Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1870 — Page 1

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Reading. u BABY'S rights. BY «KQRQB COOPIB. Ban platform la only the cradle— Hes spaechea are funny aud few— A wjR. little heart, But all that la aald . la only a vague little “gool m But how baby’s rights are respected I One nod of her near, downy head. Whenever sho thinks she’s neglected, Andjloivu to her feet wo are led. Sho lilts up her voice In a minuteHer protests are loud and arO long 1 Each household affair —she la In It, To see there la nothing goes wrong. The right to twist limbs that are dimpled, In every extravagant way; To maul and to tease The cat at her ease— To crow audio creep all lhe day. The right to a lote that Is purest— The right to a mother's own love I The right to a guide that la surest To lead her wee footsteps above. Her sweet little mouth she upraises, Aapare as a rose, dew IMpeuriedl The right to our kisses and praises— O. these her rights, over the world I —Little Corporal.

Angling for a Dog.

We were traveling on ground we had no right on. The only excuse was like that of a-military necessity—it was far better fishing through the farms where the trout hqd been preserved, than in open lots where all could fish. It was early in. the morning. We had risen at three, ridden ten miles and struck the creek as- the trout were ready for breakfast. Looking carefully for a sheltered place so hitch our horses, we slyly crept on behind fences, etc, till we reach* ed the part of the stream not generally fished. A farm house stood not a quarter of a mile away. We saw the morning smoke curling lightly from a stove pipe; saw a man and two boys come out to do chores; saw a woman busy about the door, and a ferocious bull dog wandering about the yard. If ever we fished elose it was then. Not a whisper to disturb the birds or the owners of the land. We crawled through the grass and dodged behind clumps of Alders, lifting large speckled beauties out of the water until' our baskets were full. This’was the time to have gone; but the trdlit were so large and bit so readily that we decided to string and hide what we had, and take another basketful. So at it we went. No sooner would the hook touch the water than it had a trout. We forgot the house, the man, the boys and the dqg. Suddenly there was a rushing through an oat-field as if a mad bull was coming. We looked toward the house, ind saw the farmer and his two boys on a fence, the woman in the door, anil thjudqg Bounding towards us. We saw it, jiP—we had been discovered! The well-tridncd dog had been sent to hunt us out, aiid, asth<i. matter appeared, It was safe tikbqt that he was doing that thing right lively. To bfitrnn’ the dog was not to be thought .of. There was no time to lose. He cleared a fence and came for us, just

as we reached a tree, and bjgrgreatacti vi ty took a front seat on a limb above _ his reach. .Here was a precious go! A vicious bu|l-deg under the tree, and the farmer am) two big boys ready to move down upon bur Works. It was fight, foot-race, or fangs. The farmer yelled to his dog, “Watch him, Tige!” Tige/proposed to dothat little thing, and keeping his eyes upon us, seated himsen under the tree. Then spoke this ugly farmer man: “Just-hold on than, stranger, till we get breakfiuip'then we will come and see you! If you are in a hurry, however, you can go now I Watch him, Tige !” Wfwmised trouble; quite too much, for tirjeo had that bold man of bull-dogs and agriculture elegantly walloped innocent ipunsts for being seen on his suburban premises. Bis reputation as a peace man was not good, ana there arose a large heaijt'ttward our throat. Time is the essence of contracts, and the saying .ordinance of those in trouble. We had a stout line in our pocket, and a large hook intended for rock bass, if we failed to take trout. And as good luck woukWiave it we had got a nice sandwich and a piece of boiled corn beef In our other pocket. We called the dog pet names, but it was no go| Then we tried to move down, when he moved up! At last we trebled our bass line, fastened the limerick to it, baited it with the corn beef, tied the end of the line to a limb, and angled for a dtfg I Tige waa in appetite. He swallowed it, and sat .with his eyes on us for more ; but with nd friendly look beaming from his countenance. Not any I Then he pulled gently on the line—it was ffttl Tige yanked and pulled, but ’twaspfno use! We quickly slid down the tree—almost blistering our back doing it—seized our pole, and straightway went thence somewhat lively. We, found our string of fish, and reached thebuggy and a.commanding spot in the road in time to see the sturdy yeoman moye forth. Wte saw him and his cohorts, male and female, triove slowly, as if in no haste. We saw them look up the tree. We saw an anxious crowd engaged about the dog. We came quickly home and kindly left the bass line and hook to the farmer.

Social Honor.

Evniy person should cultivate a nice sense oChonor. In a hundred different ways this most fitting adjunct of the true lady or gentleman is often tried.. For instance,is a guest in a family' where, e domestic machinery does not run smoothly. There is a sorrow in the hoifee'Unsuspected by the outer world, bometimes it is a dissipated son,‘whose conduct is a shame and grief to his parents; sometimes a relative whose eccentricities and peculiarities are a cloud on the home. Or, worst of all, husband and wife may not be in accord, and theremay be often bitter words spoken, and harsh recrimimutons. In any of these casps the giiest fs in honor bound to be blind and deaf, so far as pqople without are concerned. If a gentle word within can do any good, it may well be said, but to reveal the shadow of an unhappy -georet tb any one, even your nearpst friend, is an act of indelicacy and, meanness almost unparjulleled. Ones in the precipots of any honje, admitted, to Jits, privacy,Wring ite life, all that you see and hear is a sajired. trust. It is as raejlyjcontemptible to gossip of such things as it would be to steal the silwir or borrow the books and forget to return than.—

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Weekly News Summary.

CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on the Bth, bills were introduced—to transfer the Cherokee and Creek Indian tribes, in the Indian Territory, to the Western District of Arkansas; to authorise the Burlington Jt Missouri Railroad Company to change their established line of road in Nebraska.... The House Appropriation bill, supplying, the deficiencies in salaries to United States Ministers tor. the current fiscal year, was pasted... The bill granting lands to the State of Minnesota, to aid in the improvements of the harbor of Duluth, Lake Superior, was reported, with amendments ...An amendment was offered to the bill granting lands to aid the construction of a railroad from Lincoln. Nebraska, to Denver, Colorado Territory; and amendments were reported to the bill to grant the right of way through public lands, to the Junction City, Solomon Valley A Denver Railroad... .The concurrent resolution for a joint Committee on Indian Affairs Whs discussed, when, alter the expiration ot the morning hour, the Senate adjourned, as a mark of respect for the memory of General Thomas. In the House, on the Bth, a bill was introduced and referred, providing that after the present Congress, the lioUse of Representatives be composed of 275 members, and of such members as anygtate thereafter admitted may bo entitled to, and directing the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain, from the preliminary census report of 1870, the basis of representation and apportionment of each State.... Several private bills were Sassed, among them one to reserve from moneys uo the Kiowa Indians, SIO,OOO, for the benefit of two white captives recovered from them after the mteeacro of weir parents and relatives, and who are to be known as Helen and Ilelolse Lincoln.... The credentials of Henry W. Barry, member-elect from the Second District of Mississippi, were refiorted as regular, and Mr. Barry came forward and ook the oath of Office .. The Tariff bill was further considered in Committee of the Whole... .Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 9th, a memorial was presented and referred, from 187 colored Citizens of Circleville, Ohio, setting forth that at the late election they were" prevented from voting,not withstanding the Fifteenth Amendment, and asking for a law to protect their rights hereafter.... A bill was Introduced, to repeal all existing laws authorizing the transportation and exportation of goods in bond overland to or from Mexico... .The Northern Pacific Railway bill was taken up and discussed.... Adjourned. In th* House, on the 9th, petitions were presented to abolish the duty on lead....A resolution was adopted to pay the expenses and counsel fees, not exceeding two thousand dollars, incurred by Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, in defending the suit brought against him In Baltimore by Charles Woolley....Tne Senate amendments to the Deficiency bill were taken up, and several of them were nou-concurred in and referred to a Committee of Conference, consisting of Messrs. Dawes, Sargent and Brooks, of New York.... The Tariff bill was further considered in Committee of the Whole ...Adjourned. In the Senate, on the lltb, resolutions of the Massachusetts Legislature in favor of the postal telegraph service were presented,. ..A memorial ot members of the Universal Peace Society, asking Congress not to sanction the proposed enlargement of the West Point Military Academy, was presented.... A resolution of inquiry was adopted, as to what legislation is necessary for the regulation of the transportation of e ittle and other animals on railroads of the United States, so as to secure lor the animals sufficient space and ventilation .... The amendments to the Deteiaacy Appropriation bill were Insisted upon, and a Committee of Conference, was appointed.... The. Northern Pacific Railroad bill, allowing the company to issue its bonds on the construction ofrits road, <fcc., was taken up, and amendments requiring the sale of alternate sections of land to actual settlers, and limiting the price per acre to $2.50, were rejected .... Adjourned. In the House, ou the 11th, bills were introduced—repealing the' act prohibiting Boat masters from depositing money in hank; to repeal the paymes|o{ extra wagesondlscharge to seameh; granting lands to Kansas for a railroad from Fort Scott in the direction ot Santa Fe: authorizing the Burlington Missouri River Railroad Company to change its line Of road in Nebraska; relative to the mode of selecting candidates lor admission to the Military and Naval Academiesßesolutions were introduced—from the Commonwcqjth otMassachusetts on tho subject of the union of the telegraph with the postal service; of tho Maryland Legislature, in relation to the revolution in Cuba... A resolution was adopted—llStoth-and afterwards rescinded, granting tbs use of the Hall of liepresentativea to the colored people of the District Of Columbia for the celebration of the Fifteenth Amendment. ....A bill was reported from the Committea on Public lainds, and re committed, granting lands for a railroad from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Denver, Colorado... Unanimous consent to introduce a Joint resolution to annex the Republic of ijan Domingo was a-ked and objected t 0.... The Tariff bill was further considered in Committee of the Wh01e.... Adjourned. •

-In the Senate, on the 12th, the House hill In aid of the execution of the laws In the Territory ofUtah, in relation topo’.ygamy, was reported, with amendments, front the Committee on Territories... 5 bill was reported favorably from the Committee on Appropriations, for the payment of claims of loyal persons who assisted in taking the consns of 18W in the late rebel States. ...The resolution for a joint Committee on Indian Affaire was taken up and discussed ...The Georgia bill came up as the special order, and a motion that it be passed over In order to proceed with tho Northern Pacific Kailroad bill was rejected-ill to Ba—and the Georgia bill was discussed up to the hour of adjournment. In the House, on the 12th, a bill was passed, declaring eo much of lowa River, in lowa, as lies north of the town of Wapello, not to be a navigable river or public highway.. ..The Louisiana contested election case of Hunt against Sheldon was called np and debated, and ft was agreed that a vote should he taken on the 13th.... A joint resolution was passed, appropriating SI,OOO to defray the expenses of the Committee on Education and Labor, In the investigation of the charges against tho Commissioper of the Freedmen’s Bureau.... Bills were introduced and referred—amendatory of the Homestead act, in favor of honorably dlechargSd soldiers; to fix and establish tho number of enlisted persons tn the navy... A minority report was made from the Committee on Eleciiops, In favor of tno right of Mr. Sugar, as Representative -at - Large from Virginia.... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 13th, the resolution for a Joint Special Committee on Indian Affairs was amended so as to require that a majority of members chosen from each House shall bo necessary to constitute a majority of the committee, and passed -59 t 093. ...Bills were introduced ana referred—for tho better organization of the medical department of tho navy; for the relief of the widows and orphans of officers, seamen, and marines of\ the United States war vessel Oneida.... A report was submitted from the Judiciary Committee, upon the petition of O. B. Hart clalm'ngaseat in tho Senate from Florida, In place of tho present member,-{filbert. The resolution accompanying *th« report declares Abljah Gllbertdaly elected, and entitled to hold tho scat., ..The Georgia bill was takpn up and discussed.. ..Adjourned.

In tho House, on the 13th, a resolution was presented from the Committee on Elections, and agreeed to, that Francis E. Bhober is entitled to a seat as Roprgaontat'.vc from tho Sixth District of North Carolina, without prejudice to tho right of Nathaniel Boyden to contest it, and Sir Shober took the oath... Tho majority resolutions In the Louisiana contested election easo of Hunt against Sheldon, declaring Mr. Sheldon ontlt'ad to the s tat, wore adopted, and In tho case of Taylor against Reading, of Pennsylvania, the majority report was also adopted, giving tho seat to Mr Taylor, and he was sworn in....8i11s were reported—ln reference to International unitary coinage; to establish an assay oftlce at Helena, Montana; to reorganize the system of governing Indian tribes, to promote their civilization, and for other purposes.... Leave was «sked and objected to, to introduce a Joint resolno annex the Republic of Dominica.... The Tariff hill was further considered in Committee pf the Whole. ...Adjourned. .In the Senate, on the 14th, tho bill kuthorlzing the city of Buffalo to construct a tfiunel under the Niagara river was passed... .A bill was Introduced and referred, to Incorporate the Paclflq Submarine Telegraph Company, and to facilitate telegraphic communication between America-and Asm-. ..Tho bill granting lands to aid tire construction of • railroiki on- or near the .'kith jiafallel from the Mississippi totho Arkan-ns rivers, was reported, with amun(lmviUs....The resolution directing tho Secretary of the Treasury to sell surplus gold in the Trea-'ury without delay was tabled „,..The resolution for the consid-ral on in open ■sohstou of .the treaties for the acquLitlouof formgp territory, was ' indefinitely po-tpotied.-.’ Tire. rGeortria bill was taktr* up? the attendin' nt Insert, In Ben of the Blnghatnamendmein, afrrovl‘•o that the nut t eject ion for members oitlrp Legislature be held in November, 1915, etc., w»a rejected -23 to9B....Adjourned, In the House, on tho 14th, a memories of Oyrus W. Field, in -<• vdtj.fr ■< t-2

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tho construction of a submarine telegraph between America And Asia, and a bill for that purpose, wore presented and referred. .. A hill was passed, removing tho political disabilities of C. B. Babin, of Texas Bills were reported, ordered printed and recommitted - granting lands to Wisconsin for the construction of a breakwater, harbor and ship canal at the head of Sturgeon Bay, to connect, the waters of Green Bay with Lake Michigan; to aid the construction of a railroad from New < irleans to the western boundary of Louisiana... .A bill was introduced and referred, to provide tor the redemption of nickel coin.... The Tariff bill was further considered In Committee of the Whole. ...Adjourned. »

FOREIGN. Mr. Inman published a communication in tho Maritime Register, London, on the Btb, in which he states that, all things considered, he thinks the City of Boston collided with one of the icebergs so numerous to the northeast of Cape Race, and sunk, when only two or three days out A recent telegram from Rev. Henry Bannister, at Beyrout, announces the sudden death, from heart disease, of Bishop Kingsley, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. A Madrid telegram of the 10th announces that the anti-conscription revolt at Barcelona was ended. The insurgents, who had made a stand in the suburbs, were attacked and overcome after a two hours’ fight.

A dispatch from Ottawa, Canada, on the 9th, says the government had determined to receive Father Richott and Mr. Scott as delegates from Red River, aqd will make propositions, based on the bill of rights, which these delegates will convey to the people on their return. Recent advices from Paraguay state that President Lopez had suddenly turned upon and surprised his pursuers, winning quite a victory. It was thought at Rio Janeiro that this advantage would result in an indefinite prolongation of the war. A council of war was in session at Barcelona, Spain, on the 11th. A large number of arrests had been made since the re- . volt, and the police were actively hunting "up all the prominent actors in the affair. Thirty persons were arrested in Paris on the 11th, for having tried to preyent the police from tearing down revolutionary placards.. During the review of the troops, an unknown man created considerable disturbance in the crowd by shouting “ Vengeance against the Emperor.” He was taken into custody. No arms were found on his person.

The Duke of Montpensier, of Spain, has been convicted of the killing of the Count Henry Bourbon, in a duel, and sentenced to a month’s exile -from Madrid and $(>,000 fine. Intelligence was received in London, on the 13th, that Presklent Lopez, of Paraguay, had been surrounded, and, refusing to surrender, he was killed by a Brazilian lancer. The mother, sister, and children of Lopez were captured. A telegram from Captain General De Rodas, dated Puerto Principe, April 10, states that every day numbers of the enemy were coaiing into the Spanish camp, and claiming the protection guaranteed by the amnesty proclamation. The rebels were everywhere in confusion. De Rodas announces that the insurrection is morally, though not virtually, ended.

A Montreal dispatch of the 13th says: “Although there seems no doubt that au extensive movement has been going on among the Fenians on the Eastern frontier, information from that quarter leads to the belief that it will proceed.no further now in consequence of the precautions taken." Riots broke out at Seville, Spain, on the 13th on account of the attempted enforcement of the Conscription act. They were suppressed without much difficulty. The Fenian scare in Canada continued on the 14th, and great activity prevailed in military matters. A Key West, Fla., dispatch of the 14th says: ** Authentic advices from Cuba today represent that General Jordan is still in the field fighting at the head of the patriot forces. General Goyenche was defeated last vreek near Boga.” DOMESTIC. Gold closed in New York on the 14th at 113 The United States Supreme Court has decided that the robbery of a receiver of public moneys is no defense for the bondsmen, the claim of the Government against them remaining perfectly valid. A terrific boiler explosion-occurred in a Baltimore sugar refinery on the 9th. Six persons were killed, and about the same number wounded Two new three-story buildings at Schenectady, N. Y„ fell on the morning of the 11th, and are a complete wreck. Six

or eight men were in the building; one was killed and three injured. A prize-fight announced to come off on the 12th, at St. Charles Island, near Milford, Conn., was broken up by the State militia. Kerrigan, one of the principals, was arrested, together with Maloy and Edge, who were to fight in the same ring, and about ninety roughs, and all were lodged in jail at New Haven. The crowd sacked many houses in Milford and robbed people in the streets. Tho principal pertion of .the town of Forestville; N. Y., was burned on the night of-the 11th. Loss estimated at SIOO,OOO. The explosion of a lamp in a store started the conflagration. IThe public are cautionejl by a New Y|ork firm ajgalnst negotiating Kansas Pacific first mortgage 7 per cent, bonds No. 077, and Nos. 3,310.10.3,350, inclusivej’and | Nps. 0.001 to 0,020, inclusive, it being alleged that th? same had been obtained by tjfilld. ‘ A Buffalo dispatch of tho 13th says: *• Leading Fenian officials hero laugh at the scare of the Canadians, over a raid on Canada. A movement will not -be attempted until success is beyond doubt. It

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is evident that no raid is contemplated by the Fenians here at present." A New York telegram of tho same date states that Fenians in large numbers had recently left that city, and it was admitted by some that they were concentrating on the Canadian frontier with a view to another raid. Parties have circulated advertisements of a pretended lottery in aid of the Cuban cause, to be drawn at 600 Broadway, New York. The whole scheme is pronounced a complete swindle, and is denounced by the Cuban Junta.

Four citizens'of Cheyenne, W. T., who had gone out four miles west of the city to locate hay claims, were attacked on the 13th by fifteen mounted Indians, and driven to Fort Russell. A telegram from South Pass says the citizens there killed eleven Indians on the 12th. Forty-six Union printers employedin the St Louis Republican office struck on the 14th, but the question of wages was not involved in the case. A reward of S6OO is offered for the arrest and delivery to the Sheriff of Dade county, Mo., of W. W. Amos, commonly called Bud; who killed James Farmer, at Cedarville, Mo., in March last. Baid Amos is described as being “ about 31 years old, five feet six inches high, dark complexion, with heavy black beard if not shflten; the fore finger on the right hand is crooked, and the nail (if any) .grews on end of finger ; has a peculiar way of jerking his shoulders and ducking down his head.” By the explosion of the boiler of a steam tug, opposite Staten Island, on the 14th, four out of five persons on board were killed.

PERSONAL. Captain John E. Blaine, of Pennsylvania, brother of Speaker Blaine, has been appointed Special Agent of the Treasury Department. B. C. N. Sylvester, alias Jack Reynolds, the murderer of William Townsend, was hanged in New York city on the Bth. ■ In the McFarland case, on the Bth, the counsel for the defense introduced the plea of insanity along with testimony to show a conspiracy to break up his family. At Troy, N. Y., on the Bth, the mortal remains of Gen. George H. Thomas were interred in Oakwook Cemetery, with solemn and most impressive funeral rites, attended by President Grant, members of the Cabinet, Senators and Represents-' tives, the Governor and Legislature of New York, officers of the Army and Navy, and a great concourse of people, including the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. The final meeting of the American Anti Slavery Society was held in New York city on the 9th. The organization had been in existence thirty-seven years. The Stanton Memorial Fund amounts to $146,000, and is in denosit, drawing interest for Mrs. Stanton and children. The re-union of the Army of the Potomac at Philadelphia, on the 9th, was attended by President Grant, and a large number of Generals and.other officers. The President held a levee at Philadelphia on the 11th, and left for Washington by a special train at noon. General Rust, formerly Member of Congress from Arkansas, and during the war a Confederate General, died on the 4th inst., of congestive chills.

The flags on the public buildings in New lYork city were displayed on the 12th, in honor of the anniversary of Clay’s birthday. The Henry Clay Club gave a boll in the evening. Walter Brown, the oarsman, has been appointed by the Navy Department instructor of rowing at Annapolis. Vice President Colfax received the congratulations of many Senators and friends on the 12th, on the addition of a son to his family, which event occurred on the 11th. The following nominations were sent to the Senate on the 12th: Consuls—Edmund Johnson, of Arkansas, at Ghent; A. Journdan, of District of Columbia, at Seville; Hamilton Richardson, of Wisconsin, at Ancona; Samuel T. Day, of Florida, at Pictou; Wm. H. Faxon, of Connecticut, at Curacoa, A. B. Long, United States Attorney for Lquisiana; George Lount, Receiver of Public Moneys, at Prescott, Arizona. The President nominated to the Senate, on the 13th, as Postmasters in Kansas, John H. Smith, Paoli; James W. Rice, jgarnett, and James R. Brown, Olathe. A Washington dispatch of the »13th says: “ The President informed a gentleman, last night, who called upon him relative to issuing a general amnesty proclamation, that he had no intention of issuing one at present.

Lady Franklin arrived at San Francisco on the 13th. The President has appointed John Titus Chief Justice, and Chas. A. Tweed, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizonaand Geo. P. Fisher, United States Attornoy'for the District of Columbia. POLITICAL. The counsel in the Richmond Mayoralty case had another hearing before Chief -Just ice Chase, on the Bth, and an agreement was reached that the motion be continued untllthe May term of the Circuit Court, and-that meantime no farther proceedings be taken in the matter, the. present condition of affairs to continue, and none of the rights of either party to be affected by the postponement.Tho Democrats of Washington Territory have nominated Judge JamesD. Mix for Dek gate to Congress. The colored citizens of New York city celebrated Amendment on the Bth, by a procession 10,000! strong and an enthusiastic meeting id the evening. The two Mayors of Richmond, Va., in , the to submit • , ♦,

their case, with tho consent of Chief-Jus-tice Chase, to the Virginia Court of Appeals, which met on the 13th. At the charter election in Albany, N. Y., on the 12th, the Democrats elected George 11. Thatcher, Mayor, three of the four Aidermen at large, ten of the sixteen Al dermen, and eight of the sixteen Supervisors. The charter election at Trenton, N. J., on the 11th resulted in the choice of Napton, Democrat, for Mayor. The first charter election, of the newly consolidated city of Jersey City was held on the 12th, and the Democrfttic ticket, headed by Charles H. O’Neill for Mayor, was elected. In Hoboken the Democratic ticket was also successful. The Republican Convention of the Fourth Congressional District of Indiana assembled at Connersville on the 12th. Mr. Julien’s friends presented a letter from him, dated Washington,- April 6, in which he withdrew from the contest, and Hon Jeremiah M. Wilson, of Fayette, was declared the unanimous choice of the convention. •

The recent Oregon Republican State Convention nominated General Joel Palmer for Governor, and G. Wilson for Congress. ■Various county clerks in California have refused to register colored qftizens as voters until the opinion of the Attorney General of the State is received. The Attorney-General of California has rendered ft decision, that until the laws of the State are changed, or Congress adopts some legislation in the matter, it is the duty of county clerks to refuse to register negroes.' He urges them to obey the State laws pending the. action of Congress. The United States Supreme Court has decided that the number of counsel who will be heard in the legal tender cases shall be four, or two for each case. The lowa Legislature adjourned sine die on'the 13th. The Clerk of the District Court at San Francisco has declined to allow the registration of negroes. About 100 applied on the 14th to be registered.

Rat-Catching in London.

One- other character we have here, that I nevtr before heard of or met with. A most'novel sight he is to see, dressed in a hunting costume, with broad enamel leather band, passing from waist to shoulder, on which is fastened a huge brass rat and the “ royal coat of arms,” with this inscription beneath: “Rat-Catcher to Her Majesty I” Over his back, slung by a chain,is quite a large wire cage, well filled with rats; at his heels follow two or three terriers, who now and anon bark joyfully at their prey. Quite a ludicrous picture he makes, and one that always upsets Yankee gravity. We W-bhdef if this “ Rat-Catcher to Her Majesty” ever makes his presence known to members of Parliament in the House of Lords! • However, this same man can well afford the smiles of the incredulous as to the extent or necessity of bis business; for a most imperative necessity he is. Without him, London would literally swarm with the destructive pests. The extent of his business may be known from the fact that he is daily in receipt of large orders from all parts of the continent for supplies of his rats for glovemakers and sportsmen’s use. •

He owns a nice house in the fashionable quarter of London, and, as he drives about the park on Sunday afternoon, his stylish turnout is the object of much at* traction. He yearly pays a small sum for his license, and receives one hundred pounds per annum for keeping “St Catherine’s Docks ” alone free from rats. He visits all the shipping—his coming being ever looked for with pleasure. Our ship was sadly troubled with a kind of rat that he called the Norwegian rat, which he seemed to prize highly, their fur being sleek and black; and so proved the quality of skin as being the finest and most elastic for glovemakers' use. Turning to us with a laugh, he said, “ To-morrow these will go to Paris to the glove manufactory ; and who knows but that the lady will wear gloves made from, these self-same skins, and wonder at their fine texture and color." Shaking a cage of gray rats, he said: “ These go to a certain ‘pit’ where the people of quality will meet to give rec*tion to their dogs.’’ —Cor. Boston transcript.

State Indebtedness.

The debts of the various States are given as follows: Virginia.. ft5,'09,000 New York '*o’ooo,ooo Pennsylvania TenuetMe ■> , Lonieiana v ...... ......... *9,000,1M) Maaaachueatte • Connecticut '• Missouri... *• 1’.00’.000 Illinois T 6,000,000 Sou th Carolina *OOO.OOO Texas T? ’. 3.010.000 Michigan Rhode I "laud 8,000,000 Kentucky 3,000,000 Maine ....... 6,00.91)0 New Jersey 2,000,000 Kanaaa 1............. 1,000,000 lowa, Maryland and Delaware are out of debt; Minnesota, Oregon and Mississippi are blessed with very small debts.

One of the oldest elm trees in Spnth Boston stood in' Fourth ..street, between Dorchester and G streets, and within a few days has heen felled. The tree was quite sound and about six feet in diameter near the base. In sawing the trunk into sections for use as butchers’ blocks, an obstruction was found in the center, at about ten feet from the butt. By Cutting a parallel section at a distance of a few inches, and taking out the intervening wood, it was discovered that a gun barra ran up the core of the tree, itself filled with wood or pith. The weight and character of the gun barrel indicate that it may have belonged to a Queen Anne musket. A question similar to that Which weighed upon the mind of George HI., as to how the apple got inside of th# the inquisitive Yankee —Horace Cook, of Leavenworth, ate three pounds of raisins on a bet. Thebes wai paid to Ids heteti.

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CURRENT ITEMS.

San Francisco claims a population of 272,000. e Half of the colored population tn Pennsylvania reside in Philadelphia. Tn® new Philadelphia Directory has 2,222 Smiths, of whom 222 are widows. The Kennebec river has tarnished nearly 300,000 tons of ice the past season. A Pittsburgh girl killed herself a few days ago, by “ jumping the rope ” two hundred times in rapid succession. The value of Methodist Church property in New York is $1,090,500—an increase of $568,000 in three years. • It is reported that ex-Presidcnt Johnson is about to go to Europe, intending to be absent six months. A Califohbia farmer gets as much for five dozen eggs as a Minnesota former does for five bushels of wheat. The Boston Five Cents Savings Bank has accounts with 54,734 depositors, and the amount of deposits is $8,749,000. ■' Of ten persons in Damariscotta, Me., who have lately had the measles, six have gone blind, and four more are in quick consumption. Huntington county, Pa., has gencr ously increased the School Superintendent’s salary fifty cents a year, making it SBOO 50

The estimated number of members of the Masonic Order in the United States and British America is 468,455. A Connecticut man has worn the same hat to church for forty years. It has been in style seven times during that period. During a recent trial in the Isis of Man the jury were addressed by counsel and Judge tor a period of twenty-nine hours and fifty-five minutes. A few days ago a little girl in Ithica just before she died exclaimed: “ Papa, take hold of my hand and help me across.” Her father died two months before. A cow was killed the other day, near Troy, N. Y., by swallowing four dozen shingle nails, which were among chaff on which she was fed. A Livereool society for aiding fallen women has taken in over a thousand, unfortunates during its existence, of whom nearly half have been restored to their friends, and others permanently reformed. Prof. Morse, the telegraphic inventor, is now nearly 80 years old, and it it proposed to present him with a national testimonial. The telegraphic operators are at the head of the scheme. Florence Nightingale writes to the New York Prison Association advising them to turn their jails into' workhouses where prisoners can pay their own expenses and for property stolen. In a Connecticut town, the other day, as the pastor of a church was walking up the aisle, a good brother- came out of a, pew and accosted the good man, to in-, quire “if he didn’t want some good yel-' ler butter.” * A,man at Omaha attempted to ride 100 miles in five hours, a few days ago, using twenty-five horses. He foiled to procure, the proper number of horsey, but rode miles in two hours and twentysix minuWs. "" ~ ? A st6ry that the ornaments of George Peabody’s tomb—being golden—had been stolen, is denied by a relative of Mr. P. He says that “ the ornaments are brass and plated iron,” and therefore offer “no inducement to thieves.” , . The Oil City (Pa.) Timet says: “ Six men have dieu in Oil Creek in the last six weeks from excessive drinking, and at least six more will' die from the same cause in the next six weeks. The tan-gle-foot sold here may be slow, but it Is mighty sure.”

In 1850, a young man living in Rutland, Vt, discovered a supply of stone adapted to the manufacture of slate pencils. He bought the land on which the quarry stood for |IOO. At present, this quarry, together with the buildings erected thereon, is valued at $300,000. The Coroner’s investigation of the suicide of a farmer in England, showed that his fields had been so overrun by the game rabbits of his lordly neighbor that his crops were entirely destroyed, year after year. The misfortune drove him into “ temporary insanity.” The floor at the entrance of a small church in Springfield, Ohio, gave way on Sunday, while the building was crowded with persons attending a funeral. A panic ensued, and the people rushed for the doors, the stoves were overthrown, and several persons were thrown down and trampled upon. Some young men of Defiance, Ohio, have formed an association for the preventionvof the use of tobacco. They pay an initiation fee of $5, and 70 cents per week as dues, which is to be loaned out on interest to the members of the association. The penalty of violating the rules is expulsion, forfeiture of all money, and exposure. # The tunnel through Mount Cenis is advancing at a rapid rate. The length of the galleries now open exceeds eleven thousand two hundred yards. Only fifteen hundred yards of rock remain to be perforated, so that it may be reasonably expected That this gigantic undertaking will be terminated in the course of the present year.

A Judge in Mecklenburg, whose casting vote brought about sentence of death against a man who Was beheaded by virtue of that sentence, committed suicide the other day by blowing out his braiua. It had been definitely ascertained that the poor fellow had bsen perfectly guiltless of the charge preferred against him. A pooh young man has been kept four years and a half in the Massachusetts State Prison for a crime of which he had no knowledge, yet he was convicted upon what appeared to be the clearest evidence. His innocence was discovered by the confession of the real culprit, who found his way to the same prison for some other offense. Westerly, Conn., is the place where “two Sundays come together.” Nearly half the population are Seventh Day Baptists, and on Saturday half of the mills, Shop* and other places of business are closed, and half of the churches are filled with worshipers, who on Sunday resume theirsecnlar occupations, while their neighbors take religion and resit. ,- Theodore Tilton, editor New York Truicpen&nt, publishes a card i requesting everybody in the United States who a friendly interestin woman s enfranchiSem&t ’"to forward iminedtatelyfpoet paid) to his address, Box 2787 N. Y. city. his or her name and address; and suggesting that ‘‘three thousand American newspapers’’ will please copy. * The lays of Chi»a "W ©a-’q

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« years ago, and have undergone but little change. One of them requires that all persons must truthfully represent their profession, and that generation after generation they must not change or alter it Another exempts all literary and religious institutions from taxation, and another provides that the possessor of land shall cultivate it under pain of forfeiture. New Havbn papers commend the fidelity and thoughtfulness of a Mr. Dommond, a railroad-switchman, who, at the time of the explosion of the boiler in a chair factory in that city, while conscious of the fact that bis loved wife and daughter were lying crushed under the ruins, dispatched a trusty messenger to flag the approaching express train, then due, and thus prevented what In all probability would have been another appalling car lamlty. A farmer in Buckinghamshire, who is a weekly visitor to the Aylesbury Market, married one of two sisters who were joint lessees of a farm, and for upward <f twenty years was obliged to give an account to his wife of the weekly transactions and expenses to market, even te a glass of ale and three half-pence for the turnpike. A short time ago the wife died, and within the same month the sister died also, when the farmer, who could neither read nor write, called in a neighbor to look through two boxes belonging to the deceased sisters. To hia surprise, upward of £2/00 were discovered in them, in a great number of small and dirty packages. A ludicrous story of an abortive duel appearsjin the Paris Gazette de» Tribunaux. - Two boys, aged respectively 11 and 14, met upon the field of honor, when the affair was summarily decided, before an exchange of shots, by a kick administered to each by a gamdkeeper. The duelists had quarreled at play, and to decide their differences had stolen a pair of pistols, bought a cracker from which they emptied the guppower, and melted a brace of bullets in mofilds of nut shells, from metal obtained from a pewter spoon. The President of the Police Court said that the keeper had done quite right in treating as young vagabonds, and, as, they Were not known to the police, he handed them to their parents

The Ups and Downs of Wall Street.

One of the most striking the upsJtnd downs in life has come under my peraonal observation. A vert few years ago John was a poor .but industrious man, occupying the position of gate keeper at one of the East riVer ferries. His family resided in a-Brooklyn tenement house, and John expended no more funds than was Strictly necessary to the maintenance of comfort.' It had happened that Commodore Vanderbilt took a far-cy .to the man. It was one. of those strange freaks for which the Railway King ia< famous, viz.: taking, up men .in the lowest, walks of life and placing'them on the highway to fortune. John may some time have opened the gate - aqd stopped the ferryboat for the Commodbre s team, after the time was hp. POrbaps hesomt time found and secured a, valuable horse for him. Whatever may have been thecause, theOommodord was lead to 'fooach • him. He was.put into the fiariem pool. After the famous ’corner in that stock, John found himself wortif a million and a Ser of dollars. From poverty be Jtas , in a moment as it Were, into affluence. An elegant residence, splendid farm on Staten Island, and a valuable stud of horses soon followed. John continued to speculate, and fortune fa-, vorod him. He entered into combinations, but here he lost heavily Still he had a very large surplus left. When the rise in gold occurred, last,September, John “ waded in.” As the price continued to rapidly advance, he believed, with others, that the conspirators would carry it up to two hundred, and he operated accordingly. When, upon that eventful Black Friday, the collapse came, and gold dropped in the twinkling of an eye, as it were, from 162 to 134, John waa “ long.” Caught with other bulls on the horns of the bears, he roared and tossed about, but all to no purpose. John was a ruined man. The fortune he once possessed was comp.etely lost. He mortgaged property rightand left, hoping tostaye on the evil day of settlement with creditors. But his last piece, of property.is soon to •be sold under the hammey an& John 15 where he was, pecuniarily, Wire the, Railway King smiled upen him.-Oor. Chicago Journal. .

THE MARKETS.

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