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JAMES HEED SON, Prop'rf. ASUTAl;UXA : I OHIO. NEWS OF THE WEEK. NEWS OF THE WEEK. CONGRESSIONAL. Sesatb, April 6 A bill was Intro dnced ni wf ','rred. to trpal th itatnto pro hibiting tnrmn uaA planters from ellintrleaf tohai-eo riirtly at retail to wniinmori without rcil tax, A hill to ftnthnriaa a rttirM lint of nnn-ooiptniMionM ollicera of thirty j-fAtV nrrviro wkr oppeurd by Hnuhihiiry, a rwinnina more attention thnn could be civpn it in thn morn ins hour. Mr. Msify mtU Torn ted thn bill M a rnennnrn of Justice to d erintt o'l'w'n. IVnrtin deliatfl ttio raurnins bonr expired And the bill went oror, Jon aileral.en waa rwntmeti of tlie bill rati fying tho TJt atrrement. At tbe clows of the debate the Senate held an exeeuiife option, and when the doom rcoponni ad-jotirned....HnrifcV-Mr. Weaver ohtainml this rroosiiition of the Rker and moved to mia iwnd the rule and admit a resolution declar ing that all mirrnry, wbfther metallic or pnpr rcrfwKary for the uae ami convenience ol the people, iihall be tanned, and it ol nme control Ind by the Government and not Hv bank rnriMiration tf the coun try; that the portion of the intercut bearing drbt of the Tinted Htate, which nhall bp re dfcmhp in imi or prior thereto, nhuuld not be refunded bevund the power of the Government to call in anrh oMiuatiniin and pay them at any time, hut anon Id be pftid aa rapidly an ponnihla And atvtMilinu to contract. After a short dfhata vote was taken and the resolution do Coated yeaa, M; buyi.IW. Adjourned. Senatb, April 6. On motion of Mr. Pendleton the Senate Iniiated on ita amend menta to theOnnoa bill, and a Oonferenoe Com mittee waa appointed. The Joint rnaolntien to allow employes of Government printing otTicei boiidaya with pay. waa panaoil. The bill toauthor. frt a retired lint of non-cmnmimioned oflinera o thirty years' aervirewaadiiicnMed nnti! theexui ration of the morning hour, when tbe bill ratify ins the Ut awemii.'iit wa takan. up. Pending duciinnion the Hen ate went into exeontive eea aion and when the doom reoiw.ned adjourned , HoChb. A number of hilla were rnported from oommitt''- and referred. The Honte then Went into Committee ol the Whole ou the Army Appropriation bill, but without final antion the oununittee ruae and tbe liotiae adjourned. Senate, April 7. Tho Vice-President ent a note aaying he would be abaent several days. Mr. Thnrman was chosen to preside. The Coniiilar and Diplomatic bill waa re ported back and placed on the calen dar. The resolution offered by Mr. bannrlcra, instructing the Committee ion Indian Altai to inquire into the propriety and expe diency of removing the Hatitee Indiana from Nebraska to the Punca reaervation, waa adopted, Mr. Davis subsequently moved to reconsider the vote, ana opimed any movement topive the 1'oncaa' reservation to any other trile. Pending the debate the morning hour expired, and the. matter went over. Con sideration wo resumed of thn bill ratifying the Utc agreement Pending debate on an amend tnent offered by Mr. Kirkwood providing that no money shall be paid the tribe urn il the guil ty Indians are surrendered or apufehended, the Henato adjourned IIotjhB. The following bill were reported and placed on the calendar: To provide for the survey and dinpoal"f min ora! lands of the United Htatea; to alter and mcnd the Hinkinp Fund a't apnroved May 7th, 1H7H; it or 'Bnir.n and discipline thn mi litia of the Unitral Htattrn; to inoreofie the penxioTiH f rertain aoldiera and sailors. who are utterly he Iplcsa on areount ot dint'Se con tracted in the service. Thn l(oue tltn went Into Committee of the Whole on the Army An proprintion lull, but without linal action the committee roae and the lb tune adjourned. Senate, April 8. The Ute bill wm taken np and ditcuifted until time for adjnuni ment....)iounK. A largo number of billa wera report od adversely from the (Committee on War Oh i in and laid oiwm the table. rl he llimne thon went iuio Committee of the Whole upon the Armv Annroiiniition hill, the rt'nlinu ouestion be i upin (lie rnrint ot order raixfd avamst the amendment proiubiting any of the appiopr la tum to be (Med for the aubHintenee. eiiuipmeut, transportation or compensation of any portion of the armv to he used aa a ooline fotce to kem peace at the i lls. at any election held within siiv titate. The Chair after aoma dmcuaaion. ruld that the amendment waa in order. Mr, Conger appualed from tha decision, but the Conimitli-o austaiiHHi the decision veaa 1(0. nays U3. The Ht publicana then demanded that general drbate should he bad upon the bill. A notion to that effect waa made, but the House . arfjouinoa wttuout oomtng to a vole. Sknate, April On motion of Mr. Bayard the reeolntiom offered by him In Feb rnary last, providing for tbe appointment of ft Joint committee of two members of the Finance omminee or r.ne uenate and Ways and 51 'tana Committee of the House to take into eons i dera tion the alleged liMsea of revenue arisinu from the evasion of the stamp tax on uitturs and cither articles subject to exnise duty, and what remedy can oe pruviuea uy law. and witn power to recommend suou uioaaurea aa thv mav drem proper, by bill or otherwino, were pasnvu. Tbe rtoune resolution for printing three hundred inouaana eopieit or the report of tlie (Jommis- eioner at Aurienlture for 1B711 pasnoil. Mr. Iv an Miihmitted a rewobition directing the Hecre try of War tefurnish the Henate with any facta that nuy be lu i posaeHsion in rf ereneo to tbe reiuut inuulution of one vi inn camera at Wvnl i'oinf. Mt'SHin, fin too and Milvmv thrmifht tlm riHuilntlrm nrxmui iirx The r Hfiiutiou vNM supiorUd by Mi:ms. Voor liitu, Iti ui f and i liir, who denounced the niao- tiei of liiiitnj Hint the many oulrnkfeH at Went I'oint. i'cridins the dfli.ite the uioriung hour svpinil and the resolution wtnt over. 'J lie fie hill was thun taken up and att-r dincuithion It was tinaniuioiHly ejm-od that general debate oil the bill should e'ne on tho Jlh. A'tjouini'd until the 1 il h. . . . lloi;-tit. Mr. lJel. Mittvr intrrtiliirud a bill eHtablinhinH a temporary lo cnui.i.iit for olunka. 1'fternd, Liidera cult of the np"ltrr for reports from (Hiiiitnittri-a b'wi;en hity and snvniy-hve bills , weic r mi ft 1 1 d v itci' I y iron tho Committee on War ClaiiiiM and la.d ou the table. Adjourned until tUe ilh. Uoitmr, April 10. On motion of F. Wood the House concurred in tbe flenate reaola tion providing for the appointment of two mem ber of tho rVnate Finance Committee and the . House VN aye and Menim Committee aa a Joint eouimitteu to Uka into consideration the al letjed KiMH tf revtiue arising from thp evasion - of thj tax on cigars and oilier aiti (thta aubjort Ut excise duty and ' wimt remedy can be provided by Uw. The Houf tln'ti w nt into Committee of the Wliole on the Army Appropriation hill, and ueueral delist' wim oonnnrnced imhhi the amendment prohibiting 11m uwnl trooiMi at tho iiolla as a police toina. When the (in ntitt rose tho Ht iiato bill (livinu tweUc btouie cJtniioii to the lilair MuiiuiiiMital AHHH-intiin of Hi, lxtuia waa paaaod, and tbe lioune adjourned. WASHINGTON. Jtuliro Wrtfrlit, who waa recontly enteneed to thirty dnyit' linprtaonninnt atul ftJ.OUO tine ( for oHHnuHlnar cx-Hccvtary Delano, hoe been pardoned by tho Frcatdt'iit. 1 be umoiiiit of xmturc ita in pa, tatupud en TcbiHa and puitul cardi ImmiuhI to iHtiimitcri upon rcqulvltloiii durliiK the tlrat r.lno uionths of (he ireent flncal year avri')rute tu value $JM,'.i?U,:t.1, an liu ruae over the Itome fur the corrt!Mtondlii(r nine n ion tint of tho prevloui llMrul year of 1,0 It. Jinnee 0. Anucl, of MleblKun, waa coidlnnod a Minister to China nn thu 1Mb. Ccncral Love, of Indiana, lias been apoltit t a mi'iuber of tbe linard of Ma nature of tl)0 Soldiers llumo, lu pbue of J out jfarkqr, u( New Jersey. ' Johu T. bwlft, of California, and William H. Truacott, of Koutb Carolina, have boon cotiUniicil aa tltiuimUsloticra to China, to pe IfiillaU' a treaty. The Iicinn ru1lc P.'imtorUl caurns, on tbe lOtb, coucbidi'd to iMistMine ai'tlon Un Kd liiKir'i until aftor the (h-nrva. Award bill, tbe Appropriation bit) And other Important lcffhdutlnii Mhall have I teen considered. A hill bus been reported In the House appro priating loTT.th'K) for tho completion of the WaidtlnK'tnn monument. H'mi. WUIimn A. Howard, fjovernor of Da holu, tiled tt Wuhhiuiftou City on the lllh. THE EAST. Hear AdrnJrul Thatcher, of tbcl'nltcd Htates Navy, died at Boeton on the ftth afjud ecventy four. Thu liutt of tho etriklnic plaito-iuakcni of New TUik City returned to worJt ou the 6th. A rM'ti(rer train waa partially wrecked near Pprlnirlleld, Maai., nn tbe ulbt of tbe olli, by tbe cavlnjf of an einbaukment. to one w seriously injured. Jolmaoti ('. WhltUker, a colored cadet at West, Tubit, waa found on tbe morning of tbe the, bound hiuid and foot In bli room at the barracka, wltU a piece of one ear cut otf. The other eir waa allt and bla bead bruised. He guicd that three nuuked men attacked hi in while be waa in bed, aomctlme after midnight and committed tbe outrage. Oeueral feehohVtd and Comnuudant Luxelie were luveallgnltug the affair. Keturua from the It bode Inland State election, received up to the morning of the 7th, (rive Llt tlfflcld, Hep., for Governor, 10,014; Kimball, Df m., 6,W1 ; Howard, Pmhlbftton and indo- pendent Republican, 5,0()o. The (Icncral As embly will be thrce-quartcra Republican, In suring; the election of Llttlcflcld by that body. The Connecticut Republican 8tate Conven tion was held at New Haven on tbe 7th. The Convention refused to Instruct. A renolutlon was adopted pledfrhiff the Republicans of the State to a hearty, vljrorotia and loyal mipiwrt of the nominee' of the Republican National Convention at Chfcatro. Tlie delegation is rc IKirted to stand 5 for Blaine, Edmund, 4, WoRhbnnio 3. A (floucetdcr, Mass., dispatch says the fltdi- inff sehr toner Annie C. NorworKl, of that place, Captain Hurst and crew of fourteen men, are supiORcd to have been lost In the March (rales. Chan n tn it's centennial was celebrated by nil- ncrous Unitarian churches In England and America on the 7th. (Jcnctal Behnflcld, on tho 8th, apK)lnted a Board of Inquiry to lnveRtl.ite the alleged otitrare on Whlttukcr, tho colored cadet at West Point. The cadets all deny any knowl edge of the affair. Tbe widow of Daniel 8. Dickinson, United States Senator, died at New York on the 8th. Two men were fatally and three seriously In jured by an explosion of pas in a colliery at (itrardville, Pa., on the 8th. The Irving; Hall Democrats of New York City have declined to treat with the Tammany Democrats for a settlement of existing dilll- cultics between the two parties. The Erie Canal will be open to navigation April SOtli. At Haverhill, Mass., on the 11th, Pmith H. Brown and Charles Abltott wore suffocated In burning; building, and Mrs. Emma Huberts severely Injured by Jumping from a window. Hart, the colored pedestrian, scored 55 miles In the recent O'Leary belt contest at New York City. The Mercantile Agency of K. (J. Dun A Co. report the failures of the first throe months ot the present year at M00 against 2,.'i(X) for the first three mouths of 1S71I. Tho liabilities of the first quarter of 1880 wero 912,000,000. against $48,000,000 the same period of 1879. An explosion of dynamite at Downlngton, Pa., on the 10th, killed two jtcrsoiis and severe ly Injured twelve others. WEST AND SOUTH. Three children were burned to death twelve miles north of Memphis on the night of the 4th. They had been left In the cabin by the parents who attended church. The fire origi nated ttf an explosion ol a coal oil lamp. At ft meeting of the W oman's Hufirage As sociation held at Ht. Louis on the ftth, twenty delegatus were elected to the National Con vention to lie held at ludtaimpolls ou the 20th of May. Committees were apfmlnted to visit both the Democratic, and Republican Btate Conventions in Missouri and secure, if possi ble, the Introduction of the V oman Suffrage plank in their platform. i he shoemakers of Chicago struck for An ad vance of forty per cent, on lift fith. lho Worklngmen of San Francisco have filed a protest against thccounUng of the tick ets of the Citizens' Union on the ground that they were irregular. The Han Francisco Board of Supervisors, on theOth, adopted resolutions that tho peace of tho city had been seriously imperiled by tlie alleged Incendiary speeches of Mayor Kulloch, and authorized the Judiciary Committee to In vestigate the matter and report. This Is sold to bo tho first step toward Impeaching the Mayor. Governor Tnrrozas, of Chlhunhun, Mexico, is co-operating with the United Hiates forces lu pursuing tbe Apache Indians. The entire Republican ticket Mas elected In the municipal election at Cincinnati on the 5th by majorities ranging from 200 to 8,800. At Milwaukee the Republican city ticket was elected by about 8,500 majority, the first Re publican government Milwaukee ever had, The Minnesota Republican State Convention to choose delegates to the National Conven tion will be held at fit. Paul, May 20. The immigration to Kansas Is larger at this time than it was ever knywn before ao early In the season. Tho Iowa Democratic Stato Convention, t select delegates to Cincinnati, met at Burling ton ou tho 7th. A resolution was adopted fa voring the two-thirds rule lu the National Democrat lc Convention In selecting candidates for President and Vice-President. A resolu tion Instructing the delegation to vote as fl unit at Cincinnati was laid on the table. It Is re (tor tod that the Chicago hotels are do- mandlng 7.50 per duy for rooms during tho Republican National Convention, and thli state of things Is caused by the hotels having been bought up by speculators, A steamship which arrived at Baltltuorn on the Hth from Bremen, brought 1,&(2 emigrants, ueurly all of whom wont W ext. As a passenger train on the Bellalre A South western Railroad was passing over a trestle- work about eighteen miles from Bellalre, on tho 8th, the trind car Jumped tho trestle, and the ear went over a dlstatteo of fifteen feet The car contained 11 ft eon or twenty passengers, nf whom five or six were Injured more or less. During the progress of a tiro at Dixon, 111., ou thu morning of Uio 8th, a terrible explosion occurred In one of the buildings, throwing down a wall and hurling several firemen who were on the building Into a mill race. Of these Kxra Becker and William 8c hum were killed, and several others were burned, bruised and terribly mu tilt tod The Oregon Democratic State Convention, held at Portland on the Hth, adopted a plut. form advocating economy In public affairs uniform taxation, the regulation by legislative acts of tlie rates of common carriers, the main tenance of the plihlla schools, free election without interference by military, condemnbig the koojdng alive of the bitterness of the late war, censuring President Hayes for vetoing tlie Chinese bill, optostng thu protective tariff and denouncing the third tenn movement. The Democratic delegates from Oregon to tlie Cincinnati Convention, though not posi tively instructed, areforTUden. A resolution Indorsing Ttlden and Hendricks was adopted by a vote of six to one, Destructive prairie fires were raging north of Sioux Kalis, Dakota, on tho Ihh. A number of farmers lost tholr buildings and crops, and several persons wera reported to have been, fa tally burneiL At Wilmington, N. C, on the 11th, wullo the rlreuvu and cittaons were endeavoring to save tlie slock lu a burning building, ft por tion of the wall fell, kitting one poraou and se verely injuring sevun others, (leneral Hatch, with a part of his command, attacked three hundred Indians in a camp lu the 8ati Andreas Mountains, recently. The light lusted lx hours, the Indiana retreating leaving their dead behind. A Captain and so veil aoVllers wro severely wounded. A targe amount of stock was captured. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. A masaacre is rejtortcd in India. Mahomed Osuian Ktiati attacked the town of Kailah and tm ti hered the Inhabitants lu cold blood. The Pall Mall (Jaztit, on Uio nth, estimated that tbe new 'British House of Commons will land aa follows: lJlterala, 817; Conservatives, an; Home Itulrrn, 0U A conspiracy has been discovered lu San Do mingo to overthrow the Government. . Tho revolution u Venezuela Is at an find. Thu London 7'imar stated on the nth that as soon as the tjueen returns to Englaud the Minuter will douhtlcae place their resigna tions in her hands and she will commission Uie leader of the Liberals to form a Cabinet. The expedition fitted out by the Geograph ical Society of Berlin has started for Central Africa to establish a permanent station uf the society on the baukg of Lake Tanganyika. The re tort of Malunoud Jan's death Is un true. He la at Maldan, detormlried to fight If uio rmusn ao not oner satisfactory terms. Blsmsrck tendered bis resignation as Chan cellor of the Empire, on the 0th, because of the vote on financial reform In the Federal Coun cil. The Emperor refused to accept the resig nation. Pnrnell was elected to Parllsment on theflth. The Coventor General of East Siberia has telegraphed to St. Petersburg that they were not Chinese troops, but irregular Tartars, who invaded Russian Territory. A Rangoon dispatch says several Chinese firms there have received Intelligence that Thcebaw, King of Bunnah, has died of small pox at Mandalay. A private letter received at London from AlepiHt, dated the 18th of March, says In con sequence of famlno 4,000 Koords descended from tho mountains, plundered the town of Mardeen, Asiatic Turkey, and murdered a numlier of priests and nuns and some Euro pean merchants. The medical students of Queen's College, Cork, have been suspended one year for get ting up an address to Parnell. The Tories charge the Liberals with fraud In the recent elections In England. Ex-Empress Eugenie, before starting for Zur.lulmid, presented her very valuable crown to the church of Notre Dame des Victories at Paris. Eighteen hundred pitmen of tho South Ilet tnn and Murton col I erics at Durham, England, struck on the 8th because the managers re fused to put out the usual average-board show ing each man's earnings, The men had re stricted their labor for two weeks so that the earnings were below the average. The Panama Star and Iferaid of March 81 stales that the Chilians are reported to have met with disaster near Moquce. The Minister of War, wishing to surprise the Peruvians, marched under cover of night to the attack. He fell Into an ambush, and of one regiment of 1,200 only slxtv-seven escaped. The Chilians lost 1,800 killed besides the wounded and prisoners. The Huascar and Mngallnnes, In the attack on Aries, lost twenty-flve men, killed and wounded. The Huascar was seri ously damaged by the Peruviau man-of-war Mauro Capac, carrying American guns. Many houses In the town were knocked down, and several women and children were killed. The rejxrt that King Thcebaw, of Burmah, had died from small-pox reccutly, has been contradicted. The wife of President Dias, of Mexico, died n the Oth. In consequence of a famine at Mosul. Turk ish Koordistan, fjtur thousand people fled to Bagdad, and hundreds died on the road. The London Timet says Lord Bcaconsfield is preparing to retire. The Russian Government continues to sup press newspapers for political purposes. The Liberal majority In tlie English Parlia ment M ill be at least eight over the Conserva tive and Home Rulers. Prince Uortschakoft was reported danger ously ill on the lllh. Great floods have recently occurred In the nelghttorhood of Irtmld, Turkey, causing great distress among the Inhabitants. A Paris paper contained an article on tho 11th, supposed to have boen written by M. Gambettu, denouncing tho Jesuits, Bonapart- Ists, Juromists and the church as Bworu foes of the Republic. A Rangoon dispatch, on the 11th, etated that seven hundred persons had been burned alive at Mandalay as a sacrifice for tho resto ration of King Thcebaw' b health. His diseano is suld to bo leprosy. The panic In Mandalay was frightful aiid hundreds were leaving tho city. The famine In Armenia Is on tbe increase. In one village one Ifundrcd and fifty people have died of starvation. OHIO LEGISLATURE. 8mntt AprQ ft. A messsga waa received from the House refusing to concur in Uio Hen ate amendments to the General Appropriation btU. Mr. Beer moved that tho Senate luslst and a Conference Committee was appointed to confer with a like committee of Uio Jlouso on the question. Bills pawned: Permit ting secret benevolent societies to invest sur plus funds; providing that escheated estates may be returned to legal hell sou proof ol their luenuiy. 1vtiM, Bills were passed: Providing forths refunding of the State debt; requiring proper Inelosuiu of school-house lolsand grounds. A Committee of Conference on the General Ap- prupnaiiuu uin a aa appouueu. Snmif April 7. A bill was passed to create the a fUce of btate Supervisor of Oils, and to ahollfh that of State Inspector of Oils. The committee's rejxtrt on the General Appropria tion mu was agreeu to. Ifotttt. Bills introduced : llrmedytnir defect In laws relating to taxation of bank stocks in accordance with tho Governor's recommenda tion; ivinedylug dcfeclB In laws relating to bank taxation so as to provide that a reni eilv may bo had for bnniedluto taxes: pro viding that county fair grounds shall not eschcut to the counties if no county fair is held, Tho Conference Committee's report on uie iicnerai Appropriation out wus aiioptcu, wit ii the exception or the appropriation to Long view AfvIuui. The bill appropriating $'JO,000 w uie uiuo university was paaoeu. Smalt, Aura 8. Tbe following bills were pssfed: To protect manufacturers, bottlers ami (lunicra in ginger aie, seltzer water, soda water, eU, from the loss of their bottles and boxes; providing for the Improvement and protection of school walks: to amend section tUM, In reference to the distribution of damages allowed by Juries to legal heirs; to Iroviue lor me leciionai valuation oi unu in stead of iter foot front ; to regulate tbe public to authorise the payment and transfer oi comity funds to aid lu the erec tion of soldiers' monuments: fixing a penalty for the selling of game killed within the time pioiuntteo by law and providing Utat game le gally aiiieu may on som inereniter The followlnff bills were nsssed; To create the oltice of State Siiervisor of Oils ; permitting secret benevolent associations to Invest suridviM funds and to hold seuurltioa; thai soldiers' orphans may be kept by county uouiea on i nitm oi ine Af.nia iiome at uie ex pense of the Homo; providing Uiat mutual benefit Insurance companies shall umo under me amwrvieion ol the Insurance Coinml sloncra; providing for remedying tlie system of taxation of Ohio banks so Uiat it way be cou- aimmouai. Aujourueu. A'rti(if, April tf. Bills assed: Authorising the Governor to remove any apitointed Slate officer with consent of the Senate; allowing rronaiu dilutes 10 nnniue into t annus 01 wrlta of hiibfcu crpu$; Houe bill allowing a wife to rslcase her dower in canes of aaslirnmeuls providing that widows aim LI lie entitled to uluct within three months after proceedings to contnata will; House bill prohibiting probate Judges or Uieir clerks from practicing Uw; allowing free-holders owning prorty In cities to send their children to city schools free of tuition. The Senate consented to an apstlut meut by the Governor of ljuls cinitliuigut, of viutBiaim, aa uu inspector, aujouiuou. J (oh. Senate joint resolution providing for printing th laws relating to rullioads and telegraphs hud adopted. 1 he substitute for Uie Intel-State rallwuv bill waa pushed. A bin waa Introduced umvldimr for tho publication of County Cummin si oners' advertisements In istpers uf opH)site iKtlitlca and general circu lation. Aujourueu. Hmaht April 10. A messsga waa received from the house announcing Its refusal to adopt tbe report of the second Committee of i onteieitee on tne duuerui Apuropnatiuu tui. A third committee waa MpjWnted. Tin) following bills were passed: Allowing towns witn a public nurary a tax lor the sup- jHri oi uie some; amending tne law in the taxation of National banks so aa to make It comwpond with tbe Opinion of the Culled Htstos Court; nrovidltig tor the sut'iHirt of soldiers' and sailors' orphans outside of the Xenla Home ; providing tafety stoves for rail roads; reaioriug the Uui per cent, law relating to incorporations, aim nqieaiiug tbut requir ing uuy per cent, auoacripuou. tM. The following bills were Introduced Helming to surveyors, embodying the pro visions ox tne lute surveyor s correction, providing that surveyors shall keep re cords of survers made, ftnd fixing fees therefor; providing eonniensatioii for boartla of equalisation In ell lea of Uie fourth frrade, scWuid cltua; providing that lu titals ii action of ejectment on morixugo, consider ation of lllcKttltty may be taken aa evidence lu Hi'fmiuv A tin! ir t 'intr.iwn f 'ninnill liw tn the General Appropriation bUl Waa appointed pauu uie nuuae aujourueu. PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. The Result of an Official Investigation Treasury. WASHINGTON, April 6. Tho Secretary of tho Treasury has transmitted to Conprefls the result nf an investigation nituln by skilled oHieers into contneious diRoaaos 'afflicting ani mals. In liis communication the Secre tary says: Th lennrtmnt of thM Trnnnrv hai hnnn lonir embarrassed with several ouestlonn aris ing from the prevalencoof t Im license known s plounv-piifumonift. or lung plague, tn neat cuttle. 'J'heto (pHMttona relator (Ii to the ex tinction and prevnitloii of tho disease lu tho I'liited States; (3) to our eommeree with Na tions beyond the sons, epeetrtlly with fht-ut tit itnf ii ; Cbtoour trado in cattle wiib tho Do minion of t'flnnrln. tth a V tiw to alien leir hunt on Asnlrnnm. stiinet-s may seem to retpili o. It seems proper tit this time to submit to Congress some brief remarks upon tho nut ire of the disease In siion, ine nisiory tn us nrovii unco In other countries and the Cnltd States, with a state ment of lho provisions of law now In foivo and of the vnrloiis orders tssueil by this depart ment rehuing to It, and some si unrest ions as to Wllut lllCll-Ul'i'S univ ln Pnmei-lv t-nactcil l.v Congress for the suppresslou and preventiou of the dlsense." A deerlilion and n bltorv of thn rllar-nvn la then given Mt great length, covering not only it sppenrniieo in the Cnltod States, but In other -outline. The value of lho cuttle Inter est, ami tho extent of stoek-ritlstinr In this country Is described in detail, and an exhmmt- ne review or me various nieasim-s tht have been used fntm yeur to j-ear In this and ot her countries to suppress the plitgue 1 given. The er men goes on u recoinmeiid tuoosuros to prevent anil suppress the disease. Auioinr I he meusures sniLresied to nrovnn tho spread nf the pleuro-pneunionfii, Jsohitlon of In tooted cattle is naturally suggested. This meinoo, nitwever, mi ouon, ana no doubt will lie, found to Ite entirely linpraotlonblo. The distMisn, as we bavo seou, Is reidlly transmis sible, not only by contHOt with the diiteased an 1 nin la, but by contact with buildlng-i, hay, bedding or excretions of any kind which have lw-en in eofitnet with diseased animals. Nont eattlo aro short llvwl, and when oneo infected by the dlsesm? (u ouemlon. even If thev re cover, nre of very small valneeJthcr for breod- uig or luirening, or rr moor. Although a largtt M.-rreiiiago of the calllo diseased may apparently riwover, yot, upon dissection, tho lungs will be found to te seriously lUTcctttd, so that It in ity bo fnlrly an Id that the rattle. once Infected with the disease aro worthless xor any purpose. Aiiiet to tins, isolation is vorv exnenlv. la attended with great risk to the neighborhood, ami the Infected herd must be alwuys suspM-t-ed, and, iherofore, unsahihlo. In no view can tho Isolation of the cattle be reeommendod furlbur than for the mere purpose of ascf.'r tiiining dcitniteiy whether or uot the disease act ohIIv exists. Jiioculntion is, es has been heretofore stated. another method pnu-tincd in some ootin trios to prevent tho spread of the disease; butthlshus never boon euifdoved except in oountiiea where tho dtsenso had broken through all re straint, and hh n last roHort to preserve sound entile from the general Infection which sur rounds them. Besides tho expense and incon venience of the practice. It Is otten attended with tho mittlluilt.n or tbe cattle by the loss of their tails or otherwise, and sometimes by the loan of their lives. It. is not to bethought of us a remedy under any conditions such as ex ist nt tne present time in this c.iuntry. The Olilv effectual method of crtuiiciiHnfrthA disease Is by prompt slmighior of all infected Him exposeo cattle, ny tins method, energet ically administered, the d Incline haa been thor oughly stumped out in several places In Mina chuMtttSj New York, Fcnusylvaiila and other Stales. To clfeot this, however, prompt and energetic measures lire requisite. Several mates nave anopteu kucu meiuures, and are ready to prevent, tn nttaek and exterminate tlie dfsoase wherever It may appear In their twrnlers. Most Slate, however, nave adopted siicn niciftirus, miu a seems absolutely necessary thut sonio measures should bo adopted hy thn Oencral Jovernment to pre vent thn provaieueo of a disease, which, ns we have seen, would amount to a nntlminl eulu ru by. 11 is for (Atugreas. and not forthKdeiairtr mcnt, to devise the measures necessary for this purpose. It may not be lmnrouer. how ever, to make Rome gouoral suggestions upon lie (tuiijei-i nr inu cniiiuei hi ion oi tongi ess. J' ho Lvu bhtture of Massairhuetts Im rn.-i-Ml. ly Hent to Congress a memorial rtMpicsliua; prompt action tor the prevention and Hiipprei Hfoii ot this disease; and from nil quarters a cry is heard thut the General Government should intervene in the matter. 'the most obvious method of moot nar the emergency Is, peihups, tho nppoluiinent of a vcrermtiry naumtry uoinniission, whosu duty It st mil he to uminntlv invusiigato all teoorted caws of plinirrvpneumonla lu uny part of tbe country, to collect liilorniation witn regard to uio oisonso rrom an parts or tne worm, and to report tho result of tbetr Investigation to some department of the Government for publica tion. It would do neoeaaarr that such commission should he composed, principally nt least, of veterinary surgvona or experts in the diseases of eattlo. The commission iniirht Ihi small. consisting of from three to seven memliors, won auinorny w mpioy aKHininni or ngonte, who should he responsible- dtiwtly to thu uotn mlshlon. From such a commission, even with uo frreater povers than have beeu above Indi cated, much good mitfht result. Ownora of suspected herds and their neigh bors would at oncu bo informed whether the Contagious dlseiiHo was really present or not. If It were found to exist, State and municipal authorities might be invoked for Its suppres sion. II' found not to ex ltd, publication of that fact would be of very great value, not only to the suspected iinlghiHiriiood, but to tho coun try and world In general. uonig a ateo nmnor. tiovernmont mhrht in vest such cominlMalon with authority, on p n (per occasions, to aid municipal and Shi to iiuihorlties tn the Mipprossion or the disease, and, by means of appropriation for tho pur pose, grant proper iudemult v to tho owners of cattle condemned to slaughter. Such proceed ing would bo In a close analogy with the methods adopted for the prevention mid sui presshni of lho yellow fover in the acta estuo- lsnuuf ine iiouru or ueaitn. I'nder the provision found In tho third seo- tlnu of tho act of June 3, )7ki, eutltleil "An act to prevent Introduol ion uf coiitiiglous and In- reeiious uiseasim into tnu uniicu matot, tt is urovliled 1 lint "J he Nailoiiat Hoartl of Health shall ooHiDer- nte with, and, ho tar as It lawfully may, aid Suite ami Municipal Hoards of Ibvdth In the execution ana tmiorccmcm or tne rules and regulations of such boards to prevont tho in tn id net Ion of InfccilciiH or cent iiglous discuses into the united istnles Tmm tore uu oountrlua. ami into one Stale from another." It Is understood thut thia aot doos not apply to diseases hi animal. Dnderthis pnivlslon lanro amounts of tho appropriation uoiitained in the Hot have been ujtpemieu in co-operation witu tne autiioritios of se vend cities and States Infected or threat ened with infection by yellow fevor; ami it Is not dounteti that, tn return a uiunr nirono oa. nppropi-iatlouM by Congros might he property and vtrHiually used lor the nrcvcntlon and supprotMion ox pieuro-pncuiuonia amoug cult le. Aa suggested by the Ilrltlsh Minister, the most ob loua method of dealing with tbe dla- ease would lK by the HPiMdutmeut of a ooui- lulsMlon of some kind, with full power to pro vent and eradicate the disease. In any manner they think proper. In any part of tho territory of the United States such power us la exer cised by the 1'rlvy I'ouncil of (1 rent llrltatu. w uuoui exprenaiuir any opinion wnniner, under the now or to rotrulato uoniuionto. Con- TtwH has authority to send Its agent Into the States ami destroy, noon the Judurmont of coiumiatdon, herds belonging to eiti.ens. which may bo found to tie dangerous to liUer-Mtate or National commerce, it Is somewhat doubt ful w hoi her measunM npp;irently so nrblti ary would mtwt with hearty uo-operatlou from Diaiu or municipal auiuoriiiea. Tbe disease Is not in existenoe In any of our Western States or Territorlca. Imh ed, It htui exiotel and la known In only a few State of tbe Union; and the propriety of ao enorgotin a movement on tne part ot tne ueuerai uovern- meut might not be appreciated in tavse Hlatea where the dlseasa hu not tHen known. Home scheme lor tbe prevention uud prompt Onidt oatlouoftho dl sense ae'ina to iHtdemauded, audit la for ('ongress t4t deltue tho limits both uf policy and legality lu lis enactment. limpftetlon of cattle upon railway trains on our great lines or transportation naa oeen su U-estcd as a p roe nut Ion iigalnst the eonveyauco of tho dtseaiio. The ubjmrt loua to this proposi tion aro biuuid upon the fact that contagious piuunvptiuuinonhi is not indigenous to thti country, that it has never existed in our West crn states, wheuuu cattle found upon such Hint of transportation uro brought, and that therefore soon uiMectioii I uuuei'essarv Aguln, tho disease hits iui Int-ubaltoii of from nine to sixty days, during which the ewis of the disease would not l0 obvious to any In spector, however skilled. '1 he. Interest oi all shippers uf eattlo is elearly iigilusttlio shl nu iit of entile Infect el with tins diteao. Tito delay of tratna for such insptvtleii would be exp'iislve, aud would Ikj a gi-cut obstruct ion to buslnesa. Such inspection, a a general proMstiloii, Is in d rctmnun ended, white there is no oractio d objection t.i tlie Insiiccllon ot eattlo by authnrlrod commlssionors. in psitio- uiar casus wuuro tue uuoaou la rupoiiuu to CONCLUSIONS. Having thus given a brief sketch of the hi to rv and character of tlie disease, and a stud iiicnt of the existing laws, tho order of this Department unoer them, with aom nuggos- lions as to theetfeet of thtdiseatu hmu our commerce with other Nations, and wllh some remarks as (o appropriate legislation byCoo grcNS on the subject. It may uu convenient to slate m mis place, lu the roi in or oroiM wit tons, tlio oonclustons at which this depart muni has arrived. Tnt.y areas follows: ). I'leuro-pneumonia Is a contagious. Infec tious hing-tevor In neat cattle, as readily com municated among them as sinall-pox among inaiiKinu, not only by uutual uotitoci, uui uy ejo-retloiiR of all kinds. 2. In this country It haa never developed d novo, but haa always bocu Introduced by oou- ItigiUU. it. it mav be or vented bv Inoculation, but that remedy la not to be thought of la this oouuiry uutjej- preaeut couaitioua. 4, Tt has a period nf Ineubntlnn of from nine to sixty days, usually riot exceeding forty; anil Its svtnptoms, when developed, aro enl'y dt- tiuaolidiable by experts from those uf other disci ws. ft. 'I hn only proper methrnl of suppressing the disease In lho IJnlb d Sintoa Is by the do st root ion of all diseased or exposed cttttle, and a thorough purification of buildlnirs whore they have been kept. tl. ho oimtaglens plenro-pnenmonla now ex ists or has ex cr exited in any St ute west of the Alleghany Mountains. 7. It does not now exist In the United Sin tea, nor near tho txnindary of the Dominion of aumlH. and It docs not now exist lu that do minion. a. Tho disease now exists only in tho eastern part of New York, In New Jersey, l'ennsylva nia,and perhaps In parts of Marylund, Virginia and the district of Columbia. u. The a-eneral course of trntllc In cattle ta from the west to tho Kast. Only a few, nod hooenf blood stock of great value, p.ias west ward, or Into Canada from the Knsl. 1(1. At the nretetit time with nrdlnnrv nnrn cattle may pass from the Western Htates, which almost exclusively furnish cattle for etportatlon Into Canada, and through Can sd'i, Portland and I to ton to foreigu Doris without danger of tnfe'tlon. II. with proper restrictions gainst eontnet with other eattlo near the sonlioard, cattle may Rass fnnn the Western S'.tes to tho ports of ewYork. Philadelphia and Ihilttmoro for ex portation without tlnnger of In feet Ion. 13. State and municipal regulations nrenot to ho relied upon to prevent lho tmixirtntlon nd spread of tan disease, or toeilect ita extir pation. i:t. Stringent nunrnntlno regulations are e- scnli;il to tne protect iou of th!! country against Its intnHiueiion. It. A eterlnnrv Panltarv ( ommlsslon. whom duty It shall bo to Investigate all re- inris oi tne existence or tne (license, to collect nlormatlon resitectiug it, and report to somo depart nient for puhllcnt Ion, is essential to olli clcnt action on the subject. lit. Authority In such commission toco-onn- rate with State and municipal authorities in preventing and eradicating the disease by supplying- money out of appropriations by Con gi cts for tho purpose would lie effect ive, and In oecordaneo with tho acta of Con gress in refcrotice to the National Jioard of iiOHlth. Id. The Rtithnrttv In such board to nmrnntlv Isolate and slaughter infected and diseased cuttle, wherever found, and to award compen sation to tho owners, would te an effective agency to extirpate the disease. It Is for Con gress to consider tho policy and legality of con ferring such power. Vory respuuif ully. JOHN SHERMAN, SECRETARY. Fishing in Gulana. It is a etrnnffB iotuney tm the brnrtrl deep current o( the Essequibo. Tho nsn cartabao and pneu havo even rows of teeth like tlie incisors ot mnm- nialy, and, like tho very odd fish called. (8heepsheadnt aro justly OHtuotned a luxury on New York and New England tables. The tectli of the E?sctiuibo lish are employed not in erindintr tin the molluscous food which gives such de lightful ilavor to the shecpsliead, but in browsing upon tho aquatic plants which grow in the swiftly running Water. All is strange in this oddest of countries. The cartabao nndimcuare not caught in nets or landed by rod or line, but are shot with arrows mndo of lorir straight reeds tho flower-stalks of the wild cane, fitted with a movable arrow-head, to which tlie shaft is attached by a piece of cord in such a way that when the point pierces the fish tlte barbed head comes oft the ar row, but still remains attached to it by the cord. Fish are not only shot but poisoned, and so cleverly poisoned that their flesh is noun the worse.- Sad dling up tho great rivers under the overnangihg boughs, the traveler Is sa luted by the full of an occasional igua na, two or three feet in length, a good ly animal to eat, albeit a hideous Gard in outward semblance. The iguana. whoso ilesh when well cooked is like that of chicken, had two awkward hab its one of bitinrr fearfully, another of when seized lotting go its tail at the base, leaving it in the hands of the would -bo captor, and making oil' tail loss to its burrow. All tlie Year Hound, Socialism in Germany. Hrkii Bedel, a Socialist, complained in the German Parliament tho other day of the manner in which Socialists aro treated. His colleague, Herr Fritscho, is followed everywhere. Ho went into a tailor shop to order a coat, and a de tective entered as soon as he went out and insisted upon the tailor's telling everything that had been said. Herr Hasselmnnn, another Socialist, walking in the Thior Garten, noticed a man dog- ring him. He tried for an hour and a mil to escape, and then suddenly turned round nnd confronted the spy, wno coniessea nimseii ana his business, and showed the document authorizing him to aot as he was doing. A boy of six teen, tho son of a Socialist, was ordered to attend a police oiliee, and then, after being plied with liquor, was closely ex amined as to his father's conduct. Herr lJobcl accused tho detectives of evon worse offenses. Some of them entered the houses of banished Socialists and in sulted their wives and daughter. In one oaso a woman saved herself by seizing a broomstick aud threatening to use it on the otlicor if he did not go away at once. Lamartine's Habits. Lamartlne was an early riser. His mornings were set apart to work, and he wrote with marvelous rapidity and olecranon. When breakfast was road v. he would come to the table in his old gray jacket, not eating very much him self, but tilling his mate to feod his dogs, much to tho nutriment of the dressesfjof the lady guests who might do seated near ntm. Alter breakfast. he carried bread out to his horses, of which he generally kept a dozen at least. Then followed an excursion. perhaps on horseback and perhaps on foot, with one or more of his guests for company. He was very hospitable, and his house always seemed full. He talked about every thins? when he talked at all, and never was rudo but once, says Lacretolle. A TKituiHLB domestio trasredv re cently occurred at a small Tillage called Silverstreet, in Newberry County, N. (J. Mr. W. Spearman, a respectable gD n l luir. an of means and well known as a successful farmer, upon coming into his house just before dark, found his younger brother at the supper table. "i wain to speaK to you, brother, ' ho said, and simultaneously drew a largo, sharp knife out of his sleeve. The young man, not suspecting anything; bent over, aud tho other mado a strike and cut his throat, severing the jugular vein aud causing almost instant deafti. The slayer then rushed into the adjoin ing room, with the knife in his hand, and sought his wife. He threw his arm around her neck, likewise cutting hor throat. With blood-stained hands ho then laid tho keen blade to his own throat and made an ugly gajdi four inches long. When assistance came it was found that the two men were dead The wiitt shortly afterward expired. Mr. Spearman was a sober man, and was thought to be on tho most affection ate terms with his brother and wife. The onlv rational hypothesis of tho aw ful deed is that Spearman wa auil'uring under a temporary aberration. Elder Morgan, President of tlie Southern Mission of the Mormon Church, says the Mormon religion is daily gaiuing strength and favor in the Sou lho rn Slates. They are now aver aging about thirty baptisms each month in the Southern Slates alone, aud the number is continually increasing. An Irish Fishing Village. I run not crreatly oare how much I muddied my skirts among these poor villagers, because I learned to laugh and weep' with them. Uncared for and forgotten by the world, they seem to have but one earthly hope, America, and one dread, hunger. The village possesses no post-otlieei there is no magistrate within many miles; and the priest, two leagues distant, serves nu merous villages as forlorn as this, and people are corn and die without any official note. Many supposo that the fiarlsh priest Is the moat powerful man n the kingdom t and It was a subject of supreme surprise and commiseration when I informed them that the Queen was a widow. On Sundays the inhab itants of the village appear, washed and shaven into a ghastly pallor, in the single street that leads up from the sea. and remain all day long gossiping? and fighting, through sunshine and rain, as if these achievements formed a part of their religious duties. Now and then the spoils of a wreck are washed to their shores, and when the coast-guards dispute with them what they consider the bounty of the sea, tierce encounters take place, in one of which, not long before my arrival, a poor villager had been killed. There was scarcely a well thatched cabin in the village ; the floors of most of thorn were as muddy as the roads, and dotted with little pools of water, which see me a a reiresning feature to tne ducks that came in quest of food. The most sheltered corner of the cabin Is dovoted to the pig, and the chickens seize upon every coign of vantage for a roost. Nets hang from the raft ersj and the equipments of the boats are disposed in whatever dry nooks the habitation boasts of. The warmest nook on the hearth is usurped by the cat, cherished with great care as the protector against their terrible ene mies the rats; and beside it an old woman, who did not seem to have changed her clothes since her youth, coddled the latest born of the house hold. Tho village was pervaded with so strong an odor of fish and ar that less agreeable emanations wore un noticed. The dung-heap was zealouslj guarded by the door I have seen it, indeed, in the Tery living-room of thd occupants as tho riches that were to prosper their next year's potato crop; and every morning the pig was sent out to walk, with a solicitude for his health not bestowed upon the other members of the family. These people spent three -fourths of their time in idling an id gossiping. I saw poor, haggard old women at tho doors of their cabins, or by the village well, who had to crouch like apes to make their rags coyer them, so mad for gossip that thoy forgot their hunger and the rain that soaked them; and day after day old men gathered on the sheltered side of a wall, and talked with as much interest and gravity as if they had never seen each other before, ana every recital waa an nnneard-oi marvel. Troops of half- clothed and half-starved children sprawled in the mud, fought among themselves, or with loud yells crowded about some poor ass, indicting all the torments that their untutored imagina tions could suggest, while tboir mothers, can tn nana, wmspered, with amaze ment written on their faces, of all thev had heard or seen or dreamed of since yesterday in a village dependent entirely upon itself for ita topics of interest. Hither, I learned, the priest came once a year to hear the confessions of the inhabitants. They repair to one of the cabins, where, while the pig, chick ens, ducks, and geese are kept in abey ance by the zealous host and hostess, the rite is celebrated. Among these people, whose only extravagance seems to be on the score of their religion, he is en tertained and requited in a manner quite out of proportion to the means ol his entertainers; and when departing, after the manner of the fond mother in the story-book, who whipped her chil dren and put them to bed, he gives them all a sound rating upon their idle ness and remissness in their religious observances, and receives in return, Long life to your reverence," and " Godspeed," from his humble flock. . L. Cloud, in Harper"1 Magazine, The Hibernation of Animals. Most beasts do not hibernate, be cause they have the power of keeping on a uniform body -temperature in spite of the cold of winter. Jn the dormouse, marmot, and many allied forms, how ever, as also in the hedgehog and in bats, we do find this winter sleep to occur. The lower animals, such as rep tiles, frogs, and efts, many fishes, spi ders, shell-fish and worms, also enter into this state ; while yet lower creatures, such as infusoria and rhizopods, protect themselves by excreting, and forming a structureless, spheroidal coat or "cyHt." In preparing to hibernate, animals seek secluded and sheltered nooks, or burrow in the dry ground or in mud, or conceal themselves in moss or beneath the bark of trees. There they "fall into a sleep (either uninterrupted or interrupted by intervals of activity) which endures more or less according to latitude and consequent length of winter. During this sleep the body-heat of warm-blooded animals falls greatly, as respiration and circulation take place very gently and slowly. The nutrition of the body is also effocted very slowly, the fat of the body . (generally considerable at the commencemeut of hibernation) being Used 1 up in the prbcess, unless oc casional awaking haa given an opportunity for leeding. An annual period of repose, analogous to hiberna tion, also takes place during the dry season in many tropical animals as in tnany reptiles, frogs, and fishes . g.t )jepidosiren. The tanrce (Centetes) of Madagascar, which has a superficial re semblance to the hedffe-hoc. also rem. bles it as to it annual torpor, and cer tain lumuroids ( of the genus Chelrog aleus) which inhabit the same island, seem also to prepare for the torpor of the dry season by storing up a quantity of fat in their tails, which, it is alleged, dis appears by the time that the period if activity has returned. Parallel with the periodie repose of animals is the winter Inactivity of very many plants which (in te migrate latitudes such as our own) drop their leaves, or, if herbs, die down to snoot forth again with the advent of spring. During this time the sap re treats from the surface, and the process es of life come almost to a stand-still, to be renewed with a rapidity and sudden ness net inaptly termed a 'burst of veg etation," at a period which varies ac cording to the species. The annual torpor of animals is a prolongation for weeks or for months of that process, so familiar yet bo mysterious, called sleep. Ouring it the functions of life are slack ened In their operations, and the re freshment which sleep produces is not due to any accelerated nutrition, but to a temporary cessation of the wear and tear of activity. tit. Q. Mivartt in Con temporary Jfertew. Black Spanish lace scarfs are again used for mufflers. PITH AND POINT. Tiir gom puzzle is a sqnare game. Somk of the dry-iroods show windows are as interesting as museums of anato my, which show how fearfully and won ibufully people can be maue.-Jf. O. t'xeayune, ,t It must be awful embarrassing to a man who has received the star of the or der of San Juan d'Ulloa from some for eign potentate, to think that he oould raise on it about half as much as a hotel clerk could on his shirt stud, at the pawnbroker's. Bunion Post. A great scientist, a brilliant soldier or a gifted statesman is all well enough tn his way, but the man who mounts tlie ladder of fortune with the most as tounding celerity is he who invents ft popular style of dressing ladies1 hair. Andrews' isazar. "Yes, sir, I have stopped drinking for a whole year, " said a young man to a companion. I have sworn that for three hundred and sixtv-live dnrs. mv friend, I shall not drink anothor drop, " Hllt.mil ana mti I inrl thn nnmno mnn that this, being leap year, has three hundred and sixty-six days. " " That's a fact, " mused the sworn-off man. 41 Guess I'd bettor select some other year; " and they went into a saloon. Worcester Gazette. Judub Martin decided at Bridge port the other duy that certain evidence was inadmissible. The attorney took strong exception to the ruling, and in steted that it was admissible. I know, vour honor," said he, warmly, that iff Is proper evidence. Here I have been practising at the bar for forty rears, and now I want to know if I am a fool ?" That," quietly replied the Court, is a ?uestion of faot, aud not of law, and so won't pass upon it, but will let tho jury decide." New Haven Palladium A Cincinnati Horse Auction. ' Here, gentlemen, " said the auc tioneer, is a horse " Bystander Glad you told us it was a horse, or we might have taken it for a sheep. Auctioneer That wouldn't be so very strange if it had your head on. You see before you, gentlemen, a family horse. Bystander He got those bunches on his knees from kneeling down at family prayers, didn't he? ! Auctioneer You'll nevef have any bunches on your knees on that account. A horse, gentlemen, that any family might well be proud of. Look what an eye he has. Bystander What haa become of the other eye P Auctioneer Gone to look after an other such fool as you are. Like old dog Tray, so touchingly desoribed by the sweet singer of Michigan (singing) he's gentle nnd he' kind Bystander tho kind. Auctioneer You'll nevor, never find Bystander He would be lined by any court in Christendom for spri ng-halter a tions and interfering generally. Auctioneer A bettor horse than this old (rrny. Old gray horse. Is over (ulthtul, etc. But we can not waste our time on poetry, although tho noble steed before you is the very poetry of motion. How1 much for himP What do I hear? Bystander Nothing, if you can't hear more than he does. Auctioneer Among horses, gentle men, this is the Tery nc-plua-ultra Bystander Knock-nee-plus-ultra, you mean. Auctioneer And the Btne-gua-non Bystander Compos ineniis. Auctioneer The ridges you see run- t nin down his eyes, gentlemen, are not an indication of a want of flesh ; they are Bimply a wise provision of Prov idence for carrying off the rain-water. By standor What's the matter with his tail P Auctioneer He was formerly owned by a violin manufacturer, and he pulled out all the hairs for fiddle bows. What do I hearP But we had heard enough to satisfy us that our friend was right, and that it was absurd to squander money on shows so long as those horse auctions are kept up to their present high stand ard. Saturday Night. A Long Legislative Prayer. One of the longest prayers with which Legislators have ever been lulled to sleep was offered one morning in Richmond during the session of the Virginia Legislature of 1860. Tho Charlottesville Chronicle introduces tho reminiscence with the explanation that when the presiding ofilcer was absent, Mr. SouthaU, a dyspeptic member fromv Albermarle, took his place. During one of these intermediate periods tho opening prayer was omitted for several mornings. Mr. SouthaU said sharply that it was not his duty to hunt up preachers; that was the business of the Sorgeant-at-Arms. This officer waa ( Nat Thompson of Hanover. He de fended himself by alleging that the pre siding o Uicer always attended to getting the parsons, "wit if Mr. SouthaU thou gnu that the Sergeant ought to havo a preacher on hand he would try to get one. That- evening he strolled down Main Street in search of a parson who was an old acquaintance. The preach er was off duty. The Sergeant told him of the need of a man to lead in prayor at the convention the next day. The minister hinted that his Sunday suit was rather rusty. The Sergeant consented to lend him the proper gar ments. The next morning the two started for the Capitol. The Sergeant remarked on the route that the conven tion had been without any worship foi a week, and it was expected that thr lost devotions should be made up thai morning. Mr. Southall's gavel tapped the order exactly at 11. As soon aa thti parson had struck the regular note thu Sergeant quickly slipped from the hall, locked the doors and went out to lunch. He spent an hour at the restaurant, ami slowly returning to the Capitol and finding the parson in full swing, ho went down to another restaurant, dined with a friend, sauntered back about 2 o'clock, and still had a quarter of an hour to sun himself on the Capitol step before the swelling tones of the parson began to taper to the lower key of tho conclusion. Ho unbolted the doors as the prayer ended. It had lasted three hours aud a quarter. The convention was far from a devotional frame ot mind when the regular business began, Mr. SouthaU never insisted upon thd Serjeant-at-Arms furnishing another mi mater. 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