Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 16, Number 19, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 June 1874 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER.

JASPEK.

C. D0A5E, Publisher. . . - INDIANA.

(U'Kl.KXT XKAVS.

TV Committee on Reform in the Civil Ser-vi-e have adopNnl a resolution tht thv do not revmiueiid any further appropriation to carry on r experiment in th so-called Civ 11MTli e reform, in the manner in which it ha leen carried on. Thw? voting aye on the resolution were Mer. Itutler (ofMa.), Luttrcll.Sheats and Whitehouse 4; the nwii were Jlcwrn. Kellojy:, Willard (of Mich.), and Willard (of Vt.-3. The hill for d-eticninjf the channel at the

raoutli of the Mississippi Klver by dredinj; I

or otherwise, reorted to the IIouc from the Committee of Commerce, and which pancetl without division, provide for having the work done by contract, proiosal to spvifv the rates for securing twenty feet depth and not ) than 2'0 fit width through the chan

nel of one of the pae or outlet of the Mis- j iH-rson. twenty-six isippi Kiver into the tiulf of Me x loo at or- scientific party. Sh

dinary flood-tide. Also the price r month of maintaining such depth for five jrars; also the rate for every additional foot in depth up to and including twenty-seven fex t. The Secretary of War i to contract with the lowest n'5x'nit)le bidder, the amount not to exceed fl.Yi.ono for thirty feet or more than 15.0o0 tr month for maintaining that depth, or more than J3,0ot) per month for each additional foot. lr Adflfml r'.hil KtsjnW of the fn'"! State Navy ha retired, and Commodore. Mullany in thereby promoted to be Hear Admiral on the active list. The House Post-office Committee tave agreed to report a bill providing that on all newpajer and periodical publication mailed from a known office of publication or newsagf ncy, and addressed to regular ruhscrilicr or news-agents, oitage shall te charged at the following rate : Newsp.iper anil ,-riodicl publications Issued w kly uii 1 more frequently than onceawvek, one cent and a half; n ittitl 1 s impii-nily Hi u once a wwk, th-i" cents tr euch j n. u t or traction there-.1. On receipt ol such n. wi-hsim-i j and period. el pnulicatloii at tne oflicv ol luailior, they art- he wewhed lu bulk ! pestaire i.l thereon by a ecial ihcive slamp. News!xr our 4j.y to each actual mtierrio. r residuawithin ihv county where tue tin- are printed. In whule or in part, n't piibl.slied, 0 lree trtnuuu the mail, but lb eaiue shall net he delivered at th crrier-ffic ir Utri btiu il by carrier, nubs mlmne In pai1 Kit rum a hy law irivi lt d j ami DrWtpH ra and majraainea r-'U'r i.t r hs-riged letweeti 'Ut.lt tier, not raivauiK milern onnr in ariirLt, to be cmdiiHil to a nnlr copy of ru b iul.lic.iin, to g i tree thro'ijra the uiil. Ml nuilble inttri m the thint rlru mar we lt iiHt nrila(

I .tir ioiin.lR lorraen ti tairr thrmd, atil ihm

of railway itnplovce whose father may have been killed while in the di -charge of tbeir dutic. Pre fcrence i to le given, tirM to orphauH or employee engaged upon tho l' 1111Mlvania Uailrad; wcoud, to tlio-. of the (corgia Railroad hctwen Augusta and Atlanta, (ia.; third, to those of line controlled by the reunaylvania Kailro:t, by lease or otherwise; fourth, to those of employee of any other railroad company of the I'nittt Mate of America. Fol lw iug la the comparative cotton utatement for the week ending June 5:

aa-i-hi.l ih- liM'Ke'l Hurts i ii at tiir raU oi our

r-nt lor i-nch two ouno-a or fraction thereof; but nothing hrvia cxintin-t htl l-e ht-M to fl lii'f lion 1.14 of r;l in-t. Affl'l lU arv to tw rti i.li- by publish! r !- (fal to sKure their liorence to the Tovisnti, tor vuilati in ol which penaitiei arc provKl-1, A Washington dispatch tate that aoon after the !ljournniciit of Congre, the Ireident will ylit hl family relative in Kanawha. Wt Va.. then return to Washington, and will resume hi summer refiden'-e at Ixng H ranch alxut July 4. An Associated I'rei dispatch from Washington xay that the opinion among the Republican member of the House of Representative, o far a it can Ise gathered, i, with fery few exception, adverse to the policy recommended by the l'reilent in hi recently publi-hed memorandum In referent to the finance. Felix K. ltrunof, Kobert Camplx 11, Nathan Hishop. William E. Iodife, John V. Karwell and (ieorge II. Stuart, the remaining member of the Indian Commission originally appointed.have united in a letter to President irant, reigning the oflice. lisatifa tion with the existing law in regard to the management of Indian affair i aaid to he the caue. The Commissioner. In their letter of resignation, congratulate the lresident upon hi hdhen nee to the Indian olicy announced in hi intutfiiral ad.lress, and express a hope that the present suceess ,f the olicj may make it iiermanent. Thy wm-luile with the expression f a conviction of the rapacity of the Indian to revive all the civilization necessary for the welfare anl safety of the frontier settlement, and all the Christianity needful to their salvation. TheConfereni-e Committee on the Currency rciwirtM a new bill to the Senate on the th. The report wa signed by all the memler of the committee except Mr. Clyiner. It proride for free banking, and the reduction of greenback to the extent of three-eighth of the amount of bank not'- that may he fsiied; aimlishe the hank reserve on circulation; pro.V that the bank shall keep five per cent, of thi ir circulation in the Treaury of the I'nited State for the redemption of their notes, which i to be counted a a part of tlieir reserve or de. posit, thu In effect diminishing the amount of reerve or deposit which they are required to keep at home to the extent of five percent. It provide also for the eonversion

oi greenback with live per cent. honI on the first of January, IsTs, converted bond to be issued in the payment or redemption of the outstanding five-twenty bond at par or In the pa) men t of the current exiwnsea of the Oovernnv nt, and if reiued in the payment of eone a like amount of gold in the Treasury I to be ud In the redemption of the five-twenty bond at par. The IHstrict of Columbia Investhrating Committee have agreed to report a li!l authorizing the President, ly and with the adrice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a eoinmison of three eron, who ahall exercise all the powers of government now vested In the Governor or Board of Public Work. CANT. Jaroew A. Weston ha been elected Governor of New Hampshire on a Joint ballot by the State legislature. The vote stood Weston, lcj McCuU hina, l.'d. He was Inaugrirtled on the 4th. The bulk of the estate of the late John Edgar Thomson, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Corr.ps.ny, which la valued at f 3,000,. "f0, left to trustee to b devoted to the edtlojj and maintenance of female orphan.

Net lect'ipu lor pant nk sll I', a. rt Toiai ie ipi iruui lt 1 U ila.e all L'. . ru . K.iru. lor it wl i nun ull port TutsJ .n in.ni spl. 1 ui date rri'in sll n . . . $t-M'k luw ou huit mt all I'. S. porta t.x-k Dciw on baud st all mii-rior Uiii SUx-a at LlVerss)l . Morkof American afloat lor Great llniatn

Tne 1'. S. steamer Swatara, w ith the scientist who are to watch the transit of Venus on toard. sailnl from New York for the South Pat-irk ou the Mh. Siie carried two hundred

of whom comprise the

She w ill reach the last of the

astronomical station on Chatham Island alKiut the 1st of Itcri-mbcr, and await there until alter the observations on the loth. Her voyage i ex ectcd to last a ) ear and a half.

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h i st i A? n stor rii. James Lick, the San Frticico millionaire philanthropist, ha deeded nearly the whole of hi immense property to trustee for the benefit of the public. Among the donation i or.e, herrtofjre ms!i"ne-.l. of T,w).rtv) to ioustruct the Iarf -st and best telescope in the world for an observatory at Iike Tahoe ; Jtjo.ixtt for a public monumt wt; $1V).iin) for public bath in San Francisco; lu. for the Ladies' Home; f o,nuo to the S.m iety for the Protection of Anim .l; ?iV) to the Ijidie.' Protection Relief Society; tl".s)to the Mechanics Library; T5.n to the Protestant Orphan Aylum; 2..0: to the city of San Joe for orphan asvlum; f l."!.') for the e n-ction of a bronze monument to the author of the Star-spanuled Manner in (iolden tiate Park ; f :vx,(s0 for the endowment of a school of mechanical art in California. The residue in exces. tt.7"M,asi, is fir the Pioneer Society. He make ample provision for hi relative, and reserves a homestead and fiV OfO per annum for hims If. A dispatch from Autin. Nevada, sa that one night recently a crowd of thirty nicked men entered the jail at lielmont. bouud the Sheriff, took out two prisoners. Mcltvn anI Walker, and hanged them. It ii not stated what the men were wciiseil of. General Sheridan ha forwarded to Army Headquarters copies of telegram from Gen. George A. Cutar. dated Fort Abraham Lincoln, via ltismarck. May 2, announcing that he i In receipt of dispatches from General Stanley ami the Indian Agent of the Cheycuna Airency, stating that the Indian are no longer controllable by their agent, and, in spite of the efforts of General Stanley and their agent, have taken the war-path in formidable number. With rvpard to the manner of dealing with these Indians. General Stanley say to General Custar: "They are not likely to le ameqable to soft word, and you had better ue jwder and lead at once. When the proper time for pursuit of the Indian arrive. General Ci'star will take ten das' ration and one ompany of infai try th.- latter to guard wagon whenever it tavconicw necessary for the cavalry to move rapidly. The IcrDof ratic Central Committee of Ohio have rws?pone. the State Convention to the 20th of August. In accordance with a proclamation of Gov. Ilaxtcr, Thursday, June 4. wa observed a a day of thanksgiving in Arkansas. The annual convention of the American Medical Association, recently in session at Ivtroit. adjourned to meet in Ijoufsville, Ky., May 1,175. The Xntinnal Cr"p .' porter of the f.th publishes information in relation to the grow, ing crop, of which the following 1 a synopsis : The area sown la wheat last season in the sute ot Illinois, Iri'liscs. low, ksiis.m. M intusoia, Missouri, ,io and W iscotnun u e-tim el in roiiml niimbrr at I.1..VI rr, s. lh- n srts l ivirrwiwinib nts ni-k this Increase of lhrresent crp jea I.S'.T.iVI acres, or a t 'lal area of U.slJ, 44 acr a lhe yiebj of a ffHwl avrrsfrsMin approximates, In ihs stabs nientionisl, Uilrtern atiil lour-Btlhs bushel- itt acre. At this r .te the yieol in tbesr Stabs, at harv-t. will be a fraction less than 24), ( 0 (i Mi-h.-! t he pr. s lit roi.ditlon of frrowmg w h-at ts inir a lull atrae, the proliabtli lea ol a harvest a..roiimtin lltt amount nientiotn rl is very (-nol . Ibr area seeiteil in o-ts, in the asms Mates. In Kl, Is .lr. at 4 .V.'T,' acrraj flip increase tins Tr l cslunstel at I.V.,lOi acr s. .r m total ol .',H 7,i, arr s at the iTeraire j i M ol a r! seasn , v bu-h-Is (ier acre. 1 he total crop at harvest in these sjt-s w ill apiroxirii l- one hun 1re sr.l nin- ty notion bUi-hU lteHirt receive !, il itel Junr I, indicate the apfs-arance, renersllv, ol thr .orala Is-elle, la all th Mat- north f f the hm Itiver, lnm anl Incluilinir i enral K nsss Ui H Ml. m Pennsylvania. Their ri'earsnre thus Inr has been Verv generally inrkel by the lieire or less entire destruction' ol the t-si ol the trrowina" crop. While the presence ol the eh Inert -hug is reirt.l In scaiterinf localities all ttimutn the Wtst, coniparativi I j little damage

naa tsen resirtel. Mr. Ann Vandcnberg, seventeen year old and only a few day married, was cremated at Cincinnati, on the 7th, while, kindling the fire w ith kerosene. Her father, mother and husband were all present when the explosion occurred, and were all badly burnol in trying to extinguish the flame. In JefferonviIle, Ind., on the fith, John McIermott, a saloon-keeper, shot hi wife and little chilI, eight month old. killing the child instantly, and fatally wounding hi w ife, and then blew hi own brain out. McDermott was diipate,l and abusive. Hi wife had applied for a divorce, and failing to persuade her to abandon the suit, the man became desjerate. A terrible tornado awept through the village of Tampico, Whiteside county. 111., on the night of the 6th. Twenty-one dwelling were totally destroyed and every house in the town more or lew Injured. Strange to tell, no live were lost, though a numlsfr of the people were quite seriously injured. Governor Kellogg of Louisiana, an the 8th, aent the following dispatch to the Secretary of War: "The relief committee report that the suffering frem the overflow remains unabated in the Atcbafalaya, Lfourchc and

Ouachita valleys, though there 1 some abatement on the banks of the .Mississippi. The committee are Uuiu fully 40,0o0 rations daily, and in aome district are comix llctl to restrict their relief to women and children, even w here work i not attainable for the able bodied. If the General Government would order the issuance of SO.tKH) daily rations from the first appropriation, it would avert much suffering." The trial of Senator Pomeroy of Kansas, upon the charge of bribery, ha been fixed fur July 27. The an, ual reunion of tha original antislavery advocates, or Abolitionists, w as held in Chicago, commencing on the (Kb. Hon. Henry Wilson was elected President, but did not arrive to take part in the owning exercise of the meeting. Information was received at Army Headquarters, on the Uth, of a movement on the part of the Comanche and Cheyenne Indiana to make war against the white iu general, and the eople of Texas particularly. They evince a determination to move against Fort Sill Reservation and Agency, and after committing depredation they are to move forward on a raid into Texas. The Farmer' Reform Convention assembled at Indianapolis, Ind., on the 10th. About five hundred delegate were present. Dr. A. C. Stevenson, of Putnam county, was choen President of the convention, w ith one Vice-President from each county. A preliminary resolution w as adopted, declaring it to be the scuse and expression of the convention that the committee on nomination look

only to the best int'-resta of the tailoring

masses, and that in their selection of candidate no heretofore political differences sheuH C'-ade a tst "f said rstvlidv, looking only to honesty and qualifications. The following nomination were unanimously concurred in: Secretary of State, Noes S. White, of Vigo county; Auditort KUnezer 1I udersou, of M-rai coui.ty Treasurer, Morris C. Itennctt, of Steuben couuty; Attorney -General, dame S. Mitchell, of hlkhart countv : .Judge of Supreme Court, Horace P. Middle, of Ca county ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Clarkou Davis. of Henry county. The platform.which was unanimously adopted, declares lu latr of luiTriuwi.', 10 el.-l) pi art. cable a,tlie I40.1u.1t I. r liansportiiirf cotaply to tliesea leianl. or lietwern home ir Hl,:ci .n!

consumers, all lhe production of our country; ' lh.il ail aliie-ltoUiril, intrllljfenl perviu- suouid coucnluile 10 the 4.nuu -n iM-k y uarlul ioausby turn or nuanlil) ijual to Itieir own aupirl, aul II1-.I ! KUIst.oU stioul I t- B'l as lr aa IsMsibie lo t lie e.jUuilne ilintribiltion of ttla surplus proUucta;" Iti si "in this benellcent CMinlrv uf unluniUnl raourcra, with Ue laB'l aubUaliv groan:ia Is mslli the 1 rixlurui ol human c ri, lu !!..- ol lhe s.le have no eup.ly tieyouO tileir tin T waols, ami are coir.p-iiel, I mm uujust Coiaiillloua 10 (U kliivi all I lllialortuue, to IxCoUie pauei PaUs-risin an J crime arc Uc lrpl amir qa-alioa of all modern alaleauiaut-bio, auU It is w nil lliene we have to tlial. liow far these evil are Couuectel w.lu tbe abuses ir.fliiU-il on latxir, luiwrtlcial a.aieriuausbip set-lit uot to perceive. Clialtel-alaVery lias Iteeu alMilisliril, tut the r'tiU ani re.auons of lalior siant just where they out b. lore toe nuu.Cipatlon iu reteci lu UleUiriaioosol lUproUucta. llie iliji ri tn'e l.ea uuly In lhe Uieihirln ol atsciactins: n-uiU an l cfiicentratin' Iheiu In the hiDil, ol a f w cai-italisu. Now ibe liiaalrr are uicUlo-a of the U rma. Ihua al. laborers are practical. y .lCrl in the same conlilio.i aa llie Ur Ix-lure emaccliiat.bo . in lhu lacloa tiiem, Lie llll.-tisls ol all lstsjier beColiK o.milioll. lb.) iiuirt LiUt the hallle In unity if Uiey woull SUecrtd." 1 he IllstniUienUlltl.s by Winch lhea wr.)iK are iiidtrtesl arrileclareU to be 1. lUi.kII. K aiiii lliotieyrl niouopoliea; .. ' oDaull'lalrsi raurowls ami other Iraurlt luonosl.esi 3. alauulaciurm monoulir; 4. Land Uiori..M.u.; 5 uIuiih ri il aud araio uionouoliea. I lie remedy fr HieM-rviia la ile-Jred to be 1 fty absn-toii-11. f Hie Knut-I.asis lll' ,an. Uh'lrsauij: troiu tlrcuialion all not. sol National and Male banks, and ubBlituiit.(r thertl tr a ir.veniineiit pajr currency, H be ! clrel 'uaj w iln S"''l ami bi lirtkcj tender lor all .uro.ee; i. lly payina ilu- tialiooai Oetil in aoid w l re It ts-c ideally promised, ttiirwis in leicai-iender curr.iicy. I he rtstilutiou avur lhe ooe-lerm ruiciled ulhcr; con leuiti lhe lre r)steiu, and ad aaiaiy oralis; oe.lare thai the (.r.s.i.1 KMew lunil law ol real ri-tate llii-e une'lial aod tin-)n-l bur. lens on Ibe producing class, lavors cspi.al and incorporate wealth, and deiuandlua It h ecly ameli.lllf nl i ai.il daaily , lhal no pai ly IS Koriliy uur eonfldeoc w ho Ueuies the riculol U.e p (.Hie ! rea.et IDe abusol lhe lupior I. altli-. The Illinois State Farmer Convention met at Springfield on the loth. J. M. Allen, of Henry county, was elected President; (ten. W. 1$. An h rson, of Jefferson county, VicePresident; and S. M. Johnson, of Livingston county, and S. p. Tuft, of Marie county, Secretaries. Pending the consultation of committees, speeches were made by ex-Gov. Palmer and Mr. A.C. He-ing. of the Chicago Slnat-Ztiluntjt the latter speaking in opposition to further iue of parwr money and In favor of resumption of six-ie pat ment. A resolution w a adopted, thanking Governor Taylor of Wicinin fr hi manly action In enforcing the law against exaction of railroad monopolies and expressing the boje that two year hence Illinois will have a Governor who would emulate hi firmness. David Gore, of Macoupin county, wa nominated for State Treasurer, and S. M. Ktler, of Mclean i-ounty, for Superintendent of Public Instruction. (The former i a Ifc mocrat and the latter a Republican.) The resolution adopted declare Thai the recent ree..rd of the political parties of this rountry I aurh a to forleittne conddence and resiset of Lie people, and inal we ar. Iherelore alMolved Irom all alb iii.ince to theni and wbl at no lonirer with theiu; laor a reduction of taxes aud lhe Improvement of naviifal.le waters; 0.sseany further gran la ot public lsnU or loanol itiblic rrrdil aud ol national. Mate or local uisertptinn In aid ol corsiraii.ns j d- tnand the rris al f our national bsbking law, and sugrest that the l.overntnent should ls-ue el-u-nder circulation rtirect rrom the Ireasoiy lulerrhsniteatile lor l.oveniineiit !u't hsarina the I .west rtssaible rale of interest; declare that eiistinc railroad leaislanon in the Mate should tie ustaine and enlorcel until tliorouauly In u d h for- the courts; condemn lhe practice of publie officials recsltmit tree passes; ops a protective tariff, etc., etc. ' roKtlUN. Tlie Mayor of Matamoras, Mexico, has ordered the Chief of Police of ranches to prevent the passsge of cattle over the Rio Grande, either way. This order, if enforced, it I believed will break up cattle stealing on both side of the river. A private letter from Havana, received In New York on the 2"th ult,, give account of recent patriot ucece of lmortance, and state that their force were then at the gate of Manzanillo, which would soon be attacked. The Pope was again 111 with fever on the 4th, and hi physician were somewhat alarmel at hi condition. A liondon dispatch of the 4th say that the owner of the Durham . Mierie are evicting large number of their tenant who were of

the striking miners. Two hundred and twenty-eight of these evicted families were camping in the ti. Ms. The Knglish House of Commons, by a vote of 1C1 against l.'tl, has adopted the projMwi. tion of the Government that public houses In London shall Ih kept M-n week day from

seven in tne moruing until twenty minutes past twelve at midnight, and by a vote of 3si against 42, approved the Government's proposil that such house shall lie open on the same day !a towns having over population from 7 a. m. to 10 p. 111., and in town with less number of people, from ti a. m. to lO p. m. Jefferson Davis sailed from Kngland for the Tnited State on the 4th. A French council of w ar h.ta pronounced a verdict of guilty against M. Melvil ItlunUiunt, Ifc-puty for Guadaloupc, for participating in the acta of the Commune, and condemned him death in contumaciam. Recent Cuban advices state that indications point to a sickly wnon. Yellow fever ha begun to make it apearance, and small-pox. scarlatina and measles abound. A dispatch from Paris, tith, contain the announcement that the Ieft Center has adopted a platform which call for tho proclamation of a di finite Republic on tho dissolution of the Assembly. One hundred and ten Deputies have given in their adhesion to the programme. There is no longer miv hope of alliance between the I ft and Right Canter. The Tnited State pilgrim were received by the Pope at the Vatican on the tltli. They were intrti lueed by Rishop Devinger. Tho Pope, in reply to the Introductory speech, replied that " amid the darknes which encom

passed the world this manifestation was a rsv of liKht. The enemies of the Holv

Church were numerous. It was a great consolation to look Uon the New World, where the true faith ha so marvclotisly developed as to require the frequent creatiou of new diocese; and yet false religion nourishes! in a large part of that continent, and w e mu-t constantly pray for the restoration of all to the true faith. The latest advice from the scene of tho war in the North of Spain, via Madrid, Uth, state that the Carlist force are concentrating in Intrenched position about Ptn rta la Kcina. The main Isxly of the Republican annv i still at Lngron. The weather i stormy, which d la a battle. The Carlist division towards Aragon was frustrated by the Republican. The Ixmdon Tim, of the Oth, ha a significant editorial, hinting toward a recognition of the Spanish Republic. It assume that the Carlist are unable longer to maintain their hold in Biscay anil Navarre, and that the insurrection Is liable to collapse at anr time.

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XLIIId Onjrrew first f.sion. Iu the Sena, on the 4th, bills were paKse. to relieve the political disabilities of t'lUbUu Lee, of Virinnia, and Vau U. Morgan, ol Virginia ... Mr vvtnilom' I heap Tranorkatmo resolution was avain taken u. M.ssr. Ilaiailton, of Maryland, and llayard opposed it passage, and Messrs. Harvey and Hokv spukv in 11 tator ... Ibe enaU again a-ljourn.d without roaching a vote. In the House. on the 4tb, tbe bill reported frotu thr Coiumittee of ( orumerce providma: for crvairr M-curity of navigation on the Mississippi Itiver wi ass4n; aJn a bill to authurue the building of a bri.lif. across the river at l.arose. ... lhe Ksd bill was asain takrn up, but no action Wa takeu. . . A'Uourned. In the Senate, on the 5th. the principal part of the session wa occupied by the consideration of tbe bill to provide for tbe !e of extra copii of public documents an I for the distribution of the regular oltH-iai editions thereof. Mr. t ariwnt r sioae of tbe law alMilishlng lhe frank In privilege, and said that t onrnaa waa swindled into the passage ol thai law by the action of an executive 1I1 par (tin nt which had sent out circular ta country itnio rs and had them ot.tsis signatures lo s tilioii for lis repsl. The dulv ol that department wa to execute the law, out to n.ake it He laroixl the extension of the franking privilege Ui every docummt publinhnl by Congress, and said he would vole lor an amendment lo allow every dor uin-ot to go throng ti the mail Ine which had U:c olicial stamp of lhe commaatonal print r uiin tl.so thst the people c-.u'd have 4,if e information . W tthout fully disixMing ol the bill the v uate ailjournisi. In the House, on the Rth, consideration of

tbe bill lor the improvement nl the mouth of the Mississippi by (permanent .Mile Waa resumed, and the I loose was addressed by Mr. Os-ker In supportnt the bill Mr. Kaoson o xised lhe ,I as a measure b at prusiet to ev(nd All (i $ i,ik.n)4 al one peiiod, and (i.issi 'el during lhe Utt r i-riods and turn over the Miiwi.. Plvrr to Kids lo do with it as he phased lie aae,l whether ( on gn s dared lo turn over the T alher of W aters to one man ? VVou'd it dare to do it to he Prsl.lent olthe t'nite1 Mates or tothe Serretary of the Nary ? ongresa dare not do i Mr llurlbut closed lhe l-tate with an argument to support ol the lull Mr liarfleld ekel leave to oiler a subsliiute for the hill, but the motion Was deieatet. A Tote was th D taken on the sllhstittiteoffi rel hv Mr Met rary, which is to provide for the construction ol lhe fort St Philip Canal and lis maintenance aa nation I llghwar Ado; ted Ibe I'll as thus am- n led was then pssei ayes, 14"; n"es, si . . . Ailjoiiro d. Senate not in session on the f.th. In the House, on the f.th, the bill authorizing the sale of Kansas Indian land in Kan.as was pass' ...1e lull reported from the Committer on Miasivippl Lever, providing lor a commission ol engineer m also panned. . Mr. .nnon, irom the Post-. frier ( oiiinuttsr, rertel a bill lor the prr-pavment of postage on printed matur, and spoke in ailvocacy ol the bill It was pasd eves, lri; nor s, 71. ....Mr. Packer, of I'rrinsylrania. from tlie I'osl-i.ltirc Committee, r )snr a bill bi prevent what Is lennesi "straw-bids" for ra rying mail. He also r, ported a bill for adjusting salaries of postiiiHaU rs. It nes the salari ol the New York pis-UnasUr al i. and divide all others Into four rlasxr ; those Iksm- aalariea are not more than M.iioi nor lersthsn a t.ooo, not more than .!, nor has than i,ni, not more than :,' nor lr-s than I ,mi, and those whiair annual (vtiienstion is bsa than tl.Od I'oat msaIer ol Ibe llrst three ciasees are lo br appointed or rrmovnl wnhthe c4oi nt of the Senate. I noaeof Die totirth class to r apsilotd or removed by the I' muister- nt rsl. (he lull was passed . Mr S-nor, Irom the! enuiilttee on Kx-n'litureln lhe ler.iiH-itt of Justice, mails a reirt la r'gard to the expenses, disbursement and general roaaagejiirnlof Um- Western Judicial Ila trictof A rk ausaa since reorganization In lSTI. lhe testimony tak.n rover SO printed pag-s. I be Column Irr find that the eiprndlture bavs tern extraordinarily large, and are Dot in all caae upMrted by appropriate voucher. The committer, alter reviewing all the evidence, unbesttaluigly reeurtunead thr abolishment of the W eater lHatrirt, the snneaatlon ot It territory and the traosier of iu Uiatnesa to the Kasu-rn liistrict, and that tbe whole district, a Uius rrlortnel. shall br know and callnt the litrlrt id arkansaa with one Judge, one iMstrtct At turner and one Marshal Tbe House soon afterward adj .iriie.. In the Senate, on tbe 8th, the Moiety bill wa taken up, and th amendment authorizing the t lamination of private bonki, la voire, etc., Was rejected--) e, il Bora, JH Adjourned. In the House, on the Hth.Mr. Itutler, of Ma., moved lo suspend the rule and bike Irom tbe Hpeaaer' table th Senate Clvil-rlgbu blil

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elJJiili:a.lv . . .The la.uihtana roiil.u-d ,. . ." eaefh roiaiisiid Pmebbaek wua ifcPn ' waa laid over umob m,. lion until ih.. ul

.y.. .Ad.ourn. " ,,,,,u" Intbe Senate.on tbe Oth, Mr. AllNn'n fr)ri. the spm'ial Joint committee to llivrstltate ashi ti inanageiiu ut of Ih (,uv ruiiu nt ol the l)n,tn, t "i ( olumlila reHirtel a bii; for tbe gorr-nii,, . t '. the iMsinct ol Columbia, and gave not,,.,. , '" would auk the Nuale to couafler It ul f ' ' itay Mr Iignn, by request, introiiuc,, . If. to establish the Commercial Kailwiiy toii,i,Mn.. Kelcrnd to Uie (Joiiunitue on I laiisis.niti' I he bill pn.MMie lo imxiriHiraie Hi. t.nIN Kail way tympany with a caplt.il of On, " to iMitisiruct aud oH-rate a railroad ith'i ,ur ! more ttucka from New York ny to lb,, cm... , t hieagoand St. lauil. tlivldlliK It noun Uar Bitch Kiiut aa may be lound beat bi rear.i ,i cine. with the right to -ai-ni ir. roail from Onicago to any oitit on Hie wish. sippi Uiver almve M lonus. f he road m i,, , iv.iuiii, nci d within two year nd flni.-i,ri huIhb twelve year olthe enactment o (i. i,,n rates lor transportation ol puraengirs and tin ia I-.. 1i lM Ht.l l.v u i.j.n.iiiu.ij... ... s '1

.. ...... - "'I...".-- i'jiW , . lbr.-e i sons apMiinbs by the Presui.t one person by the liovernor ol each Mat ii.p.'.....

which the rottd shall pax, and three i,.)1J t" thr corporation; but Uie chargva sha'l n.,( , lr lo rents r bushel lor gram by the cr iwl hula In lght.and M ents p. r barn I of 0 lurlrom t hicago or et lamia Ui Jersey ( it y . ,t ai of the propoM d inc4rMiraUrs are left Hum Mr. Morum from the tsmlersncr i mumm.. on the Currency bill sul. milled a rtM.it an.i to have It pnnlid lie gave notice thrtt ti,.r, . piratton of lhe morning hour to-n..rr.iw i. wtiiild cull it up for consideration . Mr lliictieeira trom the (omtiutue on lerril(.n, riis.rtH faVoral.ly on House bill to enable l,- f,,,,, ,,( New Mexico to lorm a Constitution nivertiiiii ut, lor the admission . .,,. -i ,i,. ,,,,,, the In ion on an etial tix.tinjr w ith i lo-..ri.t,; Mliites. Placeil on the Calendar nj um.,1

III the House, on the '.Mil, the

ed elsetion case of M hlrlUn waa taken u

renolulion of the Committee.

that Ihv testlinonv wa not aulhVli'nt to h

rieriioD 01 rimer i mennac or CherKlan. and l rmilling tin in u take further te.nn, .v

anen 10 wunoui ai vision ... ir. s, ,4 r r jmrtu) a bill to aNdlsh llir Western I tistri.'l .if Vrkansays and to annex it to tin- Kastern I list net. I.. eil Without debate or o.s'l loll Mr lifr-ke.l leave lu utf r a resullllion dlleetirigthe Vt'.irm vl .t iieral to institute a ull and tlioromrh , ID vestlgalloa into thr character nl all i-.., paid al the l'reury I )rtrti. nt , v claltiis due for exis ndlltma of the Ma'-lml ollice ol the Western li.rictof Arkurtss. nnne the first of January, lsy, and to riott tl, -result Uiereel to lhe llotk-e on the lit t n Mir neat session. Mr. ier made asech ml vocacy of lhe resolution, ;iving a . .tt rti.t.t of Hie exis-Dses of Ibe itltrict. ..lo.'n , 0 evcnisn sanrion waa held lor genersl ..i-.cu-.'i..n . . . .Aij'rned. In the Senate, on the loth, nearly tljp entire sea. ion wa devoted to a mi. i .p ,.f i! bill lo amend the custom r vrMe liw-nr.lv repeal moieties, which was finally pan-vl sym. .if; Hum, .1 . . .Adjourned. In th House, on the 10th. the ,nm Awrd bill waa taken up, and Mr. Ilu: Ii r' u! titutc for the !enat bill Wa paeeed aj , Ut, nors, lei Adjournnt.

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A Cat Whipped by Kohin. An excitini; tyintcst wtn witn il in the Court-lmue yaril on Friday last, between a cat and some robins, tli.it U worth chroi)i."liii;j.

A rtdiin had a ru st tinder I lie north st "ip of the IVnirt-hou-c, and on 1'ri.Uy Iter jouii": liriHal of robin ma le t Inir tirt attempt to lly. Aione Mir, balt-Iledeil bird wa laboriously flying near ibe g:round. a ti"Tili-lMKiii(e sjiinl and lr.ive cba-x'. The binltlewaj bc.st itcould. htlt tlie cat'a swifl, stealthy treml gain! upon it, hih I the fate of tin bin I MS'im-d ss-ulctl. Hut its tcrritittl cries brought nli f, mid just a tlifttit joiiiicil iijtou and M-iiil it iu her nioutii. hall-a- lo.eti old rbiti lit on her back with a lury that wa rtectly atoni.liiii"; to lu r ca't-!iip, and Iroppin In-r prey ehe Iiicoiitiiiently ttirnetl tail and tlcw across the yard, the r-feiitlc robin piiriiin; lur with the rreiitcst fury, and tillitig: tin air with their Vstiigvliil cries. Not until tlie cat tKik r fiife in an adjoining: buildino; did tbe binl ifive up the t'hass', and n turn to tin-young bird. The latter wa uiiliiirt, and tbenoiof the contest liavino' drawn to the sd twenty-five or thirty other robin-, it. completed iW ilay's practice under am pie nro-t-ctioti. nii'l amid a clattering of tird tiiriics m Idoin heard in Nortliern clime. (Irnrsfo (A'. '.) R'puhltcin. To nii-te lals-1 on tin or iron, o that tliey will not fall oil, add I fabl. -po.uiMl t.f brown suar to every tjuart uftlour-p.i-te, ntid mix tliorotit'bly.

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