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EPITOME OF THE WEEK. THE OLD WORLD. A LiverrooL dispatch of the 11th says the Privy Council had ordered that, on and after March 3, all cattle from the United States would have to be slaughtered in the abattoirs being prepared on the docks at Birkenhead and Liverpool within ten days after landing. : i rid | THE P;asident of the Italian Board of Health, in a speech delivered on the 11th, predicted that if the plague penetrated Europe it wquld destroy one-third of the population. .~ | ' " It was the Ameer of Bokhara, not Shere Ali, who died recently. i THE Emperor. William opened the German Reichstag, in person, on the 12th. TeE Czar of Russia has notified Roumania that he will not permit her to quarantine Russian soldiers returning from Turkey. - j A TANGIER (Morocco) dispatch, published on the 12th, says the Governor of Fez | ad been forced to take refuge in a sanctuary, ' _escape the venzeance of the populace, who nad risen against him. The Sultan had had a stroke of paralysis, and anarchy reigned throughout the. Empire. { A DISPATCH to a Manchester (Eng.) paper of the 13th states that the native levies serving with the British in Bouth Afriea had risen en masse, massacred their officers and degerted in a body. Up to the evening of the 13th, the Colonial Office had received no confirmation of the report. A Paris dispatch of the 13th announces the death there of Henry Goodyear, the well-known American rubber manufacturer. / - EXx-PrRESIDENT GRANT and party reached Bombay on the 18ch. . THE British Parliament reassembled on the afternoon of the 13th. S

" ITALIAN advices of the 14th show Italy to be panic-stricken through fear of the plague. The line of steamers running between Italy and Egypt had been discontinued and the importation of Egyptian cotton prohibited. . THE plague was reported, on the 14th, to have anpeared in Bessarabia. "MEYRINGEN, Hansen, Stein and Eisenbolgen, favorite tourists’ resorts in Switzerland, were recently destroyed by fire. Thousands of persons were rendered homeless. THE announcement is made of the death of the King of Corea. . - THE Pope has proclaimed a universal jubilee indulgence on the anniversary of his election. ; ; : A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatchof the 15th says the Powers had decided that Roumania’s right to Arabtabia was unquestionable. A Nxw Cabinet has been formed at Vienna under the Presidency of Dr. Stremayer. : : THE spotted typhus fever is said to be spreading in Salonica. | A SEVERE storm visited the coast of Galicia, on the 14th and 15th. Two vessels went ashore and twenty-eight persons were drowned. G A pANIC prevailed in Revel, Russia, on the 17th, brought on by the failure of Egger & Co. for 1,000,000 silver roubles. - THE Liverpool strike is practically collapsed, and laborers are resuming work in large numbers, = g . A RowmE (Italy) dispatch of the 17th says the Pope had decided to accept Archbishop Purcell’s resignation, a’nd‘then had the appointment of his successor under consideration. . ' THE Moscow journals were not allowed to appear, on the 14th, until they had suppressed unfavorable news concerning the plague. ; ;

- THE NEW WORLD. THE inquiry into the conduct of Maj. Reno at the Battle of Little Big Horn River, in the summer of 1876, which had been in progress at Chicago, for the preceding four weeks, ‘was concluded, on the morniag of the 11th. The decision will not be made public until reversed or approved by the authorities at Washington. ' ' THE Republican Senators held a caucus at Washington, on the evening of the 11th, and agreed to resist to the fullest limit the determination of the House to incorporate:in the appropriation bills anything like political legislation. - A Kansas City (Mo.) telegram of the 11th says a terrible accident had occurred in a _cut being made there for the Chicago & Alton Railroad.. The almost perpendicular walls of the cut, ninety feet in height, caved in, and four teams and about forty men were buried under 6,000 yards of falling earth. SBix persons were killed outright, and several others were wounded. - A REPORT that trains were detained at Flora, IIL, on a recent Bunday, on account of the enforcement of the State Sunday laws, is denied by the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad officials. The dispatch to that effect originated with some person who had been misinformed or was evilly disposed. P. B. S. PincHBACK (colored) has accepted the position of Revenue Agent in the Louisiana District. P ' W. B. FLEMING has been elected to Congress from the First Georgia District, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Julian Hartridge. THE Michigan Republican State Central Committee have called a State Convention to meet at Lansing on the 6thof March. The Democratic State Convention and the Greenback State Convention meet at the same ‘place on the 28th of February. = | THE Missouri Court of Appeals have decided, in the case of an application for an injunction to restrain the Bt. Louis School Board from teaching foreign languages and ornamental branches in the schools of that city, that the whole matter is in the hands of the Legislature and that courts have no power in the premises, = : 3 A NATIONAL CONFERENCE of colored. citizens is to be held at Nashville, Tenn., on. the 6th of May, “to consider the situation of the colored people in the South, relative to the enjoyment of life, liberty and property; aleo their edncational, moral, social and poltical condition and the question of ewmigration.” ! P

~ In aletter to the National House of Representatives, on the 18th, SBec’y Sherman states the estimate of expenditures for the

next fiscal year amounts to $284,562,419. The estimated receipts are: From customs, $133,000,000; internal revenues, $106,000,000; miscellaneous sources, $18,500,000; total receipts, ' #2s7,soo,ooo—leaving a deficiency of $27,062,419. S : Ho~. H. C. BURCHARD, present Member of Congress from the Fifth Iliinois District, was, on the 14th, nominated as Director of the United States Mints, vice Dr. Lindermann, deceased.

THE New York Court of Appeals has overruled the ruling of the court below which convicted Dr. Lambert, President of the American Popular Life Insurance Company, and has ordered a new trial. Dr. Lambert was convicted of perjury in swearing to the company’s annual statement, which was alleged to be false. * ’j

A MEETING was held at Syracuse, N. Y., on the 14th, in which such men as Bishop Huntlngt}on, Bishop Peck and/ Chancellor Haven pqrticipated, at which- war was declared upon the Oneida Community. TAHE coldest weather of the season prevailed in some portions of Canada, on the 14th. At Ottawa the thermometer indicated 21 deg. below zero, and in several localities the mercury was frozen. ;

WILLIE ZEIGLER, a boy, eleven years of age, committed suicide in ‘Philadelphia a few days ago, by hanging himself in the cellar. +He lived with his grandmother, who was absent from home at the time the deed was committed. The reason assigned for the suicide is a disturbance of mental balance produced by reading religious books.

IN the Jail at Columbus, Ohio, lies a negro, named Sam Yall, convicted, on circumstantial evidence, of the murder of a man, named Holmes, in 1876, and sentenced to be hung therefor. Hall says that he was sentenced to.the Penitentiary, in 1872, for horse-steal' ng, and that he escaped in 1877, and was, consequently, in Jail in 1876, when the murder was committed. Investigation bas shown that his story is true, and he will not, of course, be executed. Had he' not been in Jail at the time of the murder: he would have been hung for a crime he did not commit. e ! e

At New Orleans, on the 15th, the United States District Attorney presented thirty-two additional indictments, involving 100 arrests, for violation of the Election law in the Parishes of Caddo, Tensas, Rapides and Natchitoches., | :

AN investiganoh of the accounts of Conklin, late County Treasurer of Oswego County, N. Y., shows a shortage of $133,0J0.

THE President has approved the act allowing women to practice before the Supreme Court.

Eruramm HysTER and wife, of Somerville, Me., left home, on & recent morning, to do some trading, leaving their three children, aged four years, two and a half years and eight monthg, alone in the house. By some means the building caught fire, and, with its contents, was destroyed, the three children perishing i the flames. About a yedr 820 another child of the same parents was burned to death. e

THE Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home, near Xenia, Ohio, was destroyed by fire on the morning of the 16th. There were 600 children in the Home, and many narrow escapes are reported, The teachers and officials 16st all their personal effects, many of them narrowly escaping with their lives. The loss to the Btate is about $75,000; no insurance.

AT the annual meeting of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, recently held at Madison, resolutions Wwere adopted demanding that nurserymen be held strictly responsible for the representations of their agents; that tree planters should demand of all who solicit their orders® unquestionable proof that they are authorized agents of some reliable nurseryman, and that such nurserymen are able and willing to meet the representations of their agents, and that the alle. gations of scarcity, or extraordinary excellence, or exhorbitant prices, may be taken as prima facie evidences of fraud. \ v A HOUSE owned by John Guyer, and sitnated- in Franklin Township, Allezhany County, Pa., was destroyed by fire, on .the morning of the 16th, and Guyer and a man named Wilson were burned' to death. Another inmate, named ‘G'dorge Shaw, was badly and prebably fatally burned. : . HON. ZACHARIAH CHANDLER Wwas nominated, on the evening of the 13th, by the Republicans in the Michigan Legislature, for United States Senator, to succeed Hon. 1. P. Christiancy, resigned. : THE reappearance of the yellow fever in the SBouth is emphatically denied in dispatches from New Orleans and Louisville. TBE New York Tattersalls was burned, on the night of the 13th. Over sixty horses perished in the flames. i . AT Detroit, on the evening of the 13th, . Marie Azurine, while performing a trapeze act, lost her hold upon the bar, and fell headlong, a distance of thirty feet. The result. was a broken -collar-bone, three ribs fractured and fatal internal injuries. At Baltimore, ' on the 13th, fivé Judges of Election were eonvlctéq and sentenced toimprisonment for interfering with the United States Supervisors of Election at the late Congressional election in that city. A WASHINGTON telegram of the 17th says, on the recommendation of the Committee on Appropriations, the House had passed & bill making an appropriation of $26,800,000 to meet the payment of the arrearages of pensions. :

Ar Cincinnati, on the 15th, Judge Baxter, of the United States Circuit Court, decided that the election law of the United States is Constitutional, and a proper exercise of National authority. phe Tk L. C. McCormick, a steamer running between Marietta and Zanesville, Ohio, on the Muskingum River, exploded her boiler, on the 17th, killing the fireman and severely injuring the Captain and several of tbe passengers. The boat sunk in five minutes after the explosion. ' THE eighty-ninth call for the redemption of 5-20 bonds was made on the 17th. The amount is s2o,ooo,ooo—interest and principa: to be paid on and after the 17th of May. WALL sTREET, New York City, was considerably excited, on the 17th, by a rise in Union Pacific stock from 691 to7B. It was said that Jay Gould had effected arrangements by which the control of the Union Pacific Railroad would pass into the hands of & syndicate composed of some of the strongest gentlemen in Wall street. He had sold 100,000 shares at a price not far from 70. This was said to be the greatest ringle transaction in the history of Mr. Gould’s financial operations, and he was probably wealthier than ever be-’ {fore. ; 5 3

: CONGRESSIONAL, . SENATE.—Several bills were reported, on the 11th, among them being the Postoffice Appropriation bill, with amendments.... The Conference reporton the Naval Appropria-

tion bill was agreed to, and the bill was passed, zé-lxl)grox;ziatinz 814_.0%15).968.f beitl:lz $128.6%4 le&la n the appro on for the present fiscal year, and &1g7.fl2 less than the estimates for the next year....A number of bills were passed for the removal of political disabilities, touse.—The Conference reporton the Naval Appropriation bill was agreed t 0.... The Legislative Appropriation bill was further debated in Committee of the Whole....The River and Harbor Appropriation bill was reported from the Committee on Commerce,ordered printed and recommitted. : SENATE.—On the 12th, a resolution was adopted providing for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the circumstances attending the recent escape of the Coeyenne Indians from Fort Robinson. their subsequent slaughter, etc.... The House bill to restrict the immigration of Chinese to the United States wes taken up, so that it should be unfinished business on tge 18th.

. Hotuse.—The Conference report on the bill to abolish the volunteer navy was agreed to. ..The testimony taken by the Judiciary Committee in the matter of J udfe Blodgett, of Chicago, was ordered printed. ... T'he Legislative, Judicial and Executive Appropriation bl was further considered in Committee of the Whole, and some proposed amendments were disposed of.

SENATE.—Mr. Kellogg introduced & bill, on the 18th, to secure the completion of a line of railway from San Antonio, Tex., to a point at or near El Paso, on the Rio Grande.... The House bill to restrict the immigration of Chinese was taken up. and Messrs. Sa.rgient and Grover advocated its passage, and Mr. Matthews spoke a{punst it. Mr. Blaine then tcok the floor, but yielded to Mr. Hamlin. who said he knew there was a majority to passthe bill, but he asked that the minority be treated decently, und gozv&ed to adjourn, which motion prevailed--23

HousE.—The Legislative Appropriation bill was farther considered in Committee of th ole, after which the session was devoted to memorial services of the late Julian Hartridge .. A letter was received from the Secretary of the Treasury, and referred, stating that there will probably be a deficit in the revenues of the Government during the next fiscal year of $27,000,000, and asking authority to issue 4-per-cent. bonds to cover suca deficiency. .

SENATE.—On the 14th, the credentials of Benators-elect Jonas (La.), Groome (Md.) and Vance (N. C.) were placed on file....A bill was introduced and referred to amend the Pension laws, and punish claim agents for a violation thereof....The bill to restrict Chinese immigration was taken up, and Messrs. Blaine, Matthews, Thurman and Jones advocated such restriction. Several amendments were submitted, and Mr. Hamlin obtained the floor and be‘'gan an argument against the proposed measure. House.—A number of bills were passed donating condemned caunon for monuments....A bill was reported and referred to the Committee of the Whole, authorizing the President to appoint Gen. James Shield as BrigadierGeneral on the retired list, such a.gpomtment being in lieu of the pensioen which he now receives. ... An exciting debate occurred in Commfiii:bee of the Whole, on the question of war claims..

SENATE.—Mr. Hamlin, on the 15th, continued his argument against the Chinese Immigration bill, and, after remarks by other Senators. an amendment was agreed to providing that the bill should not apply -to persons who may only seek temporary residence for educational purposes, and who shall have a certificate from the Chinese Government for that ;)utpos_e. Other amendments were agreed to, and the bill was finallfiapaqsed—% to 27—as follows: Yeas— Allison, iley, Bayard, Beck, Blaine, Booth, Cameron (Pa.), Ooke, Dennis, Dorsey, Katon, Eustis, Garland, Gordon, Grover,: fiereford. Jones (Nev,), Kirkwood, Lamar McDonald, McPherson, Maxey, Mitchell, Moman. Oglesby, Paddock, Patterson, Plumb, Ransom, Sargent, Banders, SBharon, Shields, %sencer. Teller, Thurman, Voorhees, Wallace, Windom—3B9. ~Nays— A&!:hony Bruce, Burnside, Butler, Cameron is.), Conkling, Conover, Davis_(lll.), Davis W. Va.), Dawes, Edmunds, Ferry, Hamlin, Hill, oar, Howe, Infiuls Jones (Fla.), Kellogg, Kernan, _McCreerg, o&fillqn. Matthews, Merrimon, Morrill, Randolph, Withers—27. Messrs. Barnnm and Chaffee, who would have voted in the affirmative, were paired with Messrs, Rollins and Wadleigh. e

- Housk.-—The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was taken up in Committee of the Whole, and announcement was made from the Committee .on Appropriations +hat & bill would be reported in'a few days to pay the es of sions. Several ed amex?;fi_g:?g were d?:posedn %f. ...The Dgg():mc Appropriation bill was reported, ordered prm&eg and recommitted. .

SENATE.—On the 17th, Mr. Windom presented a petition of the *‘ Negro Co-op-erative Association” of Shreveport, La., favoring the passage of a resolution in regard to the migration of colored people. The petition was signed bfia large number of ministers, representing the colored copgre(fatlons of the place.... Mr. Randolph was relieved from' further service on the Teller Committee.... Amendments were agreed to correctilig errors made by the Senate in the passage of the House bill authorizing the conversion of National gold bonds, and the bill thus perfected. was passed.....The bill to amend the Internal Revenue laws was considered and amended. | | ‘ House.—A motion was agreed to to suspend the rules and pass the bill appropriating $26,852 200 for the payment of arrears of pensions. The bill, as passed, included speoial pensioners and pensions granted on account of soldiers who enlisted in the war, but who died from disabilities incurred after the cessation of hostilities....The mles were also susgepded to pass the River and Harbor and the Deficiency = Appropriation bi115....W. B. Fleming took his seat as successor of the late Representative Hartridge....Memorial services were held in the evening in honor of the late Representative Schleicher. | :

. THE INVESTIGATION. ' The Teller Committee. : IN WASHINGTON, Gen. Reuben E. Davis, of Mississippi, testifled before the committee, on the 12th, that he was a candidate for Congress in the late election from the First District; he had been informed privately of threats to e(lu'evem; him frombeing heard; the idea prevailed that he was endeavoring to reorganize the negroes in opposition to the Democrats; after the election he had been hung in efli‘f_v. and then burned; he was a Greenback candidate, having been nominated by that party and was voted -for by the colored people; he was at first informed he had been elected, but was afterward told Muldrow was successful. Witness was asked whether he did not once make a speech in Congress about hanging Northern men, and he replied that he did, in December, 1850; in_ that speech he arraigned the Republicans as' rebels, and said if Beward would come Bouth- and utter such sentiments as he entertained and had frequently expressed, he (witness) thuught the people would bang lim before- he returned North. Witness said he indorsed evexa)word_ of his testimony before the Boutwell Committee in 1876; he had said the Radicals were bull-dozers, and they operated on negroes by superstition, threatening to put snakes and lizards into them); the DemoCrats now are obnoxious to what he then said of the Radicals: the white man could not vote in the South against the Democracy without being ostracised; but witness said he dreaded the assassin’s knife more than he did ostracism; he believed the _dgre&t majority of his district was aguinst bull ozing a.ngl_ bai’lot-bo'x.stntfing, but /&em was a class of ambitious, m_apmn%mep who ught to render all lg.)etson.t! odious who did not ‘adopt their views; he claimed that by a fair count he could have beaten Col. Multfrofi by 10,000 votes. 1

William Vasser, a native of Virginia, but living at Aberdeen, Miss.,since 1844, testified that he was baptized in the oid Whig Farty. ~and since the war was elected on the Alcorn ticket as State Treasurer; in the late election he supPo_rted the Greenback ticket; at Okolona a poitical meeting was very boisterous, two-thirds of the crowd seemed drunk, while at West Point he was called upon for a taik; he was char%e_d with making a jgfldioal speech; he had Yut his speech in print; the crowd came in and one Persqn demanded what he was reading; hgof; t satisfied l:t't Wwas a lbull-dozmr%egrofivdg a many white ple suppo! AVIS; ,gverything is calle«_ipefiadical l‘x)n . Mississippi that is not Democratic; 8 man’s social and busipess relations ale affected by his political opinions; in Mississippi middle-aged men, and men advanced in life, are moderate’and respectful to all citizens; confusion and hoisterous and illegal conduct are confined to the younger men, the politics of Miaswell&pi being largely governed by tzounz men; the Kepublican party there is vi ua.llév dead; it has had no vitality since 1875 ang 1876; th:hleeag:::e were mostly t1:01'11):!';0:11 men, and _since W inf mocratic hands the Republicans have been without lea%— ers; the whites would take every measure possible to Yrevent the Btate from ag:m falling into Republican hands; the Ye:?‘}e ve a great horror of being ruled by oolo: people, and look upon rthern people coming into the State as an intrusion; the c¢olored man will vote for any man in oppositipn to the Democratic party if he.

can bo‘i)roteoted in so doing: witness™ observation did not corroborate the claim that the colored vote was divided between the Republicans and Democrats. !

J. H. Field, of Columbus, Miss., testified, on the 13th, that he did not kaow of a single instance of intimidation or attempt to prevent anyone from voting; the election was songht to be conducted in a pleasant way in acance with the principles of nlnht and {nstxo.e though act.vely and energetically; witness did ngc agree with Gen. Davis’ uufavorable estimate of the negro; those of good conduct and intelligence have the regard of the people generally. In answer toa question by Senator Garland, witness said the white people of his State generally would dissuade tne negro by kind and conciliatory means from having anythmlz to do with politics, while they would not exclude him from doing so; he thought his people were :?amst a limitation of suffrage or taking the suffrage away from the colored pe_oEle. Witness was further asked if Benators Kirkwood and Teller should go to Mississippi and make Republican speeches, how would they be received and treated, and said he thought the people would warmly welcome them as coming with honest intent to investigate the condition of affairs; witness’ people had endeavored to induce the best class of glepublicans- to visit, their section, that the low degradation in the condition of the colored people might be improved; 001. Muldrow was efe%ted owing to his popularity ; the election was peaceful as any witness had before known, and be neither knew nor heard of complaints of intimidation or bal-llot-box stuffing. : Capt. W. W. Humphreys testified that the late election was more peaceable and quiet than usual: nobody was prevented from voting; he thought it a fair and honest election as any in any of the Btates; witness added there was nodisposition to depriye the colored man of any.of his rights, except. perhaps, on the part of a tew extreme men; freedom of sfi;ect; and of the press was fully recognized in Mississippi, and any man could make a speech there provided it was not calculated to create a breach of the peace; he believed the principal reason the people desired the colored men tv vote was increased. representation in Congress. : e ‘The Chairman of the committee nz&ppomt;e(_i as a sub-committee Messrs. Hoar, McMillan, Kirkwood, Garland and Wallace to inquire into the following branch of the resolution of Senater Blaine, namely: ' Whether, in the year 1878, money was raised by: assessment, or otherwise, upon_ the Federal officeholders or ‘employes for election purposes, and under what circumstances and what means; and, if so, what amount was so raised and how the same was expended; and, further, whether such assessments were, or not, in violation of the law.” The committee then adjourned subject tu a call of the Chairman.

The Chinese-Immigration Bill. | The following is the full text of the bill to restrict Chinese immifi'ratloh to the United States, as it gasse the Senate, on the 15th. It had previously passed the House, but was slightly amended in the Senate: , SgcrioN 1. That no Mastér of any vessel, owned in whole or in part by a citizen of the United States, or by a citizen of any foreign country, shall take on board such vessel at any port or place within the Chinesg Empire, or at any other foreifin port or é)lace whatéver, any number exceéeding fiftcen Chinese passengers, whether male or female, with intent to bring such passengers to ‘the United States, and leave such port or place and bring such passengers to any number excecding fifteen on one voyage within the juriadiction of the United States. = 3

Skc. 2. That, whenever.the Master or other/person in charge of any such vessel takes on board therame at any foreign port or place any greater number of Chinesre passengers than is prescribed in the first section of this act, with intent to bring such pnsseu%ers to the United States, and leave such port and bring such pasgengers to any number exceeding fifteen on one voyage within the jurisdictiongf the United States, he rhall be deemed guilty of & misdemeanor, and shall for each passenger 80 taken on board and brought within the jurisdiction of the United States, exceed“in% the number of fifteen, be fined $lOO, and may also be imprisoned for not exceeding six months. SEec. 3. That the master of any vessel arriving in the United Stateg, or any of the T®rritories, thereof, from nnér foreign place whatever, atthe same time that he delivers a manaifest ot cargo, and if there be no cargo, then at the time of making report or entry of the vessel pursuant to law, shall, in addition to other matters required to be reported lflr law, aeliver and report to the Collector ofthe District in which such vessel shall arrive, a. separate liet of all Chinese il,)l\s'neng,'ers taken on board the vessel at any foreign port or place, and of all guch Yaseengors on §oard the vessel at that time. Such list shall be sworn to by the Master in the same manner as directed by law in relation to the manifest of the cargo; and the refusal or neglect of the Master to comply with the prdvirions of this section ghall receive the same penalties, disrabilities and perfectures as are provided for refusal or neglect to report and deliver the manifest of the cargo. SEc. 4. That the amount of the several penaltier imposed by the foregoing provisione shall be liens on the vessel violating thoge provisions, and such vessel shall be libeled therefor in any Circuit er Digtrict Court of the United States where such veseel shall arrive. . | SEc. 5. That nothing hercin ¢ontained shall be held to repeal or modify any law forb?ding the importation of Coolies or of females fos immoral purposes to the United States, provided no Consul or Consular Agent of the United Stateg residing at any port from which any vessel taking Chinese passengers may take her departure, sh alflhgrunt the certificate provided for in Sec. 2162 of the Revised Stamutes for more than fifteen Chinese passengers on any one vesgel. SEc. 6. That this act chall not apply to persons voflicinlligbonnectcd with the Chinese Government. or any Embassy thereof, or to persons rescued from shipwrecks during the voyage of and by a vessel brinF?ng the same within the jurisdiction ot the United States, or the Master of any vesscl geeking a harbor in stress of weather, or to persons who may only reek temporary residence for educational purposer, and who ghall have a certificate from the Chinese Government for that purose. . : o Sec. 7. That this act shall take effect from and after the Ist of July, 1879, and the President of the United States shall, immediately on the approval of this act, give notice to the Government of China of the abrogation of Articles 5 and 6 of the additional articles of the Treaty of June 18, 1888, between the United Staste and China, proclaimed Feb. 5, 1870, commenly called the Buge lingame Treaty. ) ot

: ¢¢This One Thing.” ; - WHEREVER there is fickleness you may say with truth to him who is characterized by it, ‘‘Thou shalt not excel.”” The man who' is continually changing his occupation, or constantly moving from one situation to another, fails to better himself in anything, and lives only to illustrate the proverb about the “rol{'ing stone.”” The ancients had a saying, ‘‘ Beware of the man of one book;”’ by which the{ marked their appreciation of the quality of persistence, and affirmed that he who has mastered one subject thoroughly is always a more formidable antagonist than your hellu librorum, who 8o overloads his brain with the production of others that it is impossible for him to exercisethe power of originalothinkingg Daily we see that he who has *focussed’ himself upon some one subject is pushed into the front, while those who spread themselves over many, or give themselves now to one thing and now to another, are rarely ,hearf of among men. He who is always changing from object to object finishes nothing, and his life at last resembles a heap of detached stones, which, if he had but kept to one plan, might have been built' into "a stately and commodious abode.— Christean at Work. - :

.~-Anexamination of 8,000 school-chil-dren in Boston reveals thefactthat, while 8 per cent. of the boys are color blind, only 1 per cent. of the girls are thus afflicted.. Anybody who has_ever heard an average woman describe a neighbor’s new spring bonnet knows well enough that color blindness is not one of the peculiarities of the gentle sex.— Baltimore Gazette.

—A Montreal paper says that a young lady in that neighborhood recently went to see a schoolmate who wag suffering from small-pox, and, on leaving, kissed her. Of course, she took the disease. -:

—A vein of lead ore has been discovered at Thurlow, Ont. :

INDIANA STATE NEWS. EArLY on the morning of the 10th, at Indianapolis, William Gaul, Superintendent of Greuner’s billiard-room, was stabbed in front of Reichwein’s saloon, by Patrick Breen, an engiveer on.the Bee Line. Both are young mep, and Gaul and his! crowd had assaulted Breen, knocked him down and Kkicked him. The knife penetrated ‘Gaal's right lung, and he will probably die. sl Freperick FrLLeuAM, eighty years old, re« siding near Arba, Wayne County, dropped dead, on the 11th, while driving cattle into the yard. ; : !

AT Logansport, the other daj', during a street fight, Toney Auherr fatally stabbed John Martin, i

THE latest reports from Indianapolis give the following as current prices for leading staples: Flour, Family and Fancy, $4.00@ 6.00; Wheat, No. 2 Red, 95 @ 96c; Corn, 3Ll@3l2{c; Oats, 24@2415c; Rye, 45@15'c; Pork, [email protected]¢; Lard—Steam, 63;@ 67¢c; Hogs, [email protected]. ' !

THE LEGISLATURE. i SENATE.—On the 10th, the Senate did not meet until two p. m., and then proceeded with the consideration of the special order, the Drainage bill. Sundry rpeeches were made, after which the bill was made the sXe(‘inl order for the 17th and the Senate adjourned without transacting any other business. . R : House.—Bills were introduced —providing that voters at the gencral election in 1880 ghall vote yes or no on the proposition to call & Constitutional Convention, and if a majority be in/ favor, then it shall be called, and delefiules shall! be elected to such ‘Convention; rezulating fees and salaries. of State officers; regulating sale of lands forfeited ‘to the rchool fund; to secure to colored children the same school privileges as whites; providing for organization of agricultural societies; limiting fines for contempt toisoo, and a number of others of little importance. In the aftérnoon there was no quorum present, and no business transacted. - 3 :

SENATE.—On the 11th, bills were ordered to a third reading—concerning the trial of civil causes in the Circuit and Superior Courts of this State; providing for changes of venueé in(}:reliminary examinations. A resolution was laid on the table authorizing an investigation into the charges made by the lndianupolisJT)urnal, against D. D. Dale, Principal Secretary of the Senate. The remainder of the session was taken up in discussing & motion to indefinitely postpose an act providing for voluntary assignments. The bill was finally made the sgpecial order for the 14th at ten 2. m.

. House.—Bills ‘were ordered to a third ' reading—requiring County Commissioners o appoint Il:spcctors of Elections from the party having a majority in the precinct; repealing the Provoke law); making it unlawful to. insert a provigion for attorney’s fees; forfeiting rights of a foreign corporation ag a punishment for removing cases to the Federal Courts. The Committee on Election reported in favor of Robert W. Meirs, the sitting member from Monroe County, holding that the office of Prosccuting Attorney, which he held at the time of his election, is not™ a judicial office, and therefore did not disqualify him' from beinfi elected to the Legislature. A bi{l was introduce regulating the boarding of grisonem by the Sheriffs in counties of 30,000; they are allowed thirty cents a day for each prikoner, and in smaller counties forty cents. ' A number of bills were reported back during the afternoon session, and among thcm the following were ordered engrossed: Repealing the Vagrancy law; limiting and regulating the power of towns and cities to issue bonds to fim(f their debts; prohibiting apqlexfls totl}e Supreme Court in cases where less than $2OO is involved; increaging the jurisdiction of Justices.

SENATE.—On the 12th, bills passed—defining the crime of grave-robbing, and prescribing the punishment therefor; providing subjects for anatomical disscction; permitting either party to a civil syit to tender instructions before argument; allowing but one change of venuc in preKminary examinations; makingr Jefterson and Switzerland Counties the Fifth Judicial Circuit; permitting cities and towns to abolish the office of City Assessor; aholishin% theoflice of Town Treasurer, and providing for the election of Town Mar--8hal; concerning marricd wowmen ; providing that where librarics worth $2OO or more have heen donated to.a township the Trustee may levy a tax not to exceed two centz on the dollar to support the same, - Bills were imroduc‘id——to admit incurably insanc persons into the asylum; amenaing the Railroad Aid law; to create a board to audit claims between the State and.counties growing out of the late war; to create a State Board of Charitics.

House.—The following bills were reported on favorably: Creating a Bureau of S{a tietice; amending the School law: te enagle Boards of Trustees of cities of three thonsand”or. more inhabitants to establish a kchocl’ for special paupers; to encourage the growing of forest trees, ‘and to prevent the sale of adulterated fertilizers;, to permit-the arrcst of boys who should be in school but are staying away. The claim of Benton County for prosecuting the murderar of William S.. Morgan, in 1885, was indefinitely postponed. The State Interest bill was read =a first and second time and referred to the Jndiciary Committee,with instrnetions to report as Boon as possible. The Mining bill was passed without a dis-enting vote, seventy-ecight members voting. The bill repealing the Railroad Aid law was parsed. Delayed statements of expenditures of benevolent institutions for the past two years were received. Bills were ordered engrossed—making householders competent Grand Juvors, Supervisors and witnesses when trespassing animalr are taken up; reducing zalaries of' Circuit Judges to $1,500 per year.

SENATE.—On the 13th, the resolutions to investigate the charges against Sec'y Dale were withdrawn. The Apportionment bills were made the special order for the 18th. The Committee on Fees and Salaries were instructed to report a bill on the subject in accordance with the demand of the people.. The Finance Committee were instructed to report & bill for the resppraisoment of real estate next April. S

Housg.—Bills - were ordered engrossed—regulating the running at large ‘of animals; authorizing farmers’ insurance companies; prescribing what kind of {udgments shall be rendered in suits to recover damages for injury to treee; for ‘the protection of shce¥. Sundry claims were presented and referred. The Attor-ney-Greneral reported that the lien of the State on the State Bom"dp of Agriculture was junior to a lien of $60,000 on the same proi)erl.y. The House Legiglative Apportionment bill was passed—s 6 to 38—a striet qurty vote. The bill prohibiting appeals from Justices where the judgment does not exceed $2O was passed. 5 ;

. SENATE.—On the 14th, almost the entire session was consumed in the consideration ot the bill providing for voluntary assignments by insolvents. It was amended in several important rerpects and ordered engrossed. The House Apportionment bill was read the first time and x_nmye the gpecial order for Feb. 18. A . Housk.—The entire session of the House was occupied in discussing the subject of fees and salaries for county officers. It war final1y decided to adopt the salary system, and the Committee on Fees and Salaries were instructed to report a bill in accordance with the wish of the House on the subject. ! SENATE.—On the 15th, a great many bills were ordered engrossed for a third reading. The bhill to reduce the fees and ralaries of county ofticers was indefinitely postponed. Bills were introduced—amending the Gravel-Road law; to (Pre-' vent:live stock from running at large: amending the School law; regulating practice in Circuit Courts. % % House.—The Metropolitan Police bill and the report thereon were sent to a select committee. Bills were intrcduced—authorizing County Tressurers to perform the duties of City Treasurers; providing for examining and licensIng engincers; authorizing Notaries to solemnize marriages ; authorizin%aextm allowances fo prosecuting attorneys in certain counties, and rc})ealing the act creating buildingand savings associations. The bills to establish a State militia and to reguJate the practice of medicine were ordered emgrossed. S ety : e @ A e A Singular Case of Arsenic Poisoning. For some weeks (rast a local physician has been attending a younF lady who has exhibited every possible indication of arsenic poisonin% Her appetite failed her, and her face became of a ghestly pallor, while ghe features were bloated and the eyes waterr), with swelling of the lower limbs. Day by g‘&gg her body was racked with intense pain, and finally her condition became so unendurable that she almost ’longed for death to put an end to her sufferings. The physician was satisfied from the beginning thatshe was affect-

ed by some disesase produced by arsenic poison. ~But the most rigid investigation failed to reveal in what possible way it could have been administered to her. Her food was- inspected, the water she drank was most carefully selected from the wells where no inpurity by any means could find its way to it. Sl By the merest accident in the world the cause of#his remarkable condition ‘was discovered. The doctor happened to be present when the young lady’s clothes were brought home trom the wash. - The singular luster of the linen struck him as being remarkable. He inquired who did that washing, and was told that an - old negro woman whose great skill in polishing linen made her very popular with the girls. The doctor thought he was now on the road to the discovery, and concluded for the nonce to play an amateur detective. = He visited the old woman and soon learned ‘that, her ‘¢ polish?’ was produced by the use of arsenic in the starch. Then the whole case was plain. The girl was afflicted by arsenic poison produced by absorption. Being of a peculiar temperament and organization, she incurred a danger which others might have escaped. Respira~ tion aided it, and her bodily susceptibili? to ‘the fatal drug conspired to produce the dangerous condition. which has just been detailed.—Denver (Col.)

: FACTS AND FIGURES. - THERE were 32,329 firesin Russia last vear, and the losses aggregated 63,075,524 roubles. . ok THE English revenue for 1878 was £1,803,48500ver that of 1877. The only decrease was in stamps. ‘ DuriNG 1877, 5,877 persons emigrated from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and nearly all came to the United States. ey _ i ; THE London Economist (Jan. 11) finds the amount of gold in circulation in France to be about $1,000,000,000, or $27.37} for every man, woman and child of the French people, - It is estimated that there are in the United States 15,000,000 males of all ages engaged in business. Of these, 7,000,000 are engaged. in agriculture; 2,900,000 manufacturing and mining; 3,000,000 - professional ‘and personal; 1,500,000 trade, commerce and transportation. e ; THE proportion of persons killed on English railways - last year was onc in every 50,000,000 carried. During the years 1872 to 1875, on our lines, it was one out of every 12,000,000: on French riilways, one to every 15,000,000; on Belgian railways, the tigures were one to every 20,000,000 during the same period. The much higher speed at which our trains travel forms, of course, an important element in any calculation of the numbers killed in England and other countries. = = - THE value of the iron and steel exported from Philadelphia last year is estimated at $3,000,000. Of this about $1,000,000 was directly from establishments in Philadelphia, $500,000-from neighboring towns, and the balance from Pittsburgh and the interior of the State. In addition to this there were probably a million and a. half of shipments abroad from Pennsylvania that went through other ports. “The larfiest exports were in locomotives, machinery and iron coming West in weight.

A WEEKLY return of London pauperism shows that on the last day of the third week in January the total number of paupers ‘was- 87,391, of ‘which 44,440 were in Workhouses and 42,951 received outdoor relief. = Compared with the corrésponding weeks of 1878 and 1877, these figures show an increase of 3,787 and 2,482; but as compared ~with 1876, a decrease of 1,596 The number of indoor paupers was, however, 7,140 greater than in the corresponding week in 1876.. The number of vagrants relieved on the last day of- the week was 592, of whom 455 were men, 119 women and eighteen children under sixteen. . e : THE returns of French -commerce for the year 1878 have just been published. The imports were: Alimentary products, 1,643,308,000 francs; raw materials, 2,251,776,000 francs; manufactures, 447,133,000 franes; sundries, 218,757,000 francs; total, 4,460,974,000 francs, as compared with 3,669,845,000 francsfor 1877. The exports were: Manufactures, 1,867,142,000 francs; raw materials, 1,320,865,000franc5; sundries, 181,800,000 francs; total for 1878, 3,369,807,000 francs, as. compared with 3,436,304,000 franes for 1877. It will be seen from the 'foregbihdg tigures that the excess of merchandise exported over the quantity imported aggregated 42C,009.000 francs. | e

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