Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1871 — Page 1

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Selected Miscellany. PEOPLE WILL TALK. You may get through tho world, but 'twill be very alow, It you listen to all that 1, said ax yon go; You’ll bo worried, and fretted, uud kept In a stew, For meddlesome touguca will have something to do, For people will.talk. If quiet and modest, you'll have It presumed That your humble position lx only assnmetl; You're a wolf In slitep’a clothing, or else you’re a fool. But don’t get excited, keep perfectly cool, For people will talk. If generous and noble, they’ll vent out their spleen. You'll near some loud hints that you're selfish and mean; If upright, honest, and fair as the day, They'li'call you a rogue In a sly, sneering way, For people will talk. And then. If yon show the'least boldness of heart, Or a slight Inclination to tuke your own part, They will call you au upstart, conceited and vain; , But keep straight ahead, don’t stop to explain, For people will talk. If threadbare your dress, or old fashioned your hat, borne one will surely take notice of that, And bint rather strong that you can’t pay your way; But don’t get excited, whatever they say, For people will talk. If you drees fn the fashion, don’t think to cape, • For they criticise then in a different shape; You’re ahead of your means, or your tailor’s unpaid; — -Blit mind your own business, there’s naught to b. made, For people will talk. Now, the best way to do, is to do as you please, For your mind, if you have one, will then be at case; Of course you will meet with all sorts of abuse; But don’t think to stop them, it ain't any use, For people will talk.

The Address of the Indiana “Resigners.”

To tho People of Indiana; The undersigned members of the House of Representatives of the Forty seventh General Assembly of the State of Indiana have resigned their seats. A proper respect for ourselves and the various constituencies which we repre. sented, demand from us an exposition of the motives which influenced our action. In explanation of our conduct, we respectfully submit the following statement of facts; ' J We have been, as a minority on the floor of the Holme, compelled to submit to novel, unjust, unprecedented and tyrannical rulings from the Speaker, made for the sole and otdy purpose of furthering party schemes and measures. We have been denied our privilege to be heard in support of right, principle and law. Our constitutional rights as a minority have not been respecied, but have been trampled under foot by the majority without the semblance of justice or decency. Brute force has been threatened from the chair to subject us to the arbitary and unconstitutional demands of the majority. What we have claimed as a privilege, and never before questioned by any deliberative body, has been denied us. Forbearing to take the step we have finally beeu compelled to take, our forbearance has been construed into abject submission to thqir behests. They demanded that wc should acquiesce in the will of the majority to enact an infamous, iniquitous and unconstitutional measure, known as House bill No. 891, to apportion the State for Senatorial and Representative purposes, denying us, by the operation of the “previous question,” the right to amend or suggest any change in the proposed law. And, by reason of the accidental majority of the Democratic party upon the floor of the House, all debate and all amendments were not only cut off, but the bill referred to was placed out of its regular order, and given precedence over all other important legislation then pending; and, having been passed to engrossment under the arbitrary rulings of the Speaker, in direct violation of law, to complete the infamy the bill was, by sheer force of Democratic power, made the special order for the next day at 9 o’clock a. in., thereby declaring that all legislation, of whatsoever character or importance, should be postponed until the unlawful and unconstitutional behests of the majority should be subserved. The enormity and infamous character of this measure will' be seen when it is considered that, should this bill become a law, the Republican party might carry the State by 15,000 majority, and yet, under its previsions, the Democracy would still control both branches of the General Assembly, thus giving to a minority, in express viola tion of tke wishes of a majority of the people of the United States Senators and all the officers to be chosen by tho General Assembly. ’ Indeed, it was the open and avowed purpose of the majority, in the language of the Representative from Monroe County (Mr. Mitchell), to so re-district the State that the Republicans should never again have a majority in the Genend Assembly, This bill was offered by the Democrats as an amendment to the present apportionment law, when it was in fact an entire new and djstinct law to take the place of the present law, which was passed by the Legislature in 1867. ’ The enuriferation upon which this law was passed was made in 1800; the law passed in 1867. Our constitution, article 4, sections 4 and 5, are as follows, to-wit: Site. 4. The General Assembly shall, at Its second session after the adoption of this constitution, and every six years thereafter, cause uu enumeration to be made of all the white male Inhabitants over the age of 21 years. SBC. 5. The number of Senators and Representatives shall, at the session next following each period of making such enumeration, bo fixed by law, and apportioned among the several counties according to the white male Inhabitants above 21 years of age tn each: Provided, That the first and second elections of members of tho General Assembly, under this constitution, shall be according to the apportionment last made hv the General Assembly before the adoption of this constitution. It will be seen that, by the express terms of the constitution above quoted, every six years only can an apportionment be made for legislative purposes, and that this must be done at the session next after the succea-’ give enumerations are made. Not, then, till after tho enumeration now being taken is complete, could such a measure be constitutionally passed—that is, not until the . session of 1873. Yet the Democracy, because of their power, proposed to override the constitution, and place upon our statute books this act, thus showing that the Democracy in the present Legislature are wholly regardless of law and constitution, and are as revolutionary in character now as they were ten years ago. We earnestly appealed to the Demoqraey to postpone the consideration of this bill till a later day in the session, s > that the manyltnpqrtant measures pending might be finally acted upon, and all non-polilical

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questions in 'which the people are interested settled; but our appeals were treated with contempt. • Having taken an oath to support the dopstitufion of the'State when we took our seats, wc could not sit silently by and suffer the final accomplishment by the Democracy of thounjml, unconstitutional and revolutionary measure, willtout feeling that we would be chargeable as accessories to the crime; and to psi vent it we resigned our seats as members of the Legislature. We confidently appeal to the intelligent law-abiding people of Indiana to sustain our action. William 8. Ballinger, George W. Frleilley, R. T. St. John, ridding Beeler, liiiam S. Edward King, W. W.‘Butterworth, James It. Huddcll, Edward Calkins, Oliver M. Wilson, Wm. H. Calkins. W. W. Conner, Anthonv E. (Jordon, William Heilman, BcnjaAin F. Hill, Robert I*. Hooker, A. M. Kennedy, T. M. Kirkpatrick, John 8. Kniglit, t T. 8. Liiiet*, John R. .Millikan, * ♦tai Myer-, George A. Netherton, W. Ruwb h, William P. Rhodes, S. I). Sabin, David Sayere, Junies P. Snodgrass, Amabel Stone, William T. Strickland, Henry A. White, Benjamin F. Williams, Martin Wood, John E. Woodard.

A Heart-rending Scene.

The New York IFwld says: The most heart rending scene of the late disaster at New Hamburg, New York—the dead Fowler family—has beeu removed for the people of another locality to mourn over their sad fate. Up to the time of their removal all the five bodies were laid out at the under - taker’s rooms. They were all encased in rosewood caskets, and the lids were kept open during a part of the day, so that the public mourners could walk in and view the solemn picture. Here was an entire family who had all perished at one fell stroke, leaving not a single one to come after when grief had brought despair and despair had changed to death. The father and mother lay by side, beautifully enshrouded, buttheir-disfigured faeesj wrapped in white linen and shut out from view. Near by were two smaller caskets, one -Containing Lhe son, and the other the eld, est daughter. The first was a fur haired boy, agcik about twelve years. He was not mutilated in the least, and the expression on his face was remarkable. It did not resemble that of a corpse, or of a person asleep. He appeared as if he had closed his eyes, simply feigning sleep, and sd Hfclike was the whole expression that the beholder was almost constrained to believe that the eyes would presently open and the natural lips part in a playful smile. Hissister, a girl two years younger than the boy, was discolored on the whole right side of the head and face. The. rest, of her body had been protected from the lire, all except the thumb and forefinger of the right hand. The arms were folded across her breast, and the playful hands were white as snow', save tlie two fingers that were burned to a black crisp. On one finger of the left hand she wore a tiny gold ring, which she carried to her grave. On the other side of the parents was the baby laid out in a small casket, and enshrouded in snowy white. The entire family were, removed together snd conveyed to the presence of the bereaved friends.

Found Out.

Apßorosto tjie strictly confidential letters about counterleit currency, a good many are received now a days. The Buffalo Erprese relates the following incident : One day, a man, whoshall be nameless, entered Police Superintendent Doyle’s private office, and asked to see Mr." Doyle. The courteous chief motioped him to a chair, and asked him to staje-his case, for the visitor seemed in a greatly perturbed state of mind. “ Mr. Doyle,” he begun, “ I have been swindled, and I want you to help me to punish the scoundrels.” “ Explain I" sententiously remarked the Superintendent. “ See here (producing a letter similar to the above), I got one of these things a couple of weeks ago, aud I sent down twenty dollars.” “Well, what did you get in return?” asked Mr. Doyle. ' “A paper box of sawdust,” exclaimed the visitor, “and that’s what I want to s.'e you about. I want you to” — “Stop a bit," interrupted Mr. Doyle, “ what did you expect to receive for your twenty dollars?” “ Why—why—just wltat this states,” stammered the man, holding up tho letter. “ And what did you propose doing with that stuff?’’ asked the Superintendent, each second his glance becoming more piercing and the color of the man’s face deeper in proportion. “ I, I, you know.” “ Yes, I know. I guess )*>h had better go.” The man went.

Extraordinary Marching of the Germans.

The Timet correspondent with Prince Frederick Charles writes: Not only in the grand operations, but even in such details as riding and carrying messages and endurance of fatigue, the Prussians are accustomed to do hard work well and cheerfully. The Ninth Corps made a man'll last month which is certainly one of the greatest, achievement of the kind in history. It has been reiterated from so many quarters that it would be absurd not to believe it. During twenty-four hours of the 16th and 17th of December this corps marched twelve Prussian miles, or about fifty-four English. Twenty-five miles a day for a whole corps—infantry, cavalry’, and artillery—have been frequently marched, and there is not the slightest sign of wearing out in the army. I repeat that men and horses are in first-rate condition. They are so well fed that they tyould bo positively fat but for tire daily exercise. No doubt ninny weak oiies have been killed olf, but that does not alter the fact that there exists a German army which can undergo all these fatigues and remain stronger than ever; that it is in the highest possible state of 'discipline, and is led by men of good family, yet not gyn- ; erally rich enough to make any other career than that of arms. • i - The Boston Journal related an instance of a man in that city who, during a panic, finding most of his neighbors failing, concluded to follow the fashion, although amply able to meet all his liabilities, lie called a meeting of his creditors, and informed them that he thought it prudent to suspend. A committee was appointed to look Into his affairs, and, a* tluir first meeting, one of the gentlemen raid, “ I suppose you know how yoirstand as well as we could ascertain if we went through your books. What do voupropos' to pay »” After a little hesitation the delfior said, '‘Well, J don’t know—what ure they paying in Milk street?”

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY; INDIANA, MARCH 9, 1871.

Weekly News Summary.

CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on the 24th, the credentials or william Windom, as Senator elect from Minnesota, were presented and reaa.... Bills were reported—lavorably, repealing the test oath; to provide for Assistant United States Treasurers at Cincinnati and Chicago.... Tho bill relating to bridges across tho Mississippi River was considered and passed.... Mr. Miller, qf Georgia, was sworn 1n... .The House Enforcement bill, entitled an act to amend the act approved May 31, 1870, to enforce tho right of citizens of the United Slates to vole In tho several States of the Union, and for other purposes, was taken up, and a lengthy debate ensued, when the hill was passed by a party vote of 811 to 10....Adjonrnqd. In the House, on the 24th, the bill making appropriations lor the sundry civil expenses of the government, known as the Omnibus bill, appropriating $38,583,992, was taken up, and Us consideration occupied the greater portion of the day’s session, twenty pages out of fifty-five of the hill being disposed of .. Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 25th, bills were passed—to revise, consolidate and amend the statutes relating to patents and copyrights; nonce bill providing for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of American Independence at Philadelphia. .. 'The House amendment to the Southern 'Pacific Railroad bill was non-concurred in, and a conference was ordered, and Messrs. Howard, Kel logg and Flanagan were appointed as the committee.. .The Post Office Appropriation bill was taken up and various amendments were considered. ....Adjourned. In the House, on the 25th, a resolution was adopted to pay Mrs. Leftwich, widow of the contestant for a seat, #2,500 for expenses of the contest... .The Senate bill to amend the act to establish the railroad and bridges of the New Orleans, Mobile & Chattanooga Railroad Company ns aqwsVTOld was passed... .The Onudbus Appropriation bill was furl her considered and several Itepis disposed 0f.... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 27th, the credentials of Senator-elect Caldwell were presented and filed....A resolution was passed providing for the compensation of tho Georgia Senators, Hill and Miller, from the date of their election, July 29,1568. and thelrcoiiteHtants, Farrow and Whitely, from their alleged election to tho date at which they were declared not elected to seats.... The bill to authorize the construction of the Cincinnati A Southern Railroad was reported favorably from the Consmittee on Commerce... A report was I made and adopted from the Committee of Conference on the bill for the construction of a bridge nt Booneville, M0....A report was made from the Committee of Cuufereuce on the hill, to abolish the grades of Admiral and Vice-Admiral of th# Navy, that the committees of the two Houses failed to at'ree, and on motion the committee was discharged from further consideration of the subject.. .The Post Office Appropriation bill was proceeded with, and an amendment to Increase the annual subsidy to the pacific Mail i Steamship Company to $1,000,G00 was laid on the table and the bill was passed... .Adjourned. In rite House, on the 27th, a petition was presented from South Carolina recounting outrages upon whites and consequent retaliation upon the blacks, and urging a better government or the separation of the races in South Carolina. .. .The Omnibus Appropriation .bill was further considered and nearly all the items were disposed of. when the bill was laid on tho table—4ls to 71. ... .The Conference Committee on the question between tho House and the Senate in reference to the right of the Senate to originate the bill to repeal the income tax, made a report in behalf of the House managers, recommending the adoption of a resolution maintaining that it is the sole and exclusive privilege of the House to originate bills directly Affecting me revenue, whether such bills be for the imposition, reduction or repeal of taxes, etc.... A report was submitted from the Judiciary Committee in favor of the claims of the States of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio for two per cent, of the proceeds of public lands and Indian reservations within those States since their admission into the Union, estimating all such lands at $1.25 per acre; also in favor of paying to the Choctaw nation of Indians $250,000 tolls in United States bonds under the treaty of April 18, 1800.... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 28th, the credentials of John A. Logan, as Senator from the State of Illinois for six years from March 4, and of Phineas W.Hitchcockns SenatorfromNebraska for the ensuing term, were presented, rend and ordered tiled.... Bills were parsed—House bill to authorize the duplication of registered bonds in certain cases; to enable the Jackson, Lansing A Saginaw Railroad Company to change the uorthern terminus of its road from Traverse Bay to the Straits of Mackinac; a large number of pension bills... .The River and Harbor Appropriation bill was reported, with amendments.... Conference Committees were announced—oh the Indian Appropriation bill, Messrs. Cole, Harlin and Stockton; on the Legislative Appropriation bill, Messrs. Sawyer, Trumbull and Bayard... .The Army Appropriation bill was proceeded, with, and amendments were disposed of ...Adjourned. lii the House, on the 28th, bills were passed—to amend section 4of the act of July 20, 1838, in relation to fermented liquors, so as to apply to making fermented liquids used for the manufacture of vinegar exclusively, but not to be construed to authorize tho distillation of fermented liquors anywhere except In authorized distilleries: to promote the construction of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad; repealing all laws aud parts of laws imposing duty on foreign coul—l4l to 48— to take effect immediately; Senate bill passed in April, 1870, for giving effect to various grants of public lands to the State of Nevada, and allowing the selection Of school lands in California... .The Senate amendment to the House bill for an Internationa! Exposition at Philadelphia, In 1876, was con- < urred in. and the bill was passed; also, the Senate amendment to the House bill allowing the issue of duplicate registered bonds, in cases where the originals wire believed to be lost or destroyed, was concurred In, and the bill was passed.... Conference committees were announced—Messrs, Sargent, Beck, ami Clarke (Kansas) on the Indian Appropriation bill; Messrs. Dawes, Washbnm (Wisconsin) aud Nlhlack outlie Legislative Appropriation billV bill was reported from the Reconstruction Committee to protect the loyal and peaceable citizens of the United States In the full enjoyment of their rights of personal liberty and property, uud to enable such citizens to preserve and perpetuate evidences of losses claimed to have been sustained by them In the-war tn tho States lately in rebellion.. . A motion to reconsider the vote' whereby the'Omnibus hill was tabled prevailed, aud a substitute was agreed to—1(8 to 98— omitting several Items contained In the original bill, and containing tho following amendments adopted by the House Appropriation-Committee: Sixty thousand dollars for the Little Falls Bridge; increasing Hie compensation of Viunio Ream from ja.utw to $10,0110; increasing the appropriation for . tho survey of the Western coast from $200,000 to s2lo,thO; appropriating $75,000 for continuing the survey of the Northern and Northwestern lakes; the- toil was then passed—ll 2to 78A'Conference Committee was ordered on the Southern Pacific Railroad.... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the Ist, the credentials of Senator-elect Ffellnghuysen, of New Jersey, laclly, of Oregon; aud Wright, of lowa, were presented, read, und ordered filed... .A resolution was adopted to continue the investigation, by special committee, of the alleged Ku Klux outrages in the South, during the first session of the Fortysecond Congress.... Messrs. Cole, Ramsey and Sherman were appointed a Conference Committee on the Fost-OtUce Appropriation bill. ...A report was made and concurred in, from the Conference Committee on tho Indian Appropriation bi 11.... The bill repealiugAho dntyon coal was received from the House, and read for the first time, itseecoud reading being objected t0....Th0 Army Appropriation bill was further amended and passed I'ho Navy Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Wh01e.... Adjourned. In the House, on the Ist, bills were passed—Senate bill providing that no tax shall be Imposed upon any sums added to the contingent funds of Insurance companies, or on unearned premiums; Senate bill to amend the act of March 2, IHi.B, to establish and declare the railroad and bridges of the New Orleans, Mobile & Chattanooga Railroad Company a post road; relating to the records of the Courts of the United States; Senate bills granting lands for the construction of a railroad from the western boundary of Minnesota to tuo Winnipeg district in British'America, and to provide for the erection ol a government building I at Trenton, N. J. ..Resolutions were adopted to pay Messrs. Rogers, of Tennessee, and Eggleston, I ul Otdo, contestants tor seats, $2,500 and $3,000 re--1 sportively... .The Senate amendment to the House I bill creating tlddlllonal judicial districts In Arkansas was amended by providing that the present 1 District Judge of Arkansas shall remain Judge of the Eastern District... The report of the Conference Committee on the Indian Appropriation bill agreed to ..Adjourned. ’ In the Senate, on the 21, the predenHlals of Senators cleet Henry Cooper, of Tenues- [ tc-e, aud J. R. West, of biulslana,were presented. ■Bill., were piiss.d-House bill for collecting drn-s to the government from Southern railroads; l the llmlcieimv bill, with amendments; the Fort tt- , aihm. and River and Harbor Appropriation bills; 1 w authorize tae promulgation of regulations for

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tke government of the army; for the recovery of damages for the loss of the sloop-of-wnr Oneida; to create ports of delivery at Eureka and Wilmlng ton, California; appropriating 51H,5'41 for damages to tho building and grounds of the East Tennessee University, caused by Federal troops during the war.... A communication was presented, und ordered filed, from present and former members of the Legislature of Georgia, remonstrating against the character of the election of Foster Blodgett as United States Senator from that Slate. .. A report wns made and ordered printed, from the Committee of Conference to which was referred the quo.: ion at issue between the two houscaas to the right of the Senate to originate the mehsure repealing the income tux, stating that tho committee had failed to agree, advising the Senate to adhere to its position, and stating that no further conference was necessary. .. .A report was made from the Committee of Conference on the Legislative, Executive aud Judicial Appropriation bill, Hint the committees of the two houses were unable to agree, and asking to be discharged, and, on motion, Hie Senate iusi-ted on its amendment to Hie bill, and asked for the apointment of a new committee on the part of the louse, Messrs. Sawyer, Morrill, of Vermont, and Thurman being appointed as new committee of the Senate... .The Semite insisted on its amendments to tlie Army and Navy Appropriation bills, imdappointed the. sollowlng Committees of Conference: On the Army bill—Messrs, Cole, Thayer and Blair. On the Navy bill Messrs. Sprague, Crugan and Stockton... The House joint resolution repealing the duty on coal was referred to the Committee on Finance... .Adjourned. In the House, on the 2d, bills were passed—to provide for a board of three commissioners for the examination of the claims of loyal citizens in the late rebel States for stores or supplies taken or furnished during the rebellion for the use of the army, including the nse and loss of vessels or boats while employed in tlo military service of the United States, said commission to exist for two years; to divide the State of Illinois into three judicial districts; to remove political disabilities from several citizens of Kentucky and Tennessee.... The Senate amendments to the Army and Navy Appropriation lolls wgre non concurred in, and a committee of conference ordered....A resolution was adopted acquitting General O. O. Howard of the charge against him as to his administration In the Freedman's Bureau. ... Adjourned.

FOREIGN. A Florence telegram of the 25th says that the new Queen of Spain was rapidly recovering from her recent illness, and would soon be able to resume her jouriiey. to Madrid. By an imperial decree the opening of the German Parliament has been postponed until the IGth. of March. A terrible colliery explosion occurred in South Wales on the 25th. Fifty dead bodies were taken from the mines on the day of the accident. London papers of the 25th announce exQueen Isabella, of Spain, who was at Geneva, as being ill bpyond recovery, all hope having been abondoned by her physi ; cians. A Paris telegram of the 27th says: “■The preliminaries of peace were signed yesterday, at 5:30 p.m. France cedes Alsace and Metz. Belfort is retained. The war indemnity is fixed at five milliards francs. For payment three years’ time is granted. The Germans are to hold the fortress till paid. The armistice is prolonged a week. The Germans enter Paris immediately.” A Loudon dispatch of the 27th says the triumphal entry of the Germans into Berlin has been delayed two mouths, as tire whole of Germany will observe six weeks of mourning for the victims of the war. The London Tima special from Versailles, on the 28th ult., gives additional particulars of the treaty : “ The fortified cities of Lunnevtlle, Nancy, and Belfort are left to France: Longwy, Thionville, Metz, Saarbruck and the iron district will go to Germany. Rothschild promises to pay the entire indemnity to Germany within a year, by which the army of occupation will be got rid of; at the end of that time Prince Frederick Charles is to be Governor of Champagne, witli headquarters at Rheims. The Emperor William will merely pass through Paris and his new possessions -en route to Beilin. Dispatches from various parts of Ireland received in London on the 28th, report that several acts of agrarianism had occurred, in which several persons were killed. s. The French Assembly oil the Ist ratified the preliminary conditions of peace by a vote of 546 ayes to 107 noes. The Assembly enthusiastically and unanimously voted by acclamation, a resolution decree, ing the fall of the empire, and stigmatizing Nepoleon as the author of all the misfortunes cf France. The grand entry into Paris of a portion of the German army occurred on the Ist. The streets are reported to have been almost entirely deserted by the inhabitants, and no disturbances occurred. The shops and windows of the chief thoroughfares were all closed, and the aspect of the city was desolate. Only a few Italian, Amcricau, and English flags were flying, and one single French flag hung over the Palace of the Corps Legislatifl. The widow of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author, died in Kensington on the 26th. ‘V. ’ DOMESTIC. Gold closed in New York oji the 2d at 111. 4 A good deal of excitement' has been created in New York city by a recent heavy advance in the price of ci>al, the result of a scarcity caused by the suspension of work in tho mining regions. It is alleged that “ there is a determination on the part of the monopolists to destroy the Miners’ Union in the coal regions. The mining of coal has been actually prevented by the enormous freights charged by the railroad companies, and these rates will continue until the miners come to terms.” The Secretary of the Treasury has directed the Assistant Treasurer at New York to purchase $2,000,000 of bonds each Wednesday during the month of March, being $10,000,000 in all, and to sell sl,000,000 of gold omjhe first, third and fifth Thursdays, and $2,000,000 on -the second and fourth Thursdays of March—s7,ooo,ooo in qdl. „ A libel suit agaiust the Baltimore American, which had been on trial for two Weeks in the Court of Common Pleas in that city, for the publication in the proceedings of the Police Court of the ease of a party arrested for selling diseased meat, was decided on the 271 h in favor of the defendant. In New York city, on tbo evening of

the 28th, Pauline Delareux, thirty-two years of age, was poisoned by taking oxalic acid, which had been dispensed to her servant in midtake for seldlitz powder mixture, by a drug clerk in Henry Hunter's store, Amity street. The druggist and clerk wefe arrested. The Wheeling, W. Va., Savings Institu tion went into liquidation on the 27th ult. The bank was closed. 'lts liabilities are stated nt $150,000. There were between $50,000 and $55,009 belonging to the city sinking fund on deposit, and many private individuals and working men have all their savings there. The capital stock of the institution was only $50,000. A Pottsville, Pa., dispatch of the Ist says it was then believed there would be no general resumption of coal mining in •Pennsylvania until April. The following is a recapitulation of the official monthly debt statement, March 1: Debt bearing coin intere5t51,922,848,700 Accrued interest 86,689,618 Debt bearing currency interest 55,238,000 Accrued Interest 318,205 Matured debt 8,261,112 Interest on do 541.000 Debt bearing no Interest 426,331,434 Unclaimed Pacific Railroad interest— 13,695 Total principal and interest $2,444,737,Ml Coin In Treasury $103,174,208 Currency In Treasury... 20,854,605 Total cash in Treasury 124,028,814 Debt less cash in Trea5ury....,52,320,708,846 Decrease during February $7,817,060 Decrease since March 1,1870 $117,619,630 Decrease since March 1, 1869 $204,754,413 The statement of bonds issued to the Pacific Railroad companies, interest payable in lawful money, shows the total as follows: Amount outstanding 64,618,882 00 Interest accrued and not yet paid. 646,188 00 luterest paid by the United Stales 10,758,910 00 Dit'-reet repaid by transportation of mails . 2,460,818 00 Balance of Interest paid by the United States 8,293,091 00 The northward bound express train, on the Mississippi Central Railroad, broke through a culvert near Holly Springs, on the 26th ult., precipitating the engine, tender and baggage car to the bottom of a gully fifteen feet below, instantly killing the fireman and severely wounding the engineer, and slightly bruising a number of passengers.

PERSONAL. The nominations sent to the Senate on the 24th were: John C. Witcher, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Third District of West Virginia; Cornelius Hedges, United States Attorney for Montana. The Ohio Editorial Convention at Akron on the 24th elected the following officera_forthe ensuing year: President, W. T. Bascom, Mt. Vernon; Vice-Presi-dents, Joshua Sexton, Urbana; 8. D. Harris, Ravena; Treasurer, P. Cunio, Sandusky; Secretary, S. L. Everett, Akron. J. Frost, of Massillon, was selected to collect the early history of the Ohio press for the next meeting; which will take place at Cleveland. . The English members of the Joint High Commission; with their Secretaries, accompanied by Mr. Fish and Mr. Thornton, called at the Executive Mansion in Washington on the 25th, and were formally presented to President Grant, who was as sisted in receiving the distinguished visitors by the Secretary of State, AttorneyGeneral, Secretary of the Treasury, and Generals Porter, Babcock and Dent. The interview was entirely unofficial, and had no reference whatever to questions to be considered by the High Commission. Thomas 11. Burrows, President of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural College, died on the 25th, aged 67. Henry D. Cooke, Georgetown, D. C., member of the banking firm of Jay Cooke & Co., has been nominated by the President to be Governor of the District of Columbia. The following nominations were sent to the Senate on the 28th: John R. Miller, Collector of Internal Revenue in the First District of Tennessee; James B. Rothschild, Collector of Internal Revenue in the Fifth District of Ohio; James E. Marsh, Surveyor of Customs at Kansas City, Mo. Postmasters—M. L. Havrestick, Rock Island, Ill; Mrs. M. F. Lowe, Xenia, Ohio; Oliver C. Easton, Havana, Illinois. o The nominattions sent to the Senate on the Ist were: Wm. H Lessig, SurveyorGeneral, Colorado; Jas. Henry, Marshal of the Western District of Michigan. Postmasters —John W. Aike, Clinton, Mo.; F. E. Lathrop, Columbia, Mo.; J. C. Parrott. Keokuk, Iowa; Harriet E. Drury, Troy, Ohio; Chas. H. Spofford, Rockford, Illinois.

POLITICAL. A Washington telegram of the 27th says: “Mr. McPherson, Clerk of the House of Representatives, has just completed a list, of members of the House, having for this purpose taken the certificates of the Governors of the several States. The certificate of the member from the Third flistrict of Arkansas is not yet received. The following is the classification in politics of the two parties; Republican, 130; Democratic, including the Third District of Arkansas, 06: Independ ent, viz.- Jas. G. Blair, of Missouri, 1; total, 227; vacancy in Illinois caused by the election of Logan to the Senate; vacancy in Michigan, Caused by the election of Ferry to the Senate; making a total of 229 Not- elected: New Hampshire, .8; Connecticut, 4; Texas, 4; California, 3. Total number of members, 243. There are from twelve to fifteen contested seats of the ninety-six Democrats above mentioned. Two—Dubftis, of Georgia, and Rogers, of North Carolina, and probably Waddell, of North Carolina, are barred by the Fourt.ejith Amendment. They will not be able t> qualify until their disabilities are removed by act of Congress. The Indiana Senate adjourned sine die oh tlit? STUi, the vote being 27 to The - i

- NO. 24.

House met and the roll call showed 21 members present. Adjourned to the 28th. A Little Rock, Ark., special of the 27th says there was nothing of particular interest that was new in the impeachment muddle. The session of the House on the 27th was almost entirely devoted to a discussion of the question as to whether the announcement of impeachment made in the Senate was legal or not. . The Speaker of the Indiana House, on the 28th, declared the House adjourned tine die. The city election at Cairo, 111., on the 28th ult., resulted in the election of Jobn M. Lumsden for Mayor; Joseph B. Taylor, Treasurer; M. J. Hawley, Clerk. There were no party nominations, the above gentlemen being on the citizen's ticket, made up from both Republicans and Democrats. Governor Clayton, of Arkansas, telegraphed to Washington on the 27th that he had decided to resign his position as United States Senator-elect. The resolutions impeaching David Butler, Governor, passed the Nebraska House of Representatives on the Ist, by a vote of 31 to 6. A committee of five was appointed to prefer the charges.

CURRENT ITEMS.

Will Shirk, of Newcastle, Ind., has whittled out a wooden clock with a penknife. ' Every member ofthe Mutual Life, of Chicago, is equally interested in its success. The water from the salt well at Terre Haute, Ind., will completely dissolve a tin cup in twenty-four hours. A dromedary race lately took place at Cairo, Egypt, the winner making a mile in 1:43. Dividends are applied to keep the policy in force in the Washington Life, of New York. Dodge clubs are becoming fashionable in our large cities. The members dodge their creditors. John Brennan, a conductor on the Sandusky & Dayton road, has traveled 870,480 miles in the past 18 years. The inhabitants of Alaska don’t think much of ornamenting their walls, but they’re very proud of their sealing. A letter for Thomas Whockendemoffeschauferponsky is advertised as being in the postoffice at Nashua, N. H. In 45 years .the Western Pennsylvania prison has contained 3,920 prisoners, 216 of whom were taken from it only to be executed. The engine which drew the unfortunate New Hamburg train has been four times thrown from the track into the river. A man and wife in Allentown, Pa., recently became insane—she from religious excitement, and he from consequent grief. A man died at St. Louis recently, and in his will, after stating that he “ never forgot a favor,” left SI,OOO to an individual who ten years before ran away with his wife. At New Bedford, Mass., a lady advertisesto give instruction in cooking, announcing attention is given to bread and pure, good yeast.” At WaMßry, Conn., recently, a number of phWgraphs of a burning building were taken at midnight, when the Hames were fiercest, by the use of the magnesium light. Tte laboring classes of Massachusetts have laid up against a rainy day, in the savings banks, the sum of one hundred and forty millions of dollars. The coinage of twenty thousand and twenty-seven dollars’ worth of gold bars results in a loss by “tolerance and abrasion” of a little over sixty-four dollars. Two S2O bills of the old Beverly (Mass.) Bank, of the issue of 1829, and looking almost as good as new, were recently presented for redemption at the Beverly National Bank. In ten years 163,411 Philadelphians have died. There were in the city 172,615 births and 62,824 marriages during the samelime. Three sets of triplets and 140 twins are reported. Some philosopher has struck the following brilliant idea; he says: How wonderful are the laws governing human existence! Were it not for tight lacing all civilized nations would be overrun with women. A box of prize candy was analyzed in this city some time ago, and found to contain a sufficient amount of poison to kill a child three months old. But the people must be poisoned, you know.— Lafayette (Ind.) Courier. A couple were married the other day in Plainfield, Otsego County, N. Y., partook of their wedding dinner in Winfield, Herkimer County, took tea in Bridgewater, Oneida County, and were all the time under the same roof. The house stands “across the lines.”

Tub New York Herald says: “ There are now seventy-two Postmistresses in the United States who receive salaries of 11,000 and upward, besides women in minor Post Offices. The Postmistress at Louisville, Ky.. receives |4,000; at Rich mond, Va., <4,0G0; al Bpringfield, Ohio, >B,OOO. A live cat was found in the mail bag at a town in Maine one day lately. The postmaster made diligent search through all the United States postage laws to ascertain the amount of postage on the animal, but'' found nothing touching the case. A New Hampshire man, when asked to give his consent to the marriage of «his daughter, turned with a beaming countenance to the applicant and answered frankly: “ Yes, yes; and don’t you know some likely young man who will take the other T" The Public Health Committee of the city of Dublin recently analyzed 123 different kinds of confectionery, mostly colored, with startling results Lead, mercury, arsenic, Prussian blu.e, cochineal, and other poisons, were found among the ingredientsof the'colored samples; and plaster of Paris and insoluble white clay into the uncolored preparations. \ The other night, two countrymen went into the telegraph office at Aroostook, Maine, for the purpose of sending a dispatch. The message was taken by the operator, and the pair proceeded down stairs. They had just reached the sidewalk, when the gong at the “Snell

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House ” was sounded fortes. Whereupon, one of the pair went Into the air several feet, exclaiming, “ By Jerusalem, there It goes, Jim!" Probably the most effective method yet tried for breaking up the latterly prevalent practice of “raising” checks, by which so many bunks have been victimized, is that adopted by some of the financial firms in Boston. Colored paper of very distinct shades is Used; aud the amount of a check, within certain limits —as, for example, SIOO or loss, $5 oor less, SI,OOO or lees, and soon—is indicated by the color of the paper on which it is written. A young man Oswego, who started to attend a masquerade party the other other eveuing, attired and accoutered as lie supposes Satan usually is, unhappily entered the wrong house, to the consternation of the inmates. The old gentleman, father of the family, especially, was greatly alarmed, and, with a wild shriek, “ Maria, save the children t” he made his exit through tlie rear door, closely followed by Maria and all their little ones. Heaven.—Henry Ward Beecher says: “ When I think of Heaven, I do not think of angels standing like wax candles, in 1 ng altar rows, singing hymns of praise; (think of saintly life, of angelic life, thesweetest, the gayest, the most joyous, the fullest of every mood of fancy and goodness. I think of beings that carry light in the eye, and joy in the heart, and ecstacy in every touch.” The Boston Poet says: “Greeley is taking pains to brand as lies some of the stories about his chirography Next he’ll probably deny that when Senator Revels wrote him, asking about the best mode of cultivating Strawberries, he advised him to plant them with his corn, ‘ dropping two or three strawberry seeds in each hill, and -letting the vines climb up on the cornstalks. In this way they need no poling, and fruit can be shaken off in the fall and pickled for winter use." An impudent fellow who insulted three young girls in Philadelphia, a few evenings ago, was attacked by them, thrown into a snow-bank, pounded, scratched, bitten, mauled and kicked, ana finally rolled over and over in a pool of slush. Meanwhile he cried lustily for assistance, and a passing physician came to his relief, thinking some one was being murdered; but one of the girls explained matters, while the other two continued the righteous battle, and he refused to interfere. The scientific expedition at the summit of Mount Washington will remain until May (six months) and one, at least, of its members still longer, to make investigations among the early plants of the mountain region. The report of the expedition will be published in the early part of the summer, and its appearance will be looked for with great interest, as it will contain many important scientific facts. The United States Signal Service will probably make Mount Washington a permanent point of observation in consequence of its system of storm reports. Our Neighbor’s Good Name.—Anybody can soil the reputation of any individual, however pure and chase, by uttering a suspicion that his enemies will believe and his friends never heard of. A puff o>the idle wind can take a million of the seeds of a thistle and do a work of mischief which the husbandman must labor long to undo, the floating particles being too fine to be seen, and too light to be stopped. Such arc the seedaof slander, so early sown, so difficult to be gathered up, and yet so pernicious in their fruits. The slanderer knows that many a wind will catch up the plague and become poisoned by his insinuations, without ever seeking the antidote. No reputation «an refute a sneer, nor any human skill prevent mischief. Guano Used of Old.—Ths Charleston (8. U.) Wews quotes from a work written by Edmund Burke, and published in 1757, to show that guano was at that time largely used in many parts of Spanish South America. It seems that at that time it was extensively employed to manure land that was planted with pepper, and was also used on soil where grain and fruits were raised. The author of the book referred to expresses surprise that “the small Island of Iquiqua, pot above two miles in circumference, could supply such immense quantities; and yet, after supplying twelve ship loads annually for a century to go to distant ports, and a vast quantity for the use of the neighborhood, it cannot be observed that it is in the least diminished, or that the height® of Jhe island is at all lessened-”

Michigan Republicanism.

The following are the resolutions adopted by the recent Michigan Republican State Convention .- HfiuAred, That u the Republican party proved a good party In time of war, and with fidelity, con.tancy ana unshaken courage auatalned’ the government and the cause of civil liberty In the dark days of the rebellion, until peace and freedom were secured to the country, so It has proved a good party In time of peace, reconstructing the rebellious States in the interest of freedom, maintaining inviolate the public faith, establish ng the equality of all men before the law, aud administering the government In such a manner as to beat promote the general good. Jlnoired, That we have full faith and confidence in the wisdom, prudence and ability of our great leader, Ulysses 8. Grant, and we point to his administration of the National Government, reducing taxation and the public debt. wlth pleasure and pride, as worthy of his great fame as a soldier and statesman. Tfwbvd. That we Insist upon a high-minded, intelligent, Independent judiciary; Judges that are above suspicion, and who will stand as a wall of defense tor the protection of the just rights of the humblest man in all the land, and we point to the candidate of this convention for tne office of Judge of the Supreme Court as a man eminently fitted by his great legal acqurements, hie purity of character, and his acknowledged ability, as one worthy to wear the ermine of the highest Judicial tribunal of the State. Jietolcfd, That we appeal to the people of this Commonwealth to stand whose wise and prudent administration of Its affairs the State has grown with unexampled pros-la-ritv ■ the narty that has fostered, sustained, and supported its humane and educational inetltut and is fast making the State one of the foremost of the states of the American Union.

Superior Washing Fluid.

Mbs. Andrew Parnell, Grand Rapids, Mich, in the Western Rural, says: Half a pound of stone lime, one pound sal soda, and five Quarts soft water; put all together in an iron pot, and bring to a boiling heat, stirring and skimming the while; when the soda and lime are dissolved, pour all into an earthen vessel, ana keep well covered, to prevent the loss of strength; then to each boiling, just before you put in your clothes, stir one teacuptul of this fluid in your boiling water; let your clothes boil about twenty minutes; then rinse well In three waters. Take care to see that the fluid is quite clear before using. Soak your clothes over night, and. use Uiis fluid in boiling, and they will be snow white, and need no more than half the rubbing generally necessary.