Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 21, Number 7, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 February 1879 — Page 2

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JASPER, - - - INDIANA. CUKREKT NEWS. WASMIXSTOX. Senator Cbrletkwey, ef Michigan, fefl appelated to the Peruvian mission. Senator A.Wlon, of Iwa, hW appointed to bi place upon the Judiciary Committee. Bs-Sonator Chandler, it k generally eeaceded, will he hk sueeeeeer in the Seaale. The puhHe debt statement of Feb. 1 shews m Imtmm in the debt fer the preceding Mtk ec tt,7U,tM; eneh In Treasury, m.mi kcal-teBdera outstanding, mm: total wRhout latere, $I4S,K,4; total debt, ttJ.e.l; total interest, A Ml Chief Joseph and the Interior Department lutre arranged for easel by the Nez Pereee of about 4,906 square Miles in Idaho. The tonne are six townships in the Indian Ter ritory and $O,O80 in money, to be placed in the Treasury ad to draw 4 per cent, in tereet. The New York Custom-house nominations were eonf rmed by the Senate In executive neiononthe8d,attera lengthy debate in which Mr. Coakling spoke for an hour ur gently opposing their eennrmation. The -rote for Merritt, for Collector, was-yeas, M; nays, W; Burt, Naval Oileer yeas, 81; sera. IS. A Demoeratle Congressional Caucus has decided to favor the repeal of that clause of the Judiciary act imposing a tost oath on Jurors in the United States Courts, which , debars any person from serving a jurors who voluntarily aided the Confederate ease; an amendment providing that jurors drawn to serve In United States Court shall have the same nuallications mnd be entitled to the same exceptions as jurors of the highest court in the State where sues United States Court is held. The Secretary of "War has sent to the Hettse a communication from Gen. Humphreys, Chief of the Engineer Corps, transmitting and approving a preliminary report agreed upon by the Board of Engineers appointed to consider and report a plan for the Improvement of the navigation of the Misislppi River belew the mouth of the Ohio Jtlver. The general plan of Improvement proposed by the Board Is that of contracting the channel to an approximate lowwater width of K'M feet by means of dykes of brush, etc, and where the bed of the river is found to 1u krl to Ks vrnra airar the river

Mimt ilrMlriMF in ailditlon to the red u c- i 10. were drowned in the Ohio River at LoulUa on the 'id, by the overturning of a

ay that the main nueetkm is one of cost, aad reeemmeBd that an experimental trial, to test tbe practicability- of works of a light arc comparatively inexpensive cmravier, t be made en Plum Point reach, 100 miles belew Cairo, for whkh purpose an appropria4k of m,m k asked. The "Wat Department has received Ufermatkm that telegraphic eommunicatioB k new open botwees Fork Elliott, Custer, Keegh, and Beaufort, which are eenneeted -Kith Bkmarek and Deadwood. Thk eonBeets all tbe frontier forte by telegraph. WB8T AXD SOCTHWHT. Jobs Aebey and Wm. E. Merrick were Imaged at IndkMpeik, lad., en the 'JHh. Aebey murdered George Iggett, in July ket, in a quarrel about a gambling transaction. Merrkk, a Ilvery-etabk proprietor, In Sentember last poisoned hk wife and then secreted her remains, together with those of i her newly born babe, in a teg heap in the eutskirta of the city, where they were discovered and kkntifed several days afterward. Guetlg, a third murderer, w condemned to be executed at the same time.but was granted a new trial. The Congressional Committee's Investigate of tbe charges agalBst Judge Bledgett, f Chicago, was begun In that city on theaeth. Joseph "W. Brown, a wealthy and respected farmer who lived about 90 miles northeast of Martlnsvtlk, Ind., was on the night ef the 31th nit. killed while sleeping In tied by bkws from a batehet or club in the band ef some person unknown. Mrs. Brown, who occupied the same bed, was severely eut and bruised, but was able to give a eonf used account of the affair, from whkh It seems probaWy chloroform was administered to them. Other members of the family, 'sleeping In adjacent rooms, wero entirely unconscious ef the tragedy until the perpetrators had fled. The tracks of two men were traced from the hotise for a dlsknee of two mi!e, ami this is the only ekw to the murderers. I Jobbery was the prebabk cause of tbe eriwe, lmt the villain se cured only f M0, WilHaai rottiaa WilHam Wheeter.Charks ,HI 7"7' ,,r Brawn and Hearr Memlstlek were blown iatefragmenk by the explosion of a steam ' better in a mill at Seeor, Woodford County, 111., on tbe KKh. . The Loukvilk (Ky.) Almsbi.je, loeated I Sve miles south of the elty, was tkstroyed Hy are ra iKBnaimin im wr. m-i o were 2M Inmates, a large number of whom were ebl, erippleil and imbecile, and the names spread H rapidly that many were 1 obliged to ump from the upper windows. Two men were killed by their fall, one Berthed in the name, and another was fatal! y burned, while several others were severely hibired in various ways. The building eost JO ,09 and was Insured for $70,089. Wild Hog, the Cheyenne chief confined at FertKobme,Neb., on the 81st, stabbed himself four times with a knife and will probably not survive. The Cheyenne squaws and eblklren at tbe fort have been sent to tbe Statix at Pine Htdgc Aganey, who have ejected Jobs J. Ingalk United dt4ea Sena(HT 9k (IhI ftffeC feftllta Tkft VOt Ih falrn, M; Morton, 7; Geodhi, 3; MHohX eyeieae sCruek Ink, Mkw., m the Ma-

phk and Charleston Ballroad, on the evHbur of the Hh. etearlag a path about WO

yard wide through the southeast part of the town, razing to the ground every none i feri track. The locality was ihhuuikhi ai moot exclusively by colored people. One colored woman and live children were killed outright, the bodies of two of the children being carried a quarter of a mile by the force of the wind. Several others wore injured, one fatally. The City of Memphis has been wipeu out of corporate exlslenee by an act of the Legislature repealing ita Charter, in accordance with the expressed wish of a majority or me citizens. The Mayor has reslgued and the General Council has adjourned sin die, thus leaving the people without any executive or law-making power. FInanolal insolvency was the cause of the municipal Wo B. F. Jonas has been elected United SUtes Senator from Louisiana to succeed Senator Eustis. Mr. Jonas was formerly a resident of Qtilncy, III., where bis father, Abraham Jonas, was Postmaster under the Administrations of Presidents Taylor and Fillmore, and was again appointed by President Lincoln, of whom he was a warm personal friend. B. F. Jonas went to Louisiana in 1858, and upon the breaking out of the war be ardently espoused the Confederate oause, although opposing the sesession of the State while the question was In abeyance The New Orleans Mint, after a suspension of work for 19 years, resumed operations on the 1st. The report that Sitting-Bull bad crossed the line Is now oontradleted, although a portion of hi followers have done so. A Lansing (Mich.) dispatch of the 1st says that Senator Cbristiancy had not yet de cided to accept tbe Peruvian mission. Governor Roberts, of Texas, will not order an election to nil the vacaucy in tbe Forty-fifth Congress, caused by the death of Gustavo Sehlelaher. He thinks tbe session now too short. The district composes nearly one-third of Texas, and It would require in the neighborhood of a month to get all the returns. Gov. Marks, of Tennessee, gives point to his message on the reduction of State expenses by relinquishing 1,000 of his own salary. St. Mary's College, a Catholic educational institution at St. Mary'?, Pottawattamie Countv, Kansas, burned on tbe 3d. Loss between $80,000 and '40,000. There were 03 boarding pupils in the institution, most of whom lost their entire persohal effects. Phlpps, O'Connell & Co., a leading Cincinnati boot and shoe house, have failed with liabilities of from $190,000 to $300,000. Herman, Frederick and Arthur Hemrich, three brothers, aged respectively 10, 14 and skiir. IVilllam Worts, alks Jack Murray, alias "IVlld Bill," awell known desperado fromj the Indian Territory, on tbe 2d shot a gambler named Grant at Denison, Texas, and in attempting to escape from the officer was himself shot and killed. Grant's wounds are not serious. The Governor of Louisiana baa signed the Constitutional Convention bill, and will eall an election of delegates for March 18. The Governor has appointed D. T. Porter and "V. W. Gay Commissioners to administer the affairs of the late City of Memphis, la connection with a third Commissioner to be chosen by the people. During the absence from home of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, who lived near Blue Tank Station, on the line of the M., K. andT. Railway, in the southern part of the Indkn Territory, their house burned down and their two little girls, aged respectively 9 and 7, perished in the flames. KAST AXD SOUTHEAST. An investigation of the official conduct during the late election of John J. Daven port, United States Commissioner and Chief Supervisor of Elections In New York City, was begun on the 3Sth by a Congressional committee. Davenport Is accused of having illegally and arbitrarily arrested and locked up a large number of voters, on the charge of having fraudulently procured nat utilization papers. Of some 9,&X) persons arrested under bis orders, only 600, it is al lejted, were ever brought to trial. At Mortvlllc, Mc, the other evening, John MeFarland, wife and granddaughter were killed by an Insane man named lloweli, who was later shot dead by a neighbor whom he had attacked. Richard Henry Dana, the poet and essay ist, died at Boston on the 3d, aged 88. FOKKISiN. The French political crisis was precipi tated on the 30th by the resignation of PresldeHt fcacMahoa. x. Grevy was at once

ehesenashls successor. The MlHtotryalo;.K

idflllvlvTA im.ll . ctit i.nnuuiii .i.n j reM T. M .. I - -m .. 4 ,1 ... 1 .. , ..,, . t tlntte in oee until their sueoewiors are appointed. There was but little public ex citement manifested, although Immense crowds aMemhled on the boulevards anxi ously awaiting the news e- ii.i ui ni ...i ,u.i iii Ex-l'reident Grant and iarty sailetl from . gllez f0f "Bom,wy eH u,e ,Bt. The Directors of the City of Glasgow Bank, Robert Sumner, Strohath and Lewis Potter, convicted of fraud, the ft and embezzlement, were sentenced to 18 months' Imprisonment. The five other Directors, oonvicted of uttering fabe abstract and Iwtance sheets, were sentenced to S months' imprisonment. , i,. .-.li- ...,, , to take extraordinary measures to stamp nut the tiWtie. fien. Lnls MelikoiT has i ..i..i n,.rtMi e i, ticin . jijniiiiii. u v v, c nui -v viivi m. vta iiu plague -stricken districts, which are created Into a single province during the continuance of the epidemic. The infected district is to be surrounded by a cordon of soldiers; houses and even villages are to be destroyed by Are where considered necessary, and the inhabitants removed elsewhere within the quarantined dkdrief. PraMots Paul Jules Grevy, the new President of F ranee, was bern Aug. IS, 1118. He bteamt an adreeate at Paris, and acquired

innuenee a. an opponent both of SecUlkm J and Itonapattkm, and after the February KeveliUlon waa a member ami Vb;lW- , dent of the Constituent and Legislative An-1

embl!e from 1818 till Dec. 2, 181. In 184 I be proposed that the Xxecutlve should be j chosen by the National Assembly ami hold omce at Its pleasure, with the title of rretndent of the Counoil of Ministers. He as elected to the Corps Leglsl.tif In IMS and im, and In l7l to the National Amsmwy by three departments, taking hk seat for that of Jura, his old constituency. He was President of the Assembly from March,1871. to Aoril. 1878: but declined the invitation of , President Thiers to serve longer In that ca pacify. Gambetta has been elected President of the Chamber of Deputies by 314 votes out of a total of 406. Dufaure, President of the withstanding he was urgently solicited by ; Vnwlilant finw to retain his position. M. j i n . i I..... Ii..nl.,l trllklkstsaV tt auuiBgiou u . " " I fitui with tne tast of formlmc a new Cabinet. The London Ttww states that 10,000 dock i.imnN an n -a fitrlko at I.ivernool. and

10 000 more out of work In oonseiuence of . In the Senate, on the 3d, Mr. McCreary slackness of trade. introduced a bill to transfer the olMee of I hMcMullanky Co., wholesale boot andean Affair to the War Uapartinent. Laid with liabilities amounting to $400,000. bev- idlll(1j (or H commercial treaty with Mexico. i u.ovo .vnnntiul In fnllnw Mr Tllirnri)iittil H OCtltion Of tllO ColOHHl

r. uu. suit- , , Paul de Cassairnac, whose election was inv.u,it,l hv the French Chamber of " - , . Deputies, has been re-elected by a majority (V) TheTheater Royal at Glasgow, Scotland . 1 it.t ? ll.tAd ml . ' burned on the 2d. No lives lost. it , repurwu u, ii-k- :; " Its appearance m mo pnmuau ui vu, Brazil. The Dominion Government has passed an order In Council prohibiting the Importation of American cattle into Canada. The fate of Prof. Xordenskjold'a Swedish Arctic exploring expedition is exciting the liveliest Interest throughout Europe, as it is generally believed that the exploring steamer Vega Is ice-locked somewhere northeast of East Cape. The Russian man-of-war Abrek lias been ordered without delay to Behring's Strait.Hoppingat Kamtschatka for

an equipment of fledges and dogs, together the bill. Rejected yeas Ho; nay Si not tho with mirtv of FMiuimauV who will en- requisite tao-tblrds. Other bllM were inwith apart) oi r..Miuimau., who ineu j,,,,.,. fnr thw fHraw pnroo. one ly deavor to reach the exploring party over- , Mr. ctlr apiiroprlatlng f iw,w 0 W, ami wea'thy Russian savant, M. SIbe- iJTXoo -a-T ilt?, m r- m riakoff, is also fitting out a private voscl, "the rules and ii a bill to secure with the same object in view, and tbe Jean- uniformity iu the standards of value. The nettc, James Gordon Bennett's exploring I PftS &e$!fc&tt& vessel, Is also ordered to pass through Beh- clared a full legal tender shall hmuttor bo i intorchaiitfeablo at IhwIhI value, racn tor

slble to the gallant explorers. A recent report by cable that the English authorities bad prohibited tbe landing of American cattle, on account of the alleged discovery of pleuro-pneumoaia among a re cent importation, created no little excite mcnt amongst cat tie dealers and shippe this side of the Atlantic The report since been contradicted. Col. Percy Windham, a dlsHngui soldier of fortune, formerly with Garibaldi, and with the Northern army in the American civil war, was killed recently at Ran goon, India, in attempting a balloon ascension. GENERAL. The Board of Experts investigating the yellow fever epidemic of 1878 have submitted a report to the Joint Congressional Committee, in which they take the ground that yellow fever is an imported disease, and recommend that the necessary steps be taken by Congress to secure the co-operation of the Spanish and other foreign Governments, through an International Commission or otherwise, in an earnest effort to as certain the cause or causes which perpetuate vellow fever from year to year in the West India Islands, and to devise ways to remove tJk ABima aa wtitcArf af lAtastan Mtn ttnnAii of transporting the poison to the UHlted

SUtes or to other countries. A stringent to Hipnd by nxln the force at n.m. system of quarantine is recommended; abo, Mr. MilH ohject;d to tho rednction that dead bodies of yellow fever victims be ! t2ffl!glgtZ promptly burled, and the assembling of ing 5,,w.l !qiiaro tulles, inhabited by 45,. tiersona at their funerals be dlcouratred. ! ". iiph scattered throoKhout Its torpersons at tneir innerais oe utscourageu. a i Af HrMy wh,ch WMJ1 HO, BMtn. tain a Hkirnilxh lino HcroM it, and the lmnlur rovourcuiAVii liunrrFiti v u bad bee.n a rumilRg, bleedinf wmiml ever COAliKhbSIOAL PKOCLhlH.Xih, ,,. Texas had iKtn adnikted into the , Union. The delwto continued at groat

In the Senate on the 29th, .i, . 1 ihc iicnaiun cases on the calendar were disposed t ot, and, . after the passage of the I bill lornmmotlnethe efficiency oi uiiapiain In tlio United Mates Navy, the Senate went Into executive session. ..In the House, the Post -office ApprOpria - .Inn lIO .. out 1IAt..u...l anil ci iii..t... nf amendment disposed of, but no final action i was taken. The evening sefxlon was devoted io eooiueraiioii oi rcporis irom iiieuommiiteo on Commerce. ret-olutlnn declaring the validity of tho Thirteenth. Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend ments to tho Constitution came up as the regular order, and Mr. Morgan be inn entitled to tho floor, made a lengthy j argument in favor of tho adoni Z.. r i.l- ....1. . Jan. 20, a agreed "upon by the Democratic caucus, nciorojir. Morgan concluded hw remark tho Senate tho I 'o -office bill panM.-i aiti H,tl, had irnon lnercas-cd. after many of the In the Senate, on the 31st, Mr. Voorhecs, from the Committee on renskms, reported a resolution Instructing the Secretary of the Iiilrtin to niiu'ii-f inv uitilil Imml ,'li-rlpul fof' necessary In tho Pension Office and ,H!lu,ion brHncii of tlw SurgiMm-Genernl's (olnce, to secure to applicants a prompt examination of their claims and a speedy and efficient transaction of tho business of pensioners. Agreed to, Mr. Shield, waw appointed a Incmber of the Committee on ItallroHds and Unrolled bill, In plnco ot his prcdeceasior, Mr. Armstnmg. Mr. Saim ; der, fnm the Joint Committee to Inquire luto tne expcutenc oi transterring ino ii Indian b'PSrtt mcnt, reported that tho ctunmltlec had lieen iiurrnu irom iiih imvriur w, m nrin i unable to agree, ami submitted tneir roport, i accompanieii oy uui uminimri.o mo i-res. Mmt 1 temporarily to transfer tho cus. todv. control and management of f certain Indian trtlw from tho In1 t p r i n r J terlor to the War Department, mid lor other purposes, baiti on tn tame. Tho Vleo.lreident submitted tho ere dentlals of G. G. Vest, Senator from Missonri. Tho Senatv.on motion of Mr.ConWIIng, went Into executive session, when a mosago from tlie President wa read in reference to the New York Qnstom-lioHMi appointments. Mr. Conkllng moved to proceed to consider and act upon tho nominations. Mr. Matthews moved to adjourn, which was carried ye, 36; nays, 3es tho Democrat mostly voting yea.. .....In thn House, Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the bill for the relief of settlers on absentee Shawnee landa In Kansas, t'assed. The Senate bill was paased for the erection ef a military poet at

Jo uk immmUmk Wll tnlHth oho kmwy wi ilir iffKWifi '.YT"!" avtMtA-vwMl nay W.

. smie, on the 1st, Mr. Coke subllKj amendments to the Senate bill pro. vdlngfor thewMinKthmof arallmad Jroin alvrtoB,Tex., to a jhhiii on u.e Kim.ranuo onteCamar 'ea - dns fetm JSJff SSi w - ttH.ig prlvato land eialimi M mmwi. wH..yX, ,ftn,8 ,firfVed (rom the. finankli and Mexican B'1r'?;, ,,?,''" lliXt n "rolll tlons of Mr.KdiMnl,etunnKiiivanuy of the thirteenth, fourteenth ami flftwmlh aownUiuents to th Conttttlon, and Mr. Morttan continued his araumentm favor of the substitute imeiited by him. Mr. Hayanl then took theHoor, but yleWeUtoMr.KansoHt for a motion of Kxecutive iwwwtoH...... In th House, the tun tor ino ren m "kkio am VtA jjnark, hcrenitore maile by Mr. lit hkk in roliininva tn Sunt lliril clutlUH i - -ii vPr. MIHshuM Slnifleton. rwfiTonpd to outnem ciaimH. u wnn iu .ThcHoiiHO tlmnwent into CoinmlttoM of tho WholeonthHArmyAiiwoiritlon bill, botrose without action, iVpuTof Kmklana. oomplalnlHg that they , J,rc not protected, either in life or pnMrty. lHmi that in tho recent election they wre met , by armed white Lmcn, known as ,a UeiiKicratlc 1 IHtl ItlHl Hill puiwn lowito hold irnvtlngs. They therefore In voko tho protection of the tedural tlovernMSThSi f-... utju r.ulilltt.w. fill L'tllfltflHlh 1)14. . -. uvu ulmf u uitil not u 1 from tho (-elect Commltt reiKirtcd a mil to : dutthm of contains and Infectious UlseHses iu t ynttcrt Mates, ani tin e-isoi mi a

rcuuof Puti oiifaitn. uruereu puiueu mu i iw., , xiie iUolnti. recommitted. Mr. Morrill xhvo notice that of whom '0 voted. Ihe Wute a soon a.- ho could obtain the lioor lie would majority required was 380. M, Jules call up a hill to provide for taking the tenth ( (;reVy received o vote, and Ueuand tho uubwouent consul. Tho Senate ttri DeChanzy SW. Grevy w

ttipn. on Hioiion oi .nr. iiibiuhp. tlnto esocuilvo so'lon......In tins nou. Mr. Hurcuard introduced a mil to juroviur for tho payment ot arrears of pen. s-ions. It authorize?) tho j-ecn-tar" of the Treasury to msII. at not les than par, 4 percent, bondi not to exceed in tho aggregate the sum of iUt,-0,w. and ntln-rl TW!" Oftit. lnllli!-l. to to bo exempt rtt be'applied to tho payment of claims tor arrears oi pennions . uffuf" f t0 ft the role and mi tin. othor. noon the dwmand ot any hold er thereof, at the offlco of the Assintant Treasurer at Now York and at the mint at r. ... . - . . . i . .. . . . . i wa in nil j ur .li':1;?. 4y. ,.wu7 nro: I !C ented in sums of ?! or multiple thereof, umi n u tnaiio tho diitv of tho .-ecretary of the Treasury to provIdoforMichlnterchHiiKCablillty; and hek:lir.ct.'d,liicolnpaymenw. i ,,,hCo Appropriation bill, establishing a 'steam-hip line between Ncwlork; and Kb I Janeiro via Norfolk, and another between New Orleans and IIH Janeiro via uaiveion, allowing a subsidy of SJ&0,0 per annum to each l!n. Referred. Majority and minority report of the Committee on Privileges and Kleetfone were, submitted, one declaring the election of Corbln and tho other tho election of Ibitler from MHith Carolina. Mr. Coke spoke at length In favor of conetructiiigr a railroad in Texas to the Rio (.ramie. , The Smate thea resumed consideration oi ar. 1 Kdmunds's resolution declaring the validity I of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth ' AmomltoMnto to tho Constitution. Messrs. Hayanl and Edmunds speaking at length thereon. Mr. Kdmumbi at tho close of his remarks endeavored to force a vote npanliie resolution, but tlmSenato by a vote 01 as to 13 resolved to go into executive session la the Houe, tho Army Appropriation bill was conlderHl in uomigiuee t of thn Whole. Mr. Durham submitted an Mr. Durham suumitteu an amendment reducing tho army to ae.OoO . onmted men. Mr. Wblttliorne moved to ft, I sf,.H .A.iM.:w,tlila ilottufu a vrta u'ua tjalraetl WM t W ni'th. Hon with coiiMderauie acerouv. mt. , --"";--;:;. ... ... ,.. ... I J1X Hll-tl IIIHIT IWIfttlVI IJIIM Kl K III" l.llfc , forthomenace.of the Army tho "groat lrH i.tmiiini trimd" would never hava Ih i ii com 1 tntttoo. I Ii. rif.tvH lamfhtcr from tho Kenub . Hcan side.) Ctmn a "t lMd taken, Mr, ' c.ix'h hihh1hhm t whh defeated without dl ..f 1 .. .1 tt ftt.t.i 1... u rf &t& t.k g. An nvenliiK Mwelou was held, nt which ' tho Mlslslnpt Miveo bill was conlilerod Isi uommutee ox imo n 11010 ano reponeii w the House, which without action thereon adImportant t Pensioners, DEI'.tKT.MUXT Of THK IXTKKIOB, PrVeiON Oitick, W.tautNOToy, D. C, January U7, 167J. C'IKCUUR Lktti:r. 1'ersons who are entitled to arrears of pension, under the act granting arrears, approved Jannarv itt. is, and whose nenslons were granted nrcvhius to that date, will not rej quire the assistance of a claim-agent In obtaining the amount due them. All correMMindence In relation to any claim for such arrears will be with the person entitled, and no claim-atfcnt will be recognized In such i claims. A letter addressed lo the uomints (doner of l'eusions.Mgned by the person i was n rcc nt of the pen, on at tne aforesaid, and two witnesses, in the enee of a magistrate, will be the only oallnu r....llirl mill lllMin Which tllf nf nil nartlf eoneernil will be adlusted The pensfoN certificate sltould not be sent to thUntHoe built mhA be exhibited to the magistrate. The letter should lie in the folI .iiU-nt&tit fArtn. T Ll"; n " -II i i i ' , H in:itllinri nnu; nsiieton eeitiflcateXo. , loreby appiy tor the nr. rears due me, under I ho act granUng firrears of nenidflH, approved January S, 1ST. M l'ost omec aibliesl--lb ro insert tne name ol the Post .omen, and 11 the claimant rortdes in a city, the name and number of the atroet and residence must also Im glven.1 Two witnesc. IName of Claimant, Hgnetl In my presence, by - .who la known to me to be the person h dewrtbea himself to he, nnd at the satno, time he exhib. it el to me bis pcttilon cerllWeato, whton w nnmbered . tMaglstratc'a signatnre.J .1. A. JiKNTI.RY, Commissioner ef Pensions. " m Coiffures tesd to oompaotEiese, and are wora lower ia the back.

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Frasrldvat MpMHh Kim4kh-IIU Uttvr im tk CkaiMfeata M, Jhim (Jrevj-t'U. ea 1'reaitleMt. t Pakm, Jamjar)' ii. President MauMakoa has tendered hhirfrtlCHtlon in tho folWwln letter, which was read before both houn-s: At the oneoiaK of ttoU iH tMioa of the Clmiu ban tbe MlMlatry rveinui to you h ir Kramme hlch, whtla sfoitliHK h I. tuition to public opinion, apesrtu to tli Caliluvt suim intent b vHHt without ilaicr to tho Mtcurity or tcou adm I nUt nation t tn touti try, and, putting aidall iwrwiiiaJ vle, I ht Kiveti tii prograHiw my iipprol-Htion, lor I was wtcrlMiK ; prUHh to wuich tsinsolenco coiumaiideo mo to ivmain f.il'li ful. To-day the Mlhlswy, tlilitklnc to rtpoH to the opinion of the majority in , tlie two Chambers, nromwes to me In regard to )!! tnllitJiry coitiHiaiids aonie jeeawtal waMiren which I consider contrary to the fcricreata ol tins Army, ami, owtteittly, to Uhmhj vt the ooutiirv. I ean not ttubKTlbe to tliem. Any other Mlnisto- takeH from the niajorlt) wotil j luiiKNiC upon me the sane cotiiliio.iiM I con Muer wyaell, therefore, bound to shorten the duratloii ol h nisodtu which the atlftla A-embly confided to we. and L tlietelore tei.rtor my rwUtnatiot. In (inlttlHK IHJwer, I hav tbe conaplatlon ot thinking that duriBK the M yean I harm., votmi Uttiio itvto ol my coantry. eitlur hj a aoldliM-or a alhzei:, I have never becu giadel by ttentlments other thau inmor and duty and abwrfuw deotkin to av country. I reou ynu to cowmunlcute my devUloa to the Chambers. ,v , Sigma MacMjUIOS, Dukoof Magenta. M. (IKK"Y 1XKCTKD I'KRSIDKNT. The two Chambers were opcnMi by a. Martel.whe a?ala read president ilacMalion'. letter of resignation and the articles r tta PoBhtlttdlon. M. De Uavardie, bentor, arald shouts of disapprobation, aKed whether Congress accepted ihe reeignation ,.f irt.hnt MaeMahoH. Cgrei ttt this

Hlmian. Mr. Harris f jnaulry aide by voting the previous quesco on Kpldomlc Ids. t0,, v a large majorily, and, after ap(-uiat-

;lh;,t;lVl)c, Seven hundred and Ihlrtellers, procecucu iw uiv mmiuv - 7" iJ-.tnn. and Detmtics were Drent aeeordlnzl Cieclaretl elected, ana was preeJaimeil rresident of the Republic for the term of aeten years. Forty-tliree blank voting papers were deposited. The voting was secret. The only Incidents were the ap,.i, Kiln f Victor Hum and others of the V M tney advanced to the tribune, aad ,,.,- 'uarsKtioti. Brogile, Uuffet aad other untHipuisr trwt:o w mo There was a perfect frenzy et cntbuhwa when the figure were announced, niewben of the Left and the public In the eillwles riing in a bodv and repeatedly sUouUsr Vive I IteputAique! 1XSIDK II1STOKY OF" Till. CRISIS. At Tuecday's Council, Grevy, Minbter of War, submitted bis list to the President. Gen. Grevy's decree dealt with tbe nine Generals; of tbeie, four were to be transferred, and five Ilourbakl, DeLartiiruc, Itataille, Dubarall and Iotitandoiidei1 1 1 v; i I I I ii l in 'jirn I ia ' Glared he ootild otlrn this decree. "I can Hot," he said, " sign a decree supen-ed-i Insr brave Generals rav own friend and companlonn, whose legal terra of command 0VexnIre8 In five orir months. There is Army. resign. My children weuld not forgive nte for such an act I can not, where the Army is concerned, for whlehl am res ponlble before the Nation, obey tbe Injunction of newspaper like these." And the Marshal showed two Republican newspapers whkh for some days back have been publishing list of offices clashed In political catsri. The Ministers said nothlBsr, for after bearing this It was difficult to form an immediate resolution. The Counoil accordingly adjourned. THE MINISTERS HESIOX. The Ministers congratulated rrf'Jdest Grevy this eveaiaf on hla election, and colI. ,,',., ,,!,rl1l ,h.ir rMhration. M . Jjr"" .Wl tke bone that the v would 1 Ore) expressed fJJilxZ0 eontlnue in oflice, at leant provisionally. T t uoiRn wiu acei wnorruw iu wmiun situation. a vr.Kcr.ruh revolution. Immense and peaceful crowds are bled on the boulevards awaiting newt. Tat eoneourse of Ihe general public at Versailles is not very grwt, and the excitemtat does not compare wllh thatof May 31, 1. when Thiers resigned. There is no disturbance anywhere. CITILSMRVICE 1KFOKM. Bfetiage nf thn rresldamt Reganllne New Terk Caitum-hoHaa Nowtstallent. T the Srnmtt: I trtninut hrmrlth a tttrrof tbe $rCTtt' . I ry of the Treasury In regard to the . i slon of tho late Collector and Naval OrtH'er ci the nort ot aw Yorit. witu aceoi'j;-,-IrwHUtBt. In Bil.lMl.iB llicrfto I rtMK-CUU ly rubmlt tlic following oM:rvatioiis The Cuauoa-lioui'e In New Vrk coH more thasi two-third of allcustoiH9renu of the Uoverjnr.ro t. Its admlni?tr4tlo'i i matter not of local Intc-rei-t mondy, buc ot great iwiixmaiiee to tlie people s")".'", whole country. For a long period of tire' It has beet used to manage na-,c?4 tml unUilul nSnlrx. Till- oflK " sujcnileti t have been by mo are and for hoveral s c" engigud in Urn active per managemwHt id ttse psrty aau ai office ! awtc .it .Vw York- The Aii Isl! lit liaastn liUVt lll'l'tl IVirM ot saliordiHaie iHsporiiiHCO to ttictrii work. ltilrms havo been coiidjiyt. J a aiimtof tlioiHilitfcallii-cblMery umlerti control, i uvy imvBiumi Miv t .1... . n.nlann llilllllful lllllllill! W!I il'i V I III V I I'.ll ...'. . . . ,,l I fbe Custom hwiso sfiould hen bndiew r,c, It should b conducted on bujii'f i!T t eiple. Col.Jamct. 1'otttnaMer f '.. : 2'"''.' ,',iu.!,r:!!.r.,.l..n. ; i-oi-onieo w a uuiww i slHiuld be run a such. It is toy dHHfr" of their perMinal ami political Bmv aeJ C'onvlueed that t be people , of oiS thn country generally wish tho ; ,,itt Uustom'lioui-eto oe nuiinniM ' ,,.V,WK H View ill vire iniinii ir.-.- .:.,., II.W to do all in my iwwer to introduce lid office reforms ahlcli the 7"twCti desires. With my lnfora,8,l" So tW in the case, ami with th deep nv w treimnsllilo obllKntlon Imjioset I hp tlm CoiisMtnMoa to take oaro tba "c vf are falthlnlly executed, 1 reg 7 "tioa plain duty to supnd the oWer na ,w and to make the ""Ih"Mom tw lgMf h.ui it order thntthbi lmnortant"nY be honomly aad eWelentiy dmiijtsyyijs. JKxeeattv J Maa4en, Jaanary L - "" -1. , j. jt u!.t.iM miirrc'and mice are now Mttok here and t OTerPamiaa bosneU.

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