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ITEMS OF INTEREST. INLAND TBIBUKE. Putting tip "caviare" made frcm sturgeon spawn ia an important indus- the motion to suspend the rules and pass the Army Appropriation bill, heretofore introduced. The motion was rejected yeas 101. navs 1C9.

The result of the vote was greeted with the clappine of hands on the Demo- Alfonso Davis and Henry Andrews, white men, and Lewis Carlton, colored. All three were hanged for burglary and assault, which is made a capital crime in North then resumed consideration of the Warner Silver bill, the pending section being the third, which provides that any owner of silver bullion may deposit the same to- be formed into bars, or into standard dollars, for his benefits The pending amendment waa one offered bv Mr. Mills (IW-Texas) au spiracy, by fssmng orders for the employment of such force, either of the resulars or of the by such proceedings of the Civil authorities-as might -enable tueta- to-suppress eiicctuaily the further progress of the It was nnder the same authority thl-Freoidmt Jackson crushed the nullification 4n South Carolina, and that Lincoln issued his call for troops to save the ''i'nion in 1S61. On numerous other occasions of less significance! nndef probably eveTydmimstration, ana certainly un ier the present, this "power has been usefullyLeiterted t3 enforce the lawsi Editor sad Proprietor. CURRENT NEWS.

i i WASHINGTON 1 Committee on Agriculture has au thorized a favorable report to the House on asking for an investigation of 1 the Department' of Agriculture. i i Totmnlttee" ttifXevees of the Mississippi JRiver agreed to report fa- -voWbly "up6nithe bill introduced bv Mr. Gibson to provide for the appointment of a Mississippi River Commission to direct and i complete surveys of ihe Mississippi Kiver and report the result to the Secretary of War, together with such, plans and estimates as will improve the 'navigation of the river and prevent the destructive floods. It authorizes the; expenditure Of $175,000, or so.much theredf as may be necessary, to effect the object with, which the Commission is charged. 1 Capti Eads has made application for an additional payment of $500,000, claiming that he has obtained a channel at, the mouth of the Mississippi 25 feet deep and 200 feet wide.

The matter is under consideration in the War Department. r-' WEST AND SOUTHWEST. The National Conference fit Colored Men, he Td recently at Nashville, adopted an ad-, dress and Resolutions favoring emigration to States and Territories where they can enjoy all the rights and privileges to which they are entitled under the Constitution and laws, and asking of Congress an appropriation of 1300,000 to farther that object; recommending a National compulsory system of education, and declaring that separate schools are highly detrimental to both raees also, asking an appropriation of $300,000 from the Government to establish an industrial and technical school for colored youths. A resolution was adopted accepting the tender by B. F.

Butler to donate 20,000 acres of land in Wisconsin, and by Zach Chandler of homes for 100 colored families. At VaodaHa, IlL.on the children of Frank Carroll were playing in a crib filled with corn husks, when the contents took lire and the children were burned to death. "A conference of gentlemen interested in the Southern negro exodus has been held in St. Louis. of New Jersey, representing certain parlies in the East, took a prominent part in the deliberations, and stated lhat in view of the fact that most of the Mississippi boats were refusing to transport tie negroes North, it had been deter- mined to charter a boat for the especial pur-, pose of bringing away such as voluntarily desired to come.

No persuasion or inducement would be held out for them to leave their homes, he paid, but all who-desired to do so would be afforded an opportunity. He also intimated that legal proceedings would be instituted against those steamboat companies refusing transportation to the colored people, for violation of the laws governing common carriers. are received of a terrible duel near Burlington, Texas, on the lied River. Two cattle thieves, Wiley and Jacobs, living on the other -side of the river, disagreed about dividing their spoils. A quarrel arose, ending in a challenge being sent from Wiley to Jacobs.

It was accepted, and the two met south of the river, each armed with two six-shooters. They fought at 10 paces and both were killed. Wiley fell at the third fire.but raising himself on his elbow sent a ball through the brain of Jacobs, who also fell dead. The Yellowstone country in the vicinity of Miles City is infested with thieves and Other desperate anA the citizens have organized a Vigilance Committee and recently strung up two of the culprits without intervention of Judge or Jury. Two years ago a man named Dan Edmunds, who lived in Livingston County, ran off to Arkansas with a neighbor's daugh leaving a wife and family behind.

A short time ago he started back to his former v. i home with the woman and a child, and when near the Mississippi River killed and buried both. On returning he took up with his lawful wife. The bodies of the murdered worn-f and child were found and identified, and au officer from Arkansas proceeded to the home of the murderer, arrested and took him back to the scene of hi A fire at Lexington, on the evening je the 14th, destroyed tbePhcenix Hotel and adjacent stables and the residence of Leslie Coombs. Total loss about $100,000, mostly! John I.

West was hanged at Boomille, ion: the 10th, 'forthe murder of a mm named Frank Shinn in Ociober last. The murderer and his victim were fellow-tramps. West was" only about 2 years of age and had a wue one cnua at Lamonte, Mo. His parents re-idcin Morgan County, 111. He made a full confession of the crime previous tTTatr err 0Tnrrnn7-ivi i i enn oi this- "caviare' is shipped to Germany.

of- tLcClippings bides, horns and hoof washed in lime water, boiled, skimmedrstrained, evaporated, cooled in molds, cut into slices and dried upon nets. The that wall papers, In imitation of tilk, are manufactured at AschatTburg, djed in the mass, and afterward printed by means of the cylinder machine. The paper is made of cellulose. It has a decided silky appearance arid It el, and the effect is pronounced pleasing. The designs are executed in darker shades of the ground color.

The latest triumph of French chemistry, is the extract of color from red cabbage by boiling and maceration and pressure, The Cauline is a deep violet. Ffom this, additions, other colors are as in the case of aniline. They are perfectly harmless, of exquisite for dyeing and perfection itself for the artist. A German inventer proposes to make boots that will i never wear out. He mixes with water-proof glue suitablequantity of clean quartz sand, which is spread on the thin leather solo emplojed as a foundation.

inese quurui soles are said to be flexible and almost indestructible, while they enable tho wearer to-walk safely, over elippery roads. Straw board lumber which can hardly be detected from hard wood lumber, exhibited at.Osbkosh, Wis by S. II. Hamilton, of Bushnell, is attracting much attention among lumber men. The process of manufacture, as explained by Mr.

Hamilton, ia as, follows Ordinary straw board, such as is manufactured at any paper mill, is employed for this purpose. As many sheets ans taken as are required to make the'thick-ness of lumber desired. These sheets are passed through a chemical solution which thoroughly softens up the fiber and completely saturates it. The wholes is then passed through a succession off rollers, dried and hardened during the-passage, as well as polished, and cames-out of the other end of the machine hard, dry lumber, ready for use. Mr.

Hamilton claims that the chemical properties hardening in the fiber entirely prevent water-soaking and render the lumber combustible only in a very hot fire. The hardened finish on the outside also makes it to water. It is also susceptible of Tery fine polish. Hap Md Mia naps. Miss Minnie Heakins, aged 16, who resided near Greenville, was burned, to death in a field while burning cornstalks.

John Mo ran and John Durnell, two young men, while engaged in plowing near Fredericksburg, were struck by lightning aad instantly killed. An iofant child ot Hugh Edwards, on a farm four miles from Iowa City, Iowa, was so badly gored by a covr that it died. Elmer Kimball and Lee Guerrin, two Lewisville (Ind.) boja, weie fooling with a revolver, wheu discharged, shooting Kimball in the mouth. Hi injuries fortunately were not fatal. A goo3e attacked a little grandson of Michael Wilson, a farmer living near Washington, Iowa, scaring the lad into convulsions, from which ha never recovered, dying a short time after.

Frankie' Browning, son of Mr. Eugene Browning of Bloofniog-ton, 111., fell on a case-krjife which be, had in his band and cut his throat, almost completely severing the windpipe. There was no hope of saving his life. Miss Minich, living near Castine, Darke County, while out in the yard washing some clothing, accidentally got too near a fire built for the purpose of heating water. Her clothing took firo and she was burned so badly that she died in a few hours.

While carelessly handling a revolver, John Montgomery, a young married man, living near Lawrenceville, shot himself through the body. The ball entered just above the heart, inflicting a fcerious and probably fatal wound. Miss Virginia Hicks, a young lady of Wyandotte, Indian Territory, was rriding a very spirited horse, and was thrown ffom the saddle- one struck on her head, and a high comb which was in her hair was driven clear to the brain, producing almost instant death. A 9-year-old son of John Miller, near White Bear, during tho absence of his parents, took dovn a shot-gun and, supposing it unloaded, pointed at a little brother of 4 years, and discharged it, the charge entering the stomach, causing death in two hours. A 5-year-old son of Henry Bol-gan of Mankato, while playing in an unoccupied house with other children, jumped through a window, and a scarf which he wore about his neck caught on a hook and hung him.

The children ran to the house and gave the alarm, but so much time elapsed that when released he was apparently dead. By extraordinary efforts on the part of the mother life was finally restored. THE MARKETS. NEW TOKK, MAT 19, 1879. BEEVES Native 10.50 SHEEP Shorn 3.50 fi.oo 6.t;o HOGS Lire 8 80 a 4.10 COTTON Middling' 0 Yl KLOUR Good to (eb 4160 WHEAT No.

2Ked 1.17 1.17J CORN No. 2 45 4H OATS Western Allied 35 35 PORK New Mess 10.10 a 10.12 ST. LOUIS. COTTON Middling 12 4.15 4.K 4.35 4.tt- 3.55 4.75 60 4 l.oe 4'J 1.25 2.S0 4.75 130 IV OX 10.10 33 22 ii.ee r.3 (jnoic to ancy. Good to Native Cows r- Texan 6 6t kt at at ia ra HOGS Common to feHJEEP Native FIX)UB Choice WHEAT Bed No.

No. Mixed RYE 2 TIMOTHY SEED -TOBACCO Dark Lugf. New. Medium Dark Leaf HAY Choice Timothv BUTTER Choice WOOL Tub -wan lied, Choice 32 21 Unwashed Mixed cln04Go." BEEVES Ccmm'n to Choice 2.40 3-50 4.25 3.00 0 a at Id 5.25 3.70 4.90 6.75 4.60 82 35 2H 51 9.7J HOGS Common to SHEEP Common to Choice FLOUR White SprinK Extras WHEAT Spring No. 2, Reg.

No.S.Reir. 7sa 81H 35 a 27X 61 9.63 a CORN OATS No, 1 1 o. POliK New Mesa. NEW-ORLEANS. FLOUR Choice ft.75 6.25 f.3 40 CORN hite iTS Louis.

60 38 17.0-1 HAY Choice. PORK New Mess 170 10.50 10.2 BACON 04K 05 12 CO i'TON Middiin kt 1 ciatic side and with counter-demonstrations i Mi a rr on tne nepuDucan siae. xne unetti adjourned. fz In the Senate, on the 13th, Mr. Bayard re ported favorably from the Committed on finance the HoiiaO bill forthe exchange of subsidiary Coin for legal-tender money and.

asked for Its It went over under objection. Consideration was resumed of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Ap propriation bill. The Clerk read the clause which the Committee on Appropriations proposed should be stricken out, providing lor the reissue of 10,000,000 in legal-tender currency -now in the Treasury kept aa a special fui.d for the redemption of fractional currency, for the payment of arrears of pension. Mr. Booth spoke in opposition to the amendment and Mr.

Bayard in its favor. Other Senators expressed their views upon the matter, when a vote was taken upon a motion to strike out the clause as recommended by the Committee and it was decided in the negative yeas is, nays 37 and therefore the clause remains in the bill. In the Housei Mr. Knott (D Ky.) called up the Veto Message, and demanded the previous question on tue passage of the Mil i tar interference bill over the President's Veto. The previous question was seconded and the House proceeded to vote.

The result was yeas 127, nays 97. Thre not being a two-thirds majority, as required by the Constitution, the bill was rejected. Ten of the Greenbackers voted in the affirmative, the other three Barlow. Forsyth and Russell not voting. The Veto Message was then referred to tlie Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Weaver (G. Iowa) moved that tha morning hour be dispensed with and the Silver bill be taken ud. Tlie motion wan defeated 87 to 75 not the necessary two-thirds in the af firmative. At the expiration of the morning hour the bill to coinage laws and coin and bullion certificates was taken up, and Mr.

Buckner Mo.) spoke in. favor of the bill. In the Senate, on the 14 th, Mn Vest gave notice of his intention to introduce a bill pro posing to organize the Indian Territory Into a State, and providing for its admission into the Union. His resolution making inquiry as to whether any part of the Indian Territory bad been purchased by the United States with a view of locating Indians or freedmen thereon was agreed to. Consideration was resumed of theL.egislative,Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill, and all parts of the bill were passed upon with the exception of what is known as the legislative portion.

Mr. Kernan spoke in favor of the propose amendments to the bill. Mr. Bock moved as an amendment the following: In order to provide for the eedy payment of arrears of pensions the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to issue immediately in payment thereof that portion of $10,000,000 in legal-tender currency now lathe Treasury, kept as a special fund for tlie redemption of fractional currency, etc. Mr.

Beck, during his remarks in favor of the amendment, said the Secretary of the Treasury had increased the public debt, and had, bv the payment of double intere-t, favored the bondholders. Mr. Paddock said that he had a Conversation this morning with the Secretary, who expressed the opinion that the diversion of money reserved for redemption of fractional currency would not hasten the payment of arrears of peneions a single day, as he was prepared to pay them from time to time as the necessary papers were prepared. If it was proposed to u-e money in behalf of soldiers' arrears of pensions the plea was forced, so far as the Secretary was concerned; and reflections upon him were therefore not warranted by his conduct. Mr.

Beck said he was not making any particular charge against the Secretary. Quite a spirited debate ensued, in which Mr. Pendleton and Mr. Voorhees charged that the Secretary of tue Treasury had been lobbying around the senate Chamber for the purpose of influencing legislation. Mr.

Pad dock and Mr. Edmunds defended Secretary herman, and Mr. JHorriu moved an amendment leaving it discretionary with the Secretary of the Treasury to use this special fund for the purpose indicated. Mr. Morrill's amendment was rejected and Mr.

Beck's adopted In the House, consideration was resumed of the bill relating to coinage, and speeches were made by Mr. Fort 111.) and Mr. Ewing At the conclusion of Mr. Ewing's speech, Mr. VVarner demanded the previous question, pending which Mr.

Killengen Pa.) movci to lay the bill on the The yeas and nays were ordered on that motlon.pend-ing which Mr. Conger Mich.) moved to adjourn. This motion was carried by a vote of tellers of yeas 10i, nays 97, and the House adjourned. In the Senate, on the 15th, Mr. Cockrell introduced a joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President of the United States to open correspondence with the republic of France, with a view and for the purpose of negotiating a proper treaty of reciprocity and commerce with that Government.

Consideration was then resumed of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill, and Mr. lit-ck explained the provisions of the bill as it had been amended. Mr. Thurman followed in a set speech, in which he took the ground that the Repuolican minority say in effect that they will stop the appropriations rather than agree to the provisions' of the bill relating to trial by jury and elections. Mr.

Thurman proceeded to analyze the laws proposed to be repealed, andj argued they were in the utmost degree oppressive, as they shut out intelligence from the jury box and punished those who could not take the iron-clad oath because they had given a cup of cold water even to any one who had opposed the Government. If the law were justifiable in war, it was not so now. at a time when all should unite in the pacification of the country and restore harmony everywhere. We should go back to the old paths of justice. in the House, consideration was resum- of the VVarner Silver bilt, the pending question being a motion of Mr.

Killinger Pa.) to lay the bill and amendments on the table, on which the yeas and nays had been ordered. The question was taken, and it was decided in the negative yeas 103, nays 126. The Item ocrats who voted in the amrmative were Messrs. Beltzhoover Bliss (N. Co vert (N.

Deuster Gibson Hurd Lou its berry (X. Martin MeLane Morse Muller (X. Morrison (i koss in. xaibott (Md.) and F. Wood (N.

The Republicans who Voted in the negative were Messrs. Belford (CoL), Cannon Fort Keiley Haskell Marsh (111.) and Ryan All the Greenback ers voted in the negative. The Question then recurred on sc-conaing the previous question, and it was seconded yeas 119, nays 107., xne result ot the last two votes was greet ed with applause on the Democratic side The questton as to whether amend ments couia De votea on gave rise to much discussion. Mr. Haskell Kas.) asserted that he would have voted to lay the uui on tne taoie it he had supposed the House would De prevented from voting on an tne amenaments oirerea ror various sections separately.

He said he regarded some or the provisions ot tne bin as mony strosities, and he would not vote for it un less it could be amended. Mr. Stephens 6a.) also stated it as his understanding all along that the bill should be voted on by sections, and Mr. Clymer asserted he would hot have voted for the previous question unless he supposed the bill was open ior amenament. un cue oiner nana, it was argaed that; under the previous question, the bill must be voted on as a whole.

Finally it was agreed the previous question would only appiy to tne nrst section oi tne oiii, which pioviaes that goia coins snail be a one-dollar piece or a unit of 25 8-10 grains, quar ter-eagle or 2.50, or a three-dollar piece, an eagle and a double eagle. The section was agreed to by a vote ot loo to 9t. The question then recurred on the second section, which provides that silver coins shall be a dollar or unit, a half-dollar, a quarter-dollar and a dime; that the weight of a douar shall be 412) grains Troy, the weight of a half-dollar, the weight of a quarter and dime one-half, one-qaarter and one-tenth, respectively, of that of the dollar. Also, that silver dollars in the Treasury, when reduced in weight by natural abrasion more than 1 per shall be recoined. Mr.

Kimmel Md.) moved to amend by-making the weight of silver 460 grains, and argued in support of his amendment. Rejected yeas 52 nays 1 76 The second section was then agreed to, and the third section was taken up. It provides that any owner of silver bullion may deposit the same at any mint to be formed into bars or into standard dollars of 412K grains for his benefit Several amendments were rejected. and the Honse adjourned without passing upon the third section of the bill. In the Senate, on the 16th, the 'President pro tern, laid before the Senate a message from the President of the United, States, in reply to the resolution of the 7th requesting information relative to the alleged unlawful occupation ot a portion of the Indian Territory.

He transmits a copy of his proclamation and conies of cor respondence and papers on file in the War Department touching thia subject. On motion of Mr. Ingalls, it was resolved that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to report to the Senate wbat amouic of legal- wnaer no its naa oeen presenrea ana re deemed in coin since the 1st of January last, and what amount of oin he considers him self authorized to retain in the Treasury to maintain specie resumption. Considera tion was resumed of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill, and Mr. Eaton spoke at lengta in favor of the propos- ed In the Honse.

a resolution was reported from tne Committee on Rales by Mr.Frye Me.) for the appoint ment of a standing committee to which shall be referred all bills, resolutions, peti tions, affecting traffic in alcoholic! liquors. Considerable opposition was nan- uc-8tea to tne action proposed, but -is finally adopted aiter a morion to taiita was The title of Jean Ingelows new feSvel is v. i Mrs. Myra Clark" Gaines proposes to foond a ereat library. It will proba bly be located in New Orleans.

-Sam Small, the Old Si" of the Atlanta is writing a book about the "Fighting Alstons, of Hall-fax" and the Cox-Ah ton case. lXhe Germatt'Empress Augusta has offered a prize for the best treatise. on diphtheria thakshall be. published within a jear. Mr.

is -parent of the last curious blunder, and in his new book on Ciusar speaks of that General as returning with the light of twenty victories blaziDg round his bayonets.1 i- Archibald Forbes, the celebrated English war correspondent, has started for the scene of the Zulu war, under a salary, says a tendon journal, larger than any journalist has erer: receited. -the' late Mrs. Sarah Josephs Hale was active in many, excellent publio undertakings. She had much to "do with the completion 6f the Bunker Hill for 30 years she labored to have Thanksgiving Day made a National hoi iday she greatly influenced her old friend, Matthew Yassar, in the organization of College. Paul Morphy is insane.

He denies that he kno ws any thing about chess, imagines that "he is a great lawyer, and he was defrauded in the settlement of his father's estate. He is living quietly at New Orleans, promenades Canal Street daily and if any acquaintance re shly gives him a chance, rehearses the long story of his wrongs. He is well cared for by his friends. The late Mr. McGahan, tbs London New correspondent who first directed attention to the Bulgarian atrocities, is being all but canonized by the Bulgarian natives in gratitude for his fearless services to them.

They are about to hold high religious services ia his memory on the anniversary of his death, and Prof. Muller of the St. Petersburg University is about to write his biography for distribution among the Slavonic race. Mark Twain, when asked why he hasn't written a book on England, says I coulda't get any fun out of England. It is too grave a country.

And its gravity soaks into the stranger, and make3 him a serious as cveiy body else. When I was ttere I couldn't teem to think of any thing butdtep problems of government, tases, free-trade, finance and every night I went to bed drunk with statistics. I could have written a million books, but my publisher would have hired the common hangman to burn them." Edwin Booth wrote a private letter from Chicago to a friend in Richmond, just after the attempt to assassinate him, in which he said: Your very kind and welcome letter of congratulation readied me in due time, but the nervous shock (referring to the shooting) has been so eevere to both Mrs. Booth and myself that we have been unable to do much more than play nurse to each other since the event. The poor fool that committed the outrage is in safe keeping and I hope he will be confined in an asylum for tho rest of his life.

He is a dangerous lunatic nothing more." School and The General Assembly of the Pre3 bvterian Church, South, met at Liouis ville, on the 15th. Rev. Joseph Wilson of Wilmington, N. was elect ed Mcderalor. The Presbyterian General Assem blv met in annual session at Saratoga, N.

on the 15th. Rev. Dr. Henry H. JessuD.

of the Syrian Mission, was elected Moderator. The foith-mnth lieneral Assembly the Cumberland Presbyterian Church met at Memphis, on the 15th Rev. J. L. Grider, Bowling Green, was elected Moderator.

The Canon of Derrv Cathedral in England has written a book, in which he asserts that the divine right of episcopacy has always been, and always will be, an open question in the Church of England." The Congregational Church at Ionia, has been withont a pastor for several months. The officers of the church take their turn at reading sermons from newspapers, and the people like this plan so well that they contem rlate continuing it permanently, and calling no minister. The teia ladies who are County School Superintendents in Illinois have managed the financial part of ihtir business particularly well. Not one cent of the large sums over which they had supervision has en lost, either through dishonesty or ignorance of business Even those male educators who opposed the law making women eligible to this office now pronounce their work a sue cess, after the five years' experience. The Northwestern University at Evanstoa, III is one of the great train ing schools where young men are eda cated for the Methodist ministry.

It is in pecuniary trouble. From an aggregate of "$34,000 a year of professors1 salaries there has been a cutting down of one-half, and even the reduced sala- iies are now largely in arrears. En deavors are now on foot for relief, with hope of success. Mr. Spurgeon sounds a warning note against the habit, becoming too common in many pulpits, of prominent ly the theoi ies of unbelievers.

He does not think it necessary in giving a guest wholesome food to accompany it with a dose of poison, and declares that many young men have got their first notions of infidelity from tnese ministers, having sucked in the poison and discarded the antidote. There is a good deal of suggestion in this paragraph A State bupei in- tendent who had made during a long term of office, hundreds of visits to un graded country schools, declared that he never once saw a teacher conducting a recitation without a text-book in hand that he seldom saw either teach er or pudHs at the blackboard that he never saw a school-globe actually in use that he never saw a teacher give an object-lesson that he never heard a lesson on morals or manners that he never saw but one school-cabinet: that he never saw a reading-class trained to stand erect and hold a book properly that he never heard a teacher give a leeson in local geography; that classes. when asked to point north, uniformly pointed upward to the zenith that he never heard a spelling lesson dictated in which the teacher did not mispronounce one or more words; and that he' never found a school where the pupil had been trained to write a letter, either of basiness or friendship. i Science and Industry; The acreage of the cotton crop in Western Texas is 50 per cent, greater this year than it was last. jTs-r- a Henry J.Cross$ for many; years City Treasurer of Salem, hanged jiimself.

Mental caased by overwork, is the alleged cause. -m I I -'A Judge Asa Packerv formerly hlepresenta- tive lirCongress from Pennsylvania, and net of the' wealthiest men of the State, died at his home in Mauch Chunk on the 17th, in the 73d year of his age. He was a self-made man1, having started out in life as the driver "or aanalTJoatT James nail, aged 40; William Adams, aged and Rosie Stenglein, aged 15, were drowned by the upsetting of a yacht in New York Harbor on the 18th. FOREIGN'. The new German tariff is simple and sweeping.

It taxes every thing by weight milk, oil, iron and' the rest making only, 'the most general distinction in the grades- of articles taxed. rate fixed is particularly on textile fabrics, but the greatest increase of revenue is expected from petroleum, on which the rate is doubled, and tea and coffee. Among American imports on which duties are levied besides petroleum, are grain (a new duty), cheese and all provisions. The tariff has passed the Federal Council, but has not been voted on by the Reichstag. An experienced professor of veterinary medicine in Edinburgh has examined the lungs of American animals, said by Government Inspectors in England to be affected with pleuro-pneumonia, and pronounces them wholly free from any symptom of that disease.

The cattle were suffering with capillary bronchitis, "a disease not contagious, and which doubtless originated on. the transatlantic voyage. -The Empress Augusta of Germany arrived at Windsor Castle on the 14th, on a visit to the Queen. Gen. Grant and party sailed from Hong Kong for Japan on the 13th inst.

A plague has broken out in the district of the Caucasus in Russia which is decimating the inhabitants at a fearful rate. The disease proves fatal in 24 hours after an attack. Three children named Casey were recently burned to death in Toronto, Canada. They were playing in a shed and set fire to it and for some cause were unable to escape. The International Congress called together by M.

Ferdinand De Lesseps to discuss projects for an inter oceanic canal across the American Isthmus, to join the Atlantic and the Pacific, held its inaugural sitting in the hall of the Geographical Society of Paris on the 10th. The Congress marks a new epoch in the commercial history of the world. There were delegates present Jroaa all the Great Powers. The United States was represented by nine delegates, including Rear-Admiral Daniel Am-men of the Navy. 'A letter has been received at St.

Petersburg from Prof. Norde'nskjold, of the Polar expedition, from Eastern Siberia, dated September 25, 1878, announcing all connected with the expedition were well. The Rotterdam trading companies, Afrikanische Handelsvereeniging and Com-manditore Bankvereeniging, have failed. Total liabilities about 750,000. The death of Jacob Staempfli, ex-President of Switzerland, is reported.

He was one of the Geneva arbitrators, and his services in supporting our side on that occasion were acknowledged by a handsome service of plate voted him by Congress. GENERAL. In the habeas corpus case of Standing Bear et at Omaha, Judge Dunby of the United States Court has rendered a decision adverse to the Government authorities, who proposed to take the Indians back to their reservation in the Indian Territory, whence they had fled. The main points of the de cision are that an Indian is a person within the meaning of the laws of the United States, and has therefore the right to sue out a writ of habeas corpus in a' Federal vuuit aim lore a eaerai juaare in all cases where he may be confined or in custody under color of authority of the United States, or where he is restrained of liberty in violation of the Constitution and laws; that no rightful authority exists for removing by force any of these Poncal to the Indian Territory, as Gen. Crook hai been ordered to do and that Indians posses! the inherent right of expatriation as well as the more fortunate white race, and have the inalienable right to life, liberty and the fuit hVViness" 80 loDS as they obey iaw Huu not trespass on iorDiaaen trespass ground.

The National Millers, Association held its annual session in Chicago, commencing on the 13th. Jtear, Admiral E. G. Parrott, U. S.

died in New York City on the 10th, aged 05. Admiral Parrott entered the Navy when mere boy and worked his way up from the ranks. His sea service covered nearly half a century, CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. In the Senate, on the 12th, fconsideration was resumed of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill, and Mr, Winiom addressed the Senate to show that the policy of the Democrats was revolution ary ana unconstitutional. He said the wiser meuot tne party were overruled by their vicious and reckless associates.

Mr. Coke said the remarks of the Senator being calcu lateu to excite sectional bitterness would nud no reply in what he had now to submit in lavor ot the sections in thia bill which proposed to repeal the Election laws. He had nothing to do with the past. He aeait with the present and future. He tirn- posed to show not who was right or who was wrong in Drmnng on tnectvu war or its conduct and results, but to discuss the question whether these election laws were constitutional or not.

He then made an Aran. ment against the constitutionality of existing the House, a- nuaiber of new bills were introduced, among them one uy air. ens m.o.; rroviaing for the deficiency in the appropriation for trans portation of the mails; also, Appropriating txfr mo improvement ot tne Missis sippi, liiver between its mouth and the Illi nois and Ohio Kivers; by Mr. Dnnnell, Minn.) Appropriating fl.OtO.O-'O for the improvement of the Mississippi Eiver between the mouth ol the Illinois River and the Falls ox si. ancnony Dy jnr.

JNewberry (It Mich.) For the oonstrnctlon of a tunnel under the Detroit River at or near Grosse Isle, biivx a unujj over Hie ietroit KlV er at or- near uetroit City. At 2 i. m. message irom. the Jresident was received, supposed to be the veto message of the bill prohibiting military interference at tue pous.

Air. warner moved to pro-ceeu with the consideration of the Silver bill. Defeated without division. Mr. F.

Wood N. Y.J hoped that the President's message would-be read at once. Mr; Dibrell (D Tenn.) moved to suspend the rules and pass mhj uui imjwwug a i a percent, on excess of incomes over and 3 per cent, on excess ot incomes over $3,000. Rejected uja a noi i. ne neoesary two thirds vote in the affirmative.

The Speaker then at 2:50 p. laid be- iore tne uoom the President's veto of ma muisary interierence Dill. There was considerable applause on the Republican side when the sentence was read which insists that the power of Federal authorities to employ troops when necessary should not be interfered witn, and there was an incredulous sneer on the Democratic side at the President's assurance that he desired to act in harmony with Congress. On conclusion of the reading Mr. Knott Ky.) ottered a resolution directing the message to be entered on the Journal and that the House will proceed to-morrow to consider the same.

Agreed to. On motion of Mr. F. Wood Y.J a resolution for final adjournment of this- session on the day of May. (date not fixed) was referred to the Committee on ays and Means.

Mr. Iowa) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill making- appropriations for the-, support of the Army. Knott thereupon Interposed a motion to ad journ, whtch-was defeated yeas 97, nays ii-U The. House then profoedecLto vote on 1 Jborizing the Secretary of thejTreasurJr to trade dollars and foreign silver coin thatmay be offered for sale at the market value of silver, ano such purchases shall be Continued as long as 412 grains of standard silver can be obtained for 1 in legal-tender Treasury notes, This amendment was, aiu-r some debate, rejected yeas 69, nays 155. The House adjourned without further action on the bill.

In the Senate, on the 17th, the Legislative, Judicial and Executive Appropriation bill was farther considered and a number of no political amendments agreed to. Ia the House, the Coinage bill came up after the expiration of the mornirrg hour. Mr. Ewing offered an amendment to Mr. Springer's amendment, providing that, the Secretary Of the Treasury shall issue an4 deliver to the depbsitbrs of tilver bullion certificates to the amount equal to the value of such bullion, and that silver dollars coined from such bullion to the extent of 40 percent, of sucn certificates shall be held for the redemption thereof, and the remainder applied to the payment of interest and principal of the public debt.

Certificates so issued are to be received at par for all dues to the United States, and to be ued iu payment of current expenses of the Government, and are to be redeemable in standard silver dollars. A long discussion ensued, when Mr. Ewing's amendment was adapted yeas 1( 6, nays 10: the Speaker casting the deciding vote in the afflmative. Mr. Springer's amendment, as amended by Mr.

Ewing, was then re- Jected yeas 88. nays 171, and the House admitted until Tuesday. THE PRESIDENT'S VETO, The President "Vetoes the Act to Prohibit i Military intertertettc at the Poll. Washington, D. May 12.

The following" is the message of the President of the United returning to the House of Representatives the bill entitled An act to prohibit military interference at elections." I To the House Representative After careful consideration ofj the bill entitled An act to prohibit military interference at elections," I retarii it to the House of Representatives, In which it originated, with the following objections to its approval In a communication sent to the Honse of Representatives on the 2Hth of last month, returning to the House without my approval the bill entitled "Att act making appropriations for the support of the Aruiv for the fiscal year ending June 30, ISiO, and for other purposes," 1 endeavored to show by quotations from the statutes of the United states now in force and by a brief statement of facts In regard to recent elections in several States, that no additional legislation was necessary to prevent interierence with elections by the military or naval forces of the United States. The fact was presented in that communication that at he time of the passage of the act of June 1-, 1878, in relation to the employment of the Army as a pose comitatus or otherwise, it was maintained U-y its friends that it would establish a vital ami fundamental principle which would secure "its tne-peonie protection agaimst tue siauuur army. The fact was also referred td that Bince the passage of this act Congressional-; State and municipal elections were held throughout the Union and that in no instanoti has complaint been made of the preseuceot United States soldiers at the poils. Holding as 1 do the opinion that any military iuter ference whatever at the polls is contrary to the spirit of our institutions and wuld tend to destroy the freedom of elections, and sincerely desiring to concur with Congress iu all of its measures, it is with very great regret that I am forced to the conclusion that the bill before me is not only unnecessary to prevent such interference, bit is a dangerous departure from long settled and Important constitutional principles. The true rule as to the employment of military force at elections is not doubtful.

No intimidation or coercion should be allowed to control or influence citizens in the exercise of their right to vote, whether it appears in the shape ol evil-disposed personsj or of armed bodies of militia of a State, or Of the military force of the United States. The elections should be free from all forcible interference, and as far an practicable from all apprehension of such interference. No soMiers, either of the Union or of the State militia, should be present at the polls to take the place or to perform the duties of the ordinary civil police force. There has been and will be no violation of this rule under orders from me during this administration, but there should be no denial of the right of the National Government to employ iis military force on any day and at any place, in case such employment is necessary to enforce the Constitution and laws of the United States. The bill before me is as follows Beit enacted, That it shall not be lawful to bring to or employ at any place where a general or special election is being held in a State any part of the Army or Navy of the United States, unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States or to enforce Section 4, Article 4 of the Constitution of the United States, and laws made in pursuance thereof, on application of the Legislature or Executive of the State where such force is to be used and so much of all laws as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed." It will be observed that the bill exempts from a general prohibition against the em-ploment of military forces at polls two specific cases.

These exceptions recognize the soundness of the principle that a military force may properly and constitutionally be used at the place of elections when such use is necessary to enforce the Constitution and laws but the excepted cases leave the prohibition so extensive and far-reaching that its adoption will seriously impair the efficiency of the Executive Department of the Government. The first act expressly authorizing the use of the military power to execute the laws was passed almost as early as the organization of the Government under the Constitution, and was approved by President Washington, May 2,1792. It is as follows: Sec. 2. And beit fui ther exacted, That whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed or the execution thereof obstructed In any State by combinations top powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested In the Marshals by this act, the same being notified to the President of the United States by an Associate Justice or District Judge.it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia of such State to suppress such combinations, and to cause the laws to be duly executed; and if the militia of a State where such combinations may happen, shall refuse or be insufficient to suppress the same, it shall be lawful forthe President, if the Legislature of the United States be not in session, to call forth and employ such numbers of the militia of any other States most convenient thereto as may be necessary, until the expiration of thirty days after the commencement of the ensuing session." 1795 this provision was substantially re-enacted in a law which repealed the act of 1792.

In 1607 the following act became the law by the approval of President Jefferson: 'That in all cases of insurrection or obstruction to the laws, either of the Uuited States or of any individual State or Territory where It is lawful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia for the purpose of suppressing such insurrection or of causing the laws to be duly executed, it shall bejawful for him to employ for the same purposes such part of the land or naval force of the United States as snail be adjudged necessary, having first observed all tue prerequisites of the law in that respect." By this act it will be that the scope of the law of 1795 was extended so as to authorize the National Government to use not only the militia but the Army and Navy of the United States in causing the laws to be duly executed. The important provisions of the act of 1792, 1795, and 1S07, modeled in its terms from time to time, to adopt it to the existing emergency, remained in force- until by an act approved by President Lincoln, July 29, 1861, it was re-enacted substantially In the same language in which it is new found In the revised statutes, viz. Sec. 5,298. Whenever by reason of unlawful obstructions, combinations or assemblages of persons in rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States, it shall become impracticable in the Judgment of the President to enforce, by -the Ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the laws the United States within any State or Territory, it shall be lawful for the President to call forth the militia of any or all States and to employ such part of the land and naval forces of the' United States as he may deem necessary to enforce the faithful execution of the laws of the United States, or to suppress such rebellion, in whatever State or Territory thereof the laws of the United States may be forcibly opposed or the execution thereof forcibly obstructed." This an cient and fundamental law nas oeen" in foice from the foundation of the Government.

It is now proposed to abrogate it on certain days and at certain places. In mv Judgment no fact nas been proancea which tends to show that it ought to be repealed or suspended for a single hour at any place in any of the States or Territories of the Union. All the teachings of experience in the course of our history are in favor of sustaining its efficiency unimpaired. On every occasion rhen the supremacy of the Constitution has been resisted and the perpetuity of our institutioaa imperiled, the principle oi mis piaiunr, eunciru wr mo lathers, haa enabled the Government of the Union to maintain its authority and to pre serve the integrity of the Nation at the most critical peiiods of our nistory. My predecessors in the executive office have relied on this great principle.

It was on 1 1 ia irreat nrincinle that-President Washington auppresse-t tne whisky rebellion-in Pennsvl- vania in 1794. In 1806, on the 8 ime principle. President Jefferson broke uo the Burr con- without objection by auy party in theeoua- try, ana almost wnnout attracting public attention. The gp'eat elementary constitutional principle which was- the foundation of the original statute-of 179i, and which has been essence in the various 'forms it has as sumed sinee its' first adoption, is that the 4GoverBmen ot''i tbe United States possesses 1 under the Constitution in full measure the power of self -protection by its own agencies altogether independent of State autnority, and if need be, against the hostility of State-Government. It should reinaiu embodied in our statutes unimpaired, as it has been from the very origin of the Government.

It should be regarded as hardly less valuable or less Sacred than a provision ot the Constitution itself. There are many other important statutes containing provisions that are liable -to be suspended or annulled at times and places of holding elections if the bill before me should become law. I do not undertake to furnish a list of them; many of them, perhaps most of them, have been set forth in the debates on this measure. They relate to extradition, to crimes against election laws, to quarantine regulations, to neutrality, to Indian reservations, to civil rights of citizens and to other subjects. In regard to them all it may be saieiv said that the meaning and ef-fectof this bill is to take from the General Government an important part of its power to enforce the laws.

Anotner grave objection to the bin is its discrimination in favor of the State and, against the National authority. The presence or employment of the Army and Navy of the United States is lawful under the terms of this bill at the place where an election is being held in a State, to uphold the authority ot a State Government then and there In need of such military intervention, but unlawful to uphold the authority of the Government ol the United states then and there In need of sr.ch military intervention, Under this bill the presence and employment of the Army or Navy of the United States would be lawful and might.be necessary to maintain the conduct of the State, election against the domestic violence that would overthrow it, but it would be unlawful to maintain the conduct of the National flection against the same local violence that would overthrow it. This disci imination has never been attempted in any previous legislation by Congress, and is no more compatible with the sound principles of the Constitution or the necessarj maxims and methods of our system of Government on the occasion of elections than at other times. In the earlv legislation of 1792 and 1795, by which the militia of the States was the only nrilitary power resorted to for the execution oj constitutional power in support ot State or National authority, both functions of the government were put upon the same footing. 1SV the act'of ISOT.the employment of the Army and Navy "was authorized ior the performance both Constitutional duties iu the same tf-rnls.

In all later statutes on the same subject matter some measure ot authority to the Government has been ao-ctnded for the performance of both these da-ties. No precedent has been found any previous legislation, and no sufficient reasons have been given for the discrimination favor of the State and against the National authority which this bill contains. Under the sweeping terms of the bill the National Government is effectually shut out from the exercise of its right and from the discharge ol an imperative duty to use its whole executive power whenever and wherever required for the enforcement of Its laws. Respectfully, R.B. HAYES.

President. Egypt and Her Ruler. The present position of the hedive, or King, of Egypt, is a very one. The once proud empire of the Rameses aad Pharaohs is now ruled over by a prince who is not only a vassal of the Sultan of Turkey, to whom he is forced to pay an annua tribute, but who is also subject to the control of two other foreign nations, England and France. i' Egypt, up to within about 7p years, was long under the absolute power of the Turkish Sultans.

Thel viceroys were Governors appointed by the Sultans to rule Egypt, just as they were appointed for Armenia, or any other Turkish province. But in 1811, the viceroy then in Egypt, Mehfemet Ali, rebelled against Turkey, took possession of the country by force of arms, and assumed independent authority. Mehemet's authority was, some years afterwards, recognized by the Sultan, on condition that he should continue to be nominally a vassal of 1 urkey, and should pay an annual tribute into her treasury. It was agreed that the sovereignty of Egypt should remain, by hereditary succession, in Mehemet's family. The tribute now paid by Egypt into the Turkish Treasury is about a year.

About 13 years ago the Sultan was obliged to grant still further concessions to the viceroy. He permitted him to take the title of "Khedive," or King, to maintain armies, and make treaties with foreign powers, and allowed the succession of the Egyptian throne to pass direct from father to son, instead of descending, as in Tuikey, to the eldest member of the reigniDg family. The present Khedive of Egypt i3 a grandson of Mehemet Ali, the stout old soldier who won the Land of the Pyramids for his children. He is about 50 years of age, and a man of more than ordinary intelligence and culture. Though born and reared in the Egyptian court, he passed some years in Paris, engaged in study, and there acquired of the French polish and elegance in manners.

In personal appearance, were it not for his red fez, or cap, you would scarce ly take him for an Oriental. His com plexion and hair are lighter than those of most Egyptians, and his that of a Western European. bearing is On ascending the Egyptian throne, Ismail Pasha gave promise of introducing many reforms into the country. Such reforms were, indeed, sorely needed. Egypt had been wretchedly governed.

Her people were ground down with The fellahs, or peasants, were cruelly oppressed, and the slave trade was not-" only, permitted, but encouraged. It soon appeared, however, that Ismail Pasha's zeal for reform was a pretense. He was seen to be a very ambitious man, intent on winning: for himself an independent crown. He proved extravagant and indifferent to the condition of his people, who are still1 as much oppressed as ever. He raised armies and built a formidable fleet and invaded the countries south of Egypt, which, one by one, he annexed.

In order to meet the expenses of his operations, he borrowed large sums from England and France; and at last, being unable to pay eveu the interest on these de'-ts, he was obliged to admit English and French statesmen into fcis Cabinet to regulate his affairs. The trouble arose from the Khedive's attempt to cast aside these foreign advisers, and to rule with a Cabinet of natives. The object of England and France in insisting that the Khedive should retain these officials is to see to it that the country is so governed as to insure the payment of the interest on the loans that have been made to him by them and also, we may guess, that their political and military interests in the Eastern Mediterranean may be watched. ToutTi's Companion. A gentleman was disturbed from hi3 rest, in it he middle of, the night by some one knocking on the street door.

Who's there," he asked. A friend." was the answer. What do you want?" I want to stay here all night." "Queer taste stay "there by all means," was the benevolent reply. to his execution and was apparently penitent. The hanging was witnessed by several thouj sand peopJe, and the horror of the occasion was augmented by the breaking of the rope on the first springing of the trap.

Robert Cheney, colored, was hanged for rape at Plaquemine, on the 16th. i The Indianapolis was robbed on the 15th of $450 in money and 50 register- ed letters. Edward Stewart; a' colored por ter in the Post-office, subsequently con-if essed to Hie robbery. The registered let- terswere all recoveredYjuiopcfned. i 1 Wallace Wllkerson Wa executed by shoot- ing at Provo, Utah on the 15th, for the "murder of a man named Baxter, John associate editor of the Ells- worth (Kas.) Times, and 'his brother, Wil- liam Morgan, cashier of the St.

Nicholas Ho 'T i i i i 1 HAS J.f: J. tel at Cincinnati, were drowned in the Lick-" ing "River, "back of Covington, the lSthVwhile bul skiff riding While in the middle, of the stranv the encountered a steamboat eomlng towards them, and fearing, that they would be run down both leap-, ed overboard an abandoned the skiff, but were unable to swim ashore. Major William Bond, General Manager of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, has tendered his resignation, to take effect June 30. EAST AND SOUTHEAST. The Pocasset child murderer, Freeman," and his wife, have both, been found guilty of homicide by.a magistrate and fully eommit-r ted for trial.

Freeman pays he soon 1 I have an astonishing' revelation to make, and Still maintains that he was justified of God. His wife is greatly crushed by he growing conviction that she- has been 1 guilty of a crime, No other arrests were made, as con- although public feeling, was sa strong against some of Freeman's Adventist sympathizers, that summary proceedings were talked of. Andrew Manning and wife of Danielson ville, had lived unpleasantly together for some years. On the 12th, after a quarrel jnore than ordinary bitterness, Andrew went to the woodshed, and, procuring an came up quietly behind while the latter was eatlnghcr dinner, and deliberately split her head open, i He then ran out and Irled to escape, but the children having given he was pursued by the neighbors, and rather, than be captured he Jumped into a deep pond and was drowned, no effort hav-i ing been made to rescue, him --'I A- triple execution took place at Fills- boro, N. on the 15th, the victims being The House! rejected by yea39.

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