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fOL.'6.—NO. 192

'ORTY-FOUETH CONGRESS,

UJjjfe Lands and Subsidies in the Senate.

HE HOUSE STUMBLES OYER THE WEST POINT APPROPRIATION BILL.

To Friends of the Institution Defend it to the Last.

Kc:Inrf!on of Posing^ «:s Tiiiril t'l.'iss Matter.

SENATE

•STEHDAY AFTERNOON SESSSWN. Washington, Jan. 2-3. Mr West submitted a resolution reflating the Secretary of tbe Treasury submit to the Senate, copies of any opositions made by the Pacific Railid Company for creation of a sinkfund for redemption of Governjnt mortgages, together with stato3nt of action of Government thereon, the reasons therefor. Agreed

Mr. Cimoron of Pennsylvania, from inmittee on Foreign Affairs, called the House joint resolution authorug G. Harris Heap, United States I unsol at Tunis, to accopt the trust of Is centennial exhibition, to tho Bey [Tunis, to bo submitted, an amendhnt providing that during his abic9 from his post, he shall -ecive no tiipeusation from United States, iioh was agreed to, and bill passed amended.

The morning having expired, the air laid before the Senate the unlinled business, being a bill to confirm 9-emptien and homestead entries of blic lands within the limits railroad mts in cases where such entries have en made under the regulations of land department. »Ir. Christiancy moved that the bill referred to the Judiciary Commit-

vlr. P»ogy said Congress might pass ic bill to enable those settlers to get iir lands, bat the railroad companies hi Id contest their rights, and be sucsfnl in ousting them. He believed it a law could be framed to avoid all s, and as to the bill he hoped it uld be referred to the Judiciary inmi.'tee to be perfected. Vlr, Sherman said this was realiy a iflict between the railroad grants the grants made to pre-emptor3 homestead settlers. It affected 'lions fit' people in the Western ites. He had heard cppsplaints wiug out of doubts as to the.rights settler^. Tho most marked caso he ew of was one which occurred in ,va, where a great number of settlers re deprived of their homes without hatiow of justice. He was in favor giving to settlers a patent of the lited States, whore their claims were pursuance of the pre-emption and mestead lavr. Congross never inided that railroad companies should ve a title to any land rightfully held settlors. He thought this bill was assertion of the power of Congress,

Congress had the power to protect a lights of those claimants who acired their claims under authority of 9 law. It would be delaying simple of justice to refer tbis bill to tho diciary Committee. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, said that 3 last Congress had compelled to ss a law, giving preemptors twice 3 amount of land formerly held by em. where they had been ousted by lilroad Companies. He referred to decision of the Land office and Inrior Department, and said he would :e to know what the Commissioner the General Laud office had to say his decision, which involved Coness in this wild difficulty there must .ve been neglect of duty on the part Ttlie Commissioner of Public Lands I cause this difficulty be (Morrill) dered to hare the bill so made that no limauts should como to Congress, to ake good losses sustained by them ven to settlers.

Frelinghuysen said that tbis question Fccted all public lands of the counand brought bofore Congress all ^nts made by the United States. All is prejudices wero favorable to set-

s- but he did not think tbis bill perct 'he hoped it would be made a peal'order for some day next week, so iat the Senators might have an opjrtunity to look into it, this bill ,iTht have an effect upon a very imariant suit now pending, and certain-

Congress did not want to interfere ith the question now pending before

3Mr.

Boutwell spoko in favor of rerring the matter to the Judiciary ommittee, and believed that that comlitteo could report a biil by which the

tttornev-General

e'Mr.eHowo

could be authorized

proceed against the railroad couipaies and have declared all patents inalid issued to them -without the auhority of law.

After further discussion by Messrs. larvev, Sargent, McMillan, Iugals. iorton, Wright, Bagy and Hitchkock, bo motion of Christiancy to refer the ill to tho Judiciary Committee, was

submitted an amendmont

providing that nothing in the act shall construed to effect the title which ^he State of Wisconsin or its assigns nav have to the lands granted to that itate to aid in the construction of rail•oads in the State by an act cf June 3, 836, and acta amendatory thereof.

Pending discussion,Mr. Howe moved ,hat the Senate proceed to the considnation of executive business.

The Ueuso bill relating to the centen aial celebration of American independ mce was referred4o the Committee on Appropriations.

Tho Senate then went into executive session and soon after adjourned, MORNING SESSION.

the

Washington, Jan. 27-

Windham presented a petition to the citizens of Minnisota asking an appropriation for the improvement of Red river of thenorth referred. He also presented a statement showing

busine33 done there aud ordered

^Hamilton presented a memorial of the delegations of the Ctioctaws

creek

and Cherokee Indiaus now in Washiugton asking repeal of certain acts granting lauds in the Indian territory to the railroads referred.

Bout.well presented a report prepared by the chief clerk of Tr3 vsury department aud submitted to^he Secretary in December, 1872, in reETurtl to tli© gitojious practices in accounting in the Treasury, which have grown up in usage or have been authorized by law.-

Mr. Boutwell said that when the report was prepared a bill was submitted tothe Committee on Vyays and Mean?, of the House, which was approved by that committee and passed by the House, but it failed in Senate.

That the bill was for the purpose of a corrective to all such erroneous practices. He thought the report prepared by the chief clerk of a sufficient importance to be printed for the use of th» Senate, and he therefore moved to have it printed. Agreed.

Mr. Morril presented a petition for manufactures of envelopes, stationers and printers, asking the passage of a law to discontinue the sale of stamped envelopes by the government. Referred,

Sargent submitted a preamble resolution and reciting provisions of a third section of the act of July the first 1865. In r.egard to aid, for con-' struction of the Ilailroad from the Missouri river to the Pacific Ocean to the ellect that laud granted to said road not disposed of within three yeais after the completion of the road should be disposed of for a settlement at a price therein named & etc., aud directiug a Committee on Public Lauds to inquire at what date said road was completed. If time fixed for the sale of such lands has expired what father legislation is neccessary to carry into ellect the act of 1SG2, above referred to, Agreed to.

Mr. Clayton gave notice that on Tuesday ol next week he would call up the (Senate bill to amend section 2,333 of revised statutes of the U. S. in regard to the restriction or disposal of public lauds in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida.

Mr. Morrill called up the House joint resolution to authorize the commissioners of the District of Columbia to pay interest on the bonds issued iu pursuance of the account of Cyngress of June 20.1874, out of any funds in the United States Treasury, subject to the requisition of said commissioners.

The amendments reported by the Committee on Appropriations to strike out of the House bill of clause, prohibiting any further issue of the 4 Go bonds, and nothing in the bill shall be construed as binding upon the government of the U. 8. to pay interest or principjil'Of bonds issued contrary to, or in pursuance of the law were agreed-to.

The lill -was discus3ed until the expiration.of the morning hour, when it wiis laid aside aud consideration ofthe hill"to confirm a preemption and homestead entries of public lands within limits of R. R. grants in cases where, such entries have been made under regulations of the laud department. Resumed.

HOUSE

YESTERDAY APTBBXOON SESSION.

Washington, Jan. 20.

Continuation of the discussion of the postal bill: Randall also supported the bill and expressed his gratification that those who had any connection with the legislation of last year now to be repealed, disavowed, and even the post master general had suggested a repeal cf the law which he had bean clearly found guilty of having inaugerated. It was remarkable that all the blunders which were committed in the haste of legislation at the end of the session were sure to be for the benefit of monopolies and against the interest of the people the results of the Inst session had been to inconvenience the people aud to augment the receipts of express companies a quarter of a million dollais.

Garfield asked Randall whether he held the committee on appropriations of the last house responsible fordoing a guilty or infamous thing in connection with the legislation.

Randall replied that he held conference committee aud the committee on approprietions of the last house guilty of the omission of scrutiny in the matter, aud he promised that the committee on abpropriations of the present house would not be guilty of anything of the kind.

Garfield suggested ta Randall's consideration the scriptual advice 'Let not hitn who putteth on lus harness boast a3 he who taketh them off." Randall replied that he had not boasted, but simply condemed where condemnation was called for. and lie did not propose to act in the interests of express companies, or iu any interests except those of the people.

The bill was then passed without division, The house then went into committee on the whole Hoskius iu the chair, on the military academy appropriation bill, which appropriates $241,241, aud was addressed by Hale of Maine. He reminded the chairman ofthe committee ou appropriations (Randall) that in the economical career which he proposes to run, he was not threading on new ground. The committee 011 appropriation of the house, under the chairmanship of his friend from 0'iio, (Garfield,) had been all ovpr that ground, and had the last seseion reduced the ordinary of the government by an amount over $24,000 that had betn a great work. The gen» tlemsii from Pensylvanea might con tiuue this work but could not orriuate it. He gave figures to show that the reductions for the last two years amounted" to over $31,000,000, and he remarked that thecommiittce a ^pointed by the last congress might be proud of their vork, and particularly of lioldidg the government rigidly to spending only what was appropriated, He did not wish it to be assumed that no check had been thrown over wasteful expenditures until the demscratlc par,y had been placed at the head-gates, He warned his friend from Pensylvania, [Rana dall,] not to waste his s-irue and efforts 011 fie!d3 which bad beiu already cropped, bnt there was still ground which was worth goiug over and h* wanted to help him in going over that ground, but still he wanted him (Rtndaii) to bear in mind the

Frencli prove!b, that "the tuau who goes for plucked geese comes back empty handed." Passing on to the diseu^sion of tha bill uuder consid

LaxacesuRss

eration, he strenuously opposed any reduction iu pay of professors or cadets, and said he would strike 110 blow, directly or indirectly, at that great military school, which had furnished some of the greatest om* manders of the present day. The people had not been complaining of the salaries of West Point, professors or cadets, what they had been complaining of was railroad subsidies aud the like. They wore demanding that "rings and frauds" should be broken up the Indian ring, if it had any existence, -should be broken up, aud that the whisky ring should be broken up Congress could not legislate too closely 011 those subjects. It could not sustain and uphold the administration too strongly iu its efforts to bteak up those rings. Congress might also curtail extravgances in public buildings, enormous structures which were perhaps not needed or at any rate not needed to-day. On these subjects both sides of the house could join hands :.\ud retrench and save money, but in the matter of the salaries fixed by the government, he asked if he believed that the people were complaing that their public servanas were being paid too much.

Hamilton, of New Jersey, a member of the Committee 011 Appropriations, having charge of tho bill, replied to the strictures of Hale, and asserted that the figures and fact3 showed that there was large room for retrenchment. The estimate sent for the military academy amounts to §"4-37,*300, but the Committee on Appropriations had cut them down to §243,641, and the Committee believed that that reduction could be made without imparing the utility of the establishment. To an extent it was a mere lopping olf of extravagance. He asserted that the present compensation of the superin tendentofthe ac.ademy was better than aay Government office except the President, receiving, as he did, in one way or another, by direct pay, by allowauce for forage, allowance by quarters of rations and one thing or another about $7,000 a year. He referred to the salaries of other officials and said the salaries could be reduced as proposed and still leave adequate compensation. This bill, he said, proposed that army officers stationed at West Point should have the same pay and allowance as they had iu the army. He submitted that the objections urged against the bill were not well founded, and ho reminded the House that the road towards economy was now open and that it was a discretion of the House to say how far it should be persued'

Hurlbut opposed the economic features ofthe bill, and suggested in reply to Hamilton, of New Jersey, that all the time when hie (Hamiltons), brother was a Y/pst Point cadet, re-' ceivlng'§28 a month, the members of congress only received $8 a day, and that it might be ecouornic for him (Hamilton) to remit to the treasury the surplus pay which lie now receiv« ed. [Laughter.] In his judgment this bill eiruck deliberately, wilfully and ignorantly all three of them. [Lighter.] It was the being of a great national institution whose record was clear to every man in tha house, even the gentlemen from the south on the other side of the house had attested the advantage of great training and teaching, that the institution gave Lee, Longtreet and Stouewall Jackson. So that no sec~ tional question could be made out of this national academy. The question directly, was whether this national academy should be mantained to the pure, liberal benign footing which its importance demands, and which the dignity of the nation required He has beea astonished at some of the proposition in that bill propositions which he should like to demonw strate, could be the result of nothing but a bastard and blundering economy. He ventured to say that the members of the committee on appropriation did not know how many clerks there were in the institution to be provided for* They had undertaken to strike with an awkward left hand a cowardly blow a"t the men whom the nation had sent thera to be educated, not for their benefit, but for that of the nation, to which other men, who by law were entitled to the advantages of their longvity pay. by which the gentlemen ou tha committee on appropriations did not seem to know the meaning of

He warned the gentlemen of that committee, that there was no single institution of tnis country whichthey had better be more careful in interfering with, than the West Point military tcaiemy. There had been a time when it might have been poj ular to interfere with it, but that time was past. There had been a time when it was considered popular to attack the army, and he supposed that would be the next step, but that time was, he conld tell the gentlemen, also past. Both institutions were rooted and grounded in the fasth aud belief of the American people in their efficiency and usefulness, and any attempt to cripple or diminish either, would doom to perpetual oblivion the men or party who undertook it. Coming down to the details of tne bill, he spoke of the hospital at West Point as an aid, dilapidated rookery, entirely uufit for its pnrpese aud he intimated that the

Committee on appropriations

had thrown out an estimate the

„onlt„] ffor

fM1

erection of anew hospital or tor fui-

nisliing it. Mr. Hamilton, of New Jersey, replied that the estimate had been referred to the Committee on Public Buildings tni Grounds.

Mr. Hurlbut—That committee has uothing to do with it, and when the Committee on Appropriations struck it out it was an act ol moral cowardice, whu,h stamps with reprobation all pretences of reform. Hurlbut went ou to criticise the attempt of the Committee ou Appropriations to dock West Point professors ot their longevity allowance. If he understood the chief principle of civil reform, it was, that a man once acquired a position aud thatm&Q having filled it honerably, was entitled to remain there undisturbed and uuharrassed, and to have-his nmk^ or pay iucreased according to the time of his service. That was the principle which had been prevailed in the army ai regards -officers. One

TERRE HAUTE. IND.: THTJRSDAT 'j-EYEN ING. JANUARY 27, 187C,

of the West Point professors had been there forty-seven years—the professor of mathematics—a man admitted 011 all hands to be the very highest scientific authority, and to have the mo3t singular faculty of communicating the knowledge. That gentleman by his long continued service and by his dilligence in well doing, was entitled to $4,f00 a year, which the committee on appropriations now proposed to cut down, That committee, which had the whole interest of the United Spates committed to its charge, could not possibly be expected to know the direct things that it was acting upon. (Laughter.) Ho (Hurlbut) looked upon the law fixing the pay and emoluments of army officers as among the contracts of a nation. When a man was induced to 'leave atcive service iu the army iu which he was sure of promotion, and settle down for life in the greater but more quiet task of educating the youllij the nation, had pledged its faith to him and it was bad faith, unsound economy, equally unsound policy to attempt to violate that contract. He was glad that the proposition to do so came from where it had come. God forbid that any man who had borne arms should disgrace himself by upsetting the calculations of a life time and destroying the honorable dream which these gentlemen had aright to indulge in, relying 011 the promise of the government. He spoke of this thing now because coming events cast their shawdos before. This little ill considered, ignorant attack 011 West Point, was only tne mere skirmisher of the main point to be directed against that, great institution, of which We&j Point was tha nursery and of which the nation was proud. Tha people did not want to see the honor of the nation and the school of soldiers and the dignity of the professor struck at as they were in the bill. Without action on the bill the committe rose and the house adjourned.

JIOIINIG SES8I0I*. Washington, Jan. 27.

A. question of privileges was raised by Dunni'll in loference to some remarks made by White, of Kentucky, some days ago which were regarded as offensive to Adams, clerk ofthe House and which White had at the time agreed to expunge from tbe report ol his speech in the Congrassional record. Dunnell however complained that a portion of the offensive matter had found its way into the Report and_ he that the menab3r from Kentucky might be allowed to make a statement to the House in vindication ofthe clerk.

The House haTiiig given it3 assent, Mr. Knott quoted tlie offensive remarks which had reference first to the vote o§ Mr. Adams when a member of .Gangress, on what Mr, .White desiana'thd Salary of Mr~. txrab.~'\Secondly, re-' fleeting upon Mr. Adams- career as a union soldier. Nr KnoH defended Mr. Adams record in both these connections, arid said there never could be any more truthful importation on his patriotism or loyalty. After a discussion participated in by' Mr. Hale, of Maine, Mr. Blackburn, and Dannell, .Mr. Hoar, of Masa., ,0hjacted t/jul'urthor alteration of the record arid there, the matter ended..

Mr. Cannon, from tha Commitbee on Postoffices and Post roads, reported a bill to amend seciions 3S93 and 3894, providing penalties for sending obscene matter through the mails.

The bill having been read, Mr. Conger criticized it as being too general «md sweeping in this, that it would apply to nawspapers in which an offensive advertisement might be inserted.

Mr. Cannon defended the bill, olaimthat it was a mere modification ol existing laws, and did not apply to advertisements in newspapers unles3 they were read or published in pursuance with a scheme to disseminate this offensive kind of literature.

Mr, Conger, in view of Mr. Cannon's explanation, withdrew his objection. Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts, criticised one of tho descriptions of printing matter used in the bill for, things adopted for any indecent or immoral purpose, as being to lewd, and recalled thh time when the anti-slavery newspapers wore thrown out of tho mails as immoral publiaations.

Mr, Cannon defended the bill from Mr. Hoar's criticism, and claimed that the whole scope of the bill was devised for the purpose of preventing the circulation of obscene matter throughout the mails.

Mr. Garfield reprefents that the House ought to be very careful in this class of legislation, and recalled as cvidenoeofsts dangerous character the fact that only a few years ago the publishers of New York paper was sent to the penitentiary for throe pears for publishing contribution from George Praners Oham, wholly illegal in its character deriding the ordinary received notions ol the trinity, but jn which net an obscene or scurrilovs word was used. The Judge however, charged the iury that papers was biasphemous in the highest degree,and the jury found the publisher guilty. If language of law was liabl9 to the construction of that sort so that really Congress would enter the domain of theological opinion and bring down upon men the odium theologium,which was worse than political odium. The House ought to be exceedingly cireful in its legislation concerning that snb

Mr. Chittenden moved a recommittal of the bill and expressed hi3 desire go before the conimittee that he might show by recent transitions in Brooklyn tbe impropriety of such'law. He pledged himself to show special case of oppression against an honorable and innocent man that required an

Die ana innocent umu

amendinent t0

Mr.

law but in a very differ-

ent way from that proposed Mr. Bland suggested that such a law would exclude lrom the mails newspapers containing reports of tho Boccher trial.

Mr Cannon avowed himselt^in favor of excluding from the mails whatever newspaper or book circulated the reports of trials of obscene character or of a character calculated to corrupt the morals of the country.

Hoar, of Mass. said in his judgment-, this bill very clearly exposed the press of tho county to danger^ a hundred fold greater than are contained in Mr. Pollards bill which so )ustly excited the Press of the county recently, Whenever the jury in

aIJylocality

should find that a paper contained matter which might be veloped to a purpose which the jliry deemed not only indecent but universal, that the jury might convert the man who sent it, or the man wbo received it through the mails and the Postmaster might exclude the paper froni the mrvils bell was to bo recommitted, ho

desired to bring out thh point in bsaring ofthe House, so tbat the new law might nonlet great danger to which press and the people were exposed. Bel! was recommitted.

iTcmT

CONTINUATION OF III8 CASE.

Ex iniination cf3I?gnio And Engelke,

St. Louis, Jan. 27.—Upon tho opening ofthe McKee trial tlrs morning, Mil, VOOKHEES, FOR M'JVEE, announced thrt no argument would be offered until the case was all closed.

CONDUCE G. MEG RUE

was recalled, and testified tkat McKee never paid him any money for any purpose whatever. This was intended to nullify Fitztoy's testimony that McKee told him ho had paid Megrue §2,500 last summer to keep him quiet.

HARNETT H. ENGKL1CE,

a rectifier was preseeted and iu the direct contradiction to tbe ex-Deputy Collector that he and Concannon burned stub books and notices in tbe office of the Colleclor of internal revenues upon a Sunday when nobody was there but the negro porter, Louis Boble the collector for the Globe-Dem-ocrat, RlcKecs paper, was introduced and flatly denied Engelks statement that the latter visited the Globe office in 1873 and had an interview with McKee in which ho explained the threats of the Hardaway Brothers to expose the ring and McKoe promised to see Joyce and arrange m.itters so there would be no trouble. Bohle swore he met Engelk at the door, took him iu introduced him to McKee and then stood by heard all of tho conversation. He testified tkat Engelk asked Mr. McKee to go to Collector Maguire and help him r€cover some liquors which had been seized in Colorada. Bohle said tho interview lasted only two or three minutes and that this was all there was of it. ARRIVAL OF THE FIiACI SHIT T'l XSACOT.A.

San Francisco, January 27.—The Flag Ship Pensecola, rear Adm ral Almy, arrived yesterday after art-jise ef nearly a year among the Hawaiian Islands aud on tho Mexican coast.

AHEBIOAN F0HEVEB.

Acknowledgment at Sheffield of tho Exccllency of American Manufactures.

Our Tradu Lost to Them.

Sheffield, Jan. 27,-^At an annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of Sheffield yesterday, the President referred to the startling decline of American trade, and said neither Sheffield nor Birmingham would ever have euc'i American trade as they had formerlj'. American and German manufactuers were pushing our goods into corner, and by introducing machinery for the production of articles of equal quality to those made by hand here had become successful competitors.

A iiatcli ol Failures.

Liverpool, Jan. £7.—Two or three comparatively unimportant failures have followed that of Radford & Son, grain merchants. Uneasiness continues.

JORDAN CLARK & Go's FAILURE Boston, Jan. 27. Creditors of Jordan Clark and Co'a clothing house are recently compelled to suspend the account of fasiflcation and defalcation by Sanford their bookeeper met to-kay. Liabilities amount to $390,132 and assets $310,000.

The books have been kept in such a manner that it is impossible to ar-* rive at vetuol facts. Winslows foreigners aee now figured as high as $600,000. It is believed he ha* very little monev with him in his flight.

Markets To-Day,

Chicago: Wheat, 98|c for Feb. 98f for March. Corn, 42]-c for Jan. 46fc for May. Pork, 19.22£ for Feb. 19.47J for March. Lard, 12.00 cash 12.02| for Feb. 12.20 for March. Cincinnati: Grain in action, nominally unchanged. Whisky, active, 1.0G. Pork, unchanged. Lard,12.10. Bulk meats, unchanged. Hogs, de* mand light, 7.15.

New York: Wheat, quiet and steady, receipts, 85,000 1.25 for No. 2 Chicago. Corn, scarcely so firm, 57 to 63 for mixed western. Pork, 20.05 to 20.85 for new mess. Lard, heavy, 12fc for steam. Whisky, 1.10J. Gold,

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How to Wal!z.

Mr. Allen Dodsworth contributes the following to The Home Journal: The gentleman approaches the lady by offering his left hand—one au fait will at the 3ame time make an inclination or half bow. The lady places her right hand in that of the gentleman, who then extends his right arm in a direct line to the side, the forearm beut so as to form an acute angle.

In this angle the lady will place herself, with the center line of the person opposite the line of the gentleman's right side, both persons on parallel lines, not forming an angle, In this position each will be looking over the other's right shoulder, and by the lady turning her head slightly to the left, the effect of the group will be greatly improved, and prevent all possibility of taking each other's broath, which is rarely pleasant, and in the cage of a young man directly from the use of a meerschaum, is "positively horrid," as many of tho ladies have remarked. The ladv places her left hand, hooked, upon the gentleman's right shoulder, the fingers appearing in front.

The right hand of the gentleman should rest very gently on the lady's back, as near the waist as possible, so as not to remove the upward pressure of the elbow directly under the lady's shoulder, cs this is tho lady's support, and muss be heli with sure bnt gentle firmness. Tile hand on the back should rest very lightly, and on every possible occasion, slightly raised, so that the air can pass between, as in some laces the close contact induces perspiration, aud may leave its mark upon the lady's dress.

Both persons shonld be suitably bent

forward, from tho hips upward, so that the shoulders should be only three of four inches apart, but the distance increasing downward this leaves both parties free in their limbs, so that any contact of person or knees may be avoided, and should be so avoided as a most serious mistake.

The pent lemau's left hand, holding the lady's right, should bo extended downward iu a line with tho body, the hands throe or fonr inches distant from the person, tho arms lorming a gontle curve from tho shoulders downward. No weight should bo placed upon this arm, all the guiding and changes must goverened by tho elbow under the lady's arm.

It will be found that the group will be perfectly modest in appearance,

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more contact occurring '.ban in a lady taking a gentleman's arm for walking. In conclusion, let it be remembered that baauty of thought and action may be as conspicuous in waltzing as in any other situation in life: that the gross waltz grossly, the vicious viciously, the refined and innocent, incently, and in a refined manner.

GEN, LEE AFI'EA GETiYSBURU.

A Letter 1o Jttt'arsoii CliViiiig to Resign. a\Is Fiora "A Piece ei'Scciet Histciy'uu £crlbner's Monthly

Camp Orange, 8 Aug., 1SG3—Mr. President: Your letters of 28 July

and

2 August have been ree'd, and I have waited for a leisure hour to reply but I i'ear that will never come. I am extremely obliged to you for the attention given to the wants of this army and the efferts made to supply them. Our absentees are returning, and I hope tbe earnest and beautiful appeal made to the country in your proclamation may stir up the whole people, and that they may see their duty and perform it. "Nothing is wanted but that their ortitude should equal their bravery, to insure the success of our cause. We must expect reverses, even defeats. Thev are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies and to prevent our falling into greater disasters, Our poople have only to bo true and united, to bear manfully the tho misfortunes incident to war, and all will come right in the end.

I know how pione wo are to censure and how ready we are to blame others for tho nonfulfillment of our expectations. This is unbecoming in generous people, and I grieve to S6e its expression. The general remedy for the want of success in a military commander is his removal. This is natural, and in hiany instances proper. For, no matter what may bo tho ability of tbe officer, if he loses the confidence of his troops, disaster must sooner or later ensue.

I have been promptod by these reflections more than ®nce since my return from Pennsylvania, to propose to your Excellency the propriety of selecting another commander for this army. My brother ollicers have beeu toO kind to report it, and so rar the troops havo been too generous to exhibit it. It is fair, however, to suppose that it does exist, and success is so necessary to us that nothing should be risked to secure it. I therefore, in al sincerity," request your Excellency to take measures to supply my place. I do.this with the more earnestness becanse no one is more aware than myself of my inability for the duties of iky position. I cannot even accomplish what I myself desire. How can I fullfill the expectations of others In addition,' I sensibly feel the growing failure of my bodily strength. I have not yet recovered from tho attack I experienced the past spring. I am becoming more and more incapable of exertion, and am thus prevented from making the personal examinations and giving the personal supervision to tbe operations in the field which I fesl to be necessary. I am so dull that in making use of the eyes of others I am frequently misled. Everything therefore points to the advantages to be derived from a new commander, and I the more anxiously urge the matter upon your Excellency. from my belief that a younger and abler a man than myself can readily be obtained. I know that he will have as brave and as gallant an army as ever existed to second his efforts,and it would be the happiest day in my life to see at its head a worthy leader one that would accomplish more than I could perform,and all that I have wished. I hope your Excellency will attribute my request to the true reason^ the desire to servo my country, and to do all in my power to insure the success of her righteous cause.

I have no complaints to make of any one but myself. I havo ceived nothing but kindnes from those above uie, and the most considerate attention from my comrades and companions in arms. To your Excellency I am especially indebted for uniform kindness and consideration. You have done everything in your power te aid me in the work committed to my charge, without omitting to promote the general welfare. 1 pray that you may long live to enjoy the thanks of grateful people.

With sentiments of great esteem I am very respectfully and truly yours, R. E. Lee, General. His Excellency Jefferson Davis, President Confederate States.

Women Win Never Wash. letter to the London Staudard Those of your readers who have traveled to Spain have certainly remarked the dirty stripes on the necks ofthe lovely senoras no devout Spanish woman dares to bathe without the permission of her confessor, this aversion to cleanliness has come forward from the time of theSanchorites,abinu8,Pachomiuus, Beraoion, and other saints of the desert aud, indeed, whole sects of that epoch condemned all ablutions as heatenisb, and were landed becanse they wore their clothes so long that they rotted to pieces and fell off them, or becaustheir skins decame as pumi9e-stone" from the cru?t of dirt on it. The superstition that cleansing the pody soils the soul exists to-day among the women of those Christian nations who have long carried on conflicts with the Mohammedans, on whom the Koran enjoins frequent abultion. A female Bulgarian is per mi ted to wash only once in her life,—.on the day before her wed-ding,-and in most South Sclavouiar. families the girls are rarely allowed to bathe the women never. I recall with a shudder the interior cf the Montenegrin huts. When a woman offered me wine she always dipped her fibgers in it,—the same finger which had just bten on a chase ou her children's heads, or which had beeu gently scratch'ng the pig, tbe pet of thefam ilyrWhich is address by ensealing names. *"4

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Bf. SJotvo'sSucc?ssfiil Efforts to Educate llcr. From tbe Boston Traveller. 111 a village in the mountains of New Hampshire, the late Dr. Samuel G. Howe found the subject of this sketch, then six years old, blind, deaf, dumb aud nearly destitute of the sense of ta^te, scarlet fever having deprived her of these gifts. She was thus excluded from all the beauties of God in nature, and seemed little better than a piece of marble chiseled in human form, and that form containing a flickering spark of an immortal soul. Her father was a well-to-do farmer, and her mother was a woman cf much intelligence, who gladly consented to place her little daughter in care of Dr. Howe. Accordingly she was brought to Boston, and a process of instruction immediately commenced. She was first taught to use her hands and to acquireacommand of her muscles and limbs, and afterward, by means of a pen and pin, to distinguish two articles by arbitrary signs. Then from monosyllables she learned all the let" ters of the alphabet, and how to ar« range them to represent objects, she soon acqired a knowledge of numer* a!s, punctuation, etc.. and then she gained the power of expressing thought, the names of things, etc. The next process taught her was to recognize the same signs in embossed types. She worked with great eagerr ness, thus rewarding the watchful care of her devoted teacher.

Mis3 Bridgman is now in her fortysixth year, and between her home and the Perkins Institute she has passed her time thus far. She is tall, slight,graceful in form and motion, werra green bands across her eyes is very demonstrative, and her face at times with emotion. She dresses with care, more to please her friends than herself, and takes great pride in showing her gold watch and other female ornamentations. See is quite expert injcrocheting and plain nedle work, and takes much delight in assisting one of the teachors in the sews ing department: A few days ago she was at work with perhaps a dozen of the pupils turniug the hems of napkins and threading needles with fingers and teeth* She exhibited some of her hemming with as much pride as a soldier bearing his trophy from the battle-field. A lady,|on the occasion referred to, made a purchase from her of a crocchetmat, aud with clear articulation, Miss Bridgeman repeated the word "money" twice. She can utter in» telligibly the name of a teacher, and such words as baby, etc. She forms words with a lead pencil, by the aid of a French writing board. This latter »rMp.le has grooved lines about an eight of ah inch deep, an Inch or so apart, running transversely across the pasteboard. She takes her paper and presses it Into the grooves, thus making depressions which can be felt by the pencil point and when slightly pressed leaves a letter mark. In furnishing her autograph she writes above her name a Scripture text. On her being asked if she realized the meaning of the quotation, 'The Lord is my Shepherd,' she replied, 'fully.' On learning that her questioner had been a Sabbatd School teacher for eighteen years, she clasped her hands with delight and made an attempt in a rapturous manner, to speak, giving forth a lurid-like sound. Miss Bridgeman, after the death of her father, was selfishly deprived of the little property he left for herself and her mother, and she continues to earn a little money by the use of her needle. She, however, possesses the interest of a bequest of $2,000 from the Loring fund. Yesterday this lady was feeling acutely the death of the noble man who brought out her imprisoned spirit from chaos. She is a living monument of his devotion, patience, hope, waiting, watching, and giving of eyes to the blind and langnage to the dumb lips. The Emperor of Prussia sent Dr. Howe a gold medal for his marvelous achievement in educating Lauia Bridgeman. The attention of the European world was first drawn to Miss Bridgeman's most extraordinary case through Charles Dickens' 'liotes,' in which a very full account was given, and a deserved eulogium passed upon Dr. Howe."

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Business Directory.

Tii Names and Location of the Leading Business Houses of Tcrre Haute.

my parties visiting Terre Haute will do well to ent tbis oHt aad carry It with them for refereaoe. We editoriHlly euarante that this list ts composed only of the mos responsible, reliable and flnt-clau house

ARCHITECTS.

JSeitf amid Rogers, 7 Beach's Block.

CROOKBRY.

Tbeo. Stall], 325 Main. CHINA, GLASS AND QUKZNSWARB. H. H. Ktrtaardson, Main, bet. 3d and 4t

DRUGGISTS.

Bnntln A ArnntroiK, Main and

WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. ... ...

till lick & Merry, Corner 4 th and Main.

FURNITURE DEALERS.

F. Ctoetz, 189 Main, bet. 6th and 7tii. OKOOERS—RET All.' Phillip Scliraerter, SE cor3d A Maib'y J. f. Koedel. N E cor First and Ohio.

HAIR GOODS.

E. B. M*SBmore A Co.. 507 Oiiostreet. INSURANCE AGENTS Wharton, Riddle Co., Main and th

HEAT HARKKTS.

J. F. Bnpp, 175 Main. I*. Noeburger, 4th street market. MILLINERY. M. A. Raridon, 182 Mala street.

OPTICIANS.

Cnl* Thomas, South Fourth, near Ohio. PRODUCE AND COMMISSION. A. P. A Bro., cor. dth aud Ohio. SADDLES HARNESS TRUNKS AND VALISES .: phillp It "del, S side of Main near 9th.

TfclVORCES legally obtained for incom JL7 patibllity, etc. residenoe unnecessary fee after decree. Address P. O. Box i#» Ohicago, 111.

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