Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1871 — Page 1

TUB MSEMER CWON. atas* i«w— * OFFICE IN BTTTLEH’B BUILDING OPPOOITE HOUSE. Bubacripilan, N i Vwr, In AdniN. j6b work h Of ever? kind executed to ordor In good itjla •do at low (itea.

Selected Miscellany. A WOMAN'S ANSWER TO A MANS QUESTION. Do yon know yon hav# suited for the coettleit thing Ever made by the hand above? A woman's heart and a woman’, life— And a woman', wonderful Jove! Do yon know you have asked for this prlcelea* thing "• As a child might ask for a toy ? Demanding what other* have died to win, With the reckless dash of a boy? You have written my lesson of duty out— Man-iike you have questioned me; Now stuud at tho bar of woiuan’a sodl, L'utll I shall question thee. Yon requlwyonrmutton shall always be hot, ■» Your socks and alilrta be whole:, 1 require your heart to be true as God a stars, And pure as Heaven jraur aoul. You require a cook for yonr mutton and beef, I require a far greater thing; A seamstress yon’re wanting for socks and fbr shirts, I look for a man and a king— A king for fbs beautiful realm called home, And a man that the Maker God Shall look upon as Ire 881’ on the first. And say " ttu eery good.” ;>V ■ • I tm fair and young, but tho rose Will fade From my soft, young cheek one day— Will yon love mo then ’mid the falling leaves As you did’mong the blooms of May? le your heart an ocean eo strong and deep I may launch my all on Its tide? A loving woman AMto-heaVen or hell On the day she la made a bride. I require all tbliigs that sr* rood and true, All things that a man should bo; If you give this all. I would stake my Ufa To be all you demand of me. - 'fN* ‘I 1 ?ft-v •* - [■*%_! If von ciwhnt he thl«—a laundress and cook You can hire, and little to pay; But a woiuau'B neartand a woman's life Are no), to be won that way.

Prettiness.

“ Prettlnrss,” says a recent writer “can be cultivated," and wo fully indorse the statement. All of us can cultivate the art of being pleasing; and by so doing, we shall brighten the expression of our faces. 111-health often produces ugliness because it makes us cross, and thus mars the face s idly; Upt if we are HI, and will still make the best of it,' rise above it, make mind triumphant <mir matter, we tan still retain bur*good looks. Very few of us are truly beautiful, i. «., possess statuesque forms or features; but we can all cultivate the art of being agreeable, and thus render ourselve “pretty ” in many senses of the word.

Our young girls are not to ruin their faces by tho -pouting expression of their mouths. We do not use the term " pouting ” in the sense in which it is applied to cherry red lips, but by it we mean ill-hu-mored and ill grained expression. There is a proverb which runs thus: “God makes our faces, but we make our mouths,” and, like most proverbs, it contains powerful germs of truth. Walk down the chief streets of a city, and examine the mouths which you meet. Mark well their twists and turns; and judge for yourselves of its truth. Men possess an advantage over women, in this respect. They can veil the flexible motors of the mouth and chin with dpep fringe* of . hair, and thus conceal the ugly traits of their disposition; but women are usually denied this privilege, though a few years ago the “ boarded woman" at" Bamum’s Museum " proved that every rule has its exceptions. Prettiness does not depend on hair, eyes, complexion, hands, feet, or a graceful and statuegoue figure. We often meet a “pretty woman’ 5 with a large mouth or small eyes, or an immense nose, and yet are immediately aware of her attractiveness. Wo all recognize “prettinesß” whenever we behold it, but it is impossible for us to analyze or describe it. It is like the sunshine, intangible, but enlivening and brightening everything about It. What ie beauty? Not the show Of shapely limbs and features? No, Tlioed a#e but flowers That have their dated honre. To pryathc their momentary ewceta. Then go. Tie tho stainless soul within, That outshines the fairest skin. “ Life becomes more harmonious, it beats with a keener pulse of enjoyment in the presence of a pretty woman. After all, a charming little figure or a piquant little face is the best remedy for half the ills of existence, its worries, its vexations, its dullness, its disappointments;” thus declares a leading writer of the day, but we must add, to this “ charming figure and piquant face ” must belong a soul at peace with God, and not at variance with itself and mankind else we do not believe that they will work the charm that is attributed to them. There is no denying the fact, that a tasteful, pretty dress is a great assistance to ‘prettiness.” That beauty unadorned is adorned the most,” is an exploded doctrine. We do not intend to say that rich dresses, velvets, satins, silks and brocades {ire essential to “ prettincss,” but w%do maintain that a neat fitting dress, of any simple material, with a plain, neat collar, fastened with a bright ribbon or broftch, inessential to good looks. Contrast suahadress with a soiled wrapper, collar, etc., tangled, frowsy hair, and a general unclean appearance, and judge whether a pretty dress is‘ not’ essential to “preitinessl" Such a dress throws a grace about the wearer, and makes a pretty fashion prettier. Inharmonious colors ‘will ruin a woman’s appearance; we have seen a crimson dress, a scarlet shawl, and a blue hat and green gloves. The tout ensemble was pornd! Purple and blue are most annoying contrasts to our eyes, yet we often see them in juxtaposition. KusijLia declares that it is every woman’s duty .to make herself handsome; that she can do it in a great degree, and that it should' be a part of her religion. She owes it to her Goa to make the most of the material He has given hbr. By this he does not ifatend -that her mind should run upon subjects connected with her personal appearahce to Its distraction from things of more weight—hut that by motivating a spirit of kindliness and goodwill to all, by avoiding all malice, nnoharitableneas, envious jedoMyjand th* mean, despicable thoughts which engender bitter passions, women can write upon their fkoee the graces which sprung up at the foot of the cross, and have takes deep root in the human heart. As we grow old, life often becomes more harmonious; we leant that discipline is needful' fbr us; that by it we become fitted to endure the ills of life which' Vfo must encounter. We also learn that we cannot be carried to the skies “on. beds of flowery ease," but must fight to win the desired prize; and this knowledge is written upon our faces, and imparts to them a " prettiness ” that we lacked when we were young, and fretted by oveiy adverse* wind and opinion. Remember that “ prettiness ” can be cult’vated, and give heed to it while you are ttil young, w the advieowe should give to

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every young girl entering upon her teens, and also those of maturer years; for—' Nor spring nor summer beauty hath such grace, Aa I Dave seen In, an autumnal face. Young girls greatly desire beauty —indeed some of them believe that its possession would be to them the ne plus ultra of life! Yet it never has brought perfechappiness to its owner: and if it is not joined to a good temper and a harmonious boul, it soon becomes wearisome to those who once delighted to gaze upon it “ Dead Sea apples,” such beauties are styled. Alas! the epithet is not undeserved. - Again, its liosseasion often engenders detraction and ealousy; and its owner is made to feel the sting of their sharp fa,ngs. So, young friends, cultivate “ piettiness ” of soul and' face, and sigh not for the beauty of red jmd white, blue eyes and golden hair, blaek eyes and raven tresses, and learn theso lines: Beautiful face* they that wear The light of the pleasant rplrtt there, It matters little ff dark or lulr. . Beautiful bond, are they that do The work of the noble, good and true, .Busy for them tbc long day through. —Springfield Republican.

Over Study.

H6w much intellectual training tie yottfig should be subjected to, is a question which is very properly receiving considerable attention on both sides of the Atlantic. At the European Social Science Congress, last year, Professor Maurice argued at length that the system of cramming and crowding, so prevalent in universities and schools, was undermining the physical life of the young. The Prussian Government, some time since commissioned an eminent medical gentleman to investigate the cause of so much sickuess in schools. After extensive examinations, he reported that over-study was one of the most fruitful causes. The Philadelphia school authorities recently adopted measures to prevent scholars from being overworked, or compelled to study at home evenings. Now, fifty-three physicians, sixty-nve clergymen, and two hundred and three parents and guardians of Boston, have united in a petition to have the pupils of the public Latin School released from all studies on Saturdays, with the exception of the one in each month set apart for public exercises. Manifestly, tho old theory of “cramming" is steadily coming into disrepute; and this is as if should be. Large numbers of juveniles become weak and sickly though being put to school at too early an age. How many fond parents' have been filled upon to mourn the death of bright, promising children—victims to over mental work? Some are not satisfied unless their offspring are tugging away at the alphebet and the spelling-book soon after cutting loose from their mother’s apron-string. Others hold out various inducements to their children - to push forward in their studies beyond wliat their years ana strength will justify. They take pride in seeing them excel their mates, without stopping to consider whether this mental maturity may not be at the expense of bodily health. Teachers often exercise little or no discretion in laying out work for their pupils, assigning them tasks wholly iucommensurate with their capacity. There are qther instructors who crowd their scholars forward to an unnatural degree, in order that they may improve their own. standing with directors and trustees.

This is all wrong, and cannot bo too strongly deprecated. Children should not be permitted, much less compelled, to take their books home for night study, Seven school hours a day is alt the mental confinement and discipline to which they should be subjected. Better that juvc= niles should grow up in ignorance, rather than acquire book-lore at the expense of health. There can be no hesitancy aa to the choice between much learning andgood health. Tho strong, robust boy, or romping girl, full of animal life and spirits, possessing a good appetite and a light heart, comes, in our estimation, very much nearer to the ideal of what a child should be, than the precocious juvenile who, though bearing away school prizes, is puny, 6ickly, and constantly complaining of some ailment. What we have said applies with equal force to colleges and universities. Better that young men graduate at the foot of the class with a good constitution, than at the head with permanently impaired health. There is something more in hfe to attain to than Commencement prizes. To successfully fight the battle of life, to accomplish great ends and purposes, one must have physical stamina. The mental training of the college curriculum will avail him but little in grappling with life’s duties and responsibilities, it he be compelled to maintain a constant side conflict with disease. It is gratifying to observe that faculties and university instructors tfre coming to take this view of the case, and are combining physical with mental training. The college gymnasium, wherever established, has been productive of great benefits. In a report, sometime since, Professor Allen, of Amherst College, stated, that since the introduction of athletic sports and pastimes, there has been a decided improvement in the health and physique of the students. They were more checrtol and buoyant, and sickness had diminished fully one-third among them. The boarding-house keepers, also, testified that they had a much more healthy and regular appetite than previously, What is true of Amherst has undoubtedly been true of Yale, Williams, and other colleges, where the physical as well as the montal development of students is cared for. —Hearth and Home.

Trouble from Want of Calculation.

We are forcibly reminded of the incident in the popular narrative of Robinson Crusoe when he built a boat, and on its completion found that he could not get it to the water, by the fact Just discovered, that Rothennel’a great picture of the battle of Gettysburg, painted for the State of Pennsylvania, can not be accommodated in any rhom of the Capitol at HdtrisWurg. This little trouble likewise recalls the memory of a want of foresight in a ship builder who constructed, many years ago, at Dublin, the first steamer constructedin Ireland. The vessel was very beautiful inoutline and finish, but when launched in the basin adjacent to the shipyard, it was found that she was much to large to pass through the locks in order to enter the Lissy. As those locks happened to be built of enormous blocks of granite, dowellod together with iron, and, moreover, as it was necessary to obtain special permission from the government do temporarily remove them, it may be Judged what most have been the chagrin of those concerned. But she had to come out, cost what it wonld--«nd cost it did. A StaMhtß Mgate wm once oowtructod in

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the midst of a forest near St. Petersburg for the sake of having the timber at hand, and it was not until she was completed that the fact dawned upon the builder that a canal would have to be cut through a hill to float her to the Neva. So much for want of forethought which shrewd people are apt to term “calculation." — Technologist.

Perils of Premature Burials.

We remember vividly the horror produced, while yet in our boyhood, when an elder sister read from the Utica Observer a story entitled “ Buried Alive.” The person had fallen into a cataleptic condition, becoming cold and rigid while yet conscious, and was duly coffined ana buried. He was exhumed by resurrectionists," carried to a medical college, and placed on the table of the demonstrator of anatomy ; a few shocks of the galvanic battery partially aroused him, and on the wounding of his breast by the knife, he gave signs of life, snd by proper treatment was tolly resuscitated. Ten of twelve years afterwards, a relative, where we were visiting, told us of having been present when the body of her son-in-law was made ready for the coffin, and perceiving, as she imagined, a warm spot on the left breast, a daughter who was sitting by M this was told, cried out with horror, "Do not talk anymore of it; the idea is too dread Oil to think of.” But we Aid think over and over again of the horror of interring a living person. It was hardly probable, in the case in question, that such a thing did occur, for the body remained unbuned long enough to allow a return to consciousness. But in this country the peril of interment, before death has actually taken place, is often very great. For years past it has been very common for persons in supposed' health to fall down suddenly, with every appearance of having died. We do not regard sudden death with horror, as it is often painless, and exempts the pereon from the auxiety and other unpleasant experiences which so often accompany a lingering dissolution. But there is a fearful liability of being prostrated by catfilepsy—the counterfeit of death — under such circumstances that the persons having the body in charge’frill not hesitate about a prompt burial. We could wish that the old Oriental practice of cremation was in fashion among us. There would be at least the comfortable reflectioq of-no suffocation in a coffin; besides the application of fire would generally arouse the cataleptic person to a manifestation of life. Bome years ago a story was copied into the Rochester Democrat , purporting to be the experience of a man in low state of health, who was compelled to seek shelter in a deserted house in Illinois, where he fell asleep. He was found there in a cataleptic trance, and supposed to have died. In this condition he was removed and prepared for burial, conscious all the time of what was going on, but unable to utter" a sound or make a sigu of life. His condition was fortunately discovered before it was too late. , The story may be a fiction, but it did, not read like one. We have several times repeated the story, although it is too serious for a jest, except when regarded entirely on tho ludicrous side, of a woman who, while borne to the place of interment, was aroused to consciousness by the jostling of her coffin against the walls of a house, as the bearers clumsily turn. d the corm r. She was speedily released from her cerements and conveyed home, where she lived several years longer. She fell into a decline and died; the toneral again took place, and the procession set out for the grave. As it drew near the house at the corner, the husband wiped his eyes hastily, and cried out to the bearers, “Be careful as you turn the corner.”— Alexander Wilder, M. D., in the Eclectic.

Odds and Ends.

BY JOSH BILLINGS.

As a gineral thing, an individual who is neat‘in his person Is neat in his morMan is my brother, and I know that I am nearer related to him through his vices than I am thru his virtews. Thare is nothing about which the world makes so few blunders, and the individual so menny, as a man’s acktual importanse among his fellow critters. A man with a very small head is like a pin without enny, very apt to get into things beyond his depth. I don’t pretend tew" hav enny less vile pashuns than my nabore, but 1 do despize the person, most heartily, who caters tew those I have got. Thare is no pashun ov the human hart that promises so much and pays so little aa revenge. Thare is this odds between a humorous lekter and a sclcntlflck one, yu hav got to understand the humors lektur to enjoy it, but yu kan enjoy the scientiflck one without understanding it. No man yet who had strength ov mind enuff ever resorted tew cunning. Cunning is half brother to fear, and they an both ov them weakness. A man who is good company for himself is alwuz good company tor others. Genuine praize consists In naming a man’s fault?, to his face, and his good qualItys tew his back. One ov the best temporary cures for pride And afiectashun that 1 hav ever seen tried is sea sickness; a man who wants tew vomit never puts on airs. Witty speeches are like throwing stones at a target, the more time spent in taking aim, the less danger thare is in bitting the mark. I hav alwuz noticed one thing, when a person bekums disgusted with this world, and konkludes tew withdraw from it, the world very kindly lets the person went. 1

Gravity is no more evidence of wisdom than a paper collar is ov a shirt. Whatever Providence has given ns the faculty tew do, he has given ns the power tew do. ■'!" * * •“ Seventy years ago, a Democratic poll* tioian named CanmrQ».la one pf the Scotch settlementsih vertaofitj greatly disappointed that hia. children were all girls, declared 6n • one' occasion that his next baby, whatever might be its sex, should be named Thomas Jefferson. It proved to be a girl, and he was ss good as his word, the child was familiarly called Jeffisina “for short.” She married''the late Colonel Jacob Blanchard, Of Peach am, Verinont., On her tombstone in that town are inscribed the initials “T. J.," in place of her full Christian name. I A cow in Bucks County, Pa., about 1 twelve years ago, swallowed a leather nail-pouch. Recently she was slaughtered, land, the stomach being opened, the pouch, t is stated, was found uninjured, and in it bout* down Mil*

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Weekly News Summary.

CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on the Bd, the credentials of H. G. Davis ee Senator bom West Virginia for ■lx jean from March 4, were prerented and placed on die.... Bill, were paeeed—Hbuae bills to provide for a reieeue of National Bank notes ana for other parpoM., providing for the reception by the Treasury of mutilated note* of National Bank*, and the reissue In their place of new note*; relating to telegraphic communication Between tho United States and foreign countries, providing a code for a telegraph cable company; to amend section 4 of the act of July 40, 18*18, »q as not to apply to fermented liquors need for the manufacture of vinegar exclusively; to divide the State of Ohio luto three Judicial districts; a number of pension hill*.;..A motion was agreed to that the Senate lneiet on lte amendment* and appoint a new Committee of Conference, as asked for by the House, on the Mu to ahollah the grade* of Admiral and- Vice-Admiral, and Mess re. Nye, Anthony, aud Caseerly were appointed as the new committee....Meaars. Cole, Anthony and Vlckcra were announced a* a Conference Committee on the Deficiency Appropriation bill to confer with a similar committee or the House... .The report of the Conference Committee on the Army Appropriation MU was concurred In the House, on the 3d, bills were passed—Senate bill to amend the patent laws; to create a Northern Judiciary District In the State of New York; to provide for the redemption of copper and other token coins; Senate bill In relation tb the Selma, Rome Ss Dalton Railroad Company, of Alabama, for a certificate of land which should have been Issued before tbS war;. Senate bill renewing the land grant to tho South A North Alabama Railroad Company; Senate amendments to the HOnee hill relating to telegraphic communications between tho United State* and foreign countries. ...Conference reports were made and agreed to —on the Fortification hill; Poet-office, Army, Legislative, River aud Harbor, Deficiency and Naval Appropriation hi11*....A resolution was passed to pay Thos. Baird, of Georgia, $4,800 for contesting the seat to which he was not entitled A resolution was passed teuderlng the thanks of the members to Speaker Blaine for hi* able, courteous, dignified and Impartial discharge of the duties of hie position.

In the Senate, on the morning of the 4th, a motion was agreed to to postpone the hill to repeal the duty on coal.. -A report waa made that the President had been waited upon, and had no further communication to make to the Senate, when a resolution was offered and adopted without objection, tendering “ the thanks of the Senate to the Hon.Schnyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States, for the eminent ability, courtesy, and Impartiality with which he has presided over the deliberations or this body. The hour of twelve o'clock, the time fixed by law for the expiration of the session, having arrived, the Vice-President returned thanks to the Senators for their approval of hfe official course, aud then declared the last session of the Senate of the For-ty-first Congress adjourned without day. The time fixed for the assembling of the first session, according to law, of the Forty-second Congress having arrived, the Secretary proceeded to call the roll of the Senatore-elect, ana the following new Senators came forward and took the oath of office: Messrs. Anthony (R. I.), Caldwell (Kan.), Cragin (N. H.), Frellnghuysen (N. JA Ferry (Mich!), Hitchcock (Neb.VKelly, (Oregon), Logan (Ul.)v Morrill (Maine), Robertson (S. C.), Stevenson (Ky.). Saulsbnry, Ell (Del.), Cooper (Tenn,).Wilton, (Mass ). Wright (Iowa). Whidom (Minn.), West (La.) The names of Senatorselect Alcorn (Mississippi) and Clayton (Arn.) were not called.... The Vice-Presi-dent stated that the name of Mr. Vance. Senator from North Carolina, would not be called, as the legal and political disabilities of that gentleman had not been removed ... The credentials of Mr. Goldthwaite, of Alabama, were temporarily laid on the table, as also were the credentials of Foster Blodgett, of Georgia, and the two sets of credentials “from Texas, one representing that the iate Senator Hamilton had been elected for the next term, and the other certifying to the election of Reynolds.... The committee of notification to the President and House, of the organization of the Senate, were then appointed... .Adjourned to the 7th. In the House, on the morning of the 4th, the Omnibns hill was received from the Senate with a number of amendments attached to it, all of which were finally concurred 1n.... Several Executive communications were received.... Announcement waa made that the committeeappointed for that pnrpoeohad waited on the President and were authorized to inform Congress that He had no further communication to make, when the hour of twelve having arrived, the Speaker returned his thanks to the members for the commendation they had been pleased to bestow upon his official conduct, and declared the last session of the House of the Forty-first Congress adjourned tine die. Boon after the adjournment of the Forty-first Congress, the new House was summoned to order and the names of the members by State* waa called, and 424 response* were made, the full representation being44B. . .Ja*. G. Blaine (Rep.) of Maine, was re-elected Speaker over Gen. Morgan (Dem ) of Ohio, by a vote of 126 to 93.... Mr. Dawes. the senior member of the House, administered the oath of office to the Speaker, and the Speaker proceeded to administer the oath to the member*.... A resolution was adopted declaring the following persons officer* of the House for the Forty-second Congress; Edward McPherson, Clerk; N. G. Ordway, Sergeant-at-Arms; O. 8. Buxton, Doorkeeper; A. S. King, Postmaster, and j. G. Butler, Chaplain, being the officers of the last House... Messrs. Hooper, Nibiack.and Schofield were appointed as a committee to join a like committee on the part of the Senate to wait upon the President and inform him that Congress was ready to proceed to bueines*.... A concurrent resolution was adopted—l 47 to 17—for an adjournment die on the Bth. ...After the drawing for teats the House adjourned to the 7th, In the Senate, on the 7th, the committee appointed to wait on the President reported that they had performed the duty, and the President Informed them that he bad no communications for Congress at present, but should make one in the course of a week, and expressed the wish that Congress should not thl* week fix a day of adjournment.... Bills were Introduced—to abolish the tax on income*; to provide additional commercial facilities for New York—the Submarine Tunnel bill; to remove the legal and political disabilities from all persons on whom such are imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution; to enable honorably discharged soldiers and sailors, andjthelr widows and orphans, to ■ acquire homesteads on public lands of the United States—the same bill which passed the House last session and failed In the Senate ... A memorial was presented from J**- C. Abbott, of North Carolina, In whloh he claims to have received a clear majority of alt the legal votes cast by the Legislature of that State In the recent election for United States Senator, on the ground that Z. B. Vance, being Ineligible under the constitution, wa* not entitled to he voted for, and ha* not, therefore,been Sleeted. ...A joint resolution wae adopted authorising the President to appoint a Commissioner to the Internalional Congress on Penitentiary Discipline, etc.. In Europe. The House concurrent resolution to adjourn on Wednesday, March 8, was laid on the table... Adjourted to the 9th. In the House, on the 7th, the claim of llr. Boles to a seat from the Third District of Ar kansaa, instead of Mr. Edwards, was presented, and referred to the Committee on Elections.... The Speaker stated that with the exception of those on elections, mileage, accounts and public buildings. It was not hi* Intention to appoint the standing committee* until the December session, to which most of the member* were favorable... The Senate Joint resolution wa* passed for the appointment of a Commlaaloner to tho International Congress on Penitentiary and Reformatory Discipline. .. .Adjourned to the 9th. Ip the Senate, on the 9th, a memorial Nfte prerented for a general disarmament through oat the world, and a repeal of the war clauses of the Constitution of U» United States... .Bills were introduced—supplementary to the dvll rights let. Intended to secure eqnal rights to colored people Jn all public conveyance*, place* of amusement, churches, benevolent and other institutions, etc. fto Incorporate dm Japan Steam Navigation Company, confined to the navigable water* of Japan; {• facilitate commerce between the United State* and China, and other Asiatic conn trie*; to ratify and carry Into effect the constitution, and form a government for the Indian Territory; to provide for ‘ the erection of a government building at Grand Rapid*, Mich.; granting right of way to certain railroads in Colorado; to provide for tne transportation of matl* between tne United State* and Europe, end other purposes; declaring the true construction oi the teooad section of the act of March 8, 1847, to settle certain account* between the United State* and Mississippi; to aid In the con* ■traction of a railroad from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Denver, Colorado; to Incorporate branches of the Tfexa* Pacific Railway Company; under the name of die North Carolina Extension Railway Company—the companies to be ihe Eastern and Western Divisions, Western North Carolina Railroad, Wilmington, Charlotte Jb Rutherford Railroad, and the Spartanburg A Union Railroad, of booth Carolina; reviving a grant of land to th* North Dralslana A Text* Railroad, to connect \ lck*husg with the Tesae Pacific Railroad; incorporating the Shreveport A Red River 'lramovement Company; creating Bhreveap a port

of delivery; to provide for fee segregation and survey of swamp land* In Oregon.... adjourned. In the House, on the 9th, hills were introduced—to repeal the duty on salt; for tha repeal of the duty on coal; providing that In all cases of Insurrection or obstruction to the lew, either of the United States or of any State or Territory, by a combination too powerful to b* suppressed by the ordinary Judiciary proceedings, sud In all caaee where tho constitutional authorities of any State or Jfarrltoiw shall fall or refuse to execute the laws. It shall be fawrul forthe President to employ the lend or naval forces of th* United States to suppress such combinations and to execute the laws even though the Legislature er Executive of such State may not call for such forces; for the apportionment of Representatives to Congress among the several Btatea according to the ninth census. ....The Committee on Election* wa*announced, as follows; Messrs. W. W. McCreary, Stevensen, Hale, Polland, Flnkelubnrg, Thomas, Kerr, Potter and Arthur ...A resolution was offered and referred against paying compensation to contestants for teats, who may be declared by the House not entitled to them, bnt that the llonse may allow them actnal expenses....Th* bill to repeal the duty on salt wae considered In committee of the wh01e.... Adjourned, a FOREIGN. At Berlin, on the 3d, the following dispatch from the Emperor to the Empress was publicly read amid the booming of artillery, the ringing of bells, and the cheers of the people, wild with joy. *» VxßdAiLUw, March B.—l have just ratified the conditions of peace, which the Bordeaux Assembly have accepted. Thu* far the work le complete which was through seven months’ battles to be achieved, thanks to the valor, devotion and endurance of our tmcomparable army and the sacrifices of the whole Fatherland. The Lord of Hosts has everywhere visibly blessed our enterprises, and by ills mercy has permitted an honorable peace. To Him be the honor—to the Fatherland the thanks. (Signed) “ Wilhxus." A cable telegram of the 2d gives the following as the preliminaries of peace arranged by Bismark and the other plenipotentiaries with Thiers and Favre: Article 1 specifies the line of demarcation. Article 4 provides that France will pay Germany five milliard francs —one milliard, at least, In 1871, and all the rest In the space of three years from the ratification. Article 8 provides that evacuation Is to commence on the ratification of the treaty by the Assembly; that the German troop* will then Immediately quit Pari* and the left bank of the Belne, and also the Departments of Indre, Loire, snd the Selne-tnferleure. The French troop* Will remain behind the Loire until the signing of the definite treaty of peace, except those in Paris, where the government Is not to nave exceeding 40,oO> troops. The Germans will evacuate the right bank of the Seine, gradually, after the signing o the definitive treaty, and the payment of half *. milliard francs. After the payment of two milliards the Germans will only hold the Departments of Marne. Ardennes, Mense, Voegee, Menrthe, and the town of Belfort. After the payment of three milliards, the Germane will only keep 80,000 troops in France; bnt if a sufficient monoy guarantee be given, the Germane will evacuate completely at once; otherwise, three milliards will carry interest at five per cent, from the ratification of the treaty. Article 4 provides that the German troops make no further requisitions: that the French Government will find food for the army In occupation of the ceded departments, that favor-_ able arrangements will be made with the inhabitants, and time given them to move if they please: and that no obstacle will be placed In the way of emigration. Article 6 provides that the prisoners will be immediately liberated on the ratification of the treaty, and that the French railway* will lend their carriages and engines at same price* as to the French Government. Article 7 provides that the treaty will be definitely signed at Brussels Immediately after the ratification. Article 8 provides that after the ratification the management of all the departments occupied will be handed over to the French officials, subject to German commanders, In the Interest of German troops. Article 9 provides that it be well understood that the Germans have no authority over the departments not occupied by them. A colliery explosion at Victoria, England, on the 2d, caused the death of about twenty miners. The Germans evacuated Paris on the 4th. Several Paris Journals had resumed publication. They were -unanimous in the opinion that the Impression produced by the preliminary terms of peace was very bad. They declare that no peace is real when it is obtained under such terms; but they recommend calmness and concord as the only means of making the country great and prosperous. All restrictions as to persons passing into and out of Paris has been removed. , A Berlin dispatch of the 4th sayTYictor Emmanuel had written Emperor William, expressing surprise and disappointment at the hard terms imposed on France, especially with regard to territory. Prince Frederick Charles has been appointed commander in-chief of the army of occupation in France. His headquarters will be at Rheims. It was officially announced at Florence on the 4th that a treaty of commerce between Italy and the United States had been signed. A London dispatch of the 6th says ne. gotiations for a definite treaty of peace would commence at Brussels. Favre would probably be the French Plenipotentiary. The London Time* of the 6th publishes a dispatch from Versailles that the prescribed limits of French were being rapidly evacuated by the German army. The movement was conducted quietly and with admirable order. The Paris Journal Det Debate calculates' the expenses of the war to be six milliards francs. The London Time* of the 7th announces the following changes in the Ministry : Geo. J. Goschen succeeds Hugh O. E. Childs as First Lord of the Admiralty; James Stansfield succeeds Goschen as President of the Poor Law Board; W. E. Baxter, Esq., succeeds Staasfleld as one oi the Joint Secretaries of the Treasury, and Geo. 8. Shaw Lefevre, at present Secretary for the Home Department, [succeeds Baxter, as Secretary to the Admiralty. The Prussians on the 7th delivered to the French all the forts on the left bank of the Seine.

In the French Assembly on the Bth Victor Hugo attempted a speech in defense of Garibaldi, on a committee report in favor of annulling the election of the latter to the Assembly from Algiers. Hugo was interrupted by the great tumult in the chamber, and when he attempted to continue he waa met by a storm of hisses, fie thereupon announced his resignation and abrubtly left the Assembly. Napoleon ban addressed a communication to the President of the French Assembly, protesting against the vote by which that body declared his flynssty had forfeited the throne os unjust and illegal. The Assembly, he says, was created only M make peace, and has exoeeded its powers. The foundation of all public right is “plebiteit* —to that he is ready to bow, and to that alone." DOMESTIC. Gold closed in New York on the 9th at 111. - A New York dispatch of the sth aajri

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the coal panic in that city had folly ended, the opening of navigation on the Hudson and connecting canals rendering available a supply sufficient to lust till sumed. The Louisiana State Fair building at New Orleans was burned on the sth. Powers’ statue of Washington, belonging to the State, was destroyed in the Are. An earthquake shock was felt in New Hampshire on the evening of tho Gth. Up to the sth, the Treasury Department at Washington had been advised that $4,151,500 had been subscribed to tho new loan. Secretary Boutwell has directed the As sistant Treasurer -at New York to notify holders of S per cent, certificates of March 2,1867, and July 25, 1868, that all such certificates bearing date from October 15, 1867, to December 16,1867, inclusive, of the denomination of $5,000 each, between numbers 861 and 1009, and the denomination of SIO,OOO, between numbers 759 and 1070, will be p%ffi el presentation at his office, and that from and after the 18th of April, 1871, such certificates will cease to bear interest, and will be no longer available as a portion of tho lawful reserve in possession of any National Banking Association. A family named Walker, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Walker and two children, were found dead in their house in McHenry, 111., on the night of the sth. A letter explained that the father and mother had given to their children, and had taken themselves, laudanum, and were happy in believing they could take their children to a better world. At Meridian, Miss., on the evening of the 6th, while Justice Bramlette was trying a negro for riotous conduct at a fire, a disturbance occurred in the court room, and a negro named Tyler shot Bramlette, killing him instantly. Tyler and two other negroes were killed by the citizens. A dispatch from Washington on the 7th says Governor Scott, of South Carolina, had called upon the President for United Stateß troops to suppress outrages in the counties of Marion and York, where, he reports, men are murdered or driven from their homes nightly because of their political opinions. A terrible tornado passed over East St. Louis, HI., on the afternoon of the Bth, demolishing all the railroad depots and round houses on the island, and prostrating all the telegraph lines. Seven persons were known to be killed, and between thirty and forty were seriously injured. The Mount Carmel, Pa., District Miners’ and Laborers’ Beneficial Association has offered SSOO reward for the arrest and conviction of the 'parties who caused the death of Hoffman. A lire at Portsmouth, Ohio, on the morning of the 6th, destroyed the Taylor Hotel, eight mercantile establishments, the Time* newspaper office, and a number of other buildings. Loss about $200,000; insurance less than $40,000. A severe earthquake occurred at Eureka, Cal., on March 2. Many chimneys were thrown down, and the inhabitants greatly frightened. No lives were lost In the United States Supreme Court, on the 6th, the case of Virginia and West Virginia, a suit in which the former sought to recover the counties of Berkeley and Jefferson, alleged to hare been .ceded to it by the latter several years ago, and which has been twice argued, was decided in favor of West Virginia. At a meeting of the stockholders, held in Boston on the Bth, a new Board of Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company was chosen, and Thomas A. Scott, of Pennsylvania, was elected President.

President Grant on the Bth made the following appointment* of members of the Southern Claims Commission, as provided for by th« amendment to the Army Appropriation bill, relative to the claims of Southern loyalists: Judge Aldis, Vermont; ex-Senator Howell, of lowa, and ex-Bepresentative Ferris, of New York. At Albany, N. Y., on the Bth, Dr. Lemuel Van Hoosen, while intoxicated ami laboring under an attack of ddiriwn tremetu, killed his wife by striking her on the head with a griddle. The Van Hoosen fiunily is one of the oldest and most respected families in that city. The New York police authorities have evidence pointing to a notorious burglar and desperado as the murderer of Mr Nathan, the New York banker. A reward of $8,600 is offered for his arrest Treasurer Spinner has decided that postmasters must receive mutilated currency for its fall value in payment for postage stamps, when, in cases of. United States notes, not more than one-twentieth of the note is missing; and in some cases of fractional currency, when not more than onetwentieth is missing. When notes and fractional currency are mutilated beyond the standard referred to, no one is compelled to receive them for any part of their value, and the only place where such notes may be redeemed is at the United States Treasury.

PERSONAL. The Select Committee appointed by the Senate to investigate a charge made against Senator Sprague that he was engaged In unlawful traffic with the enemy during the late war submitted a report on the 8d that they had found no evidence sustaining the charge. Henry D. Cooke, lately appointed Governor of the District of Columbia, has informed the President that he cannot accept the position, for the reason that the negotiation of' the new Treasury bqpds will require his personal attention in Europe for several months to come. Walter Brown, the famous oarsman, died at the residence of his mother, in Newburg, N. Y., on the 8dThe Lincoln Monument Association it

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Washington, on the 6tb, re-elected all Ha officers. A resolution was adopted authorizing tho President and Vice President to employ additional artists, if necessary, to aid in the work. The Grand Jury, at Washington, has found another true bill against Bowea, lato Member of Congress from - South Carolina, for bigamy. POLITICAL. The Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania has postponed the State Convention from the 10th of March to the 17th of May. The articles of impeachment against Governor Butler were read before the Nebraska Senate on the 4th, and he was ordered to appear before the bar of the Senate for trial. The impeachment of Gillespie, State Auditor, was partially acted upon. The recent Michigan State Woman Suffrage Convention adopted a memorial to the Legislature, requesting it to pass a joint resolution declaring that under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, the women of Michigan already hove the right to vote. The Board of Managers in the Impeachment of Governor Clayton, of Arkansas, withdrew the articles of impeachment on the 4th. Governor Clayton declined to accept the United States Senatorship. At Portland, Me., on the 6th, Kingsbury, Republican, was elected Mayor. At Saco, Oliver Dier, Democrat, was elected to that position. At Rockland, Samuel Bryant, Democrat, was elected Mayor by 85 majority. At Lewiston, Dr. Alonzo Garellon, Democrat, was elected Mayor by 58 majority. At Bath, Jas. A. Robinson, Republican, was re-elected Mayor by 121 majority. The Nebraska Senate, on the 6th, organized as an impeachment court for the trial of Governor Butler. At the recent election In Boone, Go., Wm. B. Welles, Republican, was elected Mayor. Tho balance of the Republican ticket was also elected. A Jackson, Miss., special to the Memphis Avalanche of the oth says: ** Aloora positively declines to go to the Senate, and will retain the office of Governor until the Btate is folly restored. The High Court of Error and Appeals decides that the Governor has power to remove officials. This causes a flutter among those opposed to Alcorn’s polity.” At the recent charter election in Troy, N. Y n the Democrats carried the city electing Carroll, Mayor, by 2,675 majority. Elmira elects a Republican Mayor. At Poughkeepsie, Professor H. G. Eastman, Republican, was elected Mayor by 900 majority. Utica elects the entire Democratic ticket. Waterville is Democratic. At Rome the Democratic ticket was elected, New Hartford and New Booneville were carried by the Republicans. Rochester went Republican by a large majority. At Oswego, AG. Page, Democrat, was re-elected Mayor by 250 majority. At the recent city election in Rock Island, HI., Hon. Elijah Carter, Republican, was elected Mayor, and J. W. Simonson, Republican, for Police Magistrate, was also elected. The articles of impeachment against Governor Butler, of Nebraska, were served upon him, with a summons, on the evening of the 6th, and on the 7th he surrendered all the documents and the Seal of State to the acting Governor. At Des Moines, lowa, on the 6th, the Democratic Mayor, Treasurer and Independent Republican Marshal were elected by small majorities. The Council stands 13 Republicans and 1 Democrat. General Logan bas notified Governor Primer, of Illinois, that he wHI not qualify as Congressman-at-Large, but as the present session of Congress will be a short one, the Governor, it is said, will not call a special election at present At the recent charter election in Montana, lowa, the Republican ticket was successful, William B. Wells, a banker, being chosen Mayor; in Ottumwa the Demo* crats carried the city, electing their Mayor and Marshal by 100 majority; la Cedar Rapids the Republican ticket Seeded by Mr. Cook for Mayor, was successful. The South Carolina Legislature adjourned tine die on the 7th. The Rhode Island Republican State Convention, on the 9th, renominated the old ticket, as follows: For Governor, Seth Padelfbrd, Providence; Lieutenant-Gov-ernor, Pardon W. Stevens, Newport j Secretary of State, John S. Bartlett, Providence; Attorney-General, Willard Saylee, Providence; General Treasurer, Samuel A. Parker, Newport In the Ohio Legislature, on the 9th, a bill was passed to prevent cruelty to animals, and also one making it a penal offense lo sell the meatof diseased animals.

As Affectihg Bcarf*.—Here an affecting scene on a ferry-boa* ,?E2|2|L» rough river: “ Ob, Henry, this is teraUA “ Yes, it is,” he responded, Jbrt lean on me and I will protect you. Do you think it win be roush as this *U across r” “I do/ 1 responded Henry. • Then I guess I’ll have to lean upon yo< returned the lady. “For life?” whispered Henry, turning pale at the thought of rot fUsal.* “ I—l don't know—the water Is sw—fhl rough—l guess ye— yes, you d better ask pap»’’ A lady lh Berkshire, Mam, recently applied camphor to an aching tooth, ami, sitting by a stove to warmlt, snddfflnw fainted, and falling over the atom horned* herself so severely that her life was m danger. '' As obituary lately “PP**f e,i change, of which ‘he tollolringi# the including sentence: “The deceaaed iIMJA vigorous frame, sold goods on the ttl**price system, and died lamented by Who did, and many mm who m not, know him.”