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Ex-Congressman O. L. líp-iulding, of St. .Jotius, Mich , a-ul D. V. Bell, ol Detroit, are la Washington in the Interest of American railroads. They desire' á reduction of the bond f ees charged railroads'. These bilis, it is allrged, are so high that CaLadiau railroads are given an immense advancago overour roads in trans porttng freight. lt was thought that it, would ueed an act of Conjrress to iDatïethe reduerkm, but Stcretary Folgerbas expressed the opinión that the matter resls wbolly within the aiscretioa of the department. He can mane the redui'üon jf hi' tei-s llf. Argumenta will be made ■■ i--' ■ ia Ui uinkc & uhange. Michigan Lib-mdi will be ca lied upon to use thèir iufluence in the matter. The above refers to tho bonding of goods in transit from Canadian points to Manitobi via the Unitcd States. NEWS ÍSO'I'tíS HOT TIMES IN HOT SPBINGS. The condition of affairs ia HotSprings.Ark., is deplorable. Doran, Pruitt, Landing and Aliison, 'hp four assassins committed without bail for murder on the Btree the 9tb, were taken t the i:enite!-ilur_. av L. li U ii. ci.-LiUy, and were t uiend aa ovatlon by many citizens before their departure. The feeling of bitteroeM end lis intenetty eannot be dt'scribed. The ciMiiniittee of Fourteen, some of whom are and some are not citize.is, virtually control the city. Law Is practically suspended and the commit lee have things In their own hands. The y are contnjllt d by n man kaown tbere as Chas. Wátson, but whose real name h Charles Faulk,and who la uuder lndictmeut at Carliele, Pa., for murder, arson and burglary. Faulk furnishes name to the committee of objectionable persons, who invariably consist of men who are witnesses against Doran and his accomplices. A number of men have been mde to leave the city by order of the committee at the poiut of the bayonet. Every one forced to k-ave was a material witness against Doran and hisac.complicislnthe bloody work of the 9th. Tne assertion is openlv made and not denied, that the members of the committee themselvis will be imulieated iiithe 'jutehery, aad are t.hus endeavoring lo hid ■ all evMence by driving oiï all witnesses. Druiikiu -nwdies parade Mie streets and saloons armod Ui ihe teeth, and Ojpvnly make threats tual t!.T will run the towti. KEgP iWil FKOM ODIO, DOFQLASS. ■ The case of Robert Bailey, coïored, on tr'al for mf.rrving a white girl cüutrarv to tlie law of 1848, wbicn iinposes a flue oí #100 and tliree mouth8' imprisonment for a white person raarrying one of Negro b!o jd, or vice varea, was trled in Toledo recenüy. A demurrer was filed by the . dt-föLse that the law" was unconstituttonal under the fourteeuth amerdnunt. The Judge difcmiPEed thedtmurrer,ho'dn)gtbat the law did not legtslate in favor of the white race, iuiposing the same penalty cm a person'of either race marryiDg a wonian of opposite rocei. Bailey was fouud tuilty and given the f uil pen alty of the law, uiven above Tne only otber case utider this law was tried] in Cleveland and dismiseed, the Judge holding Ihe law unconstitutionp.l. THE MIS8IS8IPPI OVEEELOW. A dispatch from Shrevcport, La., of February, 8, Eays: The water i i on a stand. Nearly a!l the river plantatious for a hundred miles above the city are under water. Below tbc city the flooded district uteuds for ninety miles on the west tide, all except a few elevated places bcing covered. Oa tt e east sidc, the banks being higber, the country is not eo badly overfljwed, though si verai plantations are under water. It ís impossibie'to approximate the loss to nlanters in houses, fenct-s and stock. The waters spread out like a sea to swamps aud highlands. There b much suffering among the colored people. AN BNTIP.E FAMILY DEAD. A. fire occurred the other morniag on the third floor of a tbree-story frame building on Ötanton streel, New York, occupicd by Cornelius VanRiper and family, consistiug of his wife and tliree childreu. VanRiperand the three chiidren wt-re suffocated and burned to death. The wife jumped from the thtrd 6tory window and was instantly killed. The damage to the bnüiiing was $4Ü0. The cause of the öre is unknown. All the bodies were recovered. "HEK 80CL G0E8 MARCHIXG ON." Mrs. Mary Brojrn, widow of Brown of antielavery notoriety, dicd in San Francisco February Í9. CONGRbSS FBBBCAKY 26 Senate - Mr. Sewell trom the committee on militar) aftairs, reperted favorably the House btll for the relief of Fiiz John Porter. Made the epecial order for Wednesday, March 12. Mr. Wilsou from the committee on postofïices and poet-roadp, reportcd favorably the biil i,o pruhibit the mailing of newspaperaeontaining Jotttrv adven isementB. Placed on the calendar. A resolution was agreed to calliug on thesecretary of the interior for Information concernlug the wrk on the Panama ship canal. Mr. Hale of Maine iutroducefl a resolution, which was adopte'1, tbankina the Britieh gov. ernment for the gift of the Alert to be used in the relief of Lteut. Greeley. A resolution was also agreed to at-king the commissiont-r.of ariculture for st ati6tics concjruing the production of frraiu and cotton, tht amount used at home for Xood, fodder, and seed, the amount xported, aud the surplus, if auy. A btll was founiï authorizing the state of California to seket other iands in the place of those returned as miueraln. Hoar's polygamy bill was paf sed over, owiug to that Öcnator's absence in New Orleaus. The bill aulhorizing the construction of additional steel vesselS; for the navy cauie up as unflnished business, and was ditcusseu at tengtb, but no action taken.' A sliort executive session followed, aud the Senate adjourned. House - Routite business wa quickly disposed uf, and the House went tuto' committee of the wholeonthe pleuro-pneumonia bill. No other bueinces was transacted, and the House adjourued. febhuary 27. Senate- A bill was Introduced to improve the channel between 'ïalvestou and the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Van Vyck of Nebraska offered the .following resolution, for which asked immediate consideralion: Resolved, That the committee on Postoffices and Post Roads be üirected to icquira wbether at any time the Western Union aud Baltiraore and Ohlo telegraph companics, or any offleers or employés of said coui[janiee,bavc entered intq a contract or negotiation for the purpose of ffonsolidating said companieSjOf making any conibinattin for any purpose. After debate the 'resoJutlon was rcferred to the committee on post offices and post roads. Mr. Blair of New Hamshire introdueed a hill to exteud the time for the completion of railroads west of the Mississlppl Kiver, to wliieh grants of public landa had been made, whicb, in Bood faith, was . prosecutlng the work of eonetruction without forfciture of such grants. Mr. Lapham of New vork intro ducea a bill to incorpórate the Yellowstone Park Railroad and to aid in the construction of lts rond. Consideration of the bill to provide new cruisers for the navy was resumed,and was under diecussion whea Ihe Sinal.e adjourntd. House - Mr. Morrison of Illinois, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, reportèd a resolutiou wMch was adopted, directing the 8'.'cretary of the Treasury to inform the House how muhmoney ia now in the Treasury of the United States, under what provisión of law it is thi r retaiued, and how much, in view of curent rectipte, xpendltures and legal liabilities of the trea6ury, can be appiied at this time in tbe liquidation of that prt of the public dtbt nuw payable without embarrasing his department. Mr. Pbêlps of New Jersey, from the Committee on Toreigu ASairs, reportèd back the Brumin resolution, directing the committee to inquire whether the Minister of any foreign power has endeavored to nullify the effect of a unanimous resolution of the House by a reflectiou on the honor and integrity of lts m'-rabers. The resolutioa was acconipauied by a report stating that the committee made an investigation, but had been unable to obtain any Information on the sub ject. and asks to be excused irem any further consideration of the reeolution. The report was agreed to without discuesion, aud the committee discharged from further consideralion of the eubjict. Mr. LeFevre of Ohio introduced a resolution looking to the prohibition of gambliay in American products. The bill to preveüt the uso oí the Uqited States mails to advertise noxioüs medicines, foods and compounds, wae aaversely reportèd. The House at this juncture went into committee of the whole on the pleuropueumonia bill. Fedbuaby 28. Sbnatk- A bill was introduced by Mr. Ingalla of Kansas askinij that the injunction of eecrecy be removed írom the eourt martlal that trled Gen. Fits John Porter, In order tha! the details of th trial may be given to the public. . The bill authorizing the construction of steel yessels for the navy was taken up a's uiifioishcd business. After an animated debate the Senate went into executlve setsiou and soon after adjourned. House- The nsviution of the Gemían liberal unión nlatiug to the Lasker reeolution was dlscussed. The Pleuro-pneumouia biil was taken up and flnally passed by a Tote of 153 yeas and 127 nays. The bill s passpa próvidos that the CommisMonir of Agriculture.fhall organiza a bureau of animal iudustry and appoinl theebiif tliorcof whoee duty it ehall hf to investirte and repnrt upon Ihe Eumber, ysIup and coudiiio of domesiic animáis of tbe Uuited Statt-s, and alpo tb causee of cotatngioUs nnd coma utticjble distases amant them, and the mnuns for the preventton and cu-eof the same. He is aut.horized to appniut two competent pg nt, who-e duty it shaU be to report, upon the bét-t mrthOii of treatltitr, transportiug and carina for animáis, and the means to be adopttd lor the suppression and ext.irpation of contairious pleuro-pneumonia. The bill further s tbat the Commiesión'-r of Aüriculture "ay expend so much money íppropiiitcd by this act as may be necesary iu pying íor the animáis il !s deern, d c.jissary t,o slaughter, and in such dislnfection and ofher means as may he necessary. to ( xt irpate the disi-ase. Tne authorities of stat s shall pay one-Lalf the expense of the animáis It is deemed n cessary to slauahter, aud oue-hitlf the oost of tii-siuftc tion end care of herris ff cattle. It probibits transportalion Jroin ou state to another of any live ttook aft, ctcd w it.h any ;ontagiou8 or inftctiors diside, aud provliies for the prosecution of any person vioiating thi.-t probibltion. Two hundrcd and fift.y tbousand dollars have been appropriated to carry into ffect tbe proTisionsofthe bill. Public business was susp( nded and the House proeeeded to pay appro priste tribute to th" re ;:l i. v of late Representativo Hat k 11 of . februaiíy 29. Senate. - The cummittee on terrltorieemade a favorable report on the btll for tbe admisston of Dakota, and the comuiHl ie on approprta,i,ions repoited adversely the rcsoiution t.ro7iding for an appropriati n in aid of tbe &uffrtrs by the recent storms in the soutbern etatcs, and the tame comnittee repnrted favoraWy the milita ry academy bill. The Senate then reeuined consideralion of tbe bill for the construction of steel cruiserp, which v?aj pnpsed by a majority of 25. Adj .urned utitil Mouday. House - Mai,bury of Michigan offered aresolution directiug an ir.qulry aafo whether the lauds granted tbe Portage Lake and L tke Superior ehip canal ecmpany wtre üable to forfeiturei In committee of the whoJe bilis on the private calendar were consUen d. After the committeerocc the postcfliee appropriation bill was reponed and relerreil, nhen tbe House adjourned until eveulng, wuen pentlon bilis wereconsidered. MARCH 1. HoüfE.- Bilis were reported to provide for the issue of circul.itinií notes to natloual banking associatiouf, toestabliéh a board of interstate commcrce, to aid ín th coustrucii:.n of a ship canal betwccn Lake Union an.l P'iget Souud, to piovide for the Mryland and OA&ware f ree thtp canal, aud tu iucrease ih: pensions of widows, nduor chlldron aud df pendent relatiyesof di ci'asvd toldiers aud failors. A resolution was reporti-d callinsi upou thu secretary of the iuteiinr for lnfuriDatton rel ativetothe unauihorizcd fcneiug iu of pubiic lands in the si-veral states and terrftorles. The House went into conjmlueeof thewhole on the naval appropriai ion bill. Before adjournirg au order was made fixiug Jlarcb J3 for the cousideratión of the bill to reaiove certaiu burdens from ihe merchant marine, and Maren 18 for the coniideraüou of tha inter-state commerce biU introduced by Mr. Kegan. MARCH 8. Senate- Mr. Vest of Mlsfouri presentid a men-orial from the territorial eouucil of New Mexico reciting tbe wrongs esiótiug in that boüy. The matter was referreil toihec-m mittee on territuries for iuvestigitton. .The foll iwing bilis wereiutioiluced ai,d referrcd: To prescribe the couditiousuudi.r wbich bridges are to be consiructeri aud maintained across the Waba9h river in Indiana and Iilioois, and tbe White River in Jndiaua. Aiso to appropriate t50,000 lor tbe protecf ion of of goverument Íirop'jrty and tbe íjiprcyement if ine OMo tiver at Jeftersonville, Iad. A rest lution was offyred aud agrted to diri'cting an iuquiry into the expediency of preparing and eqaipmeutof a govermnent arti lery fuuudry. Pnceediug to the calendar the Seüate pasted a number ol bilis authorizing the couetruetion of public buildings not to exceed,for site an 1 buildinns, atnounts as follón e: Carson (Jlty, Ni-v., liO,ÜUü; Waco, Texas, 1UO,(X)ÍI; San Autouio, Tixrs, $J(JÜ,0OO; Laeroise.Wis., $ln(),ÜUÜ; San Francisco, Í4OU,(X)Ü; New Albany, Iud., (LUO,W)0; Wiuona, Minu., $l(ll,0uu; O-bkosh, VVi , $10i,00ü; Fort tímitb. Ark , 81Ui',0Uü; Nebiaska City, Ni-b., $75,ftil: l'mbio. Col., '00.000; FortScotr, Kan., lüO,i;0n. Billa imihoriïiug the parchase of udditioiial truuud for tbs ur-e of the Uuited States at Spiiufit-ld, TH., for $26,000, an-J the granting to the City of St. Louis, lor strect pur,üisof, 6? feet (fE iheeud of the Marine Ho.-piul truel, were a so psstd. The military acaueiiiy appropriation bill was taken up but laid over iu order thut the Senate rnight hold memorial si rvlces iu houor oí the late Representativo HaekeJl of Kiusas. House- -A rrsolutior wai oHered and adopted dlreciii'g a rtview of tbe fiudingsof tbe late iuvestiyation of the Joannette ixedition. The followiug b 1 s viere introduced aud nf'Trcd; For the ertction of a public building at Ztnt-sville;To pTohibit the iuiportation lnio the Uuited Scttes of pauper laburers, lzzironlauil beggars. Ameudieg the mies so as to provide tbat eulogies on d ceased in mbf rs be publinhed in the R cord v. ithout beiug üi livert-d For the erection of apublic tmildinaa'Fort Worth, Tex. By nquest: To liquidatie the national war debt in gold and stlvir bullion, to increase the circulation of nationul currtnt mouey, to dlfcotitlnue the collection of tuternal reveuue aud eétabli&h a merciiaut marine. The mean3 bv whicii these result are to b-, obtahio.l is to issue $1,2110 000 greeubacks. The bill pensiouiBg the-sui vivors of tbe M-ricau war wan taken up and passed by a vote oí i'7 yeas to 46 nays. CKIIUK. A JJOBIilBLE PBED. Peter SchmitE, a well to do carpenter and bnllder of Chicago, ctiokid hii pregnant wlfe to death and wint away, wandeling helplessly and aim!e.-sly about tlie city. He left ihree childreu bv a forun r wife. the oldest, a gir! of 16, In the house. .It; apears the st-pmother was hafáh With them, aud they feared to go to her room, so the difcuvery of lh; crime wa not madi' io.r 6ome time after the detd was eommittid, wheuthe dauhter vecturedin aud sw hei ;nother dead. Tne pólice were uotilied. Later in th'eday Mathias S.hmitz, not a relative, but an intímate fiieud, met the murderer. Thelatter confessed the er me. The other took the murderer into custoiiy and deliyi red himto the authorities. Schmitz seems dazed. Me says he d een't know ivhv he did the deed. It. is known hls inarried Uta was uuhuppy. A HOLD TKEFT. ' Prentiss Tiller,tnouev clcrk oí the Pacific expres? ecmpany, iraSt. Louis, Mo., whose fatbn' is a Louieville detective, disappeared ou the afternoon of the 2 1 iurt, icking with him one or two valises f uil of rnouey pckaes,the total ardount beirg vcry nearly (75,Ui':0. Iï is the custom of the couipany to keep a raoui'v clerk and day watchman ouduty iu the c fBce on Sunday, the doors biiug secued by chain locks and no one being aiiuiiited rxcept mes sengers who arrive on the uiorniua trains and have money packages to tura over. On the afternoon meutioued, Tiller was on duty, and thfi watchman remaiue I in tbebitek rojm teudiQK the door,the front doors betng kept loeked. About two o'cl.ack tiae watchuiau went our. to lunch, leaving three ineBseugi rs sit 1n4r bv the stove. While he was tone Tiller we'it out aud returned with a stranger.whomthe messeugers Eupposod to be a uew. clerk or mreseuger. Tiller and the Btratfgi-r went into the front office and were thouaht no more of. Au hour later Tiller came into the bick office to wasb hls bands, and remarked to tbe w..tcbman,who had returned, that he htlieved Iu would go out and get some lunch. VViping his hand, he reentered Ihe front office and was not seeii egain. Half au hour afterward the watchman walked iuto tbe front ihYe tl get souuahiug and was surprised to fina the front door uuloeked and Tiller absent. He spoke of it to the messengers who were sitting by 'he stove in th'e rcar, and tbev told him of tbe stranuer. Tbis alarmed hlin, and he sumraoncd the buperintuudent, who soon diseovered that about a bushei of money packaes were missing. raiutiK, MINISTER HUNT'S DEATH. W. H. Hunt, Uuited States Mlntetcr to Russla, dled in bt. Petersburgh on the morning of February 27, of dropsy, aged about 60 years. ONE TKOl'S-N!) DEAD. A Detperatc All-Oaiy Flght Picar Trlnkltal. Dlepatches rrcoived nt the waroffice in LoEdon from Tritkitat, datpd March lst, say that a desperate baitle rated all day the day bfore. The rebels retreated after 1,000 of thiir men had been Ulied. The loes of the British is Elven as 21 killed and 1-12 wounded. The followina detaiis of the battle are givon in a later dispatcb: The troops were all osspolblpd before EUnset on the morning of the 2Jth of February, except the 8lxty-flf.li Regiment wbieh c'-me up later. Breakfast ovir, the forces, abou', 4,000 stroag, formed iu an obloni; Maatre, the front aud rer.r being longcr thau t.iiè uiifei', owlüg to the difl'-r etit st.rengtb of tbe retimeuts. The Gonion Hlghlanders formed the aiivauce, wilh t'o Gat ing guns an 1 oue Oardimr iu the right corner, aud two tírjiüer aud one Gatliug ia the lcft corner. The Elubty-ninth Regiment formed the rlpht-hand side of the fquare, the Black Watch Regiment the rear. Tue length el ihe front was 350 yards. The hussars acted as seou's, advancing In a semt-eircle and 1,000 VHrdaaht id, covering the front and flanko of the main force. Afta advaneing three miles the earth-works of the rebels catne in sight. Guns wi re mtuuted and f tandardn were flying. The rebel fire had now almost ceased, exeept on the extreme rhiht and left. The British stepued forth as if on a ho'iday parade, the bag pipes palyiug and thu Highlandi-rn footlng cheerily. Ttiey aüvauced until within 300 yards of the rebel position, wbere an old suga mili, surroundrd by a number of huts, and a fort with two guns were situated. Here a halt was ori!etd and ihe scouts rejolmd the cavalry. Nei.her force seemtd disposed to open flre. At last "attt-ntioa" was cailed, whereupon the rexls. seeing the British move, began the battle with a shellfrom aKruppgun which paesed wide ov.r the square. Thé next shots were aloud with grea'er ccuraey, and tbe shells burst close to the Briti6h, wounding eeveral. The rebels mnintaintd a rattling fusilado, whtle the Euglish advaeced steadlly in a uure without answering the rebel fire, till thi-y passed north of the rebel works. At this poiht a piece of ehell wounded Baker Pasha aod twenty men were hit. After an echelon of a thousand yards a halt was ordered and the meo directed to lie down. It was now noonday, clear, and the winds dieper6Cd the smoke of the rebel flre, disdosing the rebels' mjvementp. Then the British opened flre with guns and Martiíii rifles, causing the rebel fire to rapidly slacken and almost cease. At tbls the bugle again sounded an advance. Thj troops rose, wheeled on the cedter of the square and approached the rebel works. The rebels were in no military order, but scattered here and there. so as to take advantage of the abundant cover whtoh the ground afforded. They clung to their posltion with desperate tenacity. There were 2,000 rebels directly in front, wm'leL.,any hundreds hung around two sides of the square, as the British moved for ward, uring as they advanced. The rebel, armed with scears and huge cross-hilted swords, rose within 200 yards of the arivancing Unes and rushed against the Britbh at break-neck speed, heedless and feark-S3 of death. The rebels feil right and left, ïhoush some of the brave fellows reached within Bve paces of tb.e square. They only feil back suifdenly when they were ioreed. Having elf ared ïhu grouud in irout with their Martini riflis, the British attacked the fort. Col. Buruaby was the first to mount the parapet, tirina a doubled-barreled shot-gun lnto tbe enemy. Arouod the works the rebele foueht wlih furiousenergy, and a frightful me'.ee of bayonets and ppears teok plsce. At last the Biittrhgained posse6sion of the tori,. The captureu two Krupp guns and at onee lurned them against ttieeuemv, but the Arabs etui coatesied evervinch. Thev would not sCbmit to be driyen off. They could only be killed. 1 he British next directed their attention to an old sugar mil!- a brlck building eontaining an iron boiJer. This they stormed and succeeded in diclodging 200 rebels, who leaped the fort ai.d chargtd from every opening. The rebels fln.tlly gave way, and bolted, Tte British pursued the rebels as they feil bi.kaud advanced as f ar as the fresh water we'ls of Teb, where the rebels made their last stand. Sheikhs, who advanced empty handed to show that they bore ctarmed iives, were strieken down with bayouet thniBts. The Highlauders carriedthe liext outwork, caDtur iug three suns. At the end of four hours' arduou&üghling the British gartned possession of iha rebel camp ol huts and wella. Theavalry on the right flank charged the retreating rebels, who did uot bolt, but met the troopers who rode among them, giving blow for blow. A splendid display of heroism was made by three mounted rebels TÊey resolutely maintained their ground again&t the ehoeck of two cavalry charges. In the third charge ihey were cut down, but not before they had killed several mea and wounded Col. Barrow with their spears. The enemy retired sullenlj and in couBtquence the British keptup their flringfor a long tiin. after the fortunes of the day had been decided. A later dispatch from Gen. Graham eays niceteen offleers recfived wounds, including Baker Pasha and Col. Burnaby, both of whom were severely wounded. Nine hundred of the enemy's dad were counted In the captured poeitioua. A London dispatch of the Si States that the British government had telegraphed for Gtn. Grahaïn to retreat immediately from Tukar and prepare to send the, British troops back to Englani. FROM ALL OVER THE WOULD. Charles E. Kenzie, a eonvictin tbe Oüio penitentiary, has fallen heir to $15,000 worth of pruperty at Waukesha, Wis. A convention of colüred men of the north will be held at Plttsburg April 29, to diecuss the rights acdwrongs of southtrn Negroe. AU the machineryin th? Blackstone, Mass., cotten factory was shu'. down and 500 operatives kept idle for stveral days, through a strike of 30 -'back boyt" against a reduc'.ioc in wages. Germán liberáis arepleasod with the Lasker retolution despite Bismarck'sobjections. The House committee will report the MePherson bill which allows national banksto i.Nisue circul..tion up to the par value of the bouds deposited. Arthur Wellesley Peel tas been elected speaker of the British House of Commons. Denied that naturahzed ci'.izens of the Unitid States who return to Germaay are subjetted to military duty. Jews not owniug land in in the province o South RusMa are expelled, A petition to Couut Tolstoi, minister of the intertor, begging for time to enable the Jews to pur;hase land remains unanswered. T ie British home seeretary, replying to a deputatiun, stated that the government would earnestly considerthe matter of the protection of girl8 who are enticed into Iives of shame. The scandal is eteadily increasing ia London. Great excitement prevails at Erin, Tenn., over the discovery of gold near that place. A cable dispatch of February 26, from Petersburg, sys Mr. Hunt, American minister to Rustiiiis dying. Measles is making frlghtful havoc among the Zunl Indlans. Dr. Norvin Green, president of the Western Union Teletraph compimy, resents inquisitorial action in relation to telegraphy, and deniis the power of Congress to compel the production of private contráete. A canvass of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, made by the Erle Dispatch, indícate a popular expression in tavor of James G. Blaiue for President. A monument to the memory of RobertE Lee was unvelled at New Orleans a fevr days f go with imposing ceremonies. The bill before the House to pension the Mexiean veterans has a clear majority. There is astrong suspicion that Salmi Moore of "Pa66ion Play" notoriety, was foully dealt with it. Harry Smith, a colored constable of New Orleans, attenjpted to arre6t Harry Johnson, when Johnson turned and ctabbeá the officer ia the üroin. Smith shot Johnson twice, and both mei died in a few minutes. A lup was sunk by a Cunarder in New York bay the other mornlDg, and two men were drowned. The president of the Louisiana lottery company recently gave hls son a check for $150,000 as a weüding present. Ex Senator Spencer will sue Attorney-General Brewster for $50,000 damages for defamation of character. The bill repeating the test oath has passed both Houses and now awaits the President's signature. A convention of Americau inventors is to be held Jn Cincinnati on the 25th of March, to take action against the threati'nedde3tructionof the patent laws. Ihe affair between Hewitt and West in regard to the O'Donnell resolution has been disposed of, and all partie3 are satished. All parties agree that the defeat of the pleuropni-utnonia bill is exircmely probable. Four boys whose ages range from 10 to 17 years were hunting near Omaha, Neb., when a powder magazine, eontaiuing over six tons of powder exploded. The boys were blown to atoms. . Military actiins around Tonquin are being brougltt to a close. A resolution has been adopted by the House committee on public lands doclaring in favor of the forfeiture of all land grants to the northern PaciGc railroad which were unearned previous to July 4th, 1S79. The kinds thus forleit.cd aggregate35,()OU,000 acres. Kepr?sentativeJoha L. Wise oí Virgiatais becaming very unpopuiar amoDg the colored people. The foot and ramith disease is spreading among cattle in Eagland. Mr Blaine is in very poor healtb, and ehows his age plainly. The Norwpgian minister of 6tate has been ■impeached, judged guiltj', and sentenced to lo: feit his potition and pay $5,000 costs. Durtng the last 21 years, 20,000 divoiees have been grarted in New England. The Massachusetts legishtive committee on eliction laws thinks the poll tax as a prerequislte for votlng should be abollshed. Lieut. Danenhower and Mies Helen Sloanwlll be married at Oswego. N. Y.. March 12, and af ter the wedding wlll make a vbit for a monta in Washington. A Berlin paper states tfaat Minister Sargcct has 60 compromlsed our government that 1Í we do not wish Iurther enibarrassmeut we must ask Mr. Sargent to come home . Friends of Hnry B. Payne of Cleveland are very confldent that he will secure the presidential nomination. A stOD has been put to gilding the recent, isue of flve-cent nicklea by Boston manufactures of chap jewelry, by whlch the coin is made to look llke a $5 gold piece. The manufacturera readily agreed to eurnnder to the United States oföcers all samples of jewelrv made of this design. A bilí recently passed the Iowa Senate ex empting pension money from execution and attachment. William H. Haieh of Port Hope, Ont., a passenger in the Circassian from England, wan robbed on the passage of $38,000 worth oï jewelry and other valuables. Ttie theft was not áiecovered Uil the passengers had landed. The civil service eommtssion have made their first annual report, from whieh it ia learned the civtl service act has been very Buccessful and Arthurha9 glventhecommlssionhisheartv support. Samuel J. Tilden Is said to be intellectuallv bright, but physically palsies!. More dynamite was seized in London the other day, and three suspected persons arrested. Gen. Gordon threatens the rebels wlth force tuasion having failed. Five fires occurred in Philadelphia on the night of February 29, the aggregate loss of which amounted to il,0uO,GOO. The Chemical worksof Powers & Wrightman of Philadeiphia, the largest in the world, aere totally destroyed by fire the other night. Marshall T. Polk, the defaultlng treasurerof Tennessee, died in NaBhvllle, February 29, of heart disease. Two persons were frozen to death near Lona Branch, February 29. Halil Pasha, a Turk, has been appointed governor of Crete. Christians are furious and trouble is imminent. A diseharged emploje of a convent at Serviele, near Marseilles, France, murdereü the lady superior and mortally wounded one of the sisters. An ixtraseseionof the legisltture of California has been called ior March 20 to conslder the railroad tax cases. The coroffer's ju ry say Salmi Morfe came to hls death by "accidental drowning." The public dekt reduction for February Is about $2,tüÜ,000. Several cadettïove tem öifmimd from tb naval academy for haziag. Luke and William Jones were hanged at Jackson, O. February 29, for the murder of Anderson Lockej . A pension btll is being prepared which will increase the annual amount nearly f6,000,000. .iTo!iP5Xíofflec aPI)roPr'ati bil' calis for í4o,ol,900. Parnellites in parliamentdenouncethe dyna mite policy. Elght colored men recently graduated from the Meharry medical departmcut of tie Central Tennessee college in Nashville. A New York firm has been engaged to finish the decoration of MaximillaE's palace in the City ol Mexico, left unfinished by the flight oí the ex-empcror. Senator Edmunds saya he is not and will not be a candidate for the presidency. The latest Ohio idea, the restoration of olJ duties on raw wool, was tquelched in the House. The Senate committee has decided in favor of the forfeiture of the Texas Pacific territorial land grant assigned to the Southern Pacific railroad company. The rumor that British troops had been ordered to wilhdraw from the Soudan is unfeunded. They will renuin until the safety of the garrisonb is assured. The people of Tokar were so glad to see Gen. Graham that they kissed his hands as he entered the town The snow storm has cauaed much damage ia Eastern Canada. Many houses a'.oDg the St. Lawrence are almost buried in the snow. The occupants make their exit through the attic windowe. Peach buds throughout OLtario have been completely destroyed by the rec.nt eevere weather. The United States supreme court has rendered a decisión in the cse which was brought to decide ''whet.her the notes of the United States issued in time of war undtr the acts of Congress declaring them to be legal londer ia pay ment of private debts and af terward in time oí peace reaeemed and paid in gold coln at the tn-asury and then reissutd uuder the act of 1878, can, under the constitution of the Uuited States, be legal tender in the payment oi such debte,' declariug the acr, legal and valid.