Pike County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 37, Petersburg, Pike County, 25 January 1884 — Page 1

PETERSBURG, INDIANA, FRIDA f, JANUARY 25, 1884 NUMBER 37 REASONABLE RATES NOTICK! Ulfenotiraerosedf la fcic/ pencil STnoliSsd that the time ol their suhaeriptioo has expired

NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled frwj Various Stum CONGRESSION'.VT. PBOCEEDUftS. In the Senate on the 15th Mr. Anthony's peeotntion In relation to retaliatory legislation fwas discussed. A resolution was adopted caD--ing for eorresponrteince regarding the discov!ery of phosphate be is In BraaB and Ute rights »r American citizens in connection therewith, phe report of the select committee ap pointed to examine the rive;- and jetty improvements Wat presented. It favors a uniform system ;d improvement vigorously sustained. It was decided not to discuss the Mexican trendy with .open doors—Jn the House several measure* e reported and referred. A minority ret was made on the Fitz John Potter MIL Judiciary Committee was directed to prepare a report on the powers of the Ptesrfent to negotiate treaties changing existing tariff rates. A resolution inquiring whether any xiavy officer had received a gift from a foreign iTrince was adopted. The bill appropriating lone million dollars to continue wort: on the Mississippi was considered in committee of t The Senate on tlie 16th passed the bill for forfeiting the Arkansas Iron Mountain land great, and the electoral count bill. Several mtasures were introduced regarding foreign exclusion of American meats. The n;w ru_ were adopted.In the Houses resolution calling for all correspondence relative to the American hog was adopted. A bOi was in troduced to issue four per cent, bonds as National bank securities. Also, to anpropr.ate fl,080.800 annually to maintain the Erie Canal. A .resolution calling ior figures as to expenditures of United states Marshals was iidopited. Bsveral simih.r resolutions a ere variously disposed of. The Sl.tttt.0W Mississippi Kiver b 11 was discussed in committee of the whole end reported back to the House, but lima! action was not reached. Iifthe Senate on the 17th a memorial was , presented from ex-Senator Kellogg, asking for an investigation regarding the Southern FaciHe land grant ti-ansfer. Various petitions were presented. Bills were introduced: To secure reasonable ratesof transports!ion over railroads aided by the Government; authoriz ing National Banks to issue notes to the value of bonds deposited. The bill pas-e appropriating ¥85,000 to compensate for the seiture 51 a Spanish ferry-boat in 1SI1......... In the louse tbo resolution calling for correspondence concerning star-route frauds was sdepted. Also resolution relating to the condition of affairs in Mexico andGuatemala. The regular order lielag called up. the ¥1,000.fOO Mississippi River appropriation ‘bill was passed. The bill tanking ail public roads liost routes passed.

\ u ice oeastf en t e ism messages ii-om the President wers> submitted toaettn; the Greely relief expedition aud the workings of the Chinese exclusion act. The bill prohibittny importation of opium from China was reported and placed on the e.ilondar. Tine Senate went into executive session on the Mexican treaty.In the House, a resolution calling for inquiry as to the Hewitt-W est controversy regarding the O'Donnell a«air, was referred. The House went into committee and General Slocum delivered an address on the Fit* John Porter bill favoring Its nunwe. Mr. Steele opposed it. Mr. Lyman advocated It. At times there was considerable heat in this discussion. msom AND POLITICAL.. The Bine Cut robbery case against Frank James at E nnsas City, Mo., lias been continued to February 11, the defendant being too sick to appear. Charley Ford’s case al'o went over. Os the evening of the 14th Hon. 15. A. Bridges died at Allentown, Pa., aged eightytwo years. He was a member of Congress from tho Tenth District during tbe years 184S to 1855 and from 1S76 to 1873. Ha leaves a widow. Governor Ae.bett of New Jersey was inangnrated on tbe 15th. Os the 15th a statue to cx-Sens.tor Morton was unveiled at Indianapolis, Had. Os tho 15th Henry B. Payne was « ted Seites’Senator from Onii. ' Senator Allison has been renominated by the Iowa Republican'. Is his will Dr. Calvin Ellis, of Boston, bequeaths .f00,001 to Harvard Unircrsity. Prince Krapotkine, the Nihilist, has been transferred from prison to a Paris; infirmary. Ralph Selle'v, who died suddenly at St. Louis, Mo., on the loth, bequeathed 5W),000 to St. Louis institutions, half of which goes to Washington University. On the ,16th John E. Green, son of Ur. Norvin Green, was elected President of the Louisville (Ky.) Hoard ol Trade. CniEF Clerk Green Adams, of the United States House of Representatives during three Congresses, xvas reported dangerously ill at Philadelphia on the lGth. On the 17th Governor Crittenden of Missouri commuted the death sentence of Emmet Jones to imprisonment for life. Restitution to the amount of $60,C00 has been made by Dewey, the Boston: larger. On the 17th ex-Speaker John Eagan of the New Jersey Legislature was sentenced to the Penitentiary for attempted bribery. On the 17th the Governor-General opened the Canadian Parliament. Vice-President Robert Harris of tbe Erie Road has been elected President • of the Northern Pacific. On the evening of the 17th Senatorelect Henry B. Payne, of Ohio, gave a banquet at Colpinbus to members of the Legislature., About SWO guests were present. A general reception occurred earlier in the:

evening. A parti- of Irish farmers plowed fifty acres of Parnell’s estate oa tUe 17th. On the 18th Judge E. R. Wilso n wai elected to tbo United States Senate fron Maryland. Ho succeeds Senator 0 rooms. The Attorney-General says the ixvostigation of the Department of J ssthe ‘ doings will result in a water-linul. { A respite ivaa granted Willkm Brown, who-was to have been bangecat New Orleans on the 18th for the mardei of a Chinaman, fori thirty days. In New York on the 18th a rnmor prevailed that Jay Gould had met with ssme severe losses, estimated in the neighborhood o? 520,000,001. On the 18th the Vignaux-Schaelftr billiard match in Paris ended in • victory for Vignaux by a score of 8,000 to8,868 for Schaefer. > CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. The mystery o;E the murder of Clugstoue at Valley Forge, Pa., in 1*81, promises to be unraveled. A man named W. H. Atkins is in jail atNorristown,)Pa., charged with the crime, ami not without strong circumstantial evidence. On the morning of the 13th the presbytery of the Catholic Church at Bayou Du Large, Bonne Terre Parish, La., burned and Kst. Father Coastarst perished in the flames. . ,’s On the 15th a freight train on the northern Central Railroad ran into the rear of a cool train at Bhamokin, Pa. The engine and sever* I ears were completely wrecked. John Childs, the flreman.was fatally scalded. Theengineer, Jame s Keenan, and two brakemen were seriously injured. On the l€th the steamer J. D. Johnson was burned at Wood’s Run, Pa. A merchant named D. P. Hill, living at Highbrldge, IT. .h, was called to his door by masked men and assassinated before daylight on the morning of the lfltb. JE’ire destroyed the Bechand Bros.’ brick breweryat Fond Du Lac, Wis., built In 1880, on the 16th, and a boy aged fourteen years, suppose to have been In the cellar, is missing. The origin of the fire is alleged to be Incendiary. Loss, 530,000;

Ox the 17th the Montezuma Hotel at Las Vegas, N. M.. burned; lo«s, ;i3£X»,fJ00. Fire destroyed a large pail of the business quarter of Canastota, N. Y., on the I'M.. * Ox *tiel7th an express israiin with a great number of "passengers, including nanny members of the Canadian I arlLiament on their my to Ottawa, war wrecked at Trenton, Ont. No one was Idlled, bat many were injured. At Pittsburgh, Pa., on the 17tli, Prof. Peter Volta was found dead on tla* Tenth street bridge. He had bean shot and robbed. J . Ox the 17th fire caused 'extensive damage ia is block of office buildings known as Exchange Court, New Yorl:. Ox tht. night of tmj 17th the Stammers’ Powder Company's m ills, nine exiles from Scranton, Pa., blew np, one mill at a time, destroying nine of the ten mills. It is certain one man, U H. Kmmy, and probably many more Were kill ed. T be company wan organized > year ago. The loss is serlour. Br a dynamite explosion at Allenton, Pa., on tiie 18th, three men were killed and three bni Idlings destroyed. Br the confession of one of the culprits the May bee mystery is solved and one of the Long Island murder horrors fully explainer L Edward Tappan says his brother killed tbs two women, he himself being present sa an accambiry. Ox this 118th four inen were killed and several others seriously injured by tie explosion of a boiler in E. G. & E. Wallace's tannery at Rochester, N. V. Ox this morning of the 18th the steamship City of Columbus, of the Savannah steamship line, went ashore on Devil’s Bridge, (Say Head, Mass., and. o f 1.38 sonis on board, 104 perished. Fire destroy 1 the genera) offices of the Indiana, Iiiinbis & Iowa Jriaiiroad at Kankakee, UL, on the 13th, with all the company’s papers. Br the explosion of a kitchen range at Hunter’s Point, L. I., on i ho 13th, two persons were fatally ’injured end another’s eyesight destroyed. Ox the morning of the 18th Mgr. Cesare, ti high dignttiiry of the Cliorcb in Rome, was found dead in- bed. He had been murdered and rebbed. * mscrti.i. a xeous. ; Russiat; Nihilists and Irish Fenians are reported to be concerting John; action. The latest Canadian engineering project Is a tunnei under St. Clair River between Sarnia, Ont., and Pert Huron, Micb. A Ti’uhish brigade with British officers is tci be adiletl to the. Egyptian army. LatE advices rejiort the French in Tonquin as chasing tlie Black Fhij,s out of ■the province of Nam JDinh. A bill to forfeit the Southern Pacific ; land grant will be drawn up by the subcommittee in charge of the subject. A toiia'GCO merchar.t named Robert Boyd died hi New York on the lath of yellow fever, having contracted the disease in

nayaca. j • Os tbel5th A. K. Spencer, the noted New York caterer, wag sentenced to the Penitentiri-y for viols ting the excise law. "Os tltf 15th a second proeessipn-of pilgrims decorated he tomb ‘ol^Yictor Etnanntelfiii ills chapel of the Faitheon. • The French Government has been notified oy M. Tricou, its diplomatic agent in Anais, that the new King; and Regent are disposed to follow the advicejoi: France.' Os tji>8 I5th the Grand Jury in session at Vieksburg, Miss., found ail indict-, i ment f«r murder against Frank W. (Starke, i who kibed David R. Allen in IhelOpera1 house iftthat city in November lust* On Jn^loth a certificate off iireorporai tion o' the Standard Multiplex 'Telegraph j Company was filed in New York. The [ linesif take company will run from Boston, Mass, to Portland, H e., Florida, Buffalo, Chid go and the Pacific Coast. Capitol stod, *2.510,000. Ok the 16th two Glasgow brokers failed for £50,030. A: attack on Canton is expected by the Chinese in the event that! Bac Ninh Mil. \ 7HE thermometer recorded iifty-two degrees lielow zero in New Brunswick on the 10th. Twenty-six persons were badly ini jtred in the Bradford (Pa.) train burning oi the 151ib. Tub Convention of Cane-Growers ; qrened ip Eltl Louis, Mo., on the pfi h. A dispatch from Key West, Fla., of , file If th noticed the appearance of a small tomat bearing west forty degrees from the horizon. It is looked on as reasonably certain that Archbishop Gibbons will ue the next American Cardinal. It is rumo&d that an investigation is to be made as to the action of several Congressmen in the O’Donnell matte r. It is isaiid that General Gordon will be allowed to retain hii commission in the English army and take service i i the Congo expedi tion too. I r is asserted by the President of the ^British Board of Trade that the Cabinet wilt-only bo satisfied when Irishmen have the figme rights as the English. On the 16th twelve coal miners were arrested near Pittsburgh, Pa., chugged with .conspiracy to cause a strike, i On the ISth Fannie Walker, fourteen years old., was arrested for sotting fire to a school-house at Summerville, N. Y.

un tne .iotn a uetroit (Alien.) jury gave W. 0. Coup, the circus men1, a verdict for $15,000 against the Wabash Railroad for damages ■ caused by a train accident in 1882. On the 16th the Secretarial of'We War andjNavy Departments appeared before the House Committee on appropriations to urge an Apprc>priation for a Greely relief expedition. It Is .reported that Jay Gould has bought a large water-front property in Port Oxford, Cire gon. I On the 15th the American Society of $ivil Engineers, in session at Mew York, elected Don J. Whittemore President. The Bartholdi Pedestal Committee announce that a Hartford insurance company lias contributed $7,000 to the fund. Unlooked-for opposition has developed to tiie ratification of the commercial treaty with Mexico. \ Macs excitement is reported in Bodle, Cal., over alleged rich discoveries of ore in the Standard and Bodie mines. The White Star Line steamer Germanic was spoken at sea a few days ago evlth a broken shaft. On the 16th the annqal meet ing of the Women’s Board of Missions begun in Boston, Mass. The Board now includes twentytwo branches, two Conference Associations, ever 1,500 auxiliaries and mission circles. The Board has ninety-seven missionaries, eighty-on a liible women, twenty-11 ve boarding schools rand homes at Const intinople, liisto, Osaka and Madwa; also f!3 village and day icliiools. The worit of the Board abroad, in Turkey and Japan particularly, is encouraging. Addresses by missionaries were made it the moiming session. The Treasurers report shows recti] it* pf the year, $100,4110,

-»i ~- It is expected that the remains of Lieutenant De Long and his comrades will arrive In Sear York about February 15. A codicil ra the will of Joseph Arnold, late President of the Birmingham (Conn.) National Bank, bequeaths to the town of Derby, in consideration of the kindness of its people, thirty shares of the capital stock of that hank, with accumulation and increase, to be held until principal and accumulations are equal to $3,000,000. This will be in the year 2031, when interest on the aggregate amount is to be derated to the local secular schools and academies. Consternation has been created recently in Montevideo by the frequent recurrence of immesa tidal wares. They are attribute 1 to rairanie increments. The Board of Trade of Indianapolis, Ind., has declared in faror of the Lowell bankruptcy bill. For the, year 1883 the exports of breadstiiTfs were $172,692,190, against $182,678,81)5 ioc the preceding rear. Immediately cn reading the message of Governor Murray, of Utah, a Mormon polygamist went and hanged himself. Ox the-17th the cane growers, in session at St. Louis, Mo., adopted resolutions protesting against reduction of the sugar tariff and calling for abrogation of the Sandwich Islands reciprocity treaty. A report from Paris of the 17th is to the effect that America a mediation will follow the capture of Bac Hint by the French. A convention will shortly assemble at Washington to agree on a universal hour system, with a common 'meridian. In London, Eng., a sensation has been caused by the prosecution of a prominent club for allowing gambling for high stakes. El Mahdi’s forces have cat off the retreat of the Sennaar garrison and have blockaded the Nile below Dnem. A report will’ soon be presented by the Committee on Pensions in favor of pensioning all survivors of the Mexican, Creek, Seminole and Black Hawk wars. The Secretary of the Navy has reported to tha Senate that tBfere were 92 vessels on the naval register November, 18*3. Of these 20 were built prior to the rebellion, 31 during the war, 41 sin<« the close of hostilities. The original cost of the 92 vessels was $40,796,613, repairs $41,200,822; total cost, $81,997,135. The repairs exceeded the original cost $404,209. On the 18th the Gibson murder trial at Troy, Mo., ended in an acqnittrL About half the ribbon weavers in Paterson, N. J., are oo a strike. Os the morning of the 18th North Carolina was shaken hv an earthquake. For the week ended the 18th the business failures in the United States and Canada numbered 425. On the 18th two embezzling Pullman car conductors pleaded guilty in Philadelphia, Pa. Work has been suspended by the Chinese on the obstructions in Canton River on account of a British protesL The resignations of the Spanish Ministry have been accepted, and a conservative Cabinet is to be formed. -~" Last year the exports of provisions and dairy products were more than $17,000,; 000 greater than the year before. In Pittsburgh, Pa.. F. G. Detrick has been arrested charged with the embezzlement of large sums in Cleveland, O. An agent of the United States Treasury captured a $20,009 package of smuggled diamonds on the 18: h, sent from Amsterdam by mail. The single fatality by the powder explosion at Scranton, Pis., on tbo 17th was caused by a piece of flying machinery half a mile from the mill. An agreement has been made by the window-glass and bottle-makers to advance prices, the Eastern manufacturers to fill orders for-Western ones whose factories are closed. The House Committee on Commerce on the ISth discussed the proposed measure of retaliation for prohibition of American meats. Action was deferred. The dedication of the first Jewish temple ever erected iu Memphis, Tenn., took place on the 18:h in :a most impressive manner.’ Rev. Sarafield, assisted by Rev. Dr. Isaac* M. W ise, of Cincinnati, and Dr. Sonneschein, of St, Louts, conducted the ceremonies. The structure cost $40,020 and comfortably seats 600.

LATE SEWS ITEMS. _ The House of Representatives met on the 19th for debate only, and the time was occupied in discussing the bill for the relief of General Fit* John Porter, but without reaching any action adjourned. The Garfield Memorial Church in Washington wasdedicated on the 20ii. Communication Is stili open between Cairo, Egypt, and Khartoum. Senatob Edmunds will make a strong fight against any further anti-Chi-nese legislation. Fire on the 20th destroyed the can-dle-factory of E. Schneider at Chicago. Loss, $155,000. The Egyptian government is pleased with the appointment of “Chinese’* Gordon to settle the Soudan trouble. One-foubtii of the town of Leipsic, O., burned on the 19th. At the close of business on the 19th the New York banks held $17,284,225 in excess of legal requirements. At Lowell, Mich., on the 19th twen-ty-one buildings burned.

an alarm of lire early the morning of the 21st in the Laclede Hotel, St. Louis, Ho., caused almost a panic among the guests, who hurriedly left their rooms in various stages of deshabille. Prompt action prevented a spread of the fire and quiet and confidence was noon restored. Burlington, Ia., boasts of a citizen who was wounded during the war and drew a pension regularly until quite recently; but, his wounds having healed, he declines to accept charity from the Government any longer. An explosion of gas demolished a large building on Hanover street, Boston on the 19th.. The President has approved the $1,. 000,000 appropriation bill for the Mississippi River. Captain Wright of the wrecked vessel City of Columbus is reported to have gone insane: A boiler explosion in Cincinnati, O., on the 19th caused $100,000 loss to the Corrugated Iron Company. Chinese bankers are said to be committing suicide because of the unsettled condition ef affairs. Burglars robbed the safe of Wm. C. Pierce, Philadelphia, Pa., of a lot of. railroad securities on the 19tb. Leroy Donovan, banged at Rawlins, W. T, on the 18th, was the first white man legally executed in the IVi-ritory. The Acbencse demand a heavy ransom for the crew of tho steamer wrecked on their coast last fall. At St Johns, N. F., Head Constabla Doyle and six Orangemen were placed on trial on the 19th tor murder,

A COSTLY BLAZE. H«td at lu Vegas Hot Spnn£H» Ken Mexico Strtytwo Gotsts in the Hew, Bat all Escape with the lam ol their Effects—Ineffective Fire Set fiee. Las Vegas, S. M., Jan. IT, The Me ntezuma Hotel, Ututed at the springs, six miles from the city of Las Vegas, one of the grandest hoteleries in point of furnishing and surroundings, was completely destroyed by fire to-day. There was no loss of life, bait there eras of coarse great excitement among the guests and many narrow escapes to people endeavoring to sikTe their property at the risk of their liven. . The fire was discovered about noon by a servant who was clesming up one of the re-ception-rooins on the second floor to the left of the main entrance.. He saw smoke coming through Hie floor near the steam coil. He first nin oat into the hall and shouted fire, and then running back into the room," tore the radiator from its place. As he did this, the (lames hurst through and he had to run for his life. The fin most hav e been burning some time, for almost at the'same instant .fire was discovered by one of the guests, who also shouted fire at tire top of his voice. The panic that ensued was almost indescribable, and most fortunate was it that the fire occurred in the day time and riot at night. As it was, the hallways and rooms quickly filled with a dense volume of black smoke that enveloped the entire interior of the building in almost midnight darkness, and the utmost confusion prevailed as the guests an d employes rushed madly through the halls and .endeavored to drags their trunks and other possessions from thenrooms. - This confusion lasted for only a short time, owing to the fact that the people were soon all out of the burning bnild‘"fhe te hotel was not half full, there being only sixty-two guests, but there was a full complement of servants and employes. Some of the guests—probably one-fourth— succeeded in saving a portion of their possessions bat the employes lost everything. Of course while all this was going on efforts werebeingmadle to stop the progress of the flames. The fire was so rapid that the means of fighting fire provided in the hotel conld not be got to work. The fire department of the Springs was unable to do anything to save the hotel. A special train left I.us Vegas in ten minutes after the alarm wsis given with thfr fire The six miles were covered in nine minutes, and the engines ready for action. It wa found the pings were an inch smaller than the city hose, so no effective connection was maitejor some time. Then the only hope wasTtosaye the'boiler-house just completed at a cost of $40,000 and bath-honse that cos!; $70,000. The latter’s cornice blazed up several times, but was saved. The former escaped only because the building between it and tli^ hotel was torn down. The Montezuma was first opened for business April 7, 11*81, and waa. considered the equal of any and the superior of most places of public entertainment to be found at any of the popular resorts in America, both on account of the completeness of its appointments and the elegance and taste of its furnishings. The house conld comfortably accommodate three hundred guests. The builoiug was of frame, Queen Anne style, three stories high, gable roofed. There were 230 rooms, all furnished in a costly and elegant style. There were ladies’ and gentlemen’s reception rooms and general parlors on all the floors, but the principal ladies’ parlor was on the second floor. This was furnished on a scale of oriental magnificence. Be bridal chambers ware elaborately furnished and finished; They wet a furnished respectively in bine, red and ecru, the latter with dark garnet trimmings, in the upper stories were the sewing rooms. In the basement were the billiard-rooms and bowling alleys, all furnished in native mountain pine. The ladies’ billiard parlor was in the cupola of the building. A11 around the front aud sides of the building extended wide balconies. The fire service was supposed to he perfeet, and complete reliance was placed on it. There were stand-pipes and hose-reels on every floor, and it was considered almost impossible for fire to gain any headway in the building. The servants were completely drilled in the use of the apparatus, but all this seems to have been of no avail when the real test came. J. si. Barr, manager, and his w ife, recently married, lost all tt oir personal affects. He deserves great ere lit for his presence of mind and courage. The loss is estimated at §251,000; insurance, a little over §100,000. The guests, it is estimated, lose $39,0J0. Everything possible is being done to make them comfortable. The hotel was the property of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa' Fe Railroad Company, and i t seems to be considered as a mat* ter of course that it will be rebuilt.

ANOTHER HOTEL FIRE. Burning of the Suwanee Sulphur Springs Hotel In Florida—Two hires Supposed to be host—All the Guests Escape. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. IT. News reached this city this afternoon that the Suwanee Sulphur Springs Hotel, probably the finest structure of the kind in the State,, burned at Suwanee, Fla., early this morning. The nearest station is at Lire Oak, fully twelve miles from the conflagration, and accessible only by a carriage road. The firs t news at hand reports that the fire suddenly broke out on the second floor of the building, directly over the kitchen, about 4:30 o’clock this mom

Somewhat Demoralised. Sr. Louis, Ho. Jam. 18. A man :ln a dazed condition, who looked as if he hud just completed a trip through a threshing-machine, wandered into the ThirjLDistrict police station last night. He said his name was John Higgins; that be had found himself in the river, where he had an indistinct recollection of having been thrown by two men after they had robbed him. When searched a large quantity of pulverized ice was found in his pockets. The Sergeant sent him to the City Dispensai-y. From the latter institution he was sent 1o the City Hospital. At the dispensary be gave his name as Waldron and state! that he had been roboed of $300, An Ex pert’s View in the Nett Trial. Pittsburg, Jan. 17. In the Ifntt trial to-day Dr. Smith Fuller, the family physician, said Nutt had premeditated the killing of Dukes, and that be had arranged everything for the acceptance of the first opportunity to execute his design. Bet he had become a monomaniac on the subjest. He bad brooded so long over the death of his father and the dishonor of hii family that when he carried his inten tion into effect he yras an irresponsible agent; tied become in fact an absolute lunatic on the question of taking Dukes’ life. The) killing, wus no sudden inspiration; it was the acceptance of a chance to carry out; a design i olative to a subject on which the prisoner yras entirely ipsane.

THE CASE GROWERS. Fifth A :xraal Convention of the Mississippi V*1 ey Cane Growers* Association. The fi th annual convention of the Mis* sissippi Valley Cane Growers* Association was jiel I in St Louis, Mo., commencing on Wednei day, the 16th inst. President Norman J. "oleman called the convention to order. The following delegates were present: » IliiDofcr-H, A. Weber, Geo. W. G;ir!and,Wm. McMertelh Cfosmpahn; C. M. Swartz, Edwardsville;, F. K. Gillespie, Ed wardsville; A. E. Windsor. Havana; W. D. Hiliis. Odin; W. F. McQuaidi Swamvirk; O. C. Gibbs, Cbw *?o; Louis Tuff?, Pinckney vifie; J. J. Bald .v ia, Neoga; rl. V, Smith, Bunker Hill; B. itoo&s Coulterva e; Dr. N.B. Rkle, Chicago; Jehu Lowe, Johnsonville: J. T. Kenower. Clement; William Keller; Liberty; S. E. Gardner. L?roy; J. G. Heron. Carrol;ton; William Cobb, *v hike Hall: T. J. Cre<?s, Shiloh Hill: James A. CaldweB, TiMen: J>vi Pigott, Rid ze Prairie. Indiana—E. W. Dealing, La layette; A, Furnas, Danville. Iowa—A. S. Folgrer, J. N. Wilson, Washington; J. L. Bozi rth, Cedar Falls; D. ^mouse.Mt. Pleasant; Jan es Dodds. Gilbert Station. Kansas—Frc I E. Slimpson, F. E. Wilder. Lawrence; W. P. Clement, E. B. Cowgili, Sterling; V. K. 3k ont, Troy: R. S. Cornish, Oswego; James I.a wson, Rieksberry; F. B. Sherburne. Empor a. Louisiana—C overnor H. Warmouth, A. ! Thompson, Ne w Orleans; T- W. NIcoL Forlorn Hope; Edward G. Gay, H. Stuaniezka, New Orleans. Michigan—D aniel Root, Hudson. Missouri—S. J. Colmnn, C. D. Colman, Geo. C. w. Belcher. C.D. Chase, J. A. Field, L. J. Bi shnell, St. Louis. ,/ f_ New Y« it—M. Day, Jr_ Buffalo. Nebraska—Frof. II. Coiberi^L Lincoln; A. B. Smith, Fairfield; L. F. Gould, Hastings; T. 3. Clarkson, behuyler; B. V. Kantom. ; a letn. Ohio—James Wilhelm. Milford; Nelson Valley, A. Y. Johnson, Geneva. Tennessee—f5. W. Gifford, Nashville. In his annual address Pre-ident Coleman re viewed the results of the past year s labors in the Northern cane indus ry and offered suggestions in relation the; eto. The season had been a disastrous one in the further North by reason of a superabundance of rain and unprecedentedly early f rosts,.and much loss had been entailed upon farmers In consequente. - He then dwelt upon the benefits of early crops and the appliances necessary to produce them. “Fertrii-cers,” he sard, “can be applied to the care with decided advantage, net only in increasing the yield of the crop, but in hastening its maturity/* Telling of the successful manufacture of sugar on a large scale at Champaign, HI., and Rio Grande, N. J.. he passed to the consideration of the production and manufacture of &u- ' gar in Kansas, and advocated the central factory system. ■ *» Then be «T»oke of the necessity of providing the pr i er appara tus Ssr reduction of the cane, and dwelt upon the of the Southern cane. He d monstrated .that cane could be raised in the ;\orth, ard that no other crop paid so well to the fa iucr. He referred in an eloquent and fee ing manner to the death of Isaac A. Hedges, a member of the association and a zealous friend of the industry. Messrs- Belcher. Webber and Culbertson were appointed a committee to take action cn the address. The tJte>id'’nt an w-noccd that a de legation of five, from the Lou s ma Sugar Association, had come to the Cont ention, composed of Edward J. f?hy, H. C. Warmouth, Adam Th mp •on* T. W. Nichols and Henry Studemitz-h. A commitiree was appointed to confer with this delegation respecting the especial objects of the visitors. Mr. Niecoll, of Louisiana, returned the thanks of the Louisiana delegation for the graciou s reception accorded them. A committee of four was appointed to take action r egarding the suggestion of the President that a National Cane-Giowers Association should be formed. This committee reported favorably upoi this suggests n and recomim nd*nt the ap|K intment of a committee to dirawjip a constitution and I y laws that would e xpress its purposes and acc jmp’isa its

A number of reports were made by delegates from tb s different sections which showed varying diiigrees of success attained, but nearly all screed that while the year l^mld not be counter! as a successful one they were by no means discouraged, but saw a prosperous future ah ai for the cane growing industry. The idea of the central factory system found many advocates. ‘ On Weclne day evening Prof. H. W. Wiley delivered au able address on the “Process of Diffusion.** At Tb tzrsday*s session interesting discussions were'had on “Planting, Fertilizing and Cultivating.'K “Seeds and Hybridization.** and “f’iarini'B'tion of the Juices,*' an address by Prof. Welnr, of the Champaign till.) Sugar Works, and a series of views projected on a screen by Prof. Wiley showing many of the prominent sugar-works of the country, etc, The committee appointed to confer with the Louisiaaa delegation reported the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas. The Natioual Cane-Growers’ Association of the United States. represented by delegates from Kan a% Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri. Illinois, Tndiauv, Ohio, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia and Texas, i n convention assembled in St. Louis, view with alarm and concern the attempt at a further agnation of the question of tariff by Com tj.-js; and o «»i fc-i:eas. It is beyond all question thaC the prices of all raw sugars in the United States are down to a low scale not onerous to consumers even with the present incidental protection:; and Wn i r bas. A farther reduction of t he tai i f would Siill further depress our industry and evush out one of the most promising and inteie>ting b* anches of our agricultural production, op* ninsr up iu the West, as well as Li the North and South, an unlimited Held of enterprise and m torial wealth by diminishing the millions paid out for foreign sugars; and Whereas, With the reasonable fostering care of the Government to enable us to build up this industry by improved machinery and skilled science to properly direct our efforts, we have land, climate, energy and inclination to supply our growing population with all the sugar to be required: and Whereas, We can not realize that it can be the policy of our Government to crush out our industry when we see the aid given to the cultivation of the beet in Europe, on old, exhausted soil ana a more unpropitious climate, bringing it up from an humble beginning to the product of 2,000,000 tons per annfiiri; and Whereas, It is an undoubted fact that the production of sugar holds out agreater source of advantage to vast sections of our country than any other product; and Whereas, To bring our laborers, whether while or colored, down to t le level of the poorly paid laborers of Europe, who live without meat, or the densely crowded population of the Indies, can not be the policy of the lawmakers. of this free country; now, therefore, be it Iff€o?red, by the National S*igar-Growere’ Association of the United States, That this Convention protest against any further tamper^ ing with or reduction of the sugar tariff, and we call upon the Senators and Representatives pf our respective States in Congress to stand up and protect our interests, and relieve us of the continued excitements and apprehensions of ruin staring us in the face; that we deprecate in the strongest manner any attempt to ratify any 1 eciprocity treaty with any foreign nation whei-eby our industry inay be jeopardized; that we earnestly recommend the earliest possible ibrogation of the present reciprocity treaty wl ;hthe Sandwich Islands, by wnich a large monopoly is becoming enriched, and a single individual, by a system or oppressive labor, worsts than slavery, is producing a common sugar and selling his countrymen at a higher rato than is paid in most quarters of the globe. * That the President of this association be requested to 1 ave this preamble and the resolutions publif aed in pamphlet form, ana the Secretary be di rected to, at the earliest day possible, address a copy to each Senator and Representative from our several States. A resolution was also adopted instniclingtbe Secretary and President to correspond with and invite Bull the can egro were and sugar-pro-ducing associations throughout the country to unite and send delegates to the succeeding annual contentions.

—A Bid leford (Me.) gentleman found in his wood-shed recently a dead weasel, with his tongue frozen to an"ax-blade. The ax had been used in cutting beef in the morning, and the animal, in attempting to secure a piece of the meat which adhered to the blade, had singularly met his death. —On the oath of a bright nine-year-old boy lira New York, a wonvan was tenteneed to three months,imprisonment she other day for stealing a baby car* riage.—A. T. Times._ - ■ —Venn :>r, goose-bone, muskrat, cornshuck ar 1 all may as well be laid on the shelf as relics.—Cincinnati Com- . merciai G tzelte. —The maim is made for Cleveland, O., that i; shows a lower proportional death list for 1883 than any other city in the Ur ion. . —A letter addressed to “Widow Smith, F iehford, Vt.,” threw the postmaster ir o a panic, there being eleven widows c that name in Riehfoid, "" —Inno ence Is like polished armor, it adorns <u | it defends,—Dr. Snoth,

SWALLOWED BY THE SEA. Wreck of the Steamship City of Cotamhna on the Massachusetts Coast—One Hmsaced ami Four Lives last—List of the Lost and Saved—Details of the Disaster. New Bedford, Mass., Jan, 18. One of the most distressing shipwrecks | recorded for years occurred last night. The steamer City of Columbus of the Savannah steamship line went ashore on Devil’s Bridge, Gay Head, and was totally wrecked. The City of Columbus left Boston at three o’clock Thursday afternoon carrying eighty passengers and a crew of forty-live. At 3:45 a. m. Friday, Gay Head Light, bearing south half east, the vessel struck on the outside of Devil’s Bridge buoy. The,wind was blowing a gale from west by north, i The vessel immediately filled and keeled over, the water breaking in and flooding the port side of the saloon. All the passengers excepting a few women and children came on deck, nearly all wearing life-pre- ' servers. All the boats were cleared away, ; but were immediately swamped. A majority of the passengers were washed overboard. Seven passengers left the vessel on a life raft, and about forty more took to the rigging. At 10:30 a. m. the G.ry Head life-boat put off and took seven persons. Another life-boat pnt oft' between twelve and one. The revenue cutter Dexter«ame along about 12:30 and sent off two boats. Twenty-one persons, one of whom was dead, were placed aboard the Dexter, and. a ter all the persons were taken from the vessel, the Dexter proceeded to New Bedford. nitre persons died after going aboard the Dexter. Captain Wright says he passed the Crossrip lightship at twelve o’clock and that he Continued by east and west chop with a strong breeze west-southwest. “After passing Noleska, the course being westsouthWest, I stepped into my room to warm myself, as it was very cold. Everything was working well. After being below a short time, I heard the second-mate, who was in the pilot-house with the mate, sifeg oat to the quartermaster to port the helm. 1 jumped out of my room, thinking we had come across a vessel bound down the Sound. I then cried out, ‘Hard aport,’ not knowing but it was a vessel and in the moonlight I saw the buoy on Devil’s Bridge on the port about two points forward of the beam and about 300 yards distant. She immediately struck. I ordered the engine reversed and she backed about twice her length. The steamer immediately stopped Sti.ry —*’derpO jib hoisted and endeavored to bead hef to the north* ■ — she filled forward and listed over to port so liiW flankshire was abont four feet under water. went aft and told the passengers to keep cool and get life-preservers, I next told the officers on deck to gut tne boats ready. The steamer settled dewh aft and righted. It was blowing very hard and a heavy sea was running. IVe launched port No. 6 boat, which immediately capsized. The sea was breaking over the steamer’s deck, and, the stern being under water, we were forced to go up on top the houses. I stayed there awhile, but we were finally obliged to take to the rigging. The mate, second mate, chief engineer and first engineer took to a raft. I think the steamer struck on a lone rock.” The captain is positive he struck outside the buoy and in backing drifted inside.

THE LOST. The following is a list of those lost: Wm. W. W right an 1 wife, Boston. E S. Rand, lawyer, and wife, Roxbury T. K. Ha e,produo‘ dealer, Boston. Mrs. D. S. Small, Southampton, Mas*. Ilenry L. Bachelor and wife, Dorchester. James A. Merr.ll, Bostois. Osear Iasigi, Turkish C jnsul-General to Boston. N.J. Morton, Boston Globe. Helen Brooks, Northboro, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rand and son, Boston. Mrs. Benrr Slade. Chelsea, Mass. Mrs. S. J. Pinkham, Lynn. Joel Nourse, Boston. C. F. James, Miss Beach, Mrs. Gibson, Levi I a vrence, George H. Ke logg, Dr. II. C. Bartlett and wife, Mrs. Skeane, K. B. Belyea, wife and two chilcbe», Mrs. J. Atkinson, Mrs. L. Davis. H. J. Kellogg, C. Richardson and wife, E. T. Hutchinson and wife,S. Vance, Henry LI Daniels and wife, Mrs. James Beat and Miss Beal, Mrs. Whitcomb. D W. Mitchell, J. Tibbills, T. A. Day. M. Sagcnt, A. Cumminors, D. Eaton, A. Chafe and wife, H. Durlacd, W. Lapham. 0. R. Hammond. C. D. Ball, C. F. Frost, cabin passer gjrs, residences unknown. The residences of hone of the following steerage passengers are known: Annie Kelly. SufbSniith, G. E Goddard, T. Me'arty, G. Synea. 0 Guffin, !£. K. Giddings, W. E. Wright, August Pe^r-son, J. R. Hebai*, J. G. Whitcomb, C G. Wdlett, Brown, Walker,1 Gassett. The last three applied for tickets just before the hour of starting and the full names are not obtained. the saved. The names of the saved are: Horace Wct~irhouse, Bath. Me.: John-White, Prince Edward Island; F. W. iairlauks, Gorham; Thoma3 O’Leary, fireman; E. T. Briggs, Boston; Fuiv ber Hanson, Boston^ A. A. Pittman, Brooklyn, steward; S. E. Wright, Boston; Captain G. D. Whitcomb, Hudson, Mass.; W. H. Farnsworth, Townsend, Mas.; Geo. W. Farnsworth, Townsend, Mass.; John L. Cook, Portland, Me.; H. Wiedman. Lawrence, Mass.; Eugene McGary, alias McCarthy, Somerville. Mass.; A. Phillips, first assistant engineer; John Madden, Charlottetown. P. E. I.; J. R. Hammond, Goldsboro, Me. Tho following members of the crew are krown to be saved: Captain Wright: assistant engineer Philips; fireman O’Leary; steward Pittman; seaman Madden. Following are the names of those taken ashore at Gavhead. One of them was dead, but it is not known *hrch one: Harry Collins, third engineer; Wm. Spau!dfng. purser; Michael Kennedy waiter; Edward O Brien, waiter; John Holmes, pieman; One passenger, name unkuown. FATE UNKNOWN. The following are those on the raft, whose fate is unknown: A. Morrison, chief engineer: F.dwin C. Fuller, first mate;" Augustus Hardin, second mate; Wm. Murray, assistant engineer; Wm. Fitzpatrick, carpenter; Richard Sullivan, Prince Edward Iilatid. OFFICERS. First mate, Edward Fuller, Barnstable; second mate, Allen Eldredge, Chatham. Ma*s.; boatswain, Phillip Clark, Poston; quartermaster, McDonald; engineer, Archibald Morrison, Boston; third engineer, Collins; purser, W. Spaulding, Boston; second steward, Howe, and thirty-three seamen, ^ames unknown. Four dead bodies of men were brought to this city on the Dexter; one is not identified. Two are identified as Helon Brooks, Northboro, Mass., and G. Fred Chandler, Hyde Park, the other is supposed, from cards found in his pocket, to be a member of the firm of C. Richardson & Co., G&nton Market, Boston: JU

About forty men took refuge m tbe rigging, -where they remained until 10:3) a. m., when a life-boat put oft from Gayhead and took away seven passengers, one of whom died soon afterward. Shortly after noon another life-boat pot off to the vessel, and the revenue cutter Dexter came along and sent off two boats. TWOnty.one men were taken from tbe wreck and .placed aboard the Dexter, four at whom died afterward; After all were taken off, the Dexter sailed for this port. The total number saved is twenty-three. Five bodies were recovered and 119 souls are unaccounted for. Seventeen saved and four dead were brought here, and six supposed to be living and one dead are at Gayhead. Captain Wright was among the last to leave the ship. Two men frosen so stiff they were unable to relinquish their bold on the rigging, were at length the only persons remaining on the steamer except the Captain. Lieutenant Rhodes asked him to jump, but he shouted “Save those men first.” “They are frosen,” was the Lieutenant’s answer. The Captain then jumped, and although he could not swim a stroke, was rescued by Lieutenant Ken--uedy. Lieutenant Rhodes, of the Reveuue cotter Dexter, distinguished himself bv his heroic efforts, at the extreme peril of his Wn life, to rescue the two unfortunates who were hanging frozen in the rigging of the ill-fated steamer. He succeeded but both of them died before reaching the cutThe ledges e* which the City of Columbus struck were considered by mariners one of the most dangerous points on the coast; the ledges consist of submerged rocks, constituting a double ledge, the outer strata of which is called “Devil’s Back,” and both ledges being called “Devil’s Bridge.” The ledges are abreast of Gayhead light on the mainland and extend a little to soutlf^ard of it- The outer ledge of Devil’s Back is about eight miles from the main land. On either side of tbe outer ledge is verjr deep water. The upper part of the ledge Is formed like the gable of a pffas»rvo that vessels striking it diagonally would naturally keel over onto the beam ends. The coarse of vessels is around Gayhead light to pqss by tite cater ledge on the south,

Begns Economy te Be Deprecated. This Congress will very likely make jtc attempt to rednce the running expenses of the Government, and there Is no doubt that plenty of room will be found to practice economy. Tim tendency oi the times has been toward liberal expenses, and toward this condition of things the Government departments have gradually drifted, until there is a prevalent notion that a reform is greatly nee led. It is, however, much easier to talk of' reform in this direcribfctban to accomplish it, and the etifiieujPpie-it ion will he Low to secure the reform needed without crippling the machinery of Government. There are some men in Congress whose views upon tMs question are extrem\ and who would recklessly eut off and cut down without tnmbtiug themselves to inquire what the result would be. While it is the privilege, as well as the dnty of Congress to exercise authority over tbd? management of the Executive Departments, and secure if possible' the administration of true principles of economy in the conduct thereof, care should be taken that the estimates furnished as the bases of appropriations are not needlessly and recklessly cut down simply for the sake of making a showini! of economy. The Government is for the benefit of the people, and its various functions should not be hampered or hindered from any mere desire to make party capital. Recognizing the fact that the Republican management has been extravagant, and that the idea of economy and a lessening of public burdens is one of the things which commend the Democratic party to public confidence, there is danger that in a desire to reform these evils l Congress nj»y run to the other extreme, whieh is equally as bad. Tiiis question is one whieh may well command the exercise of the best judgment of the Honse, for, according as this matter is treated and disposed of, public commendation or censure will follow. A just and wise examination of the estimates will, no doubt, afford much light upon this subject, but in order io act intelligently and escape the charge of crippling the departments for the sake of mere opposition, or to make ~'jniT"*T Tj fni fair iti Committees, must fully acquaint itself with the facts of the case, and by a judicious course of conduct do justice to those charged with, the duty of conducting the affairs of the Government, if it would secure the approbation of the count *. This is a serious and important business, for while the country will commend the exercise of wise economy, it will not loot? kindly upon anything which savors of niggardliness or parsimony, and the record of the Democratic party in its dealing with public interests neither jnstifier nor can it eonntehance any stingy methods in dealing

wsiu puuuc questions. ^ We are now upon the eve of a Presidential campaign. Many things will conspiretogive the Demo rutic partyyictory or plunge it into defeat. - Among these things, the use of the power "now entrusted to its hands in the lower House of Congress will cut no unimportant figure. Reforms wisely conceived and intelligently administered will seeure public approval, but if hot ha -te and ill considered action control party responsibility and the country is made to believe that a Democratic' House has made war upon clerks, messengers and serub-women in the name of reform, it will not give those who labor a very battering opinion of Democratic party management, and may open the way for charges and accusations of Spigot economy, which might not result in party advantage. * These reflections are thrown out because already the country has been informed of the devastation and destruction which Democratic reformers propose to bring about when they get to work upon the departments. Ft has been intimated that the knife will be set to work with vigor, and the estimates of the department heads cut all to pieces. There is, happily, nothing in the past history of a Democratic Congress which justifies such a notion of reform, and it is to be hoped that when the work of the Appropriations Committee is presented to the Hou e for its consideration and action, that the cry of Democratic parsimony will not be sustained, bnt a bill presented which Republicans and Democrats alike will be constrained to approve. The laborer is worthy of his hire, and the1 controversy which the Democratic party has with its great political rival is not how much this or that man shall receive, or how many persons are needed ta carry on the work of the Government, but whether an equivalent is rendered for the money paid, and whether the money appropriated is wisely expended. The heads of departments are responsible to the people for the cond ict of their business, and the highest wisdom does not consist in opposing their just demands, but' in laboring with them to further the public good. If there are drones in these public bee-hives, the Secretary must find them, and if there are sinecures he must get rid of them. The Register wishes the Democratic House to make such a record before the country that it will prepare the public mind for the election of a Democratic President. It is possible to do this," and, if the leaders are wise, snck a result will be obtained.—American Register.

A sonsensieal Controversy. Utterly nonsensical is ali this controversy which numbers of Republican journals are making about the positions given to Southern Congressmen. So nonsensical that it is not worthy ..the answers and explanations given by Democratic papers. It is only the echo of a sectionalism long since buried too deep under the united interests of the country to be brought into actual existence again at the hysterical call of editors either too far removed from those interests to know of what deep and universal moment they are, or too blindly devoted to party success to care & fig how it is brought about. What difference aoes it make from what section two or three more committee chairmen come, if they are men of ability, honesty and large views? And a3 to sectional interests there is every whit as much difference between those of the East and West as there is between those of the North and South.Even more, in fact, for the growing manufacturing interests of the South are developing in much the same, line as those of the East Those of the West are more different. The cotton manufacturers of New England and the iron men ot Pennsylvania are not even rivals; they are co-workers with those of the South. They are investing their money in that section, and the interests of the two regions are becoming practically identical. In the tans of iglH&is it i* the height of absurdity to scream that the South has a majority of Congressional chairmanships. Suppose it has. what then?

Is the country bound forv nnd commercial Icterests itor simply because there are chairmen from the South five from the North? terests of the South the of the rest of the/eountry? The South is having a hard time in its struggle t“ mtSpe South. This attempt to raise a sectional cry against it is a dastardly at** tempt to stab it in the back. If the commit! oe chairmen are men of high intelligence and integrity what difference does it make whether a few more or a few less of them come from th” North or the South, the East or the West.—Boston Globe. - : E* Occasion for Alarm. _ e Republican zealots are not- satiated with the House Committees. They complain that there arc too- many Southern men—“Rebel Brigadhur*”— on them. They affect to be shocked at the spectacle of Sonthem men fieir^-iWr lately placed on the- -Committees that have to do with Northern interests—the' tariff me pensions, the public debt, eommey-.e. agriculture and industry.1 But this is not. the first time that “ Rebel Brigadiers,” as they are called, have been largely placed on the Housu Committees, and had much to do with the control of legislation 'in Congress, and yet the public interests have never suffered from their influence. VV'htar' did they refuse the appropriations, for interest on the public debt or for pensions to Union soldiers? Cn what occasion were they recreant to the claims of Northern commerce, agriculture and industry? The records of Congress for, those years in which they have Leena largely represented in the House a net Senate show that’they have been animated by as patriotic and National a spirit as Republicans; indeed, the country owes to them much advantageous legislation that even Republicans coaid

uui, or wwuu urn, euaui. j The real explanation of these Republican complaints is that the people have , replaced the former Republican majority in the House with a Democratic nta-. joritv. There arc too many Den Northern amt Southern, in is a majority of Demoer the delegations* from California. Con necticut. Indianh, Michigan, Nevada, -New York, Ohio and Wisconsin—eigH Northern States which were once ReyJ publican—and this is what’s the matter,! There is a certain class of Republican^ who have a notion that this country lm-j longs to their party, and it has a righlJ to rule it in spite of the people. A Bepublican policy has prevailed so long that they think it should prevail forever, even though the people have pro* nounced against it, and demanded ^ change. r - But there is no occasion for alarm The country is in safe hands. The peo' pie have driven the former Republican majority ont of the House and committed that body, to Democrats. In a little while they will do the same with the Senate and then with the Executive: and when that time comes we shall have a better state of things—a vestcred shipping, a more vigorous for eign policy, Amehaean commerce earns on the high seas % American vessel^ navy that will give some account ofr it-1 self, more advantageous relations with the Republics of Central anti Sontl^ America, and a tariff that will be productive of something else than per-, petual strikes, lock-outs and overproduction.—SI. Louis llcfntbUeun.

Republicans Logins; Faith. It is evident that the Republicans gin to lose faith in their a bility to j__ up an issue on the tariff. Even the Su>i Iroin whose prediet'ons they have cently gathered consolation, reeognb the absurdity of its former position discovers that “it how looks as thoua this famous and fatal phrase of a tad for revenue only might have fo slide and that “the Democracy may in its stand united in favor of a tariff with incidental protection.” The fact is that there never has been a division in the Demount tic party on the tariff question. It tra s because thpu party was pretty thoroughly united on the principle of economical and honest, expenditures and a tariff affording equitable protection to American industries that Mr. Randall failed 10 obtain the Speakership. lie was supposed to ■ have too much leaning towards the Re»i publican doctrine, of (no reduction of^ surplus and no revenue reform at all. v But the Republicans are prompt to . seek afiother issuer I ti the expressiveJ words of Mr. Frye, of Maine, their cry is to bb changed front "Free Trade! Free Trade!” to “Murder! "Jflurder. According to the Trivunc's report,. while the question of representation was being discussed by tin} Repujlieattj Committee, Mr. Frye “wished to sav toj Representatives from the South that bed had never truckled to the Bourbons: Ho" had never melted down his words. * "Ho had called ‘Murder! murder!’ every

That is the watchword. murder!” must be yelled by eve] litical Republican throat from nr until the day of election next year. Mr. Chandler commences with an ea tra resolution offered to the Committee charging the Southern States with * tempts to suppress human rights and t< destroy free suffrage and an hones counting of ballots by methods at waj with humanity and civilization.” Th» RepublicaU*Senate follows up, the cry with siniilarJVIunchausen stories. Thi State platforms and Republican party £ress will follow suit, and all over the orth will be heard the echo of Frye’ shout: “Murder! Murder!” That is right, GrancL. GW Fight it out on that lyinffif it tak< .. *r>£ snmrnpr!—jr, Work Jine mania for collecting odd mu rarities is well developed in the! rection of postage-stamps. One of t rarest is a ten-cent stamp issued in Nashville. Teon., in 1861, by Post-^ master McNlsh, and bears his narhe. Mr. Joseph S. Corel, of that city, has a remarkably fine eolleetio stamps that he has been a great d years accumulating, recently sold one of the McNish stamps for twenty-five dollars, and it was very soon afterward resold in Paris for fifty dollars.—CM. Inter Ocean. _ happy short sot —Sydney Smith thought tl great remedy is to take Bfe. Are you 1 likely to remain nest year? happiness by appre misery which may n never'live to see It? ] tial grief has twenty shadows," and of them shadows of your own —Lansing (Mick.) liepublicax For every —After the battle of Kashirate, dan, the heads of the staff, officers shown to the prisoners, and thi over the- gate of El Obekl_ .