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FOREIGN NOTES.

Several disturbances of a serious ma
ture occurred in Spain during the re-
cent eletions. Several persons were
killed.
It is said that King Ludwig Of Ba-
varia is betrothed to the eldest daugh-
ter of Prince Frederick Charles OF
Prussia.
A cashier Of a bank in Limerick has
absconded with large amount of mo-
ney. It is thought he will arrive in
time to vote for the next President Of
the United States.
A dispatch has been received In
London from YeddO, Japan, dated
March 2e, which states that attempts
have been mads by party of twelve
persons to assassinste the MikadO OF
Japan. The attempts have proved
unsuccessful, and the government has
issued orders that no foreigners be al
lowed to go beyond the limits Of the
city of Yeddo.
D'Isrseli, in his late speech In Lon
don, eulogiZed the late Earl Mayo,
and declared that il was through his
vigilance, courage, and patience that
TIE GQnE kl4I IdCAI5 OA tAAD <AnASAANetA \ e
mans were defeated. he also de-
clared, in his comparison between the
governments of Great Britain and the
United States, that the President Of the
United States was not a sovereign I;
his position was similar to that OF the
English Prime Minister, and both
were paid q sum equal TO that OF s.
second-elass professional man. In re-
lation TO the Alabama claims, he
feared they were fraught with great
damage to the relations OF the two
countries. He condemned the course
of GladstOne's ministry.
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THE MORSE FUNERAL.
Immense Gathering to DO HOaSr to The De-
parted Scientist In New York,

NEW YORK, April 5.-An immense
thrOng gathered early this morning ct
the Madison Square Presbyterian
church to be present at the services
over the body of Prof. Morse, Crowds
of peOpleWere unable to find stand
ing room. Among the delegd-
tiOns present were Governor Hoffman
and staff, q committee from the Leg
islature, the directors OF the Western
Union and New, York and NeWfOund-
land telegraph companies, represent
atives from the Academy of Design
and Evangelical Alliance, the New
York common council and various
other delegations Of lesser note.
Shortly after eleven O'Clock the funer-
al procession entered the church, the
coffin being borne on the shoulders OF
four men and surrounded by crown,
followed by mourning relstives OF
the deceased.
After the chanting Of solemn music,
Rev. Mr.. Adams proceeded to deliver
a funeral Grafton from the text: "Man
cOmeth up as a flower, and is cut of. !"
He dwelt at length on the virtues OF
the deceased, and traced his life as a
Christian, saying that he stood almost
alone in the qualities OF religion. Rev.
Mr.. Wheeler, Of Poughkeepsie, then
delivered prayer, and the singing OF
a hymn concluded the funeral service,
after which the remains were viewed
by the spectators. The stream of peO.
pie who filed past the deceased was 90
great that ii was half-past one before
the cOrtege started for Greenwood
cemetery. The pail bearers were Will
liam Orton, Livingstone Morse, Gen.
eral Dix, Professor Cornell, Cyrus W.
Field and Peter Cooper. Lines of peo-
pie thronged the route along Broad
way. During the day the buildings
containing the public Offices displayed
flags at hali-mast. The telegraph Of
fees were draped In mourning.
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WASH AWAY THE BLUFFS.
Captain Gift Replies 80 " Mechanic ~
The BIuRs Can be washed.

EDIroR APPRA1-My Uncle Bob used
to say that It was much safer TO tell req
sousble lie than an unreasonable truth.
NY uncle was right, ss l have recently
had good reasons for knowing. The other
day I started the idea of demolishing the
unsightly bluffs In front OF the city
through the agency Of sundry powerful
streams of water projected by tbs steam
fire. engines, 9 matter rs well understood
and as common 20 people who have
CROSSED the Sierra Nevadaa IS are mules
and carts, and picks and shovels,
to your untravelsd man Of practice.
In my innocence, supposed that ev-
ery other man In town would know
something about the thing; but
10. vas mistaken, for fear that most
peopAe regard It as an excellent sell. OBJ
serve the application Of my uncle's wis
dom. Had I told that the chickens In
California, from picking up gold pebbles
whefewith to mRstieat9 their food, got to
Isvirrg eggs with golden shells, the story
would have given me fame, and would
not have travelled in vain, but this unrea-
sensible manner Of removing dirt which l
sucRested-from having seen 1t done
hundred or more times-brfngs me into
disgrace, Profit, good reader, by my ex-
ample, and never tell an unanswerable
truta. Better by far tell a reasonable lie,
mechanic" says that "in conveying thst
mass of dirt into the river 1t would be
fourld that the dre engines are very slow
and unsatisfactory workers. It would
take one of your fire extinguishers ten
hours to completely work ten tons OF dirt
from the foot Of the bluff 20 the river"
How does he know this7 Hss he
ever Witnessed what lz called hydraulic
mining, or Ia he thsorizing7 Now then,
when / say that single man, holding the
nozEle OF hose, and playing water on an
embankment, every day does the work Of
: hundred men In California, and that the
water not only caves the bank away, but,
Combining with the earth, forms thick
mud and water, which, by the force Of
graVisation, is carried away, speak 9
simple bat unreasonable truth-tell o.
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BIG oRUNKs.
a Cure for HabItuaI Druukenness-A
Coed Thing.

Is drunkenness cursble3 is problem of
the deepest interest to all good eitizsns,
and anything which promises to aid in its
solution Is worthy of notice. A writer In
Putnam, for August, proposes as q cure
for an appetite for liquor, bromide of potas-
sium, saying: There is no taperinR off
with the devil. Either he has got YOU or
he has not got you. The first Of the med
ieal treatment in this physical disease re-
quires the immediate removal of the pa
tient from all disturbing influences of
whatever nature. There must be no
noisy children about, no quarrelinQ
women, no scsndal-monRers pour
ing out their distilled venom to lar
apon his nerves and disturb his
spirit. BE must have absolute quiet and
repose. His patient must take q two
weeks holiday and go to bed where no.
thing can trouble him save one faithful
friend. Having obtained twelve twenty
grain powders of ths bromide, he takes
one, and after conflict the sedatiye wins
the victory, and hs sleeps, When he
wakes the struggle against liquor begins
again, and so on, until at last perfect sue
cess and g glofious victory are attained.
The desire for drink will be eompletelV
ersdieated, and It's return viii not Be
likely to recur. During the treatment
food should not be taken unless urgently
desired, and then 1t should be of the most
nutritious character. Rroths of fowl. or
beeisteak, and such other meats a. are
the best calculated to preserve the tone of
the stomach, are to be preferred.
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the number Of additional clerks, and
the cost Of supplying the Information
which Mr.. Beck's resolution called
for, the time required being at least
twelve months.
The committed then proceeded
with the consideration of the bill In
detail.
On motion of Mr.. Garfield an adj
ditional section was inserted, making
1t unlawful to brand mark or letter
on the body of a soldier, and expung-
ing the word corporal from the
four hundred and thirtieth article.
The war committee rose and the
bill passed in the House without re-
vision.
Mr. Sawyer, from the committee on
commerce, reported the river and
harbor appropriation bill, which was
referred to the committee on appro-
priations.
The house then adjourned.
The session tomorrow will be for
debate only.
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FOrty-SsCOnd Congress
SECOND SESSION.
SENATE. WASHINGTON, A


The House resolutions on the death
of Professor Morse were, on motion OF
Senator Sumner, temporarily laid
aside.
The House bill for the relief of set
tiers on public lands in Iowa, under
the homestead act, was passed
On motion of Senator Pomeroy,
from the committee on public lands,
the bill passed granting the right OF
way to railway from Salt Lake to
Portland, Oregon.
Senator POmeroy also reported, with
amendments, the bill in relation to the
Iron Mountain railroad of Missouri.
The nineteenth instant was assigned
for its consideration.
The bill gave rise to the annual dis.
eussion of our Indian policy, which
lasted all day.
Senator Wright moved to reduce
the appropriation for the Teton and
Sioux Indians OF Montana from five
hundred thousand to two hundred
thousand dollars.
Senator Schurz introduced bill in
reference to the carriage Of freight and
passengers by the Union Pacific rail-
road and its branches. The bill sets
forth the provisions of the acts Of 1862
and 1864, that the Union Pacific road
and its branches chartered at the same
time should be operated as one con-
tinuOus and connected line, and that
thew should not discriminate against
each other as to time or rates, or in
any other way. 1t then states that
some of the branch roads complain
of being Disseminated against in viO-
lation OF law, and as a remedy it pro-
vides that either Of the aggrieved
COMPANIES may commence suit or
suits either at law or in equity, in any
United States circuit court, or In any
Territorial court having Jurisdiction,
and that on the final hearing the
court may render a judgment for all
the damages sustained by the COM
plainant, and may enforce its judg-
ment by the seguestrati0n of, or by
execution and sale of, the road and its
franchises, and, If deemed necessary,
may decree a forfeiture of the charter
of the offending company. The bill
also provides that in all cases where
the Union Pacific road and branches,
or any Of them, cannot agree On terms
for transportation OF freight and pas
sengars, either company may notify
the Secretary Of the Interior OF
the fact, and he shall thereUp-
on guarantee to the other company
or companies, and at the appointed
time he shall fix a schedule Of rates,
which shall be binding on the compa.
nies interested, and II either Of them
shall refuse 10 abide by his decision
he may cause its road, etc., to be seized
and sold on such terms as he may pre-
scribe, or he may report the facts to
the President of the United States to
be transmitted to Congress for such
action as may be deemed proper.
The Senate adjourned to Monday.
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MISSISSIPPI.
Death and Burial Of the Vexed Question
Reduction Of Salaries. Adjourn
usnt Of the Mob, aud the
Feast.

Special TO the Appeal.l
JACKSON. April s, 1871
Last night and to day the Legisls-
ture had more the air of Babel than
a respectable body Of law makers.
The members were grouped together
all over the hall, without regard to
order, and the speakers gsvel Piled
vigorously the while.
In the Senate the bill reducing
fees and salaries passed at late hour.
The Governors salary was fixed at
four thousand dollars, and the other
State officers at two thousand.
The civil rights bill was rejected
without argument. The Governor
signed large number Of bills to-day,
the nature of which cannot be OBJ.
tanned in the confusion.
Both Houses adjourned at one
O'Clock, and by invitation of the Go
vernon visited the mansion, where
they were entertained In sumptuOus
style for few hours.
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establish q registration Office in New
York on or before Wednesday, the
10th inst, they would strike its stock
from the list dealt in on Change.
Robert Seymour, of Williamsburg,
who hiss been missing the past six
weeks, returned to-day, and reports
that he was drugged and shipped IS a
sailor on whaling voyage, and, with
three of his companions who refused
to go, was put ashore in q small boat
at the mouth of the Chesapeake bay.
In the New York Senate, Senator
johnson caused great excitement yes
terdsy afternoon by the announce.
ment of the names Of Senators whom
he charged were under the influence
of Vanderbilt to defeat the pro-raia
freight bill. Subsequently the enact
ing clause Of the bill was stricken out.
A prisoner before Judge Eames'
court, at Williamsburg, this morning
was found to have smallpox. The
Judge and all the officers of the court
did not seem to think his evidence In
the case justified holding the prisoner
for any great length of time and left
a. q bAAoA 6sA-Na
prisoner walked calmly away ION his
ear"
The legal authorities are consulting
as to steps necessary to stay the gene
raj delivery of the prisons, brought
about by the recent decisions relating
to the illegdlity OF the court OF special
sessions, The district attorney will
resist all applications for the release
of cOnvicts. Meanwhile the court
will be reOrganizsd in accordance
with the law.
In suit brought by John n. Lester
against Richmond, Virginia, manu-
featuring company, and in which the
plaintiff in the settlement of his case
during the war was paid fifty thou
sand dollars in Confederate money,
the jury have now rendered verdict
for Lester in the amount of seventy
five thousand dollars, vitiating the
payment made in Confederate cur
reuCV.
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HOUSE. .wAsHrxeroN, April S.

Senator Pomeroy, from the commit
tee on public lands, reported bill
extending the time for the completion
OF the Iron Mountain railroad to
Helena.
Senator Clayton introduced bill au-
thorizing the construction Of bridge
across the Arkansas river at Little
Rock.
on motion of Mr.. Hawley, from the
committee on public lands, bill was
passed authorizing q Joint entry by
pre-emption settlers.
On motion Of Mr.. Tyner a bill to
erect colossal statue to Admiral Far
ragut was concurred In.
On motion of Mr.. Mercur the judi
ciary committee bill was passed au-
thoTizing the appointment by the
United States court of deputy clerks
on the application of the clerk, the
compensation TO be paid by the clerk.
The bill for the appointment Of ship
ping commissions came up.
During the reading Of the bill Mr..
Wood made an effort to present
remonstrance sgains 1t from
the board Of underwriters of
New York, but objection was made,
as the bill was under the operation OF
the previous question.
Various amendments were agreed
to.
Mr.. Garfield offered an amendment
recurring the revenues paid under the
act to be paid into the treasury, and
that disbursements be made only un-
der specific appropriations.
Messrs. COnger and Holman said
the amendment changed the whole
character of the bill.
Mr.. Garfield Withdrew his amend
ment,
An amendment was then agreed to
for the payment Of the fees into the
treasury.
Mr.. Starkweather, from the COM
mittee on naval affairs, reported a
bill to pay to Captain Window
and the officers and crew Of the
Kesrsage at the time Of the destruo.
ton of the Alabama one hundred
and ninety thousand dollars as the
estimated value thereof, in the same
manner as prize money. Mr.. Stark.
weather explained the bill, cited pre-
cedents for it, and advocated its
passage.
Mr. Butler Massachusetts, ap-
proved the bill. BE wanted to have
ii amended by providing that the
amount shall be submitted to the ar
bitration at Geneva as part OF the
direct damages sustained by the
United States under the general term
of the Alabama claims.
fk,na wryca ofrof6 that
the amendment would embarrass the
bill, and he suggested that 1t should
be offered as an independent prop0-
sitiOn.
Mr.. Butler said: al desire that
the money shall be paid out OF the
money not otherwise appropriated in
the English treasury and not in the
limited States treasury"
Mr.. StarkWeather favored the sug-
gestion of making England pay not
ONLY the direct but indirect damages,
but thought that matter should come
up by itself. -,
Mf. Hale moved to amend the bill
by striking out the words, according
to the law regulating prize cases, and
inserting the words, " according 70 the
payroll Of the ship at the ttme."
Agreed TO.
Mr. Cox opposed the bill, urging
that prize money was relic OF the
past, that 1t applied only to property
captured and not destroyed, and that
there should be no distinction in that
respect between the army and navy.
Mr., Banks cOineided In the views
expressed by Mr. Cox. The bill was
then passed-yeas 50, nays S.,
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RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Right Persons Reported HnIsd-En'
Etnea and Cars Smashed.

Kfuea and Cars smashed.
ST. LOUIS, April 5.-RepOrts were
circulated here at a late hour last
night that serious accident occurred
early In the evening at Brighton,
Illinois, the junction OF the Chicago
and Alton and Rockford, Rock Island
and st. Louis railroads, resulting in
a great loss of life, but no definite in
formation could be ascertained. After
the telegraph office had closed it was
learned that the collision occurred at
the point named, about one O'Clock,
between the sOuthern-bOund freight
train, on the ROckpOrt and Rock
Island, and the nOrthern-bOundp pas
senger train on the Chicago and Alton
railroads, At this point they run
some distance nearly parallel then
cross at q very acute angle. Both en-
gineers stopped their trains and then
started again, each supposing the
other to be standing still. AS the
Rockford engine reached the crossing
the Chicago engine crushed into ana
upset il, killing the fireman outright.
Both engines were badly wrecked, and
the baggage car Of the Chicago train
was smashed. There Is q report that
eight persons were killed and several
wounded, but this is not traced to q
reliable source. Further particulars
viii be obtained soon If possible.
Iater-The above statemant is cor
rect. except that II was the Rockford
and Rock Island train that ran into
the Chicago train. There were. no
other casualties than the killing OF the
fireman, and none of the cars were In
jured.
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MEXICO.
Revolution on fits Last Legs-Texans
Preparing 10 go for the ThieV-
iRg GFeaseFs.

Revolution on its last Legs-TexaRs
Preparing 10 so for the ThIeV-
1Rg GreaseFs.
NEW YORK, April 5.--A special dis
patch from Matamoras says that Me-
jia communicates to General PalaciOs
the following, by way of Tampico,
March 30th: Rocha tells me that
General Pasquiend completely de-
strOye1 the revolutionists at Fort Ma
zatlan. Corvulla is marching with
considerable force to operate in con-
junction with Rocha. Monterey ad-
vices show that the revolutionary
forces are dwindling away by the men
returning home. The leaders are en-
deavOring TO concentrate their forces
in Nueva Leon. OortIns reports that
Quiroga Is about to evscuate Camargo.
He is preparing to occupy the place
when abandoned. Quiroga sent the
following to the Revolutionary Junta
at Brownsville on the I'd: "Send all
the men, all arms possible and forty
oxen" Several cart loads of arms
started the same night. A fight is re-
ported at Sslado, showing that the
government troops are moving To-
wards Saltillo.
A dispatch from Brownsville says
the Texan rancheros are preparing to
retaliate on the cattle thieves from
Mexico on the Rio Grande.
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MURDERoUs.
Suicide in Gray TOWHshlp.-An Attempt
at Murder.

From the Little Rock Republican
The Journal of March I'd says: "We
are informed that a stranger, name
unknown, committed suicide on Sun
day last, in Gray township, on the
line Of the Cairo and Fulton railroad,
by holding his head in asman pool of
water, gathered where dirt had been
dug by the laborers on the road. His
body was discovered by a lady on her
way to church. An inquest was held
by Squire StovaIl, and a verdict rem
dered in accordance with the above
facts. 1t appears that the unfortunate
man was so neoessitous as to be forced
to beg, and meeting with more rebuhs
than sympathy, he concluded, we
presume, to end his existence"
1t also reports that Lewis Abrams,
living about seven miles from the
city, in Union township, came very
near meeting his death, two or three
days ago, from a bullet discharged at
him by an unknown assassin. Gas
he was passing along the road some
one concealed in the woods fired at
him. The bullet grazed the left side
of his head and passed through the
rim. rim. cs cs lis nat. a quarter OF IN iuch
lower, and the fatal lead would have
passed through his brain. No clue to
the wOuld-be murderer hss yet been
found,n
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NEW YORK NOTES.
NEW YoRK, April 5.

NhM AOhht ApEAA o
Seventeen cases of smallpox and
six deaths were reported yesterday.
A man named Hutchinson died In
Brooklyn to-day, aged one hundred
and six years.
John F. Whitaker, who was run
over by a stTeet-car yesterday, died Of
mis- injuries to day.
DR., Lewis DOhme has been held to
bail to answer the charge Of concealing
a case Of smallpox.
The Bureau of COmbustibles are
waging q relentless war against the
sale Of kerosene oil.
IL is said that Mayor Hall will be a
witness in his own behalf when his
trial is again brought up.
The nail and spike manufacturers Of
the Atlantic States have agreed on an
advance OF fifty cents per keg.
The Board Of Health OF Brooklyn
have discovered forty cases Of small
pox in one block OF buildings.
The chief engineer of the fire de-
partment at Brooklyn Is on trial for
an assault on q challenger at the polls
In the New York Senate yesterday
the resolution for the expulsion Of
Senator Wood was made the special
order for Tuesday next.
Two convicts attempted TO make
their escape from Blackwell's island,
Yesterday, by c0ncealing themselves
Ia the smallpox hospital.
About thirty thousand dollars
worth OF obscene books and pictures,
end material for their manufacture,
was captured In Brooklyn yesterday.
A witness who was intended to
identity Carl yogt was in court to-
dav. but did not testify, owing to a
failure TO obtain an interpreter OF the
French language.
At a meeting Of the Republican
syeneraI committee last evening, Phil
In Fraukenheiner suggested that a
deIegation OF twenty-One be chosen
from the central committee TO repre-
aent the reform movement in the Cln.
cinnai convention.
TWo men were fearfully wounded
fo-dav In Chamberlain street, Brook
Ivn. bv shots supposed TO have been
TntoudeQ 1Of SOME paiut6IS d WuAh
near bv. The boss painters have ap-
pIied 10 the authorities for protection
against the strikers,
In consequence of the court OF ap-
meals deciding the court OF special
ressions illegal that body did no busi-
ness Yesterday, but adjourned to Sat
11rday. The number OF prisoners who
NAV be released by the decision Is
about four hundred.
The Reading Railroad Company
Yesterday refused to have their stock
registered in New York, as required
nv the stock exchange, but VIII de-
~cosit a statement with their transfer
soonts of any new issue governing the
e9mnanv. The exchange notified the
Res6ine company that If il did not
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LITTLE ROCK
More Frauds-AFrest Of Parties Charged
with EmbeZzismsRt Of $4,000
In LsYes Bends.

LITTLE Rock, April 5.-The COM
missiOners Of public works, Benjamin
Thomas, ]. G. BotsiOrd and Z. NJ.
Phillips, were arrested to-day on a
warrant sued out by Edwin Bancroft,
charging them with the embezzIement
of forty-tWO Thousand dollars in levee
bonds. They gave bond in the sum
of five thousand dollars each for their
appearance before the examining
court at ten O'Clock tomorrow.
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A LONELY PIONEER writes as fol-
lows from La Corna, Wyoming: 81
sincerely wish that hundreds of old
maids and widows who cannot get
husbands at home, would come out
here, where they could speedily get a
choice of good, honest, Woodworking
men, who would make them comfort
able and independent. There are,
really think, five men here for one
woman. In fact, many OF them have
been compelled to live with native
Indian women, who, to my eyes, are
perfect rights, and worse In their con-
duct than appearance, though that Is
bad enough,D