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TH E DEMOCRAT.
MINERAL POINT, - - -. WIB.
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1870.
BRIEF MENTION.
Mkh. Mim.kr, of Portla-id, Oregon,
has given birth to her twentieth child,
which is strong and well.
Hon. Horace Maynard, United States
minister to Turkey, is visiting relatives
at Westboro’, bis native town.
A NKURO voudoo doctor in Georgia,
upon being acquitted of a charge of
killing one of bis patients, acquired ad
ditional echil by telling tbo negros that
hevoudooed the jury.
New York Sun: A schooner was wreck
ed the other day on Toddy Rocks. A
groat many men have been wrecked
there. Give Toddy Rocks a wide
berth.
In the Pennsylvania oil region people
carry nitro-glyocrino in jan. The rail
road companies arc continually on Hie
watch to prevent it being taken on the
cars.
TliKSoutliern Express company re
fuses, from this dale until Dee. 1 next,
to receive for transportation bodies of
persons who died of yellow fever in
1878.
At Freemasons'Hall in Ismdon, on
the 15tb instant, Liettl.-Col. Creaton was
elected grand treasurer by a very large
majority over the liaron Ferdinand de.
Rothschild.
Iti.nhm Journal: Spring is here, and so
is the horse-joekey with his span of'
blacks, sold for no fault, but must be
disposed of at a low figure to meet a
pressing emeigency.
Thk countess of Holionau, morgan
atic wife of Prince Albert of Prussia,
died at Dresden, on the (Jth of March.
Prince Albert is a younger brother of
the Emperor William.
A Izinpon art publisher, who paid
X10,IK)(I for the copyright of Firth’s
great painting, “The Railway Station,”
lias prosecuted a Brighton man for
photographing it.
Thkuk are fourteen ex governors in
tbo senate—Messrs. Anthony, Booth,
Burnside, Coke, Garland, (J run mu,
Grover, Hamlin, Hampton, Harris,
Houston, Kellogg, Kirkwood and
V anoo.
Ok William Howilt this strange and
happy thing is said: “He was one of
those rare men of whom we might say
that had he to live over again he would,
apart from mistakes to which human
ity is liable, repeal the life which has
just closed so peacefully."
VIOK-Admiral Sir Edward lugles
(iold, on hoard the British man-of-war
Bollerophuu, with the Rover, Blanche,
Tourmaline, Argus, Grillim, Plover,
Zephyr and, Conquest, of the North
American anil West Indian station, has
arrived at St. Thomas, W. I.
‘‘Now," said Judge Pardee, in Now
Haven police court, “lot the witnesses
swear square. If they don't keepthoir
hands up until the conclusion of the
swearing, let the swearing ho stopped.
All swearing in this court must he per
fectly square. Now proceed,”
OiTt/.KNS of Cincinnati and Minneap
olis are attempting to gel a fast mail
between the two cities, with a good
prospect of success. The last congress
gave the postmaster-general f 150,1*00 to
be used at his discretion in estab
lishing fast mails. The department
has parceled it out to the best advan
tage to the service, but is likely the
small sum asked for Cincinnati, will be
allowed.
(Jpkkn VieroutA is reported to have
taken leave of the I‘rince imperial with
almost maternal solicitude. When he
appeared she received him with touch
ing kindliness, thanking him iu a trem
ulous voice for bis interest in Kugland
and its army. During the interview
the prince sat upon the sola, to which
the queen had drawn him, and as
he was leaving the room she took from
own linger a ring which she placed up
on his, bidding him wear it as a mark
of her grateful regard. The prince is
said to have been visibly affected by this
kindness.
ThkNow York ti'wp/iiV depicts W.
11. Vanderbilt ns one half pauper and
the ollu’r half millimmiro. The beggar
fiilo of the man is ragged and unkempt,
ami the right side is covered with broad
cloth and decorations. Tim hat of the
poor side is held out for charity, while
the pocket of the opposite side is bulged
open to receive gains of railroad and
telegraph lines. Under one arm is the
sworn declaration that the holder pos
sesses not one cent of taxable personal
effects, and the hojoweled hand of the
other side proudly sustains the family
sword with the inscription: Le sabre do
mon (demon?) pere."
THE WORLD'S WORK.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A pout 400 coal miners struck at Pom
eroy, ()., March 27th.
j Thk revolution in Sonora, Mexico,
! lias been squelched.
Thk governor of Louisiana has signed
! the bill repealing the charter of the
slate lottery.
Cot,. Thomas A. Swrr was re-elected
president of the Pennsylvania railroad
March 2<tii.
At Lebanon, ivy., March 151st, sixteen
J houses were destroyed by lire entailing
a loss of tOO,OOO.
(iov, Monks, of Tenessee, has signed
the bill providing for the settlement of
the slate debt at lifly cents on the dol
lar and four per coni interest.
TIIKKK will be eleven contested elec
tion cases in congress this year. Of the
contestants, four are republicans, four
democrats, and three greenbackers.
A Han Fhancixx) dispatch of March
2Glh says: John W. Goughian, ex-con
gressman for the third district of Cal
ifornia, died to-day at his residence in
Oakland.
Thk Virginia senate concurred in the
house amendments to the senate bill
providing for the settlement of the
stale debt, known as the “McCulloch
compromise bill.”
Thk national while lead association
winch closed its annual session in
Chicago recently, decided not to raise
the price of lead. It will remain at 7J
cents per pound for large lots.
Hki'okis from many points in south
ern Illinois, Ohio, Kentuckey and Ten
nessee indicate that the peach crop is
going to be seriously injured by fronts.
At Malloon, 111., March2B, Peter Ho
hel, a young railroad man, instantly
killed Win. Wieble, in a saloon in that
city, by striking him on the head with a
car link. Wieble was defending a
Iriend. llobel is under arrest.
A iiiHt’ATcn frrom Montreal, Can.,
says: “P. A. Murphy A’ Cos., leather
importers, have failed. Liabilities,slso,-
(KM). The liabilities of K, .lellimau. pa
per bjx manufacturer, who suspended
Wednesday, are *240,000.”
A n kahti.y prize light for * ,000 and
the lighl-wt ight championship of Amer
ica was fought just across the border in
Canada, March 27th, between Arthur
Chambers, of New York, and .lohu 11.
Clark, of Philadelphia. Chambers won
after 120 rounds had boon fought.
A Minneapolis special of the !!Isl
stales that the city (louring mills of that
city, owned by the first national bank,
were entirely destroyed by lire Sunday
morning. Dims about $70,000; small
insurance. The lire caught from the
smoke stack of the mill.
A I luk at Madison, Wisconsin on the
2!tth destroyed the large stone block
belonging to the Fairchild estate indict
ing a loss on building and slock of al
most SIO,OOO. During the lire two ex
plosions occurred injuring somewhat
dangerously twenty-seven firemen and
citizens..
A tkhuikio anil destructive tire swept
Ihrvugh southern Dakota, and the llig
Sioux Valley March 20,150 and 15lst. A
merchant at Kden, on the I tig Sioux,
counted at one time thirteen farm
houses in llames, and as far as the eye
could reach, the (ire was sweeping every
thing. Several lives were lost.
A Nahiivii.i.K dispatch of March
2811 1 says: Knox Martin, colored,
murderer of John Williwcgcr and
wife, was hanged here to day in the
presence of about 12,000 people, lie
lore leaving the jail lie made a full con
fession of his crime but made no
ment on the sea Hold. lie died easy;
Ids body was then given over to the
physicians who attempted m vain to
resuscitate him.
A man in St. Paul took out a life-in
surance Ipolicy for sfi,ooo, one of the
printed conditions being that the com
pany should pay nothing if he commit
led sui-ide. lie became insane, iyul
killed himself. His widow sued for the
SO,OOO on the ground that being driven
to self-slaughter by insanity, a disease,
docs not constitute a violation id' the
suicide clause, which can be applied to
criminal sell-destruction only. The
Minnesota supreme court decides for
the widow.
Dcnn A ('it. ure I '( 1 1 In tic) | >l l in dry
goods merchants. Tin*}' became I’ini
vinced ilml somebody whm stealing
either goods or money from thorn, for
thoir profits worn ovorv your less by
about |o,IHM than Iho business should
have yielded. Thoy instructed thoir
ohiof bookkeeper, Algco, to hunt for Iho
thiol; and ho umdo what appeared to
ho a thorough hut ineffectual investiga
tion. Thou a junior partner wont to
work on Ida own uooonnt, and anon tix
od llio guilt on Alcoo, who confessed
having stolen dt'.OOO dollars within ai.x
yoara.
TllK lluvtien waraloamor, St. Michel
with six gnna, commander Nadal, hav
ing on hoard part of the -7th regiment
of the line of grandoroviorc, with (lon.
Montpoiul, military governor of Capo
llayli.on her way from port An Prince
to last named port, came into collision
with the British aloamcr Bolivia, of
Weal India and Pacific steamship com-
I pany.of Liverpool, uoarUonaivoa in the
hay of the same name March It, Of lot)
; persona on hoard the steamer, of whom
| onlv I wore civillains, 7- wore saved
i hy taints of an F.nglisii steamer, among
! them wore the captain of the St. Michel
} ami (ion. Multipoint, among the lost
are Or. Lahcm and Mr. Albert, of
France, Joseph, brother ol the late
public instrn tor.
A Cincinnati cablegram of March
■JSth says Some little excitement
was occasioned at the meeting ol
Catholic priests of this diocese,
last night, for the purpose of perfecting
a plan for the relief of Archbishop
Purcell, by the announcement that
1 Frank lirc' er,Chas. Stewart and Pirns,
i Scolon Lad hee.i appointed by the
arehliishop a committee to receive all
chaiitahle contributions to pay the
! diocese indebtedness. This appoint
ment was understood to mean that the
1 committee appointed by the priests was
j completely ignored, and caused a bitter
discussion. Father Callaghan, of the
i cathedral, who was supposed to be at
i the bottom of tins movement, was do-
I uounoed by the German priests espec-
I ialiy. Tne meeting finally adjourned
: without taking any united action upon
tlie matter in hand.
Thk Supreme Lodge of the Ancient
| Order of United Workmen, in conven
-1 lion at Nashville has approved of the
I proposition to give the separate hene
-1 ficial jurisdiction power, if they see fit
to exercise it, of creating relict or sink
ing funds, providing it does not conflict
I with the collection and disbursement of
beneficiary funds. The official enroll
ment reported to the Supreme Lodge
shows that the order now has a strength
of (i,.'!00 members. The Supremo Lodge
adopted as the emblem of the order an
anchor ami shield and IhojHseof the
sun combination, and abojimied collars
and aprons as a regalTa, and instead,
provided for suitable badges to be worn
on the left breast.
A Fkankfokt. Ky., telegram of
March Utith says: Judge .1 M.
Elliot, of the court of appeals,
was assassinated and instantly killed on
the street in front of the Capital Hotel,
st 11 A. M. to-day, by Tbos. Hu ford, of
Henry county. Elliott bud rendered
an adverse opinion in a e.ise that Bu
ford had had in court for some time,
Buford loaded a double-barreled
shot gun and waited for El
liot to come to dinner, and |
waked up and shot him through
the heart without warning. Buford
was arrested, and is now in jail. There
is great excitement, and a strong feel
ing prevails against him. Buford, af
ler the arrest, acknowledged that the
other barrel of the gnu was loaded
for Judge ITyor, and ho would have
killed him also, iiad not some children
lioeii in the way. He is a brother of
( Jen. Ahe Buford of Woodford county.
A Ripgkway, Mich , dispatch of the
Hist says, a serious accident occurred
ou the (• riind Trunk railroad, near
Hmitli’s Crock, As the night express
was passing a point two miles east of
that place, it was thrown from the track
and the engine, tender, and three for
ward cars wrecked. Robert Wilson,
the head liraketiian, was crushed to
death between two ears. Ben Waters,
engineer, and Jerry McGuire, fireman,
were fatally scalded, the latter having
since died. Waters’ease is pronounced
hopeless. Francis Kellogg, of Erie,
l*a., lias a broken leg; S. i’. Willard, of
Chicago, was cut about the head, and
bis right arm fractured. Several others
were slightly injured. The Accident
was caused by train-wreckers, who bad
taken up a rail. They were traced by
footprints in the mud, and the tools
found a short distance oil’. Several
persons well* arrested, The railroad of
ficials refuse to give any details, but
claim to have the right parties.
An Omaha dispatch of March Hist
states 11 1 nI the criminal case of the state
vs. I. I*. Olive, one of the cattle kings of
Nebraska, and bis ten associates, indict
ed for burning Mitchell and Ketchnm,
in Custer county, begins at Hastings to
morrow. A desperate effort will be
made on the part of the defense to ob
tain a postponement of the trial or a
change ol venue, ou the ground that a
fair trial cannot ho bad at Hastings or
elsewhere in this state at this lime.
However, it is pretty generally
understood that Judge (bwliu is
opposed to any postponement, and
he will probably order the trial
to proceed. The prisoners can
be tried together or separately, us they
choose, and, in case of separate trials,
which is likely to he the source of the de
fendants, then Olive will ho tried first.
Two or three days will he consumed
in impaneling a jury and arranging the
preliminaries, so that evidence will not
probably be begun until Thursday.
Olive’s trial will lust ten days or two
weeks, and, in case of separate trials,
the cases of the others will extend over
two months, thus running up an im
mense bill of expenses on Imlb sides.
The prosecution tear that attempts will
be made to tamper with the jury, but
every precaution will be taken against
anything of that kind. Olive’s aged
father and mother, and his brother,
1 rit W. Olive, me here, and another
brother is on lus way up from Texas,
with 1, (Kill horses. The Olives are rich
and powerful, and propose to do every
thing possible in behalf of the prisoner.
This case will attract universal atten
tion, on account of the nature and mag
natude of the crime and the Urge num
ber who are to lie tried, nil on the
charge of murder.
FOREIGN.
Tin: nihilists have assassinated anoth
er government olllcial in Molcow.
I’AUI.IAMKNT is asked lo provide £lO,-
(HK),000 for expenses of the government
in India.
Uknkkai. ilkasv Inis acceiied an in
vitation front the King of Sunt to visit
that country.
A tX'KUKSI’ONI'KNT at Lahore ItClieVCB
the government is not disposed to press
Yakoob Khan to linal decewion until
snow has melted.
C'akiun At. Mansino will shortly leave
Rome for England. No arrangement
has Keen made for the establishment of
ollieial relations between England and
the Holy See.
A t'oNSTANTisoi’i.i: dispatch stales
that tint sultan has sent a portion
of his plate and jewelry tc be melted
for the use of the treasury.
A t'isi’ATVu from Cape I’own states
that Col. Wood is enlreueluxl at I’ergola
waiting for reinforcement* in eonse
iptenee of several nnsneeessful attempts
to dislodge the enemy in the mountains.
Tiik king of Hurmah, since the dis
patch of reinforcements to the British
troops, is reported as having expressed
a willingness to grant any concessions
demanded.
A ins’.'.uvtt from Berlin slates that a
report is current there that Count
Schanvalotl is urging a conference of
ambassadors at St. IVtersbmg, lo settle
the question of mixed occupation of
eastern Roumelia. Fresh diliculty has
arisen respecting it between Uussia and
Austria.
Tiik recent tire at Akyab, farther In
dia, which was accidental, deitroyed the
native portion ol the town, the loss is
estimated at £SOO,IHX). A thousand
people w ere rendered homebss.
A oiki 11 years of age is ix prison at
Cahors, France, awaiting trial for burn
ing her little '2 year-old broiler alive,
became “it annoyed her to be obliged
to nurse him.”
TllK last steamer from Honolulu
says the sugar crop of the islands is
i good. Gov. Kipi is dead. The native
population of the kingdom has de
creased since 1872 over 4,000, it now
being 58,000.
A dispatch from Afghanistan states
that 2,000 Afghans attacked a small
{detachment of the Britisli troops in
I'ishin vahey, and were defeated with a
loss of sixty killed, widle, strange to say,
there were no casualties among the
British,
Thk famine in Upper Egypt causes
tei rible suffering, in some villages the
people, naked like wild beasts, dig for
roots. In one town women and chil
dren fought over scraps of broad. The
inland villagers are said to be starving
like dogs.
A correspondent at Lahore states that,
according to official information, Ya
Knob Khun is making no serious prepa
rations for resistance, but appears to
postpone his submission in order to sat
isfy ids subjects that be yields to force.
I Reports addressed to Lord Salisbury
stale that the drilling of Bulgarians i
eastern Uouinelea continues, 70,000
men being now armed. The mere
moral effect of mixed occupation must
not be relied upon. A strong force is
necessary.
A Viknna dispatch says the New Fall
l‘rrn* reports that Bismarck has anting
ed for the occupation of the interior of
eastern Koumelia by Austrian. English
ami Italian troops on the northern
boundary, and Russian and southern
boundary by Turkish troops.
Thk latest Australian advices to
February 27, say the harvest
prospects are excellent. More space is
applied for the New South Wales ex
position than can ho given. The defici
ency in the wool crop is not so great as
anticipated; it is now estimated at 50,-
000 bales.
Effouts to communicate with Colo
nel I'earson, the commander of the
English forces, who is believed to bo
surrounded by the Zulus, have been
frustrated, mid the returned messen
gers report the roads destroyed and the
country swarming with /ulus. Pear
son's command bud provisions sufficient
to last until the end of March. An ex
pedition to go to bis relief is being or
ganized.
A i.KTTKit just received from Brazil
says that 18,000 people died in Tarta
le/.a in December, or one-fourth of the
population; that 27,000 recorded inter
menli- were made in two months, while
a number of bodies were sunk in the
bay. In the villages round about, poor
people were dying like sheep. A liorri
ide stench arises from the cemeteries,
and the black plague is feared. Starv
ing refugees clamored at the barracks
for food. 'The commandant attempted
to arrest the ringleaders, but was shot
down. Four soldiers and several riot
ers were killed in the struggle that en
sued. Finally the military were driven
out of the town and the provision bous
es sacked.
WASHINGTON
lOxi'Kmh of exports over imports for
twelve months ended February 28th
last were $29;{,85i>,!554.
Gait. Edward O’Mkaohkr Condon,
the feniiui, Inin been appointed to a
clerkship in the treasury department.
Tim senate has rtjectcd the
nomination of Wilson M. Stanley,
of Illinois, to he Indian agent at
lats I’nias, Col.
TllK President has nominated Win.
h. Scruggs, Consul at Chiu King; and
Wm. K. Hurchard, Consul at Omoa and
Truxillo.
U. J. Bhiout. of Indiana.for sergeant
at-arms of the senate, and Col. John 0.
Bursch, for secretary of the senate;
wore chosen by the democratic caucus
and elected.
A kkw days since the president nomi
uated Andrew D. White, of New York,
as minister to Germany, and Cornelius
A. Logan, of Illinois, as minister resi
dent to Central America.
On the 27th, the republican congres
sional delegation met in caucus to con
sider the programme of the democratic
delegation, and the following resolution
was adopted:
limdved, That it is the sense of the
caucus that hereafter and until the ap
propriation bills are disposed of, no
pairs by republicans shall, under any
consideration, be made.
Tin', proceedings by court of inquiry,
in the Fit/. John I’orter case, have
reached the president and it can be
stated on good authority that the find
iugsare iu every way in bis favor.
Tiik President has nominated Win
ter 8. Cox, of Washington, associate
Justice of the supreme court of the
IHstrict of Columbia: Peter A. Williams
United States Marshal of the southern
district of Florida; Dennis Eagan, col
lector of internal revenue for Florida
Tiik United Slates Senate has
confirmed Wm. A. Herron, pen
sion agent at Pittsburg; Ed. W. Mc-
Neil. secretary of the legation at Mexi
co; Doctors Hosmer A. Johnson, of 111.,
and S. M. Demis, Henry S. Bodditch,
James M. Cabell and Robert W. Mitch
ell, of Tennessee, members of the na
tional board of health. Two others re
main to be confirmed.
I.IM TKNANT Dk I AINU, of till' navy,
who is to command the steamer Jean
ette on an exploring expedition to lind
the northwest passage to the arctic seas,
which has been arranged and will be
supported by James Gordon Bennett, is
in Washington making his final prepar
ations for the voyage. He will proceed
to San Francisco in a few days, where
the vessel is now lying at the navy
yard, and, alter replacing her present
machinery with that of anew and im
proved pattern, will sail about the first
of June for Behring's Strait, where he
will winter.
A srKCtAi. telegram says Congress
has been very generous to the District
of Columbia this year in i's appropria
tions, and there will bo no excuse in
Washington for hard times. Besides
the regular disbursements for salaries
in the several departments, which
amounts to overs2o,ooo,ooo a year, and
is all disbursed in Washington, con
gress has appropriated nearly $8,000,-
000 to be expended during the
ensuing year on public buildings and
grounds in Washington, and $4,200,000
for the improvement of streets, sewers,
water supply, and the support of the
■ schools, public institutions, and the ex
penses of the district government. This
does not include the money that is ex
pended here by congressmen and em
ployes of congress, which is nearly a
I million more. Washington will tints
: be benefitled this year by the expendi
ture of nearly $30,000,000 of govern
j ment money.
A Washington special says, it will
■ surprise many people to know that the
value of the hay crop in this country
was greater last year by over $50,000,-
(KJO than the value of the cotton crop.
It was not many years ago that cotton
was king, but grass is a greater monarch
of trade now; but we keep our hay at
borne, while we sendonr cotton abroad.
()f the total cotton crop over
70 per cent, was exported; of
the hay crop only it-100 of
1 per cent, was exported. The value
of the cotton crop was 21.2 tier cent, of
the value of the entire grain" product,
yet nearly $2,000,000 more of cotton
was exported than of all the grains com
bined. Of the wheat crop, 25.3 per cent,
was exported; (jl the corn crop, 0.5 per
cent; of the barley crop, 11.3 per cent.;
of the tobacco crop, about 51 per cent.
Thk demand for four ner cent, bonds
lias fallen oil from millions down to
from $50,000 to $200,000 daily. This fact
is accounted for in this wise; The
banks were allowed three months in
which to pay for the largo amount of
bonds they purchased on commission;
that time is now up and the banks are
fo'cing their bondji upon the market in
order to realize and settle with the gov
ernment; as they sell in a competitive
market they oiler for lower tigures than
the government; hence for the time the
banks are selling the bonds and the de
mand falls oil'at Washington.
At the close of March the mints will
have coined 28,500,000 standard dollars,
making the average monthly coinage
since the passage of the act about
$2,180,000. Of the amount coined $21,-
000,000 has been transferred to the
treasury, leaving $7,500,000 in the mints
at i’hiladelphia, Carson, New Or
leans and San Francisco. It is
stated that there is now on hand in the
sub-treasury and mmtsatSan Francisco
and Carson about $7,500,000, a sum suf
ficient to meet all demands for silver
dollars on the Pacific coast for some
time to come. From this it would ap
pear to be good policy ou the part of
the government to have a larger por
tion of the. silver dollar coinage done
hereafter by the mints at Philadelphia
and New Orleans, but so far the depart
ment, it appears, lias not been able tu
procure sufficient bullion at reasonable
rates to run the New Orleans mint to
its full capacity on such coin, which is
stated to be about $500,000 per month.
( OXtiHKSSIONAb SUMMARY.
Tuesday, March ‘2s—Senate. —A de
bate occurred upon Hoar’s resolution
declaring the democratic programme
of legislation unconstitutional. After
Hoar and Deck had spoken the senate
adjourned by a strict party vole, the
democrats voting in the affirmative.
Tuesday, Match 95 House. —Nothing
was done in (he house which adjourned
immediately after convening.
Wednesday. March 2dih— Senate.—
Several lulls were introduced, an ex
ecutive session was held and the senate
adjourned after a. very brief session.
Wkd.nksday, March 2tith — House. —
The house transacted no business, and
after a short session adjourned.
Thursday, March 27—Senate. —Sev-
eral bills wore introduced, and after a
running debate on the resolution intro
duced by Hoar declaring the course of
the majority revolutionary, the senate
adjourned.
Thursday, March 27 — House. —The
army appropriation bill was introduced
and discussed a* some length in com
mittee of the whole. Good progress
was made toward its completion. Ad
journed.
Friday, March 28ih. — Senate. —The
senate was not in session.
Friday, March 28. — House.— Mr.Wil
son presented a memorial from J.J. Wil
son, claiming to ha ve been elected from
the ninth congressional district of lowa,
on the fifth of November, and ollered a
resolution to refer the memorial to the
committee on elections, when such
committee he appointed. All the sit
ting members from lowa were elected
on the day claimed hy the other side
not to have been the day legally fixed
for elections. The resolution was adopt
ed hy a party vote. The army bill was
taken up in committee of the whole.
The whole bill was disposed of with the
exception of the section which repeals
the statutes allowing the military to pre
serve peace at the polls. Here a long
discus ion ensued and the house ad
journed before the section was dis
posed of.
March 29 — House. — A point of order
was raised by Mr. Heagan and debated
four hours, to the effect that the amend
ment forbidding the use of troops at the
polls was not germane to the army ap
propriation bill, the point of
order was finally overruled by
the speaker. An appeal was taken
and the decision of the chair was sus
tained; ayes 125, nays U>7. A general
debate followed on liic amendment hut
no vote was taken.
Monday, March 81. Senate.— Numer
ous hills were introduced, among them
being one to extend the time for the
construction of the Northern Pacific,
and one to authorize the national Injard
of health to investigate and report mi
the infectious and contagious diseases of
animals. An executive session was
then held, and the senate adjourned.
Two of the four hundred ton guns
bought bv the British government from
the Armstrong company for I'l.tKK)
apiece, are to be sent to Gibraltor and
iwo to Malta, where they will he mount
ed behind barbette earthworks. Before
being shipped to these two important
positions they will be thoroughly
tested,
Tiik Atlanta Constitution desires to
put a stop to the Georgia habit of car
rying concealed weapons, and to begin
with demands that the north shall pull
down its pistol factories.
TINSELING the HUDSON.
A Gigantic Enterprise hy Which New
York is to lie connected with New
Jersey.
Ni w York Letter.
More than four yearsyigo the Hudson
Tunnel Company commenced the shaft
for an underground communication
between New York and Jersey city
i beneath the bed of the Hudson river to
i enable the numerous railroads terminat
ing in Jersey city to continue their
tracks into the metropolis. Litigation
was instituted that put a stop to the
wi rk, but this has now hapily termina
ted, and the passage of a bill pending
in the New York legislature will soon
cause the resumption of the work. It
is only necessary to consider the gigan
tic traffic of the Erie, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, New
Jersey Central, and other roads to show
the importance of the cars going direct
into the city instead of having to depend
on tlte transfer of the freight and pas
i sengers by the ferryboats. The saving
I of time and lessening of expenses can
not fail to he satisfactory and profitable
to all concerned. All the plans are set
tled, the means provided, and it is cal
culated that the tunnel can be construct
ed in about two years. The entrance
to the tunnel on the Jersey side will he
3,400 feel from the river banks. There
will be d,400 feet under tile bed of the
river, the greatest depth being 07 feet,
and 3,000 feet on the New York side,
making the entire tunnel about 121
miles long. For the purpose of expedi
tion, it is supposed to iwork from each
side of the river at the same time, em
ploying as many men as can he success
fully employed, changing them every
eight hours, thus doing three days’ work
every twenty-four hours. The tunnel
will be 20 feet in width and 24 feet in
bight, with a double track of heavy
steel rails, anil capable of pacing 400
trains every twenty hours. It sill he
painted white ami lit with gas, while the
locomotives will consume their own
steam ami smoke, rendering the pas
sage pleasant as well as speedy, not
more than six minutes being required.
The president Mr. Haskins, has a pat
ent for the use ol compressed air. which,
in connection with other important ap
pliances, will complete the work at
much less expense than has attended
any other similar construction. No ex
pensive coffer dam, caissons, or Brunei
shields will he required. The use of
compressed air introduced into the face
of tlie tunnel with sufficient pressure to
hold in place or keep back and prevent
the irruption of silt, clay, or water, is
expected to overcome the difficulties
usnaly experienced in consti noting such
works. The air-pressure will also cam
hack to the working-shafts all sand,
mud, or water that may accumulate in
tlm heading while the workmen are
making the excavations. The air
pressnro is also expected to assist in
keeping out water and upholding the
roof of earth during the excavation,
which is to be made by three sets of
workmen on platforms, one above the
other. The masonry will he going on
as fast as the excavation is made, the
brickwork being three feet thick and
laid with cement. It is a gigantic en
terprise and deserves to succeed, with
out any of the impediments that now
hinder the completion of the suspension
bridge acros the cast river. The capi
tal of the company ($10,000,000), it is
supposed, will be abundant to put the
work in actual operation within two
years.
The Dansita.
Indianapolis Herald.
Every country has a dance peculiar to
it alone, and that of Central America is
the dansita. The music for this dance
is peculiar, changing key three different
times, and my experience in the dance
is equally peculiar. Encircling the
waist of a beautiful black-eyed senorita
with my right arm, I whirled, or rather
was whirled, away in a round dance, the
step ( f which was similar to the bal
ance step of the waltz, the pretty slip
pered feel of my partner keeping exact
time to the music. Meeting another
couple, the music having hero changed
time, we balance, and the ladies change
three times. Suddenly, the musicians
having become warmed to their work,
a quick, brisk air is played, and, clasp
ing your partner around the waiste wilii
your right arm, your left bimilary en
circling the waist of the other lady, the
other gentlemen having likewise dis
posed of his arms, the ladies put their
arms around the waists of the gentle
men, and you are initiated into the
mysteries of a dance unequaled by any
otiier in its voluptuousness. Taking
a step with your left foot you are facing
your partner: so close are you to her
that the sweet breath from between her
lips fans your healed brow; you gaze
into the liquid depths of her eyes; you
feel the beating ot her heart in unison
with yours; only for a moment is this:
still embracing and in the embrace of
the two Spanish beauties, you revolve
upon your right heel, and arc brought
face to face with the other lady, excited
with the pleasure of the dance, her
bosom rising and falling faster and fast
er in the effort to breathe; her brilliant,
dark-some orl>s fascinate you and steal
your senses. Now to the left, now to
the right, you balance in quick succes
sion, imparting a weaving motion to
your body, one moment facing your
partner, the next greeting the smile of
the other senorita, until, intoxicated
with beauty and blind with dizziness,
you lose all idea of earth and seem to he
Moating in space, and are only recalled
from your enchantment by the shrill
note which concludes the music and thi
dance.
A Wise Deacon.
“ Deacon Wilder, 1 want you to tell
me how you kept yourself and family
so well ttie past season, when all the
rest of us have been sick so much, and
have had the doctors running to us so
long.”
“ Oro. Taylor, the answer is very eary.
I used Hop Bitters in time and kept my
.family well and saved large doctor bills.
Three dollars’ worth of it kept us all well
and able to work all the time, and I will
warrant it has cost you and most of the
neighbors one to two hundred dollars
apiece to keep sick the same time. I
guess you’ll take my medicine hereaf
ter.” Ssee other column.