Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1871 — Page 1

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TEACH US TO (If ALT. by riiatiia < aiw Wiit nre we no impatient of delay, Longing forever for the time to be: For thus we live to-morrow in to-day, Yea, sad to-morrows we may never sec. We are too hasty; are not reconciled To let kind nature do her work alone; We plant our seed, and like a foolish child V/e dig It up to ace if It has grown. . The good that is to be we covet now, Wo cannot wait for the appointed hour; Before the fruit is ripe we shake the bough, And seize the bud that folds away ttie flower. When midnight darkness reigns we do not see That the sad night is mother of the morn; We cannot think our own sharp agony May bo the birth pang of ajoy unborn. Into the dust we sea our idols cast. And cry, that death has triumphed, life is void! We do not trust the promise, that the last Of all our enemies shall be destroyed! With rest almost in sight the spirit faints. And heart and flesh grow weary at the last, Our feet would walk the city of the saints, Even before the silent gate is passed. Teach ns to wait until Thou shall appear To know that nil hy ways and times are just; Thou seest that we de believe, and fear, Lord, make us also, to believe and trust!

Sticking to the Point.

A friend of mine, who was in business, and in need of a clerk, advertised, but out of the whole number of-those who presented themselves only one shut the door tight as he went out of the office. This one was immediately called, back and employed. j A little while afterward another friend, a suctessful lawyer, advertised as follows: Wantbd. —A young man to work In au attorney’s office, mid also to read law at his leisure. Apply to John Smith, 13 Dunlap street, B——. It was the conviction of my friend that what is most desired in a lawver is a certain cool judgment, which holds on to the main point in a given case, and allows no side issues to warp the mind from its anchored position. 'I have often heard Kim say, “ In the end, the lawyer who, having hit the nail on the head, kefcps driving it in until it is countersunk in the conviction of both judge and jury, is the leader who succeeds best at the bar of justice. I always select for my students such young men as have this quality, and l almost Invariably -find it lodged in minds that are inclined to stick to the point.” On the day following the publication of the above notice, Mr. Smith had in the forenoon a dozen applicants in person. He bade them wait his pleasure; then when they were all seated around him, he addressed them as follow’s: “Before we proceed to business, mv young friends, I wish to tell you a story.’’ Of course no one objected to this. “On Deacon White’s barn,” began Mr. S., “there perched one eveniijg an owl. The Deacon was slightly superstitious, and not fancying the hooting of the lugubrious vlsHant, he took his gun, stole out softly, got wiHdrrgood range, leveled his gmrat the ominous intruder, and tired. Now, the barn was old and Hill of chinks and holes, and it being a very dry time, the treacherous wadding immediately set fire to the hay inside, and in an instant the entire fabric was in Hames. “O dear! dear!” ciied the deacon, “how can I release all my cows, oxen and yearlings, and my sheep and horses, in season to save them ?” for the wind was high, and, as it always happens, it increased In freshness as the fire gained in fury. “Help! help!’’ he shouted.’ “Did the folks hear him in the house?” asked Alfred. (1 shall call the applicants by their Christian names.) “Not directly,” said Mr. Smith. “The deacon lost no time in getting out the cattle. He found them frantic with terror and unmanageable. White engaged in loosing a stout young bull, the latter suddenly turned his horns and pierced him. ‘l’m gored! I’m gored!’he exclaimed, in ggony, just as his terror-stricken wife ciunc to the rescue." “Did he die?” “lie was injured seriously,” resumed Mr. Smith. “Feeling faint he was obliged to go and lie down. The woman ran for a doctor. When she returned, the piteous bellowing of the tortured and dying cattle fell on her ears. The thrilling thought quickly struck her, wag her husband possibly in the burning ruins? Had he ventured beyond his strength again, and fallen a helpless victim ?” “‘O, my husband! my husband !’ ” “Did he answer?” inquired Charley, with anxious face! " Was he in the tire?” asked David. “ There was no' reply,” continued Mr! Smith, “save from the crackling limbers and moans of the doomed animals. Presently she heard the voice of her only son among the flames.” “‘Help! help!’ he cried. mother’s heart was ready to break. She hastened to rescue her darling boy.” “ Did she save him?” asked Edwin. “ O, I hope she .didn't get burned herself,” said Frank. "Please tell us, sir, whether they were burned to death,” pleaded Grant. “ Well,” resumed Mr. Smith, “the poor deacon died of his wounds.” “ Too bad,” said Henry. “He was a brave man.” a “And his son was badly burned.” • “ O, awftil! ” exclaimed Isaac.

“ Anil the widow’s clothes caught fire, but, luckily, one of the neighbors (there were none living very near) arrived at the scene of destruction just in season to extinguish the flames.” , “Good! good!” exclaimed James. “He threw the buffalo in the wagon aver her, I suppose ?” “ You are.right,” said Mr. Smith. “And he released one of the best horses ” “ WaS he burned at all I" asked Karl. “ Only a little scorched," said Mr. Smith. And so the narrator went on until lie had depicted the consequences in detail Of the sad event. Then he paused. His audience was silent—their sympathies had been deeply touched. Each one seemed silently pitying the poor, afflicted family. But one boy sat unmoved through the whole story, and said nothing. And now that the parrative was finished, and a pause had come, he deliberately looked into Mr. Smith’s face in a straightforward manner, and asked: “ Did he hit the owl ?” This was the youth that stuck to the point, and the one that the lawyer selected from the twelve. The story‘hail simply been manufactured for effect. *’ The sixty minutes between 11 and 12 o'clock, on the night of the 31st till., were memorable as the last hour of the last day of the last week of the-last month of the last year of the decade ending with 1870 Such a coincidence will not occur again in over eighty years.

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Weekly News Summary.

CONGRESSIONAL. No session of the Senate on the 6th. In the House, on the 6th, bills were <>introduced—to create an additional collection district in Texas; to make tbe city of Sabino Pass ft port of entry; relating to Hid survey of the Natchez and Angelina rivers In Texfts... .Resolutions reported by the Committee on foreign Affhirtfln referftiice to the dispute between Minfsto Washburn and the late Government of Paraguay, were taken up, and the following were adopted: directing a court of inquiry for the trial of Admirals Gordon and Davis—9o to 26; declaring that Admiral Gordon, in neglecting to-aid Mr. Washburn in reaching the Government to which he was accredited, failed in |hp discharge of his duty, as commander oi the Atlantic Squadron—B9 to 39; disapproving of the conduct of Rear Admiral Chas. 11. Davis, in delaying, for an unreasonable time, to proceed to the rescue of Messrs. Bliss and Mastennan, in accepting their release In the manner and under tne circumstances detailed in the testimony, in receiving, holding, and treating them as prisoners—loo to 62. v.. A resolution was adopted, instructing the Committee ou Public Lands to inquire into the expediency of providing, by law, that every officer, soldier, and sailor, who served ninety days In the army for the Union, and was honorably discharged, shall receive 160 acres of public laud as a homestead, his actual term of service to count us a part of the five years required by the homestead act of 1862... .Adjourned, the session on the 7th to lie for general debate only. In the Senate, on the 9th, a bill was introduced and referred appropriating $25,000 for the completion of the harbor at Duluth, Minn The Judiciary Committee reported adversely the bill to provide that elections for I‘residential electors and members of Congress be by ballot... .The House joint resolution appropriating $2,500 a year for Minister Schenck was passed....A message from the President in response to the Senate resolution t ransmit Ung the report of the Secretary of State, covering the correspondence between Mr. Motley and the State Department, was presented, laid on the table and ordered printed... .The lyll revising the laws relative to mints, and coinage was debated ....Adjourned. In the House, on the 9th, bills were introduced and referred—to Ripply the universities and colleges with copies of all Congressional documents; to provide for tie appointments of additional United States Judges in Alabama; granting the right of way through public lands to the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Company; to set apart all moneys arising from the sale of public lands for five years io the common schools of the South; granting the right of way for a railroad from the Central Pacific road, in Utah, to Walla Walla, Oregon; relinquishing the jurisdiction of the United-States. o. er a part of the Fort Gratiot military reservation, in Michigan; to reimburse Texas for expenditures in protecting her frontier from hostile Indian tribes; in relation to a railroad bridge across the Mississippi riverpextendlng tie benefits of the military asylums to volunteers of the war of 1812; to provide buildings for post-office, etc., at Oshkosh, Wis ; for the relief of settlers on public lands In California; defining swamp lands; to enable soldiers, sailois and marines pre-empt lands at the minimum price on alternate reserved sections of railroad grant lands; to provide for the construction and completion or the harbor at Duluth, Minn.; granting bounty to sailors for the destruction of the enemy’s property; to amend the act of July 31,1869, to enforce the rights of ettizens to vote in certain States; tc fix the number of representatives at 275, and providing for the election of representatives on tie Tuesday following the first Monday in November, 1872, and every second year thereafter . Resolutions were adopted—requesting the Committee on Ways and Means to report a bill for the repeal of the income tax; referring all lulls, resolutions, petitions, and papers on the subject of oceai telegraph cables,’ a joint committee of five members of the Senate and eight of the House, with power to send for persons and papers, and report; calling for information as to persons arrested In Virginia since Jan. 1, 1868, for violation of tlie internal revenue laws, by the revenue officers, and the inoieties obtained by diem since April 1.1569.... A communication from the President was presented and referred, giving information called for by a resolution in regard to the Republic of Dominica... .Adjourned.

In the Senate, on the 10th, petitions on various subjects were presented, including one from citizens bf Illinois, asking for an amendment to the Constitution of the United States recognizing the Supreme Being.... An adverse report was made from the Finance Committee on tlie supletnentary bill to reduce taxes... .Joint resolutions were introduced -authorizin’; the President to appoint a joint commission to determine the claim for damages ou the commerce of the United States by British cruisers; for the relief of settlers on public lands, providing that the settlers shall have twelve months’ additional time in which to make proofs and payments*... .Bills were introduced authorizing the Secretary of War to construct a telegraph line to military posts on the Missouri River; to organize the Territory of Oklahaiua and consolidate certain Indian tribes under a Territorial Government; for the removal of political disabilities; providing that all persons be relieved, excepting those who left the Cabinet and Congress in 1860 and 1861.. . The bill revising the laws relative to the mints, assay oilices, and coinage of the United States, was passed—3o to 14... .The joint resolution prohibiting ineniheYs of Congress from soliciting office of the President and heads of departments, was taken up.,. and au amendment proposed making a violation of the act a tnisdemeaubr, and subjecting the person found guilty to a fine of £1,000... /Che Senate Dominica joint resolution, with the House amendment, was taken Up, and, after considerable discussion, it agreed to close the debate on the same at 4 o'clock on the 11th... .Adjourned In the House, on the 10th; a remonstrance of 307 women of Ohio against woman suffrage was presented.... Consideration of the joint resolution for the appointment of commissioners to San Domingo was resumed, and an amendment was agreed to declaring that nothing n the resolution was to be construed as committing the government to the annexation of Dominica, and the resolution as amended was passed -123 to 63... .A majority report was made from the Committee ou Elections on the contested election case from the Fourth District of Tennessee, declaring Fillman entitled to the seat, the minority report being in favor of the contestant, Sheafe.... Tlie bill to provide for celebrating the independence of America on the one-hundredth anniversary, by holding an International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, in Philadelphia, in 1876, was amended so as to provide that no expenses of the exhibition, or its officers, should be payable out of the Treasury, and then passed... .Adjourned.

In the Senate, on the 11th, the House concurrent resolution for the appointment of a joint committee on all ocean cable legielatlon, was debated and laid over... .The bill tn aid of repair* and construction of levees in the State of Mississippi, wn* taken up, nud, on motion, referred.,.. TliGHonse amendment to the San Domingo resolution, providing that the appointment of a commission should not commit Congress for or against annexation, was taken up : nd debated at considerable length, additional amendments being offered and rejected, after which the Home amendment was unanimously concurred in-57 io 0.... Adjourned. In the House, <>n the 11th, the Diplomatic Consular Appropriation bill, appropriating $1,438,Mi'.), was reported and made the special order for the 13th....A hill was introduced and referred for the better protection of the frontier of Texas .... Bills were passed—to procure and disseminate information as to the extent of the cereal crops in other countries, requiring such information te be furnished by the United State* Consuls; making an additional appropriation of $200,000 for the Louisville and Portland canal for the current decal year, and appropriating #341,000- for the Dos Moines rapids. .. A bill was reported to prevent cruelty to animals while in transit by railroad and other means of transportation, forbidding them to be confined In railroad care longer than forty eight consecutive hours without unloading, to give the cattle rest, water and feed, except when prevented by contingencies.... The Speaker laid before the House a telegram from Gov. Geary, of Pennsylvania, announcing the death of Hon John Covode, mid, on motion, a committee of eight members was appointed to attend the funeral of the deceased ... The Speaker announced a» the select commitlee on Mr. Brooks' investigation, Messrs. Bingham, Poland, Kerr, Beaman and Biggs... .Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 12th, the House bill for nn International Exposition at Philadelphia in 187(1 was read and referred.... Bills were reported and Introduced—to equalize and fix the salaries of certain bureau omeers; authorizing the establishment .of ocean mall htoamships between the United States and Australia; for the relief of the Census Marshals, directing the Secretary of the Interior to increase one hundred per cent, the compensation of Assistant United States Marshals in state* and Territories west of the Rocky Mountains. Resolutlous were adopted—calling on the Postmaster General for any information he may have in reference to the amount of free mall matter transmitted through the , moils; culling 'for Information from the Secretary of the Treasury as to what States have fully paid their respective portions of the direct tax levied by act of Congress In Aufftut, 18(11, what States and Territories have falleo. the amounts due, etc A remonstrance of Mrs. Geu. Sherman and one thousand .other ladies

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sgalnM female auflYnge, the remonstrance Includin'. a number of wive, of Senators and Representative., and prominent men lu profeaidonal life throughout ttie country, was presented and read.... The llouae Joint reeolutloy appropriating $‘260.000 for continuing the work or the Louiaville A Portland Canal, and $341,000 for the completion of the Des Molnco Rapids was passed.. . .The Hoiiso hill for a commission to investigate the claims arising from depredations committed by or upon the Indians id Kansas, was amended so as to include Nebraska,'and passed... .The bill to relieve Congressmen from Importunity and preserve the independence of the several departments of the government, was taken up and, after considerable discussion, its further consideration was deferred to the 18th. ...Executive session and adjournment. In the House, on the Isth, a resolution was adopted instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expulsion and subsequent enforced resignation of Cadets Baird, Flecklnger and Barnes from the West Point Miliitary Academy... .The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Whole... .Adjourned.

FOREIGN. A Versailles dispatch of the 4th says the bombardment of the soufli forts of Paris commenced at 9 o’clock a. m. on that day. A London dispatch of the Bth says the casemates of Forts Issy and Vanvres were battered down after a fight of eight hours duration. Private advices from Versailles to the 6th inst, state that the general bombardment of the forts southeast and north was furious, and notwithstanding the slaughter caused by the French fire they would be silenced before Sunday. O’Donovan Rossa and other Fenians were released on the 7th, and left for New York per steamer Cuba. They w’ere taken on board under guard, who refused to allow them to have communication with any body. The British Government, it is said, pays their expenses to the United States. A special to the New York World, from London on the 7th, says the London Conference had been postponed, probably until after the fall of Paris. Telegrams from Versailles on the Bth say the American Consul had been permitted to leave Paris, and had arrived there. The Prussian guns could easily sliell the city. Several houses in Paris had been set on fire.

King William telegraphed to the Queen from Versailles on the 9th: “The bom : bardment he re* is proceeding favorably. The barracks in the fortifications are on fire.” In a telegram from Versailles on the ,Bth, to the Prussian Minister in London, BRemark says: “The report of the German comnjander at Rouen respecting the the English colliers has not ar* rived, but the facts are known. Tell Lord Granville that we sincerely regret that our troops, to avert imminent danger, were obliged to seize British ships. We admit the claim for indemnity. If unjustifiable acts were also committed, we shall call those guilty to account.” Further explaj nations represent that the vessels were seized for fear the French would use them to land troops. A London dispatch of the 10th says:— Mr. Shaw Lefevre has been appointed Secretary of State for the Home Department. An immense meeting was held at Greenwich on the 10th to demand Gladstone’s resignation. There was great disturbance and some fighting. In November last the Italian ship Uncowa, from Macoa, for Callao, with coolies, was set on lire when near Neptune Island, and was- abandoned by the captain and crew’, who were saved by a San Salvador ship. One hundred and twelve of the coolies were picked up by the ship Juan Pore. The remainder of the coolies, 425 in number, perished in the flames. '. ' t The bombardment of the fortifications of Paris, on the north, east and south sides, was vigorously kept up all day on the 10th. The French returned a moderate fire. Perrin has capitulated to the Germans with three thousand prisoners. Intelligence from Paris, received in Brussels on the 11th, confirms the report of bread riots having occurred in the city. A collision between the mob and the military had taken place. The Prussian shells, on the Sth, are said to have fired part of the city.

Telegrams received in London on the 11th announce the occupation of Havre by the German troops. The report received but little credit. A dispatch from Versailles on the 12th says a large fire was raging within the outer walls of Paris, and on the north side of the city. A Brussels dispatch of the 11th saya the bombardment, on the 10th, of the nine forts and seven French batteries between the foats, resulted in no serious damage, and not a single gun was dismounted. The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg telegraphed, on the 12th, that in a battle at Lombfon and La Chapelle, on the 10th, 10,000 French prisoners were captured, the German loss being inconsiderable. The Right Hon. Wm. Monsell, Member of Parliament from county Limerick, has offered the Pope a residence on his estate in Ireland.

DOMESTIC. Gold closed in New York on the 12th at 111. As the 8 ;20 Boston train started from the Union Depot in Albany, N. Y., on the evening of the Oth, to cross the Hudson River bridge, a man sprang onto the American Express car, and shot the express messenger, Thos. A. Halpine, through the neck, in the right eye and right ear. The robber then took the keys frotn the messenger and opened the safe, from which .he abstracted <2,259 in bills. He accomplished all this while crossing the bridge, and on arriving in East Albany Jumped off the train and made bis escape. Hal- > pine’s recovery was hot considered -possible, although he was able to converse and give description of the robber. According to the Auditor’s the

OUR COUNTRY AND OUR UNION.

State debt of Indiana on the sth was: Foreign, $178,000; domestic, $8,792,001.15. The State debt of Minnesota is nominally $350,000; accumulations of the sinking fund, $64,496. The total value of the taxable property in the State in 1870 was returned at $85,406,377. The connecting link between Montgomery and Selma, Ala., has been completed, giving a tlirough line of railroad from Vicksburg to Savannah. Great excitement is caused, in ■ New Hampshire and Massachusetts by the appearance of the cattle plague. The scarcity of water in Jersey City, N. J., was so great on the 10th, that as much as fifteen cents a pail was paid for it. Much privation and suffering resulted because of the water "ft.mine, and the town was thrown into general disorder. The Ohio Supreme Court has pronounced the law by which the recent annexations have been made to Cincinnati unconstitutional. The Convention of the American Dairymen’s Association,' which assembled at Utica on the 11th, was largely attended. Horatio Seymour, President of the Association, presided. The scarcity of water in Jersey City continued on the 11th. Six hundred men were thrown out of employment by the temporary suspension of manufactories, caused by the water famine. *New counterfeit $lO bills on the Farmers’ and Manufacturers’ National Bank of Poughkeepsis, were recently put in circulation in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pa. Information received at Omaha on the 11th from Fort Laramie says a large number of Indians—Sioux, Cheyennes, Arrapahoes and Gros Ventres were coming in at that point. They report a great scarcity of game, and that they were nearly starving, and begged for food. By a recent strike of the coal-miners in the Schuylkill, Wyoming and Lehigh Valley coal regions of Pennsylvania, one hundred thousand workmen are thrown out of employment. Cedar Rapids has been agreed upon by the State Agricultural Society as the location of the lowa State Fair for the present year. —77 —— A rfecent New Orleans dispatch says negro children will hereafter be admitted to the public schools.

PERSONAL. Captain Ayre, of the steamer Bombay whose conduct at the time he ran into and sunk the United States steamer Oneida caused his suspension for the term of six months, has, at the expiration of the time, been notified by the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company, his employers, that his service* are no longer required, z The Directors of hofflome Insurance Company of New Haven, Conn., made an assignment, on the 9th, of the assets of the Company to Samuel E. Mervin, Jr. Among the nominations sent to the Senate by the Presicent on the 9th were: Stephen Coffin, to be. Indian Agent at Warm Springs, Orjgon; J. E. Kellogg, Tension Agent at L* Crosse, Wia; J. H. Knight, Register at 3ayfield, Wis. Postmasters—Martha F Gordon, Coalsville, Pa.; Edward Siiussy, Beterly, Ind. Vinnie Ream’s statue of Lincoln was temporarily unveiled, on the 7th, in the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington for inspection by the Secretary of the Interior, prior to the formal acceptance of the work by Congress. All present expressed the highest satisfaction at the artistic manner in vhich the work had been performed.

Ex-Postmaster General Randall has recently returned from Japan,' whither he accompanied Hou. W. 11. Seward. He says both of Governor Seward’s arms were completely paralyzed, so that he was entirely deprived of their use. With this exception, his health seemed to be unimpaired. He proposed to extend his trip to India, and, on his way home, will visit St. Petersburg, upon invitation of the Czar of Russia. James Kelly, postmaster of New York city under Mr. Lincoln, died on the evening of the 10th. John L. Murphy has been appointed to the Senate by the President, as Associate Justice of the Supremo Court of Montana Territory.

It is now stated from Washington that Hon. Hamilton Fish wi(J retire from the Cabinet as Secretary of State, on the adjournment of the present session of Congress, and that Hon. Oliver P. Morton, of Indiana, will be appointed in his place. Hon. B. Gratz Brown was on the 9th inaugurated as Governor of Missouri. The Ohio House has adopted a resolution, by a vote of 68 to 16, granting permission to place a memorial of Lincoln in the rotunda of the State House. A Washington dispatch of the 11th says there was authority Tor asserting that all rumors, since the resignation of Secretary’ Cox, of Cabinet changes, are without a particle of foundation. The following nominations were sent to the Senate on the Uth: Willis S. Drummond, Commissioner of General Land Office; John Walker, Postmaster at Aurora, Ind. Hon. John Covode, M. C., died at. Harrisburg, Pa., on the 11 th,, aged 63. In a billiard matchat Buffalo on the 11th, between Parker and Rudolphe, for the championship of America and <I,OOO, the former was the winner by a score of 1,501 to 1,235. The first White House reception of the season was given on the evening of the 10th. Jt was given by Mrs. President i Grant, and was very largely attended. Nominations were made on the 12th: I S. A. Strickland, Nebraska, Governor of i Utah Territory; Joshua Armitage, Indian I Agent for the Blackfeet and neighboring

tribes; Wm. Goodloe, Penaldn Agent at Lexington, Ky, . . i poutFcal. The Legislature of Nevada organized on the 4th. The House has twenty-three Demoerate, twenty.-one Republicans, and two Independents. Robert E.‘ Lowery, Democrat, was chosen Speaker. Governor Bradley was sworn in. The Illinois Legislature contains 227 members in all. The Senate has 50 members, and the House 177. ’ Of the 227, 125 are Republicans and 94 Democrats, and 8 call themselves Independent. *' At the municipal election at Brownville, Tenn., on the 7th, the Republicans elected tjieir entire ticket, except one Aiderman. A DemocsatiaUitate: Convention for Texas has been called .to meet at Austin January 23, for the purpose of effecting a reorganization of the party. The New Jersey Legislature organized on tlie 10th. Senator. Battle was elected President of the Senate, and Mr. Condet, of Essex county, Speaker of the House. The Ohio Democratic State Centra; Committee met at Columbus oft the 10th, and decided to hold their next State Con; vention at Columbus, on the first day of June. The Kansas Legislature organized on the 10th.

A bill to make the reading of the in the public schools unlawful failed to pass the Ohio House on the 11th. The vote stood 14 yeas to 75 nays. The Wisconsin Legislature organized an the 11th. Hon. Wm. E. Smith, of Dodge,; was elected Speaker of the Assembly. Gov. Bullock, of Georgia, has given certificates to the following Members of Congress: Paine and Mclntyre, from the First District; Bethune, Third District ; Price, Sixth District: Gen. Young, Seventh District. Twenty-one bills passed by the Lottisiana Legislature, and covering appropriations amounting to $6,875,000, and 500,000 acres of land, have been vetoed by the Governor. Many persons, including Judges of the Supreme Court, Circuit Judges, the At-torney-General, and magistrates, have been indicted in the Federal Courts for holding office in Tennessee in violation of the Fourteenth amendment. The House Judiciary Committee on the 11th heard the arguments of Victoria C. Woodhull and others claiming the right of suffrage for women under the Fifteenth amendment. The Committee took no action. The New Hampshire Democratic State Convention on the 11th nominated James A. Western for Governor, and David Gilchrist for Railroad Commissioner. In the Democratic caucus of the Missouri Legislature, on the night of the 12th, Gen. F. P. Blair was nominated for U. S. Senator. In the Arkansas Legislature, on the 10th> Governor Clayton was elected United States Senator, by a vote of 94 to 9, on the first ballot The Louisiana Legislature, on the 10th, elected J. R. West, Republican, United States Senator, on the first by a large majority. *

Position of the Horse’s Neck.

The shape and position of the horse’s neck should be particularly observed by the person who trains, rides, or drives the hope. It is rare to see two horses formed so exactly alike, that they can bear to have their heads elevated to the same height, without painfully, interfering with the action and power of all parts of the body How unseemly and how barbarous is it, then, for some ignorant trainers, riders and drivers, to screw up all the horses, no matter - how diversified their shapes, that unfortunately fall into their hands, to the same point, for the purpose of giving them what they are pleased to call a ghtceftil carriage! Do such people ever imagine that gracefulness results from a peculiar and appropriate adaptation of the different parts of the animal to each other, and not from a partial distortion, such as we often see exhibited under the influence of the heavy bit, or that most brutal invention, the bearing rein? Were! it not for its

cruelty, it would be very amusing to observe the manner in which some men in riding or driving prop themselves up, for the purpose of pulling with might and main, at the poor animals’ mouths, in the foolish hope of being thus able to keep them from falling, at the same time that they render them so much more attractive to the passers by. Their task is certainly a very anxious and laborious one, and, if persevered in, it is sure to end with broken knees, and perhaps a broken nose. The horse is placed in such an unnatural position, that his entire action is interfered with, and he gets such a habit of leaning on his bit, instead of watching for himself, that he is nearly certain of dropping the first moment his governor forgets the nulling process. A slack rein, With a quick hand, will have far the best chance for keeping a stumbling horse on his feet He will then depend on his own vigilance and exertion, in the same way as hp would if he were running at freedom. The head and neck of horse should be raised just into that position which will comport with the exact balancing of all the other parts of the same animal. The poor creature will then be permitted th do his work with gracefulness and ease, and the feelings of the on-looker will not be harrassed by the compassion which he must feel for a noble animal that is constrained to assume an unnatural and intensely painful attitude.— Prairie Farmer.

A bibgulab instance of death from hydrophobia is given in an exchange. Mr. King, living in Boylston, New York, was severely bitten by a mad dog about forty years ago. He has experienced no serious trouble from the wotjnd during all these years; but a few weeks ago he began to act in a strange manner, and appeared very melancholy. Recently he was seized with severe paroxysms, indicating hydrophobia, and after a few days of fearful suffering death came to his relief. ■ Paul Morphy is practicing law in New Orleans, and has pmetjpally abandoned cifess.

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CURRENT ITEMS.

Bound to be Unbound — Divorce Mutual Friends—Kerosene and coroners. ' »’ Something Always on Hand—Your thumb. v Domestic Broils—Steaks cooked at home. • J?® richest man Is tho one with the feWfet wWntg. The Washington Life is one of the oldest New York conipanies. Previous to the war, ninety religious papers were published in Paris. There were 1,250 violent deaths and 41 homicides in New’ York during tho past year. A Lady has beaL|ppointed one of the stenographers flWhe Supreme Court of Maine. The city newspapers are full of advertisements for plain cooks. We suppose pretty cooks have no occasion to advertise at all. A paper has an article headed with the conundrum: “Why do Wives Fade?" We suppose it is because they won’t wash! • Under the head of “Lost Races of America,” a gentleman is getting up a list of the celebrated horses which have been beaten. “ I say, Jim, what mechanical work did .you do first?” asked one carpenter of another. “ Why, cut teeth, of course, replied the other, instantly. Forethought and prudence both say insure your life. Take their advice, ana insure in the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Chicago. '— L We are told “ the evenings wore on,” but we are never told what the evening wore on that occasion. Was it the cZ»«« of a summer’s day ? A very penurious lady was so affected by a charity sermon, on a recent occasion, as to borrow a dollar from her own neighbor and put it in her own pocket. Of the 355,277 beef cattle, sent into the New York market last year, the State of Illinois furnished 204,131. Texas comes the next in the list, being credited with 40,557. The recent report of the United States Surveying Corps gives the extreme length of the great lakes, as follows: Superior, 325 miles; Michigan, 390; Huron, 200; Erie, 250; Ontario, 180. We have often wondered where all the blind people come from; but it is plain now. There is a “ blind factory ”at Elizabeth, N. J., where large numbers are turned out every year. “ Mr. Jones, I understand you said I sold you a barrel of cider that had water in it.” “ No, no,” was the reply, “ I only said that you sold me a barrel of water with a little cider in it." Mr. Terry, who lives in Peru, Ind., has a chair which has been in the family one hundred years. The same gentleman has a clock which has been running fortyseven years, stopping ohly three times for oil. Timothy Handlin, the boy-burglar of Vermont, has confessed in court, at Montpelier, to twenty-nine different burglaries, besides numerous petty larcenies. His bail was gven at $5,000, and he went to jail in default.. . The tide run out so low at New London* Conn., recently, that the oysters were frozen to death in their beds. They should have had a sheet On their beds; a sheet' of water would have been better than nothing. By an Old Bachelor.When to my arms a parent gives A babe she deems the best that lives— A little fright It may I>e; Compelled to say a word of praise, I murmur as I fondly gaze, “ Well, I’ve seen many In my days. But this one in— a baby!" It is claimed for Maine, by its citizens, that in her laws in regard to the property of married women, and the admission of evidence in criminal trials, she has the most civilized code in the world. Thomas Higgs, an English peddler of pictures, in Charleston, 8. C., made a bet, on the 27th ultimo, that he could drink all the wine a companion would furnish. Higgs lost, and was buried on New Year’s day. A Slight Mistake. —“Pray, bestow your charity, young gentleman, on a poor blind man,” said a beggar to a person passing by. “If you are blind, my good fellow, how did you know that I was young?” “Oh, sir, I made a mistake," said the beggar; “ pray, give a trifle to a poor dumb man 1”

It was said, some years ago, in the House of Representatives, at Washington, that a gentleman, who was known to have a very good appetite, had eaten away his senses. “Pooh !’ r replied Henry Clay, “they would not be a mouthful to him!” The first number of the State Rejitter, published at Carson City, Nevada, contains this marriage notice: “In this city, 28th December, by Judge Waitz, Ah Hing to Miss Toy Woon, both of the Flowery Kingdom. No cards—no cake—no sabe.” The heroic firemen of South Adams, Mass., held a ladder at a fire, the other day, while the poor woman who owned the house clambered up and into the secondstory window, got out the furniture, anddescended, alive but nearly suffocated. Such gallantry is rare, we are happy to believe, amWng firemen. A Bavarian officer in France found one of his men cleaning a chicken. “ Hallo cried he, “fellow, where did you get that ehicken ? Don’t you know that stealing has been forbidden on pain of death?’’ “ A peasant woman gave it to me,” was the answer. “And what did she say?” “ Well, she didn’t say much. She only cried.” Two Emeralders working on a new building were dry, and'one hpt the other a £nt of whisky that he could not carry him the roof in his hod. No sooner said than done. Mike shouldered Pat, and after a slow and painful tugging, dumped the precious burden on the roof. “Ah, Mikey, my boy,” said Pat, rather crestfallen, you’ve won the bet; but mind yez, as yez was passin* the fourth story yez stumbled, an’l had hopes.” AT a recent fimeral at Newport, R. 1., Instead of a hearse being used to convey the remains to their last resting place, an express wagon, completely enveloped in evergreens mrtde andxmt, was used for that purpose. A raised dais in the centre of the wagon, alto covered with evergreens, sustained the coffin, which was profusely decked with flowers. The novelty was in accordance with the expressed wish of the deceased. A wealthy bachelor, having had one or two law suite for breach of promise,

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now replies to any young lady who wlahe a few minutes’ private conversation: “No, you do not, maaamc. It cuts me to ths heart to be compelled to doubt the hoUOrablcnesa of your intentions, but that sort of thing is played out. My rule is imperative, and if you have any business with me, it must be transacted in the presence of two witnesses!" A young rffan, not long since, wag endeavoring to enjoy an evening in the Company of a young lady, fair and entertaining, upon whom he called, but found a serious obstacle in the person of her stern and not very cordial father, who at length ventured to very plainly intimate that the hour for retiring hnd arrived. “ I think you are correct, my dear sir.” returned the unabashed young man. "We have been waiting to have you go to bed for over an hoyr.” It is reported of a young married couple in Massachusetts, that, having quarreled, they separated, and subsequently went to work in the same mill, and boarded at the same house. Having adjoining rooms in the latter, they pleasantly spent their leisure time talking about each other, to companions, in a voice loud enough to be heard through tho thin partition, varying the programme occasionally by kicks against the intervening wall, and cries of “ I wish it was you!” A conceited fellow, who prides htfnself on being able to explain and imijerstand everything, was present during a conversation about apple-butter. He had never heard the term before, and commenced repeating it to himself, when one of his friends said to him: “Perhaps you do not know what apple-butter is ?” “Oh, yes, I do,” was the answer; “ I suppose it is made from.the milk of cows fed on apples.”

A Norwich man whohabitually drinks too much liquor, and falls asleep on the sidewalk, has a wonderful dog. When the man lies down and dozes, the dog takes him by the collar of his coat and gives a gentle pull. If the man gives a snore and a turn, but refuses to wake, his friend gives a more emphatic reminder of the necessity of moving. Then, if the sleeper does not awake,' the dog takes a firm grip on some loose portion of bis master’s habiliments, and pulls him until he is fain to arise, shake himself, and wend his way homeward, followed by the watching eyes of his brute companion. The man is somewhat deaf, and cannot hear when a knock is given on his door. The dog, who sleeps near him, awakes at a summons for his master, pulls him until he awakens, and thus notifies him that he is wanted. The latest bear story comes from Porcupine Valley, Nevada. A big cinnamon bear came down to the station buildings from the mountains, about the middle of the afternoon, during a flurry of snow, and got after some young hogs that were running about the bam, some two hundred yards from the house. The sudden appearance of bruin created great commotion in the barn-yard—the hogs boohing and snorting and the fowls cackling at a great rate. The noise attracted the attention of the men at the station, and, going toward the barn, they saw the bear in full chase and close upon the heels of a porker. Finding the bear close upon him, the hog dodghd behind a barrow that was leaning side of the bam, when bruin ran his head through the harrow up to his shoulders in a vain attempt to reach the frightened pig. The pig darted from its cover, and the bear, in pulling to withdraw his head, was caught in the side of one of his jaws by the sharp point of the harrow teeth. The bear began pulling to free himself, when down same the harrow, and, being turned with the teeth down, the fastening process was soon substantially finished, as, not only the tooth that was in the jaw was forced into the ground, but all the rest were similarly fastened and bruin most effectually trapped. Seeing, and comprehending tha situation, Thonjas Rand, keeper oitjie station, ran to a woodpile, seized ata’axe, and, by a few blows, soon dispatched the bear, which weighed nearly four hundred pounds when dressed.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK, Jan. 18,1811. BKEP CATTLE-Frirto Prime *l4 60 AEIS.fO HOGS—Live 7.00 A »■» Dressed IM 9 9 SHEEP 4.» @ B.SO COTTON-Middling .. FLOUR-Extra ... 6JO 9 5.7 S WHEAT—No. 1 Spring,new.. !.« O 1 « RYE— Western -94 @ -95 CORN—No. 1; Mixed -79 A W OATS—Western 59 A PORK-Mess, new SOSO 4 91.« LARD.. Ilka -WM WOOL—Domestic Fleece..... .46 A Pulled ... .88 9 „-4S CHICAGO. . . BEEVES-Choice 16 96 A 86 75 Prime < 5.75 I i 800 'Fair Grade 5.......... 5.00 O 5.60 , Medhtm............. 8.95. I ' 4.80 STOCK CATTLE—Common... 8.30 ' I 4.80 Inferior 9.00 ’H 8 • HOGS—Live 5 95 < 6.40 Dreeoed 7.15 < i <3O SHEEP—Live—Good to Choice 3.59 it 4. JO BUTTER—Choice.....! *7 •» EGGS—Fresh FLOUR—White Whiter Extra.. 600 7.80 Spring Extra 4.75 I k 5-76 Buckwheat...'. 4.80 ( > 5.(0 GRAIN—Corn—No. X new.... 44 <1 Barley—No. 9 81 .88 Oats—No. 9 40 A -.444 Rye-No. 9 70 A .<7 Wheat-Spring, No. 1. 1.13 HA 114 No. I. 1.13 k 5 118)4 LARD !«*• ■.•»» PORK—Mess, new 19.50 A 19.75 WOOL—Tub « A .50 Fleece 85 A .46 Unwashed 95 A ,80 CINCINNATI. ' CORN—New. .51 I > ■» OATS—No. 9 « < > ' .48 RYE—No. 1 dV ' •«“ BARLEY .. PORK—Moss. .... 15-75 ’ > 20. W) BEEP CATTLE «•» . | HOGS—Live J* 5 ' TOO Dressed 7-75 7.87 ST. LOUIS. 'J _ ™^ rnj »t?Priii 1 •S.S 5 I :£ OORN-Nw. l. .«>• •• lA RYE-No. ......... .'J <• 7.15 < ' 7.15 CLEVELAND. WHRAT-“ 8 *IS ft