Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1873-12-09

              i it mil ii mi inv it i. VOL. XXXIV. COLUMBUS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1873. NO.!'269. IRONS In Fine Steel and Ormolu Heads. Iron STANDS In Common & Frenoh Brome WIBK PIBE GUARDS to fit any aize Grate. . Tbe HU3T Self-feeding, Base Heating Parlor or Office Stove for burning Bitumin ous Uoal ana keeping a continuous ; FIRM .'. IB TBS REVOLUTION. v Fol hurtling Anthracite Goal none excel tne celebrated ' i : - RADIANT HOME. For beauty of design, general attractiveness of appearance, perfection in its construc tion ana working, tue u&uiaht riu.nr, challenges comparison with any and all its competitors, una ' .... -; lIJfcE lu the RADIANT HOME lasts all winter. We have also in stock a full line of MORNING GLORY STOVES. We arc also in receipt of a new and beautiful line ot GOAL VASES AND BUCKETS, all of which we are selling at prices to suit the times. ASTON, TAYLOR & HUFF, NO. 20 NORTH HIClH KTRItET. umrci Jlig-h, Pearl and Chapel Mis. j. . coi.i. ' s. K. liuTit. . a. w. raAKonco. COftLY, SMITH ii FRANCISCO, I'llllLIKHRnH AND rROPRIKTOH; ; JAMES M. C'OJfl.Y,- ' Kalltor. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY Hook notices on second page. Foreign news by mail on second page. We hare a gorgeous Washington letter on second page this morning. Philadelphia may be Godless, but the telegraph reminds us daily that she is not Childless, The Plaindealer gyes a list of " Salary Grabbers in the Ascendant." We do not observe in the list the name of Fernando Wood, Democratic candidate for Speaker. BickhAM has just returned from Washington, busting with information. He says all our public men are apprehensive . of war with Spain, but they are going to keep cool, and do nothing rashly. Somk of the Ohio Democratic Con gressmen are really deserving of praise, of a modified character 1 Four of them voted against Fernando Wood in the (aliens. . Some of them went back on the vote, in the House.' They are like the man in Scripture, who promised he would do, and then didn't. He is usually considered worse than the man who refused, and afterward repented and went. Since Congress organized, the Democratic papers are exciting themselves, scraping together expressions from all out-of-the-way Democratic organs everywhere, showing their virtuous denunciations of the salary grab. The talk is all right, gentlemen. Tbe talk was all right during the late canvass. It is the Democratic rote, in Congress, that needs tinkering. It is the vote on Fernando that does the business there is where we have the dead Wood on you. ' Miss Dr. Major Mary Walkkr is still ' making an effort to secure more money from the government for herwervi-ces during the war. Republics is ungrateful. There are many male persons who threw themselves into the breach, and were munificently rewarded ; yet here is a female, who did more than any of them who threw herself into a pair of breeches, in fact and yet the government hesitates. Miss Walker's imminent deadly breeches are of black Silk. Another bill in reference to the status of newspapers under the law abolishing the franking privilege was introduced into the House Friday by Mr. Tyner, of Indiana. It provides that publishers of newspapers and periodicals may send each other one copy free of postage, thus reviving the former newspaper "exchange" system. Mr. Tyner's bill also includes the provision of Mr. Storm's bill, restoring to the publishers of weekly newspa pers the former privilege of transmitting their papers to subscribers within the county of publication, through the mails, free of postage. The weekly newspapers throughout the Union owe it to themaelve, to resent the impertinence of these 'dema- gogues, who would curry favor with them by placing them on the mendicant list. Any newspaper publisher with self re spect enough 10 make him a safe "moral engine," will prefer to pay his own postage, like a gentleman, and have his subscribers do the same. If the paper is not worth the postage it had better die. The bills of Messrs. Tyner and Storm are probably intended as the entering wedge for the complete restoration of the odious franking privilege. They look towards the newspapers, and row towards self-interest. Men and brethren 1 Let us take hold of all such little demagogues, gingerly, between the thumb and finger, by the neck, and mildly but firmly strangle them. . '' macular Lansraasr la Btolisrlaas Paper. burinrfield Rnnlilii.l We regret to-see in the Methodist Ke- coraer an article neaaea, as iohows: "Foreign Travel By G ." It may 1 .11 k. .. 1. 1 fearfully suggestive of profanity. It is pruuCT w pi, uw-.ti, urai 11 ii". vac of Mr. Alexander Clark's "edltema." A grocery dealer at Tttnrrllle. Foul, gives away refined petroleum to his cmv 1 a bid. for their trade. r. . . , A8 TO INDIVIDUAL MATTERS. Edwin Booth la acting in New England cities. , , Extensive potato rot is reported on Long Island. '' Rochester's decimal for the county tax is .0216583337. . Wieni.awski, the violinist, is sojourn ing In Chicago.' ,; Cafocl is like a tea-kettle. He sings better when lie's full. Mr. John McCcllough appears at the Brooklyn Park Theater on Dec. 8. ' . Rev. Charles Junqsley is stumping London for lady candidates to the School Board.' ' ' 'J v f !. 1 ' ' ' ; John Bubbatt is in Maryland, teaching the young idea not how to shoot, but towrite. " '' '" ?' Walworth has gone to Auburn, being accompanied on the train by his mother and sister. ' Nilbson having been described as "ani mated snow," some one hopes she is not a snowbawler. Miss Putnam, who perished in the Ville da Havre, was a lineal descendant of Gen. Israel Putnam. Gerald Massey claims Hertfordshire, England, as his' birthplace, and not Ire land, as has been stated. God will take account of the selfishness of wealth; and his quarrel has yet got to be fought out. Kingaley.' Arthur A. Brush, a compositor on the Tribune, who died recently, was a nephew of the late Horace Greeley. "I live by my pen," said a poet, wish ing to impress a young lady. "You look as if you I ived on one," was the .reply. Salvtmi played Othello on Wednesday afternoon at the Boston Theater. His success in Boston has been prodigious. The debating society of the Senior class at Xale and the Beecher debating society of theologues are to have a prize discussion Wednesday. Joaquin Miller visited Miss Hosmer in her studio at Some, and ejaculated, with pleasing disregard of conventionality, "Hosmer, I like your eye !" It is a mistake to suppose that, with everybody, charity begins at home. With sevententbs of us it never begins anywhere. Louisville CW.-Jour.' Divorces are hardly known in Spain, for the reason that the husband can find some one to shoot his wife for twentyfive dentB when he getB tired of matrimony. A Milwaukee hack driver, who ran over a mun and killed him, has only been fined $300. Street pedestrians at that city now carry double-barreled ahot-gnna. Uimvard of 24,000 persons saw "Hump- ty Dnmpty" last week at the Grand Opera House, N. Y., and the receipts at the box office on Thanksgiving Day were nearly $6000. An ingenious mechanic has brought out a combination of steam-gauge, try-cocks, and water-level glass, all in one piece, so that only two holes need be made in the boiler instead of six. It is always well to bear all ordinary troubles with composure, but when a man's supply of gas is cut off It can't be done. That's a trouble which it is im possible to mske light of. Death we can face; but knowing, as some of us do, what is human life, which of us is it that without shuddering could (if consciously we were summoned) face the hour of birth. De tjta'ncy. . At one of the ragged schools in Ireland a clergyman asked the question, "What is holyness?" A pupil in dirty, tattered rags, jumped up and said : "Plaze yerriv-erence, it is to be clane inside." , Captain John T. Drew reappears to remark that the Rutland Globe is edited by "cynical, sore-headed buznards," and has made an "ecstatic ass" of itself. Drew reminds us of A. Ward's kangaroo. Fukai Taichn, a native of Yeddoi Japan, is at Bennington, Vt., learning to run a knitting machine. Mr. Taichn is one of the number who were sent to this oountry, about nine months ago, to get acquainted with machinery. An Illinois farmer presented his daugh ter with a chromo, washtub, ax, three flat irons, and a dish pan on her marriage day, and she was so mortified that she attempt ed to commit suicide. The idea that she was to come down to kitchen work I A Civil Rights bill is needed. The largest tax-payer in Sullivan, Indiana, is a colored man, and in his family are the only colored children in the town. He is circulating a petition asking that his children be received into the public schools. This chap will turn up in Wall street yet. ' The other day a rural financier went into an Indiana village, bought a pair of pantaloons on credit, pledged them for the redemption of his gun that was in pawn. and left for the seat of war upon the ducks, turkeys and squirrels. This has a deeper meaning than appears on the surface. The other day a little boy, who went into a book store with his mother, crept up to the juvenile of the establishment with the air query. "Say, have) yon got any books for boys that ain't got religion in 'em 7" - There is every inducement to school ma'rma in Charlestown, Maxs., to remain long ia the service. A Mrs. Smith retired lately, after thirtymne yean spent in the public schools, and the School Board voted her $100. That ia almost $3 a year lor ail the wane tnai ane nas neen working, probably for about half-price. Ax Ohio anper tells us that "the eyes of the world are upon America, who, conscious of the justice of her cause, ia stripping for a conflict with Spain." If the eyes of the world are actually upon her, she ought either to request the world t torn its back for a while or keep on at least a pan ot aereioines. Lkmr.Jonr. . Washington telegrams to the Boston paper do sot represent Vice President Wilson's health as so nearly restored as it has been reported. His physician for- dms bis doing more man an nowr work each day, and he has, therefore, occupied the chair as President of the Senate less than an hour a day since Congress convened. ! ' ' The Centennial of the "Boston Tea party" will be observed in that city on the 16th Inst., as well as in Philadelphia. The Hon. Josiah Quincy will preside, and a number of prominent gentlemen have been invited to deliver addresses, During the exercises, which will take place in Faneuil Hall, tea and a simple renast will be served by young ladies dressed in the antique costume of tbe olden time the garments being such as have been pre- uiuusiy prcscrvca oy acscenaanis oi loose who uvea in jioston a hundred years ago. The Boston Transcriitt notes the faot thnt ' three gentlemen 'named 'William Sprague have served In .oDgrcsa.'. The eldest wis in the House of Representa tives in iB3o-37, and in 1842 was eleoted a Senator from Rhode Island, serving two years. , He died in 1851. William Sprague, a native of Rhode Island, was a memuer ot uongress lrom Michigan in 1850-51. He died in 1856. William Sprague, now United States Senator, is a nephew ot the gentleman first named. lie has held bis present omce since lsba. At the church of St. John the Baptist, West Thirtieth street, New York, on Sun day, immediately after a most impressive and eloquent sermon preached by the Very Rev. Father Bonaventnre, Fray O. S. F. C, during high mass, the Rev. Fred erick Donner, formerly pastor of St. John's Protestant church, of Baltimore, was received, after the usual solemn profession of faith, into the fold of the Catholic Church. The motives leading to his change of religion will be given to the public in a few months in pamphlet form. The Bishop of Lincoln has preached a sermon in his cathedral against the Temperance Pledge. He denounced it as un-scriptural. : He said that It "undermined the godhead of Christ" which at least is rather a curious figure. Then suppose, said the Bishop, that Timothy had been a pledged man, when advised by St. Paul to use a little wine tor the stomach s sake, would he not have injured his health and inflicted a damage on the cause of truth by refusing to follow the apostolic advice ? Moreover, according to the Bishop, the pledgo "leads to lying," and "itisadeadly sin for Christians to sign it." The Bishop's sermon, naturally enough, was quoted with the warmest approbation at the licensed victuallers' dinner in the Crystal Palace. Nashville Union and American : "There is in South Nashville a family in connection with which a peculiar phenomenon has been observed. The peculiar phenomenon is that the first seven of them were horn on consecutive days of the week. Thus, if the eldest is named John, and if John was born on Monday, then the next you nger was born on a Tuesday; the next on a Wednesday; the next on a Thursday, and so on. The strange ness ot tins orderly method ot parturi tion is increased by the fact that the eighth child was born on the next day in order to that which witnessed the advent of the seventh child, 1. c, on the ssme day tuat John, the eldest, was born. JNor is the strangeness diminished by the fact that the ninth came only one hour too early for his day. Long may they live to enjoy the fruitions of this terrestrial ball, and when they come to depart this life, may they go out in the same order in which they entered." A singular domestic tragedy occurred a few days since at the village of Piano, Illinois. A man named Long, wishing to visit Chicago, whether on business or pleasure we are not informed, asked per mission of his wife to make the trip. This was refused, and the venturesome husband went without it, although she threatened to leave him if he did so, Returning in a few days, he found her in the same frame of mind and unwilling to listen to reason" on that or any other sub ject. He therefore escorted her to her mother's, where he bade her good-bye, went back to his deserted home, took poison and died. In the evening, his wife, repenting of Tier folly and yielding to the impulse of real affection, returned to the house, which she entered with a forgiving smile, to find her husband lying on the floor, Btiff in death. The shock threw her nto convulsions, and her recovery is doubtful. Several morals might be deduced, but we leave our readersto draw them. In niv rhyme I fable anguish, Feigning tlmt my lov is dead, . riiiving at s game of sadnosis Singing hope forever lied Trailing the low rotas of mourning, (Irieving with tlie player's art, , With tin. Innguid palms of sorrow ; ' Folded on a dancing hoart.' 1 must mix my love with deat h-dust, Lest the draught should make mt mad; 1 must inako lielive at sorrow, Lest 1 perish, over-glad. W.n.llimiU: Certifying- Cheeks. Philadelphia Led ger. ' ' ' There Is very general Inquiry, us well from banks, bankers and individual creditors of banks, as to the limitation and authority for making checks good. There is such a thing as fictitious certificates of checks by bank officers. Where nanus ot deposit exist there is an under standing that the authority of the officers of those institutions to certify checks is limited to cases where the bank lias money of the drawer in hand nt the moment sufficient to cover the oheck. This commercial rule Congress enforces in the follow ing law, passed March 3, lShy : 'That it shall be unlawlul lor any oui- cer, clerk or agent of any national bank to certify any check drawn upon said bank unless the person or company drawing said check shall have on deposit in said bank at the tint tack check is certified an amount of money equal to the amount specified in such check, and any check so certified br duly authorized officers shall be a good and valid obligation against such bank; and any officer, clerk or agent of any national bank violating the provisions of this act shall subject such bank to the liabilities and proceedings on the part 01 me comptroller as provided for in section 50 of the National Banking law, approved June 3, 1864." The fiftieth section, above referred to, authorizes tbe Comptroller to close the affairs of a bank and appoint a receiver whenever a bank fails to pay its circulating notes, and is in default It will be seen that, independently of any anthority, the bank may or may not give to its teller, he is forbidden by law to certify any check unless the drawer has at the moment that amount of "money" on deposit, and "money" la neither bonds, nor mortgages, nor certificates of stock. Dot only tne law. fol circulating money of the nation. We maae this explanation in answer 10 in quiries irom several quarters. The Albany Journal sees in the Presi dent recommendation rtf a comtitmonal amendment permitting him to veto parts of a bill "as keen a t timet at the back-pay wrong as 11 is possible so imagine. BY TELEGRAPH 10 TBS OHIO STATE JOURNAL CAMBRIDGE. Holler KxpUalon Two Persona Kl Ilea and One Injured. Hiocial to the Ohio State Journsl.J - ' Cambridge, O., Deo. 8. The boiler in the saw mill belonging to Alex. McNaryi one mile eatit of here, exploded this afternoon, making a complete wreck of the building and instantly killing the engineer, Joseph Crasser and a boy named Ashery Burt, who was at the mill for lumber, also seriously injuring a man named McMurrayC Pieces of, the mill were thrown five, hundred feet. , , ,;,'. .; . ' ..I 1 ," ' 1 " 1 il! i CUBAN MATTXBBi : ; , ; '' I ' '-- 1 1 1 V"i;I t)fJ v, ; Jmivcllnr "a111 Hot Healg-awTfce ' FeellBs; la Havana Mora: poacsa. ' lle Tlrirlulna Prisoners Taken to Clenfnecoa, and Ordered Back by t be Captain Uenerar The steamer Kanans at aantlacsA Formal De mand for the Prisoners 1 Havana, Dec. 8, Captain General Jouveilar authorizes the statement that the entire island is tranquil. He has no doubt that all will.be arranged peacefully and satisfactorily without the slightest difficulty. He now declares that he does not intend to leave Havana or transfer his power Into the hands of General Me-relo, the Segundo Cabo, who arrived by the last steamer from Spain. The feeling of the people in Havana is quieter and no disturbance is apprehended. The disposition to comply with the mandates of the home Government and obligations of the treaty with the United States, without further discussion, is becoming general. The General commanding at Santiago de Cuba, in the absence of General Bur-riel, acting without orders, placed ninety-two of the Virginius prisoners aboard the Spanish man-of-war Bazar and sent them to Cienfugos. The few remaining prisoners were either too ill to be removed. or being youths of tender age, have been set at liberty. The prisoners, while at Santiago, were well treated by the au thorities, and in no wnv mofested by the populace. When the Bazar reached Cienfugos her commander announced by telegraph to Havana his arrival with the prisoners, the Captain General answer ed by ordering the immediate return of the Jjazar, and prisoners to bantiago, where they must have arrived by this time. Santiago de Cuija, Dec. 3. The United States steamer Kansas arrived here yesterday after a hard passage. She was driven out of her course, and finally compelled to put into Bermuda for coal. The commanders of the Kansas and Juniata have made a formal demand for the deliv ery of the Virginius prisoners; the latter were remuveu iroiu jau to tne lurt ims morning. 1 lie ! reni'li war stoaiuor Kersaint and tiie British sloop of wur Nisbe arc in the harbor. OTJE NAVY. Necretury Robeson Ankm it Special Appropriation. Washington. Dec. 8. Secretary Robe son to-day sent the following letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, wmcn has been relerred to the committee on Appropriations : under circumstances ot present emer gency, I am compelled to aBk that a special appropriation be made to cover the expense of putting the iron-clad and cruise navy of the United States in con dition for immediate and active service. I have taken measures to put every available iron-clad or wooden ship of our navy in condition for immediate duty. I have ordered all ships of the various squadrons witmn reocii to ren dezvous at Key West. I am enlisting men to supply and fill up crews of all vessels. I have accumulated materials, provisions and supplies for their maintenance and support, and advanced ammunition and all weapons of naval warfare for their use. The circumstances which have con strained the Department to this unusual activity and consequent expenditure, are known to vou and to the country, the fact that they occurred during recess of Congress made it necessary thafe4 should myself assume the rosponsMlity of prompt acti in, relying upon the wisdom ond justice of the people and their representatives for support. I have not as yet exceeded the appropriations for the currentyear, but these measures, with the cost of preparing, transporting and con centrating everything necessary to carry them out, have already almost exhausted the money of the working bureaus of the Department, and this must be supplied at once if work is to go on. The cost of putting our iron-clads in service, a work already undertaken and in some instances far advanced, will also require a large appropriation. The amount required to reimburse bureaus so as to carrv them through this year, and also to put all our available monitors in order, will not be less than $4,000,000. If our force is to be increased, or if the powerful double turrcted monitors Miantonomah, Mono-drock and Puritan are to be put into condition for usefulness, at least $1,000,000 more will be required. The Secretary had a long conlercnce with the committee of Appropriations today, and will have another to-morrow. NEW YORK. CATHOLIC CELEBRATION. New York. Dec. 8. The Catholic churches are crowded this moraine, on the occasion of the celebration of tbe least ot the Immacculate Conception and the consecration of the entire diocese, with all its churches, religious houses and charitable and educational institutions, collectively and singly, to the Most Sacred Heart of Jeans. . . ,. BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS ENDED. An order waa entered to-day discon tinuing bankruptcy proceedings in the case of George Bird Grinnell & Co. The brm bas made a settlement with tne cred itors, except a few whose claims are pro tested. . . CUBAN MASS MEETING. A Cuban mass meeting, in the cause of humanity, win oe neid ben r riday even ing next. . The Kaasaa at Bemanda Island, Washington', Dec 8. A dispatch has been received at the Navy Department from Commander A. C Reed, U. S. steamer Kansas, dated Bermuda Island. NoviM, announcing the arrival of the vessel there on the evening of November 23. cue en eonntered a heavy sea and violent squalls when about one hundred and fifty miles to the southward and eastward of Cape Hatterss, and was forced as a matter of safety to keep away before it. He stopped at Bermuda to obtain coal, and intended to leave on the evening of the Xtta. . . LUl Congress First Session. t ': 1 1 . . ' Washington, Dec. 8. ,: SKJfAT?. ,'. " v Mr. Chandler presented a joint resolution of the Legislature-of Michigan, asking for the construction of a Niagara ship canal; also joint resolution of that Legislature, asking for a survey for a canal across the State. Laid on the table. . - Mr. Conkling presented the' petition of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, in regard to the resumption ol specie payment. Referred to the committee on Finance. ;,; , .-. . , ' Mr. Stevenson introduced a hill providing that bust of the late Chief Justices R. B. Taney and S. P, Chase, be placed in tbe Supreme Court room. , Referred to Afiurary committee. . ..Mr. Windoni introduced a bill to in corporate the Southern Trans-continental Railway company, and to grant right of way through public lands to the same. Referred to tho committee on Public lewda, Mr. Sherman introduced a bill to au thorize the organization of National hankB without circulation. Referred to the committee on Finance. It is substantially the bill with the same title which was passed by the Senate last year. Mr. Scott introduced a bill amendatory of the act to establish -a uniform svstem ..at bankruptcy , throughout the United states. Relerred to tne commiueo on Judiciary. . . Mr. West introduced a bill for the better protection of the public works on the Mississippi river. Relerred to tne com mittee on Commerce. ' Mr. Logan introduced a bill to provide for cheap and permanent transportation for persons and freight between New York and Chicago. He said as there would probably be some question as to the power or Congress to enact this law, lie would ask that the bill be referred to the Judiciary committee. It was so ordered. Mr. Wright introduced a bill to authorize the construction of a fire-proof building at Keokuk. Referred to the committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, After the introduction of a large unru lier of bills, Jas. R. Young was elected Executive Clerk, and Rev. Byron Sunder land Chaplain ot the Senate. Mr. Wright addressed the Senate in favor of the repeal of the salary bill, after which the Senate went into Executive session, and soon after adjourned. i . HOUSE. The House proceeded to the first business in order on Mondays a call of the States for bills for reference only. Under the call a large number of public and private bills were introduced and referred. Mr. Negley introduced and asked to put on its passage a bill modifying the Steamboat Passenger act by allowing tow-boats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to carry 150 pounds of steam pressure, in place of 110 pounds, on standard boilers of 42 inches diameter, with plates a quarter of an inch in thickness. He explained the bill and Stated it did not change the existing law, but only extended it, as the law would expire by limitation very soon. The bill was passed. Mr. Alaynard, irom the committee on Rules, reported a bill removing all dis abilities imposed or remaining on any person by the third section of the fourteenth article of amendments to the Constitution, and substituting for the iron-clad oath the modified oath now administered to persons from whom disabilities had been removed. Mr. Lawrence asked whether, under that law, Jefferson Davis might not obtain a seat in either House. George F. Hoar inquired whether tho committee on Rules had a right to report Biich an act of general legislation. The Speaker doubted very much whether that committee had a right to report it, except under a call. George i. lloar said ne would not insist on the point. Mr. Butter of Massachusetts said lie-would.Mr. Maynard moved to suspend the rules and receive and pass the bill. In reply to Mr. Lawrence's question .he said the late President of the Southern Confed eracy might, as well as the Vice President, have a seat in either House, provided the people should think proper to send him. Mr. Butler said he would not object to the bill if it had been examined by and was reported from the committee. Mr. Maynard said it was the unanimous renort of the committee. : The bill was then passed by a vote of 141 to 29. Mr. Hale of Maine, from the select committee on the salary question, report ed n bill repealing so much ot the salary bill as increases the compensation of the Vice President. Sneaker. Senators. Repre sentatives and Delegates to Congress. The second section revives and declares to be in full force all acta relating to pay and allowance of Senators and Members that were repealed or superseded by the act of the third ot March. OS 16; provided tucy shall receive no milcago for coming to and going from the present session except . .... 1 ij::.i..-i tLAi:H 1... amuui luuiviuuui iiuvcuuK cApcuseo, the most direct route of usual travel. 1 he third section requires the Secretary of the Treasury to cover into the Treasury all sums that may remain undrawn, or that have been received as increased compensation, and which shall have or may come into his possession by return thereof. Ml. XVMOUII, I1UU1 I IIO ui tut. committee, submitted a report, which was signed by himself and Mr. Jewett. They declare themselves unsatisfied with the M tr rMM l. : t biy reported by the majority, and Btate tneir reasons tuereior an ueing ; First, that the emphatic and continued expression of the great majority of the American people in all lorms mat snouio influence their judgment against an increase of salaries, should take the question of its repeal out of the field of de- Date. Second, that the depressed financial con dition of the country requires economy in disbursements from the public Treasury, and especially in respect to thoseof which members are themselves neneucianes; no public act would go farther than this to re-establish the confidence of the people in their representatives. Third, that the popular dissatisfaction with the salary bill was chiefly directed toward the lawmakers who increased their own emoluments. The President, how ever, was part of the national legislative authority, and to that officer had been assigned much the largest increase of salary. His salary could not lawfully be diminished during the current term, but it could be rednced Irom the close thereof. The minority, however, deem it necessary to reduce incidental allowances of the Presidential office so far as compatible with the care and safety of public prosperity. They recommend that all compensations increased by the act of the 3d of March, 1873, be reestablished at their former rates, subject to the constitutional exception; excepting, also, tbe franking privilege. The bill accompanying the renort makes provisions to carry out these views. Mr. Maynard gave notice of an amend ment to suspend the salary bill during the rortytnird Congress, instead of repeal' ins it, Mr. Poland gave notice of a substitute which he thought would meet the popular demand. Laughter. The substitute was read. It repeals so much of the salary act as increased the Say of Senators and Representatives, and xes it at what it was immediately prior to that act. . It requires that all moneys paid to Senators and Representatives of the Fortythird' Congress under provisions of that act,whether for the Fortysecond or fortythird Congress, shall be charged and reckoned as part payment of. their compensation as members of the Fortythird Congress. Laughter. If requires the Treasurer of the Uuited States to mail to each member of the Fortysecond Congress who is not a member of the Fortythird, and who received additional compensation, a notice informing him of the repeal of the Jaw, requesting him to pay tbe, difference paia or received oy mm into tne t reasury . ' Mr. Niblack said that he agreed to both impositions submitted by the minority, nit dissented from Bomc of them.' In the course of a protracted discussion as to the disposition to be mode of the bill, Mr. Garfield recommended Mr, Hale to move tbe previous question to pass the bill at once. Ho recalled a long discussion which took place some years since on a like subject, to the exclusion of other ?ubhc business, and suggested that the louse waB prepared to vote at once on the simple repeal ot the increase ot salary law. . . . Mr. Kelly asked Mr. Hale whether his bill took eilect from the hrst day of the present Congress? Mr. mie replied that it did not. Mr. Kelly argued that it ought to, and that the passage of a bill which did not do so would place the House in a worse position belore the American people than any legislation which had yet been had.' Mr. Woodford moved the previous question in order to put the bill on its passage at once, but the House refused to second the demand by G4 to 113, and finally it was arranged that the matter should come up to-morrow after the morn ing hour, to the exclusion of all other or ders, speeches to be limited to twenty min utes, and tbe motion to commit being all tbe while pending. The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the Secretary of the .Navy asking for increased appropriations. Referred to the committee on Appropriations.Mi-. Smith of Kentucky, from the com mittee 011 Elections, reported a resolution that Mr. Shanks, of Indiana, was entitled to a seat from the Ninth district. Without discussion or opposition, the resoiu-tliion was adopted. Mr. Shanks took the oath of office. Mr. Morris moved to suspend the rules and pass the supplementary Civil Rights bill. After the exhaustion of dilatory motions on the Democratic side, to prevent action on the bill, Mr. Willard of Vermont appealed to Mr. Marris to let the bill be referred to the Judiciary committee. It was so referred, witu leave to report at any time. The House at 10 o'clock went into committee of the Whole. Resolutions distributing the President's message among appropriate committees were presented and adopted. Mr. Myers of Pennsylvania offered a resolution requiring information ns to the effect of the abolition of the franking privilege. Adopted. 1 lie House adjourned. ' WASHINGTON A CHAI'TElt ON SICKLES, Washington, Deo. 8. There is reluct ance in official quarters to talk about the anticipated or actual resignation of Minister Sickles, pending the protocol. There is no doubt it was owing to the unsatis factory conduct of Sickles that negotia tions were consummated at V aslungton between Secretary Fish and Admiral Polo. General Sickles is a retired officer, with an annual salary of S5C25. As Minister to Spain, he has drawn the actual salary of $12,000 for this service, but nothing on the army account, as the law prohibits the drawing of more than one salary. On his retirement as Minister he will draw his army pay. , , . . ! ; CONFIRMATIONS. , . The Senate to-day confirmed the follow ing nominations : Martin Welker, Dis trict Judge for the Northern- District of Ohio, vice Unarles T. Sherman, resigned; W. S. Furly, United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia; Henry C. Hall, of Connecticut, Consul General at Havana. Collectors of Internal Revenue Wm. B. Elliott, First Pennsylva nia; lid ward H, Chose, twelfth Pennsylvania; David Fa Williams, Fifteenth Pennsylvania. David S. Goodloe, Pen sion Agent nt Covington, Kentucky, t'ontmaatcrs Joe A. wyier, Allegheny, Pa.; Robert W. Cram, Petrolia, Pa. SUDDEN DEATH OF JUDGE tJNDERWOOD. John C. Underwood, United States Dis trict J unco lor the District of Virginia, died suddenly last night of apoplexy, at his residence in Washington. During yesterday he seemed in better health and spirits than usual. NOMINATIONS. ' The President sent the following among other nominations to the senate : I ost- masters P. C. Hitt, Urbana, Ohio; Mrs. Laura Adair, Portsmouth, Ohio. A Hero of the Sonlhwcsl. Washington Republican. ' Horace P. Jones is a notable character in the Southwest, He ia at present official interpreter at Fort Sill. Through him the officers of the Government at that post hold intercourse with the wild tribes ot the plains, remaps no man living nas a more thorough knowledge of the lan guage of the Comanches than is possessed by Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones was present at the massacre at uid 1'ort uobb, in low, where he made a very narrow escape from sharing the fate of many others who bled on that occasion. During these troublous timea Mr, Jones passed through some terrible experiences. On one occasion he found himself suddenly surrounded by a band ot some twentynve savages, witu lev eled rifles, aimed directly at him. The night was dark and gloomy.' There was but an instant for thought, and that instant was improved by tbe imperiled hero to extricate himself from his perilons position. Quick as thought he dropped upon the grass among the brushwood, and pro pelled himself serpent-like under the bushes. This action for a moment disconcerted his would-be murderers, and, taking advantage of the confusion, he managed to crawl under the brush until the opportunity to rise presented itself, when, suddenly springing to his feet with the swiftness of an alarmed deer, he fled. and succeded in eluding pursuit. On another occasion he was pursued by fonr well armed Indians, ine chances ot escape seemed small, but Jones never was known to lose his presence of mind in the face of danger. Taking his chances, he received a round from his pursuers with out harm, and then shot one, reached a ravine skirted by timber, and soon the only live Indian of the party was rapidly on his way back to disclose to tbe hand to which he belonged the fate of his three comrades. "Please don't shoot the cows" is a sign on a farmer s fence near Chicago, intend ed for city sportsmen who go out after prairie chickens. Which travels quickest, beat or cold? Heat, of course, because you can eaten cold, - - .. ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS. COURT, OF COMMON PLEAS. An Old Offender .Conies to drier at oat Af Plan to. Escape Three Boyn Interrupted on the Bond to Bnln. j, , r. 1 ' j- William Meredith, a colored man, has been a chronic disease in the criminal docket in the Court of Common Pleas. The moral certainty . that he has been guilty of grand larceny half a dozen times within a few years has been a ghost in the eyes of those who sought to inflict legal chastisement, since they were unable to convict him of any more serious crime than petit larceny. The justice of con fining William in the Penitentiary, on sev eral occasions, has been apparent, but he is a smart thief, and always, managed to introduce some redeeming circumstance into his roguery, to reduce the grade of crime under the technicalities of the law, and got off with a Bhort stay in the coun ty jail. But Nash had him at the present term. Meredith abstracted two pocket-books containing valuable notes, from the home of Moses Zinn, but when hard press ed "turned up" the property, with the understanding that he was not to be prose cuted. The eyes of those who had made no promises of mercy were upon him, however, and he soon found himself in the ugly position of having furnished a club to beat his own brains out so to speak. Meredith saw lie was gone, and laid a plan to escape, taking for a confederate one Highwarden, who was discharged from the county jail about ten days ago. In the rear of the jail is an'otithouse divided into two apartments by a wood partition the door on one side opening from the jail yard, and the other from the more public grounds in the rear of the Auditor's office. Highwarden, after his release, sawed a block of the partition so near out that a blow with the fist would have opened an aperture largo enough for a man to pass through. It was arranged that at a certain' hour on last Monday, the day set for trial, Meredith should make the pretense that it was neces sary for him to retire from the court room immediately, The natural supposi tion was that the Deputy would take him to the place which Highwarden had so skillfully prepared, and that lie would be shut in from the jail-yard side ; then he would ' knock out the partition, jump through, and join his confederate, who would be in the alley with a vehicle, for rapid flight. Highwarden was there, but Meredith didn't come. His trial was continued, and he was taken back to jail before the hour agreed upon arrived. Sheriff Thompson discovered the preparations, and intended to help tho " little game " along until the moment of exit toward the al ley, when Meredith was to meet with a warm reception. Meredith was found guilty of grand larceny yesterday, and will be sentenced to the Penitentiary. The jury stated the value of the property stolen at $1057.98. The three boys name Wm. Grossel, Michael Ripple and Lawrence Koch-living on Third street, who were arrested some time during the summer on a charge of assault with intent to commit rope, were up for trial. The boys are young, and considerable explanation was necessary to enable them to understand the nature of the charge. The first nvned was discharged as not guilty. The others plead guilty. The second was sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and costs of prosecution, and to be confined in the county jail for twentyfour hours. Koch was ordered to be sent to the Reform Farm. The case of The State of Ohio v. Ed ward Jones was then called. His charge is assault with intent to murder. The case is still pending. Judge Rankin ap pears for the defendant. Mr. T. J, Duncan assists the Prosecuting Attorney. lteal Estate Bales. Reported by Brown Bros., Abstracters of Titles HIHl lyOnveyHm-erB. uince, of nuruj Third street, west side, between Broad and Gay streets. CITY PROPERTY, J. R. Hunt to O. B. Corwiu. lot 5. 25 feet front on south side of Spruce street. between Armstrong and Park streets, 102.50 feet deep; JNov. lo, 1873, for If H60U. J. G. Mitchell and J. Watson to John Shilling, lot 107, 37.84 feet front on north side of Leonard avenue, between Galloway and Denmead avenues, about so. 00 feet deep; June 13, 1873, for $270. V. Krauss to John A. Miller and John Schilling, lot 15, a triangular shaped lol southwest corner of Leonard avenue am the first alley east of Twentieth street. containing about 1-21 of an acre of land; August, 183, lor $l(.u. J. O. Miles to Richard Naughton, mid die part of lot 14, 30 feet on south side of Uak street, between Washington and far-sons avenues, 115 feet deep; Oct. 14, 1873, for $2850. H. & C. Fleck to Fred. Nieberlein. the undivided three-fourths of the north-west quarter of ln-lot 714, 31.2o feet front on east side of New street, sonth of East Liv ingston avenue, U3.75 feet deep; Nov. 7, 1873, for $800. U. at C. fleck and U Nieberlein to Augustus Fleck, the undivided three- fourths of, in the northeast quarter of in-Iot 714, 31.25 feet front on west side of south ibird street, south of East Livingston avenue, 93.7u feet deep ; .Nov. 7. 1873, tor SSOO. Edwin McOlincheyto Henry Newton, one acre of land, in survey No. HS3fi, Prairie township; Feb. 4, 1873, for $1200. DIED. Msbion In this citv. at a nuarter past 12 o'clock 8unday night, Dec. 7, 1873, Mrs. 11 aby Mzrion. wife ot Henry menoa. The funeral will take place Wednesday morning, December 10, at 11 o'clock, from Bigelow Chapel. Friends and acqnaintanses are invited to attena witaout nirtner notice. (Dispatch copy and charge this office.) Batchelpor Monday. Dceember 8. 1873, at IV a. in. Charles, sob of T. J. and M. Batcheldor, aged six years and nine months. Funeral from Thiird Avenue M. G. church at 10 o'clock a. m. to-morrow. Friends of the family invited to attend. MAX U. DRACH, ARCHITECT, ROOM XO. U (3d floor), 13 1-2 EAST STATE STREET, myleodly (Piatt Budding.) New Advertisements. a - masonic. :, y)j stated communication of Columbus Lodge No. 30. this even ing, at 1H o'clock. Election of officers and payment of dues. ;, e. w. WK.ILIUS.Seo'v. , , ,- Dispatch copy. , 3 , ? c H R I S T a A s 1 s Holidays! It has been known for many years that the most extensive stock of Holiday . Presents HAY HE VOI ND AT RANDALL & ASTON'S. They keep Books for the little folks, the juveniles, the middle aged and the aged. EVERYTHING aside from books suitable for gifts. Hundreds of articles useful and fancy JAPANESE NOVELTIES, , (A great variety), : FINE BRONZES ! t PICTURES, . . v. ; -. .', Very cheap. , ELKGANTgoods in small wares, costing but a trifle. ', Exquisite . GOLD TBINKKT8, At half former rates. Fancy and useful articles closing out without regard to former prices. PRESENTS FOR lit ! r,i Yourself, wife, child or your friend. Nlrade has opened, so don t delay until everybody rushes. Tltneo arc lmninwinrr .nil n-u " - ... know our friends can find just what they want in such a stock as we bant. PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMBS. -Much of our stock is now readyt but' new goods are still on the way. RANDALL & ASTON, 10!) SOUTH HIGH STREET. NOTICE. Omne Oaio Bint Work Oo.,' 1 CoMUtBUS, O., Decembers, 1873. ) A J1EETINR OF THE STOCKHOLDERS of tbe Ohio Bent Work Com nan v. will be held at the office of the Company on WEDNESDAY, THE 7th DAY OF JANUARY, 1874, betn een the horns of 2 and 4 p. m., for the election of Diiectors and transaction of other business of the Company. oec td uubt. ti. UAKuauti, secy. NOTIOH. Officb Capital Boimuns A Loam Assocutiux, ) THE ANNUAL MEETING FOR THK election of seven Directors of this Association will he held on tbe FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY (5). at7Ko'clock p. m. 1 . u r Pin rwfi 111 jj na, 1 iii vj, vnii; j . WATEB WORKS BONDS FOB SALE. A. Good. Investment. THE WATER WORKS BONDS OF THE City of Columbus, running fifteen years, with EiuiiT riB cent, interest, payable semi annually, are for sale. Inquire at tbe Water worxs omce. . arcir.it tu WINTER GOODS! I 1IAVKN0W IN STOCK A TOLL LINK or " 33B.T G-OOIDS Winter Tl'ado! OTTOMAN REVERSIBLE 8IIAWLS,latf6t styles, trom 3.iu to 1. ... , , BROCHE SHAWLS, at low prices.1 ' ' SHOULDER 8HAWLS, from 60 cents up. DRESS GOODS, at reduced prices. HOME-MADE ALL-WOOL BLANKETS, at very low prices. JEANS. All-Wool Filling, for CO rents. until u a no a 1 1 irnni nooua i aviuni'iiiAUD, auinwu vnaoa nun SHIRTING FLANNELS, from 45 to f.5 cents, one yard wide. GOOD HEAVY WOOL CARPETS, for 65 cents, and everything else in proportion. Southeast Cor. High and Frieod Streets. C. EBEI1LY. ' sep23eod 1 or 4p8m 1 - SIGNS! 177 SOUTH HIGH ST. OPF.UA HOUSE BLOCK. FIELD, BROS. & CO. Imamental Signs OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. novl3eod 4m 4thp ' ' GENTLEMEN! LOOK! Make your selections from mv Slock of - It embraces the aiott desirable styles of CLOTH AXD LEATHER CLOTES, SC8rENDERS,XITS,WBISTLTS Silk Linen Pock Haakerchlcfs, Silk, Cashmere and WoolKnfllers, HOSIER? A5D, C5PER1tEAlt. THE0. P ' SVHITE, 9I SOUTH HIGH STREET. ' aTlilrta aa4 I'ssmnr asaat lo rdrr. . W. 1. WOLFLEY, H. IK, EYE AND EAR SURGEON, 109 SOUTH HI8H ST., CataakM,o. Omce It to It A. St., Eorat.ll tot P. H. sow 3t .' . 1-7 I-.