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Pinchback's Case.

MIR. Morton opposed the motion on the
ground that several of the Senators were
absent, and said he desired to have full
Senate when the vote was taken.
The question being on the taking up OF
the resolution, a division was called for,
and resulted: Yeas 26; nays "a.
Mr.. Logan demanded the yeas and
nays, and the motion to take up the reso-
luton was lost. Yeas 80; nays SO.
On motion of Mr. MerrImsn, the vote
by which the bill in regard to the pay
ment of claims for carrying mails before
the war was indefinitely postponed, was
reconsidered, and it was placed on the
calendar with an adverse report.
Mr.. Morrill,. Of Maine, moved to lay
aside the pending question, being the bill
in regard to the sale of timber on the
public lands, and take up for considera-
ton the Conference Committees report,
submitted yesterday, on the joint rcsolu-
tion to pay interest on the 300 District
of Columbia bonds Agreed 10.
Mr.. Bsyard said he hoped the Senate
would not concur IN the report of the
Conference Committee, as i! proposed 10
contlr ue the Board Of Audit although
the Senate had declared for the abolition
of that board.
After discussion on this point and
without action, the Senate went into exc
cutive session and soon after adjourned
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HOUSE.

Mr. S.enger offered a resolution calling
on the Secretary to furnish this house
with list of per.ons con nected with the
Internal Revenue Department in default
to the government, with all information
relating thereto. Referred.
MIR. Faulkner, from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, made an adverse report
on the proposition 10 give notice Of the
termination OF the Treaty Of 1853, With
the North German Confederation. LAID
on the table.
Mr.. Crounse offered resolution call
ing on the Secretary Of the Interior TO
furnish the House with q copy Of the re-
port Of the Directors of the Union Pa
cifc Railroad for the year 1879. Re-
ferred.
Mr.. S1uthard, from the Committee on
Territories, reported bill to amend the
act o. March 30, 1855, for the admission
Of Colorado as = State. Referred 10 q
Committee Of the " hole.
The House then, on motion Of Mr..
S0uthard. went int Committee Of the
Whole, Mr.. Blackburn in the ch&Ir, on
The Colorado Bill.
The only changes made by this bill Is
in theenatling act Of las: March, Is a
provision that all official voters under
The lsw of THE territory shall De entitled
to vote on the question Of ratification or
rejection. and provision spProPrisiing
twenty thousand dollars 70 pay the eI-
pense: Of the Constitutional Convention.
After q long discussion the Committee
arose and the bill passed without the
yeas and nays.
The House then took up as special or
der, the
Bill 10 Reorganfze the Judiciary.
The report OF the Judiciary Commit
tee made By Mr.. McCreary contains the
following statement:
Your Committee do not hesitate TO say
tast any legislation which proposes q
relieve the supreme government By I'M
proving or destroying the night Of sp-
peal g. it existed prior 10 the act Of the
ia., Congress will BE- unsatisfactory. Ii
j. therefore, in the opinion Of your Com.
mittee very important that if any part
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Senate Bill for the Sale OF Timber
Lands

in the States of California and Oregon
and the territories of the United States
Mr.. Kelley said this bill was n copy of
one passed by the House last session, and
was lost in the Senate for want OF time.
1t had been fully considered by the Com
miltee on Public Lands, and was reported
favorably by that committee. 1t only
carried INTO effect the recommendations
of the land Office on the subject.
Mr.. Mcmillan submitted an amend
ment to the second section, so rs TO pro-
vide that any person desiring to avail
hlmsefo Of the provision of the act, shall,
in sd iition TO the other requirements
mentioned In the bill, declare that he has
not executed any mortgage or other in
strument on the lands or any part
thereof by or under which. title may be
vested in any other person.
Messrs. Sargent, Oglesby and Sherman
favored the passage of the bill.
Pending the discussion, Mr.. Edmunds
moved to lay aside the pending bill and
take up
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- Won have time to listen 10 them. DE
sa;d be had, and endeavored to repeat
hat had said 20 the Secretary; l tod
him that judging by experience this
charge could not be PF9dac''ye .,ea ol
GOOD to any extent; that notice
been given through the press OF the pro-
posed change, and the parties interested,
Officers ss well As distillers, had sevesa!
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Additional Markets on Fourth Page.
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FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS
WAsHINGToN, February l6.
SENATE.

| Mr.. Alcorn made personal e1plana-
ton regarding the Washington dispatch
| published in the Chicago Times
After various unimportant bifls were
acted upon, the Speaker proceeded to
call on the Committees for reports.
Mr.. A. S. Williams, of Michigan, from
the Committee on Military Affairs. re-
ported back the bill TO entend the time
for filing claims for additional bounties.
Mr.. Holman moved an amendment
extending the time until July, 1880.
Adopted, and the bill passed.
Mr. Anthony submitted concurrent
resolution that the reports in the Con-
gressional Record should be the accurate
transcript of the proceedings and debates
of the two Houses of Congress, and that
no speech should be published therein
which was not spoken in the Senate or
House of Representatives, and such
speeches shall be printed as they were &C.
tuslly delivered, without omission, alter
alton or addition, except verbal altera-
tions Imade by the author of the speech,
and by no other person; and that when
speeches are reserved by their authors
for correction they shall be returned TO
the reporter of the House in which they
were delivered within one week, and If
not so returned they shall then be printed
in tho Congressional Record from the
original notes of the reporter. Ordered
printed and laid on the table. Mr.. An
thony gave notice that he would call it
up for consideration tomorrow.
Mr.. Conkling from the Judiciary
Committee reported adversely on the
bill introduced by Morrison on the 18th
of December last to repeal so much Of
section 34S0 of the revised statutes as for
bids, payments, accounts, claims and de-
msnds therein named and all claims
therein named and al clauses and laws
forbidding the payment thereof and ap-
propriating money Tor the pay yment Of
the same when duly established and it
was indefinitely postponed.
The bill refers to claims for carrying
mails before the war.
Mr.. Conkling from the same Commit
tee reported with the amendments the
Senate bill conferrIng exclusive jurisdic-
ton over the Indian reservation on the
United States Court and for the punish
ment of crimes committed by and
against the Indians Placed on the calen-
dar.
Mr.. Kelley called I'D
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member of Congress from MASSACHUSETTS
testified. | have known the defendent
since 1861; he was on my stall IN the
early part of the war and | have since
known him at Washington; his gener.
nj reputation for integrity, capacity and
fidelity has been very good; l know
much of the duties as private secretary
20 the executive; ! have mad frequent in
tercourse with Geh. Babcock as such
secretary; his manner OF dlscharging
his duties was always prompt, intelligent
and upright, leaving astrongfy favorable
lnpression on me.
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Babcock Probably 10 be Acquitted

WAsuINGToS, February l6.-ColoLel
Cook, one OF Babcock's counsel, stated
to-day that he had received telegram
from st. Louis announcing that the gen.
eral opinion WAS that the government
case was Il failure, and that the evidence
was not sufficient TO convict. Col. Cook
was at the White House to-day, and in
formed the President OF the contents OF
the trlrpram
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country.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-05

take full advantage OF tbs, hnd an
English leader writer, mn adviser and
teacher of the nation, thinks nothing
Of waiting an hour In the editors ante
room along with tho olllco boys, while
the great man II taking his lunch or
listening 10 the suggestions Of some
distinguished or influential visitor
Many Of the writers on the English
papers see less Of their editor than u
groom or cook does Of his master, and
this II the case not only with the Out-
side contributors, but even with mem
beers Of the stall The only persons
having regular admission 10 the pres.
ence OF the chief are the leader wrl-
tiers. They come to the Office from
Chaplain, t'amberwell, or West
Brompton, ut an appointed hour, Ike
chorus singers TO u rehearsal, without
knowing whit sort OF human beings
they will have 10 persOnale, whether
they nre 10 be converted Into priests,
into warriors, into fishermen, or Into
gypaIea. After having waited In the
ante.room NJ long ~ the comfort Of
the editor requires, they receive their
theme and keynote, 10 TO their club
to sec whether anything toward the
"copyp can be got there, and
make up their minds as 10
what sort OF encyclopedia, dictionary
guide.book, law digest or old files OF
their own productions they shall refer
TO. Then they have to write couple
Of provincial pOt.hOllers to be dis
patched by the evening mail, and af-
ter dinner proceed TO tho production Of
those couple of hundred lines which
the great mogul Is TO revise aud season
al midnight, and the all absorbing
reader has got TO swallow on the next
morning.
This sort OF business IL going on eve
ry day In every London newspaper Of
flee, the only variations being that In
some Of them the theme and keynote
are given at p. m, IN others at D p,
M, and that, consequently IN
some of them the writer's have
q little more time tor the
reconsideration" of what they have to
say. True, they are handsomely paid
For one thousand pounds sterling u
year, with six weeks holiday, u man
can endure good deal, but only PEE
cullar and specially trained brain can
be made to work under such circum-
stances, especially II we keep in view
that very few OF these men have oven
that primary satisfaction Of n writer Of
seeing their thoughts unmutilatod, aud
their style not dishgured, In print Yet
this Is so seldom the case that ! once
heard one of the leader writers Of the
Times frankly avow in his club that,
Notwithstanding hls Sowing on the
staff of that paper for upward Of ten
years. he had seldom been able to
recognize his own handiwork Il Chi
cngo Inter Ocean.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-05

the fight, and fate has been against us,
but we can yet win another not amid
the smoke and storm Of battle, but In
the quiet walks OF peace and Industry.
We would usher In this Centennial
year, sun'lit with the splendors Of The
past century, and radiant In the dawn
Of that one coming, with m exalted
purpose to upllft the South, ana sehd
the name OF her statesmen, her VIII
ters, her poets, herpalnters, her ora
tors sounding down the corridors OF lhe
centuries to come. The ringing OF
church bells, the glad shouts OF school
children, the busy hum Of the mill and
the loom, sound far sweeter to w than
salyos of Humorous cannon. with the
poet we would say;
HOh that some sweet bird OF the South
Might build In every cannons mouth
TIL the only sound OF It's rusty throat
Should be the wrenb or the bluebrds note
That doves might And n safe resort
IN the embrnsures Of every fort"
We look hopefully and trustingly
farward to such day, and will work
earnestly TO achieve such results ~ we
have pictured-in every word and sell
tence OF our daily work, speaking into
silence the prejudlceS, the PASSIONS, the
brooding, darkling recollectiohs OF the
hapless past.
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English Editors.

The absolute power which the anon
ymous press gives to the despotic con-
troll of editors over the works of their
contributors must naturally react upon
their personal relations. Familiarity
between the working staff becomes
i'm possible. Contributors to the same
paper hardly know each other. If they
were acquainted with each other they
might attempt to exercise q pressure
upon the foreman of the shop. But
when they are kept apart they can be
managed much more conveniently,
and II one of them begins to think
himself indispensable, or gets at all
oonceited, he can at once be replaced
by another willing to make himself
generally useful at moderate price.
The total absence of anything like
friendship. or even common fellow
ship, ON the staff of English papers, Is
perfectly puzzling. The commonest
navies and mechanics have more
esprit dc corps than the gentlemen Of
the press always jealous of each other,
and always ready to throw comrade
overheard In order to take his place.
1t Is all struggle for life, and for
bringing In ones copy.
The editors and proprietors, OF course,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-05
WHEN foolish preachers disgrace IN,

WHEN foolish preachers disgrace the
cloth by stirring up the dead and dy-
Ing hates Of the past the following
cutting words of the Courier Journal
are not Inappropriate: The Rev. Lee
ander g. Coan, Of New Hampshire, II
he doesn't mend his ways, will have a
hell's pont to swim one of these days,
sure enough. The Rev. Leander, in
stead of being peace-making, iorgiv-
Ing man of God, as he ought to be, Is
writing verses to excite the old war
spirit In the North In the interest Of
his couAtry's plunderers, perhaps In
his own. He puts his doggerel in tue
mouths Of Union soldiers with gre t
elect The following Is a sample I
the designing parsons style.
Comrade, I've been mad to-day,
Nigh mad enough TO swear,
Thinking about the war the South,
And all that we suffered there;
Those four long years. the dead we left.
And those who came home to die,
Ofwhat we fought and hoped for
Mad, with good reason why!
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-05

The Boston people haven't succeed
ed In bringing their renegade preacher
and forger back as promptly as they
had hoped for. The British govern
ment refuses to give up Wins
low, except on conditions
which the United States refuses to
agree to. The treaty under which ex.
tradition of Winslow Is applied for was
made In 1882. Since then the British
Parliament has passed law making
some modification In Its extradition
treaties. The question between the
two governments Is whether Parlia-
ment has the right to make such mod.
ihcations. The United States holds to
the original treaty.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-05
Miasmn Rendered P0WcrIcsa

The most certain way TO render powcrless
the miasmatip yapors which produce chillS
ana fever and othor malarlous disorders, u
10 fortlfy the system against them with that
matohless preventive ofperiodic levers, Hos.
letters Stomach Btters. The remedial OPP
Grafton of tho Bitters Is no less certain than
their preventive effects, and they may be re-
lied upon to overcome cases of fever and
ague which resist quinlne and the mineral
remedies of tho pharmacopmia. Dyspepsia,
constipation, bilious complaints, rheumatic
ailments, and general debility, likewise,
rapidly yield TO their regulatiye and tonic
influence. They are nn incaculablc bless.
ing to the weak and nervous Of both sexes,
an excellent family medicine and the best
safeguard which the traveller or emiBrant
Gun axe 10 an unhealthy climate.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-05

WE have read with much interest
the very felicitous speech OF the Hon.
}. W. Throckmorton upon the proprie.
ty OF transferring the Indian Bureau
to the War Department. There is, per-
haps, no gentleman In the House more
capable Of handling such subject,
nor one whose views would be received
witch more consideration than those of
our Immediate Representative. We
regret that the pressure upon our col
umns prevents the insertion OF this
admirable forensic effort.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-05

WHY do we OF Texas not pay more
attention to bees? The Los Angeles
Herald says that, at the present rate,
In four years there will be one million
stands Of beees In that and the two ad-
joining counties, producing annually
one hundred million pounds of honey,
which II more valuable than the
sugar aud molasses crop of Louisiana,
Texas, and Florida. combined, One
million OF pounds Of honey! Our
prairies afford just as much nutriment
to the bee rs the fields and wastes Of
California, and the climate is nearly II
not quite as mild.
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CHOOSE YOUR DEATH I

The people, ETC., vs.. j. q. Virgins,
convicted for the murder of John
,Kreamer. The prisoner was brought
into Court to receive sentence. The
Court asked u no had anything to say
why sentence Of death should not be
pronounced upon him. The prisoner
replied that he was not guilty OF muir
der; that his victim, Dutch John, was
armed with pistol at the time OF the
shooting. The prisoner, In conclusion,
called God to witness that he was in
nocent of murder. The prisoner was
then told that the statute allowed him
to select his mode Of death, to be shot,
hanged or bohepded. He remained
silent moment, and thGn said, ~
prefer to be shot, The Court then
pronounced the death sentence as fol-
lows.
1t Is the Judgment of the Court that
you be taken from hence TO some place
OF safe confinement In this county,
that you be there safely kept In con.
tinement until Friday, the 23d day Of
June next, that between the hours OF
ten o'clock In the forenoon and three
O'Clock In the afternoon of that day
you be taken from your place of con
iinement and publicly shot until you
are dead. And may that God whose
laws you have wantonly violated, but
whose love and mercy are as illimlta-
bic and boundless US eternity, have
mercy on your soul.
The prisoner scarcely moved while
the sentence was being spoken, and
manifested little anxiety or feeling at
what was going on. However, when
all was over, the terrible doom had
been told and he was removed from
the court room, he "let down" copsid-
erably, and showed that, hardened as
he was in crime, and desperate, daring
and lawless as he had been, he still
could feel; and as he contemplated the
dreaded execution, tears filed his eyes
and his hands trembled. lie was re-
turned to the county Jail and placed in
solitary confinement Utah Eek.
This fellow should have thought of
the Irishman's reply to similar query
on the part of the Judge. He preferred
to be hanged upon u gooseberry bush,
and he was accommodating enough to
wait until 1t grew to II sufficient
height for that purpose.
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Governor Ames has been soldier.
He knows, therefore, what resignation
in the face of the enemy means. We
are not disposed to judge him hardly,
but 1t seems to us that his action In
abandoning the Executive chair in the
face of impeachment IL capable of but
one Of two interpretations: Either he
feared the charges against him might
be proven, or else he had not the cour-
age to face an opposing Legislature
and stand mantully by his rights, as 1t
was his bounden duty to do. In either
case the action Is not complimentary to
him. Governor Ames was the only bar
to the unrestricted domination Of the
White League in Mississippi. Perhaps
he would not have remained as n bar
long, for there was an evident deter
mination to remove him, ut all haz-
ards; hut he should have left the re-
sponsibility entirely with the unscru-
pulOus men who sought his overthrow,
and have permitted the ountry to see
what lengths these cOnspirators would
go in their efforts to obtain power. LII
resigning he has laid himself open to
grave suspicion, and to the charge of
having abandoned, if not betrayed, his
best friends. We have little doubt
that his action was the result of IT,
midity alone, and we do not expect to
hear that the charges brought against
him are capable of proof. He has
shown throughout his term a
lack Of spirit, of backbone,
which has mortified his personal
and seriously annoyed his political
friends. He seems to have been over
come by the least hostile demonstra-
ton of the White League; and even
with the material of the State, the
and In certain cases the Fed
eral troops, at command, has resorted
to compromises with lot of outlaws,
and cried for o truce with men who
the halter, and with most
men in the Executive chair would
have received it. Notwithstanding
this he has been looked upon as firm
and consistent friend of the colored
men, and since the legislative branch
Of the Government passed into the
snemy's hands has been regarded as
the one obstacle between them and ua-
limited persecution. His abandon
ment OF them at such a time will be
strongly condemned, unless other ex-
than those now given shall
be forthcoming Inter-Ocean.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-05

ACCORDING to the New York Sun
Vienna uses 10000 pounds Of genuine
meerschaum, worth over " ,OOO, 900
yearly. and 100000 pounds of meer-
schaum chips, which are ground and
compressed aud made into imitation
pipes and cigar holders. The imita-
ton Is aIried to such perfection that
the best judges are often puzzled to
distinguish II from the real article.
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THE words OF commendation from

The words Of commentator from
"rrue' are unquestionably pleasing
to Us. We are not Of those who would
wake from the slumbering ashes of the
dead past bitter and Improbable re-
collections and regrets. 1--WE have
lost the battle,n said Napoleon to Des-
: aix, nt Marengo. sYes," said the hero,
taking out his watch; "but there is yet
time 70 gain another.n We have lost
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-05

If the silver bullion proposed to be
exhibited by Flood Il OBrien at the
Centennial were In one solid block 1t
would be ten feet long, ten feet thick,
eight and half feet high, and would
weigh nearly two hundred and ninety
four and half tons. We would like
to own the block, and chip of piece
as our necessities required. We would
have very little fear of having 1t car
ried of by any burglar at night either.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-05

The radical press Is vigorous In It's
denunciation OF Ames for the moral
cowardice exhibited In resigning the
Governorship. They liken II to a wan
ton desertlon In the face OF the enemy.
The average carpetbagger 10 easily
bought, and from the quiet manner in
which Ames made his exit we strongly
suspicion that the wise people Of Mis-
sissippi paid him comfortable bonus
Us gull pro quo for his timely resig-
nation.
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FREE ADVERTISEMENT COLUMN.
EREIl TO ALL.
But No Business Advertisement In
serted without Pay.

Desiring to make The Herald the medium
Of communication for the general public,
hnl also Ia assist those who may need AS
hlainnee, we nave determined 10 print free
the head ~ 'LOAl," "FOund, Wanted"
"For hale,' "For ltent," 80 Let,h Of not
more than three lines, viii he inserted Ia
ms column Two times nee Of charge. When
such advert isemenW HNceeu Three lines the
eNcysh VIII ba charged III tho rate Of Ave
cent? hue, each insertion, In ndyaneei and
when such dy0rtlsenonb are printed more
lhnn two times they VIII be charged nj the
additional Insertion, Seven words make u
liu0.