Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1878 — Page 2

The Rensselaer Union, |PfeL ■'—■— RSN««*LAKR, • * INDIANA.

General News Summary.

Tn pubho-debt statement, u published on ttw lit, larifcatM the following; Tout debt, tiwlndinc Interest of 931,885,417, 93,378,145, UL CMkh Treasury, 9388,507.700. IVbt, lew cash ta Treasury, 93,008,087,450. Decreaae during May, 93,070,198. Decrease since Jane 80, 1877, 930,530,773. It vm listed, on the .Id. that President Hays* snd the members of his Cabinet, who were expected to be at Evansville, lad., on the Fourth of July, had notified the aulhorittee of that dty that, In Tire of the existing political complications, the President will not leave Washington City. THE EAST. Tan Greenback State Convention of Maine mat at Lewiston, on the sth, 887 delegates be Ing present The resolutions indorse the Toledo platform; declare fealty to the American monetary system; favor the abolition of all bank Issues, the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver, and the issuing by the Government of full legal-tender paper money, in amounts sufficient to meet the wants of trade; oppose every measure looking to re sumption of specie payment, etc., etc. The New York National Greenback party met in Btate conference at Albany, on the sth, twenty-eight counties being represented. XmolvUovm W6N declaring that the greenback dollar must be full legal-tender for all debts; that the General Government alone issue money; favoring the calling in of all United Btates bonds, and paying them, principal and interest, in greenbacks; demanding the suppression of imported Chinese labor, and the repeal of the Resumption and Nation* al Banking acts. Goi.d closed in New York, on June 7th, at 101. The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring, Wheat, 81.09Jfft31.10; No. 3 Milwaukee, 91.10 (3 1.10)*. .Aits Western and State, 27<331c. Corn, Western Mixed, 42@46c. Pork, Mess, 89.87>£. Lard, 96.00. Flour, Good to Choice, 84-65(85.75; Winter Wheat, 95.80(86.50. Cattle, 87.75(810.75 for Good to Extra. Sheep, 93.00(84.75. Hogs, 83.50(3 3.75. At East Liberty, Pa., on June 7th, Cattle brought: Best, 84.75(85.00; Medium, 94.50(3 4.65; Common, 84.00(34.35. Hogs sold— Yorkers, [email protected]; Philadelphia®, 83.50(3 3.70. Sheep brought 83.00(34.25 —according to quality. At Baltimore, Md., on Juna 7th, Cattle brought; Best, 95.00(35.35; Medium, 94.00(34.50. Hogs sold si 94.35(34.50 for Good. Sheep were quoted at 83.50(34.50 for Good.

WERT AM* SOUTH. The Oregon State election was held on the 4th. The news up to the morning of the 6th indicated the election of Whitaker (Dem.) to Congress, Earhart (Rep.) as Secretary of State and Beckman (Rep.) as Governor. Legislature Democratic. Phof. John C. Christian, Assistant Superintendent of the St. Louis Public Schools, committed suicide at Denver, Col., a few days since, while laboring under a fit of temporary insanitTThe next Missouri Democratic State Convention will be held on the 10th of July, at Jefferson City.

TOE Michigan Greenback and National parties held their State Conventions at Grand Ra]«fds, on the sth. A compromise was es fee ted between the two factions In the evening, and a platform was adopted calling for the unconditional repeal of the National Banking and Resumption act; the Issue of all paper money to be a full legal-tender for all public and private debts; the free coinage of silver; reduction in the hours of labor; Government lands to be reserved for actual settlers only, etc. Hon. Henry S. Smith was nominated for Governor; Lysander Woodward for Lleutenant-Govfcmor; Geo. H. Bruce for Secretary of State; H. E. Goeschell for Treasurer; Levi Sparks for Auditor; John A. Elder for Land Commissioner; Frank Dumont for Attorney-General, and David Parsons for Superintendent of Public Instruction. ■ The Indiana State Republican Convention met at Indianapolis, on the stb, and organixed by the choice of Gen. Beu Harrison for Permanent President. The following nominations were made: Secretary of State, Judge Isaac 8. Moore; Auditor of State, Gen. A. O. Miller: Treasurer of State, Maj. Geo. F. Herriot; Att’y-General, Judge D. P. Baldwin; Superirtendeutof Public Instruct ion, Prof. J. T. Merrill. The resolutions adopted declare opposition to repudiation in any form; deprecate the abandonment ot_ depreciation of greenbacks; favor a sound, staple currency of gold, silver and paper, made equal in value: recommend legislation authorizing the receipt of greenbacks at par for customs dues and Government bonds; oppose further financial legislation of a radical character; deprecate the payment of Southern claims; denounce the National House of Representatives for it* action in unseating Republican members fairly and legally elected, and the action of the Democratic majority in their revolutionary attempts to unseat the President, etc., etc.

The monument to cx-President Johnson was unveiled at Greenville, Tenu., on the sth, in the presence of about 3,000 spectators. The oration was delivered by Hon. George W. Jones, an old-time friend of the dead President. The monument cost $5,000, and was erected by the family of the deceased. Mb. Moexch, living near Dixon, Mo., on his return from the village, the other day, missed his two little girls, aged eight and live years respectively. His Attention was called to a large trunk in the room, and he opened it, and found the lifeless forms of the little ones. They were past resuscitation. It is supposed they jumped in the trunk, Intending to give their father a pleasant surprise, but were overcome by the heat and lack of air. The Illinois State Prohibition Convention was held at Decatur, on the 6th. Hon. J. R. Gorin was nominated for State Treasurer, and Rev. W. 8. Post for Superintendent of Public Instruction. The platform demands the legal prohibition in all places, subject to the laws of Congress, "of the importation, exportation, manufacture and traffic of and in alcoholic beverages;” equal rights for all; the abolition of polygamy, etc.; the abolition of Executive patronage, etc., etc. Thx Missouri State Prohibition Convention met at St. Louis, on the 6th, and adopted a platform demanding that the sale of intoxicating liquors be absolutely prohibited by law; recommending persistent efforts to prevent the granting of licenses; urging good men of all parties to vote only for those favoring prohibition. A State Central Committee was chosen and authorized to nominate a. State ticket if deemed advisable. I* Chicago, on June 7th, Spring Wheat Mo. 2 closed at [email protected] cash. Cash Corn closed at for No. 2. Cash Oats No. 3 sold at 98JJc; and 23jtfc seller July. Bye No. 2, 63c Barley No. 3, 48Ji @ 49c. Cash Mess Pork closed st 09.05. Lard. 06.70. Beeves— Extra brought [email protected]; Choice, 04.75 @&00; Good, [email protected]; Medium Grades, [email protected]; Butchers’ Stock, [email protected]; Stock Cattle, etc., *[email protected]. Hogs-Good to Choice, Sbpep-Poor to

TOEEIUI unuisncs. Aooohdino to a Pera dispatch of the 3d, the PMte had notified Russia and England that Ik would eede Thessaly, Epirus and Crete to Greece. Whilh Ihs Emperor Wilhelm was driving In the Avenue Uuler den Linden, in Berlin, on the afternoon of the 2d, a Dr: Nobeling, a Socialist, fired at him with a shotgun from one of the buildings bordering that street, the charge taking effect in one arm and In the face. The Emperor was not dangerously wounded. The would-be assassin was arrested and afterward attempted to commit suicide. k A Constantinople telegram of the 3d says 300 Russians to Roumclla were recently cut off from the main body by the Insurgents and every soul killed. A Bitharbst telegram of the 3.1 says England had promised to recognise the Independence of Roumanla. The editor of the Isvant Herald , a paper published In Constantinople, has been ordered to leave Turkish territory Immediately. Ills offense was the publication of a letter which the authorities declare to be seditious.

The Steamship Idaho, of the Williams A Guion Line, which left New York on the 21st of May. for Liverpool, struck a rock on the coast of Ireland on the Ist, and soon afterward sunk. The passengers and crew were saved. TnE Russians have made a fresh demand upon the Porte for the surrender of the quadrilateral fortresses. Austria has proclaimed martial-law on the Sclaronlan-Ban&t frontiers, in consequence of outbreaks and outrages among the Bosnian refugees At Berlin, on the sth, a decree was promulgated, signed by the Emperor Wilhelm and countersigned by Bismarck, proclaiming a Regency, and nominating Prince Frederick Wilhelm as Regent. The condition of the Empbrdrwas improving, and the wounds in his head and arms were healing. His speedy recovery was confidently exjected. At the . first fire, seven shots were lodged In the right fore-arm and wrist and five In the head and face. The second fire caused the lodgment of twenty shots in the arm and shoulder and six in the neck. According to Berlin telegrams of tlieCth, the Criminal Court of that city were in receipt of threatening letters, declaring that other assassinations of European Sovereigns would follow If Nobeling were harshly treated. Austria has notified Montenegro that the annexation of Antivarl would lie considered camu belli. Tne Pope has sent an appeal to the Powers to protect the interests of Roman Catholics while regulating the affairs of Turkcv. According to Berlin dispatches of the 7th, Nobeling had on that day again attempted suicide, but had been prevented by the guards. Between twenty and thirty persons had been arrested in various parts of the Empire for expressing regret that Nobeling did not kill tlie Emperor. Nearly 300 lives were lost, on the 7th, by a coal-mine explosion in the Lancashire (Eng.) District.

FORTV-FIFTH COUTURE**. In the Senate, on the Ist, the concurrent resolution for adjournment *i»« die, an amended by the House, fixing the 17th of June as the date, was finally agreed to- 38 to 17.... A bill was introduced and referred to provide for an investigation of the diseases or swine and contagious and infectious diseases incident to other classes of domesticated animals . .The concurrent resolution approving the views of the Committee on Foreign Relations in regard to the late Fishery award was amended and passed. A bill was passed in the House, giving Circuit Courts supervisory jurisdiction in certain criminal cases. . .The bill amending the Internal Revenue laws was considered. The House bill to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to constitute Superintendents of Mints or Assayers in Assay Offices Assistant Treasurers of the United States to receive gold coin and bullion of deposit for the purposes provided by Sec. 254 of the Revised Statutes was passed in the Senate, on the 3d, as was also the House joint resolution providing for the issue of arms to the Territories. ...The bill establishing post-routes was considered, and an amendment to restore the fit inking privilege was rejected by a tie vote—29 to 29. Bills were introduced in the House —to restrain the Secretary of the Treasury from paying outstanding 5-20 bonds except in legaltender Treasury notes; authorizing the issue of iM110,000,000 United States notes to tie known ns '* National money.” In the Senate, on the 4th, a bill was passed creating an Auditor of Railroad Accounts. ....The joint resolution providing for the appointment of a Commission to consider and report upon the whole subject matter of reform and reorganization of the army was reported back from the Military Committee and referred to the Committee on Appropriations... .The amendments to the Legislative, Judicial and Executive Appropriation bill were insisted upon, and a Conference Committee was ordered ana appointed... .The Army Appropriation bill was reported, with amendments.

In the House, the Senate amendments to the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill were non-concurred in. . Bills were passed—exempting municipal and county buildings, used as such, from levy and sale; exempting employes in the Postal Service from military and jury duty; reorganizing the Life-Saving Service... A bill was reported and referred for the relief of purchasers of land sold for direct taxes in the insurrectionary States.... The Tariff bill was considered in Committee of the Whole. A bill was introduced and referred in the Senate, on the sth, to encourage and aid the higher education of the colored race in the District of Columbia and in the several States. ... The Pacific Railroad bill was taken up and debated. . .Several amendments to the Post-lionte bill were agreed to, among them being one restoring the franking privilege to the extent of allowing members of Congress, etc., to send free through the mails written and printed communications not exceeding two and a half ounces in weight—2o to 19; the bill as amended was then passed- 24 to 15 Mr. Matthewß made a personal explanation, in which he emphatically denied that he was in any way connected, by participation or encouragement, in the perpetration of alleged frauds in the last Presidential election in Louisiana; he stated that Anderson had appealed to him for official patronage on the Cund that he i Anderson > had rendered honest, nimble, lawful and efficient service to the Republican cause id Louisiana at a sacrifice of time and money, and a great personal risk; the only error iif there be one i of which he iM at thews) was conscious, was in haring recommended to office a person who had meditated and prepared a wrong, but had, ns it appeared to the speaker, withdrawn from performing it. Mr. Matthews then submitted a resolution calling for a select committee of seven to investigate the matter in question, which resolution was unanimously adopted. —

In the House, the Tariff bill was taken up, and a vote striking out the enacting clause resnlted—yea*. 134; nays, 120—thus defeating the bi 11.... The Senate Mexican Award bill was amended and passed The bill amending the Internal Revenue laws was further considered. Bills wefe passed in the Senate, on the 6th— relating to telegraphic communication between the United States and foreign countries; to .amend the act of .May 28, 1872, to provide for furnishing trasses for disabled soldiers.... The Army Appropriation bill was taken up, and several amendments were agreed to, among them being the following: Increasing the army to 25,yOO men—B9 to 19; striking out the clansc intending to permanently fix the number of enlisted men in the army; increasing the appropriations for some of the pm poses specified in the bill ... A Conference Committee was appointed on the Fostoffite Appropriation bill. In the House, the Conference report on the bill making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions was agreed to. .. .. Conference Committees were appointed on the legislative and the Postoffice Appropriation bilk.... The bill amending the Internal Revenue •awswas taken up, and an amendment was agreed to reducing the tax on tobacco to sixteen oents a pound, and on cigars to five dollars a thousand ...The General Deficiency bill ($4.oAf.LA)) wss considered in Committee of the Whole .. . A bill was introduced and referred antheming Ohio, Illinois snd Indiana to priweC remecr the f ,nited States in the 8uA communication was laid before the Senate, on the 7th, from tbe Secretary of the Senate, announcing that he had been summoned before the Potter Committee to produce the Lotutiana election returns, and that be had

obeyed the subpreoa. An order was agreed to instructing the Secretary to attend the committee and aukmnt Um papers for examination, the Senate reserving all questions touching the regularity of the House in calling for anon documents. .., The Army Appropriation bill was taken up, mud an amendment was agreed to providing for the appointment of three Senators and four Repraeentatires aa a Joint Commission to in--3m re into the expediency of transferring the Inina Bureau to the War lieuartment, and report to Congress before Jan. 1,1K7U. In the House, the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was reported and referred to Committee of the WBule.. . .The General Deficiency bill was further considered in Committee of the Wh01e.... A resolution was offered and referred. directing the Committee on Military Affaire to inquire into the conduct of the United States troops engaged in the Battle of the Little ,Big Horn.

THE CVXHRENNIOIAL ixventiuaTIOW.“~ The Select Comfuittce of the National Uonae of Representatives on the nllcged frauds in Florida and Ixmisiana in the last Presidential election began its examination of witnesses in Washington on the Ist. There was a large attendance of newspaper men and others. Messrs. Wilson and Shellabarger were present ns counsel for Sec'y Sherman. The Sub-Committee to visit Florida was named as to consist of Messrs. Hunton, Springer and Hiscock. The first witness examined was James E. Anderson. He stated that previous to the last Presidential election he was a clerk in the Custom-House; at the time of the election he was Supervisor of Registration for Last Feliciana, La., and in that capacity made up his statement and sent it with the returns of the Commissioners ot Elect ion by mail from Baton Bouge.to the Secretary of State at New Orleans; all the forms of law were fullv complied with on election day in that parish; in a subsequent interview, in New Orleans, with Marshal Pitkin, witness told that gentleman, in answer to a question as to why no protest had accompanied the returns, that the circumstances did not warrant it, and that there was no ground on which to make a protest; that he did not know whether what intimidation had existed had been practiced by Democrats or by Republicans; Pitkin stated to witness that a crisis existed, and it looked as if the Presidency would hinge onLoUisianA, And he wished witness, if he could conscientiously do so, would make a protest against his parish; witness made a statement of what occurred, and it was submitted to Judge Hugh J. Campbell, who said it did not amount to anything in law, and asked witness to make another; a paper was then drawn up and submitted to witness, which he refused to sign, much less to swear to. and another protest was drawn up, partly in blank, which witness signed but did not swear to: one of the blanks wan in reference to the number of votes that had been intimidated in the parish; the last paragraph in the paper was that witness did not make the protest at the time for fear of his life, which witness stated was the case, for if {the people of East Feliciana had thought he was going to cheat them out of the fruits of their hard-earned victory. they would have swung him higher than Hainan; witness tins went on to state that Gov. Kellogg had; subsequent to the registrtion, expressed a desire that he (witness) should return to East Feliciana; that a delegation of Democrats had said they were satisfied with his manner of conducting the registration; Oov. Kellogg asked witness, in the presence of a Democratic delegation, if he would go back, and when he heard the Republicans had circulated the report that he was afraid to go back because of cowardice, he (witness) told Kellogg he would return; but the moment the Republicans found he was willing to go back they conspired to prevent his doing so, and witness was told that the expressed desire of Gov. Kellogg to have him return to East Feliciana (this was before the election) was assumed, as they (the Republican managers) did not intend he should go liack, the intention lieing to hold no election in that parish and throw the onus on witness, on the ground that he had refused to return, nnd’thus they could not get the vote of the parish; witness then detailed the manner of his return to the parish to hold the election, and the trouble he had with his clerk, P. C Butler, who attempted to kill him; subsequent to the signing of the blank protest on the 10th of November, Don A. Weber, Supervisor of West Feliciana Parish, came to witness and said be had understood that he (witness) had made a sweeping protest, alleging intimidation, etc., in the Parish of East Feliciana; witness said this was a mistake, and then went down to Marshal Pitkin’s office and asked to sdfi the protest, but Pitkin said it was iff other hands ami he could not get it; witness said to Pitkin that if they were going to throw out that parish on a forged protest he (witness) did not propose to stand it: witness made this statement to Mr. Pitkin in the presence of half a dozen persons; witness then gave in detail an account of his and Weber’s alleged interviews with Mr. Sherman in which the latter assured them they should be well provided for at the hands of the F’edcral Government for the parts they had taken to secure Mr. Hayes the Electoral vote of the State of Louisiana, by consenting to false allegations of intimidations, etc., in the two Parishes of East and West Feliciana; some letters in connection with the matter were also offered as evidence, the reading of one of which, purporting to be a communication from Mr. Sherman to Messrs. Weber and Anderson was objected to until Mr. Sherman could be notified and appear to deny or acknowledge its authenticity; Mr. Sherman came before the committee and swore lie did not believe he ever wrote the letter, but there were things in the letter that he would have written to these or any other men who were enraged in the performance of what he lielieved to be their duty; objection was made and overruled to the letter being put in evidence; the purport of the letter was that Messrs. Weber ana Anderson would be provided for, the writer “assuming the responsibility for promises made, and will guarantee that yon will be provided for after the 4th of March its may be practicable, and in such manner as will enable you both to leave Louisiana, should vou deem it necessary;” a copy] of the statement subsequently drawn up and sworn to by Weber and Anderson, under date of Nov. 14, 1876, in which they disclaim the truth of the protests made in the cases of the parishes they represented, and state that the elections therein were orderly and fair, and that the gains made by the Democrats were legitimate, was produced and Rwom to by Mr. Anderson as being a true copy of the original. Among the correspondence submitted to the committee were several letters from Mr. Anderson to Stanley Matthews, in which Mr. Matthews seeks to secure otfioial patronage for Mr. Anderson. Also an alleged agreement between Mr. Anderson and Chas. E. Nash, M. C., from the Sixth|Lxmisiana District, pledging themselves to suppress the evidence showing that the Democrats bad fairly carried the Parish of East Feliciana, and which agreement is dated Nov. 2J, 1876. Mr. Anderson further said that Nash, Member of Congress from the Sixth District,had told him that the Returning Board were going to throw him out, that Kellogg was his personal enemy and would beat him. He told Nash to wait a moment while he saw Kellogg, Witness called upon Kellogg and told him if he did not return Nash he would *' burst this whole thing’’—meaning the return in favor of the Hayes Electors. Kellogg threatened, but witness told him his threats were thrown away on him, and he had got to return Nash, or the "jig wfls • up. After’’consultation, Kellogg said: “ Tell Nash to make a good case in Ft. Landry, Livingston and Tangipahoa.” Mr. Anderson further stAted that he called upon the President, in Washington, and, after stating his case, received from Mr. Hayes a memorandum to th* State Department requesting his appointment to a Consulship. He also called upon Mr. Sherman and asked his influence to secure for him the coveted appointment, but that official declined to use his influence for him either in his own or any other Department. He had not seen Mr. Sherman since.

The Committee was not in session on the 3d. On the 4th, the cross-examination of Mr. Anderson was undertaken by Mr. Reed. It was largely devoted to an endeavor to convict the witness of discrepancies between his testimony of the Ist and the statements heretofore made before the Benate Investigating Committee. The witness stated that he purposely misled the Senate Committee, but that his later statements were made on a “ level basis.” He repeated the details of the interview with Sec’y Sherman in the St. Louis restauraht, but the nnrrative showed no material'or notable discrepancy. The cross-examination of Mr. Anderson was not concluded when the Committee adjourned. On the sth, the returns of the Electoral College of Louisiana were received from the Secretary of the Senate and read. The Committee then adjourned to give the members an opportunity to vote on the Wood Tnriff bilL Upon reassembling, Gen. Butler offered a resolution, which was adopted, calling upon the President to furnish the originals of letters received by him from Mr. Matthews and copies of letters sent to Sir. Matthews in relation to an appointment for James E. Anderson. Geo. C. Gorham was sworn in relative to the Louisiana Electoral returns, and stated that the papers in the hands of the Committee were the only ones in his possession. He bad heard that the Sergeant-at-Anns of the Senate had a record of the proceedings of the Louisiana Returning Board. The cross-examination of Mr. Anderson was resumed. A copy of the agreement between Anderson and \\ el er, which the former had said he had mailed to Stanley Matthews, was produced bv Mr. Cox. who stated that he bad obtained it of Mr. Matthews.. It corresponded in every particular with the copy already in evidence, Dut Anderson declared that it was not the copy which be had mailed to Matthews, though the writing of the body of the paper and the signatures were an excellent counterfeit of his handwriting. The witness was examined minutely in regard to the circumstances attending the signature of the the agreement, arid made several different statements in relation thereto. The Matthews copy of the Nash agreement was handed- witness for identification. He thought it was the Bsme, but would not state positively under oath. Witness also produced a letter from Mrs. Jenks to him, in which reference was made to a letter from ”8 to D .” which he explained to mean "Sherman to Don." Witness further said that he had written a dozen letters to Senator Matthews. In regard to the "Pitkin agreement,” Anderson aid it was simply a note from Pitkin, assuring him that, if be stood by the party, he would Be provided for. In regard to the statement in his letter that three of the Republican

Elector* did not sign the returns for Hayes, he said that the statement was insde to him that Burch, Marks and levisee had voted in blank, and that their name* had been forged to the El< otoral count, and he had found out afterward that there waa a peat deal of troth in it Dr. Gray (one of Packard's friends) hadtoVd him if they threw Packard overboard, they would squelch Hayes and the whole Repo hlioan party. Mr. Fre n ch, the Senreant-at-Arms of the Senate, testified that he hadhad in his possession certain impera relating to die Ixmisiana Electoral vote, put that, soon after the adjournment of Congress, he had sent them to Honore, Secretary of State of ■ xjuisiana, and had never heard from them since. The Committee went into executive session at this point and auon after adjourned. The investigation into the alleged Florida and Louiaiana frauds was continued, on the 6th. Mr, Cox announced that he had received from Mr. Matthews the originals of the correspondence between him and Mr. Anderson, which the Clerk read. Theae have appeared in Mr. Andernqn’s testimony, except one, dated April 23, wherein he resigned all claims on the Administration. A resolution was adopted inviting Mr. Matthews to appear before the Committee to explain the letters. Judge A. B. Leviaaee was sworn, and related the details of the proposition which Asher made to him. He said substantially tliat he was offered from *30,000 to *40,000 if be would refuse to accept his certificate as Elector, and that he replied in substance, “Tell your man that Leviasee is willing to listen to a proposition of this sort, but you nave not got up to his price yet. Witness intimated to Asher that lua price would be about *200,000, and told the Committee that he put it at that figure so as to get the amount out of Asher's real’ll. Witness had told -Marshal Pitkin of his suspicion, that an attempt was about to he made to bribe him. and his object in the negotiations with Asher was to draw him out. At bis second interview with Asher, the latter stated that he desired to change his proposition: that witness should, instead of refusing to accept his certificate, vote directly for Tilden. Witness told him that it was hardly worth while to continue the negotiations unless he knew where the money waa coming from. Asher then introduced him to Hernandez, a New Orleans broker, who informed him that 8100,000 waa his limit, whereupon witness said it waa not worth while to talk more on the matter. He had not been bribed, and voted for Hayes and Wheeler. Witness said a portion of the Louisiana returns laid before the Committee by the Secretary were forgeries.

From eleven a. m. until three p. in., -on the 7th, the Investigating Committeeaat with closed doors, the time being occupied in the examination of the documents in evidence before the Committee including the alleged forged Louisiana returns. A subpoena duett tecum was ordered issued to the Appointment Clerk of the Treaßuiy for all recommendations for the appointment of Anderson’s brother, and the Secretary es State was requested to furnish the Committee with all original communications... on file in his office purporting to come from one or all the .nembers of the Harlftn-MacYcagh Commission, . together with copies of all communications Bent from the State Department to the said Commission. u James McKinney, Secretary of the Electoral Commission, testified as to tne identity of the envelopes containing the Louisiana returns and the indorsement* thereon. The Chairman presented a communication from the President, in reply to the resolution of the sth, in which he stated that he had no recollection of receiving a letter from Stanley Matthews asking for an appointment for Anderson, and that he was unable to find any such letter amoug his papers. He inclosed copies of all letters in his possession or control, which indnded one recommending the appointment of Anderson as Consul at Callao, Belfast or Canton, signed by Messrs. Darrall and Nash; also a similar letter signed by Messrs. Ijeonard and W. P. Kellogg; a letter from Anderson to Stanley Matthews, with his (Matthews’) indorsement thereon, and also the indorsement of the President's Secretary, requesting Mr. Evarts to make the appointment; a letter from Stanley Matthews to Sec’y Evarts; an anonymous letter signed by “John W. Buldozer;” a letter from J. A. Straight, protesting against Anderson’s appointment, and a letter from P. B. Conn, indorsing Anderson’s claims. THE FLORIDA SUB-COMMITTEE. The Florida Sub-Committee reached Jacksonville, on the morning of the 6th, The Secretary of State produced four precinct-returns before the Committee, and two returns of the canvass of Baker County, the first showing a majority for Hayes by throwing out two precincts. The next witness (Cox, formerly Clerk of Baker County,) testified that he made the first-mention-ed canvass in favor of Tilden. and that was the only one that could be made from the original returns of precincts, as they were always in his possession. A. A. Allf.n testified, on the 6th, that he wns Sheriff of Baker County in 1876, and made a canvass, with a County Judge and a Justice of the Peace, of the election; Driggers had said to witness that “ we’re beat if we don’t do something;” they decided to throw away two precincts—Darbyville and Johnsonville—at the suggestion of Driggers, the reasons given being that intimidation had been practiced at one and illegal voting at the other; tne intimidation con-_ aisled in refusing to let a man vote; there was no evidence relative to the Johnsonville Precinct, the charge being that the names of three or four men who did not live in the county had been added to the registration list, and they had voted; the object in throwing out these precincts was to have the Republicans beat, if possible: the precincts thrown out changed tlie result in the whole county and gave the Republicans the majority ; Coxe, the Clerk, was not present. In answer to Mr. Hiscock, witness stated that one J. W. Barnett, a Democrat, had told him there was $125 in money for him ts he would sign Coxe’s canvass, and took him to John E. Hartridge, a Democrat, of Jacksonville, who said he would compensate witness if he would Bign the return made by Coxe; witness (said he could Dot, as it looked too much like a bribe. Hartridge replied that it was not for a bribe but only to pay witness for his trouble.

Sheriff Allen testified, on the 7th, that he knew Driggers had declined to act with Coxe; when Coxe and Dorman made the canvass witness thought it was not treating the people right, and took every advantage he could for the Republican party; didn't think they made a false canvass; was not asked to throw out any precincts, William Green testified that he received a commission, on the 13th of November, as Justice of the Peace, for which he had never made application : it was brought to him by Driggers, who told witness he wanted him to assist in making the canvass of the county election, which he did; subsequently signed a paper which Driggers said was the return of the election; didn’t read it or know its contents; Driggers said to witness the day before the canvass, " We are lieateu and must turn over a new leaf,” and told witness if he would assist in the canvass they could make all things right; had witness known that any returns were wrongfully thrown out in the return he signed he would not have signed it; did not know any were thrown ont until ten days afterward. An affidavit was read, dated Dec. 1, 1876, with certificates signed by Green and Allen, that the statements of Driggers were correct as far as they were concerned; witness said he did not recollect signing such certificate, and never knew of the affidavit before. Allen was recalled, and said he could not remember ever signing such affidavit; was drinking very hard a part of the time when in Tallahassee, anil would not swear positively whether he signed the paper or not. * Driggers testified that he didn’t tell Stearns the canvass had given the county to Tilden; might imve told him that was the supposition: had said they couldn't count the votes of Johnsonvilleand Darbeyville; didn't recollect any conversation with McLin; the reason for throwing out Johnsonville was that the Inspectors had refused to allow one man to vote; the man had made no affidavit, but told witness he would; w itness knew some had been challenged at the polls at Darlieyville. and supposed they had no right to vote, although their vote s were sworn in; some men who voted at that precinct were not registered; didn’t recollect only six or eight, two of whom did not reside in the county; made no such remark to Gfeen as, “We are beaten, and must turn over a new leaf;” witness had received money for expenses in taking returns to Tallahassee; nad free railroad ticket; didn’t recollect how much money he received altogether; mentioned twenty dollars from Martin and fifteen dollars from Canova; witness didn't suppose now that the throwing out of the returns of the Darbeyville Precinct was according to law; thought at the time it was right. Messrs. Bloxham, Pasco and Ranney testified —the former that he had sent no telegram in cipher out of the State, the latter that the material aid asked for was to send agents to all parts of the State to bring in returns; not a cent was used for any but legitimate purposes. Pasco stated that the material, aid received from the North was a few hundred dollars from the National Democratic Committee; didn’t understand that any drafts were made on New YorK for funds.

—A very singular method was used the other night to recover the body of .Joe Letempt, who was drowned a few days before near the mouth of Cahokia Creek, opposite St. Louis. An ouqce of quicksilver was procured from a druggist, which was placed inside of a loaf of bread And the bread was cast into the water neat.. where the body was supposed to be. After the bread floated around for several minutes in the eddy it finally sank, and a diver, who was ready for the occasion followed it. He found that the loaf of bread rested on the body of young Letempt, and he brought it to the surface and shore. The best dairymen contend that the milk product Of a cow can be made worth $75 per annum. This would make the annual product from our 8,000,000 cows yield $600,000,b00. lowa State Register.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. —The man oat of an office think! he can hold it • little better than the man who ia in. To make the people believe that ia the sum and substanoo of political science.— N. O. Picayune. -Oh. don’t you remember the hillside, Hand. Where we hunted for the brown thru»h * And the'Eftle red ant*, by the million. Mand, ISea to crawl np a tellow’a trotwem-lem? I could talk of the happy old times, dear Maud, From now till the middle of November, Bat a man of my a «e can foiwet you bet. A blamed more than he ll remember. —Burlington Hawk-Ego. —The women of Pennsylvania design baying the farm-hoase of Valley Forge, where Washington had his headStarters during the gloomy winter of e Revolution, and make a second Mount Vernon of it, filling its rooms with relics of the days of the War for Independence. —Edward Orcutt, of Hanson, Mass., recently captured a curious specimen of a wild rabbit. Its head was shaped something like a cat’s, its ears were extremely long and black, and its eyes were inclosed with a belt of black fur about one-fourth of an inch wide, the rest of the animal being as white as milk. —A fashion item says “puffs and false braids are being dispensed with;” but when you seo a woman drowning and reach the spot as she is going down the third time, you want to grab her pretty close to the skull, or you may have seven dollars’ worth of false locks and your labor for your pains.—Norristown Herald. —Simultaneously with the appearance of young gentlemen’s new spring suits, the sound of benzine is heard on the air A “ new” spring suit that has been “boiled” once or twice, loses the rigid grace that it had when the bill was first sent in, but then the man inside of it isn’t half so’fraidof the man who made it as he used to be. —Burlington Hawk-Eye. —Curious advertisement from the New Rork Herald: “A lawyer requires the services, temporarily, of an accomplished and beautiful society lady for an honorable but peculiar duty; she must have the entree to best society, be intimately acquainted with leading society and club men, and must be very clever, prudent and diplomatic; liberal compensation to the right person. Address, in strictest confidence,” etc.

A gentleman in this city who had been considerably annoyed by rats around his house, and who failed to entice them into traps with an ordinary bait, was successful when he baited the traps with carnation pinks. A springtrap, however, failed to catch them, as the cunning rodent would manage to get the flowers off the trap without springing it. However, by covering it up with callas and roses, and placing the bait of eamations as usual, the unsuspecting rats ran in and were at onoa caught .—Hartford (Conn.! Time*. —Speaking of his recent trip to Cuba, the Postmaster-General says: “One thing struck me very queer, and that was the number of persons engaged in the sale of lottery-tickets in Havana. Another thing more queer than that was that by some kind of a peculiar luck the Captain-General of Cuba, stationed at Havana, always draws the capital or largest prize. I have often heard that the managers and leading men in the New Orleans and Kentucky lotteries drew the largest prizes, now and then, but I was surprised to learn that the Captain-General could get the capital prize every time. He is very rich.” —Will some philosopher, deep learned in the mysteries of the human heart, take a week off and try to find out why even single men turn pale when about to enter a dry goods store? Why the soldier who has walked calmly up to the cannon’s mouth, trembles and looks like a sneak-thief when commissioned to buy a yard of ribbon for some domestic tyraftt in the country, and why a married man who has agreed to match a piece of silk by carrying the color in his eye, always impresses the Jiublic with the conviction that he has ust failed for a million dollars, or is on his way to the wharf to commit suicide? —San Francisco Post.

—A little bundle of humanity came into a grocery store the other day, carrying a basket almost as big as herself. She bad come from a farm on the hills, and as her bright eyes threw up a light from the outer edge of the counter, as though they were two polished gems, the grocer thought he detected a seated jadness even behind the brightness. ‘Mister,” said the little girl, in a plaintive voice, like the sighing of a pine grove, “ what are eggs worth to-day?” “Ten cents.” “Oh,” said the little creature, “I am so sorry. I hoped they would only be nine cents, because mother said when they got as low as that I could have all I wanted to eat just once.”— Turner's Falls {Mass.) Reporter. —A car-load of mules, en route to California from the far East, were unloaded here, last Wednesday, for a rest. One of them sighted the green sagebrush, and rushed hungrily toward it for a luscious feed. He nipped off a mouthful of the fragrant bush, chewed it a moment, spit it out, bit himself and kicked to see if he was dreaming, took another bite, and then, with quivering lip and the tears coursing, in torrents, down his checks, he lifted up his voice and brayed a bray of undisguised emotion. A peculiar brand upon the animal was recognized by the Indians as one used by their ancestors, hundreds of years ago, and his deep emotion was no doubt caused by unexpectedly finding himself once more amid the scenes wherein he had whiled away the joyous, innocent hours of his childhood. —Elko (Nev.) Post.

What is Gibraltar?

The rocky promontory which constitutes Gibraltar projects into the sea a distance of about three miles, with a width of one-half to three-quarters of a mile. "On the eastern side is the Mediterranean, on the west the spacious Bay of Gibraltar, and on the south the strait of the same name. The rock occupies about two-thirds Of the length of the promontory;, and its inland termination is precipitous. Beyond, to the north, the ground is low and flat for the remainder of the distance to the mainSpain. The lower part of this levef strip belongs to England; the middle is neutral, and then commences the Spanish territory. It is said the English portion is undermined with a view to render Gibraltar an island in case of military necessity. The rock is rather less than 1,450 feet high, and its length extends north and south. On all sides, excepting the western, the ascent is aliupst perpendicular, so that access is utterly impossiblei except from the quarter named. The city is built along the base of this western slope and faces on the bay. The streets are narrow and crooked; th 6 bouses are a mixture of the low, flat-roofed and darkcolored, with the Spanish whitewash

monotony; the shops on Waterport street are dear and mixed in nationalities; the people are Spanish, English, Moorish, Jewish, red-coats and nondescripts; the public buildings are without interest; English aad Spanish coins form the circulating medium; the port is lively with the large number of small craft —and such is the Town of Gibraltar, with its population of 20,000.“- England came in possession of the place m 1704, when Sir George Cooke surprised it while held by a Spanish garrison of but eighty men. The Treaty of Utrecht, in 1713, confirmed it to the English, who have preserved their ownership in spite of the extended Spanish sieges of 1727 and 1779. The word Gibraltar is derived from the Arabic gebel, a mountain, and Tarak, the name of a Moorish General who assisted in the conquest of Spain A. D. 711. The tour of the rock and its fortifications is the all-absorbing feature of Gibraltar. The red-coated town Major readily grants permits at his office on Governor’s lane, and the ascent commences from a point on the north near the barracks and a ruined Moorish tower, which was built A. D. 725. A courteous Sergeant takes the permit at a gate part of the way up, and accompanies the visitor as a cicerone. Rounding the slope of the rock to the north, wc came upon a group of the native monkeys, which have never been disturbed by either the Spanish or English occupants. There arc now seventeen of these amusing marauders on the rocks. Having ascended some distance through well protected passages of masonry or cut rock, the Sergeant led us into the Lower Gallery, which extends around the northern or Spanish side. This Titanic work consists of corridors and frequent chambers tunneled in the solid mountain for a distance of several hundred feet. The chambers contain forty or fifty heavy rifled guns, which point through openings so arranged as to command the bay, the Spanish approach and the Mediterranean. Emerging at the opposite end, we ascended to the Upper Gallery, where almost the same length and armament are presented. Then coming out on the slope overlooking the city, one open-air battery after another is unexpectedly met, perched on some commanding position. Now, when it is remembered that all these guns are many hundred feet above the sea, and that the troops in the galleries are absolutely beyond the reach ofi x harm, some idea of the impregnability of Gibraltar can be formed. Then, in addition, the guns can be trained to sweep the rocks, and great piles of explosive missiles stand ready to be hurled down upon any foe so intrepid as to dare the hopeless scaling operation. And in these times of electric torpedoes and similar weapons nothing could be more fatal than for an enemy to step upon those rocks. Even a siege must prove ineffectual, as provision is made to sustain a large garrison for many months, and with a country of such naval resources as England timely aid would be almost certain. While Gibraltar is a valuable naVal station and impregnable to assault, it is utterly powerless to command the entrance to the Mediterranean in these days of ironclads and steam without the assistance of a fleet. To the nearest point on the African coast the distance is twelve or thirteen miles—too great for even modern projectiles. Torpedoes and a blockading squadron could alone do the work, but with them the rock would serve as an adjunct and a convenient base of supplies. The views from the signal station on one of the southern peaks are truly magnificent. The ocean under the glare of the sun resembles a great sheet of glass, and the ships dot the surface like mere toys. On the south, the rocky coast of Africa is distinctly outlined; through the strait to the west the broad Atlantic reaches to the horizon; to the northeast is the snowy Sierra Nevada Range, and north is fair Andalusia—the terrestrial paradise of the Christian, the Jew and the Moslem.— Cor. Philadelphia Bulletin. _>

The Modern Rifle.

Beyond all contradiction, the increased power of the defense is to be ascribed to the perfection of the modern rifle. Its long range, its accuracy 7 , the rapidity with which it can be loaded, have made it the most formidable weapon that ever was invented. Walls whose defenders are armed with it may be literally said to be unapproachcd by an enemy. Its fire is perfectly desolating. Nothing can live on the exterior slopes of works when they are swept by its bullets. The dogged courage of the Turks has been the means of demonstrating what modern rifles can do. We believe that in the attack on the lines of JUeva* on the Czar’s birthday—everything the bravest soldiers could do was done by the Russians in their endeavors to take the redoubts- Not only did they fail, but hardly any of them (in some cases not a man) got away unwounded. It is worth remembering that it was in the darkness, after the close of that eventful birthday, that Skobeleff succeeded In getting into the Gravitza and the other two redoubts. One reason of his success was that the wornout Turks, thinking the struggle over for the day, had, except a small guard, letired from the works. But we think that probably another reason may be adduced—namely, that the guard which was left on the alert could not see the enemy at a distance, and therefore could not take aim. It is hardly too much to suppose that, had there been light to distinguish the assailants at a moderately long range, the men on duty could have checked the attack until their comrades could have returned to their posts. ' As a corollary on this observation, we may remark that in future when assaults are given it will be absolutely necessary to return to the old practice of delivering them before daybreak. This practice not long ago was condemned, it being thought that the risk’ which the stormers ran of misging their way or making other mistakes in the darkness more than counterbalanced the advantage that might be gained by stealing unseen up to the scene of Operations. Now that the scene of operations .will be swept by the deadly rifle 1 , the darkness will afford the only chance of attacking with success.— Blackwood's Magazine.

—Twelve years ago a thief hired a horse of a livery stable in Natick, Mass., and the owner did not see either the man or beast again until recently, when they entered the village. They looked older, but were recognized. Tne thief claimed that he was on his way to return the horse, but his explanation was not accepted. A man is obliged to die before his will amounts tp anything, but that of a woman is always in force. —Cincinnati Breakfast Table.. m

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

—Prof. H. Bt P«rmer returned to New York, May 28, from his European tour. —The London Examiner 'remarks that at the Koval Academy dinner every guest was in his place before the Bishop of London said grace, with one conspicuous exception. This was Mr. Henry M. Stanley, who '‘sauntered coolly in” when the dinner was twothirds over. —At the organ concert in the Cincinnati Music Hall lately, just as Miss Cary emerged from a side door to sing, a black cat ri)n across the broad stage in full view of the audience. Mus Cary after taking her place saw the animal, shook her fan and cried “Scat!” at it, much to the amusement of. the audience. At last puss was driven oft and the singer went on with her singing.

—Kon. Thomas M. Marshall, of Pittsburgh, while trying a case at Boaver, Pa., recently, was banded a note by a man named Cameron, inviting him to mortal combat with columbiads, ten paces apart. He had been annoyed by the same man several times before. Cameron is supposed to be insane. Ho was formerly a lawyer, and was at one time Goverpor of Kansas, under President Buchanan’s Administration. —The late Prof. Henry, so Thurlow Weed states, was in 1815 an amateur actor of note, to whom a good engagement had been offered If he would adopt the dramatic profession. The Principal of the Albany Anatomy, however, offered him*h gratuitous academic course, and, his master surrendering the apprentice’s indentures, Henry turned his book on the theater to leave a more enduring and a wider fame as a scientist. —The Washington Star, speaking of the late Prof. Henry’s high sense of honor, says: “He is known to have received hundreds of propositions by which, for the use of his name in the indorsement of mining projects and other projects, he could have made himself wealthy; but they uniformly met with prompt and indignant rejection, even where the schemes had a sufficient degree of merit to make them fair business operations.”

—Judge John M. Wilson, who has been called the father of the practice in Cook County, 111., and who for many years was sole presiding Judge of the Cook County Court of Common Pleas, and was afterward Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Chicago, was worth between three and four hundred thousand dollars two years ago, but has lost all his property from shrinkage in the value of real estate and stocks, and as a means of support in his old age has accepted the appointment of Justice of the Peace for North Chicago. —lt is doubtful how Morrissey’s estate will turn out. His confidential agent says he will feel more than satisfied if it pays the dead man’s debts and the legacies to hU sister, the property being valuable to a man while alive, but difficult to capitalize so as to yield a profit to the heirs. On the other hand, the dead man’s friends who fig ure among his creditors say that he owed them nothing whatever. Mrs. Morrissey possesses $25,000 made over to her years ago, with which she will remain content, unless there is a clear surplus after paying the debts and legacies. "" •

Inherited Tricks.

The inheritance of tricks of habit is one of the most perplexing of all the phenomena of heredity. The less striking the habit the more remarkable, perhaps, 4s its persistence as an inherited trait. Giron de Buzareingues states that he knew a man who, when he lay on his back,was wont to throw his right leg across the left; one of this person’s daughters had the same habit from her birtn, constantly assuming that position in the cradle, notwithstanding the resistance offered by the swaddling bands. Darwin mentions another case in his “Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication”—a child had the odd habit of setting its fingers in rapid motion whenever it was particularly pleased with anything. When greatly excited, the same child would raise the hand on both sides as high as the eyes, with the fingers in rapid motion as before. Even in old age he experienced a difficulty in refraining from these gestures. He had eight children, one of whom, a little girl, when four years of age, used to set her fingers going, and to lift up her hands after the manner of her father. A still more remarkable case is described by Gal ton. A gentleman’s wife noticed that when he lay fast asleep on his back in bed he had the curious trick of raising his right arm slowly in front of his face, up to his forehead, and then dropping it with a jerk, so that the wrist fell neavily on the bridge of his nose. Tho trick did not occur every night, but occasionally, and was independent of any ascertained cause. Sometimes it was repeated incessantly for an hour or more. The gentleman’s nose was prominent, and its bridge often become sore from the blows it received. At one time an awkward sore was produced that was long in healing, on account of the recurrence. night after night, of the blows which first caused it. His wife had to remove the button from the wrist of his night-gown, as it made severe scratches, and some means were attempted of tying his arm. Many years after his death, ms son married a lady who had never heard of the family incident. She, however, observed precisely the same peculiarity in her husband; but his nose, from not being particularly prominent, has never as yet suffered from the blows. The trick does not occur when he is half-asleep, as, for example, when he is dozing in his armchair; but the moment he is fast asleep he is apt to begin. It is, as with his father, intermittent; sometimes ceasing for many nights, and sometimes almost incessant during a part of every night. It is performed, as with his father, with his right hand. One of his children, a girl, has inherited the same trick. Sbo performs it, likewise, with the right hand, but in a slightly-modified form; for, after raising the arm, she does not allow the wrist to drop upon the bridge of the nose, but the palm of the halfclosed hand falls over and down the nose, striking it rather rapidly—a decided improvement on the father’s and grandfather’s idea. The trick is intermittent in this girl’s case also, sometimes not occurring, for periods of some months, but sometimes almost incessantly.— Cornhill Magazine.

—Mr. Spoffiord, the Congressional Librarian,[says that not one member out of ten makes any use of the Congressional Library. Under the rules of the library public officers are the only ones allowed to draw books, and as a necessary consequence 1 the use of the great library is very much restricted."