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Kill Cougrp>s-Scrond Session.
Washington, Apr! a-smc'e-Thc
bill bringing tho Mississippi river at
B5oayille, passed. Several private bills
for property taken during The war, pes
scd, including Mrs. Martha House Rus
sci, OF Tennessee, and J. Milton Bert, of
Kentucky, also Horace Tyler, Of New
Orleans, for ~fo"ty-six thousand dollars
in full compensation for work douo ut
the mouth Of the Mississippi, and - bill
paying Mrs John Minor Bots, hearty
two thousand dollars, passed,
A bill against straw bids Tor mail con-
tracts, passed.
Also u bill relieving tho citizens of
Loudon county, W., fox cattle taken
during the war.
Also il bill relieving Powell and Dick
inson, Of Knoxville, paying them sixty
four thousand doIIAa' The bill Tor the
reilet Joseph Segar was postponed
Iiouae-Harrls, OF VA, introduced Il
bill retunding To postmasters in the
Suoth, stamps and other property taken
rr,m them or dostr,yod Jrrino fine reL.I.
t. D.,
nun I'o''''''.
The House hihustored over the civil
rights bill as usual. It finally came up
nm o sop,rn vote for tlirI roodinn vb;cL
nv,
nay w i'o"i''0" 10 " '0'' '0''' IH'
result was ayes 100, nays n. y motion
was pending to table the bill. The OK
rrahon Of tbc morniro lorr cLocLod
4, -. ~, t,r
"'' P'ooo'''"as' INe ""l 6oe' over 10
next Monday.
4 resolution directing the Committee
~, Loplirr ord ornr.,na,. b. ;,ro.ti.,4o
''o cl''IS'" against N"Olol'l DahNS oi
conspiracy to lock up currency with
power to send for persons and papers
',,osol Ma An,arG,n,ont I'm ,,.o.
~
resumed Adjourned
Washington, April 0-Tha Senate dis
cussed the question of a depot, in the
heart Of the city, for the Pennsylvania
Central combination. The question was
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OHIO.

Cincinnati, April S-Tho Committee
Of Arrangements for the two May Com
yontions, to-day, appointed u Committee
of nine, irrespective Of politics, as ii
Committee Of reception for delegates and
visitors. Half fare arrangements have
been made with nearly all the railroads.
The Park Commissioners have granted
the use Of Exposition Hall
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MEXICO.

City Mexico, via Havana, April s.
The fate of the revolution in the State of
Yucatau and Tobasco is not yet decided.
The Mexican steamer Tobasco, has gone
to Progresso, to protect the American
steamer, City Of Mexico. The Mexican
authorities at Vera Cruz, await the arri-
val Of this steamer to convey troops to
Nntamoras, to attack the reyolutionists
in the rear
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]t|ppui.eg E]aH%Gu.

There appeared IN editorial in the
Athens hosi o. last week which VIZ, TSb-
ii. lAr r,qur,. OF Gen. Vaughn, inform
ing tine puh.ia ttey his connection with
the E.gErrrsG ceased ON or before his
election 10 til, position no now holds,
and that ir drd uUt written " liao tor
said paper since nin dissemination. Ii
is true lie has hal nothing 81 do with
tho od:tona, infringement Of the HXrEH-
PRISE since his election. This fact is We
ry generally known, and has been for
some time.
We th;uk the General Ind some mo-
tive i'll view when he took OCCASION to
refer to the editorials heretofore pub
lishcd by us, to-wit: ,hG one IN reference
tothe Federal Cours ~ Knoxville, and
the other in ruIcyCnco to Capt. john
Helm, formerly OF Athens. He isclims
their authorship, they having been gra-
t%uitously attributed t. him, rs he says
by his enemies. We never heard
any one attribute tine writing OF said
edito ,iais to him until wo were informed
by the Pol. 1t Is. however, 4 fact that
he did not write cltlicr one Of them. nor
was he ever consulted il reference to
their publication. We are alone rcspon-
BillC.
In our lust Issue we disposed of the
Helm case, showing lis political record
tobo Inconsistent with the Conservative
party.
So far rs til, editorial ON he Federal
Count is concerned We nave nothing to
take back. We now state what we did
then that Jnd&a Trgg is TT heart IN
honest man and an able %irrisS, bat know
the fact to he thai the machinery OF that
court is run in tn, I]ntcre&t or tine Rudi-
cGl party as ARE ali the Frdcrai courts
from the Supreme Gour; of ti,c United
States down to the District Courts, Gen.
Vaughu's opinion to the coHIHuy not
wit~hstandiaE. Every man who attended
the last Gcr1p OF the Unit. States Court
at Knoxville, that is MOI b.ini to Justice,
knows VIVA. wn s.a,r ~ be sue. AMI we
simply refer 20 such Ducu to sustain MS
in tho statements.
This, perhaps, requires US to rcmalk
that if Judge Tris{G c1uIl Only have his
way untramelcd by thrcats &c.. such
would not he the course Of things. Bat
owing to II swarm q! GirpeS- 5agSors Nc.
in the form OF Uaited'S States Attorneys,
who polute that court, now,iaa like hun
cry wolves for something 10 feed upon,
it IL made II menagerio iustsnl Of Il court
"wherein justice is t. bo iulicially u1-
ministered.
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CANADA.

London, Ontario, April 8-Phoebe
Campbell has been convicted ofthe muir
der Of her husband and sentenced to bc
hanged
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Scranton, April 8--W. W. ketchum
persists in the Republican condidature
for Governor Of Pennsylvania,
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Alexander II. Stephens is welding
that massive boomerang, the .4Hmi0
SIN, in opposition to he surrender by
the Democracy OF any one Of their cher.
ished issues, and in advocacy Of II firm
allegiance to the old "JefTersonian prin-
ciples." The devotion of Mr.. Stephens
to "Jeffersonian principles" since 1865,
is II Of the most touchinsly hopeful
signs iu u political armament.
Renew .ronr subscription ~ iE
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\ Chinese Colony will locates at Coun-
Gil B!ntls.
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In Texas par,hers enter horses and
carry oil babies bodily
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AREYOUGOING WEST?

ARE YOU GO1NT w GSI y?
IF 50, take our advice, and purchase your Tick
Il cts oyer the sold reliable'i Missouri PacMc
Railroad, which is, positively, the only Line
that rye, three Daily EH2rcgS trains irom
st. Lobh 70 KANSAS City, and the West, and Is,
positively, tic only Line which runs lultmnn's
palace slcepcrs, and fine day Coaches especial
ly for moyers) equipped with Miller's safety
platform aud the patent stcam. brake, from 81.
Louis to Kansas City, Fl. Scott, PuraOIpS,
Lawrence L%eayenworth, Atchison, 81. Joseph,
Nebraska City, Council Bluffs and Omaha, With.
out changed For informstiDn 10 regard 10 Time
Table, rates &C., tQany point in Missouri, KIM
sas, Ncbraska Colorado, TezasorG altIorniR,tal
upon or address j. f., TlioNPslS, Agent .Rs~ou.
ri Pacific RIG, Chat; anoeA tGRl .T,A!Atkuta.
Ga.;or +. \. FORD, General Passenger Agent,
St Louis, Mo. No trouble to answer questions!
Feh22-tildec3l
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MICHIGAN.

Detroit, April Stake ST, Clair i.
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Letter-E1eaGisg

Neatly printed at the Enterprise Office
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SPICE.


The Boston Commercial Bulletin, undis-
mayed by the fire, breaks out in spots IS
follows:
The following subjects have been Sug
gested for the Legislature to act upon:
To prohibit the quitting of Mansard
roof on man with red head.
To abolish sparkling" Sunday nights.
To make young ladies put their flames
out at ten p. NJ.
To appoint inspectors Of heated magma
ton.
To furnish the leading hose companies
with "H&mlet's advice to the players"
To incorporste female Insurance C0mp2-
MES for the benefit of sll likely to be coz
sumed by hopeless passion.
Among the other streets to be improved,
it is proposed to extend Milk, as if milk was
not s'extended" enough in Boston now.
That solitary reporter who referred to
tn fire as "The Great Holocaust" proba-
big forgot that loss of little less than .
hundred millions Is anything but SO hollow
cost.
There was so much force required to
play on the fire that there was but little left
last week to play upon words.
Nervous excitement has reached such a
point 10 Boston, OWlng 10 roconJ 6roS, Inat
a city official, who stated at meeting that
be was in blaze Of enthusiasm, was i'm
mediately put out by member of the fire
department present.
Street after street succumbed to the fire;
neither Milk nor Water would stop it.
"a burning shsme"-Manssrd roofs.
The Boston papers appeared in Arab cos
tune after the fire-that is TO say, they
were covered with the Burn Iews.
The burning Of the cotton warehouses
m 40 "a bale full light"
DO the larcenies from the burning build
ing come under the hesd of fire hooks?
A successful bo7er for petroleum is said
to resemble "the Oldest inhabitant" because
he's senile.
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The Past and the Present.

In the Memphis appeal, December Is,
the editor gives this experience in travelling
between that city and Nashville:
"How strange it was in the olden time
of coach travelling to stop in the middle Of
the night to chlnge horses. We ratified
through the dark, gloomy and deserted
street, through the open square of the mar
ket place, with its town clock dimiy lighted,
looking ike a swollen full moon shining
through November fog, and pulled up at
the old inn, where an oil lamp Just made
visible the red sign over the square wooden
porch. Two sleepy hostlers unhsrn ssed
the Tired, reeklng horses, and with few
sleepy words between them and the coach
man as they pus in the fresh team, OIL we
drove up the long street, between the fu-
neral row Of solemn, somber, unlit dWei-
liDgs, and between scores and scores OF hor-
izontal humauities. Yes, on we rolled,
past hundreds upon hundreds OF uneon-
scious men and women, all lying tier above
| tier, stretched out in the beds lie corpses
| buried 10 the sides of some vast cataeoIno.
| of and on we sped, pluDging soon into
| the night Of the country, where darkness
| is saved from being oppressive simply by
| the sense of space. An hour or two hence
| and that recumbent multitude. those thous'
| ands lying fat Gu both sides OF our drive
will have sprung up, and thrown aside theii
| shTOud-lise clothing, and Their Geath-likS
rest, and viii be sta ding erect, with thelI
| feet on the GROUND, their heads towards
| the sky, they win 1--we gone forth to their
J work and to their labor until the evening
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The DELUGE.
A Confirmation of the Bible Story
from ChaIdaIe Sources.

from ChaIdaIe Sources.
We have received from the accomplished
discoyerer, Mr.. George Smith, of the Brit
ish Museum, the sutjoined most interest
ing account of the record Of the deluge,
which, as we announced day Or two ago
be has lately deciphered from the Assyrian
monuments:
"The cuneiform inscription which have
recently found and translated gives long
and fall account of the deluge. l; contains
the version or tradition of this event, which
existed 10 the early Chaldesn period atthe
City of Erech(one of the cities of NlmrOd),
now represented by the ruins Of WSrka. In
this newly Uncovered inscription the &C
count of the deluge is put as narrst We in
to the mouth Of Xisuthrus or Noah. He re-
lstes The Wiclledness Of the world, the
command 10 build the ark, its building,
the filing of it, the deluge, the resting OF
the ark on q mountain, tie sending out Of
the birds, and other matters. The narrs-
tive has a closer resemblance to the account
transmitted by the Greeks from Berosus
the Chsllean historian, than 10 The Biblical
history. but It does not differ materially
from either. The principal differences aIe
as To the duration of the deluge, the name
of the mountain on which The ark rested,
the sending out Of the birds, etc. lie
cuneiform account is much larger and
fuller than that of Berosus, and has several
details omitted both by the Bible and the
Chaldean historian. This inscription opens
upmanv questions of which we BneW MOTH
ing Or. vi0usly, and it is connected with
runb of other details of Chaldean MS
tory " .ich will be both interesting ana lnl-
portal. This is the first time any lnscTlp-
lion L-s been found with an account OF an
event mentioned in s."-L0ndon
TeLegr ph.
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COMMERCIAL CONVENTION.
First Day.


ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1.-THE Commercial
Convention met at the Mercantile Library
Hall and was called to order at II NJ. by r.
NJ. Bishop, President. After few remarks
in which he alluded to the objects of the
convention, and urged harmony and wis
dom of action, be introduced Mayor
Brown, who delivered brief address. Thos.
Allen then made a rather elaborate intro
ductory address, after which the convention
proceeded to the appointment of Commit
tees on Credentials, Permanent Organiza-
ton, Rules and Order of Business. Dele
gates from only fifteen States axe present,
but kilograms are received stating that sew
eral delegations have been delayed en- route
and will be here tomorrow morning.
The Convention adjourned till tomorrow
morning to give the Committees time to
make reports and opportunity for delayed
delegations to arrive. The business to-day
was entirely preliminary and of no general
interest.
A banquet will be given them at the
Southern Hotel tomorrow night.
CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 1.-The Trans
portatiOn Committee of the Board of Trade
passed a resolution to-day to invite a con-
vention of the general freight agents of the
United States to meet here or aG some other
central point to act in the matter of secur-
ing better sealing of railroad freights.
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THE MADOO WAR.
The Indians Fortified i'm a Cave

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-THE Madoc
indians have retreated TO Wright's Cave on
the Southwest side of Tule lake, Oregon,
with their children and squaws, and laid
in good supply Of provisions. The cave
is situated on high table land and covers
about three acres under ground. The
entrance is narrow and easily guarded.
1t is calculated that fifty Madoc warriors
and number Of Pitt river and Piutes are
with them fortified there. Fourteen set
tiers have been killed in the war so far.
Henry Miller was tortured to death. About
40 Madocs have been killed. -Four hun
bred troops are in the field at the present
time, besides volunteers.
A party Of scouts left Camp Fairchild on
Sunday but has not been heard from since
The fears are they have been killed or
captured by the savages. A decisive battle
is expected at Wright's Gave, provided the
Indians hold their position long enough.
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ONE Of those eccentric characters, who,
brought into prominence by a startling
crime, occupy the public attention by peeu-
liarities tLat are striking, and psychological
ly puzzling, is at present in the penitentiary
at Sing Sing. Every now and then we
hear Of her as Mrs. Henrietta Robinson,
the "veiled murderess." Eighteen
years ago she was tried and convicted at
Troy, New York, of murder by the admit
nistration of poison. At her trial she kept
her face yelled beyond recognition; and
when compelled to remove her veil, still
managed, with curious and almost insane
persistence, to screen her naturally hand
some features in some other way from the
gaze Of the court. She is not insane, how
ever, according to medical testimony. She
has turned her cell into a conservatory, and
seeks to obtain from her flowers the long
lost bloom of youth. No one can obtain
clue to her origin, and she is, among the
prisoners, an Object of respect mingled with
q certain awe.
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HOUSE.

| Mr. Beck from the Ways and Means
Committee, reported adversely the bill for an
abatement of taxes on spirits destroyed by
| accident while in bond. Tabled.
On motion of Mr.. Shellabarger, the Jul
dietary Committee was ns-ructed to report
what powers Congress possesses to regulate
commerce among the States as regards op-
pressive charges Dy railroads.
Uawley presented memorial of the con-
tennial commission asking the aid Of Con-
gress il the matter. Referred to the Cen
terrnial Committee.
Kelley, of PennaTlvania, asked to be and
was excused from further service as chair
man Of the committee on Civil Service Re-
form and OF Coinage, Weights and Measures,
stating that his duties as member of the
committee on Ways and Means and chair
man of the Centennial Committee engross-
ed his time.
Speaker announced the following sp-
pointments TO ill vacancies on committees:
Committee on Elections, Foster Of Ohio;
on Claims, Hawley of Connecticut; on Ju-
dietary, Shoemaker of Pennsylvania; on
Civil Service Reform, Croker of Massa-
chusctts and Dodds Ohio; on Patents, Esty
Of Massachusetts,; on Coinage, Weights and
Measures, Conner of Texas; On Private
Land Claims, Geddings of Texas; on Agri-
culture, Herndon OF Texas.
Loyal Land Sharks.
The House resumed the consideration of
the soldiers bounty land bill of yesterday.
MIR. Dunnell OF Minnesota, opposed the
bill, being unable he said to conceive of a
bll more mischevous in its tendencies
and effects. Did Congress propose to satisfy
the claims of soldiers for an equalization of
bounties by giving them bounty land war
rants which would not sell in the market
for twenty dollars? The bill would benefit
only those who never smelt gunpowder iD
defense of the country.
Mr.. Townsend Of Pennsylvania, opposed
the bill, and said the soldiers of Pennsyl-
vania were opposed TO it, and the Grand
Army of the Republic at its session at
Eastop, in February, 1872, had expressed
in resolutions It's disapprobation Of the
provisions and principles embraced in the
bill.
Mr.. Hawley also opposed the bill and
showed how unfairly and ipjudiciously the
bounty land system tad worked as applied
to the soldiers of the Mexican war. Mr..
Hawley calculated that those soldiers got
sc millions from the sale CT their land war
rants, and that the actual settlers had paid
a hundred and fifty mi llions for it, the diff
ference going into the pockets of land spec
ulators. The pending measure would
work infinitely more unfairly than that one,
because now any one could settle on lands
under the homestead and presumption law.
Under this bill TWO million persons would
be entitled to land scrip. IL only one-tenth
of them applied in the year, that would
throw on the market 81 million acres, and
the scrip would only hold good for year.
The effect would be that the soldier who
spent ST. least ten dollars IN getting his war
rant could not sell it in the market for five
dollars. The measure would, therefore,
prove to be practically fraud on the sol
oier. He held most rigidly to the policy OF
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Scott, and Ponisett, all Of which gave ma
| jorities for the reform ticket.

Scott, and Ponisett, all Of which gave ma
j0rities for the reform ticket.
The south Carolina Senator.
NEW YORK, Dec. ia. Columbia dis
patch states that Senator elect Patterson's
arrest Is based on the affidavits of eleven
members of the Legislature. He was taken
before trial justice but crowds of his
friends created disturbance and Patterson
escaped. He was again arrested and COM
United TO jail for twelve hours for contempt,
but was Immediately released on habeas
corpus.
The Gospel Of Hate.
BOSTON, Dec. lin the Massachusetts
House to-day, Mr.. Hoyt, Of Athol, offered
the following preamble and resolution
which was referred to the Committee on
Federal Relations:
Whereas, Charles Ssmner, Senator from
Massachusetts, has, proposed on the floor Of
the United States Senate to erase from the
flags of the Republic and the Register Of
the army all inscriptions, mementoes, and
tokens Of battles and victories of the Union
army in the late war of the rebellion.
Resolved, That this attempt to degrade
the loyal soldiers of the nation and their
grand achievements, meets with our uIl-
qualified condemnation, and merits the dis.
approval Of the people Of this Common.
wealth thus misrepreSented.
SquabbIing over the spOiIs.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-Several disturb
ances occurred at the meetings of the Re.
publican primaries lass night.
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preserving the public lands for aeplal set
lers.
Pennsylvania Politics - The Grand
ARMY of COrruptaOn.

Pennsylvania Politics - The Grand
ARMY Of Corruption.
The bill was defended by Messrs. Don
nan and Speer, when Pennsylvania politics
were brought into discussion, Speer assert
ing, relative to the resolutions of the Grand
Army of the Republic, presented by Mr..
Townsend, of Pennsylvania, and signed by
Governor elecs Hartranft, that the organi-
cation did not represent the honest soldiers
of the country, but the political soldiers and
officers, who were controlled by railroad
corporations and monopolies. he (Speer)
has been repeatedly called liar by the Re-
publican press for stating that Hartranft
signed these resolutions which do not rep
resent the soldiers Of Pennsylvania. He
asked bis colleague to furnish the resOlu-
tons of soldiers convention, or the letter
of single soldier of Pennsylvania who car
ried the musket, in opposition to this bill.
They are the political soldiers put forward
by the politicians to win Congress for them.
Mr.. Townsend replied that the eonven-
ton was composed Of delegates chosen by
soldiers, some of whom were private SOL
diers who carried the musket and KNAPP
sack during the war.
Mr.. Speer again asserted that the Grand
Army of the Republic was semi-political
organization, run in the interest of politi-
cans and of railroad corporations.
Mr.. Townsend replied that it was semi
political organization because composed of
men who were soldiers. The soldiers of
the war were Republicans, while those of
the rebellion were Democrats.
Excitement on the Democrat side, Mr..
Randall saying, That's not so.
MIR. Speer denounced Mr.. Townsend s
statement as false in fact and disgraceful to
a representative from Pennsylvania
Mr.. Townsend in conclusion asserted
that the rebellion was gotten up by the
Democratic party of the South, assisted by
the moral influence of their coadjutors the
Democratic party OF the North, and that
nine-tentbs of the soldiers of the war were
Republicans.
After some further debate of converse
tioDal nature the bill went over at the ex-
piration ofthe morning hour till tomorrow
Indian Appropriation Bill Passed.
The French spoilation was postponed
and the House went into Committee OF
the Whole, Mr.. Dawes presiding, On the
Indian appropriation bill. The usua
annual debate on the Indian policy of the
government, the absurdity of making and
continuing treaties with Indians, and the
possib lily of civilizing the Indians, took
place and was participated in by Messrs.
Sargent, Garfield, Beck, Niblack, Conner
and Shanks.
The committee rose and reported the
bill to the House when it passed, yeas III
nays 43.
The House non-concurred in the Senate
amendment to the House bill for the re-
moval of the sunken wreck off Sandy
Hook and ordered Conference Committee.
Adjourned.