Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1879 — Page 2

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General News Summary.

On the 16th, the Ooomktee on Election, of We National Henee of BepreaenUtires Anally AacMeA. by e rote of ten to two, that the Cooiraaeioeei election, in lowa laet October were legal, end that tM preaent Ooazreeamrn were entitled to their eeeta. Mr. Wearer, who Is a member of the committee, declined to rote tram motlreeot delicacy, flow report* would I* wee elated on the Mth that the Labor Ootatofttoe of the lower home of Congress had agreed to rieit Ban Francisco and other leading Weston cltiee after the adjournment of Coegreae, for the purpose of taking further, testimony. Tmm proceedings and Aedinga of the Courtmsrttal la the case of Colooel D. 8. Stanley and Colonal W. B. Hasen were made public ea the 17th. The Court found Stanley guilty of eondeet prejudicial to good order and military dladiiline, end sentenced him to be admonished by the General of the Army. General Sherman has approved the findings, administered the admonition, and instructed principals and wttaeeaea to return to their respeeUTs poets of duty. He aleo says that the Charges against Colonel Eaten cannot be Inquired Into by a general Court-Martial, because they are barred by the statutes of limitation. Tn Secretary of the Treasury gave notice on the 19th that he would redeem at once, without rebate of interest, all the outstanding 6-90 bonds, console of 1807 and consols of 18J8, called to mature July S and 4. Tn bill to provide for the exchange of trade dollars for legal-tender silver dollar*, passed by the National House of Representatives on the Utb, to as follows

Ttotthe Secretary of the Treasury shall cause tabs exchanged at ths Treasury, and at all Sub. jtoaauriMmjtbaUaited States, legal-tender silrecOoHar. for trade dollar, at par, provided the weight of aid trade dollar has not been reduced •"lewUm weight and limit of tolsrsace provKtad ty law for the single piece, and Wnllreeoto saw trade dollars into legal-tender <wMme.ee now Provided by law, and shall stop lehrtljuooroaae of trad* dollar.; provided, thsj.the trede dollar, reooined under this set sami not be routed ss part of the ooiiuire of silver roqairad bv the sot of February 98, 1878; and provide* further, that trade dollar* that have b«* “ ehooued" or restamped for circula- **•» ie Ohrea or other toreign oonntries shall be •■deded from the provisions of this bill. Asrncux from Washington on the 20th says Senator Lamar, having become satisfied that Senator ConkUng would not send him a challenge, would leave for Mississippi on the Sift. ThU was regarded as the end of the •Heir between the two Senators. Tn* joint resolution of Congress relative to a bridge across the Detroit River at or near Detroit baa been signed by the President. On the 91st, the President sent a message to the Senate withdrawing the nomination of Secretary McCrary as Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Eighth Circuit The alleged reason for the withdrawal was doubt* aa to the propriety of making the appointment in advance of the actual vacancy. The President, on the 91st, approved the MU making approprtationaiortbe Legislative, Executive and Judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending July 30, 1880.

The East. HkXKT W. Blair (Republican) was elected United States Senator by the New Hampshire Legislature on the 17th, to succeed Senator WadMgb. The vote stood: Blair, 181; Bingham (Democrat), 99. Destructiv* f res beta lately visited the country adjacent to North Adams, Mass. Up to the morning of the 17th the damages reported aggregated $190,000. Or the 16*b, Patrick Fitzgerald ran eleven miles in fifty-nine minutes and fifty and three-quarters seconds, on the grounds of the Manhattan Athletic Club in New York. This is the beet running time on record, At the National Encampment of Die Grand Army of the Republic, held In Albany, N. Y., on toe 18th, William Earnshaw, of Ohio, was elected Commander-in-Cbief. The next encampment was appointed for Dayton, Ohio. Or the 18th, the New Hampshire Legislature, in Joint Convention, elected A. B. Thompson, Secretary of Btale; S. A. Carter, Btste Treasurer, ud John B. Clark, State Printer. At Valley Forge, Pa., on the 19th, the ceremony of relaying the corner-stone of “ Washington’s Headquarters” was performed in the presence of a large concourse of people. Ex-Governor Pollock delivered the address. OR the morning of the 21st, an engine boiler In an iron-mine at Texas, Lehigh County, Pa, exploded, killing four men instantly, fatally injuring three, and badly woundin i several others. The engine house was rated to the ground, and a section of the boiler, twenty feet long, was carried a distance of 200 feet. Madam* Bollard, a French lady visiting Niagara Falls, on the 21st, while in the act of dipping up a cup of water at the foot of Goat Island, loot her balance and was carried over the Falls. She was with her husband at the time. The body bad not been recovered up to the morning of toe 23d. Tn* glaze-house of the Mooetc Powder Company, near JermTn, Pa., exploded on the night of the 91th. The watchman was blown to atoms. At Holyoke, Mass., on the 21st, a German named John Kemmler deliberately shot and killed his three children, aged one, four and six years, respectively. He was arrested and acknowledged the crime. Tn following were the closing quotations for produce in New York, on June 21st; No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, *1.04(31.05; No. 2 Milwaukee, 91.0**01.05*. Oats Western Mixed, 36*«3S*c. Corti, Western Mixed, *oO*3*e. Pork, Mess, 99.50010.35. Lard, 9AA00A.42*. Flour, Good to Choice, 94.15 @4-50; White Wheat Extra. 94.5505.35. Cattle. 98.00010.00 for Common to Extra. Sheep (clipped), $4.0005 50. Hogs, $3.90@ 415. 4_, . At East Liberty, Pa., on Jnue 21st, Cattle brought: Beat, $4.7505-00; Medium, $4,000 4.69; Common, 63.7503.95. Hogs sold— Yorkers, 63.8503 90; Philadelphia, $4,050 4-10. Sheep brought s3.Boo4.oo—according to quality. At Baltimore, Md., on June 21st, Cattle brought; Best, $5.0005.25; Medium tsJo#4.s7*. Hogs sold at $8.7504.75 for Good. Sheep www quoted at $3.5004.50 for Good. “ West and South. A m nights ago, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. -Noonan, of Kansas City, Mo., were awakened by a noise which they attributed to burglars being in the boose. Mr. Noonan took a revolver and went into the front room in the dark, followed by his wife. She became frightroad and threw her arms around her husband’s seek, when be, supposing himself assailed by a burglar, find, killing her Instantly. Evar Riice, ex-Csshier of the National Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine, Del., has hero sentenced to five years’ Imprisonment, forembendement and making false entries. T**k* ha* lately been put In circulation in the South a dangerous counterfeit 650 greenhedt, purporting to be the issue of 1869. It btoia on fie face % medallion likeness of Miurf Clgv. Close Inspection is Slid to revro! Be defects. The Ink on the back is lighter la shade thro the genuine Issue. Tn Wisconsin State RSpntitein CorivehUmlms bean colled to meet at Madlsob or. the mm July.

At Cleveland on the 18th, F. W. Green, ex Member of Congress from Ohio, quietly breathed bis last HtBRR Jefferson, a colored woman 117 yean old, died In St Louts on the 18tb. Tn San Francisco Workingmen’s Municipal Convention met on the 18th, and nominated Rev. L 8. Kalloch, pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church In. that city, as their candidate for Mayor. . J '~. Thk California Republican State Convention met in Sau Fraqcisco on the 17th, and perfected an organtastloo. On the 18th, a platform was adopted, reaffirming the principles of the Republican party; denouncing the attempts of the Democracy to Interfere with the purity of elections; sustaining the President's veto policy; demanding that Congress shall regulate freights and fsrrs In lnter-Btate commerce; pledging ..the State Rallroad Commissioners to fair reductions on State railroads; opposing Chinese linml,>ration ; etc., etc. In the evening, George C. Perkins was nominated for Governor on the first ballot. ' At the meeting of the National Association of Christians in Chicago on the 19th, the following were elected officers for the ensuing year: President, Pbllo Carpenter; VicePresident, Samuel Plumb; Corresponding Secretary, J. P. Stoddard; Treasurer, Edward Hildreth; Recording Secretary, Thomas dodge. Tn* Democratic Slate Central Committee has issued a call for a State Nominating Convention, to meet in Baltimore, Md., on the 7th of August-.

Os the 22d, during the .progress of a Bodemlan Sunday picnic in the southwestern outskirts of Chicago, a slight difficulty occurred between'one of the visitors named Clark and a Bohemian, the latter striking the former over the head with a gun. Clark left the stand where the trouble occurred and started for the gate, when he was followed by several of the sharpshooters present, who clubbed everybody in the way with their guns. One of the Bohemians was struck in the head with a stone, when some of tbelr number fired Into the crowd outside the fence. A general melee ensued, and the sharpshooters formed into line and charged with fixed bayonets, and teveral other shots were fired. A number of persons were wounded, one probably fatally. The sharpshooters claimed to be present armed for the purpose of doing police duty. They were put under arrest Mr. Boris, ex-Becretary of the Navy and a traveling companion of ex-Presldent Grant, reached Council Bluffs, lowa, on his way to Philadelphia, ou the 21st, and told a reporter that General Grant would reach Ban Francisco about the 10th of September. Ig Chicago, on June 21st, Spring Wheat No. 2 closed at cash; 96 97*c for July; 91*@91*c for August. Cash Com closed at 3ft(i<36*c for No. 2; .86*c for July; 87*c foi August Cash Oats No. 2 sold at 32*c, and 32%c seller July. Rye No. 2, 53*@53*c. Barley No. 2, 09® 70c for cash. Cash Mess Pork closed at $9.95 @IO.OO. Lard closed at [email protected]. Beeves —Extra brought [email protected]; Choice, 14.60 @4.70; Good, $42)@4.50; Medium Grades, *3.75(34 10; Butchers’ Stock, *2 [email protected]; Stock Cattle, etc., *[email protected]. Hogs—Good to Choice, *[email protected]. Sheep—Poor to Choice, $2.5005 50.

Foreign Intelligence. The great international race between Ilanlan, of Canada, and Elliott, of England, was rowed on the Tyne on the 16th, resulting In a victory of the former by ten lengths. According to Vienna telegrams of the 16th, the Danube had overflowed its banks and inundated large portions of Galllda, Silesia and Hungary. Seven Iron bridges across the Danube had already been carried away. According to advices from Cashmere received on the 16ih, the famine in that province bad assumed fearful proportions. Several towns and villages had been entirely depopulated. The distress was aggravated by the action' of the ruler, who had bought up all supplies and fixed a price beyond the means of his people. A meeting of tenant-farmers was held at Mliltown, County Galway, Ireland, on tne 16th, yt which most violent speeches were made. Banners were displayed on which were Inscribed: “ Down with the Tyrants”; “Ireland for the Irish”; “The Land is for the People,” etc., etc. During the meeting cheers were glveu for the Irish Republic, and for the Zulus because tney had so nobly resisted British attempts to conquer them. There was a most violent scene in the French Assembly on the 16th. In discussing Jules Ferry’s Educational bill, M. De Cassagnac characterised the Miuistry as a set of political cowards and as being composed of the dregs of the country. For this language he was censured by the house, which abruptly adjourned in great disorder. Professor Rosexkrantz, the cmiqent German philosopher, died at Koenlgsberg, Prussia, on the 17th. The French have defeated and dispersed the Algerian Insurgents. General Kaufman, the Russian Commander In Central Asia, reached St. Petersburg on the 17th. • Intelligence'was received from Liberia on the 17th to the effect that serious trouble had arisen In that country between the natives and the emigrants from the South. It was believed that the presence of a United Btates man-of-war at Monrovia alone would prevent a catastrophe. A Ministerial crisis prevailed in the Turkish capital on the 17tb. Threatening placards were being posted against the Sultan, and numerous arrests of conspirators had been made. Including, among others, a son of the late Sultan Abdul Aziz. The late Baron Rothschild, according to a will lately probated, left an estate In England valued at $13,500,000. A mass of rock and earth fell in the Simplon Pass, Switzerland, on the 18th, the removal of which will take a year. On the 18th, the burglar who robbed the Receiver’s office in Southern Russia of 1,500,000 roubles was arrested. On his person were found 1.000,000 roubles. The eruption from Mount Etna was followed, op the 17th and 18th, by a severe earthquake shock, which destroyed five villages and the Town of Acereale, in Catania, on the east coast of Sicily. Ten persons were killed and many injured. The strike of the« Bwedish lumbermen has collapsed. On the 19th, the French Assembly voted to remove its sittings from Versailles to Paris. The vote was: For removal, 519; against, 262. United States Minister White was presented to the Emperor of Germany on the 19th, and delivered his credentials. He was kindly received, and was afterward presented to the Empress. r An Alexandria (Egypty telegram of the 19th„ says the French Coqjgl-General had In his hands a firman from the Sultan deposing the Khedive. Nhwjj was received from Cape Town, South Africa, on the 19th, of the death of Napoleon, the Prince Imperial of France. It seems that he Iras out scouting with sn officer snd six men, when he fell into au ambuscade. At the' first fire two soldiers were killed and the Prince seriously wounded. IDs escort fled, and the Prince was left behind. The Zulus fell upon him snd quickly killed him with their assegais. Next day his, body was recovered, stripped and covered with assegai wounds. The Florence (Italy! Savings Bank, with the banks affiliated with it, hare notified the Italian Government of their intention to suspend payment. < jj. . T*r Turkish Grand Vizier, Khelerdin Pasha, tendered his resignation on the 20th. The Saltan declined to receive it, saying that he .might be forced to remove, him. The chief promoter of the war agalnsUthe TfcrttJf'fii Acbeen UdeaS. - •" - ■■&****. Loxdox telegrams of the 20th say the news I of the death of the Prince Imperial had great-

1y affected his mother, and It waa feared she would die of grief. Orders had been issued for * gathering of the Bonspartlst leaders at Chiselhurtt Pari* papers of the sains date state that the death of the Prince waa a matof considerable importance to France, tlnce It removed from French politics what promised to be a disturbing factor. Prince Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte is now the direct heir of the dynasty, but he 4s decidedly unpopular, and It was tiellcved lie would not be cordially supported by the Imperialists. A London telegram of the 21st stvathe Pope was emb-tivoring to bring about the resDilution of diplomatic relations between England and Mexico. Tiie younger of the Andrews brothers, who together crossed the Atlantic from Boston In thei dory Nautilus last summer, has given nolle# that he will return-in the Nautilus with m» other companion than a small dog. According to Constantinople telegrams of the 21st, the Council of Ministers had assented to the voluntary abdication of the Khedive of Egypt, but if he res’sted, the Porte would require the Powers to submit to the Sultan a full explanation of their motives before Insisting upon his deposition. It was state I that the Khedive Wus willing to abd cate, hut wanted, to pay bis debts'first, and declined to be poerced. A Cairo (Egypt) dispatch of the 22d says the Khedive hail declined to abdicate, and had referred the 'English and French Consuls-Gen-eral to the Porte for satisfaction. According to <!>xi ectatlous, Weston, the American, proved to be the winner In the International i-edestriun mate h, ip London, making 550 miles at eleven o’clock on the night of the 21st. Brown, his only competitor at the end, completed his 450 miles a little after five; o’clock, and then left the track. Weston secured the championship, the belt, and $2,-50) which he had bet with Sir John Astley, and the lion’s share of the gate money. According lo Paris telegrams of the 22d, Prince Jeromb Napoleon would not become, and would not allow either of his sous to become, pretenders to the Imperial throne. During the month of May there were 1,730 fires In Russia, causing a loss of 2,000,000 roubles.

Congressional Proceedings. Ik the Senate on the' 16th, a report was made to the effect that the Committee on Appropriations had been nnable to concur in the date in the House Joint resolution fixing the 17th as the da; of adjournment ... Mr. Ingalls, at his own request, was excused from further service on the Committee on Privileges and Elections, and Mr. Logan was appointed in bis stead.... I’hc Supplemental Judicial Appropriation bill was debated and amended in Committee of the Whole reported to the Senate and passed as amendod—27 to 15—a strict part; vote. Bills were - introduced and referred in the House -to protect certificates of naturalization; prohibiting the hoarding of mone; in the Treasury, and prohibiting an increase in the interestbearing debt of the United States.. ...Bills were passed-for the relief of settlers on the Osage trust and diminished reserve lands in Kansas: allowing pre-emption settlers twelve months after date of filing their entries to complete their residence.. .Mr. Springer, from the Committee on Elections, moved to suspend the rules and pass a bill to prohibit military interference at elections, providing that it should not be lawful to bring or emplo; at an; place where a general or special election is being held in any State any part of the army or navy of the United States as a police force to keep the peace at the polls. The motion was lost—yeas. 108: nays, 82—not the necessary two-thirds in the affirmative. The Array Appropriation bill was taken up in the Senate on the 17th, and the oommittee amendment to strike out the section providing that graduates of tho Military Academy in 1879 and 1880 shall elect to receive $750, in which case the; shall be ineligible to appointment in the arm; for two years, was agreed to. & length; debate occurred on the section providing that no part of the money appropriated shall be paid for subsistence, etc., of any portion of the arm; to be used as a police force to keep peace at the polls at any election held within any State... A Conference Committee was appointed on the disagreeing amendments of the two houses to the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill. The House concurred in some, and non-con-curred in others, of the Senate amendments to the Legislative Appropriation bill, and a Conference Committee was appointed. ■. .The Judicial Expenses bill was received from the Senate and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. ... The Conference report on the joint resolution repealing certain clauses of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill approved March 8.1879, was agreed t 0.... The bill prohibiting political assessments was further considered, and a lengthy and sharp discussion ensued... .The Senate bill in relation to juries came up as unfinished business, and the previous question was moved, but the Republicans resorted to the strategy of declining to vote, thus leaving the House, technically, without a quorum. In the Senate on the 18th, the Mississippi River Improvement Commission bill was passed, with an amendment providing that the Commission shall consist of seven members—three from tho Engineer Corps of the Army, one from the Coast ana Geodetic Survey, and three from civil, life, two of whom shall be civil engineers ... The Army Appropriation bill was taken up, and a lengthy and bitter personal debate was indulged in, the Senate being still in session * at three o clock on the morning of the 19th, with little prospect of an adjournment, the Republicans, when necessary for. their purpose, refraining from voting, and the Democrats laboring to Becure the passage of the bill. During the debate, Mr. Conkling made some very severe comments npou the course being panned by the majority in trying to force the passage of the bill without further discussion : he charged the other side with bad faith in not allowing the time taken by the Mississippi River Commission bill in the morning to be used in the debate on the Army bill. Mr. Lamar then rose and said it was not his purpose to indulge in personalities, but he would say to the Senator (Conkling) that if the latter intended to intimate that anything he (Lamar) had done was not in good faith, he pronounced the statement a falsehood, and repelled it with all the unmitigated contempt lie l'elt for the author of it Mr, Conkling. in repaying. said that should the member from Mississippi, except in the presence of the Senate, charge him. by intimation or otherwise, with falsehood, he (Conkling) would denounce him as a blackguard, as a coward and a liar—the rules and proprieties of the Senate were the only restraint upon him. Mr. Lamar then replied that the Ber.ator from New York had understood him correctly—he did mean to say just precisely the words imputed to him and ail that they imported; he begged pardon of the Senate for unparliamentary language —it was veiy harsh, it was severe, it was such as no man would deserve and no brave man would wear. ..The amendments to the Supplemental Judicial Appropriation bill were insisted upon, and a Conference Committee was appointed.... The report of the Conference Committee on the disagreeing votes on the Legislative, Exeontive and Judicial Appropriation bill was agreed to, the Senate reoeding from certain minor amendments. A joint resolution wns passed in the House, defining the meaning of section two of the act making appropriations for the payment of Ar* rears of pensions, and including within the provisions of that act all persons who have been, or who may hereafter be, placed npou the pension rolls uy virtue of any special act of Congress.... The bill prohibiting political assessments was taken up, and the previous question was insisted upon, whereupon the Republicans declined to vote, and the morning hour was consumed- in voting upon dilatory motions. ..A Conference Committee was appointed on the Supplemental Judicial bill A Dill was reported from the Coinage Committee for the exchange of trade dollars for legal-tender dollars, and a twohours’ discussion ensued, and amendments were offered, after which the previous question was considered as seconded, and the bill went over. ... The report of the Conference Oommittee on the Legislative Appropriation hill was agreed to. The all-night session of the Senate continued up to noon on the 19th, when a new day’s session began... .Mr. Conkling insisted on the journal being read, and the same not being fully prepared for reading, the morning hoar was consumed in an appeal from the decision of the Chair that the business as the Senate oould not be obstructed by not reading the entire journal, when such portion as was prepared had been read. ...The Army Appropriation bill then came up for consideration, and after remarks by Messrs. Carpenter, Davis, Withers. Conkling and others an adjournment was finally had. with the understanding that after discussion a final vot£ should be reached byeix p. m. on the 2bth. In the House, after debate, the Conference report upon the Judicial Expenses bill was agreed to—lo 2to 79. Section two of the bill prohibits the making of any contract or the incurring of any liability, under the provisions of the Revised Statutes authorising the appointment or payment of general or special Deputy-Marshals, for servites In connertior with elections on election day..-. The bill to provide for the exchange of trade dollars for legal-tender silver dollars was taken np. amended and peeked without division. In the Senate on the 20th, the credentials of Henry W. Blair, as Senator-elect from New Hampshire, were presented, and he was sworn in... A resolution was reported and placed on the calendar authorizing a oommittee to investigate the memorials in the Ingalls < Kansas i contested-election case... The Army Appropriation bill was further debated, speeches being made by Messrs. Carpenter, Logan. Kirkwood. Thurman. Conkling, Bayard, Blaine and was Mr. Blaine's proposition to provide for tho punishment of any person approaching the polls carrying a deadly weapon, openly or oonoeaied <

—lB to 29. Tbe session continued late into the nlght-lbe bill being finally pasted without amendment Kt to 19—n party vote, except that Mr. Bnrnside voted aye. In the House the ls-gislntive Appropriation bill was reported by tbe Committee on Enrolled Bills snd signed by the Speaker ..Several private bills were reported from Committee of the Whole and passed .. Mr. Lstpham submitted the views of the minority of the Judiciary Committee on the President's veto message.. Several members applied for indefinite leave pf absence, one on account of sickness mid tbe remainder becanse of important bmnnrsa. I Slav p wns granted only in the siokneta case. A resolution was adopted Jn tho Senate on the 21st calling on the President for information as to the lives and property lost in certain Indian wars.... The Conference report on tbe Jodicial Expenses bill wns adopted-Sl to 17-a party vote... A bill was intrqdnced and referred to provide ocean mail steamship service between the United S(ates and South America. . . . A hill regulating intercourse with aubjectn of the Chineae-Empire vteiting t»r residing in the United States, and for other purposes, waa advocated by Mr, Slater and then referred..... The House bill making additional appropriations for the service of the Postoffice Department tot 1H79-Kl,r-known as the Letter-Carriers' Deficiency bill I; was amended and passed.... Tbe House joint resolution authorizing the completion of tbe foundation of the Washington Monument was passed. In the Honae, tbe Army Appropriation bill waa reported from the Commit oe on Enrolled Bills and signed by the Speaker.... A message was received from the President announcing his approval of the Legislative bi11..:.A motion was made, snd the previona question demanded on the motion, to refer the bill prohibiting political assessments to the Committee of the Wbole. but the Republicans refrained from voting, thus leaving the House without n quorum.... A bill to establish post-routes in certain States was passed... Tlie Hena*e amendments to the bill for the appointment of a Mississippi River Commission were concurred in—the principal amendment being to make the number of Commissioners seven.... The Supplementary Judicial bill was signed by the Speaker and sent to the Senate for the signature of the presiding officer of that b dy.

How Prince Louis Napoleon Died.

London. June 20. The following are the additional particulars of the death of the Prince Imperial: The body of the Prince when found lay 9n its back. There were eighteen assegai stabs in it, two of them piercing l,he body from the chest to the back, two in tho side, and one destroying the right eye. A locket with hair medallions and a reliquary were found around his neck. The face wore a placid expression. He had evidently ineffectually tried to mount his horse, and the leather of the flap tearing ho ran along the path to where he was found. Two troopers lay near the body, both assegaied. The Prince was very adventurous. An oflicial account says the Prince, with Lieutenant Carey, of the Ninetyeighth Regiment, six men and one friendly Zulu, left the camp at Kelitzl Mountain, seven miles beyond Blood River, on the Ist instant, for a reconnoissance. The party halted and unsaddled when ten miles from camp. Just as the Prince gave the order to remount a volley was fired from an ambush in the long grass. Lieutenant Carey and four of the troopers re turned to the camp and reported that the Prince and two troopers were missing. From their statements there could be no doubt that the Prince was killed. A party of the Seventeenth Lancers, with an ambulance, started on the 2d instant to recover the body of the Prince, which was found and brought in on the same day. A special dispatch says: “At daybreak a cavalry patrol, under General Marshall, left to search for the Prince, and went to the kraals, ten miles further on. The was discovered among the long grass, three hundred yards from the kraal. There was no bullet wound, but seventeen assegai wounds were in front of the body. The clothes had been taken, but round his neck was the chain, with a locket. A stretcher on lances was formed, and the body borne by General Marshall and Officers Drury, Lowe and Stewart, of the Seventeenth Lancers, to meet the ambulance, by which it was brought hither with the escort. There was a funeral parade in the afternoon.” Deep sorrow prevails throughout the column. The Prince did not mount after the attack, his horse being restive, but ran afoot. The corpse will leave with an escort for transportation homeward. Another special from South Africa says the Price Imperial had been sent forward by the Quartermaster-General to sketch the 6lte fpr tWnext camp. - When the volley was fired, not a single Zulu was to be seen. The party dispersed and sought safety under cover. The Prince was never seen alive again. His horse joined Lieutenant Carey’s party on the road back to camp. The London journals, while deeply deploying the Prince’s death, regard it as the end of Imperialism in France. New York, Jane 2). The Courier Des Etuts Unis says,* speaking of the death of the Prince Imperial: “ The Bonaparte party may be considered to have gone out of existence. The Republicans, instead of rejoicing over the dramatic event whiph relieves them of the presence of a pretender of no mean caliber, will rather think of the fate of this young man, who probably would have worthily served the country if he had not been the son of Napoleon lIT. Prince Napoleon, who has become the head of the line, is a Democrat in politics, and is distasteful to jhe entire Bonaparte following. He has two sons, seventeen and fifteen respectively. Party loyalty may fasten around the name of one of theffb sons, but for a time Imperial counsels must be detracted, and the possibility of the return of the Empire now appears more shadowy than ever.

A Base Proposition.

A Detroiter who has the reputation of being hard pay was waited on the other day by a man who began: “Mr. Blank, I hold your note for seventy-five dollars. It is long past due, and I wanted to see what you would do about it.” “My note? Ah! yes, yes, this is my note. For value received I promise to pay, and so. forth. Have you been to the note-shavers with this?” “I have, but none of them would have it.” ■ ' '“Wouldn’t, eh? And you tided the banks?” “Yes, sir, but they wouldn’t look at it’.’ "■Wouldn’t, eh? And I suppose you. went to a Justice to see about suing it?” “1 did, but he said a judgment wouldn’t be worth a dollar.” “ Did, eh?' And now what proposition' do you wish to make?” “ This is your note for seventy-five dollars. Give me five dollars and'you can have it.” “Five dollars! No,.sir! No, sir! I have no money to throw away, sin” “ But it is your own note.” “ True, sir, very true, but I’m not such an idiot as to throw away money on, worthless securities, no matter who signs them. I deal only in first-olass paper, and when that note has a negotiable value I Will be pleased to discount it. Good day, sir—looks like settled weather again!” —Detroit Fret Press. » '*“?***■+*■*•» Americans eat more potatoes than any other Nation on earth.

PUNCTURED.

The Wind Let Out of the B•« Inflated by the Democratic majority of the llouae Judiciary Committee -The minority He port I'pon the Bourbon Deliverance- The Course of the Pres* Ident Huatalncd and Commended. The minority of the Home Judiciary Committee to which waa referred the message of the President disapproving “An act to prevent military interference with elections, 1 ’ submitted to the House of Hepresentatives on the 20th the following statement of the reasons why they cannot concur with the views of their Democratic colleagues, constituting a majority of the Committee: lhe repeated efforts tn said report to make it appear tliat the ilßlit or authority to Interfere with Stats elections, or with the freedom and lawful conduct ot any electors, Is claimed or asserted In any quarter, la haidly dcscrvmy of be ious notice. The minority In Conaress Ipivc made no such claim. The rlzlit of Federal supervision contended for applies to Con 1 ereasliiii.il elections only. This la-entirely ienored In the report 01 the majority. Their report proceeds upon the false assumption that the President advocates the use of Federal authority to supervise State elections. No such claim is made In the message under consideration or in any other message or utterance of the President; neither does the message advocate or Justify military interference w,th the freedom of any elections. On the contrary, the President usca the following language: } Holding, os 1 do, the opinion that any military interferenqe at the polls ia contrary to the spirit of our institutions, and would tend to destroy the freedom of elections, and sincerely demrina to concur with Congress in ail its measures, it ia with very great regret that I am fererd to the conclusion that the hill.before me is not only unnecessary to prevent such interference, but is a dangerous departure from long-settled and important Constitutional principles. The true rule as to the employment of military force at dec lions is not doubtful. No intimidation or coercion bpo'iild be allowed to control or influence citizens in the exercise of their right to vote whether it be in the shape of combination of evil-disposed persons, or of armed bodies of militia of the .State, or of the military force of the United States. Elections shall be free from all forcible interference, and as far as practicable from all apprehensions of such interference. No soldiers, either of theCnionor of the State militia, should be present at the polls to take the place or to perform the duties of the ordinary civil polioc force. There has been and will be no violation of thisrnle under orders Irom me during this Administration. It Is hlstoiically true that during the Rebellion there was such interference in cases when factious or a dominant element of disloyalty existed. These were necessities growing out of the nafflre of the conflict and the anomalous condition of seceding and border States. They were In no sense acts of partisanship. Military orders were issued lor the purpose by officers of the army, irrespective of their political affiliations. Among the earliest and most notable of such orders was that by General McClellan: IIEADQtIARTKRH ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. WASHTNOToSt petdber 29, 1861.—General: There is apprehension among citizens in many parts of Sri iryland'bt- an nttempt at interference with their rights of suffrage by disunion citizens on Ihe occasion of the election to take place on the 6th of November next. In order to prevent this the Major-General commanding directs you to send detachments of a sufficient number of men to the different points in yonr vicinity where elections are to be held to protect the Union voters, and to see that no disunionists arc allowed to intimidate them or in any way interfere with their rights. He also desires you to arrest nnd hold in confinement until after election all disunionists who are known to have returned from Virginia recently and who show themselves at the polls, and to guard effectually against any invasion of the peace and order of ♦he election. For the purpose of carrying out these instructions yon are authorized to suspend the habeas corpus. General Stone has received similar instructions to these. You will please confer with him ns to the particular points each shall take control of. I am, sir, very respectfully yonr obedient servant. It. B. Maucy, Chief of Staff. Major-General N. P. Banks. Commanding Division, Muddy Branch. Md. Before the close of the Rebellion, wnd while denouncing the war to suppress it as a failure, the party now demanding this legislation selected the author of the order above quoted as its candidate for the Presidency. It sought to make him Command, r-in-Cbief of the Army and Navy. It 111 becomes the party with such a record to indulge in such Imputations and criticisms upon a President whose administration has been ir.aiked by so great forbearance toward the people of the States lately in rebellion, and who has in no manner sanctioned military Interference with elections, for having dared to maintain his Constitutional prerogative and to preserve the right to use the military and naval rower whenever and wherever sanctioned by the Constitution and laws. These and similar orders undoubtedly exercised influences in securing the enactment of the law of 1865, which prohibits the use of the army or navy at the time and place of any general or special election In any State except it be necessary to repel the armed enemies of the United States or to kiep the peace at the rolls, and also prohibits any military or naval officer from prescribing the qualifications of voters or in any manner interfering with the exercise of the free right of suffrage in any State. This law, with appropriate penalties for its violation, was approved by President luncii.liu.anflL_siuce Jtß_enaclment we do not believe there lias been any well-grounded cause of complaint of military interference with elections. No such Instance is cited in the report of the majority. It refers, it, is true, to military interference during the Rebellion, and especially in 1863. , All else is mere assertion without instances of proof. The monstrous frauds perpetrated in the State of New York in 1868 became the subject of Congressional investigation at the ensuing session of Congress, and were followed by a report suggesting National legislation to guard against the recurrence of such frauds in the future election of members of the House of Representatives. The act of 1870, entitled, “An act to enforce the right of citizens of the United States to vote in the several Btates of this Union, and for other purposes” was, to a considerable extent, the outgrowth of such investigations. The enforcement of the provisions of this act as amended in 1871 has had the most wholesome tendency to secure free and honest elections. In the Presidential and Congressional contest of 1876, as Intensely exciting as any In our history, Its enforcement purged the canvass of all successful attempts at fraud In the same city where outrages upon the ballot-box and iD counting votes ran riot in the canvass of 1868. A committee of the Forty-fourth CoDgress was charged with the investigation of the election of 1876 In that city. In the report of the Democratic majority we find the following language: This happy result (a free, fair and honest election) was the consequence of the co-operation between the official advisers of the city abd United States officers. The party organizations by their regulations and orders made the city police one in action along, with the United States Marshals. Whether this work, which is unexampled, should he accounted a Republican work through their Federal Election law, or the work of the local authorities and organisms, inspired by a desire for an honest vote among tbe people who were especially jealous of it on account of what waa occurring elsewhere, one thing the committee mast report: That it approximated as neai to perfection as it was possible to do. There were no riots, no fights, uo bayonets, no disturbance, no conflicts of authority, and none of the concomitants which accompany fraud and endanger free institutions. The people of the country owe a tribute of respect to the polioe of a city of more than a million inhabitants, and to tbe United States officers, who numbered thousands, for harmony of action between the various officers, so as to illustrate to all the world how the Imperial Island City can conduct herself under great excitement, and in view of startling events. A statute which has been found an agent or even a factor in working out such benign results as these should not be dispensed w.th. This extra session opened with a bold avowal that its repeal should be forced upon the Executive ana country as a condition of . granting the supplies. Such was the dictate of the caucus to Its partisans. Aftci weary months of failure to accomplish its repeal, the design is now apparent in some way to thwart its execution and open wide the door for exclusive State supervision in all elections. The present is not a propitious tinie to attempt interference with its operation. No effort is to be spared to render it inoperative. The gravity of the situation is a sufficient warning for the exercise of the utmost caution. When it is more than intimated that the execution of this law is to be forcibly resisted in the next National contest unless it is in the meantime repealed, we ■ cannot give our consent to weaken or embarrass in any respect the power of the civil officers of the United States to enforce] its provisions. ! It Is to remain a law of the land. All efforts for its repeal have been for the present abandoned. It is the Constitutional duty of the President to see that it is faithfiilly exe- i cuted. Many of Its provisions are applicable s to and only to be enforced on the day an election is held, Why should the authority to use all lawful and Constitutional means to execute it be suspended' or crippled »n that dav 1 To whatever extent this may bh done, the law will be rendered a nullity so far as it is' a law for such days only. Why rhould the daT'^etwrtirtoet»xW?pted'' i ffom fhrbjyifiP' tion of this or any other statute? Surelv, tbe net d may be as great on that day as on any

other. A proposal to Impose like reetrlctiona at every place where a n urt Is to he held on the Fourth of July, or Eighth of January, or any other holiday or anniversary that la to be celebrated or observed, would be met with the Jeer* or contempt of *ll good men. The laws should he enforced and executed on all days and at all times and place*. To abdicate the authority of the Government of the United states to execute Its Las on the day of election would be a fatal mistake, and constitute a precedent of the most dangerous ebarseter. Tne reasoning of the report of the majority culminates at last In the unconditional avowal that all elections are State elections, and that no law of Congress can control or Interfere with the officers ot a Sule at any State election, unless the State authorities invoke the aid of the General Govetnm. nt as provided In the Constitution. Th s is asserting the pernicious dogma of State supremacy In its most obnoxious form. Tbe provision of tbeConatltutlon of the United States that “it and tbe laws” which shall be male In pursuance thereof shall be the supreme law of the land, anything In the Constitution or l .ws of any State to -the. contrary notwithstanding, is rudely thrust aside and ignored, and tbe exploded theory of paramount State sOVere guty is substituted in its stead. Upon this topic the President fitly says: Under the sweeping terms of tbe bill the National Government is effectually shut out from the exercise of the right, and from the discharge of the imperative duty, to use ita whole Executive power whenever required for tbe enforcement of its laws at the places and times whon and where its elections are h6ld. Tbe employment of its organized armed foroe for any such purpose would be an offense against the law unless called for by, and therefore upon the permission of, the authorities of the State in which the occasion arises. What is this but the substitution of the discretion of the State Governments for the discretion of the Government of the United States as to the pertormancc of its own duties? in my judgment, this is an abandonment of its obligations by tbe National Government, a subordination of the National authority anti intrusion of the Btate supervision over National duties, whtth amounts in spirit and tendency to State auprt nuicy. Under the Constitution it is the duty of ihe Executive to apply the test of his own judgment to every measure submitted to him by Congress. That duty he cannot neglect without violation of his official oath. The right to exercise his judgment unre\ strained by prevailing opinion in either branch of the Ucgisla'ive Department needs no vindication lu behalf of the President. Deeming these suggestions contained as well in the message reierrcd to the Committee us in the early one commented upon by the majority, upon the main features at issue, and touching the impropriety ot incorporating general legi.-latlon into appro; nation bills, eminently wise and in harmony with the course of legislation and the better practice of many of the States, the minority cannot conclude their views without placing on record an emphatic and unqualified protest against the undignified and disrespectful tone prevailing in the majority report toward ihe oflic al cominunieat ous from the Chief Magistrate of the Nation. Concurring as we do with ttie views so well expressed and so strongly enforced in the mi s-age under consideration, we do not deem it advisable or necessary to dwell at greater length on the subject \Ve concur in the conclusion of the report of the majority, that the Committee be discharged lrora its further consideration. A. G. Lapham, George 1). Koiiinson, William McKinley, Jr., Charles G. Williams, Edwin \VTllbtß.

Democratic Strategy.

An incidental remark of a Louisiana Congressman, referring to the passage of the Levee bill, has started certain Southern politicians on a profitless discussion. Shall the South, Ixaving in. view the contingencies of the next Presidential election, cultivate an alliance with the West or the East? The discussion of the question passes'at the South as “ strategy.” Now, strategy is one of the weaknesses of Democracy generally; Southern Democrats are fcspecially addicted to it. They are perpetually planning, and they are always quite sure that, however much they have been mistaken on other occasions, this time they have figured out things so nicely that there can be no mistake. Their calculations are always, as they believe, infallible. Thus, if they could be credited with all the sagacity they claim, the result of the next National contest might be regarded as already decided. In fact, the contest itself is superfluous. For the Southern strategists have come to the conclusion that they are masters of the situation, and have but to decide with whom they shall share the prizes of victory. Shall the favored ones be Western or Eastern? The inquiry derives its importance from the bearing which the answer is expected to have on the platform, which the South, as a matter of course, will construct. We venture to remind these strategists that there is a more immediate necessity f6rtheexCrci.se of their skill. Any consideration of the nature of the alliance to be formed 161880 shouldhe deferred until the Democratic party be extricated from the difficulties which at this moment surround it. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof, and the evils thAt now environ the party call for tb«!*jcercise ot. all its energy and ingenuity. Beside, the party has good reasons for distrusting professional strategists. To them it owes much of its embarrassment. They hod everything prettily arranged on paper. Republican opposition was to be a bagatelle, and the Republican President was to surrender on demand. The Archimedean idea was paraphrased, and, with the appropriations to supply the leverage, the Democrats were confident that they could move the governmental world. If the first effort failed, the second must succeed. But all the efforts have failed. The more the Democrats planned, the more positively they predicted, the more desperate became their predicament. They are helplless. Even the courage of despair they have not. And, as ifin mockery, the philosophers and calculators who supply the party with its strategy- are actually absorbed in a problem that will not come up for solution until next summer. It is-not at all certain that when that period arrives enough of the Democratic party will remain to take an interest in the question of alliances. Unloss it discard strategy and substitute common sense, nothing can save it. The habit of the Democratic party, nowadays, is to attribute to public opinion characteristics not found outside its own ranks. It cannot distinguish between the accidents that have contributed to its successes and the forces that must finally determine the conflict. Undoubtedly, its gains have been substantial; they are represented by its majorties in Congress. Its advances, however, were made possible by its self-restraint. Speaking generally, moderation controlled its councils and overcame many of the obstacles it encountered. There was a w ide-spread inclination to credit it with a neWly-ac-quired capacity for usefulness. Had toe party maintained this reserve, and held in check its extremists, its chances in the National campaign would have been favorable. But the party leaders lost their balance. The products, of moderation they attributed to an outburst of popular feeling in the party’s favor. They imagined that tbe party was borne by an irresistible current of public opinion toward complete possession of the Government; and they jumped to the conclusion that reserve ivas no ionger necessary. Hence the extraordinary series of follies and blunders which have brought disaster on the party and rendered its overthrow certain. The strategists paraded plans for the speewfl session, and the eitrepjlalifluJialkJtLlieelf.rv It beetwaw evident that the Democraiey had been playing the hypocrite, andshafe, hav-

imr as it supposed regained power, it no longer recognized the necessity for hiding its old nature. Still It relied on popular feeling to sustain It against the President and to compel compliance with its demands. Leader after lpader boasted that the country wap on the side of theparlv, and would enable it to overcome aft resistance. If these boasts had any meaning, they pointed to a popnlar uprising in support of the Democracy ana its {dans. How woefully those who ooked for anything of the kind were disappointed, we need not stop to state. The party in Congress has not been able to stir its adherents out of doors. Nay, the party throughout the country has grumbled at the party in Congress for having upset many calculations. Its strategy has been condemned. Its extreme propositions have been snubbed. Upon-the country at large the effect hap been yet worse for the It is seen in the derision with which the party’s embarrassments at Washington are watched, and the entire loss of respect for its governing capacity. While the managers are trying to persuade themselves that they have created an issue for use at the polls, the great body of the people are congratulating themselves on the discovery of tho unchanged nature of the party before it acquired power sufficient for the attainment of its objects. The knowledge thus acquired will more than neutralize the Democratic strategy, however piausißly~it~hfl The party may go on with its vain endeavors to fix attention on imaginary evils, and on fine-drawn theories in regard to the relative authority of forces at work within the Gtfkernmont. Tho North and West are too practical to waste much thought on these subjects. Both have decided opinions respecting tKhkreal meaning of National authority and the duty of upholding it when in jeopardy. But they care vastly more for the practical operations of the Government, and for the satisfactory settlement of questions which Democratic dishonesty has reinvested with importance, than for nice points of strategy or for party management which in a few short monthshave exchanged tho probabilities of victory for humiliation and defeat. —New York Times. ~ .

The Personal Debate Between Senators Conkling and Lamar.

The Washington Associated Press dispatch of the l'Jth furnishes the following account of the wordy encounter, in the United States Senate on the night of the 18th, between Messrs. Conkling and Lamar: Mr. Conkling then denounced tho Army bill. After the time had come when the majority dare not adjourn the session and leavo the Government to languish and starve, now when the whole battle has been fought, it is proposed by trick, artifice and juggle of words to do what had failed as an open measure. The words “as a police force” were a mere cheat. The operative word? were “ to keep the peace at the polls.” He was glad to accept the responsibility for any proceeding, call it obstruction or anything else, to prevent the passage of such a bill without debate to show its real nature. Mr. Conkling having charged the other side with bad faith in not allowing the time taken by the Mississippi River Commission bill this morning* to be allowed in the debate on the Army bill, Mr. Lamar rose at the conclusion of Mr. Conkling’s remarks, and said that as far as any intimation of bad faith to him was concerned, he had lived in vain if he was not superior to such a charge from such a source. “It is not my purpose,” he said, “to indulge in personalities, but I will say to the Senator that if ho intended to intimate that anything I have doqe was not in good faith, I pronounce his statement a falsehood, which 1 repel With all the unmitigated contempt that I feel for the author of it.” Mr. Conkling, who had been walking slowly back and forth behind tho benches, advanced to his seat and said: “Mr. President: I was diverted during the commencement of the remarks, the culmination of which I heard from the member from Mississippi. If I understand the member right, he intended to impute, and did in plain and unparliamentary language impute, to me an intentional misstatement. [Pausing.] The Senator does not disclaim that?” Lamar—“l will state what I intended, sir, so there can be no mistake.” The presiding officer (Cockrell) called Mr. Lamar to order, and Mr. Conkling proceeded: “ Whether lam willing to respond to the member from Mississippi depends entirely upon what that member has to say, and what he did say, and for the time being.! do not choose to hold any communication with him. I understood the Senator to state, in plain, unparliamentary language, that the statement of mine to which he refers was a falsehood. If I caught his words aright, I have only to say—(this not being the place to measure with any man the capacity to violate decency, to violate the rules of the Senate, or to commit any of the improprieties of life) —I have only to say that if the Senator, the member from Mississippi, did impute, or intended to impute, to me a falsehood, nothing ex- , cept the fact that this is the Senate would prevent my denouncing him as a blackguard and a coward. [Applause and hisses.] Let mo be more specific, Mr. President. Should tho member from Mississippi, except in the presence of the Senate, charge me,l>y intimation or otherwise, with falsehood, I Would denounce him as a blackguard, as a coward, and as a liar. The rules and proprieties of the Senate are the only restraint upon me. I do not think I need say anything slso, Mr. President.” [Applause and fusses.] The Chair demanded qule,t in the galleries. Mr. Lamar—“ I have only to say that the Senator from New York understood me correctly. 1 did mean to say just precisely the words and all that they importeo. I beg pardon of the Senate for unparliamentary language. It was very harsh, it was severe, it was such as no man would deserve and no brave man would wear.” [Renewed demonstrations 6f approval and disapproval.] The Chair—The galleries will be cleared upon a repetition of applause.” Mr. Conkling—“ What is the question before the Senate?” The discussion of power to send for absent Senators was resumed. . k .. x■■ The Jersey City Journal believes that there are probably not over a dozen or so of perfectly able-mined adults in the world who have never told a lie, and most of them have told a good maqy. It, therefore, wonders that the average m'an hates so to be called, a The heart beats 100,000 times in twenty-four hours.