THK U1..VU),
i l ri.IMiLI) KVKKV THUltMJAV
PL ATTSMOUTH -KEfeR ASKA .
On Vine Kt., One Block North of Main
Corner of Fifth St.
Ol'M, I'Al'KU OK CASS (Ot VT.
Termsj in Advance:
Ore Copy, one year "
One K',y, six month j '(j,)
One c '!'. iDfCC lIKHlthiJ yj
HENRY BCECK,
SEALER IX
3JWiriaitxTi?e,
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
KTO., BTC., ETC.,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
NEBRASKA
JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor.
i.:icm:vi:ican i: oxiii:ks
TERMS: $2.00 a Year.
Wooden CofTma
Cf all twr, radyma'lr, and .old cheap far cash.
W'h many thank- for j at patronage, I Invito
'1 !o call and rxniii:t: my
i.a u;j: stock op
l-"m- nit ui- tuttl Collins.
SHANNON'S
Livery, Sale and FeeS
STABLE,
oisr tslj.tjst street,
Lust of the Tlatte Va House.
Tha Oldest Livery Stable in the Town.
Good Teams Always On Hand.
Cur. fill Drivers sent with carriage if desired.
a-tnges cent to Depot to meet traiiiB whenever
: i!c; cd.
Tho Only HEARSE In Town.
Time. ;i attended and 'carriage? furnished t
fri.jU'is. Address
Civ
J. V. SHANNON,
PLATTSMoUTII, NEB.
II. .i. WATERJMX & SOX,
Vboleal. and Retail Dealer la
PINE LUMBER,
Lath, Shingles,
BASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC,,
On Main St., cor. Fifth,
TLATTS MOUTH,
NEB.
STILL BETTER RATES
winter- stock
H. A. WATERMAN & SON.
WE WILL SELL
All Grades of Lumber Cheap.
rv. WECKBACH,
GENERAL DEALER IN
DRY GOODS
Boots and Shoes,
Cutlery, Queenswaro,
AND
ALL KINDS OF GOODS
Needed tyihe Farmer or Householder,
Corner 3d and Main Sts.,
PLATTs Mul'TH N E 1K A SKA
( juthmau'g old Maud.)
In connection vi;h the Grocery is a
(The old and well known i-tand of Frank Guth
man). w In re the
f, r The PFsT PRICES tlie market will afford
always aid for Country Produce.
Remember the old fi'U,
"KMPIRE BAKEUV AND GROCERY."
11 I"! y
VOLUME XII.
O. F. JOHNSON,
DEALER IJf
Drugs, Medicines,
- zhjl:lJ
WALLPAPER.
AUPaper Trimhisrl Fres of Charge
ALSO. DEALER IU
Books, Stationery
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
fcw " Preacrlptlona carefally compounded by an
experienced Drargiat. I.
KB MEMBER THB PLACE
Cor. Fifth and Main Streets,
PL ATTS MOUTH, NEB.
FOUNDRY
AND
MACHINE SHOPS.
TOIIIV AVVY3XVIV,
I'LATTSMOUTU, 'EB.,
Repairer of Steam "Engines, Boilers,
Saw and Grist Bills.
OAS AND STEAM FITTINGS,
Wrought Iron Pipe, Force and Lift Pipes, Steam
Ganges, Safety-Valve Governors and all
kinds of F.rass Engine Fittings re
1'S'red on hort notice.
Repaired ou Short Notice.
4'.tjl
I
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mm !
NEW, IMPROVED LOCK-STITCH
GROVER & BAKER
fc?tyviii ISEacliine,
FOR SALE DY
CHARLES VI ALL,
With all the Extras and Attachments,
such as Needles, Oil, Tuckers,
Binders, Etc.
Thoo who contemplate Imvinsr a machine will
do well to irive the (.rover .v. linker a trial. Sat
isfaction eiiaranteed, and the cheupest machine
in the market. All orders by mail promptly at
tended to. Address
mti CHARLES VIALL, Flattsmoutb, Web.
First National Ban!
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
HfCCEMOR TO
Tootle, 1 1. 11111:1 Sz, Cltirlt.
Jon Vitzokrald
K. it. I)ivr.T
A. W. Mi I.a eon lis
John O'IColukk
President.
...Vice-President.
Cashier.
.A". -.slant Caihier.
This Bank i now open for bnine at their new
room, corner Main and Sixth ?; recti1, und are pre
pared to trauhacl a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks. Bonds, Gold, Government
and Local Securities
UuUtiUT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
DRAFTS DRAWN,
Available in any p:irt of the Fnited State and in
al) the Vruicpal Town." and Cities of Europe.
AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED
V.t
THE OLD
CLOTHING STAND
or
WM. STADELMANN,
Nearly opp. Saunders House, on Main St.
At fh- o'd pl.i.-e I "till hold forth, and for tin
Centennial year I offer c"d nt "in prie J
menu. If ou do not believe it. come and fee.
A I-ai-jit" Mock of C'lotli'm
Icii' ami Ho)'.
HATS, CAPS,
FURS, GLOVES
and JEWELRY.
Genis" Furni-liiu tJooiN in every variety.
Boots and Shoe", Can-, Trunks. Valine;1, Etc
Iy Hoelc of ioot- and S1kx'. Fnr and Jewelry,
I mil i ..-itively cl-in out. It is the 1 itt year"!
frlnii! keep lhce liaef.
All Goods at a Creat Reduction
In Prices.
riattsmoutta. Neb.. Jsn. a, lST-i. .
Perons wiching to brln out their friends from
Curope can
rntriMKB ticktt rno rt
TIi-oiirIi to llnttwiiioiitli.
Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. liOONE,
Hain Street, opposite Saunders House.
PLITTSMOITH MILLS,
f LATTSMOVTH NEBRASKA.
Con bad Heiei-, Proprietor.
FLOUR, CORN MEAL., FEED,
lwajs an band and for tale at lowest eatipr! a.
The n:zhet Tricea paid for Wheat and Com.
rarUcalar attction g'.rca ta cuiud walk.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
1 iiltiiif t'IiillrriiN :Uh1 Ladles
Hair.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 187i.
NUMBER UK
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fl ll 1 W fjtli t "'$ 3 00 (I
1 square. .
2 pqtiarcH
'i .itiareH.
4 column.
j cohimn.
1 eolmiin.
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H oo M no 15 no is on ; no in no mi
i: on IS to on "" '' to oo it loo of
t All Allvrtin: billn due iiiarterly.
Transient advertiwinentK iniit le paid fti
in adviinee.
Extra copies of the HfitMi) for oil" 1y II. J.
StreiL'ht. al 'lie I'o-tntlli e, and O. F. Johnson, cor
ner of Main and b ifih wtreein.
CUIiKENT PAIIAGHAIMIS.
U. S. Grant, Jh., son of Trcsidcnt
(trant, has lofn admitted to the practice
of Jaw in .New York city.
The projositiin Uianinesty tlie convicts
of the Commune lias hcen rejected in tlie
French Senate ly an almost unanimous
vote.
Tiik Kansas Republican Htate Conven
tion, lor tlie nomination of a State ticket,
is to Ijc held at Topeka on the ICtli of
August.
A hf.cknt London telegram announcrs
the death of President Grant's grand
child the child of Mrs. Sartoris alniost
a year old.
The President has appointed Kdward
M. IJeale, of Washington formerly of
California to succeed 3Ir. Orth as Min
ister to Austria.
A fire-damp esplosion occurred in"a
coal-mine in Chesterfield County, Va., a
few days ago, by which ti.ht men were
killed and two badly injured.
A rf.( ent fire in San Francisco partial
ly destroyed the Brittan Block, at the cor
ner of California and Davis streets, in
flicting a loss of alxmt $300,000.
The trial at Chicago of I). AT. Munn,
ex Supervisor of Internal Revenue, for
conspiracy to defraud the Government
revenues, ended on the 21th in a verdict
of not guilty.
Call anrt See Cootie, Gents,
And pet a boon in a
GO TO THE
Post Office Book Store,
H. J. STKEIGHT, Proprietor,
FOR TOL'R
B3Qis. Stationery, Pictures, Mnsir,
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Novels,
Song Books, etc., etc
TOST OFFICE BUILUIX),
FLATTSMOUTB. SEB.
A it ec ent London dispatch announces
tlie departure, for Smith's Sound, of the
steamer Pandora, to bring to England any
dispatches deposited there by Capt. Narcs'
Arctic expedition.
John S. HrT.v., of I'ennsylvania, has
been nominated as United States Consul
to Florence, Ihe name of 3Ir. Wirt Sykes
having been withdrawn in connection with
that appointment.
Mit William H. licit i.bit, for some time
editoiially connected with the New York
World, had purchased Mr. Marble's inter
est in that paper, and succeeds him in the
editorial management, Mr. Marble re
tiring.
A man named IVdro was arrested at
Des Moines, Iowa, a few days ago, hav
ing in his possession a large quantity of
bogus twenty-live cent pieces. (nite a
number had been disposed of lclore the
arrest was made, lie had a confederate.
who escaped.
The recent National Convention of the
Independent Greenback partj' issued a
call for a National ratification meeting to
be held in the city of I'hiladelphiaon tlie
4th day of July, 1S7, and invited all the
people of the Nation to attend and ratify
the platform and nominations of the party.
A simitT time ago a merchant of Ab-
beyville County, S. C, named Harmon,
and his wife, were found murdered in
their bed. Tlie murderers, four in num
ber, were arrested, and subsequently were
taken from the Sheriff ami shot. Three
hundred persons were present at the exe
cution, and 101) shots were tired.
Dchcke's great painting " The Frodi
gal Son," was destroyed by fire at Cincin
nati, a few evenings ago, while on exhibi
tion at Melodeon Hall. The building
was also burned. Mr. Derby, owner of
the painting, estimated its commercial
value at $100,000; its original cost was
$ :50,000, and it was insured for $2.',000.
NoiutisTowN, N. J., and Lancaster,
Fa., were recently visited by bail-storms
which did much damage in the towns and
vicinity to windows, green houses, gar
dens and fruit. The liail-stones were,
some of them, as large as hen's eggs. A
terrillc wind and hail storms also oc
curred at Gayville, Dakota, on tlie same
day. Hailstones as large as hen's eggs
fell and covered the ground to the depth
of four inches. All the windows aash
and all in the town facing south and
southwest, were demolished. The wind
tore down fences, uprooted trees and blew
over buildings. Several persons were
badly injured.
The Chicago Tribune of a recent date
has an editorial on the Black Hills, in
which it is related that an old miner, who
has lived in Colorado many years, and
has had large experience in the mining
business, writes: "There is a little gold
all through the Hills, but I do not belu-ve
there arc any paying diggings ; at least
none have been found yet; and, if there
ever is one, the gold will speak
for itself. The amounts reported
lrom time to time as being
received or even taken lrom the Hills do
not amount to a drop in the bucket in
comparison to what should have leen
taken out of a mining c amp if it was a
gold country." Another correspondent
writes: "As yet I have not seen a gold
mine in the Hills that will pay two dollars
per day per man, antl the wonderful re
ports circulated in the States have brought
thousands to the country, without money
or grub enough to last them thiity days.
I fear, if something is not done soon,
many will suffer."
Centennial Anniversary Proclamation.
WASiirNOTON. May S".
The following was issued to-day by
President Grant:
Whtireak, A joint renMnt'on of the Senate and
Flono of Keprewentativeo was duly appr.ived on
he 1.5th day ol March la.U which resolution in as
follows:
" Jlr if rencfrfd. by the Senate and House of Rep
resentative" of the t'nited SStates of America in
Congress aseiahled. That it he and is hereby
reenmniended by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives to the people of the several States that
they anpemhle in their several counties or
towns on the approaching Centennial an
niverfary of onr Naiiouai independence, and
that they cane to have delivered on sneli day an
h storieal sketch of said county or town from its
formation, anil lhat a copv of said sketch mav he
filed in prim or manuscript in the Clerk' office
of said county, and no additional copy in print or
manuscript be filed in the office of thw Librarian
of Congress, to the intent that a complete record
may thus be obtained of the progress of onr in
stitutions during the first Centennial of their ex
istence''; aud.
HKEAS, 1 1 is deemed proper that such rec
ommendation he brought to the notice and knowl
edge of the people of the t'nited States; Now,
therefore. I. l lvsses S. Grant, President of the
t'nited Elates." do hereby declare ana make
known the same in th- hope that the object of
such resolution may meet with the approval of
the people of the t'nited States, and that the
proper steps may be taken to carry the same into
effect.
Given under my hand, at the City of Washing
ton, this y.'ith day of May, In the year of our Lord
lsTrt, and of the Independence of the t'nited
Stales the Inch. U. S. Grakt.
By the President.
H amilton Fisii, Secretary of State.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
A Vienna dispatch of the 22d says the
mental condition of the Sultan caused
grave apprehension? at Constantinople.
He was subject to delusions, tearing that
lie would be burned alive or poisoned.
In the British Parliament, on the 22d,
Disraeli announced that it was not the in
ention of the Government at present to
amnesty the Fenian prisoners. An ani
mated and exciting debate followed, and
the subject was dropped by mutual con
sent. A hecent Berlin special says it was the
intention of the Sultan of Turkey to ab
dicate his throne within a sliort time.
PiiKsiOKNT GrtANT nominated on the
22d, and the Senate confirmed, Atty.-Gcn.
Pierrepont to be Minister to England ;
Secretary of War Taft tolc Altorney-Geu-eral,
and J. Donald Cameron, son ot Sen
ator Cameron, of I'ennsylvania, to be Sec
retary of War.
A London dispatch of the 2:Jd says
Winslow, the Boston forger, had been re
manded for a further period of eight days,
to enable the Government to bring the
case before the Queen's Bench.
Sm Samuel Buckley, a member of the
British Parliament has been declared
bankrupt. He transacted business in
Manchester and elsewhere as a mnnufac
turer of chemicals, as a coal and lime
merchant and a manufacturer of brick
and tiles. His liabilities are $,',500,000.
On the 2:d, the four Greek sailors con
victed of the murder of the captain, mate
ami second ofllcer of the ship Lennle,
were executed at the Newgnte Prison, in
London.
Se hetaky Kobeson sent a letter on the
2:d to Mr. Wliitthorne, Chairman of the
House Committee on Naval Affairs, de
manding to be heard lie fore tke commit
tee, in open session, in justification of the
matters charged against him In connec
tion with the Navy Department. He says
the charges and insinuations made in the
public newspapers are utterly false, and
founded upon false inferences from the
testimony as previously published.
Godijive S. Outii was in Washington
on the 2:d, and testified before the Sub
committee on Foreign Affairs in relation
to the awards made by the Venezuelan
Mixed Commission. On the same day
Mr. Orth sent in his resignation as United
States Minister to Austria.
The New Jersey Democratic Slate Con
vention met at Trenton on the 2-')d. Dele-gates-at-Large
were chosen to the Nation
al Convention and requested to present
the name of Joel Parker s candidate for
the Presidency of the United States.
Among the resolutions adopted was one
favoring the restoration of gold and silver
as the basis of currency as soon as practica
ble. Uepuhi.han State Conventions were
held in several States on the 21th. In
Illinois a State ticket was nominated, a
follows: For Governor, Shelby M. Cul
lom; Lieutenant Governor, Andrew Shu
man, ol" the Chicago Jourml; Secretary
of State, Geo. II. Harlow, renominated;
Auditor, Vhoinas Needles; State Treas
urer, Kdward But.; Attorney-General, J.
K. Kdsall, renominated. Delegates were
were chosen to the National Convention,
who are uninstructed, but arc said to be
largely in faver of Blaine. The financial
resolution of the platform adopted de
clares that the Convention lieks " with
confielencc to the National Republi
can Convention to solve the diffi
cult problem of the currency; that
the credit of the Nation shall
remain untarnished, and just regard be
maintained for the rights and interests of
all the people, East as well as West,
North as well as Stmth; that the Bepub
lican party lias given to the people the
In'st system of paper currency ever ele
vised, and would deprecate any legisla
tion that might by any possibility cause a
return to the system of paper currency in
existence before the war." New Hamp
shire chose delegates to the National Con
vention, who are uninstructed. The Kan
sas Convention chose delegates to the Na
tional Convention and adopted a resolution
declaring James G. Blaine to oe its first
choice as candidate for President of the
United States. The Nebraska Conven
tion instructed its delegate's to the Na
tional Convention to vote for Blaine for
the Presidency. The Missouri financial
resolution favors a sound currency of
coin or paper convertible into the same;
the delegates are said to be about equally
divided between Blaine and Morton, with
three for Bristow and one for Conklimg.
A strong Blaine resolution was adopted in
the Minnesota Convention, and the plat
lorm declares in favor of hard money, or
its equivalent in paper convertible into
coin.
The Michigan Democratic State Con
vention was held at Lansing on the 25th.
Delegates were chosen to the St. Louis
Convention, who are said to stand sixteen
for Tilden and six for Hendricks. A res
olution was adopted declaring that coin is
the only money recognized by the tradi
tions oi tlie Ucnu-eratic party as war
ranted under the Constitution.
The Kentucky I)emocrat:.c State Con
vention met at Louisville on the 25th, and
elected delegates to the National Con
vention, who are uninstructed. The res
olutions adopted demand the repeal of
the Spr cie-Kesumpticn act, but insist upon
a return to specie paj-ment at the earliest
time it can be done without detriment to
the commercial and industrial interests
of the people.
The platform adopted by the Califor
nia Democracy, at their recent State Con
vention, favors a gold and silver currency
and a tariff for revenue only, and opposes
Chinese immigration. The delegates to
the National Convention are instructed to
vote for the nomination of Gov. Tilden for
the Presidency.
The Spencer ring of the Alabama Re
publicans held a State Convention at
Montgomery on the 25th, aud cJiose elele
gales to the National Convention who arc
supposed to be largely in favor of Senator
Morton's nomination for the Presidency.
A State ticket was also nominated headed
by James Clarke for Governor.
A letter lias been received at Cincin
nati from one of the company of Cincin
natians, who left forthe Black Hills, some
time since, dated Kearney Junction, May
21, in which the writer says: " The Indi
ans are on the war-path, killing miners at
a tearful rate. Miners are returning to
the Slates by hundreels " He says that
" out of forty-two men at Deadwood, twenty-seven
of them liavc been killed by the
red devils. Five nlore were killed and
scalped within three miles of Custer City.
There is plenty of gold northwest of Cus
ter, but it is impossible to get at it on ac
count of the Indians."
CoSSl Antinoplk telegrams of the 2(5th
say that the Porte intended to call out the
reserves and make a last effort to suppress
the insurrection. It wtti repotted that
the agreement in respect to Turkish af
fairs would be reje-ctcd, and that the great
Powers would be advised not to intervene
in the settlement of Turkish disputes; In
parts of Bulgaria, vvliPrc the insurrection
prevailed, it was reported that 118 vil
lages, containing 100, 000 inhabitants, had
been burned.
A London telegram of the 2Gth says the
portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire by
Gainsliorough, recently purchased for
$52,500, had been cut from its frame and
carried away. A reward of $5,000 had
been offered for the apprehrnsion ef the
thief.
Gii. SheUman sent a telegram to Gen.
Sheridan, at Chicago, on the 25th, to the
effect that the President had stated " that
the people who had gone to the Black
Hills of Dakota, inside the Sioux reserva
tion, or who may hereafter go there, are
there wrongfu11y( and thnt they should
be notified of tliB fact, lint the Govern
ment U engaged in a certain measure that
will probably result in the opening
up of the country to occupation and set
tlement. In the meantime the Indians
should not be allowed to scalp and kill
anybody, and you ale authorized to afford
protection to all'persons who are coming
away or who are conveying food and
stores foi those already there."
The fast-mail train jumped the track at
Albany, N. YM on the morning of the
Sflth. The engineer and firemen werij
killed.
Thomas A. Pipeii was hanged at Bos
ton, Mass., on the 20th, for the murder, in
May of last year, ol Mabel Young, aged
five years, in the tower of Warren Avenue
Baptist Churc h, of which he was sexton at
the time the crime was committed. On the
same day, Samuel .1. Frost was Itlsoliungtd
at Worcester, Mass., for the murder of his
wile's brother in July last. A horrible
scene occurred tit tlie latter execution.
The fall was so great that the head of
Frost wjis jerked from his body, and
hung only by ligaments. His blood
spurted in every direction over th scaffold
and floor,
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Satuhday, May 20. In the Senate, on
the 20th, Mr. Morton, from the Committee on
Privileges and Elections, submit ted a report in
the ense of Senator Spencer, exonerating hi in
from the charge of bribery and corruption In
connection with fieri ion : Mr. fnulsbury. the
Democratic member of the committee, concurred
in its coticl iir-ion that the evidence taken con
tained nothing implicating Senator Spencer In
the bribery, lint contended that the Inquiry was
not carried far enough- a nl that the allegati'dis
tiled as to the itoalldity of the Legislature
which elected Mr. Spencer should have been in
quired into, and testimony on that subject taken.
The Senate bill authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to pay G.U.Tyler and K. 11. Lnokett
t Pit wrongfully collected in the Second District
of Kentucky, ss tax for keeper of a bonded waie
house, was pasnMl over the President's
veto yeas -tri, nays none. The Impeachment
case was further con-idered in secret ses
sion. ...In the House. Mr. Cate, of Wisconsin,
made a personal explanation denvtng the rharjres
made acalnst him in the memorial sent to 'on
prvs by the Wisconsin legislature, and Claimed
that he hs.1 been elected fairly and honestly; he
said he had prepared to defend his case, but be
fore it was decided the Contestant had died, and
he denied the right of the Legislature to interfere
in the matter. A hill was nasscd authorising th"
Secretary of the Treasury to make allowances for
compensation to Collectors of Internal Keventte
who were out of office prior to Feb. H, 1S75. on
final settlement ot their accounts. Mr. II. .skins
was excused from service on the Louisiana In
vestigating Committee. The Naval Appropria
tion bill was further considered in Committee ot
the Whole.
Monday, May 22. In the Senate, W.
H. Ttarnuin was sworn In as Senator from 'Con
necticut. A petition was prci-cnted and referred
from A. M. Clapp, Congressional Printer, lo the
effect that he Is an ofllcer of the Senate; that
Ureal injustice had been done him by the Com
mittee on Printing of the House ; that the hooka
of his office were dttaiaed from him by that
committee, and that no opportunity had been
given him lor explanation it the charges against
him. The Impeachment qnestiin was
further considered. ... In the House, the leave
of absence of Speaker Kerr s extended five
days. A resolution was adopted relative to the
protection of American citizens in the Ottoman
Empire, as was also the resolution to dismiss
I) .orkeeper Eitzhngh. and to transfer the duties
of Doorkeeper to the Sergeant-at-Arms Until
fnrt her orders. A proposed amendment to the
Naval Appropriation bill, reducing the number of
naval officers and their pay, was rejected in Com
mittee of the Whole.
Tuesday, May 2:5. A favorable report
was made In the Senate, on the House bill grant
ing to the State of Missouri all the lands therein
selected as swamp and overflowed lands. After
reports on a number of unimportant bids, the
Impeachment question was further con-ldered in
secret session. . . 'Ihe Naval and Indian Appro
priation bills were considered in Committee of
the Whole in the Hone, and the former was re
ported to the House, with amendments, and
passed. The Louisiana Investigating Committee
was authorized to act by sub committees, and
Mr. W'oodburn, of Nevada, was appointed to till
the vacancy in such committee caused by the
withdrawal of Mr. Hopkins.
Wednesday, May 21. In the Senate,
the House joint resolution requesting Ihe Presi
dent to take such steps as. In his judgment, may
he expedient to obtain the pardon or release of
Edward O'Meagher Condon, now confined in an
English pr sou, was passed, as was aiso the Senate
hill establishing the rank of Paymaster-General
as Hrigadier-eieneral. ... Speak- r Kerr re urned
the chair In the House, hishedth having seem
ingly improved. A report was made in the Sottih
Carolina contested-dection case, declaring the sit
ting member, .1. H. Kainey, to Imve been duly
elected A resolution was adopted directing the
Committee on Commerce to inquire into an
alleged combination of the leading railroads of
the country lor the purpose of couirolling traffic.
Thursday, May 25. The bill fixing the
salary of the President at Jio.OlO per annum, to
gether with the message vetoing the same, was
rt ported back from the Civil-Service Committee
in the Senate, with a recommendation that the
oil 1 be passed notwithstanding the objection of
the President ; placed on the calendar. The Im
peachment question was further considered, wilh
closed doors .. In the House, the Senate amend
ments to the hill authori.ing the appointment of
Receivers of Natinnal Hanks were non concurred
in. The repoit of the Committee on Foreign Af
fairs on the Emma Mine Investigation was pre
sented. After a review of the testimony, the re
port concludes that the relations of Gen. Schenck
to the venders of the Emma Mine were of
such a character as to cast suspicion upon
his motives, and subjtct his anion to
unfavorable criticism, but the committee believe
that he was not guilty of fraud or of any fraudu
lent intent in such connection; that his specula
tive dealings in the shares of tne Company w. re
not compatib e i h his diploma! ic station and
the maintenance of the position of honor aud
usefulness at the Court to which he was accred
ited; the committee therefore ottered a resolu
tion, and unanimously recommended its passage
by the House, condemning the action of Minister
schenck in becoming a director of the Emma
M ml nir Company, and his operations in connec
tion with the snares of said company, as ill-advised,
unfortunate and incompatible with the du
ties of his official position.
Friday, Ma- 25. In the Senate, the
Senate bill to create a sinking luud for the liqui
dation of CJovcrnment bonds advanced to the
e'entral A Western Pacific Railroad Company,
w ith amendments, and a new bill to create a like
fund in relation to the bonds advanced to the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, and for the set
tlement of the claims of the Government on a:
count of said bonds, were reported from the
Railroad Committee and placed ou the
calendar. The Impeachment question was
further debated in secret session .... In the
House, the Senaie bill for the reliet of G. B. Tv
ler and E. II. Lnckett was passed over the Presi
dent's veto - 1S1 to 14 as was also the bill pro
viding f .r recording deeds, mortgages and other
conveyances atlec.ing real estate in the District
of Columbia. A bill was also passed for the re
lief of certain settlers on public lands. A reso
lution was passed appointing J. II. P.ttterson a
Doorkeeper. An appropriation was made for the
payment of claims report, d allowed by the Com
missioner of Claims. An investigation was or
dert'r1 into the charges that injney had been pi
pended by the Pacific Coast to procure the passage
of ihe bill to carry it.to t-fl'ect the treaty with the
Haw aiiau Islands.
CETE N 1 Al. l.ETTKK.
Tlie Iiiimrnsiltjr or lite TCxpoftillon
How tlie main IIhII Striken as Visitor
--Th-Superiority of I lie I lilted Ma ten
ltinplay I.mly Vlsltom and tlie
I'rt'lK-tt lrearliieiil A 4 rilllU Nilln
ance A Pyrotef hnical IHftpLly oil
July 4 -Tlie Attendance Willi some
Secnlut ionn an lo tlie future About
Ileen. Mil1., Ille.
PliiiJnRt.l-nt, May l'li 1S70,
A week's sojourn in Philadelphia and daily
visits to the Exposition gives one a chance to
overcome the sensation of bewilderment
which uttaclies to a tirtt visit. Viewed as. a
whole the Exhibition stuns by it immensity,
and although the impression remains that it is
all very good and very grand and so on, it is not
easy to say iu whttt tbat godne end cran
deur consifts. Not alone in the Variety of
articles placed on exhibition, not in the char
acter of the crowds which daily throng iU
Various eompaf-tmentst certainly not because
of the generosity and excellence of the ar--rangements
of the Commissioners, not be
cause of the facilities ottered to see and he
seen, hut because it is as a whole harmoni
ous in design and just in execution, is it that
visitors are enabled to go away, after they
have exatlliitetl it in detail, with a proper
appreciation of Its excellence.
'ihe main hall Is a bewildering flace. On
the floor one fails to get an adequate idea of
its size, the range of vision being circum
scribed ly packages of merchandise, hurry
ing crowds, and the efforts of the Commis
sioners and exhibitors at ornamentation. It
is only when occupying a coign of vantage
in the fallery thnt one gets a just apprecia
tion of its extent. The fipectacle is ft very
interesting one. A city of minattire hollses,
archways, pag-odas, imitations of temples,
towers and corridors, gleams of color from
glass and silverware, the eaily painted
structures, the flags of all nations wreathine
their respective contributions, ttie people
stroll'n up and down thG passage-ways all
thie rrtukt'S ati interesting sieptacle, and the
leSson it conVOys Is that of i lie insignificance
of the individual, and the greatness of the
collective man. It tends to dwarf personal
vanity to be brought in close contact with
objects and products that represent humanity
at lurirci
Jt is a matter of pride and pleasure to re
cord that the t'nited States makes a noble
display. It was to be expected that our
people would in pianiity lead the exhihit
inif host, but It Is gratifying that in quality
and in workmanship, in line taste of display,
in the completeness of exhibits as represent
ing the Nation, the glory rests with the
t'nited States. There is nearly every thine
from hatchets and FcreWs tip'to the most
gorgeous silver work, and the tisofill ttnd or
namental are represented in all their diverse
aspects. It is only in one or two particulars,
so far as at present appears, that the foreign
department exceeds that of this country.
In mus'it-al instruments f pianos a Jd organs)
the I lilted States are so far flhexd of tli"ir
foreign competitors as to be above all com
parison, and it is gratifying; to know that all
the great recent improvements in these prod
ucts are of American orig'.n.
The large preponderance of the visitors so
far have been ladies. Nearly every man is ac
companied by two or three of the genller
scfc, and it lias become quite the fashion for
ladies to come and go without escort. The
French department is a peculiarly favorite re
sort of the ladles. There are many lliinus ex
hibited there which please the average fe
male eVe. It is rich in Jewelry, silver plate
and other delicate notions, and there are
magnificent articles of female attire which
naturally attract the female heart. Strange
to my, VVorth, the Paiisian nuin-inilliner, is
unrepresented, but some of his rivals iiuike
splendid exhibits. Among the dresses is cue
valued at -'.,000. No wonder men are fright
ened out of the notion of matiimony when
women can place a fortune like that upon
their backs.
There are some features about the Exhibi
tion which are nuisances and ought to he
abated. One of them is the sale of guide
books in the body of the building. The Com
missioners weie so anxious to secure all pos
sible sources of makinir money that a great
variety of miscellaneous licenses were grant
ed, and this, among them, is fast becoming
an unmiiigated bore.
A proposition has been made hy a Lon
don tirm of pyrotechnists to furnish a
supply of fireworks for the Fourth of
July for the trilling consideration of f'i"),
000. They agree to give the most mag
nificent display on record, and there is a
strong disposition on the part of the Coti
missioners to accept of the oiler. It is a
queer notion that Englishmen should manu
facture the wherewith to glorify the Centen
nial anniversary of our secession from their
country.
It is no secret that the anticipations of the
Commissioners in the matter of attendance,
since the opening-day have not been alto
gether realized. Not more than from 20,000
to 30,000 visitors have been the average, and
many are fearful of the result, aud predict
failure; but the more hopeful arc predicting
that later in the season, when the weather
gets colder, the crowds will be larger. It is
true that all the departments are not yet
completed. Kussia and Turkey will not be
fully prepared before the 15th of June. In
other respects the Main building is practi
cally finished, and the same is true of the
Art Gallery, Machinery Hall, Horticultural
Hall and the Government Building. Agricul
tural Hall will not be completed until June
10. It is thought the rush w ill begin about
June 1. and the hope is expressed that it will
continue until the close. The foreigners who
are here say that as it is, the exhibition is
far superior to that held at Vienna. They
congratulate the Americans on the magni
tude of tlie enteprise, and prophecy for it un
bounded success. The majority ot the peo
ple who are here at present, came merely to
stav temporarily.
Brazil sent 3.000.000 worth of diamonds
from the famous mines of Golconda, but the
Brazilian Commissioner did not care to give
a bond in the sum of bX!0,000 to iusure the
duty on those that might be sold, and it is
feared the people will not he able to sue such
a magnificent collection unless the customs
restrictions are removed.
The rolling chairs are becoming quite pop
ular. They are loaned, together with a push
er, at the rate of sixty cents ier hour, or
f 4.50 for a whole day, and many are avail
ing themselves of these vehicles.
Iuring the entire six mouths of the Inter
national Exhibition, working bees and apiar
ian apparatus, in all its ramiticattons, will be
on exhibition, and honey and wax as well.
But loan' rd additional opportunity to bee
keepers, it has been decided to have two spe
cial aispiavs Ol uoney ana wx, ma: juuc
to 15, and ex t. 25 lo Nov. 1. The continuous
exhibition w ill lie made in the large Agri
cultural building; the special exhibitions
will be made in ati adjoining structure, lo be
known as the agricultural building for spe
cial displays. The apiarian exhibition, com
mencing J'une 7, will be held in connection
with the display of strawberries, and that
commencing October ii5, iu connection w ith
the display of nuts.
An Empliatlc and Convincing; State
ment. Mr. Blaine made a statement under
oath lielore the House Committee yester
day concerning the package brought to
him lrom Arkansas by Robinson, and in
the most clear and convincing manner
explaiued that circumstance. The pack
age fetched ty Robinson contained va
rious maps and plats of certain coal
landa in Arkansas which Mr lilaine
had thought of investing in, and
contained no liomts of any kind. Fur
thermore, Mr. lilaine repeated under oath
his recent statement on the lloor of the
House in connection with the Arkansas
bond story, and when he liad finished
there was not a jcg left on which to hang
a doubt that the charges and rumors were
absolutely without foundation. L'iioigo
Tribune, JA'.y 27.
. -v s
It would be an interesting problem,
had we the means of working it out, to
find out how far our characters are formed
by surroundings, as physical qualities are
ailected hy climate.
Tlie'Shot-tiun" l'olirj.
The South lacks money, capital and
prosperity. It was lacking these tilings
when immigrants, since the close of the
war, were pouring by tlie ten thousand
into all arts of tlie West ; w hen the hand
of development was performing wonders
on our prairies; when Chicago a marvel
of recuieraiion was springing into new
existence from the ashes of her scarcely
paralleled coutlagration. It will lack
these things so long as the "shot gun"
policy shall continue to murder peace,
repose and "county throughout a whole
tier of States.
Industry, the foundation of all accumu
lations and of all material progress, never
did, ami never can, thrive where the lite
of the laborer and the rewards of exer
tion are unsafe. Law and order are es
sential to the production of wealth. With
out these guardians of society the utmost
profusion of natural resources will lie
neglecteel and remain unappropriated
treasures. It is so with the South. Taking
Chattanooga as a center, and embracing
the area within a radius of 150
miles, we shall find a modern
Ophir of diversified mineral opulence1.
Iron, copper, lead, gold, sulphate of
baryta, marble, coal, limestone, granite,
shite, timber these are only a partial list
ef the llatural treasures possessed by that
region in the mosi abundant quantities.
Translcr to almost any part of the North
reached by railroad facilities these vast re
sources of the soil, and it would not be
mntiy yea fa before tliey would la; so de
veloped that they would yield to tlie Stale,
in taxes alone, an amount equal to their
entire valuaiion where they now exist.
Capital WOUld pour in to liml in them
profitable investment ; an iinnu'tn-c popu
lation would cover them in every part ;
furnaces, forges, mills, factories, machine
shops would siKin rise in their neighbor
hood, and till the air with the whir, rattle,
clangor and prosperity of industry ; and
cities, towns, village, churches, schools,
newspaper, libraries and all the other at
tendants and accessories of a highly ad
vanced civilization would rapidly be ad
ded to lhc animated scene.
How long w ill it be before such a trans
formation shall make an exhibition of
marvels w ithin that richly endowed area
within the South V Xot until Uur, mid or
di r fi'ill rn'n. These are words of en
chantment. When they can be spoken in
all earnestness and truthfulness an incu
bus will vanish from a nhot-gun-blasted
country. It is the rclgn of shot-guns that
keeps the South poor. Capital and indus
try always fly from their murderous ami.
VY ealth has no sympathy for a state of in
security to life. Unless there is an end
of the negro killing that goes on from day
today, and lrom week to week; unless
there'is a stop put to tlie policy of ostra
cism and proscription which rules wilh
Inexorable but foolish severity ; unless law
and order shall be firmly established, coup
led w ith a sincere respect for the common
rights of society, and an observance of
good will, the unrestrained passions and
revengeful methods of the people will in
evitably complete the devastation wrought
by the war, by tumbling into ruins what
remains ot prosperity in the sanguinary
districts. Kvery advancing step of the
present scheme of destructive lolly must
rentier the task of recuperation more dif
ficult. When will the blind receive their
sight, that they may tee, and the deaf be
healed, that they may hear ? C'iir jo
I itter-Occtni.
The Case of Fltzlnigh.
We confess that we have some sympa
thy- with the ex Pool keeper of the House
of. Representatives. Fitzhugh is an in
jwYed man. He has lieen expelled from
his high place not for any wrung that he
has done, or any evidence that he has
given of incapacity, but merely tor the
crime of being touud out. He is just the
same representative Democrat now that
he was last Deeemlier whin they brought
him on from Texas and made him "a
biger man than old Grant." And the
House of Representatives has not learned
anything new about his character or his
abilitiesT Docs any one suppose that the
honorable members, when they used to
" break for him" on the floor, and tug at
his skirts, and cover him witli attentions,
did not know what sort of a man he was?
Mr. Cox, who was so fond of liini is it
conceivable that he did not understand
Fitzhugh The Kerrs, who had him to
tea, tlie scores of eminent Democratic
statesmen who lavisheel demonstrations of
aircclion upon him as long as he hud a
place to give away dtM?s anybody believe
that the revelations of the celebrated Let
ter to a Friend in Texas surprised them?
Not a bit. They were not deceived in
Fitzhugh; they never would have discov
ered impropriety iu him if his letter had
not set the country laughing, not so much
at him as at them. And so, feeling
themselves ridiculous, they solemnly re
solve that Mr. Fitzhugh is not a proper
person to guard their gates, snd bid him
go away somewhere and keep out of sight.
We are not surprised lhat Mr. Fitzhugh
refuses to lie suppressed in this unjust and
summary manner. He is what nature,
the State of Texas and the Democratic
party made him no worse now than he
was when the House of Representatives
chose him as the most senseless and fit
man to lie doorkeeper; and he declares
that for the outrage and insult put upon
him the members who voted to depose
him shall pay dear. He has cart-loads of
incriminating " d.cuments." He will
have us to know that he was not always
driving the spanking pair of horses, or
taking tea at Mr. Kerr's, or embracing
Mr. Cox. He kept his eyes w ide open
and his fingers always limber, and he has
laid away many a bit ol scandal inai win
make a sensation when he unloads his
budget Mr. Fitzhugh announces that he
is now about to tell all he knows, and that
as a consequence several members of the
Housewill be comjielled to retire perma
nently from Washington society. Mr.
Fitzhugh is quite right. Justice and self
respect" alike require that lie should let
the world know what sort of persons his
censors are; and if Congress is injured by
Ihe disclosure, Congress will have only
itself to thank for it. JV Y. Tribune.
Iletter or Worse.
investigating committers in full blast,
each anxious to discover something diss
creditable to the party in power, ha
found scarcely anything it can justly con
dciuil the Republicans t'ir. I li'lkii.ip's
ca. f was one that the Republican are in
no w ay responsible lor, and might Irivo
occurred just ns easily under a I trim a-rut ic
reijime. The public priming has cost ton
tench, and the State ship is barnacled
w ith adventurers and letngers on, just as
all administrations are. It ii an old prov
erb that wlicrc the carcass Is the vultures
always gather. Really, considering the
immense sums of money the Repulilii-uis
have raised and handled, (he tring cir
cumstances in which I hey have been
placed, and tlie large number of men they
have been forced to call into the public
service, it is surprising that they have
made so few bad blunders, and that they
can show so clean and clear a record. The
Democrats held ollice in this city a dozen
years, and the country knows the conse
quences. The history of the Tannii-iny
rrtjime is a National disgrace. That
Democratic organization and its members
and retainer" roblad the city of at least a
hundred millions, mid entailed jobs and
contracts covering some twenty millions
more. It corrupt""! the politics ol the
S'ate, so that the Legislature has not yet
recovered from the demoralization. In
comparison with the frauds tied vih ncss
of the Tammany rule In this city, the Re
publican Administrations of the last six
teen years are above praise.
Il is easy to launch thunderbolts of in
dignation at corrupt practices, and grow
eloquent in denouncing the degeneracy of
the times. There are plenty of abuses
that should be corrected. There is
abundant scop,; and reason for relorm in
both our National and Municipal (lovcrn
mcfils. We must bear in mind that a gieat
era in our history is just drawing to n
close. We have hardly yet recovered
from the cllccts of the greatest war of
modern times, and the emancipation of
.',000,000 slaves, with the consequent
change of lhc entire industrial sy stem of
half the Nation. The demoralization and
speculation we complain of so loudly arc
very Largely the results of the vast revolu
tion the country has gor.e through and is
onlv just emerging from. Thy art:
neither Republican nor Democratic, but
the results of circumstance for which
neither party is entirely responsible. And
instead of giving way to the cxtiavagam e
which characterizes so many of the par
tisan attacks on the Republic ans, we
should take these circumstances into tin;
account and compare what they have
done with w hat oilier pari it s have done.
What other party in history, placed under
circumstances of so much embarrass
ment, h.xs done so much and so well ?
Impartial history will record that while
no other has ever done better many have
done w orse. A . Vt (! nifiln V.
(ireal Results r the Nncz Canal.
M. UK Lkst.ps has just returned foj'aris
from his live-mouths)' trip In Suez, and
on taking his seat in the Academy ol
Sciences gave some details concerning
his observations. He has found thai
I'ort Said is in no danger w hsitrvcr ot
being filled up with sand, and that then;
is no need of prolonging the piers as pro
posed. That operation might prove a
source of danger, (or one single pier
there might change tin1 current in a very
marked 'way. The dredging -nun bine
made for the1 company woiks regularly
and well, and sullices to keep the channel
clear. Moreover, it docs not fill up as
rapidly as supposed, lor the work done
last year is still free, from sand, and two
very large ships have recently pi'ssed
through the canal without difficulty. One
was tiie Serapis, 5,110 tons burden; tho
other an English frigate drawing over
twenty feet of water. As for the course of
the current in the canal , a matter d iscusscd
by a great many people, there is no longer
doubt. During the winter the excess of
water in Ihe Jiiticr lakes runs into the
canal, causing the current to set in toward
the Mediterranean; but during the sum
mer, when these lakes are lowered by
evaporation, the current runs in an oppn
site direction. M. de Lesscps states one
important fact: Formerly rain was un
known on the Red Sea, but since the
building of the canal there are showers
about once a fortnight. Tins mis Marled
vegetation up even upon the Asiatic side,
w here the infiltration is only of salt w ater.
The study of the ancient geography and
history of that section has bea n begun
again hy order of the Khedive. Recently
pieces of splendid monuments were found
uHn the site of one of the old cities ot
Khamses. M. de Lesseq s laid two speci
mens In-fore the academy, "nc was a
young siiark with the umbilical cord,
which attached it to tiie mother, still in
tact ; the other, some oyster-shells, taken
from a bed fourteen feet it hove the level ot
the sea. These details appear trilling,
but they are important to the savaus.
Funerals in 1 77b.
Ft'NKUAi.s touched weddings at the point
of feasting, and were often expensive,
showy and pompous occasions. In some
parts of the country, especially among the
Dutch of Long Island and New Voik, it
w as the custom for a young man to lay by
his earnings after coining of age until a
sufficient sum had accumulated to provide
for him a " respectable" funeral when he
should come to die. Oftentimes the young
burgher would reserve half of the portion
of wine which he had liberally laid
in for his mairiage, to be used tit the
funeral of himself or his wile. Special
invitations were sent out lor funerals
as for parlies. The clergymen, pall
bearers and physicians attending were
provided with scarfs and gloves, and
sometimes each with a mourning ring ;
while the feast whic h followed Ihe inter
ment, at the house of the relatives of the
dec eased, elaborate with cold roast meats,
wines, liquors and pipes, was not untre
quently an occasion ot coarse excises,
somelliuc-s oe.sc enuiiig into iiu.u
noisy demonstrations. A "respectable"
funeral of this desi ription miuht cost per-
haps 11,000, while the Mineral ot tin- m-i
w ile of the Hon. Stephen Van Rcii- laer
is said to have cost not less than f ."'l,'"'o.
Edirard Abbott' a " lecrtutiioiry J u" .
The Republicans have been in power
sixteen years. They took a demoralized
Government when the country was on the
verge of one of the greatest civil wars the
world has ever known. They raised im
mense armies for the defense of the I'nion,
created all the requisite machinery for car
rying on a gigantic war, obtained the
necessary money on fair conditions, con
quered the rebellion, emancipated :3,0OO,
000 slaves, reconstructed a dozen reticl
lious States, enfranchised the frecdnien,
built a railroad to the Pacific, and put the
Nation in a condition to celebrate its Cen
tennial w ith sentiments of patriotic and
fraternal pride. During these sixteen
years 1 hey have raised and expended bill
ions of dollars, for different purposes, and
oftentimes by machinery that bad to lie
extemporized to meet a pressing exigency.
Vet in all this there have been but few
serious losses and blunders. It is quite
surprising, when the cculiar and unpre
cedented circumstances ol the case are
taken into tlie account, that so little money
has been lost or misapplied, that there
have been so few frauds and defalcations,
and that so few officers have proved dere
lict. They discovered and exposed the
Credit-Mobilier scandal, and expelled
from public life the men implicated in it.
They have shown a creditable desire to
discover malfeasance in ollice ami cor
rect abuses. And the Democratic House
of Representatives, with its thirty-eight
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