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Selected Miscellany. OUTS DAT SOLITARY. ' T t. T. TBOWBHIDGI. I AM all right 1 Good by, old chapl Twenty-four hoars, that won't be long; . ' Nothing to do bat to take a nap. And fay 1 can a fellow alng a song' Will the light fantastic be in order-- A. pigeon-wing on your pantry floor T What are the rnles for a resT"""-boarder? , Be quietf All right ! fW eian9 t the door 1 Clang clinh, tie fcrftsi and I am locked in. Some pious reflection and repentance Come next, I suppose, for I just begin To perceive the sting in the tail of my sentence "One day whereof shall be solitary," Here I am at the end of my journey, Ana wen, it m i jonv, not so very i -1 to throtle that sharp attorney I He took my money, the very last dollar Didn't leave me so much as a dime. Not enough to boy me a paper collar To wear at my trial ; he knew all the time T was sdme that I got for the stolen silver! Why hasn't he been indicted too? If he doesn't exactly rob ad pilfer. He lives by the plunder of them that do. Then didn't it put me into a fury. To see him step up, and laugh and chat With the county attorney, and joke with the lory. When all was over then go for his hat While Sue was sobbing to break her heart. And all I conld do was to stand and stare! He had pleaded my cause he had played his part And got his fee and what more did he care? It's droll to think how, just out yonder. The world goes jogging on the same I Old men will save and boys will squander. And fellows will pla(r at the same old game Of get-and-spend to-morrow, next year And drink and carouse and who wiH there be To remember a comrade buried here? I am nothing to them, they are nothing to me! And 8ue yea, she will forget me too! I know! already her tears are drying. I believe there is nothing that girl can do So easy as laughing and lying and crying. She clung to me well while there was hope. Then broke her heart in that last wild sob ; But she ain't going to sit and mope While I am at work on a five years' job. They'll set me to learning a trade, no doubt ; And I must forget to speak or smile. I shall go marching in iind oat, One of a silent, tramping file Of felons, at morning and noon and night Just down to the chops and back to the cells And work with a thief at left and right. And feed and sleep and nothing else? Was I born for this? Will the old folks know? I can see them now on the old home-place : His gait is feeble, his step is slow. There's a settled grief in his furrowed face; While she goes wearily groping about In a sort of dream, so bent, so sad I But this won't do 1 I must sing and shout. And forget myself, or else go mad. I won't be foolish; although, for a minnte, I was there in my little room once more. What wouldn't I'give'jnst now to be in it? The bed is yonder, and there is the door; The Bible Is here on the neat white stand ; The primmer sweets are iipening now ; In the nickering light I reach my hand From the window, and pluck them from the bough! When I was a child (O, well forme And them if I had never been older!) And tossed me, and carried me on his shoulder; When she knelt down and heard my prayer. And gave me in bed my good-night kiss Did ever they think that all their care For an only son could come to this? Foolish again! No sense in tears And gnashing the teeth! And vet somehow 1 haven't thought of them so for years ! I never knew them, I think, till now. How fondly, how blindly, they trusted me ! When I should have been in my bed asleep, I slipped from the window, and down the tree. And sowed for the harvest which now I reap. And Jennie how could I bear to leave her? If I bad bnt wished but I was a fool 1 My heart was filled with a thirst and fever which no sweet airs of heaven conld cool. I can hear her asking "Have you heard?" But mother filters, and shakes her head ; "O Jennie 1 Jennie! never a word! What can it mean? He mast be dead!" Light-hearted, a proud, ambitious lad, I left my home that morning in May; What visions, what hopes, what plans I had! And what have I where are they all to-day? Wild fellows, and wine, and debts, and gaming, Disgrace, and the loss of place and friend And I was an outlaw, past reclaiming ; Arrest and sentence, and this is the end! Five years! Shall ever I quit this prison ? Homeless, an outcast, where shall I go? Eetnrn to them, like one arisen From the grave, that was buried long ago? All is still it's the close of the week; I slink through the garden, I stop by the well I see him totter, I hear her shriek! What sort of a tale will I have to tell? But here I am! What's the use of grieving? Five years will it be too late to begin? . Can sober thinking and honest living Still make me the man I might have been? I'll sleep; O, would I could wake to-morrow In that old room, to And, at last. That all my trouble and ail their sorrow Are only a dream of the night that is past! Atlantic Montidy. MANAGING A MAN. Nellie Davis was the prettiest, best sweetest, and dearest little girl in Hills burg, and when. Tom Carter fell head over heels in love with her no one blamed him in the least. And when the old parson gave consent, and they went to house-keeping in a cosy bird-nest of a little house on the south side of the town, everybody prophesied all sorts oi happiness for the pretty bride, And, truth to telL Nellie Carter was very happy. It is a very prstty thing to go to house- Keeping lor tne nrst time, with every thing speck-and span new and shiny, and if you have some one you lovevery much lor a companion, it is still pleasanter. Now Nellie did love that great blubber ing Tom Carter with" all her might and main, and there was only one thing to disturb her peace. She was the very pins oi tidiness, ana Tom the most care less fellow alive. He kept his person neat and nice but he kept his personal belongings anvthine else. In vain did Nellie braid a handsome merino case, and tack it inside the closet door for Tom to put his slippers in Tom would persist in tossing them under the parlor sofa, "to have 'em handy." In vain did she gently suggest that the rack in the hall was the place for his hat and overcoat; wet or dry, he would lay his overcoat on her pretty, smoothly made, bed, and drop his hat anywhere. In vain did Nellie make a place for everyming, ior Tom invariably tossed everything in some other nlace. Now little Mrs. Nellie was only human, and Tom's slovenly wavs annoved her exceed ingly. She resolved not to spoil the peace oi weir cosy name Dy scolding, but how to cure him she could not tell. She bore with him with t.hn nstiprire nf an angei, till one morning he had gone ud town, and she went into the parlor, broom in nana, ana tnere lay Tom's big . shawl right across the center-table, ruthlessly crusmng beneath it the trifles that lay on . ine maroie top. "Now I can't have this, and I won't,' said she, as she raised the shawl from the delicate treasure, aud discovered the rums of a favorite .Bohemian vase. "I don't know what to do, but this won't have," she continued, with a little bit of wifely snap, which every good wife must have if she expects to get along a all with that occasionally tionable animal, a man. - "Borne way must be discovered to cure Tom of such performances as this !" went on Mrs. Nellie, as she removed the ruins ot tne vase, ana all tne morning ehe went around at ner work with scar let lips closely compressed, and a little flash in her brown eyes which argued well for Mr. Tom's domestic subjuga tion. Woman's wit, having a will, seldom fails to find a way. And when a deter mined little woman says "must" and "shall," masculine insubordination : might as well surrender at once. Before Mrs. Nellie closed her bright eyes that night, she had arranged plans for that campaign against her liege lord, who slept the sleep of innocence at her side. Jiut she meant to give him one more chance. So, after breakfast, when Tom drew on his boots and gave his slippers the usual toss under the sofa, she gently said : "Tom, dear, hadn't you better put the slippers in the case ?" " No, let 'em alone, they'll be handy bUlltgUb. ' " 5?.' Tom. they look so untidy ?" Why, no they don't. A things looks as well in one place as another. What's the use of a man's having a home if he can i seeps inings wnere he wants to ? Y navs me use oi seeping a woman on her feet all day to pick up things after you?" asked Nellie, without the least show of temper. - --.ijon'i pick em up. j usi lei 'em aione and then I can find 'em when I want 'em took inmseii oil. And at the moment the door closed on iPofttttoi: PIETRO CUXEO, Editor and Proprietor. Office In Cunco'a Building;, over the Post Offloo. TERMS; f ti.OO per Annnm VOL. XXVIII. UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1872. NO. 7. him, Nellie's red lips compressed again, and her brown eyes wore the same look they had worn yesterday. "War it is, then," she said to herself. " Now, Master Tom, we shall see who wins the field." She sat quietly about her morning's work, and when Tom came home to din ner everything was in its usual good or der. It remained so, and Nellie busied herself with her sewing until nearly time for Tom to return to supper. Then she arose, put awav her work, and prepared to open the campaign. First, she put Tom's slippers where he always left them, under the sofa. Then she tossed the shawl upon the piano, and his best hat upon the center-table. She brought some of her dresses and flung them across the chairs and on the sofa. Her furs and sacque reposed in Tom's especial arm-chair, and her best bonnet kept Tom's slippers company under the sofa, while her own slippers lay on the mantle. And then, thinking that feminine inge nuity could make no greater sacrifice than her Sunday bonnet, she sat down to crotcheting. Presently thedoor opened, and in walk ed Master Tom. He gave a low whistle of surprise as he glanced at the unusual disorder, and at JXellie, sitting calmly in the midst with her crochet work, and then came into the room. "House cleaning, Nell?" he asked. "Oh, no. Why?" said Nellie, looking up in sweet unconsciousness. "I thought maybe you had been, that's all," remarked Tom dryly, as he looked for a place to sit down. Nellie quietly pursued her work. Presently Tom said : "Paper come this evening?" "Not yet," answered Nellie. Tom gave a half sigh. "Nellie, I met Granger up town, and he said he would call around this evening." Very well; probably he won t come be fore tea. It will be ready soon," said Nel lie, working away in demure innocence. "Hadn't you better pick up things a lit tle before he comes?" said Tom, glancing around the room. Oh, no. Just let 'em lie," answered Nellie sweetly. "Hut they look so bad !" said Tom. "Oh, no, they don't," said Nellie, as sweetly as before. "A thing looks as well in one place as another." Tom s face reddened. "I never saw your room look like this before," he said, hesitatingly. "I shouldn't like to have any one to step in." "Why not." said JNellie. "Wemightas well keep things handy. "What's the use of having a house if you can't keep things where you want to?" Tom s face grew redder and redder. He tried to look sober, and then broke into a laugh. "Oh, that's your game, is it?" he said; "trying to beat me with my own weapon, little woman?" Well, don t you like the plan," said Nellie, demurely. "JNo, by tieorge, I don't," cried Tom, "Well, then, I'll make a bargain with you. As long as you will keep your things in their places, I'll do the same with mine, ana whenever you don t " Oh, 1 will. " interrupted Tom. "Come. Nellie, I'll own up like a man you've beat me this time. Only just straighten up this awful room, and I'll never throw anything down again. There, now, let'B kiss and make up, as the children say." JNellie rose, and laughingly held up her sweet mouth for a kiss of peace. And then, under the magic influence of her deft fingers, confusion was suddenly ban ished, and when Granger came around to ipena the evening, ne decided that no body had a prettier wife or a tidier home than ms triena Tom Carter. Wise little Nellie, having once gained possession of the matrimonial field, toqk good care to keep it until Tom was quite cured ot his careless habits. Sometimes he seemed threatened with a relapse, but Nellie, instead of scolding, only had quietly to bring something of her own and lay it down beside whatever Tom had tossed down, and it was sure to be put away immediately, for Tom sel dom failed to take the hint. And if some other' little woman, as wise and tidy as Nellie, takes a hint also, us story will have served its purpose. The Cumulative System of Yotlng- Letter from Hon. Joseph Medill. Chicago. Novemher 91. 187J. General Comly, Editor Ohio State Journal: Dbak dir : You ask me. first. "Is it too early to judge as to the effect of cumu lative voting in Illinois ?" Second, "If not, what do you think of it ?" it is too early to tell whether the cumu lative system of voting has given us a better body of legislators than the old method would have done that is, more talented, capable and honest members. It will take several elections and trials before we can judge with certainty as to the working of the new system in this respect. The most I am prepared to say now is, that the new House elected by minority representation will compare fa vorably with the last or any preceding one, so iar as i can judge by appearances. m tnis county, which embraees one seventh of the State, our best men of neither party could be induced to be candidates. They could not consent to spare the time to attend the sessions of the House, and we were obliged to run the best men wha -would--oopt If we have not a strong delegation from this big county, the fault is not with minority representation, but must be attributed to the pressure of professional and business engagements of the abler men. Still, we have secured the services ot several gen tlemen of very respectable abilities. But in another respect tee new system has realized the most sanguine anticipa tions of its friends and others. For the first time in the history n political or ganizations, o" ' party is represented w every portion oi the State; and the aggregate representation is exactly in proportion to the numerical strength of each party. Thus the Republicans have eiectea eighty-six members of the House, and the Democrats sixty-seven. The Republican vote of the State was 240.837: ine democratic vote (including O'Conor's) was 187,250. This would give an aver age of 2,800 Republican votes cast for each Republican member, and 2,790 Dem ocratic votes cast for each member of that persuasion. What could be more equal or mathe matically exact? The majority party have complete control, but the minority party have just the representation they are en titled to on principles of eaualitv. Had the House been elected on tbe old "grab all " method, it would stand, Republican uemocrat 04. we elected our Senate by single districts, and tbe Republicans carried thirty-three districts and the Democrats but eighteen. Divide the total Republican vote by the number of Sen ators elected, and the quotient is about 7,300 votes to each. Divide the Dem ocratic vote by their Senators elected, and the quotient is 10.4UU. Thus you per ceive the Democrats are not nearly repre sented in the senate in proportion to their strength, but in the House, which was elected on the minority representa tion plan, they have secured precisely the number ot members they should nave on principles of right and lustice. The practical workings of the two sys terns, viz. : the "grab-all," and the pro portional, was strikingly exemplified in this county, which is divided into seven Senatorial Districts. The Republicans carried six of them and the Democral only one; but for the other house, the democrats elected eight and the Republi cans thirteen members, and that is exact the number of members each party was entitled to in proportion to its strength at the polls, in this county. 1" or the first time for many years will the Democrats of this city be represented in the Ueneral Assembly by men ot their choice and sentiments ; and for the first time since the Republican party was or ganized in Illinois (in 185 l)!have the Demo crats secured a representati on from North ern or the Republicans fro m Southern Illi nois, with rare exceptions. The strong est and bitterest Democratic Districts down in " Egypt " have now, for the first time in the history of existing parties, elected Republicans to the Gen eral Assembly. 1 send you a list of all the members elect from all the districts beginning with Chicago and ending with Cairo. Mark the number of Republicans who have been chosen to the House from the Thirty-third to the Fifty first District in clusive. These, with two or three excep tions, have heretofore constituted the Democrat strongholds of our State. Also note the number of Democrats who have been returned in the districts from the First to the Twenty-third. (This ter ritory is called " Canaan " in contradis tinction to " Egypt," at the opposite end of the State.) From this Canaan's fair and happy land, Democratic members have therefore been as scarce as white blackbirds. Some of the politicians, before the elec tion, predicted that cumulative voting would cause so much confusion and mis chief that it would have to be abolished right away. The people, they said, would never comprehend it, or know how to vote by that method; and the judges of the election, they predicted, would be un able to count up the votes and make cor rect returns. But none of their evil prog nostications came to pass. The people seemed to understand their new power of cumulative voting, and exercised it freely. m quiic a iiuiuucr oi instances Miey eject ed two Republicans in a Democratic dis trict or two Democrats in a Republican district. This was done by "plumping" for favorite candidates, or transferring a part of a vote to a political opponent on account of his personal merits or popu larity. But the general result did not change the proportional representation of parties. Since the election I see no assaults on the new system in the Illinois papers, and my opinion is that the press and people are well pleased with the ope ration ot tne experiment of cumulative voting and proportional representation; and unless it develops some hidden weakness or evil, in the future, it will be permanently retained in our Constitution, and extended to other branches and de partments of our State Government. Re spectfully yours, Joseph Medill. AIm.oetBnried Alive. One of the most remarkable episodes that has ever occurred in the life of Frank Muhlbesch happened on yester day. A few days ago Mr. Muhlbesch was taken suddenly ill at his residence. His disease was of a very acute nature, ana in spite of all the efforts of his physicians, he died after a brief illness, and his sor rowing friends made ready for the funer al. An undertaker was summoned and the body properly laid out, and on yester day the funeral services took place from his late residence. After the customary services had been performed and the sor rowing relatives had taken their last look of the deceased, the coffin-lid was screwed down, and the funeral cortege moved slowly toward the quiet confines of Grace land cemetery, where the body was finally lowered sadly into the grave which had been prepared for it. The last prayer had been ottered and tbe last solemn ser vice repeated, when just as the sexton seized his spade and was about to drop the first shovelful of earth upon the coffin, a sound, something like a stifled groan, followed by a scratching noise, as the dead man was trying to release himself from the confines of his narrow house, was heard proceeding from the still open grave. For an instant every heart stoed still, and the Wood of every listener seemed to curdle in his veins. The women screamed and hastened to ward the carriage, while the men were not slow in following them. In an in stant the sexton was the only man left at the grave, and he too trembled at hearing what he had never heard before. Finally he recovered presence of mind enough .to descend into the grave and break open the rough box which the coffin was encased. Then the noise was repeated, and he knew that the occupant of that grave, who in a few mo ments more would have been consigned to a horrible death, and whom his friends had already mourned as dead, was still alive ana anxious to be set free. A screw driver was soon procured from the un dertaker present, and the coffin lid re moved, when its occupant, instead of be ing cold and dead, as he had appeared when last seen, was found to be once more alive. His friends, who had by this time recovered courage enough to return to the grave, were of course almost over joyed at this sudden and unexpected turn of attairs, and hastened to rescue the late deceased from his unpleasant quarters and remove him to one of the carriages in waiting, where he was rolled up in a plentiful supply of blankets and lap robes, and the friends who had lately fol lowed him sorrowingly to the grave, now nastenea joyfully towara their homes. 1 he Tcmmed man wu CO overcome. On being rescued from his perilous position, that he was for a lornr time nnnWo to speak, and what his feelings were while undergoing burial, or whether he was conscious at all or not until the last mo ment, when he managed to signify that he was still alive, is not known. Chicago Thieves are scarce in Siam, and the reason is obvious: When one is convict ed, he or she, it makes no difference which, is put in a bag and laid upon the gruunu, lace uownwara, witn tne throat resting upon the sharp edge of a triangu lar block. The executioner then pounds with a heavy club on the back of the neck until the victim's head is bruised oft. The poor kleptomaniac is gently prepared for the nnai operation by judicious prelimi nary scourgings. Congregationalism is slowly gaining a rootnoiu in tne south. The churches in Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, con stituting the South Central Conference. have three colleges and seventeen church organizations. An English correspondent of Zwn't Herald says that only about a quarter of the English Wesley ans are "Abstainers," ana a still less number take any active in terest in tne temperance movement. The "New Jerusalem" settlement near Augusta, Ga., under the rule of Joseph Curry, the self-appointed ruler and prophet, from Massachusetts, has dwindled from one hundred to eighteen persons. The Amherst College Treasurer's re port estimates the expenses of the cur rent year at about $54,000. and the re ceipts at $50,000, of which $28,000 will come from tne students and $22,000 from tne iunus. m m At Amherst College hereafter the de portment of the students will not be reck oned in making up the rank, but they will ud j uugcu auwi uiug uieir scnoiarsnip atone. Sunday schools are incorporated in vauiornia. C0tttttg The Filth ATenue Hotel Ilorror. New York. December 11. A fire broke out at the Fifth -Avenue Hotel last night, shortly after eleven 'clock, on the second floor. The stair case upon which the fire started was one at the back of the house, leading from the laundry iu the basement to the ser vants' rooms on the attic floor. The flames ran rapidly up the stairway, which perateU as a chimney, there being no opening from it except at the top and bottom. It ate up the staircase and charred its surroundings, reaching the open space into which the rooms of the servants opened, where it burst into its lullest strength. I he names in their passage did little or no damage until they reached the corri dor at the top, the draught through the narrow passage-way carrying the flames quickly and making them more destruc tive. As they went on they spread over the entire extent of the west wing. The woodwork of the. rooms where the ser vants slept immediately caught fire, and soon the entire wing was a mass of lnrid flame. The flames spread so rapidiy that the servants asleep ia the rooms at the top of the staircase were overtaken before assistance could reach them, and they were completely shut off from the main building. The firemen, who had in the meantime arrived, were too late for their assistance, as by this time the apartments of the poor creatures were enveloped in names. The alarm was given by one of tbe female servants, who shrieked " fire !" through the hallways, awakening the guests, of whom there were about 500 in the hotel. Many of the guests went to the office and inquired as to the excite ment, but were informed by the clerks that " it was only a little fire in the laun dry. " This attempt to keep the fire quiet, so as to avoid a panic, helped to bring about the terrible results mentioned. When the guests became cognizant of their danger, scenes of confusion ensued, tne people moving about in apparent dis traction. Baggage filled the hallways, the smoke was suffocating, and water drenched the floors. It was nearly twelve 'clock before any one gave an alarm. and a passing policemen, then learning of the fire inside, caused the fire engines to come to the spot. The fire, by this time, had made considerable bead way. ine ladies were in a wild state of excitement. The carpets were still covered with water. A poor servant girl was found on the third floor, writhing in the agonies of pain, her body being frightfully burned. The shrieks of the servants in the upper stories were heart-rending as the firemen were making their way to rescue them. .Large crowds had in the meantime gathered in the streets. The excitement outside was kept up till about two o'clock, when the fire was about extinguished. Just be tore the alarm a guest was as- gned a room, which, on reaching, he discovered to be on fire. Returning to the clerk he was informed that there was no other room vacant. The fire was not known at this time in the office. Shortly after one o'clock, when it was found that a number of persons were miss lag, a police officer and the Chief of the Fire Department effected an entrance, by means of an ' iron ladder, to the room where the servants were supposed to be. They found the charred and burned bodies of thirteen persons. Bedding and furniture were strewn about the rooms, confused with human remains. The bodies lay at the different places from which the poor people had tried to find means of egress. Some had endeavor ed to escape through windows; others, in the endeavor to find air, had fallen at the head of tbe staircase. The bodies of two women were half con cealed under a bed in an outer room. where they had evidently tried to shelter themselves from tbe bunding, suHocat ing smoke and the scathing flames. When the firemen and police got into the wing the floors of this room were sound. but the root timbers were burned and had lalien upon the floor in a confused mass upon the bodies. The water thrown from the hose was several inches deep upon the floor, and was filtering through to the ground. The heavy beams of the roof had fallen upon the burned bodies, sever ing their limbs and mutilating the re mains horribly. Some seventy or eighty servants, alto gether, were awakened on the top floor, and were hurried down stairs. Their clothing was utterly ruined. Smart Dog that Can Do ETery- thing out mase money. A gentleman who lives just round the corner has a dog by the name or - xsig, called so because he is black, "rug" is probably one of the cutest animals that has ever walked on four legs, or two, for that matter, for it makes really little dif ference to him how he travels, lie will sit up and hold a penny on his nose by the hour; bring his cwn tail in his mouth to you on the slightest bidding; opens and shuts doors with the noiselessness of a sneak-thief; brings up the newspaper from the door-steps in the morning; watches the letter-carrier as he passes. opens the gate for him, and brings in the missives; goes out in the yard and fetches a half scuttle of coal, himself tilling the scuttle; plays base ball in the position of catcher against the best of them; would beat "Shorty" Force as short-stop, and does a hundred other things too numer ous to mention. But there- j -ne lirn. and the attempt to apt the idea intn lio noddle has OOSt the o : i i i .1. : i . A do?, as everybody knows, has a won derful scent, and as everybody likewise knows, most people having bad experi ence in that way, a great deal of money is lost by accident upon tne street, now, argued the owner, if I can teach "Nig" to go round and pick up stray stamps he'll make my eternal fortune, and so he set about experimenting. AVhenever he and "JNig ' go out together, he win maKe it a point to drop a shinplaster, and if his canine sagacity does not observe the treasure himself the master calls his at tention to it. "Nig" then goes for it, and in a moment reduces it to pulp. When a nickel is dropped, he makes short work by swallowing it. This thing has been going on for some time now, and the habit acquired in an incipient stage of the practice has become so rooted that it will probably never be eradicated. But it is ever thus our fondest hopes are dashed to the ground. Here is good-for-nothing, rollicking "JNig," who can do almost anything under the sun, that is difficult and unprofitable, but the moment you at tempt to turn his talent to value it vanishes in tbin air. Chicago Time. By a vote of the town of Middleboro, Mass., last spring, children attending the High School and living more than two miles from the school-house are allowed five cents a mile for each mile traveled toward the school house, for paying the expenses of transportation, the chil dren who live on the line of the rail road make a good thing of it. From South Middleboro, which is seven or eight miles from Middleboro, eight attended lost term. Each paid for a season ticket for three months, $7 80, and those who attended school every day of the twelve weeks' term received as mileage 314.75, making a clear gain of $6.95, besides which each ticket was good for a week oyer the duration of the term. It appears that the French Govern ment, by the grant of a concession for manufacture and sale of matches, are about to realize a revenue of 640,000 per annum, with a probability of ita be- I i J . n nctjM nnA General Xews Summary. CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on the 13th, a note was read from the Vice-President, stating that he would be absent for a few days, and Mr. Anthony was chosen President pro ton. ...A snbMtUnte for the House bill to authorize the construction of six steam vessels of war was reported from the Naval Committee; the substitute authorizes the Secre tary of the Navy to construct ten ateam vessels of war of such class or classes as he may deem most suitable to the demamls of the service, each carry ing six or more iruns of larce calibre, and the bulls to be built of iron or wood, as he may determine ....Bills were passed appropriating f."iio.V00 (or tbe purchase of an addition to the sUe of the lloeton Post-Offlce: to prescribe he manner of taking testimony In contested election cases The credentials of George E. Spencer, re-elected Senator from Ala bama, were presented Mills were introduced aud referred to organize the Territory of Oklo hnma. consolidate the Indian tribes, and carry out the provixions of treaties with certain tribes; to promote immiCTatinn to the United Sttes;creatlng a Bureau of Immigration, and providing for the comfort and protection of immigrants in many ways while aboard ship, and after landing ...The Boston Relief bill was taken up and. after a long discussion, referred to the Judiciary Committee. After an executive session, adjourned to the 16th. In the House, on the 13tb, a resolution was adopted calling on the Postmaster-General for certain information concerning postal cards, post age stamps, etc. ...A number of private bills were reported... The bill to reimburse the College of William and Mary, in Virginia, $W,ooa, for prop erty destroyed during the war of the rebellion, was taken up in Committee of the Whole, reported to the llouse. and an amendment was adopted to 76 providing that no part of the money shonld be paid nntil it had been officially declared by the College authorities that the institution is, and shall be in the future, at all times, open for the admission on equal terms, and with equal privileges, of all persons, irrespective of rnce. color, or previous condiUon of servitude. The Dill as amended was then rejected yeas. Si; nays. 146 Tbe Senate amendments to the House bill abolishing the offices of Assessors and Assist ant Assessors of Internal Revenue, were taken np and all agreed to except one authorizing the ap pointment of twenty-flve Treasury Agents, which was rejected (-9 to 26 and a Cnmmittee of Con ference was ordered. ...Adjonrned. the session on the 14th to be restricted to general debate. In the Senate, on the 16th, bills were introduced regulating the taking ot private prop erty for public uses ; granting the right of way to the Kansas A Colorado Railroad; to extend the time for the payment by settlers on the Osage lands in Kansas; granting the California Central Narrow Gauge Railroad Company certain rights over tbe public lands al Benioa, California. ...A resolution was adopted 56 to 8 calling for the appointment of a committee of seven on the question of providing cheaper transportation from the West to the East Bills were reported with amendments. House bill authorizing the ex change of registered bonds for coupon bonds; re vising the Mint and Coinage laws, with amend ments. ...A report was made from the Committee of Conference on the bill relating to the bed of Beaver Lake, Indiana On motion, the Senate re ceded from its amendment to the Internal Reve nue bill, providing for the appointment of twenty flve additional revenue agents. ...The French Spoliation bill was called np and debated.... xec ntive session and adjournment. In the House, on the 16th, among the bills introduced were to accept the Louisville A Portland Canal and reduce the tolls; authorizing free banking; restricting Port-Office advertise ments to the capers printed in the district where the service is required; for the resumption of spe cie payment ; to repeal tbe law requiring donole postage on matter not fully prepaid: to repeal the tax on tobacco; to authorize a practicing phvsician to import medical books for his own use free of duty; for the further funding of the public debt; granting 1.0 0,i un acres or tbe public lands to the nrown i neoiogicai institute, in r loriaa; also, ior a like grant to the Agricultural College, of Florida; for m bridge across the Missouri Klver to Sioux City: granting a charter to tbe Northern Central Railway Company of Minnesota.... A resolnUon was offered and adoptcd-115 to 53- declaring that "asan exposition oi tne sentiment or Congress.no measures betaken toward removing from the army register or regi mental colors of the United States tbe names of the battles of the rebellion". . . .Bills were passed tor tne transportation inrongn the mans or agri cultural and flowering seeds, enttings, bulbs. roots, scions, etc., at the rate of two cents for every four onnces, the weight not to exceed fonr ponnd packages; extending for six months tbe lime ior tne completion oi tne n mora & St. Peter.Rillroad.... A resolution was offered and rejected yeas 79, nays 99 requesting the President to inform the House, if not incompati ble with public interests, why the Executive of the United States interfered with the affairs of that State, giving all the farts: also, to give all inform ation on the snbiect relative to the condnct of E. 11. Dnrell. united states Judge there, so that the Honse mav determine what steps " any, ought to be taken, inconsequence of such interference in the political affairs of Louisiana... .Resolutions were adopted instructing the Post-Oflie Com mittee to inquire as to the propriety of the election of Postmasters; requesting the President to communicate informa tion relative to the condition of affairs in Louisi ana, and what action. If any. he has taken with regard thereto; instructing the Judiciary Commit tee to inquire what legislation is necessary to guard against the dangers threatening the liberties of tbe people of Louisiana. Alabama, and Arkan sas, and to guarantee a republican form of Govern ment, ana to avoid tne anngcr of rtvu war in the several States of the Union The Deficiency bill, appropriating f l,f.ft!,834, was considered in committee ot the hole. ...Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 17th, Messrs. Windom. Sherman. Conkling, Ames, Lewis, Caa serly and Norwood were appointed a committee to consider the question nf cheaper transit from the West to the East.. ..Mr. Morrill, of Maine, and Mr. Osborne were appointed to fill vacancies in tnesiiiitarr committee... ine resolution oi ine Honse against removing from the army register the names of the batiks of the rebellion waa presented. ...A preamble, reciting alleged actions of fraud on the part of tbe Administration party in tbe late election In Arkansas, and a resolu tion providing for the appointment of comm ttee of five to go to Little Rock and investigate the matter, were presented and laid on the table. ...The Customs bill, reported last session from the Committee on Finance, was referred to the Committee on Commerce.. ..The Indian Appropriation bill was reported from the Committee on Appropriations, with unimportant amendments A bill was inl introduced and refer red for extending the time for tbe completion of the portage Likec Lake superior nip canal..., The French Spoliation bill was further debated. ..Adjourned. In the House, oh the 17ih, the bill to fix the compensation of the claimants under the Geneva award was referred to the Judiciary Com mittee: the bill appointing Commissioners to in vestigate the depredations on the Texas frontier was referred to tne committee on Appropriations. .."The bill providing for determining the bonnd- ary line through tbe Haro Channel, as decided by tne i&mperor of uermany. was passea.... t ne oiu for appropriating $1(0,000 for American exhibitors at lenna was aiscupsca, ana an j mcrit su ar.ipniiB 111 sin-mi (lie exMn?iiiuii oe ap pointed by the President to report their observa tions... Jr. tirooKS, oi iew iorK, caitea atten tion to statements In tbe New York Ilrrald and il'or' that II. S. McComb had testifled before tbe Credit-Mobilicr Investigating Committee, that he (Brooks) had received certain shares of stork in order to innnence mm, ana inrongn mm ine dem ocratic side of the House. In legislation beneficial to the Union Pacific Railroad Company. He ntterlv denied the statement. and ridiculed the Idea of his attempting to in fluence Democratic members for a bribe of fifty shares of Credit-Mohilier stock, representing $5.(if 0. He wished the Committee to search his condnct from beginning to end. and if they found any fanlt in him to report it to the House, and to disgrace him.... The report of the Conference Committee on the bill to remove tne sunken wreck from the channel at Sandy Hook was agreed to The hill rcoorted from the Judiciary Com mittee last session for tbe settlement with the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois of the five per cent, of the net proceeds of the sale of pnhlic lands within those States, was aenatca....Aa- jonrned. In the Senate, on the 18th, a bill wa reported and debated for the relief of settlers on Cherokee lands The bill authorizing the East Chester National Bank, of Mount Vernon, Indiana, to change its location and name, was passea.. Bills were introduced and referred to secure more efficient ami honest administration of Indian affairs : authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate with the Creek Indians for tbe cession of a part of their reservation Tbe death of Garrett Davis, late Senator from Kentucky, was formally announced and eulogies were delivered bv Me--r. Stevenson. Viekers. Cameron. Tbur- man, Sumner, Bayard and Trumbull, when the customary resolutions were adopted.... Adjourn ed. In the House, on the 18th, bills -were passed authorizing the Comptroller of the Cur rency to examine the condition of the savings hanks In tbe District of Columbia; concerning a set Dement with the States of Ohio. Indiana and Illinois of the S per cent, of land claims, nnder tbe aet of March 8, 185710 to 6z....The Deficiency bill was further considered In Committee of the Whole Eulogies were delivered on the late Sen ator Davis, of Kentucky Adjonrned. THE OLD WOULD. Dispatchca of the 14th announce heavy rains in France, causing floods in many sections. Several rivers had overflowed, and the country adjacent to them waa nndcr water. The cities of Nantes and Lille were partially submerged and much destruction to property was apprehended. Rumors in Berlin on the 14th of Bismark's resignation of the Presidency of the Prus sian Council, excited much newspaper com ment, tbe tenor of opinion being that the leadership of Prussia in the affairs nf the German Confederation Is esacntl.il to the leadership of Germany in tbe affairs ot Eu rope, and that Bismarlt'i retirement was likely to create an important crista. Information bas been received in London that the eighty persona who were believed to have perished by the stranding or tbe emi grant ship Franklin, from Hamburg for San Francisco, off the coast of Iceland, had been rescued. Viscountess Beaconsfield, wife of Rt. Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, died in London on the 15th. At an open-air meeting at Stockton, En gland, on the 15th, in favor of Fenian am- netty, the English and Welsh present charg ed on the platforms, and, capturing the Irish flags, trampled them in tbe mud. The Japanese Government employs in the Interior about 300 foreigner! Americana, 41; Eugliah, 120; French, 69. Large quantities of snow and rain have recently fallen in some parts of England. Large tracts of land in Leicestershire were inundated. Id Derbyshire snow fell to the depth of twelve inches. At Grimsby tbe gale was a hurricane, and many casualties are re ported. Fourteen ringleaders in the disorderly demonstrations at the Fenian meeting at Stockton, England, hare been imprisoned for various terms. In the Lower House of the Spanish Cortes, on the 18th, President Zorilla declared it to be the purpose of the Government to intro duce a law for the abolition of slavery In Porto Rico. He also announced the (op pression of the Carl 1st insurrection, and the prevalence of order in the coantry. The rlouse. by a vote of 1S3 to 6, approved these declarations. THE SZW WOKLT. Gold closed in New York on the 19th at 111X0111'. Tbe President sent tbe following nomina tions to the Senate on the 13th: B. W. Brisbers, Consul at Verviera, France ; James Wright, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Montana. Tbe bondsmen of Colonel Blood, In the criminal suit for libel, surrendered his bail on tbe 13th. Blood was rearrested, and con fined in the Eldridge Street Police Station. Wm. M. Lent has commenced a anlt against Arnold (concerned in the recent great diamond frauds) for $150,000, and has attached Arnold's homestead at Elizabeth town, Ky., and (9,600 in the 8avlnga' Bank at Louisville. Tbe compromise of United States Attor ney-General Williams for the settlement of the Alabama Legislative conflict has been accepted by both the rival bodies. Under this arrangement those members of the Leg eslature whose election is undisputed would assemble as one body, sod proceed to inves tigate and settle all cases where seats are contested. A New Orleans dispatch of the 13th says the Fusion Legislature had adjourned nntil the regular session, nnless sooner convened by the Governor. A Joint Committee was appointed to accompany the Citizens' Com mittee to Washington. The Kellogg Legis lature bad expelled two Senators, holding over from the Isst session, for act ing with the Warmoth body. The Louisiana militia having refused to obey General Longstreet, were ordered to sur render their arms and armory, bnt refused. whereupon General Badger, with about 100 armed Metropolitan police, was ordered to take the armory. For a time a skirmish was threatened, but the Metropolitans were final ly withdrawn, leaving the militia in quiet possession. Tbe militia offered to surrender to any United States military officer, but de clined surrendering their arms to any other existing authority. The funeral of Osborne P. Anderson (col ored), the last of the John Brown raiders, took place at Washington, a few dsys ago, The Attorney-General of Louisiana appear- peared before Attorney-General Williams on the 14th, in the interest of the Warmoth fac tion, and In a written argument aaked that the Government would suspend further ac tion in Louisiana until thoroughly conver sant with all the circumsrances. Attorney General Williams courteously but firmly in formed Mr. Ogden that all farther argument would be useless; that tbe President had made up his mind to sustain tba United States Courts, snd that it was not likely he would change his opinion. Horace Greeley's last will the one being contested is dated November 9, 1873, and was acknowledged by him, in the presence of witnesses, on the 39th of the same month, a short time before his death. It provides as follows : Item 1. 1 give and benneath all the property of which I may die possessed. Including lands, mort gages, bonds, notes of band, debts, stocks, dues, and obligations, to mv elder daughter. Ida L. Oreeley, one half to be by her used at her own dis cretion in ine eoucauon ana sappon oi nersiatvr, Gabriclle. The other moiety to be her own in every right Item i. I give and bequeath my gold watch. nsnaliy worn or me. to my seconu oauguier, Uabnelle Miriam ureeley, aioresaia. A large number of destitute Italian immi grants have recently arrived at New Tork. Some of them appeared in tbe streets on the 14th, and presented a most miserable spectacle. Tbey were almost destitute of clothing, and looked starved. The Italian Consul in that city stated that all of them had passports from their Government, and that there were no brigands among tbem It Is announced that in his will, Edwin Forrest leaves his entire property, even bis wardrobe and valuable library, to be used for tbe foundation of a Home for Disabled Dramatic Artists. The proprietors of the Fifth Avenue Hotel hare published a card saying that they will bear all the costs of the funerals of the vic tims of the late fire, and will reimburse the relatives of the girls for the expenses that they have incurred. It has recently come to light that two runaway boys from Kenosha, Wis., named Christmann and Hayes, were crushed to death in a wrecked freight train near Peoria, III., some days sgo. It appears that they bad gone to Chicago, and there stole a ride to Peoria in a freight train, which was crushed In a collision. On clearing away the debris of the wreck, the crushed, dead bodies of tbe boys were found. Tbey left Kenosba for parts unknown, several weeks ago, and their parents had been trying ever since to learn of their whereabouts. The Board of 8tate Canvassers in Florida have finished their count. Tbey give the official majority of Hart, Republican, at 1,590. Tha Republicans elect both members of Congress and Lieutenant-Governor; and claim a majority in the House of six and in the Senate of ten. The Mechanics' Institute Legislative Board of Managers, at New Orleans, oa tbe 14th, submitted articles of impeachment against Governor Warmoth. Among the accusations Is one to the effect that he had offered a bribe of foO.OOO and the dispensation of patronage to Lletenaut-Governor Pinchbeck If he would organize tbe Senate to suit the purposes of the accused. General W. H. 8mlth, United States Army, and Lieutenants Hays and King, of General Emory's staff of infantry, went to the State Arsenal held by Warmoth's State Militia, on the 14th, stating that they had instruc tions from Washington to take charge, The militia at once surrendered the proper ty and vacated the premises. Tbe officers retained their side-arms, which were person al property. The President made the following nomina tions on the 16th: A. W. Hawkins, Collec tor of Internal Revenue, Seventh District of TcnDesaet. Postmasters: H. K. W. Bent, Los Angeles, CaL; II- J. Waldroo, at the Dalles, Oregon; J. M. Bacon, Oregon City, Oregon; L. H. Wakefield, Portland, Oregon; D.Eaton, Albert Lea, Mlsa. ; J. D. Antcr, Webstar City, Iowa; A. II. Vinson, Fella, Iowa; D. H. Frost, Belle Plain, Iowa; A. B. C. Hitchcock, Sidney, Ohio; G. R. Eldridge, Cuba, N. T.; H. Grant, Stephen's Point, Wis. ; C. 8tewart, St. Joseph, Mich.; T. E. Clapp, White Pigeon. Mich.; J. R. Hngglna, Pal myra, Mo.; W. K. Hull, Columbus, Ky.; Mrs. T. H. Haaklna, Ky. A Washington dispatch of the 10th gives the following statement of Attorney-General Williams relative to affairs in Louisiana : "According to the laws ot Louisiana, Governor Warmoth. Lientenant-Oovernor Pinchbeck, Secre tary of State Herron, and Messrs. Lynch and An derson, constituted, at the late election in that State, the Returning Board, with power to canvass tbe votes for Presidential Electors, members of Congress. State officers, and members of the Legis lature, itncbheek and Anderson were candidates upon the Renublican ticket, and therefor rnumed their seals upon tbe Board, and to fill the vacancies so created. Longstreet and Hawkins were elected by the remaining members, as provided by law. Warmoth then pretended to remove tbe Secretary of State from the office, and appointed in his place a fellow by tbe naaae of Jack Wharton. Ww snow ana vt aarton men repudiated the elec tion of Longstreet and Hawkins. and appointed, in their places. Batch and Depont. This Board, so eonailtated, were proceeding to canvass the votes, when, upon due application, their proceedings were perpetually enjoined by the Judge of the Eighth District State Court, whose jurisdiction in the case was nnanes- rJoned. Warmoth thereupon forcibly ejected the Judge grantinsr said ininnetlon from his office. and installed in his place, before the votes were canvassed, or it waa legallv known who waa elected, the Democratic candidate for Judgeship in uai oiainci at mat election, proceedings were then bad In the Supreme Court of the State, in which tha validitv nf this rbanra of Judges waa brought in question, and the Court held it invalid, and in effect decided that War- moth's Board of Canvassers waa illegal, and its acta void. These decisions of the Stale Court were treated by Warmoth with perfect contempt. Suit was commenced on the equity side of the Vnited States District Court, in which an Injunc tion Was astfed and obtained aainat f h War-moth Board of Canvassers, and this injunction waa also treated by Warmoth's Board with contempt. In structions were then given to the Marsha to en force the orders of this Court, and troops were placed at his service for that purpose. Mean- nue, the Board of Canvassers ormnized according to law. or a majority of them, canvassed the votes and returned that the Republican candidates for Presidential Electors id Bute officers were elected, and that certain peraons were elected to she Legislature. Warmoth having called an extraordinary session of the Leg islature, the nersona returned as elected bv the regular Board assembled In tbe State House, and. auer organization, inaae a rormai requisition, nnder Section 4, Article 4. of the Constitution of tbe United States, upon tbe President to protect the State from domeatic violence. Resolutions of Impeachment were also rnferrd by Ua ey against Warmoth. and under the Constitution of the State the Lieutenant-Governor became Acting Governor. "Another bod v assembled at the Lvceura Hall. tn New Orleans, claiming to be the Legislature of the Bute, and waa recognised by Warmoth. Two organizations wore thus made, promising nothing to tbe State but discord and anarchy. Not doubting that irregularities had occurred on both aides, but believing that tha Republican ticket had received a majority of the votes of Louisiana, and acting in conformity to the returns of the regular Board of Canvassers, and decisions of the State and Federal Courts, the President decided to answer the reso lution of the state-House Legislature, bv recog nizing the organization with which it is connected ss tha lawful Government of the State." Fifty-one shares of the capital stock of the New York Tribune Association, constituting a majority, were sold to Wm. Orton, on the 16th. The parties going out besides Mr. Sinclair and the representatives of the estates of the dead proprietors, are George Ripley, Whitelaw Reid, John Hay, Thomas N. Rooker, Philip Fitzpatrick, Patrick O'Rourke and J. C Ayer. At Des Moines, Iowa, the liquor case of Mrs. Priestly against Hlcrb has been settled by Hlerb giving her a homestead valued at (1,500 as damages for selling liquor to her husband. Arnold, one of the alleged originators of tbe Arizona diamond frauds, writes to the Louisville Courier that he did not salt tbe mines, that he has not swindled his partners and the public, and that he has discovered sliver mines in Kentucky worth (300,000,. 000, and has bought all the lands around them for $9,000,000. The Supreme Court of Tennessee has de cided that the law of the State prohibiting the ssle of "spirituous liquors" on Sunday, does not apply to beer or other fermented liquors. A New Orleans telegram of the 16th states thst B. L. Lynch, Republican, had been in stalled as Judge of tbe Fourth District Court, Bonner, Fuslonlst, being forcibly ejected. Bonner hsd a commission from Governor Warmoth. Lynch holds a commis sion from acting Governor Pinchbeck, upon the return of the Bovee Board. A recent Washington dispatch announces that arrangements have been made between the Post-Offlce and War Departments by which one or more of the dally weather re ports issued by the Signal Office will be fur nished daily to all Post-offices that can be reached from the several points of distribu tion dally by mall. As these reports are de signed for the benefit of the agricultural as well as the commercial interests of the coun try, the Postmaster-General instructs all Postmasters receiving them to put them lm medlstely in frames, supplied for the pur pose by the Signal officers. The Vermont Senate, by only one major ity, killed the bill allowing women to vote at school district meetings. Investigations made go to show that tbe girls whose desd bodies were found in the garret of the llftb Avenue Hotel, at ew York, were suffocated by the smoke. In New Tork, on thcJ16th, two prominent and wesltby lottery dealers, John Simmons and N. H. Duryea, got Into a quarrel, ana the usr ir rs tally stabbed by Simmons, dying almost Instantly. The murderer waa subsequently arrested. Dr. Edward Bayard, who was Mr. Gree ley's medical adviser for eleven yesrs, be lieves thst it wss a grave mistake to place Mr. Greeley in a mad-house, and that he was never crazy in any degree, but worn out. At a meeting of tbe Board of Emigration in New Tork, on the 17th, a communication was received from Secretary Fish, stating that the United Stales authorities in Italy hsd been Instructed to adopt measures to prevent the repetition of outrages upon emigrants. It now transpires that large number of Italian children are purchased from their parents snd brought to this country to earn a living for their owners by begging and stealing. Tbe parents are led to believe that their children come to America as to an 1 Dora do, where fabulous wealth awaits them. By a terrific boiler explosion at Msugh's ssw-mlll, on Black River, Wayne Co., Mo. few dsys sgo, four employes were killed outright, and three others dangerously wounded. Tbe mill and boiler were literal ly blown to atoms. A short time sgo a professor of chemistry at Dover. Delaware, suddenly disappeared. but in his laboratory there wss found, amidst a chaos of broken retorts and crucibles, tbe corpse of a human being, mutilated beyond recognition. A colored man in tbe employ of the chemist wss also missing at the same time, and a critical examination of the re mains in tbe laboratory led to ths belief that the corpse was that of the negro. The pro fessor afterward made bis appearance, and confessed that he had killed the negro, though alleging that the deed was commit ted In self-defense, and explained that he blew np the laboratory and fled to conceal his guilt. Subsequent developments go to show that the murder was a deliberate one, and that it was the design of the professor to create tbe impression that the remains were those of himself, in order to secure the psyment of insurance policies on his life. It sesms he had had converse tlons, previous to this murder, with several men of about his size and build, in which he alluded to the similarity in their physical structure, Bnd sought to induce each of them to go to his laboratory and test a new gss he was using. A Columbia (S. C.) dispatch of the 17th ssjsthe alleged bribery cases against John J. Patterson, Senator-elect, had been heard and dismissed. One witness, named Miller, admitted the falsity of his affidavit,' and said It waa made to compel Patterson to psy i,ooa r -. The Comptroller of the Currency has au thorized the following banks to commence business: American German National Bank, at Paducah, capital, 100,000; Third Nation al Bank, Urbana, Ohio, capital, 10Q,000. The second trisl of Edward 8. Btokes for the murder of Fisk was begun on the 18th. Three jurors were obtained. Hon. William Wirt Virgin, of Portland, has been nominated by the Governor to fill tha vacancy in the 8 uprose Court of Maine. Resolutions condemnatory of tha' course of Senator Snmner la introducing a bill Into ths United 8tates Senate to remove all In scriptions relating to the rebellion from the army register and National regimental flags, were passed by the Massachusetts Legisla ture on the 18th. Tbe Tote in the House wss 104 yeas to 76 nsys; in the Senate, yeas SO, nays 9. The New Hampshire State Temperance Convention, held at Concord on the 18tb, nominated the Rev. John Blackman for Gov ernor, and Asa 8. Kendall for Railroad Com missioner. . Prohibitory resolutions were adopted. Nominations for Congress were made as follows: First District, Rev. A- G. Corning; Second District, J. M. Fletcher; Third District, A. C. Hardy. Messrs. Blinn & Anson, of Cairo, who claim to have recently had $20,000 stolen from them, and who were subsequently ar rested by the United States Marshal on the charge of an attempt to defraud their cred itors, have been required to give bail in the sum of $10,000. On the evening of the 17th a sharp shock f an earthquake was felt at Visalia, CaL, but no damage was done. The epizootic waa prevailing to a great extent at Leavenworth, Kansas, on the 18th. The bill to remove the capital of West Virginia from Charlestown to Wheeling passed the House on the 17th, by a vote of 33 to 30. Edward A. Pollard, the editor and author, died at Lynchburg, Vs., on the ICth, aged forty-five. The Kellogg Legislature, on the 18th, passed the bill punishing bribery in office. The Court of Impeachment adjourned to the 23d instant. In his letter of the 14th, to Attorney General Williams, Attorney-General Ogden, of Louisiana, argues in favor ot the Warmoth side of the quarrel, and says : " The action of the Executive in recognizing the as semblage at Mechanics' Institute in New Orleans as the Legislature of Louisiana, and P. B. 8. Pinchbeck, as Governor, wss certainly premature. Pinchbeck was never Lieutenant-Governor of the State, and his term as a Senator expired under the Consti tution of the State on the fourth day of No vember last. The assemblage at Mechanics' Institute wss notoriously returned and seated by a Deputy United States Marshal, under the order of an inferior Federal Court." Speaking of the State election, Mr. Ogden says it "was the most quiet and orderly ever held in the State; not a symp tom of riotous disposition, not even a per sonal quarrel or encounter connected with politics was reported by the police authori ties in any direction. The machinery of the State Government was in perfect order after the electloi, and entirely competent to manage its own affairs, and with eourts of Justice ready to protect the rights of every . citizen. By a sudden action of an inferior Federal court, which was absolutely coram nam Judiee, the State Government is com pletely overset, the State-House seized, and government enacted whose officers the people have never chosen." Tbe California Diamond Bubble. Fob several weeks past the papers have been filled with accounts of the discovery of diamonds, rubies, sapphires and other precious stones, in Arizona and other parts oi tne western wildernesses, ine wonderful region, where the gems were to be found almost as thick us blackber ries, waa alleged to be quite circum scribed, and very inaccessible. The for tunate discoverers brought to San Fran cisco a large number of specimens, which excited the astonishment and interest of everybody. It was then announced that they had arranged, by purchase and pre emption, to secure the whole of the valu able area, which embraced these untold treasures. The aim of the proprietors, as they now allege, was to make arrange ments for the supply of a large amount of funds, so that a rxxiy or workers might be sent to the grounds and subsist ed for a length of time sufficient to collect all the iewels that were accessible. To effect this, they determined to form a joint stock company. A corporation, styled the Ban JTrancisco ana rtew iorK Commercial ana Mining uompany, waa accordingly organized, a large amount oi the stock sold, and the money trans ferred to the pockets of the original projectors. The purchasers of the stock. in order to ascertain the approximate value of their astonishing possessions, de cided to institute a careful survey of the diamond regions, and organized for this purpose a scientific party, headed by the well Known geologists, Clarence xving, D. 1. Col ton, Mr. Bost and Mr. Frey. These gentlemen, after a toilsome march, reached the alleged diamond regions, and found, turely enough, diamonds and rubies on the sur face of the ground and in the crevices of the rocks. But, strange to say, in every instance of a "find," it was evident that the gems had been deposited there by the hand of man, and that none existed where, if their occurrence had been gen . . .... . i nine, tne inevnaDie taws oi mature wumu have placed them. The explorers were forced tn the conclusion that the ground in certain places had been salted, or scat tered over, with gems for the purpose of deceiving honest or unskilled searchers, and they denounced the whole thing as a swindle of the most barefaced descrip tion. Whon t be rennrt nf the snrvevors reached San Francisco, the trustees of the corporation met and adopted a resolution to the eflect that the fraud be at once and fully exposed, in order that the public might be protected ; also, tnat no more stock be issued or transferred, and that the corporation be dissolved as soon as practicable. rnus ends tne romance oi tne Arizona diamonds. It is to be hoped that the originators of this daring outrage upon innocent purchasers oi the stock may do brought to justice. Hekje is a aueer story, the truth of which is absolutely guaranteed by one of the most respectable of Paris newspapers. Le Tempi: A certain M. ae li. nas long been insane. lie imagined himself a Chinese, wore the costume of the Celes tial Empire, and spoke a strange jargon invented by himself, and which he se riously believed to be pure Chinese. This waa a very inoffensive monomania. His family bad, thereiore, taaen no precau tionary measures further than that of preventing him from going out. M. de B. awoke the other day covered with cold sweat, declaring that the Emperor, Tchong-Tcheou, had condemned him to impalement. lie asked to be left alone. When, at the end of two hours, bis friends re-entered his room, he was found on a chair, sitting boll upright, with bis hair standing on end. "Heav ens I how I suffer," gasped he ; "it is go ing through and through me." A doctor was sent for, and M. de B. was placed by force in a reclining position. ' It is too late," he cried, 'the stake is broken in my back !" and he expired under the full con viction that he was actually impaled. A Panbuhiaw who was in New Tork Saturday, came up with the wild state ment that he had seen a hotel clerk with side-whiskers. This is more of a lie than one man should undertake to tell. Hair growing on the cheek of a hotel clerk t , ScaUDanlntry Aw.