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MILAN, - ... . . TENNESSEE.
CUI WENT NEWS.
WASHINGTON.
The Semite Committee on Foreign Rela
tions have decided to recommend the adop
tion of a concurrent resolution, requesting
the President to 0n negotiations with the
OovernmeuU of China and Great Britain
with a view to restricting Chinee kiinihrra
tion. The President has lgtu the act ammd
InR an act to aid in the const ruct (on of a rail
road and telnmi'h line from the Missouri
Iliver to the Pacific Oo-an. a
In accordance with instruction of the
House Conimiu e on Banking and Curren
cy, lJi.rrcr.utive Phillips ban prepared
and has tK-cn authorized to report to the
House a Mil directing the Secretary of the
TreMiry to reissue, in denominations of tl
and ,2 United Mate notes, the mm of
Jiowri.ooo, held in reserve in the Treasury
for redemption of fractional currency not
jet redeemed, mid requiring tit the
same shall !c paid out on d maud for cur
rent expenses of the tfovtmmcnt, o an to
plaM it in circuUtlnn. The bill also pro
vides that any fractional notes not destroyed
which may hereafter be presented for re
demption, shall be redeemed from coin or
notes in the Treasury, and any eums accru
ing from this reissue, and needed to meet
appropriations, shall be employed in y
iriR and canceling bonds of a kind subject to
the call hearing the highest rate of interest.
The House Committee on Public Lands
have decided to recr.mmend the pasape of
the so-called 5-r.t r-cenU bill introduced this
session by Representative Sapp, of Iowa.
The bill provides for the payment by the
tiener.vl (iovernuirnt to the States of Ohio,
Im'.iana, Illinois, Missouri, Miehipin, Wis
insin, Minnesota, lown, Nebraska, Kan
sas, Arkansas, Louisiana, .A iabnma, Missis
sippi, Florida, Oregon, Nevada and Colora
do.of 5 per cunt, on the localities of military
land warrauU therein, estimating the same j
at rxr acre, the payim ut to be made in
Treasury certilicates, running 20 yor, hir
ing interest at the rate of 3.05 pet cent, per
Hnnum. Several million dollars are involv
ed. A report against the bill win Le pre
sented by Mr. Pulterson, in behalf of the
minority of the committee,
The President baa nominated Gen. Goo.
A. .Sheridanvof Louisiana, to be Itecorder.
f Jii-eds in the I istrict of Columbia.
Captain Kads is in Washington endeavor- I
ing to serure from Congress a modification
of the act providing for Jetties Bt the mouth
of the Mississippi. He ntutes that upward
of H) per cent, of the whole work required
to complete the enterprise has been done,
and less than 20 per cent, of the contract
price has been paid by the Government. The
delay in paj menu under the present act, it
appears, is so great that Captain Lads
finds it impossible to pusU the work as
rapidly as the public interests require.
He therefore asks that a part of the large
sums in the hands of the Government may
be paid.over to him at an earlier date than
the present law authorizes, in order to re
lieve V.im from financial burdens and ena
ble him to prosecute the work more vigor
ously. The latest surveys show a good nav
igable channel to the sea, with a least depth
of 23 feet and a depth of 2G feet tb.;wtjrti the
entire Jetty channel, except a distance of
o.V feet.. .The deptb when the
Jellies were begun, was less than
eight feet. A revbrt prepared on the sub
ject shows that all Ihe large shipping enter
ing or leaving the Mississippi uses the Jetty
channel, thus savuig to the Government an
annual on tiny ; of ; $&)K expended for
dredging under the old system, when there
wa.-Tiarcly a navigable depth of over IS feet.
Capt, Lads says he wiil secure themaxlmum
depth of 30 feet within the time required by
the jetty acL He docs not ask to have the
depth lessened, but only such modifications
as engineering experts may deem advisable.
Congressman Schleicher has made public
the contents of a letter received by him
from one of his constituents at Corpus
Christi, Texas, detailing at !?hgth the most
horrible cruelties practiced by Mexicans,
disguised as Indians, who have recently
been committing depredations in Webb,
Duval and surrounding counties. The
writer claims that some 40 persons were
mi'.rdcred.'n of w hom were children, and
from f)0 to tiOO horses stolen.
A Washington special of the JOth fays:
" The published statement of communistic
gatherings in various pvrts I the country
have received oufBtfent consideration from
the Govern men',, to lead to an Investigation
as to the Mrength and character of the re
port'', preparations, which shows that the
aocounts are very much exaggerated. In
inc meantime, however, the Government
will observe all operations of this character
in order to be prepared for any emergency
auouid they in the future extend to dimen
sions threatening the peace of. the country."
i ne majority report of the Committee on
Expenditures ia the Navy Department says
that the administration -t the Department
from lsiiit to 1S7, inclusive, is characterised
by the greatest extravagance and a total dis
regard of all legal restraints, the result of
which is that'. ha several bureaus are now
indebted to the aggregate amount of over
J7,Kii,(K.0, notwithstanding the current
appropriations for those vcar aggre
gate $140,K,000. For this ran outlay,
ays the report, " there , is nothing to 1iovJ
save a navy contemptible even in compari
son with those of third and fourth-rate
powers. Tho committee recommend an ap
propriation of $!,-. 17,7.18 to enable the Sec
retary of the Navy to pay all claims against
the Department," and jtlso recommend that
the cxis'ing ooniracts for the completion of
the Unfinished iron-clads be cancoled.t he ag
gregate amount of w liich is $3,(100,113. This
report is signed by Representatives Willis,
Whitthorne, Carlisle, and Pridemore. The
minority report of fhc committee, signed by
Representatives Tage, nubbeTI, "anl "Wil
liams or Oregon, -say (hat they are unable
to a'.-ree with the report of th majority in
t harging the Department with mal-admin-istration,
and they rccintmeiitl the appoint
ment of a committee to examine- agisting
contracts, and, on .being satisfied that the
same are with responsible parties and for
proper prices, to confirm and carry out the
same, and that an appropriation be made
therefor. '
Prof. Joseph Henry, Of the Smithsonian
Institution, tho well known astronomer,
died suddenly on the 13th.
tVKST AM) SOCTHWEKT.
It is now believed the band of train rob
bers, that for several months have been
depredating on the Houston and Texas Cen
tral and Texas and Pacific Hallways,' has
been virtually broken up. "Lieut.' June
Peak, of the Tesas Rangers, has arrested.
inlVntou County, Green Hill, P. G. Mill- !
jn and Robert Murphy, on a I'ntted States j
warrant charging them with being accessory,
W.t., Vt..c , Via liiarlp fit 1 K.i trnnrr huB ,rn !
pursued to bis hiding-alacc, auJt Wt ac- j
counts was badly-wounded. The robbers,
Pipes, llerndun ami Mays have been brought
licf'.re the bar of the t'nited Slates Court at
Tler. - . . . " .
John B. Carson has been appointed Gen
eral Manager of the Hannibal and St. Jo
seph Railroad, rtW R. S. Stephens, who rc-
6igned the position of General Superintend
ent
The marrisxe ot fenstor J. Donald Cam-1
erouof Pennsvtvanta atid Miss Elizabeth B.
n , .j . T- T..t T
Sherman, niece of the Secretary of the
Treasury, was celebrated in Cleveland, ("., j Canton, China, onthelltn ult. - Some 500
on the Dili, in a most brilliant manner aud j lives were hist. and a largo number of build
in presence of jtiargeT number' of distin- i ings-destroyej.. ' ,- . ..-,
guished guest.-. - - '- -- -- j Th Cuban sugar crop,it is estimated, will
A decision rendered at Omaha by Judge J fall shortSO to 35 per cent., as compared with
Dundy, of the Tniteu States District Court, last year 1
denies the right of the Kansas and Denver ' Gen, Grant and suite arrived in Tarls on
TacificItaUroads tc compel the Union Taclf-! the tih. . . .
ic to concede a mileage pro-rate tra all busi- I The Allan line Steamship Sardinian, from
Bess delivered by them to the latter road. It , Liverpool, May 9, for Quebec, with 460 pas
is held that the Union pacific lias the right i sengers, tools fire at the entrance of London
td impose an extra charge on freight carried 1 deny Ilarttor, cau-kp4.VjT.4n explosion of
west ot Ihe Juntitloa ot tht-te branches, i;jon j
west ot the Juntitwa ot tht-te brandies, i:pon
fji sro'ind tfcat the 00M ot ntry.';ion bf. j
tween Cheyenne and Ogden was largely ia
excess of the cost of any of the line east of
Cheyenne, uch rate to be regulated in pro
portion to the increased cost of construction
and operation.
General Weltxel, Internal Revenue Col
lector at Cincinnat i, htt been requested to
tender bin resignation, for the reason, is
stated, that the Department hM been for
sometime convinced that large quantities
of K crooked whisky were being sold in
Cincinnati and the Collector and bis subor
dinate failed to discover the perpetrWrs
of the frauds or the method wtirS they
were accomnlh?!l, Sam? of the frauds
were f mk'U 8. Suture as to preelu.le any
etfeer theory than that of collusion som-
biuuuk iue local revenue vu'crrf ai
though there seems to be n aU'pioion that
Collector Weltsel Is hinlsell Implicated.
Mrs. Gaines ts about to institute legal
proceedings in St. Louis to recover property
in that city which her father, Daniel Ctarfc,
received in French and Spanish ershts-, val
ued to-day at not ten than 5f,Mj,noo. The
Southern Hotel property is embraced I
Mrs. Gatm-s's claim. Her case lit New Or
leans having been decided lit her favor, the
same decision tv'.li apply to the St. Louis
property, It Is held.
The Kansas City Price Current says the
Texas cattle drive this season will ffcath
fully 8X),000 bead. The enttlo are In good
condttiou and will r&ch their destination
much earlier than last year. AboiU"!,000
head of cattle are in Southern Kansas ready
to po to market by the middle of June.
At Washington, Mo., on the 9th, a shoot
ing affray occurred between Col. John Cole
man, lawyer, and Thomas P. Diggs, editor
of the Franklin Connty Observer, which re
sulted in the, death of Col. Coleman. Dfggs
was seriously wounded. The encounter was
caused by public remarks on onn sido and
personal articles on the other. . ......
Isaiah Kvans, colored, was banged at
Amite, Tangtpahoa Parish, La. ott the 10th,
for the murder of KdwaHl Bowen, white, Jn
July last.
Major John W. Todd, U. S. A., command
ant at Jetferson Barracks, Mo., dl. oU the
10th from the effects of injuiUis received by
being thrown tro t wagon a few days pre
viously. He was 7 years of age and a
graduate of West Point, class of '52.
: At Rockport, Ind., on the 0th, a perform
er belonging to Wbaleu's Variety Combina
tion of Louisville undertook the feat of
shooting an apple from the head of a Woman.
The aim miscarried, and an 6-year-old bay
named Wiegcl, who was playing outside the
canvas, was shot in the forehead atid almost
instantly killedv
Porter Brdtfn was hanged at Manny, Sa
bin Parish, La., on the 10th, for the mur
der of Dr. Evans in March last. Brown
made a full confession of bis crime and ask
ed forgiveness. , .
There was a slight snow-storm, followed
by hall and rain, throughout portWhs of
Iowa on the 11th. N "!fiou8 damage to
fruit or crops is reported. There were also
severe Trostg throughout Central and North
ern Ohio and Michigan.
A young c".pcrado named Ernst White
house, who in June last, M TerTC Haute,
Ind., shot Deputy Sheriff John Cteftry ahd
escaped from his custody, attd itpoti being
pursued by a posse of citizens turned and
fired into their ranks, keeping them at bay
until ho had made good bi CsCape, was
captured in Terre , Haute on the
12th inst after a most de
termined resistence against five oflicers,
one of whom was Cleary, the victim of the
former shooting, and who was again twlw
wounded by the pistol of tha assassin.
Whitebousc is only 30 years Of age, of slen
der build, and has served two years in the
Indiana Penitentiary for burglary, tlis
desperate fighting with Ihe otjlcers in June
last, gave him ttie name of the "Bandit of
the Wabash."
Miss Ivate Morris, daughter of Gen. B. S.
Morris, of Memphis, Tenn., was burned to
death on the uight of the 10th by the explo
sion of a coal-oil lamp. ,
At Tamaroa, 111., on the 13th the boiler
at Cox's coal mines exploded, Instantly kill
ing John WIHotighby, assistant engineer,
Horace Morrow, a miner, and John Symp-
son, a member of the Town Council; also
wounding three small boys who were play
ing around the engine, two of whom have
since died.
HAST AHD SOUTHEAST.
Miss A. S. Stewart, a teacher in the CllU
ton Academy, near Norfolk Va. wa"? foulid
dead in her room on the morning of the 7th.
Medical examination showed that she had
been fatally drugged. The room was robbed
of many valuables, including a diamond
engagement ring, gold watch and chain,
nesiues some money, jiiss Stewart was a
beautiful and accomplished lady, and was to
have been married this summer to a Norfolk
gentleman. Several negroes who had been
lurking around the neighborhood are sus
pected of the crime.
The Pennsylvania Nationals held a State
Convention at Philadelphia on the 8th. Mr.
S. It. Mason was nominated for Governor.
The platform Is substantially a reiteration
of that adopted at Toledo by Jhe National
Convention.
Andrew Miller, a fanner, of Lee County,
Virginia, who had lost considerable butter
by thieves, poisoned a firkin and placed it
where the thieves would be pretty apt to
come acres- it. The firkin of butter was
stolen, and in some manner became .scatter
ed broadcast throughout the neighborhood,
carrying death into a number of households.
Three brothers, named James,' Andrew and
Joseph Jackson, of Elk Garden, died from
the c-fleets, also Miss Alice Gatewood, a
beautiful young lady who was visiting the
Jackson family. . Twelve other persons, in
cluding George Dabney Wooten, a promi
nent lawyer, Drs. Fitch and Cowan, the two
leading physicians of the county, and the ed
itor of the Lee County Sentinel, were seri-'
ously ill from the effects of the poison. "
Charles Morgan, the well known merchant,
owner of the Morgan line f -steamships
running between New York and New Or
leans, and prominently identified with the
Texas and Louisiana railways, died in New
York City on the 8th. His fortune Uesti
maN at flO,noo,00r $12,000,000. .
Leamington, the noted stallion,slre'of En-,
quirer, Longfellow, Parole'and other noted 1
horses, died at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia,
onthe9ih.
Near Augusta, Me., on th lithr Jason
Scribner, a small farmer, killed three of his
children and then attempted suicide. His,
wife and oldest daughter escaped from the
house, or they too would have been mur
dered. ' '
GKNKRAL. '.
Bishop McCoskry has laMy addressed to
Bishop Smith, of Kentucky, President of the.
House of Jtishops, a letter withdrawing his 1
resignation, and announcing Iiis abandon-1
m. nt of Ihe Journey to Kurope he had con-
template, and his readiness to answer aM
, .. . . . ..
definite
cDarges . uiai may us iirongnt
I against him
by repousible parties.1 He at..
the same time reiterates his solemn -denud
f all the scandalous allegations agaiust his
good name. ,.i.-Yi.. ::
" "
FORHIGX.
A meeting of mastor oetton-ptwnws and i
manufacturers, held at Manchester on the
7th, tinaniraouly resolved to issue a circu-(
lar to. mill-owners throughout the htnkel ""T""5' n"'1 MT- ""tier, of Massachu
. . , ,, , . . .. setts, advocated a penalty fir its dia-
dmriet, recommending that mills still open regard, nd said there was more pow
be clowd immediately, end advising that no i der and ball wanted in the rtniitils-
individual arrangemen?s' for ' Te-opemng
mills be .made with workmen. The adop
tion of this resolution cauietrgi Wl "anxiety
t Msftdhester. It is believed it will render
a general lock-out inevitable.
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A
tornado and watar-fcpout occurred at j
gas, wnleh killed tliree persons and ter.Ious
a, wnleh killed three persons and serious- j
ly iDjur?'! am 40 oibf r. T pftwBgr
were transferred to lighters and taken to
Londonderry.
An uhitccesff ul attempt to assassinate the
ttmperor William was made on the after
noon of the 11th, is he was rfHrlng in bis
carriage thromrn ths Avenue Unterden-Lin-dp
in Berlin. The would-be assassin stood
on the sidewalk and fired two shots from a
revolver into the carriage as he was pw.
Upon an attempt to arrest htrt being taade,
he fired the otlrer charges and then threw
dow his reVnlver and ran.but was overtaken
tend captured, ne proved to be a tinsmith,
named Emil Hoedel, from Leipsic.'where it
is alleged he had formerly conducted so
cialistic mp'i?s. tie denied the charge
"t 'r!ft2 into the Emperor's carriage, and
said that he bad shot at himself with the
intention of committing suicide. There was
great excitement ;in the city on account of
the affair, and Immense crowds thronged
about the palace, manifesting their loyalty
and sympathy by singing the national an
them. inE WAR TROUBLES.
According to London advices of the Pth a
basis of the arrangement Which the PowWS
desired to submit to the trtsi- his been
ssmd npc-n-. f M. r?ibsrement is in five
division f tie first division proposes Inst
IBS two regions of Bufearla Zl the
Balkfins shall Ub oCJed to Russii. and
that IHe MiUtoern portion shall remain to a
great extent under the authority of the Sul
tan. The second division relates sole
ly to the Asiatic compensation, which
it is proposed snail be reduced to a
minimum. The third division relates to the
Strain nucstlon, and Will be Arranged hers
fieri The fourth division ittiands a de
finitive seUhihnt bf the war indemnity.
trndif the fifth division it is proposed tlMt
Thessaly and Epirus be accorded the right
of Sfclf-govehHrtertr, thUS securing for them
th pMtcCtlon of Europe and national inde
pendence. Count Schouvaloff, Russian Ens
bassador at London, left f?r St. Petersburg
on the 7th. Wis mission is regarded as tend
In! towards peace.
A Constantinople dispatch of the 9th says:
The Porte has ordered the partial evacua
tion of Shumla, in consideration of the re
moval of Russian headquarters t6t. George,
11 miles, northwest of San Stcfantt. The
evacuation of the fortress and the with
drawal of the Russians are believed to
depend Upon the withdrawal of
the British fleet. A Jtore con
ciliatory feellhg is how prevailing between
ttrt: Turks and Russians. Austria is stated
to have asked the Porte to permit Austrian
troops to escort returningBosnlan refugees;
otherwise disturbances endangering ' the
tranquility of Turkoy nnd Austria are prob
ably, . V
In case of war General todhiben ihtfcnds
making AdriArtople the base of operations,
audi fn-! Etahd for the army south of the
iiaJkans. It will be defended by 500 guns,
and Gen. Todleben believes it will be im
pregnable.. Another party of Russian naval officers
arrived at New York on the 9th oti the steam'
ship Salvador. Lieut, ttddnocofi one of the
party, being interviewed by a newspaper
reporter, said: "I have not the slightest
hesitation in telling yoti the object for which
theCimbriacametoAlUerica. She has on
bord 1 'number of Russian naval officers
who are to take command of a certain num
ber of ships that we intend to purchase
here, if we can find suitable ones, i
and my brother-officers have pome direct
from St. Petersburg. We Intend visiting all
the dock-yards to see if we can find the kind
of Vessels we require, and then, if there is a
prospect of War, we shall biiy them Imme
diately and hilve them fitted up. We ex
pect to get as many volunteers from Ameri
can ports as will be necessary to work the
ships until we can receive crews from Rus
sia. We shall get the rhlps out of American
waters before War is proclaimed, and then
the United States Government cin not In
terfere with us.'
A Constantinople telegram of the 12th
stales that inconsequence of the perempto
ry demandsof Gen. Todleben forthe surren
der of the fortresses, accompanied by a
threat to rceupy Constantinople, the Cabi
net Conncil have decidod to evacuate all
three of the fortrefsesSiltinlla first, then
Varda,nnd, lastly, Batotim. The decision was
tskeh rather suddenly, upon the report of
Osman Pasha that the Turkish Army wrs
ot in a eonditioh to resist the occupation of
Constrtntinople. The Russians have agreed
to retire to Adrianople and Dedragatich and
quit Ezeroum as soon as the three fortresses
are evacuated.
COKGRBSSIOJlAL.
In the Senate, on the 7th, Senator Cock
rcll moved to take up the House bill to for
biit a further retirement of United States legal-tender
notes, which was read the llrst
time yesterday, and said he moved to tnke it
uji now, that it milit be read a seeond time.
The motion was agreed to yeas S3, nays 25
Hud the bill whs accordingly read. Senator
Morrill, who voted In the negative, moved to
referthe hill to the Committee on Flnnnee.
Pending discusnlon the unn-mnir hour expired
nd the bill went over. Consideration of tile
Pension bill wns then resumed in Committee
of the Whole, the various amendments dis
posed of, and the bill pHssed liv the Senate.
The bill as parsed provides "that from und
after the passage of this aot, In case of
vacancy from any cause, the oflice of
Pension Agent shall be fi.led bv wound
ed or disabled I'nion soldiers, or
widows or daughters of t nion , soldiers."
The Indian Appropriation bill whs discussed
under the five-minute rule, but without com
ing; to a final vote the Senate adjourned
The House pas ted the bill for the Uovern
mentof the District of Columbia. Mr. Wood
then moved to iro into Committee of the
Whole on the Tantf bill. On a standing vote,
the Speaker announced th result to be
7!t toi 80, then a vote by tellers resulted W to
7, and finally, on a vote by yeas and nays,
the motion whs aureed to yeas 100, nays lliti
several 1 K'rnoeratH changing from nay "to yea.
Mr. biikks then spoke in opposition to the
biil, alter which the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 8th; Mrf Cockrell
called up the Home bill to forbid a further
retirement of United States legid-tendor
notes, read the second time yesterday, and
the bill was referred to the Co'inmittee'on Fi
nance, all objection to such reference having
been withdrawn. Mr. Morgan submitted a
concurrent resolution touching the relations
ot the United States with , ; Mex
ico. The resolution declares that,
in doining and settling by treaty tlte rela
tions between the two countries, the
present boundaries between thera shult' no
guaranteed as permanent Bud iuvloiuble;
that both tJovcrnuients shall cnatfe Mint the
territory of each shall be protected auuinst
conqnest by any European power? that such
mutual agreements shall he made as will
protect the borders from denrfidatorv raids
of ontlaws i and. "that it is expedient
to provide by treaty for tho protection and
encouraf?emtjnt of such citizens of either
country hs shall, with the consent of the Gov
ernment ot Mexico, build a railroad from tho
City of Mexico to conueet at the boundary
with lines of railroad in Texas or elsewhm-e
in the Catted States." Laid on the table, to
be called up hereafter. The Senate then re
sumed consideration of the Indian Appropri
ation bill, and several amendments were dis
cussed and rejected In the House, htiio-
tion to limit all Keneral uebuto on the Tariff
bill to two hours was rejected, 107 to LB.
The measure was then discussed In Commit
tee of the Whole, but without action the Com-
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, In " . h' tb' Mex,cB
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eu. : Consideration was then resumed of the
In(5ian Annronriutlon hill, wbi. i, ,ir,a.i
The report pi the Conference Committee on
the lull to rcmilLte the lulrnriinf. nf .nu.-i
Imines whs agreed t anil tiro bit? passed.
The bill to repeal the 'Kankmpt law was
then taken up tint not dispo-doIT.
In the House, the Joint resolution, reported
from the Committee on Kducation and Labor
for the enforcement of. tho eight-fconr law
in all departments of the Government, gave
rise to h lively discussion, tn the course of
vllirh Mr. Itnnlm flnn)llnnai4 . 1 . . 1 : 1 f
the law by the Government as scandalous
tration of our laws. The jouib resolution
rassed. Bills authorizing the removal of
timber on certain public lands tor mining
and domestic purposes; subjecting the Fort
Wavne military reservation in Arkansas to
entry as other public lands ot tba State ; and
to return certain lands in Iowa to teulsment
nnilAt. III. I k,m.L t.. I.w n... . . .1 irk. .
m bill was disenssed at length in Committee
oi tne v noic, no aennite action being taken.
In the Senate, on the 10th, consideration
was resumed of the bill to repeal the Bank
rupt act. After some debate, the pending
question being on the amendment, of Mr.
Tbnrman, to strike out January 1, 1879, and
insert September 1, 1S7S, so that the repeal
should take effect on the 1st of September
next, it waa agreed to Teas 97. nays 91.
Mr.- " Beck moved to amend so
that tha " repeal of the law should
take effect from and after the passage of the
biiL .Rejected yeas', nays H. The question
tlR-n recurred on agreeing to the amendment
of the Judiciary Committee, as amonded by
Mr. Thnruian, and it wa arscd to yeas
nays il-and ilif biii pa-Mitl, Unow go biWk
naj.j, jiui) jho'but pawotl hiiow go bocl
to the 0ous of npif!tatjvfs foy W'Citr
rence of that body. AdJonHied till Jlonday.'.". .
In the House, the Committee on Naval Ex
penditures presented th testimony taken by
that committee, aouompanird bv resolutions
re-ohsmendinf the appropriation of $3,217,-(-3S
for the payment of certain claims against
the Navy Department, and direction th
Secretary to cancel contracts amo?V.
ing to $360,000. Made t Bcctalbrder
ior May is. MrJParre!! ilitroduced a bill pro
viding tbfttn'otioes of contest under the Pre
emption, Homestead and Timber-culture
laws, must be printed in a newspaper in the
county where the contest Ues. Passed. The
House then went into Committee of tha
Whole on the private calendar.
The Senate wm not In session on the 11th.
The following bills passed the House:
To restore to the market certain lands In
Utah; for the relief of SPttler on btiblie
lands, providing that any person Who shall
plant and maintain for eiht yenH ;Q ncrfea
of timber land shall tie entitled! tt ft t.liient
forsuch nnnrttr mH-tinh i il Hlt-tin v-.
kit to cede certain territory to Missouri pro.
vldinir for the sale of timber lands in r-Jilinr.
nio. Oregon. Washing-ton Territor Viv-ada
and Coloradot in nunntitle eAceedine M
acres to any ont 9V.w,a, at a minimum price
of IJ.M) per rre, and making it unlawful to
1 '.V any timber on public lands.
In the Senate, on the 13th, a number of
bills were introduced Rn"t refcrre'j, alter
which the Port-oWce Appropriation bill -was
tuiten up ana consiaerea, nut not nnall-U3-postd
ot.......In the House, Mr. t'pttcr, of Xew
tee into the alleged frauds in Horida and
Louisiana at the late Presidential election,
said committee to be authorized to appoint
sub-committees, to send for persons and pa'
pers, and to sit durinw th rpccssoi Congress,
The preamble and resolution havins been
rnd Mr-. Conger said Ihby did not present a
luestiott .of privilege, and the powers
firoposea jn toe resolution coma not be (ttven
y a mere iiiajorit-V votei bht would require it
suspension ot tcife VuleS. Mr. Potter replied,
pie wnVtld suppose that if there was anv sub
ject which should be entitled to jireference
fr this House In respect of order of business;
it Was Uifc subject brought to its notice bythe
ihnmorial o; a sovereign state to inquire' into
ho olticial conduct of high officers of the
Uovcrnment, ana relating to trauus. allepreti
to have occurred, ehanfrioff the result of the
election of the Jif(thb"tonieer;i Ihis Govern
nient. ,, Mr. Hatt ajued from the Rules
anl Aianual that the resolution
did not present a question of
privilege. Tf the resolution proposed or
was intended to subvert trie accepted re
sult of the Presidential election, then then
miirlit be some claim thHt it tlbl present a
question of privilege. Put as a iliere Kxpl es
(on of Dplhlon U did nHt present anV such
question: Mr. Cart'icld lUst) argued Hgaltist
the i-esolution beinp a brivileehd onfi; The
Speakt1!-; after some prelimiiuiry remarks;
saidr. "A higher privilege thrin the one
here involved, and broadly and direetlv.nre;
sented as to the rightful obeupancy of thh
Chief Kxeeutive Chair of the ilpVcrnmvnt,
and as to the cHnnecttoH of liigh Government
ori!is v. ilu irauds alleged, the Chair is un
able to conceive. The Chair finds enumer
ated among questions of privileges set
down in the Manual the following: ' Election
f.f President." The Chair therefore rules that
the preamble and resolution embrace ones
tions of privilege of the highest ehnntcterj
anu in:. imn rei ognizestne right OI tnegen
tU'niiitt froni i K'ew lork toitnswer the saiuK;
The othbr points are; of cohi-sri bKld in re.
serve." . Mr. Conger Hppettled from the de
cisiotl of ti'et bilir. Mr. Potter moved to lay
t!:e appeal on the table, and the motion was
agreed to yeas lis, nays 108 -a party vote,
with the exception of Messrs. Fort, Mitchell,
ami Butler, who voted with the Democrats,
and Messrs. Buekner and Mills, who voted
with the Bepublicans. Mr. Bengali, desiring
wijiisuiy ins vote in support oi tne resoin
tion, stated while bo siri-cod with hi
colleague (Mills) that !t retrirtl of t le PrPsf-
dflntittl rtuestion bonld not be had by thh
House; the resolution, in alleging that great
frauds had been perpetrated, .raised a nes:
tion of the highest privilege. Poliitsof order
were raised by Republican members, against
giving the committee power to sit during re
cess, and against the right of the chairmen of
sub-committees to administer oaths, both of
which were overruled by the speaker. Mr.
Garfield then made a point of orderthat it re
quired a two-thuds vote to give the commit
tee power to report at anv time. The Snenker
sustained this point, whereupon Mr. Potter
sirucK out mat part oi tun resolution. Alter
an exciting debate, Mr. Potter moved
tne previous question, whpretipon the Be
publican members withheld their Votes and
the result wasyeas 1 ill, nays 1 no tiuorUm.
A call of the House was then ordered and
all the Republican answered to their
names, so that no further proceedings under
tne can count ne nan. sir. rotter then ask
ed the Speaker whether.if the House adjourn
ed now. this ouestion would ctome un as nn
finished business. The Speaker informed him
that it would remain before the House until
disposed of. Mr. Potter thereupon moved
the House adjourn, and it was carriedjeas
H3, nays iiu.
Following is the full text of the preamble
an'J resolution fof the investigation of there-
suit of the late Presidential election in Flori
da and Louisiana, introduced in the House
by Air. rotter of Sew lork:
Whereas, The State of Maryland has, by
its Legislature, formally declared that due ef
fect was not given to the Klectoral vote east
by the Stateon theHth dsv of December, lH7'l,
oy reason oi fraudulent rPtttrns in the .Kite
total Votes from the States of i'lorida and
Louisiana; and
Whkkkas, An affidavit by Samuel B.MeLin,
Chairman of the Board of State Can vasseis
of the State of Florida for the election held
in that St:tte In November. Wu, for the elec
ttoti of President and Vice-President, has
been uuide public, alleging false and fraudu
lent returns of the votes (or such election in
that State, whereby the choice of the people
of that State was annulled and reversed ; that
the action of the State Board of Canvassers
in making such returns was influenced by the
conduct and promises of Hon. Kdwafd K.
Novei now Minister to the Uovernment of
Iranbe; and
Whekkas, It is alleged that a conspiracy
existed in Louisiana, whereby the Bepubli-
can vote in all the precincts of the parish of
r.a.si r euciana ana in some precincts ni est
renciana, at tne general election in ovem
ber, 176, was purposely withheld from the
polls to afford a pretext for the exclusion by
the Keturning Board of that State of the
vote cast in these precincts for electors of
i-resiueiit ana ice-ireaiuent. ana, tnatjas.
K. Anderson, Superintendent of Begistra
tion of East Feliciana, and 1. A.
Weber, Supervisor of Ilegistration tn
the parish of West Feliciana, in that
state, in furtherance of that conspiracy,
falsely protested that the election in such
precincts had not been fair and free, and that
the state Keturning Board thereupon falsely
and fraudulently excluded the votes of said
precincts, and by means thereof anil of other
tiileo and fraudulent action of said Keturning
Board, the chioce of the people of that state
was annulled and reversed, and that such ac
tion of said tVeberand Anderson was induced
or encouraged by the assurances of Hon.
John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury of
the Cnit-d Stutes; and
WllKisKAs, The gravity of these charges,
the nature of the evidence upon which they
are reported to be based, and the official
dignity and position of the persons named in
connection with said frauds, make it proper
that the same should be inquired into, to the
end that the honor of the Nation may be vin
dicated and the truth as to such elections
lira (In known,
Rtfolreil, That a committee, consisting of
eleven members of the House, be appointed
to inquire into the aforesaid allegation ns to
the. conduct of persons in office aforesaid,
in respect of said election, and into the nllegad
false and fraudulent canvass and return of
votes by State, county, parish and precinct
officers in said States of Iouislana and Flor
ida, and into all the. facts which, in tho judg
ment of said committee, are connected with or
pertinent thereto, and that said committee,
for the purpose of executing tl. is resolution,
shall have power to send for persons and pa
pom, to administer oaths and to take testi
mony, and in their discretion to detail sub
committees, with like full authority of suid
committee in every particular, with power
to sit in Florida and Louisiana; which sub
eommtttees slisll be committees of this
House, and the chairmen thereof shall be
authorized to' administer oaths; that said
committee- anu Mib-commiUces may employ
stenographers and be attended each day by a
deputy Sergeant-at-Arms, and may sit dur
ing the session of this House and during va
cation, and that said committee proceed in
their inquiry, and have leave to report at any
Time.
!
A False Heir.
A Tichborne case on a small scale
waa recently decided in Butler County,
Pa. Thirty years agv a young girl nam
ed Emily Ward left her home near Pe
trolia, in that county. All traces of her
were lost, and : it was believed by her
parents, brothers, and. sisters, that 6he
was dead. A few weeks ago a, woman
appeared at the old homestead, which,
In consequence of the oil discoveries,
has become valuable; and claimed to be
the long-lost Emily. Her claim was at
first admitted by the family. In a few
days, owing to conflicting stories which
tho woman told, doubt was thrown up
on her identity, and she was dismissed
as an impostor. She then brought suit
to recover her share of the estate. A
large amount of testimony was intro
duced, showing that the- claimant was
Margojd Hill, daughter of George Hill,
of .'ew York, and not Emily Ward.
The genuine Emily was traced to Mead
ville, where she died in 1858. These
facts were brought out so distinctly as
to completely nonplus the pretender,
and were so satisfactory to the jury that
they brought in a verdict for defend
ants. About a dozen, of the best law
yers in the State were employed on
either side. The estate is valued at
$300,000. : .
The movement for the abolition of
celibacy in the priesthood of the Old
Catholic Church is said to be making
headway in Germany. The question
might be settled this year, but many
pereona desire a postponement, for fear
thfit Dr. DoUinger, who opposoi aboil-1
tiODt will withdraw from xm church, i
tora, as a quesuvinu . privin'e, pr'e"r';
the memorial ftdoptjpdbj-the Vti'and Lck
Islature. apppwtwict. oy a resolution di-lei.tt"-
h .nvestiiration by a select commit
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.
rrof . S wing.of Chicago, Ls nnnotihc
ed to retire from the editorship of the
Auianee, which he originated four years
ago, and will be succeeded by Dr.
Swazey.
Miss Nellie Hutchinson, a Scotch
woman, has ben for eight years the
tock reporter of the New York Times.
She is considered the best of her guild in
the city. The lady is also a charming
writor of roetry.
Mrs. Emma 13. E. 2. gotlthworth is
modest and unassuming, has a wide,
full bl'ow and clear blue eyes, talks very'
well, and is generally esteeined by hef
acquaintances though she Is the author
o 63 hovels.
Mr. Tennyson recently read his
ballad of "The Revenge" before some
friends, but failed to convey any thing
of its force and fire. Another illustra
tion of the fact that great poets are sel
dom good readers of their own works.
Mr. Richard Grant White has re
ceived a letter from Edmond About,
President of the Societe des Gens de
Lettres of France, inviting him to be
present at the Literary Congress at Paris
as a representative delegate from the
United State?.
Dickens's earlier works are Just now
coming out of copyright. The protec
tion on "Sketches by Boz" has expired,
and "Oliver Twist" will soon be com
mon property. Three cheap editions
of the "Sketches'' are already issued in
England.
The Historical Society of Berlin is
to issue annual reports concerning the
literature of history, which are to em
phasise and expound all the really new
facts discovered. The series will com
mence with the literature of the current
year, and will be published in the spring
of 1879.
Bishop Marvin was a princely giver
for a Methodist preacher, dependent
upon his salary. He at one time gave
$3,000 to one institution in the West,
and paid it out of his savings. Just be
fore his death he subscribed 3750 to the
Publishing House. Hundreds of dollars
were given by him to young and needy
preachers and students.
Madame Lityinow is a Russian lady
who has just received the degree of Doc
torof Philosophy from the philosophical
faculty of the University of Berne. She
passed her examination with such bril
liancy, especially in the mathematical
branch, that the faculty unanimously
agreed to attach the highest mark (cum
su7nma laude) to her diploma.
School and Church.
The cost per scholar at "Hartford,
Conn., is $16.98; New Haven, $17.75;
New London, $12.34; New Britain,
$16.23) Middietown, $19.22.
A young lady has lately taken the
degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence at
Leipsic. It is the first instance of the
kind occurring in that city.
An article in a German magazine
on the state of Japan states that 1,800,
600 children are receiving instructions
on the European principle in 22,000
schools.
The City Council of Rome, N. Y.
have voted to allow religious instruction
to be given id the public schools to all
pupils whose parents desire it, but at
separate and fixed hours.
There is a bill before the Legisla
ture of Ohio to tax church property. An
effort is making to modify it, so as to
exempt from taxation all houses used
exclusively for public worship.
Mr. Ed. A. Bancroft, of Knox Col
lege, Illinois, and Mr. James G. Eber
hart, of Cornell College, Iowa, were
the successful contestants for the first
and second prizes in oratory at the an
nual contest of the Inter-State Collegi
ate Association, held in St. Louis on
the 8th.
Bishop Simpson wants no man in
tho Methodish Church unless he is a
Methodist to the core. He thinks the
Methodists admit a good many people
to membership of whom they know
nothing, and who are so ignorant they
don't know what they believe.
Rev. Barton Randle preached the
first Protestant sermon in the State of
Iowa at the boarding-house of Jesse M.
Harrison, Dubuque, on Nov. 6, 1833,
and on May 18, 183-1, after preaching to
a large congregation, the first religious
society was formed by Mr. Randle, con
sisting of 12 persons.
The Congregational Church in
Frankfort, Mich., is economizing in the
matter of pastor. Since the resignation
of the last incumbent one of the deacons
reads every Sunday one of Talmage's
sermons. This costs only six cents, as
they pay the deacon nothing for his
services. The church is as full as when
it had a pastor.
Science and Industry.
Pork is lower in Iowa than it has
been for 18 years.
Eggs are selling for five cents a
dozen in most Wisconsin towns.
Tho value of the cigars shipped
from Key West, Fla., last year is put
down in round numbers at $27,000,000.
It is said that five million bushels
of corn are in store along the line of the
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in
Iowa.
A Sand Spring, Iowa, clergyman
has invented a churn which i3 worked
by sitting down and rocking as in a
rocking-chair.
Two prominent machinists in Bat
tle Creek, Mich., have sunk $8,000 in
the will-o'-the-wisp attempt to discover
perpetual motion.
' Ellison, being asked at Washington
by a Southern Senator if " he could not
invent asimple machine to pick cotton,"
said he thought he could and would.
A paper butter-plate manufactory
at Lyons, Iowa, now turns out 112,000
plates per day. 1 The demand is so great,
however, that facilities are to be added
until 300,000 per day can be manufac
tured. -
Manitoba is exporting large quanti
ties of wheat this spring. Some of . the
steamers have carried as much as 100
tons at a trip. Most of it is consigned
to Europe, and is shipped by way of
New York. . ....-..
The King of Burmah is so pleased
with the experimental manufacture of
sugar that he has imported a large
amount of suerar-making and refining
machinery, and ordered 500 planters to
en" at5 in the exclusive1 cultivation of
the cane this year. , ......
Davenport, Iowa, has a factory in
ation making sugar out of. Indian
ooeration
corn. The sugar is said to be of the j
best quality, and much resembles maple I
sugar, and as pleasing to the taste as !
honey. Syrup made from corn has !
been in the market for some time.
The fruit crop for the Uuited States
of 1877 amounted in value to $140,000,-
000, or about one-half of the outcome
from cereals. Fruit of every species
and climate is now raised in this coun
try, the vine prospering finely and the
oranges of Florida and California sur
passing those of Italy and Spain.
Dr. A. M. Forster, of Georgetown,
C, haseent something over 60 pound!
of tea, raised in South Carolina, to a
Baltimore firm. The flavor is between
a Japan tea and a Moyune China green
tea. The firm is to have the leaves cured
in the proper way, so as to secure a fair
specimen of native tea.
Hap and Sllahaps.
A young lady, a daughter of Amos !
Meeks, of Lima, O.,' was fatally gored ;
bj an unruly cow. . ' 1
Henry Ketrir.fr, a resident cf Worth- j
iDgton, Iml, and employed h a bb.
mill, accidentally fell backward across 4
saw, sustaining injuries resulting in his
death almost instantly, , . . . , ,
At Reed City, Mich., a Mr. Martin
was caught in the gearing of a mill and
drawn doubled up throngh a hole two
feet square. His clothing was torn to
shreds and his injuries will result either
fatally or in crippling him for life.
Near Des Moines, Iowa, Mr. Leids
left his teajn hitched to a heavy farm
roller. Ills little boy, three years old,
took hold of the reins when the father
Waa bot looking, and, pulling them, the
horses backed the roller over the child,
crushing him flat. "- -.'' " "
A little daughter of August Zable,
a Crawford County, Iowa, .farmer, was
fatally burned by her clothes taking fire
from burning grass. ."When Bhe found
her clothes on fire she ran for home, a
mile distant, and her parents being
away atid the door locked, 6he crawled
through a window, got into bed and
there died an agonising death.
At Rochester, N. Y., Wm. Bowles,
a lad 14 years of age, was cutting bun
dies of paper in the Evening Express
oflice when called by some one in anoth
er room. Turning around suddenly, his
knife was plunged into the heart of Geo.
Obust, a printer, who was standing be
hind him unseen by Bowles. Obust
lived about 10 minutes. -
A Baltimore boy of 14 took two car
tridges to school with him the other day.
As he was scratching one of them with
a pin during roll-call it exploded, shat
tering his left hand so seriously thai, it
had to be amputated and his right hand
somewhat, besides shocking another
boy so that he had to be sent home and
causing a third to faint.
At Delaware, O., a- young son of
Lewis Slack, aged 6 years, shot and
killed his brother, aged 4 years, with a
revolver. Their mother had stepped
into a neighboring yard for a pail of
water, when she heard the report and
rushed into the house, only to find her
son breathing his last, with' a bullet in
the neighborhood of his heart. The re
volver had been lying on the table, and
it is supposed they were playing with it.
At Frankfort, Ky., the little 7-year-old
girl of John Bailey was shot acci
dentally by a servant, who was careless
ly handling a gun. The shot struck her
in the head and she died immediately.
Eugene E. Johnson, of Covington,
Ky., killed himself by taking laudanum,
lie was married about two years ago,
at the age of 18, to a girl younger than
himself, against her parents' will, and
they have lived an unhappy life. Wm.
Smith, an employee of the St. Auber's
Hotel at East Saginaw, Mich., com
mitted suicide by hanging himself by
the same rope with which - his father
shuffled off this mortal coil two months
ago. Mental aberration was the cause.
Russel Ward, of Bradford (N. H.),
about 50 years old, shot himself through
the heart witn a gun. Uomesuc mfe
licity is supposed to have been the cause.
A young woman named bmith, dis
appointed in marriage, drowned herself
and child at liatn, A. li.
foreign Notes.
Pope Leo has placed a Cardinal's
hat at the disposal of the i rench Gov
ernment.
The King of Spain has ordered t
hotel to be rented and furnished tor him
in Paris, where he will reside during the
Exhibition
Ten men are now in; custody tor the
murder of Lord Leitrim. . The maker of
the gunstock found at the scene of the
murder says it was made for one of the
men arrested.
The beatification of Pio Nono has
been decided upon, and tho Cardinal
Vicar, Mgr. Monaco La Valetta, has
been commissioned to collect instances
of the late Pontiff's saintly virtues.
Pope Leo XIII. has not his prede
cessor's faculty for speech-making, and
therefore the deputations waiting upon
him are requested not to present long
addresses calling for replies.
New recruits for the Pope's Swiss
Guard have reached Rome. lialie says
that they are all from German Switzer
land, and are selected by the cure3 of
their districts, who guarantee their
characters and devotion.
Mme. Schliemann, the wife of the
celebrated Trojan explorer, has been
.ii - en - ,
very in in l ans. one is now convales
cent, and Dr. Schliemann hopes to re
sume his archtcological excavations in
the Troad or in Greece next month
Mdllo. Lablanc, the Parisian actress,
wears $100,000 worth of diamonds, on
the stage. She is escorted to and from
the stage by two policemen, who keep
watch over her dressing-room during
the performance. She has, too, an
enormous bull-dog, as ferocious as he
looks.
The orthodox Hebrews of London
are said to be much disgusted with the
marriage of Hannah de Rothschild with
Lord Rosebery, and it is added that in
the principal synagogues she has been
publicly renounced and cursed, the con
gregation spitting' on the floor at the
mention of her name
William III. of Holland Is past GO,
and since the death of the late Queen,
from which he had long been virtually
separated, hi3 Majesty has contracted a
morganatic marriage. : His married life
was notoriously unhappy. For a strik
in likeness of the King, see the Dutch
postage stamps. He lrrves- Schiedam.
It is reported'' that ' Miss ' Minnie
Stevens, daughter of the late Paran Stev
ens, of Jew lork, and lately a guest of
the Princess of Wales at bananngham,
has accepted a proposal of marriage
from a son ot Alsop, the millionaire En
glish brewer. When this fact was com
municated to the Princess, she is said to
have congratulated Miss Stevens, cor
dially. , . . . ; .. .... .
Odds and Ends.
The bell-punch notcth even the fall
of a swallow
The most costly watch is, after all,
nothing but a second-hand article.
Many a man has been prevented
from climbing the ladder of fame n ac
count of the patch on his pantaloons
School -mistress Now, what are
the principal things we get out of the
earth? Youthful angler (confidently)
orms.
It is an evidence of great wisdom on
the part of rrrtxlical colleges to graduate
their new doctors in the spring time, so
they may be on hand for the ravages of
the hrst cucumbers.
Mr. Edison has invented a machine
which will so magnify the numan voice
that it can be distinctly teard the dis-
tance of four miles. The small boy who
is a shirk is beginning to be appalled.
Master "Bridget, have yotf seen
my ulster?" Bridget (usually very civ-
No, sure, and I haven't it; and
what's more, I don't want to. Me
brother had one on. his leg onst, aud I
never want to see another.1.' .-....,
The intellectuality of Boston is all
pervading. It is; said that at every
bench show of dogs, the classical curl
of the Boston dog's tail enables you to
distinguish him from the rest when all
other signs fail. ,,; 1 ' '
' There is an "astonished; parent in
Lafayette, Ind. The Courier says "A
well known citizen of North street was
startled by a little six-year-old at his ta
ble, who, with, a quaint, queer and quiz-,
ical expression, asked : , What do you
think about Beecher now 7'"""
You can't plant cat3 too early, nor
I is it possible to get too many in hilL
You may not raise fanj thing else that
season where the cat is planted, but in
the meantime the cat would not hv
raise! any thing either, aud that U
wkere the enorrnoni profit oom p. i
A S0CTII SEA CtCLOSB.
from ihe Messagor de Tahiti; March i j
-The tloop Elgin arrived at this port
pn the 12tk of February, bringing the
had intelligence that the Pomotu Islands
have been the theater of immense disas
ters, caused by the cyclone which rav
aged the islands. Immediately the Gov
ernor issued orders to the commander
of the war-ship Segond to proceed to
tho scene of events and render all the
aid possible to the unfortunate sufferers.
The Segond has returned, and reports
that the loss of life and property has
been - very large. - In the - district of
Tuuhora, Island of Anaa, the losses
alone will reach $120,000. Over 118,000
cocoanut trees were destroyed. In this
estimate no valuation is placed upon
the great disasters to residence", ware
houses, wharves, cisterns, and the num
ber of coasters thrown on the shore. At
Faatte dano Fakarara several villages
suffered, but not so disastrously as else
where. AtManibiand Arutua houses
were tossed upside down, as also on the
island of Niau. The damage was very
grave at Apataki. the village being ae-
stroved and a number of small craft
cast ashore as if they had been straws,
At Rairoa two vessels at anchor were
lifted from tho water and cast inland
Many lives were lost, and the bodies
were ravenously devoured by dogs and
hogs perishing from hunger.
But the most terrible events trans
pi red on the Island of Kaukura. This
island was so situated so as to be in the
eenter of the cyclone. The wind swept
over it like an infuriated demon, des
tined to avenge itself upon unfortunate
humanitv settled there. A terrible
tempest of rain accompanied the merci
less winds, both bringiag terror to the
people. All fled for safety in their
canoes to the lagoon, but during the
night of the 6th of February an enor
mous tidal wave swept across the island,
and of the one hundred and seventeen
souls that had taken refuge in their frail
crafts, but one escaped to tell the tale of
the awful fate that befell them. The
survivor, by a miracle, as it were, was
washed out of his canoe ana clung to
rock. All the others were swept away
into the remorseless depths of the
ocean. The force of the waves was
such as to completely change the physi
cal aspect of the island. Mountains of
sand were cast upon the coral reefs,
crushing and burying beneath them
cocoanut trees from fifty to sixty feet
high.
It has been ascertained that the enor
mous body of water known as a tidal
wave, which swept over Anaa and re
suited in such lamentable losses, was
only a link in the chain of tidal waves
which attended the cyclone. At the
same moment that the island of Anaa
was deluged tidal waves struck the set
tlement of Ilitiaa, island of Tahiti, and
PapotoeL island of Mores, but not with
such terrific force. The distance be
tween Anaa and Tahiti it over 100
miles. The old natives on the island
have no traditions that any such cyclone
ever passed over the island before. The
Pomotu group are subject to heavy
saualls at certain seasons of the year,
but they are not considered as within
the cyclone belt, as are the Samoan and
Fiji groups. It is usually plain sailing
from here to Tahiti, with fair winds,
without a thought of cyclones or tidal
waves, but vessels when off the Pomotu
group are always on the 'lookout for
squalls.
At Anaa, an American, a colored
man, was surprised by a tremendous
sheet of water which threatened his in
stant destruction. With great presence
of mind he flei for the nearest cocoa
nut tree, and carrying with him a little
native child, whom he found crying and
terrified, climbed the nearest tree with
the child on his back, and thus both
lives were saved. At Moturaa, island
of Kaukura, a native policeman, at the
peril of his life, saved a little child,
eight years of age, by climbing a cocoa
nut tree. The child proved to be the
daughter of M. Aumeran, the mother
having been engulfed by the tidal
wave. The French Resident Director
at Anaa had a narrow escape for his
life. The full particulars of all the in
cidents. disasters, and loss of life are
not vet known, but sufficient is now be
fore the public to make the cyclone ever
memorable in the history of the islands
The Pomotu islands are r rench pos
sessions and lie south by west of Xamti.
There are said to be over one hundred
islands in the group and all are what is
known as low islands. , 1 hey are of a
coral formation, and but a few feet
above the level of the sea. In the cen
ter are lagoons, tome of which are shal
low, while others have been sounded and
no bottom could be found. Ihe pearl
fisheries are within the lagoons, and are
very valuable. 1 he coeoanut tree pro
duces the principal source of food, and
there is scarcely any other vegetation.
Gathering cobra, the meat of the coeoa
nut, is one of the chief employments of
the native. This, diving for pearls, ana
fishing are the chief occup;tons. The
natives are ouiet and simple in their
habits, and friendly to the whites. It is
said that there are some cannibals on
tho more distant part of the group, but
tho fact is not authenticated. The Amer
ican. English and German houses, at
Tahiti do a large trade with the Pomotu
group, and will certainly suffer heavy
losses in the general calamity that has
befallen the islands. -
P Gen. Sam Houston's First Wife. '
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The Memphis (Tenn.) Appeal says :
" The letter written by Col Willoughby
Williams, of Nashville, has created
much discussion here in Memphis as to
the cause of the separation of Gen.
Houston from his first wife. Both par
ties have relations in this city, and, of
course, both sides have their version of
the matter. Mr. Asa Jarman, of Texas,
has just completed a memoir of the life
of Gen. Sam Houston. Jarman 'a ver
sion of the separation of Houston and
his wife is perhaps the true one. He
says that Houston married, while Gov
ernor of Tennessee, the beautiful Miss
Lu Dicfcerson, not willingly, bat under
the pressure of parental influencss. She
had been engaged to Mr. Robert Nick
erson, whom she desired to marry, and
when Niekerson returned to Nashville
her love for him remained as warm as
ever. Houston, becoming convinced
that his wife was more attached to her
old lover than to himself, accused her
accordingly, when, with much Woman
ly ieeling, she confessed that; it was
true, announcing that she 'liked Nick
ergon little finger better than Houston's
whole body.' Houston thereupcrl in
formed her that she had better marry
Niekerson, and, witheut a word to the
public, he abandoned his Gubernatorial
oflice and quietly left the State for the
Jddian settlements." , ' . ' .
' They have some queer girls in Col
orado. One of them who resides in
Cache la Proude Valley, had been re
ceiving the attentions of. a yonng man
for about a year, but. becoming- impa-.
tient at his failure to bring matters to a
crisis, she resolved to ascertain his in
tentions. When he next called she totik
him gently by the ear, led him to a seat
and said : '" Nobby, you've been foolin
around this claim for mighty near a
year, en'hev never yit shot offyer mouth
on the marryin' biz.' I've cottened to
er on the square clean throngh, an
iev atood off every other gllootth&ft has
tried to chia in, an': now;! want yer to
come down to business or leave the
ranch. Ef yer on the marry, an' wait
a pard that'll -stick rite to yer, till ye
pas in yer checks, but ef that, aint yer
gme, draw out an' give sdme other fel
low a show for his pile. Now g'.ng yer
0Pg P? )tfp 01lt." fie !,
Br. Pierce's Invalids' and Toarlsta
fiotcl-rGrand Opening
1? ' V. Pierca opened bis new In
valids and Tourists' Hotel, at Buffalo,
N. Y., on the 29th of April, with a re
ception to the press, followed by one
on the 30th to the citizens,
which were largely attended and highly
enjoved by all the gucsw. wnom wo
genial Doctor received and entertained
in the most princely style. Tho struct-
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Ur 1UVI1 I IU!U;ulUi;BU u nu..
the style of architecture being what is
known as the modern French. Sit
uated as it is. on the highest ground in
the city, with a pleasant wooded lawn
before it. sloping gently to the Niagara
River, St cemiuauds the finest ami
healthiest position obtainable, espe
cially as Buffalo is probably
the healthiest city in the country.
Skillful combinations of maple, ash,
oak, cherry, ebony and mahogany, with
tiles in according colors, form the rich
est effects in the several halls and par
lors. It Is heated throughout by steam,
and fresh water is drawn from tho
8treef by a large pump, which forces it
tap into tanks on the fourth, fifth and
sixth stories. Pure air and sunshine
being two of Dr. Fierce's favorite med
icines, the system of ventilation is,
therefore, most perfect every room
being so constructed as to rect-ive fresh
outdoor air and provided with a double
escape for any air which has become
impure.' The value of such ventilation
to invalids needs no comment. There
Is not a room in the houe that is not
visited by sunshine, or from the door
of which, a staircase cannot be seen. On
every floor there are four stations, each
provided with 100 feet of hose, con
nected with the Champion chemical
fire-extinguishing system, and which,
with the assistance of the speaking an
nunciator, can benade instantaneously
available. Everything pertaining to
the medical department is placed down
upon the basement floor, thus giving uo
unpleasant suggestion of the sick room
to those guests who d not need a phy
sician. Here we find the Swedish
health-lift, reception-room, consultation-rooms,
of which there are several,
each one for some special class of dis
eases all tastefully arranged and well
supplied with the appliances necesary
for their different departments. The
bath system is arranged in the most
complete and luxurious manner. The
rooms are large and fitted up with
glazed tiles, and comprise Turkish,
Russian and electric baths. In the
matter of recreation, the house is well
supplied, having a bowling-alley, billiard-room
and gymnasium. The ca
pacity of the house is about 250 guests.
The tower, 140 feet from the ground,
rears its magnificent head above the
whole, making a grand tout ensemble.
The hotel opened for business on the
1st of May. The enterprise will doubt
less meet with that unbounded success
which it most surely deserves.
A Young Lady Assassinated fcy a Dis
carded Lover.
The Bucharest correspondent of the
' Edinburgh Scotsman, writes, April li),
as follows :
A sad tragedy has just taken place
here. The sister of the American Vice
Consul, a gentleman well known ani
much respected, has been cruelly mur
dered by a young man who fell in love
with her about three years ago. For
various reasons the young lady's family
refused their consent to the match, al
though one marriage had already taken
place in the family, the lady's sister 1 e
mg married to W. Stladecker, the elder
brother of the suitor. After some
stormy scenes it was resol vad that young
Stladecker should go to Paris, where ho
has been staying until the last two
weeks. Returning to Bucharest, he
found married to another the lady whom
he loved, and at once seemed to lose his
reason.' ' Going into the room, a few
days after his arrival, where the lady
and her sister were alone, he commenc
ed upbraiding her, aud fecarccly waiting
for an answer, plunged a dagger into
her breast. The wound was mortal,
and with one shriek she fell to the floor,
her sister trying to shield her from the
fury of her assassin, who, unable to
strike again to her heart, stab
bed right and left into limbs and
body, it is said screwing the dagger
round in the wounds he inflicted. Then,
his object accomplished, he rushed off
and tried to commit suicide, by cutting
his throat with a dagger, breaking it,
however, and failing in the attempt.
Help coming when too late, the poor
lady, who had been bat four months
married, and was only 20 years of age,
' was laid upon a couch. The murderer
was also secured and taken to a hos
pital, and guarded by a gendarme.
During the night he made an attempt to
escape, which -was frustrated, but on
Tuesday the 16th he committed suicide.
Saying he was unwell, he was allowed to
leave nis chamber, followed by the sen
tinel. On entering" the closet he drew
the cord of his dressing-gown off, at
tached it knotted to a beam above him,
and ended his life by hanging himself.
He made no noise nor uttered a sound,
and was discovered dead when the door
was opened. This has been a grievous
blow to all the relatives, who are Jews.
Dr.. Stern, the lady's brother, is well
known here, both as filling the placo of
Consul for the United States and by
having translated Shakspeare's Hamlet
into the Roumanian language.
. During the last session of the Dis
trict Court the Judge had occasion to
put the usual question to a convicted
colored burglar if he knew of any reas
on why sentence should not be pro
nounced upon him, whereupon the pris
oner said emphatically that he did.
What is your reason?' asked the Judge,
blandly. "Injury tnck sich a one-sided
view obde case," was the reply.
The proposal to tax the larger sal
aries of Methodist ministers 1 per cent,
for the relief of the ministers who re
ceive small salaries is growing in fat or.
It was adopted at the recent session of
the New England Conference.
THE MARKETS.
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, 1S78.
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Texan and Cherokee 8.2V
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rMIUK. Good to Choice.... 5.fli 4
WHB.VT-No. 9 Chicago.... Vl'it
COKN Steam Uixed. . J
OATS Weatern Mixed-... S4
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Bb&viu Choice to fancy.- . 6.110 a) -
fcood to Prime.. t.m
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WHEAT Rwt Winter, No. S 1.IZV9
- Ited Winter, No. 4 l.UJX
COUN No, 2 Mixed
OATS No. 2....... 28 9
RYE No. S...
TLMOlilY fefcKD Prime.... 1.10
lUBACCO lri LufcH. ... 1.70
Meduim DactLWl t.ii a
HAT Choice Timothy. .... 9.25 g
BUTTE K Choice Dairy It -j
ElS-Freub 1 a
PORK Standard Mesa.... .T5
WOOL Tub-washed.Cholce U
... Unwanhed Mixed... ,22;-
BEEVES Comnf ntoChotee S.5 9
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Choice Spring '.S
WHEAT Spring No- S-.-a.. Zj0i4
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CORX No, f iflxed V) a
OATS No. ! 26S
RYE NO. 1 7.;.. 9
PORK New Mw.....I!a;.i 8.40 0
SEW ORLEANS. ' .
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