Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1877 — Page 2

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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.

CONOEMBED TELtMAPHIC HEWS. JACK McCall, the murderer of” Wild BUl*' at the Black Hill*, come month* ago, w*a recently hanged at Yankton, Dakota Territory. Tn public debt statement, published on the let, *hows: Total debt, *9,M8,«1378; cash In Tnnaury, *m,881,«45; debt, lew cash in Treasury, *9,088,781,142; decrease during February, *2,070,429. Tnn Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has lately rendered an Important decision sustaining the so-called Granger law of Illinois, fixing the maximum of warehouse charges. The case at issue was that of Munn A Scott «*. the People of the State of Illinois. The Court holds that the law it Constitutional. At the same time, decisions were rendered sustaining the Wisconsin, lowa and Minnesota laws. Tnn Joint Convention of the two houses of Congress concluded the counting of the Electoral votes at 4:l* on the morning of the 3d, and Acting Vice-President Ferry dededared Messrs. Hayes and Wheeler duly elected President and Vice-President of the United States,,and declared the Joint Convention dissolved. Hom. Mu. Norton, poetess and novelist, was lately married to Sir William Maxwell, Member of the British Parliament The bride is seventy and the groom fifty-nine yean old. J. T. Hart, the American sculptor, died at Florence, Italy, on the 2d. Weldon, the would-be assassin of GovPackard, at New Orleans, was, on the 2d, discharged, by the Packard authorities, on bail of *5,000. A Columbia (S.C.) telegram of the 2d says that in the Tilda Norris kotow corpus case, before the Supreme Court, Justice Wright (colored) had stated that he was intimidated into signingthe order discharging the prisoner. He subsequently revoked his signature and published the reasons therefor. The court was crowded on the afternoon of the 2d to hear the final decision of the case, which would be considered as deciding the validity of the Hampton Govern, ment Justice Wright was absent, and Justice Willard adjourned without rendering the decision.

Thb funeral of John O’Mahoney, which occurred at Dublin, Ireland, on the 4th, was participated in by about 6,000 persons. A labgb block of buildings devoted to the wholesale trade was burned in St Louis, on the 4th. Loss, estimated, 6600,000. President Hates was sworn into office on Saturday evening, the 3d, the oath being administered by Chief-Justice Waite. Thb members of the Louisiana Returning Board, who were imprisoned for contempt have been, by resolution of the House of Representatives, released. The House voted to drop all investigations. Accobdos to a New York special of a recent date, Tweed had settled his difficulties with the city, and his speedy release was expected. Thb Democratic caucus of the National House of Representatives, at its last meeting, adopted an address to the country, protesting against the declaration of the election of Hayes and Wheeler; criticising the action of the Electoral Commission; declaring that the rights of Congress have been invaded; that crime and fraud hare received judicial sanction, and that republican institutions have been imperiled. London dispatches of the 3d say that all accounts received from Constantinople represent the condition of the Turkish Empire as exceedingly desperate. In some portions the scarcity of provisions had assumed the proportions of a famine. Tkb Assistant Secretary of the Treasury has issued the forty-first call for the redemption of 5-20 bonds. The call is for 610,000,000, and payment is to be made on the 3d of June. Thb London Times of a recent date says United States bonds are almost the only legitimate objects of investment in the European markets. Marquis di Compbgibn, the distinguished African traveler, was lately killed in a duel at Cairo, Egypt.

Thb Bateman Hotel at Karns City, Pa., was burned on the morning of the Sth. The proprietor discovered the flames before they had made much progress, and ran for water. Returning, he found all escape from the stairway cut off. He succeeded in bringing off his son, but both were badly burned, the latter fatally. In searching the debris the bodies of Mrs. Bateman and four daughters were found, and also that of a guest from New York, named Brown. Six of the boarders were injured by jumping from the windows. The money loss was about 610,000. Hom. Abram 8. Hewitt has resigned his position as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Oh thb sth, the Democratic Senators elected Senator Wallace, of Pennsylvania, to be Chairman of the Senate Democratic caucus. Astrambb deliberately walked into the rapids above Niagara Falls, on the sth, and was swept over the cataract Thb colored members of the Republican Louisiana Legislature have Issued an address to the people of the United States, deejaring their belief that President Hayes was rightfully and lawfully given the Electoral vote of that State, and that thereby Gov. Packard’s title to the Governorship is proved beyond dispute. They protest against the recognition of the Nicholls State Government, Job Cobdbm, the New York pugilist, convicted of shooting two New York Qty pollcemen; has been sentenced to ten years in the State Prison. CHis»Jwricß Mobbs, of the South Carolina Supreme Court, died at Columbia on tMsfith. Aocobdibg to official statements, the Servians lost 8,0)0 killed and 90,660 wounded during the late war with Turkey. Thb Postmaster-General of Germany has proposed to the International Postal Union the introduction of a postal-card which shall serve for all the countries beMnging to the Union at a uniform rate of onwpenny each. Tnn Matamoras Military Court, before which Gen. Cortina was tried, have found him guilty of kidnapping, the penalty attached to. which to Mexico is death. Sbnatob Barnum, of Connecticut, has been appointed Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, efcr Hewitt, resigned.

A OoxsTAßTiworLß telegmm of the 7th says the Forte bad decided to make no concession which Would directly or indirectly Interfere with its integrity and independence, but would, of ita own accord, carry our larger reforms throughout the entire Turkish Empire than the Powers at the late Conference demanded for certain Provinces. The dispatch further adds that the Porte would go to war rather than submit to an Indefinite prolongation of the suspense, A circular had been forwarded to represents-, tlves of Turkey abroad, declaring that the insurrection in Bosnia had been instigated by Russia. Tnn President nominated hia Cabinet as follows: William M. Evarta, for Secretary of State; John Sherman, for Secretary of the Treasury; Carl Schurs, for Secretary of the Interior; Richard W. Thompson, for Secretary of the Navy; George W. McCrary, for Secretary bf War; Charles Devens, for Attorney-General; D. M. Key, for Postmas-ter-General. John Q. Hott, a heavy stock and railroad speculator, has failed, with liabilities aggregating fe,625,000, and assets about onequarter of that sum. The Waltham Building in New York City, was recently burned. The loss, including the goods in the various safes which had not been opened at last accounts, was estimated at about *2,000,000. A few days ago, at Owensboro, Ky., Ben Triplett, nine years old, committed suicide, by hanging, because his mother wouldn’t give him an apple. In the Second District Court, at Beaver, Utah, on the 7th, Judge Boreman sentenced John D. Lee, the Mountain Meadows murderer, to be executed on the 23d. Lee seemed unmoved, but was quite feeble and weak Matilda Hbbon, the celebrated actress, died in New York a few days ago. Shu was years olff” — Boards of Directors, favorable to the interest of Jay Gould and the Union Pacific Railroad Company, have been recently elected for the Chicago & Northwestern and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroads. At the Michigan State Republican Convention, held at Lansing, on the 7th, Judge Thomas M. Cooley was renominated by acclamation for Judge of the Supreme Court and Victor H. Collier and George L. Malta for University Regents. Resolutions were adopted approving the course Indicated by President Hayes. • Thb Rhode Island State Democratic Convention, held at Providence, on the 7th, nominated J. B. Barnaby for Governor; Dr. A. Ballou for Lieutenant-Governor; W. B. Hallett for Secretary of State; W. R. Pierce for Attorney-General, and Wm. P. Congdon for Treasurer.

FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.

Friday, March 2.-—The credentials of r. F. Grover, as Senator from Oregon, and of M. C. Butler (signed by Wade Hampton as Governor), from South Carolina, were presented and placed on file in the Senate. The Conference report on the Deficiency Appropriation bill was agreed to. New Conference Committees were ordered and appointed on the Postoltice and Naval Appropriation bills. Majority and minority reports were made from the Committee investigating the late election in Louisiana. Bills were parsed—House bill granting to the State of Missouri all lands therein selected as swamp and overflowed land*; House bill respecting the limit s of the reservations ior town sites upon public domain; the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, with several amendments. .. In the House, the Conference reports on the Deficiency and <wi the Military Academy Ap propriation bills were agreed to. Among the bills passed were—the Army Appropriation bill; for the payment of claims passed upon by the Southern Claims Commissioners; removing all political disabilities imposed and remaining on any person under the Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment. Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4. —All the Appropriation bills,except the Army and the River and Harbor, were passed before the close, by limitation, of the Forty-fonrth Congress on the 4th. By provisions of the Postofllce bill, public documents are to pass through the mails tree. The President's salary remains at *S-J.OO<>. In the Senate, on the fid, the House amendments to the bill extending for two years the Southern Claims Commission were agreed to, and the bill was passed The bill to aid in the resumption ot specie payments was called up, and it was finallv agreed—27 to 22—that further consideration of the subject should be postponed until the first Wednesday in December next. The House bill to equalize the bounties of soldiers who served in the late war for the Union was considered, and finally indefinitely postponed—3l to 25. Several private bills were passed. At twelve o'clock noon on the 4th, Vice-President Ferry declared, after a few remarks, that the last session of the Forty-fonrth Congress was at an end... .In the House, resolutions were adopted-directing the Sergeant-at-Arms to discharge all persons in his custody, as all investigations had ceased; declaring—lß7 to 88—that Samuel J. Tilden and Thoma* A. Hendricks received 196 Electoral votes of the Electors legally and Constitutionally appointed, and were therebv’duly elected President and Vice-President of the United States; declaring that it is the right and duty as Congress and of the House to inquire into the election of State Presidential Electors, and receive evidence of forgery, falsehood or invalidity of any certificate of any Governor or Canvasser. Several Pension bills were passed. At twelve o'clock noon, on the 4th, the Speaker de livered a short valedictory, and declared that the House stand adjourned without day.

SENATE—EXTRA SESSION.

Monday, March s.—The Senate of the Forty-fifth Congress convened in extra session and re-elected Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, as President pro tem. The roll of the newiy-elected Senators was called, and Messrs. Anthony, Beck. Blaine, Hoar, David Davie, H. G. Davis, Kirkwood, McPherson, Plumb, Rollins, Saulsbury, Teller. Windom, Coke, Garland, Harris, Hill, Johnston and Ransom were sworn in. A resolution was adopted that the credentials of Senatoree’ect in all disputed or contested States should lie upon the table until the 6th, and tn accordance with this resolution Messrs. Kellogg, of Louisiana; Morgan, of Alabama; Lamar, of Mississippi: Corbin and Butler (contestants), of Booth Carolina, were not sworn in, objection* being made thereto. Lafayette Grover, of Oregon, did not respond to his name, and no objection was made to his being sworn in. Vice-President Wheeler was escorted into the Chamber and Mr. Ferry presented him to the Senate and administered to him the oath of office. After the inauguration ceremonies, an adjournment was had to the Sth. Tuesday, March 6.—A lengthy discussion occurred over a motion that L. Q. C. Lamar be sworn in as Senator from Mississippi, Mr. Blaine, among others, signing that hie (Lamar’s) credentials being entirely regular, he should be sworn in now, and any question as to the legality of the Legislature which elected him should be a matter of subsequent inquiry by the Senate. After debate, the resolution that Mr. Lamar be sworn in was adopted—s" to I—Mr. Wadleigh voting in the negative: Mr Merrimou, who would also have voted in th* negative, was paired with Mr. Spencer. A resolution was then offered by Mr. Blaine that William Pitt Kellogg be sworn in ss Senator irom Louisiana. Mr. Blaine than proceeded to arene that Mr. Kellogg was elected by the legal Legislature of hie State, and that the same Returning Board which had rightfully declared that the Hayes Electoral ticketin the State was elected had also declared, who constituted the Legislature of the State, which body had chosen Mr. Kellogg Senator, and declared who was the legal Governor of the State. Mr. Bayard took the floor to reply to Mr. Blaine, but yielded for a motion to adjourn. Wednesday, March 7.—A motion was made that Lafayette Grover, Senator-elect from Oregon, be sworn in, which motion was objected to. and subsequently Mr. Mitchell stated that he had several petitions from citizens of Oregon objecting to the seating of Mr. Grover, which pettttonsveremd. charging that, he procured his election by bribery and corrupt use of money; that he unlawfully and corruptly issued a certificate of electian to Mr. Cronin, red falsely testified before the Committee on Privileges and Election* to sustain his act. Mr. Bayard replied to Mr. Blaine relative to the eme rs Mr. Kellogg, of Louisiana, claiming that his (Kellogg’s) credentials did not present s nrtma /art* case, because •Obey were signed by Mr. Packard, who

w*» nat the Goverwref th* State, either de Jure or de facto; on the contrary. the Seqste muit lake cognfxauce of ttopublte fact the*'Mr Nicholls was Governor, *n4 had a legal Legislature acting in accord with him. lie (Bayard) contended that the declnion of the Elrctoral Commission had no lores in law to centre! the action nt ths Senate in this case. Mr. Blaine replied,rettarattag tbs assertion that the same authority of the State which gave the Electoral vote to Hayes and Wheeler also declared the Packard Government to be the legal State Government Mr. Morton also advocated the claims of Mr. Kellogg, end a resolution was Anally adopted It to Si—that the Credentials He on the table until ike appointment of the Committee on Privileges and Election*. The aame disposition was made of the credential* ofMe-ara. Coibln and Butler, of South Carolina. An Executive seeslon was field, at which objections were made to the Cabinet nomination* sent in by the President, especially to those of Messrs. Evarte> Schur* and Key. '

Concerning Jokes About People’s Sorrows and Misfortunes.

Recently, tn looking over the JTmas, I came across this paragraph from the New York Daily Graphic: “ See here, Danbury A>w«, and all the other boys, let's stop joking about death, coffins and funerals. It may be funny, but it is not in good taste, for it wounds thousands who have real cause to grieve.” There is a small room somewhere in this world, nothing but “four square walls,” but I wish to tell you some things that are in this room. Near one comer stands the stove, burning brightly this winter evening, the same as in thousands of other rooms; a few pictures and chromos on the wall, and a fine steel engraving of that well-meaning, honest, but erratic old man, Horace Greeley. In one comer, near the window, is a small stand, on which is an aquarium containing some very pretty shells and stones picked up, some at Cape May, some on the shore of Lake Michigan, some received from friends in far-away California. Over this is a large, three-shelf bracket, holding several juvenile books, finger-worn and soiled; miniature boat with sails spread; a “bank” partly filled with pennies, which enter the mouth of a frog, opened by a pressure upon one of its feet; a top whittled from a spool, an arrow rudely constructed from a piece of pine, two or three China cups, a ball, a knife, a beadbasket, a package of “ little one’s” letters, a fish-line, and innumerable other little articles that make up a list of juvenile property. At the left of this bracket hangs the picture of a sweet babe with the innocent smile of babyhood upon her chubby face. When she went away last September: she was ten months old. At the right of the bracket is the picture of a boy. He used to make this room ring with his shouts of merry laughter. His face wears a more thoughtful look than that of his sister just across on the other wall. He stands in an easy attitude with his legs crossed, one hand hanging by his side, the other resting upon a sofa-top stand; his eyes look a little to the left of you, and he appears to be in deep thought. At his feet crouches his dog, Prince. When Willie went away last October he was aged nine years. There comes into this room while I write a small woman with a look of sadness plainly depicted on her face. She walks to the corner and looks a moment at the fish swimming in the aquarium, and then raises her eyes and gazes long at the two pictures before her. The tears follow each other silently down her face. She turns away and seats herself in the rocker near the stove, and rests her head upon her hand. She has no child now. We wii 1 not.disturb her. She is thinking how she used to fondle her babe or make kites for her boy; she is thinking of the crape that was put upon the door; of the little coffin tliat was brought in, and tlie silver plate on the lid, “Our Babe;” of the little grave up among the oaks, and how. with Willie, she visited it the following Sabbath, when Willie said, “When we come again I will bring a nice bouquet for Clara.” She is thinking how Willie went the next time he visited the spot—in his coffin, with the bouquet in his hand; she is thinking of the future, when she shall see them again, for she says, “Thy will, not mine, be done.” There are thousands of homes Uke ours, where jife seems as nothing since so much of life and love has gone, and some thoughtless paragrapher has caused many a pang by his pencilinga. I thought when I read the mild confession of tender conscience in the Graphic editor, that perhaps he, too, had a sad home, frow which he missed the little white dress with blue knots at the shoulders, and had experienced the sorrow made fresh by these ghoulish paragraphs. A thousand homes will thank him for tlie suggestion, for sorrow is too much of a reality to be made tlie triHe of a pencil point.— Cor. Danbury News.

Arm of the Statue of Liberty.

Tns arm of Bartholdi’s statue of Liberty. which is about to be placed on a temporary pedestal in Madison Square, fronting on Fifth avenue, will, with the thirteeri-foot pedestal, measure forty-five feet in height. The pedestal is to be of solid masonry, covered with wood painted to represent cut stone, the base twentythree feet square and thirteen feet six inches high. In bas-relief upon the outer face of the pedestal will be a representation of the whole statue when it shall be placed upon Bedloe’s Island. Upon the side facing Madison Park a staircase will be built leading to that which runs spindly through the arm to the balcony of the torch hpon the summit The privilege of mounting to the flambeau, while in Madison Square, will not be extended to the public at large, but subscribers to the fund for the purchase of the permanent pedestal, and others interested in its progress, will be admitted upon obtaining the necessary passes from H. W. DeStoeckel, who is in charge of the statue during the absence of Mr. Bartholdi in Europe. The expense of placing this fragment of statue in Madison Square is paid for by the Department of Parks, $972 having been appropriated for the purpose. Its erection has been given in charge of Mr. W. F. Croft, the architect. The arm will remain in Madison Square until the year 1880, before which time it is not thought possible a sufficient sum will be obtained to warrant the commencement of work toward the erection of the complete statue. Several French; societies have expressed their willingness, if allowed the privilege, to light the huge flambeau upon the evenings of National holidays, and to pay for the gas which will thereby be consumed. The arm will have been placed in position by March 4, next, when it will be photographed, and copies sold for the benefit of the Pedestal Fund.—-N. F. World. —*»»■■'■ ■ ■ A few days ago a Kentucky farmer applied to one of the Southern railroad civil engineers, and asked that, aa his neighbors were getting the promise of them, a cattle-guard be placed on his farm in the spring. His cattle, he said, would then be weak, and needed protection. The placing of the cattle-guard was readily promised, whereupon the innocent farmer suggested that his son, a young man, who knew a good deal about stock, might be made the said cattle-guard* . ■

SENSE AND NONSENSE.

Do you want your note discounted f Try kluegifiM. Gold bead embroidery on lace Is coming into vogue. There is a revival of fashions demanding the use of lace. Railroad agents are always ready to answer a fare question. , Boston doctors, k is said, average twenty-two dollars a day. Bermuda potatoes are nine dollars • box in New York, and each box has thirty potatoes. Don’t go to law. If yoa feel that way, go sit on a bramble-bush, or crawl through a sewer. A German professor figures that cveiy man Is worth eight women in a commercial point of view. A Chicago paper says tliat the front-ler is the public ear, but you can’t make anybody believe that ’ere. William H. Vanderbilt will publish, it is said, a volume of begging letters he has received from ladies. “ I never was knocked down by a human being but once in my life,” said a braggart, “and then I was kicked by a mule.” Hearing that the matrimonial fever had broken out again, a medical gentleman remarked that he knew it, it was the ticfuss again. The Norristown Herald has ascertained that “blue glass, mashed up fine and administered internally will cure a dog—of sheep killing.” A grocer had a pound of sugar returned with a note saying: “ Too much sand for table use, and not enough for building purposes!” It is still a question in. the mind of the Louisville Courier-Journal whether dogs ot men should have the exclusive right-of-way along highways. The poem entitled “A sigh for my pet poodle,” is respectfully declined. We cannot afflict our readers with such a sigh-at-a-cur.—Boston Bulletin. A Rochester woman’s plan for clearing the sidewalks in winter: Bore holes in the ice, fill them with petroleum, set it on fire, and wait till the snow melts. It is the opinion of some mariners tliat there are rocks in the Atlantic which have been thrown up by volcanic agency, and are the frequent cause of ships disappearing.

A Marlbro Vermonter, aged slxty-flve, has a wife aged 103. He was nineteen when he married her, and she was fiftyseven. And that is the latest recipe for longevity. Some trees gl ow to finest proportions in foliage, with little root. Some men achieve great fame with little education. In both cases there is need of bracing when the storm comes. A Whitehall (N. Y.) woman, who was told to heap hot coals upon the head of her enemy, not having any coals on hand, squirted a lot of pepper sauce in the eyes of her next-door neighbor. The metric system is before the Legislature. Glad of it; the butchers have practiced the meat-trick system of charging for nine pounds of beef and trimming it down to seven and a half long enough.— Boston Bulletin. How a man wears his hat: At twenty, tipped sideways over one ear; at thirty, on the back of his head; at forty, drawn down over his eyes; at fifty, sitting square on his caput, with the brim trying to rest on both shoulders. “ Yes,” said Mrs. Black, as she sat gossiping with her sister, “ you have no idea how much my Jack thinks of you. Only this morning, as I went to wake him, I heard him calling out in his sleep: ‘ Oh, come, ante, will you!’ ” An infant’s apron can be of gray linen trimmed with cardinal braid. The pocket is trimmed to match, with the addition of buttons placed all around. The small pointed sleeves are trimmed with cardinal braid, and so is the belt around the waist. The French can eat anything. Long ago they commenced on frogs. After a while they introduced horse-meat. Then they began serving up mule-steaks. And now —what do you suppose they are at now? They are giving dog banquets—eating puppy flesh! Black and dark colors have gained such deserving popularity, especially in this Lenten season, that the ladies who love a “soupeon” of color, and think their style requires it, have devised quite a pretty means of introducing it in such a way as not to appear remarkably conspicuous; this is to intersperse loops of cardinal-red ribbon ingeniously among the other trimming, only in separate bunches, however, not profusely; a pretty finish is then to wear a soft mossy niching, made>of the silk raveled out, at the neck and in the sleeves. A letter from Deadwood Citv, in the Black Hills, says that the main business street-of that place is in a fair way of being worked out by miners, who nave recently struck it big at two different points on the main tnoroughfare. One man who had been running a cross-ditch camo to the pay-streak at the theater, which was evidently built on an old channel of the creek. Since then another party has tapped the channel a short distance below and near the center of the street. What led to the prospecting of the business portion of the town was the discovery of gold in paying quantities in a well that was dug not long ago. Next summer will see most of the business houses of Deadwood set u p on stilts. Yesterday afternoon a pi geon and a full Sown goose, feeding on the premises of r. W- H. Porter, North Cumberland, got into a quarrel, presumably over the division of their dinner, and organized a veiy lively battle. The pigeon flew angrily about the goose’s head, putting in a little peck whenever he could; bnt finally it received a blow from the goose’s bill and flbd, true to its habit, aiming at the roof of the house. The goose, thoroughly mad, followed, watching the pigeon until It became necessary to concentrate its attention on its efforts to fly so high, when, in its blind fury, it dashed against the wall and fell to the ground, dead. When it was picked up its neck was found to be broken. — Cumberland (Md.) Press.

Mrs. Anna Berrlan, a phonographic writer, of New York, wrote the extraordinary number of 1,054 words in four minutes, an average (of 263 U words a minute. She can write nearly as fast as she can talk. _ The indebtedness of the City of New Orleans was reduced $594,937.85 last year, and $2,102,987 in the last two years, and is but $22,638,779. Nearly half the bonded debt has been placed at a lower interest. »r-Wben an old hotel cook died in Detroit the other day the reporters stood around with uncovered heads and solemnly said: “ Peace be to his hashes.”

Chinese Immigration - Report of a Joint Committee of Congress.

The report of the Joint Special Committee to investigate Chinese immigration, after referring to the resolution areatlng it, says: In conducting the investigation required by the resolution*, the Joint Committee visited the Pacific Coast and examined 180 witnesses. In conducting thia examination the Committee divided their work so as to first hear persona opposed to the unlimited introduction of Chinese, and to this branch of the subject a limited time wa* given. They then beard the testimony of persons favorable to *uch introduction, ana concluded by affording time for witnesses in rebuttaL In the opinion of the Committee, It may be eaid that the resources of California and the Pacific Coast have been more rapidly developed with the cheap and dociie labor of Chinese than they would have been without this element. 8o far as material prosperity is concerned, it cannot be doubted that die Pacific Coast ha* been a great gainer. This is true, at any rate, of the capitalist classes. If the inquiry should stop there, if it should be satisfied by the certainty that money is made out of the present condition of things, and not look to the present or future inoral or political welfare of our Pacific States, it must be conceded, at least, that many enterprising men find their profit in Chinese immigration, and the general resources of the Pacific are being rapidly developed by means of Chinese labor. The Committee found that laboring men and artisans, without exception, were opposed to the. influx of Chinese, on the ground that hard experience had shown that they are thereby thrown out of employmen', and the means of decent livelihood are more difficult of acquisition. But the opposition to Chinese immigration was not confined to laboring men and mechanics. In the testimony will be found that of lawyers, doctors, merchants, divines, Judges, and others in large numbers, speaking of their own observation and belief, that the apparent prosperity derived from the presence of Chinese is deceptive and unwholesome, ruinous to our laboring classes, promotive of caste, and dangerous to free institutions. In the progress of their investigation the Committee called before them the municipal authorities of San Francisco, including the Executive, Legislative, Health and Police Departments, to ascertain the numbers, habits and modes of life of the Chinese in San Francisco. The number of adult Chinese residents in that city average at present, during a year, about 35,000. The testimony shows that the Chinese live in filtny dwellings, upon poor food, crowded together in narrow quarters, disregarding health and fire ordinances, and that their vices are corrupting to the morals of the city, especially of tlie young. Amoug the testimony will be found that of some twenty operatives, numbering nearly as many trades, in which details are given in relation to different industrial pursuits which are either monopolized by the Chinese, or are fast becoming so. This evidence shows that the Chinese have reduced wages to what would be starvHtion prices for white men and women, and engrossed so much of the labor in the various callings that there is a lack of employment for whites; and young men arc growing up in idleness, while young women willing to work are compelled to resort to doubtful meuus of support. The hardships resulting from these causes bear with especial weight upon women.

At the safety of republican institutions requires that the exereise of the franchise shall be only by those who have a love and appreciation of our institutions, and this rule excludes the great mass of the Chinese from the ballots as a necessary means to nubile safety, yet the application of the rule deprives tliem of the only adequate protection which can. exist in a Republic for the security of any distinctive large class of persons. An indigestible mass in the community, distinct in language, pagan in religion, inferior in mental and moral qualities and all peculiarities is an undesirable element in a Republic, but becomes especially so if political power is placed in its hands. The safety of the State demands that such power shall not be so placed. The safety of the class, however, seems to depend in a measure upon that power. To anyone reading the testimony which we lay before the two houses it will become painfully evident that the -Pacific Const must in time become either American or Mongolian. Upon the point of morals there Is no Aryan or European race which is not far superior to the Chinese as a class. There is no intermarriages between the Asiatics and the Caucasian race. The presence of the Chinese discourages and retards white immigration to the Pacific States. It ia very clearly in evidence that the number of Chinese on the Pacific Coast is rapidly increasing, not by births, for there are few of these, but by importations, so that the same uneducated class is supplied perpetually. The Chinese do not come to make their home in this country; their only purpose is to acquire what would be a competence in China, and return there to enjoy it. It further appears from the evidence that the Chinese do not desire to become citizens of this country, and have no knowledge of or appreciation for our institutions. Very few of them learn to speak our language. They do not desire the ballot, and there is danger if they had it their “ head men” woula control the sale of it in quantities large enough to determine any election. That it would be destructive to the Pacific States to put the ballot in their hands was very generally believed by the witnesses. The tide of Chinese immigration Is gradually tending eastward, and betore a quarter of a century the difficult question that now arises upon the Pacific Coast will probably have to be met upon the banks of the Mississippi, and perhaps on the Ohio and Hudson. Many people of the Pacific Coast believe that this influx of Chinese is a standing menace to republican institutions upon the Pacific and the existence there of Christian civilization. From all the facts that they have gathered bearing upon the matter, and considering fairly the testimony for and against the Chinese, the Committee believe that this opinion is well founded. They believe that free Institutions, founded upon free schools and intelligence, can only x be maintained where based on intelligent and adequately-paid labor. Chinese Immigration involves sordid wages, no public schools, and the absence of the family. We speak of the Chinese as they have exhibited themselves on the Pacific Coast for twenty-five years past, and as they are there at the present time. They show few of the characteristics of a desirable population, and many to be deprecated by any patriot The problem Is too important to be treated with indifference. Congress should solye it, having due regard to any rights already accrued under existingtreaties and to humanity. But it must be solved in the judgment of the Committee, unless our Pacific possessions are to be ultimately given over to a race alien in all Its tendencies, which will make of It practically provinces of China rather than States of the Union. The Committee recommend that measures be taken by the Executive looking toward a modification of the existing treaty with China, confining it to strictly commercial purposes, and that Congress legislate to restrain the great influx of Asiatics to thia country. It is not believed that either of these measures would be looked upon with disfavor by the Chinese Government. Whether thia b so or not, a duty is owing to the Pacific States and Territories, which are suffering under « terrible scourge, but are patiently waiting for relief from Congress.

The Order of the Garter.

Prince William, of Prussia, has received the highest honor which it is in the power of the Queen to confer on a foreign Prince—an honor, too, which is sometimes coveted in vain by reigning Sovereigns. Guizot mentions how glad Louis Philippe was to receive the Garter, which he only did upon his visit to Ett?;land in 1844; when he had already been ourteen years upon the throne of France. He is said to have expressed the feeling

that now at length he could no longer be caffed a fiiert Klpg'of the Barricades, bat was forithaliv received into the brotherlufed of* Monarchs upon equal terms Napoleon 111. whs equally pleased when in'lß6s—less than four years after the coup d'etat—he was invested with the blue ribbon by Her Majesty in person. On the other hand, we find Lord Palmerston (in Lord Dalliog’s Life) writing to his brother, Sir William Temple, and telling him that “ Bernadotte has been flying a kite for the Garter,” adding that his Swedish Majesty was not to get it. At the present moment a decided majority of the Kings are entitled to wear thia highlyprized decoration, hnt the King* of Spain and Sweden are as yet left out in the cold. The only foreign Princes, not actually reigning Sovereigns, who lire Knights of the' Garter, are the Crown, Prince of Germany, and his son, Prince Louis of Hesse, and Prince Christian of Sleswig-Holstem. Three out of these are heirs to crowns. The Duke of Cumberland has worn a crown, and is moreover a lineal descendant of George 11., and by a statute passed on the 17lh of January, 1805, the order is to consist of the Sovereign and twenty-five Knights-Companions r together with such lineal descendants of King George 11. as may be elected, always excepting the Prince of Wales, who is a constituent part of the original institution. Special statutes are passed for the admission of foreign Sovereigns or Princes as extra Knights.— Pall Mall Gazette.

How a Dog Saved a Boy’s Life.

About noon yesterday some workmen of Odell, the wholesale butcher, were driving a cow along Twenty-third street, when she became enraged, and the horsemen lost control of her. She espied a boy of about fourteen years, who peddles small wares from a hand-basket, and made at him. The boy was knocked down, and the infuriated brute began to gore him, but fortunately her horns had been cut down about one-half and she could only bruise and grind him against the earth and trample on him. The men tried to lasso her but could not do so. Patrick Spain heard the lad’s cries for help, and ran out of his house. On seeing the situation he called out to his wife to unchain a medium sized bull-dog which ho keeps at his place, which being done, Spain threw the dog over the fence and then ran around to the gate to follow him. The dog comprehended at once what was wanted of him, and sprang for the maddened beast which ' was now pawing and crushing the boy down. The dog could only get at the cow by getting upon the boy, which he did speedily, and as she made another charge the bull-dog seized her by the throat and in a second or two more he had the cow down and rolled her over and over, never letting go his grip. One of the drovers then threw Spain a rope, which, after long trial and much risk, he slipped over the cow’s head, and by main force she was drawn to a post and tied down, the dog to her throat. The fuiy of the cow was such that it was found necessary to kill her on the spot. The boy meanwhile was taken charge of by Mrs. Spain, who dressed his wound a, and Spain then took him to his home. He was badly bruised and torn. But for Spain’s presence of mind in calling his dog to the rescue, and the dog’s instant comprehension of his duty, the boy would in all human probability have been killed in a few seconds more.— Sacramento Record and Union.

Distribution of Animals by Swimming.

Very few mammals can swim over any. considerable extent at sea, although many can swim well for short distances. The jaguar traverses the widest streams in South America, and the bear and bison cross the Mississippi, and there can be no doubt that they could swim over equal widths of salt water, and, if accidentally carried out to sea, might sometimes succeed in reaching islands mary miles distant. Contrary to the common notion, pigs can swim remarkably well. Sir Charles Lyell tells us, in his “Principles of Geology,’’ that during the floods in Scotland in 1829 some pigs, only six months old, that were carried out to sea swam five miles and got on shore again. He also states, on the authority of the late Eilward Forbes, that a pig jumped overboard to escape from a terrier, in the Grecian Archipelago, and swam safekiio shore, many miles distant. These facts render it probable that wild pigs, from their greater strength and activity, might, under favorable circumstances, cross arms of the sea twenty or thirty miles wide; and there are facts in the distribution of this tribe of animals which seem to indicate that they have sometimes done so. Deer take boldly to the water, and can swim considerable distances; but we have no evidence to show how long they could live at sea or how many miles they could ti averse. Squirrels, rats and lemmings often migrate from northern countries m bands of thousands and hundred of thousands, and pass over rivers, lakes, and even arms of the sea, but they generally Eerish in tlie salt water. Admitting, owever, the powers of most mammals to swim considerable distances, we no reason to believe that any of them could traverse, without help, straits of upward of twenty miles in width, while, in most cases, a channel of half that distance would prove an effectual barrier. — H. Conant, in Harper's for March. The colored people of Georgia own 457,635 acres of land, and property in the aggregate valued at $5,488,867.

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