Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 27, Number 23, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 January 1878 — Page 2

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MOTCNING, JANUARY 23, 1878.

WEDNESDAY, JANUAttY 3. VICIOUA l.EGISLAUO IV ITOSITIOM TO PKOVIDEXCE. To men of reflection, honest men, stales men in the largest and broadest sense, say the business nd fioancial embarrassments that bare caned this country for a series of years bare been the most difficult problems that they were ever called upantoBolve. They have given rise to argument of a wider range, to anx'eties of a keener edge, to sophisms of the most polished mendacity, and to -exhibitions of seltishnes which, overleaping ail honest bjundaries, have sought to strengthen its coarse by legislative frauds and official villainy. It is everywhere accepted as an axiomatic proposition that if harvests are "abundant general prosperity is tho rtsalt. If. seedtime end harvests come at the appointed time, if there is bo widespread blight or mildew, no coar8 sweeping over a country,, that peace and omtentmeat will follow, ad the general welfare of the people will be assured. For tbe past six yeans the United Suites of America have been tingularly anJ wonderfully blessed with abundant harvests, nd singularly and wonderfully cur! by a policy which, in spite of Jehovah's boundless beneficence, has filled the land with distress and mourning. To such a haggard condition have the great masses of the people bien reduced that they are now anxiously inquiring for the cause, and nothing short of death will prevent them from ascertaining the origin of the troubles, and no power outside of heaven will prevent them from applying auch remedies as their wisdom may suggest. The figures with regard to the leading products of f arm and fiald, as given by the "United Srat.es Agricultural bureau for 1876, a.nd for six ye ir j, viz: Vi72, 173, 1874, 1875 and 1S76, are conclusive, and should satisfy all men who rt sort to such statistics as a basis for honest convictions. The acreage and prod act of wheat, corn, oats and rye for the year 1873 is as follows: GRAIN. Acres. Pnatuct, budiels. Wheat-. Corn ...... O ts liye 4'i 0 ', .,:t X, tv 1.28817 5 0 Total 9l.-H7.rti7 We akuma that the product for 1877. was fally 20perejnL above that of 1S7G, but almitting that it was equal to 187G, we have two years of aruszng abundance, as also two years of widespread poverty, bankruptcy, idleness and ruin. Cut it will be of interest to the general reader, whoie attention is daily called to the subject of measures of telief now pending ia the senate, to know that for a series of years Providence has been equally g nerout. In this onnectioa we give tables shoing acres and product for . four years, ending with 1876: x xis ji jl . , r -1 -1 OK Ji t i I jT i jl T So -i - -i i Gi W W P -I -J -'MM Ot X - G w W 4 4 . Vr. 2. -I -I 1 X SCOOSSli oci i . 31 i -SO: -4 J-CCO r i. i42 33 j r, 1 1 11 1 7 i - s 2 "is co be h"w -l 3 . 5 pV-g 04 . A. -I O -I ' 3 I . -i at x c at c i jc - I Ji i x. fi I S , , j s j Such figures can not tail to occaMintbe most ner ous re tleciion. They teach Jpfcsons of fdr reaching significance, and yet they furnish hot a fraction of the sum total of the wealth produced daring the year' named. The cotton, lice, eugur and tobacco are not named. The products t the forest and mine are not tabulated. The cat 41a upon a thoimnd hills are not numbered. Tbe products of forge and lxm are omitted; and still, mws these grand resources as we may. we are confronted with tbe fact that foirea Lave been put into operation that have despoiled them of .the rightful Influence npo the welfare of the country. and that in spite of the prodigal goodness of God and the hard work of toiling millions, tbe oountry ia in tbe grasp of business death. We bar not only pHnlaced In cereals more than 45.000,000 of people could consume, but ie have bad a vt surplus to send abroad, ,as the following r urea show: . Tttm followln- ihowo theexnortnof wheat and Corn, flnr aul torn maul rejuotU to ousneu: TEAM. Wneat. Corn. 1KTJ 1HI H7 1710 40 14., 74 170... 7l,;,tj8.

Hera it ia sen that for five years pt

lherehas been an imnense surp'is to go abroad, whil eop'e at borne, struck down by legislation In favot C bondholders and capitalists, heve I ecn forced into lilene?s, business enterprise wrecked" snd the bankrupt courts overwhelmed with business. At this particula-Juncture the people are asking, and every day with more emphasis, What's the matter? They ara finding it out rapidly. Tbe bill to resume rpecie payments on Ihe 1st of January, 1870, had a fang in every word, which struck directly at the wealth, arid prosperity . of . tbe country. Lightning could not have blasted and -with red more tCVctuallj; tidal waves 'could not have submerged more completely; earthquakes could not have shaken down and swallowed op more calamitously. Now, after at much ruin, the peo" pie demand the repeal of the infamous law, and they are in earnest. As another means of relief they demand the.remonelization of the silver dollar. Th?y demand the free coinage of the dollar of 412)-X grains, and they will noteecclo from tneir demand. They have ma-s 1 their wisdom, their statesmanship, pa'riotlstu, their honesty and their sovereignty in the cause of right and justice. Thy liavtj deter mined pn a policy in consonance with God' beneficence. They do not believe it ia used to antatrfn:ze heaven. It is now seen by the ac nn of eastern bankers just what ha been the mitter all the time. Shylocks, cruel as Nero, cold as icebergs and as selfish, as cold and cruel, consulting only the greed, have controlled legislation, and have been instrumental in fastening upon the country ihe present deplorable state of affairs. Tuat tbe present business condition is oing entirely to artificial' forces there can be no doubt. The figures we have given place the fact beyond controver.-y. 13y massing tbe figures for the past six years we have results that are well calculated to atoniih the whole people. Let us see. Front 1872 to 1S77 inclusive we have had a?gregaes as follows, allowing that the area and product of 1S77 was equal to that of 1S76:

Acre. Wheat US.7S t.lit ;vi tf,D7o 7,H -'.-'il JiH.t.'.' l,7li,IH4(im .7-t,K".."itt 10. ,4 ,7in 2U.77t,') 74 1 117 ,0t fti.40:l (ru (Mtx. ......... Kye..... .. U rlry...... PlllH'oeH Buckwheat. It will be well to study these grand sum totals and then reflect that in spite of their magnitude the country is impoverished as no country ever was within the records of authentic history. As measures of relief from tbe curses which vicious legislation has produced, the peopie demand the repeal of the resumption law and lbs remonetization of silver. Til K l.tiStNC The world holds no c!a of people more pitiable than insane; those whose minds are c'ouded tor totally obscured, and whose livvs are mere records of animal exUt ence eating, drinking and sleeping. Sometimes there are rifts in this darkness through which the sunshine of reason steals timidly. only lo b again blotted out. We have for these poor unfortunates the greatest sympathy, and we surround their places of abode with whatever of beauty that we can, but. after all, it has seemed like planting flowers about the entrance to a sepulchre, only to hide the frightful wrecks within. In he past few years great ' changes have been wrought in the treatment of the insane. A revolution in the knowledge and underEtanding , of the dread diseases, mental or physical, that have so transformed the. men and women of peaceful h jiues and quiet lives into maniac) and lunatics has taken place. Instead of treating them as semidemona, to b) chained and gaggjd, to ba flayed to drive out the devils that had possession of them, the greatest care and tenderness are laviihed upon them. They are subjected only to restraints necessary lo keep them from doing harm to themselves or those around them, and even these precautions are used moderately and humanely. They are not Itf c in cells to shriek their lives away in vain ' petitions for freedom. They do not drag tl:nking chains about with.every step, nor are they pinioned like malefactors. Science is patiincr forth every exertion in their behalf. Religion and humanity are united to alleviate tutlr sutTering4, anl the skill of the medical world is exhausting itself for their benefit. Asylums for their treatment andconfiaeroeiit are no longer county jdls or alms house?, but tbe state and the people gladly give of their hoarded wealth to build magnificent editicis for those who are, eveu in their insanity, etill dear to the hearts of their families and friends. Nurses are provided. wVo, with physicians espjcially chosen for this position, watch carefully over the patients con tiled to them, and who hail with gladness every glance ot returning reason. Dut frequently as the stranger. passes through the wards of tbe?c aylum, these places of life that yet is death, tbe inquiry Is made, 'I there no 'hope for seen and such a one?' "As yet 'there a.'e'ms none. Mtrk the vacant stare, the dull, unmeaning look, that takes no 'cognizance of the surrouudings; the lips 'that babble forth words of fool is tiros; 'the restless bands' and feet that are never 'still, and where is there one Hgn that flatter a banner of bopef'' Medicine, tbe arts of healing, the phjs'ciao's skid, do nut avail. What cau undo that which agony, and pain, and mental aufTVring have d ne? Rjnging from m-ld m-lancholia, the b'.ight of sadness and disappointment,, through all types of dementi up to niadnese, where is tbe pana cea, the cure-all for the hundreds and thousand of ins-tne people all over the land? There exis s none; but surely of all this vast mnltitu ie there must be msny who are in a oorHiti'.n admitting of amelioration, and, in crrs of cases, of perfect restoration to health and reason. Tnis inucb s proves

by the experience of the

(-at decade,

that klndQ'Bs is rarely ever lost in irs influence, Ihat love will touch the soul of the poor raving man ".or woman who grows but tbe more violent under the sound of angry words and the touch ot brutal bands. No keeper now is allowed to abuse a patient; he may restrain him from harm, but be dare not neglect him nor .his proper desires. With this much' for a starling point an experiment was tuide at the female insane a?ylum, Blackwell's island, last week that is of the greatest interest to the medical fraternity and to philanthropists. Confined in this asylum there are 1,400 female patients of every type of Insanity, and it as determined to try the efL-ct of music upon the poor creatures. There had been no preparation. A piano, such as is found in every asylum, was the only instrument, and when the patients" were brought into tbe room they taw nothing strange or new. Bat the idea of hearing ruiiiio started them like children to the place. They comprehended vaguely that they were to be pleased. Srue of thtm ran eagerly, others with mechanical precision, but all went without force or compulsion. Tbe faces uplifted to lUten for the first chords were strange pictures, many of them stamped by tbe blackening dye of guilt and crime, others shadowed by the dreadful curse of hereditary insanity. The shame and degradation of dissoluteness aod abuse ruining others' saddened and pained those who looked at these women But there were some whose features were delicate and refined, and whose facts were still beautiful, despite the vacant eyes and the unmeaning murmur of tbe lip. One of these womn,one of those gathered from the poverty stricken homes of New York, is thus described : "She was a girl of 13 or 20. She sat on one 'of the wooden becche ber arms hidden 'under the tnin, faded shawl that she held 'tightly around her. It was one of those 'peasant faces that are often seen in Ireland 'or Norway. A' gaunt beauty, defying its 'high cheek bones and heavy jaw. A face 'that c juld only be tbe result of great drudg'ery and ignorance. The gray eyes, in which 'there was a pale light, were shadowed by a square brow. The chteks were mantled 'irith a vital color that no cerebral disorder 'could quite extinguish, but there were in'ilamed streaks about her deep eet eyes, as if 'ahe had dug her flste ioto them viciously and hopelessly. There was a purple bruise 'on her cheek, as if some fellow Invalid bad atruck her in self-defense; and the unkempt 'hair that had once hien luxurious looked as .f it bad been pulled at aod thinned, and it stuck out in short, bristling bunches aggressively. Added to this there was a mingled 'feline ferocity aud stealth in her demeanor 'as she seemed to crouch there, and looked 'up from und.-r ber brows as if from a moral 'death at everybody around her. Dr. Wilaon spoke to her kindly. She turned ber head' 'away mechanically, and a cralty smile distorted her iuouth. lie laid his hand opon 'her black hair, and she seemed to flatten 'her bead as a serpent will, and tried to draw 'herself into the folds of her sbawl. Tbey 'got her up close to the piano, sat ber down

'in a chair very near tue player, and sne 'crouched and peered about like a suspicious 'animal. Hundreds of blank faces were peering at her without curiosity, but with a 'dull ghuimer of satisfaction at any kind of 'a show that varied the monotony of their dves." She seemed one of the most unpromising subjects, but when the gentleman at the pi ano began to play the aspect was changed. He ran gently through a nocturne of Cnopio's, and the hard lines of her face softened as the lights and shadows of the tone picture changed. The unrest died, away front her countenance and the look 'of peace settled d jwn in its stead. When the muic ceased she saemed trying to remember something, ber brows knitting as if in deep study. When a waltz was played, she laughed, moved her feet in'time, and her whole appearance, instead ef being that of a lunatic, was rather that of a worn in about to whirl through the measures of ths ball. A Gorman woman was noticed creeping up close to tbe piano, as if drawn irresistibly . from her place. The Hues of misery were oeep upon her plain, comely fao?, but they vinished at the bidding of the music, and she seemed very happy. Almost imperceptibly the melody was changed to "Home, Sweet 'Home," aud it was played ia the gentlest, tenderest manner. For an instant there was perfect silence; then it was broken cs this p.tor German woman, bursting into tears, dropped upon her knees. She lifted her thin bands, her lips .noved, her voice was soft and pleading, and, as if her heart had f pring into hew life, she repeated the Loid'a prayer, tbe first intelligible words she had said for months. Tin re was not a dry eye in all the group of visitors, and the patients were awed and quiet. Ooe t r two wept unrestrainedly. The notes of the sweet song penetrated the terrible seal that shut out their reason, and memory crept bick to Iter place and the old familiar words to their lips.' The rudest nature was affected, and the refined were deeply moved by tbe melodies that once were tbe music of their lives. O'j, it human voice or hurn in fiogTS could bring relief and reason to these men and women everywhere living in dartne-s aod death, then wilt seem to dawn a remurtvcliou for them whereof we never dreamed. If love and tenderness can float through tbtir ruined minds on the tones of tbe voice, if the chorda of music can vibrate through their memories, and if the demon ot Insanity flees before this angel of light, may not our insane asylumns in time become resting places strengthening homes where tired brains and quivering nerves rosy revive and grow strong?. ' What is life insurance ?' exclaimed a i u it agent in a street car to a victim ot a nii-td c-xupauy. " can answer that," I rinioil lh V'ptiin -''Itia tb art tit keeniaa mun ior all through life in order tbt

he may did rich."

SEXATOR TOORHEKS. Ill Great f iee-u tu the Kenate.' A Washington special to tbe Inter-Ooea referring to Senator Voorheea great spetc i, savs: The announcement that Dan- Voorhees wou'd rpeak on the financesdrew an unusual crowd to tbe senate to day. Tne public galleries were filled, when the session began, and by the time Mr. Voorhees took the floor at -the close of ihe morning bone, the blue ea's ot the rtip'oniaiic gallery were alone empty. On Voorhees' debk, which is on the extreme ruht of the vice president, were two large bouquets. His chair aas occupied by bis sm, and Mr. Voorhees pke from toe seat of Jh. Herford. in the center of the democratic d'Sks. Tbe sea's of the senate were generally o -copied, and tbe area outside was e!l filled with members of the house and strangers admitted tothefl'wr. Voorhees spoke.forover two hours, his tine voice completely filling the senate chamber, an I his remarks com mandirg the attention continuously of his large audience. He followed carefully hn manuscript, and. was not Interrupts by questioners. Th sp ch did not differ essjjecia'ly from Mr. V irhee' de ivertnees on the Indiana stump. It was bitter throughout in its . denunciations of the financial legislation sine the war, which h pronounced the. greatest possible crime agtinst society, and as amounting to the criminal confiscation' of ovnr $10,' 00,000 front the working and commercial c'lia-es. HwcharjTfd that the capitalists and b md holders were the real repu-1 ators, and said that reversal of the legislation w hie i tbey bod secured, and oy which they had pr .flit-d, must follow i r the liberties of tbe p op'e would be subverted by the moneyed a-istoc racy. He closed by dem indii g, on beialf of the people, the full retiiooetizmg of the si 1 ver dollar, with i's unlimited coina;e, the unconditional repeal of tbe resumption act, the abolition of the national bxnksaid the substitution f r their cirt-ulatW n of gvem nient note?, the reepp'ion y ih government of its own money fora'l pub ic dues, an 1 tint popular interexs shall be con Mil t d exc usively in all future legislation. IMhey a-enot, be did not wish to threaten, but be warned the holders of investments not to force the issue. He was applauded at the clos, and generally congratula'ed. The senate adjourned when be had finished. On hundred thousand copies of his speech are to be printed for gener l ditr;hution. Saying of .turirnt Ktta.es. IPuoch's rocket Eook.J The memorable dispatch of '"veni, vidi, vici!" which was sent borne by Hannibal after the siege of Carthage, was t-qtuled in its brevity by a letter that was written by Scipio Afrioauus who in a moment of weakness allowed the dey of A'gie rs, whom he had taken prisoner, to slip out of his hands without pacing the ransom that was set upon his bead. The epistle was indited to the chief of the p )Iice, and contained the?p two words merely: "Perdtdi die.m!'' (I have lost a day!) A single phras nisy indicate the hsbitsof a sage: ' Siue'baccufriget Venu," Pythagoras used to say ; and it is recorded that when he went a courting he liked having a gooi smoke. Many a t-chool bov knows tbe famous wor Is of Atistotle, Eit omnis meus oculus atque Hjttina Martina," which even in his lifetime has pis?ed into a proverb, and was cited in the' law courts. Few, however, are aware that Betlina Martina was a voting lady residing in tbe nti jhborfcood of Pompeii, on whom the great philosooher had otien cat his eye. Cicero was in ihe titbit of observing to the students who attended his hctures that if he liaxl the making of the puddings of a country it would not matter much who had the baking of its pies. A rrenk of n I.nnaiir. (Richmoud Independent. Oo Monday John K a farmer, living five miles north of Ponland, ouc.-ived the delusion that his relations were going- to "become possessors of all his property. 8 he latded bis rille and went to the barn and shot a fine spin of mules. He shot them in tbe side, killing on instantly ; the other suffered till a neighb n ctme over and killed it. After IiiU had shot the raules he went to tbe hog pen and shot all his fat hogs. lie then went to th house and emptied a half btrrel of coal oil on the fl or, aud set fire to the nous. He had $313 in greenbfcks, and took $300 and threw it into tn flimes. He says tne reason he kept tha $1) w is to have some for spending money till they took him to the penitentiary. 11 cime to tbis place this morning, aud giv himself overinto the hands of the sheriff. Ellis was in the huxter business. An-t kept a grocery. His wife elied last fall, and be has no children. He says his reason for doing this rash work wa to keep his d- 1 relations from getting bis property. He talks as rationally as anyone, and one would not suspect anything wrong.

Tue Uurlai llae r liotli. A Baltimore correspondent says: John Wilkes Booth's remains were removed from Wash ington several years after the war by his mother and brother, and broagnt to tbis city and buried in Greeamouut, in the f tmily lot. The lot is a very pretty one,' the rizs about 15x20 feet, covered with a beautiful sod, and enclosed with marble. In ths center of the lot there is a very pretty monument of granite and marble, abont 15 feet high; on one side there is an inscription to thiaeflVct: Junius Rrutns Booth, rorn Mayl, 17P0, and on the opposite side: Iijd November 33, 132, and on another side is this inscription: To the memory of the children of Junius Brutus aua Mary Ann Ilo.th: Jonn ilaes i-'r'd rieit, Eilibeth, Mary tou, Heury H.vion. . . Fre.'ident Eliot's ennu il report dwells at length on the cost of educUion at Harvard. Ir qu'ries were made among the. clashes of tttu.ivnbt, from which it iteeuis ttt tbe smallest annual expenditure was $171, and the largest $2 500. Ths $171 student was the son f a mechanic, and he worked in summer at his trade; the- $2,500 man was the sou of a rich merchant. ILe pret-ldent gives estima'es for four classes of, students reckoning $!!. a the smallest sum that could be expended, $t15 as economical, $S30 as moderate and $l3iio ns anplr. -Tbe emtilest amount includes $100 for clothing and sundries, and the latter $W-J for these purposes, $-50 for societies aod ports and $30 tor oeing wailed upon. By extreme eccnotoy at every point expenses my t brought beJo $o00 withont ir jury to health, hp.r most studenta spend between $060 and $30. A True (torj(?) Tbe Rome Sentinel man tjys: It was with hardly a touugnt of New Year that a 11 jinau matron sit ber milk pitcher on the front steps last Tueeday forenoon It was with thouehts for nothing but New Year and New Year's calls that a Wbelor mounted turn steps shortly after. bat ket," snid he gleefully. 'fhen t ey will receive.' As he was abmt to pr)l ihe bell he caught sight of the p'tfh'r. lie r girded it for a ruoineut witb a puzzled ex(ire-sion. but as he wis a bacLetor he 1 oi- for I UV Li 1 1 vuvUri W a JO c:tu vcaivi J-Vy' B and ao, with a sigh, he dropped an elaborate

New Yt ar'a card into the i itcher and went awity. Tbe pt xr caller aaw tne card in tl e pucner and murmured, What an ic"eir rut dr pped aiM ther card with ir. The next V'tor iR' thf two rasieboarde, excliimed Well, 1 neveil" in tones half smothered by laughter, b.jt Otopped in another card. So i. went on nrttl the milkn.an came. He stuck his fist into the pi'cer for a milk ticket and pulled ont thofe cirds. Well, I declare,' hestid, "anyone of them men is good for a qiiart tf in lk. without any indorsement, hut it ems to m this is a new writ.kle in the milk business." lie left the milk and as soon as he can determ ne which cr ought to take pr cedence, mme caller in Ilime will be mrpri.-ed lo rtct ive a bill for a quart of milk delivered at the house of Mrs. , o 1 New Year' dy. A Letter from Neerv.ary Mierumn with Itearard Iw Siiittwrilpiluua to tne New Four Per Cent i:mu. Washington. Jan. 1G The following was ii&ued tuia afternoon : ' Trbasckt Department, ) J ah. lo, p78. f The arcretary of the treasury hereby given notices that root Ihe 2t h Inst, arid uutil fu-titer notice, he will teceive subset iptlons fir th four per ceur. tunctet lin of the United Btatex. I it lenoiiiliii)litiiH a- ttoU helow, at par, aud accrue iuleiei lu coin. Ttie bonds are redeemable atter J) year from J .ly I. JST7, ana hear Inteiest payable quarterly un th 1-t .da or J nury, April, July and Oiober of each year, nd are eaeuil irotn ptyiuetit of taxes -or duties to Hie UiiltHtl Klines, hm well mm xxiitlon lit auy form by or under Mat-, iunnioll or local ii ihonty. rsuh-criptioiiH may bd m t lu f-rcu-pon ootids of i-jo, il 0, $ do aridM,uo. and fur rt-gtHteretl botuls of ), tl'O, 0, 1,j00. i,0 V uuO IO,(X'. two p rc.-i.t. on (lift purch.iMs money mu-t ivouompan Hie subvrip ion; tne remainder may be imld ut the pleasure of the purcbaser, at the time of the sabscription or witlilii days iherealter, wllli Intere t on the umojut of sub-crip io:i at the rate of 4 p.r cent, per annum lo the date or payment. Uiu receipt of full p.y nient the b mU wib he tratiMnltted f r e of etiargo to e,ul)tcrib.-rs. and a cniuniHi-loii of one louitlt of oue r cen .win bjadowtd upon Hid nriu.unlof tubcriptiou4, b it novom-till-hio i iJl bi aut upon an. Mnt;le utscrlption I snthaii fl.uw. Fo rnsof applt atKn vill bj furuiilied by ihe ir nsu-er nt Washington, assistant treasurers at Haltimore, IJos:oi, Clii-axo, I'im ln. ail. New Ori-jms, New York, l u l:vlt lpiun, t. l.oui and Sjm Fraiicltt-o, and by nil lonalbanksa ,d bankets gr-neially. Appllcatio m mut spK-ify the omouut and iteuoiiilnat'ons required, itnd for r mistered b md- the mil in me of Ht oflice wldress ol tho pers n to a horn the bonds shall be made p-tyubi. The tnten st on nglsteied bonds w l.l le pnlit by ctieck, Issued bv the t eaurer of tbe Umtmt otateK, io itieorterof the holder, and mailed to his addreo. The check lnr,ayhbieoii pre entntion properly Inoorwed at the oftie.es or the treasurer and aKitant treasurer ot the United Slate. Payments mty be inaile in ccln to the tieumrer f the United Ktates at W'a-I.lns'on, or assisiant treasurers at il.it-nuore. H fton, lncago, tliiutnnatt. New O leans New York, Piiildelphia, K. Jiouls and Nan Francisco. I'o promote tho convenience of sub-icnb rstfie deimrinient wi1Ih1m receive, lu lieu of tlie coin ca!lt bonilM of tne Uuiei M aies, coupt:ns padueou maturity within I d-.yx. or n 'Id critillcutes lunt nnr!er I lies ct of March 3, 181 and national banks will bj designated us depositories under the pnvisions of ttctoii 5.1.M of th revised 'tatutes ot the Uiil'- O States, to receive depo-l's on account of this loun, uuder legut.tious to be neieafter pre scribed. ISigneu) Jonx RnsttMAS, Fecretary of the Treasury. Openlncr of ltrlUmMt The Qnecn'n ixpeeeii be leals With tbe itateru 'I totiblew. Loxdov, Jan. 17. rarllament met to day. As the u, neii did not iiwu the sesMou m pereon llio.e was nu rtaut ceretuo iui,and tne pioceeUli gs were coutliu-d U what usually lakes p ac -, when opening Is bv royal eo'iimissiou. J r.e weatlier w vety flue, bd.ng clear aud ex jeptiotiiilly milJ. Foilowiug la . II EH M. 3 t TY 8 SPEECH i MYLor.rw i o.ml.klk t u ve thouzhf. fit toa-semcleyoa h foie ilio usual period of yoar me!tiiii: la onler tunt you muy oeeoine acquainted wilu tbe ertorts I Intvn ma-je to terminate the war UevaL 1 g eeteru Europe and Armenia, aud that I nugat Iihvo the ail vice and anidslaiice of my p-rll mi-mi iu the preoent. kuiui of public anairs. Yoj tue aware that a.ur haviug uufucce-btully striven to avert Hint war, 1 il J ared ny init-pi Ion to. observe neutrulity ill a contest wuicll X lm"Uled. but f illed to pitv, iu, m1o. g as the mit-resin ot my empise. as d tineit by my Kovernmeut, were, not threatened.' I expie-i ed hl the nin- iltno my earnet desire i o avail me.'f o- auyopportunhy whic i might present l'seli for pr -moling a pttauelul oeUlement of the queslioiis at . is tie betweou t:e belligerent powers. Ttie sui-cesse' obt lined by the Huolan arms iu Europe and Aia eonvlnced the porte thai It should endeavor to c .se the hostilities which ib chiibIiik immense Hufteilngs to it suojfcts. The .oernuieui. of the sultan Hccoruiugiy addrcsseil to the neutral powors parties lo treaties relating to Turkish empire n appeel lor their go xl orllces. It did not. however appear to a nmjurltv or the powers, thus add res d, that they could Uselully ournp y with me n quest, and they commuolcated this opinion to the po.te. The porte then determined on making a separate appeal to irn coverriment.aud 1 at once au reed, to make Inquiry of the emperor of Ituia whet er bl-t unperial in.- Jesty would eutertaia overtures for p aoe. The emperor ex pres ed, in rply, his earnest eslre-lor leacc, aud htateii at tbe same lime his opluion as to the course whl:li should Ia pursued for It attainment. I lon this subject communicatioua tiave taken p ace bet we n ibe governments of Hus.laand T -rkey, luonli 'i u key, through my good offices, and . 1 earn sr)y trust they may iivl to a pacific solution of ihe points at i sue and to a termination of the war. No etrrtson my part will be wanting to promote that resnP, Ilithcno, k far as the war baa proceeded, neither of the beiliger uts have in frinKedon the eonditloi.s on w hich my neutrality in ouudeil, and I 'willingly believe bvth parties a e desirous to re-pect hem so far a-t It may be in their p wer. Ho Ion as these conditions are not Inirl' Bed my attitudt will conilu t!if fam. but T ci 11 not conceal Irorn mys4 If tbatshould hostilities bj unforlnnutely piolcuited, some unexpi cuHl oturrence imy reiiv er it lncutnh-iit Oil me t adopt mevurra ofjuecautiou. - ,ch measures could nut be effectual y take j without al-qua'e preparation, a .d I f rns. to the liberality of my p iriiameni to e-upply the means which iuh.v be required or that purposo. i'apers on ttiese n ft -tir will be forthwith laid before yon My relations with t -reiu owers continue frle- dly. I am lha tktul thnt the terri'ole ta.niue which ravspe'l Kout.ern Im'i in .learly at an end Htre iuouH a- d Kucrinral.exei-tiouH have been'made by my local troVer iment to relieve h.asuffriiU8of the peofile, and it tuat-duty I have b t n powerfully seconded by the 1 1 hen 1 nld of luy people at h jiiih and In my colonies. I havecirccst-d that an Inquiry hail b- msde Into the rreasures most proper t dimlui-n the dtiiifer of uh eul.imlues fr too mture. The couditl-a of mtlve fl"ilrs iu fsjuih Aftc- liss f tato -cniiHa mo some anxtety,nd ha d-roardeil the watchful atteuil n of my Kovernmeut. 1 h ive thought it expedient to reinforce my tn.o s in thnt part ot my etnpirv an 1 1 1 nsi tttat a peaceable aud sail faitiry i-ettlement of ll dirj'errnces miy be h' rtly obilnd 0utleme i of the Iioum or commons, I tul've direct. d ini eatimateM of theveart be pnpnred and pr-sented to ym wl'bout. ilelny. .IxrJa and gentlemen, a bill will be laid before, you on the subject of c unity govern menr, and yo ir Hitentiou will b train cad d to the cousidrratloti of t- e factory law, and to the ' summary J . iridic! loo t niaaltraten. You wtH shkoJ at an early periou of thesHHslon pi I'te Into your eon-dd erationa bill on the su Joct of cuttle disease In thl-t country. Y'oue utteutimi will hi Invited to ttie uhj-ci ot Intermediate edu'xitlon in Ireland. A bin will be laid befote jouto simplity nnd expreKsin one act the whole liw and p.x-,iure relating to indictable olTeosee. I commit these mibjc a toyoiir mort ctretvl conslderstlon, and J pray tbe blessing of the Almighty may attend and guide your dehocratioua. The Xtaitet Ia-k aiure Iu Fwsvor of . ta - Silver Itill. St. PacI Jan. 17.' T" senate to-day paswrt ajoinl resolution fav-rlng simply the repeal ot thrt act of eonres deinneilziug M ver, and f rres o-inliver tolta p iilou prior to and Olreotin tbeir senator- at a request un Iho'r repit s.-ii'alivt'H to vo: f-r the Bi .nd tilll, Hfu-r vo'ing down an amendment favoring thorn-iking of the silver dollar equal la value to the gold.

XLV. C0XGKESS.

REGULAR BESSIOrJ. KEBiATK. A Few ntll Introdiired and Ttefen ed FolwKleo vT Sienator Slorioa fcy m Anna ber of SJruafort. Washisgtox, Jan. 17. IU I U were lntroducu aud rdeiitd u. ivd. loa'bt Ity Mr. Howe: Tonnlhh fore hie obstruction lo Inter state eoniiueic- by railways. Ke lei red lo I he commit e on Ju.l icia. y. by Mf.-Oerry: IVovtdln f.,r the c'aslflr;atiou of m .il matter and rate of podae thereon K-ferred to the Oni mil tee on jjo.i oflluea. Mr. Hamlin c.died ui Urn J-.liil n-Koiuiloa a poiniihK Pioident Noah Sorter, ot Yala col.ene, member of ihe Uihoi .f icents of jSinitliMiui vu institullo., vice Jamea ti. Liaua. resigned. Agteed to. Mr. Wail lab said the family of the lata Senator M i ton fuinl among bis paper his v ewa s ameini er of the so i ial comnt uee iu regard io Cbiuise iuiiu gration and, ihe senate having given tie ate a ntor leave to present his views in writing, when ti.e mjoiitv roport Wis t-ub-nlit -d on tne27iht.f Febrriary, I1i"7, he ( Waulr-h) niv p'eaeuted such view and moved Hist iney Im printeii. t-o or 'ered. Aiier tne morning iiusinesH h-d boen disposeii of Mr. McDonald fumiiitttd resolutions ot r spect Pi Ih- memory of t: e Hi trustor Mot ton, and mad-m.iab'e remarkhfitp n h life Knd charNcter of the ie-e-Mel. Nowhere, he said, wuld Ins loan bt felt a- Severely a ' UK hi- friends a d filiowers in bit native slate. He snoke of the warmth and Mre-'gih of vrtVc Ioiim .f the dead tw-iiator. Mud if lie bail faunn let ihera burled wlih him let his Men. is and asnciau-t. remember and i-he 1 b only tbohe klnuiy feelinusaiid s-iolments winch bis higher and bellcriualitlea inoi-ireil. Mr. Tnurmiiii oke ol the tA(tenator as tb man ni hh t he x itician. holding that In any sphere ot life, e uouid have Im -ii a remarkable in-in. He whs not a auhmar, but till speeches w-r- dis-inKuishei for earnestness. In social Intercourse he wa-t uuiveraily courleotisaipl anrahie. Mr. Oonkilng naid be roe ontyo add his trihtile of re tm t aud admiral h.n for the services and genius of the r-tii ukaile msn whose death whs mourned to day. As a t arty leader lie was loo great for ii stale or any party to readily supply his puce. As a vigilant representative he into i o supertorlrt either house of cong e-s. Crippled by bod lv ItiUrmity, bis mind nvr laltert-d i flaire)7 no labor ui-curaged bl-n, no contingency appalled him, no disadvantaged I onye-i hliu, irodeieat dihearteiiel him. Those who encountered him in debate wcuid never forget his ability. Ins cou age. and above all, nU iiidomlUble heart, lie would go down to a far hereafter, not ar one alio einb?ilihed hlsnamebya Mcho;;.tio and etuoied u- of wor- s, out rather as o ;e who. day by day, on the Journey of lite met the rcahtl and tha allairs and crappli-d tliera w th a grasp retoiule and quiek. Jie tteoded no epitaph but his liame, and though bra in ght Corrode aud mat ble mould, men w uUls i.i remember niver P. Morton as the leadb g and manful defender of the republic in the republics most di;e and heroic asr-. . Mr. Morgan (aid thstnpon an occasion Ilk this.aheuau 11 n waspavingirsref-pecttotba dead eenutor. il was noi tittlti-z that the section which be represented knoiild be silent. Alabama Itid upon tile tomb of ihe late senator a h.ntihoi her ever green ni-"s" olia, crowned with the white emblem oi a-nce. auU with It exteuded lo Iudlaua her hear. fui sy.t path 3. He then spoke of 11." Mominent 1 raits of Morton's eharau r, and s-ild 1 hou h his nature was intensely coin o ill ve, hl- ear whs ev r r.dx lo lUteu 10 ili bug es of. truce. Ha was no conptraior. Ills nature was above that me-ii level. Ha waHanpen,bild and defla t antagonist, liis oppouems always anew where 10 find him. lie lived duriiigihe most corrupt ei a of our Ins ory, and bail every oppoilu ity 10 grow ii'h bv bp all h, but hte-caf etl ever? upiulon ofdNhomsy. ii was an noiieet nun. m Mr. liruc ul nd-d .0 il.e Htiachmeiit that l"ie c!. red p ple had f.irthe dead senator, a d said perhaps no puhl e man. except Abra-. Iiam Unco 11 and Charles Huuiner was belter known t the colored peop o, aud moie loved or revortd. Messr. Kdmnnds. RnrnMe, 'Booth, Anthony W-dl igh nnd Ptii;oi-k navPsg pok n, Mr. Voorhees eonclul d the ulogies. lia kmIO H.riiHior Morton and hWa It liearame personal as well an po.itical frieuda t n ring early life, and al hUih in after year- their political opini us Wr re is wi lei vsepoatel a me io e-t, their terNouai friendship remained unbr tken. He fatce of ittelMeot me. lute M?nator as one wot l Uy of Imitation, having been me e great mtn by his 011 etf .r.i. If he could not bo president himst-ii, he did much to put ot hens in that otlice, ami lo dictate l .eir p-nin-ea. The senate then, itsu further mark of respect to the memory of the docea-ted, adj jurued. Hoists Several ImporUut Bill . In' rod need, bat Little Important Cislneaa Transacted. Wasiunctos, Jan. 17. Bills were Inrodused and referred as follows: liy Mr DavU of California: To restrain Chl--nei-e i it in Krai lou. By Mr. Knapp: F.xtendlne the operations ot the liidtt house h wrd over lllluois il wr. By Mr. Ela.ni: For a hotter orz i -lzitlouof the Uult-il ftatesitlKtrict oourtf LouMma. Aiso toau horir.e iheconNtii'-lon 01 railroad bridge near ahrevenort and Oil tchttl. Mr IVddie akel leave to oiter a resolution reciting the insecniity of navluga Institutions and the limited conildence In them and authorizinp; ihe secretary of tbe treasury to ap point pol mat-U-rs in towns of 6,0 "0 population and upwards agents tor tbe sale or Uulted. Sta'es ttoims in d-ncmlnatl.ns of fluOor less. Mr. Wood remark-d Hi t that sul j.ctwas already before tbe committee of ways and mean. Mr. Waddell said that it vim also before the post office committee, and he moved that the resolution bi leterreo to tint committee. Mr. Wood .objected to the odeilng of the rew.utiox. Mr. H-.wltt reporte t a 11! 1 granting pensions to the mii viving officers. Koldieis ana tliors,or their widows, of the Melcau, Creek, F orida and Black Hawk w irs. Ordered printed. Mr. Wttson Int rod ucei a hill to eifend t trie provisions of tti - laws relatng to the soldiets and st i i of the war of M 2. Kef erred. The hou e then took up as the bnsiuess of tne mo 1 ing hou -the tdll reported -esterday by Mr. F ye o make persoiis charged witb crimes a d offenses competent witness in the Uul ed fctates i-ourt. Amendments were adop'ed extending the act to trrritortal couits, courts martial and courti of iuqulrt , and insert-lug the worus: ' And li s faiiu-e 10 make au?u ropiet shall not create any presumption agaiust him.' Tho Mil ws passed. ltisintbee words: lu tne trial of ail Indictments, In formation--, coinp Hints and other prrcoedlngs Hfidri-t jierson charged with the commission 01 Cilinea H'l.i otr-ncea and iniaderueanors in. ihn United States courts ternto.ial courts,. C dir'8 martial and court- f lnqnny 1 i aDy s'ate or territcry, iucluuing ihe district of Coiuinh a, p -raons so cha'ged .bail, at their own request, bat not other lio, be competent witness, and his failure t make such leqnest shad not create auy presumpliou ugaiust biTi." Mr. Binning reported a bill directing the Keurelary ol war 10 ay t he olHcera and eoldiers eng'aged in the war with .Mexico tue three months extra py a reauy provided for by act of congress. Pttsacd. Mr. Cox repotted back tne Joint reslntinn extending tnai ks lo Henry M Htaney,tho African explorer, for solving the most Importflnt oawiu hlnul r..'.Hltrt ..I IhA tint l.fl. t uaanimou-ly paised. Mr. O'Neill peteutod a wsolntloti of the unioi league ol Poiladelpbla agalaH ail le litlou piopoHiug the re payment of certti.i 5 pT oent.. 4 per c-ut, d 4percmt. b uda which were uiaponed ot by the secretary of tue tn asuiy at pir for go!d. Mr. Bright offered a resolution directing the ctry of . the tr asury t Inform the houj' of the amount of Interest paid by th- government to national banks on bmd-t heM as securities for ibelijbnen of ourreney to t'-m. . oopted. 1 in- lnuw men went into a otaltte of' the whole with Mr. Ueeoe in the chair, on 1 host te ol tip union, and whs addressed by Mr. It air or New Ilampsnire ou the tluaticial question. At the -oncloslon of Mr. Blair's speech the the senate c iinmiini at ing i's raoIull' S fla t'ie deat h of th -ate Hwu -utr Morton, and Mr.. Han na gave notice he would oailaeui up tornrnw. Adjourned.