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Congress.
WASHINGTON, Monday, May L.
SENATE.


A bill reviving the grade of Gener-
al in the army was referred to the
Military Committee.
The motion to reconsider the vote
on Mr.. Trumbull's amendment to the
Postoffice bill was taken up.
Mr.. Poland opposed the amend
ment.
Mr., Trpmhull argued in favor of
the amendment, Mr.. Sherman op-
posed it.
Mr.. Stewart spoke in favor Of re-
consideration and advocated the plan
of universal suffrage in return for
universal amnesty. He believed the
Presidents plan better than that Of
the Reconstruction Committee.
Mr.. Howe opposed, and Mr.. John
son, Mr.. McDougall and Mr.. Salisbury
favored reconsideration.
The vote was taken and Mr.. Trum
bulls amendment previously adopted
was reconsidered by vote of q te
Is. The vote stood as follows:
Yeas-Cowan, D avi 5, Doolittle
Edmunds, Fessenden, Foster, Guthrie
Lane, (Kansas) McDougal, Morgan
Nesmith, Norton, Poland, Riddle, SAILS
bury, Sherman, Stewart, Van Wrinkle
Wiley, Williams, Wilson.
Nays-Anthony, Chandler, Clark
Guinness, Cresswell, Harris, Hender
son, Howard, Howe. Lane, lind.
Morrill,, Nye, Pomeroy, Ramsay
Sprague, Summer, Trumbull, Wade.
Without further action on the bill
or amendment the Senate adjourned.
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We are in receipt of the Autograph
and Remarker, under date of May 5,
1866. 1t is a 1olio sheet, and printed
in Huntington, VT, is about 4 inches
by 6,and is printed with PENNY some
patient lover of calligraphy, and is
quite a curiosity in its way, from it we
take the following:
To the Standard concerning the
Autograph:
| know not whether the new editor
and publisher Of til c Independent
Standard is already cognizant of the
Autograph and Remarker, and the
circumstances under which it is issued
or not. Any how it may not be amiss
to advert to the TACT that it is presumed
he will see it is done with pen, and
being so, he will of course infer that
such a mode does not admit of multi
plying copies like the press and types.
The matter of this paper is written
down on the columns directly from
the dictates of my mind, and is gen
orally accomplished in half a day OF
less. OF these | get out from one to
three per week mostly sent off by mail
to other papers. Should it be desir-
ed to know how long it is since | first
took up this notion off pen printed pa
per: answer that it was got up as
early as March, 1910; l being then in
my 18th year, and was executed on a
piece of brown wrapping paper neal
the size of this as it is spread open
and printed on one side only, and bore
the title of Huntington Gazette. The
present title was first adopted in 1882
had not up to that time kept it NJ
regular but only occasionally issued il
: now and then. Of course | ain con
scious it is inferior in execution tC
type print, but it is as legible. IL
the Autograph [ discuss politics most
", and such other topics as may offer
in which | mean to be independent
In conclusion the editor and publishel
, of this isknown by the name of Jame
Johns.
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Union. The second bill renders incl
igible to any Federal Office the Presi-
dent. Vice President, and Heads of
departments of the late Confederacy,
also all agents of the same in for
eign countries, and all who upon the
outbreak of the war held Office by
authority of Congress, or under the
Constitution, and went over to the
rebellion; also all rebel officers above
the grade Of Colonel. and all who ILL
treated our prisoners of war.
1t is hardly probable that Congress
will adopt without modification the
report Of the Committee, inasmuch as
amendments have already been pro
posed by different members of the
House, but it is to bc hoped that
Congress, before it adjourns, will
give to the country some definite plan
by which in q sale and prudent man.
ner, the sccceded States shall be in
the process ofrcStoration; and at tho
same time the results of the war re
duced to a practical value, and made
a part Of our political economy. Tho
people look to Congress for this plan
they have ceased looking to the AID
ministration for it, and the great in
dustrial pursuits, and commercial en-
tcrpriscs Of the country demand, tina
it be announced without delay, tina
commerce may again whitcn the wa
tiers, and agriculture and manufacture
again make glad the land but as r
gent as is this demand, it should no
rive rise to a hasty, ill-adiustc'
scheme. 1t should be so CAREFUL
prepared, that the great Union party
to which the world is now looking 70
the vindication of free government
may stand as a unit thereon; adopt
ing it, as its chart and compass in tn
political struggle, through which W
are yet to pass, before the rebellion
subducd once by the bullet, will b
permanently subducd by the balIo
Let Conqerss do this work spccdil
and do it well.
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The Congressional Reconstruction
Scheme.
A NEW ARTICLE FOR THE CONSTITUTION
AND TWO BILLS.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT


Be it resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Uni
ted States Of America, in Congress
assembled, two thirds Of both houses
concurring, that the following article
be proposed to the legislatures of the
several States as an amendment to the
Constitution Of the United States,
which, when ratified by three fourths
of said legislatures, shall be valid as
part of the constitution, namely:
Article -. Section |. No State
shall make or enforce any law which
shall abridge the privileges or immu-
mites of citizens of the United States ::
nor shall any State deprive any per-
son of life, liberty, or property, with
out due process of law, nor deny to
any person within its jurisdiction the
equal protection of the laws.
Section 2. Representatives shall
be apportioned among the several
States which may be included in this
Union according to their respective
numbers, counting the whole number
of persons in each State, excluding In
dams not taxed; but whenever, in
any State, the elective franchise shall
be denied to any portion of its male
citizens not less than twenty one years
of age, or iii any way abridged, ex-
cept for participation in rebellion or
other crime, the basis of representa-.
ton in such State shall be reduced in
the proportion which the number of
such male citizens shall bear to the
whole number of male citizens not less
than twenty-one yours of age.
Section 3. Until the 4th day of
July, 1870, all persons who volunta-
rily adhered to the late instruction
giving it aid or comfort, shall be ex.
cluded from the right to vote for mem.
bcrs of Congress and for electors for
President and Vice President of the
United States.
/ Section 4. Neither thu United
States nor any State shall assume OF
pay any debt or obligation already in
Cured. or which may hereafter be in
Cured, in aid of instruction or of
war against the United States, or any
lclatm for compensation for loss of in
| Voluntary Cnrvica or 10 hor
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Obituary,

DIED, in Irasburgh, April 23l, Hon. Ira Hay
lien Allen. nj, CT an illness of eight days, in the
IS year of his age.
Thus has passed away from
among US after short and gentle sick
ness, one who though for some time
had by reason of his advancing years,
been very much retired from public
life, and general observation, was in
the years Of his earlior and middle
life, man very prominently before the
public eye. He filled all the offices
which fellow. townsmen intrust to those
in whom they put their confidence and
whom they are disposed to honor
He filled various County offices. He
represented his County several years
in the Council; and had he been am
bilious Of office and oflame, might have
represented his district in Congress.
His various public functions were in.
yariably discharged with honor to him
self, and with advantage to his Con.
Stituents and the community. His
public career was laultless, and won
the appreciation not only of those
who belonged to his own political
party and his friends, but constrained
the esteem and confidence of political
opponents, and that in times of great
political and public excitement. Ii
his private relations he was marked
by great amiableness of character
His homo was the abode of content
mcnt and peace, of refinement an(
elegance. His transactions with hi:
lellow-men were distinguished by in
tcgrity and probity and benevolence
He never wronged any man. Hi
word was a synonym for truth itself
His simplest word of promise or en-
gagemcnt to do anything, was invaria
bly, accepted 10y others and observed
by himself, as though it had been
most formal and solemn covenant
No subsequent considerations or afte
motives ever induced the slightest de
Walton from or inconsistency with il
1t will be long before we meet anothe
who will have such just and cogen
claims upon our esteem, our affection
and our confidence; or to whom w
will yield such ample and cordia
homage. His death makes blank il
the family circle, with his friends, an,
in the community which will be lon,
remembered and deeply felt. A larg
concourse of the citizens of his ow
land of other towns, testified their ar
Ipreciation of his worth, their respec
for his memory and name, and sympa
thy with his mourning family an,
friends, by their attendance upon hi
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Section 5. The Congress shall
have power to enforce, by approprl-
ate legislation, the provisions Of this
article.
BILL OF CONDITIONS FOR RE-ADMIssIoN
TO THE UNION.
Whereas, it is expedient that the
States lately in insurrection shodld, at
the earliest day consistent with the
future peace and safety OF the Union,
be restored to full participation in all
political rights, and
Whereas, the Congress did, by JOINT
resolution, propose for ratification to
the legislatures of the several States,
as an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States, an article In the
following words, to wit:
TSee article as above.
Now, therefore, be it enacted, &c,
That whenever he above recited
amendment shall have become part OF
the Constitution, and any State lately
in insurrection shall have ratified the
same, and shall have modified its con-
stitution and laws in conformity there
with, Senators and Representatives
from such State, if found duly elected
and qualified, may, after having taken
the requisite oath of office, be admit
ted to Congress as such.
Section 2. And be it further enac
ted, that when any State lately In In
surrection shall have ratified the fore
going amendment to the Constitution
any, part of the direct tax under the
act of August 6. 1861, which may re
main due and unpaid in such State
may be assumed and paid in sucl
State, and the payment thereof, upor
proper assurances from such State
to be given to the Secretary of thu
Treasury of the United States, ma.
be postponed for a period not exceed
ing ten years from and after the pas
sage of this act.
A BILL TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN REBELS
FROM OFFICE.
Be it enacted, &C., That no person
, shall be eligible to any office unde
the government of the United State
who is included in any of the follow
ing classes, namely
First. The President and Vic
President of the Confederate State
of America, so called, and the heads 0
t departments thereof.
Second. Those who in other coun
tries acted as agents of the Confede
rate States of America, so called.
Third. Heads of departments 0
the United States, officers of the arm
and navy of the United States, ant
, all persons educated at the militar,
or naval ACADEMY of he Unite'
States, Judges of the courts of tn
United States, and members of eithe
, House of the tkirty-sixth Congress Q
/ the United States, who gave aid o
comfort to the rebellion.
Fourth. Those who acted as off
GERS of the Confederate States oil
America, so called, above the grad
OF colonel in the army, or master i
? the navy, and any one who, as govern
f or ofeither of the so called Confederat
p States, gave aid or comfort to the lat
, rebellion.
Fifth. Those who have treate
officers or soldiers or sailors of tn
army or navy of the United State:
! captured during the war, otherwis
e than lawfully as prisoners of war.
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For the Week ending Wednesday, May 9, 1896
Amount of Stock at Market.

Amount of Stock at Market.
Cattle. Sheep. Shotes. Fat Hogs.
This week, 20l3 5l03 1900 1900
dast week 1879 So 59es 5 l2oo 1890 s9o
One year ago. 97S PRICES Rd3s 700 $40
BEEF-Per 100 lbs. on total weight of Hide,
Tallow and Meat, Extra, Sl4,00 Sl425; First
quality, $3.50 a Sl3,75; Second quality, Sl2.75
a Sl3,25; Third quality, $500 So so; few
choice single pairs Sl4 so $4,000 some of the
poorest. Bulls, &C., Sll 90 a SILL 80.
| Working Oxen--S200 $500; handy Steers
800 $50, or much according TO their value fo
beef
Cows and Young Calves-Fair quality, S45 a
SIS; extra, $50 Sl20; farrow and dry, S35
$50.
Sheep-Per h., live weight, sheared, 4a6 lie;
wooded, 7 &c per 10.
Fat Hogs-Per h., 10 IL cts.
HIdes-Brighton, sc. per h.; country lots.
6 a cts.
| TaIlov-7 a 9 cts. per ID.
| Veal CalYes-S6,00 $1,000.
Pelts-Brighton, S2,oOa $3.50 each; country
lots 1918 a S., so.
Calf Skins-l5 a lie per ID
| Shearlings-20a 25c each.
| Observation-Disclosures quick market, and prices
again favor the seller. Over the Northern roads
nearly 900 head, or 800 more than last week but
as about one hundred arrived during the latter
part of last week and went direct the butchers.
and as 300 of those that came yesterday were sold
| to the Brighton droTers TO sell again; the yards
at Cambridge had a more empty appearance even
than last week. The buyers were evidently anx-
ious 10 close bargains. The stock was in few
hand, all round. Full one half of the whole
number was owned by Batchelders and Canerdy,
A. n. Monroe and VIM. Scollans, and consequent
ly there was less competition than usual among
the drovers. Batchelder and Canerdy had Geo
stall fed steers from Canada The stock was I'M
usually good. These 600 were nearly all sold at
from l3c, a. SIX. to IL l-2c, 80 SIX. II. Gray had6
oxen fed by Hiram Blanchard, of Canaan, VI,
and fed by himself in Lancaster. n. H, of such
superior excellence TO bring IA LIE per h. but
. fair Northern oxen at II IL ID lie. We csti-
mate the advance in beef at from IA a lie per
liz, while some butchers admit they have bought
as well as last week.
Sheep at market, $780, or inst about the same
as last week. The trade in the city caved in dur
ing the last week-the butchers say &c per lbs,
and they laid abed till daylight yesterday morn
ing. Consequently trade was late and dull. and
most of the northern stock was poor the west
ern good-l32 wooded. averaging l3l lbs cost Il
little less than &c. l99 of lU3 lbs, tor 7 3-ic
sheared, and 35S sheared IS lbs 7c. Northern
from ID to IL for most lots sheard. Prices
for sheep lower, especially poor ones Shotes
rather higher. Generally II IL to l3 lie but
large coarse sows &C., IL to u, suckers from &c
to Soc per 10.
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Probst, the murderer, in his confess
sion says: after having murdered
the boy, the sight of the blood of the
boy produced in me devlish blood
thirsty feeling, and | determined at
once to murder the whole family
He disposed of the body of the boy
as described before. and then murder
ed all the family, decoying them into
the barn. He got very little money,
although expecting to get considerable.
He dared not confess before, being
afraid the people would tear him to
pieces.
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Stray thoughts.

1t is one of the mysteries by which
we are surrounded. that so many PEG
pie seem afraid Of the pure air, one
of Gods best and choicest blessings,
yet so often ignored by his children.
Enter the dwellings, to say nothing OF
the seven by nine sleeping rooms OF
community, and what an atmosphere
meets you at the threshold even.-
Why, there is not another living crea-
turc, bird, beast, insect. or creeping
thing, that would live week after week
and inhale the impure air which hui
man beings do, without feeling its
delcterious effects. No wonder there
are so many pale faced wives and
daughters. who look as though they
had neither seen the sun or snufed
the fresh air of heaven for months
Spending as they do, most of their
time in close, heated. unventilated
rooms, going tn same tiresome
rounds of domestic labor from day to
day, from year to year, using one set
of the faculties of the mind, to the en-,
tire neglect of all the others, why
should they not become frail and sickly
to say the least. The wonder is not
that there are so many sickly women
and children, but that there are not NOR
with the present mode of living, by
the majority of people. God gives
the rich warm sunshine to impart
strength and vigor. not only TO tho
Vegetable kingdom Of the earth, but
also to infuse life and activity into tie
animal and the mental Light, air
and water are the great agents which
He uses to give and sustain life; anC
vet, how many exclude almost entirel,
the sunlight and air from their dwell
ings. Why will We thus do and sui
fer when it is a sin to be ignorant
Learn a lesson from the open book o
nature. Go out, my sisters. under
the warm rays OF the sun, and tot
among the flowers and in your gar
dens, and draw strength from the
bosom Of mother earth. and hope anC
checrfulness rom smiling natur,
all around you. Make cverytilin:
conducc to your happiness, then shall
We grow strong in body as we'll as il
mind. Try to develope all your Coo
given powers for the benefit Of al
who may come within the circle OF
your influence. Do not feel that it i
all ofliie to be u good housewife, a
though that is no mean attainment,
yet. there are higher and nobler ones
for woman to aspire to-cyen the ii
tellectual, moral and religious, whic
shall fit her to shine in the home an
the social circle on earth, and in heaN
. en- as the stars forever and ever.
IT. J. 5.
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ravages in England, Scotland and Ire
land. When it prevailed in Montreal
exact inquiries proved that only two
out of a thousand who died were total
abstinence men.
While the cholera was raging in
Montreal, DR.. Brown Of Albany, went
there to make investigations. III c
wrote In regerd to it as follows -
"Cholera has stood up here, as it has
done everywhere, the advocate of tenn
pcrance. 1t has pleaded most elo-
quently, and with tremendous effect.
The disease has searched out the haunt
Of the drunkard, and has seldom left it.
without bearing away its victim. Even
moderate drinkers have been but little
better off. Ardent spirits in any shape
and in all quantities, have been highly
detrimental" Again h c wrote -
"Drnnkards and tipplers have been
searched out with such unerrine GER
tainty as to show that the arrows OF
death have not been dealt out with.
out discrimination. An understandable
terror has spread through the ranks
Of this class of beings. They see the
bolts of destruction aimed at their
head, and every one calls himself a
victim. There seems to be a natural
affinity between cholera and ardent
spirits" After twelve hundred per
sons had died, Montreal paper said
" Not drunkard who has beer
attacked has recovered from the dis
ease. AID almost all the victims have
been at least moderate drinkers. -
Dr.. Sewall of Washington, who visited
New York while the pestilence wa
raging there, said that of two hundred
and four cases of cholera in one hos
pital, only SIX Of the persons wer,
, temperate, and all Of these recovered
; while one hundred and twenty-five O
the others died.
: OF course, we do not ignore tn
fact, that cholera RACES most furiousl
p. in filthy localities. Tint fact does no
conflict at all with our position that
prevails principally among the inten
peratc. On the contrary, that fac
. strengthens our position. For filth
an effect OF which intcmperance is
r most prolific. cause. More filth, III
cleanliness, and degradation of ever
sort result from the sale and use {
intoxicating liquors, than from all OF
er causes combined Go to those DO
tons OF the cities which are reCkin
:, with the nastincss tn al invite tt
cholera, and you will find that the mo.
- pungcnt and nauscous of all the stcnc
IS which pollutc the air is the stenc
O Of cheap rum and of the breath
- those who drink it. And unless tt
the grog-shops are eXtcrminatcd, a
the cleansing Of cess-pools, sewer
a cellars, and repositories Of filth wi
. be as useless as to throw chat again
- the North wind. Total abstinen,
u will ward off the cholera, as it war,
= off multitude of other diseases viii,
g attack the drunkard and let the tel
y, peratc man alone Try it and see.
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The Bridgeport Standard says that
in the town of Stratford, Conn, there
is now standing one of the mile-stones
erected by DR.. Franklin before the rev.
olution, when he was Postmaster Gen.
eral. He measured the old country
stage road from Philadelphia to Bos.
ton, by an ingenious device affixed to
his carriage as he passed over the
route, by which he marked the miles
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A recent issue of the Montana Post.
has the following: "On Monday morn
ing the beams of the rising sun fell up
on the stiffened corpse of Tommy
Cooke, a thief swinging in the morn
ing breeze, with the fatal token of the
vengence of the Vigilants around his
neck, and bearing on label the sim
pie legend, 'Pickpockct.' ,"
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We were shown about a week ago
the she'll Of a hens egg in which was
contained another distinct egg with
the shell entire between which and the
outer she'll the exhibitor told me was
contained the usual yolk white ard
yellow, included in ordinary single
yolkcd eggs.-Autograph and Re.
marker.
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In filing out and dispatching the
Autograph | would not forego the OPP
potunity to express my regret at, and
censure of the often inadvertant neg
lect with which people are too apt to
show in regard to answering letters
of inquiry addressed to them. Sure
" it should be as much matter of
friendly courtesy on their part to an
swer letter of inquiry as an inquiry
verbally address in person.-Amo-
eraph d Remarker.