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The New York herald., 1869-03-09

issued for fertilization purposes in Lawrence, Kan.
sas. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Also bill to encourage the growth OF forest trees.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
Also bill authorizing the appointment OF COM
OF Kansas. Referred to the Committee on CLAIMS.
Also bin authorizing the appointment OF COM
a, 70 examine the claims OF citizens Of GER
the Quantrell raid in August 1868 Referred to the
Committee on Claims.
On motion the Senate then proceeded to the elec
Mr.. sUxsEa nominated the Rev. william wirher-
Mr.. CAMERON nominated the Rev. DR.. Newman.
Mr. MORRILL,, Tep) OF Vt, nominated the Rev. DR..
Mr. TRuMBULI, trep.) Of ILL.,, nominated the Rev.
M. McCREERy ldem.) Of KY, nominated the Rev.
NJ: vIoTsss, ldem.j Of Nd. nominated the Rev.
Each nominee was eulogized by the senator who
MI. vickers vouched for DR.. Bates.
of Mr. Chester; he had great admiration FOR Dr.
Newman, who was unsurpassed as political
I e. re @
would vote for the humble and plous Mr.. Chester,
although he would prefer to all Others II he could be
On the second ballot the Rev. DIR. Newman was
elected having received IS Of the o. ballots cast.
EQUAL RIGHTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Mr. PoMEROY trep) Kansas, introduced bin for
the further security OF equal rights LII the Dstrct OF
Columbia
Several Senators suggested that the bill had
already been passed this morning
Mr.. POMEROY explained that although hts bill had
the same title as the bill passed 1t referred to other
rights Mr.. Summers bill beng to strike out the
word "white" from the charters OF Washington and
Georgetown while his was to strike out the word
"male.n (Laughter.l
the bill was referred to the Committee tine Dis
trict or Columbia.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Mr.. ROBERTSON rep) OF s. G., introduced JOINT
resolution proposing an amendment to the constitu
tiOn OF the United States.
on motion OF Mr.. GRIMES, (rep.l of Iowa, the
Senate, at half past one O'Clock, adjourned.
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REPORTS REGARDING THE CABINET.

BOSTON, March s, 1868,
The Eveafng Transcript publishes the following
washington despatch:-"Late last night Secretary
Stewart determined TO withdraw, and President
Grant sent for Governor Boutwell, and offered him
the Treasury Department and he accepted It, Judge
H0ar will not therefore go in the Cabinet"
PHILADELPHIA, March s, 1859.
despatch to the Telegraph says that in conver.
sation with Mr.. Blaine the President replied, that
as Speaker Of the House, and under the circnm-
stances he had right to know. He would there
fore be frank and say to him that Mr.. Stewart had
concluded to resign that the Massachusetts delega
ton would withdraw Mr.. Hoar, at the latter's re-
quest, and that he would appoint Ex-Governor Bout
well as Secretary Of the Treasury.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09
WASHINGTON on INAUGURATION DAY.
WASHINGTON, March 4. ise

WASHINGTON, March 4, 1909.
Your regular correspondents have doubtless ap-
priscd you OF all that has been going on here today
but thought would drop you line just to ex-
press to you the intense interest manifested in the
exciting scenes. The sight, ~ mere spectacle, 10
very difercnt from what We have both witnessed in
the Old World Sscarcely any Of the pageantry or
show that abounds there upon all such occasions,
bur- what was ar BETTER 10 seemed II the heart OF
the nation was beating through these simple and
more unprctending ceremonies.
1t is astonishing how freely everybody seemed to
breathe, as II our troubles were at endonlv here
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

GENERAL GRANT AND THE PUBLIC CREDrr.-Tho
inaugural OF General Grant has had direct and
salutary influence upon our credit at home and
abroad. A leading German banker In this city, who
has been prominent IN securing large subscriptions
10 the American loan In his native country says that
cheering When the German people began TO pur-
chase our bonds the latter were sold at forty cents
on the dollar. They have since risen 10 over eighty,
thus doubling the investment Many OF the Germans
sold out their Austrian securities, which rated at
eighty cents on the dollar and have since fallen 70
forty. The exchange has, therefore, produced a
double profit alike Ia what was saved and In what
was gained.-- Washington Chronicle. March g.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09
THE LABOR QUESTION.

Worlingmen's Experience with the Common
Council-Indisuation Observation-Disclosures and
Resolutions.
The committee OF workngmcn. having failed to
obtain any recognition at the hands OF the Common
Council In the matter Of the transfer OF the corpora
tion printing from Messrs. wyncoop Co. to some
arm willing to pay compositors union prlces
turned TO swecny's Hotel. They were deeply mort-
fed nj the result OF their mission, and 1t was agreed
that some action be taken in regard to she matter.
Mr.. Browning called the meeting to order, and in
doing 30 stated that both Boards were endeavoring
to eyadc the question. The door OF the aldermanic
chamber had been slammed in his face.
The following petition to the boar DIS had been pre-
pared:-
To THE HONORABLE THE BOARD or ALprnxrx OF THE
CITY OF Nxw YORK
tee appointed by the Workr gnens Union, representing
,o s s hss So,s1 the &c
$ s s the o Ss he :
ma hat your AoaorsS' body WIN give soSsss
This communication was prepared at the City Hail.
but before 1t could be got TO the President OF the
being quickly made BY Alderman Moore. OF the
Printing Committee.
After the adjournment all the members OF the
Board sympathized in the most lively manner with
A numper Of addresses were delivered BY other
members OF the committee at the close o. mf nso n
ing's remarks, and the following resolution was
adopted
Resolved That the chairman Of this committee @ be in
nrmsn 1non on Msss Meeting and lay
commitss and .Se result before that body AND request
ss ~so,s ssSh woesins SS population OF This city
Another resolution was adopted appointing sub
% snS Sa y vpUn esch a Alderman and eaes
them TO use their influence IN favor OF the printers
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should be transacted at the present session, and also
how long Congress should remain here. After full
discussion, the general tenor OF which was that
legislation should be introduced except such Is
absolutely necessary, a committee, composed OF
Senators Sherman, Trumbull. Edmunds Stewart
and Pool was appointed to confer with similar
committee which 1t is expected will be appointed at
caucus Of the republican members OF the House to
be held tomorrow. The Senate caucus committee
held meeting this afternoon Immediately after the
Senate adjourned In the Finance Committee room.
They could Of course take no final action, but they
agreed to urge upon the House committee the adop-
ton OF proposition that the session shall not last
over thirty days; that only necessary legislation
shall be taken up-such the Indian Appropriation
bin. Mr.. schenck's bill to strengthen the public
credit the supplementary Currency bill, the
bill to prohibit the secret sales Of gold by
tho Treasury Department the bill to amend
the judicial system Of the United States,
the bill to amend the naturalization laws, some
measure to complete the reconstruction OF Virginia,
Mississippi Texas and Georgia. and the needful lcgis
lation relative to taking the census. strong effort
will be made 70 connne the action OF both houses to
these subjects OF legislation, but 1t remains to be
seen whether or not the House win agree to 1t. II
was intimated In the caucus that President Grant
was In favor Of short session, and this seems to
have considerable influence upon Senators. The
Senate expects to be called In extra session after
Congress adjourns to act on nominations. The ses-
sion win probably continue three or four weeks after
the House adjourns.
Caucus Of Republican Members Of tho House.
The republican members OF the House viii hold q
caucus tomorrow evening for consultation as to the
business OF the session and to decide how long the
session ought to continue. II is expected that o
committee win be appointed similar TO that ap-
pointed to-day by the Senate caucus, so that both
houses NAV he brought tore sher In representative
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-09-09
lTRAaEBY INPmLADELPHrs.
AYoung Man shoots his Father.

A terrible tragedy occurred in Philadel
phia on Tuesday morning near the scene
of the Twitchell murder. The family of
Mr.. Thomas l.. Evans assembled at break
fast at the usual hour, and during the pro-
gress of the meal the strange behavior of a
son named Marshall Evans was freely dis
cussed. 1t had been determined that the
father. after breakfast, should visit the
family physician, DIR. Van Dyke, in order
to procure a certificate of the sons mental
condition, on which he could be rem0yesi
to an insane asylum. just as the converse
tion was concluded Marshall came into the
breakfast-room ard took his seat at the
table. His father bade him good morning,
but he made no response, and it was
suspected by all present that he had over
heard the conversation. He ate heartily,
and while he was thus engaged his father
left the room to change his dressing gown
for a -ceat.y aud sprocuripg ms hat, Mr..
Evans started down the front stairway. On
his father reaching the. hall landing. Mar
revolver and shot at his father three times
IN rapid succession. Mr.. Evans retreated
through the parlors and fell near the dining
room. His son followed, and as the body
was living ON the floor he bent over it but
said nothing. and whel. the police entered
the last words of the dying man were:
Don't harm my boy, for he didn't know
what he was doing" Young Evans is 26
years old, has been afflicted with rheuma-
tism for many years, and has recently be-
haved in a violent manner to his wife and
members of his own family He was with
ont doubt insane, for he has been until
few weeks good son and an affectionate
husband
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-09-09
The Late Eclipse-An Old Negro and
Ills CL.ckens'

DIR. Peters, the eminent astronomer con-
nected with Hamilton College, went West
to observe the late eclipse of the sun.
While there an amusing incident occurred
which is told by gentlemen present at the
time, who says that the effect of the eclipse
upon the animal creation has been exagger-
ated. Horses or cattle paid little or no at
tention. Creatures that are accustomed 70
60 TO some particular place at dirk did
start for their places, and undoubtedly n
some dismay. Birds were apparently fs-
tonished by being suddenly caught out
late, and must have fancied that they had
absent mindedly neglected to notice sun
set. They flew rapidly. An old rooster
took to the fence aud folded himself up,
but in two minutes and fifty-two seconds
he crowed Justify 1t was very short night
to him.
Saturday morning DR.. Peters requested
an old negro living near his observatory TO
Mt 1:f5 they would go to roost. After the
eclipse was over he came. evidently much
excited. ssHow was it?" said the doctor.
beats the klsiil. said the negro. when
the darkness come el1ry chiek'n run for de
hole i'm the barn. The fust ones got in, and
de next ones run ober one anudder, and the
last ones dey Just squat right down in de
grass. How long yen know dis ting was q
coming?" ssOhl reckon we knew il more
than n Year, said the doctor. beats de
de5il! Here you away in New York knowd
year ago what my chik ms was gwine to do
dis ebry afternoon, an you nebber see de
chik'ns afore nudder!'aaisi
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-09-09
Cheap Land IN caIifornIa.

A correspondent saws: There has been
much well-grounded complaint ON the sub
ject Of the buying mp Of the greater portion
the most desirable government lands in the
great valleys of our State by spectators,
who hold them at largely advanced figures,
and thereby retard the settlement of the
country very materially. The evil is un-
questionably. but ii will in some measure
work its own cure. The counties in which
these lands are located, VIII, as rule, adopt
the system of taxing them TO n full extent
allowed by law, rating their value at the
the asking price. This will make it too ex-
pensive for the spectators to hold such
large bodies of land for any | myth of time,
and sales will be forced as fast as possible.
The want of the interior counties of the
State is a population which would enable
them to raise sufficient taxes to meet the
interest on their own debts and carry on
the machinery of government A heavy
tax, levied or unimproved lands held for
speculative purposes by non-residents, will
serve double purpose realizing an imme-
diate income, and compelling SALTS which
will ensure future prosperity. This point
is well understood, and think that it will
have a. due weight with the interior county
But the immigrant need not wait for a
change in this respect. There are millions
upon millions OF acres of unoccupied lands
in California which can be had for prices
so low as to leave nothing to complain of.
From the Oregon line to San Diego, there
stretches wide belt of country along the
western slope of the Sierra Nevada, which
is peculiarly adapted to the growth of all
the fruits of the temperate zones, and the
l,..,- l..
ter than anywhere else in the world and
most kinds of grain can be grown to ad-
vantage for home consumption and in many
localities with profit for expectation. From
$1.50 to $500 per acre viii buy vast
which will yield good support for
q large family, can be had for $1,000 to
1900 each. The old "Foriy Miners, /"
when they took up rancho, did it with
the expectation of making fortune out of
itin couple of years at most, and, if they
did not succeed, cursed tie business out
and ont at once. They still cling TO the
ideas of ss49, and are seldom, if ever, con-
tent with what your Eastern farmers would
call ''good years work" This is why
such farms are cheap and nearly all for
sale. If a family will be content TO make
good living and have something over at
the end of each year, they can easily do it
on such n farm, and wealth will surely
come in time; but our old population will
not wait, and unless place will bring
them great and sudden wealth, they do not
consider it worth owning at any price. A
new. class of farmers, and new and less ex-
travagant ideas, must come in place of all
this, before the country can be truly pros
perouA
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-09-09
Paui Clifford OutdOne.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times
relates the following incident which is
vouched or IA having recently occurred in
New York: -te-.sAe''-
As capital illustration OF the manner in
which thieves conduct their little well or
ganized and apparently quite legitimate
calling in Gotham little affair came under
my observation few days ago wherein a
family III the village of Woodside, on the
hong Island Railroad, were lobbed by bur
glars of silver plate and jewelry. The de-
tectives. of course, could obtain no clue
until reward was offered for the return OF
the property, which consisted of gifts and
valued heirlooms in the family. A polite
note was thereCpon received from the gen.
tlemen burglars expressing then re9rtts at
the inconvenience of the owners, and offer
ing at once to restore the goods, but in re-
gard for their own necessities, they would
be compelled to accept the reward offered
as q compliment to their honesty and pro-
fessional skill.
The owner consulted the detective upon
the propriety of causing the arrest of the
thieves, but was peremptorily informed that
such q course was not 'honor among
thieves" and would end only in increased
disaster to all concerned. and equivocally
advised him to take what he could get and
ask no questions. He accordingly, by ap-
pointment, entered the smoking-car of an
afternoon train, and found two nobby
gents, with fancy kids, white hats, diamond
pins. and rings, in charge of basket con-
tanning his lost yaluables, and there, in the
presence of the. passengers, who knew
what was going on the goods were examin
ed, the negotiation happily concluded, and
the money paid. The nonchalant Jack
Sheppard offered their new friend fifty
cent Havana, talked merrily and friendly,
and at the next station bid him good bye in
the most polite msaner possible. Has fic-
ton recorded anything moro singularly
ford was a bungler, compared to New York
cracksman, and Vidocq's office would be al
together sinecure among the metropolitan
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-09-09
Recovery OF q Lost Diamond Ring
Through a Dream.

n lew nlgntsaBO huy, Wuit AhillB
walk, lost q valuable diamond ring from her
finger In some accountable way. DilEgent
and extensive search was made, without
any clue to. the ring, and the lady gave il
mp as gone s'for good and all. Before day
light the following morning the lady was
surprised by the calls of her nurse, o small
negro girl On being admitted to her mis-
fress, the girl, who had not heard of the
ring being lost, said she had just bada
dream in which she was apprised wien,
where, and how the jewel had been lost, and
that, if allowed she felt sure she could find
If. She then described theplace and man.
ner irf which the ring disappeared, and
begged her mistress to go with her and test
the dream. This strange circumstances
was made known to the household but all
treated it with the utmost inc-edulity. 1t
was afterward concluded to humor the girl,
however, and. she and several white men,
bers of the family proceeded to the desie-
mated spot. more than one hun
dred Yards from the house. Here
the dreamer told her mistress that, as di-
rected In her dream, she must drop another
ring, and it would roll as guide to the
missing one. A plain gold ring was hand
ed the gir'; she let it fall, and sure enough
it rolled and stopped within two inches Of
the lost diamond ring, which had got into
q crevice between two bricks of the pave
ment. 1t may be imagined that the ring
hunters were somewhat ast0unded at the
miracle. There is not the least fiction
about this curious dream and its result -
Louisville Cosu-ier-Journal.
PRIVATE medical aid. Read Dr.. Whittier's
advertisements
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-09-09
The Byron Scandal.

The New York Nation, in commenting
upo the story of Mrs. Stowe in regard to
the separation of Lord and Lady Byron,
says:
We we're told the main facts of this his
tory something more than ten years ago,
and this was how it was told to us: AT
whatever time the incestuous connection
between Byron and his sister may have be
gun, Lady Byron knew nothing of it, AS we
heard the story, until after the birth of hel
child Some time after that event, proba-
bly, about the beginning of January, 1916,
Byron told her of the intrigue, Saying that
he had never loved any other woman tl,ar
the partner of his guilt. She
naturally, supposed it to be delusion ol
insanity; and it was under this impression
that she consulted DIR. Baillie about him.
which is one of his main charges agains,
her in his letters and in Don juan. Ii was
while under this belief that she wrote the
playful letter to Byron, after leaving him.
which is also one of the counts in the in.
dictment against her. After reaching Kirk
by Mallory, her fathers house, she had GER
tain proofs of the truth of what her hus
land had told her, from which time she
left him for ever.
Now We do not affirm that this version
of the story is absolutely authentic. w,
tell it as it was told to MS; but most certain
ly it is inherently more probable than the
one given by Mrs. Stowe. 1t is akey TO the
whole mystery, and the solution is greatly
honorable to Lady Byron 1t accounts fol
her silence as to to the causo of the separa-
ton. Her lips were sealed as long as Mrs.
Leigh lived. It accounts for her consulta-
ton with DIR. Baillie, and for her letter after
leaving Byron, and before knowing that a
a sepamtion was inevitable. II accounts,
too, for DIR. Lushington's statements con.
frmlng her own, saying that q .feconcilia-
ton was impossible and that. IF such an
idea should be entertained he could not,
professionally or otherwise, take any par,
towards effecting ityeoa l
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-09-09
Personal n ems.
? Minister Nelson is skldto be very pop
ular among the Mexicans.

ular among the Mexicans.
The author of TON Brown at Oxford"
was the referee in the great boat race.
The Madrid Imperial calls Sickles cne
OF the 'improEised heroes of the Poto
mac"
Samuel Johnson, a prominent Boston
merchant, died few days ago. He had
been resident of that city over GO wears.
Fletcher, whom Dickens heralded in
the Atlantic, demand 800 per night in gold.
Joe Jefferson gets $500 per night in green
backs at Booths
John Il. Allen, of Nashville, has in
making loo pounds balloon, intended
to take up ten persons at the forth coming
Tennessee State Fair.
| -SalaZar member of Maximilian's
Cabinet, whose estates were confscated by
Juarez is insane at Washington, and lis
wife is destitute at Georgetown.
Mr.. William Henry Hurlbut. the ac-
complished collaboration of the Hon. Manton
Marble in the World has gone to Boston TO
take leave of his friends there on occasion
of his approaching departure 10 attend the
Ecumenieal Council, in Rome, and the
opening of the Suoz Canal in Egypt.
"A prominent minister, who went TO
0feenWlch, Conn.,, iately, 10 make pulpit
exchange with a brother minister, was, 10y
some blunder, arrested at the station, under
suspicion of being implicated in the rob
berry of a grocery store some ten miles dis
tant
- Emile Girarlin, the ablest Journalist
ia France. receives a salary oi 90, 600 francs
2 year. rs MANAGING editor of liz Libtiie.
This is better pay than that said TO be en-
jOyed by Mr. Bigelow, aud Mr. Curtis Tor
similar work, each of whom is reported 10
receive 10000 year IN greenfacks.
-Prnce Arthur is described as tall aud
slender, with fine and faultlessly combed
head of brown hair, and his youthful face
ornamented with an English pattern oI
whiskers and moustache, highly creditalie
to the physical development OF yonug
man OF nineteen. When he landed at
Halifax Le v ore n black dress coat closely
buttoned, pants of light drab hue, "clo-
ker" collar of enormous size and blaek
silk '1ile''