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i. tGeo. ". MoOrsrv.
2. william Smyth.
3. william b. Allison.
4. VIM. Ioughridge.
8. fFran els w. Palmer
&. 'Chafles pomeroy.
KENTUCKY.
/. LntUreace $. Trimbh
2. 'WDl. NJ S,retneD.
3 jacob y GoNdddy.
4. J Proctor Knott
5. tbOtyd Winchester.
d. Thomas l.. Jones.
7. James h. Beck.
S. George III. AddpnS
Q. 'JOhH N. Rice.
LOUISIANA,
J. HLotHS St Mdrtin.
2 fCdleb q. Hunt
3. tAd0iphe Bd'ieV.
4. 'NichGei RYAN.
8. fGeo W. McCFdnie.
MAINE.
J. John Lynch.
2 samuel Morrin.
3. James q. Blaine.
4 John A. Peters.
5. Eugene Hale.
MARYLAND.
l. fSdmue! HdmbletoN.
2. Stevenson Archer.
3. Thomas StOdnn.
4 Pdtrtck HunliQ.
8. Frederick Stone.
hAsSACHUS ETTs.
]. James BuflintOn,
2. OaKes Ames.
3. Ginery Twitchell.
4. Samuel Hooper,
5. Benz. +. Butler.
u. n. +. Banks.
I. g gorge y. Boutwell,.
8. tGeoTge II. Hoar.
Q. VIM. Il. Washburn.
10, Henry L. Dawes.
MICHIGAN.
]. +. q. Beaman,
z. aW. l.. Stoughton.
8. Austin Blair.
4. Thomas W. Ferry.
5. SONAR ID. Conger.
q. ar. Strickland.
MINNESOTA.
]. IN. y. Wilkinson.
2. sEttqene NJ. Wilson.
MISSOURI.
]. tErdSttLS Wells.
z. 'G. A. Finkelnburg
3. Jas. Il. Mccormick.
4. sSemp. II. Boyd.
8. tSaml. s. Burdett.
6. X. T. Van Horn.
7. aJohn 4 Asper.
s. John +. pjamln.
Q. david Z. Dyer.
NEBRASKA.
/. John Taffe.
NEVADA.
!. Thomas Fitch.
NEW JERSEY.
]. William Moore.
2. Charles H0ight.
3. tJohn 4. BIRD.
4. John Hill.
s. tOreStGS CieUe land.
NEW YORK.
!. Henry 4. Reeves.
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The CIerkshtp.


For long time 1t was supposed that there
would be no material opposition to the re-
election OF Bon. Edward Mcpherson to the
Clerkship of the House, on its assembling for
organization. Yet within the past few weeks
formidable opposition to him has been gro wing
up, the only argument in support of which is
the alleged fact that Pennsy lvaula las, between
Mcpherson and Forney enjoyed the position
long enough. General Ephraim r. Eckley, one
OF the retiring members from Ohio has been
generally settled upon as the one who will b.
supported by the opponen nts of Mr.. Mcpherson,
EDWARD MCPHERSON,
of Pennsylvania was born at Gettysburg,
Adams county, in this State. July 81, 1880;
graduated at the Pennsylvania College In l84s;
became journalist, and edited a Harrisburg
paper for some years. and sub,equently one 2t
Gettysburg; then turned his attention to farm.
irg, and in 1868 was elected a Representative in
Congress, and reelected in 1860. Ia 1868 he
was appointed by President Lincoln Deputy
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue, but resigned
that position on being elected Clerk of the
House of Representatives the same year. He
was reelected to the same position in 1865, and
again in 1867. He is the compiler of valuable
political manual, and since the death of Thad-
deus Stevens has been at work upon life Of
that statesman.
EPHRAIH R. EcRLEY,
of Ohio, was born IN Jefferson county in that
State, December 8, 1872; studied law and was
admitted to the bar in 1887; was a member of
the State Senate in ls43, lS46, aud from l849 to
1851 and of the lower house of the Legislature
in 1858. Atthe outbreak of the war he entered
the army, serving as colonel of the 28th and
SOth Regiments of Ohio Volunteers, aud COM
Having been elected a Representative in Con.
gress in 1862, in March, 1863 he resigned his
commission to take his seat and was reelected
IN 1864, and again in 1866.
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The whole number thus far elected Is 205,
giving Republican majority of 63. The States
that are yet to hold elections will probably
send delegations divided IN the following man
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giving probable Republican majority OF 65.
The following shows the comparison between
the new House when full, and the old House,
three VaCanlieR.-
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If Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas should
send unanimous Republican delegations to the
House, when reconstructed, there would be II
added to the Republican side, making l62
lican majority of 81 and a bare two.thirds'
Unt
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Contested Senfs.


Contested Seats.
The Republican force in the new House,
however, is likely to DE materially increased by
the result of several contests which will arise.
Iu the Pennsy lVanIa delegation the seat held by
John Molet, Dem, is being contested by Leonard
by Caleb N. Taylor, Rep; and that of Henry
ID. Foster, Dem, by John CoVode, Rep, with
fair chances OF success in each case. In the
Indiana delegation the seat of George w.
Julian, Rep, is being contested by John s.
Reid, Dem; and that of Daniel W. Voorhees,
Dem, by William Writ Carter, Rep In Missouri
James Shields, DEM, claims the seat of Robert
L. Van Horn, Rep; and William 4. SWitZler
DEM, that of David p. Dyer, Rep. In Ohio
Beujamin Egg geston, Rep, contests the seat of
Rep, that OF Truman Ii. Hosg, Dem, In
Kentucky S0ney NJ. Barnes, Rep, claims the
seat Of George M. Adams, Dem. In New Jersey
George A. HalseY, Rep, will endeaVor to Oust
0restes Cleveland, Dem. There is likely, also,
TO be contest over the seats of the Fourth
and Eighth Tennessee districts, the Democratic
candidates, Charles A. Sheafe in the Fourth
and John w. LeftWich IN the Eighth, having
received majority OF the votes cast, although
Governor BroWnlow awarded the certificates TO
the Republicans.
The Changes in the House,
BY the tables given above, it will be seen
that 90 Republican aid 45 Democratic members
OF the present House retire from Congress on
the Ath OF March. Since the outbreak of the
war the changes IN the mem ber5hp OF the House
have been remarkable. Only twelve persons
who were in the House during the memorable
session OF the winter of l960-6I will be con-
tanned on the rolls Of the new House. These
are the follOWing:-John A. Logan, then a
Democrat, Ellhu Il Washburne, and john +.
FarnsWorth. of Illinois; William Z. Niblack,
Michael @. Kerr, and William 3. Holman, then,
as now, Democratic Of IDdiaDsi Henry l.,
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MATTHEW HALE OARPBNrER,

A, Wisconsin, was born near Waterbury, Yer
%ont, In 1926, and at the age OF IL was adopted
~ Paul Dillingham;, distinguished lawyer of
varmoDt, and afterwards Governor OF that
a,ate. Carpenter was appointed to West Point,
S"t after two years at the Academy ne relins
Ss"i, s"i he'd the military profession and commenced
Xs study OF law under Rufus Choate of Boston.
In le4e be removed to belolt, Wisconsin, but
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-03-17
EGALNnTIcE.


ITO Charles II. Tracy. who resides in the
oIslIe OF Michigan. You are hereby notified
that George ;. Case, Admir- of the estate OF
Azel Tracy, decd. on the 25th day of Febru-
ary, A. ID. lS69, iled his petition IN the Pro
bate Court within and for the County OF
Trumbull, and stale OF Ohio. alleging that
the personal estate Of said decedent is insult
ficient 10 pay his debts and the charges OF
administering his estate; that he died seized
in fee simple Of the following described real
estate situate in said County, to-wit: Part OF
lot No. l9, in the Township of Hartford, and
bounded and described as follows: Begin
ming at the northeast corner OF said Lot
No. le; thence south on said Lot line TO the
northeast corner Of lands owned by James
Gates in 1856; thence west on said Gates
north line torhe corner Of the lands known
as the Timothy Thompson tract; thence
north on the east line OF lands lately owned
by .Iaryis Gates, Eli Bushnell and Alva
Merriam, to the highway, the same being the
west boundary line Of said Timothy Thomp-
sons tract; thence east 10 the place Of be-
ginning, containing seventy-seNen and one
half C771O acres Of land.
Also, one other piece of land known as
part OF Lot No. %. In the Township Of Hart
ford, and bounded and described as follows
South on the east and west center road ;
west by lands lately owned by Elan Jones,
and now owned by L. c. Jones; north by lands
lately owned by Uriel Holmes; and east by
lands lately owned by Joseph A. Gould, and
now owned by Sarah E. Hart, and contains
thirteen (l3) acres Of land. That Phebe Ira
ey as widow Of said decedent, is entitled 10
dover in said premises, and that Dudly s.
Tracy, James f. Tracy and Charles II. Ira
cy are his heirs at law, and hold the next
estate of Inheritance therein. The prayer
of said petition is for the assignment OF
dover. and for sale Of said premises, sub
ject to such dover estate, for the payment OF
the debts Aforesaid. Said petition will be
1889. GEORGE :. CASE,
Admir- Of Azel Tracy, decd
Taylor & Jones, Atty's for Pitt.
March 3, lSG9-4t
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The Commissioners OF Trumbull County de-
sire TO say that the exigency of the case de-
mands that they should use all lawful means
toprocure the building ofa new Jail for said
The old jan, as has been said many times.
is a nuisance is unit to keep prisoners in
as well as insecure. Il Is unit and very nm
saie Tor a family TO 1--we In, and something
needs 10 be done and should be done soon.
The tax payers OF Trumbull County, un-
doubleday do not desire TO pay their money
for guarding the old Jail, neither do they
wish 70 pay money to have prisoners kept at
considerable expense in the jails OF adloin-
ing counties. which they are now doing.
The present law only permits County Com
nlisSioners to expend fifteen thousand dol
lars on any one structure without first sub
mitting the question 10 a vote OF the people.
The Commissioners think that Trumbull
County ought to have an Iron Jail of at least
sixteen cells, OF which the Jail part would
cost from fifteen toSeventeen thousand dol
lars in addition 70 a brick building to sur
round the Jail, and for the family 10 live in,
with at least one reception room. and one
apartment in the brick part made secure
enough to be occupied by female prisoners.
Also a cellar for the family and one for a hot
air furnace and the storing of fuel for the
furnace. The said brick building, with the
necessary arrangements, would cost from
fifteen 70 twenty thousand dollars.
THERE'S something over fourteen millions
Of dollars of taxable property, according TO
the present valuation, in Trumbun County,
and three Nails on the dollar valuation
would raise about forty-two thousand
dollars.
If the voters see proper to vote for q new
Jail this spring, the Commissioners propose
to levy two mills on the dollar valuation for
the year 1859, and the balance in 1870, and to
expend what in their judgment is necessary
for a new Jail, and no more.
Much more might be said on this question
butIhe people of Trumbull County are too
jntelligeut TO need to be "BVRED" in this
matter, therefore we respectfully submit it
them.
Auditors once. Warren, O. March 8. cost
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-03-17
The Life of a Raker.

Some one sends to the New York
Sun this description of a journeymaD
bakers life:
He begins on Sunday morning by
making Yeast, and then gets his
breakfast; he then cleans up the baker
shop and Sits his -four for the nights
work; then takes dinner; then puts
in sponge, cleans out the oven. and
gets his coal and wood ready then he
makes dough and mixes his rolls; by
this time his dough is ready; now he
mas to weigh il off and stir up the fire
and elean out the oven by this time
another dough is ready, which follows
after the first. He weighs it off and
makes the third dough. Now he
draws the first and the damper also,
so as to heat the oven for the next,
cleans out again and runs the second;
now weighs off the third I; now gets
flour sifted for the days work and
puts in sponge; then draws the sec
ond and makes up the third; now the
"jackasses pack their pianos" to start
at daylight to serve the customers.
He now runs the third batch and calls
the boss to open the store. Then the
'ijackassesn carry up the bread and
start to serve the route, and the fore
man will get the pie stuff ready and
draw the third batch and roll out the
pie bottoms. BY this time the lack
assesD arrive home again and make
dough- for the days work. The baker
then goes to breakfast; next he fills out
the pies and covers them and bakes of.
While the pies are baking the under
strappers get ready for making cakes,
which will take until three or four
O'Clock in the afternoon. By this
time the ''jackasses" shoulder the
piano for the afternoon route, and the
( foreman gets the sponge in for the
nights work, and gets the bake shop
/ cleaned up. The 'jackasses" get
/ back, and all hands go to the so-called
supper. which is three rusks and some
hot water for four men. When sup
per is over, then the sponge is ready
( to make dough. The baker repeats
J the operations described above, and
keeps on with this work until the
next Saturday morning. Some ba-
kers do not stop here; for after their
pay, which is from 81 90 to $40 90 a
week, they start for home, if they
have the luck to have one, but which
they do not always reach, fetching up
! instead in a gin mill, which place
holds them until it IS time to go to
work again. While they are in the
gin mill they are not idle, for between
( drinking poison and talking about
their workmanship they are kept
pretty busy. So you see that baker,
/ If not perpetual motion, is as near
one as anything can come to it.
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Colonel Barnitz.

Colonel Albert Baznitz, who was
desperately wounded in the battle of
the Washita, where Black Kettle was
killed and his band broken up, was
in the city yesterday. He was shot
through the body during the heat of
the fight, by an Indian armed with
a peace commission rifle. He is slow
ly but surely recovering, and in a few
months will be able 70 resume his
duties on the plains. Colonel BaKnitz
has been three times so badly wounded
that his life was despared of, he was
reported dead, and had the pleasure
of reading obituary notices of him
SELF Few men during the war of the
rebellion saw more hard fighting, and
none displayed more admirable per-
sonal herOism than Colonel Barnitz.
He was with the Second Ohio
Cavalry in all its adventurous serv-
ice, from Southern Missouri to the
mountains of Kentucky and East
Tennessee, through the valley of
Virginia and-around Richmond, and
led the last cavalry charge, under the
eye of Custer and Sheridan, before
the surrender of Lee.-CiReinRati
Commercial.
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A Curious Instrument.

Some weeks ago we were startled
by an announcement in the military
and naval intelligence of the Times,
that an instrument which could meas
ure the hundred-thousand part of a
second, twas employed by the authori-
ties at Woolwich, in experiments on
gunpowder. At the time one might
have thought that the leading journal
was merely under one of those tits OF
inaceuracy to which We are all occa-
sionally liable, but since had an oppOr-
tunity of examining the instru-
ment in question. / am led to believe
that its powers were not overrated.
This machine is used for measuring
the velocity of q projectile within the
bore OF gun, and, as far as we could
Judge, is quite capable of recording
the time that = shot, travelling at the
rate of one thousand feet q second,
will take to pass over one inch. The
apparatus consists of n system of
to6fhed wheel-work, beautifully made
and driven by means of descending
weight. The velocity with which
each wheel travels is progressive i'm
the proportion of five to one that Is
to say, each wheel travels five times
as fast as the one in rear of it. The
last wheel turns a spindle to which
six drass discs are attached, each disc
being thirty-siX inches in circumfer-
ence. When the machine is travel
ing at full speed these discs move at
rate of about ttwenty-eight revolutions
a second, or in other words, about one
thousand inches a second an inch of
disc, therefore represents the thou
sandth part of a second. The passage
of the projectile is recorded on the
edge of the disc by means of spark
derived from n Rhumkorff's coil:
thus the interval between two sparks
denotes the time taken by the projec
tile in passing over a known distance
in which it ruptures two galvanic cir
cults, and causes q corresponding
number of sparks. Each disc has its
own coil, marker, and galvanic cir
cult by which means the time of pas
sing over five distinct spaces can be
recorded. The actual rate at which
the wheels are moving is ascertained
by means a stop-watch attached to
one of the slowly-moving wheels.
As the thousandth part of second is
represented by an inch on the disc,
we can easily understand that the
hundreeth part Of an ineS, which is
by no means difficult to measure, will
represent the hundredth thousandth
part of q second.-OHce a Ueek.
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The Roman Woman in her BOudOlr.

The boudoir contained mirrors OF
all sizes-sOme of silver, others of
polished gold, others, again, of brass,
or steel, or tin. They were usually of
a circular or oval form, and were en-
riched with precious stones. There
was generally one large enough to re
fleet the full figure. Here, too, might
be seen the expedients adopted by an
antiquated beauty to effaee or hide the
ravages of time, and TO preserve the
semblance of youth long after the
reality had departed. As the hair
thinned, or became unmistakably
gray, they wore different kinds of
head-dress, according to their own
taste or the fashion of the hour. The
three ordinary varieties were the
"CalIendrum,n the ''Callantica," and
the "Corymbrium''-so called because
it terminated in point like a grape.
1t was especially worn by women of
low stature, as it added to their hight.
In the case of respectable matrons the
color of this hair was invariably black;
in that of eourtesans, of lighter hue,
and approaching to auburn. Then,
when the teeth began to decay or to
leave an "obvious void, I" they were
replaced with others of bone or ivory
fixed in gold.
To preserve the complexion, re-
source was had to a variety of eosmet-
les. While sitting in their own apart
ments, and, above all, before retiring
to rest at night, they would cover the
face with q paste made of wheat -four,
or of crumbs of bread we'll soaked
Others used an ointment made of suet
extracted from the fleece of fat eve,
twice washed and bleached in the sun,
but still retaining a rank smell. 9th
er cosmetics were more costly, and not
unfrequently composed of singular in
gradients, the specific virtues of which
It is not easy to divine. The simplest
was lotion of asses milk. Poppea,
Nero's wife, used to bathe in milk,
FIVE hundred asses being kept for the
purpose. A certain fluid mixture,
much in vogue, was obtained by slow
ly boiling for forty days and nights
the neel of a young white bull. AnOth-
er famous medicament was produced
from eroeodiles' eXcrements. Anoth-
er, again, was a kind of paste, in
which white lead predOminated, that
came from Rhodes, and impaired
dazzling whiteness TO the skin, but
had the defect of melting in the sun
or under the action of great heat.
There was likewise q preparation of
chalk STEPPED in acid, but which
Stunned all contact with water. Yer
million, too, was sometimes applied
The eyebrows and eyelids We're very
commonly touched with q needle
dipped in q paste, the coloring matter
of which was SCOT or powdered char
coal, and occasionally saffron.
Pomades of bean paste were en-
ploye to smooth the skin aud efface
wrinkles. An unguent, called ''psilo-
trum," was also used to remove hairs
from the arms and legs. Pastilles of
myrtle and mastic, kneaded in old
wine, were found efficacious in correct
ing the breath, as also were the berries
of myrrh, cassia and ivy. The skin
was, besides, rubbed with pumice-
stone, which, when reduced to pow
der and thrice calcined. was much
for cleansing the teeth
Then, to harden the gums, resource I
was had to the fat of Sleeps tails
formed into pills.
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Icelandie Politeness..The Women.

The Icelander always takes his cap
off when he salutes any one, and not
content with merely touching the
peak, actually bares his head. have
wondered much at this custom, and
have thought that possibly it might
be the result of the confidential man
ner in which they kiss each other
when they meet, in which operation
of course the peak of the cap or the
brim of the hat would be in the way.
For the Ieelandic kiss of welcome
and farewell is no empty ceremony (;
it is given with warmth and express
sion, and is repeated two or three
times, without the least regard to age,
sex, or other ineompatibiiities between
the parties concerned. But still as
this external politeness appears TO be
only the expression of the feelings. i
have abandoned my theory, and have
arrived at the conclusion that the
Icelanders are naturally polite at least
toward those who are polite to them
in turn. The every day costume Of
the women is extremely simple. 1t
consists of q tight-fitting, wOolen-
knitted bodice of dark color, with
AaAALOh oANCNCoF OaNNOANa 81 NLl hAAoef
without any ornament, and q home
spun skirt. The dark color is set off
by astriped or checked apron, usually
green or red, on the head is a small,
black cap, fastened eoquettishly across
the temples, and with a long silver
tassel, attached by a gold or silver
thread. The Iceland women have
very thick and beautiful hair, which
they arrange in graceful plaitS, hang
ing down from the cap upon their
back. Many a dark brown eye and
curling lock of hair may be seen
peeping forth from beneath the cap,
still, the "eorn-goldenn hair and the
azure-blue eye which the old sages
sing of, is the general type; and thus
pink and white are the prevailing
hues that nature has laid on their
cheeks and foreheads.-[A Summer
in Iceland.
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A BRIDAL Tour ON A HAND-sLED.
An enterprising young man lately took
unto himself a wife at Green Bay,
and wishing to keep up with the
customs of the day, and as he boasted
not of a large amount of filth luere,"
concluded to take a "bridal trip on
his town hook and accordingly
fitted up a hand-sled, and placed
thereon his fair bride and his worldly
goods" and Started on the excursion.
He first went to Menasha, then
crossed the lake to Stock bridge, made
a voyage to Chiffon, and thence back
to StOekbridge again, drawing his fair
burden all the time, up hill and down,
over roads both good and bad, with q
commendable spirit of energy and
perseverance, living upon what they
could "pick up" and lodging where
best they could. When last heard
from they had started for Minnesota,
where they propose to settle on q
homestead. We sincerely hope they
will reach their destination in safety,
and that their s'bridal trip" may
prove happy and prosperous one
Calumet Vs. Reflector.
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The Snendenhorrinn nnetrine.

According 10 Swedenborg, there
are three heavens, consisting of three
orders of angels: the first distin-
guished for love, the second for wis
dom, and the last for obediance.
All angels have lived on earth !:
none were created such. They are
men and women in every respect,
they marry and live in societies, in
cities and in countries, just as we do
in this world, but in happiness and
glory ineffable. All in whom love
to God and man is the ruling prin
ciple go to heaven at death. Between
heaven and hell a perfect equilibrium
is maintained. As there are three
heavens there are three hells, and
every angelic society has an internal
antagonist. Hell, as a whole, is cali
ed the devil and satan; there is no
individual bearing this name. All
in whom self love is the ruling pas
sion go to hell. There is no resuree-
ton of the earthly body. Every one
passes to his final lot at death; some
make a short sojouEn in an interme-
diate state, designated the world of
spirits, where the good are cured Of
their superficial infirmities and intel
leetual mistakes, and the evil reject
all their preteces to good.