Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 21, Number 9, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 February 1879 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

We ffMiA eTstPtsw"arw INDUXA. CURRENT NEWS. O Mm rssammoa dosiosi Mm Committee MlMUa Aa.tsMSeemto has appelated seioet committee to sK during the recess to lavesUgato Um treatment aad sseaps f rem Fert Beblnsen aad substqusst slaughter of MM VwMMni ClMfMHMladiMM. PmljMt Hay. expseta te go zt tun Mtr to CeajMctieut, California ad Texas. At a cauou of Um Kepublieaa nsembers f tlM Swtti, hoid oa Mm lth, K wm agreed that ths Poot.sdsee Appropriation MM shall he taksa up u km m Um pending measure la regard to CkhHH hmmigratioa is ikf oisd of, tad UMt prefersaee shall be given te ether regular appropriation bills, iaeiudieg Um linr and Harbor, hill, over all other huelaeta thereafter. Um Freeideat has nominated Horatio a Burebard, Representative P1 CoagreM from Um Fifth District of Illinois, Dlreeter of the Mint, vie Liaderman, de ceased. Mr. A. Louden Saewdea, the flrst nemlaee, declined the position. The President has approved the bill to allow woman to practice before the Supreate Court The Democratic Senatorial Caueus resolved to rooede from the actios previously takes by the Jolat CoagrewieHal Caueus,

pledgiag their support to the repeal of the nicpallty, including unpaid tax-bills to the Federal Supervitors-of-Eleetion law. The ara0UHt of ,000,000, and the creditors are abolition of the Juror's toot oath will be ap-1 Gr(iered to file their claims on or before the ponded to the Legislative Appropriation third Monday in May. These claims are bill, as heretofore agreed upon. t supposed to exceed ,500,000. Secretary Sherman, la a communication j Charles R. MeGill was hanged at Cleveto the House,sUte the estimate for expend- j aa( o., on the 13th, for the murder of his ltures for the next f seal year at $m,hm,- mrm,t Mary Kelly, In December, 1677. 41. The ostinatod reeolpU are: From i Ex-Goveraor Pinohback has aucepted the eueteau, $IM,000,0(X); from internal rev- otKee of Revenue Ageat of the LouUiana eaue, $108,000,000; from nafsoellnBeous District. ourees, $1800,000; total, 367,500,000; lv- j A (lificutr on-ed on the 17th, at John -lag adeieieacy of f27,0,419. J MHVine i(iM., between Col. TIe!H, Dr. Tho Senate Committee on Traasportation Lewwyi Dr, Wajker aaJ 3fr. Araold. The Boutos to the Seaboard have made a favora- g ht wa8 begUB bv Holman shooting Lowble report oa the applieaUoa of Oapt. Jas, rey . Ariwld 8h'et Holman, wounding B. Bads aad hlsaosoclatee for relief. The , w tkeH ghH td k,Ued Walkerf Md hlllpwp a.aiodllcatloii of the ordinal wash,Mgelf 8HOtintUrnby Holman. Araet authorilngrteImediate payment to BoJ aB(1 Lowrev kave aoe died. Holman Capt. Eade of 1790,000; when the channel Is I WM arreflte4 foetj deep aad not less than 300 feet wide, . A mol) of raMkbd wn UBdertook to take WQ,m; for tt foot the same, and for f a priMBer named Dallas Rogers from the foot the same, withou regard to width. Ja t Graham, Texas, oa the night of the There are also provisions for the awn-1 nth, but were resisted by the Sheriff's poe teaaaee of the work, ae provided in the;aBd0Be of tfce bMHeiA. W. Hayes, Zf,:. was shot and killed.

4. i- i- i-L-i loth and prosided over the Senate a portion of the afternoon, it being the first time in Mm history of the Government that a colored man has eoeupied the chair. The President has nominated William Garvey, ot Ohio, Indian Ageat for Nevada. ' AXX gOtrXHWMT. A eerrespoadeat of Mm Looioville Cow tier-Journal, sent to Memphis to iavoatl gate reports of yellow fever Uwre.telegraphs i

aa emphatic denial of Its existsaoe. i lmhioh wureu, w ve in. At Browaaville, Tens., oa the 13th, Frank I train went down into tho water, a distaaee Bond, ayouag lawyer, wae shot and fatally f W wouaded by his eousla, James S. Bond, Jr., Hon. Zaeh. Chandler was oa the 18th f rwba tbaa attMBtod to commit auieide. bvlnally elected United States Senator from

aootlag himself through the head. The tatter's wound is net serious. The shooting was the reuk of a disagreement regardtag the sale of some property la whieh both had aa interest. A negro burglar wm. Patterson. 1 ka llBtd U n lu Uilnr 1 i-T5jrr v. ... jr:: r: 1 jb. b. nrigBviB aimi inj, im ix signt of the 13th, was killed la a hand-to-hand ; fiiht with the clerk. aldl7vears old.aam-1 ed Augustine Marty, who was armed with a dirk-knlfe. The Cor oner's Jury exonerated young Marty. The steamer A C. Donnelly wa bunted oa the Bight of the 14th a few miles below Cairo, oa the Mtseleeippi River. The burning heat was run aground upon Island He. 1, aad all the passengers got off, although several were crippled by jumping front the beat. The boat bunted to the water's edge, aad net evea the books aad pap on were saved. The pilot, Wm. Underwood, remained at his post until the boat struck the shore, whoa the p4 lot-house was hi flames, aad be descended through the wheel-house, Jumped lata the water, aad swam ashore. Seven of the Cheyenne prisoners eoefined at Fort Leavenworth have beea Identified as hi lag engaged la the raid through Kaasas ket fall, aad they have been tamed over te Mm civil authorities of Ford County, where they will be put oa trial for murder. James Beck, a baggage -mater on the Iron Mountain Railroad between St. Louis and Columbus Ky., has been eoavleted of rob blag the asail and seateneed to three years ta the Penitentiary. abc maw ouneuag or tne soiuien urphans' Home at Xenls, O., was destroyed . v- ... i ,

j --'8 recent CongroMlonal eieetion. hundred ohlldrsn had Just flaished broakf t J John Mellon has beea arrested at Marion, ia the building and returned to the not-, McDowell Oo,unty, X. C.,oa a charge of tagoa whoa the ire broke et. Several . blmy. It h Sld that he ha 19 wives now members of the LogislatHre , ofiicialiy .1IvlBK , various pert of the eouatry. He visiting the inrtitutlon, saved their live hy ww ormeTy a Methodist minister, Is wild Jumping from the ltory windows, to lc exMeilingly prepossesdag in hb manThe entire oonteaU. of the building, laolud- n mA has app,reBt,y mtdt h 1H4aeMI of lag the personal effects of erneer and teaeh- Mi- rrnm a4e , ,1ta mmd i

ere, were destroyed. The loss to the State j is about 75,000, upon whieh there Is bo IbHirjeHQ Three masked men robbed the Little Rock mail-Mage, on the Bight ef the 14th, three miles west ef Pine Bltifl", Ark. The driver aad the Idngw paseoBger on board were re-' lierod ef their Money and valuables and the j Btan-nagf gutted, so otew to tae robbers, KeV. Peter Walts, a colored Baptist preneW ef MatlieoavtHe, O., was shot aad kHiedoathsatehtaf the Mth by Andrew latory, a eeored hey of 17, employed as a aeaohmaa by Mr. Jewett, of Ked Maak. Walts wa dodging areuad Jewott' heue in a auspicious BMriMMTf atsd yewsg Kamry, JBistaktaghimfera hurasar, irtd hk gun

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brgkr modestly a short Mom pmieus, asm, Mm family being aanat, Bassry was oa Mm lookout for aMtkor aUoaapU It was beMoved that Walt mlistsa wasoMef Me, net buagtary, as he was soaatwhot iatwaatt wHh a young eolered girt, a servant ia Mm boum. Dinsassd wm afty years Ordaadbad a wife aad family. Matt. Pollock, a priater well kaowm ia aaavoMoM throughout Mm country, was shot aad kitted hf Jlat Barr at eWoaaa, O.. aa Mm morale ot tb loth. Both wore wader Mm tafuoaoa of liquor at Mm altheuch Mm aturdor aooaas to have eommitted In a cold-blooded meaner. Pol look was i foots iaohos high aad very tbia aad hero the nick-atata of Shorty" Pollook. Apeak exists among Mm wake settlors of Alaska, owiag to Mtreatoaod kootUHMa oa Mm part of the Iadlaas. The trouble arose out of the arrest of two Iadlaa charged with murder. At last accounts the whites aad armed aad fort lied themselves, aad were awaitlag aa attaek. The Colleetor at SHka has telegraphed Secretary Shormaa for aid, aad meaawhile the commander of a British vessel has beea asked to aford thorn protect lea. Dr. George II. Gray, of Deaisoa, Texas, who distlBgulshed himself by prefessloaal services at Holly SprlBgs durlag the epidemic, committed tuieide at New Orloaas oa the 15th by shooting himself through the head. No cause Is assigned. Judge Baxter of the United States District Court has appelated Thomas J. Latham receiver for the City of Memphis. He is to take charze of all the effects of the late uTbe L- C. MoCormiek, a small steamer, running between Marietta and ZaBesrille, oa the Muskingum River, exploded her boiler when near Beverly, on the 15th, killing the ireman, Mike Havemeyer, and seriously fccaldlng Capt. Martin, two of the erew and three pamngers. The boat sunk a few Kinntee after the explosion. George SL Bvaaa aad three eolered naea were killed aad a number of ether pas sengers aad employees severely hurt by the of a bridge oa the Swa.Rome aad Michigan, to fill the vaeaaey caused by the reel; nation of Senator Christlaaey. Mrs. Wolf, wife of a farmer living aear CHathe, Kansas, oa the l&th was outraged by a negro workman during the absence of her husband, who then out her throat aad left: w Uar far ilaitl. Th brut waa aantursd (! r. . t: itnigcu in jus. on a lajaina nnt faUI. BAH AJtXJ SUViaSAVTi W. B. Fleming has beea eleeted to Cosgross (a place of Julian Hart ridge, deceased, from the First Georgia District. LUther 11. COBklM, late County Treesurerof Oswego County, N. Y., is a defaulter te the amount of $89,000. Hie operations began la 1600. Jena Edwards was hanged at Smithfleld, 2?. C, on the 14th, for the murder of one 'Ballard about two years age. E partem Myster end wife, of Somerville, Me., woat to a neighboring tewa sboppiBg, leaving their three children looked la the house. During their absence the BOUSC eaught Ire aad burned, together with all its eofltenU, including the three children. Their agea were 4 and 2 12 yean aad 8 The Grand Jury ef Reaeteiser County, X Y., has indicted Postmaoter Ford, his two seas, aad Henry Cex aad Dr. Hagermaa for complicity in the frauds recently unearthed in the Alms-house at Troy. Jeha Geyeraad Wm.irilsoa lost their lives la a burning building la Franklin Township, near I'ittiburg, Fa., on the night ef the 16th. mi aBj fieHtcneed in Baltimore for iaterferwith Unltwl Stat StinervUor t thi. wiim uniieu state super. rsors at tae rv cAMMtmitv wW u taMttarariiv- in. " r ..j . eated. FOKHIHX. Tu r,.. u . . ... The German Relent tag wa opened oa the Mth ny the Emperor William In person. f I his speech from the throne he said he I thanked the members- for assrstiag la the suppreoston of the Soeialiet agitatlea. and hoped they would oontlaue to support the Government a far as was necessary for the cure of the Soeialiet evil, He declared that the relation! between Germany aed all other Powers were satiafaaierv aiul thai atu. I ewers w ere saumaotory anu that She I would oontlaue her influence ia behalf of HurepeaM peaee. I Bsary X. 8taaky, the explorer, was J

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fereaee oa Mm CtvHiaettoa of Afrioa, aad Mated Mmt he wowM load Mm Befciaa epMog earned ,whUh ia aoe start for Africa. 4 ' t Ga. Graat aad party arrired at Bombajr, Iadta, oaMmMth. A Liverpool aMspatea of the Mw reports the probable adjustment of the labor troubles la that oity whieh have for so leag eempletsly paralyaed trade. Heaeat advioos from the Cape of Good Hope ooataia aaeuraaeoa that Mm vleterieue Bulus have ftaally beea defeated by the British troops aad driven out of Xatal. The exoitemeat regarding the plague in Southern Russia continue, aRhough the Mteat reports are somewhat more favora ble aa ehewiag the eaerfotie measures adopted forth auppressioa of the disease aad keeping it within bounds. The quarantine lines have been extended aad etreegtbeaed, aad Gob. MeHkoeT exercises supreme power la the iafeoted district. The Canadian Parliament met on the 14th The opeaing ceremonies were conducted In a style of royal magnileeaee, the GovernorGeneral aad the Friaeees Louise belsg accompanied to Parliament Hall by a guard of honor, where they received the royal salute. A most brilliantly arrayed company of ladles and geatlemea assisted at the openIs. Edward O'Kelly, the last of the Fenian prisoners, has been released and Is on his way to America. Cordial letters have been exchanged between the Pope and the German Emperor. The Governor-General of Canada, in bis address to Parliament, says he will pre for the most vigorous prosecution of the Canadian Paciflc Railway. Dam Pedro of Brazil has eontributed to the WaehiBgton Monument a stone weighing nearly eight tons to perpetuate the memory of Washington. The stone, engraved and Inscribed, Is now in New York Oity. The Pope has proclaimed a universal Jubilee and Indulgence on the anniversary of his elect ion. An imperial manifesto has been fceued announcing that the Czar has ratified the definitive treaty of peace with Turkey, and orders consequently are given the troops to return home. The manifesto does with thanks to God for Russia's glorious victory. The English Parliament convened on the 13th. In the House of Commons, Sir Stafford Northeote, Chancellor of the Exchequer, mid it was not desirable to either exaggerate or depreciate unduly the severe blow in South Africa. There exists general admiration for the gallantry of the troops, aad universal sympathy for the sufferers. The Cabinet k resolved to repair aad wipe out the disaster. Another revolution ia Hayti is announced. Summary proceedings have been instituted against Deputies Fritzehe andUasselman for alleged violations of the German Socialist law. Warrants have been isued for their arrest. Flenre-pneumeaia is spreading among the cattle in North and East Yorkshire! England. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. In the Senate, oa the 13th, Mr. Saunders oalted np the bill recently introdaeed by hi in to aathoriae the PreeMent, temporarily, to transfer the caotody. control and management of certain Indiana from the Interior to the War Denartront. IIt gooke at length in favor of educating Indians to enable tftera to become cfrtaaaf, The Senate bill to reiculate applications tor restoration to the active list of the Navy, named In tH Hoim, tHe eonferenee re inn im ivt? arita i lairw lira aitg; inu port oa the bill to aUolUh the volunteer navy of the United State waa mrreed to. The . Hoe toe Went into CommMtee Of the "!??.r. niackbura m. the eair. pa the . Legislative, judicial and Executive Annro priatton bill. In the Senate, oa the 13th, Mr. Kellogg Introduced a bill to secure the completion of a line of railway from San Antonio, Texas, to a point at or near Fort Clark, and thenee to a point at or near Kl I'aso upon the Klo Grande, and to be knows a the X extoan and Pacific ExteMtoaof the GalveMon and San Antonio ' Railroad. He stroke briefly in favor of the eoartntcttoa of the road, whieh aked but M,cm a mile from the Government. The bill waa referred. Mr. Morrill called np the bill reported from the Committee on Finance a few day ago, authorizing the eonverstoa of national gold bonds, and It wa pated. The lIoue bill to restrict the immigration of Chine! was taken np, and Mr. Sargent ad vocated the measure. At the close of hi remarks he made an effort to force a vote anon the bill, but by a vote of 30 to M the Senate I sonted and reffure d to the fommlttt- on ! Ways atd Mean from the Secrvtarv of the Treasury, sutlng that there will probably be a deficit of the revenue of t!ie Government during the next fiscal year of ffT.se.eee, and aeklng antbnrity to iue 4 per cent, bond to cover such deficiency. The Legislative, Judicial and Executive Appropriation bill was farther eonsidered In Committee of the Whole. In the Senate, oa the 14th, Mr. Cameron submitted a resolution authorlxlng the Select seaboard to take testimony relating to the ' bill for the relief of Mr. James K. Kad. Agreed to. After eomddering the bilbi on the oateedar, ooneiiterMtloH wn reeomed of the bin to restrict Chinese immigration, and Mr. Kmlne advocated R. He arxued that the kglsiation designed wan In striit necord ' wltM "teHtknRl obligation. R mrk Mtwtn tha Mil WHI, ,u. uu i. nnon the bill were alo ad bv 1 MtMHw. Thnrman, Sargent, Jones of Nevadi, Keck, Hamlin and others. Without reaching a vote the finale adjonmed.. ...... .In the Hoe, Mr. Krag, fmm the Committee on .Military Affairs, repotted a bill authortelng the lrf sklent to appoint James Shields, of Missouri, a Hrbrartler-General on the retired list, such appolhtment to be In lieu ot the pension which he now receives. Mr. While (Penn.) roo to a indnt ot order, ami although appealed to, to withdraw hi point, by Mer. KragK, Frank. II h and Butter, he relneed to do so. Great eoniufdon waeaiied byMr.FrankHneHnlng I over to the Kepublieaa side of the hail and .ehnrglngthe Republicans with nut having J been in earnest last year In their e torts for 10 appointment of Gen. Shield a Door 1 keeper. To thl Mr. White replied the ix-m-oeraw were wewonwj to mak.; all the party w1. wilHng' UtV all the rSbilit'y um! a Hwiaifw tn uongree sikhiiu mice for aotHft II H OUty. Mte OOHHl-HMI was so great that Mr. KrWaes iminlred wheth. er this wa a town-meeting or the Hoiiee. td Kepresentatlve. Finally the pek. er tMtstainettthe ptdnt of order and the bill wan referred to Committee of the Whole. A number of private war claim wereeoa!d. . ?o ot tne Whole, the Ulsan. mhi of which wa qnlte nnlmnted. In the eeumeet some lenwk-. dm. Kntler saM: I rmmtj tn wwHver tin qtHtroii of 4n MMatidirtt M t.mua nTvaadLsaaa Iaw iLa M.aaidl.. L,1 repeat, bV wherwver the ttwestton of de is ever, I think that the pity, Mm h amenity

mt Mm Korth. will take mt she war. and tt you wish so know K, 1 e CaWtMK" General applause and hUpping" of hands oa the lemoeraUe aide. Ia Mm Senate, on the 1Mb, the bill to restrict the immtiTaAoa of Chineee to the United States paaed by a vote ot 3 yeaa to t naya. The Wit makea it a misdemeanor, pwatehablebyBaeor Hwprieoament, for the maeTer of an vessel to takn on board suoli veMt at any foreign port, more than IS Otdneee paaaengow, wfch intent to bring nshmw the United Stale. The Hrii tTTuke etfeot July 1. WW, and the lm m luiuUMllatAlV notl-

iv tk noraniment ot China of the abrogation of what is known aa the BurJlnganMtTreatv In the iiouwe. meigM latlve. Judicial aad KaecMtlv Apinvprlatton bill waa completed In Committee and rpnrt d to the Henee. The amount appropriated to about txAM.ve. Ia the Senate, ea the 17th, the bill to amend the Internal Revenue lawa was eon aidered at length but not dleposed ot. The bill to provide for the construction of a Kriiiifn inniM tb Missouri Klver at Decatur. KebrMka,pad In the House, the Klver and Harbor bill paaeed under aapenlon of i i l... t'n Ar lTt t'KUii ts "yt H11VU At ' the evening etrion memorial ervlea were , held for the lute Kepreeeotatlve Schleicher. In the Senate, on the 19th, consideration was resumed of the bill to amend tli Internal Revenue laws. The bill having been conwidI ered in Committee of the Wliohs wa reported t to the Senate, and Mr. Wliyte tmbinttted an stncndiiif nt that the net take eltect the lt of Stay instead of lrt ot April, as propesed hy i the committee. Agreed to ym. 31; nayx.3. The Mil h hi then reJ a tblrtl time nnd paml. Memorial servlcea were then held Inhon- , orot KepreM'iitatlvea Schleicher andQulim t .1. ItAiii tUa Piinaiu wad further coni"llerJd, but laid aside to take up the Legilattve, Ju1IcIcm1 and Kxecutive AppniprinUon Mil. The bill providing for the payment . of Hrrtwrno of penion, appropriating f,1 84.2 0 out of nny money in th Treasury not otherwise appropriated, paeeed undern uapemtiou of the rales. A TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER. I Particular mt the Kent Dhi 1 Rrlttah Troup la SrtHt'h Africa Hew tha Wily Zulu l.HteU Their tnetlm to the ( SIaughtr-peM. LORD CHELMSFORD'S OFFICIAL KEPOKT. LONDON, Feb. H. The following comraunication baa been received at the War Omee from Lord Chelmsford: " I regret to have to report a very disastrous engagemeat, oa the rid or January, between me 7nlii aitH ariArtlan nt Vn iviltlmn whlnh i was left to guard the eamp. about 10 miles , ia front of Rorke's Drift. The Zulus came down ia overwhelming numbers, aad la I anit. nf tk rallant rlit8P br i ve comi ' ... " . i.l' ... u....ii r .v. i..i ment, one eompaay,9d Battalion, 24th Regiment, two gun, two rocket tubes, 161 mounted men, and about 800 natives, they ( 1 overwhelmed them. The eamp, containing all surplus ammunition aad transport of I No. 3 column, was taken, aad but few of it defender escaped. Our leea, l rear, mitftt besetdowa at 30 oaleers, and about 600 non-eomraitsloaed oaleers, rank aad file, Imperial troops, aad 70 Boa-eom-t mtekHied etteers, rank aad file, ! colonial troops. A court of inquiry has 1 been ordered to assemble, to collect evidence regarding this unfortunate atuir, wnicn will he forwarded to you as sooa as reeeiv ' ulL P"1""'"' " ,"rMH lHr .ta ned, have been seat la my dispatch, which win reaea you oy tae next man. n would seem that the troops were enticed away from their eamp, as the action took place about a mile aad a quarter outeide iu Se!l i.. ,U 10 .it.. n )i.r J On the following morning we arrived at Rorke's Drift post, which for 12 hour had t "eV .O00 f. 'PJL2ll,,u. - I lZhlZrK?n?? ThrhunllTe'd 1 and seventy bodies lay dose around the post, l compute tae uiu ioes at l.uw here alone. At the eamp where the dlMater oc"Ht4 tUmKl',1 over 2,000. Col. PearwHi, commanding numV. aalHMB la a l.aau altanl-a.l I. la I repulsed the Zulus." , KEINFOHCEMRNTS OKDKKEI). The Cabinet Council to-day decided to send six battalions of Infantry, two regiments of cavalry, two batteries of artillery, a oompahy of engineers, three eompanI of the army service eerps and a company ef the army hospital eerps to roiaforce Lord Chefmsford. THE GRAVTTT OF THE CATASTROPHE. The Timet, commenting oa the aewi from i Cape Tows, says: Nothing can exceed the frankness of the recital, for ft ia eiear that nothing has beea held book. It would be . useles todeay either the sedaese or extreme aravltr of the catastrophe. Whether there was or was not any waat of vigilance oa the part of our owa foree, it is clear that the military force expected to find them. It i - t 1 - . 1 . 1 1 I 1 1 f wan aireauy ihki laat. iacy are wen united; that great aumters of them are armed with breech-loaders, aad that they could fight courageously. We aow know but too well how large a force they oaa maa at one point. Sad aa Um loss of our troops Is, still graver hi theperll which must arise from the defeat. The Zulu will be emboldened by their triumph, and the eotoafet will be exposed to fresh aad formidable dangers. Ia these rireumitanees the duty of the Goveminent eaa not admit of the slightest doubt, aad it ic to send am ale refaforeeaseau to the Cpe without the ascdiese delay of a i single hour. It may be that they can be no more quickly seal from Mauritius or Iadia I tbaa from feaglaad, but at all event bo eert aad bo exwrditure uH be spared to , save the eoreay from an Impeadiag disaster. in ib frvmei n ik nni; una (in Jury. It i a melancholy coaeoiatloa ia the Bseaawhlle that the gallant troops of the ' Tweaty-fourth regiment did their duty aad mu at taeir pesta nice cagiMa 1 1 An old servant enters the shop of . aa apothecary aad presents him a prescription in which is ordered a potion cotiuuning two decigrammes of mor'phine. The apotheoarv's assistant j weighs the dangerous ingredient with the greatest care. "What a shame!1' 'said the old wom&a to him, with a shove at hie elbow. 'Come, don't be ' so stingy it is for an orplun." o 1 Wtmkn flwU.ln buying a new wooden bowl, it is well to remember , that if you grease it well on the inside, and stand it near the fire, where it will soak in, it will save it front cracking. A young son of the Rev. Oscar Lupe, of Iowa City, Iowa, was fatally burned while playing with some IlantrfretM ties are a combination of India twilled silk ia pale tints and white ktee, which is apBHqued oti.

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teller i The Tetter IavceUgaUag CcmmMtu aa tasiThraamrsm)i,taareM la of poawaei alatfa in the itata. Gea. Reuben A. Davis, Qreeaback aaa. dMase for Oonavcaa ta the Ftrat DUttiet, u. tsaed that, aeeerdsng to the beat t Ma belM he woaM have beatea CM. Muldiui Demoeratie oppoaent. by w,aw vote, wltha fair emint. He bad beea aeented a eodeavoriaf So ergaaiac she bsctom la epfKMiSMii te tae Democrat: had beea faformed of threata to prevent hu peaking, aad that he had beea hung In entry and i hen burned. Mr. Unrlaad called the aueation of the wltneea to hi testimony be. tore the KoHtweU OommMtee tn 17. Ty.. nitneaa aaid he tadorsad every word he then uttered; he had aaid Radicals were bultdoeera, aad they operated on mgroe by auperaUUon, tereatenituj to nut aaake and flaarde tate them. The Deauerta. he added, now are ebaoxtoua to what he thtu id ot lUuteeJ. A white maa eonlil not vote In the South agaiast She Deraoeracr withont bfinat oatraeiseat ; but he dreaded thi aMMnln's knlte more than he did oMracUm Me believed Mte great majority in hla dhrtrlrt wm Kiuut uuummni wa wuiot DOX etUI an, but there waa aelas ot ambtttau pi ring me who aoaaht to reader all ptraoit odiouit who do not adept their vtewa. Wm. II. Vaaer, elected State Treasurer on the Alcorn ticket, tetMled that he udtHirted the Greenback Uoket in the late elec. Uon. Kvery thing 1 celled Xaitical In MUtippi that la not Drtnooratic, The n:aa who wake kUohaapeechUceaiiidereda pptt and it the apeaker is a maa of ability he ia considered a dangetous peat, a man' soolel and baslneae relatlotu are aSccted by hia political onlutona. The Kepublieaa party there ia virtually de-ad. It ha had no vitality lnee 1875 and UTS. The leader were moatly Northern men. and olnce the mate paed into Democratic hand the Kepblicaiia have beea without leauera. Tb whlta would take eTery meaaere powlbte to prevent the 9Sae from aKaJu falling Into 8o. publican hand. The people have a great uorrur ui uetHg iuku uj uuiurvu people. J. II. Field, of Columbus, testllled regarding the late election tn MtseUeippI, that he did not know or had not heard of a single instance of Intimidation or attempt to prevent any one from voting. The election waa aouKht to be conducted in a pleaaant I way, in accordance with the prinelnle ol : rhtht and Justice, though actively and cnerttr te Klcally. I Mr. Garland. Ate your peopio willing to accord the black mun all fiU ilflUri under the I CoBfttltution? A. 1 think they are, with thU modlncation, viz.: The white people generally would dlauade the negro, by kind and conciliatory mean, from littvinv any thing , to do with politico. While they would not exclude htm from dolnx no. 1 think our people 4 are again Iliuitatiou of suMrMjru ortaktiig ugrage away from tlium. Mr. W. W. Humphreys testified that the election waa more peaceable and quiet 1 than usual ; nobody wa prevented from vot- , Ing; he thought it a fair and honest an elec. i tlon a any in any ot the State. The witness I adoed that there wait no dli added that there wait no dtapotttlon to de prive the eolered man ot any of hi right, except perhapj en the part of a few extreme men. Freedom of speech and of the press waa f ally recognised tn Miai!ppl, ana any man could make a speech there, provided R waa not ealculu ted to create a breach of the peace. He believed the principal reason the people delred colored men to vote waa the inoreue represent atiea la Congress. Bats aad Their Ways. live their active Uvea in Bats the , nWht: when sunlight comes they If. , away to their holes, there to sleep until tup,nJirht nrnoa ---i wtM.n thpv roaume t. rT.iT, 7Z1 , tlMtr occupation 01 insect aimng. jhb j female bat baa a hard time of it; she is the noet and kas to procure the food for I Ker jounz uiUil they J tbm able to fly. Often have I seen a female bat I with her young clinging to her breast, . flying about ia search of food, and the , little ones were not so small either. ' else could they get .long? The , oldjOBea make no nest; if they wanted to ever so muca taey coma not, anu um phinPM ir that frnm their w&nderine 1 aa-bita they spend the day in ne place uJ nr ihrtus I allll UIB aat3-b Ilk BaUUfCl WHU wa acaaaw mileei distant, just as they happen to be when day overtakes them, and if they left their young; behind them the exact locality might be foreotten. When the young ones are able to shift for themselves their mother's life is easier, and URtil winter coaiea to kill their insect food she lives luxuriously. Then, when all nature is preparing to put on the livery of winter, bats, instead of leaving the scenes where they have passed the summer, repair to their haunts in the oaves aad walls, and banging by their hind feat ia little groups of five or V i.,- .utl, six together, paw the dreary season in one unbroken sleep. London NaturalTHE MARKETS. KKW YORht.FKBBiunr 1.?: HKKVKVS-N'atlve Steers il1? HHKKP Common to Choice. 4.76 HOGS-Uve 3.25 COTTON-Mlddllng rU)UK C.ood to Choice.... 3.SS WIIKAT-Xo. 2 Ked 1.11 COKX UnaTwted 6M1 i;o l 1.13 47 10.50 OATS-WeeterH M txed 31 H POKK-.Vew Meee W.W ST. LOU18. COTTON'-MIddllHg BKKVKS-Chotee to Fancy.. S.00 Gool to Prime.... 4XJ Native Cows 3.0 Texan Steers.. .... 2. 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