Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1879 — Page 2

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General News Summary.

j" Tub lapabltaM OonaresrionU Campaign bummtUm has been tally <*s•»>«■•<> by the •Motion of William t Chandler, of New : <>3» the 7th, the Secretary of War notified Om. flhnrmaa tocauae the remoral of the trespassers In the Indian Territory by force, if required. The necessary instructions were ea»tt*««m. Sheridan. Tn latent newa rocel red at the Indian Boreao, on the Bth, Indicated that the threatened mM Info the Indian Territory had oooae nearly tota aai. Hi the United Btatea Senate, on the 9th, the Haase bill prohibiting military interference at elections waa passed by a rote of thir-ty-throe yeas to twenty-three nays. Nine palra were announced, and two Senators were 'htaaent. The full text of the Mil is as foliowa: Wm—aa, The presenoe of troops at the polls la neafrr to the spirit of oar inatitotions and the tradityme at oar people, and tends to deIk it mnatwf, ttr., that it shall not be lawful npy pact of the irar and nary of the United ■taLfcna nnlf (ora« w niini—hi to repel the See. t, hrt. 4, of the OooeUtatioa of the United s z. Mato when eochforw is to be used, and so innsh of all law m an inconsistent herewith is haiehv repealed. The East. At Thghkanic, N. T., on the night of the 4th, Lewis Coons, In a lit of jealousy, cut his wife’s throat snd then bis own. The woman died, bat Coons will Urn, It is thought. ▲ xotomocs bank robber named John Dobbs, abas Kerrigan, offered for sale, at a Philadelphia bank, some of the bonds which worn stolen from the Manhattan Savings Beak of New York, some months ago. They were recognised, and Kerrigan was arrested aad taken to New York on the 'following day. Ox the 6th, in Philadelphia, Edward Parr, a graduate of the nitnols State Penitentiary, kg led his daughter, Mrs. Susan Erwin, by stabbing her six times tn the breast with a butcher knife. ■ . , ... _ WjOTTXMoex, Pkbt, Post & Co., woolen nod dry-goods commission merchants, of New York, one of the largest Arms In the trade, failed, on the 7th, with liabilities estimated at from $500,000 to *750,000. Qj the night of the 6th, an explosion of gt 6 occurred in the Stanton Shaft at Wilkesbarre, Pa., which caused the fatal burning of from .six to eight men. The Democratic State Convention of Pentisylvanlh is to be held on tbe 16th of July. Thi annual meeting of tbe American Tract Society was held in New York on the 7th. Tbe available resources during 187 S were $410,000, and the expenditures during the same time, *407,000. On tbe same day, in the same city, the American Home Missionary Society held its annual meeting. The Treasurer's report shows the receipts to have been $873,601, and the expenditures $360,330, with $6,766 still due to missionaries. Tn Pope has appointed Rev. L. 8. McMahon, Vicar-General of Providence, R. L, to be Bishop of Hartford, Conn., and Rev. John Vertin, of Negaunee, Mich., to be Bishop of Marquette. Immigrants to the number of 11,601 arrived at the Port of New York during the month of April of this year; daring the same month last year, 8,588. During the year, ending on tbe 30th nit., there were 86,905 immigrants landed at said port; daring the prevtoas year the number was 68,994. Tn Brooklyn Presbytery, on the Bth, took a Anal vote on the charges against Dr. Talmage, and be was acquitted. Tbe Secretary announced that forty-live votes had been cast, twenty-five of which were against the charges and specifications and sixteen in favor of sustaining them as they stood, and four for sustaining them in part. Tbe lsy elders voted nine to four for conviction. After the announcement of the result, Mr. Talmage made some characteristic remarks, reflecting severely upon tbe action of his prosecutors. Dr. Van Dyke presented a motion of appeal to the Synod of Long Island, signed by eight _£ members of the minority. The American Sunday-School Union celebrated its fifty-fifth anniversary In New York City, a few evenings ago. The annual report shows that there bad been organized, in 1878, 1,067 new schools, with 4,915 teachers and 39,769 scholars, and there had been 8,805 Bibles and Testaments distributed, and 14,140 families visited. Tax State Senate of Pennsylvania, on the Bth, ty a party vote, adopted tbe House resolution to appoint a committee to receive exPraeident Grant at San Francisco, upon his return home. ' The house of Dr. Delos W. Southworth, at Areola, N. Y., was burned, on the morning of the 9th. The doctor perished in the flames, and hi* wife was fatally burned. Ox the evening of the Bth, In New York City, tbe sixty-third anniversary of the organization of the Ameriean Bible Society was observed. The annual report shows receipts for the year amounting to $463,874, an excess of *15,391) over those of the year preceding. During the year there were issued 1,866,958 copies of the Bible, of which 949.814 were for use at home and 238,040 copies for the foreign market. Ex-Congressman John Rogers, of New York, died at his home, in Moreau, on the 11th.

* Th * following were the closing quotations *or produce in New York, on May 10th: No. 8 Chicago Spring Wheat, fl.oß@tt.Gs; No. 8 Milwaukee, $1.04X@1.(8. Oats, Wenera Mixed, 343*@35*c. Corn, Western Mixed, Pork, Mess, 89.00010.12*. Lard, fB.I7K@B-83. Flour, Good to Choice, $3.95 84450; White Wheat Extra, 84.55:45.25. Cattle, [email protected] for Good to Extra. ®**ep. 64 50@6 60. Hogs, [email protected]. At East Liberty, Pa, on May 10th, Cattle bMWgfal: Best, $5.85@560; Medium, 84.25® 5.00; Common, 8»[email protected]. Hogs sold-. Yorkers, 83.50®3 65; Philadelphia, 83.70® AB6. Sheep brought 83.90® i.6s—according to quality. At Baltimore, Md., on May 10th, Cattle brought; Best, 85.00(45.75; Medium 83.7504.25. Hogs sold at 85.00® 5.50 for Good. Sheep were quoted at 84.0005.50 for Good. _ West and Booth. At Galveston, Tex, on the stb, J. T. Young and John B ley attempted to escape from Jail by setting it on lire. The slimes spread and they were burned to death. At Salt Lake, Utah, on the 6tb, the jury in the Polygamy case found a verdict of guilty •*Btoit Miles. Defendant appealed, and was Mdljto bafl to the sum of 85,000. Ailrxaxdbh CoHEJt, the Milwaukee (Wls.) Insurance agent and forger, was arrested in KSobmond, Vs.. on the oth. N Ox the oth, * Mississippi Valley Labor Conventlon, composed of planters, leading colored men and others, was held at Vicksburg, Mies. A series of Resolutions was adopted to tfcw effect that the Interests of planters, laborers, landlords and tenants are Idantieal; that the colored race are, by the Con •ritutton and lam of the land, placed on .an ahaointe legal equality iplth the whites, and •M* he accorded the practical enjoyment of tU«r«Mr *nd political rights; that It ia the OnMMlhiil right of the colored people to

•migrate when and to what State they please, but that the Convention urge* them to proceed in their movement toward emigration as reasonable human beings, provid ed in advance with the necessary mean* for the successful carrying out of their to secure home* elsewhere, etc., etc. Only the white members of the Convention voted oh the adoption of the resolutions, the negroes, under Instructions from their leaders, refraining from giving an expression, either pro or con. It wss reported from St Louis, on the 6th, that about 140 Southern refugees—men, women and children—had arrived there that day and left on a steamer for their former homes In Warren County, Miss. The dispatch seys they gave an unfavorable account of their reception and treatment In Kansas, and expressed much pleasure in being able to return to the South. They were abundantly supplied, by partiea in 8L Louis, with all necessaries for their trip down the river. Ok the 6th, the National Colored Conference assembled at Nashville, Tenn., and effected a permanent organisation by the choice of John R. Lynch, of Mississippi, as Chairman; Robert Nichols, of Indians, as Vice Chairman, and three Secretaries. The National Woman’* Suffrage Association met in St. Louis, on the 7th, and or ganised by the election of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton as President, Mrs. 8. A. Spencer as Secretary, and Mrs. J. C. SpolTord as Treasurer. In the Cqx Alston murder cate at Atlanta, Ga., on the 7th, the Jury returned a verdict of guilty against Cox, and fixed his sentence at life-imprisonment tn the Penitentiary. Alfred A. Alrekgbk, sixteen years of age, who was bitten by a savage dog a few weeks ago, died In Des Moines, lowa, on the morning of the 6th, in great agony, and with every symptom of hydrophobia. The National Colored Convention at Nashville, on the Bth, adopted a resolution declaring that the migration of colored people to those States and Territories where they can all enjoy all the rights which are guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States should be encouraged, and asking Congress for an appropriation of $500,000 to aid in the removal of colored people from the South. Returns, received up to the morning of the 9tb, Indicated the adoption of the new California Constitution by from 6,000 to 10,000 majority. ———•—- : ——— On the Bth, a prize-fight was fought on Long Point, a bit of Canadian territory opposite Erie, Pa., between tbe pugilists Dwyer and Elliott. Tbe battle lasted about fourteen minutes, during which twelve rounds were fougbL Elliott was badly punished, and Dwyer declared the victor. At the session in St. Louis, on tbe 9th, of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association a platform was adopted, which declares, among other things, that it is the duty of Congress to adopt the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote, and that all Btate Legislatures should request Congress to submit such an amendment to them; that the Lower Honse of Congress should pass a resolution authorizing the appointment of a Committee on the Rights of Women Citizens; that it ie tbe duty of every woman to demand registration as a voter, and present her ballot at elections, and to sue every official who refuses them tbe citizen’s right to vote; that while women are cot permitted to vote, the legislation of the country is defrauded of onehalf of the Intelligence, virtue and practical wisdom of the Nation; requests Congress to provide for tbe appointment of a fair proportion oi Intelligent women to gather vital statistics concerning women and children for the next census, etc., etc.

5 Henry McSeed, a white man, was hung at - Appling, Ga., on the 9th, for murdering his - son, and Tom Jones, colored, for murdering - his wife. At Fayetteville, N. C., also, Richard Henry Lee, colored, was hung for burglary. t A pakty of six men undertook to cross the - Mississippi River from Illinois to St. Louis’ r in a skiff, on the 1 ltd. When near tbe Mis- , souri shore the boat wa* drawn under the i bow of a steamer, and four of them were • drowned. i >—, A MiTcoH fell and exploded near Washing- ! ton, Mino., on tbe afternoon of the Utb, with ' a report equal to the discharge of a 300- ! pounder. The concussion shook the town. ■ Tbe meteor was plainly visible during its passage through the air, and was apparently about the sizeof any ordinary foot-ball. A few days ago, at Sidney, Neb., a citizen named Henry Loomis was mortally wounded by Charles Reed. Loomis died in the afternoon, and Reed escaped to the bluffs north of the town, where he was captured by a posse of officers and put In jail. About eleven o’clock at night a crowd ol about 400 people surrounded tbe jail, overpowered the guards and compelled the Sheriff to give up the keys. Reed was then taken out and hanged to a telegraph pole. The lynching is said to have been generally commended by the citizens of Sydney, Reed haying been guilty of a former murder in Texas. Mark Grax, the young man who recently attempted to shoot the tragedian Edwin Booth, while the latter was acting Richard 11. on the stage at McVicker’s Theater, Chicago, has been adjudged insane and sent to the Asylam at Elgin.

A tike in Chicago, a few evenings ago, destroyed the drying-kilns of Palmer, Fuller & Co.’s placing-mills, and several adjacent dwellings. About three acres of territory were burned over. Lots, about 8150;000. Ix Chicago, on May 10th, Spring Wheat No. 2 closed at 94>*@95c cash; 95>$c for May; 95%@96%c for June. Cash Corn closed at 35for No. 2; for May; 35%c sot J une. Cash Oats No. 2 sold at 27c, and 27c seller Mav. Rye No. 2, 49@49>fc. Barley No. 2, 70@73c for cgsh. Cash Mess Pork closed at 89.45 @9.50. Lard closed at [email protected]. Beeves —Extra brought [email protected]; Choice, 84 60 @4.75; Good, [email protected]; Medium Grades, [email protected]; Butchers’ Stock, [email protected]; Stock CatUe, etc., [email protected]. Hogs—Good' to Choice, [email protected]. Sheep—Poor to Choice, 83.500550. Foreign Intelligence. Dr. Isaac Butt, Member of tbfe British Parliament, and the leading Home Ruler in that body, died in Dublin, Ireland, on the sth. Stour & Sons’ cdUon-mills, near Paisley, Scotland, one of the largest establishments in the United Kingdom, was destroyed’ by fire on the sth. Loss, 8300,000. A Paris dispatch of the sth says France was about to resume diplomatic relations with Mexico. Russia has agreed to surrender Kuldja to China in return for a revision -of the treaties relative to the frontier, and other concessions., Ax explosion of nitro-glycerine occurred ip » freight depot at Stratford, Out, on the momng of the sth, which caused the loss of several lives and the destruction of 150 railroad cars and a large amount of other property. Oh the sth, the rowing match, at on-Tyne, between Hanlan and Hawdon, resulted In a victory for Hanlan', the Canadian oarsman. The German Government caused announcement to be made, on the 6th, that a Congress of representatives of the varioas revolutionary Organizations of Europe had bCep called to meet in London during June, The Prince of Wales caused a sensation in the British ttooßevf U<rds, on the ftth, by presenting a petition favoring the passage of a MBJtegalfzing marriage with * deceased wife’s Lieut. Com. of the Royal Nevy, the author of the story about the pirate ship off FastnettLlght, which appeared on the 16th of

January last, ha*, boon convicted of the offense and dismissed the service, A Calcutta telegram of the 7th says (len. Grant had returned to Singapore, from whence he would embark for tbe United States, Tiie emissary of the Kbedlve of Egypt at Constantinople announced, on the Bth, that the difficulties between the Khedive and England and France had been compromised. A Calcutta' dtapatch of the Htii says furthermurders of native Princes had licun reported from Mandalay., 1 A SiiiiliHt prkttipg prom was discovered; on the Bth, In thaornce of the Bureau of Public Commuiflfeallona at St. Petersburg. Eight officials were arrested. Lohillakd's Parole, the American flyer, won the Newgate Cheshire handicap on the 8tl»: . , The long-established and well-known linking house Of Swan, Clough & Co., at Cork, Ireland, suspended pay rnent on tbe Btli. The failure is a bad one. It was announce 1 in the British Honai of Commons, on the evening of the Bth, that the Privy Council hail ordered all American swine to be slaughtered at the place of landing. Tnz committees of the French Chambers have unanimously decided .that the late pastoral of the Archbishop of Aix, attacking Jules Ferry’s Educational bill, is a violation of French law. »• According to Lahore .(India) dispatches of the 9tU, Yakoob Khan had decided to accept the British proposals. These Include the advance of the.frontier so as to give to the latter the control of most of the passes, and also the right to maintain an agent at Cabul and Cand&har. The Czar has Issued a proclamation to the Bulgarians advising a strict compliance with the terms of the BerHn Treaty. The authorities of th« City of Madrid, -Spain, have abolished the octroi duties on corn and Hour, in consequence of the scarcity of those commodities. They have also estab'fished twenty depots for the sale of bread below bakers’ prices. On the 11th, anonymous letters were sent to the Czarowitch of Russia, the heir-ap-parent, advising him to go abroad if be wished to maintain a position In the Impending revolution, ACCORDING to Constantinople dispatches of the 11th, the Sultan had promised autonomy to the Albanians. The Mohammedans at Adrlanopie were suffering from hunger, and many of the shops had t fjofti plundered for food,. _____ _ • A Paris dispatch’ of the 11th says the French Minister of the Interior had authorized a lottery to raise a fund for the completion of the statue of “Liberty,” to be presented to the United States. On the Credit Valley (Canada) Railroad, on the afternoon of the 10th, a special train containing the Directors of the road and their friends, which was standing on a side-track at Carlton Station, was run into by an engine under rapid headway, and the tender of the engine was driven deeply into the body of the passenger coach. Eleven of the occupants were more or less seriously injured. The engineer says he was proceeding over the road under orders, when, the switch being open, he ran into the train. The switchman says the engineer gave the signal for him to open the switch, and, thinking the engine to be intended for the waiting cars, he did so.

Congressional Proceedings. In the Senate, on the sth, the bill to prevent the introduction of infectious or contagions dieeanes into the United States was recommitted for amendment.... A bill was introduced and referred (similar to one introduced in the House) to prohibit military interference at elections. A bill extending the time for special postal service was passed. A large number of bills weie introduced in the House, among them the following: To prohibit military interference at elections; to establish a Bureau of Ivibor Statistics; regulating the mode of counting the votes for President and Vice-President; For funding municipal indebtedness in United States paper money (authoriz- ‘ ing the Secretary of the Treasury to extinguish all city indebtedness by the iasueof greenbacks, which greenbacks.are to be immediately used in payment of such debts); providing for a greenback currency to tbe extent of f 1,000,000.000, and for the relief of the financial distress by granting aid to certain companies incorporated by State authorities for works of internal improvement. The bill making if unlawful to use any part of the army or navy at the polls, etc., was reported from the Judiciary Committee, in the Senate, on the 6th.... The Legislative, Executive and J udicial Appropriation bill was also reported, with amendments.... A lengthy debate was bad on the resolution authorizing the taking of testimony in relation to the claim of Mr. Spofford to the seat of Senator Kellogg. Among the bills introdaced in the House was one for the admission of Utah as a State... A preamble and joint resolution were introduced requesting the President to insist on the emancipation of slaves in Cuba, and to take such measures, in co-operation with other Governments, as will most speedily and humanely effectuate so civilizing an object... The bill to prohibit military interference at elections was reported hack without amendment, and a substitute, offered by Mr. Robeson, making it unlawful to bring to, or employ at, any place where a general or special election is being held in a State any part of the army or navy, unless snoh employment shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Constitution. or overcome a forcible obetrnction to the execution of the laws made in pursuance thereof, and making any violation of this act a Sinai offense, was defeated—92 to 121—only one reenhacker (Ford) voting aye. and eight voting no. After some filibustering on the part of the Republicans, the bill was passed- yeas, 124;nays, 90. Eleven Green backers voted aye. and two (Barlow and Kussell) did not vote at all.

The resolution asking for authority to take testimony in the contested case of Spofford rs. Kellogg was fuitber considered in the Senate, on the 7th, and several amendments were offered by Republican Senators, and, after debate, were rejected. An amendment, offered by Mr. Hoar, further instructing the committee to inquire and report whether bribery or other corrupt or unlawful measures were used to secure the alleged election of Spofford, the memorialist, was accepted by the committee, and the resolution, as thus amended, was finally adopted—26 to 17 The House hill, to prohibit military interference in elections, was read twice, and a motion made by Mr. Edmunds to refer it to the Committee on Judiciary was defeated—24 to 81. Mr. Blaine then submitted an amendment providing that “any person who shall carry a concealed deadly weapon atjmy place, or within a mile of any place, where a general or special election for Representatives to Congress is being held, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished with a fine of not less than 8500 nor more than 85.C00, or with imprisonment for a period of not less than six months nor more than five years, or with both fide and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court” • r In the House, Mr. Chalmers called up a resolution. offered by him, colling for an investigation into his conduct at Fort Pillow, and after a speech in his own defense, and remarks by other members, the whole matter was laid on the table... .The bill relating to coinage and bullion" certificates was taken up and debated. In the Senate, on the Bth, the House bill to authorize the annual enlistment of 750. boys in the Navy was passed....At his own request, Mr. Hoar was excused from service on the Committee to Investigate Election Frauds, and Mr. Platt was appointed in his place.... The bill prohibiting military interference at elections was further considered, Mr. Morgan advocating its passage. 'lathe House,the bill to enforce the EightHour law was taken up. and, after considerable debate, was laid on the table by a vote of 103 to 52... The Silver hill was then taken up, and an amendment was offered, fixing the weight of the silver dollar at 460. instead of 4124. grains. A lengthy debate followed, but no action was had on the bill. ' The bill to prohibit military interference at elections was further debated in the Senate, on the 9th. by Messrs. Edmunds. Blaine and Chandler, after which it was passed, in the precise form in which it came troth the House, by a vote of S 3 yeas to 23 navs. as follows: > «w-Bey*rd, Beck, Butler, Call. Cockrell, Coke, Davis; W . Va.), iaton. Garland. Groome, Hampton, Hams. Hereford, Houston, Johnston, Jonas, Jones (Fla.). Reman, Lamar. McDonald, Maxey, Morgan. Pendleton, Randolph. Itawson. Hanlsbury, Slater, Thurman, Vanoe, Vest. Voorhee». Walker. Withera-33. -Vaye-AUison. Anthony, Booth. Bruce. Burnside, Cameron (Pa.). .Qsmeron (Wia.), Chandler. Conkling, Edmond*, ' Rill \Ohky, -Hoar, laßStfe, Keilogfe. Logan. McMillan, MomU, PUtL Plumb, Hollins Saunders, Teller, Windom—33. ite£73?&asriZKr UMySa were paired with Messrs. Davis Hill, Farley Bailey, Gordon, Williams, McPhssson, Wallace and Whyte; Messrs. Grover and Sharon were abMilt.

|U passage la a lengthy speech, aud announced that he would demand the previous question on the 2Dth. Mr. Heilman spoke against the bill. Mr. Kelley obtained the Hour Just before adjournBMtfe A bill wu introduced in the Senate, on the 10th. relating to telegraphic communionlion between tbe United (Rates and foreign conn trice ... The I legislative bill was further considered and speeches were made by Messrs Hill, Chandler and Wtndom. in the House, a resolution was offered and re ferred for the appointment of a select committee to take into ooosteeration such measures aa might tend to promote the agricultural interests of the country.. ..Several bills were introduced and referred, including the following: Relating to public lands; far tbe appointment of a Wag sippi River Commission; for the reduction aud reorganization of the Army... .The Warner Silver bill was further defeated. Masai*. Kelley.. ltee<l, Haakell and Bowman taking port in the discussion The bill prohibiting the presence of the military at places of election was signed by the Hpraker and sent to the Senate for the signature of the President pro lea

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

—An arms house—the arsenal.— Boiton Transcript. '. —For causing death a prisoner may be sentenced for lifer —A man with a creaky pair of boot* has music in bia sole. —Dead men tell no tales, but dead walls are well posted. —A case of transformation—a wagon a stage. —N. Y. Mail. —Green turtles—those that allow themselves to be canght. —“ Look out for paint,” is one of the numerous signs of spring. —The man who married above his station was a railroad-conductor. • —Banking is conducted more loosely in Russia than in any other country. —The contemplative doctor strolls through the cemetery and sees his patients on a monument. —There is nothing mysterious about mosquitoes. It is easy to show how they mav-nip-you-late. —ln the twelve vears ending with 1878, Louisiana paid $9,361,095 as interest on its public debt. —Only one person in thirty-six is comfortable in England. Comfortable means having SBOO a year. —“The National Academy for the Higher Development of Pianoforte Playing” is a London institution. —A felt slipper is very comfortable for the fool; but a small boy does not look at it in that way.— N. 0. Picayune. —The Boston Post asserts that quantities of lively potato-bugs have been found under Panton (Vt.) snow-drifts eight feet deep. —The hard times in England are rellected in the Register-General’s returns. In 1873 there were 205,615 marriages; in 1878, 189,657. —Official reports s}iow that all classes of farm animals, throughout the country, came out of winter quarters in unusually good condition. —lmmigrants from the cotton manufacturing districts of England are beginning to arrive in Fall River. They tind the labor market there already greatly over-supplied. —There are 100,000 women in New York City who support themselves, 50,OCO of whom receive less than $3.50 a week. Many girls work in stores for $2 a week and board themselves. —The pedestrian who walks 600 miles in six days never travels faster than a boy does when he is dispatched to the cellar for a scuttle of coal while a circus-pageant is passing the house. —Prince Louis Napoleon received demonstrations of welcome whenever he appeared in public at Cape Town. The French Imperialists are believed to be awaiting with impatience his conquest of the Zulus. —A bright boy was walking along the street with his mother, and, observing a man with a peculiar hitch in his gait approaching, he drolly exclaimed: “Look there, mamma! See how that poor man stutters with his feet!” —A Delaware woman, a hard worker all her life, being about to die recently, called her husband and children. about her, and told them where she had buried $6,000.0f her earnings in the cellar. They dug .it up before the funeral. —A gang of pickpockets who were attending a fair at Bernay, France, recently, raised a cry of lire in a theater, and at the same moment turned the gas out. In the panic and confusion they plundered the audience and the box-office, and escaped under cover of the darkness.

—A voung woman who had never learned the gentle art of cookery, being desiroris of impressing her husband with knowledge and diligence, manages to have her kitchen door ajar on the day after their return from the bridal trip, and just as her lord comes in from the office exclaims loudly: “Hurry up, Eliza, do! Haven’t you washed the lettuce yetP Here, give it to me; where’s the soap?” —Hobart Pashak3he English Turk, is very fond of boasting of his success in running the blockade on the America)) coast during the civil war, and telling of the perils he encountered and the profitable cargoes of arms and ammunition that hfe carried into Southern ports, and how he ran out to sea between the Union blockades, loaded down with cotton bales. “Those were times,” he says, “for making money.” —One day, when George Washington was a small boy—this was shortly after his famous encounter with a cherry tree —he rushed into the honse, his eyes suffused with hot tears and his cheeks mantled in the roseate hue of conscious shame, crying out hysterically, “ Oi», pa, my dear pa! I have out — another—cherry lutp His father’s brow darkened, as he hiked, sternly, “Where is it? Show it me immediately.” George started out, followed by the old gentleman. To the garden the little fellow led the way, then down one path and up another, until almost out of breath, and entirely out of tamper, Mr. Washington declared he Would so no further, and demanded that he e told at once where the tree was. “ Why, pa,” said George, laughingly, “This is the first of April.” “ Run to my arms, my dearest boy,” cried his father, ip transport; “run to my arms. Glad am I, George, that you are not so entirely unlike other boys that yon can’t tell a lie on April Fool’s Day. Such a joke on this day is more worth than a thousand goody-goody stories, thongh printed on the finest of paper and bound in green an<j gold.” —Boston Transcript.

A ragged-looking pedestrian came to the back door of the Dunshudder mansion, and the hired girl shouted, “ We’ve nothin’for tramps.” “Fair lady, pause,” said the visitor; “I'm not a ndr beggar.” “What are ye, thenr’ “ Madam, I'm a solici-tor-general.”—.Utica Observer. The best thing in the world is to be able to live above the world.

AN UNANSWERABLE ARGUMENT.

~ —— - - •• Crest Speech hr keastor Oonkllaf os the Army Approprlstlou Bill A Stress His tamest of DriumrsUc A Ism and farpoan, as 4 Coitvlnelng Besaona Why They Shonld Net !*renlL The following is a synopsis of the great speech of Mr. Conkling, delivered in the United States Senate previous to the late passage of the Army Appropriation bill: Mr. Conk ling began his remark* by Haying that during the ln*t lineal rear the amount of National tame Paul into the Traumry wa* Jfflt.Kll 461. Of this *um, $130,000,010 and n fraction were collected under the tariff law* levying duties on imported mcrclianduK', and $103.000 000 and a fraction on American production*. Of this total v 3:10,000.000 in roam number* -the twentywren Hiatn* who uttered to the Union during the war mid JXil Jd.'JBH. The renidne oame from eleven State*, namely: Alabama, Arkan*aa. Georgia, Florida. 1/muiana, Mississippi. North Carolina, Booth Carolina. Tenneeeee. Team and Virginia. These eleven States paid $13,627,192. Of tiii* sum more than $6,600,0(10 came from the tobacco of Virginia. Deducting the latter «um from the former, and the eleven States paid $7,126,462. Thu great *um wa* collected under law. The Constitution require* all bill* for raining revenue to originate in the House of Hepresentative*. They are not recent laws. They l.avr been improved and confirmed by succeeded Houses, and the last two Homes were ruled over by a Democratic Speaker. The bill* were reKrteti by a Democratic committee and passed a Democratic majority. Both house* are now Democratic, and we hear of no purpose to ret peal or nuspend the existing revenue laws. They are to remain and continue to operate and take the tribute of the people. If the gum stated ito be less than it wan last year, it will be only because the tobacco tax has been reduced. This vast revenue is paid for three uses. It in supplied in a time of great depression and distress to pay the debt in which we have been involved by the rebellion, to pay the pensions of widows, and orphans, and of cripples made by the rebellion, and to maintain the Government, preserved at an expense not to be estimated of life and treasure. To exact money and then forbid the nas for which the people paid it, would indeed be perfidious and abominable. There was only one mode in which it could reach such uses, and that an appropriation by law. The Constitution so ordains. The Constitution permits no discretion to a majority or to Congress whether it make needful appropriation or not. The Constitution, however, does commit to Congress the discretion to ascertain how much money is needed, but that done, the command to appropriate is positive and absolute. The command to make the appropriation is plain and peremptory, and a refusal to do so is revolutionary and treasonable. So. too, when tbe Constitution invests Congress with power to provide money to pay debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare, the plain meaning is tha» Congress shall do this thing, and a refusal to dothisisdisobedienoe to the Constitution and subversive of it. If the members of the Judiciary and Executive Departments failed to do their duties under the Constitution, they would be liable to impeachment. ( If members of the Legislative branch were likewise amenable to punishment for dereliction of duty, it would be a braver, if a not less guilty, act to violate their exalted trust. In ordinary times truisms like these would be needless if not out of place in the Senate. They are pertinent only because an oocasiou has arisen, unparalelled in American history, and, so far as he knew, in British history. If a precedent could be found it should not be in a country possessing a written Constitution plainly defining the rights of all liviu. under it. It was not to transplant but to leave behind the traditions of the struggle between the subject and the ruler that our fathers tied to these shores. It was to render impossible here the caste distinctions of an ill-adjusted society. The partisan spirit animating this debate, if it was anywhere misunderstood, was mistaken, especially in this body. To hear what w a called the debates on this subject one would think that the majority were arraigned simply because they were acting unconstitutionally in putting legislation on an Appropriation Dill. This was not the case. For himself he knew of no better reason than convenience, common sense and danger of a log-rolling combination to forbid putting all the appropriations on a single bill, A bill embracing such a huddle of incongruous provisions, if no objection to its separate parts was found, it was difficult to see on what ground a veto could stand. But objection to this legislation wonld be as strong if it had taken the form of independent bills. To separate bills might even have cloaked the sinister design of the legislation, and in that view would have been wise policy for the other side. In the case pending, the face of the bill itself shows that the legislation is not such as the Executive can rightly approve. It shows the design to be to coerce the Executive into violating his sense of right in order to permit the Government to live. Thus far the achievements of the Democratic majority had been easy, but the trial was yet to come and it would be more difficult. The party had got themselves into a predicament, and unless the Executive led them out they would have to back out. Mr. Conkliug said the effect of this bill is to prevent the suppression of any violence by any armed men acting under National authority upon election day. In New Ifork. every thug, shoulder-hitter, carrier of dirk or bowie-knife; every graduate of rat-pits, bucket-shops and Blu ms, the nurseries of what is nowadays called Demociacy, and every man from King’s Bridge to the Battery is advised beforehand that no enormity of his will be checked by law or officers of the Government. [Sensation.] Another bill, to be brought forward, provides that even if the elections are turned into bloody burlesques. National authority must keep away, though WhiteLeaguers may take an active part, armed, perhaps, with muskets furnished by the Government. If there ever was a time when such a law would be safe, that time is not now. They had been told that if the President refused to accept these bills with all their political excrescences, and yield to a majority, they will vacate their seats and leave the government moneyless. If the majority should make such an attempt, he (Conkling) hoped and trusted they would be called back as soon as need be, until they relinquished their monstrous pretensions ana abandoned the treasonable position. The Army bill was not the same bill in some of its features that was presented as the ultimatum of tbe Democratic party a few days ago. The pending bill condemned its predecessor. It had been found that the bill needed alteration. It did need it badly. The bill of the last session lacked a proviso. A proviso now came to save the right of the President to aid a State in the contingency contemplated by the Constitution. Without this priviso, as the bill was previously, it would puuish the President and General of the army and others whom it might concern for obeying the Constitution of the United Stabs and two acts of Congress, one of which was signed _by George Washington. Shorn of its absurdity, if the bill became a law, it would be the first statute of the kind found on the statutebooks of the United States. A century, with all its action and party strife, and Presidential discord and wisdom and folly, with all its patriotism and treason, had never yet produced a majority whA believed that such a statute was fit to be enacted. ml _ /i i x: g i ■ is i

The Constitution says Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union. (Speaking to lawyers he wished to emphasize the word " execute." It had a deep legal significance. It warranted the nse of arms. Mr. Conkling asked his friend from Kansas (Ingalls) to read for him the section of the Revised (Statutes passed in pursuance of and to pnt into effect this Constitutional provision. While this was being done he took his seat for a moment. Oen. Sherman came in, was greeted bt Conkling and took hia.seat in front of the Speaker. Mr. Conkling resumed his Constitutional argument to show the authority of the Unitod States to us* troop* to preserve the peace. Th* law proposed to be repealed, he said, did not contain any authority forasingle soldier or armed man to appear at the polls. Its provisions were directed to the use of troops cniv as an organised peace-preserving body. The power of the President in this matter mated in the Constitution and act of 1795, and until 1876 this had boen deemed sufficient authority. The question of the extent of National authority rested somewhat on the locus, to nse a legal term. In a navy-yard or other place wholly under United States jurisdiction the authority to use troops to keep the peace could never be questioned. Under the act protecting elections, which gave the United States jurisdiction in Congressional elections, the right to enforce that jurisdiction was also conferred. Up to 1861 no limitation had ever been propoaed to this Constitutional right. In 1861 Oen. Schcnck and other Generals issued orders keeping certain men from the polls, and undertaking in some sort to prescribe electoral qualifications. Gen. McClellan—a Democrat, and of course originally inspired by the traditions of the Democracy, and he had never known a Democrat during the war who did not profess unlimited acquaintance with the spirit and meaning of the Constitution, even if he could not read its title —Gen. MoClellan had issued orders during the war which he (Conkling) now redd, interfering very strongly to preserve tbe peace at the polls and suspending habeas corpus. It was some time after this before the Democrats discovered the enormity of such practices. Two or three years afterward they resolved that the war was a failure, and hoped by the aid of their Northern sympathizers with the rebellion to gain control of the Government. The man selected as their candidate then was tbe same man who bad trampled the right of suffrage under foot and suspended that ancient writ sq dear to Anglo-Saxons. Such things led to the act of 1865, not to confer pow-er,-but to define and restrain it. It was introduced by a man of whom it is related that on one occasion he indifferently said, 11 Go on with your draft. I feel no interest in it. Kentucky’s quota is full on both sides.” [Laughter.) Even after tbe words “or to keep the peace at the polls” were added to his bill, Mr. Powell and other Democrats urged the adoption of the measure as amended. It wm aot, ah has been alleged, a war measure, inoperative in peace. It vras passed when the war Was 'n its last throes, when our armies were victorious everywhere under Sherman. It whs meant to* be, said to bo. and is a mere cheek. ; , . Mr. Conkling went on tb. analyze provisions of law to support his assertion that under the law troops could no more act without definite authority than a Sheriff oonld hang a culprit without a warrant of law. Jt also provided for the. very subordination of the military to the notbe used save when necessary. His fnend from Connecticut (Eaton) smiled, it was a lawyer's smile but hie mend knew that the repose of discretion *odiewhere ! i

was unavoidable. Discretion may be abused, VMM 4ft 4m kMMO hlmuMml from the earliest times, bqt it waa a necessary evil. Whv. in Heaven’* name, tn a republic where universal suffrage is cherished, which is governed by majorities, should election day be picked 01* as the ouly day us the year be banded over to rnffianism, brutality and dunrdag far. Conkling referred to the Democratic frauds hy false naturalisation papers in New fork elections, in some districte he eaid the democratic majorities were larger then the whole nmnlicr of men, women, children, horses, dogs and cats In the district. Yet, fraud by naturalisation papers and registration was bat a small part of the irregularity on {hat election. The election of 1870 was the first in which tho national Election law wae enforced and bloodshed waa feared. The terrihla scenes of the draft riots wete fresh in the minds of all. Fearing a repetition of them, good citizens asked 'the Preeident (or protection; and, in spite of the imprecations and threats of the Democracy, Grant protected them. That election was orderly, and when New Yorker* next nave onoeaiun to show their appreciation of Grant’s servioet bis action in 1870 touching this matter will not he hidden away by thoee who espouhed him wikelv, If this bill becomes a law, Bnptrvitonof Election will be merely look-ers-on. unable to deter bullies from intimidating voters. Many mtn have been prtmecuted and oonvicted under this law. The onurtn uphold its Constitutionality. But the theory of □nconstitutionality Ha* been abandoned. The Democratic caucus itself has acknowledged the worthlessness of that theory. Wo were told It cost money to carry out this law. Certainly it does. Bat the Nation which lavished hundreds of millions to preserve its Constitution would not stick at the payment of $200,000 to preserve free elections. Mr. Conkling said the remarks of tho Presiding Officer led him to remember to say something that the gentlemen wonld bo interested in—that the money squandered uselessly in the last River and Harbor Appropriation bill alone, or even interest on it, would enforce the Election laws to the end of time. Let the ruffianism at the polls in the interest of either party cease and there would be no need of fnrtiier expense in executing the Election laws. " Mr, President," said Mr. Conkling, “ has the present Executive been sufficiently robust in his policy «vga._ as to enforcing these laws?" He asked this in view of the fact that the next election would occur duriqg this Administration. Why was this attempt made to block the wheels of Government on the eve of an election ? Only one explanation, is apparent. It is a strike for party victory. With a . fair election the Democrats cannot carry the election. Therefore these laws must disappear. The Democrats knw that with matters in their hands, no matter what the Republican majority may be where the green gzsss grows in New York State, the Buss , pavement in the great city will overwhelm its This is a contrivance to catch the Government, but he believed the people of the country believed it was wisest to intrust the control of the country to hands which hart never been raised against it. They believed these laws were wholesome and ncoessary, and they would defend them to the uttermost point which opportunity allowed. Mr. .Conkling in his allusion to Mr. Davis, of Illinois, said that after Mrs. Winslow that Senator had ah inexhaustible source of soothing syrop. The Benator reminded him of one slumbering in a storm apd dreaming of a calm. The Senator said that rights were sacred South and North, and that there was peace and tranquillity and the laws were obeyed, therefore there was no occasion for apprehension or anxiety. Could rights be sacred when fresh-done barbarities show that elections in some portions of the land were despotism tempered with assassination, when old and young were flying in terror from their homes and the graves of their murdered dead? Bights secured when thousands brave cold, hunger and death asking among strangers for that treatment of humanity under a law which made them citizens while God made them men? He asked the Senators to read the memorial in their behalf containing the most shocking recitals of modern times—the blackest ever recorded in civilized or savage life. There was not such faith as the Senator possessed-no, not in Israel. “ Order reigns in Warsaw.” The Bepublican party wanted peace and prosperity in the South as well as the North, hut disregarding truth wrili not bring peace. Fair words butter no parsnips. This lullaby.and hush had been a mistake from the beginning. It has misled North and South. In Andrew Johnson’s time a Convention was held when a man from South Carolina and a man man from Massachusetts linked arms and walked into the Convention, and with much sensation and cordiality clasped hands when the tune of Dixie was played. Later, a celebration of a battle of the Bevolution took place in New Jersey, when there was a dramatic spectacular and a hugging ceremony. He remembered that Gen. Sherman attended one of them, but that soldier, with the hard sense and bravery which distinguished him. cautioned the assembled multitude not to be carried away, not to lie fooled. Of all such demonstrations. Mr. Conkling had this to say; Honest, seriouß conviction was not ecstatic or sentimental in grave affairs and lasting purposes. It was not expressed in morbid phrase or with sickly sentimentality. This was as true in regard to political as religious duty. The divine Master said: "Not everyone that sayetbto me. Cord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of God, bnt he that doeth the will of -my Father which is in Heaven.” Facte were serious things, but the better way was to look them in the face. The Northern people preached no crusade against the South. When the war was over no man who fought against the flag was punished, even by. imprisonment. No estate was confiscated. Fvery man was left free to love liverty and to pursue hate Einess. After that the Southern States were reui.lded and restored to their relations to the Union. No man was disfranchised by National authority. No one man for one moment was denied the right to vote or hindered in anv 4>ther way. From the time that Mississippi was restored there never had been a time when Jeff Davis might not vote as freely as the Senator (Davis) in Illinois. The North was dotted with graves tenanted with the purest and best men, whose deaths were caused by the greatest and guiltiest rebellion that ever appeared in the annals of the human race. The generosity and magnanimity of the Nation in the hour of victory was the grandest sp- ctacle of the kind the world had ever seen. The same spirit prevailed now, and yet the alarm was sounded that the Republicans of the North seek to revive and intensify the feelings and passions of the war.and that Southern Democrats wish to sink the past in the oblivion of kind forgetfulness. The truth of this assertion could be tested right before our eyes. Twenty-seven States adhered to the Union. They sent to Congress 269 Senators and Representatives. Of this number 64 only were soldiers in the Armies of the Union. The eleven States which were disloyal sent 93 Senators and Representatives. Of these 86 were soldiers in

the Army of the KebelJion and at least three more held offices of high civil trust under the Confederacy, making eighty-eight oat of ninetythree. There were bnt four Senators here who fought in the Union Army. Twenty Senators sat here who fought in the Army of the Rebellion, and three more sat here who field high offioes in the Confederacy. In the House there were fifty Union soldiers from twenty-seven States, and sixty-five Confederate soldiers from eleven States. Tbe Sonth is solid throughout all its borders. There are only two Republicans here from the Sonth (Bruce and Kellogg), and it is whispered that there is an enterprise on foot to deprive one of them (Kellogg) of his seat. The South is manifestly solid. Can you wonder,” Mr. Conkling askid, “ if the North shonld presently become solid ? Do you not see that the doings now in the two houses fill the country with alarm and distrust as to the patriotism of the men from the Bouth? Forty-two Democrats have seats on this floor, or forty-three, if you add the Senator from Illinois, and he does not belong to the Democratic party, although 1 sav that any Demoorat who asks anything more of him is an insatiate monster. | Laughter. | Twen-ty-three is a clear majority of all, and twentyfour happens to be exactly the number of Senators in the Sonth and leaders in the late rebellion. Forty-two Senators rule the Senate; twentythree rule the caucus and a majority rule the Senate, and the caucus rules the ms jority. There is the same. Thing in the Hons* where assault arc made on' the Constitution and Execntiyc Department It is not an assault on the divine right of Kings, but on the right of the people. It would never have been inaugurated without the action of the twentv-three Southern Senators here and Southern Representatives in the House. Tho Northern people know and they see the lending

control of the Democratic party in the Sonth. “By their fruits ye shall know them.” The gentleman from Alabama (Morgan) said he preferred that the Democrats from the North shonld go forward in the dcliate. It wu tbe scheme of ns experienced politician. He would .employ northern lines as sappers and roinen to [make it look bettor. It was not from ci nelty to make them food for powder that he placed them ip the front of tbe battle. It was ttu hi better /that they shonld go forward to • ,nel the citadel. Putting the tail in front and the head in the sand only spoke of the sjieeies and habits of the bird. We were told that events bound the South. IVihaps the man who made this arrangement built lietter than he knew. “ I wonld.’ said Mr. Conkling, *' tell tbe Democrats that this is destined to bring from tbe North more united delegations. I find in the pending bill a clause providing for the retirement of officers of distinguished rank j with exaggerated pay,” but he supposed, with , other things, that This was 4h attempt to j coax officers now in the army to empty their saddles that others may get on. Concluding his . remarks, occupying three hours. Mr. Conkling j said that what the Democrats were now doing i wonld result to the advantage of the Repnblican party, but. considering the welfare of the South, he believed their action was flagrrnntly unwise and injudicious. What .the Bouth needed to heal the wonnds of the war was to plant, sow, in short go to work. Invite labor, cherish it and banish prescription for opinions and color. Reform it altogether. Drop sentiment and let material prosperity advance. Do not attempt to obtain possession onoe more of the Government and dominate the country. There is room enough at the National Board, and it ir not decorous that the South should be Macgregor at the head of the table. One of Rome s famous maxims was: ” Let what each man thinks of the Republic be written on his brow.” I have spoken in this spirit, bolding no'ill toward any man because he comes from the s' South. I have spoken frankly, bnt with malice toward ..none. bHt the point is this ri a partisan political enterprise. The debate was begun after the action of a caucus. It was raised to fire the Democratic heart, to fire a blast at the cohort* of the party, to beat the longroll and set tbe squadrons in the field. The obeet, it was plain to be seen, was to overthrow he laws if this could be done. Political speeobee i aving been delivered I have thus plainly, and I ' repeat without malice, spoken somewhat of my thoughts as to the duties and dangers of tbe |

INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

—A touching story is told of a little New Haven child, who, having received a “ reward of merit” card from her teacher, hfild it up to the sky all the way home that her dead father might see how good she had been. —The Treasurer of Fliltofi County, Fa., reoentiy owned a saw-mill, but when he went to look for it a few days ago, it was missing. The mill, saws, wrenches, dogs, crowbars, logs and the whole ooneern had been carried off by thieves. Being a man who believes in making the best of every evil to which he may be exposed, he is naw thankful that the water power was left behind.' \ -—A poultry speonlator in Warren County, JPa., buys chickens in the country and writes out a receipt fer tho farmer to sign. The point of his pencil Invariably breaks off just before the signature is reached, and he produces a fountain-pen from his pocket The body of the reoeipt is written in pencil and the farmer’s name in ink. When the speculator goes to town he erases •all the pencil marks and writes out in ink a promissory note for 1100 or $l5O, and has it discounted by a bank. —ln Wilton, Conn., a few days ago, tho family of I)r. Turney threw away a lot of wild-cherrv pits which had been soaked in brandy since last fall. On Sunday a large flock of crows came along and maae a hearty meal of the -pitor-and—thc congruence was that nearly every crow became as drunk as a tiddler. Nome would stagger around the field and finllly lie down, apparently insensible, while others would fly up in the air, and then, losing all contnd of their wings, would fall to the ground, in many instances breaking their necks. About fifty of the birds were killed or captured, and the people had a great deal of fun out of the afl'air. —A child, not yet six years of age, living on London terrace, was sent to light the gas in his parents’ room,, on Thursday night, and go to bed. There was perfect silence in the chamber for the next fifteen minutes, at the end of which the boy reappeared, with his lit tie hands clasped tightly, and said to those who were gathered in the parlor, “ You needn’t be afraid, for_l have put the tire all out; the curtain is burned all up, but the tire is out.” A rush to the chamber showed that the window curtain had been entirely consumed, the ceiling badly burned, the contents of an open bureau destroyed, and the carpet scorched. The child, with an umbrella, tore down the flaming lace curtain, packed it into a corner, and then brought water, with which he extinguished the flames.—AT. Y. Herald. —There was a wedding in Portland, Me., recently. Miss Ida I. Baker had been for a number W years operator in a Western Union Telegraph office in that city. Among her friends was a lady operator in Newburyport, Mass., who visited her. The latter had a brother, a shipmaster, and she made up her mind that that brother should marry her friend. The rest of the story the Eastern Argus tells thus: “So she wrote her brother, painting in tho strongest lights the accomplishments and good qualities of Ida. So much pleased was he with the description, that even before they had seen each other they became engaged. Four or live week ago Mr. Charles H. Hemingway and Miss Baker met for the lirst time in Boston. A personal acquaintance only the more favorably impressed each with the other, and before a week had passed a day had been set for the wedding.” —A man-of-war’s man lately reached New York from a cruise, was paid off, and started out to do the city. First he visited an old colored woman to whom he had entrusted some washing, and gave her, as he supposed, the price she demanded, one dollar and a half, the coin wrapped in the bill. Later, wishing some change, he gave a one-dollar-note to A. E Merritt, Cashier of the Metropolitan Hotel, and received therefor four silver quarters. Shortly after, the sailor returnod and said to the latter that he had given him a tiftydollar ncte, instead of a one-dollar note he intended to give him for silver. Merritt denied and the sailor instated The upshot was that Merritt -was arrested and held to bail for examination. The colored woman had seen in the papers a day or two after that the sailor had lost fifty dollars, ana, looking over her package to see if it were all right, discovered that he had wrapped the coin in the missing tiftydollaririttr which was returned to the sailor, and which, of course, secured the release oi Merritt.

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

—The estate of the late Richard Henry Dana is appraised at $118,937.30, of which $71,500 are iirTeal estate. —Mr. Matthew Baird, the locomotive builder, of Philadelphia, who died recently, left an estate which has been appraised at $4,156,000. —Charles Bennett, a California gymnast who died a few days ago, could run twenty miles at a high rate of speed, and could lift easily a weight of 1,000 pounds. —As Vice-President Wheeler gave up his rooms before leaving Washington it is not believed that he intends' to return to the capital during the present session of Congress. - John C. Hamilton, a St. Louie locksmith, is said to have the keys of the old French Bastile. When the mob tore De Launay, the Governor, to pieces, one of the revolutionists, Lechastel by name, secured the keys. They were kept in the Lechastel family until 1852, when Antoine Lechastel emigrated to this country. Hamilton I secured them from Lechastel, tho lati ter being in need of money. There are ' live keys in the bunch. The largest ) one is rusty, though tho marks of the | armorer plainly can be seen. Thu ■ smallest, eight inches long, is made of lino steel. • —Of Representative Blackburn, who ! is a great talker, the following story is ; current in W ashington. When the i Yellow-Fever Commission was sitting | at Willard’s Hotel the .member from Kentucky was an enthusiastic,worker. A man from Maine, who had come to see Senator Hamlin, walked through the long corridor one afternoon to the dining-room. Mr. Blackburn wasthblding forth to an interested group. The Maine man ate his dinner and came out Still Mr. Blackburn talked. He read the newspapers, smoked, started down the street and baek, and entered the Still the coterie Hatched entranced. The stranger joined them. Mr, Blackburn Was telling how great was his fear of yellow fever, and how nervous he felt about exposing himself to its influence, Finally the Maine man slowly dTawled forth: “Mister, excuse me for speaking, but 1 shouldn’t think you’d feel 'afraid of the fever. I should suspect , tho only thing you’d have a horror of would be the lockjaw.”