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i !( IJRut&L p AUvei;tI$iii&:. KD -CLOUD CHIEF. J Chief. Oaic95. jwr ... tlj Half - .... . i Ojurts" t flJ gbsft Jrtlt3at. b4 kirrrtiicxi! fr Uts Ub taaa tw jw. are a4t to a special roaimi. Lcl anJSd UHk! NeU I3ts.t stlaCsr fcrst tsserUsa, sat i rrat fe? rash ret-?at interna. Legal airrrtUiex j aUtats frier. ftastara card t$ pr Tr. TVs are Mir totcaa rto, asl soo?Jrtr Unsa will lc jtTra. jr. .PCBUSKKD WEEKLY AT BED CLOUD, NESKASKA. - M. BI. -W-AJE21TBR, RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, DECEMBER :!0, 1875. 's VOLUME III. NUMBER 20. KUItor and Proprietor. s fc . . mn The Red ClIoud s H i J. A e tiENKRAL MEWS CONDENSE! The Minnesota Supreme C.)urt de cide that the law taxing saloon keepers $10 each for the building ot a $25,000 inebriate asylum is constitutional. The weather predictions of the Signal Service, deduced from data furnished by 107 signal stations for the last year, show that eighly-acven per cent, of them hare been verified. John Campbell, alias Plug Campbell, alias Win. Burke, was arretted at Buffa lo, December 12 h, charged with the murder or Peter Weblcban, in Detroit, on the 3d of Decerning. The body of a woman, fearfnlly cut and stabbed, was found in a field, Dec. 14th, on the outskirts of Brooklyn, N. Y. A cigar-maker's knife was found near tho body. No further clue. The Kentucky State Orange have patted a resolution favoring government aid to the Texas Pacific Railroad, and asking Kentucky Representatives in Congress to use every effort to eecurc that aid. The Chicsgo Timet of December 8:h, has a special giving an accouBt of a fght near Vicksburg, between a band of 75 white men and a band of 200 negroes, in which the captain and five men of the latter were killed. A German woman in ot. Louis, named Duentz, while making some medicine on a stove, December 10th, was burned to u crisp by her clothes taking fire. She shortly after died. Her husband in his attempt to save her, was so badly burned that he too will die. The failure f Frtclnud, Harding & Loomis, extensive wholesale clothing dealers in Boston, have failed, with estimated liabilities of $750,000. C. M. Frceland, special partner, is also reported failed, having endorsed for the firm for half a million dollars. Gen. Hendeison, who has been in the employ of the government in prosecuting the whisky cases in St. Louis, has beea discharged, and Col. James O. Broad head, one of the leading lawyers of the St. Louis bar, appointed to continue the prosecutions. Much excitement seems to prevail among the employes of tbo Western Union Telegraph Company in conse quence of a contemplated reduction ol wages, to take effect on and after Jan uary 1st. A reduction of from 5 to 25 -per cent: took place on the 1st of August, and now a further reduction, ranging 2J to 25 per cent, is said to have been decided on at a recent meeting of the executive board. A ttunk containing $15,000,000 worth ot bond?, was stolen from an express wagon in New York a few nights ago. The bonds were in the care of the min ister from Guatemala. They were to be used as part of the payment due to the United States government. The minister, Senor Don Vicente Dardon, was ou his -way to Washington, and when the rob jery was made known to him he tell in a faint and required meiical assistance to restore him. He said the bonds could not be replaced. One man was arrested charged with participation in the rob bery. A, shooting affray occurred at Owens- !oro, Ky., December 13th, between Geo. Murphy and a butcher named William Itchier. Four shots were fired, three by McAler and ono by Murphy. Mc Alcr's last shot struck Murphy above the eye and killed him instantly. Mur phy's shot struck McAler in the left breast sear the nipple and caused his death is about ten minutes. The cause of the difficulty was a dispute about a debt of $3. Murphy had caused the arrest of McAler about one month since, and McAler published Murphy as a dead beat. Several murders have recently oc curred at Mahoney City and Gilbertaon, Pa., by masked men. They entered the house of Charles O'Donnell, and seizing and binding him they carried him back -of the house where he was ahot dead. A man named McAllister was also taken from his Louse amd shot. A sister of McAllister was also murdered. The saurderers are auppoaed to be Molly Msguires. No reason is given by the people in the neighborhood for the Woody deed. Upon examination it wai discovered that Cbss. O'Donnell had re ceived fourteen bullet, and that aa at tempt had been made to bare the body. Mrs. McAllister, daughter of Mrs. O'Deaeell, was shot and instantly killed. While following the molrFnuik Wen rich, a merchant in good standing at Mahoney City, was arrested as being &eeeof the men. The Agricultural Reports for Novem ber and December say that the Novem ber returns indicate that the corn crop of 1875 was one of the largest ever grown in this country; probably equal- in the very large crops of 1870 and 1172. It is at least one-fourth greater than the crop ot 1869. Every section of the Union reports some increase.' The potato crop is axtrordinary in both pro- dict and quality. The yield in the die . tokts reported is oae-foarth greater seen last year ie. the rainy section. The sweet potato crop entered in yield and 5"j excessive moisture in the K Steins, aad west of tne tttsiMa mt yield lastly exceeds that of last jw1k4mikkibetavnrace. FOREIGN NEWS. A. A. Morlet & Co, merchant of London, have failed with liabilities -timatcd at $550,000. Padre Palacois,thc priest who wast lie cause of the outrage?, murders and in cendiarisms at San Mignel, in Salvador, has been condemned to death by a mili tary tribunal. A special from Berlin says that it is considered probable in St. Petersburg that Russia will propose an International Conference in the Suez canal question, and if her demand is refused she will claim the freedom of the action in the East. The Vieuna Ne Fres Press is in formed that the Porte will make an ex traordinary levy of 100,000 men In the sprint: for the suppression of the insur rection in Herzegovina. Egypt will send biui in addition 22,000, and Tunis 8,000 men. The boiler of a tug boat near the steamship Moscl at Bremen exploded, December llth. The Mosel was just ready to sail for New York, having cm barked her passengers. Fifty persons were kil'ed outright, aad many were injured. The Mosel was so badly damaged that she could not sail. In the explosion on board of the Mo sel at Bremen 57 persons wcr killed, and 33 wounded, the majority being resident ot Bremen who went down to the dock as spectators of the shipment of passengers. The man who delivered tho box of dynamite had planned that the explosion should take placo on the ocean during the vojage of the vessel outward. A report comes from Bremer that the passenger who ut temp toil to commit suicide, and whose name is Thomas, had confessed that thero was another case of explosive material on board tho Mosel, that it was provided with clock work apparatus which was timed to explode in eight days, when the Mosel would be in mid ocean ; that he intended to land at Southampton. His object was to destroy the steamer so that he could claim a large insurance which he had affected. But later dispatches from Bremen pronounce the horrible story untrue. The case spoken of has been opened by the police and found to con tain nothing explosive or dangerous. A report from Lima, Peru, says, that in tearing dowu one of the walls ot the old' Bah Aintrcis TIoopUkT, the ttJoa found that the wall was hollow and filled with human remaius. Between four and five thousand skeletons were discovered The hospital was built in 1557, under the protection of the Mar ques of Candeledon, Andreas Huntado, and by advice of the Spanish priest Molina. Since then to the present timo it has been employed for charitable and humane purposes, for which it was instituted. How the skeletons came to be there is not known. The impression prevails that tho bones belong to victims of the inquisition. They appear to be from 150 to 200 years old, and from their appearance lead to the belief that the bodies were thrown into the opening between the walla. Skeletons appear to be clothed, and dresses, boots and shoes are found mixed with large quantities of women's hair. A portion of the Spanish missal has also been found, but nothing of any value. United States Postal Statistics. The following table shows the number of postoffices, miles of post roads, reve nues aad expenditures ot the postal de partment of the government r.t different periods in its history. No7" Post Offices, Miles Post Road. Year. Revenues. Expenditures I 37,935 00 $ S2.14M0. 231.904.00 151,681.00 1,111,937.00 1,919.300.00 495,969.00 1,959,109.00 1,160.984.00 4,718,395.84 5,212,953.41 1174,772.89 23,998,837.61 29,084,945.67 4.548,422.9 M99.96e,SS 9.21S.067.40 19.772.230.65! 22,996,741-57 Industrial. Iowa Patkkt Office, Dm Ifourxa, Dec 13, '75. ( The West is represented in the list of U. 8. Pateats issued Nov. 33d, by the following: Druggista Filters and Funnels. A. E. Gsrrisoa, Newton, Kansas. Bstween the, removable strainers a cbMber is formed for the reception of filtering material. Geographical Clocks. Samuel J. Wallace, Ksokms:, Iowa. Car Couplings. Jacob BrinkertoJl, a. B. Bennett, ana la jrayeue-cwwr, DnbHaue. Iowa. . Ta-iddlinasPmrinera. John F. Gan- dolto, Dubuquevldwa: As naiddUngs pass first ,ovnr tne sieve, thence upon and over a coarse sieve! they are snbject to a current of SrSroihih eack kood which carries ofT the Impurities. - . Tools for Puttie Brass on Wut Fences. TOlisat Dnlin, Big Grove, IOSbntarineBoclc Chisels. A. J. Whit .ey, Sandusky, Iowa. QmQm Solicitor of Patents, fl randw of M UnkmOWn fonnd ner the Ice in a slot fonr aikn tbnth of cilHmiDec-e K llth. 17S0 75 L8T5 1800 903 30,817 lSlOr 2,300 SG.070 18S0 4,590 7M9J 1690 8,450 115,178 180 13,484 1S,7 185S 18,417 178.672 1880 28,488 S40,5l 1878 M92 351,232 1873 33,344 256210 THE XLIV CONGRESS KraATK Thursday. Pee. .- Tlic standing and select committers were announced thin morning, aa follows: rriviKed and Election -Morton, Chairman; Logan, Mitchell. Waoldajti, Cameron of Wiscon sin. McMillan. Saulsbnrr, Mcrriman. andCoopcr. KorelRii llclalion Cameron or Pennsylvania, Cualman: Morton, lUinliu. IIowc, Frellnghny wn. Coukllar, JCcCrecrr, Bogy, and Eaton. Finance Sncrman, Chairman; Morrill of cr mont, Kerry, Krelinshnrren. Logaa, Koutwcll, Jones of Nevada, Uavarii. and Kernan. Appropriation Morrill of Maine. Chairman; lariwUor, West, Sargent, Alllion, Doner, Jatl, fVlther, and Wallace. IJontwcIl, Cameron 01 wucontin. ucrniiue, Mc Millan, lUnKim, Dennir, and McDousld. Manufactures -KoberUon, Chairman; Booth, Brace, English, and Wallace. .Agriculture FrcllBghuyen, Chairman; Rob ertson, Ilarver, Davis, nd Jordan. Military Affair Logan, Chairman; Cameron of Pennsylvania, Bponcer. Clarion, Wadleigh, Bornsidc, Gordon, Itandolph. and Cockertll. Naval Affalra Cragln. Chairman; Anthony, Morrill of Maine, Sargent, Conover. Norwood, and Whyie. Jndlclary Edmunds, Chairman: Conkllng, Frelftghuyscn, Wright, Howe, Thurman and Ste venson. - .-" , . l'oetofflccs and Post Kosd Hamlin. Chair man; Kerry, Dorscy, Jones of Nevada, Dawes, Paddock, Makcy, and Keycs. Public Laiida Oglcsby, Chairman; Windom, rTarrey, Ilamilton. Paddock, Booth, Kelly, Mc Donald, and Jones of Florida. Private Land Claims Thurman. Chairman; Bayard, tSozr, JCdmunds, and Chriftlancy. Indian Affairs Allison, Chairman: Oglcsby, Morrill of Maine, Ingalls, Claxton, Bogy, and McCrccry. Pensions IngelK Chairman; Allison, Hamil ton, Booth, Bruce. McDonald, and Withers. Kevolutlotnry Claims Stevenson. Chairmin; Johnston, tioldlhwaltc, Morrill of Vermont, and Wright. Claims Wright, Chairman; MitrhclJ. Wad leigh, Chrlatiancy, McMillan, Cameron ol Wis consin, Cai'.crton, Cockerill, and Joucs of Florida. District of Columbia Spencer, Chairman; Hitchcock. Dsrscy, Ingalls, Robertson, Merrlman, aud English. Patents Wadlelgh, Chairman; Windom; Dawes, Johnoton, and Herman. Public Buildings and Grounds Morrill of Ver mont, tfhalrman; Cameron of Pennsylvania, Paddock, Cooper, and hylc. Terri lanes Hitchcock. Chairman, Crajiln, Pat terson. Chrlsliancy, Sharon, Cooper, and Maxcy. Itailroads West, 1 hairman; Hitchcock, Cra gin, Howe, Hamilton, Mitchell, Dawes, Hansom, Kelly, Capcrton, and Eaton. Mines aud Mining Sargent, Chairman; Ham lin, Alcorn, Harvey, Sharon, Goldtlwa'.te, end Itandolph. Revision of Laws of United Statcs-Boutwell, Chairman; AJcorn, Chrlatiancy, Capcrton and Wallace. KiKllMUmi VV-VA25. .. m., f..... Education and LslHir Patterson, trnairraan; Morton, Morrill or Vermont, Burnslde, Bruce, Sharon, Gordon, Maxcy, and Keycs. Civil Service and Retrenchment Clayton, Chairman; Wrisiht, Oglcsby, Alcorn, Patterson, McCreery, and Randolph. To Audit and Control Continent Expenses or Senate Jones of Nevada, Chairman; Dawes, and Dennis. Prluting Anthony, Chairman; Sherman, anu Saulsbury. , Library Howe, Chairman; Edmnnds, and Ransom. Ob Rules -Terry. Chairman; Hamlin, andMcr riman. Engrossed Bills Bavard, Chairman; Withers, and Anthony. Enrolled Bills-Conover, Chairmin ; liobcrl son and Ke! ley. . On Levees of Mississippi River Alcorn, Chair man; Clayton, Harvey, cooper, and Cockerill. To Examine the several Branches of the Civil Service Bontwcll, Chairman; Conkllng, Alli son, Merrlman, and Eaton. On Transport ation Route to the Seaboard Windom, Chairman: Sherman, West. Conover, Mitchell, Burnslde, Norwood, Uavis, and John son. . , , It was ordered that the bills and memorials pre sented yesterdav bo taken fiom the table and re ferred to appropriate committees. Senator Ingalls presented tne petition of the widow of A. t. Short, asking an appropriation of $10,000, com pensation for the toss of her hnsbandho was killed by Indians while surveying linds in Ktn sas. .Referred to committee on Indian Ansir. VorlrmB inrmottl wn yn,,1l t rcfern-d. Bills were Introduced as follows: To amend an act creating a tribunal to adjudicate the Geneva award; to extend the duration 01 me courx iur the adjudication or claims arising out or the Genera award; to amend the act or July -. 18fil, to aid In the construction of a rllroad and tele graph line from the Missouri river to the Paciilc Ocean. These bills were referred to appropriate committees. Some minor business was transacted, after which tho Senate went Intj executive tession, nd then adjourned. Housk. Friday, Dee. It). Resolution adapted adding to the committees of the House a commit tee of eleven to bo known as committee on the Mississippi Levees. So much or the Pieaidcnfa message as refers to the Centennial waa referred to a select committee of thirteen. Leave was asked to introduce and put upon its passage a bill to repeal so ranch of the act of March, 1875, ai eas been construed to;eercrthc postage on printed matter. After some debate the House adjourned till Tuesday next. Kkwatk Vondav. Dee. 13. Memorials on vari ous subjects presented and referred. Senator Wright introduced a bill declaring the trne in tent and meaning of :he Union Pacltlc railroad acts, which was referred to the Judiciary Com mittee. Senator Uavis submitted a resolution citing the law requiring reports to bo made to Congress annually or all persona Indebted to the gorernracntna list of defaulters aad the amount of delalca'ions, etc., and calling upon the Secre tary of the Treasury to inform the Senate why such reports have not been made. After some ii..tiP rMaintiosi was laid over to be printed. RcsolaUoa agreed to instructing the committee on Foreign Affairs to Inquire into the expediency of providing by general law for the extradition of iugltlYea from Justice, and also the proprlcty or remains; aajlnms to fugitive criminals and removlne them from the country. Bill intro- dsced attaching the Territory of Alaska to and making It a part of Washlngtoa Territory, ana IUU providing roria civil governraens iucjl-iu. jm- He- rcrrew. auo a uu w aumonze van oumsuu or a pontoon brithre across the Mississippi river Irom some feasible point in BuSalo county, v is cousin, to some feasible point in Winona county, Minnesota. Relcrrcd.. Also a bin to amend Sec tion 6133 of the Revised Statutes of the United States permitting the National uaara to organ' lro with a capital of $50,000 In towns, irrespective a capital of $5a,am towns, irrespective or Ttonntation. it ttrovmea inai no national no national LiSSSS&r&tofhoif ship, held in service, taken ferred. Also a bill introduced to forfeit certain public lands granted to aid in the oastatmctlon of railroad 'and telegraph lines lrs-ns the States o; Missouri and Arkansas to the Padsc coast. Re ferred. BUI Introduced to extaad the time for Sling claims additional to boanty under act of Jaly 28. 1866. Referred. Ala a Mil to revise snen statutes aa forbid the payment of accounts, claims and demands therein named, and all laws and claasea or laws forbidding tho payment thereor. Referred. Some time was taken up In the tn-naactlon of minor business when the Senate held a short ex ceptive session, and then adjonmed. Swsxn Tuesday, Dee. 14. PcUtlons were presented asking a commission to enquire into the liquor traffic Also a memorial from citizens ( Wisconsin for an appropriation to complete the -Ita river improvement, and for the con struction or a canal along the Wisconsin river from Portage City to the Mississippi river. The Judiciary Committee renorted a bill to extend the dotation of the Coait of Commissioners of the Alabama Claims six months. The bill passed. . The chair laid before the Senate the motion of West of Loalslina, to grant the re Meet or McMillan to withdraw hia claims to a aeat.tn.tke 1 estate aa tSenator from Louisiana. After some debate the request to withdraw was agreed to by yeas 30, nays aS. Mr. Allison Introduced a bill to amend Section j M the Indian annropnauoa Mil, approved Smh,lSn,UTEard to the bonds of Indian amjte. Referred; committee on Foreign Kela rz . UOSI one reported favorably on Senate hill aathor- iia X. P. Marsh to accent nresenu from the terarnments or Switzerland and Italy. After executive session the senate adjosrned. IIocaK. Tinder .the icall of the State sersral TiUto mnlatnutaiiit.nl rrlrrrrrt Mr. Blala Inueamced a reaotauoa proposing a coasutn tloaal amendment that no State sbaRmake any law respecUagthe eeUhlL-hmeat ofrrtliglon or nrohibUiactthe free exercise thereof; aleepro Tidiac that no tax recelpta om pnolkt lana act aaidelbr nahUc echecJs shall ever te nndtrUe control of any reUneas aect, and that no each. moarjirr'T-r ahml he divided among any re- jJTfllBdwT;-r--- a raeaintiowthat In all. nberdfnate appetatmenta nader joy 'of the oSI ceraefthe HoMsy that weemded soHaera who at mt dieiVedafrom perfermance of duty, tMaMaeanfetnid. Mr. Cox earned an im sni MttTdecurlac that all crUxeaa ef the TJawn Ianw a. ,.! !" , ri"" aiiMnd'ammmtnTMtTrT maaDrTeterred te the ceemmlttee en Accent, hy yjeeav ef ml a ralatl waa aswpvea MauiUOSMnw Sf. T:3 unauaanea- cent public service at an rxocBMiMt exceeding lii) 001)0) annually. JtesolntloM weie intro duced against subsidies and graatfef laad to rail roads ; to amend tec law rcspesMsg third class mailable matter; in favor ol repealing the act for resumption or specie paysact. A bill was iurodoccdto restore the franklac privilege for tan Congressional R;corU and pottle doc a. cats: also a bill to divide the State oCMichlgan into three judicial disiric s and tettullsh the Northern District or Michigan. Mr. Wllsor, of Jowa offered the ftnlowing reo lntion which was rcttrredto thecoamlitce on Railroads: Sttolud, That it is the dnty of Congress to regulate commerce on .intcr-SUtc railroad by appropriate legislation, so that ailpssfaral. com mercial, and other industrial intmats may be protected from extortion and disrio.lntlon. Mr. Oliver offered a resolution tastrucUng the committee on Coinage to inquire what proceed ing should be taken on the part of the United States with a view to the establishment ot a uni form decimal ot weights, roeaaam and coins throughout the civilized world. IM erred. The following bills were intro6aed: lnor the erection of government buildings at Leaven worth; to enable the people of Utah to form a constitution aad State goTcrnamit. aaS to ad mit Utah into the Union aa a State; for the elec tion of governors and other Territorial otlccn by the people: to aid the WasblBjtto, Cincinnati r St. Loats R. R. Co., to craatraot-a Barrow eange railroad tmm M Sumter MtSt. Lc&4i4 CaTcago. The Senate bill extending the duration oftss Alabama CommisIon,(ra taken up and passed. The House adjourned. SwuxiUrW edntiday, Dtc. 15. Resolutions were submitted, asjollowe: Appointing five Senators to visit Louisiana to inquire into the circumstances attending the late election; de claring the United States a nation, and the doc trine that a State has the right to secede froa the Union as inconsistent with the Idea of na tionality; rtqucstins the Secretary of the Treas ury to transmit to the Senate copies of letters, telegrams, orders and instructions, relating to the prosecution of alleged infractions of the rev enue laws at St. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee, if not incompatible with the public, interest'; that tho rules of the Senate and House in force at the close of the lat session of Congress, be and the same are hereby adopted as the joint rules of the two Huusea lor tho present session; to amend the lijth rule of the Senate so that bills may be introduced without previous notice ; in structing committee on contingent expenses to report wtat amendments to the compensation, if auy, are due to the contestants, Wm. :L. McMil lan and John "Ray, claimants to the swat In the Senate for the unexpired term of W. P. Kellogg, and to Wra. L. McMillan as claimant for the term commencing May. 1673. Memorials were presented asking a commis sion to Inquire into the manufacture and sale of liquors; alo a memorial from citizens of Louisville for an approprlatl jn to purchase a building for the United States Courts lo that city. HoUnE. Resolutions were introduced as fol lows: For prompt legislative measuns to pro vide for tho 1 return to specie payment: dlrectlnc the Secretary of War to furnish ,a Hot of claims landing in the Quartermaster General's Depart ment; against subsidies to corporations; against u third Presidential term; instructing committee on Banking and Currency to report a bill repeal' ing tne Nat tloual BanklnirLaw and eubstitntlnc ual Banking Law and substitnting paper money issued directly Irom Treasury; sbollsbin-' the committee ou fcrccdmen's Affairs. The last resolution was agreed to, and the others referred. Bills were introduced as follows: To amend the law relating to postage on third class matter, providing that from January 1, IsTO. post age on pamphlets, taanslent newspapers, periou lcals and magazines, etc.. shall be one cent for every two onnces or .fraction thereof. Referred. Also a bill to remove all political disabilities re maining by virtue of the 3d Section of the 14th article ot tho amendment to the constitution; also a bill donating 4 condemned cannou anduu cannon balls to the Ladies Monument Asso ciation, Alleghany county. Pa. Passed. Also a bill to it crease the pay or men at the Life-Saving Stations. To extend the observations of the Sig nal Service so as to beactit the public health. To consolidate the I onaeddebt of the United States. To repeal the acta prohibiting government pay ments to persons not known to have been op posed to tho rebellion. Referred. Appropriating $1,000,000 for deepening the channel of the Mis souri river irom Slonx City to the mouih of the river. Kcduclag the salary of the President of the United States after the 4ih of March, 1877. Bill authorizing the appointment of commis sioners to ascertain on what terms a mutually bcnencUI treaty or commerce between the people of the United States and Canada can be nego tiated. Af'er some minor business theJlousc ad journed nutn Frldayt """' Senate Thurtday, Dee. 1C Varlons mcraorl als were presented and ro erred. Tec following bills were Introduced; To provido for tho ap pointment of a commission on the subject of alco holic liquor traffic; to authorize the appointment of special ifgents to investigate frauds under the pension law; donating the military reservation at Ft. Smith to the citv of Ft. Smith, for free school purposes. These bills referred. A reso lution was Introduced Instructing committee on Privileges and Elections to investigate aa to the election of George Spencer, as Senator from AlftDama, nnu to ascertain ir corrupt means were used to secure his election. The resolution aficr some debate waa acrecd to. The resolution waa called up providing for a special committee ot five Senators to inquire Into the circumstances attending the recent election in Mississl ppl. De bated aud referred. The concurrent resolution from the House, providing that when the two Houses adjourn on Monday next, it be to meet azaln Tuesday, January 4. 1S70, was taken up and amendod by Inserting S cdnesday, the 5th, and as amcndcd,was adopted. A Strang Stery. They tell this story of a man in Loudon, who, some years ajjo, lost, then foutitl, then lost again, a very respectable fortune, in a most ioman tic manner. lie wa3 a sailor, and, engaging in the Napoleonic wars, was one of the crew which took a very valuabio prize. His own share amounted to a large sum, He went to the proper officer, and received his golden guineas in a large leathern bag. Proceeding along the street, he noticed that his shoe string was untied. He put his kig of gold upon a post, and bent over to tie it. At that moment he , . , . .. . hnrriprf off "aa eeuwi "j r.w e ol prisoner by the Moors, and kept in bondage by them for many years. His story of the bag of gold wes laughed to scorn. Meanwhile a man came along, found the bag, advertised it as found, and, having nosatislactory response, used it to set himself up as a banker. He thrived; time passed on; in forty years he retired, rich. One day an old man called upon him, and claimed the bag ot gold. The sailor had returned, had heard by ohiccc of the advertise ment, had hunted it up, end found the finder. The latter told him that if he could come the next day he should have his money, with compound interest added. The sailor went away, and nTer returned; and to this day it is a mystery what became of him, or why he never went bach to get his own. Ladies, yon may friz jour hair, do it up high, let it down low, have it nanginr on your backs, 'scrambled overyear forehead, "banged into your eyes puffed up at the sides, worn waterfall style, tied up in a doughnut, or any other way you may pleate, and it will be all right for Fashion says so. Two sons ef JErin wut standing hj a hydraalic press, -whesv one called oat to the other, "Jim, I'd like to pet ye under I I d cqnane the devil out o'ye." "Wosdd itolTe.indde.mv bovP wa the tk lisrnaae the devil owt d ye. and there'd 'Uuii,.. Wra vw5...'. OUR LETTER FROM EXJLlSD. Mauarhrater The- Cotton Mills ami the Mill People Thw OM Factory Laws The Cham plea lKg of KncUaU l'omaaa Palaeo Visit lag- a lfel htlae, aad a Wire Factory. BT K. T. STABECK. There are thousands of men, ruinea and children, working in the cotton and other mills at Manchester, but the gov ernment hrs them in charge, and they are amply protected. Whatever of op pression, poverty and suffering which if said to have prevailed here a half cen tury ago is not apparent now. The em ployers have not changed; they are juat as selfish and human as they were then. But the inexorable law of this country has stretched forth its iron hand over them, and iae least deviation from the path of prescribed action closes tho mer ciless fingers upon them. The ope ratives get to work at 6 o'clock; have breaktast between seven and eight, quit at one, recommence at two, and ceaso for good at half past five or six o'clock. If a manufacturer should keep them a minute over time, an-1 was reported, he would be promptly hoisted in front of the nearest magistrate, and subjected to a fine of $250, with the additional dis comfort ot having his name anil offense paraded in print. As to wages, the children earn from a dollar to a dollar utid a half per week; the women from two to four dollars, and the men from tire to seven dollars. The women and children wear a coarse shoe with a heavy wooden sole, and when the hundreds and thousands pass over the pavement to and from work, the click ing of the wooden sole.is almost deaf ening. They, as well as all Lancashire working people, have an unfortunate habit of nick-naming; and so popular become these titles that men have been known to almost forget their surname?, while their neighbors entirely lost sight of them. If a man's given name is Tom, he is called so by everybody, to the complete exclusion of his family name. If he has a son the son's name and the father's arc blended. For in stance. If the son's name is Bill, he is known and ever spoken of or aIdres?:d as Bill of Tom, and so on. In the entrance of every factory is hung a printed card bearing the names of the national inspector of factories, the district inspector, and the certifying eurgcon: also the name ot the public clock by which the hours of work arc regulated; alio the hotirs for" mealsTund the following abstract of factory laws, which 1 reproduce here for the gratifica tion of the curious, interested, and philanthropic. It will also furnish my readers with a clue to what used to be the order of things in Manchester a hnlf a century ago : No person under eighteen can be em ployed until his or her name has been entered in the proper register. No person under sixteen can be cm ployed for more than seven days without a surgical certificate. No child can be employed under eight years of age. Ho boy unuer ten can oe employed in brick, works. No child under eleven can be em ployed in i rinding in the metal trades. No chiM under eleven can be cm ployed in Fustian cutting. No lKy under twelve can be employed iu any part of a glass factory in which the process of grinding or annealing glass is carried on. No child under thirteen can be em ployed for more than six and a half hours per day or before one p. m. or alter twelve at noon, and not both morn ing and afternoon of the same day. Every child under thirteen must at tend school daily, except Saturday, either in the morning or afternoon, whether at work daily or not, and the parent is responsible for such attend ance. No child, young person under eight een, or woman, can be employed on Sundays, Christmas day, Good Friday, or, in Scotland, on the Sacramental Fast Day. No female can be employed in any part of a factory where the process of melting or annealing glass is carried on, or in grinding in the metal trade. No female under sixteen can be em ployed in brick works. No cnild, young person under eighteen, or woman, can be employed after six p. m., or before six a. , or after two p. m., on Saturdays. At least one hour and a half shall be given for meals to every ctfld, young person, or woman, between 7:80 a. m-, and p. m-,; and no such person shall oe auowea 10 remain in any room wunc any work is going on, or to be employed daring a meal hour. Eight half holidays shall be given in the conrse of the year to every child, young person under eighteen, and wo man. Mill gearing and dangerous machi nery must he securely famced. Factories mast be kept limewashed and in a cleanly state aad nxeaas must be arfnntail ta carry off dust, to promote I Ulanon, eta, and to prevent orer -1 - crowdinc The above laws are scraalesly ob served by the factory owners. There u no possible evasion of the law, nor bribing f the msgutrates. T had just time to take n mn owt to the Poesen Palace, which u the W gmiabed title of the comnsisdam of Beile-Yne. It was easy of heinr scarcel v twe miles tresn the aval nmrt of the city. A dag show wen tne) ncmmtfal feature this day, smell mm nertkwlariy fismi of dogr. The aftsr- noon I came into the city I found two mastiff's in the depot. In the confttaion I Uiought they were two freight cars that had by some inscrutable means f,ot off the track. I was glid to find they were dogs. The larger o! the two was called the champion of England, aad added other laurels by cirrylcg off the prize at the show. It is a very nice thing iu England as c a in America to have a champion animal of the coun try, for so lou is the owner assured of an income. This was the largest dog I ever saw; it was the largcat dog auy two people saw. I thought at first I would buj him, but partly hesitated on learn ing U10 price, 2,000, and completely gave up Uic idea before I left the depot. He waa secured by a chain in the hands of an attendant, a man who appeared to belli ckroaic state of perspiration aad protestation, and he was an erratic dog. lie made violent and entirely uncxpeoted dashes at various object, or openings, and wherever he went the pctipiring individual was sure to go. He snapped him off bis feet every other minute, and in the interval hauled him over square coruercd trunks, bumped him againat other people with luggage in their hand, or shoved him over highly indignant but utterly Lelplcss bojs, whose unre strained curiosity had led them too close to the performance. The last I saw of the keeper he was passing through the door in charge of the mas tiff; :t boy was running after him with a hat, and people on the sidewalk were appropriating elevated places with won derful alacrity. The champion was here at the exhibition iu the large building erected by the Pomona Palace proprie tors for such purine?. He was hitched to a solid brick wall, and was looking round upon evcrjboJy with a mild and forgiviugcye. The party who struggled the ironical title of keeper, waa sitting on ti box mopping his forehead, and looking dreadfully unhappy. I asked him if he had been iu Manchester be fore, and he said he had not. "What do you think of the city," I asked. "Well, sir," said he, despondently, "it's but a precious 1 mall bttof the town I've seen at all. What with caring for that beast and holding on to my hat, I might as well hnve my bloody eyes bored out at once, for all that I sec about inc. Passing through a stteet or a saw mill is till one to me, and that's the truth of it, sir." Something in the man's manner, so sincere and open, convinced me that he spoke the truth, and I made no nt tempt to disprove his statement. The display of doj;s was large and re markably fine. Tho predominant breeds were sporting untmtls. England is overrun with dogs despite the annual tax of 1.25 on each. People who at tend conventions and yet up riots to ex cite sympathy for their impoverished condition, keep one or more curs, to dash out of almost bidden doorways and snap at the plump leg and freeze the sensitive spine of the strolling pedestrian. Bat hunting hero is an art carefully culti vated, and whoever can afford to carry a gun, and buy the right to "use it, has a retriever; and packs of hounds are scattered broadcast over the country. So retrievers and hounds, of the numer ous varieties tscrc here in force, with a powerlul array oi mastiffs and lighting dogs, and a sprinkling of St. Bernards, New Foundlands, and poodles and rat terriers. It is rarely that a half dozen dogs get together without making some observations. Pretty much all the con versation in the room was carried on by them, and when fifty of them spoke at once, which they quite frequently did, the audience became immediately at tentive. Pomona Palace gardens have no im ported attractions unless it is Scotch whisky. It has fine walks, fountains, games, turf, etc., and a ball which is the largest for dancing purposes in England, being nearly three hundred feet square. It is a popular assembly hall for trades men aad political meetings, and Disraeli, Gladstone and other notables, have ired the hearts of the citizens from its hand some rostrum. Rostrum is a very good word, although its true meaning is not always preserved by spelling it with an R. The neat object of attack war a coal mine. Fancy a coal mine, if not in the heart, at least in the liver or left kidney of a city. I don't like coal mines, I think a coal mine is the last place n man should think of visiting after a hearty sapper at midnight. I have thonght there could be nothing harder'thsa saw ing wood, bnt getting coal transcends it I watched at the mouth of the shaft n halt hoar, and saw tons npem tons of - 1 - - -k "m - -- I Mvt .M.MA .. rrt.M A r.rn.n(ii TtlT' 91a taace or 1,000 feet and from a notlzom tal distance ofoae mile, and hiving fat my throat and back half fall of the grit ty dust, retired perfectly mUsied. My friend has a Are brick manufactory, 1st the city. Me follows the vein of clay just as they do that cf silver, aad brings it from a shatt three handled feet dees, an4 from a tannel rssschjmf a halt mile the city. Theneapty has lasted thmtj years, and will meekly haw, him J eigkt hundred ytvs kmfer, if he dons not lose hkv health in the 'j- Tills tcache u hw iisi.rtaat U i tk! ore of ttr health. Prow IS cams mine wc icl to a wire factory, Us Jolino:i A: Nephew mlU, ttvm vhsem cime the wire t)U swarf Urn bridge over the Ohla ri.-r nt Crnieta nali, and from blob also eoane? a ktt proportion of the ire that sstatala many of the bt is;r- in America, kshI which is cohwhelvunt by the rtrtimk government in their ariatiralte telegraph system. 1 ssn- the pig of l4 iswUexl in the furnace, letups! erf by a six torn hammer, rolled Into bars an lack Mmt and twenty feet Irate;, and thence) feltat Into wire. This last wai Uy Ui the moat ialrrt-ai- ing proccsi. The bars were t Unset lim a furnace ami taken 1 ut at owe ctstl in a red heat, and Introduced into a sarin of rolls through which it became nsttnd and reduced to n diameter of a quarter inch The moment it appeared Iroru tho last roll it eras neitcrf by a b y armed with a pair of pinchers, who 1.111 with it to a bobbin, oa which it wm carried by a scries of revolution into a coil roadv for the market The men who handle the hot metal from the furnacv to the rolls which mould it into ktrs, receive fn m four to five dollars per day, and rnaur of them drink twelve ga!lon of beer In a week. Ten gallon arc n plen ty. I should think. Kngland and Kjrjpt. It i only n few w.e' since uu ll. cussed at some length in lhe.se oolumaa the relatioua of Kgjpt and England, nssrf the probability of the latior finding it necessary, on an early day, to lay her strong hand on the tnolont land of the Pharaohs. It waa our ooinion at th timo that the disturbed condition of tho Turkish Empire, and the rompUmtlrHM which miht aritc among the ('font Power, would hasten this event. Th event hinted at has rr-ivcd much sooner and in a way somewhat different to what wo hail expected. Kagland Incomes owner by purchase f ono hundred and seventy-seven thousand sharos of the Suez Canal. For this, it appears, stie has paid the xlgypllan Government noinc four millions sterling. In addition to the power which thia arrangement gives England over the Canal, !e is to re ceive from tho Egyptian Government five per cent interest on the purchnsc money. Some five millions more will enable her to buy out all other claims, and thua become infcticfs of the entire canal from tcn to sen. Tho Loudon Time very appropriately sjys; JA breaching timo most csaentinl to Egypt is secured, ami the value or the purchase to England is rcat." Tho purchase waa made or political reasons, and tit r re fore, the Importance of the step :a hardly to be overrated. Naturally enough, tho news has created romidcrabiu excite ment in financial and governinciitcirclon in Europe. Tho French press admit the imimrtance of Ihc event. The Monitor ays there i3 no longer any doubt that England hai an eye on Ejpt; and Jx Tempt ueclares that the purchase gives England the virtual sovereignty of that country. It will not be at all wonderful if the transfer of the shares shall have the effect of forcing soma solution of the Eastern question. Evidently Eng land ban taken a new departure in her Eastern policy. It is the moat audacious piece of work done by any ltritiah Gov ernment in many 3 car?. Wc can trar in the transaction the daring grtiiu f Benjamin D.iraeli; but we can sen &Iim, the collected wisdom and the calm courage ot Lord Derby. It it certain to add greatly to tho popularity of thu Disraeli Government. Whatever may be its immediate tffjett 00 the affairs of Europe and the Est, it mutt b ro garded as a wise and politic tp. Egypt is necemtry to England ami her Indian Empire, and the change, when completed, will be a irttn to Eypt and a benefit to the world at large. The Loudon Times judiciou y remark that "an acquisition of in cotntnrding an interest in the Suez Cuial-an interest which must inevitably tend to Jaercc will lead the Goverameut and r-?iple) to concern themf!vc habitually with Egypt. Ji'rank IjeW Iltutirated paper. Miipnlftg vTheat Weal. X curfoaa circumsiarsc', which we & rice as takisg place in Ohio, is the im portation of Wheat from Maryland to that State, to enabJe their miller t make good flour cf Ohio grn wheat of the prevent season. It i notably the tact that V.'eatexa wheat is, this season, poor in quality, osisg to wet weather during the harvest season. The Unrctl averares in Western States arc IHtnojj, Indiana, Ohio. Kentucky and West Vir ginia also give low averages. This dots not, however, mean less bread, bnt thit of poorer quality than usnaL The wheat of the best quality this year is said to be the New England States, In Delaware, Maryland, the Sovth and the Pacific Coast. The eahimet shew of the Wheeier Jt Wilsew Sewk Machine Co., at Bridg- pert, CensL, was dsswoysd by Ire onthe night of Dec. 14. Loan, f 100,0: in- .sered. r3fiN. t 1 1 s? & T .-. 3. . Zi 31 J'x.