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Humr-'" I.I IV.
A V.llil Tiil.i liillilfrm- I'll"- -'
on .Marrl-;:-.
The d.-f. -tip-iom- i I'urmah, which
wetc abundant recently in the English
pre;--. r; 1 the murder of num
hers of the Hritish mercantile expedi-
tion mostly r ferrt-d to the eivili.cd por
'ion of that large Eastern country. Hut
there aie miniv wild ln be- under tlie I
-tepter ol the Mandalay Emperor,
inong tliem the Khyeugs, who are a
biaiich ol the great Mongol family, and
inhabit the hilly districts of Htinnah,
-? where tliey live by a sort of piratical
agriculture, seizing upon any promising
Lit ol loit-st laud, cultivating it, and
iirgratingclsewheie as soon as the toil
-'Tease., to Ik, productive. 3Iany of their
custom- arc exceedingly curious, but
perhaps none are o deserving of atten
tion as those connected with the institu
tion of marriage. The rule is to marry
a cousin, and it would seem that iu a
great majority of cases thee marriages
ictualiy take place; so that the Khyeng
population ought to fcllord au ample
ticld for rc-'arob into the resulte of mar
riages of j.lliuity. When, as sometimes
happens, the engagement between cous
ins (often entered into at a very early
age. is broken oil", he defaulter has to
pay a heavy line, answering to our
damages lor breach of promise of mar
Mage, except that a lawsuit is not nec
essary to recover it. O.idly enough, the
wedding day is determined by auguries
r derived from the inspection of the liver
of a newly slaughtered pig. It the liver
displays any unusual mark?, the wed
ding must be postponed, and after three
occurrence? of the unfavorably signs the
marriage is broken oil". The ceremony
. takes place at the bride's house, and the
marriage rite mainly consists in the repe
tition, "by an elder on the bride's side,
of the decision of Hleeneu, the prime
val mother of mankind, on the npphca
tion made to her by the first Iviiycng
man and woman. This simple ritual is
both preceded and fellow ed by a vast
" amount of eating and drinking, icgula
ted by some cm ion- cu-toms, as that the
bridegroom-. fii'-n !- nuv only eat fowls
and the hri-l.-'- l lei ! pork. Wedding
.resent-an k- much ";.'.. in Khyeng
"fand j.-m. Maylair, only they appear to
br imp-titifilly d tributed among the
brih.'l:i- lu.degrooin, and the guests.
The cn-tom- governing the treatment of
a wilt by lier hush-ind do not, perhaps,
imply a very elevated Lotion of the mar
riage illation. A husband Is allowed to
chasti.-e his wile gently if she misbehaves
herself, hut v.e is compelled to give se
curity to his wile's brother that he will
not treat l.er bully "i. . that he will
not beat her s severely as to break a
bamboo over her, to draw blood, or
maim her, nor will he cut otV her hair."
Failing in this agreement, ae ha to
make peace with his brother-in-law,
who. if dissatisfied, may remove his sis-t.-r
to his own house. It is easy to .-ce
how grtut an advantage a Khyeng wife
ha? ovir the wife of a Lancashire la
U'lei. The guarantee of good conduct
i-, however, not wholly one -ided, tor. ii
the wile deserts her htishnnd without
-uilicient cmi-c. her surcies. have to
j i.uti linn another wile', and the penalty
of mifaithiiiliie is the forfeitute t her
husband of the whole of her property.
Tfie laws regarding widowhood lemiud
ns ol the ,Mo-ai- c le, for a widow is
obliged to marry her husband's tinmar-
ritd brotlcr, il there be one, ai.d can
marry no one els'. She can remain
Micle only on condition of towing to
live a life of chastity and to wor-hip her
hti-sband'-? household god. Divorce can
only take place with the consent f both
m parties, and is said to be of r-tre oc
currence, though it n.ay be obtained by
-eunply appearing before the elders of
t$ village and presenting them with
"a pot of khonngaad spig!" Crema
tion is among the Khyeng- a time-hon
oreil institution. Oa the occasion of a
.leitn a great feast i-given iy the fam
ily of the oecea-J, alter which the
corpse is carried in procession to the
place of cremation with a fowl tied to
its big toe. This bird is immolated on
the same prye with the corpse, aud its
tunctiou is to guard the sp'r.t of the tic
parted from the attacks of a huge gecko
lizard which infests the road to the
Khyeng paradise.
The Khyeugs ate uot without a tradi
u tion of the origin ot man, "which Colonel
Browne dignities with the name of the
"Khyeng Genesis," and which we com
mend to the notice of scholars who uuke
it their business to investigate the early
beliefs of mankind. We shall content
n:selyjs with ijuoting the opening pas
sage, irom which it is clear that the
- Khyeugs hold the theory of the multi
ple origin of the human race: "In the
beginning of the world, after the sun
and moon and tl e stars had appeared,
the earth, by i own inherent power of
productiveness, brought forth a woman,
I who was called Hleeneu. She laid one
hundred eggs.. These egs she hatched
in 'cotton wool, and from them sprang
h hundred human beings, the piv.gon-
jiors of the differi'M moos of man
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YOU'.MK HI.
TIIE XLIVih CONKKESK.
rn-e! tranr.erniif rrrictn ImlUn trut rand
rrmii tii" fe-cr urv of the IutTi r to tin- I uit-d
sta".-1re.i-u'y. 'AI-olIoc- bill t- amend the
Kiilt.-il Mat.- r.venue fttnt - rcIalinK to
naturaliVi-iii. I niii.l-hd br.-ii-c au..- nt.
bein-' a bill t toiilitm Uic ire-tni!.tiou ol li.-lioni--tead
-uric- of 'audi- w thin th- 1" ! of
ral'roiid t'tantc in cas' r.r i-i-trir- mde ""it
there"u'alioit'fll' Land lei.artiii-nt. W .!h
out deflnitc action the heuntc v.ent Into t-it-cu-ti-
-t clou. ., ,
Hoi -e - The bill rejrnlnt-n:,' in.-tn;:.- on .VI c!
mall niatu-r uh calltil up. and alter -oma It.ite
avt.i-.-d. Th'' IIoa: w.-nt into o.mmitt.e ol
. . .. ,i.i. ...!. .h. i.iiriiTirml I..T1
lie whole on Illf-'i unary ntn.i--.-j .mi-"-,--'--ill.
which auiironri tc as-ll.!. A long debate
endued but no deunitc a-tiou wa- tflk.-n on ine
bill.
Senaik Thnretiii'j. .Inn. -'. -ena'or "'ar-gciiteubmlttcilarc-oliinon
nciiIiiK Uic prortn
Ion" or the ihlrd -ccta.n or tl.o acl r Jnly 1.
l-i;j iure'ird to the cotirtrncnon or a railroad
from the Mlh-ourl rUer to the IMrlili oci an, to
lliu 4 irect that the land granted to r aid road II not
di-po-ed of In three ears after the romp.t-tion
or lh road plioiini be diciio-i-d of Tor -eltlemei t
at the price th.-iein named, e' .. nnd dlr-ctin the
cominittee on Public Land- t.. impiire at whnt
dale eiid I "id wa- tmiplei d, il the time lixed
Jortlie -a oof land- had expired.aud what further
l-el-latlon wa- nec""-ar to tarry oat the art of
l-o.:. Avreed to. s line ileiutf occurred in lela
llon'to the t''".e""ierit ol the Dirtilct of t o'u:u
l.la. and ihe ind.-b!ne- incu'red by the Coiu-:nl--ioi;er-.
anl wa- paitiripiVd in y b-natri
Ahiroi:, aud Mierman. The unte le-umed un
nnlfthed bufine". nell)! the I ill roniiriii pre
emption aud liomehtead entr i ol p-ibllc land
within the llmitf of rallroit -j.-int-. Alter some
amendment" the bill p-"ed Yea-. 41; hm-, '.
The bill rovide-ilnt all pre-emption and home
rtcsd cnirie-, or eutrie- iu roinpliaiice wuliaiiy
law or the 1'nited Mai.-, of i.nidic land", made
111 "mid faith by ac'tial cetilerf U.on tract" ol
lnnrtof not tmoroihaii Pl a ret- ach, within the
lniiUf or an land ur.int. jmor to 1 he time when
notice of the withdraw il of the Lmd- t-mbrarcd
in t-iirh trant '' rteelted .0 tin- local land office
ot the dii-tnct in winch -uch land" are -i'nated.or
after lli'-irrt-tu' n to the m irk.'t b order ol the
general land onlcc. rliail ber.iii"irnifdnnd jiateiitn
l-i-ned to the parties cLlilitil theieto. enale a-1-journecJ.
IIhi-vk Mr. r-hiCTon, from the I'o-tal t'onnmt
tee, repo t-d a lull to amen 1 the postal law and
priAido iienaltte- lor t.-ndint; o'lfcene matter
throuuh lhe mail". Alter -nine r-msrk- h anoii"
nieniberi. the lull w - r. enmmitttid. The bill
parct-d to amend mh tion h of t':.i rev! cd mt
iite, prohibitin-iollieer". clerk, or iudo- m
anv or the office- of th" u..vetiim tit. from a.-iin-4
ati couiiHel, altornev, orairen', or b tti inter. -U-J
in auy lorin, for pro-e 'iiiiu nher claim" or
pi'enifl, application for which w.i- peiid:nir while
thet were -uch lerk- ! inplove-; nlo. Ill it anv
nernnieni oilier rer..l;iii.n4 mh-Ii i.-r--oii in
nidi application, chail l.- -' 't7 dl- litrjioil
tiom -mice. The II..u-e went nit c'.iiimilleeol
the whole on the Military A. td. my approjirlu'lou
Jd 1. After Huns di-ciifsio.., without tUtiiil'e
action on the bill, th- oii.niitt. e ion-, nnd tin
House adjourned.
jiENtTK- Fiii'uv .'". i- Miinoriai prt"eiild
fur the ailiiii ion or New .M i as a Mite
tommltte. oil K'ectioii- report d bark th-KU"t--
paper-, will : written r-jM.rt declnrini:
lii.-.t there I-no t.icam v. I'liithb-ick liainir been
t-lirtt-d for llie t rm cuninieiiriiii: M-irch. 1-71 A
minorttv ..f theoommitt-e di-rtenle.1 Mi. I.0--111
iutrtKiiiced a b II t e-tablish .1 mint f-.r the
ri.itite or t'oltl ami -liter a' t tileajo. 'I he S. 11
ute re-ume.l the -..i--der.it1..ll il the bill to paj
inter.--! on l)i- net id oliiml.i 1 bond-, s.-ti.-it.ir
MIi-.ui oil -red .ie anietiditi- 'il provd'ti-r that all
1 tie of -a'd li..inl- bi o.tid tin; Mini or li mi 0.0
W prohibited. IVnl!n. il.-cn ion. n me-sam
wa- recelted f'om the llnu-e aiiii.mi.cin th.
death or Mr s a k weather, md the i unload
j itirm-d until .Mondnt. ...
Hoi-k -Memorial pr.- ired f.irtlie adm r-lon
if New Mexico ..tiiiiii'tc- cui Airoprntloip
rtorted lite colimlar nii.t iploiiiaiic Mpptopri
ntioii bill, appr-'ptiam- S'.i " " -""J
pa ol miiil-.r- to r-it l'.rti un. France. 'Jer
many, and Kuia. at $11 mo e-nh, to s;(aln.
iu-tria, Kraail, M-ico. .I.ip-ii. nnd hum. at
Slil.t-fMet-.cli: to ltalt. at i-MM; . m her conn
frie-J. les. Jlr. pnn!er iiiirui:c. d a lull pro
hibit 111; Amencu tstleii" Irom lio'din "lavei
in foreign cotintiis-. The 1'ett-ioti o-nniItte re
ported n bill lo r.-tor.- t. t.e ien-i-.n nIN o
1-1- the n-ime" slilelii Pom the roll" for di -lotaltv.
T lie llou-e nl ino ciiimitlee ol tin
wfolo'on the Mi'itirt Ari.'etuy Apuoiirintion
fill. A lengtlit il.-b.ite e -tie', when the com
iiiitt-e rose without ti-i-o-iiu i the bill. A
cotiincttee of cete'i were apniiteii lo mi per
intend the funeral or H.n. 11 11. M rkweather.
lite member or tot gre lrin t oinucts. ut. an,
the ll.'ii-oaili-eintetl.
IIoc-E Sni'ittliri 1'in. -"..- Hot.-. met anil went
intoComii.t'te l the VVlmle. Inr u-ner-il ilehate.
I'lie nnaiicial "e-ll.. wa" di-cu--.-.!. tie- debul.
iiemi opi I i M-. s.-Meicher advuruting a
-peedv returti t.i coin h-i-i- tirt ! pitiiient Ot
rrictional tiinenct o t -lime at $l.iXim-i
month liejintnitif with the -malle-t denoininfle
1. on s-p-. .-In - on the titianc. - ti aio trnad.
lit Ward and ("aiiipb-li.aii'l aiin-t the pioM lite
taritl b Mill- lloti- -i dioiiriie.l.
Sknatk .iroo.'itf. .".. :.. -s't.iir Wn.'bt
-iibmilied a idnt re-nlutton iiro-.-tti-Hti aim ml
liient -.I'licon-tlMi bin ..t the I i1'ed -Cite- eo
"- to el--r? the Pr. -uleft ami Vice I'-e-iiti lit bv
direct ..te..f thet.i.le Al-. a joint re-ointiot
proHi-!iig n Htnendiiieiit 10 tbecor-tiftton y
--tot leit I'nit.d Mate -en.ior bt d'rtct toti
rtheM..ple A1-. a b II 'o amend lie ado
.liiitiJSf.rthc rlieff-'t'er-.e ri'lroul lind".
l-.t a but to extend th J mi 1 ction of I)itr'c
ml tTiimit t'oiiri-. Th rotnm "cc ot; tmbllc
ulldlng .md crmitid" te'orted r.teriblv on tin
bill ,.-.1012 thcn-etit or the Kuitcd s-ti'C" to
lieco'llttvol "u'i. .. Iowa, toe -'rtriromut
I Inn lit t..'-""".".'h!- - t. s,,ti ite 111 Dnbti'iu.-.
'I lie Senate hmuhciI the toii-up'tatitoi i 01
llotio joint r'-".lu ion t p.v itit-re- 011 the !"
tli-fic of olutnlii-t bond- Acer di-cu I r
.nr'icip-tt d in by Senator" Paw.. M -nill Ogle
bv and 15:irr " the further cop--dt r-l'on wa-pi.-t
ned " ftintfir Wliilliani ple-emed re-olll-tion-orthe
MInneott legN'atTe. n king an ap
propria'lo" for 'heev'.-rm iia'ioiioi thegranop-lK-r
in the W e-t. Al'i urned.
lloc-t.. II l' were tutrodiiied and r. ft 'red a
follow Itv Mr. W.ir.l to repeal the duties ot
parkas--, eomni' i 111 r " trin-portft'on nnd
covering f od-, to provide lor 'be r -pon-iblll
t of the -iiM-riuii.'tit for all lnirted nie'Cbati
di-e while n tt" -ii-'odv. and fu'the reduction o"
thedntv on lace" liinnufac'tired bv hand. Uv.Mr
Vorrt-rtn. to reti-e and -imp.tlv the tiri'l. I5v
Mr M.fioe. to e-tnli ich an educational fund
and apply a portion or the prv-,.( .f public
land" to puVic education. Itv Mr. faldwe'l. for
-e"-ioii" of the United Mite t'i-cu't 1 -urt at
Uunib iblt. Te-in. Itv Mr. For', to forbid Terrt'o--ie-
inrurrln!.' indeMednc- In aid of rui'roadp
and other privat" cirporatMiTi- and al o to pre
tent U"ele""-,ati!h'er of hntl lo. Itv Mr one,
for orgaiiiinga na'iontl r-tllwav rompanv for the
purjH-f ot roti-'nict'ng operating and malnta.n.
ias a double track cheat' freight raiiwav from the
A'lat'ic "'.ilharil o M I.oui". Chicago an'
roonril Itlnil-. with bninche" to other centre of
lHipelation. production and comrae-ce. and to
re;ultte i' ter-Stale c.-mmeico. lv Mr. (.unter.
cmntlnr O'Vi ice- ol land to each .-tirvifir of the
Mountain Meadow ma"- rre. I5y Mr WlN'ilre
for the fr.v tran-nu-- on 'hrouch"'he mailr or all
document" pnnttd bv Hthoritt of I'oncre-"
Mr. Lander", of Indiana, intnvlncivl a propoed
araendment to 'he ror-ti'ntion for the lewingof
direct tafe-accordii'sr to the wealth of the re-sivctitestat-
Mr Hewitt, a noiut'on c-tPintT
on the ecretarr f the Trea-arv f.r a detailed
"tatement showlncthe amoint if nctuil cash on
hand tn the treaurv and the teerai depo-i'orte
or the cot eminent at the close orbn-iai?" on the
iVh day of January. l-7f. Adop'ert. Mr. l.nt
trell. a rvolntion ln-tnirt ng the Judiciary C rn
mifee to irfjaire into anil renor a to the "tatU"
of railroad companies that havereceiv. rl -ubIclie
trom the covernmeut. Adopted. Mr. llolman, a
rtvolntton intructing thee mniU'eeon bankinc
and enrrenev to inqnire whether the commercial
and Indu-triil intetest" of the conntrv iio not
retpIrethat the retirement and cancellation of
lesral folder notes "hall cea-e. Adopted. Mr.
Page offered a long preamb'e and resolntson" de.
nunciatory of the Mormon and iolygamy.
llonce refused to "nispend the rule and adopt the
resolution. Mr. Atkhi" ofletrd a resolution in
jtruc'inc the indiclary committee to iciptire
wrftner or noim Ltion 1'acinc raumati compa
ny ha forfeited its charter. Adonted Mr. W al
lace, of Penn-ylvania. a resolution intrnctlnc
the committee of wats and means toe n-ide-the
t ropnetv of incrva-mc import dutie on all pro-due-
nd nnnjr-ctiirx- that corae in corapetitlon
with :h"-e or thi" coantrv. Referred.
The Houm went into committee ot the whole
on the military academy aopropriation bi 1 After
imenrinicnt ihe conmittee ro-o and the bill
pa-ed. Ii fixe- the pat of cadtls at $5.o without
ration- Adjourned.
Senate Twrtiiay. '. 1 - O mmm on Fi
nanct reported ad-r-elv on the bill nthorixin2
th payment of dutie on ItnoortP in Icral render
and national bantr note-. The St-n-te jv-umed
thecotisidentlou rf the billtoptv the interet
on the iS:tA PU'rict cf Columbia bord. the
pendinc aue.tion b- irjron the aiendment limit
ing the ootid-to$I,rCW. After some dieu
tion the further consideration tvas postponed.
After some min jr bu-ine. th-? S-nate sdjocmed.
Hoc-k The Secate Mil removing the political
disabilities of Heorce S. Haw kins, w- taKen up
and pi-;ed. The coctairee on Comtnerce re
ported a bill grantinc Aratnran recUter to the
Hawaiian ba.rk Axcric, which psjsrl.
Red
UEd'cLOCI). NEBRASKA THURSDAY.
Tuu Hou-e too'ic no the aiin-ndraent to the con--tuntloa
that no ii r-oii ha h;- d the c ffiro
of I're-M. n. i-haM t v.-r J gain lluible to uca
otllce. .Mr. Fry oUcred the fo'lown ubtitute:
From and afr the 1th day of M r-h. 1-7'.. the
t. rm- of the office- of IT. id dent n"d ice I'rel-d.-nt
or the Umt-d st-tert haJ be ;ii -' ,Vd
anv XMum h.vius; ene eced to it and neld the
otlice r I'rutiriuiit, or who ha for tAl) jew he'd
-nch ottlce. ,-ha 1 be inelicib'" I te election,
home d-ba'e eti-iid. p.iniclitttl in by .Mcjits.
Knoti. New. Mel rart. '"anfl Id. Lawrentc and
Harrison. The Houte adj-.urned.
.senate re'(ay. F'''.'i.-The Chair laid
bef.rc the Senate nntin't-hed bUineM. hflttz
Hoiire J'Miit relntion direciine th Cotnmlj"-f-io
err or the llirtrict or folnrnbl to pav the
ii tere-t on bond icrucd in i.tiren-nce of the act
.r fn,,rrr.-m i-nirirt-i June "JO. Ib7l. "Oct or any
nrdsinthe 1'nited s-ate Treaeary aubject to
ii,.- r.niHHi.in .r ci.l Comm'pcloncrs." Pend-
iinf iIih fineotion. bt-ini: on the araenamcnT 01
Senator Ktrnau stibmifi-d yeiterday. proiiame
that ay further Ine ol :5.bonde it pro-ilblled.
.ii., n..i,iti iioipil. mrtjcitiated in bv ttrnators
H-rgent, Havard, Morton, Alliron, Etitnoiid. and
Sherman Senator Allison defended the action
ol the lolnt intest'gating committee, of which he
win chairman. Pending diecureion the Senate
ad'ourned. .....
II. . 1 -e. A reeolution, ofTercd by Mr. O Hrien.
wai adotited. in-tructini: the Committ ee on For
fln Ailairn to etiotilre Into the ejcpullcucy of
reotle-ting the Pre-ldeiit to necotiate a commrr
cial tieaty ltwcen the I lilted s'ati- and the
Il.-public or France, placinir the citlents r tin
I niti il state- on a" favorable a r.Kjlinc a the
Uti.eiis or the other urt mo"t favored nation; In
ic"pect to the clilfeH and charge- ImjiOted on Im
port n with the Itt-public of France.
Hie Hoiikc then took up the bill reported er
teidav rrom 1 he Coinnntt.f on PuhPc Laud",
providing Tor the -ale of the Kan-- Indian lands
in Kant-a o actual etttlers. It authorise the
payment by aettlern aud purcbtaer- under th- ap
pral-ement already made of the apprnied value
of their rarm- in fix final annual Instalment.
It also protide lor new appraieiut-nt". Alter
f otne diHCtinsion the bill pa""ed.
Mr. McCrary. Irom the Judiciary Committee,
re orted a bill to rcoriratiie the judiciary id" the
I lilted Mate1. It wapmidothu -petial order for
Weilnefday, Feb. Pith. The bill ptoti en for a
circuit court in each judicial di-trict, and c-tab-llshe"
ill e icll Circuit a cmirt or appeal", wLlch In
... ),,.. .iiitii.llii iiiri'diction or ca-e" a-i"lti in
courts within each circuit. Termi ot tlie court or
apiMMirjare to be held 111 Ilo"ton, Albanj, Phila
delphia. Illchii.ond.Nevv Orleann. I.ouiHtille, Cbl
cago. St. I.ouii" ami San Franci-co. I)eciion or
the-ecotirt- 10 be 15 nil and conclneite. but review
upon th- law mat- be had on a writ of error or
Hom-il to the United Stat " Supreme Court where
tin- matter In controver"y exceed the cum or
value of $10,000, or where tile adjudication in
tolte" aV..nilitutional .piestiou, or where the
court shall certify that it involve a legal ..11.
tion -ufflcient to re.jiiire a dccItioii by thu Stl
picui' Court.
The Hou-e resumed th conr.l.era'i..ii I the
projiosed am. ndmeiit ol tin constitution lomtiug
the pn-ideiitial t.-rm. After action on -everal
amendment- a vote wa taken on the pa'-aire of
the bill, and It wax lost. The Hou-e adjourned.
sktate- 1 Inui'l.iy, V(". .!. -Several p. itioti
f.irthe repeal or the iec'e resumption ait, were
prerentcd anil rel'eired. The pending iiue-llon In
relation to pr diibi'lug any further is-tiee of ! dr.
Di-trict r oltitTbia liondi wa- taken tip. and
are. il to. Set .-ral amendment 1" were -nbm!tted
mid miiirreil in an.l the joint resolution wan
pi ed. It prohibit-anw further increase 111 llie
pre-etit amount ol the total indebledne-s of the
lii-trn 1
The cha'r laid before tlie senate a toiiiniuiii
citiou Iro-n 'h Scrre'aryof War enclosing the
n port or tlm Chief or Kncine.-r- in rejird to the
1.1. -tun ifoim ot the Fpl-tr Mii"ippi riter at
1 ort Madi-on and Ittirlnmton, Iowa, and recotu
tti. nditigan appropriation of "itv thou-.ind dol
lar-to remove -aid ob-trurtlon- to commerce.
- nator Alli"on pre-inKd lueiuorlal r Iowa
I.. -il-liture.t"kingaii appropriation to compiete
le hiuhwav- bvwiter from the Ml i-cippi river
to Luke Michigiu by way of the Fos and Wi-cou-iii
river.
The .senate went into etecut ve session and
-ooti alter adjourneiL
lloi-t- Mr. Jktk'n-, from the Apprcpriatlon
Committee, reported a resolution, reijue-ting the
P-e-o.li ut to appoint an etp. rienced military ofll
cer to execute the clti'ie- of Indian Aueiit, o far
a to repa'r 'he Keil Cloud and otlijr Moux ag.-n-c:e.
to inquire into the it-tit leiicy of the aviiro
prutio" of the Slo-ix Indian. Ailopted.
Mr. MrCiart't. bill reiiiilatlni: practice in the
I'ntted sjat, circtnt and District 1 ouits, was
taken lift ami tMSed.
The committee on anprojiriation" 1 rc-ent"d
the for itlcatton bill which apppropriatcs $:!I5,()oO.
some ul u-sioii too place iu reler nc- to ccon
omt 111 the ft-teral dep-irttnentfcf the gotern
nieiit. p.irticipa'td in bv Mef-rs. Singleton, t.ar
ti Id. hd"-on, II lie. Willi. Douglass. Ilolmtn,
It oiiu'. and Handall. Atljonrned.
(. KN KK A I, E WsTuNIIENSKU.
". iv. IVck. of Vermont, has decided
to call a -special session of the Legisla
ture to provide lor the Centennial.
Tae funeral of (.'on. tSordon rauger
took plate at Lexington, Ky.. January
28th, and wi-. conducted with military
honors.
At Met" win Station, Tenn., Jan. yyth,
iu old man named Johtifcon was delib
rately murdenal by a sloou keeper.
The murderer wa. arrested.
It i now believed that the whole
imount tif hscs bt'.-Abe JSorj.ljajy.rV'in
bank robbery is over one million dollar-?,
nearly half of which is negotiable.
The team j-aw mill and box factory
of V. . Pond, and adj lining property,
at Foxboro, Mass., were burned on the
night of January 27th. Ljss, 40,000.
At New Urleans, January 28th, Wm.
Watkin.-, while lying drunk, was struck
over the head with a stick of wood by
John Harrison, colored, and instantly
killed.
On the 22d of January, while the Ma
i.etta train was crossing the iron bridge
over Spring Grove Avenue in Cincinnati,
the bridge gave way. Five cars loaded
with shelled corn were thrown down,
pulling the engine with them, killing the
engineer, fireman, and a brakeman. Two
other men who were driving along the
avenue at the time were caught in the
wreck, one sustaining a broken leg aud
the other a broken shoulder. The bridge
was totally wrecked.
Mr. Kirby, a live stock dealer at
Tryone, was recently drugged and rob
bed ot $150 by a gang of three card
moate men.
A .Man's Friendo.
It is very certain that a man's inti
mate friends ate often the last to suspect
his possession of ul usual abilities. This
is a trite observation, but one is con
stantly being surprised at some new
proof ol its truth. It was not long ago
that a gentleman told us that he did not
believe a certain celebrated poet had
any real genius, because he one lived in
the same to vn with him, and knew that
his family were no better than they
should be. lie had never read any of
his books, however. It was the old
story over again. "He is a great man!
"Nunsenso! I knew hm when he aa
only that high!'
Marshalltown is taking the necessary
steps, alre&dy, for a rousing Knurtb. of
July fflebration,
Cloud Chief.
Pnfier' Statue or Paradise Uril.
In the last work executed by Powers.
now on view at the art gallery No. 817
Broadway, md which is entitled "Para-
dise Lost,' we have the artist's
1 t.. ,.a alii, ctnod liefore
conception 01 r-e 00 --- - -
hir Creator and Judge after the com-
mission ot the deed that brougU sin
UllBSiwu ...
into the world. The figure 1 BUPPEeu
to be in the act of advancing, trre left
foot being placed nrmly on tlie grouuu,
and th.i knee of the right leg alightiy
i... ti, fun U raised: one hand
points to her breast and the other to the
serpent that coils round the stump at
her leet. In a letter to the owner of
the statue, Mr. N. D. Morgan, of
Brooklyn, dated December, 1871, Mr.
Powers Bays: "You desire that I slull
give jou something of the history of n.y
work, which is no a on its way to you,
in order that you may see it, as ikwere,
through the medium ot an author's eyes.
Well, then, I had already produced a
statue of 'Eve Tempted,' which was.
indeed, my first ideal figure and the
game now in possession of Mr. A. T.
Stewart, of New York ; but I was not
satisfied with my first atttnipt, a', in
deed, the temptation of Kve did not at"
ford au opportunity for the expression
ot bewilderment, distress and remorse
which must have appeared on the face
ami in the attitude of Kve when she re
plied, The serpent beguiled me, ana I
did eat.' " I aimed at noble
ness of form and womanly dignity of ex
pression. She in forlorn, but does not
quite despair, for she looks up implor
in'lv. She accuse- the serpent with
one hand and hei.-elf most with the
other. The .serpent retires, for rive re
pentsshe now resi.-ts evil. " '
She :- not .1 godde-5;, but a woman, a
primitive woman, the mother of man
kind. She has never lieeii in society,
nor has she been educated.' That the
artist ijuite succeeded in accomplishing
the ditlicult task he set him-i-lf vrill not,
we think, be generally admitted. The
countenance cerlai ily express sorrow,
but it is ditlicult tc see any combination
of the 'bewildericeut, distress, and re
morse," which Mr. Powers thought
should ajupcar in ihvj face of his Eve.
The upper portion of t'te body is well
moulded, and the lower part of the
limbs delicately and graceful'-turned,
combining lightness and strength. As
this in the last work of Powers, his
death following so closely on its com
pletiou that he Imi not even time for
making a repii-ui, it may be supposed to
represent the embodiment of his artistic
power when at its highest point of cul
ture. It certainly gie evidence of
more feeling and more originality of
idea than any of the aitlst's former
works; approaches, indeed, far nearer
to being a reat work of art than any
of tntni. The owner of the statue may
justly congratulate himself on possess
ing not only the last fruits of the
sculptor artistii culture, but the
strongest and 0 at work to which he
ever put h"s hand. X. Y. Time.
A. Miaui .iesiuh.
The Alexandrian correspondent of the
Jnditche 'rte writes that the oppres
sive conduct of the Sultan of Yemen
;.'5r-r.,tr.iei"ar fit" .-JfrUrfrUiie time being, makes the person to
to
Stern's mission to Saana was tamed to
account by an ambitious dreamer, in the
province of Ha-Jramaut, who from bin
youth bad devoted himself to the study
of the cabkilah, by declaring publicly
that he was selected by Providence lo
gather the Jews from all corners of the
globe and lead them back to Jeru
sal 2m. He priuc'pally referred by way
of proof to the words addressed by the
dying patriarch to his twelve sons, and
vhich, as known, run thus : "And I will
announce to you what will happen to
you in the latter days." (Genesis, xii.,1.)
From these words, the would-be Mes
sia! endeavored to prove that as soon
as Islam should have reached its thir
teenth century its dominion would begin
to decline, and Israel would return to
her country. This new Jlessiab, gener
ally called Ibn David (son of David),
found numerous followers, not only
among the Jews ot-Hadramaut, but also
among those of Yemen, and on all sides
the news spread that the true Messiah
of the Jews had come, and that he would
soon take up his abode iu El .Kuds
(Jerusalem). Pilgrims now arrived
from all parts of Arabia, brought him
valuable presents, and declared them
selves ready to combat the Arabs under
bis banner. In some parts of Arabia
the Jews went even so far as to alter the
text of the prayers. But while he was
busy in forming a ministry, equipping
an arm, and appointing generals, the
army of the Padishah of Constantinople
arrived, conquered the whole country,
and Abtl-ul-Aiz thus became the
neighbor of the future King of Jeru
salem, when meanwhile resided on a
mountain to the couth of the city ot
Maribah, as he did not wish to live any
longer among Mohammedans, who might
render him unclean by contact with him.
Being afraid lest his pretentions should
bring on a war with the Sultan, who
happens tn be sovereign of Jerualem
de facto, the Messier xjned it exr-edi-
FEBRUARY IT. lSTrt.
ent for the rcoment to renounce m
dignity, and to wait a new chII from
heaven. His followers did not iuite
agree with this resolution, but neverthe
less submitted to the will of their lo d
Ibn David (Suleiman was his real name)
soon afterward disappeared from Hadra
maut, and his name died away. But
now I learn Irom iM.uiii Araoian rner-
.-. ,. Tl.n llarnl nt-raln shows hfm-
gellf in ,)Ublic, and tUt his followers i
'in to look forward hopefully to the I
time when he will redeem hit pledge
and place the crown of Rivid on his
head.
How the Baby Kaagaroo ! led.
In almost all beaBts. and in man also,
the air-passage or wind pipe (which ad
mits air to and from the lungs; opens
into the floor of the mouth, 1-ehind the
tongue and in front of the opening ol
the gullet. Each particle of food, then,
as it passes to the gullet, passe over the
entrance to the windpipe, but i- prevent
ed from fall'ng into It (and so causing
death by choking) by the action of a
small cartilaginous shield. ( the inywitu )
This shield, which ordinarily Bland up
in front of thropening into the wind
pipe, bends back ami comes over that
opening iust when the lood i pacing,
and so, at the right moment, almost
alwajs prevents the food from "going
the wrong way." Hut, in the young
Kangaroo, the milk being introduced,
not by any voluntary act of the young
kangaroo itself, but by the injecting
action of its mother, it is evident that,
did such a state of things obtain in it as
ha just oeen described, the result would
be speedily fatal. Did no special pro
vision exist, tlte young one must infalli
bly be choked by the intrusion of milk
into the windpipe. But there is a
special provision foi the young kan
garoo; the upper part of the windpipe
(or larynx) instead of lying a- in us, and
as in most bci-iti, widely separated from
the hinder opening ot the nostrils, is
much raised. It is in fart so elongated
in the younger kangaroo that it ri-es
right up into the hinder end 01 trie nasal
passage, which embraces it. In this
way there is a free entrance for air from
the nostrils into the windpipe by a pas
sage shut ofl" from the cavity of tli
mouth. All the time the milk can freeli
pas's to the back of the mouth and gul
let along each side of this elongated
larynx, and thus breathing and milk
injection can go tin simultaneous!.-
without risk or inconvenience. St
Gemje Mi tart in Popular Science Monthly
for February.
The Handr-urnest Jlan Anywhere.
Two perpins seen verywhere this
winter, and who attract a great deal ot
attention, are Mr. Joaquin Miller ami
Colonel Nicholas Smith the husband of
Ida Greeley. Colonel Smith is alway-
in attendance on his wife; Joaquin (no
one would know him as "Mr." Miller),
was thought at one time to have come to
New York in search of one, but hi a
fortune hunt-jr, if that was part of the
programme,he iloa not eem destined to
be a success. He can not help manini;
straight for the prettiest girl in the room
any more than he can help talking verj
tender poetry out of hit eyes when he
reaches her side.
Colonel Smith it undoubtedly th
bandsomest man anywhere, lie is gifted.
also, with that wonderful manner which,
whom he is tiiKioZTV'i VLvSilH
think him or herself the one object in
the world in which, or Iu whose opin
ions and ideas he is most interested. Ht
is a picturesque talker, full of that
peculiar mixture of originality, chivalry
and honesty which seems to distinguish
the natives ot the Border States. He
says he made up his mind to marry Miss
Ida Greeley, if he could get her, before
he ever saw her, from the newspaper ac
oonnt? of her goodness and devotion to
her parents. Baltimore American.
.laacliu$eU Trials In England.
It is something new to bear of Massa
chusetts exporting her print cloths to
the English markets: but this is what
the Fall River manufacturers are now
doing. With the home market glutted
and prices ruinously low, they did not
idly wait for better times, but sent an
agent to England to see if something
could be done there. The reports re
ceived have heen so far satisfactory that
80,000 pieces ot print cloths have al
read y been sent over on orders, and ar
rangements have been made, it is 9tated,
for the regular ale of American prints
in the London rnarKet. The price ob
tained are not high, but they are enough
to pay a email profit on the cost of
production, which the rates ruling in
our ovn markets will not give. It
speaks well for the enterprise of the
Massachusetts Manufacturers that they
can place their goods in markets which
have always been regarded as the ex
clusive possession of their English
rivals: but that they should have to
send tbem abroad to get evea the small-
est profit is a striking evidence of the
1 d?oresed condition of home trade. A.
r. Timet.
A fire at the village of River Fails,
Wis., January 30tb, destroyed nine
buildings, including the JturMl cSce
smi material. .
NUMBER 28.
A New Zi'aUml t'ejcr.
The Woiulrrtiil Kotoniatuii Nolr-
l-lt.
The State of New York ha its world
wide wonder in Niagara Kails; the Stae
of California has its equally marvelous J
ami renowned Yosemite Valley; and the I
Province of New Z-aland can boast of
almost as great a natural wonder iu its
Rotnm Iihus. or mighty t'ejser. This
lies inland from Tauranga, which may
In reached by steamer from Auckland,
about sixty rive miles. At Wairor. the
headquarters of the Atawa contingency,
and the residence of Captain Mair, is
the old niHUsion home, kept by a
Frenchman and surrounded by familiar
trees, on a lovely site overlooking Lake
Tarawern. There is plenty ol fruit here,
especially cherrie-. In the mission
house one pleasantly reposes till 4
0VI01 k in the morning, when he ie
aroused lor breakfast, after which, he
Hteri a log canoe, thirty or forty feet in
length, propelled by four Maori men.
and starts for a nine mile row up the
pretty Taraw era Lake. The time occu
pied to the mouth of Little river is two
hour-, and a half. Here thu water is
found to be luke-warui, being supplied
fiom the hot springs. The current ot
this stream is very swift, and it requires
hard work to force the crtnoe up against
it, but by paddling and pole pushing,
and sometimes jumping out into the
stream and pulling, the M.iories manage
to reach "the haven of our de-ire- and
the culmination of mir hoM-." The
hills all around the gey-er teem with hot
springs and hot mud iu n liquid -tate,
and constantly bubbling up and emit
ting a horrible sulphuric smell which is
almost stifling. The ground appears to
be a mere cru-it over boiling springe,
and often so yields to the step that one
feels as if he were about to descend im
mediately into the eirth. The great
gey-er Itself is up in the top of a lofty
liill, which appears to have been the ex
tlnct rater of a volcano, now tilled with
ight blue boiling water of au unkuowi.
lenlli.
Tue water Is forever seething and
boiling, as if all the fires of perdition
were allame beneath it. It is constantly
shooting up in columns from tl to.iO feet
iu luiiht, which sometimes, looks very
beautiful when the sun converts tht
falling globules into showers of pcarlt
and silver. The great geyser in ap
preached from lu'low hy a series ol
crescent shaited tcrrAcet-,howed outward,
4 lew feet in height each, and perhaps
me hundred yards In width, all over
flowing till you come to the two princi
pal terraces, the top one ot which is
always boiling over into those beneath
tt- The steam ic almost blinding and
ulFcating when the wind is blowing
oward you. In many of the pools there
ire pleasant bathing place:. The water
is hot on the eurface, but cool Ixmeatb,
he boiling water from the great gey-er
above not seeming to penetra'c far below
the surftfeoof the more distant terrace
which it overflows. There are two 3etp
of terraces, the first of which are called
the White Terraces. The rim around
the boiling cauldron is formed of a
white substance, like the most delicaU
filagree work, almost resembling lac
work, fcuch is its regularity and beautv
T. .- " I "
"iffwnlterira; whieTT-projects some dis
tance over the bailing fountain, showg to
til the greater advantage because of the
nttnse blue of the waters. These
beautiful terrace brims are formed by
deposits of sulphur and silica from the
boiling springs on the top of the hill,
which pour down the sides and crtiph
the tea shrub and other trees growing
there, and from incrustation. For,
strange as it my seem, there is green
grass and shrubbery lo the very verge of
the boiling fountains. Many of the
basins appear to be made of petrified tea
tbrub or ferns. These brim formations
are very rough and sharp edged, and
very hard on boots or bare feet, though
the Maoris, whose feet are hardened, trip
over them without any serious incon-
. venience. It.e water in ati the terraces
ia beautifully clear and blue.
Near the great geyser there is a spring
constantly 1-oiling out of a fissure in a
rock, and filled the steam pipe spring.
The noise from this spring can le heard
s long way off, and it sounds jnst like
a vessel letting ntf steam: while the hot
water which shoot not of it reminds
oae of the manner in which a iteamer,
when he ia light, sends up the water
with the screw, and the action -eems to
be accompanied wiJi a thud-like sound
of a similar character. The ground is
literally honeycombed with thee loi!ing
steam springs.
From the white terrace? one enters a
canoe and paddle over to the pink
terraces, but a short dietaries from the
tormer. Their formation is the aame
as the first, but they are smaller, and,
instead of the puie white brim they
have i pink rjnteu border, which is ex-qn:-itely
beautiful, i.d it is quest ion -
able whether they are not the prettier of
the tvo. The ericct ia lovely and quite
en ch anting. Between the two sets of
terrace one car .p'-d teveral honra
v-fy plcft-antiy &ud prfrtAbly, For
rcw.taur WCr.Ki-T AT
RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA.
"MI. HC. T JsJSTSZ'JSOE
I .lll..r -oi.l lrorltr.
this is certainly one of nature. mt
wcuderfui pheLOJient. And while it
ditlen from Niagara and Yo-craite, aud
comparison.- may li odious, it certainly
i iu it way quitr marvelous a
either of thee two great ret-ort of
touri:. A yet the K doniahaua 1
almot inaccessible to traeler, owing,
to the roughness of the route thither,
and to the micrable native accommoda
tions on the way. .in .1t-ui.ci-.i CaK
The Indian 1'ialt I'ance.
The plait dance, except in the ditter
ence of costumes, aud tn the tact tht!
the performers did not. iu one sense o
the word, dance. rsimblel strongly
what is called a rustic or May ndc dano
in European ballets. Sixteen dancer
adtanced to the center of the platform,
where a number of colored ropf hung
from a jniint in the roof". Thc-e dancer
were the picked dancers of Taujore,
celebrated through India tor its Nauteh
girl. All were good looking, some very
pretty, although much spoiled by im
mense nose onaments of precioti
stone.. Their dresses fitted to the figure
to the wai-t and over the hips, and the
robe or skirt wa.- looped up in front and
behind. They wore colored trowser- to
the feet. The dresses and skirt.- wcro
studded with jewels, and the skirts
adorned with splendid lace. T'lcro .
no theatrical tinc! about them: each
girl wore jewels which would excite iht
admiration, in u-i Lngli-h ball n-.iu.
The dancing e.ni-ted of itn1 girl itaiid
ing in a circle, swaying their l.o.lii-s to
and fro, -ometiuies toward the center,
sometime-toward en Ii other, nnd then
doing a chnin in tint out. Then froli
.swaying-- and another round, until tlir
ropes were wound into a plait. A re
verse ol the movements until the ropes
are again undone. Afterwards the girls
take each other, two and two, and still
holding the ropes, perform a movement
like an English wal'.. All this is done
to the sound of music, and the movt
nent and steps are strictly in time and
rhythmical; but it is not dancing, for
the feet are perlec'ly flit, the movement
is a shutll- the lower limb appear to
ake no share in the atfair, the arms,
shoulders, breast and hip iiiovm and
quiver, the light flashed from the jewel1,
md there in certainly grace in the
swaying- ami bending-i. The dance wa
porformed to a version, or rather perver
sion, of "H.uinie Dundee," upon live r
six native instruments. Guyana next
advance! for hr i .. She is a -companied
by six players. They sing r
veil as plar, and sing with great earnejt
ne?. They appear to relate a narratio
to her, aud thi- narrative urg"s her t
various gestures. Sometime it is lotv
snd quiet, and then she stands almost
iuimovaule, quite immovable indeed,
save for a slight quivering of the finger.
of her outstretched nrins, ami a twitching
of the (-boulder?. Sometime they ris
loud and loi-terou-. The ringers stir
her tti rage they nI their head, thy
excite her to action. Then .he move
with rapid, agitated steps; ilie Ix-und,
her arm" wave over her Lead; she la
paasionaUt In her nn:r furious In her
lisd-in at slights that have lxen passed
upon her. Then agaia the mmv. -
awav, an.l the anger soatsrf
.- f -ib down; her
gesture" . , .
express ifrief, and she appa
rently lUpplieates for the return of her
lover. Tnis continued, and wa repeated
with variations lor & Jong time until tbJ
patience of the Engliin portion of tl c
audience ww fairly worn oat. Natives
will sit for many hoars absorbed in de
light at these dances, but a little of it
goes a long w-y with the English, esp.
cUlly after 12 o'clock at night. In vain
did the native manager of this entertain
ment go up to the "inger and requent
them to stop; it needed no less than four
requests lefur they would break 01!
their singing. Madra Corrtpvndrrr
Ijond'T hlttrulird.
The IVinHn of Irelaatt.
Tlte compilation of the cen.-u- .l In
land, which ha just been made public,
contains many Interesting statiaticf.
The population of the island is set down
at ."5,41 2,307. In IK I it wm 5,798.9J7;
in 185, .fi.&tt.lKI, and.in 1641,8,17-5,124.
It haa thus fallen 01! nearly three mil
lions in lea twenty-lira yean. Thin
falling off. s somewhat accounted tor
when we turn to our own census rt
turci, and dis;over that in 170 there'
were 1,8-j,827 persons still living in the
United State who were lorn in Ir
land. There has also bten very largr
emigration from Ireland to England,
Scotland, and Canada. Daring the Iat
ten years, according lo the Irish census,
the total emigration from the island m
849ra5, and it was not as large during
this decade as during the two preTiou.
The returns as to religion denombaa-
tions show very little change I
mm:
en, d th
er years. The Catholics, hoi
slieht'.T decreased ia Humbert, Hid th
Episcopalian aad Presbyterians slightly
!ncreaed ainc! JiM.. The former num
ber -4,150,857. the Episcopalians 677,
9V5,the Presbyterians 497,649. aad all
j other deaopiBan-B8 together 86,554-
Live iltii day a if the ur. 'Bltcs
Kerr,
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