Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1879 — Page 2

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General News Summary.

MMM WABMIMIIII. ft la tbottgbt that Um Amara-of-Penaions MU, lately algaed by the Preaident, and now a tew, will require Um expenditure at a large amount of money. The estimate* range from BT»A(n.aX) to 8150,000,000—the former being th* eatimate of tenter IngaUa, and toe latter teat of tae’y Sherman. ' i On toe 3d, la Um United State* Senate, the aoaaineeaof the PreaMent for Collector and Naval Officer of tbe tart of New York were continu'd—the former by a vote of 33 to IM, and Um tetter by a vote of 81 to 18Tn National Bank circulation outstanding, on tbe I*l, amounted to 1332.930,840. The amount of bond* held as security for circulatlng note* w*» •848,089,900. *—' ' Puesi uext Hayes, on the sth, nominated Algernon 8. Badger to be Collector of Qu*toms at Na* Orleans, *fc« 0. L. Smith, to be r. moved, and W. 8. McMillan to be Postmaster, vice Badger. Tn following la the full text of the reaolutiona Introduced by Senator Edmunds, and . adopted by tbe United States Senate, on the teoliwl, Aa the judgment of tbe Senate, that the thirteraith. Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to Um Constitution of the United HtKtM h*te been IwJiv ratified, and are a* mSuand of th* -STtanunount authority as any other part of th* Constitution; that tbe people of each State have a common interest in the enforcement of the whole Constitution in every State of the Union, and that it is alike the tight and duty of Congress to enforce said sreesnlments, and to protect every citizen in the exerciae of the rights thereby secured, by town of a general character already named for that purpose, and by further appropriate legislation, so far aa such enforcement and protection me not secured by existing laws, and th»t it is the duty of tbe Executive Department of the Government, faithfully and with diligence, to carry all such tews into impartial execution, and of Congress to appropriate all moneys needful for th*t end. ffrei-ltod. further. Ibat it is the duty of Congress to provide by law for full and impartial protection of all citizens of the United States, dtuv qualified, in tbe right to vote for Representatives in Congress, and to this end the Committee on the Judiciary be, and it is hereby, insiructed to prepare and report, soon aa may be. a bill for tbe protection of such rights, and punishment of infractions thereof. Ths Secretary of the Treasury, on tbe 6th, issued another call for 820,000,000 of 5-20 bonds, interest and principal payable May 6th. A ucnrT circular from the Agricultural Department conveys the following information: T 1 e crop of corn for the year 1878 was 1,000,003,371 l ushels, an Increase over the crop of 1877 of 29,000,000, but worth 844,600.**8 leer; the wheat crop was larger iu 1878 than In 1877 by 57.000,000 bushels, but its aggr -gate value wai 860.010,000 less. On tbe 6th, Hon. N. P. Banks, Member of Congress from Massachusetts, was nominated by toe President to be United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts. Advicm received in Washington, oh the 6th, discredit all former reports ahoulSitting Bull having recnseed the Canadian border into this country. Tag Agricultural Report, recently issued, gives the average price of the cotton crop for the whole country at 8X cents a pound; tbe value of ih> crop for IS7B was >194,700,000. The average price of tobacco was 5 6-10 cents; to* al crop of 1878 estimated at 393,000,000 pounds, worth $22,(0),000. Horses increased 3 per cent., but the price very materially de erased. Cows show an Increase in nearly all the Sires, and sheep increased nearly 5 per cent. The prices tor hogs have been ruinously low, whild the increase is about 5 per cent. Mules increased about 3 per cent. Acoobdino to a Washington dispatch of tbe Bth, th - President had directed his Cabinet to submit to him the names of all the important officers in the several departments that would, be vacated during the ensuing thirty days, the obj jet being to send in either new names or reappoint the present incum-. bents before the Bmate adjourns or passes intoD mocratic control. At a caucus of toe Democratic members of the House of Representatives, held on the evening of the Bth, a resolution was adopted to report a bill abolishing toe test oath now required to be taken by jurors.

TM« «A»T. On the 3d, the Brooklyn Presbytery voted to investigate Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, D. D. The resolutions adopted say Mr. Talmage is charged with falsehood and deceit and with using improper methods tn preaching. 8. H. Satler, of Danville, and 8. L. & T. D. Bayles, of Versailles, Conn., the largest individual woolen manufacturers in the United States, failed on the 3d. Liabilities about •1,000,000. '~ On the 2d, announcement was made of the death, at his home in Boston, of Richard Henry Dana, the distinguished poet and essayist. He was ninety-three years old. John C. Hulbert, ex-County Judge, and late President of the suspended First National Bank of Saratoga Springs, has been arrested and held to bail in the sum of *IO,OOO to answer to the charge of embezzlement. Thb Boston Journal and other influential Eastern newspapers do not accept the conclusion of the detectives that Barron, the late Cashier of the Dexter (Me.) Savings Bank, committed suicide because he was a defaulter to that institution in a large amount. Mrs. Barron, the wife of the late Cashier, denounces the conclusion as an outrage upon the memory of her dead husband, and declares she will not rest until the foul imputation is removed. Ex-Gov. Hartranft was, on the 7th, nominated as Postmaster at Philadelphia. A riluard tournament in New York City closed on the 7th, with Jacob Schaefer as champion player of the United States, and winner of the *I.OOO i rise. In the iret game between him and George Slosson, the latter made a ran of 464, but the former won the game, the averages being 855-7 and 81 4-7. Ths proprietors of a skatingwink, at Worcester, M st, have recently bten prosecuted for not allowing colored men to skate on their ice. Thb following were the closing quotations Chicag©SpringWheat,«l.(B(ai.o3X; No. S MUwaukee, «L0301.03X- OaU, Western Mixed, Corn, Western Mixed, 46 $ 46Hc. Pork, [email protected]. Lard, *6.80. Flour, Good to Choice, *8.9504.50; White Wheat Extra, *4.5505.25. Cattle, $8 50$ 10.' ® for Good to Extra. Sheep, *4.250 5.87 - Hoga, ♦4.2U04.85. Av East Liberty, Pa., on Feb. Bth, Cattle brought: Best, *5.0005.25; Medium, HM 04.75; Common, g 3.3504.12. Hogs sold— Yorkers, *8.9004.10; Philadelphian, *4.000 4.85. Sheep brought *3.soos.so—according to quality. < AV Baltimore, Md., on Feb. Bth, Cattle brought: Beat, *4AO OM7){; Medium, •4.0004.50. Hogs add at *5.0005.75 for Good. Sheep were quoted at *4.0005.8754 for Good.

WBW AH* Murn. Th* Nez pierces, through Chief Joseph, have ceded 4,800 square miles of land, in Idaho, to the United Stetes, receiving therefor six townships in the Indian Territory <n *° deposited in the Treasury, in trust for the Nee Peivea. I* a case before the United States Circuit OxinM Baltimore, MA, on the Sd, of a policeman, wEc ssSed to answer an indictBMrt, dunging Um withbtllot-box stuffing at

the late Congressional election, a general demurrer was entered, and auatalned by the Oort, alleging tost, under the statute* of the United States, stuffing a ballot-box is not a penal oSenaa. H. A. Mclntybb, a Lake City (Col.) banker, ba* been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the Penitentiary at Lincoln, Neb., for making false entries in his books. He was tried in the United States Court at Denver. A United States Guano Jury at New Orleans has found indictments against twentyfive persons in Caddo, Tensas, Natchitoches and Orleans Parishes, for violation of the Election law*. A number of delegates from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa, Missouri and Kansas sssembled in St- Louis, on the 6th, snd organised the “ Mississippi Valley Cane-Growers’ Association.” John Walker, of Missouri, was chosen President; J. A. Hedges, of SL Louis, Corresponding Secretary; George Longman, Recording Secretary; E. W. Douglaaa, Treasuter; G. W. Belcher, of St- Louis, Expert. Mr. Belcher examined a sample of sugar made In Minnesota, snd pronounced it equal to the beat New Orleans sugar, and worth in bulk five cents per pound. On toe 6th, Merer*. Wells, Kenner and Caaanave, of Returning-Board fame, appeared before the Superior Criminal Court at New Orleans, withdrew their plea of not guilty, and filed a demurrer to the information against them, In which they claimed that, under toe decision of the Supreme Court in toe Anderson case, they were entitled to a nolle pros. The Attorney-General held that the decision in tbe Anderson case was not ret judicata, and holds good only In that case. Four Deputy United States Marshals made an attack upon a party of five moonshiner* in Patrick Countv, Va., on the 6th. The latter were fortified and resisted. A .fight ensued which lasted two hours, in which two moonshiners were badly wounded. The remaining then left their post and commenced a retreat, when four or five mountaineers, led by one Lineburg, came to toeir aid, and drove off the Government officer* and badly wounded two of them. -

At Naw Orleans, on the 6th, Judges Billings and Woods, of the United States Court, rendered a decision overruling the demurrer of tbe prisoners indicted for violating the Election laws of the United State* In the late election. Prisoners claimed that tbe indictments- were not properly drawn, and that Sees. 5506 and 5509 of the Revised Statutes were unconstitutional. The Court decided that the indictments were properly drawn and affirmed tbe Constitutionality of the sections under which they were found. The Congressional investigation into the charges against Judge Blodgett, of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, was closed in Chicago, on the 7th. Tbe sub-committee was iu session nearly two weeks. A report of the evidence would bo submitted to the full Judiciary Committee of tbe National House of Representatives, who will consider the same and report to the House' such action in the matter as may be deemed desirable. William H. Heath, Auditor of St. Louis County; Mo., from 1866 to 1876, has been convicted of the embezxTement of of the public funds, and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in the Penitentiary. A number of Cheyenne Indian prisoners from Fort Robinson, Neb., arrived at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., on the Bth, under a strong cavalry guard. They would be turned over to the State authorities for trial for raiding, depredating and murdering citizens in Western Kansas, last fall. In Chicago, on Feb. Bth, Spring Wheat No. 2 closed at cash; 87J<@ 88c for March. Cash Corn closed at 31'40 for No. 2; 31%p for March; 85%c for May. Cash Oats No. 2 sold at 20%c; 21%c seller March; for May. Rye No. 2,43 X- Barley No. 2, 74%@75c for cash; 71X@72c for March. Cash Mess Pork closed at [email protected]. Lard, $6.65. Beeves —Extra brought Choice, 84.60 @4.BD; Good, [email protected]; Medium Grades, [email protected]; Butchers’ Stock, [email protected]; Stock Cattle, etc., [email protected]. Hogs—Good to Choice, [email protected]. Sheep—Poor to Choice, [email protected].

rOKIIGS INTKM.IMKNCJK. The Herman Minister at Bt. Petersburg advised his Government, on the 3d, of the rapid spread 'ot the plague throughout Russia, and advised immediate apd energetic measures to prevent its Introduction into Germany. Albert Grant, of Emma Mine notoriety, has been declared a bankrupt, with about 83,509,000 liabilities. London dispatches of the 4th say trouble had arisen between Russia and Roumanla over the possession of Arabtabia, a smaH frontier post of the Dobrudscha. The Roumanian General was in possession, and had been ordered to hold It by force If necessary. It was also reported that Russia was moving up her troops and would fight for its possession. The German Board of Health report that an Investigation shows that the plague has existed in Astrakhan since May, 1877. Even paper money In the district had been ordered burned.. The rumor of the outbreak of the plague at Odessa caused violent demonstrations at Palenno, Italy, on the 4th, but quiet was restored by the announcement that the Government bad ordered a quarantine of one week on all arrivals from the Black Sea. A St Petersburg telegram of the 4th says a military established around the infected districts.

Steele & Craig, extensive grain merchants, of Glasgow, Scotland, failed, on the sth. Liabilities about *400,000. Drukt Lane Theater, in London, was closed, on the sth, in consequence of the actors refusing to accept a reduction in salary. England and Portugal have agreed to joint operations against the slave trade between Mozambique and Madagascar. Above 30,000 persons in Glasgow are sup ported by public charity. The authorities of Malta have resolved- to impose a quarantine of twenty-one days upon vessels arriving from Russian porta on the Black Sea and Sea Of Aaof. According to late reports from Afghanistan, Cabul, the capital, was in a condition- of Utter anarchy. The Cabulese were fighting among themselves. ... BMLXJXO.to.a.letter .from Pete Hyacinthe, announcing the establishment of a Reformed Catholic Church in Paris, Mgr. Guibert, Archbishop of Paris, wrote, on the 6th, that he regarded his correspondent as non compos mentis, and a dreadful example of Divine chastisement for infidelity. On the 6th, ex-President Grant and party left Aden, Arabia, for Bombay. Russian newspapers of the 6th bitterly denounce Austria and Gymany for adopting precautionary measuree-to prevent the advent of the plague, and say this action is inspired by a desire to ruin Russian trade. A disease closely resembling the plague has made its appearance near Xanthia, in Thessaly. At Trieste an order has been issued to quarantine all vessels arriving from Turkish-JEgean ports. Juchanboef, the former Treasurer 1 of the Russian Mutual Credit Foncier Company, convicted of stealing £200,000, has been sentenced to sixteen years’ penal servitude in Siberia.

All English troops in Afghanistan have been ordered to return to Candahar. ordered at all Spanish ports. Ox the 7th, it was estimated that from 30,000 to 85,000 sailors and dock-laborers were on a strike at Liverpool. There had been considerable violence v and the police had been compelled to call for reinforcements.

: The definitive treaty of peace between Russia and Turkey was signed by the representatives of the two Government*, on the Btb v Next day the Russian* began the evacuation of Turkish territory. ", The Montenegrin* occupied Podgoritza, on the Bto. ‘ England lias concluded a convention with Turkey for the purchase of the State domain* in Cyprus, with the exception of the Sultan’* private estate. -.---t--— —— - ACCORDING to an Athens telegram of tiie 9th Greece bad established a rigorous quarantine, on land and on sea, as a precautionary measure against the plague. A Berlin dispatch of the 9th says the Iti-habltants-of an Astrakhan village had lately massacred all the doctors, believing that they poisoned all their patients. "X

COmJRKMIOXAL PROCKKDINUM. Bills were introduced in the Senate, on toe 3d—to transfer the Office of Indian Affairs to the War Department; to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into tbe United States, and to establish a Bureau of Public Health.... Mr. Teller presented a petition of the coloied people of Ixiuisiana, complaining that they are not protected either in life or propertv, and asking for the protection of the Federal Government- Referred to the select committee of which Mr. Teller is Chairman.... A bill was primed to provide for ascertaining and settling private land claims in the Territories of New Mexico, Wyoming. Arizona and Utah and the States of Nevada and Colorado. .. A joint resolution was introduced and referred providing for a commercial treaty with Mexicxi. .. A long Executive session was held, devoted to the consideration of the President's nominations for the New York Collector of Customs and Naval Officer, Mi. Bayard speaking in favor of, and Messrs. Edmunds, Voorhees, Howe. Cockrell, Morgan and Conkling against, confirmation. Tbe vote on confirming the nomination of Gen. Mer.ritt as Collector, lire Gen. Arthur, removed, resulted in S 3 yeas to 24 nays, a* follows: Yeac— Bayard. Bailey, Beck. Bumside, Cameron (Wis). Coke, Conover. Davis (W. Va.). Dawes, Dennis, Ferry, Gordon, Grover, Harris. Hereford. Hill. Hoar. Johnston. Kirkwood, McCreery. McMillan, Matthews Morgan. Morrill, Oglesby . Randolph, Ransom, Saulsbury, Saunders, Shields. Whyte, Windom and Withers—33- A’rtyn—Allison, Anthony, Blaine. Bruce. Booth, Chaffee.Cock rail, Conkling. Davis (111.1. Eaton. Garland, Hamlin. Howe, Jone* (Nev.), Kellogg. McDonald, Mitchell, Paddock. Patterson, Rollins. Sargent, Spencer, Teller and Voorhees 24. Menu*. Butler, Chriatiancy, Lamar, Merrimon. Plumb. Thurman and Wallace, who would have voted yea. were paired with Messrs. Barnum, Edmunds, McPherson. Ingalls, Sharon, Dorsey and Cameron (Pa.), who would have voted nay. Messrs. Kernan, Jones (Fla.), Maxey and Wadleigh did not vote, and Mr. Eusti* was absent The vote on the confirmation of Silas W. Burt to be Naval Officer resulted in 31 yeas to 18 nays. An analysis of the vote and the pairs on Gen. Merritt’s confirmation shows that twenty-seven Democrats and thirteen Republicans favored, and twenty-three Republicans and Seven Democrats opposed, confirmation, and one Independent (Davis, ill.) voted against confirmation.

Bills were introduced in the House—appropriating 18100.000.000 for the pavment of arrearages of pensions: authorizing the issue of 4-per-cenL bonds to the amount of $40,000 000, the proceeds of the sale of which shall be devoted to the payment of arrears of pensions; to establish a National Board of Agriculture: extending the time for the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad. ..Memorial services were held, and resolvtions adopted in respect to the memory of the late Representative Quinn, of New York. Mr. Cameron (Wis.), from the Committee on l’rivileges and Elections, submitted a majority report, in the Senate, on the 4th, signed by the Republican members of the committee. declaring David T. Corbin duly elected Senator from South Carolina, and entitled to the seat. A minority report was presented by Mr. Hill, from the same committee, signed by the Democratic members, in favor of the incumbent, M. C. ’Butler.’... The H6use bill to attthorize the issue of certificates of deposit in aid of refunding the public debt was reported, with an amendment.... Mr. Edmunds' resolutions relative to the validity of the Constitutional Amendments were further considered. The Army Appropriation bill was considered in the House, in Committee of the Whole, and motions to reduce the army to 15,990, 17,000 and 20,000 were severally debated and defeated, the last number by a vote of 66 yeas to 118 nays. Consideration of the resolutions of Mr. Edmunds, declaring the validity of the Thirteenth. Fourteenth snd Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution, was resumed in the Senate, on tbe sth, and, after a lengthy debate, and the rejection of proposed amendments and substitutes, the resolutions Were finally agreed to—23 to 17-as follows: Fens—Anthony, Booth, Brace, Burnside, Cameron (Pa.), Cameron (Wis.). Edmunds. Ferry, Hamlin. Hoar, Howe, Kellogg, Kirkwood, McMillan, Mitehell, Morrill, Oglesby, Paddock, Plumb, Hollins. Spencer, Teller and Windom—*23. Nayt— Bailey, Bayard. Beck, Cockrell, Coke, Davis (W. Va.), Eaton, Garland, Gordon, Harris. Hereford, Hill. Kernari,’Lamar, Maxey, Morgan and Voorhees-17. Messrs. Allison, Dawes. Blaine, Saunders, Chaffee, Conkling, Patterson. Christiaucy. Dorsey, Matthews. Jones (Nev.), Sharon, Wadleigh and Conover, who would have voted aye, were paired with Messrs. ShiCreery. Barnum, Wallace. Butler, Eustis, McDonald, Dennis. Jones (Fla.), McPherson, Thurman. Ransom. Saulsbury. Whyte and Withers, who would have voted in the negative. The Mississippi Levee bill wan passed In the House—los to 73.. . .The Army Appropriation bill was further considered in Committee of the Whole ...Majority and minority reports-were made in the Florida contested-election case of Finlay and Bisbee, tnq majority report favoring Finlay, and the minority Bisbee. In the Senate, on the 6th, the bill to provide for taking the Tenth and subsequent Censuses was passed—46 to 4.... A resolution was agreed to instructing the Committee on Agriculture to inquire in regard to the reports concerning in fectious diseases among horned cattle. .... A message was rweived from the President inclosing the report of the Becretaty of State In Sgard to the proceedings of the International onetary Conference held in Paris in August, 1878. In the House, a bill was passed making approK' ons for the payment of claims reported alby the Commissioner of Claims... A resolution was adopted calling on the Commissioner of Peusions for statements in relation to the amount lequired to pay arrears of pensions.... The Army Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Whole. The Senate and House bills to restrict the immigration of Chinese tothiscountry were reported in the Senate, on the 7th ... The House bill to relieve curtain political disa--bilities of women, providing thltt any woman who shall hate been a member of the highest court of any State or Territory, or of tile Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, for the space of three years, and shall have maintained a good standing before such Court, ana wno shall be a person of good moral character shall, on motion and the production of such record, be admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, was passed without amendment—4o to 20. In the House, the Senate amendments to the Naval Appropriation bill were non-concurred in.... The Conference report on the Indian Appropriation bill was agreed to. and further conference was ordered on the Fortification Appropriation bi 11.... Several private bills were passed. The credentials of James p. Walker, Senator-elect from Arkansas, were presented in the Senate, on the 8th.... Conference reports on the Indian Appropriation bill and on the bill to abolish the volunteer navy were agreed to, and the bill* were passed. .. New Conference Committees were appointed on the Naval and Fortification Appropriation bi 115.... The House bill providing for the payment to officers and soldiers of the Mexican War of the three months’ extra pay provided for by the act of July 19, 1848, was amended and passed. Mr* Beale took his seat in tbe House as successor of the late Beverly Douglas, of Virginia .... A new Conference C mimittee was appointed on the Naval Afimopriatiou bi 11.... The Army Appropriation bill was taken up in Committee of tbe Whole, and several amendments were dieposed of, the proposition for a transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department being re-jected-yeas, 88; says, 101. The bill was reported to the House, and amendments were agreed to for the reorganization of the Army—ll 6to 92 expunging the authority to have troops at the poll*on election day—llo to 95-and repealing the law which requires that military headquarters ,n time of peace shall be established at points where tbe Government owns buildings and barracks. Other amendments were agreed to. and the bill was then passed.

THE INVESTIGATIONS.

The Teller Cenuwlttee. IN WASHINGTON. ’ * The committee met in Washington, bn the 4th. — l —■ Col. Mackey, of South Carolina, was examined, and said the Republicans weye. in numerous ways, prevented from having a full and free vote in Charleston County, and that the Democrats resorted to frauds for that purpose; notwithstanding Gov. Hampton had given assurance that be would act fairly in the appointment of Commissioners, and give one Republican to two Democrats in each county, only five or six Republicans were appointed in the thirty-two coun tees of the Btate; witness did not believe the Republicans had a single Manager of Election in 480 precincts; somewf the colored men, who uett. on red shirte, said they did so because they were paid *2 a day for service; witness, in order to counteract the Democrats, had 5.000 tusnetreketa printed; and these were -to be used only in the event that the Republicans were certain the Democrats were using tissue-tickets; soma few Republican tickets had bear given out the night before the election, and six of them .only

were votedin Ch*rte*ton; fully 4.900 such boa. et* were in a'package handed by witness to Benntot feller; incoming to tbe conclusion with Bowen to have printed Ussur-iioketa. they did so with a view of counteracting tbe Democnsta so that, when th* De*ocrata came to taking ticket* out of the ballot-lxjx, tb*v could not discriminate between tbe two kmd« <>f tickets; witness did not know how the Demoorate could get an undue number of tiroue-ticketa into the box. but he believed they were printed by the Democrat* for fraudulent purp'ses. E. M. Wallace, United Jjtates Marshal for South Carolina, testified to arresting Democrat* tor breaking ep Republican meeting*, but no convi tion . resulted; the Democrats regarded the voting of tiasucdiallota as a huge joke on the Republican*-, aaying that they had learned trick* from tbe IV*publican*, ana were now lieating them at their own game; not one colored man out of a thousand would, if left free to himself, vote the Democratic ticket, although a number of them voted for fear of losing or hope of obtaining employment in reply to a question by Henator McDonald, witness said he knew of half a dozen prominent negroes who attended and addressed public meetings in behalf of the Democrat*.

The Potter Committee. Ig WAHUINOTON The committee reassembled on the sth. ’ Gen. Lyman Hheldon, one of the Hayes Elector* from l*oui*iana, testified relative to the certificates which have been claimed to contain forged signature*. He stated that he knew oflio forgeries having been committed; knew nothing of the “Btnith” certificate, and never heard of it until be saw it mentioned in the newspaper*. Joseph H. Maddox was examined relative to tbe charge contained in BL Martina' affidavit. In answer to the inquiries of the Chairman, witnew denied every aanertion made by Bt. Martins. The cross-examination of witness waa deferred. J. H. Maddox was recalled, on the 6th, and testified further relative to the Bt. Martin* affidavit. Every charge embraced therein was specifically denied, especially that referring to Maddox having offered BL Martins money to return home. On the 7th, Geo. W. Carter, of New Orleans, denied the assertion made in BL Martin*' affidavit to the effect that he (Carter) had given or offered Weber money to influence hi* testimony; did not believe Weber received any money for testifying. A. M. Gibson testified that he first met Weber in this committee-room; never hsd any negotiations with him; never paid or offered to pay Weber money for testifying aa was charged in Bt. Martins' affidavit; first saw St. Martina in New Orleans; never gave BL Martins money and never had a conversation with him outside the committee-room; made a general and particular denial of all the charge* in BL Martina affidavit; furnished no money tor the payment of witness, and did not believe any w:i*paid; had no information a* to the 8460 alleged to have been paid to Dula. . The committee went into secret session, and agreed to discharge Bt. Martina.

IN NEW YOIIK. The sub-committee met in New York, on the sth, and began the investigation of the alleged cipher dispatches. Smith M. Weed testified to going to North Carolina under instructions received at the Everett House: had a cipher at that time, but bad since destroyed both cipher and key; thought the dispatches, as published, pretty nearly correct; at Columbia met Wade Hampton and others; thought that money could be used, and telegraphed if it could be furnished; only telegrapher! to Henry Havmneyer; a definite proposition was handed witness saying that for $60,100 or SBO,OOO the Booth Carolina Canvassing Board would make things all straight for the Democrats; went to Baltimore with representatives of the Canvassing Board, where witness positively declined to receive the propoeition to hand over the State to the Democrate; declined to identify several dispatches signed " W,” and thought he did not send them; the translation of the Havemeyer telegram waa substantially correct, he thought, offer to secure the board was made by a man named Solonion-. often sa-w hitn and Dunn, one of the board, in close consultation; told witness that the money need not be paid over until the goods were delivered; met CoL Pelton in Baltimore; he said the "old num," meaning Tilden, had received a telegram from Edward Cooper, stating that he could not raise the money, and a telegram was received fr?m Tilden, making a similar statement; told Solomon so, and he sent a dispatch to Columbia; in three or four hours after the Canvassing Board decided the other way; met Tilden subsequently at the Everett House, and he took witness to task for making th* proposition, saving that he never authorized any such proceedinss, and would never become President under such circumstances; the dispatch signed " Pope v ” sent to him from Columbia, was sent to obtain $6,009 from tbe National Committee to enable the South Carolina Democrats to meet necessary expenses, and had no connection with the project,of buying the Canvassing Board; nevet mentioned the plan of purchasing the board to any other person than Mr. Havemeyer; got the cipher from Mr. Pelton* Mayor Cooper testified that he saw Pelton, the evening before he Went to Baltimore, at Gov. Tildens house; he was about going to the train, and said he was going to Baltimore to meet Weed and others, and he said he might want to telegraph me to send him some money ; next day, received a telegram from Pelton, asking for $60,000 to $80,000; was astonished, and went at once to Tilden s house, and he said Peltoif must be telegraphed to return at once; never was authorized to send Pelton any money, nor did he intend to do so; Tilden waa also surprised at'Pelton’s dispatch. Mr. Cooper here submitted a statement or the expenditures of the National Democratic Committee, of which he was Treasurer; the total amount expended was $15,840 from the day of the election up to the present; it was made up of incidental and necessary expenses incurred. Mr. Cooper further testified—cAttnot say whether Gov. Tilden knew whefe Pelton was going; he Seemed angry and impatient when he heard Pelton had gone to Baltimore, and on hearing of the dispatch said Pelton should be ordered home immediately; his impression of Pelton’s dispatch was the same as witness’—that he was negotiating to purchase an Electoral vote; never knew or Tilden making anv attempt to purchase Electoral votes; never knew of any proposition to use any money in Floridal ditl not know the cipher used between Weed and Pelton; believed Tilfleti, Hewitt, IJelton and others had nothing to do with betiding gentlemen to Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana to look after tbeßeturning Board; thought Pelton took on himself the responsibility of trying to purchase the Florida Returning Board or an Electoral vote, and although confidential with Mr. Tilden..the moment the domains of corruption were touched kept all that secret from Mr. Tildeii; could not account for Palton’s telegraphing witness for so large a sum of money: it astonished him very much, but don’t think he called the attention of. other member* of the National Democratic Committee to his action; Pelton was not an officer of the Committee) although he took a very active part in its Work I was satisfied the moment he spoke to Mi. Tilden about the dispatch from Pelton he was totally ilfiawafe of Pelton's negotiations; that Air. Weed should be in Baltimore at the time with Pelton made a strong ithpfessioh on his mind; thiqfc be mentioned the fact to Mr. Tilden; know nothing about money for Oregon: whether it was furnished, where it carne from, or where it went to; thought Pelton's action in telegraphing him for such a large amount of money WAS preposterous; had no such amount of money to give away or lehd! did not tell Mr. Tilden of the matter with the idea that he Would raise the money, and even if he concluded to raise it would not be a party to sending it to Florida; there was no effort made to sever Mr. Pelton's connection with the National Democratic Committee after his action, because as he was notan officer of the National Committee they could take no action in the matter, and as Pelton could get no money except through witness as Treasurer of Air. Tilden, it seemed there was no danger of hi* being much with them, and so the matter dropped; Mt. Tilden had a tele-graph-wire run into his house during the electoon. —— ..

Col. Pelton was called before the sub-oommittee, on the 6th, and testified that he had destroyed his e«pher key; did not remember the names of all his correspondents; Weed's dispatches were addressed to Havemeyer and translated to witness: after this they were sent to the Everett House for the inspection Of the committee ; in Witness' absence they were opened by the National Committee; did not remember all the dispatches; thought the published dispatches got near the point, but they were inaccurate; aid not remember Whether or not he used the word Denmark as bis signature; labored for delay in the decision of the Returning Boards because bethought such delay would be favorable to the Democratic party; had made Rearrangements for raising money, but thought it best to commit the members ot the boards to his proposition, and intended to submit it to the committee for action; acted solely on his own responsibility and without consultation with anyone; the original of the Tallahassee dispatch signed " Marble," and stating that a decision in favor of Tilden could be secured for *2OO 000, appeared to be in Marble’s handwriting; sent a dispatch declining the offer-it was too high; subsequently received dispatch from Wooley saying that a vote could be secured for $50,000, to which he on his own responsibility assented;* remembered receiving a dispatch from Weed that the South Carolina Board demanded *75,000, and this be accepted; was told by Cooper and others that the last-named sum. could not be raised, and he so informed Weed when he saw him at Baltimore; Mr. Tilden was excessively annoyed at What he had done, and denounced his .action in severe and unmeasured terms; Mr. Tilden had not the remotest idea of the negotiations pending in his behalf, and witness did not advise him of his oorraspondenre with Marble. Wooley and Weed; he told witness, distinctly, that he wanted no such work, and would sooner die than allow himself to be put into the Presidential chair under false pretenses; when witness subsequently showed ths Governor the whole correspondence he was still more exercised, and denounced the whole prosomebody behind him, and that whatever he did would be sanctioned, and any oontacte made by him would be faithfully earned out; nad not seen Marble since August. and had not lived in Gramercy Park eincethat time; the sole source from which he expected to raise the money to secure the Florida Board was the National Dem-

ocratic Committee: wished it to be undenrtood that he teUgrapbed Marble an unconditional aooeptanoe on hia own roeponaibility, and that be expected to set th* money from the eonroe indicated above; knew be could not get the money from Mr. Tilden. Manton Marble testified, on the 7th. He went to Florida to look after the Electoral vote; could not aay that be went under the instruction* of the Democratic Committee; did not go under the specific request of anyone; had no communication with Gov. Tilden on the matter; he called on the Governor the evening that he left, and simply bade him “Good-by;" on hia way met Randolph, Blair and Fox, and of course canvassed the matter with them; think he got a cipher from Pelton at the Everett House, and used it subsequently; neither sent to nor received from Tilden any telegrams: addressed his dispatches to Pelton: bis object in going to Florida was to take care of the Electoral vote; the cipher dispatches, as published, so far as he was concerned, are simply rubbish; what witness did not do was to buy Florida votes, although they were for sale. Several of the telqrrams were read as published, some of which Mr. Marble acknowledged he sent and others of which he did not recollect or repudiated. Mr. Marble did not explain the dispatch asking Gov. Grover, of Oregon, to refrain from issuing an Electoral certificate to an Elector claimed to be ineligible. Witness said he did not recollect the dispatch to Pelton stating that be had received a proposition to secure a Tilden decision from the Florida Board for *4X1,000; wished the committee to understand that none of the pecuniary propositions were his; C. E. Dyke, editor of the Tallahassee Floridian. was the representative of the Heturning Board in the negotiations; the telegram offering a decision for *50,000 was not hia; thought it a device on the part of the board to secures better price from the other side; received the telegram from Pelton accepting the *50,000 proposition, but did not reply to it; had no conversation with Tilden before going to Florida or after his return about buying out the Electoral Board; and did not believe the Democrats made any attempt of the kind; had conversation with Mr. Chandler of a geueral character. Witness said, “1 again repeat that so far as these pecuniary arrangements are concerned 1 bad nothing to do with them, except this way: I transmitted by wire all propositions made me, but as to their consummat on I had nothing to do;” was not aware that Wooley was authorized to buy out the lieturning Board; met Gov. Tilden long after the decision of the Returning Board. He denounced the whole proceeding, and said that under no circumstances would he have countenanced any «u«b arrangement. “My friendly relations with Gov. Tilden have not been changed, for, as 1 have already told you, he knew that I had nothing to do with those propositions, and meiely included them in my cipher messages to accomodate the parties that made them." Mr. Marble, in answer to questions from the Republican members of the sub-committee, said he received propositions from Dyke and Cole; told the latter that no proposition to purchase a vote would be entertained. E. L. Paris testified that he sent dispatches from Tallahassee to Col. Pslton, Mr. King and Havemeyer. and received several from New York. Witness, with the aid of a key, deciphered several of the dispatches, and showed that the signature might be Wooley as well as Marble.

Important to Pensioners.

The Commissioner of Pensions has issued the following circular letter, which is of interest to all claimants for arrears under the recently-enacted Pension-Arrears bill: Washimoton, D. 0., Jan. 27,1879. Sib: Persons who are entitled to arrears of pension, under the Act granting Arrears, approved Jan. 25,1879, and whose pensions were granted previous to that date, will not require the assistance of a claim agedl in obtaining the amount due them. All correspondence in relation to any claim for such arrears, will be with the person entitled, and no claim agent will be recognized in such claims. A letter addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions, signed by the person who was in receipt of the pension at the date aforesaid, and two witnesses, in the presence of a magistrate,wiil be tbc only application required —and upon which the rights of all parties concerned will be adjusted. tyThe Pension Certificate should not be sent to thls-Office—but it must be exhibited to the magistrate. The letter should be in the following or equivalent form: To the Commissioner of Pensions : I, a pensioner under pension certificate No , hereby apply for the arrears due me, under the Act granting Arrears of Pensions, approved January 29, 1879. My Postofflce address is— [here insert the name of the Postofflce, and, if the claimant resides in a city, the name and number of the street and residence must also be given.] Name of claimant. Two Witnesses. State or —, County or , ss : Signed in my presence, by ...., who is known to me to be the person he describes himself to be, and at the same time be exhibited to me his pension certificate, which is n umbered.... Magistrate's signature. Very respectfully, J. A. Bentley, Commissioner of Pensions.

INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

—Mr. Reuben N. Harrison, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, a few days ago, while playing with some children in the dining-room of the Valentine House, jumped up to strike his heels together. He was standing under the gas-burner, and, as he shot upward, he struck against the burner, the sharp point of which entered the top of his head, making a very painful wound. He is about seventy years old. ™Ahorrible assassination occurred at Seguin, thirty-five miles east of San Antonio, Tex., the other night. A young man, named Hollanean, escorted a young lady home from a temperance meeting, and on his return was waylaid ana his brains clubbed out with a pick-handle. Jealousy was evidently at <the bottom of, the tragedy, which has aroused the greatest indignation. The suspected party is a young man of family, in high standing, as was also the deceased. —Some of the Rev. H. H. Hayden’s lady admirers, from Deep River, Conn., called at? the County Jail, recently, being conducted to the cell which he was supposed to occupy, whispered words of sympathy through the bars and gave him a beautiful bouquet. They are quite indignant now, however, to learn that their condolence was wasted on a horse-thief, Mr. Hayden having previously been removed to another part of the pris/n, at his request, to avoid the gaze of visitors. —Dr. Leitner last week performed a very skillful operation on the child of a man named Babbit, living in the upper part of the city, thecause of which was a little strange. The child, which is about eighteen months old, had been fretful for some time, and was evidently in pain, but the parents could not tell from what, though from its actions they located it in the neck. The doer tor* being called in found on examination that there was something imbedded in the fleshy part of the neck, which he at once proceeded to expose, and took out a large needle, very rusty. It had suppurated, but. left no trace as to where it entered. The child is doing well, and the proud father now wears the needle in the lapel of his coat, but when and how it came in the child’s neck is still a mystery.— Columbus (<?a.) Times. —The Niagara Falls correspondent of the Buffalo Courier describes the following incident of the Princess Louise’s visit to thstt place: “ Her Royal Highness is very thoughtful and considerate of all who are connected in any way with her household. Yesterday she observed that one of her servants frequently placed his hand upon his face. His peculiar appearance aroused her suspicion. She immediately inquired the cause and learned that he was suffering with a raging toothache. Plaoiig her soft hand upon his cheek, she prescribed as follows: * Now, George, you go directly and get a great, large fig; cut it open and heat it as hot as you can; place it upon your face over the ache, and in a little time I am sure you will M finch better.’ George was overwhelmed with Her Highness’ kindness and declared positively that'when her hand rested upon his.face every bit of the pain was driven away.”

SHALL THE INDIAN BUREAU BE TRANSFERRED!

The Argument Agalnit the rrepeeeA Chance. AThe report embodying the views of Senators Saunders anil Oglesby and Representatives Stewart and Van Vorhes, fojir of the eight members of the Joint Committee on the Indian Transfer Question, has been completed and Knted to Congress.’ The Associated gives the following synopsis: It is shown that various evils and abuses grew up under the administration of Indian affairs by military officers, and, notwithstanding the reformatory legislation of March 8, 1847, they continued to grow up to the last hour in which the War Department had control of the Indian population, and so little bad been done toward Indian civilization under the War Department’s management that 8 ubile opinion had acquiesced in the assumpon that the Indians were not susceptible to civilization. It is estimated that if all the fighting Indians of the country could be got together they would not muster more than 15,00 J, and the idea of their everconcentrating for warlike purposes is simply preposterous, because it is Impossible. Indian wars on a large scale are over, and we may reasonably hope that that portion of our National history is In the past. In reference to the sentiments of the Indians, on the subject, the Secretary of the Interior made to the committee statements giving the views and votes of the various tribes, which gives an average vote of sixteen to one against transfer, nearly all the tribes being unanimously opposed to the proposition. All the religions denominations in this country are absolutely opposed to the proposed change of management. Their opinions and behests deserve and should receive respectful consideration. That we have among the 250,000 Indians some unruly tribes is a lamentable fact, and to this your committee would respectfully call the attention of Congress. We are of opinion that in such special cases the military should have temporary control, and that the President have power to place such warlike or unruly tribes under military discipline, the same as he would a city or State terrorized by mob-law or revolution. That the Indians can be Anglo-Sxx onized is proven beyond all cavil in the case of the Winne'bagoes and Omahas, who reside on reservations in the State ol Nebraska. They live in comfortable houses, have good barns, cultivate their land and raise as good wheat, corn and potatoes as are produced through the labor of any white man. They have churches and scbools, and no more orderly community can be found than on these two reservations. They are petitioning to become citizens, a question of such vital importance in their case that it must soon be solved. Is it necessary to put these people under military management! We think not. Whether the management of the Indians remains where it is or is relegated to the War Department, a general system of reform and Improvement should continue, and among the most Important things commanding immediate attention is to provide that the civil law of the United States be extended over all Indians who will agree thereto, with a code of laws applicable to them, defining crime and providing a Judiciary, especially in what is known as the Indian Territory. In the opinion of the committee, such legislation is imperatively needed, and no time ought to be lost in making the necessary provisions therefor. The Indian Agent sqetns to be the objective point to which all those opposed to the present policy of the Government point in scorn and. derision. They assert that the Indian Agent is synonymous with “fraud and corruption.” The committee made diligent inquiry into the present system of conducting the agencies, and are of opinion that, as a general rule, the Agent is more sinned against than sinning. There are now seventy-four Agents employed, and at every opportunity, as we learn, the Department proposes to reduce this number by the consolidation of agencies and lessening of reservations where it can be done with justice to the tribes. Men of integrity, who are competent to administer the affairs of an Indian agency successfully, can, in most, cases, get larger salaries at less sacrifice nearer their homes. The salary should be large enough to employ honorable men of decided executive ability, and to enable them to take their families with them to the agencies, and to support them there. The pay ought to be more liberal, and the tenure of office should be secure for four years, provided the Agent should prove worthy. The laws providing for the punishment of wrongdoers in this branch of service ought to be exceedingly severe. The guilty should be punished with an unmistakable earnestness that will convince all others of the firm purpose of the Government. We are assured that this policy has been inaugurated, and that already the good results are felt, as the Commissioners of Indian Affairs testifies that there has not been a single defalcation under the present Administration. The committee say they cannot find any Sood ground for the common statement that le War Department is any more economical and efficient than the Interior Department in the purchase of supplies and their transportation. It is found that both Departments have excellent systems, and that both have made great improvements of late years. The imSrovement in the management of the Indian ureau is said to be especially marked. Its system of business is pronounced very effective, and the organization of the office is considered complete enough to be a bar to all outside irregularities. Your committee are of opinion that the reservations should be decreased, and that, as rapidly as possibly, small tribes or parts of tribes be placed on large reservations, unless they take land in severalty, do away with their tribal relations, and prepare for citizenship. We are of opinion that the Indian Bureau should be a distinct department, with the Chief a member of the President’s Cabinet. This will aid much in the solution of future complications in Indian affairs. The Indian ' should be protected in his rights to his land, and a safeguard ought to be thrown around him, so as to prevent designing persons from filching his homestead, or induce him to sell it for a trifling compensation. He should not - have the right to sell his land, without the consent of the Department, under twenty-one. years. Your committee can discover not one good reason why the proposed change should be made. They believe that harm, rather than good, to the red men would result from the change, and that no possible advantage could result to the Government from it. Your committee are, therefore, of opinion that it is not expedient to transfer the Indian Bureau to the War Department. The report is accompanied by a bill authorizing the President to “ transfer the custody", control and management of any Indian tribes from the Interior to the War Department temporarily, whenever, in his judgment, he shall deem it advisable to do so, either on account of actual or apprehended hostilities of Indians against the United States, or in case of difficulties between such Indians and settlers. 1 ’ The bill further proposes to authorize the President to detail any officers of the army to act as Indian Agents or Inspectors, or in any other capacity in the Indian Service, and exercising the same powers, and subject to the same rules and regulations as civil officers, and an appropriation of $15,000 is recommended le pay the traveling expenses of officers thus detailed during the next fiscal year.

Opossum with Gravy.

The Democratic party having exhausted all issues that gave it a decent excuse for living, is now casting about for a “principle” around which to rally its cohorts. It is not lacking in “motives,” but there is a direful scarcity of those “ bottom facts” that are popularly supposed to underlie principles. Unfortunately for the tranquillity of the Democratic mind, there is an irrepressible conflict between motives ana principles. The two do not harmonize. It is true the Democracy have never found it impossible in many similar emergencies in the past to iw- 1 vent principles that would dovetail nicely into the motive, but at this juncture in party affairs there is a clash. Add it is one. that seriously vexes and distresses the Democratic heart. Of course the ruling motive now, as in the past, is the possession of office and power. The loaves and fishes are motive enough for a hungry may, and when the suppliant is unscrupulous fie is not always particular Whether the vendor is in the store at the time the purchase is made or not. The larder

being empty there is no longer any question as to the necessity for capturing the opossum. Upon this point the Democratic party is a unit. Unhappily for its domestic peace, the unity ends abruptly at this point. The Northern Democrats, a portion of whom are represented by men like Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, and Clarkson Potter, of New York, are anxious that the Democratic party shall gain control of the National Government in 1880, but they know very well that cannot be unless the Southernclaim business is entirely weeded out of the party platform. But leaving out the Southern claims is omitting from the Ae»st the opossum itself. Opossum without gravy and yams and corn bread is a very meager meal, indeed; but when from that scanty repast is subtracted the opossum also, now is the unappeased Southern appetite to be satisfied? Well may Southern Democrats like Chalmers, Ellis and others demand what is the use of a Democratic party, and what is the use of Southern solidity, if the South is to derive no benefit from it. Those gentlemen are averse to being made the cat's-paw to keep Northern Democrats in office if Democratic supremacy has no other object in view but that. They care very little for the piteous plea of their Northern allies that the Southern Democratic policy will result in Democratic defeat in 1880, for of what avail is a Democratic victory if it means nothing for the South in its efforts at recuperation at National expenses? As well endure Republican rule without oposSum, as Democratic rule with the same deficiency in the larder. This irrepressible conflict promises some fun, but the upshot will be that the Southern wing will control the councils of the party, and while expediency may dictate an ambiguous platform upon this question, the people will dis- ' trust it, and the National Administration will continue in the control of the great party that saved the Nation from the armed Democratic raid that threatened the Treasury in TB6l-’5,— jhirlington HawkrEye.

A Dose for Northern Democrats.

Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, Democratic Member of Congress, roused the Southern lion by his attack upon Southern claims in the House, a few days ago. The Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist of Jan. 24 says that “Gen. Bragg is fierce in his assault upon the Southern Democracy because some of the Southern people who were loyal to the Union during the war (and disloyal to their own section) ask the Government to compensate them for property destroyed by Federal troops,” etc. The Chronicle and Constitutionalist then grows severe, and “ goes for” Gen. Bragg, and pours contempt on all Northern Democrats who sympathize with him, in the following style: W« think that the military member from Michigan (?) who probably commanded the Home Guards during the war, and who is now fearful leat the “ Solid South" make a raid on the National Treasury, could have been very easily answered bv some Southern member. It is true that there was very little " loyalty" in the South during the war. Ninety-nine one-hun-dredths of the white people—men, women and children—were in hearty sympathy with the Confederate Government and therefore hostile to the Union. » * » We do not believe that in his speech of Wednesday, Gen. Bragg uttered the sentiments of any considerable portion of the Northern Democracy. If lie did. Southern Democrats might leave them to tight their own battles. If they can stand Radical supremacy, the South can. She has endured it in its worst forms, and can endure it now, when its power for evil is materially lessened. The 'Southern people have it in their possession, and can bold for many years to come, their State Governments and this to them is everything. Ever since the war they have borne the heat and burden of the battle, while the Northern Democrats have claimed jina received all the honors. If they think they can get along by themselves, well and §ood— let them try the experiment. But we on’t believe Gen. Bragg speaks for any save a few doubtful-district Democrats, who wish to curry favor with the Radicals by maligning the Southern people. This sort of talk is good for Northern Democrats to read. They can see in it something jof the contempt felt in the Solid South’, for Northern doughfaces, and the hatred felt for a Northern Democrat who, like Gen. Bragg, refuses to be a doughface. The New Orleans Times of the same date talks in the same strain, only a trifle more so as respects Gen. Bragg, thus: Bragg, however, is a Northern Democrat a typical Northern Democrat. He belongs to that small but cheeky gang of which the lute Mr. Holman and the early Mr. Samuel Randall are representatives. He is one of the thirty or forty Northern Democrats who maintain that they are the party, and that the 100 or more Southern Democrats have no rights except those of laboring for them and taking aback seat at the feast. He expounds that large and lovely statesmanship according to which the thirty or forty Northern Democrats are tauglt to consider themselves entitled to all the money in the Federal Treasury, whilst the hundred or more Southern Democrats are entitled to nothing. Bragg is no doubt one of the patriots who howled fur war anti the old flag, and encouraged his neighbors to go South and slay rebels, and invested in substitutes. We think we know the sort of person Bragg is, and, somewhere in the vacant spaces of the thing he calls his mind, there floats a nebulous recognition of the sanie nature. If Bragg hadn’t felt himself to bean ass, he wouldn’t have brayed so loud. If he hadn't understood that nothing he said would have the smallest influence upon any intelligent being he would never have laid his ears back and uttered that foolish roar. But Bragg enjoys the license usually extended to fools, and he knows it and makes the most of it. Now that we have Bragg, however; now that he has bulged in upon us ana filled the want long felt for an idiot-lan-guage, let us utilize Bragg. It is a mistake to imagine that any insect, no matter how minute or how pestiferous, is without its vocation in the economy of Nature. It is similarly a mistake to imagine that Bragg is without hie usefulness in the scheme of our political fortunes. We interduce Bragg to the South as a specimen of the personnel to which W£ h ive been giving our adherence and fidelity”llß an expression of the sentiment. more or less veiled as the case may be, animating that Northern element to which we have given our adherence and allied our for tunes. Because Bragg’s ears are too large and’ 1 - rampant to be concealed by the Democratic domino, nothing is proved except that Bragg's associates have their cars under better control. The same feelings that Bragg in his folly bleats boldly out are animating the breasts and directing the actions, of Bragg a crowd. And if anyone doubts this, let him look back to the day when Bragg s crowd got in majority in Congress, and show us from that day to this wnat justice or consideration oi good fellowship they have shown the Routh. What wo wanted with Bragg was to have him as a species of frontispiece for the Northern Democracyvery much as the cigar-seller keeps a ridiculous effigy of an Indian at his door to notify the passing citizen. We thought that with Bnqrga wooden head and wildly-waving ears projecting through the disguise under which the Democracy moves, our people in the South, who have been befooled and deluded so long, might at last come to sense of the situation and govern themselves accordingly. These are only Specimens i of the rage stirred np in the South by Gen. Bragg’s remarks in the House. The bull-doze having been successfully applied to the Southern negroes, it is now to be applied by the Solid South to every Northern Democrat who dares to talk out wholesome truths on questions affecting that section, especially if he is a man who fought in the Union armies.— Detroit Post and Tribune.

X Rutland; lawyer, in referring to some prisoners, addressed the jury as follows: “ I tell you their knees shook as shook the knees of Beltiheezer, when Paul said unto hipi: ‘Thou art the man.’ ” And a Biddefort advbcate, blushing at the conduct of his oppo- , . nent’s client, shouted in open court, “ Tell it not in Gath, publish it hot in ■the streets of Jerusalem!” — N.Y. Evening Post. ) I- —— not threw awsy drawntea leaves, but put them in the flower pots. They not only act as a good mulch, but possess fertilizing qualities also. , {