concurrent resolution for a committee to wait on the governor was concurred in, and Messrs. Streight and Hefron were appointed as the committee on the part of the senate. On motion of Mr. Henderson, Mr. Burrell, of Jackson, was elected president pro ton., of the senate. , Mr. Kagan called up the house joint resolution appointing A. C. Downey, F. M. Finch and II. C. Newcomb a commision to adjust the. accounts of F. B. Ainsworth with the state, and it was read the first time. Mr. Baxter introduced a bill to regulate the sale of . intoxicating liquors. It provides that no one shall sell intoxicating Jiquors until he shall have procured a licensO from the governor; that he shall sell only such liquors as are warranted to be poisonous and to kill within twenty-four hours; be shall sell only to . persons . known to be ; habitual ' drunkards; he shall take an oath to commit suicide within 24 hours alte' violating any of the provisions of the law. and in case of failure to do so. may be imprisoned from one to one hundred years, and his posterity shall be disfranchised to the third generation. Placed on the files - Mr. Burrell offered a resolution directing the use of the desks, chairs, etc., now in nse for fitting up temporary quarters for the general assembly. Adopted. Mr. Bearss introduced a resolution to allow Mr. Bliss (file clerk) and Mr. Kagan (registry clerk) $50 extra. Mr. Underwood expressed his determination to call the yeas and nys on the resolution, and It was then withdrawn. ' Mr. Baxter introduced the following resolution 1 : . ; ' '' Resolved That the lieutenant ' governor,

Isaac P. Gray, is entitled to the thanks of the members of this body for the fair and Impartial manner In which be has presided over Its deliberations. '. .-. . . Eulogistic speeches were made by Messrs. Baxter, Trusler, Underwood, Saringhausen, Reeve and Henderson, and the resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote. Mr. Raean introduced a concurrent resolution appointing A. C. Downey, F. M.' Finch and H. C. Newtomb a committee to adjust the account of F. B. . Ainsworth with the state. . ; ; ' Mr. Saringhausen moved to amend by placing that duty on the.. commissioners of the house of refuge. ; Mr. Reeve moved to , lay the resolution and the amer dment on the table. Agreed to. The president laid before the senate the account of the warrants drawn on the treasury during the special session, as follows: ; Per diem of senators $2,9 to Per diem of officers .. 2W Per diem of. employes............ Allowed by resolution...... ' auo Total .... 4,675 The committee to wait on the governor reported that he had nothing further to communicate. Mr. Underwood moved that the senate adjourn. i 1 COLONEL GRAY'g ADDRESS. " ' ; Lieutenant Governor Gray then delivered the following address: Senators Ya have been Bober and you. have been Industrious. Your committees have worked as I never saw committees work before. You have passed many laws, of their value It Is yet too soon to determine, but there are certainly many good laws that must prove, of great benefit to the people of t he state. It is easy to crlticine, but only thow who have been members of a legislative body can appreciate the difficulty of the work of law making; 150 minds must be harmonized to see alike before a law can be made. It is my observation that It takes fully three-fourths of a session to get the work ready for final action. Bills must be discussed, amended and perfected, and It takes time. Nothing else Is so dangerous as hasty legislation. I never saw so great anxiety as I have seen here to do good work for your constituents. There may have been at times some confusion In this house, but it has always been from an honest anxiety to secure what sena'ore considered Important Interests for the public and not from the leant deposition to create disorder. So far as I myself am concerned, I have tried from the beginning to discharge my duties fairly and impartially. I nave ever tried to keep before my mind that thehumbl-st senator was entitled to the same consideration as the ablest. . One other fact I desire specially to speak of, a fact that I feel proud of that is that no unkind word has ever been spoken to the chair by any member. Of this I feel Justly proud. I further desire to say that I entertain none other than the kindest feeling toward every senator. I class you as friends and as such I hope to meet you hereafter, wherever we may be. "' . . 1 , At the conclusion of the president's address the senate adjourned tine die. HOUSE. ' The house met for the last time at 10 o'clock, , the speaker in the chair. There were but few members present, and all seemed to feel that as it was the last time they would all meet together the asperities occasioned by conflict of opinion should be forgotten. : Resolutions were passed making the necessary provision for the expenses of the special session, and also the usual vote of thanks. Mr. Branyan moved that a committee of two on the part of the house be appointed to wait on the governor and ascertain if he has further communication to make to the house. Agreed to. The chair appointed Messrs. Branyan and Freeman. 1 Mr. Lehman Introduced a resolution extending thanks to the Marion county commissioners for their liberality in tendering the use of rooms in the court house to the general assembly. ' Adopted. A concurrent resolution in regard to removing furniture to the court house was adopted. Mr. Branyan. from the special committee, reported that the governor had no further communication to make to the house. Mr Scott offered a resolution extending than-, to the Marion county representatives for their efforts in securing the passage of the new state house bill. Adopted. ! John Ratcliff, 8. Adams, Thad Butler, W. H. Murray, K. G. Hay and Mrs. Myers, clerks, were allowed $25 extra each for services during the special session, and Frank White, C. S. Denney, J. C. Walkerand Frank Denney were allowed $12.50 each. Several other employes were allowed corresponding amounts. Several members delivered touching addresses on "good by's," and all the old hatchets were buried. . the speaker's address. j Speaker Overmeyer then arose and delivered the following farewell address: Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: Before closing the, session by final adjournment, allow me to thank you, one and all, for the uniform kindness extended to me in my efforts to perform the duties of presiding officer. Our work for the 91 days of the regular and special session ha been diligently performed. In that time 187 bills, many of them of great importance, passed this house. Of these only 78 were returned from the senate. During the two sessions h5 senate bills were received In the bouse. Of these 71 were passed and returned to the senate, and the remaining 24 were all acted upon, save one. Of the t5 senate bills received In the house. 15 were legalizing bills. Of the 187 bills passed by the house, 14 were legalising bills. We have had little politics In our house during the session, and upon this we congratulate ourselves; for the discussion of party pollti- in the general assembly sadly Interferes with the transaction of the practical business of the people. Home measures have failed which many believed should have become laws, and there Is the usual disappointment incident thereto. In advocating and In opposing measures here, I am satisfied that members of this house have acted for what they conceived to be the best interests of the people of our state. In the performance of duty here, as In the "hurly burly" of life on every field, disappointment and discouragement, caused by unexpected opposition, by failure and by defeat, beset us continually. Let us cast aside forever the chagrin and bitterness of yesterday, to the end that we may vigorously enteren the new duties of to-day. Let us depart from here as we have labored, thankful that we have so wrought that no future assembly of the state will be compelled to sit in these dingy nails; thankful that we have been able to agree on many things by which our constituents will be benefitted; forgetful of pet measureawhereln we have failed; forgetful of all supposed In Justice done at anytime, and remembering only the kindness, favor and courtesy extended by each one to all others on numberless occasions. And now wishing members, officers and employes happiness and success In Ute, I declare this house adjourned without day. At the conclusion of the speaker's address, the Hon. J W. Lanham, of Jefferson, inyoked tbe divine blessing, alter which the speaker announced the house as being adjourned tine die. Mr. Swayzee, from Grant and Blackford, struck in with "Shall we gather at the river,"in which he was joined by the entire house. At the conclusion of the hymn the house was deserted.

Never teach false morality. How exquisitely absurd to tell girls that beanty is of no value dress of no use! Beauty is of value. Her whole prospects and happiness In life may often depend upon a new gown or a becoming bonnet; and, if she has rive grains of common sense, she will find this out. The great thing is to teach ber the Just value, and that there must be something better under the bonnet than a pretty face for real happiness. ' But never sacrifice truth.

SOXQ OF THE HEART. . ,

. . . BT PHOXBB CART.' . , , They may tel' forever of words of bloom, Beyond the skies and beyond fne tomb " Of the sweet repose and tJu- mpi 11 re there, That are not found in tr.e world of cure; But not to me can the present nem Like a foolish tale or an idle drtaui. Oh, I know that the bowers of Heaven are . fair, ... t .. And I know that the waters of life are there; But I do not long for their happy flow, While there burst such fountains of bliss 1 belcw; And I would not leave, for the rest above. The faithful bosom of trusting love I . There are angels here; they are seen the while In each love-lit brow and each gentle smile; There are seraph voices that meet the ear. In the kindly tone and the word of cheer And ligut, such light as they have above, Beams on us here from the eye of love I Yet, when It cometh my time to die, I would turn from this bright world willingly; Though, even then, would the thoughts f this Tinge every dream of that land of bliss; And I fain would lean on the loved for aid, Nor walk alone through the vale and shade. And If 'tis mine, till life's changes end, To guard the heart of one faithful friend, Whatever the trials of earth may be. On the peaceful shore or the restless sea ' In a palace home or the wilderness -There Is heaven for me in a world like this. MEWS KOTES. ; Judge Bradley has been hung in effigy in Brooklyn. Corn in southwestern Georgia is as tall as a man's head. Grass is springing up on the prairies of Indian territory. A public school was opened at Crook Citj . Black Hills, on the 1st of March. . . Tyner is to be first assistant postmaster general. Morton is not dead yet., Lieutenant Governor Dorsheimer has formed a partnership with a New York law firm. William A. Gale, a New York lawyer, has been disbarred for misconduct in a divorce case. Toward establishing the international fair at Fort Gibson, Indian territory, $1,800 have been subscribed. Saline county, Missouri, has sent 64 criminals to the penitentiary, but 27 of them were pardoned out. . A large number of eastern people are looking up locations for ranches in the vicinity of Santa Rosa, California. One of theluxuries of California U the exemption from lightning rod agents. There is not a lightning rod in the state. The Pennsylvania board of pardons commutes the sentence of Leukner, the Pittsburg drover murderer, 'to imprisonment for life. A hotel thief in SL Louis stole an old pair of pants from a guest's valise, overlooking a package of $11,000 in bonds which lay beside them. Parson Newman's nose is out of joint Hayes goes quietly to the Foundry M. E. churchj an unobtrusive sanctuary close by the white bouse. There are 17 lodges of odd fellows in Rhode Island, containing 1,526 members, whose receipts last year were $8,865, of which $1,847 was 8 pent for relief. 1 ' t - It is estimated that the total amount of repudiated and worthless bonds held by foreign investors is $2,711,900,000, or nearly one-third more than our national debt ! Georgia's most expensive luxury is her late legislature. Over $100,000 vanished from the treasury at the la-t session. The clerical force in the house is said to have been paid $11,100. The Norfolk Virginian has in possession the manuscript of the verses and address to General Lafayette by the young misses of the Lancaster school, in Portsmouth, in 1824, on the occasion of his reception. A bill authorizing the construction of a tunnel under the Detroit river has passed the Canadian parliament The time for its completion is to be six years. The total cost of the tunel is estimated at $1,500,000. The reduced valuation of the real estate of Boston from $750,000.000 of last year. to $700,000,000 compels the raising of the taxrate from $12.70 per $1,000 to $13.07 in order to raise the $9,145,000 necessary to meet the estimated expenditures for the present year. Captain Boynton has just succeeded in swimming across the arm of the sea which separates the island of Caprera from the port of Naples, a distance of nearly 20 miles. He was about 16 hours in the water. A number of steamers and boats, dressed with flags and carrying tbe American and Italian colors, accompanied him, and King Victor Emanuel, with many thousand spectators, witnessed his landing. LITERART NOTES. Paul de Musset is preparing a biography of his brother Alfred. Mr. D. D. Heme proposes to appear before the public again with a new work on spiritualism. Miss E. S. Thelps, the author of "Gates Ajar," is at work on a story treating of the woman question. The German comic weekly journal Puck is to be published in English after the 14th of the present month. Didier's "Life of Poe" is charged with gross inaccuracy, both as to dates and facts, by the Atheneum of February 10th. Bjorsen. the Scandinavian novelist, has completed a new story of peasant life, "Maguhild,M which will soon be published. Mr. Eugene Schuyler, the author of "Turkestan," is making a- translation of Turgeneff 'a Russian novel, entitled "Nov." Ex-President Woolsey.'of Yale, is at work on a new book, which will be published during the spring. It will be called "Woolsey's Political Philosophy." Colonel J. F. II. Claiborne is collecting material for a history cf Mississippi, which Is also to embrace the early history of Alabama, in its territorial condition. Froude, the historian, has accepted the invitation of the Glasgow University independent club to become their candidate for the office of lord rector at the next election. ' Herbert Spencer's physical condition is a great trial to his friends and readers. The former are troubled that no amount of pereuasion will induce him to leave off work and rest a year or more. Tbe late Charles Edward Horsley, the eminent organist left with Harper A Brothers, a few days before he died, a text book on harmony, which is pronounced one of the most simple and practical works on tbe subject ever written. . . The pablication in Russia of M. Thlers's "History of the Empire" has been prohibited by the government, although the issue

of the "History of the French Revolution and Consulate," by the same author, met with no opposition on the part of the censor. . . i . -. - - ' A new translation of "Gil Bias" is to be issued in Edinburgh immediately. The notes which are to be appended to the new version will point out the places where Smollett allowed himself either to skip a sentence or to trip in his appreciation of the French original. , Mr. Matthew Arnold is preparing for the press, to be published by Macmillan A Co., a new edition of his poetry, including his later compositions, together with some of his recent papers on the questions o.' ' the day, which have appeared in Macmillan's Magazine and the Contemporary Review. . A brochure, entitled "The Catholic Press in Europe in 1877," which has just appeared in Wurzemburg, gives the following particulars as to the number of Roman Catholic publications in the German empire: Hesse produces 11, with 75,500 subscribers; Baden 12, with 37,400; Wurtemberg, 11, with 42,700; Saxony. 3. with 2.000; Bavaria, 54, with more than 380,000; and Prussia, 144. with at least 500,000 subscribers.

A NEW PEACE FOR SI ORT OTT. HeNcwNntHfd to tbe Chairmanship of Foreign Relation, And la Disposed to Accept. . Washington Special to the New York Tribune. - Senator Morton feels disposed to accept the chairmanship of the committee on foreign relationx, to which he is entitled upon Mr. Cameron's resignation. He now holds the second place on that committee. In doing this he will of course be obliged to resign tbe chairmanship of the committee on privileges and elections. His present committee was created under interestine circumstances. t When the late Senator Sumner became obnoxious to General Grant's administration, and the senate, in deference to the president's wishes, concluded to depose him from the position which he had so long held, it undertook to satisfy the country by creating a new place for the great Massachusetts 8 1& teaman, and to give it equal dignity with the one from which he was removed:. The senate np to that time had had a committee on elections. All questions touching the rights of senators to seats had previously been referred to the committee on the judiciary. The caucus then concluded to create the committee on privileges and elections, and to place Senator Sumner at its head. Senator Morton was second on the committee, and the majority of the committee was made up of senators not in political accord with Mr. 8umner. The latter indignantly refused to accept the place or to take ay other chairmanship, and Mr. Morton of course succeeded to it Since its organization this committee has been made the most important political committee of the senate. All southern questions have been referred to it, and all the great investigations, beginning with that of tbe elections in Louisiana and Alabama in 1872 and ending with those of 1876, have been conducted by it t With the settlement of the southern question the importance of this committee will probably pass away, and the committee on foreign relations with an able chairman at its head would become the most important in the senate. Senator Morton seeing this will probably improve the opportunity to secure the position which will make him nominally the leader of the senate. LINCOLN'S BOXES. Trial or the IafTers Who Stole Them From His Tomb. Springfield Special to the Chicago InterOcean. . The trial of Hughes and Mullins, the alleged Lincoln monument conspirators, commenced this afternoon in the Sangamon circuit court C. H. Reed, of Chicago, appears to aid in the prosecution, and Elmer Washburn as one of the witnesses. The circumstances of tbe case are probably yet fresh in the minds of the public. Some additional alleged facts have been given out in relation to the alleged scheme which are worthy of notice. In June last it is said a project was devised by parties prominent in criminal circles in the west by which the body of the ex-president was to be stolen on the night of July 4. This plan was discussed by the parties in a house of ill fame in this city, and was overheard by a prostitute. This woman disclosed the facts to certain men here, and the rumor became current at the time to such an extent that the parties became frightened and abandoned it temporarily. In October following the conspiracy was revived, the informer (Swegles) taken into the confidence of the schemers, and then followed the attempted robbery, the discovery, and the arrest There is now no langer doubt it is asserted, that the whole project was the result of continued and repeated interviews between some of the oldest and most experienced criminal intellects of the country, and that Hughes and Mullins were the instruments directed by the schemers to execute their plans. John Kenealy, a former partner of Feter McCartney, the counterfeiter, was evidently cognizant of it The headquarters of the fellows in this city.it is said, was a saloon managed by Vine G. Williams and Thomas J. Sharp, the latter now in jail here for counterfeiting, and whose associates nearly a dozen in number, have been convicted and sentenced at the present term of the United 8tates court here for passim counterfeit money. When Mullins was engaged in this monument busir ass, Kenealy w:i running his saloon in Chicago. So far as now appears, the officials say they have no doubt that the heads of the principal gangs in the west were the designers and contrivers of the alleged stupendous crime. Special Telegrim to the Inter-Ocean.l Springfield, 111., March 14. The Hughes and Mullins trial came to an abrupt conclusion this afternoon. Judge Zane announced that as he was a member of the Lincoln monument association it might be objected to his presiding at the trial. After consultation it was decided to change the venue to Logan county, where it will come up at the May term. Ilaye on a Rtw Election. Washington Dispatch. As to the project of a new election, the president stated to a friend this afternoon that he had not even entertained the plan, although he had beard everything that had been advanced in favor of it The inference from the president's conversation was that a new election, instead of allaying public passion and settling the disturbed question, would tend rather to continue the present agitation. The people of Louisiana are especially opposed to it a they say the election would occur in the midst of the planting season and would practically destroy another business year. The president said that he had no power in the matter, that congress had no jurisdiction over it and that he did not see that he could give the scheme any indorsement except it should be cordially agreed upon by both parties of the two states. This is not and can not b the caj ' i