Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1870 — Page 1

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JiiscyllttncouH Reading. TUB UOBIBSyUAVB COMB JSAOX. i 'i TuUbb's a call upon the housetop, an answer from There's*, warble’in tl>y sunshine, a twitter In the And through inj heart, at sound of these, There come* a nameless thrill, As sweet *s odor,Of the trees . °f verdure of ihehUl t And HU these Joyous mornlDgt „•»*? heart pours forth this strain; “God bless the dear bid robins. Who have conic baqk »E»'n." For they bring * thought or summer, of dreamy, Of htnjjd* | > g '' , .i£ meadow, making a golden AlSngfnK W the clover blooms, tifoir roses *ll aglow, For fragrant bloesoms, where the bees Xd^WraTe.* 01 Of sommer'a golden rstgn, And sing, " God keen tho robins Who have come back again." WAIXWUPFOR TUB MAT. ‘ . JLd/.’/iO > Ys~:: v BT MARIAN DOUGLAS. From out his hive there came a bee; jrassirr ■ >-gJIUJU»<;hs this tells me,” said the bee; - j’X 6 IseUU lbe>place for me, dP.y ts dilll, although 'ila sunny, hud Jcy cplathe snowdrop’s honey.’’ . iAfaln came humming forth the bee; * WTiat month 1b With ne now T” said ha. Stray crocus bloasoms, blue and white i/otd April’s ecaroo the month for me. I’ll taste theee flowers;the day Is sunny), But wait gather honey.” Onco moruVstrfe hbf the watting bee. “ ’Tls coae; lemelltha spring?” said he. The violate wjre all In bloom; . The lilac tossed apurplo,plume; , , The dalTdlll wore a yellow crown; The cherry tree a snow-white gown 1 And by (he hfooftslde, wet with dew, The early wild wake rpbbine grew. “ It Is the May-time I’-' Said the bee. The queen of all the months for me 1 . .Thc aoifers are here,'the skvxsannuy, ’Tis now mv time to gather honey 1” —lhe Nursery.

METAPHORS OF THE PEOPLE.

“No advance,” says Max Miller, “ was in theintelleotwal life of naan without metaphor;” and ho admirably shows how words multiply and language increases its capacity through the tendency of men to phaerye resemblances. “ Thus fronj KtyptS meaning to shine, to be bright, names were formed for sun, moon, stars, the of,;men, gold, silver, play, joy, hapnmess, Tort. With roots meaning to strike, it was possible to name atf axe, the thunderbolt, a list, a paralytic stroke, a strikingYfmar’lt, and a Stroki of busings. From roots meaning; to go, names were, derived for clduds, for ivy, for creeper?, serpents, cattle aud chattel, movable ana inmoyahje property.” Metaphorical synonyms became prevalent, as when the sun was called the bright, the golden, the preJta qualitaes, or when clouds we.ve called mountains, and rain clouds cows.with.heavy udders. Metaphor, it is thus seen, is the wellspring- from which' are drawn the Ipnumerqbjj synonyms which swell our language. Ts ouf words were divested of all but their original, literal meanings, half of what Is wjtitten from day to day would be ufilnteyigibJe. ,We should receive no vivid idea from the description of a man of mettle with iron frame and nerves of steet“ ’'^ ’ | The ffcqguage is foil of this metaphorical of fiords. The fact has been espeehmy-TTmicfea'By the jokers of the period, who produce some of their easiest ssm shoe for the foot of a mountain and a hat for the head of a discourse, though it a poor old gentleman who sat down on face infi ao young lady who feinted at ft barefrfou/Who.jWorftspectaetos to coyer her naked eyes,Whoroftiseflt6 sit in thft lap of. i ofctntfy/' even pushing at plurahofi Mp)^and ; who would not go to the sea-sJfrtro Jett heYihlfct Should be encircled by an arm of thh Sea. Among a list of curiosities might be llpe wi)h.wW6h a fisherman caught a cold ; the hammer which brotaifp « meeting; a Alike .from the anphor of honei ope pf the spurs of the Stef ragMj-aliow.wSmStfed a heaHfcVJiba a epat of the' tyeipt .fcjjiotato;, ear of cprn; cheese made from the milk "of huWMAlfl&eis,‘butter from the cream of a got. from a nest at wo .;, 0 . i.- • r-i -«i . Built Is more especially our purpose to note the commonest classes develops, unoeaaiDgly juj«v metaphors and ggrte*}* 6 fancies. There is an odd illustration of this in some of the names for articles of apparel. The coromonblaQh hat never had a re spectacle name, probably on account of the Miotertt l > a f tedl i 4(?Ss^fe; l lowering up to an be called a beaver, but .that name is no longe®pm»rqtpth»hat being made-ofiilki Its most coonnon Utiehftthb metaphorical one of “ sieve-pipe," which suggests not. only it- shape, but the heat-generated in; side pedtioua a droei-coaS swrA belly ”(J»4 paytjeular jrqferewep tp a shape of the front that js now out of vogue; thq gives an dtcellent idea of thetails. But perhaps none of these is as expressive or.the present shape fall dress, a» the name hvjhe West Point cadets of standing pollftf was called “,m)t-tht.<>at, .. which was peculiarly approwvifte and ..suggestive, The white neck-u#,„),ugsd„ o j)y. some'! clergymen has geskoralljMtha ftppettoanfle.ol being tied very tighdfaffid seems to acquire from this circumstance the designation of" choker.” Sm“*ipW!>!©ilS« “>?'L'S&ffiLftSLMSSffiJK cabbaH», (renmtiott W the fltrtfgiAge, given bv CqD knot orfcnarre of/wbodliV tvmberd’ f :Srhe' earliest .description,,,ls found in the MUndm Muliebris, 1690, tpe "chou»" aa u the

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great round boss or bundle of hair, worn cabbage, from whence tno French gftve it that Tuimd” United States bills have'uo popular name but ft* greepbacke.” “Ihf titla of “stamps' 1 for fractional currency Was used at the time, durin*y r the civil mus, When the scarcity of small change neces sitated the use of postage stamps -includ--a^HSASS that they were so plenty and worthless that the soldiers used them as plasters “belly-timber,” and its receptacle the bread-basket. It would nA Ibe satlafae tory to some to speak of a looomotite oran engine, but join the idea of an infuriated animal tp the syllable “ giue,” and 2?. “ tusk-hoister” and “ tooth-carpenter.” In the Southwest, durinjf ,the,war, the uneducated people >df a Attachment of cavalry as a “ critter-com-pany,” of infantry as “walk-soldiers,” and V artillery is “ catnoa-wagtos.” Thu youftg men ©FCmlcagb-feife classified as to their skill oh the velocipede, it is said, into the “ timid toddlera’rthp “ wary wabblers,” the “ go-lt-gracexpky wind the “{fancy few.” Still more grotesque was the fancy of a youqg man who always referrtd to a Stohe houseas <mfcbx,y?bicb the undeepinnihg reached *» soof, and who, when asked if he wduld have milk and sugar in his tea, replied. “ No, 1 gmi'ly take my tea barefoot ” \

« In the same way flowers get stteh flames as shepherd’s-dial, because of its susceptibility to changes of weather; wake-robin and! cuckoo-flower, which -blossom when tie songs-of thoief l>!fdsilire first' heafd; lady’s-smock, “ all silver white,” as Shaksp’oare sings, becai£ff*it Msembles white linen laid out upon the tifcadAwsVlufi!f , W ear-drop, lady’s slipper, morning-glory, youth and old age, love-Ues-a-bleeding, and many more which might be mentioned. In the eastern part 6f England, evening is called crow’s-time, because of the gathering Of the rooka to-wsk - autumn, Which fetishftfiy ctfHedan Americanism, though it is used hy Dryden in that sense, is a pretty metaphor by itself. Local circumstances suggest idiomatic metaphors and descriptive terffi*. In the Soutnweet, where people wear colored Gn% ; world, and When he-gets the best of a man Ihe pakes hltii " whittle down.” In? a couritxy where the raccoons are common, the people say that a thing “won’t be done ip a coon’s age.” In some English counties where rabbits or conies abound, sandy land is called oonyland, because it is only fit for breeding and feeding rabbits, and a common jest is that it may be plowed with two rabbits mid a knife. From this it wiU be seen, how appropriate is the name of that sandy place of resoft An New York harbor called Conjwsknd. All occupations, cpntribute to our.fund of me taphotical phrases. Thus, when a sailor wishes to shake hands with you, he says, “Tip us your fin ”; when he wishes to proquro money, he says ho wants do “raise the wind”: when he is pursuing an uncertain course, he is “off soundings ”; when he 4s the worse tordlqwbr, into eonimon conversation, but into the finest speeobos of the orators. Burke In his eulogium «n Charles Tovnlehend said, His etylfr ©f argumewt was neither diy, 1 aor vulgar, nor subtle and abtrusc; ho Mt thO house just MuMn-mindund, toatsr/J The phrasewto which we have diawn ab' tention might remind the reader of tho mystical song in-Swinburne’s “Atalsnta in Calydon,” beginning Between m* socsoUne tSe«a. A correspondent says of common conversation at Nahtuoket, that the boys in the street never throw a stone; they “ inglare “gone on a cruise. T&ejr don’t or rest; th#** 4 lay by.” is -knacks generally are t‘tackle” andfrijfc. ghig.” To-girTroid sfths to side, orf&ovt smmsm fttfd every man .is a captain., kJ When dting/a sailor says he is.about to “ sjip his cable," but a Caiiforaia^toge m&msssm position of his property,” hadn’tyoubej-. ter hand in your checks?" In View of tbe word'r<toowf, meaning £5mon rftmatfq wken*T* r *on is ilUlng an lmprobaWlJstoTyiffe, ‘t.Ukeli Among iram!ncn> ench all ex4ggefrftted story, apd the QrifiiHai ‘‘eaflard;’’ k 'Md to be that or a peraoo relatol that ho had eighteen of .jhpse ymmoua fawlg; that he cut. up. One # the* to the remaining seventeen; .anv .omer r and fcditto the remamipgiWUewi w another, and Ted; it ftp VwjfiEfeeu;, and so on until theroywas But one left, whioklmd consequently eaten . all the other serontofcn ducka liorj-an v t-l«i*-.!--? Ilbu>« -wll thousands metuph^haij parts of the worlm' How eapteesive of penury to say of a man,He;i« out at the elbowsof-oompulmon to say, “Hienoee was brought to the grindstoneof hu« mility, in Hf wis brbught to his marrow-bones; of receiving a strong hint to say, “Be went away. sb, took time by tho forelockof useloss repining to say, “He is crying for spffled milk,” or “ He is shivering tor last year’s snow.” What cotfld be better to than, ®Ho is awful great ■h a stick," unless it is the , “lie is a hard tnan toa fciggVs ?”■ To those fk* fd&h there must be,somes gestures, when one blow into a thousand quftking fragments.—2A« Galaxy. s*sas2ara^*»f-.«y w *** BW r , **“# +*..+y***»

REitfeSfitiAEß »JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, MAY 12, 1870.

Weekly News Summary.

.' .mmyfflmi , r A lathe Senate, on the 29th,the House con* current resolution providing Ibr *v*tntfDg ortho late Gonaral Thomas was snbmltteU and referred ... .BUI* were reported—tor the relief of pre-emp-tion settler* ia Nebraska, with amendment I to aothorlae the Southern Minnesota Railroad Comt lon ß and the United States Government; toTIIoV school tiustoea in Arkansas to enter lands for ESESHSSHIS sia; , «^fflr'a*isrgu!sß Sa3r=WßMßß6Sra WSs-pdsscd.A number Of House bills were passed, ftrclndfng the- fellowlng: Authorizing the supply of arms for Instruction and practice to certain colleges and unlveralttsa; for p®4™ a ™r AflJOnwe8 B to4/^ al,i * dsc arge to ►’ kt 1 the’House, on Jhe‘ ftflth, an adverse report was made’6h tbd.bfil permitting retired, army and fiavy officers to.hojd clvtl ofilces.... Several private bills Were passed, lhclndlng one donating condemned caopen to tie McPherson MonucTuflnttfer id wttS was pa*deA.;,.The Bdn*te bill granting lands to aid the courtrdetlou bf a railroad and telegraph irfto Postlandto Astoria add MeMlnnvllle, Oregon, was taken up and debated and passed—97 to 0U.... . A largo number of Senate bills were referred to appropriate committed.f!.£ bill to increase the banking facilltleß was reported and recommitted the ** 9 OBUnitte9 Ih the House, on the 34th, on motion it wgs-kfreed to sdjoaro on the Bth to the 9th A bill was passed to dxtdiidttie time fbr the'completion of tho Military Road from Copper Harbor, Michigan, to flie«n..B<r, Wisconsin..:.Senate bills and joint, resolutions were passed—to create : Sddttional land district*ln Dakota, to be called SpTiugfiild and Fembina districts; to AS the point of Junction of the Union and Central Rallroad .Companies; oh tending the time for the comb I ell on of tbe first section of thA Cairo & Fulton Railroad; to authorize the Burlington & Mississippi Railroad Company, o- assignees, to change the established line ofthe roe-, hi Nebraska... "A joint resolution was passed, -p -ovidlng that all persons duly elected to office in Teaaa shall have thirty-days from Ibe 80ih oi April, 1870, In which to file the oath, of '.office prescribed to (ho act of ,March 90, l?w..,.A<ljoariiedv in the Senate, ou the 2d, adverse reporte were- made—on petitions of retired army otUcevs, praying to be allowed full salaries; memdtial by the Universal Peace Society against Increase of the number of cadets in the Military ! Academy; joint resolutions for the better protection of the frontier of Texas; petitions TOr abolishing th*Ml»tary AaMurty sc-Tbo House Joint resolution lor pay qf pne year’s salary for the -benefit of tbe family bf Uif late Geperal Rawlins, waa repotted favorably ana placed on the calendar ...:The joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to Issue a patent to the-Indiana yearly meeting ofthe Society of Friends, for certain lands in the Shawnee reservation. Was passed ..., The Houae bill extending thirty days the time within which persons elected to office In Texas may take the oath pf office was amended and passed ....Bills wire Introduced and referred—extending the time for constructing a railroad from St. Croix river or take to the west ead of Lake Bunerfpr; to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; totelmburSo Kansas for equipping tod provlelOnlng mllltta forces to aid in suppressing the rebellion.... Bills were passed—for the relief of the widows and orphans ofthe officers, seamen and-murines of the United States steamer Oneida, giving them twelyo months’ pay; House bill extpudinftthe,time for completing the military roadTrom Copper Harbor n/Green Bay, Wftconsln; relative to certain unsold- lands in the counties of Porter and Lake, to mako up deficiencies in land grants to aid the construction or a railroad and telegraph line from tbe Central PaoMc Railroad to Portland, Oregon; gramlng lands and right of way In Missouri and Arkansas to aid In the construction of a railroad and telegraph line along, or near, the thir-, ty-slxtb parallel, from the Mississippi to the Arkansas river...,. The bill to increase the number 61 Judges of the Supreme and Circuit Courts, and estubllßU tho boundaries or judicial circuits, was postponed Indefinitely../Adjourned. In the House, on the 2(1, bills were introduoed—to authorize citizens Of the United Btetee to accetff dlplomltlc service ArOlh foreign government*; to incorporate the'Amerlcan Union 'fetaaasaftaHaiseuas alter all moneys that may b* due by the government to the Pacific Railroad Companies tut Indemnity for Interest otr'rtilrtmd bonds paid-by the government; to repeal the proviso or the 6th Section bf the act efjMrTL ltgW,.whfch *lai»'Opplicatlons for penflohe to fivo years frpjh the origin of .the ctfu-.e of the pension; to WthOVe all politic® disabilities; providing adWtlonal terms of the pnfte4 States Court lnStlchlgibi; amendatory of thb'act extending fee time fpr.tSe cdlnpletionofthe Dubuque & Slottx.Cltjf Railroad; granting lenfl to Wisconsin for ratitoMlroTn Angnslarw Chippewa Mils to Superior CftyfLako Superior: Bet granting hmds to Kansas tor rails£sEߣKHS id pay her a pension of *3,000 per alutlone were; adopted—requesting wHn tne FftilMw find WBWflCfiu id Imprisonment; giving the ComBsmxmtts pais jteg 111 lion WHO ju W wottvvu (Kuu tvs IT) mNI; iWIHvBWIIO v»IO Prretoent to pressi the Alabama.claims to Immediate settlement, so that citizens be promptly paid for their loss, and the nation’s honor mhintelnod—declirtaft It ne be the senttarept of the Am-.rican people that ench reparation he lmSr e i?r! y .ini^hb^4dX«&^ .iln tb? qji the 3d, thf Emj% Joint resoluUoa creating tfte 30U. of May. a public holiday, was referred tolfte Committee on Mllitary Afiklri..!.The bill granting a pension to Mrs. Lincoln was discussed and laid aside... .Bills were reported—favorably, to authorize the settlement SSSSStSSriS ’ropt tows, and several other bills qp the same subijeef; with a recommendation that feey bo lndeflniuily postponod.... Bills were JattMnccd—to promote greater efficiency of tho >p«*towud regulate WTfirtrfoice University, was dismissed.-....8i11s and fixing their compensation. ...Adjourned. In the House, Kii'th« 3d, bßls'wefc *q-troduced-to admit Georgia to representation In Coheres!!, with, ah amendment; to equalize compensation of o|Hcto.#f Um navy and [army* to wtborlto tho seUlemfcnt of the claim* of Kansas for troop* called out by the GovefSS,,Off a requisition at Major General Cuft», to repel the invasion oTGefieral Price; to confirm certain legtslatthn in Colorado Territory..vrA-kill was repqrtkd and went bref.totoa+b- tb« «*« of theyriltwi Slates....A concurrent resolution for final adjournment of this seulon on the 4th current l esolmloufei adjournment ztna die July 4, wto-dlHiamaed, ends mmUflP to,tdftl* U wa* rejocfodMlS to 14 „.. BlHa aed jel to r#sc*uttoa» were gttEssMKaartw^ffi, SsisaaaSa^attSEb oflße tfregon BranoUPetifioJOlitpad; atokmUlng wmmsss

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•Ctlnga* Callecton of Internal Revenue, pay f• aS X“fe.tt»loSt resolutloo to pey the widow of General Rawlins one year's salary aa Secretory of Wat... .A bill wa* “latrqdltoed and referred, to freorporat# the International Bocletv of the United state* for the proteetton of Immigration.. ./Pending the eonalderaofthe . vs* 1 * Indian K<JBprvationF, ana tno rcTuovm ortno Indians to Ike Jpdlan Turritorg, the Bonato went Into Executive session, and soon after adjournedIh the House, op the 4th, petitions were presented, asking- Congress to abolish Natluul Bftnkas redeem bonds dbpo-ttnd by theta to security, find Metto 160,600,040 In Treasury notes, end makefile game recallable In payment of cuetom dues and all ot her taxes collected by the Fed eml Government, end toper efi ffHO 000 060 of the »OTufe"!V , SfSt,# 7585 monthly, to Tampico, Vera Crux, Tabasco. Sisal and Havana.... A resolution was adopted, calling on tbe Secretory of war tor all reports made by Brevet Major General Terry, tee on the Cenan* blll was agreed t 0... The Civil Service bin came up as the business of tbe mornCommittee of tho Whole, after which tho House Inlhe Senate,.on the sth, a hill was reported to prant a pension to Mm. Lincoln, with the recommendation that It be Indefinitely postponed.... Other Wile were reported—adversely, the bill to regulate the Importation of immigrants Under labor odnlrMte; With amendments,, a bill aatborlxlag mall steamship servloe between New Orleans and certain ports In Mexico; authorising •he Secretary of war to establish weather gangea, and have dally observations made along tbe Mississippi River sad principal tributaries.;-tThe House resolution for final adjournment on the 4ih of Julywas taken up, and a motion to refer to the Finaaoe Committee was loetr-1# to 81—tod the resol urton was discussed, without action,- until the expiration of the morning honr....The House Osage Indian Land bill chew up In order, and, after discussion, was laid adds without action.... The bill to abolish the franking privilege eame up as the special order, when* motion was made and carried— 86 to *l—to pasa over present business and proceed with the Legislative Appropriation bi 11.... Adjourned. In the House, on the sth, a bill was reported from the Committee on Elections, and recommitted, regulating compensation In case* of contested elections.... The Civil Service bill wee . taken np, and several amendments were bflbred, tod toe whole subject wa* recommitted end ore doled printed.... The Senate amendment to the House bill limiting the appointment of certain offl ; cere ofthe Treasury Department was concurredto. ....The Senate bill to estoillsh an additional land district in Kansas was passed,.. .The Senate bill authorizing the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to bus no it* bonds for the construction of, its road, and secure the same by mortgage, came up, and*the previous question was moved and seconded—7B to 64—when a motion to lay on the table Was lost—sß to 85—and the House adjourned to the 9 h. , 1 FOBEMUL Five more brigands were Beheaded at Athens, Greecq, on the 29th ult The hcftds of the twelve already executed were publicly exposed on the outskirts of tbe oitv. There was np, additional information as yet from the troops in pursuit of the remainder of the band. It was expected they had already crossed the frontier. Reports were rife in Paris on the 30tb, of a new plot discovered by the police against the State and life of the Emperor. Several arrests were made. The steamship Germany xan into the steamship City of Qudbec, off ' Green Islqnd, in St. Lawrence river, on the Ist, and the latter steamer sunk In deepwater half an hour afterward. The third engineer and a passenger were lost. The St. Paul Press of the 2d says that Reill had iqade a proposition to the Hudson Bay, Company, which waa acceded to, and By the terms of which the company is to acknowledge the provisional government as the only legal government existing in tbe Northwest, to advance loans to the government and goads to the soldiers, the company to be allowed to reoccnpy so much of the fort as is not occupied, necessarily, for the government headquarters,and a garrison 6f fifty men, and resume their mercantile pursuits under protection of the provincial government. A Paris dispatch of the 2d says “the ramifications of the plot against the Emperor seem to be much more widespread than at first supposed, and new developments are continually coming to light Arrests continue in all directions.” . A Havana correspondent writes that all, the steamen going to Europe are crowded with passenger* The law compelling persons who intend to go tP the United front proceeding in that direction. A seriaSs rlqt occurpqd. at QißSptfrv France, on the 2d, caused by the arrest of a member of the Intermtlaistd Qoft|ety. Two thousand workmen ft tracked the" National Guard and gemfoMa. s&K<meffJatttod the prison to which the man had beeq. taken. fMrdl frgltf lhair ground^ though a number were wounded, and reinthe ■*>*» *«» There is npreh jnored|driy Lotidtprln regard to the c.otjspiraqy alleged to have been recently by the French ftJwvernment.

Paris Jpjiruti, OfildA of the sth contains a decree convoking -the High Court of Justice for the trial cf those recently arrested for participation in the plot ftgainst thn lljß jbf the Boqpcror v , The report qf hmiater Qllivier, preceding,the, 'decree, alleges the existence of a revolutionary party, having for itooMqct the establishment of a democratic and social republic. Its weapons are .misrepresentation, systematic outrage, calumny, emeutes, and assassinatfeaa. New liberties, so far front app#Mi»gtt»c**Wtfßs frewy ; etc., DOMESTIC. Gold cloM In Neti or the , t g. A fire in Boston, on tho Opto ult., do* stroyed stfifr;fioo worth of pro'jlefty.' fttd rendered one hiindred families homeless. Two firemen were severely Injured by falling walls. - ' Thte Secretary of the Treasury has .dh reeled the AsriWftht. Traaftittfi* at New i Tork to sell $1,000,0001b gold each Wednesday df ’Mayi Cottimencttig May 4; aud to'purchase $6,000,090 in, bonds during the month. >&t ,u. .-m-i -z u*» h • '.,<”l . , . .According to a Salt Lake dispatch of -tb« SOtit i Ulti, drilling and armlniWitinucd thronghrmV' Utah Territory. Glrculars, ordering the Brethren, to convene at the Whrd schodywuie tor drill, were pri-

vately circulated through Salt Lake city on the 30th. Parties who recently arrived ftt Sioux Olty from Fort Sully report the Cheyenne Agency In fall possession of the Indians. They attempted to land, but were ordered off by the savages, who fired over their head a MaJ6r Randall and comrades were prisoners. The savages had killed a large number of, cattle, tho carcatses'o'f which were seen along tho river banks and on the sandbar a The opinion ofthe United States Naval Court at Yokohama, on the loss Jof the Oneida, wsfl forwarded to Congress on the 2d, by the. Navy Department. The Court say the cause of the collision w»s altogether entirely due to the Bombay, whose commanding officer is to blame beyond excuse. The conduct of the Bombay after the collision, in passing out of sight, in not communicating with the Oheida,.and disregarding her signals and , guns, was so guilty and blameable, that the Court can only speak of It as unparalleled in cruelty. . The following is the public debt statement for May: Outstanding • ■ Total Interest... .a 6ft,t22, 775.20 » 5 - Totafl, IncTudtogr intent due and _ umiid 7. $2,654,198,484.7a Amount in the TreAbury: ««*«« «. Coin Iv.s ti SiHV6B6,ai3.W yUTQBCjr,,,...,, .* t., • 8,954,094^)6 Sinking fond and bonds.. 7. r * 88.2tf5.162 68 Otow Sends -.-- - 77,688,600.00 Total In Treasury. sfclS.!»fl,lTO.Bfr Debt, lea* amount in Treaeujry:... $8,440,804,334.35 Debt, lose amount In Treasury on a April! . A 435,863,137.74

Decrease during the month $11,697,793.89 Decrease since March I,IBIQ 17,464,148.84 The following amounts were paid from the United States Treasury during the month ending April 30, exclusive of payments oa account of interest or principal of the pubic d«Bt;_: Civil and miscellaneous : iSvy 1,891.747 90 interior ia Total... . $10,733,63983

A tyftshington dispatch oft the 3d says: “ Cubana, prominent in the insurrectionary movement, lately made overtures tq the Spanish Minister here preparatory togiving up the contest. The most conciliatory; disposition was shown by the Minister.” ■ ~.. i The New York State Canal Board, on the 34, made the following reductions from the rates of last yeay: On salt, 33 per cent.; op oopl, 50 per oent.; on wheat, corn, and, other grains, per cent.; on flour, 50 pet cent.; on bloom, pig and 'scrap iron, 75 per cent- Othpr reductions would be made in the same ratio. Thai bridgp of ibe Hamilton & Dayton Railroad; Gumminsville, Ohio, was burned op the flight or ,the 4thAt a meeting of the Commissioners hr connection with the proposed removal of the National Capital," held ih Bt. Louis oh the 4th, preliminary arrangements were made for a mass meeting to bo held in that city, at which measures will be taken to, agitate the question preparatory to holding another National Convention at Cin-. cinnsti in October, the call for which has already been prepared.. Ex-United States Senator John B. Henderson presided. Much interest was manifested. ‘; General Sherman received a dispatch on the 4th from Sheridan, informing him that the Indians had taken possession of several Shall forts near BUHj*, and tnade prisoners of the garrisons. ‘General Sheridan Eld again started for the front, and this time would go as fhr as Port Sully. There seemed to be no doubt but that the Indians meant Mschief. A San Francisco dispatch df the sth cays the latest intelligence from different portions of the State confirm the fears of a short crop. The drought had been more serious than for many years; Passengers Arrived ih New York city on the morning of the sth, in rix days and grenty-threU hours from’Safi Francisco, e quickest time yet tnade -across the continent. * '; s PERSONAL. The General Committee of the Grand Army of the Republic. hare designated May 30 ea ; the <fey on which soldiers’ graves ahall.bc deoorated. ” ' 4 Alex. Thompson, -coined, who claimed $2,500 from Wm Baltimwa Gitj Railroad for forcible ejectment from, the interior of one of their Been awarded S4O by a jury. The Supreme Court of the United States has adjourned to the first Monday in October. At St Louis, on the 29th ul|;„ the new Chicago Base-Bail, Club defeated the .Unions of Sh-Louis, the score standing 47 to 1, On the 30th, theOhicsgCW defeated the k*inpire«. aim hydfifo 8. i The colored citizens at Kfif Orleans op the 30th ult. fiefebratod the ratification .of the Fifteenth Amendment by a procession, with music, bannerft, trahsparencles, etc. Collector Halley’s defalcation is officially ascertained to he $130,000, His sureties have been notified, th, make good the amount. The following nominations were sent to the Senate oa the 3d: Samuel T. Day, of Florida,Consul at Winnipeg; Osqar Malmrots, df Minnesota, Consul at Plc 7 tou; Thos. H. Peame, of Tennessee', Consul at Kiftgvtou, Jamaica;. Henry W. Smith, Assessor of Internal Rercnue in the Seventh District cf• Ohio; Horatio Woodbury, Collector df internal Revenue in the Second District of Indiana. Tho twenty-first animal meeting of the Ameilcan Me4cal- Association convened in Waahißgton On the 3d. About four hundroddelagatos were pranent, representing most of the State associations and medical schools of the country. Governor Sentcf, of Tennessee, arrived atNishvilleon the 2d, and- pronounced reports of his Intended resignation to be untfte. ■

NO. 33.

The following nominations were sent to the Senate on the 4th ; Thomas J. Harrison, Marshal of the Middle District of Tennessee ; William McLennan, United States Attorney for Nebraska ; Joseph A. Wheelock, Postmaster oi St Paul, Minnesota. { t. , Red Cloud, Chief; and twelve other principal men cff the Sioux Indians, having applied for permission to come to Washington to see the President, in relation to their present oofiditlon, a telegram was sent from the War Department on the 4th, granting the request, and instructing the Indian Agent to make the necessary arrangements. The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, assembled at Memphis on the 4th. The attendance was very large. In a base-ball match at Memphis on the 4th, between the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Memphis Green Stockings, the score on the sixth inning stood 100 for the Reds to 2 for the Greens. There were over 800 delegates in attendance upon tiio Southern Baptist Convention in session at Louisville on the Sth. Rev. Dr. Well, of Georgia, was elected President. General Walker, Superintendent of the Census," has informed the United States Marshal of Southern Ohio that two women appointed Assistant Marshals by him are ineligible, and cannot be acoepted by the department.

• POLITICAL. In the Georgia House, on the 29th alt., a resolution to seat six members who claim to have been elected under tbe authority of old organizations, Was adopted —B6 to 59. ; The Benato adopted a sesolution authorizing the Governor to provide for the payment td the interest and principal of the public debt accruing priqr to July 1,1870. The Supreme Coart of Appeals of Virginia has decided that the Enabling act passed Vy the Legislature was con*titutional, and that Henry ft. Ellyson, and not .George Cahoon, is tho lawful Mayor of that city, and that all acts of Ellyson, in accordance with the State law, are legal and binding. The Court was unanimous in its opinion, which’ is voluminous and covers every point raised, The New York State Republican Convention, ofi the 28th ult.,nominated Henry R. Selden an Chief-Justioe, and Charles Mason, Charles AndrewA Chai G. Folgcr and Robert 8. Hate for Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals. Tlie Supreme Court has decided that, under the provisions ofthe act of 1824, in civil actions in the courts of the: United i StateA no witness caw bo excluded because he if a party to, or interested in, the case. A decision has also been given that loaning money to the Confederate States, when subscription to the loan was extorted hy fear, and becoming surety on official bonds of Confederate States officers from motives of friendship, to enable such officers, being conscripts, to remain at home with their families, were not acts giving aid And comfort to the rebellion. ult, a motion to reconsider the resolution seating members who were not elected under the Reconstruction acts, was adopted’-™'!! tfiflhThe West Virginia. RepuhJ|canq are to hold their State Convention ‘ in' Parkersburg on the22d of June, to nominate candidates for State officers. At the recent election* in Madison, Columbus and Peru, Ind., the Democratic tlcketo were successful In Indianapolis six Republican and three Democratic members ofthe City Council were choften, leaving the political eomptextou unchanged. In Terre Haute three Democrats and two Republicans were elected, the same as last year. The municipal election in Virginia, Nevada, on the fid, resulted in tiie success of the entire ReinfoUcan ticket i - . The election at St. Louis, on the 3d, for Cfty Treasurer, to fill a vacancy caused by the suspension of Susfrky, resulted in the election of Dan. G. Taylor, Democrat, over DWight T) irked,’ Ridldal, by about 250 majority. i ; ” ; The Republican State Convention cf Maine is to be held at Augusta, on the 15 th of June. . .Judge Allison, at on the 3d, decided Shepherd, elected District Attorney by thirteen majority, oW Gibbons, Republican, at the election in 1868. ' ! -T ' " The Georgia Legislature adjourned on the 4th until the "first Wednesday in July .Governor English, of Connecticut, wa*. inaugurated on thfe 4th.

Waterproofs.

By the way touching waterproofs, I tfrtnlr I can give travelers a valuable hint or two. For many years I have worn India-rubber waterproofs. But ! will buy no more, for I have learned that good Scottish, tweed can be made completely Impervious to ralta, and, moreover, I have leerned how to make it so, and for the benefit of readers I wi}l here give the recipe; In a bucket es soft water, put hair a pound of sugar of lead and hair a Erand of powdered fclumf stir this at ter vals until it becomes ilear;' then pour it off into another backet, and put the garment therein, and let it be in for twentyrfour hours, and then hang It up 1,0 dry without ringing it. Two of my party —a lady and worn garments thus treated In wildest storm of wind and rain without getting wet, The i tain hangs upon the doth w globules. gaafjysaa M miles in a storm of rain and wind such as you rarely *» in. the South; and when he • slipped off his overcoat, his underclothes were as dry as when he put them on. This is, ! think, a secret worth knowing ; for cloth, u it can he made to koep out wet, is hi every way better than what we know as ,*ston>roofe.-*lWua<rofc<ij UtMt. ),■

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Varlety in Food.

A 0000 many fanners’ families an out of the reach of a .market or batcher’* wagon, and are obliged to subsiat, as to meat, the year round, noon ham, salt pork, and chicken*. The had ia al way* fried, the pork la alwaya boiled or fried, swimming in grease, and the eh token# are cooked in some one way. The ham might be boiled or broiled, or cat Into amall bits and made into dumplings, the cruat for them being like soda biscuit, and steamed or baked. Cold pieces of ham an nice oat into’amair moothfttla, and wanned with eggs; th« are also very palatable fried in batter, like yeal cutlcta. The methods of cooking chickens and pork an numerooßf and moat housekeepers know t&em, but fall into the habit of cooking them in some stereotyped way, so that they never seam to have a variety. It is the same with vegetables. The fint care is, in the (rummer and fall, to make provision for wintertkis should be plentiful and varied, both In vegetable# and fruits. Dried or canned green com; and canned tomatoes, and the many kind* of sour and sweet pickles, are gnat additions (o the winter dinner tabid; but my opinion is that they are better appreciated -If the same kind, does pot appear on to e table oftener than once a week. Potatoes seem an essential part of every dinner, and one ean make sucharotstuarrf torcorn, lseets^etc., < accorchng' to the naton of the dinner, as never to get tired of any one vegetable. In the matter dt canned fruit, preserves, cake#, pies, and pudding*, the same rule tor variety should be observed. A housekeeper should not fall into toe common error of making, year after year, the same kind-of cakes, and the same kind of pies. Cor. American AgricuLturut.

To Make Whitewash of Different Colors.

Takb of good nnslaeked lime half a bushel; slack with warm water (rain water if convenient) in & forty-five gallon barrel. Keep" covered while slacking. Dae just enough water ,to slack dry. liet the lime stand four or five hours to insure it being well slacked. If it Ts desirable to have a good, smooth wash, the slacked lime should be sifted through a moderately fine Sieve; if to be used on barns, outbuildings and fences; 5* is not material about sifting. To the lime thus prepared add enough water to fill the barrel half full; then add two gallons of flour starch, hot; one quart of grease (to make it run smooth); four pounds of melted roein, hot. to make it stick. The flour starch will also have the same effect.' borne use salt in making whitewash. I would not, as salt in damp weather causes, the wash to crack and scale off Stock, also, will lick it oft'. 1 have had the whole Side of a barn licked clean by stock in using tolt. , After preparing thewhkewadbas above, fill your barrel, with water, cold or hot, it matters not, and, yo« will b&ve„» wash that will stand quite well fdf five years. To color dafk or date, ttae lampblack; sot yellow, rise yeltew ochre; tor blue, useindigo; tor different shades of 'color, vary to suit. If the wash gets £ too thick, as it will, make It thin with water. I make it a rule Uaput in one bucket of water to every three taken out The older the above whitewash becomes the better it will be,"provided it i* kept, covered with water, and not allowed to become drymnd-feard—.fitofcwHto

To Print, on Fruits.

When a handsome fruit is iatended to be shown at a lsdr. fr s«Bt tp stjWea&Jt will add something In the way of novelty to have its naine or that -Of seme person printed indfliblyppan ita surface. „TWd . < U»ay be done m K-veraX ways, hut thq most‘conimbtt methods are hi fallows: Just before the fruit has attained its maturity, cut from tough, thin paper the name proposed and paste this upon the side of the specimen meat fully exposed, to the sun. That port ion of the fruit covered by the paper will assume a different color from the others and when ripe' the paper is removed,,leaving the, name distinctly viable. Upon squashes and melons, names and inures may be indelibly imBorne. •"*’{ ■

THE MARKETS.

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