Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1872 — Page 1

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COKGRESSIONAL. The last session es the Forty-second Congress was begun In Washington on the 2d.... The Senate met at noon, the Vice-President in the chair, and all the leading Senators present, with largely more thun a quornm....The Chaplain, In his opening prayer, alluded t 6 the death of Mr. Greeley as that of one whose pen Had given direction to’ public thought, and had been a benefaction i to mankind The credentials of Gen. Matchln, of Kentucky, were presented, and he was sworn in. The credentials of Mr. Morrill, of .Vermont, were also presented.... A number of bills were introduced, among them one by Mr. Sumner in favor of the oblivion of past differences, and providing that the names of Ijuttlos with fellowcitizens shall not be contlnned in the Army Rcgfrter, or placed oh the regimental colors of the United States; for the relief of sufferers by the Boston Are; granting a pension of S2,(XX) a year to the widow of General Meade. All those bills were tabled to await the organization of the Committees. Resolutions were offered and laid over- asking the President to furnish Information 1n regard to the recent application for United States troops to he sent to Arkansas; re appointing the Senate Conference Committees upon all bills on which Committees of Conference were appointed last session, and failed to report, or on which the reports made were not disposed of Messrs. Conklins and '('htirman were ap-pointed-to wait upon the President... .After a recess, a message was received from the House announcing the adoption of the concurrent resolution in regard to the death of Horace Greeley, and the r-solution was nnanimously adopted... .The Committee to wait upon Ihe President reported, and the President’s message was presented and read, and three thousand extra copies were ordered printed..,.The annual report of the several Departments were presented.... Adjourned. 11l the House the attendance was very .urge, 141) members answering to their names.... The following new members were sworn in : Joseph "R. Hawley, Connecticut; Constantine Esty, Massachusetts; O. J. Dodds, Ohio; and Erasmus W. Beck, of Georgia... .Messrs. Maynard, Tyner, and Potter, were appointed a Committee to wait on the President, and inform him that the House was in session ...Mr. Banks twice offered his resignation as Chairman of the Coimnittee on Foreign Affairs, remarking that itwas proper that the House should be represented by one who was. unqualifiedly committed to the policy of the —majority, as he coujd not claim to be, and each time the House refused to accept the same, by a vote of 70 to 59... .Speaker Blaine took the lloor and offered a resolution, which was adopted,-pro--viding for a special committee to investigate into the Credlt-Mobllier charges Messrs... Poland, Banks, Beck, Nib luck and McCrary were appointed as such committee. ...Bills were reported—lndian Appropriation bill, appropriating $5,379,305, made the special order for the 10th ; Pension Appropriation bill, $30,480,000, made the special order for the 11th; Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill, made the special order for the 12th ...Bills were introduced and referred—for the relief of the suiVerers by the Boston fire; for the reduction of the officers and expenses Of the Internal Ttevemie Department....A concurrent resolution was offered and unanimously adopted, that in View of the recent - death of Horace Greeley, for whom, at the late election, lpore than three million votes were cast for President, a record be made on the Journals of Congress of its appreciation for the eminent services and personal purity and worth of the deceased, and of the sad impression created by his death, following a keen family bereavement The President’s message was received, read and ordered printed. . The Speaker presented the resigmrtion of Mt.- Mcrcer, of Pennoyl y has been elected Judge of the Supreme Court of that State..... Adjourned. <

In the Senate, on the 3d, after the reading of the journal, Mr. Cameron made a motion to adjourn,when Mr. Fenton requested its withdrawal that he might move that, when the Somite adjourned, it should bo hid,ll the sth. ‘'The motion was not withdrawn.... Adjourned. In the House, on the 3d, Mr. Boreman, member-elect from Louisiana, was sworn in.... Bills were introduced and referred—to repeal the stamp tax on bank checks and notes; for the re.Jief.of 4-lic.Ftateof-Tennessee... . A resolution was adopted, calllngum the Secretary of the Treasury for information asto what law authorizes him to "make an increased issue of legal tender . notes, as was done in October last, and whether such issue was made in the legal tenders heretofore retired, or in new ones, etc.-..*. Mr. Beck, of Kentucky, asked to be. and was, excused from service on the Select Committee for the Oakes Ames (Yedit-Mobiler investigation, on the ground that, during the recent canvass, lie-had expressed ft decided opinion on v<the subject. Mr. Merrick, of Maryland, was appointed to fill Mr. Beck’s place on the Committee....A bill was reported for the Committee on Naval Affairs, and debated at considerable length, to authorize the. construction of ten steam vessels of war, and appropriating $3,000,000 for that ... A hill to T carry out the fishery clauses of the Treaty of Washington was made' the special order for the second Tuesday in January.. Adjourned. . After convening and electing Mr. Anthony President pro tem. t oh the 4tli, the Senate adjourned. In the House, on the 4th, a resolution for a new rule was offered and referred] providing that It shall not ,he in order at any time to move to sOspeiul the rules, and pass a bill or resolution until at least three days’ notice of such motion has been given by printed, notice, laid ,on the clicks of the members, unr until three days after such hill or resolution has been ’printed, and that such rule shall in no case be suspended... .BillM were introduced and referred—authorizing the Washington, Cincinnati Louis Railroad Company to extend its road into the District of Columbia; to provid# for the speedy construction of a ship canal of a large capacity around the Falls Of Niagara, on the American side; to amend the act of 27th May, 1872. for the abatement, and repayment of taxes ondistilled spirits in bond, destroyed by casualty; to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Ohio lilver, between New Albany ami Louisville .. The hill to provide for the construction of ten sloops-of-war was further considered, /and proposed amendment** debated.. . .In Committee of the Whole, the President’s Message was distributed among the appropriate committees. The question .of referring the subject, of postal telegraph provoked some discussion, and Jhe matter was finally referred to the Committeedn Appropriation's. The Centennial Celebration wiiß referred to a Select Committee of Nine. . . .Adjourned. In the Senate, on the sth, petitions were presented for a Prohibitory Liquor 1aw.... Bills were introduced—to amend the Bankrupt law; extending the time for the construction of a railroad from McGregor to the west end of O’Brien County,-Iowa; for a Court House and Post-office at, Grand Rapids; to facilitate the administration justice. ...On motion, the President Was requested to communicate information concerning the slave trade on the coast of Africa, and the measures taken ,hy Great Britain and other Governments for its suppression... .Mr. Sumner announced that, in view 9f the reorganization of the committees, he will be compelled,by instructions of his physician, to ask to In? excused from service on any committee... .The bin for tlie endowment tvfwaliiAvml and .M'r.M.umlL of Vermont, spoke thereon, when the further consideration of the bill was postponed for one week. ....Adjourned. In the House, oh the sth, bills were introduced—to incorporate a banting association, with a capital of $100,000,01 6, under the style of the "Exchequer of the United States of America;” fixing a pewston of. $»,000 to thevr idovrof Gem-rsl teade; to allow fanners and planters to sell leaf tobacco without restrictions, and modifying the tax on retail dealers; to sell certain lantfS to the Republican Yallsy Railroad . .A bill was unanlinnu«ly passed for the relief of Boston sufferers. The hill corresponds with a like bill for Chicaeo. save that it does not except lumber... .Thß hill providing for tein sloops-of-war was taken up and further debated, and amendments were agreed to— requirhalf of the-vessels to be built in private yards; : making provisions as to-the guns that theyfio not exceed ten; requiring the plans and estimates to be submitted tcyUotigresS, and the appropriation made betarpjhe work commenced, and reducing the number of vessels, to ho constructed from ten to six. The bill, as ainended, was then .. Adjourned. ‘ In the Senate, on the 6th, the Standing and Select Comiiiitiets were elected. Mr. \V ilson,. of Massachusetts, at his own request, was excused from further service cm the Committee on Military Affairs.... A joint resolution of the Indiana Legislature was presented and referred, iiistriict- • ing the Senator* and Representatives from thaiSrnte to vote against any measure divrdiimthe State iuto/lwo or niorc judicial districts... .Bills were Introduced-creating a Commission tpadhist the claims under the Geneva award;' to refund to the States the Interest on the tfimicv borrowed to equip, pay, supply and tran-fei ’troops for the service of, the United States in the late war; to repeal the act of 18(12, prescribing an M fron-clad oath;” to'rcplace National Banknotes with United Btatcs notes; to provide for the erection of public buildings at Covington... .A resolution was agreed to instructing the Committee on Flnance to inquire what legislation is nece*Msary to relieve the present stringency in the

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money market, the propriety of providing for an additional issue of legal-tender notes, and all matters connected therewith, and report, by bill or otherwise, at as early a day as. practicable The resolution calling upon the Prcfement for Information In regard to the application for sending United States troops to Arkansas, and the action taken thereon, was debated and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs—23 to 18 . report of the Committee of Conference on the hill regulating the construction of bridges across the Ohio, was presented and laid oyer. . . . Adjourned to the 9th. In the House, on the oth, a bill was introduced for the payment for property destroyed during the rebellion by authority of the Government. .. .Resolutions were adopted—calling on the Secretary of War for information as to the probable cost of a ship canal from the Mississippi, near its mouth, to the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico; reciting the telegraphic account of the accident on the Pennsylvania Railroad, by which M. W. Dantz, an employe of the House, his wife and childi were killed, and directing that arrangements be made to tranßfer’Thelr bodies hack to their late home, Princeton, Wisconsin, and have them interred at the expense of the notise.... A hill was reported from the Committee of Ways and Means abolishing the offices of Assessor and Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue, and transferring their duties to the Collector, and Deputy Collectors. Amendments were offered and agreed to, after debate, fixing Jnly l, 1873, as the time for the hill to go into operation, and requiring Collectors to give additional bonds for their new duties, and the bill, passed... .Adjourned to-the 9tfe- —— In the Senate,, on the 9th, the credentials of Senator Morton (re-elected) were presented. .. .Petitions were presented for a prohibitory liquor law; on the French spoliation claims, and other subjects.:.. A hill was reported from the Military Committee, refunding the States’ interest on moneys borrowed to equip, pay, supply and transport troops for the United States in time of war.... Bills were introduced and referred—for the relief of settlers on the Cherokee lands in Kan sas; for a military road ln New Mexico; providing that in case any person entitled to a pension for services in the war of 1812 dies during the pendency of his application, the accrued pension to which he would have been entitled shall be paid to his widow or legal representatives;* relating to the payment of duties, which provides that after June 30, 1873, it shall he lawfhLto receive 20 per cent, of the amount of customs duties in United States notes, and 20 per cent, additional proportion each year thereafter, nntil 1877, when the diitieSmay be paid either in gold or United States notes ..Thereportof thoCjommitt.ee of Conference on the bill, regulating the construction of bridges across the Ohio River was agreed to, and, Th cTTou sc having agreed to it at thoriast^session, the hill is now passed... .The hill to define the rights of miners, and to encourage the develop..ment of mines, was indefinitely postponed .. Mr. Sumner’s joint, resolution proposing amendment to the Constitution, confining the President to one term, was referred to the Judiciary Comittee....A hill was passed for the relief of Lizzie Gilmer, postmistress at Pittsfield, 111. .. .A motion was riiade to postpone indefinitely the hill to extend the time for the construction of the Kansas, Topeka A Santa Fe Railroad... .Executive session and adjournment.

In the House, on the 9th, among the Hitts introduced were—for an amendment to the Constitution, authorizing Congress to fix a uniform time for State elections; l‘o repeal the tax on spirits from fruit: providing for Ihe safety of bonds; to reduce taxes; repealing the nsury section of the Currency act; amending the Postal acts, and providing for the collection of statistics of the inland and coastwise trade between States; repealing the iron-clad oath; remitting the duties on certain goods destroyed in the Boston tire; to complete the James River A Kanawha Canal; to amend the act to facilitate postal and telegraphic communication; to secure justice to wool growers the United States; to promote educatietrtiLthe Territories; to secure a more efficient and honest administration of Indian affairs; for the Removal of obstructions to navigation in the Upper Missouri River; extending for four years the Southern Claims Commission ; to repeal the act of June 4, 1872, regulating the construction of bridges across - the Mississippi River; to authorize the, Milwaukee .& Bt. Paul Railroad Company to build a bridge across the Mississippi at North* LaCrosse, Wis.; appropriating $20,000 to the Firemen’s Fund, eatablislied by the firemen of Boston to aid the families of firemen who lost their Hveß~lrrtfrc reccnt- confiagration; for for the construction of a military road In New Mexico The Supplemental Civirßights bill, introduced at the last session,” was discussed and referred .. Resolutions of the Vermont Legislature were presented, favoring the Civil Service Reform and the abolition of the franking privilege... A ress]iition-win offered fixing the salary of the President at $50,000 per annum, commencing in March, 1873, audit hat th e term of office o f sh e .President and Vice President, he six years, the President to be ineligible for re-election*; and that President and Vice President be elected by the people at the same time the Congressmen are elected, the portion of the resolution as. to. the term of the Presidency being in the form of an amendmentto the Constitution... .A resolution was passed for a recess from December 2(1 to January (>... .Bills were prissed—admitting free of duty the, Sailors’ Monument, now hemg executed at Rome, which is to be placed in the grounds of the Naval Academy at Annapolis; appropriating $15,000 for the removal of a sunken wreck, which is now an obstruction to navigation in the channel way of Sandy Ilook, the owners, charterers, or insurers of such vesseftfr he held responsible for the cost of removal; Senate hill authorizing the Mobile & Montgomery Railroad Company to construct and operate the Mobile River and other navigable streams tributary to Mobile Bay .. .The Speaker announced the appointment of the Select Committee on the Centennial Celebration as folfiilHHVs:' Mtfsam, Kelley Dawes (Massachusetts), Maynard (Tennessee), Sargent (California), Hawley (Connecticut), Havens (Missouri), Cox (New York), Marshall (Illinois) and Hancock (Texas). In the Senate; on the 10th, memorials were presented—of citizens of Minnesota, against" the passage of a bill 16 perfect the navigation of tlie Mississippi ; ofthei?outhern Methodist Association of Tennessee, asking payment for the destruction of their property auring the war.... A hill whs reported from the Finance Committee, '''prohibiting the sale of liquoi§ in the District of Columbia, and a motion \yas made to refer it to the Judiciary Committee, hut, after discussion, the Senate refused to discharge the Finance Committee fcom ft consideration of the subject ... Bills were reported—to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to Issue coupon bonds and exchange registered - bonds; to authorize the President to release the Empire of Japan from the payment of the indemnity due.to the United States under the Convention of 18B1; from the Committee on Finalice, House bill for the relief of the sufferers by the Boston fire, she committee being equally divided on .the subject... .A hill was introduced and referred, transferring to .the Exora, Denison & Sioux City Railroad Company, of lowa, all the rights or interests heretofore vested in the Cedar Rapids A Missouri River Railroad Company, by the acts of May 15, 1856. and June 2, 1864, to any public lands lying within twenty miles of the line between Denison and Onawa City, lowa. ....A resolution was adopted directing the Judlciary Committee to inquire into the expediency of so amending tlie Constitution as, to .provide for the election of President and ViotfPregjdefit and United States Senators by the direct, vote of the,people....Bills were passed—to authorize the construction of a bridge across the at or near Arkadelphia, Kansas;, to provide for the removal of the sunken w*eck obstructing the channel ofl'Sandy H00k... .MrU Stevenson, of Kentucky, was announced as a nieipber of the Board of Regents of the SmitbBoniap Institute, in place of Garrett Davis, deceased... .Executive session and adjournment. In the House, on the iOth, hills were ini rod need and referred—Aiithnriiing Colleetoraln, grant special orders for unloading steamships at night; establishing a new scale of fees and salaries of custom officers: repealing the Bankruptcy act ; to repeal the special tax on retailers of leaf tobacco; to repeal the Enforcement act; abolishing the stamp duty on hank checks, and abolishing the special tax on leaf tobacco; to amend the act of May 28. 1872, Tor holding United States Uourts in Toledo; for a railroad bridge across the Ohio River at Owensbnrg, Ky... .The bill ai the last session, to hnable honorably discharged soldiers and sailors, their widows and orphan chil dren, to acquire homesteads on public lands, with authority to assign their certificates and to locate by attorney, was debated.... The 1 nalan Appropriation hill, appropriating $5,379 365, was donridored In Committee of the Whole, and several paragraphs were disposed of Adjourned, ;< ln tho Senate, on the 11th, bills were passed—to admit free of duty the statue Po com- | mtinowUc the sailors, who fell trUho late tvar; I placing colored p<tao«lh who enlistdl in the army [ tni the same footing a« Dilier soldiers n,s to hoUnkv [ withoriziiig the svtncmctit of the ulaim of ilie estate of the late AdmkaJ Dahlgrcn; eKtaMiahing nil; Aasav office at Hcdenir, , Montana; House hill removiug the political disabilities of L. C. Lajiuar... Bills werfe introdneed—for the removal to the Indian Territory Of certain Indians in Nebraska; providing for the tecomputatiott of the accounts between the United states and States, growing out of moneys expended, by the States in the \\ ar of 1812.... the flpuSfrOill for the reduction of officers and expenses of the Internal ItevenueEnreau was reported’, with amendments .. .Tiuilloua* resolution rorthe holding recess was adopted... .Adjourned,

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In the House, on the 11th, Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, asked to be, and was, excused from further service as Chairman of the Committees on Civil Service Reform and on Coinage, Weight* add measures'.. The Speaker announced the following appointments to All the vacancies on committees: “Committee on Elections, Foster, of Ohio; Claims, Hawley, of Connecticut; Judiciary, Shoemaker; of Pennsylvania; Civil Service Reform, Crooker, of Massachusetts, and Dodds, of Ohio; Patents, ,Esty, of Massachusetts; Coinage, Weights and Measures, Connor, o( Tekas; Agriculture, Hundon, of Texas ...Tne Soldiers' Bounty Land bill was debated at considerable length....Thr'lndian Appropriation bill was further considered in Committee of the Whole, reported to the House, and passed—lll to 43 . .The Senate amendment to the House hill for the removal of the sunken wreck off Sandy Hook was concurred in, and a Committee Of Conference was ordered.... Ad joumed. THE OLD - WORLD. On the nights of the 3d and 4th the city of London was in darkness, because of the striking of several thousand , stokers employed by the gas companies. All the theaters were closed, and candles were in great demand. The gas works at Newport, England, exploded on the night of the 4th, killing and wounding several persons.. The French Assembly on the 4th-elected the members of the Committee, of Thirty proposed by Minister Dufaure. The Committee as formed by the Assembly consists of nineteen Deputies from the Right, representing 361 votes, and eleven Deputies from the Left, representifig 333 votes. A Paris telegram Qf the 6th says: “The Governmental situation at Versailles unsettles business of ail kinds throughout the country. The Committee of Thirty, formed yesterday by the Assembly, is regarded as hostile to the Republic. Republican journals in Paris declare that the Assembly does not represent the will of Franeejand demand its immediate dissolution.” The Vice-President of the Committee of Thirty, on the night of the 6th, had a long and friendly conversation with President Thiers.—The Government situation was believed to he improving.

A terrific gale occurred throughout England on the Bth, prostrating the telegraph wires and demolishing many buildings. In London a large number of pedestrians were dashed violently to the ground. Street lamps and signs were blown dovyn, injuring many persons. ' Numerous marine disasters are reported. The gale was as severe in Wales and Ireland, and was accompanied by lightning and rain. Many towns were flooded, and much property destroyed. A Paris dispatch of the 9th says the appointment of Gaudard as Minister of the Interior; Leon Say, Minister of Finance; Fourtin, Minister of Public Works; Colmont, Prefect of the Department of the Seine, had been officially published. Though the Ministry was regarded as transitional, the above appointments indicated a termination of the crisis, and would secure to the Government the support of tlje Right Centre and the Left Centre. Several of the striking gas stokers in London who were summoned, under the Masters and Servants act, to appear and answer a charge of conspiracy,"have been found guilty and sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment. Following the disastrous failure of Bowles Brothers comes the suspension of Jacobs Freres, hankers, of Brussels, who had wide American connections. It is said the embarrassments may he transient and involve no losses in the end. THE NEW WOULD. Gold closed in New York on the 11th at 112%® 112%. A report of the death of Horace Greeley having reached President Grant on the evening of the 29th ult., the President and his family, as a token of respect, did not attend the reception of the Diplomatic, Corps, given by the Secretary of State, and to which he was invited, hut sent a note explaining the cause of their absence. Mrs, A. Priestly has been awarded damages to the amount of $2,500 against Joseph flierb, of Des Moines, lowa, for the sale of liquor to her husband by the defendant. The case is the first decided under the law by which the wife-of a man injured by'using intoxicating liquors is empowered to sue the vender of the spirits and recover from him damages, both actual and exemplary. It was on trial four days, and was argued by able counsel on both sides. The Alabama Legislature, lu session at the Capitol: building, passed » a bill on the 30th ult., and sent it to Governor Lewis but he refused to receive it. A joint resolution was passed, appointing a Committee to communicate the facts by telegraph to the Government at Washington, and appointing a delegate to present the case to the President. In answer to a communication of the Capitol Legislature, Governor Lewis replied that two bodies claimed his recognition; that the members of i the other received the majority of the votes cast; that he could not recognize the Capitol Legislature, because, if persons whom he said did not receive the majority were excluded, the body would be- without a quorum. The Court House body was in secret session. Justice Nelson has resigned his seat in the United States Supreme Court, and the President has appointed Ward Hunt, of New York, to the position. The National debt statement, December 1,

is. as follows : Six per cent, bonds ... $1,345,134,95.0 Five per cent, bonds. 414,567,300 Total coin bonds $1,759,702,250 Lawful money debt. 18,718,000 Matured debt 1.210,440 Legal-tender notes . .. 358,135,643 Certificates oT deposit 21,456,000 .Fraciionalautrancy. • 43,726.68fiCoin certificates.... 20,276.900 Total debt without interest $2,229,224,922 Icrereat. ~84,529,859 Total debt $2,263,754,781 Cash in Treasury— Coin...:'. 68.603,640 Currency, L*.. 10,113.111 Special deposits held for'fedemptlon. - of certificates of deposit as proTotal in Treasury*. $103.198,751 Debt, less cash in Treasury 2,166,563,030 Decrease dtirifig the month 1,198,229 Bonds issued to the Pacific Railrpad. Company, interest payable in lawful money, principal outstanding.,,. 61.6-13.512 interest accnied and not yet paid 1.U15.557 Interest paid by Interest repaid’-by transportation of _ :n:iils, etc 3,958,450 Balance of interest paid by the L nited States , 12,617,124 The Chicago Board of Trade have,"by an almost unauimous vote, expelled fi-bin their membership Ira Y. Munn and G. L. Scott, elevator men. They woro Charged with having issued warehouse receipts largely in excess of tne amount of grain in store in their elevator. An investigation was had and the charges were sustained!'?- v The National Democratic Committee hava issued the following: r"

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HrADqtjißTXßs or th* National Democratic I Committee, New York, Dec. 8. ( The Democratic National Convention did. In Ju--1y,4872, with an unanimity unprecedented in the history of the party, nominate as their candidate for the offloe of President of the United States, Horace Greeley, of New York. Six States cast their Electoral votes for him at the late-election, and millions of men In other States where we failed of success testlfled their appreciation of his noble character, and the great service he had rendered the country, by voting our Electoral ticket. But Horace Greeley is dead, and the splendor of the political victory achieved by his opponents Is now diminished by the sorrow which this sad event has cast upon the people whom he loved, and who regarded him as one of the best, truest and bravest of men. •' The lessons of his pure and blameless life will long remain impressed npon the age in which he lived. Eyery beat of hiß great heart waa In sympathy with humanity in its broadest form. He loved the Government, he loved his fellow-men, and the labors of his whole life were to elevate the condition of mankind. No struggle for liberty, civil or religious, was ever made on the surface of the earth, since his manhood began, with which he did not affectionately sympathize, or to which he failed to give faithful and powerful aid. Every day of his life abounded with acts of kindness, of charity, of forgiveness, and of love. Not his stricken family alone, but a stricken people, sorrow for a loss wholly inscrutable and almost unparalleled. The National Democratic Committee,UTbehalf of the great party who achieved honor by their faithful effort to elect him to the first office in tho Government, will do all in their power to honor his name and memory. —' AtnwTSTDs Schell, Chairman National Democratic Committee. The following letter, .written by Horace Greeley to Hon. Charles Lanman, is at this time peculiarly interesting; - New York, June 27, 1872. Friend Lanman: Received yours of 25th instant. I have all my life been doing what people called vastly foolish and impolitic acts, and I do not dispute their judgment. I only said that what I did seemed to me the right tmng. If I should die before election or be beaten therein, please testify for me that T do not regretr having braved public opinion when I thought it wrong and knew it to be merciless. (Signed), Horace G*eeley. Mr. Ward Hunt, who has been appointed to the Supreme Bench of the United States to fill the place resignad by Justice Nelson, is a prominent lawyer of Utica, N. Y., where he was born in 1810, and where his whole life has been spent. He is a graduate of Union College, and of the law school at Litchfield, Cohn. The funeral of Horace Greeley occurred in New York on the 4th. The funeral services were under the direction of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and Dr. Chapin. President Grant, Vice-President Colfax,Vice-President-elect Wilson, prominent journalists, distinguished Senators, “the Governors of New York and adjoining States, members of Congress, and of the Municipal Government of New York, and countless thousands of citizens formed the procession that followed the remains to the gravo. The ceremonies were very solemn and impressive. At a recent meeting of prominent educators of the State of Ohio, it was decided to take the proper steps for having the system of education as practiced in Ohio fully represented at tlie Vienna Exposition. A bill has been passed by tha, Cherokee National Council, banishing all white men from the nation.

The Maryland Electoral College, on the 4th, cast a unanimous vote for Hendricks, of Indiana, for President. Suitable resolutions were passed on the death of Horace Greeley. The Electoral vote of Georgia is as follows: For President—B. Gratz Brown, 6; Horace Graeley, 3; Charles Jenkins, Georgia, 2. For Vice-President —B. Gratz Brown, 5; General A. H. Colquit, lowa, 5; General N. P. Banks, Massachusetts, 1. The Secretary of State of Arkansas, on the 4th, declared the Grant electors elected by majorities ranging from 3,000 to 4,000. Judge Merrimon, who was defeated as the Democratic candidate for Governor of North Carolina,in September, has been chosen United States Senator, .in the place of Mr. Pool, by tho Legislature of that State. Mr. Spencer, Republican, has been re-elect-ed United States Senator by the Legislature of Alabama.. . The President sent the following nominations to the Senate on the sth: Ward Hunt, of New York, Associate Justice of the Supreme ©ourt ; James L. Orr, of North Carolina, for Minister to Rmssia; 8. F. Phillips, Solicitor General, rice Bristow; I.ucien Hawley, Supervisor of Internal Revenue, New York; Brigadier General Irvin McDowell, to be Major General; H. K. Knowles, Justice of the Supreme Court of Montana Territory. United States District Attorneys— N. Tanster, for the Western District of Indiana; Wm. Patrick, Eastern District of Missouri; Win* Pound, Dakota Territory. United States Marshal—J. H. Burdick, for Dakota Territory. A terrible accident occurred on the Pennsylvania Central Rallroad.near Mifflin,Pa.,on the evening of the sth. The second Section of the Cincinnati express, bound east, ran , into a car of the first section, and telescoped the Pullman, cars. The names of the killed are Matthew Knowles and J- W. Bacon, o' Chicago, and W. W. Dantz, wife and chijd, of Green Bay, Wis. Five other persons qfere injured, hut none seriously. Every person on the second train escaped uninjured. ■ The Republican State Convention of New Hampshire is to be held on the 14th of January. The New York Herald ’proposes a press fund for'the endowment of the children of thc late Mr. Greeley, and offers SI,OOO as its . own subscription. , • - A reception was given in New York on the night of the 4th to the Hon E. B. Wash-, burne, by the Union League. ’ Mrs. Greefey bequeathed to her fitisbancf all her pictures and statuary, a rare and valuable collection, and instructed Ida Greeley to appropriate SIOO for the purchase 6f some additional memento of her affection for her husband. It was also provided that in case of Mr. Greeley’s dying, ot marrying again, Mrs_. Greeley’s real estate is not Jo be sold, • nor the principal of the property used by either of the children, without the joint consent of Ida Greeley and Judge Hart. Mrs. Greeley had a policy of life insurance on Mr. Greeley’s life to the amount of $lO,000 to $20,000; also, it is stated, some Tribunic shares and various other stock*, besides the real estate.

The'Missouri Electoral College.-voted as follows: For President—B. Gratz Brown, 8; Thomas A. Hendricks, 6; David Davis, 1. For Vice-President—B. Gratz Brown, 6; Geo. W. Julian, 5; John M. Palmer, 3; Win. S. Grpcsbeek, 1. * Tbe horse djstomper was spreading in St. Louis on-thc sth, and there were few stables ; in the city which had not more 6r less cases, although general business in the city was j not yet intefrppted. The Tennessee Electoral College cast the vote of the State for Governor Hendricks, of Indiana, for President, and B. Gratz Brown lor Vice-President. ~ j The Greeley Electors of Arkansas assetphlgd on the 4th, and, claiming to Be ! elected,"c'asi the foH of thAState for B. Gratz j Brown for President, and General N. P.'

Banks, of Massachusetts, for Vice President. They did this after being by tbe Governor that, on a panyess of the votes, the Grant Electors were elected. They charge the latter result was reached through fraud. They passed appropriate resolutions on the death of Mr. Greeley. Both sides in the State claim the election of their ticket, and will endeavor to install themselves in office. Thos. A. Johnson, Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of New York, died at Corning on the evening of the sth. Mr. Greeley'B daughters have stated that they will not accept the proposed endowment fund started for their benefit, as they need no personal aid, but suggest, indirectly, that the money be used for a statue to their father’s memory, in which case, they will themselves contribute toward it. On the morning of the sth, Governor Warmoth, of Louisiana, issued a proclamation enforcing the report of the returning officers appointed by him to canvass the votes cast' at the recent election. By their returns the vote stood —Republican, 60,233; Democratic, 68,169. In the Eighth District Court, in the case of the “Cuatom-Houso Returning Board vs. the Governor’s Returning Board,” it was decided by Judge Durell that a large number of voters had been illegally deprived of the franchise, and that ten thousand votes which would have been cast for the complainant were about to be suppressed by an illegal board. The Court therefore prohibited Governor Warmoth from exercising any authority over the returns Or papers of the reefint election, aDd restraining him from granting any certificates of election whatever. On the morning of the 6th two companies of the First Artillery of United States troops, under directions of Deputy United States Marshal Decklins, took possession of the State House. The Electoral College of Kentucky voted for Governor Hendricks, of Indiana, for President, and B. Gratz Brown for VicePresident. Judge McArthur, of the Criminal Court, in Washington, has reversed the decision recently given against the keeper of a restaurant for a refusal to entertain colored men, holding that the proprietor of a hotel or restaurant is the proper judge who is to he received into his house. The following is a synopsis of the Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners : “After three Tears' working of the peacepolicy, the Board find cause for congratulations that their anticipations of success in their attempt to civilize nomadic tribes have been so far fulfilled; that there is now a resonable assurance that the object in view is being rapidly attained. The operations of the new system called into life confidence in the jastico of the whites, and the Indians were therefore more disposed to help themselves. 'Nearly five sixths of the Indians of the United States are now either civilized or partly civilized. The various fraudulent means by which the agencies were formerly made the fruitful sources from which large fortunes were speedily drawn are how nearly abandoned. Instead o{ paying for thirtysix per cent, more than is received, the Government receives the full value for the money appropriated and the Indian gets all he is fairly entitled to. “The various religious denominations have ex- ; pended large sutas in Christianizing the Indians, and their success has been marked. The Board, during the three years of its existence, traveled in the performance of their duties more than 256 L OOO miles. "The Sioux and other tribes on tlie Northern Pacific Rail road,are generally welldisposed. r “The Indian Territory, with a smaller area than any of the Territories, has a population-exceeding any Territory, with the exception of New Mexico and Utah. It has more acres of land nnder cultivation than any other in the United States. This effectually disposes of the statement that there is an unreasonable amount of land lying idlethere, as compared wlthothcrportions of the United States. The Board decmsTt a matter of congratulation that the public opinion of the country is so rapidly crystalizing into purposes of justice and humanity.” It is reported, on good authority, that Mr. vacant place on the New York Tribune has been offered to Vice-President Colfax.

The larger portion of tlie business part of Potosi, Mo., has been destroyed by fire. The Journal office was burned. Horatio Seymour has accepted an invitation to preside over the National Prison Reform Congress, to be held in Baltimore on the 21st of January next. United States Marshal Paekare! telegraphed from New Orleans, ohthe7th, to the Attorney-General, at Washington, that “the Returning Board provided for by the law of 1870, under which the, election was held, which the United IStafes Court sustains promulgated la the official j journal this morning the result of the election for the Legislature. The House stands 77 Republicans to 32 Democrats; Senate, 28 Republicans, to 8 Democrats. The Board counted the ballots attached to the affidavits of colored persons wronfgnlly prevented from enrolling and voting, filed with the Chief Supervisor.” The Republican Electoral College of Louisiana received their certificates of election from the Canvassing Board, on the sth, and cast tbe vote of the State for Grant and Wilson. The Second yearly report of the Southern Claims Commission states that, from the organization of the Commission, in March, 1871, to the end of November, 1872, 17,700 claims were filed; In which aft aggregate sum of over $45,000,000 is claimed. Of these, 2,778 cases, representing. $5,424,314 as claimed, have been disposed of by awards amounting altogether to about $1,188,000. About 700 cases, claiming $2,500,000, have been investigated and are under further consideration, as claims appearing to be meritorious, but the proofs are ’ inpuft’eferit oh which to frame just awards. This will leav* about 15,000 untouched cases, amounting to some $37,000,000, when the Commission expires by law next March. . With the exin the past two years, the Trdmmlssloners think they could dispose of all the claims before them in about four years, but It would require uninterrupted diligence to do the work in that time. S. N. Pike, the Original proprietor ‘of Pike’s Opera House, of Cincinnati, and who has resided in New York for the past few years, died in the latter city on the 7th. A Bt. Lonis dispatch of the 9th says scarcely, a horse was to be seen on the streets, in that city, owing to the general prevalence of the epizootic. What little hauling there vras, was being done by mules, and oxen. Business in Some departments of trade was S almost entirely suspended. ' "The Custom-House legislature of I-ouis-iana, begun its session at New Orleans on : the 9th, with an attendance of ninety-two members. The House passed a resolution : that President Grant be asked, by telegraph, j to use the Federal arms to save the State from domestic riolencei. lt also, by a vote of 58 to 6, presented articles ~of impeachment against Governor Warmoth, and declared him suspended from oiliee during,,-trial j Lieutenant Governor Pinchbeck was install!ed in th'e Gubernatorial chair, u ; . j The following nominations -for' Postmas:,teis were sent to the Senate: J. F. Bcofield,

at Palnesvllle,. Ohio; George B. Whiting, at Granville, Ohio; F. A. Haywood, at Omra, Wis.; George F. Whitel, at Grand Raplda, Wls.; Vs. G. Agnew, at Osceola, Iowa; Samuel L. Lucas, at Ames, Iowa; T. J. M. Worat Tama City, Iowa; William M. Priestly, at Metropolis City, Ill.; Paugratz 8011, at Greenville, Ill.; Thomas Blanchard, at Flora, Ill.; Jesse M. Hammer, at Eureka, Nev.; Y. M. Jamison, at Reno, Nev.; T. W. England, at Canton, Mo,; Henry G. Morton, at Benton Harbor, Mich.; E. P. Royce, at Escanaba, Mich.; B. F. Bradley, at Midland, Mich.; H. H. Alpin, at Winona, Mich.; F. C. Albright, at Mason, Mich.; C. F. Robertson, at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Mayor Gaston, -of Boston, Democratic candidate, was re-elected on the 10th, over H. S. Pierce, the nominee of the people and Labor Reformers. Gaston’s majority is 352. The Common Council stands.about forty Republicans to twenty-four Democrats. i The Boston Grand' Jury has indicted Leavitt Alley for the murder of Abijah Ellis, whose body was found dismembered and floating in two barrels In the Charles Rivera day or two before the great fire. Stanley, the discoverer of Livingstone, has abandoned the lecture field, having failed to draw paying houses, owing, it is said, to his weak voice, unattractive manner and bad delivery. There is a prospect of a sharp contest of Horace Greeley’s will. The will made just before his death was offered for probate and whs met by the offer of a will made more than one year ago. By the last will most of the property is given to his oldest daughter, and several persons named in the other will are wholly ignored The last will is to be contested on the ground of the mental incapacity of the testator at the time of making It. According to the complete official returns, the whole number of votes in Michigan at the late election is 221,579. Grant has 138,811; Greeley, 78,(150; the.others, 4,118. The majority for Grant is 60,161. The whole vote of the State is 4,040 less than in 1868. The Scandinavian National Bank, of Chicago, has suspended,, causing cohsiderable excitement among depositors, many of whom are poor people—honest, hard-work-ing Scandinavians —who intrusted their savings to that institution, The Chicago Grand Jury have found a true bill against Ira Y. Munn and Geo. E. Scott, partners in the firm of Munn Scott, for violation of that section of the Warehouse act which prohibits the use of grain by parties with whom it is stored. Three inches of snow fell at Little Rock, Ark., on the loth, and the weather was very cold. The South Carolina Legislature on the 10th elected John J. Patterson as United States Senator. Mr. Patterson was snbse quently arrested on a charge of bribery. T. W. Sykes wa3 chosen United States Senator by the Capitol Legislature of Alabama, on the 10th. Sykes was a Greeley elector at the late election. 1

The Eighth District Court of Louisiana on the 10th granted an injunction against the action of the Legislature by which articles of impeachment had been preferred against Governor Warmoth, anS enjoining Pinchbeck from acting as Governor. A largely attended meeting of citizens of New Orleans was held, and Governor Warmoth was one of the speakers on the occasion, ne asked: “Is it not known that the sworn returns are In the hands of the Governor? How, then, ean’tbey decide whether or not this pr that officer is elected ?” He said that seven or eight counties had been counted, and without evidence; that the Governor had been impeached, the State House placed in possession of United States troops, the Legislature enjoined, and everybody denied admittance to the Capitol who was not upon the infamous rolls of the enemies of the State. He concluded by advising recourse to Congress for redress. A series of resolutions was adopted denouncing the action of the Kellogg Legislature, and authorizing the appointment of a Committee of one hundred to prepare an address to the President and Congrrsa, setting forth the manifold grievances. The Kellogg Legislature, in joint session, counted the vote for Governor and Lieuten-ant-Governor. A. P. Field received his

commission as Attorney-General. Acting Governor Plchbeck*' sent a message to the Legislature to recommend prompt action in the case of the impending Impeachment against Governor Warmoth, and a vigorous, searching Investigation regarding the alleged election frauds, with a view of punishing the guilty. His proclamation concludes: “The people have complained of oppressive laws. I would rtccomend that all laws which are justly ot noxious or which bear oppressively upon any portion of the people of this State, whether political or economic, be modified or repealed, and that all your legislation be conducted, not in the interest of any class, bUt with a view to protect the rights and foster the interests of the whole people of this State.'” A fife broke out on the third floor of the Fifth Avdfrtte Hotel, New York, on the night of the 10th, about eleven o’clock. The flames rapidly ascended a narrow staircase to the corridor at the top. They spread over the entire extent of the west wing. The woodwork of the rooms where JMseomtsi slept Immediate!#xcaaglti* j«4 soop the entire wing was a mass of lurid flame. The fire spread so rapidly that the servants, asleep in the rooms at the top of the staircase, were overtaken before assistance <;ould reach them, and were completely shut off.from .themain, building, and eleven of them were burneu or suffocated to death. The damage to the hotel by the tire was about $150,000. - A Greeley.monument Association has been organized atT Boston, which proposes to .raise a national subscription of $500,000 to carry off its purpose. A motion to qua6h the indictments against Tweed was denied by Judge Ingraham on the llth. — At the recent charter election at Ogdensburg, N. Y., the Republican ticket was elected. i m v The Supreme Court of the United States has decided the Milwaukee & Beloit and the Milwaukee & Superior Railroad bond cases adversely to the city of Milwaukee. Three,..or four, inches of snow fell at Augusta, Ga., on the night of the 12th, being the heaviest fall in .that section for 'many years. ■ ' — to the returns on file in the office of the Secretary of State of Arkansas, the entire Republican ticket, with the exception of Congressinan-at-Large, is elected by a majorities ranging from 300 to over 3,000. There were no returns from four counties—Johnson, Green, Scott, and Poui-

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sett, all-of which gave majorities for the Reform ticket. A Columbia, 8.C., dispatch of the 11th states that Senator-elect Patterson's arrest was based on the affidavits of eleven members of the Legislature. He was taken before a justice, but a crowd of hla friends created a disturbance, and Patterson escaped. He was again arrested, and committed to Jail for twelve hours for contempt, but was immediately release 4 on a writ of habean enrput. The “Fusion” Legislature waa In session at New Orleans on the 11th, with a quorum in both houses. Governor Warmoth sent his message, which was read. The Kellogg Legislature was also in session, and passed a resolution arraigning W. A. Elmore, Judge of the Elebth District Court, before the bar of the House for contempt in issuing the injunction against Ptnchbeok. Governor Warmoth iscued a . proclamation styling the Kellogg Legislature a “revolutionary pretending to be the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, composed mainly of candidates defeated at the election, but who have been proclaimed elected by persons wholly unauthorized to act,” etc., and warning all citizens against recognizing it ,aa a lawful body. Acting Governor Pinchbeck- received the following telegram from Attorney-General Williams, Washington: “ The requisition of the Legislature, transmitted by you, Is received. Whenever it becomes necessary, in the judgment of the President, the State will be protected from domestic violence.”

The following are the United States Senate Committees, as chosen on the 6th: STANDING COMMITTEES. Privileges and Elections—Morton, Chairman: Carpenter, Logan, Alcom, Hill. Anthony and Trumbull. Foreign Relations—Cameron, Chairman; Harlan, Morton, Patterson, Hamlin, Howe and Schnrz. . Finance—Sherman, Chairman; Morrill (Vermont), Scott, Ames, Wright, Ferry (Michigan) and Bayard. „ 5 • = Appropriations—Cole, Chairman; Sprague, 9awyer.Morrill (Maine), Wlndom.West and Stevenson. Commerce—Chandler, Chairman: porbett, Kellogg, Spencer, Buckingham, Conkling and Vickers. Manufactures—Robertson, Chairman; Sprague, Gilbert, .Johnston and Fenton. Agriculture—Frelinghuysen, Chairman; Robertson. Lewis, Davis (West Virginia) and Machen. ♦ Military Affairs—Wilson, Chairman; Logan, Cameron, Morton, Ames, West and Blair. Naval Affairs—Cragin, Chairman; Anthony, Nyc, Osborne, Alcorn, Morreli (Maine) and StockJudiciary— Edmnnds, Chairman; Conkling, Carpenter, Frelinghuysen, Pool, Wright and Thurman. ■ ' . Post-Offices and Post Roads—Ramßev, Chairman; Pomeroy, Cole, Hamlin, Ferry (Michigan) Flanagan and Kelley. Public Lands—Pomeroy, Chairman; Osborne, Sprague, Windom, Stewart, Casserly and Tipton. Private Land Claims—Thnrman, Chairman: Ferry (Connecticut), Caldwell, Bayard and Norwoed. Indian Affairs—narftn. Chairman; Corbett, Buckingham, Frelinghuysen, Caldwell, Stevenson and Rice. Pensions—Pratt, Chairman; Brownlow, Logan, FcrryJConnecticut), Hill, Sanlsbury and Hamilton (Texas). Revolutionary Claims—Pool, Chairman; Brownlow. Corbett, Hill and Norwood. Claims—Howe, Chairman; Scott, Pratt, Boreman, Wright, Davis (West Virginia) and Machen. District of Columbia—Patterson, Chairman; Lewis, Spencer, Sawyer, Hitchcock, Ferry (Michigan) ana Vickers. _ " Patents -Ferry (Connecticut), Chairman; Carpenter, Windom, Hamilton (Maryland) and Ransora. Public Bnildings and Grounds—Morrill (Vermont). Chairman; Gilbert, Cameron, Stockton and Hamilton (Maryland). T Territories—Nye, Chairman; Cragin, Boreman, Hitchcock, Clayton, Cooper and Fenton. Pacific Railroad—Stewart, Chairman; Ramsey, Harlan, Scott, Kellogg, Hitchcock, Ferry (Michigan), Cragin, Cooper, Rice and Casserly. Mines and Mining—Hamlin, Chairman; Chandler, Flanagan, Caldwell, Alcorn, Kelley and Goldthwaite. . Revision of Laws of United States— Conkling, Chairman: Carpenter, Stewart, Edmnnds and Goldthwalte. Enrolled Bills—Windom, Chairman; Lewis and Kelley. Education and Labor—Sawyer, Chairman; Morrill (Vermont', Flanagan, Patterson and Johnston, Investigation and Retrenchment—Buckingham, Chairman: Pratt, Howe, Harlan, Stewart, Bayard and Trumbull. To-Andlt and Control ConHngent Expenses of Senate—Carpenter, Chairman; Morton and Sanisbury. _ , „ Printing—Anthony, Chairman; Howe and Cas—Morrill (Maine), Chairman; Howe and Sherman. —. _ . Engrossed Bills—Casserly, Chairman; Clayton and Cooper. SELECT COMMITTEES. Revision of Roles—Pomeroy, Chairman; Edmunds and Steveneon. _ Removal of Political DlsablUtiea-Boreman, Chairman; Ames,Clayton, Lewis, Vickers, Ransom and Tipton. _ , Levees of the Missisinpl River—Kellogg, Chairman; Alcorn, Clayton, Blair and Rice. To Inquire into Certain Allegations Against Hon. Powell Clayton—Wright, Chairman; Morrell (Maine) and Norwood. » •<. On Alleged Outrages in the Southern States— Scott, Chairman; Chandler, Bayard, Pool, Pratt, Spencer ana Blair. • Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, at his own request, was excused from further service on the Committee on Military Affairs.

Missouri—Republicanism Spreading.

By the official report of the rote of Missouri, we find nearly all the border counties of the State on the north and west giving large Republican majorities. Northwest Missouri is largely Republican, for nearly every candidate, from President down to Constable, is elected by handsome majorities, and, as a natural sequence, peace and prosperity reign triumphant. The official vote of the Btate will, it is thought, show a Republican gain of fmlly 20,000 in the last two years. Being the fifth State in the Union in population and wealth, it must and will take eqnal rank with the great Republican States of the nation; and it is believed that, by the next Presidential election, the State will roll up a Republican majority equal to Illinois, Wisconsin or lowa, as ninetenths of the new. settlers belong to that party that cleaned out the Greeleyites in the late election in all the States north of Mason and Dixon’s line. All hail Missouri !—Grant City Star. \ postal convention went Into effect the Ist of December, between the United States and Newfoundland. The rate of letter postage Is reduced to six cents per l half ounce and under. Two cents on each two ounces- must be prepaid on pamphlets, periodicals, and other printed matter, as well as on patterns and samples, and two cents each for newspapers. The same rates as above, except on letters, are collected on all matter from Newfoundland when delivered in. the United States, without regard to what may have been prepaid there. Each country collects its own postage on all matter sent or received, and no accounts are kept between the two. [ . v Thk bill before the Vermont Legisla-ture,-making jtlie membership of secret societies a challengeable disqualification for sitting on juries, was defeated in tift House by a vpte of 159 to 35,

Senate Committees.