Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1876 — Page 2

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

London telegram of the 7th says Cardin »1 Kfettkntaf had denied that he bad made overimi to tha Tattaaa In behalf of Engtleh § ritualists :Ta lte»* ftpain) tetter to the London MtofeyaHlrtiirtoa tha 7th, rays the recent MPPPM 01 tW ptri oi w Ministry. > Thaw waa a heavy know-fall In the SpanHh ItMavtaeea. Navarra and Gulouscoa. on the tth dtopatohrrf tha 7th say* the HP—nn Council as Antwerp had invited hto. JfHtler, U»a his tort an of the Dutch Ke[s pubifr, to agt-aod historical/»/* in honor of Hpt*|MtrMa as tha ctatoeath oantmry.

Tie British Parliament was -opened, at tha Mh, by the Queen \n person. Xdrd Calms, the Laid Chancellor, read tha ‘ A Madririffiopateh of the *th aays tha | Hnprovtooaa«f Biooay and Ksva. S. P. Weston, the America*? pedestrian, and Fvtktoa, the tnultoh Chamydon, completed a ; match ter a *BO oap, ou the 9th. The snatch was the greatest ammber «C miles la twenty- * tour bears ftrtdhs'waUMfi aixty-flve ratios in : fifteen heart ant. stopped. Weston was dtr : dared the winner at theonatch. . According to a IfwWtaye (Spain) fiispAfc-h I * toeWVth la Cart tots had aaanmed -the aCsadwagikiat the Jlphonslat poettKnrL at A Madrid dispatch of the lfito says the S Oa MW hit had seat to Its dlplaaiattorepreaetftaUresv broad an exhaustive v contMential Haul nihm open the condMion of Cuba. Ftt# dirculu'describe* the eaatsee ,, t>T fte Innuaecttou, toe tteracter of the '.enters and dbSTfefoms whMrcriti be introduced when it The #.6ry thMt a quadtily or gtnpowder Arid been discovered among the'coal on a •etenner at Antorcrp, Belgium, 'iSfronounced ruiflrae. SlrJohaCoterldge, nephewof the famous poet HT that Mine, and laltoly "editor of the UmiJU, died in Laartan, on the 11th. P«.T* aighty-slv yean old* - The 'Dutchnteamer Rotterdam, from New Tosh, reached Rotterdam on the 11th. Winsi lew, the Boot so forger, was ant on board.

'The President haa approved the act to -amend toar-e vised stabriesreUting to natar•■aXzation. "The act pwMta that an alien •may declare hit in tendon Ho become a citizen -of the United States before the Clerk of any 1 Circuit, District or Supreme Court of the Vreriitorfes, or a court of record having comv toon lavbjurisdiction, and legalizes all such - declarations heretofore made. Jefferson Daria has -written a letter to - Judge Lyons, of Richmond, Va., in which he dentes sthat Union prisoners at the South •daring the war werertreated with premedi-tated-neglect and eruetyy- He says: “Itisadt mittecklhat the prisoners in our hands were not aa riel provided for a*»we would like to have < had them. Can the other side say as much?” etc.' With regard to dL« question of amnesty he>saya he has no view of the future which makes it desirable to lam to he included loan • amnesty bill, and aide: “Viewed in toe ah- - street, or as a general question, I would be glad to see the repeal of all laws inflicting the penally of political disabilities oo classes of • people; that It might, as prescribed by the Constitution, be left to the courts to hear > and decide the cauee, and to affix the penalties according to pre-existing legislation.'" ’'The dwelling -banco of George Heindle, a • farmer residing near the village of Holloway- ‘ rille, Bureau County, HU, wa* destroyed: fey, dm on the night ofitfee 4th, and Mr. and Mrs. ! Heindle and two children perished in the n fames. ■ The oUestdaughter, about nineteen years of age, and sole survivor of the family, - made her escape by leaping from the roof of the house, but raved nothing but the night-

-clothes ike had on* 'Two female pedestrians—Miss Von HiUern • >(*German women), and Mrs. Marshall, of Chicago—hntahed *--eix days’ walking match at aa armory bnHdtag In Chicago, on the • evening of the t>th, the latter winning the con- • test* by about two miles. The distance ac- ■- eomplished by the Wanner was 2539-10 miles t. tarSSby her opponent. Both women were well exhausted by their lengthy tramp, the j winner being, if anything, the more used up *«K>f the two. \ Chief-Justice White, of Utah, in charging < the Grand Jury of the Territory on the 7th, s-eoacsrnlng polygamy,waid: “ We had better -look it squarely ia thrfface, distasteful as It umay be to some, ami govern ourselves by the flight of reason and manly discretion In deal- - lag with it Polygamy must be sup-,-pressed in this Territory. Mormonism • may * survive it, > «nC, relieved from it, .would stand unshsWkled ' and free as . -every other creed oemode of religions wor- • shielded and protected by the Cooslitiition of our common country; but if M«rtimmaiam cannot sever Itself from polygamy, •itwhl be to it the bridal«f death.” An.-tba-Sth,, a body «f masked men ap- . peered at the jail in Bloomington, Ind., overppwnred the Sheriff, taoured the keys, and whot and killed a prisoner jiam.d C. A. Mar -ahem. \Harahon . was. ensvicted of murder and- sentenced to- the Becitenttery for life, three years pgo, but the-Aupreme Court aegranted hlm-Mtew trial. Holbrook, s former special agent of the VPostofßoe Department* wa« before the House .OoflUntitFOi In 'Washington .on the 9th, and showing, a collusion of conrtractors with, clerks for the purpose of pro««adgg fraudulent contracts, alluding to parin tgiat cptmectioe. •A very.,destructive fire occurred in New tfnfk city go the evening of, the Bth Thirty Dttildiugs in the .block bounded by Grand, | groadwav and Creeby streets, ware-burned, Involving aloes,an buildings | Wdctetanhi of aboubd4,soo,oM- Three flre-oim-awre kitted and fear seriously injured by dalUl|g «v*U*. This ia the moetrCeatnictlve *re<in-tkat -rftjrfor HOeen years.

OTtttno Cjata brothers, on ttfal ct Cairo, R, of venue from Williamson fhHiti. wiirn fin tbr ifth rrrrHrl tr' 1 sentattdhfi tr) .the Ifhafe l^enltrsntiary for twenty yearn gaoh. Thqy were mm bars of tiK noto. riega jrang Of WUiamsan .County desperadoes, owe of. whoci (Mtedhall Crain) was ban**! at Marion, a tewjvesh* ago. Hentw C- Bowetl appeared .before the 17'iWeerif'Ply moefeh Church,-on the ekentog of the JOth, and read a statement iawbtek toe gll tried to unfairness and irregulSfMWomtV- *"•* said, as he wished |te aid tfcd - dMptotodM to make the examinedion titotoaajli stod conducive, he mould profppse the of three men within the whose deeldon the *< li ‘ thdr wit

not be withdrawn from the church and taken before strangers. They then adopted a resolution rafting upon Mr. Bowen to state any toota to hie poasesslon In support of the aitetatioes that he had made as to Mr. Beecher. Mr. Bowen then said that as the committee refused to give him toe necessary time to prepare a reply he must withdraw. He then read a paper, concluding with the statement that he was now ready when properly pat on trial before any proper tribunal, or before the; committee, but he must decline at tob notice and in this irregular way to answer too questions on this occasion. He again appealed to them while leaving the room to give him time to prepare a reply. The Bank of Commerce at New London, Cohn., was robbed oa the night of the Bth. On the 9th the bank officers were unable to open toe vault, and an expert was oallad In, who fnally succeeded in effecting an entrance, when it was discovered that the burglars had captured and carried of #21,000.

The’second trial of Piper, toe 'Boston belfry murderer, was concluded, on the 10th, by a verdict of “guilty ot murder in toe first dsgpes." > The names of the principal -officers elected by the Northwestern Dairymen's Association, recently in session it Fort Atkinson, Whu, are as follows; President, 8. Favllle, of 'Wisconsin;Secretary, R-'R. Stone, of Illinois; Assistant Secretary, W. ‘H. Btewart, of 11*1- ‘ mob; Treasurer, H. G. Drake, of Wisconsin-* A number el Vice-Presidents were also 1 chosen. Resolutions were adopted, Indorsing and commending the movement to secure the erection on the Centennial Exhibition Grounds, at Philadelphia, of a representative cheese factory and creamery, urging Northwestern manufacturers and dairymen tc at once make arrangements for exhibiting butter and cheese of their owe manufacture, and to aid fc-naising funds necessary for a creditable display, and Drovidiug for toe appointment of <e» committee to «ooperate with the Centennial Committee appointed by the American Dairymen’s Association and the Centennial Committee. The committee consists of H. C. Drake, Wisconsin; R. R. Stone, 'lllinois; I. H. Wafizer, '•lllinois, and H. Smith; Wisconsin. The burglar who robbed 4fce National Bank of Commerce at New tendon, Conn., has been discovered In the person of George C. Paeker,--«ne of the tellers Of 1 that institution, who haa made a confession. All the missing funds of the bank,amcnnting to #21,50U, have been recovered. Owen<Undaay, convicted-of 1 the murder of Francis-A. Colvin, was hanged at Syracuse, N. Y-, on the 11th. He persisted to the last in deriaring his innocence.

PEBSOKHi. Tho jury in the case of Landis, on trial for the murder at Vineland, K. J., some time ago, of the-editor Carruth, rendered a verdict on theeight of the sth, finding the defendant “notguilty on account Of insanity.” Edward 8. Stokes was before Judge Dyckman, at White Plains, FT. Y., on the sth, on a wait of habeas corpus, and a motion for his release, on the ground that he had been imprisoned ten months before receiving his final sentence, was denied, and he was remanded to serve out the remainder of his fldlltCD (jg, The trial of Gen. Babcock, on the charge of-complicity with the whisky frauds in St Louis, was begun in Chat city on the 7th. pleaded “not guQty,” and the court adjourned to the Bth. A motion for a new trial inithecaseof Mr. M4£ee was made on the life. Senator Christianey, of Michigan, was married in Washington, on the 7th, to Miss (Wllle Lugerbeel, lately a clerk in the Treasury Department The Senator is nearly afety-four years of age, and hb bride is represented to be nineteen. According to a Boston telegram of the Bth, {juite a sensation prevailed In Newburyport, Mass., caused by toe recent marriage of James Parton to his-.stepdaughter, which is forbidden by the lav/s of that State. The ■bridegroom learned this status on the morning after the wedding, and left, his home in charge of his wife and took rooms for him««}f at a boarding-keuse. A special act is to bo carried through'toe legislature legalizing the marriage. 'Messrs. Moody and- Sankey held their open-ang-revival meetingsn New York city on the •evening of the 7th,«t JJarnum’a Hippodrome. Every seat in the large hatl was occupied, fully 8,000 people being present. fferrin H. Sumner eras arrested in BrookiyiV'N. Y., on the Bth; charged with forgeries in California amounting to over #200,000. -On the evening of the 10th, at Anhhpolis, McL, Hon. Reverds Johnson was found dead iarthe grounds adjacent to the Governor’s residence. It is supposed that he stumbled audTell over some tec-ee pieces of coal lying on>ths sidewalk. JTisrhcad struck the edge of the projecting baaa-of the wall, producing afeaature of the skull. The medical opinion istoet the chief and fatal injury was a frac-tuse-ef the frontal bone, extending from near tbe-ouAer angle of toe right orbit upward and ’backward to the. coronal suture. Mr. Jobnecn would have -keen eighty years -old on toex£lstof May, next. =r- —; W.'R. Morrison, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, sent a note on tbeihQth to Dr. J. P.dHambleton, Clerk of such Committee, in Which he said he had until recently wholly, disbelieved the charge that heifHambleton) bad named a son after J. Wilkesißooth; but that recent development, .which show such son to have been named tor recognized by toe name of John W. B. HanoUtkop, gave ah toast a semblance of truth to.the ebatge; and with but the slightest appearance of the truth of such a charge, it waa MnfAMorrtoon’a) duly to accept Hambleton’t assignation tendered some time before. At the mooting of Plymouth Church, on the evecfinffofi toe - lltb, at resolution waa adopted seferring the whole matter of toe insinuations or accusations of Mr. Bowen against Xc. Beecher back to (he Examining Committee, with instruction* to continue the investigation, and to summon Mr. Bowen before them. The committee decided to eate him to appear before them on the eventeg of the 23dL

NUWICAb. - A call has been Issued for a Greenback Conveotion In New fiaven., Conn., on the 22d last Its object, cs announced, is •*' to take such steps as may fee necessary tafcrce both political organizations es the States to recognize the voice of tfeejteople in tbe»comiug campaign.” The Michigan State Prohibition Convention, to choose! delegate* to the National Convention at Cleveland, has been called to m»et at Detroit on the 23d of March. The cosiest for the Mayorship of St- Louis, which had .been before the City Councillor several magths, was decided on the evening of the 9tii bf a vote of ten for James H. Britfoa, the parent Mayor, and sixteen for slenry Overatolz, the contestant Mr. Over-1 stelz was instafled at 9:30, and made an ad-' dm** to the Council, Mr. Britton has pubU*he.d« card in which be states that lie takes exception to the gption of the Council, and shall entutihue to perform the functions of his office uatfU the matter ia deeided by a proper tribunal. i—S Tlie followk'g sretb* yeas and nay* fa the Senate bn the p'aaaage of the Centennial Ap, proplation bill: :f~ ;: —’' —! r«M—AUlson, Anthony, Bayard, BootweU. Cameron (Pa.;, CapertPb, Clayton, ConkilngJ

MTtchßllTllwKU Ota), MorrUl Morton, Ogteaby, Paddock. P»tteraon.R,xn«riph. Ransom, RoborUoDrihrgen t, WaU*(e. Wtndom, .Vow—Alcorn, Coepwv Eaton, Goldthwalte. Hamilton, Howe, Kemaw *«,. MtCreery, Marrl mon, Stevenson, Wadlvlgb, Wbyte, Wilheni—lß. Metare. KnglUh. ’chrlitlancy, Sharmen, «ordon and Canriron Vwieconrin), who wonld have voted tor ttobUl, jte n pWred with Booth. Cockereil, Davie, No-, wood , ud gaulabnry, «ho wonld have voted ar 4 t nil it. Mr. Wright, who wa. abe«nt, would ’jave voted tor the bill bad he been present. «BN. BAMOOCK’R TRIAfr.

If. the case of Qen. Babcock, on trial at St, Lc,uls on the charge of complicity with toe Vbtoky frauds,* Jury was selected on the Bth, and IMst.-Atty Dyer delivered hit opening address, in which he said he proposed to prove that there was a (Jonapiracy to defraud the revenue; that Gen. Babcock was in correspondence with the conspirators during tha existence of the conspiracy, and that he received money directly from Joyce fowhls share in the proceeds of toe frauds. The evidence offered, the attorney said, would In-ft measure be circumstantial, but there would not be a link missing in the chain. Joseph M. Fftzroy, a clerk In the Revenue Collector’s office, was called to the witness stead, and, on being asked to -state what he knew about toe operations of Megrue, in HWI, objection was made, on the ground that the evidence would only be of a hearsay character, as witness did not enter toe Collector’s office until May, 1878., The Court decided that the witness might answer the question, with the understanding that the rulipg of the Court on it* competency would be given thereafter. The witness toon 'began to speak about Megrue, when defense again objected, and he was withdrawn, and a Mr. Thompson, distiller, was called-to the stand, and gave a history of his connection with the ring; explained how toe made crooked whisky, etc., etc., all of which had been stated numerous times before. During the examination of this witness the-defense objected to all questions not directly -relevant to toe indictment against the defendant, but Judge Dillon ruled that testimony to establish the existence of the Conspiracy might be given, and witness gave a toterhbly full account of the ring and its operations. Fltzroy was then recalled, and was asked if Megrue ever paid him any money, wheu objection was again raised, and the court ruled that evidence relating to the conspiracy in 1871 and 1872, might be received, and subsequently ruled out if found to be irrelevant to the case on trial.

SECOND DAY. Acting? under the advice of the court, given just before the adjournment the day before, the Government counsel passed over the conspiracy in'lß7l and 1872, and produced testimony to show the existence and operations of the whisky ring from 1573 to 1875. No direct eiridcnce was brought out against Gen. Babcock, the testimony being general in character, tending to show who were the conspirators, and the extent of the conspiracy Deputy-Collector FRsroy testified that he met wen. Babcock at the Lindell Hotel, in September last; was introduced to him by Wbb,-0. Avery; witness was then under indictment for complicity in the frauds. It jvas simply an Introduction; there was no conversation. Rcdoiph W. Ulrich; distiller, and John F. Siedentopf, his foreman, were sworn, and testified as to the manner of manufacturing and disposing of crooked whisky, the amount of money paid to revenue officers, and the way money was raised to buy off revenue agents, where irregularities were discovered by them. It was stated by toe defense that they had intended to have the personal attendance of President Grant os a witness, but this was not now thought to beetecessary, and a proposition was made and agreed to that the counsel on both sides-should arrange for the taking of the deposition of the President Suah-an arrangement was made, the deposition to be taken on the 12th before ChiefJuatice Waite, the proceedings to be conducted like an examination in open court both Bides to be represented by counsel.

THIRD »AY. Wm. J. Bassett a ganger in the ring, and AhJjXh M. Everest, collector for the same parities;: testified as to the whisky frauds to which they were parties. The latter testified that in BrBJS, either late in February or early in March, Joyce had sent Mm to the suto-Treas-srry with #I,OOO in small bills, to get two #SOO bills; when he returned Joyce put the #SOO bills-in two envelopes—one directed to W. O. Avery and the .other to Gen. O. E. Babcock, Washington, D. C., each envelope having “ jxwsonal” on the left-hand corner—and told >witneßS to put them in the letter-bu& which he did, Joyce watching him from tneteindow of his office; the envelopes had stamps •on'teem. On the cross*cxamination Everest said, at the time he returned with the two #SOO bills, the envelopes were lying on Joyeb’s desk; when he handed the bills to Jcyce, witness watched him closely; he (Jqyefc,' first took the two envelopes up and ihen..took the paper out of one of them and put.a.bill in; did not see him put the other kill icithe other envelope, and was not positive ike did put it in, nor did he know whioh envelope It was he saw the bell ,out in. On redirect examination the witness explained that Joyce was stanfllpg up at his desk when he put the mbnqy. in the envelope, and after placing one banknote in one of the envelopes he turned partially around, so that the witness saw only,part of the envelope, ahd did not see the otaier -bill put into it. H. iE. Alexander, teller in the sub-Treasury, testified, .is to giving two 6500-bills to a man whoin.be did not know, about a year ago, but .could not identify Everest as the man; rather thought he was not the man. Fateer? distiller, recounted the history of the Wihiaky conspiracy, but knew nothing in any *tqy<relating to Gen. Babcock.

FOURTH DAY. Maj. E.iß. Grimes, a Depot Quartermaster in the (United States army, stationed at St. Louis, testified that last tall, while in Bt. Louis, ,Gen. Babcock had said to him that he would probably want to send some letters or packages,tocough him (witneas) to other parties, and-that a short time after he received a letter &k}n*d« D. E. Babcock, enclosing one marked McDonald, with a request to deliver the same, wiuicft witnes* did. A few days later be received two other letters, at different times, addressed to McDonald, which he delivered, (fin the cross-examination witness stated (that, in a conversation between kiinaeif and McDonald, when he delivered the letters, toe latter had stated, in reply to a question, that, he did not believe Gea. Bahoock knew anything about the whisky riqg. On toe redirect oxamination witness said McDonald had also stated that he (McDonaidJJtnaw nothing aboubauch ring. B. H Eugelke, rectifier, testified as to the money raised by .distillers and rectifiers for revenue agents, ,and said he had seen, in whole or in part,, tgegrams. or what purported to be Megramc, in toe hands ot Joyce, informing him of. the .contemplated .visits of revenue agents. £L C. Rogers, of Internal Revenue, and ex-Comuuissiouer .of Internal Revenue Douglasr testified aa to the suspending of the orders made last winter for the transfer ot .internal Revenue £upervlsor- After the transfer had been .determined on Mr. Douglass had a con vernation with.defendant, the latter.calling witness’ at ten tom to the subject, and-caving the transfer war an unwise itaiaspre and would result in bringing such a strong pressure on the, President that .the order would have to be uncalled. Ihe-Presiden ifs revocation of the order was,(hen read, and wltness ldentifled telegrams twisting thereto received by him from Joyce and McDonald, and others sent by him to those parties.

CONGRESSIONAL.

f A meoMwi&i of thqNetv Yprk ißo&rd of, Trade, demonstrating the inexpediency of attempting the reoampiion of specie payments before the rtqalrfle conditions are ripe fqt it, was presented and seferred in the Senate, on the Üb. The House W»'l providing tor the paymen tof the judgment rende ed by the Cu»rt of Alabama claims was amended and passed. After the Introduction of Sunday petitions and resolutions th Pinch back ease was la en up, and Messrs. Thurman and Chrhnianty spoke against, a,ud Jfr. Howe Jn. favor trf 1 tM admission,,..Aniwig the hills introduced in the Hoom wet* the following: to secure homesteads to actual sett] rs on the public lands: dex£r!Dibirthday of Abraham iiucoln (Feb. tl) a national holiday, and that on the ,!4tiruf April the national Sag shall float at barf, mwtj W hdbstjwtte hJgal tcndi-j notes for Nation-

al Batik note*, and te m*ke the doth* on import* receivable one half In legal-tender note*, and to repeal the lUMimptkiu aetdf lha 14th of Jaafkty, lete; to give right of aciiou fur lnlnHee rwMting from the *ale of intoxicating liquor*. A motion to suspend the ruMh to consider reeawtlone dectorlng that emigres* ha* no constlturimal right, in times of peace, to lesne the paper of t«r Government as money, and that all legWation should have lu view thq resumption of specie payment., wae ttenate amendments to the District of Oolumhla Bond bill were non-concurred in, and i a Conference Committee pu appointed. A resolution was adopted Instructing the Committee ou Foreign Adairs to ascertain and report What action, if any, bis been taken hy the Executive Department of the Government in relation to the connection oi the United State* Minister al the Court of St. Jamas with the directory of the so-called Amina Mine and with the prosecution of the Mechado claim. The Senate amendment* to the bill to provide for the payment of judgment* rendered by the Alabama Ouert of Claim* were concurred In. The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Whole. A number of House bills wuio propcTitod (n the Senate, on the Bth, and referred. Mr. Ferry. President uroUm.. was atjiisownreanest. excused from farther service on thi Finance Committee, end Mr. Cooper was appointed as his successor on such committee. The Centennial Appropriation bill was taken Up, but the floor was yielded to Mr. Baton, who offered a revolution in respect to the memory of his late colleague, O. B. Ferry, which, a/ser eulogies by several Senators, was passed....A bill to repeal tho Bankruptcy set, to take effect Jan. 1. 1877, was passed in the House—yeas, 188; nays, ft 7; It repeals the Bankruptcy aot-of the Slst of March, and all laws and parts of lows amendatory thereof, and supplemental thereto, and provides that all salts and proceedings now pending in United States -Courts wherein an adjudication in bankruptcy baa been made shall be pneteeded with and be governed by the pwvivioiii! of existing laws, which are contlnoodln force only for the purposes of closing up waits and proceedings now pending. After being passed, it was discovered that the bill contained an error in its rocital of the date of theacf u-enealcd, giving It on the Sd Instead of the 21at of March, but objection was made to a unanimous consent to have it corrected. Eulogies were pronounced on the late Senator Ferry,Petitions were presented and referred in the Senate, cm the 9th, from 5,000 citizens of Pcnnsylvania’in favor of aid to the Texas Pacific Railroad. A-eUbstitute for the resolution submitted by Mi Davis early in the session. In regard to the accounts of defaulting public. oißcers. etc., was reported from the Finance Committee; the substitute directs the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish the Senate, as aoon as practicable, with a statement' of ail the balances due to the United St&tca from public officers and others who were formerly,'but are not now, in the public service. Mr. BoutweU introduced a btll to repeal the Preemption laws and provide for the safe of timber upon the public lands of the United States. The Centennial bill was taken up and several amendments were offered and rejected.... The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was debated in Committee of the Whole in the House.——— A memorial was presented in tho Senate, en the 10th, from the Washington Mona-ment-Society, asking sot an appropriation to aid in completing the Washington monstment. The bill for the extension of tne time for the • construction and completion of the Northern Factflc Kailroa-t was passed—3s to 18. Tha ‘Centennial Appropriation bill waa debated.... In tbe’Honae, a memorial was presented and referred from citizens of Louisiana. praying for relief against certain political evils existing in that Stata. The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was taken up in Committee of the Whole, and speeches were made by Messrs. Hale, Lynch, of Mississippi, Blaine and Tarbox.; Mr. Blaine’a speech was a lengthy one, devoted chiefly to the i nrrency question, and in advocacy <of specie resumption. and Mr. Tarbox’s remarks were in answer to bis (Blaine’s) arguments. After debate, on the llto, the (Senate passed the Centennial Appropriation bill, without amendment—yeas, (1; nays, tls. A bill wae introduced to correct errors and sopply omissions in the Revised Statutes of the .United • States. Adjourned to the 14th... .Committee reports of a private nature were made in the House. "The bill relating to the transportation of animals was reported from the Judiciary Committee, with amendments. After being amended in Committee of the Whole, the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was reported to the Honse, ana passed as amended—l9l to 2. -Adjourned to ike 14th.

The Death of Reverdy Johnson.

Baltihok-j, Md., Feb. 10. Mr. Johnson arrived at Annapolis last might to argne the case of Baker vs. Frick. By invitation of Gov. Carroll, he became fcis guest at the Executive Mansion to-day. •The Governor invited Chief-Justice Barton, of this State, and several'other gentlemen, to meet Mr. Johnson at dinner at the mansion. They dined at about five p. m. At dinner, Sir. Johnson appeared in excellent spirits and his' usual health, and entertained the company by his conversation and relating anecdotes. At dinner he took one glass of Maderia, and Tefused to take any more. After dinner he suddenly asked the Governor to take him to the narlof, He took the Governor’s arm, and walking in there sat down on a sofa. At the request of Mr. Johnson the Governor rejoined the guests at the table. Shortly after a servant appeared at the door, and beckoning the Governor out, told him Mr. Johnson was lying in •the yard, on the stones. Gov. Carroll went immediately to the place and found Mr. Johnson lying on tfce cobble-stone carriage-way that passes under the porch ■of the mansion, close up to the-wall, and near a door leading into the basement. He had evidently gone idown the front steps and around to the side of the house, and fallen where he was found. This was about 8:15 p. n. r and the imKsion is that he had bean there at least an hour. He was then . dead, and iiad been bleeding profusely. from the wounds on the right side of his head and face. There are large wounds .on the right side of the forehead, two fractures of the skull from the upper portion of • the forehead to the eyebrow, a dislocation of a linger of the left hand, and - ewts on the Lauds and the legs. The griiysicfans are' examining the body to -determine the camae of death. ANNiC* r *i.iß, Feb. 11. Hr. Lewis H. Stein, State .Senator from Frederick County, a distinguished physician. and Chief inspector oi toe Sanitary Commission in the Army of (the. Potomac during the war, who examined the body shortly alter it w'as found, gives the following as his theory of the cause of death: Mr. Johnson either stumbled-over a piece of rail, or, being seized with apoplexy, and -striving to save himself, moved toward the west, staggering along by the northerly side of the Executive Mansion, at each-step his body gainiagsadditional momentum, so that having .reached the door leading into the basemeat.he-awayed around :td the south and tell, his head strikingagainst the sharp corner as the granite base of the house, which gave the rat wound on the head. Beaching the pavement of rough cobblestones,.a second wound was 'received in front,of the first. At this instant, probably* the bones of the noae were fractured, and .one joint of the second finger of his righrihand was dislocated. ’Whether his subseqiient strugties may account for the abrasions on his nces and the fingers of his left hand, cannot be posilirtely asserted. The wounds in the scalp were accompanied with fractures of the eternal bones of the,cranium and the base : f the skull also, with the probable rupture of some of the s&rteries at the base. Death must have resulted instantly. Mr. Gwynne, ithe Attorney-General of ithe State, and a-ten-in-law of Mr. 4ohnsob, is ot the opinion that he was seized ’With vertigo and (fell, as he had a similar attack, lasting three hours, while attending. t trial in South -Carolina several years *BO-.

•Noir many years ago, when nearly eueiy country family gi*ew and made their on a pickles, in W,catches ter N. y..,itkat now yields Use largest quantity, not 5,000,000 cucumheßS a year were produced.; At the present time, when the manufacture of pickies for sale has become ao immense business, Westchester averages a yearly yield of from 70,000,000 to 80,000,000, and the f»W*du«t of other sections has increased in lik£ pnoportion. ■ a ffiji There ore thirty.two cities ia the German Empire which have a population ot man than 50,000 each. ’ -

VARIETY AND HUMOR.

—N«*er forgotten—Debtors., \ • —Jfcery cloud has a silver lining—ex* cetit lhd< Cloud. His lining is copper* t do rod. —And the rain-drops that fall when the brightness is rone are the tears of the sky for the loss or the sun. —Death by electric shock is recommended in lieu of hanging and other barbarous capital punishments. —“ Rricquetto" is a name for a oatent brick made of coal dust and tar. bricks are used for locomotive engines. —“ The social element in business affairs" is the pleasant way in which the editor alludes to the female drummer question. —A tramp lately asked a lady for money. Bhe offered him food. ‘‘Gracious!" was his observation, “do you think I can eat all the time?" —Capt. Boytonwas fascinated with Miss Ouri and that sweet grass widow Mrs. Sippi, when Undine twigged him gently by the toes ahd recalled him to his fealty. "Hints to housewives:" To make a Centennial dog; Color your poodle red, white and blue, beginning at the bark end of the dog. Very neat and striking. —California banking corporations are to !>e required to keep posted in a conspicuous place the names of their stockholders, with their respective number of shares. -“-Refuse all notes of the .National Bank ofOsage, lowa, numbering over 1,750, for they are forgeries. The bills are genuine, but were stolen before being signed, and hence are worthless, —Charles Dudley Warner says that the Germans stuff cotton in their ears after hearing an opera, to preserve the music. Singing in the ear is generally considered anything but agreeable. —Boston proposes to celebrate St. Patrick’s day this year in grand style; but prefers to speak of the affair as a commemoration of the anniversary of the evacuation of the city by the British, —'There are many Massachusetts people who believe in witches. For instance, if a husband gets up in the morning and finds his money five dollars short, who took that wealth? Wasn’t his wife asleep all the_time?

—“ What do you mean, you little rascal ?’* exelaimod an individual to an im- ■ pudent youth who had seized him by the nose upon the street. “ Oh, nothing, only lam going out to seek my fortune, ana father told me to seize hold of the first thing that ‘turned up.*” —An octogenarian from a neighboring town went to Middletown, Conn., in search of a partner to share his joys, his sorrows •and his fortune. He saw a widow of seveuty-five, lie admired, lie pro{»osed, he w:is accepted, and, after having seen each other only four times, they were married. —When a New Hampshire roan has courted a girl for eleven years without having ever hinted that he’d like her to make his bread far life, she has a moral right to meet htm at the gats with a shotgun and demand if he means to keep that thing up forever. —Detroit Free Preen. —A Nevada man says «f the trade dollar: “A man that would make a dollar the size of that belongs not to this age of enlightenment, but to the dark ages of the world, when they had iron coins, and a stove-lid passed for a twenty-five cent piece., and an amalgamating-pan for a tour-hit liiece.” —At five o’clock the Fulton ferriage changes from two cents to one. There is not a more pathetic spectacle in New York than to see one of the solid men of Pearl street lean against Fulton Market every day waiting tor five o’clock. It is a strong soul capable of a great endeavor. Young man, imitate him.—A. Y. Graphic. —Bergh objects to the whipping of oxen or horees or mules in the street, or otherwise checking and rebuking' them before people. He thinks one should lead them aside into some unfrequented place, out of sight and hearing, and there labor for their correction. This will avoid wounding the poor animals’ delicate sensibilities.

—An unwilling juryman recently excused himself from serving by a letter, of which the following is a literal' copy: “ Sir —As I am a Fauriner and my lengwich Danich I am not ettel eompitent "of the Englich lengwich to be a jewry man and my contious du not allow me to geive my opinian en wat Ido not enderstan. An answer tel oblight.” —Annie T. Smith, a lady who has made the subject a study, says that the strongest argument for co-education is founded upon the naturalness of the association, and the greatest benefit is expected to result —namely, the softening of the roughness of boys, and the moderation of the over-susceptibility of girls to the influence of the opposite sex. —According to the Boston Globe, this was the telegram that caused Mr. Car’eton, the baritone of the Kellogg Opera company, to le&ve the troupe suddenly at Chicago: “At 3:20 o’dlock this morning a fine, handsome girl, just like yourself; a ten-poum 'er; no sooner put in the crib .than she commenced to gurgle out ‘ Heart Bowed Down;’ mother and child doing well.” —A gentleman of New London, Conn., undertook lately, on a wager, to carry a stuffed seal through the principal streets. ’His opponent had hired all the bootblacks and tatterdemalions about town to assist in the procession. It was too much for him. He looked on the yelling throng, thought of his family, then went back and laid the seal down with great tenderness, remarking, “that seal is heavier that I thought for.” —To find whether there is imilk in the fluid you purchase of the so-called milkmen boil the liquid and mix with acetic acid and common alkali, when the milk, if there is any, will separate into casein anti oleine —coagulatated, the water remaining distinct. If the milk Is pure there will be no residuum of water. This test Dr. Doremus recommends instead of the lactometer; but, as the New York Times points out, it spoils the milk effectually. a fact that may prevent its becoming popular.

Maj.-Gen. Uchatids, tfie Inventor of the new Austrian gun, has also ijrveoted a new projectile, which has been tried with snch favorable results that it will probably be adopted for use in the Austrian artillery. It consists of a cast-iron shell, about .eleven millimeters in diameter, inclosing (twelve rings and a center-piece, all fitting Hato each otfoer, but easily detachable. Both the shell and the rings are conical in shape, and each ring is divided Into ten sections;-so that when the shell explodes, besides the fragments or the outer case, 120 iron bails, representing the sections of the rings, are sent flying in all directions.

Thk item, from a Philadelphia paper, indicates that Jimmy Blanchard is in the employ of a Virginia mining firm, “Flood & O’Brien, managers of the Consolidated Virginia and California mines, will send to the Exhibition the entire product oi itheir mines fer May, which will comprise about 160 tons of gold and silver bullion, and #10,000,000 worth of ores of those metals.* I m9 n ■ Dcrivg the past year there were 38,036 prisoners in the Jlew York Tombs, and at one time 740. i Tub noblest work of man is & neat sod happy home. >

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Indianayoijb acknowledges that aha owes 11,900,000. I'hk Brazil coal mines shaped 424,08# tons of coal last year. Thews are fifty-four Young Mena’ Christian Associations in the State. Nattik Haul was Instantly killed by a railroad train near Richmond, a few days ago. Thomas M. Akchkh, ex-United State* Local Boiler Inspector at Eyansvillo, was found dead in his bed, a few mornings ago. Mits. William Lawrence, of Indianapolis, a colored woman, was burned to death on the 2d. Her clothes caught fire while she was washing. At a recent meeting of the clergymen ot Kichmond, It was decided not to take any steps with regard to historical sermons, as requested by the Centennial Committee. Hon. Richard Beardsley, of Elkhart, Consul-General at Alexandria, . Egypt, died in the latter city a few days ago. His health had been very poor for several years. A leap-year party in Jeffersonville, the other night, resulted in a bona-fide engagement between two of those in attendance, the lady in the case exercising her leap-year prerogative. Benjamin Pursail has disappeared from Ridgeville, where it is claimed he forged notes amounting to SB,OOO. Tho notes were negotiated with the First National Bank of Richmond. Benoni Brown und his son William were fatally hurt in the outskirts of of Evansville, a lew days ago. They were felling a tree and it tumbled ujW'them. The old man’s skull was crushed, and the boy had his legs and arms broken. ' The case of the State vs. the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railway, in which the State demands $1,500,000, is in statu guo, awaiting the decision of the Marion Superior Court on defendant’s demurrer to the sufficiency of the complaint. On the 8d the new iron bridge over the canal at the loot of Main street, Lafayette, broke in the middle, taking down fifteen or twenty head of cattle, killing three and badly crippling a number of others. The bridge had only been completed about a month. Herman Johann, an idle, dissolute man of Evansville, lately attempted to murder his wife because she caressed their child in his presence. They were living apart, and the girl was living with him in their separation. Johann’s attempt was frustrated by those near by, and he then fled. A woman named McCollough, living in the southern part of Gibson County, while in a condition of mental derangement induced by typhoid fever, recently, threw her little daughter, aged about eight years, mto a cistern, and then jumped in herself, When found an hour afterward, both were dead. At a recent meeting of the leading agriculturists of Vanderburgh and adjoining counties, to discuss the proper and best method of having their products fairly represented at the county fairs. it wai decided to hold a mammoth fair in Vanderburgh County, in the fall, at which all the counties in the district are to be represented.

At the twenty-ninth annual ssesion of the Sons of Temperance recently held at Indianapolis, the following officers were elected: G. W. P., L. J. Patty, of Carmel; G. W. A., M. W. Boyles, of Idianapolis; Grand Treasurer, William Hannaman; Grand Scribe, the Rev. J. B. Abbott; Grand Chaplain, R. T. Brown; G. C., the Rev. T. A. Goodwin, andG. S., J. H. Batty—all of Indianapolis. On the evening of the Ist, at Indianapolis, while Edward Valentine, a worthless negro, was quarreling with’his step-son, Charles Love, a boy of sixteen, he was shot by the latter and instantly killed. The boy states that they never could agree and when the old man tried to caress him with an axe, he grasped the sbot-gun to frighten him, and in the scuffle which followed it went off. His self-defense story is corroborated. He gave himself up vol. untarily. J. 8. Termer, the alleged Quincy bank robber, died a few nights ago .of consumption. To the last he maintained the truth of his *tory, and gave the names of accomplices—Helsey, a thief oftiyracuse, N. Y-, English Tom, a Cockney burglar, and a man, name unknown, at present in a St. Louis hospital, with a bullet-wound in his thigh. He tried to tell of a diamond robbery in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1876, but died before the particulars were given. Me said $20,000 of the diamonds and jewelry were buried on the Iron Mountain Railroad, near Booneville, Mo. The proper effort will be made to ferret the matter out.

Two men attempted to force an entrance Into the residence of George Anderson, at Logansport, at one o’clock, on the morning of the 2d. Mrs. Anderson was alone with her infant and a little girl who was -visiting her, Mr. Anderson being out of the city; Mm, Anderson threatened to shoot, but without heeding her the men broke in a window with the gate which they had unhanged. This proceeding so alarmed the inmates that they rnshed into -the street in their night clotlTes, the weather being the most severe of the winter and the ground covered with snow. The ruffians searched the house, taking what suited their fancy, and escaped. Mrs. Anderson finally aroused the neighbors, who cared for her and the children. On the Bd, Judge Brownlee, of Grant County, served an Important mandamus upou Auditor of State Henderson, which will bring to a head that old claim for taxes paid on lands purchased of the State on account of the school fund, many years ago, wnen sates wero nrst authorized by the Legislature and purchasers received a certificate of purchase from the State, but no title before the ten years of credit had expired and all notes had been paid. State

and county taxes were assessed lb the amount of $900,000 on these lands, and paid without protest. 'But now certain property- holders of Tipton and Grant Counties mbu to push the claims, and the complaint, which is drawn up in the name of Nathan R. Overman, require* the Auditor to issue a warrant for payment. Mr. Henderson waived service, by advice of Atty.-Gen. Bus Kirk, and the case. whatcver disposition is made of it in the civil Circuit Court, will go tO the Su preme Bench on appeal. i, |

Fatal Results of a False Alarm of Fire in a Crowded Theater Building.

CmciMATl. Ohio, Peb. S. The allegory of "The Great Republic’' has been upon the stage at ltoblnson‘a Opera-House for the past two nights, U»der the ausplcea of the Giuciunau lvelief Association. The proceeds were to be applied to the relief of the suffering poor of the city. The performers, numbering nearly ttOO children, were taken from tho public schools df the city; and, as the object was a worthy one, and those who took part children of old residents ol the city, vast audiences were present at each presentation of the allegory. The weather this afternoon being propitious and there being no session of the public schools, the matinee audience is most part was composed of women and children. About half-past two o’clock, while the great house was densely packed and tho thousands of children among the audience were at the height of their enjoyment, some boy in the gallery, through mischief or ignorance, raised the cry of fire, as the red light from the colored fires used inthe piece flashed out from the wings. Every inch ot the theater was occupied, and the , dense crowd was pressing and surging about the stair cases and in front of the doors. Some one in the audttmce took up the cry of fire, and it was re-echoed front near the door by some one who caught a glimpse of red glare from the stage. There was an immediate rush for the front doors. A child was pushed down the steps and screamed. Immediately alter a man thrust his arm through a window, and the scream and crash were enough to set the panic in full force.

The scene was a terrible one in the narrow vestibule leading to the street. The people in the rear, mad with fear, pressed upon those in front, shouting and cursing. Men, terror-stricken, struck down helpless woman and children in front, or climbed over their heads to the top of the staircase, and precipitated themselves upon the screaming and bleeding mass of children and women in the hallway. The scene in and about the Opera-Hou\e after tho accident was heart-rending. The news of the catastrophe spread like wildfire over the city, and from every direction capie'people hurrying to the scene until the squares were impassable. There are many conflicting stories as to the origin of the panic. The building was filled, from parquet to gallery, with a dense mass, wnich not only filled all the seats and aisles, 'out crowded the stairways, and hundreds were outside seeking to gain admission. Behind the ‘ scenes were 500 school children, who were to take part in the performance. When the false alarm was given the audience became panic-stricken, and a rush was made for the stairways. Some are said to have leaped from the balcony upon the crowd below. The lower circle of the house is but a few steps above the level of the street, but the steps are narrow, and soon became blocked by the surging crowd inside the house Multitudes were pressing for the doorway, and in the panic women and children were . overthrown and trampled to death by the panic-stricken crowd. The scene beggars description. The alarm rapidly spread throughout the city, and those who had wives or children there hurried forward to their rescue. A few heroic men placed themselves near the doorway and endeavored to assure people there was no danger, and an effort was made from the stage to check the mad career of the affrighted audience, but quiet was not restored until a number were trampled to death and many seriously injured. Those able to walk at once made their way homeward; those more seriously injured were taken to the Ninth Street Station house fed tc the Commercial Hospital, and the dead were gathered in one of the offices of the Opera-House. Up to eight o’clock tonight the following had been reported: KILLED AND INJURED. Mrs. Alfred White and her son Harry, aged twelve; Mrs. Nancy Clark, reported to have died from heart disease, caused by excitement; August and Fred. Loescli, two brothers, aged eight and ten; Hattie Leslie, age twelve; James Crowley, age seven; Anna Mai Rienzi, of Alton, ill., who was visiting friends here; Miss Feronica Massatt, age twenty-two. Mrs. Henry Kessler, suffered a severe concussion of the brain, and is reported dead this evening. One unknown woman dead. Among the injured are Fred, dtrasburg, Miss Pumphey, Master Harry Bliss, and a child named Coddington.

LATER. The following additional particulars of the disaster have been learned: Carry Uhl had the bpse of her skull crushed, and collar-bone broken; Mrs. Anna Flood was hurt in the breast seriously; Mrs. Lyon was injured internally; ana Mrs. White, who was killed, had five children with her, one of whom was killed; another, the youngest, was fouud clasped in her arms uninjured. Mrs Rienzi, of Alton, was in the gallery', and was either pushed over the railing or jumped to the floor below, strilting on her head.

Cincinnati, Feb. 6. Information to-night from those injured at the Robinson Opera-House, yesterday, is favorable. Mrs. Henry Kessler, reported dead, is still living Mid will recover. Considerable prominence is given to the report that the alarm was started by pickpockets, who expected to profit by it, but the story is generally discredited.

Household Words.

Along about bed-time the Detroit wife says she’ll go to bed, and her husband yawns and goes down the hall. After half an hour he joins her up stairs, and she sleepily inquires: “ Did you bolt that side door?" “ Yes.” “ And the back door?” “Yes.” “ And you fastened that cellar door?” “Yes.” “ And did you ptlt a br&e under the knob of the hall door?" “ Yes.” “ Sure that all the windows are nailed down?” “Yes." “I’ll bet the window in the spare bedrooin is up.” “ No, it isn’t.” « 4 “ Did you sec if the'blinds totlie pantrywindow were fastened?” “Yes.” “ Well, put your revolver on the chair, leave a bright light, and if you hear a burglar in the room, for heaven's sake don’t wake me up, for I know I should scream right out.—Detroit Free Frets. - —ls you are troubled with rats get at the drug store some crude potash, and put it in their runways and holes. The pot-_ ash will stick to their feet, and disliking this, they try to lick it off, and get their tongues burnt by the operation, and they will soon leave the premfoes-in disgust. A frAPEB lining for flour barrels has been Invented by a Minnesota dealer. It is adapted to flour, meal, buckwheat, hominy, etc., and is intended to exclude dampness, heepout insects, insure cleanliness and prevent loss in case the barrel becomes impaired.

Mistake Corrected.

Speaking of the rapid increase of Prof. Jones’ School of Individual Instruction, In a former issne, the types made us use Indus, trial Instead of Jndmehtal— which is Its distln* gulshlng title. By the way, Prof. Bwtng has given the school a full column of praise under the title u The New Departure in Teaohing."