Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 16, Number 13, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 May 1874 — Page 2

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JASPKPa. INDIANA. iHIliKEXT NEWS. WANIII.MUTUX. The Houmi 4Jtiiiuiitte5 on Klectlou. who have lia.i the coutesied election case of Sheridan vi.. I'inchback of Louisiana under con.'deration for wror time past, have agreed by a majority 'oW U report to the House a rvolutioa tliiit the ev Ideucc before the committee doc not satisfy them that either claimant is entitled to the eat, and recommending that the parties contesting be allowed to serve a new notice of contest and a new answ er, and to take further testimony. A minority of the committee, Messrs. Lamar, eiveer and Crossland (all Ik-niocraU), will report a resolution in f av or of seating Sheridan. The KxpansiouisU In Congress claim a twothird vote, in the House against the I residenf a veto of the Finance bill. In the Senate, however, they have but five majority. The President ha signed Uie bill providing for the issue, temporarily, of army supplies to jf-ople on the Lower Mississippi In danger o starvation. Messrs. TnMnaine and White, KeiHiblioan member of the sub-committee appointed by the House Judiciary Committee to examine the cne of South Carolina, have n-ported adversely to the petition of the tax-payer. Mr. L"tV idge make a minority report. The majority report doe not deny that gro ahusc exist, but it rejivU the right of Congre to intervene, and assume that mutter in Siuth Carolina will riht thrnwlvr if they are let alone. The Executive Committee of the National (range have sent 1.H) to the Louisiana State Orange for the aid of suffering members of the order in that State. The li.trict of Columbia Investigation Committee, ou the 2Mb. begun hearing the testimony for the defense. Among other who appeared before them wa ex-tiovernor Cooke, who denied having connection with any organized conspiracy to secure or control e-ontract. He wa examined at ome length. ObUah ltowne, who was a memlier of Congress from New York in 1.7, committed suicide at a hotel on Staten Island, a few day ago. Cause not stated. The House Committer on VoUofhf- and Post-road, on the 2th heard a statement from the Postmaster-General in regard to the charge preferred by Congremau Stone that a law had been violated by the I'ost-offlcc Ieiartmcnt in connection w ith a certain mail eonti' 'n Texan everal year ago. The lntinafter-Jcut'r' " 6I',anil,ion auowed he had acted In tea?"" w ith ,Le Uw then isting, and fortified l'mlon of Au torney-Oeneral a to" it .ou.truction. The law wa subsequently changN but not until long after the matter complained fr1 l"' ,HHn consummated. EiNT. The Pennsylvania oil producer have agreed Uon a stoppage of all w ell for a period of ninety day, beginning April 2.. It f claimed that there is a large surplu of oil In the market, and that the price are o low a to threaten bankruptcy to the producers. Captain John Iteeve and three other men were drowned off Caj May by the capsizing of a boat, on the tid. Following i the comparative cotton state ment for the week ending April 24 : 174. IjCJ 4U.V.3 -4,M M.fUi Net receipts for pint work all V. h. purl Total reca-iei IroniSept. 1 to dale all 17. s. ru Kort lor past week iruiu all ri Total exiH.rls lr.-m -.t. 1 to .lavU- llolu ail ri. . . . tock now on hand at all 1. 8. jor! .. uu on baniiat .all Stor. 'sura interior . aoj Mock at Llveris. 'oLVfnr j.r.jt.m 2.C.111 7 ',.7 ; , o Moi k ol Aiurrn o k . 2 on lit vat liriuln. r"sJ throrJaout k hriw innw-storin o'cur the New England State on Apr!.1 2J. At Danbury, Conn., the snow w a niorto.l to U twenty Im he deep, and Rutland, VL, had drift ten feet d.-ep. There wa al-o a evere g:ile along the coast during the same time, canning considerable damage to shipping. trt-orge W.Curtis i to deliver a eulogy on the late Senator Sumner, at Itoston on Uie Dth of June, by Imitation of the State author; tie. Waltz, who is under conviction !n New York sta e lor murdering a cior-gri!.der, at Cut-kill, some months ago, ha conf s'd to the killing of two other men previously, giving full particulars of the murd. rs. Sufficient proof has lccn found to w arrant h lief in hi xtatement. The City of Haltitnore ha voted an appropriation o( i".ooo in aid of th! Iullana suff" rer. Ur.lHT AD KOI TII. Wintermute ha Uvn indU ted for the nur1 r of (ten. McCook at Ysnkton, I. T. The California Patron of Husbandry held a State Convention at San Francisco on the 2AI. The proceedings were secret. J. M. Johnson, Secretary of State of Arkansas, on the 21d made a formal demand Uwn llnwks to vacate hi (Johnson's) office in the State House. Thl Itrook rcms'd to do, hut maintained hi position in the building. The I.'nited State commandant at Little Km k ha Iwen lustnn tel to retire to the arsenal with hi command a soon as danger to life w a no longer threatened, and leave th- piestion to Ik settled by the court. The excitement at Little Koek had uleted down on the 21th. and It was lcllcved there would tx no further hostile moements of urmi-d men. Some of Itaxter' tnwip had gone home, and the opposing force were now iilniut e'iial In number. It.ixter made a proHiitlou to I'.nKiks that all the troops 1e ililianded, save a small iMMly-guard for each, tititil the meeting of the IegMuture. Hrmik', however, does not recognlye Itaxter rihttn convene that body, and had not yet sinillcd his as4nt to the prnpo-al. AIT.iir at Little Ho. W -. .nt imu ! ipiiet up to th 27th. Itrook had n-fu-ed to leae the

fiual deteinniuatlon of Uk difficulty to a euli. latent IriUinal, a proved by Kaxtcr. (eueral II. Iviflg Whyle had declared martial law ia Jcflcron county, and taken poscion ! the Court-bouse at Pine Vlulf. Xcw Orlean dispatche of the 2:1 give a sorrow ful aetvunt of the devastation called by the high water. Apical were coming lu from variou quarter, tatiug that Uie inundation had deprived the inhabitant of all mean of subsisU-nce, and soliciting aid to keep from starvation. live hundred thousand 'Jovernment ratiou at the rate of twenty-live thousand daily, were on the 24th ordered to be distrilmted through local committee to Uie sufferer by the iaundatiou of the lower MlisslppL Money contribution from nearly every wction of the country were also comiLg in. The flood In the Ouachita Valley continued to Im rease up to the 2th, w hen U came to a stand. On Uie 2.'th, (ieurge MT. McCranie, editor of the Ouachita TtUgrajJ at Monroe, telegraphed a follow : "It I Imjwssible to give an idea of the extent of the overflow here. The water 1 higher thaa ever known. The tow n 1 on an island two and a half mile long by half a mile wide, from w hich there i no exit except by boat or swimming. From the crossing of the railroad and iH'sart utreet, back, I one wide ea of boat, coming and going from Oakley's. People living in the rear have been driven in. All the vacant house are taken and several familie are living in the court-hou-e. ltustnes i almost completely usjendeJ, but the house are oen. Fully one thousand copIe in tow n have not had ration for thw days, nor money to buy w itb. Stock of every description I gathered iu town and starving. On Oesart Island almost all, the

plantation are under w ater The river rose one inch last night. It ha raised (Jow ly ever since daylight, and still rising. There are no crop to speak of, and not five day work done along the river for four week. Hill land is washed badly, and w hat ha Im'cii done toward making a crop ha been labor thrown away. What people are to do, (od only knows." Estimates place the number of iieople requiring assistance In the ulmerge district at tonic 20.0O8. In Columbus, Ohio, on the 27th. a saloonkeeper named Charle Wagner advertised a grand opening with a free lunch. In reaponse to hi invitation, some seventy ladies connected with Uie Temperance League visited the locality, and a small squad, headed by 3Ir. IVellem. President of the League, entered the saloon. Wagner ordered thetn from the premise, but they refused to g, sayiug they had come in response to a general invitation to the puis. lie. Waimer then took hold of several of the l.tdies end attempted to push them from the room, using some force, and according to sume of the ladies, striking Mr. Iessellem. Waguer' wife alo seized the leading cruiader by the throat during the melee. A Urge rrowd congregated, and the police cleared the Walk and compelled the fcidU- ami all oUier to keep moving. This orck'r th crusader obeyed by marching up ud drwn in procession in front of the saloon. Wagner's wn then commenced washing off the pavement, uimj water freely, and at about 4 o'clock tbe ladle withdrew and went to a neighboring church, w here they held a prayer-tnoeting. At Houghton, Ark., a few day ago, a tight took place between a party of citizen and a gang of horse thieve w how the former were pursuing. Three of the thieve and one citizen w ere killed, and another citizen wounded. The 27th of April wa olserved a memorial day in many portion of the South. At Augusta and Atlanta, (ia., and Montgomery, Ala., busines wa entirely suspended, there were lmjosing procession, and the graves of the dead soldier were appropriately decorated with flower. The Globe Theater in C hicago w a burned on the morning of the 27th, and Wm. 11. Harrison, late Treasurer, wa arrests! on a charge of setting it on fire. He aertcd his innocence and hi ability to prove it. Dr. Paul fcchoeppe, alia Sehulenhurg, has Ijoen convicted of forgery by a Chicago court, and sentenced to three year in the Penitentiary. Advice from the Teche country, on the 27th, irjivTM a cjvvac and w atcr still rising. The Indication were that Morgan' Texa Railroad w ould be partly submerge!. . . . .lira-hear City w a overflowed and I much proiiertv destroyed In West liatoii Kouge three hundred families were homeless. At fiuyandotte. West Virginia. on thr2th. Chare Smith shot and instantly kilM U. II. I- Ilayslip. postmaster of that place, aitd'ditor of the Guyaiidotte Echo. Smith was arrested, but say he and Ilayslip wrtv warm friends, ami that the shooting w. entirely accidental. Baxter hd Brook liv V-aOv ent lawyer to Washinirton to irrcnt tluir claims as Governor of Arkana to the President. Advice from the submersed di-trict In Iuisiana, on the 2th, conveyed the gratify Ing Intelligence that the water had commenced falling. Above Monroe there two feet higher water than ever (Nsr.-e known. roHiiux. Tliere w a an exciting scene in fhf English House of Common on the 2fh. Mr. Smollett moved that the iiHenre of the late dissolution of Parliament i deserving of theceiisure of the House. He rhr.racterizcd the act a a coup f e'Tf by whfi h the last (lovernnient sought unconritntt)nally to retain imer. He declarel at Mr. Gladstow sd resorted to tlie itst of stratagem, which a unirenerou to I I friends, Indolent to hi opinent. sr.d ') irely honest to the nation. Mr. Whalleyeronded the motion. Mr. Gladstone stigmatlzeM the assertion that the dissolution was secretly planned as untrue, atoiird and IniHde. H challenged the repetition of the word "tri kter," which had Itccn applied to him. ai l upon the refual of Mr. Smollett ! r'-iMitt it Im charged him with .... i i a a lack or Iceiacy ami manliness, iic oeicn.icd tl t of dissolution, which he d.i lared would have 1mm n more inconvenient had it been pit pond. On concluding hi spiei'h Mr. Glad-tone left the House. The motion I was ucg-ttived without discussion.

Now has been received of a general attack

by the AtchineiH upon the luU U force at Klaton. on the 11th of April, w hich w a repulsed with great slaughter. Tbe Prussian Minister of Fiuam-e report a surplus of 21.000,000 thaler for the jcar 174. A Havana dispatch say that Captain (ieiiend Canaha had ordered a dralt for miliUry service, to take place May 1, from the da between the age of twrnty-flve anl thirtv-tive year. - ILIIId t'onjrre. First Slou. Id the Senate, on Uie 22d. Mr. Iiucklnghaui introduced a bill to allow Indian to become ciUsen of th t'nited Hljr .. Mr. Saulsliunr spoke on the I-muin bill A auiubrr of private bills were prd. also Uie llMie toll lor lb relli l l K illers ou I heroke- strip in hnA . . . I tie fmudeut's nnwiitr, vetntiif the t inanrial loll, waa rvtviviMl and rrad, anil oa molion ortlernl prinlrU and laid Usu Hie (able. In tbe House, on the 22J, the Appropriation bill was consiclered at some length, bat no other bust nisi of lmi-orunoe was transacted. In the .Senate, on Uie 23d, no bill were brougut la a vote, and Uie only queation of Hiblic InUrrsl disciusnt was the Louisiana bill, U(a which Mr. Mrrrtiuoa nisde a eech. In the House, on Uie 23d, a number of bill relating to the fluancr wrre mtrolucr) and referred. . . .Tbe Appropriation bill wa diciurd at some length and seven pages disoMsi of. In the Senate, onthc24th, an amendment to the Internal Urvt-nur act was aMsl, providing that no 1 gal document or paiet iv-juirrd by law to ! taniied, which made, si)flld orismeU In the Northern ut prior to the Ul of January, 1-H., shall be deemed or held as invalid, or of iio fleet, by reason ol the failure lo iinMjm- theroo the rrquirrtl tnip Mr. ilernni -n cnnrludvd hi speech the LK.lMsna bill Mr. H lodom prcM-nted the rvort of Ihs i.nimittrr on I ranportation, and m le a leoglhy sjMfh in eiplaoalion and adviH-acy Iherrol ...AOJourord Ul MundsT In the House, on the 24th, the Speaker presented a meksage from the President, traosmittin eopirs of all orders sad eom-ondeccr in rrUtion to the trouble In Arkansas, in answer to a resolution ol the House Kelerred... Consideration ol' the Klecutive, legislative and Judicial Appropriation bill wm then resumed, and alter dn.sitiii ot ail but six pagi, the House adournnl. sen:tte not in session on the 2-lth. In the House, on the 2otu, the w hole session was deToled to the consideration of the a-$a-tive Appropriation bill, which wa Anally comletrd, and the House sIJ.imd. In the Senate, on the 27th. the entire section was devoted to eulogie on the late Senator "tinner. Tfcc spraJtrrs wrre Mutfi Iui.ttot Tbunnan, Morrill of Vermont, Pratt Sar.-ent, .Sherman, w avllfifth and Anthony. Appropriate resolutions were also ptaned, and Sent to the House lor their concurrence. In Uie House, on the 27th. a few bill were intnxluced and referred, whea tbe Senate resolution in reference to the late Senator Sumner beIn received, further public buinea was disErnsed with. Eulogies were delivered be Mesors. ; H. Hoar, Lamar, Orth, Iliney, limn, Totter, Kellvy, etuilh, O. . Hoar, I oncer and I'Ulllips, In the S'nate. on the 2th, afU r some unimportant bujine? the Louisiana bill came up, bnt was, afters I g disrui-oon. laid Mite sod the Finance bill with the President's Mes.:e sken np Pu-inir the preliminary diM-UMiin there was consul, ml.le Minr manifested, and incidentally the statu ol Uie late iM-nafor Suainr In r terer.ee to the A Jiiiinntrsl.,n wa discussed at some length. The Chair havintr an-noiinc-d the question belore Ihe S.nate lo be. Shall the Kinsnce bill pass notwithstanding the I'reaidmt's objections? the roll wa called ith the lo lowing result: Aves, 31; noes, 90. Koilow ingt tn- vote in detail Ay s Messrs Alii.on, lgy, Brron. ( smeroa. Carpenter, lavtm, i'onnver, Oenr.i-, i?ory. Kerry ol Michiran, O Idthwaite, rdon. ilrvey, Hitchroik, Intrslls. J..hntun, Iwi, Logan, MeL'reary, Mrrinmn, Mifhi.l, Nt.rwssl, Oxieslir, Paltersoa, IVe, I'ratt, ItamsrT. It dxTtso'n. wieirer, ?iraiOiea liplun, W et, VinPm and VVrifc'.t 11. Noes Mefri Antlinny. lUysri1., Ujtitwell, Rnckirgliam. Chandler, K ' Qllip f, Crai'i n . Itis. V. tiiiiind.', t eiitofl. FrVl'iguu sen, tVrry ol onn., I lana.m, liiltsrt. II.er, Hamilton ol Md . Hamilton nl l, x ut, llaiulin. Howe, Jones, Kelly, Morrill ol Vt.,hrgent, seott. stiermsn. st4Venon, tewart, slotktoD, lburrnaa and Wsdieign H I wo-mird not voting in Uie affirmative, the bill waa lost. .Mr M mil nf Maine, who wotibCbave voted against the loll, announced that he was paire.1 i;li Mr. M 'tt.in. wt.o outd hare Votxl Mr it. Mr. I! ins -in. ho also Wi.uld have vud br the bill, announced he Would not vote but Would pair himself w ith Mr. Schui. bo WM absent and who wa 0mmm d to the toll. in the uouse, on the 2Tlh, the bill appr I priatfng I 'J ,0 ai for the purchase of ration to he iasued lor the relief of ptrsons suffering fom tile iniinoauon oi ute iower i Mii j'i l.jv.r ma 1 passed . . i)n motion ol Mr. W ilsoa i,t ',ri,(,an ihe I Judirlary ( oni'Mttee was iustrurl. j (l inquire ' whether Jmlge Wi'liam story, t'n.j suus li- ! trict Judtfe d the W i stern !itr. of Arkansa', ' should hi imt-euchMl lor high 'xui.es and mii 1 meanor The H .use then 4 ., t,e ek-isl. tire Appr.-priailon bill. mn,, Mr. ,,rn.id, t haim.an ol ilieroimuitte t the House , giving a resume of ibe -,r,viioas el the bill and I th Chiinc UM lr III (l hv Itee Cmimit.-e ol the Whole, the toll. ,uh some iisrtant smemlnients, was pase dj..urneel. In t'.ie Sen-, on the 2.nii, Mr "Wright inrr lured a oill rortding for a reliction of 10 p r f ' ' in thesstarie of mine ol tts-Senate olUeer ahd employees; also, providingor a cnange In .be mann-r of tnaking apsinr.Tt n s in me Civ li Srves It provides thai cirts n each departllK lit s'd 1 classified IteozTal.l.H ! T to cor-r-siMin l with the t oncre.-j..nal dir-t.. anl th:it wlsf. a vacancy xw-ra It Kail lie fit d fn.ni Ihe tli-eriel which has the leaet repreer'l'n, until vikbips, etc., slia:i le eiually d.'Vd anse? all Ihe i ongreional illtiirvs , . I Ir H.innlenientary t ivil-IEighta bill was tslrn r. X'naior Krelinhuyseii epl ?Ztuil'Z - nsidetatlm of v-.'ions of the bill, andssld he InVnaei t lm. uninartial and uni.arlloin ronsidetatlm Lie enaie. He Would be fit II he who as the until r ot the meaeiire (xunner) w as here to put a cap-sii.ne usn the itnii Hire hi- wa Instrumental In erecting. The bill Wa inlemli-d U M-rureenisl ribls lo whlte oj.le as well a lo the r lored ra-e. The eolire. wsi.e now proliic'd every year alxoit one hundrel million dollar' worth "f cotton, silt should Iss v, steal wllh a. I right. II- aigul thai I ongrrst had mil sower und r the onstir no., in pas the lull, and make any tklatiue.f iu eru vision a penal off- nse Inthe Ilotise.on tlie2tK,nie Indian A -propriatlon bill w as considered lu Committee of the Whole, and Mr. Ixijrlst idge, or Iowa, and Mr Prker, of MiswMiri, isfWe In opMsltion to military interference in Indian attairs. A w F.i iittr.-iKP,inatnnly-hMkingl.idy walkf i lnt a siUrum In ()si-;'o, the other dav, laid ln-r niuft'fin thecoutter.nndtxik fiitt a pair of sf tade. when the liartender pmaiplly infonnid her that no lliolr-n-ailiiijr would I- in orb r there, lleiiehins flown into her dn- pn k t, the ..in;lll pri.-ed :t tin t liottle. and i-imiSIv called for n pint f whi-ky. She d'cn't know yet what that bar-tender w. -is ulirnn! alxiiit. stovo lii-tT. "when inixeil w ith turpentine, and npej'lifS'l in the usual ni.inner, I Mackcr, iron- iiy and eiidurius; than w hen mixed with aiy other liuut.l. Tie-tiirp-iitim-prevent r:-t, and when plied to an old ru ly '.nvr, will make it look like new.

THK TKANsroKTATIuX I KSTIOX

KeiMsrt f Hie eaile ommlUer eosilasr H lutloisa's) seeehi. In the Senate, on the 21th, Mr. IV in Jo iu pnntcJ the n jKUl of the (.ommittee n Traii-sirtation, und ma.e a lciijrthy speca h in explanation and adviM-acy tlieriof. He said : The I'ommittee have cotue to the cobelusioa that uo sub-t.'.nti.tl reduction in the co-t of tratiortation is to be anticipaUtl from uurerulatel couitition between existing railwat, nor i competition to be in.lu.-sil l.r autlio'ruinz the coii-tni. tiou of additional line., it they are to lie under private management hlld colitnil. As to the Miwer of Congress, under the Coii-tltution. to regulate inter-state comtiierce, the foiiinuite nod that Congress, in it discn tion, and un.b r lu resMnilility to the people, 1114V 1. l'res ribe the rule by which instruments, vehicles and agents t npajfc! iii transts.rtiuir coinmolitis Irom one state into and 1 through another shall ! jrverned, w hether I such tran-tortatiou is by land or by w but. 1 hat It mav appiwprtate tuotu v lor tne construction of railw av or canals, where the same shall le necessary fr the nrulation of: commerce. 3. That it may Im-ori-orate a company w ith authoritv to construct. 4. That it may exerci-e the rit'ht of eminent domain w itliin a state, in order to provide for the construction of said railways or canals. A. It may, in the eeri i-e of the rluht of eminent domain, take for public use. pavins just compensation therefor, any exi-tmg railway or canal owned by private ierons or corsrmtlon. Theaae projiosition are dis-ul at oui-i-l-erable length In the re;ort of the committee, and the decision of the courts from w hich they are deduced are there cited. After a most careful consideration of the merits of various nroiMisajd improvements, taking? into amount the cost, practicahilitv and probable I 1 . . . . . 1 auvaniares 01 racn, vne connniiiee nave itinie to the unaniinou conclusion that the followi" r th" r."-! fea'ib!'' sr.i sirsstccus channel of commerce to he creatil or lmproved by the National Government, unless C'ongns shall act upon the subj.-a t. namely : 1. The Mississippi liiver. 2. A continuous water-line of adequate capscitv from the Iisis.ppI to the l ity of Sew York v ia the Northern lakes. 3. A route adequate to the w c'. of roramerce through the central tier of States from the MisM-fippi liiver via the Ohio and Kanawha river to a point in West Virginia, and thence by canal and slack-water or by Vsa f f 1 1 f fss. 1 T ar s - t L tax. as a fa Ill Ifklll laun ! VV ""Sin I ! 4. A route from the 31i-sisippi Kiver via the 1 hio and Tennese river to a ioint in Alabama or Tennee?, and thence by canal and slat k-w ater or by a freight railw ay to the rxrm. The committee estimate the co-t of the unpmvetnent of the Mississippi Kiver at 1 '... dftO; of the Northern route, including the Fox and Wisconsin Kiver Canal. Hennepin Canal, and enlargement T the New York canal-, the 00-t is estimated at i:.i.'sj: of tbe central route. including radical improvements of the hi Kiver. to give six or seven feet of nviation at low w atcr, and of the Kanawha Kiver to give six f-et of water. i".iMs): and a connection by canal or freight railway to ti.Iw iter in the Vtrinia ( anal, to cost 5o.".(t0,0'J, or railroad. iri.i' (J: of the southern route, for the improveni'-nt of the Tennee Kiver. to rive Hires- feet of navigv tion. 1 5 .""'.'.' j: and con-tnictionof canal or freight niilwav to the Atlantic I avail at a co-t rcspit-tively of t:i,..ia or .'V.isa.iss. if the ranil l" eon-trti-tfl the total cot will Ik about I.V.issi.issi. 1 f th- railroad cho-en. total -ost alM.ut f 12".,,,,."s. An actual expa n lit ure of from V.Ni.ississi to iI.ISSI.(S l r annum will W repiirel for six vears. w hen the whole w ork en lie completeil. and the reultinclsfii'fits will annually repay more than the entire co-t. Hu'i I am a-ke.1. how is money to le raised for ,lln -e iinprovemi nts I reply, by a -trmof riid e .nomy in all expenditure hot ab-o!ute!y nec'-:iry.by whi. h nearly enotizh can Is? saved fr thi purpo: M-eond. bv the iue of public improvement lnd: or thirl, bv taxaVon If the latter ts-dicv i adopted. I suirgc-t that a re-tortion of the tx tn tea J and coffee w CI pP.siu.-e atKiit ? si.fssi r annum, which will le surtiient toenmplete Uie vutirj work in six year. The pi.. I of that tax has cnu-.-d but little of any nluct ion in the cost of these articles, and its restoration would not uut'-rUHy iinrrs-e it. At the end of ix yrar th tax eonld ! r jsraled, and thre great public xvoii wniiM st.irel forever as monument to th" wisdom fifth, present Congress. I do not V lieve. howTver.that it would Im r,-eesary iie liofld". or to lew additional tnxe. The inauniration o. a system of internal improvement indicated would sr stimulate the business intere-ts of the miintry that we would find it easier t raie x'.io money menTloncd than it i now to reect the i-tin? ote li -at ion. Illiie My fr4 White f Ioiid The etlo n-al Wrne c..l..r of the sk r is due to tiiinute p:irri4'c of matter w hi. h float in the air. W Hre t!iee pirti. Us r uiovl. the appears-s-v- of the -kv would 1- d.-ad Mack. It f a I i' t in o'ptU-s that exo-el-lnly tine s-nrtion t.f matter di-por-e or -itt r tb" Mile r.iv of liht. ifwr-er ixrtion ssrr.tter psl ray. -till ci.ar-s-r Mirtjoti -vr.tter all the 'ray, making white lijrht. An a'luo.i h. n-1- full f a'piu vajior, the p.ir:iie of which dirtu-e white lifnt m all n.n-etioii. w m n mea- jmnii 1-"-.lie einari:i-i. in-a i"-"'mr ,i-i..-iif tie" form of cloud 'fhe vntsor particle of .pjx,s1.,. a u- finer tf 1' white cloud nre jT.h1 liL'hfer thin tlum- ot the dark cloud I l.:t the ilitfilsloll of li-'llt ill OUT atllHMi'l tht" ,1'"" "'I'Tintf of the sky and the Tfdorsfif the clolld. are due to the pp--cnecof matter fliKitinir in the air, h i Nt-ii com lusively proven by Tyndall. thi aino;a tseaui of sunlight thrrmh a jrla tul-. the N am I n ink-nsl l.rilii.mtly visible by the n tle.tii.ii of lijrht Initn tl dut partii le float iy? in the air conUiineil in the tular. Hut fm n-movins the dut iartlclei. wliieli idone hv tilteriiijr tle air hy cotton wool, or causing' the air to pa,. ovra flame, the heam of light I no longer iihle in the tillMr. J went to an evening partr. Hi wile stayed at home to take can- of the Uiby. Next morning Mr. J told hi w it-all alMMit the party, and mentioned how pn-ttv Mi- T uhli looked. "How 1 ..... a a nan eiif- .11 1 i . i'M.i-'. - Shutting hi eye to bring twek the t ha ing vi-tou fd Mi T.. Mr. .1 ci wa she m-ssir innuinM .ir. .1 . tiiiiiin. iiiiI : " It Wa hlui-ll Ixmiuiine. niv l :,r. with thi- lower t art plain, and thnpjT part gonsl with hntton .t of button. Then-wa d'Hilde rullle flutim' all areuind the wai-t. nnd a tin k 011 itnii 1 shoulder: and the Irog oh. von ju-f I ought t have m n tin- Irog! why. lo-r I sides and hack Were -iven-l w ith them, i And didn't s,-have o:ne sisldidid Hamliiirg Ling round lo-r imi k: Now, my dear, if there Is one thing llikefnawonian's ln-. it' llani'-n'' fsliog an mi id the neck. S on m i-t " II-r- Mr. .1 inad- a sudd. 1- i , . ri .ii.

A Tale of tbe Sea.

Suffering uu privation, with tluir jiftciiilunt virtue of fortitude uml liend-m. an t .-. Ice-ttdd tale in i-onioa tat. n with neonU of the sea. cannot m-all I winter in which then lute l ii inore storu ot marine ilisati-r to chronicle than the la.-t one. The wrutL.ul .ua wa-Mii stciinuT and the l ol man v live !-. conies a put-lie cidainity, und stir llu-1. 1in' of the w hole world. Hut tJi -unple. almost coiuiiioii-plut story or the kirk l'olly, hrin home to 11 in a vivid manner the sttvnirth ol'huiiiaii ctnhir-.incv, and the lonv of those ImiihU of y ttt ut tiy which unite mankind in the hour' ft (Linper and di:i.-tcr. The- 1'ollv wa a uikkU b.uk of 71 tons, h'lllt In Otu Iscv in ls.J.". tlf year she h id U ii enad in iirniir".' j'itch-pine from IVusacola to Swnn-va, Wales, la Sa pU-mlsiT l:i-t she left Swan-s-a with a cn-w of sixteen hand, all tol.l. The voyage wa sHjIv and uneventful. At I ciisacola a cargo coii-islinir of KH) load of Kwit tit h-i.ine wa- stow til aw a v , hi the hold of the vi 1. and on the 4th i.f iHifintxr rlie starteil for honie. I p to ( hrietma inorniu the weather wa, prooitioti. On ( hristtnas moniiti; the weather Nfauie rou'h, ami toward noon a rale set in from the cast. Keloiv nitt cunie the ale hail increuxtl in territie sjualli, which burinl the ship' l.i- r.iil- uinler water. The ship w a put heforv the w iinl. the pump were soiiiulttl. und six feet fl water f.itm.I In the hold. All hand workel at the pump iluriu t 'hri-tiiia nioht, and nearly the w hoU of th next day. At 4 oVliM-k on the aJterniMiu of the oi.th the siil were Idown away bv a terrirle hurricsiiie. The heaw -:i hreakin over tin ship prevented tfio men working at th pump. and at length. rtndinjr that she wa pttin a water-Iojjefl elop, the tapiaiu ptve oniers t' cut awav theinat. Heavy showers of ruin fell. The lin n wert' iifiw able to unla-h themselves, and slacked their tl irt hy sin klnr the raiii-wat-r from rarh other' clothes. Another s-an h wa iu:ulo for ftsasl, ;i.l although it wa know n tluit an ample stija. ply was on Ix.ard, not even a hi-euit coiihl U- ohtainetl. On the momiii of the KNt a vcsmJ hove" in slzht. This afterwanl proves! to the Ko-it It., an Italian hark. a'MVual of distress wen T - . made with torn oiecesj 01 f-auvas, nipi. w uu ean iy any lo'i of In Inar H n, the seven " wn,V wret!ie waitevl. The ve slowly apina hed. ami when within aloiit thn li'tndre-! yar-! of thr wru k w uUut to i han'f her courx', when she olWrvcd ttv signal of ditrvs for the tir-t time. The troken mats w ith seven ulnnt lifele f'iruiciinrisjo; to them, were all that eotiM - Msj-ii of the Tolly. The K-a 1'.. iuinudiatcly lowensl a bosit w ith a crew of six m n and the first mate, h avin-,' oniv the? iitalti and two Ixiys to piard the 'ship. A heavy sea wa rtituihi all this time; it was nightfall, and the water covered with broken sjar and tkuitin"; tiinN r. The danger cnonuntcrvd hy the rescuer iin.h r the circumstance wen- eiionnou. Ten iiti-uctf s.ful attempt were made t take o IT the stitl. n r la-ton- they wi re at la-t laid ill the hottoui of the "i:it and e-..rrie, cn lxard the Hoa II. The Italian sailor, though itnaMe to sjs-ak, the l.ii.L'-.uie of the survivor, tn-atifl them with mat kimlne.s, and when the latter at ia.-t arrivevl home they spoke of the pi iitl-!ie, the cfuirazc ami tlevotlon of tin ir reem-r In jrlowiiij and affecting lanjiiae. This little hi-torvwa tirt made publi- at the l"..i;ird of Trade infpiiry a few'-.vn k ng, and we an- ghtl to i-ay tliat. in .-iddition f the eulogy i:l sl POOH the r-- ii. r, the owner of the Polly "rave th in a s.un ol money a a tie-rvcd a war I .-r tluir lien-l-m ami hutnanity. -Vee y .rk 7"-.". 1 that an CM-uient" lii'i'iintl Prot. Hotchkis the other day. of a huckster who displayed in the 111:11 kit a mammoth and very fdd looking vesetafde. TIh ni.iti's fac-"autnel a -on.tul smile, and alter he had studied the priteor' firm contemptuously for a luomeiit. In-aiuwr-n-fl. 'K-cuh nt ! thunder and liyhtnin. n ! that's a Miir-im-e potato." panbury AVvrs. THE 3IARKKTS. sr.w tokk, x :, i-:c HfcLr CATTLE Native 1 e SI.Tea a It ,S IVresse.1 Mlr.r I Ms-re.t 1 il TUN Mid dim Sew .... M.olll fsrxt in t hoice. W 1 1 r. T- So I I hleairo iliK w We(era Ml led .. f 1 Western K 1 V,-Western -KK- New Mess LAKH HT. LOl'I t nnoN-v d tltnp IlLKI C A n LL noics IxmhI to Prin.e 1'owt and Heifers ... SUsrk Meets i Hi Live

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