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VOLUME X.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1875.
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ETC.. ETC., ETC.,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
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all to call and examine my
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AND
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AT
J. H. BUTTERY'S,
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AMD
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OF Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
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Joh Fitzgerald. .
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A. W. Mf-LaroBLiN.
John O'Kocrke....
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, Cashier.
, Assistant Cashier.
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also
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Metallic Burial Cases,
Wooden Coffins, Etc..
Of all sizes, cheap for cash.
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PLATTSMOUTH, - - - NEB.
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or
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Coffees, Teas, Sugar, Sirup, Boots,
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Crockery, Queensware,
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nlyl
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AMD
Gents' Furnishing Goods
TOR SPRIXG AND SUSIMER.
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South Side Main, bet. 5th & 6th Sts.,
And convince themselves of the fact. I hare as a
specialty in my Retail Departments a stock of
Fine Clothing for Men and Boys, to which we in
vite those who want goods.
I also keep on band a large and well-selected
stock of
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The Highest Prices paid for Wheat and Corn,
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NEWS OF TflE WEEK.
Compiled from Telegrams of Atcompsnjing Datn.
Monday, Feb. 1.
A reward of $5,000 was not Ions; since of.
fered by a citizen of London for a copy (said
to be the only one in the United States)
of a book published in England in
1830, relating to s member of the royal
family of England, and against the publica
tion of which the Lord Chancellor issued an
injunction. The book is reported to be in
possession of a lawyer of Louisville, Ky.
The object in securing the book at London is
said to be the fact that it contains docu
mentary evidence of the legal marriage of
King George IV. to Mrs. Fitz Herbert and of
the birth of a child to them in lawful wed
lock, which child is supposed to be now
living.
A National Convention of reformers
whose object is to secure an amendment to
the United States Constitution acknowledg
ing God and the Bible was recently held in
8t. Louis. Speeches were made and resolutions
were adopted in keeping with the object of
the meeting. One of the resolutions declares
" that the fact of the nation's life and its duty
to God unite in requiring an explicit ac
knowledgment in its written Constitution of
its relations to God as the author of its exist
ence, to Christ as its ruler and the Bible as
of Supreme authority."
Tns Minnesota Legislature has, by an al
most unanimous vote, passed a resolution
calling on William S. King to immediately
appear before the Ways and Means Commit
tee of the United States House of Representa
tives and clear himself of the charges and
make a full expose of his knowledge of the
Pacific Mail subsidy business, or, failing in
that, to resign bis position in Congress.
At a caucus of Republican United States
Senators in Washington on the evening of
the 30th ulL it was decided to support the
President in what he has already done rela
tive to affairs in Louisiana, and to stand by
him in the future in the support of the Kel
logg Government in all its lawful authority.
It is said there were eight Senators who dis
sented from this position of their Republican
associates.
A Madrid dispatch says an understanding
in regard to the Yirginius indemnity has been
reached by Minister Cushing and the Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Scnor Castro. The Captain
and crew of the brig Gustav have been re
leased by the Carlists.
Drs. Peters and IIarkness, of the Ameri
can expedition, were the only successful
observers of the transit of Venus in New
Zealand. The German party at Auckland
Islands had a successful observation.
Mr. Tkask, the well-known anti-tobacco
apostle, died at Fitchburg, Mass., a few days
ago, at the age of seventy-nine.
Russia has recognized King Alphonso.
Tuesday, Feb. 2.
The following is a statement of the con
dition of the public debt Feb. 1:
Six percent, bonds $1,157,085,100
Five per cent, bonds 502,0-J.VJUO
Total coin bonds $l,719,U0,-TO
Lawful money debt 14.87H.0
Matured debt Il,343,gh0
Legal-tender notes 383.072,147
Certificates of deposit 45,405,0110
Fractional currency 45.017,075
Coin certificates iM.S55.3O0
Interest 86,908,225
Total debt S2,2B9.209.30
Cash in TrcasnrT
Coin $69.4fi5,0M
Currency 10,343,000
special aeposits neia lor me re
demption of certificates of deposit,
as provided by law 45,405,000
Total in Treasury $J,213,135
Debt less cash In Treasury $2,143,906,173
Increase during January 1JW7.870
Bonds issued to the Pacific Railway
Companies, interest payable in
lawful money, principal outstand
ing $64,623.51
Interest acerned and not yet paid... 323.117
iDterest paid by the United States.. 26,204,102
Interest repaid by the transporta
tion of mails, etc 5,602,165
Balance of interest paid by United
States 20,661,936
At Memphis, on the 1st, while a messenger
of the Southern Express Company was en
gaged in delivering a package of
money marked . R. Parker & Co.
at the reputed office of that firm,
two white men and three negroes present in
the room threw a rope around his neck
and a bag over his head, and nearly strangled
him, after which the gang succeeded in car
rying off the messenger's sachel, containing
a large number of money packages.
It has been decided by Judge Neilson that
Mr. Til ton is a competent witness in his suit
against Mr. Beecher, but he will not be al
lowed to disclose confidential communica
tions from his wife. Mr. Til ton has com
menced his testimony before the jury.
The German Federal Council has empow
ered Prince Bismarck to conclude an extradi
tion treaty with the United States.
B. G. Cavlfikld has taken bis seat in Con
gress as successor to the late J. B. Rice, of
the First Illinois District.
Wednesday, Teb. 3.
A number of representatives of colored
men, in Washington, from several of the
Southern States, have issued an address,
signed by Frederick Dougls6, John M.
Langston, A. M. Giabs (Ark.), Philip Joseph
(Ala.) and Geo. W. Price (N. C), as commit
tee, in which they appeal to Congress
to take action in their behalf by "enact
ing and providing for the enforcement of ap
propriate laws for the better protection of
persons, property and political rights' in the
South. The address claims that a wretched
state of affairs In the South will grow out of
the neglect of Congress to pass such laws be
fore the adjournment of the present session.
A Uakrisburo telegram states that tn the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, on
the evening of the 1st, during a discussion
in a contested election case, " issue being
joined on parliamentary points, Mr. Wolf,
Republican, came in contact with the
Speaker, who finally ordered Wolf ua-
dcr arrest, when the Republican members
rushed to the defense of their colleague and
wrested him from the hands of the Scrgcant-at-Arms.
In the midst of the commotion the
Speaker adjourned the House. During the
melee pistols were drawn.
Private advices from China, received in
London on the 2d, state that the Empress,
overcome with grief at the death of her hus
band, had committed suicide. A child three
years old had been proclaimed Emperor, with
the Empress Mother as Regent.
The People's Savings Institution of St.
Louis has suspended, the Cashier having ab
sconded with a large amount of the funds of
the bank.
Gkn. Sheridan has left New Orleans for
Vickaburg.
Thursday, Ieb. 4.
Tns National Grange of the Patrons of
Husbandry met at Charleston, S. C, on the
2d, Worthy Master Adams, of Iowa, in the
chair. All the officers and about sixty dele
gates were present. In his address the Master
congratulated the Order on the strength
gained during the past year, only a few
States not having organized, and they were
about doing so. The Treasurer's report was
read and standing committees were appoint
ed. A public meeting of welcome waa held
at night, at which speeches were delivered
by prominent citizens and delegates.
Hon. Angus Cameron, of La Crosse, has
been chosen United States Senator by the
Wisconsin Legislature by a coalition of the
Democrats and bolting Republicans. The
final ballot was: Cameron, 68; Carpenter,
59; Hazelton, 3; Clark, 1. Mr. Cameron is
said to be an Anti-Monopoly Republican, and
a Milwaukee dispatch says he was nominated
by the Democratic caucus conditionally upon
his acceptance of a platform which includes
hard money, tariff for revenue only, and the
supremacy of the civil authority in time of
peace.
The Pope has written to Don Carlos ad vis
ing him to reconsider his determination to
continue the war, as the dignity of the church
has been vindicated and the right of the
clergy recognized by King Alphonso.
The Michigan Republican State Convention
to nominate two Justices of the Supreme
Court and two Regents of the State Universi
ty has been called to meet at Jackson on the
3d of March.
Kino Kalakaua and suite and the United
States Minister at Hawaii, Mr. Pierce, sailed
from San Francisco on the 2d, on the United
States steamer Pensacola, for Honolulu.
The Granite and Crescent mills at Fall
River, Mass., closed on the 1st, and the Mer
chants' on the 2d, owing to dissatisfaction
about wages.
The United States Senate, in executive .ses
sion, has, by an almost unanimous vote, re
jected the Canadian reciprocity treaty.
The Carlists have been defeated in an en
gagement at Oteiza and Gen. Agana, the Car
list leader, made prisoner.
The Marquis of nartington was elected
leader of the Liberal party, in the British
Parliament on the 3d.
Friday, Feb. 5.
Tatlor Hall, part of the Episcopal college
at Racine, Wis., was burned early on the
morning of the 4th. The college library and
apparatus were entirely destroyed. Loss
about $60,000; insurance $29,000.
Samuel F. Hrrset, cf Maine, member of
the present Congress and member-elect of the
next, died on the 4th, at Bangor, aged sixty
two years.
Rev. James Db Koven, D. D., of Wiscon
sin, Warden of Racine College, has been
elected Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of
Illinois.
Senator Buckingham, of Connecticut,
died at Norwich on the 4th, aged seventy
years.
The Khedive has lately annexed the coun
try of Darfour to Egypt
CONGRESSIONAL.
Senate not in session on the 80th. . .
Nothing was done in the House except the read
ing of the journal, which was insisted upon by
the minority in order to consume the time and
prevent the day's notice buinj given of the reso
lution to change the rules. I p to the hour of ad
journment 4:30 p. m. only seventeen or eighteen
of the seventy-seven roll-calls of the day before
had been read.
In the Senate, on the 1st, the joint res
olution of the Indiana Legislature In favor of the
passage of a bill granting pensions to surviving
scldiers and sailors of the war" with Mexico was
presented, and a letter was read from the Com
missioner of Pensions statins that tho number of
survivors of that war was estimated at 35,604;
number of widows of soldiers and sailors at
about 12,000 The House bill to amend the
National Hank act was passed with an amend
ment ...The Louisiana question was further de
bated, Messrs. West and Morrill speaking in de
fense of the Administration. .
In the House, on the 1st, resolutions to
change the rules so as to provide that the Speak
er should not entertain dilatory motions (except
to adjonrn) during the pendency of a question
were offered, and referred to the Committee on
Rules ... A motion to suspend the rules and allow
the Committee on Rules to report was twice
made and rejected, for want of a two-thirds af
firmative vote, the first vote beinjj yeas 179, nays
86, and the second, yeas 173, nays 89.... A motion
was adopted 170 to 49 to suspend the rules and
pass the bill directing the President to snpply
food and disused army clothing to all destitute
and helpless grasshopper sufferers on the West
ern frontier A recess was taken till ten a. m.
on the 2d, thus continuing Monday's session over
to Tuesday.
In the Senate, on the 2d, a memorial
was presented of James Brooks, of Arkansas,
claiming to be the lawful Governor of that State,
and that the present Government of the State
was an usurpation maintained by armed force....
A bill was introduced and referred to authorize
the construction of a pontoon bridge across the
Mississippi River at or near Dubuque, Iowa
After the transaction of some unimportant busi
ness and an executive session the SenatJ ad
journed. In the Senate, on the 28th, a bill was
passed providing for the appointment of a Com
missioner to ascertain the right of subjects of
Great Britain to lands In the territory which
was subject of the award of the Emperor of Gcr
uianv under the treaties of 1846 and 1871 between
the United States and Great Britain A largo
number of petitions were presented Tho Loui
siana debnte was continued. Mr. Conkling be-
S'nnin a lengthy argument in behalf of the
dmiuistration.
The dead-lock in the House continued
after an all-night session, and at midnight of the
28th the roll-call showed the presence of 150 mem
bers. The Republican side hoped by thus refus
ing to adjourn to bring the thirteen refractory Re
publicans to join them, and thus give them a
two-thirds vote and enable them to bring up the
Civil-Rights bill; while the Democratic members
hoped for an adjournment before Monday, Feb. 1,
and that by this means the bill would be thrown
back on the calendar and its consideration this
session be thus defeated. Should an adjournment
not he had before the 1st the bill could be reached
on that day by a majority vote suspending the
rules. Dilatory motions were continued up to
midnight.
In the nouse, on the 2d, after two in
effectual attempts to get a two-thirds vote in favor
of a suspension of the rales for the purpose of
fleeting a change in the rules a motion was
adopted 181 to 90 to suspend the rules and ak
low the Committee on Rules to report any new
rule or change of rule ; that during its considera
tion the Speaker should entertain no dilatory mo
tion and that discussion thereon should be lim
ited to one hour. A new rule was then reported
and, after a lengthy debate and the disposition of
several proposed amendments, the rule was
fiaally agreed to 171 to 87 and is as follows:
"Whenever a question is pending before the
House the Speaker shall not entertain any mo
tion to adjourn, and no motion to fix the day to
which the House shall adjourn ; but the previous
question on engrossment and third reading of
any bill or joint resolution shall not be ordered
during the first day of its consideration unless
two-thirds of the members present shall second
the demand: Provided, That this rule shall not
apply to House resolutions offered in the morn
ing hour of Monday; and, provided further. That
it shall not apply to any proposition to appropri
ate money, credit or other property of the L'nilSd
States except the regular annual appropriation
bills".... Messrs. Randall and Cox, who had
previously annouueed the resignation of their
places on the Committee on Rules and had been
ruled out of order, insisted on such resignations,
which were, after debate, accepted ...A bill was
passed, under suspension of the rules, appropri
ating $9,000 for the expenses of the Select Com
mittee on Louisiana.... A motion was made to
take up the Senate Civil-Rights bill, pending
which the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 3d, a large num
ber of pension bills were passed... A resolution
was adopted requesting of the President, If not
incompatible with the public interest, informa
tion in his possession, not previously transmit
ted to the Senate, respecting affairs in Arkansas
....A resolution of citizens of Chicago in favor of
a branch mint in that city was presented and re
ferred House bill to provide for the relief of
persons suffering from the ravages of grasshoppers
was read and referred.
In the House, on the 3d, the Hennepin
Canal bill was postponed nntil the day after
the Civil-Rights bill should be passed, and the
latter bill was considered during the entire day
and evening session, amendments being
offered and debated. The Senate bill was
offered as a substitute for the House
bill, and another substitute was also pro
posed. Messrs. Butler and McLean indulged in
acrimoniouH remarks toward each other in the
course of the discussion, and other members en
gaged in personal controversy. Notice was given
of a motion for the previous question at one
o'clock on the 4th.
In the Senate, on the 4th, the House
bill to provide for the relief of persons suffering
from the ravages of grasshopper waa passed
The concurrent resolution to repeal the twenty
second joint rule of the two houses of Congress
was considered and a substitute was offered, and
referred to the Committee on Privileges Dd
Slections, providing that " no objection to the re
ception and counting of any electoral vote or
votes from any State shall be valid unless such
objection is sustained by the affirmative vote, of
the two houses."
In the House, on the 4th, the Civil
Rights bill was under discussion daring the en
tire day, and in the coarse of the debate Mr.
Brown, of Kentucky, nsed some severe remarks
which the Speaker interpreted as referring to a
member of the House, but Mr. Brown said he was
aesenbing a character who was in his miud seye.
Continuing his remarks he nsed the expression:
"If I was to desire to express all that was pusil
lanimous in war. inhnman in peace, forbidden in
morals and Infamous in politics I should call it
Butlerizlog.' " Great sensation was caused by
this remark, and the Speaker said the
gentleman had not dnalt in good faith
with the Chair. Mr. Brown's lan
guage was reduced to writing, and after debate a
resolution vu adopted 161 to 79 that Mr. Brown
had been guilty of a violation of the privileges of
ine House and that he be publicly censured ny
the Speaker. He was then brought forward by.
the ergeant at-Arms and the public censure was
administered, after which Mr. Brown said he had
intended no evasion or prevarication to the
Speaker and no disrespect to the House. ...A
unanimous report was made from the Committee
on Naval Affairs acquitting Stowell of the charges
maae against aim ot selling a naval cadetstiip,
and the report was agreed to A recess was
taken until ten a. in. on the 5th.
The Senate adjourned on the Sth, im
mediately after the reading of the journal, as a
mark of respect to the memory of tiie late Sen
ator Buckingham, a committee having been ap-
puiuieu io aiicua nis mnerai.
In the House, cm the Sth, after an ex-
citing debate on the Civil-Rights bill, Mr. Butler
concluding the discussion in a speech in behalf of
tne measure, a proposed amendment to striae out
of the House bill all In reference to schools was
agreed to by a large majority. A motion to sub
stitate the Senate for the House bill was then re
jected yeas 113, nays 14. The equal rights
plank or the Democratic platform of inn was
offered as a preamble to the bill, and leave was
asked, and objected to, to add the fourth section
of the same platform, declaring that " local self
government and impartial suffrage will guard the
rights of all citizens more securely than any
central power." The preamble was then adopted
siy to as and the bin as amended was men
passed yeas 1H2, nays 1UO The Senate amend
ments to the Consular and Diplomatic Appropria
tion bill were concurred in, as also were some of
tne amendments to the Legislative Appropria
tion bill, others being non-concurred in. ...Ad
journed.
TIIK MARKETS.
New York. Coffon- lSSlSc. Flour Good
to choice, $4.855.35: white winter extra, $5.35
6.00. Wheat No. 2 Chicago, $l.C8&l.lt: No. 3
Northwestern, gl.OUA&l.ll; No. 2 Milwaukee
Spring, $1.12(1.H. Bye Western. 94c?n!c.
HarUy $1.35551.40. Corn 3'-484c. Oate Mixed
Western, 67U;8;4c. Pork New mess, $i9.6.r
19.75. LardmiWic. Cheeeliibic.
Wool Common to extra, 4345c. Hteres $10.00
12.00. Joa Dressed. $8.1-JHi8.50; live,
$6.75(7.00. Sheep Live, $6.50S7.00.
Chicago. Zterv Choice. $f.50600; good,
$4.75(5.25; medium, $i.00l.50; butchers'
stock, $i.754.0'); stock cattle, $i.7WJ?
3.75. 77o7 Live, good to choice, $6.75f'i-7.U5;
dressed, t7.HO5r8.00. Sheep Hood to choice,
Xl.75frrJi.75. Batter Choice vellow. 30r7' 37c. Krmt
Fresh, aso.atsc. Pork Mess, new, $18.4-18.30.
iAird $13.40(2,13.45. Cheete New XorK Factory,
16'4&17c: Western Factory, lttf?.16!4c
Flour White winter extra. $1.25(36.50;
spring extra. $3.75(24.75. Wheat Spring
No. a, RHKtf86?c. Com No. 2, new, bl1
64 Sc. Oat No. 2, sai-WSjC. Rye No. 2,
96(M.7c. Barley iso. 8, :iva,.Wi- noot
Tub-washed, 45f?r57c; ilocce, washed, 40
48c; fleece, unwashed, S7&3?c. Lumber
Urst-clear, fj2.0Ufrr.53.uu; second-ciear, jio.ou
tSSO.OO; common boards, $11.0012.00; fenc
ing. S12.00CT.13.00: "A" ehinzles, S3.003.25;
lath, $2.00&2.25.
Cincinnati. Flour $4.95(?Jj.lO. heat Red,
$l.O8.I.10. Corn-New, 6batt7c. Xye-$Jtm
1.10. Oats 5826-Jc. Barley $1.35S1.40. rork
$18.90(319.00. Lard 13V4&H!c.
St. Louis. Cattle Vair to choice, $5.40(5.50.
ITogn Live, $6.50&7.00. Flour XX Fall, $4.35
4.50. ntieat wo. 2 iteo fan, jn.iti'ft,i..
Corn'So. 2, new, e2'404c. tti((-So. 2, 55!4$
57c. Jiye i.isi. iftriry!o. s, ji.-rcwa
1.3. Pork Mess, 18.37(-,18.75. Lard VW
130.
MlLWAUKEB. f lour fcprlng Ai, X3.2jrr.i.Bi.
Wheat Spring, No. 1. 92Vi93c; No. 2,
89-Sc. Com No. 2, 60!?WjO',4c. Oats o. 2, 51 'i
iA52c. Jiye no. l, aoiita-aoc. jjarteyo. a.
$1.25'41.26.
Cleveland. Wheat No. 1 Red, $!.10i31.11;
No. 2 Red, $l.O4'41.05. t'or-New, 71&jm2c.
Oats No. 1, 59g00c.
Detroit. 11 heat Extra, $1.13ft?'.1.13!4. Corn
W4ti'.c. OaU 57((i57!-c. Vrtssed lion
$7.5Wl!7.75.
tulepo. nieac Amber inicuigan, fi.UiViuji
1.08: No. 2 Red. Sl.0uUtcCl.07. Corn Uiirn
Mixed, now, C8&i9c. Oats No. 2, 56'4(57c.
Buffalo. Tleeves $ t.7o5.00. Hoas Live,
$6.50a7.00. Sheejt Live, $5.O06.12!i.
East Liberty. Beeves Best, $i.25S?6.50;
medium, $5.5035.75. Hogs Yorkers, rt.904a
7.10; Philadelphia, $7.50(7.70. tSheeji Beet,
$5.7506.25; medium, $5.005.5U.
The House Clvil-liights Bill.
Wasuisotok, Feb. 5.
The following is the bill, without pre
amble, passed by the House to-day:
liesotred. That all persons within the jurisdic
tion of the United States shall be entitled to full
and equal enjoyment of accommodations, ad
vantages, facilities and privileges of inns, public
conveyances on land and water, theaters, and
other places of public amusement, subject only
to conditions and limitations established by law,
and applicable alike to citizens of every race and
color, regardless of any previous condition of
servitude.
Sac. 2. That anv person who shall violate the
forceoinir section bv denvins to any citizen, ex
cept for reasons bylaw applicable to citizens of
every race and color, and regardless of any pre
vious condition of servitude, the full enjoyment
of any of the accommodations, advantages, fa
cilities, or privileges of said section enumerated.
or by aiding or inciting sucn denial.
shall for each and every such offense
rrfeit and pay the sum of $500 to the person
aggrieved therebv, to be recovered in any action
of debt, vat tu full costs, and shall also, fur every
such offense, be deemed guilty ofa misdemeanor,
aud, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less
than $500 nor more vhau $1.000: or shall be im
nrtutn.a nni l.Ma than thirtv dfira nor more, than
one jear: lrotiled, Tha't afl persons mar
elect to sue lor me penauy aiuresaiu,
or to proceed under their rights at
common law, aud by State statutes, and
having so selected to proceed in the one mode or
other their right to proceed in another jurisdic
tion shall be barred. But this proviso shall not
apply to criminal proceedings, either under this
act or the criminal law of any State: and pro
vided further. That a judgment for the penalty in
favor of the party aggrieved, or a jndgment upon
an indictment, shall be a bar to either prosecu
tion, respectively.
Sec. 3. That District and Circuit Courts of the
United States shall have, exclusive of courts of
the several Stales, cognizance of all crimes and
oflenses against aud violations of the provisions
of this act, and action for the penalty given
by the preceding section may be
prosecuted in Territorial, District, or Cir
rnit Conrta of the United States, wher
ever defendant may be found, without regard to
the other party; aud the District Attorneys, Mar
shals and Deputy Marshals of the United States,
and commissioners appointed ny me . ircuii
and Territorial Courts of the United States,
with powers of arresting and imprisoning or
hailinir offenders against the laws of the United
States, are hereby especially authorized and
required to Institute proceedings against every
ncrmin who shall violate the provisions of th is
act, and cause him to be arrested, and imprisoned
or bailed, as the case mav be, for trial before
such court of the United States or Territo
rial Court as by law has cognizance of the of
fense, except in respect of the right of action
accruing to the person aggrieved, and such Dis
trict Attorneys shall cause such proceed
ings to be prosecuted to their termination, as
in other cases: Provided, Nothing contained in
this section shall be construed to deny
or defeat any right of civil action accruing to any
person, whether by reason of this act or other
wise; and any District Attorney who eball will
fully fail to institute and prosecute the proceed
ings herein required shall, for every such offense,
forfeit and pay the sum of $50u to the person
aggrieved thereby, to be recovered by an
action of debt, with full costs, and shall, on con
viction thereof, be deemed guilty of misdemean
or, and be fined not lees than $l.t00 nor more than
$5.0uo: and proxtded further. That a jtidement
for the penalty in favor of the party aggrieved
saiust any such District Attorney, or a jndg
ment upon an indictment against any such Dis
trict Attorney, shall be a bur to either prosecu
tion respectively.
Sec. 4. That no citizen possessing all the other
qualifications which are or may be prescribed by
law shall be disqualified for service as grand or
petit juror in any court of the United States, or of
any State, on account of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude. And any officer or others
person charged with any duty in the
selection or summoning of jurors who
shall exclude or fail to summon any citizen
for the cause aforesaid shall, on conviction
thereof, be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
be fined not more than $5,000.
Sec. 5. That all cases arising under the pro
visions of this act in the courts of the United
States shall be reviewable by the Supreme Court
of the United States, without regard to tho sum
is controversy, under the same provisions and
regulations as are now provided by law for the
review of other causes in said court.
A Boston street was crowded one day
lately by about 10,000 people who had
registered guesses as to the amount of
liquid a large kettle in front of a tea store
would contain. The appointed commit
tee poured first gallons, then quarts, and
finally gills of water into the mouth of
the kettle, and a shout of applause rent
the air when the result was announced
as 227 gallons, 2 quarts, 1 pint and
3 gills. The nearest guess coming
within three gills of the exact quantity
was made by eight persons, each of
whom received a package of tea as a
prize. One estimate was less than ten
gallons, while another was more than
3,000.
Elaborate Entertainment.
Few things not absolutely essential to
happiness add more to the enjoyment of
me man social interchange oi evening
visits among friends and neighbors. In
deed, we are not quite sure that it is not
essential tohappiness as it is, for we can
live to good purpose and pleasure with
out many of our luxuries, without fine
clothes, costly pictures, splendid jewels,
but we cannot live to any use at all with
out friends and the unbubbling of
friendly emotions and the fruiticn of ideas
that they arouse. Our natures would
grow dry as hut-ks if our feelings were
kindled only for our own immediate
home circle, and the very apotheosis of
selfishness would take place with us
isolated from outside interests and love
of our kind. Nor would our intellects
fare much better than our emotional na
tures; for if genius itself is an intermit
tent fountain, as Uoethe said, the source
of ordinary thought and fancy must be
quite as capricious, and our buckets
must need all the replenishing from the
wells of our neighbors that can be had.
If it were not for the perpetual weaving
among us of the warp and woof of each
other's ideas, the varying views of things
when seen from each other's standpoint,
we might as well be living solitary in
the caves of the desert or on the tops of
pillars in the town for all the good we
should do to ourselves or the world
either. For really no one helps himself
without helping the world, too, in its
great, onward march toward a civiliza
tion that, we may hope, shall be as much
higher than this as this is higher than the
barbarous old days, before those giant
monsters, steam and electricity, were, in
the language of the orators, harnessed to
the car of progress.
Still we do not mean to be understood
as advising or encouraging frivolous gad
ding to the neglect of home duties, but,
first assuming that home duties are al
ready discharged, as the greater part of
them may well be, leaving the hours of
eye-trying lamplight for lesser matters,
we urge the cultivation of a social spirit
to enliven the evenings anu to afford nu
clei of harmless enjoyment. "We all know
how keen that enjoyment can be the
bright discussion that enlightens even
that listener who will not take the trouble
to think ; the latest news, with its gay
gossiping; the eager game, the song, the
reading; pretty toilets, pleasant manners,
cordial words of hosts and friends; the
cheery separation ; the lying down to
sleep at the end of it all, well pleased
with the well-rounded day; the sense that
such evenings ougnt to come twice as
often as they do and that we mean to
have them!
There is nothing, however, that stands
in the way of such frequent evenings so
much as the habit of an elaborate enter
tainment toward its close. People who
expect a banouet always when invited
out cannot, in a region where wealth Is
more seldom the fact than simple com
fort, be invited out very often, for the
banquet costs what will produce many a
thing whose want is more positively felt
in the family; and though wc will all
make a shift to furnish it once or twice a
year, the idea of furnishing it frequently
gives us pause.
If one cannot have a circle of friends
meet at one's house for whist or rhyming
charades, or books or copversation, with
out cscalloped oysters, ice-cream and
cake, fruit, colleeand champagne, to say
little of other rarer dainties and delica
cies, one will be apt to be economical of
the pleasure, for it is not merely Uie
prime cost in the market of the materials
of the feast which necessity causes one
to consider, but there is all the prepara
tory trouble, the time, the thought, the
labor, which may be demanded else
where with more reason ; mere is isnu-
get's discontent over the extra call upon
herself and the extra toil in the kitchen,
over her waiting and her glass and silver
washing after the refreshments are
served; and there is, too, a subtle sense
that it is an absurd outlay among uncer
emonious acquaintance; and, to crown
ail, there are, ten to one, an indigestion
to-night and a headache to-morrow. All
of which are compelling reasons, and
the consequence of which is one rleas
ant, cheerful evening where there might
be a dozen if no table had been 6pread
and some very simple refection had been
offered, or even none at all. And
meanwhile, passing over the vulgarity
of the display or of the over
loaded board, the family with whom
it is impossible to put their china ana
plate and damask in competition with
that of the family who have those arti
cles from their ancestors, or from their
own full purses, are spared the vain
effort, the inevitable acknowledgment of
inferiority, and the uncomfortable morti
fication at the end mortification which,
though it may be both idle and un
worthy, is very natural, and would prob
ably be experienced by all but very ex
ceptionally lofty people who found them
selvca always at the same disadvantage
with wealth- friends and neighbors, un
less they had something better than
wealth and its luxuries to offer.
On the whole, then, we think there can
be small doubt that social evening', with
all tluir good results, would be vastly in
creased in number by simplifying the en
tertainment onered at table, and that by
such means our long, dark winters would
be enlivened with gsyety and lightsome
ness, as when a flight of bright-winged
singing-birds take refuge in bare March
thickets, and pour their gush and twit
ter across the dreary scene. Harper
Bazar. '
London Kats.
The writers of the most entertaining
and the least scientific work on entomol
ogy we possess drew an appalling pict
ure ot what might be tne late oi human
ity were a unanimous league of insects
to be formed against mankind. In less
than a week it wonld be all over with
the genu homo. Vegetation would dis
appear under the attacks oi co-operative
caterpillars; the moths would make
short work oi our garments; me nies
would devour all the world's sugar; and
we should be bitten or stung to death by
the fleas and the mosquitoes. Had
Kirby and Spence turned their attention
to rodents instead of insects they might
have traced an equally alarming tableau
of the disastrous results which might
accrue to society from the hostility of a
general confederacy of rats. Even now
we seem to De menaceu Dy a piaguc oi
these destructive, noxious, and apparent
ly useless vermin; and according to our
contemporary, the Builder, unless some
active measures are speedily taken, Lon
don will be infested to an intolerable ex
tent by the repulsive and mischievous
creatures. It is stated that one pair of
rats with their progeny will produce in
the course of three years no less a num
ber than 646,808. A doe rat will have
from six to eight nests of ratlings in a
year, and from twelve to twenty-three in
a litter; and as there are more females
than male?, and Mrs. liat enters into the
marital state at the mature age of three
months, it must be left to statists to cal
culate what would be the number of the
rat population of London in ten years,
starting from a basis of 646,808 rodents
The public are virtually unaware of the
extent of the evil with which they arc
threatened, as the rats, like receivers of
stolen goods, work in. the dark and
under ground. They are exceedingly
fondf abiding in brick drains; but in
default of & comfortable sewer they are
content to take unfurnished lodgings be
hind 6kirting-boards and fire-places, or
beneath the tloonngiana unaer me rait
crs of our rooms. The London scaven
gers assert that were glazed earthen
ware pipes substituted for brick drains
the rats would not go into the sewers
through fear the cunning little creat
urcs of being drowned; aud a stranger
doctrine current among the mudlarks is
that the rats have a language of their
own, their lingual intercommunication
enabling them to ascertain where the
best food is to be obtained, and to mi
grate from famine-stricken to fertile dis
tricts. Our contemporary recommends
builders to case skirting-boards with gul-vanized-iron
platinc, particularly at the
corners of rooms, and that all places
under and about lire places should be
carefully filled up with concrete, small
stones or broken glass, as the localities
in question are preferentially selected
by rat-mammas as nurseries for their
young. When, however, the long-whiskered
denizens of the sewers are remem
bered, and when it is borne in mind that
there must be some millions of rats in the
dock warehouses and in the holds of
ships in the port of London, tlic difliculty
of getting rid of the nuisance becomes
distressingly apparent. It is vain to put
our trust in arsenic, since we have been
told that the rats like arsenic, and are so
cunning that they will only swallow a
sufficient quantity of the metallic poison
to fatten their wicked little paunches
withal and make them look nice and
shiny. It is too late to send tor the
" Tied Piper of Hamelyn," acd we can
only indulge in hopes that the supersti
tious belief of the mudlarks is unfound
ed, and that our long-tailed and sharp
toothed little foes arc not capable of ex
pressing themsclf in an articulate man
ner. If the rats can really talk or inter
change their ideas we shudder to think
what, in these days of universal educa
tion, the consequences to society may
be. London JJaily Teleyraph.
A Lost Father.
Bats the Portland (Oregon) Bulletin.
" About twenty-five years ago a man
named William IJlair left St. Stephen's
parish, in the Province of New Ilruns-
wick, leaving two of his children oclund
him. No one knew whither he had wan
dered or seemed to care. The little
children, both girls, were cared for by
friends until they wearied, and next went
as parish charges, where they remained
until able to earn their own living by
labor, which they did. For nearly twenty-five
years not a word was heard by
them of their father, whose remembrance
had almost faded by the lapse of years.
During that time Mr. lilair wandered
throughout almost every State in the
Union, at last coming to a halt on the
banks of the Willamette, near the
setting sun. He was an old man, Ins
sun was low, ana a year ago it set to rise
again on the morn of that great day of
judgment. His daughters had passed
into womanhood, the eldest marrying a
gentleman named Warters, taking up a
home in Hainesvillc, Mass. During the
pa&t year Judge Hurley of Lalayctte and
A. Wooaot this city succcedeti in as
certaining the whereabouts of these chil
dren, to whom the old man had willed
all of his property, if they could be found,
and informing them of the fact. About
two days ago Mr. Warters and wife ar
rived in this city cn route to their new
home up the valley. The other sister is
Eoon to follow, and thus by a strange
affair in the tide of time they will assem
ble beneath a roof around which cling
strange memories of the past their girl
hood lives and the presence of a father
whose spirit has passed beyond the
clouds.-'
"A Peaceful People."
We can hardly imagine a more unenvi
able position than that occupied by
Messrs. Foster, Phelps and Potter, the
sub-committee that lately visited New
Orleans. What possible excuse can
these men oiler for their course in the
so-called investigation of affairs in Louis
iana? What influences could have been
brought to bear upon them to induce
such a suppression, dislortion and w icked
misrepresentation of the facts as is con
tained in their report to Congress?
ihev allege that no intimidation ex
isted there; and this allegation, so ridic
ulous in the light of facts well known at
the time it was uttered, appears ten
times more false and inexcusable, if such
a thing were possible, in view of the tes
timony that comes now in such a perfect
deluge to confound them and the bandit
ti whom they served.
We confess that even with our unhes
itating belief in the report of the atroci
ties of that section we were unpre
pared for the unparalleled developments
of svstematized outrage, bribery and
murder which arc now revealed in such
horrible completeness. We thought
that the crimes committed were in many
instances the result of sudden outbreaks;
but we are compelled to believe that the
work of horror in Louisiana has been de
liberately planned, systematically ex
ecuted, and that the attempt to conceal
these crimes and present a fair iront to
the North has been carefully planned
with tho determined purpose of deceiv
ing the people and continuing the reign
of terror unbroken.
Men are now before the committee
giving testimony who had nrst to oe as
sured of protection in the amplest way
before they dared to speak, and the tales
they are. telling riddle the martyrs' bub
ble which these White jeaguers nave
blown for themselves until it bursts and
vanishes like a breath.
Here are the few colored men who
voled the Democratic ticket before the
committee, and now that they are ques
tioned closely they admit that they were
induced either by threats or money to
thus vote; and then, worst of all, that
they were offered from $300 to $ 400 each
to go before the Congressional Commit
tee and testify in lavor of the White
Leagues. These men each presented to
tho committee certificates of the White
League, which were guaranteed to se
cure them safety from violence.
The evidence of officers oi the army
shows that armed bands of organized
cavalry patrolled certain sections, threat
ening death to Republicans who dared
to vote. Judge Myers, not a carpet
bagger, but an old citizen of Louisiana,
and for fifteen years a resident of
Natchitoches Parish, swears that he has
been driven from home, and dare not re
turn, as his life would pay the forfeit.
There have been thirty-three murders in
that little community in the past lew
years and not a man punished.
lhe bupervisor or the same pansn
was shot at and his life threatened if he
dared to execute the duties of his olfice.
On the day of election, when ordinarily
but two officers havp been on duty, the
Mayor swore in 200 White Leaguers as
policemen, who absolutely had control of
the election and did control it. Five
hundred colored voters at least, says this
witness, were prevented from voting by
intimidation in that parish alone. Other
witnesses from the 6ame parish testify
to a like state of affairs. And so goes the
evidence in regard to each locality. The
more horrible crimes against help
less women and children we forbear to
mention here, but let the people of the
North read them. Let them be published
to the world. Let a civilized and en
lightened public judgeof these atrocities,
and the men who commit and the party
that sustain them. The history of sav
age warfare shows nothing more barbar
ous and, in view of the facts proven be
fore this committee, we want to see the
men who dare sustain and defend them.
Inter-Ocean, Feb. 2.
ALL SORTS.
The Uosjon Journal says that as the
Custom-Ilouse Inspector boarded the
train from Canada, on the Vermont line,
a few days ago, he found a man cloudy
stowed in the front seat with several
bottles of liquor. As he w as taking one
after another from his large pockets and
a large army canteen from over his
shoulder, the man drew the cork from
the canteen and threw it on the lloor,
then smashed one bottle on the lltxr,
aud tried another, which did not break,
when he took it up, Dunbar all the time
scuflling with him to prevent the sacrifice,
and broke it on the hot Move, and in a
jiffy the whole end of the car was on tire.
Dunbar immediately pulled the bell cord
ami slopped the train, the passenger
petting into another car. A few buckets
of water extinguished the. flumes. Tho
smuggler, in the confusion, left lor
Canada on foot, and was making good
time" when last Keen. The mercury at
the time was thirty-two degrees below
zero.
A correspondent sends the Chicago
Advanre the following bona fde composi
tion, read in school a few days ago by a
Wisconsin boy: 41 1 go to school to learn
to read and rite and ciphor and so forth to
slide on the ice and traid oil' un old nife
if I have one, in summer to pick wild
llowcrs and strawberries and to get out
of work hot days, some boys has to go
to school to get out of their mother's
road, but I would rai her f-tay in winter
than go to miles and set by a cold stove
and frezc my tosc. 1 like to go to school
to see the teacher scold the big girls
when they cut up. some goes to school
to fool but I go to study w hen wc are old
we can't go to school and then we will
feci sorry that we fooled when wc was
young and went to school. I don't get
no time to fool anyway for I have
enough to do when it comes to my
geography."
According to Tai Nature, Dr. Habel
has recently arrived at the conclusion,
after mature study, that the guano beds
are not made of the cxcreuieuts of sea
birds, as has been hitherto supposed.
Chemical treatment has disclosed an in
dissoluble residue composed of fossil
sponge and marine plants and nuiiuul
culic. I label's opinion is that guano is
made of fossil remains, of which the or
ganic matter has been transformed into
a nltrogenized substance, while the min
eral constituents have remained un
altered. Take heart, all who toil; all youths
in humble situations, all in adveisc cir
cumstances and those who labor unap
preciated. If it be but to drive the plow,
strive to do it well; if it be but to wax
thread, wax it well ; if only to cut bolts,
make good ones; or to blow the bellows,
keep the iron hot. It is attention to busi
ness that lifts the feet higher up on tho
ladder.
Profanity is a mark of low breeding.
Show us a man that commands respect;
an oath trembles not on his tongue.
Head the catalogue of erime. Inquire
the character of those who depart limii
virtue. Without a ciogle exception you
will find them to be profane. Think of
tlm, and don t let a vile word dtsgracc
you. A ion a lieraui.
The Government pays twenty-five
cents apiece on the guns it makes at tho
bpringlield (Mass.) urniory, as royalty
for some of the patents embraced, the
same going to the owner of the patents.
During the year ending lust July the
armory made 18,010 of the new rilles and
lO.O-'O carbines.
The Dayton JCupire makes Imld to
remark that 44 when an intelligent com
positor makes 4 fiscal year read ' fish
ball tear' it may bo "reasonably con
cluded that his mind is wandering." And
w e should say his mind was wandering
toward the nutriment it most needed.
Cincinnati Commercial.
Truth is one of the rarest gems.
Many a youth has been lost in society by
allowing a falsehood to tarnish his char
acter and foolishly throwing it away, if
this gem still shines in your bosom,
sutler nothing to displace or diminish iu
luster.
The fastest railroad time on record
s said to have been made, not long since,
on the New York Central Kailroad, by
a special train which carried a parly of
officials from Rochester to Syracuse,
eighty-one miles, in sixty-one minutes.
Just as Chicago thinks the has got
St. Louis used up, the Time, of the lat
ter city, spits on his hands and says:
It is believed the grain trade of ht.
Louis the coining year w ill surpass that
of any other city iu the country."
The total number ot failures in Can
ada the past year, which went through
the courts of insolvency, exclusive of
Manitoba and British Columbia, was DM,
the deficiency against the estates being
$3,802,5 10.
A Troy woman fell into a well w hile
spooking around a neighbor's house in
the evening, and when drawn out her
feet were so frozen th:it she'll have to
spook on crutches after this.
Noiseless usefulness: A Connecti
cut village has one teacher who has been
at the same school for thirty-one years
and another who has occupied his post
for forty-nine years.
The Scientific Ameriain has found tin
old lady of eighty-three who lias not
washed for liMy years. ne is so otrty
that death and the devil keep at a re
spectful distance.
A man who had read the New York
Time for twenty-t-ix years wrote a com
munication to that paper, and the heart
less editor "Leaded it 44 Letter from a
Donkey."
Sealskin has bad its day for the time
being. It is cheaper and more common
this year than it has ever been.
A baby in Delaware three weeks old
already has w hiskers. He is a promis
ing 44 heir."
Signs of spring:
of the spring bonnet
the female mind.
The possible form
begins to agitate
A Zealous Watchman.
A bucolic individual who recently
came to Chicago and was employed as a
night-watchman by one of the "Cap
tains" in the business showed extraordinary-zeal
in the discharge of his duty
the first night he w as placed on beat.
At a clothing 'store on West Madison
n.oro aro f..ri" fir tiiriiri-s. containing
il, 1 1 V l w u s .v. - - --r- r
heads, but minus everything else except
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store about two a. m., holding his dark
lantern above his head. He beheld a
dressed-up figure confronting him, and,
not having received any previous infor
mation regarding the images, thought of
fame and renown, and pictured in an In
stant, in his rninu'a eye, visions of great
ness. Here was a chance, and he drew
his little gun and let lly at the supposed
burglar. Then be ran and yelled 44 Po
lice!" blew his whistle, clubbed tho
lamp-post, and stamped up and down the
sidewalk, screaming frantically mean
while. Two regular patrolmen and a
half-dozen citizens came to his assistance,
and he pointed at the store in breathless
excitement, exclaiming: 44 I've killed
him; I thot him right through! ' I he
officers ran to the store with Lusticus
and, by the aid of his lantern, discovered
the prostrate form on tho floor. The
true situation dawned upon the minds of
of the regulars at once, and what a mo
ment before was excitement was changed
into merriment, and the small crowd
laughed heartily at the expense of the
countryman, who has not been seen elnce.
Chicago Tribune.
