Dodge City Messenger from Dodge City, Kansas • 1

i A ENGER VOLUME I. DODGE CITY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1874. NUMBER 19. 3 i MESS priation bill was then reported to the Senate, ami all amendments made in Committee of the vhole were agreed to, except that relative to the jurisdiction of the Light-house Board over the Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri Rivers, which was disagreed to The River and Harbor Appropriation bill waa then taken up, aud Mr. West, from the Transportation Com giving satisfactory information in reference to character and means of applicants.

Applications will be-considered immediately lion their receipt, and if approved necessary forms for organization- of new hanks will be at once transmitted. Under tlie new apportionment, all Western and Southerh States and Territories, with the exception pf' Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, will be entitled to additional circulation. The State of Indiana will be entitled to about Ohio about G.000,000, Minnesota $000,000, and Ne braska 300,000. The other Western and Southern States will be entitled to much larger amounts. Following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending June 19 fair, some two thousand singers from different parts of the country participating.

FOKEIX. The news from Paris on the 18th was to the effect that the deputies of the Left Center had published a note inviting an alliance with the Right Center, that both parties may establish a republic. The Left Center offers all the necessary constitutional guarantees, and declares tha if the alliance is refused, the Right Center will be responsible for the possible return of the empire. The Government has commenced the prosecution of the proprietors of Le-' Figaro and Le France, republican journals, for reprinting in those papers articles written by Rochefort. The text of a recent address by the Pope to the Cardinals is telegraphed from Rome.

The Pope renews his protest against usurpse- 300,000 to the District of Columbia for the payment of July interest on the bonded debt and the payment of the employees of the District Government, but a proviso is inserted that Oof this sum shall be reserved for the payment of laborers employed by the lioard of Public Works. Neither House would concur in the other's action regarding the Civil-service Com-mitsion and appointments, so action relating to this subject is altogether omitted. Thelawunder which the Civil-service Commission exists is not repealed, but no appropriation is made for continuing its work or paying its expenses. The House concurs in the Senate provision for the relief of sufferers by the overflow of Southern rivers, with an amendment reducing the amount from to $100,000. Among the bills hich go over till next session are the following: For the relief of owners and purchasers of lands sold for direct taxes in the insurrectionary States; to establish and maintain a national savings depositary, as a branch of the l'ost-oilice to incorporate the Southern Trans-Continental Railroad Company; to provide for the more efficient administration of laws relating to public lands; granting to railroads in the Territories the right of wav through public lands of the Cnited States; amendatory of the Civil-rights law; to authorize the organization of national banks without circulation; to establish the Territory of Pembina; providing for a postal telegraph; providing for the resumption of specie payment and free banking; repealing pre-emption and amendatory of homestead laws; House COVUSE OF TRUE LOVE.

I. ACQUAINTANCE. May is fair; Sunshine gilds the balmy air Promises most rich and rare Whisper round us everywhere. Has she frowns? Ah, yes; we know them. Hut she has her blossoms too; And the sly coquette will show them, hsuing what she dare not do.

H. FRIENDSHIP. June is dear; But the promise of the year Yields no ripe fruition here; Flowers areless than they appear. Has she roses? More and sweeter Than the fairies ever grt Yet wait a joy compu ter Than these June days ever knew. III.

BROTHEB'AND SISTEBHOOD. Fond Julv! 'Neath this warmer, brighter sky, All her graces multiply. Shall my soul be glad or sigh! Hopes lor lruit and feais of blighting Work, within my anxious heart, Strange mosaics, most delighting When most innocent of art. IV. LOVK.

August heat! in love is here complete; Fruits are ripning rare and sweet Hence I would not find retreat, This is love; so closely blended With July's prophetic sun Who can tell me where it ended, And these perfect joys begun? B. B. Hall, in Galaxy for July. NEWS SUMMARY. PERSONAL ASU POLITICAL.

The Missouri Democratic State Convention will be held at Jefferson City, August 2G. The Illinois Republican Stute Convention met at Springfifciu on jhe 17th. S. M. Cul-lom, of Sangamon, was chosen permanent President of the Convention, with a Vice-President from Congressional district.

Daniel Shepard, of Cook county, was chosen Secretary. The nominations for State officers were for Treasurer, Thomas S. Eiilgeway, of Gallatin county for Superintendent of Public Instructions, W. E. Powell, of Kane county.

(The resolutions adopted are published in another column.) The Indiana Republican State Convention assembled at Indianapolis, on the 17th, and nominated the following ticket of Slate officers: For Secretary of State, W. W. Curry; for Auditor, James A. Wildman; for Treasurer, John B. Glover; for Attorney-General, James C.

Denny for Judge of the Supreme Court, Andrew L. Osborne for Superintendent of Tublic Instruction, John M. Bloss. The resolutions, which are of considerable length, are substantially as follows 1. Thev adhere to all the fundamental principles of the Republican party, in so far as the iu-ture condition of the country shall require their enforcement.

2. They believe in giving precedence to those measures which shall recognize agricultural and mechanical pursuits as entitled to the amplest protection and the fullest development; of putting a stop to large grants of the public domain to railroad corporations and reserve it lor settlement and cultivation; of improving the navigation of our great inland routes; of si curing cheap transportation and profitable markets for the products of agricultural and manufacturing labor, etc. 3 Favor free hanking and the issue of such an additional amount of currency as may be necessary to meet the wants of the agricultural, industrial and commercial interests ot the country, to be distributed between the sections according to populai ion 1. Favor the passage of local option temperance laws by the Legislature. Express entire confidence in the President, and cordially endorse the course of Senators Morton and Pratt.

The Republicans of Vermont have nominated udge Peck for Governor, Lyman G. Hinckley for Lieutenant-Governor, and John O. Page for Treasurer, The Kansas Republican State Convention will be held August 2G. Captain J. C.

Blackburn has been nominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Seventh District of Kentucky, to succeed Hon. MISCELLANY. A Remarkable Case of Hydrophobia. New York, June 17. Concurrently with the arrival of every June, common councils and village trustees begin to issue orders and frame ordinances restrictive of canine liberty, and discussion on the pro- priety of the work immediately begins.

Its object is, of course, to prevent dro- phobia. One eminent scientist contends that hydrophobia is a disease peculiar to dogs during hot months, and capable of transmission by bite to other animals. Another, equally eminent, asserts that it is a disease of the cold as well as the hot months, and that the so-called hydrophobia of human beings is only a nervous disorder, superinduced by fear. This latter theory has received a pretty severe knock within two or three days, from this city. Francis Butler, a man of superior education, began the business of training and dealing in dogs in this city about twenty years ago.

He was an accomplished linguist, and had been connected with several educational institutions a professor of languages. He began the business because of his love for the animals. In his shop could be found any breed, from a King Charles spaniel to a Siberian bloodhound. He a popular book, entitled Dog Training," and his skill in controlling the anirnais was mar- velous. Often has he led, without resistance, ferocious dogs that attacked every one else who approached them.

Throughout his life he has expressed the utmost contempt of hydrophobia, and has always asserted that, in men, it was only a nervous excitement brought on by fear. Six weeks ago a small spitz dog which was sick, was brought to Mr. Butler to receive the best care. While he was administering the first dose of medicine, the animal bit the thumb of his right hand so as to draw the blood. He had the wound dressed, aud soon forgot the occurrence.

In taking the animal to Mr. Butler's Brooklyn office the next day, it escaped, and bit a man in the leg, and was subse quently by a policeman. Last Monday morning Mr. Butler attempted to drink some tea at the breakfast found that hi muscles would not obey his will. He said to his wife: "I can't get my tea to my lips.

What can it mean She told him his nerves were disordered. He tried to eat but failed, and a few hours afterward indisputable symp- toms of hydrophobia were recognized. He ran about the house and tried to strike and bite every one he could get at. tore- his clothing to dug his fingers into his flesh. Physicians were called, and after a severe struggle secured him, and injected morphine into his arm, which checked the paroxysms.

He lost the pow- er of speech, and thenceforward barked like a dog. His tongue hung from his mouth, and foam was on his lips. On Tuesday night he died, yelping and groaning like the most ferocious of his pets. He was sixty-four years old, and leaves a wife and nine children; Surely this man was nb the victim of fear. Chicago Tribune.

mittee, submitted an amendment providing lor a board ol live engineers, to be aimointed by the President, to make a survey of the mouth of the Mississippi Kiver, with a view to determine tne best method of obtainine and maintaining the depth of water sufficient for the purposes of commerce, either by canal from the said river to the waters of the gulf, or by deepening one or more of the natural outlets of said river. Agreed to. Sherman called un the House bill to re peal the act under which the Sanborn contract was awarded, l'asseu. House. Mr.

i-oiann, irom the Committee on Arkansas Affairs, presented the testimony already taken, which was ordered printed. A resolution to continue the power ol the committee during vacation was oi-ft red and adooted Mr. Dawes wesented the report of the Conference Committee on the Currency bill, and proceeded to explain it. After some discussion the report was agreed to ayes, 221; noes, 40 The report of the Conference Committee on tne Indian Appropriation Din was presented and rejected, and a new conference was asked A vote was taken oil the supplementary Civil-rights bill, resulting as follow? ayes, 140; noes, 81not the requi site two-thirds. (Ihe lollowing Repnb'icans voted in the negative: Butlerof Tennessee, Harrison, Hyde, Lowndes, Phelps, Ray, Smith of Virginia, Stan.rd, St.

Johu, Thomas of Virginia, and Thomburgh. No Democrats voted for House adjourned at 11:4 p. m. Juxb 22. Senate.

The Tariff bill was taken ap and finally disposed of the report ol the Conference Committee on the Post-office Appropriation bill was ptesented. Itfixedthe postage on newspapers at one and a half cents per pound, and on public documents at ten cen per pound. Mr. Sherman opposed the bill as re- iiLeu, ana iavorea an amendment uxing tne rate ot newspapers at three cents per pound. I he report was rejected and a new committee or dered.

The Chair subsequently appointed as such Committee Messrs Windom, Allison and Davis The House bill granting the right of way to the Arkansas Valley Railroad Company was taken up and passed The conference report on the Geneva Award bill was agreed to air. unanuier, irom tne Committee on the River and Harbor Appropriation bill, made a report. It reduces the numbei of persons to compose the board to make a survey of the mouth ol the Mississippi River irom seven to five, to consist of two army engineers, two of the cast survey, and one from civil life. Mr. West denounced the Conference Committee for sweeping away all the action taken by the Trans portation committee, rne committee, ne saia bail dropped the civil engineers from the board, and left it with the army and coast survey The Chief ot Engineers ot the Army has aiwaysretus- ed to a low any civil engineers to approach bim IIU uuiereu trout unit tit regai to taito jiumue- ment.

For twenty-five years the army had been able to do nothing for the improvement of the mouth ot the Mississinm. The re port of the board provided for by Congress would ue a garmeo. one anu excite riuiciue. it improvement be left In the bands of armv en gineers the mouth of the Mississippi would be obstructed twenty-five years more. Mr.

Sciiurz said it was a great scindi 1 to the American nation that a great water route like the Mississippi had been left unimproved lor a quarter ot a cen tury. He had a high respect for the army engineers, but did not believe that all the engineer ing skill of the country was buttoned tip in blue and brass. Mr Jtiogy said nothing would be done it the work be lett to the control of army engineers. There was but one member lroin the West on the Conference Committee and lieined a new one would be appointed, upon which he requested the presiding oEjer to appoint some Western Senators. After further discussion, on motion of Mr.

Sherman the report was recommitted to the commit tee Windom. Irom the Conference Com mittee on the I'ost-ollice Appropriation bill, made a report. He said the report was just the same as the one made bv the former committee, with two exceptions, one ot which changed the post age on newspapers from one and a halt to two cents per pound, and the other provided that the daily Congressional Record might be sent through the mans by paymeut ot one cent postage on each copy. Tne report was agreed to withoul discussion Mr. Sargent called np the House bill to protect persons of foreign birth against forcible restraint and involuntary servitude.

Passed. Chandler, from the Conferer.ce Committee on the Kiver and Harbor Approoria lion bill, made a report, fixing the number ol engineers to make a survey of Ihe improvement ot the mouth ol the Mississippi River at seven three of whom shall be from the army, three from civil lite and one Irom the coast survey, and also reducing the appropriation for the turvev irom to The report was agretd to wilbout debate The resolution of the House extending the session of the present Congres-until 4 o'clock p. m. Tuesday, 2 was agreed to, and at 1:40 a. m.

on Friday miming the Senate adjourned until 10 a m. House. The report of the Conference Commitlee on the Gene va Award bill was, alter a lona discussion agreed to Mr. Orth, lrora the Committee on Foreign Affairs, made a report on Mr Cox's resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Sir Lambton Loiraine for his interposition in protecting tne lives of the survivors of the Virginias expedition. The report shows that this officer expressly confined his interposition in favor of III itii-li subjects and one French subject, and not at all in behalf of any American citizen, except to begot His Jfixcellency, uurriel, exercise oi clemency.

The commiitee eives ereat credit to Captain dishing, United States Navy, and asks to ue oiscnargeu irom lurtner consiueraiion oi the snbiect. 1 he report was ordered printeu The concurrent resolntien, fixing the hour of final adjournment at 4 p. m. on luesday, 'iiii, was passed. The House did not adjourn until a.

m. June 23. Senate. A resolution was agreed to authorizing the Committee on Appro priations of each House of Congress to sit at the Capitol during the recess, to inquire as to what reforms can be made in the several branches ol the Civil Serviee The House gave notice of its non-concurrence in the report of Ihe Conference committee on tne larin Din, ana assea ior a pew conference. Mr.

Sherman said it was man-if st that Congress could not agree upon the dis puted points ot the bin at this stage oi me session. He, therefore, moved it be postponed till next December, which motion waa agreed to without discussion Bills were passed authorizing and requiring the issuance of a patent for -rtain lands to the county of Scott, Missouri; to extend the time for completing enteries for Osage Indian lands in Kansas; authorizing the coinage ot a twenty cent piece ot sliver at tne mints of the United Slates; relieving J. L. Fugh, of Alabama, of his political disabilities; to con- lirm the agreement made with tne snosnone imn-ans, eastern band, for the purchase of a portion ot their reservation in Wyoming Territoiy A committee having been appointed to witupon the President aud notify him of the proposed adjournment ot Congress, duly reported, and at 6 o'clock, after the passage of resolution ot thanks to the presiding officer, Mr. Carpenter, the Senate adjourned tine die.

House. Various bills of minor importance on the Sneaker's table wre taken up and passed. Mr. Sawyer, from the Conference Committee on the Kiver and Harbor Appropriation bid, made a report, which was agreed to Mr. Tyner, fr mi the Conlerence Committee on the Fost-oilice Appropriation bill, made a report and proceeded to explain it.

He said the conference report provided that the prepayment of postag on newspaper should commence on January 1, .75, and that the rate of postage on newspapers should be two cents a pound on all weekly a id daily newspapers, and three cents a pound on all publications less frequent than weekly. The report wai adopted Mr Dawes, incon- queuce of the postponement of (he tariff bill until next December, moved to take up and pass tne Senate bill to extend the time tor the redemption of certain lands for direct taxes. Agreed to Tne Speaker announced that be had appoint- Mr. It. Hoar and Mr Mitchell on the com-mitt to frame a new government lor the District ol Columbia The President having been dulv notified of the proposed adj urnnient, tht committee made their rtp'd and as the hands of the clock-dial indicated the Speaker, wishing all of the members a sale and happy return to tneir horn -s and families, pronounced the fiit session ol the Forty-third Congress adjourned sine die.

The Work of the Session. The report of the Committee of Conference on the Appropriation bill having been airreed to bv both the limine and Senate, makes the following settlement of disputed points: ihe House agrees to the Senate amenduient.advano- 1S74. 12,401 18,134 1,790,296 200,867 1S73 3,462,915 40,137 2,423,03 222,3 2 Nfet'receipts for past week all U. S. ports Total' receipts irom Sept.

1 to dale ait U. 8. ports Exports for past week from all ports Total exports lroin Sept. 1 to date from all ports Stock now ou hand at all U. S.

ports Stock now on hand at all interior towns Stock at Liverpool Stock of American afloat for Great Britain 4B 022 942,0 0 127,000 43,9 8 878,0 0 lCS.OOO between The first through freight train Kansas City and Galveston was dispatched from the former city on the 22d. The President has sigued the new Currency bill. CRIMES AIn CASUALTIES. A man named William M' Doie has been arrested upon suspicion of having murdered Mrs. Bradley and her two daughters, near Lawi enceburg, Iud.

A "post mortem examination showed that the mother had been violated, and the murder, which was done with an ax, was far the purpose of escaping detection. A babe anil a boy three years old were spared their lives. An excursion train on the Carolina Central Railroad ran off the track, on the 17th, killing three negroes and seriously injuring a large number of other passengers. By the bursting of a steam-boiler in the wheelbarrow factory of Stevens Cold-water, on the 18th, Isaac Stevens, father of the proprietor, and John Hudson, a boy, were instantly killed. Five other persons were badly injured, one, it is thought, fatally.

Cass Matlock was hanged at Little Rock, on the Up to the last moment he protested his innocence of the crime for which ho was convicted. At Carrollton, Greene county, 111., on the of disguised men took FrankEvans, a condemned murderer, out of the jail and hanged him to a tree, about six miles from town. Evans had, by his own confession, beon condemned as principal or accessory in The house of Christopher VVhitmire, a farmer residing near Steelville, Crawford county, was burned on the night of the 20th, and two of his daughters, aged respectively eight and ten years, perished in the flames. The rest of the family barely escaped with their lives. A dreadful accident occurred at Syracuse, N.

on the evening of the 23d. A straw berry festival was being held at the parlor of the Central Baptist Church, when, without any warning, the floor gave way, precipitating a room full into the story below. The parlor was on the second floor, and the room underneath was also full. The following are the names of those taken out dead Dr. O.

Wainwrigiit, Mrs. Austin Barnes, Mrs. James M. Crow, Mrs. J.

E. Miss Gus-sie Carpenter, Mrs. Abijah Veeder, of Utica, Miss Graeie Holmes, Miss Winnie CoIHhs, iigod thirteen; llattie Leonard, five or six years old; John Austin Ostrandcr, ahoy about nine years old; Miss Minnie Thomas, Frank Collins, aged fourteen; Lulu llorton, aged twelve. Mrs. Dr.

Wainwright, ex-Alderman Austin Barnes, Rev. Dr. H. J. Eddy, and some hundred other persons were more or less injured, some doubtless fatally.

The ac cident was caused by the giving way of a joist that supported the floor. The joist ran from both sides of the room to a cross stringer, the middle of which was supported by iron rods from the roof. The stringer gave way, pulling the ceiling and roof down upon the people, and precipitating them into the room below. The walls'of the church did not fall iu, but were seriously damaged. The church was com paratively a new one.

A few minutes before the floor gave way it trembled so that many persons left the room, fearing an accident, which had -been predicted by many. The work of recovery was exceedingly slow, as it had to be done in the dark, and it was feared every moment that the walls would fall in. The entire police force and fire de partment of the city were called out, and took charge of the work of recovering the dead and wounded. Thejbroken timbers were hoisted up with difficulty. MISCELLANEOUS.

The Duchess of Oneida, a two-year old heifer, purchased by A. J. Alexander at a New York sale last fall for $10,000, died a few days since on Mr. Alexander's farm in Ken tucky. Two steamship loads of Chinese, 1,554 in number, arrived at San Francisco on the 18th.

On the night of the 20th, at New Orleans, as the last forms of the Bulletin newspaper were being conveyed to the press-room, they were seized by the Metropolitan Police, and locked up in the Central Station. The Bulletin appeared the next morning with six printed and two blank pages, containing the following headings "Another Midnight Order An Outrage on American Liberty The Press to be Bullied and Suppressed." The Bulletin says: "Whether Durell, Kellogg, Badger, or their underlings be implicated, we cannot, as yet, say, but that this lold, au-d icious and villainous robbery on the highway of a newspaper's material on its way to press was effected simply because of the Bal k-tin's daring and outspoken exposure of fraud and corruption, is certain." The business portion of the town of Richmond, was burned on the night of the 21st. Loss about 00,000. Incendiarism sus-peeted. The Saengerfest held at Cleveland, Ohio, conunenchlg oa the 23d, was an immense af tion of Papal States, abolition of religious corporations, and other acts of the Italian Government, so that the enemies of the Church may not be able to plead justification of undisputed customs.

He is also moved to allude to these subjects because he recently received an overture of reconciliation, and had in his possession a respectful letter urging, as a Vicar of God of Peace, he should pardon his enemies and withdraw the excommunication pronounced against them; but he declares he cannot make peace with the enemies of the Church, and in conclusion exhorts the Cardinals to imitate the conduct of the foreign Bishops, especially those of Germany and Brazil. Jules Janin, the French author, died on the 19th, aged 70. Intelligence had been received at Constantinople, on the 20th, of a terrible disaster in the Sea of Marmora. The Turkish vessel Kais, en route for Salonica, was run into by an Egyptian vessel and sunk in a few minutes. The Kais had 310 persons on board, including passengers and crew, and of this number 320 were drowned.

Telegraphic communication was opened by the new cable between England and Brazil on the 22d, and dispatches were forwarded direct between London and Pernambuco. The Leamington (England) Agricultural Union have adopted a resolution that, in view of the improbability of the settlement of the dispute between farm laborers and their employers, Joseph Arch be asked to take a party of farm-hands to Canada, and that the Union provide free passages thither for lock-ed-out laborers. The sum of $5,000 wa3 voted by the Union to secure passages for intending emigrants, and a special call is to be made upon the public for further emigration funds. COXGiiESSIOXAL. uxi II.

Senate. The House bill for the ccl'ef ol uii3 ilL. AluCulioaglj, late CollectArof the ilte- nth District of Missouri, was passed. The House bill to provide for the appointment ol a crmmiission of engineers to investigate and report upon a permanent plan lor me reclamation of the alluvial basins of the Mississippi iver was also passed A motion to restore tin- Hanking privilege, made by Mr. Rob ertson, was deteated ayes, 17; noes, The bill authorizing the construction of bridge across the Mictinsippi Uiver, at or iuar rosse.

was pnsseu. House. in senate bill prohibiting the publication ol the revised statutes in newspapers at the expense of the Government was pats. il. I lien port ol the uonterence Committee on the Pension Amirouriation bill was also adopted.

Jt'XE 18. Senate. The bill for the payment of awaids by the Sou' hern Claims Commission was passed The bill to provides government for the District ol Columbia was then taken up, and after the jection of several prposed amendments, ws parsed as it came from the House. House. 3ir.

liutiir mane an attempt to have the enale Civil-ngtits bill tuRen from the tilile, but the motion failed He then aki leave to report the Civil-rights bill from the Jtmiciary Committee, but this motion failed so A cimim sseiii ot ihi ee was appointed to investigate the UiiCKasaw and cnoctaw -Nations, and to enter into an agreement with them rela tive to status of tile colored men there The Moiety bill was then taken up and passed. June 19. Senate. A number of bills were reported from committees and ordered placed on the calendar, among them one from the Committee on Territories to organize the Territory ot Oklahoma and for the better protection of the Indian tribes therein The report of the Conference committee on the inance lull was aareed to after some discussion ayes, 43; noes, Some progress was made in dis posing of the Kiver and Harbor Ap propriation inn, penuing aiecussion on which the Senate adjourned. llou.se.-- The I'o t-oiuee Appropriation bill was taken up, and Mr.

K. II. Rob erts moved an amendment making the postage on daily and weekly newspapers one cent per pound, arid on magazines two cent per pound, lie imoiineu ne House tnar newspapers wanted no sympathy, out only justice. He was confident that Ihe House was going to legis late against newspapers out of spite. Great as some public men might be, iougas might be their public life, their career was short as compared with the life of a great nwwsoaper.

There was none so ereat that he could afford lo sneer at it II the House choose to legislate from spite, newspapers would he carried outside the mails. Mr. G. F. Hoar ciltcizad Mr.

Roberta's inti mation that the Hou-ie was actuated in its legislation by its opposition to newspapers ratner than by a desire to do what is right and for the public interest. Finally Mr. Roberts's amendment wait rejected and the Senate amendment was modified so as to read that on all newspapers and periodical publications mailed from a known ollice of publication or news agency and ad dressed to regular subscribers lor news-agents postage shall be charged at the billowing rates: On newspapers and periodical publications issued weeKiy and more frequently than once a one and a half cents lor each pound or fraction thereof; and ou those published less liitiui ntlv three cents a pound; pro vided that the rate of postage on newspapers or periodicals not exceeding two ounces in weight aud circulars, wlvn the same are deposited in a letter carrier's oince lor delivery oy an onice or its carrier, shall he uniform atone cent each; but neri'idicids weizhine more ihan two ounces shall be subject to a postage of two onts each, and these rates shad be prepaid by stamp. The amendment allowing single copies of newspapers to go through Ihe mails tree wphin the county was concurred in. i he amendment allowing tour-pound packages of the third class to be transmitted by-mail was, alter considerable discussion, concurred in.

The amendment requiring the oath of pu'illbliei a wm cuueiii ml ill won sume uiou mixtions. The amendment making Ihe change oi newspaper postage to commence on the 1-t of January next, was concurred in. An amend ment was carried reducinK the limit of postage on public documents from twenty-live to 'en cents per volume In the evenine the session was eutir. ly occupied by G-n. Duller in a lengthy speech in iletense of th Moicy bill, which replied lot M-ssrs.

Fitcr l. II. KoneruJ. ii, Hoar, and Dawes. Th debate very per sonal and vindictive, and the galleries Were e.r t'ded I'unng tne whole debate.

ink 20. Senate. A number of joint resolutions were agreed lo Mr. Windom, from the Conference Committee on Ihe Indian vnurooriation bill, ule a repurt, which was igienlto. i l.e report fixes the appropna ioa lor tlv Apaches of Ar zona and New Mexico at insteal of as voted by tin; and a ciruorumise on 00 Iot Indian service in California, the House Item of $50, (KM) lor Ibis purpose having been increased by the Senate to The appropriation ir the pitches I 't year was $5 1.

li' 0, and for the year bclore Sundry Civu Appro' lo equalise oounues; ute utit giniuiiiK iich-is to all soldiers of the war of 18 2 and their widows and children: for the construction and repair of tne Mississippi River levees; the Mc- crary 0111 regulating cnarges ior ruiirotiu transportation; the Omaha bridge bill; the House bill amendatory of steamboat law; the Senate bills for the abolition of compulsory pilotage and to authorize the organization of national banks without circulation; all land grant bills and several hundred bills for the relief of individuals. Resolutions Adopted by the Illinois Republican State Convention. Following are the resolutions adopted by the Republican State Convention of Illinois, held at Springfield on the 17th. The fourth resolution was amended, by a vote of 298 to 234, by striking out the last clause (enclosed in parenthesis) We, the delegates and representatives of the Republican party of Illinois, declare the following to be substantially our political belief: 1. That emancipation and enfranchisement having been secured by the thirteenth and lit t'enth amendments to the Constiiution of the United States and by appropriate legislation for their enforcement, and equality of civil rights having been guaranteed by the fourteenth amendment, such guaranty should be enforced by appropriate statues, so that the broad aegis of freedom for ever may be over black and white citizens alike.

2. That as one of the consequences of the late civil war ahout OCO.OOD of non-interest bearing Treasury notes were issued to and are now held by the people as sale and convenient currency, it would be unwise aid inexpedient in the present financial condition of the people to attempt a policy of immediate cancellation of any portion of such I reasury notes. 3. That the laws for the establishment of national banks having secured to the States and Territories the best system of bank circulation ever before offered to the people, its issuance should not be longer confined to a pi ivileged class, but should be free to all alike under general and equal laws, the aggregate volume of currency to be regulated by the untrammeled laws of' trade. 4.

That we reaffirm the declaration of the National Republican Convention of lS'i, in ivor of a return to specie payments at the earliest practicable day. we are. opposed to any increase iu the amount of legal tender notes, and favor the gradual retirement of the tame as the volume of the national bank notes shall be increased 5. That we commend the measures which have passed the popular branch of Congress looking to a cheapening and perfecting of inter-State railway transportation and the improvement of navigation at the mouth of the Mississippi Iliver 6. That we are in favor of an amendment of the Constitution of the United States providing for the election of President and Vice-President by a direct vote of the people, without the intervention of the Electoral College.

7 That the Republican party proposes to respect the rights reserved by the people to th. m-selves as carefully as the powers delegated by them to the State and Federal Governments; and it will aim to secure the rights and privileges of citizens without regard to nativity or creed, and it is opposed to in erferecce by law with the habits, tastes, or customs of individuals, except to suppress licentiousness, or to preserve the peace and safety of citizens of the State. 8. That while we accord to the railway companies of this State the fullest measure of property rights, we also demand for the people reasonable charges arid rigid impartiality in tho transportation ot passengers and freights, such guarantees to be secured by appropriate State and national legislation. Relying on the declaration of principles and policy, and upon the broad, clear record of the Republican party during its filteen years of State and Federal administration, we appeal once more to the silent, conclusive tribunal, the ballot-box, confident that the people will endorse overwhelmingly the action of this representative convention PITH ASD PGOT.

What roof covers the most noisy tenant? The roof of the mouth. The modern golden rule; Do others as they would do you. Why is a hen sitting upon a srate like a penny Becau-e its head is on one side and its tall on the other. With what sublime resignation are we enabled to sit in church, with all worldly things off cur minds, when we are better dressed and are looked at more than anybody else there A few days ago a lady of Bloomlicld, Iowa, went to the post-oflice and asked for some stamps. The clerk handed her some green ones.

She asked him if he didn't have any pink her stationery was pink, and she Avanted stamps to match. A Chicago pork-packer, whose pew-rent was mised to twenty-five dollars, exclaim ed "Ureat (Jiesar nere a nice state oi affairs the gospel going up, and pork going down. What's to become of us So complete is the base-ball furore that even the Connecticut Kiver shad are taking a turn at the national game. We see that at Ilolyoke, yesterday, three shad that were in the river were caught out on flies. Hartford Times.

A little boy irom tjmcaffo, on going to the sea-side, saw a turtle in tho back yard of a hotel, when his astonishment knew no bounds. "Oh, mother! mother!" paid the child, "come right away quick tor here's the queerest thing a great black frog, with a hit on his back, creeping on his knees." There are, perhaps, few people," remarks the Arcadian, "who at some time or other have not yearned for rest from advice. It is a blessing not so easy to obtain One may rest brain and body, for he can gro to sleep and, if natural sleep fail, opiates will work their charm. If his spirit is wounded in the ways of the world he may rest from sin, but that is a sort of repose a very little of which" only can be borne by the confirmed reprobate. He can rest his stomach, for he can refuse to drink any thing stronger than Soft-water, or to eat anvthing more inflammatory than All these things are comparatively easy but it is not easy to obtain long, sweet, refreshing rest from advice.

When you don't get it from your friends you get it from your newspaper. You are expected- to swallow it straight, iu season and out of James B. Beck, who declines to run igain. The House Committee on the Judiciary have resolved to impeach both Judges Durell and Busteed. The vote of the committee in each case was six to five.

The Maine Republicans have renominated for Governor Nelson Dingley, Jr. Hou. James (Jr. Blaine has been renomi nated for Congress in the Third Maine Dis The President has signed the bill abolish ing the District Government and establishing an ad interim commission. The following nominations were confirmed by the Senate: on the 22d Lyman K.

Bass, Representative from New York, as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Benjamin Moran present Secretary of Legation in London, as Third Assistant Secretary of State; B. I Potts, Governor of Montana Territory. The President, on the 23d, sent to the Sen ate the names of Alexander R. Shepherd, late Governor of the District of Columbia, William A. Dennison of Ohio, ex-Postmaster-Gcneral, and Henry T.

Blow of Missouri, formerly Member of Congress and afterwards Minister to Brazil, as a Commission to govern the District until a new form of government shall have been prepared and adopted. The Senate was in session about two hours and a half on these nomination, the debate being altogether confined to that of Shepherd. Finally his nomination was laid on the table by a vote of thirty-six against six. The other two nominations were confirmed without a division. The President subsequently- sent in the name of A.

G. Cattell, ex-United Stales Senator from Jsew Jersey, who was confirmed. This gentleman is the only one of the three Commissioners, it is stated, who has real-estate interests in the District, but all are non-residents. The names of the six Senators voting for Shepherd are stated to be Sargent of California, Jones of Nevada, Spencer of Alabama, Clayton of Arkansas, Flanagan of Texas, and Patterson of South Carolina. The President, having approved of the bill for the distribution of Geneva award, nominated the following gentlemen to be Judges of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama claims Hezekiah G.

Wells, of Michigan; Martin Ryerson, of New Jersey; Kenneth Raynor, of Mississippi Win. A. Porter, of Pennsylvania, and Caleb Baldwin, of Iowa. Also, John Davis, of Massachusetts, to be Clerk of the Court of Commissions. The nominations were confirmed.

The Maine Democratic. State Convention was held at Portland on the 23d. Joseph A. Titcomb was nominated for Governor. Resolutions were adopted favoring the resumption of specie payment, declaring for free trade, etc.

COMMERCE A9fl IN MUSTKY. The closing price of gold in New York, on the 22d, was 111 7-8. The formal opening of the great St. Louis bridge and tunnel is to be celebrated in an elaborate manner on the Fourth of July. The crops in Southern and AVestera Ken tucky are said to be suffering severely from long-continued drouth, only very slight rains having fallen for two months.

Advices indicate that not more than one-third of the usual crop of tobacco will be reaped. A delegation of business men from Galves ton and Houston, Texas, visited Kansas City, on the 17tb, for the purpose of furthering the new transportatinu scheme between those cities. The delegation were given a public banquet and otherwise feted by the citizens. The Comptroller of the Currency is prepar ed lo receive applications for the reorganization of national banks in all the Western and Southern Rates. Application may be msde by letter, giving names of not less than five shareholders of the proposed organization, which should be accompanied with an en dorscment of the Senator or Representative of the district where the bank is to be located, The Value of a Voice.

jTa earfi "tjven fifty dollars "a night is something very like princely pulence to most women. There was a time, not very long ago, when it was so to Christine Nilsson to-day that gifted and industrious Swedish woman's voice brings her in five dollars a night, or more. A friend of mine who heard Axlelina Patti sing when she was a child, in a poor concert hall in New Orleans, relates that her appearance was painfully poverty stricken to-day Adeliua wears a marchioness's coronet and frequents the society of courts. Her voice has been a fine source of income to her: precisely what amount of money she has earned with it I do not know nor do I care for no argument Is necessary to prove that such workers as she are niunitieentlv rjaid. Let me address myself, then, to young women who are, or fancy they are, the possessors of voiceB which may be made a I source of income.

I suppose there is scarcely a village throughout the length and breadth of the land in which there are not one or two there may be a dozen girls who believe they could be Nilssons and fattig- it they had the opportunity Their voices are highly praised by those W'fus -who surround them thev are 'fond Of, ringing; they strike high notes wlfh'Jut difllculty and when, with an inordinate idea of the value of their gift, they go listen to the operatic or concert performances of th great diva of the hour, they lh it easy to persuade themselves that they could equal the vocal exercises they have heard, with a little instruction more thorough and fashionable than that they at home. What, wretchedness frequ'-ntly results from Jhis state of feel ing. esnjcomllv wmir rue aspirant is poor, anil her parents unable to furnish her the opportunities slit desires, I have no heart to piettue. Olive Logan, in July Galaxy..