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MB RGULUI UNION. I'ubHaltfid ys ver y Thurttlay by Horace e. jawes. i JOSIII'A HEALEY, [Proprietors. OFFICJt IN fiPITLEK’S BUILDING OPPOSITE TUB COURT HOUSE. inbccrlpiino, Si » Y, aP . !n Advance. .JOB WORK **%s%£*** ,0 ortor «" cood.tyl.

Selected Miscellany. A FANCY. 1 .Tppukb If all tho children 4 Who have lived through ages long Ware collected and Inspected «* They woelil mako a wondrous throng. <•’. the bahhlo of the Babol 1 Of ta»« flutter or the fuss I To begin with Cain and Aliel, A',d to finish lip with us! •‘Think of all the men and women Who are now ami -who have beon j Every nation since creution Thut tilts world of ours has seen; And of all of them not any But was once n baby small, While of children, (>, liow many Novor have grown np at all! Home have never laughed or spoken, Never used their rosy feet ; iSecue have oven flown to heaven Ere they knew that earth was sweet; And, Indeed, I wonder whether If we reckon every birth, And bring such a flock together, There is rouia for them on earth. .Utile happy Christian children, kittle savage children, too. In all stages, of all ages, That our planet ever knew! • Utile princes and princesses, Little beggars wan ami faint. So' no in very humlHumo dresses*,l Naked none, bedaubed with paint, Dnly think of the confusion motley crowd would mako! And the clatter of their charter. And the thlmjß-that they would break! O, »bc babble of tbo Babel! O, the flutter of the sues! To begin with Cain and Abel, .And to flnteli oil' with ns! —Mt rnj'H M’lxeum.

WIDOW HAWKINS’ TRIALS.

“ Tiik old Hawkins estate ” was about as bare, rocky and unpromising a farm as you could find in all New England, A Western man wouldn’t have taken a single chance starvation, und yet the Hawkinses had held to it lor rjkny generations. There was a tradition that the old man of all had been put. on that place and compelled to earn a living.” Whatever may have boon the truth of that, it was certain his descendants lmd always shown great attachment to the old homestead, and'would ai’.swer any disparaging remarks concerning the laud by quoting 41 Granther Hawkins,” who used to say, 44 There's a master lot. of rock, which gives the farm a dreadful uneven look ; but there’s spots where the rile is as good as can be found in this ’ere section.”

The present owner and occupants were the Widow Hawkins and her two sons, Ephraim, a man of nearly forty years, and Solomon, who was ‘‘.just turned twenty.” And “ these two boys ” were the source of all the poor woman's trials. Not that they were bad, or even ill-dis-posed, but simply “ truing." The husband and father had died when Solomon was a babe in arms, and “ the boys had been brought up without any head,” as the widow expressed it. Ephraim inherited the family name and most of the honors "Which had fallen sue ccssively to t heir share—such as being “ Selectman ” and a member of the “ School Committee.” But his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had been Deacons, and tis yet lie had not been “ chosen,” although several vacancies liael occurred since his years and experience had rendered him eligible to that office. It was a great trial to the widow, for, with a mother’s partiality, she deemed it fitting that the lather’s mantle should fall upon the son, who was in every way worthy to follow in the footprints of his sire. And another thing “tried” the widow. Ephraim had never shown any matrimonial inclination, although his duty had been faithfully held before him “ line upon line, precept upon precept,” but witli strango perversity common to human nature, (and I should like to add, for.the sake of truth, that it reaches its highest development in the masculine persuasion,i he. scented deaf to her fond entreaties and blind to his own interests. Wise and deep were the arguments used by the widow, but Ephraim would coolly putr on his hat and make his exit in the middle of her longest sentence. Many and curious were the traps which she set for her son, hut lie never for a moment became entangled in any of them. Did she invit£ some of the farmers’ daughters to “ pass the afternoon and stay • to tea,” Ephraim was sure to be absent at supper time, and Solomon would have the girls to entertain a d “ see home.” And Solomon, instead of blaming his brother and sympathizing with the poor woman in “her trials," secm.il to consider it good fun, and would persist in rehearsing what the girls said about Ephraim’s, running away from them. And many evenings, wheii he should have been at homo with his books, or in meeting with his mother, he would be idling his time away in-some farmer’s kitchen, in 'dangerous proximity to rosy cheeks and flashing eyes, or away on the ice, where some pretty girl would cling closely to him, knowing intuitively that the more helpless and dependent she seemed, the greater would be the care and attention given her. No wonder Mrs. Hawkins used to sigh and say, “If Ephraim ever does get*, a wife, and Solomon don’t get mofo’n one, I shall be thankful.”

She had borne, with commendable spirit and silence the remarks which were made in her hearing; but there is a limit to human patience, and it is a fact that women can manage to say most cutting and irritating things to each other under the garb of sympathy and condolence. It was at the sewing society, the first which had “met” since Deacon Ellsbree had been gathered to his fathers. Mrs. Smith, witli an elongated face, and a voice toned down to the proper key, said: “I felt so had for you, Sister Hawkins, when I heard they was going to pass your Ephraim by again, and take a man so much younger, and with So little experience. It seems kinder like a put upon you both, and a slight upon your httsbau’ that’s now dead and gone, it really does.” And she mitde a desperate effort to subduo the rising triumph in her voice. “ Who have they picked out?" asked the widow, and she “ looked ready to. sink," for she had thought, “Surely they will take Ephraim now." “ft’s not settled yet; but they are talkin’ ’bout Car’line’s husban’,” and then she added, after a moment's pause, “ I wish things had been a lectio different with Ephraim.” . Mrs. Hawkins tried to brace herself to hear the rests She was soon accosted with, “ Glad to see you out to day, Sister [Hawkins; Allows von ain’t no feeling ’bout Ephraim’s bein’ slighted; we all ’spected you’d lot on his bring chosen, but you see wouldn’t do, no liow." The pale face Hushed, and then she locked up to find that every eye was upon her, and every one waiting’to 'see what she would say. Shu spoke up quite unlike herself.. “No, I don’t see why it wouldn’t do; my Eph-

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ralm’s as likely a man as there is in this town, and there ain’t a person with the right to speak agin him, and that’s more’n can be said of some folks that ’pear to Stand a better chance than him." It was pretty still there for a minute or so, and then Deacon Slocum’s wife, who was hostess on the occasion, said, “ Don’t you be ’fronted, Sister Hawkins, nobody biunies you.” “ And who do they blame ? Hasn’t my son always walked ’cord’n to his profession ?" “ Y-c-a s, but you know What the Scripture say.” “ I know a good deal that would be a rebuke to folks 1 could mention.” But she tried to smile as she asked, “ What partickler Sfiriptur do you refer to, Sister Slocum V” “ I ‘ion’t knovp; as I can give you the straight, T heard my husband talk'ji'it over; 'twos something ’bout a deacon havin’a wife and children; I guess that they always have to, don’t they ?" “ It ought to be one of the qualifications,” severely remarked Miss Shambley, a lady of uncertain age. And then there was a suppressed litter among the younger ladies.

With her heart so sore from having these two great trials of her life so ruthlessly brought Wore her, in such a public manner, ’twits no wonder that her reply should have been given rather sharply. *• Ephraim's been slow makin’ up his mind > ’tis his way;" and then with a quick glance at Miss Shambley, “it ain’t •ks if lie couldn’t get anybody to have him, yon know.” It was well supper was announced, and the attention of the company turned to the strength of the tea and the quality of the cake. Poor old lady, she was quite bewildered with her own thoughts, and she wanted to get away from all those pitiless eyes and tongues, so she managed to slip out unperceived, nnd arrived at home just as “ the boys ” were going to milking, and to their anxious inquries as to .what was the matter, only said she Wits “ tired.” Solomon hurried off to the society, firm in the, belief that his services could not be dispensed with, when the “ members ” should start for home. Ephraim and. his mother had a long evening together, and her trials were so effectually shown to her son that the interview closed with the widow triumphant and happy, and Ephraim had a subdued look which boded well for his mother’s wishes. On the following morning Solomon asked, “ AVhere are you going to pick up stones to-day, Ephand was told, “I have other work on my hands to-day, less to my mind, but I have promised mother not to ‘ try ’ her any longer by shirking.” Solomon’s eyes opened wide, and he did not hesitate to say, “ Hannah, there’ll be fun now, I guess.” He was instantly stopped liy a reprimand from his mother. Now Ephraim was one of those downright, upright kind of men, to whom the battle is more than half over when once they have “resolved.” so his mother felt no ‘misgivings about him as she watched him crossing the meadows in the direction of ’Squire Whipple’s. I do not think the good woman ever thought of the possibility ot Martha’s saying “ nay” to such an offer, but as the day wore on and lie did not come home, she smiled to-think what ardent lovers these quick backward kind of men made, when they come to know there own minds. Solomon declared “ that Eph was making a lbol of himself, going the rounds of the whole town,” nnd naked his mother “ what she’d bet Eph wouldn’t nsk that ’ar Shumbley woman to add her forty years to his’ii before lie was through with it.” liy nine o’clock Ephraim arrived, but nothing could be gathered from his face, and he refused to answer a single question until he had liis supper. They waited with what patience they could; Airs. Hawkins said, “lie always was dreadful trying,” and Solomon thought■ “Epli’s symptom's good, judging from his appetite.” At last lit; seated himself by the broad, open fire-place, and placing his feet upon the fender, commenced: “ I went over to the 'Squire’s and found Marthy churning, so r took hold and helped her. STie said something about my running away from her generally, but I didn’t take any notice of it. AVe talked over about work and one thing nnd another. She laughed at most everything, but gave me some kind of an answer, imii’ I asked her, ‘ Marthy,’ says I, ‘ what’s your opinion about raising a large family '! Don’t von think, if it’s the Lord’s will, it is better to have a good many children to grow up together, than to have just two or three, like your family and mine?”

JShe jumped so that we almost upset the churn, and th°u she snapped out, “ Eph. Hawkins, what do you mean, talking like that to me? Don’t you ever dare to speak to me again as long as you live.” I tried to explain, but she wouldn’t listen to a word, so I had to leave, and I felt glad ’twas ordered just as ’twas, for a woman with such a temper would make an uncomtortable wife. The widow groaned, but Ephraim told her “not to lie discouraged, for lie did not give it up so.” “ I went from there over to Mr. Wheeler's, and I thought I wouldn’t waste time in compliments, so when Sarah Jane came to the door I asked her at once if she’d be kind enough to answer a few questions, and I told her a food deal del,ended upon her answers, so hoped she would tell the truth. At that she got mad and called to her mother, ’’Kreis Eph. Hawkins, come to take the ceiicus, and he’s afraid I’ll tell him lies; you had better come and answer him,’ and what should she do but leave. Bister Wheeler came, and I said I think I will call when Brother' Wither is at home; and then I left.” •

Again the. widow groaned, and accused her son of bciqg more “trying” than ever before. Solomon kept quiet, for fear of being excluded from the confidence of the family, “ Mother,” said Ephraim, “ don’t find fault with mo, for I n6vor worked so hard to please you in my life as I have done to-day, and I have gone according to the light I had." “l*know, my son, but you'll never marry now. • Oh dear, I am so tried.” “ Yes I shall: I- did not lose courage a bit, but went from there to Ebcn Howe’s.” “Don’t you tell me Betsy Howe is coining here to live on—” “ No, sho wasn’t at home, and when I asked her mother as to Betsy’s views, she owned ‘that Betsy hadn’t any;’ so that was settled, of course, and I left word with her übout some town, business for Ebon, 'and came away.” if “ Atolohn Head’s I fournt quite a company. You know by the time I got there twas in the afternoon. Well, I felt so tbdnkftil, for there was Ana Simpson,

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Abbey Cole and Nancy Fisher, besides the Head girl*. Sonjtehow I didn’t feel quite as clear In ftly bund as to the questions wheh they were all laughing around me.” “Oh,” interrupted Solomon, “if I’d only been there.” 1 was bound to be serious with thorn, so I asked them at once if they didn’t think a woman ought to be willing to do the milking if her husband was a farmer and was called away on town business. “Of course, said two or three of them. “ Do you want to hire a hand, Eph ? Take me, oh, take me;’’ and they all huddled up around me until I was almost crazy. I don’t know how I should ever have got away from them, but I was tipping back in my chair, and somehow it went over and I went my full length on the floor. They all commenced screaming, and I supposed they thought I was hurt, for they called to their father, and he came running in. Says he, “ Brother Hawkins, what is the matter? AVhat have you done to frighten these girls so ?”

Says I, “ They can’t be more frightened than I am, and if you will get the chair mended I will settle the bill. I wanted to talk with you about the school in our district, but I guess I will see you down to the corner some day;” and I was coming away, but my hat had been mislaid somehow and, after a long search, Brother Head lent me his best one; and, though it was pretty large, I managed by wrapping my handkerchief around my head. Becky Read was in the yard, and she said “if she found my hat she’d bring it over, and if I weren’t at home she’d stay and do the milking.” I was going to have a little more talk with her, but I heard the other girls snickering and it upset me completely. “ Oh, Ephraim, the whole town will be laughing about you, I know.” “ Oh, no, mother, there’s no occasion, for in all these places I never said a word to any one about marrying, and then you know I passed it off as though I really did have business with the men folks.” “ But what possessed you to ask such sj range questions V Why did you not leave all these things to time?” “No time like the present to settle points which might make trouble for us if left to the future. At my age I wasn’t going to ask any girl to marry me without knowing her views, AVhcn I got out of 'sight of Read’s house I sat down on the wall and tried to settle whether I would give it up and go home, or what I had better do. I thought of all the hard work I had done on this place, and of what you said last night, that you’d settle everything upon Solomon if I didn’t marry in a month, and he’s nothing but a child and not fit to be trusted with clearing up the land, so, late as it was, and hungry and tired as I felt, I walked over to the Widow Slater’s. The children came running out to meet me; you know they always ’peared to like me; they hadbeen crying because their mother had been ordered to have the house empty in a fortnight’s time. As soon as they told me I saw what my duty was, and why my way had been hedged up all the day. I stayed an hour, I guess, and we agreed upon everything, and so I think your trials are about over, mother, for she is going to marry me as soon as ever we can be published.” 44 She! for conscience sake! who do you mean, for the widow has three girls who have put on long dresses and taken to doing up their hair.” “ Why; mother, 'tis the widow herself, though jf I’d thought of it I’d asked Mirinda some questions; but ’tis too late now ; the bargain is made, and when once I have the widow .and her seven children here nobody can complain of my not having a family. I think I have been led to great usefulness.”

“ To great foolishness, you’d better say. How am I to live With all those children running wild around here; and SolotnOn will be flirting witli those grown-up girls. Dear me; if your father had only lived, and there’d -beehsoine head here, you wouldn’t have triechtne so.” “ No, mother; I prohwse you about the flirting. I’m going to jlobetter than that.” The promise sounded aMittlc mysterious to Ephraim and his mother, but the explanation came soon enoukli, for Solomon was missing one day, as yas also the Widow Slater’s daughter, Mirinda; and when they returned Solomon presented his wife to the family saying that “ he’d given his word to his mother that lie wouldn’t flirt, and he was bound to keep it if it'killcd him.” The last we heard about the widow she was “ tried” about what relation Solomon’s children will be to Ephraim and his wife. And though Ephraim had been chosen deacon, yet with such a mixed up state of things at home, she is of the opinion that iter trials have only just begun.—Provi<lence (11. /.) Press.

A Brief Review.

Aftbr two full years’ experience of the administration of President Grant, the people are able to form a just estimate of his services, and to mark the actually achieved results. When he took upon himself the burthen of government, public affairs were in a condition little better than chaotic. Internal disorder and foreign complications oppressed the country. The national debt was enormous, and still increasing; the revenue laws Were not enforced; waste and extravagance pervaded all the departments, and even the most sanguine dreaded and expected a financial collapse. How completely practical good sense and solid judgment changed the whole current of affairs, restored public confidence, and insured the happiness and Serity of the whole country, llis a administration has not exhibited a single' effort to make any display, or to perforin any prodigy to dazzle the public imagination. Everything done lias been safe, practical aqd useful. Debt and taxntion have alike been reduced at a rate that has surprised all parties. The whole volume of the currency has maintained a value nearly aqual and uniform. The laws have been everywhere enforced. No dangers beset the country from any ioreigh question, and the people at large have enjoyed a degree of prosperity almost without precedent in the past. Washington could havo doge no more, and how few of our Presidents have succeeded as well. That mere partisans should clamor against him-, was a matter of course. That some political aspirants have been disappointed in obtaining place, and have behaved badly in consequence, is cheerfully admitted. But that President Grant has cherished and protected the true interests of the great mass of the people, and stood steadily by them in all their doings, and'that he mis nobly vindicated all pledges, and maintained unsullied the honor of tlie nation and his own. is what every honest man knows and feels.—Chicago Pont. w ;

OUR COUNTRY AND OUR UNION.

Weekly News Summary.

CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on the 17th, J. W. Johnston took the oath of office as Senator from Virginia for alx years. ...A message was received from the President to the effect that since the X reclamation of the ratification of the Fifteenth mfendmonl, but one additional State, New Jersey, had ratified it....8i11s were passed—to define a gross of matches, and for other purposes; to enable tne Atlaiitic jfc Pacific Railroad Company to mortgage its road.... Bills were introduced—to remove the political disabilities from all persons except the members of the Cabinet, and Senators and Representatives who left Congress to go into the rebellion; to reinstate, without pay, officers of the army who were mustered ont under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 15, 1870.... A bill was reported to relieve all persons except members of Congress and officers of the army and navy who left their positions and aided in the rebellion, from all political disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. A concurrent resolution was passed for the appointment of a Joint committee, to consist of seven Senators and nine Representatives, whose duty it shall be to inquire Into the condition of the late Insurrectionary States sb far as regards the execution of the laws and the safety of the lives and property of citizens of the United States, with leave to report at any time the results of their invesUgation to Congress, with snch recommendations as they may deem expedient, and that such committee he authorized to employ clerks and stenographers to sit during the recess, take testimony and visit, at their discretion, any portion ot the said States during the recess of Congress, to print "and make public at any time during the recess the results of their investigation, ana the expenses of said committee shall be paid ont! of the Congressional contingent fund... .Pending the consideration of the resolution to limit the business of the present session.to legislation upon the South, the Senate adjourned. In the House, on the 17th, unanimous consent was asked and refused for the introduction of Mr. Butler’s hill for the protection of the lives and property of loyal citizens.... A joint resolution was passed—l6s to 18—extending the provisions of the act of 1862 to all aliens who had entered or shall enter the navy or marine corps, and have been or shall be honorably discharged, so as to place them on the same footing as to naturalization and citizenship... .Adjourned to the 20th, In the Senate, on the 18th, a memorial was presented from the colored people of Georgia, representing that they are denied redress in the courts, and attacked by mobs when asserting their rights, etc., and asking protection from Congress. .... A motion was adopted to reconsider the vote on tho passage of the hilt defining a gross of matches, and an order was made for a recall of the bill from the House.... A bill was passed to enable the Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad of Michigan to mnke a re-survey of its road.... The resolution-concerning the alleged outrages in the South, and instructing the Judiciary Committee to report remedial legislation was considered, also the resolution limiting the business of the session to the Deficiency Appropriation bill and a consideration of affairs at the South.... A resolution was reported from the Committee on Elections and adopted, declaring that Morgan C. Hamilton was duly elected Senator from Texas for the term commencing March 4,1871, and was therefore entitled to take his seat on taking the required oath. ....Adjourned. House not in session on the 18th.

In the Senate, on the 20th, Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, appeared and took the oath of office.. .. A communication was read from the Governor of Rhode Island, stating that that State had furnished the statues of General Nathaniel Greene and Roger Williams for the adornment, of the Old Rail of tho United States House of Representatives... The on Privileges and Elections made a report admitting Messrs. Goldthwaite,. of Alabama,- and Blodgett, of Georgia, as Senators from those States.... The resolution limiting hnsihess to legislation on the South, etc., was further debated... .Executive session and adjournment. In the House on the 20th, bills were introduced—to protect the loyal and peaceable citizens of the United States in the full enjoyment of their rights of person, liberty and property—whichMr.Butler announced as the bill agreed upon hv the Republican caucus; to secure to all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States equal protection by the laws, within the United States ; “to abolish white slavery in the States lately In rehcllion, on and after the Fourth of July last; to remove all political disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution; for the relief of disabilities, and providing that it shall not take effect in any of the late slave States until the President shall be satisfied that peace and order have been restored therein; for the apportionment of Representatives in Congress, according to the ninth census ...Tho concurrent resolution of the Senate for an Investigation into Southern affairs was taken up and amended by providing that the committee shall report at any time during the next or any subsequent session of Congress, and the resolution was passed—l 27 to Oil ...A petition was presented from the citizens of Ashtabula Countv, Ohio, praying that a grant of land may he made to the soldiers, sailors, and marines. ....A resolution was adopted—l2l to 54—that the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House be authorized to close the present session on tho 23d of-Mareb, instant.... Adjourned.

In the Senate, on the 21st, a bill was reported, with amendments, placing $350,000 at the disposition of the Secretary of War to enable him to enlarge the military depot at Fort Leavenworth. .... Hills were introduced -to establish a port of entry at Duluth, Minn.; granting lands to the Dockings ,t Dakota Railroad Company; to incorporate the New York & San Bias Railroad Company; to aid in the construction and maintenance of twenty or more first-class iron steamships, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, naval, and other purposes A-memorial was presented and ordered printed from Jo tin C. Bryant, a leading Republican elector of Georgia, protesting against the admission of Foster Blodgett, as Senator from that State, and making grave charges affecting that gentleman’s perintegrity....A protest of 204 working women, of Philadelphia, against female suffrage was presented and referred... .Mr. Hamilton (Texas) declined an appointment npon the Oomndttees on Disabilities and Revolutionary Claims, mid lie was excused... The amendment by the House to the Senate concurrent resolution for a Joint Committee for investigation of the South was considered, as was also the resolution specifying legislation for the present session... Adjourned.

In the Ilouse, on the 21st, a joint resolution was Introduced authorizing the Secretary of State to pay the holdera of certificates award moneys paid hy the Republic of Venezuela In settlement of claim*....Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 22d, the Vote on the passaged the hill defining a gross of matches was reconsidered, and the bill placed on the calendar... A concurrent resolution for printing 80,003 copies of the report of the Commissioner of Education was passed, amended so as to exclude that portion relating to Delaware . . The House resolution for dual adjournment on the 23d was brought up. and an amendment was o(farad designating the With aa a day of adjournment, when the whole subject was laid on the table—3o to 23... .An adverse report was made on the llonse bill providing for the admission of animals, specially Imported from Canada for breeding purposes, free of duty. A bill was Introduced and referred to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River, at or near Bt. Joseph, Mo.. .A resolution was agreed to- 36 ho Is - confining the business of the present eeaston to a consideration of the Deficiency Appropriation biU, the concurrent resolution for a joint committee for Investigation at the Southland the resolution now pending Instructing the Committee on Judiciary to report a bill or hula that will enable the President and the courts of the United States to execute the laws In said States, and the report that may »« made by the Committee ou Judiciary on the subject.... Executive session and adjournment. In the House, on the 22d, the credentials of Mersra. Hell, Hibbard and Parker inem-ben-elect from New Hampshire, were read, and they presented themselves and were sworn 1n.... A resolution was reported from the Committee on Elections declaring thst the election of the members of ( ougress from Tennessee was field on a day fixed by law, and that the election was not void.... A resolution was also reported and agreed to that .John 11. Edwards waa entitled to be sworn in as member from the Third Dletrlct of Arkansas, and Mr. Edwards then took the oath of office ... Adjourned. p Iu the Senate, on the 23d, a series of resolutions were partially read by Mr. Sumner protesting against the employment of the United States navy on the Dominican coast. In ordor to prevent any apposition to the annexation scheme, declaring such act by the President to be a usurpation of the war powers of the constitution, that It sVdUld tie disavowed by the United States and that the existing belligerent Intervention h> Inexcusable, and should be abandoned A bill was Introduced In reference to the suppression of disorders at tke South, and authorizing the President, In certain case*, to declare martial law In disorderly communlta* and call out the mftltla, and a lengthy da

bate ensued on the subject,...A special message from the President was received, read, and ordered to be laid on the table and printed... .Executive session and adjournment. In the House, on the 28d, a preamble and resolution were adopted declaring that, the Senate having adopted a resolution precluding the consideration In that branch of Congress of any business which may originate in the House, the present session oi Congress adjourn. Senate permitting, on the 27th to the first Monday in December next... .The Senate bill authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Arkansas River at Little Rock was passed.... A message was received from the President recommending such legislation as, in the Judgment of Congress, shall eft’ectually secure the life, liberty and property, and thesenforcement of law in ail parts of the United States; a motion was made ana agreed to referring the message to a select committee of nine, appointed by the Speaker as follows: Messrs. Shellaharger, Butler, (Mass.), Scofield, Dawes, Blair, Thomas, Morgan, Kerr and Withrow...,Adjourned to the 27 th. FOREIGN. The Emperor William arrived at Berlin on the 17th. In the evening the Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince and Princess drove through the streets. The enthusiasm of the people was immense. A dispatch from Brussels says that in consequence of the ravages of the cattle plague ih Belgium, the holding of cattle fairs is forbidden.

Cable dispatches of the 19th give information of serious disturbances in Paris, threatening revolution and anarchy. President Thiers had issued a proclamation appealing to the reason and patriotism of the citizens to preserve order, and stating that, if necessary, force would be used against the insurgents at Montmartre. Unsuccessful attempts were subsequently made to dislodge the malcontents at that point. Many of the government troops fraternized with the insurgents, who captured two general officers —Generals Le Comte and Clement Thomas—and, after a brie! trial, condemned them to death and shot them. The Paris Journal dee Debate of the 10th says: “Yesterday will be considered as one of the gloomiest hours in the history of France. Revolution, under the banner of pillage is mistress of Paris. This terrible day has wrought more damage to the Republic than all the Bona-, partes.” It was reported on the 20th that in consequence of the disturbances in Paris Emperor William had provisionally stopped the movements of the German troops. A Paris dispatch of the 20th says the insurgents held the Hotel de Ville, Palais de Justice, the Tuilleries, and the Place Vendome. No resistance had been made to the insurgents. The murders of Lecompte and Thomas were perpetrated by order of: Riceolti Garibaldi, who directed the insurrection. They were shot in a garden of the Ilue Des Rosiers. Thomas resisted vigorously, but Garibaldi ordered him held against a wall whije his body was riddled with bullets. Lecompte died with the utmost coolness, smoking a cigar and refusing a bandage over his eyes. Many other executions had occurred. The following dispatch was received in

Washington on the 20th from .Minister Washbume .- “Paris, M»rch til.-/The National Guards Committee is master of Paris. The bepartments of the Interior and Justice and Prefecture of Police are occupied bythe insurgents. Gens. Yinoy, Thomas and Lecomptc have been murdered Elections commence to-morrow. All members of Thiers' Government have gone to Versailles. I follow ' with the whole diplomatic corps.” The Emperor Napoleon arrived in London on the afternoon of the 20th. Immense crowds were in waiting at the landing stage, including a large number of French refugees, who cheered enthusiastically as the Emperor made his appearance on the dock. A distinct shock of earthquake was felt in all the northern counties of England on the night of the 17th. The insurgents were still in undisturbed possession of Paris on the 21st. General Clianzy had been so terribly mutilated by the mob that be was sent to the hospital. The Nationals hail entered and sealed up the offices of the Figaro and Gaulois. Many prisoners had been shot without any sort of a trial. The bullion in the Bank of France had been removed to Versailles, and all the unissued notes were destroyed. The indignities inflicted on Gen. Chanzy, the many arbitrary arrests made, and the suspension of the FHga.ro and Gaulois had aroused general indignation. In Windsor, on the 21st, the Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lome were married. About 1,000 guests witnessed the ceremony. i The German Parliament was opened on the 21st by Emperor William, who, in person, delivered a speech from the throne.

The Madrid Epoca, of the 21st, contradicts, in specific terms, the report that Spain had proposed to sell Cuba and Porto Bico to the United States. News from Paris, on the 22d, was to the effect that the city was then quiet, though the situation at Montmartre and Belleville remained unchanged, the insurgents, still being defiant. The National Assembly at Versailles on the 21st approved a proclamation condemning the criminal attempts of a few madmen to involve France in ruin and dishonor, and appealing to the troops and citizens to rally and save the Republic. President Thiers, on the 22d, sent a circular to the Prefects of departments, informing them that advices received by the government from all the provinces were reassuring. The attempts to create disorders had everywhere failed. In Paris the citizens were organizing for the suppression of the sedition. A large number of French cities and towns have adopted and forwarded to Versailles resolutions protesting against the revolution, and proclaiming their adhesion to the government. The London newspapers are enthusiastic over the marriage of the Princess Louise. There were general rejoicings and celebrations everywhere throughout the United Kingdom. Many marriages were solemnized simultaneously in different parts t>f Btgl&nd. A great many din-

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ners and balls were given In London, In honor of the event, and illuminations in the evening were very extensive. During a disturbance at the Place Vendome, in Paris, on the evening of the 22d, a crowd was fired into by the National Guards, and about thirty persons were killed or wounded. A. Paris Journal of the 22d says Count Yon Blsmark had informed Thiers that the Germans would occupy Paris on the 26th, unless, by that time, Thiers should be master of the situation. DOMESTIC. Gold close 4 in New York on the 23d at 111}*'. The New York Evening Post of the 18th says: “We have reason to believe that the Spanish Government has notified Great Britain and other foreign powers that no proposit ion has been made to the United States to sell Cuba and Porto Rico to us."

A Washington dispatch of the 18th says the total amount subscribed to the new loan had reached $15,903,500. An Omaha dispatch of the 18th says a heavy fall of snow was reported throughout Montana within the previous few days. On the night of the 18th eight hundred persons were arrested in the gambling establishments of New York city. The proprietors and employes of the saloons were held in bail to answer at the General Sessions. The players were held in bail for their future good conduct. The Superintendent General of Recruiting in New York has been ordered to forward two hundred recruits from his depot to the depot at Louisville, Ky., to be assigned, to the military division of the South. A Washington dispatch of the 20th states that Attorney-General Chamberlain, of South Carolina, had arrived there as a bearer of a letter from Go verier Scott, of that State, making a formal request for troops to aid in enforcing theiaws. Chamberlain says that in some districts of the State it had become impossible to serve a civil process. The civil authorities w T cre unable, by reason of the Ku-Klux organization, to enforce the laws. Daniel Ellis and wife were murdered in their house in the village of Rawsonville, near Ypsilanti, Mich., on the morning of the 18th. The bloody deed was done with an ax, which was found near the bodies. The murderer is supposed to be Franklin Ellis, son of the deceased, who lias for some time shown signs of mental derangement.

Recent advices state that the Vigilants of Nevada were sending notices to suspected parties to leave instantly. The demand was invariably complied with with alacrity. Eight had been banished from Virginia and sixteen from Gold Hill— A dispatch received at Washington on the 21st, from Columbia, S. C., says Governor Scott and State Comptroller Nagle had received a Ku-Ivlux demand for their resignation and departure from the State instanter. A New York dispatch of the 22d says the small pox was increasing in that city, Brooklyn, and everywhere in the vicinity. Gov. English has appointed Friday, April 7, as the annual fast day in Connecticut. Maine will fast on the 13th of April The following is the message sent to Congress by the President on the 23d: To tht Senate and House of Htirrtsenfalivi*: A condition of allair* now exist in some States, of the I nion rendering life and property insecure, and carrying of the mulls and collection of revenne dangerous. The proof that such state of affairs exists in Borne localities Is now before the Senate; that the power to correct these evils is beyond the control of the State authorities 1 do not doubt, but that the power of the Executive of the i nltcd States, acting within the limits of existing laws, is sufficient for the present emergency is not clear; therefore I urgently recommend such legislation as in the judgment of Congress shall effectually secure life, liberty, and property in all parts of the Vnited States. It may be expedient to provide that such law as shall be passed in pursuance of this recommendation, shull expire at the end of the next session of Congress. There Is no other subject on which I would recommend legislation during the present session. (Signed) V. S. Grant. Geo. C. Lemon & Co. were recently indicted in Chicago for keeping an office for the sale of lottery tickets, and the court decided them guilty of a violation of the State law relating to lotteries and gift enterprises. An appeal was taken. A Jackson, Miss., dispatch of the 23d says all was quiet in that State. The reported Ku-Klux outrages in the northeastern part of the State had been greatly exaggerated. “Notwithstahding the Governor’s official telegram to the department at Washington, saying tliat troops were not needed, the lower branch of the Legislature passed a resolution yesterday asking for them. The Meridian investigation is proceeding.”

PERSONAL. Hon. Wui. 11. Seward left Calcutta on the 13th, for Bombay, where, he would be the guests of the British officials. His health was excellent. A Bordeaux letter of a recent date says Henri Rochefort’s lungs are so seriously affected that he must soon die of consumption. The following nominations were sent to the Senate on the 17th: Collectors of Internal Revenue —William Z. Ransom, Sixth District of Missouri; Thomas J. Henderson, Fifth District of Illinois; John P. Sanbum, Collector of Customs at Port Huron, Mich.; Ebenezer Dumont, of Indiana, Governor of Idaho Territory; Madison E. Hollister, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Idaho Territory; Sol. S. Bayless, Surveyor General of Dakota Territory. Postmasters Charles Seymour, LaCrosse, Wis.; Ida Lovejoy, Princeton, 111. -r United States Senator Matt. Carpenter, of Wisoonsm, was seriously ill at Washington, oq tie 17th, of pneumonia. A State convention of publishers and editors has been called to meet at Indianapolis, Ind., on the 18th and 19th of Hay. Wm. H. Burleigh, tie well-known poet

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and temperance lecturer, died la Brooklyn on the 19th. Hon. E. W. Nlsbet, former Judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia, and a member of the United States Congroaa In 1838 and 1810, and a member of the Confederate Cotigress, died on the 18th, at Macon, Ga., aged 68 years. Judge Ellis Lewis, late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, died on the 20th, at West Philadelphia, aged seventy-four. He was the first Judge elected by the people. 4 The United States steamer Tennessee, with the San Domingo Commission on board, arrived at Key West on the morning of the 21st, five days and six hours from Kingston. The whole party, including the officers and crew of the ship, are in excellent health. The report of the Commission is said to be, in the main, favorable to annexation. The following nominations were sent to the Senate on the 22d: John W. Forney, for Collector of Customs at Philadelphia. Postmasters—B. 8. Mathews, Pontiac, Mich.; M. Thomson, Romeo, Mich.; M. L. Seaton, Jackson, Wis.; G. S. Fisher, Sparta, Wis.; Wm. T. Pressor, Nashville, Tenn.; G. J. Rooker, Murfreesboro, Tenn. David Brown, Nebraska City, Neb.; J. J. Matthews, Lyons, Iowa: 8. S. Murphy, Marengo, Iowa; Orville Brown, Mankato, Minn.; E. R. Wise, ‘Warren, O.; J. N. Patterson, I’iypa, O.; Margaret Walker, Sidney, O.; A. S. .McClure, Wooster, O.; W. N. Pound, Yankton, Dakota. Four ladies were among the jurors of the United States* District Court which met recently at Cheyenne,- Wyoming The marriage of Nettie, daughter of Chief Justice Chase, and William Sprague Hoyt took place in Washington on the 23d. There was a large number of persons present, including mauy of official and social prominence. The President sent to the Senate on the 23d the name ofE. S. Chase as Postmaster at Eau Claire, WIST I ”

POLITICAL. A Concord, N. 11., dispatch of the 17th says: “ All except five small towns, Coos County, have been heard from, and estimating those towns by last year’s vote, Weston fails of an election by the people by 152 votes. The Senate stands five Republicans to six Democrats. In the First District there is no choice. In the Tenth and Eleventh Districts the vote is so close that an official count will be required to decide. The three Democratic Congressmen are elected beyond a doubt. The Statesman says: 1 Our list of Representatives chosen contains the names of 161 Republicans and 156 Democrats* The towns to be heard from will give, we think, two Republicans and eleven Democrats. If so, the House will stand 163 Republicans to 167 Democrats.’ ’’ In the United States Coijrt at Montgomery, Ala., on the 18th, in a case involving the Enforcement act of Congress, Judge Busteed held that, in all cases when there was a complaint by two or more persons to deprive any one of any right guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States, the Federal Courts had exclusive jurisdiction, and that the State Courts were divested of jurisdiction. A Concord, N. H., dispatch of the 20th says the State Senate stands five Republicans to six Democrats. The Monitor gives returns of Representatives from all the towns in the State, and classifies them — Republicans, 164; Democrats and Labor Reformers, 166. The Patriot says the House will stand 168 Democrats and 162 Radicals, the Labor Reformers being classed as Democrats. The Statesman adheres to its statement —166 Republicans, and 164 Democrats. Probably nothing more definite will be arrived at before the meeting of the Legislature, in June. The Missouri Legislature, after a session of eleven weeks, has adjourned until next December.

The Democratic and Conservative dele„gates to the District of Columbia Convention have nominated Richard P. Merrick as candidate for Delegate in Congress. In the impeachment case of Judge Me Clure at Little Rock, Ark., on the 21st, the demurrer was sustained by a unanimous vote, and McClure thereby acquitted. The North Carolina Senate, sitting as a High Court of Impeachment, on the 22d voted on eight articles preferred by the House against Governor Holden, and convicted him by more than two-thirds, in all except the first two. An order was then passed, removing Holden from office, and disqualifying him from holding office of honor or profit in the State. On this order the vote stood 36 in the affirmative and 13 in the negative. A recent dispatch from Little Rock, Ark., says the impression prevailed there that Senator Clayton will be a prominent candidate before the next National Republican Convention for Vice-Presi-dent. *

Lesson in Practical Chemistry.

A venerable couple in Scott County, lowa, recently received a lesson in practical chemistry, by accident. The old lady took a drink of lye in mistake for vinegar, and, being uncertain whether her taste was perverted or she had got hold of the wrong Jug, she gave her husband a awig of the same to get the benefit of his opinion upon the subject. Presently their throats. and mouths began to burn, when they discovered that it was lye they had been drinking, and swallowed some oil to allay the pain. The oil combining with the lye formed soap, which stimulated the 'salivary glands to excessive action, causing a flow of foaming soap-suds from their mouths that was as alarming as it waa disagreeable. A physician, who happened to call while this process waa in full opera, tion, relieved them by the application of proper remedies, hut it was several weeka before they were able to enjoy their food •gain-