Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1875 — Page 2

RENSSELAER UNION. HORACE E, JAMES, Proprietor. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA.

News of the week.

FOKRIGN. The town of Arecibo, Porto Rico, was near ly destroyed by an earthquake on the Bth of December. Gen. Jovellar, the Spanish Minister of War, has been appointed Captain-General of Cuba. A Naples dispatch of the3lst says Mount Vesuvius showed a gradual increase of fire and smoke, and Prof. Palmieri had predicted a long period of eruption. A Lisbon* special of the 2lst says a Portu. guese gunboat had been ordered to the island of St. Thomas, in the Gulf of Guinea, to put down an alleged insurrection of the negroes. The election of Senators by the French Assembly has resulted ini the choice of thirteen Legitimists, four Orleanists, one Bonapartist and fifty-eigh't Republicans. Henry Wainwright, who was convicted of the murder of Harriet Lane in Whitechapel road, London, in September last, was hanged at Newgate on the 21st. He left a written statement acknowledging the justice of his seateace. A special from Berlin to the London Times of the 22d says it had been ascertained that the total number killed by the dynamite explosion at Bremer Haven was 128; wounded, 56; twenty of the injured were hopelessly maimed, and there were 56 widows and 135 orphans of victims of the disaster, for whose benefit it was proposed to raise a subscription fund of <75,000. A Vienna special of the 22d says eight} insurgent delegates had recently met at Jamnetza, in Bosnia, and unanimously rejected the Sultan’s firman, proposing sundry reforms, as unworthy of confidence. They had formed a sort of provisional government.’ The British training-ship Goliath was burned at Gravesend on the morning of the 22d. It was thought that twenty boys had perished. A Shanghai (China) dispatch of the 22d announces that Chen Lang Pin and Yung Heng had been appointed Ministers to the United States. According to a Vienna special of the 23d thirty-six Turks had recently been arrested for conspiracy to murder some of the Christian subjects of Turkey. It was reported that the Prince of Montenegro had negotiated a loan of ?1,000,000 and was about to interfere in behalf of the Herzegovinians. News had been received at St. Petersburg, Russia, on the 23d of the complete suppression of the Khokand rebellion. The neighboring rebellious tribes had also been defeated with very great loss. A report was current in Havana on the 23d that Wm. M. Tweed had arrived there on a schooner, and had been seen by several New Yorkers in that city who had known him by sight. A Cairo (Egypt) dispatch of the 24th says an expedition consisting of 12,000 men would start for Abyssinia atonce. It would be accompanied by every American officer in the,Khedive’s service. _ The death of Right Hon. Earl Stanhope, a well-known historian and essayist, was announced from London on the 24th. A Penang(Maiat‘ea) special of the 24th reports the capture of Kintah by the British troops and the flight of the rebel l leaders to Pal an e. A Berlin telegram of the 26th says the leading American residents of that city hadcalled a meeting for the purpose of protesting against the strictures of the German press on America! character in their com. ments on the Bremer Haven plot. Herr a correspondent of the Schlesische Zeitutiq, has been arrested and maltreated by Turkish troops in Bosnia, and the Berlin Government has been asked to interfere. , ‘ 1 A Madrid dispatch of the 26th says the royal palace at Barcelona had been almost entirely destroyed by fire on that day. A St. Petersburg dispatch of the 26th says the disorders in Khokand would soon be made the occasion by Russia for the annexation of the remainder of the country. The recent threatened bread riots in Montreal were averted for the time being by the employment of between 1,000 and 2,000 laborers to work on city improvements at the rate of seven cents an hour.

DOMESTIC. A report that Secretary Bristow had ordered to be paid to the Union Pacific Railway Com- . pany the sum adjudged due by the Supreme Court is pronounced erroneous by a Washington telegram of the 23d. A large gas-main running under Federal street, in South Boston, Mass., exploded on the 23d with a loud report, tearing up the pavement for a long distance. The street was thronged with people at the time, and many were buried under the debris. A grainhouse was badly shattered and the foreman instantly killed. A number of persons were blown into the water and drowned. The number of victims as far as ascertained up to the morning of the 23d was as follows: Killed, 20; fatally injured, 4; seriously hurt, 9; slightly, 3. Seven persons were missing and were supposed to have been blown into the water, in addition to those already' taken therefrom. The Bank of Brandywine, at West Chester, f’a., made assignments, on the 22d, for he benefit cf its creditors. It was thought depositors would be paid in full. A suit in the. Circuit Court at St Louis against the Sy&ouri State Lottery, managed by Murray, Miller & Co., charging them with usurpation of their franchise and praying for judgment of ouster, was decided on the 23d against the defendants. An appeal was taken to the Supreme Court The Commercial Loan Company and Savings Bank of Chicago suspended on the 21st. It was reported that depositors would realize about eighty cents on the dollar of their claims. An advance in railroad freights over the different routes between Xbe East and West Las been recently est ablished. 1 At Augusta, Ga., two men named Tilley and Ratcliffe recently fought a duel with pistols, in which, the former was badlywounded. He died the following day. A violent earthquake shoek was felt in Richmond, V*., on the night of the 22d. The guests at the different hotels were so alarmed from the rocking of the buildings as to assemble in the parlore en deJiabUU, ready to leave. The alarm was genera], the shock being felt in all parts of the city, and citizens leaving their domicifth in fright. The, governor of Pennsylvania has nar-

, doned Xi'ngo Parks and several others of the miners convicted In Clearfield County of con spiring together for riotous purposes. The annual report of the Southern Claims Commission shows that there were considered during the past year 1,561 cases, involving nearly (4,000,000. Up to the date of the report the commission had considered 22,000 cases in all, and 12,000 were still waiting to be investigated. The number of claims allowed the last year was 775, involving about (500,000. to the amount of (3,300,000 were disallowed. " ’ It was thought in Boston on the 23d that the number of lives lost by the gas explosion would be reduced to five, as several who were reported missing had appeared all safe. One or two s os the wounded would probably die. The Executive Committee of the Michigan Agricultural Society, sitting at Detroit, decided to hold the State Fair five days, commencing Sept. 18. The location was dot decided upon. Dispatches received at San Francisco, Cal., on the 23d from'San Diego state that a revolution was in progress in Northern Mexico, she Yagui Indians were in revolt, and Gov. Pesquiera had levied a special tax to carry on the war. One dispatch is to the effect that the revolutionists had attacked San Rafael, the capital of Lower California, killed Gov. Villagrana and twenty-nine other persons, and had possession of everything. It was also reported that a portion of Pesquiera’s forces had entered Arizona. Under instructions from Judge Knight, of the Circuit Court, Chief of Police McDonough,’of St. Louis, notified the managers of the Missouri State Lottery that no further selling of tickets or dx-awings would be permitted after the 23d. ! The lowa State Horticultural Society has been called to meet at Des Moines on the 18th, 19th and 20th of January.

A Washington telegram of the 2Qth sajs it appears from official correspondence that the Mexican Secretary. of Foreign Affairs had stated, in reply to a request of our Minister to Mexico for permission for regular United States troops to follow raiders across the border, that the Mexican Executive had no authority to grant such request without the consent of Congress? Minister Foster said in reply that the acknowledgment by the Mexican Government of its inability to restrain the lawlessness of its own citizens would afford the strongest possible argument to all advocates of the acquisition of territory there may be in the United States. Mr. Foster further said that the citizens of Texas must be protected, and if protection did not come from the Mexican Government it must come from ours. A recent Philadelphia dispatch announces that there had just been received in that city a formal acceptance by Pope Pius IX. of an invitation by tlie Centennial authorities requesting His Holiness to give his recognition to the enterprise by contributing to the Exposition works of art from the galleries of the Vatican or from the workshops over which he has control. The letters of the Pope are couched in the warmest terms of friendship for the United States. Patrick Kanen, who was recently convicted at Cleveland, Ohio, of manslaughter for starving his idiot son to death, has been sentenced to the Penitentiary for ten years. At Cincinnati, a few nights ago, Mrs. Lawrence dropped a coal-oil lamp, which was broken. Tie fire caught in the carpet and In her clothes, and in a moment she was wrapped in flames, and was fearfully and probably fatally burned. Her husband and daughter made efforts to save her and were themselves badly burned about the hands. Q The mercury in the thermometer rose to eighty degrees above zero at Mempnis, xTenn., on the 25th. It was reported from San Francisco on the 25th that United States troops had gone to the Sonora frontier to protect American soil from invasion by the Mexicans. PEHSONAL. At Milwaukee, on the 21st, Philip Weimer, a distiller convicted of revenue frauds, was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment in the County Jail and to pay a fine of $2,000. John S. Taft, a Government Gauger, was sentenced to the State Prison for five months and to pay a tine of (2,000. The polygamist, George Reynolds, was sentenced at Salt Lake on the 21st, by ChiefJustice White, to two years’ imprisonment and to pay a tine of SSOO. Reynolds took out an appeal and was released on (10,000 bail. President Grant was present as a guest at the seventh annual dinner of the New England Society, Jn New York, on the 22d, in commemoration of the anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. Many other distinguished persons were in attendance and responded to toasts. Thejuryinthe recent trial of the Bowen libel suit against the Brooklyn Eagle found a verdict for the plaintiff, aSd fixed the damages at SI,OOO. The other eases of libel are to be tried next term. The Moody and Sankey services in Philadelphia on the 26th were largely attended, and Mr. Moody said the morning meeting was the most encouraging one he has held in this country. The inquiry-rooms were crowded both afternoon and evening. The jury in the trial at Leavenworth, Kan., of Embry, for the shooting of Col. Anthony, returned a verdict on the 24th, of not guilty, after a consultation of about five minutes. W. C. Whitson, Associate-Justice of the Supreme Court of Idaho, died at Omaha on the 25th of paralysis, aged thirty-eight.

I POLITICAL. At a special election in the Seventh Judidial District of Illinois, held on the 21st, T. Lyle Dickey, of Chicago, was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court of the Stale, to succeed Judge McAllister, resigned. A Washington dispatch of the 22d says the Granger cases, involving the question of the right of States to regulate the carrying rates of railroads, will be further argued before tire Supreme Court on the 11th of January. ’ President Grant has signed the bill farther extending the time of duration of the Court of Commissioners on the Alabama Claims to the 22d of July nex r . E ght lawyers of Franklin, La., a few days ago handed to Judge Mentz, of the Sc Mary’s Parish Court, a document, signed by themselves, requesting him to resign because, as tLey alleged, of his manifest incompetency and the interested motives which, in most cases, influence his judicial decisions. The Judge replied that he had trie(| to perform his duty faithfully and illy, and stated that, inasmuch as the signers of the , paper did not vote for him at the List electron, he should continue to administer the fauctions of his office until his constituents (ipeaniug. the colored people) called upon him to resign. The uiemoers of the bar talked of ap. pealing to the next Legislature to secure the Judge's impeachment by that body.

CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate, on the 20th, Mr. Bayard presented the credentials of Robert H. Marr, sinned by John Me Entry «e Governor of Louisiana. appointing him United State* Senator from Louisiana, to fill the vacancy caused by the reeignati n of William L. M Millan. A resolution was adopted that Mr. terry, of Michigan, be the President of the Senate until Jan 7, 1876, and until a fresh appointment shall be made. Mr. Morton's -Mississippi resolution came up as unfinished .bustness, and was allowed to go uyerjmjil after the holidays. Among the bills introdncCu were the following: To transfer the Indiau Bureau from the Interior to the War Department; to increase the efficiency of the navy and promo e the maritime interests of the United States: for the settlement of the claims of officers of the "Revolutionary war. The onlv business transacted in the House was the nnouncement of the regular committees. Poth houjiee adjourned to Jan. 5.

A Hunter’s Fight with a CatamountTerrible Death-Struggle.

On Wednesday morning of last week three residents of this village, Jackson Frailey, James and Joseph Bloom, went to hunt for a large black bear that had ; been'seen on Welsh Mountain, at a point 1 not far froth the village. The mountain I is a wild and thickly-wooded ridge, five ' or six miles long, abounding in deep ra- i vines, great laurel and hemlock swamps, I and steep and rocky peaks. Many wiki ■ animals still lihger in the seclusion as- : forded by its rough sides, among* them ' bears and catamounts. The three hunters were experienced I woodsmen, and not returning Wednesday night no uneasiness was felt, especially as they were well supplied with food, and there are numerous hunters’ cabins on the mountain. Thursday morning it commenpea snowing and drifting badly, and cleared off intensely cold in the evening. It was determined, if the hunters were not home by Friday morning, to institute a search. Friday morning dawned terribly cold, and the hunters had not returned. About twenty of the hardiest men iu the vicinity accordingly started for the Welsh Mountain, to look for them. The party had some difficulty in reaching the summit, owing to the snow, but found comparatively few drifts in the woods. No sign oi the missing men was found until near noon, when two of the party, who had made a detour down the face of the mountains were horror-stricken to find, covered with snow, the dead body ot 'Jackson Frailey, the oldest of the missing hunters. He lay upon his face. Upon lifting the body up the clothing was found to be torn completely ot? in front, from the-throat to below the waist. The face, throat, breast. and, in fact, all the front part of the body were torn and lacerated fearfully, as if by the teeth or claws of some wild beast.* The flesh on the left shoulder was torn off to the bone, and the muscle of the arm was entirely gone. No sign of a struggle could be found anywhere about, and it was at once concluded that the hunter’s contest with the animal had taken place at some other part of the mountain, and that he was on his way in search of aid when he fell exhausted to the ground, to meet his death, beyond doubt, by .‘freezing. It was evident that he was trying to reach Frazer’s clear ing, which was less than half a mile beyond where be fell. The mangled remains were sent back to tlie village in charge of three «f the searching party, and the others continued their efforts to discover the fate of the other hunters. About threequarters of a mile furtiter on, and higher up the mountain, one ,ot the party came upon the rifle of the dead hunter. It was leaning against a large oak tree, and, as the stock was hidden beneath the snow and rested on the ground, it was placed in its position some time on Wednesday, before the snow began to fall. Both barrels of the rifle were empty. A search around the spot resulted in the finding in a hollow, made by the uprooting of a pine tree, the body of au immense catamount. It was nearly buried in snow, ami was covered with wounds, one of them a gunshot wound, the others knife wounds. On scraping away the snow the whole scene of the struggle between the hunter and tlie catamount was brought to view. The ground was covered with blood for several tect around, . and there was every evidence that the contest had been a terrible one. A longbladed hunting-knife, covered with blood, was found, with other accoutrements, also blOmT-stained? From all the circumstances the following theory was formed: The hunter, in passing along through the woods, hud discovered the catamount in the oak tree. He tired at it, hit it, and it fell to the ground. Being an unerring shot, and the animal lying still On the ground., the hunter had no other thought than that he had killed it and walked up to where it lay, and, standing his gun against the tree, had probably pushed the prostrate catamount with his foot. Instead of being killed it was only badly wounded and stunned by the fall. Reviving, and discovering its enemy, with all its natural ferocity increased by pain, it sprang upon him, and the contest followed—a contest the duration oi which will never be known, resulting in the death of both contestants; Some time after noon they found James Bloom, who was on his way back from Martinsville. He and his brother had arrived in the village a short time before, where they first learned Frailey’s sad ; fate. It seems that they had hunted ■ all day Wednesday, and had two or three ■ shots at the bear, but that they had lost • him in Great Tamarack Swamp. So they ' concluded to remain until next day,.,and i Frailey said that lie would return home and bring out his dogs. He left the other • two about five o’clock Wednesday after- ; noon, and they went to Lone Cabin and i camped for the night. The heavy snow ; and wind/coming on they did not expect Frailey back, and did not,venture out to hunt. Friday it was so cold they did not go out, and finally made up their minds that Frailey would not be back, and started for home about noon.

Frailey was about forty years of age, and had almost lived in the woods all his life. He was a great hunter, and had in his day- close combats with bears, wounded bucks and othsr and bore many scars received therein. Although he had shot many’ catamounts, this was his first tight with one at close quarters, home think that it he had reached Frazer’s he would not have died; but being overcome with loss of blood, and having nothing to stanch his wounds, h< was forced to stop, and met death by freezing. He leaves a wife and several children, comfortaoly provided for.— Martinsville (Pa.) Cor: hew York Times. A Rcssian journal announces that a belief in the approaching end of the world has seized on the Cossacks Of the Don. Many, especially aged people, are giving up worldly affairs, wearing a shroud, and ordering their coffins. On every road are seen men repairing to Moscow to be consecrated priests, in order that the smallest village may have its own priest and church. The authorities are passive, hoping that the movement will die out of its own accord. It has originated with the Dissenters.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Clark County Is entirely out of debt, and the current expenses Amount to 140,000 per year. The small-pox is raging in Oakland City, and many of the citizens are taking refuge in adjoining counties. Several of the Republican papers in the State are speaking of Hon. D. D. Pratt as a probable nominee for Governor. The Northern Indiana Nonna) School, at Valparaiso, is said to be the largest Normal School in the’United States, numbering at the present time 931 stude'nts. Dan. Craycraft's fancy and grocery store, at Noblesville, was burglariously entered the other night and robbed of about SSOD worth of merchandise. Considerable interest is being manifested in the meetingof the State Road Association to be held in Indianapolis Jan. 6, 1876. County agricultural societies are taking the matter in hand and will send delegates. Adolph C. Stein, lately a resident of Seymour and editor of the Aiizeiger, a German paper printed there, committed suicide at Cincinnati the other day. He was discharged from the paper because of his drunken habits. The Indianapolis newspapers call for tlie construction of extensive stock-yards at that place. It is estimated that the stock movement over Indianapolis lines during 1875 will exceed that of any former year lully one-third*. A three-year-old daughter of Amos Reeves, residing near Fredonia, was burned to death the other day. Site had been out playing, and, coming too near the flip, allowed her clothes to become ignited, with fatal results. The Women's State Christian Temperance Union have forwarded a memorial to tlie National Centennial Commission, asking that body to refuse to grant to any person the privilege of selling intoxicating liquors within the Exposition building and grounds. Tlie memorial is signed by tlie President and other officers of the union, and is indorsed by Indiana clergymen and business men.

A State Monumental Association was formed at IndianopOlis a few days ago, with the following officers: John Coburn, President; John W. Bay, Treasurer; C. W. Brouse, Secretary; A. D. Strieght, B. C. Shaw, N. Gleason, Thomas BringhUrst, J. B. Julian, Geo. J. Langsdale and Franz Erdelmeyer, Executive Committee. Tlie following Vice-Presidents were appointed with tlie understanding that the list will ; be completed as fast as the counties orI ganize: A. Moore, Putnam-. John M. Lord, Marion; L. D. Baldwin, Grant; T. H. B. McCain, Montgomery; ! Samuel K. Harryman, Morgan; J. B. : Jackson, Hamilton'; A. Q. Miller, Boone S. P. Oyler, Johnson. James Ferguson was, convicted last August, at Madison, for the murder of John Stilheimer, in a drunken row at a negro picnic, and sentenced to the State Prison for life. On appeal to the Supreme Court a new trial was granted which came oft a few days ago, resulting in a twenty-oue-year sentence. On the afternoon of the 11th he was allowed to visit his mother, six miles out in the country, before going to the Penitentiary. The Deputj- Sheriff remained below, a la Tweed, and Ferguson went up stairs and jumped out of the window, also a. la Tweed, and effected an escape before the officer had got through examining the mantel ornaments. The Sheriff offers a reward of |SOO for his recapture. The fact that a man named Parker had been arrested in Cannelton for burglary, tried and sentenced to the Penitentiary, was recently chronicled. It seems that when Parker was arrested he was minus one eye, very lame, and otherwise quite unwell. During tlie trial he grew worse and worse, and at the time of his conviction he was supposed to be so near death’s <door the Judge, in the kindness of his heart, did not order him sent to the Penitentiary lest he die, in the bauds of the Sheriff, on the road. Dr. Bemis, a veteran physician of Cannelton, attended the unfortunate criminal and pronounced his disease to be paralysis. One of the man’s legs was very badly warped and the doctor, with all his skill, fieemed unable to straighten it. In this condition he was watched by the Deputy Sheriff, with the expectation that every day and night would be his last. Sure enough one night he did “go off,” but not according to expectation. The Deputy Sheriff, weary with watching, went tc sleep, at the sight of which the paralytic was restored to health. He quickly relieved his guard of his pocket-book and gold watch, locked him in tiie cell, and left for parts so. far not ascertained.

The afcHowihg postal changes were made in Indiana during the two weeks ending Dec. 11, 1875: Established—Johnsonville, Warren County, George W. Johnson, Postmaster; Oakwood, La Porte County, Lemuel S. Fitch, Postmaster Discontinued —Northern Depot, Boone County; Reed, Tippecanoe County;South Cleveland, Whitley County. Postmasters appointed—Americus, Tippecanoe County, Andrew' Mcßride; Augusta Station, Marion County, Reuben Kilgensmith; Bretzville, Dubois Couni y, John C. O. Ritzman; Cason, Boone County, Fielding Denney; County Line, Tippeeanoe County, Andrew Metzger; Freeport, Shelby County, Hiram B. Crute; Greenfield, Hancock County, Hugh B. Wilson; Laketon, Wabash County, William A. Forst; Lyons, Greene County, Isaac Halstead; Mariah Hill, Spencer County, Mrs. Barbara Wagner; Milledgeville, Boone County, James E. Pinnell; New Mount Pleasant, Jay County, Mrs. Sarah N. Ingersoll; Paw-Paw, Miami County, D. L. Repp; Pleasant View,,Wabash County, W. G. Gardner ; Somerset, Wabash County, H. D. Lawslie; Stilesville, Hendricks County, Bary M. Gentry; Whiteland, Johnson County, Joseph D. Beebe; Wolf Creek, Marshall County, John J. Thompson.

GOING OUT AND COMING IN, 1 vrATrn from the window the waning light Of the lr.»t December day. And think of the Bouri, dark and bright. Of the year ttwit ts passing away. My hearth-fire burns with a crimHon glow. And its rose-red embers shine— Till a phantom fire out there in the snow Borrows its coals from mine. The snow that lies with' so soft a graeo On my little garden bare. Making it seem an enchanted place In a pictured beauty rare— Is folded clo«e o'er the sheeted plains Where the next year's bread is sown. Atid white on th«crugged mountain chains Its drifted, wraths lire thrown. s Yet yesterday were the blossoms here, Yesterday were the bees; And the robins, caroling far and near, , And the regal potnp of the trees; Day after day. on a stair of light. I’ve followed the swift year through, Ar.d a glimmer of stars on the darkest night' Has shown thatthe stars were true. The south wind sang with its mystic lore; In the (lays of the dewy spring. To my trembling heart: "Distrust no more; To the Strength that is changeless cling.” Summer and Autumn brought their sheaves With the Voice Of a lifted psalm. For a blessing comes when the soul believes, And the peace of divinest calm. o And now, »s the sands in the glass run low. And the lights ate growing dim, I raise to file Lord who has loved me so The notes of a thankful hymn; He has never forgotten to hold my hand, Nor Salt me alone to bear The weight of across; and ever I stand Ensphered.in His constant care. O beautiful ygar. sweet year of grace! We shall see thy face no more; Thou wilt pass away to the silent place Of the years that have gone, before; But whether thy days were dark or bright; Or thy words were understood, One lesson I learn from thy page 1 to-night— The lesson that God is good. And my welcome goes to the new-born year. The year that I do not know, As it combs with its greeting, soft and clear, > Over the silent snow; It will have its bitter and have its sweet, Its work, its task, its toil; Its inns of resting for weary feet, And alas! its sin and soil. But white as the snow its book to-day; The Angel of Record stands, With the look of one who looks far away, Grasping it firm in his hands; Ami " Whiter than snow” his pen may write Of mortals such as we. If we live, and walk iu the holy light Of the truth that makes ineu free. Farewell to the Past! To the Future, hail! To the golden Present, joy! While heart and hand, wherevel- they fail, Fail not in the rich employ Of the kindly deed and the steadfast word And the hope that upward climbs To lest in the breast of the faithful Lord, With whom are all our times. —Margaret E. gangster, in Christian at Work.

L * International Sunday-School Lessons. FIRST QUARTER OF 1876. Jan. 9 David Anointed King.. 11 Sam. xvi. 1-13. Jan. 16 David and G01iath...... 1 Sum. xvii. 38-51. Jan. S 3 David in the Palace.... 1 Sam. xviii. 1-16 Jan. 30 David and Jonathan. .. 1 Sam. xx. 35-42. t Feb. 6 David Sparing Saul.... 1 Sam. xxiv. 1-16. * Feb. 13 Saul and his Sons Slain,l Sam. xxxi. 1-16. Feb. 20 David Established King 2 Sam. v. 17-25. Feb. 27 The Arkßro'ghttoZlon 2 Sam. iv. 1-15. .Mar. 5G I's Cov’t wit'i David 2 Sam vil. 18-29. Mar. 12 Absalom's Rebellion. ..;2 Sam. xv. 1-11. Mar. 19 Absalom's Death 2 Sam. xviii. -4-33. Mar. 26 Reviewl

“Belief in Prayer.”

The promises of relief by prayer are exceeding great and precious; and they are very many, such as the following: “Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me.” “Call unto Me, and I will answer thee; arid show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall'lind; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” These are but specimens of the promises to prayer that we find in the holy Scriptures. And the witnesses to their faithfulness are many. Multitudes have sought relief in prayer, and have found it. So was it with Jacob when lie was about to meet his enraged brother Esau. He resorted to the Lord, and called upon him, saying: “ Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau ; for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother and the chi 1.dren.” The Lord heard and answered. The heart of Esau was kindly turned toward Jacob. On the next day, as they came near to each other, Esau ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him. So it Vas with Jonah. H6w seemingly hopeless was his condition. But even in the fish’s belly besought relief in prayer, and found it. The Lord heard him from His holy temple, and he spoke unto the fish and it vomited Jonah upon the dry land. And so was it in the case of Peter in prison. To human view, he, too, seemed a hopeless case. He was strongly and vigilantly guarded within the walls of a prison. But prayer was made without ceasing by the church unto God for him. Nor in vain: Wrestling prayer can wonders do, j Bring relief in deepest, stripts: Prayer can force a passage through Iron bars and brazen gates. It did so in this instance. An angel was sent by whom Peter was released from his chains, led forth through the opened, massy doors, and delivered out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. The time would fail to speak of Abraham, and Moses, and Samuel, and Elijah, and David, and Daniel and a multitude of others, both of ancient and modern times, all of whom could bear witness and say: “I called upon the Lord in distress; the Lord answered me, and set me in a large placer” Such experiences should afford encouragement to the people of God in all their difficulties and troubles. Because He hath so often inclined His ear unto them in their necessities, therefore should they be re- ’ solved to call upon Him as long as they live. God is faithful and changes not. And therefore should His people be encouraged to trust in Him, and to say: In every joy that crowns my (lays, In every paiu I bear. My heart shall flud delight in praise, Or seek relief in prayer. —“ H. <S.,” in'AT. Y. Observer. Sib Isaac Newton, a very wise and godly man, was once examining a new and very fine globe, when a gentleman came into his study who did not believe in a God, but declared the world we live in came by chance. He was much pleased with the handsome globe, and asked: “Who made it?” “Nobody,”, answered Sir Isaac; “it happened here.” The gentleman looked up in amazement at the answer, but he soon understood what it meant. Heaven will be A world of peace and rest—for the “ "tatary and heaven-laden” will be there. “He giveth His beloved sleep.” They shall rest at last in the beautiful and tranquil world they thirsted for so long, where the spirit shall be always willing and the flesh never weak.— Greg.

House Committees.

The Standing Committees of the National House of Representatives were announced on the 20th, and are composed as follows: Elections—Harris (Va.), Thompson, Blackburn, Beebe, House. Deßolt, Poppleton. Hoar, Wells (Miss.), Baker (Ind.) and Brown (Kin.). ■Ways and Means—Morrison, Wood, Hancock, Thomas, HUI, Chapin, Tucker, Blaiue, Kelly, Garfield and Burchard. Appropriations—Randall, Holtnlan, Wells (Mo ), Atkins, .Hamilton (N. J.), Blount, Singleton, Wheeler, Hale. Foster and Waldron. Banking and Currency—Cox. Payne, Goode, Gibson, Haymond, Burchard, Wike, Townsend (Pa.), Kasson, Eames and Hubbell. Pacific-Railroad—Lamar, Atkins. Luttrell, Walk--55 Lynde, Throckmorton, Thomas (Md.k Phillips (Mo.), Garfield, Kasson, Platt, O'Neill and Blair. Judiciary—Knott, Hunton, Ashe, Lynde, Lord, Hurd,'Caulfield, McCrary, Lawrence, Frye and. Starkweather. Public Lahds-Sayler, Goodin, Fuller, McFarland, Walling, Gause, Lane, Hathome, McDill, Morey and Crounse. Foreign Affairs—Swann, Faulkner, Banks, Barnum, Ely, Hamilton (Ind.), Springer, Forney, Monroe, Williams (Wis.) and Packer. Military Affairs-Banning, Glover, Williams glich.), Terry, Cook, Reilly (Pa.), Hardenburg, acDougall, Thornburg, Hurlbut and Strait. Commerce—Hereford, Ward. Durand, Reagan, Piper, Kehr Pierce, Felton, Hunter, Ross (Pa.) and DunnelL Postoffices and Post-Roads—Clark (Mo.), Waddell, Luttrell, Ainsworth (Iowa), Walker (N. Y.). McMahon, Slemone, Cannon, Miller. Stowell and Wallace (S. C.). Claims—Bright, Neal, Brown. Roberts (N. C.), Tarbox, Cochrane, Phillips (Mo,), Pratt, Bass, Bradley and Carson. War Claims—Eden, Milliken, Warren, Cobell, Ellis, New, Caldwell, Conger, Smith (Pa.), Wilson (Iowa) and Haskins. Naval Affairs—Whitthome, Lewis, Mills, Jones (N. II.), Willis, Williams (Del.), Robbins (Pa.), Burleigh, Harris (Mass.), Hayes and Dunford. Revision of the Laws—Durham, Southard, Belt Metcalfe, Teese, Douglas, Sparks, Crapo, Dennison, Oliver and Robinson. Education and Labor—Walker (Va.), Lamar Faulkner, Cutler. Stenger, Clark (Mo.), Springer, Hoar, Magoon (Wis.) and Whitehouse. District of Columbia—Buckner, Neal, Phelps, Cate, Hartridge, Hinkle. Stevenson, McCrary, Willard, Hendee and Phillips (Kan.). Public Buildings and Grounds—Holman, Wells (Md.), Harrison, Cook, Hewitt (N. Y.), Walsh, Young, Williams (Mich.), Woodworth, Plaisted, Kimball. Patents—Vance. Bagley, Jr. (N. Y.), Douglas, Sanders, Hartzell, Clarke (Ky.), Smith (Ga.), Conger. Dobbins, Sampson and Hale. Invalid Pensions—Jenks, Bagley (11).), Wilson (W. Va.), Bliss, Hewitt (Ala.), Rice, Yeates, Rusk, Sennickson, Purman and Rainey. Revolutionary Pensions—Hunter, Bland (Mo.), Phelps, Clarke (Ky.). Hurd. Davis, Shumaker, Townsend (N. Y.), Dobbins, Heudafison, Williams (N. Y.). T Indian Affairs—Scales. Wilshire, Boone, Sparks, Hooker. Morgan Lane, Seelye, Page, Van Vorhes "and Tufts. Weights and Measures—Stephens (Ga.), O’Brien, Potter, Sayler, Parsons (Ky.), Magoon (Wis.), Chittenden and Seeley. Territories—Southard, Caldwell, Mutchler, Franklin, Mead, Culbertson, Wigginton, Fort, Mackey, Freeman. Bagley (N. Y.), Patterson. Agriculture—Caldwell. Harris (Ga.), Marsh, Davis. Rea, Gaddin. Anderson, Smith (Pa.), Rusk, Van Vorhes and Small. Mines and Mining—Bland, Tumey, Durham, Potter, Odell. Gibson, Campbell, Evans, Woodbum, Caswell and Lynch. { Private Land Claims—Gunter. Buckner. Parsons, Powell, Candler, Levy, Ainsworth, Ketcham, Joyce, Cannon and Lapham. Public Expenditures—Millikdn, Hatcher, Perry, Cowan. Dibrell, James, Reilly. Campbell (Ill.), Whiting, Norton. Wood (Pa.) and Haralson. Railways and Canals—Jones (Kv.), Stone. Savage, Meade, Schleicher, Mackey (Pa.), Landers, Davy, Henderson, Frost and Hale. Mississippi Levees—Ellis, Hatcher, Wilshire, Money, Roberts. Young, Sheakley, Durrell, Whiting. Morey, Wallace (Pa.). Reform in Civil Service—Whitehouse, Brown (Ky.). Throckmorton. Payne, Collins, Debold, Cutler. Hurlbut. Harris (Mass.), Foster. Leavenworth. Manufactures—Stone, Dibrell, Rpss (N. J.), Williams (Ala.), Hopkins, Money, Burchard, Farwell. Ballou (R. I.), Williams (N. Y.) and Hyman. Militia—Cowan. Herford, Bell, Scales, Candler, Walsh, Tarbox, Ross (Pa.), Darrell, Crouse and King. Expenditures on Public Buildings—Metcalfe, Wilson (W. Va.), Bagley, Pratt. Townsend (N. Y.). Expenditures in the Navy Department—Beebe, Mills, Sheakley, Burleigh, Baker (N. Y.). Exjienditures in the State Department—Springer, Thompson, Caldwell, Wallace, Leavenworth. Expenditures in the War Department—Clymer, Robbins (N. C.), Blackburn, Bass, Dahford. Expenditures in the Postoffice Department— Stone, Reagan, Walker (N, Y.), Stowell and Adams. Expenditures in the Interior Department— Mutchler, Boone, Anderson, Woodworth and Tufts Expenditures in the Department of Justice— Caulfield, Candler, House, Starkweather, and Joyce. Mileage—Egbert, Bradford, Odell, Caswell, Vance. Expenditures in Treasury Department—Ely, Bright, Hartsell, Williams (Mich.). Plaisted. Accounts—Wßliams (Ind.), Roberts, Powell, Haskin. Fort. Printing—Vance (Ohio), Singleton. Ballon. Committee on Rules—The Speaker, Randall Cox, Blaine. JBonkra Enrolled Bills—Harris (Ga.), Hamilton (Ind.), Darrell. Library—Clymer, Waddell. Monroe. Select Committee on Centennial Celebration— Hopkins. Hancock, Barnum, Banks, Harrison, O'Brien. Williams (N. C.), Hardenburgh, Kelley, Blaine, Lawrence, Baker (N. Y.), Rainey.

A sad story was developed in one of the police courts this morning. On Wednesday night a young man slept in the Sixth Precinct Station-House, and, on leaving in the morning, told the Captainthat he was out of work, could get no employment, had no money, and was determined to commit some crime that would insure for him quarters for the winter in prison. Then he sauntered up town, this poor fellow, perfectly willing to be honest, but compelled to be a thief, and seeing a lady coming along with an umbrella in her hand he snatched it from her, and then stood still until an officer arrested him. This morning he was committed in default of $1,O(M), and will probably find the winter quarters he was seeking. There is something peculiarly touching in cases such as this, and it is greatly to be feared that they will increase and multiply during the "coming winter. For the habitual criminal there is naturally but little sympathy, but when humanity is driven by sheer want and destitution to crime, then, indeed, may men be sad and charity stretch forth her hand to succor. — N. Y._ Express. \ Philadelphia reckons that one million dollars per day will be spent in that city during the Centennial.

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