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Senate.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ~.
Most of the morning session was used in
discussing the order OF business after recess;
no special order was made.
After some discussion of the bill introduced
BY Beck to repeal section $40 of the revised
statutes, Hoar said it was evident that this
bill could not pass to-day, and moved to ad-
journ but soon withdrew the motion, and Ed
munds moved an executive session. This
motion was supported by the Republicans and
opposed by the Democrats, and resulted nays
%. yeas 25. The vice president then voted in
the affirmative, and the Senate went into ex-
ecutive session.
When the doors were reopened Beck with
drew his amendment to the bill to repeal sec
tlon $50 of the revised statutes so as to repeal
section 50 also, in regard to the test oath.
The bill to repeal the first and amend the Sec
ond, then passed without opposition.
Senate adjourned until January 7th 1879
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bankment. Twenty persons were killed,
including General Hintze and several func-
tionaries and officers of the army of the .Cau-
casus. Thirty-eight persons were injureA
Bayard TaylOr's Funeral.
BERLIN, Dec. 22.-The funeral service OF
the late Bayard Taylor took place at 2 this
afternoon at the late residence of the de-
ceased. An aid-de-camp of Count Lehen-
dorf represented the emperor; Major :Yon
Papnivitz represented the crown prince, and
Counts Won Burlow and Philipshorn, the
foreign Office. All ambassadors, including
the Chinese and Japanese, were present.
The Austrian ambassadorship being vacant,
Austria was represented by Prince Lichen-
stein. Amongst others present were States
man Delprunck. Professors Griest and Won
Bunzen, the authors Auerbach, Spielhagan,
Lindan and Rodenberg. and numbers of the
higher officials. artists and scientists. Herr
Auerbach, speaking in the name of the Ger
man writers, lamented the decease OF one
who was equally applauded in the old world
and the new.
From JellaIabad.
LONDON Dec. 23.-General Browne teIe-
graphs from Jellalabad on the 10th inst, as
follows: 1--WE occupied this city to-day.
The inhabitants are friendly. Calcutta no.
bles of Jellalabad came out to meet the Brit
ish troops. The Ameer left Cabul on the
10th inst
stormy Weather.
The weather is severe throughout Great
Britain, there being heavy snowfall here
and in many parts of the continent All the
railways in North Scotland are blocked and
traffic suspended. Trains are showed up
In some places it is over - feet high 1t is
the heaviest snowfall in 20 wears A fafa.
gram from Geneva, Switzerland, says: mo
mail has arrived from Germany or from
German Switzerland" Wolves have pene-
trated to the gates of Metz There is more
snow on the Vosges than the Oldest inhabi.
tant remembers
Hard Times I'm England.
The returns of the Union Workhouse in
the east of London show widespread poverty
and distress. The shore ditch workhouse
infrmary is full, also the workhouse itself,
and extra room must be provided At Beth
nil Green workhouse there are 1850 inmates
and 3S2 IN the intirmary. In Hackney there
are LAG Indoor poor chargeable to the
Union District Visitors disclose vast
amount of distress. and the funds at their
disposal are utterly insufficient. This is es-
pecially the case at the Popular and Mill
wall, where thousands of dock and other la
borers are thrown cut of employment Spit
alield's lime house, South Hackney, Shad-
well and Haggerston suffer severely. Trades
men of the entire eastern districts are crying
out about badness of trade, and even Christ
mas Wares are a heavy drug IN the market.
So severe is the distress in Haggertson that
committees, which will be formed for relief,
will be greatly crippled through want of
funds
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TERMS IN ADVANCE.
The Missing Dog.

"Tell me dog story" Charley says;
'a certain true dog story.
How the boys like dogsl Well, listen
now:
Two gentlemen were great friends and
great sportsmen too. One had two dogs,
and the other one; and, as dogs are apt
to fall into their masters ways, they too
became good friends and fond of the
chase.
One day they concluded to go hunting
on their own hook; SO they went into
the woods and started rabbit, who,
very much perplexed at the sight of her
strange visitors ran into her hole, as the
most prudent move she could make; the
dogs, of course, ran after her, and one
dog, more plucky than the rest, ran in
SO far he could not get out. There he
stuck. Forward No. Backward
No There he stuck. | do not think
the rabbit had him by the nose His
friends saw his plight, and they set to
scratching, but scratched In vain; and,
half dead with worry and fatigue, went
home, looking much the worse for their
days sport. Their masters saw their
plight, but had no way of accounting
for it.
The next day the two dogs disappeared
again, and at night cane back, looking
greatly fatigued. The day after, and
they returned home with bleeding feet,
their coats covered with dirt, and not
speck of appetite. What was the matter.
Mr. Blank began to grow uneasy
about the absence of his first dog, and,
surprised at the odd proceedings Of the
other, spoke of it to his friend. aMys
dog behaves just so, he said Early
the next morning there was stir In the
yard, scratching and barking and moan
ing. The gentlemen went out There
was the missing dog, wet, feeble, thin,
escorted by the other two Where had
he beenl They went to find out, and
found in the woods the rabbits bufro~,
great hole scratched out In the ground
to it, evidently made by. the two dogs
in order to get their companion free
Nor would they give up until they had
dug him out and brought him homei
Bravo! Good dogs That is, indeed,
sticking by friend In trouble. A good
many of us may take pattern from it.
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Senate.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 49,
A communication was received from Dayen.
port, supervisor of elections at New York
suggesting amendments in the naturalization
laws; referred.
Christiancy reported substitute for the
bill of Beck to repeal sections of revised stat
utes. The substitute provides for the repeal
of section $50 providing test oath for jurors;
ordered printed and placed on the calendar.
Beck gave notice that he would call up his
bill for consideration tomorrow.
Dorsey from the committee on appropria-
tions, reported favorably on house bill to re-
imburse several states for interest paid ON
the war loan, and for other purposes; referred.
House bill appropriating $3.50, 900 for the
transporting of mails by railroads was passed
Burnside took the floor to explain the pro.
visions of the bill recently reported from the
JOINT committee for the reorganization of the
army.
The bill for re-organizing the army was then
laid aside.
Dorsey then called up house bill to amend
the act of June 30th, 1878, and to fix the rate
Of interest on bonds authorized by said act,
| to be issned by said commissioners of the Dis
| trict of Columbia
The Senate then resumed consideration OF
| the bill to amend the statutes in relation to
patents, and Window gave notice that he
would hereafter submit an additional section.
On motion of Wadleigh further considera-
| ton of the patent bill was postponed until
Tuesday, Jan. 7th.
The vice president appointed Hoar mem
| ber of the select committee under the Blame
resolution, in the place of Mitchell, declined,
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Henderson reported back Senate bill author
izing the payment of the State Of Tennessee
for keeping U. S. Military prisoners; passed.
Bills passed removing the political disabili-
ties of VIM. Ward, of Virginia. j. NJ. Bell of
Georgia and NJ. Kimball of Missouri
The morning hour having expired the speak
er laid before the House several communica-
tions, among them one from Secretary Sher-
man in answer to the resolution calling for in
formation as to what balance on loan accounts
standing to the credit of the U. S. Treasury
in any National bank from March 1876 to
January 1873, and encloses list of National
bank repositories with balances on loan ae-
count held from January 1878 to December
1878. The banks which held such balances
had made repositories under the law. The
large balance held by the First National Bank
of New York was caused. by the temporary
deposit of the proceeds of Al per cent. bonds
and the large subscriptions OF that bank to the
per cent loan.
Hewitt of New York-In order to avoid
reading the schedule / would ask to have read
the deposit to debit of First National bank
Townsend of New York-Let us have it ALL
Objection was made to reading.
Hewitt-Will the gentlemen allow me to
recall the amendment.
Objections were made.
Hewitt speaking amid great confusion
and cries Of order). What want the world
to know is this: that there has been for six
months an average sum of thirty million dol
lars to the credit of the United States at that
bank as near as / can make it out.
Springer, alluded to the confusion, hoped
that Hewitt's remarks would be read at the
clerks desk in order to give the House a
chance to hear them, as they were a serious
arraignment of one of the departments. The
communication was then referred to the ways
and meal as committee.
Finley asked leave to have printed the tes.
tinony taken in regard to the government
| printing offices.
Garfield objected.
Townsend of New York moved to adjourn;
argeed to, yeas 81, nays 75. Adjourned un-
til January 7th, 1879.
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British India.

OF the 191, 100000 sinhabitants Of
British India their denominations are
given as follows: Hindeos, l39, 343, $50;
Sinks, LIZA, 1856; Mohammedans, 40,-
S67 l25; Buddhists and Jams, 1922.
95l; Christians, s97, ,6S2; others, ), Az
304; and religions not known" 532,-
227. The united military forces of the
native States are estimated at 100000
men. The gross revenue of the chiefs
amount to el6,000,000, and they pay
e275, ,0Oo tribute money to the British
Government. The British receipts and
expenditures for India average about
s50,000,000 a year. The Empress
army numbers about 100000, of which
10000 are English troops TO these
numbers may be added 10000 native
police, who also perform frontier service.
They are under the command of British
officers There are under British Gov
ernment, not including the native States,
493, ,444 villages, townships, etc, of
which 4S0,447 have under 5000 inhab-
itants. The average number of inhab-
itants is 81 l to the square mile. There
are forty-four towns or cities with a
population Of more than $4,000, the
seven largest being Calcutta, 704, 345;
Bombay, 644, 405; Madras, 397, ,552;
Lucknow, 2S4,7779; Benares, It's, ,1ss;
Patna, l5S,000; Delhi, l54,417. The
whole number of Government and pri.
vate schools in British India is some
thing over 53,76S, giving instruction to
an approach of 1000, 900 scholars. The
schools exist in regular gladation, from
those which give the humblest elemen-
tary instruction to the highest colleges;
and the best pupils of one grade are
able to pass through the other grade
by means of scholarships To complete
the system, at each of the three Pres
idency cities there is university estab-
lished on the model of the London Uni
versity. The medium of education in
the elementary schools is in the vernaeu-
lar languages, into which are translated
the best elementary English treatises.
There are normal colleges for the train.
ing of masters The study of the classi-
cal language of India is maintained; and
the English language is taught in the
Anglo-vernacular schools and colleges
established for the education of the
middle and upper classes of society.
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Next TO sealskin sacque, nothing
will please woman Of 80 SO much as to
be mistaken for her niece of 16.
A PHILADELPHIA man, who is new to
the experience of having baby in his
own household, was left the other day
by his wife in charge of the infant, she
improving the opportunity to go out
shopping. When she returned she found
her husband playing the garden hose over
the baby. He had tried everything else,
he said, to keep ftquiet and this seemed
to soothe it
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House.
| J. G. Young took the seat made vacant by
] the death of j, j. Leonardof e5th Louisiana
/ district.
| House then went into committee of the
whole on the Indian appropriation BILL
| Throckmorton offered amendment pro-
viding that no Indians shall live outside of
! the Indian territory unless authorized by act
] of Congress.
| After discussion Atkins moved as substi-
| tute for the amendment limiting the prohibit
A., tion to Indians of Arizona and New Mexico;
adopted.
priating SIS, 900 for the expenses of the Indian
commissioners, which, after long discus
sion was rejected.
On motion of Scales the number of Indian
police officers was reduced to 400 privates and
so officers
Throckmorton offered as a new section an
amendment for the transfer of the Indian
bureau to the war department; but subse-
quently withdrew it.
The committee rose and reported bill to
the House A separate vote was demanded
on an amendment (agreed to in committee)
prohibiting the removal of the Indians of Ar
izona and New Mexico to the Indian Territory;
adopted-yeas, 81, nays, 96. The bill then
passed.
Harrison, chairman of the civil service COM
mittee. submitted report of the committee
in reference to the investigation made by it of
charges against certain members of the House
for receiving money and aiding in the passage
of bill providing for payment of interest on
the $50 District bonds. The report states
that there was not a particle of testimony
showing that any money had been used, or
that any corrupt influence had been brought
to bear. The charges were wanton, and a
wholly, uniustifiable attack on the members
of the House. The committee was discharged
The Speaker appointed Durham, Clymer,
Smith, OF Pennsylvania and Baker. of Indiana.
Clymer and Singleton as confreres on the part
of the House on the military acadamy and
fortihcation appropriation bills respectively.
Adjourned.
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PACIFIC COAST.
A barring Robbery.

SAN Francisco, Dec. 1S.-A daring rob-
berry was perpetrated Yesterday at the Lon
don and San Francisco bank. Shortly after
IL O'Clock one of the tellers, while handling
a lot of coin and notes, observed Lawrence
Otis Hall. clearing house clerk of the bank,
standing beside him. few moments after
Hall was missing, and so was q package of
81 greenbacks amounting to $4,000. Hall
has not since been seen, and it is supposed
that he went direct from the bank to the
steamship Oceanic, which sailed at noon,
and took passage on her for Japan and
China, Hall is native of Louisiana, about
thirty years old, and has been in the employ
of the bank six or seven years, but not in a
position where he had opportunities to ham
die cash
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SOME PRACTICAL REMARKs.-A girl
who is never allowed to sew, all of.whose
clothes are made for her and put on her
until she is ten, twelve, fifteen or eigh-
teen years of age, says the Lady's jour
nal, is spoiled The mother has spoiled
her by doing everything for her. The
true idea of self restraint is to let the
child venture A child's mistakes are
often better than its no mistakes, because
when child makes mistakes and has to
correct them, it is then ON the way
towards knowing something. A child
that is walked Up every morning, and
never wakes itself up; and is dressed,
and never makes mistakes in dressing
itself; and is washed, and never makes
mistakes about being clean; and is fed,
and never has anything to do with its
food; and is watched, and never watches
itself; and is cared for, and kept all day
from doing wrong such child might
as well be tallow candle, perfectly
straight, and stolid, and comely, and un-
vital, and good for nothing but to be
burned up.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM 1T MAY
IN canesrn that the undsrsignsd has been awarded
the contract fer keeping the Douglas county pauPsrs for
period Of two years AL persons In need Of assistance
from sd county must hrst procure certificate TO that
eject from any member Of the County Beard and pre-
sent t 70 Of the following named persons, who are
authorised to and win care for those presenting such
certificate: Button Perkins. Roseburg L. l. Kellogg
Oakland Mrs Brown, Looking Glass. Dr.. Noodrun 10
authorized to furnish medical aid all persons In need
ei the same and who have been declared paupers Of
Douglas county. ". B. CLARKE.
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and Mcmillan in the place of Plumb, declined.
Voorhees, submitted resolution instructing
the caucus committee to inquire into the adj
visibility of including in the next caucus full
particulars regarding the Indians in the In
dian territory
House joint resolution extending the time
for the JOINT committee on the transfer cf the
Indian bureau to report was passed.
After executive session adjourned.
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These are stirring times, as to spoon
said to the tea cup.
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FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Is.
Beck called up the bill introduced by him
on the 10th, repeating sections of the statutes
prescribed addition causes of disqualification
and challenge, and an additional oath for
grand and petit jurors.
Conkling said the subject was being con-
sidered by the judiciary committee and
should not be acted upon without report
from the committee.
Pending discussion the morning hour expired
aud the subject was laid aside.
House bill giving twenty condemned can
non to the Custer monument at West Point,
was passed.
Paddock called up the bill recently report
ed from committee military affairs to
amend the posse eomitatus clause of the army
appropriation bill for the present fiscal year,
so as to provide that it shall not be construed
to apply to any part of the army or portion
thereof engaged in the protection OF life and
property in the States and Territories sub
ject to Indian insurrection. The amendments
were agreed to SO as to name the States of
Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Oregon, Nevada
and the Territories subject to insurrection,
etc. The bill passed.
The Senate insisted upon the amendments
to the consular and diplomatic and fortiica-
tion appropriation bills, and committees of
conference on these bills were ordered.
On motion of Beck the bill discussed during
the morning hour, to repeal sections $50 and
82l Of the revised statutes was referred to
the committee on revision of laws.
The pension appropriation bill was passed
without material amendment. Adjournment.
House.
Senate amendment to the adjournment res
olution, extending the recess from December
Doth To ,Ianuary 7th was concurred in.
bill appropriating $4,000 for the ex-
penses of the committee on yellow fever epi-
denies was then taken up. The bill passed,
and the House went into committee of the
whole on the Indian appropriation bill.
Senate amendments to the fortitcation, con-
sular and diplomatic appropriation bills were
non-concurred in.
Atkins, chairman of the committee on ap-
preparations, asked leave to report back res
olution calling for information as to the num-
Der OF supervisors and deputy marshals en-
ployed during the late election, and out of
what fund they were paid, etc.
Garfield objected Il
Sparks, who has charge of the bill, explained
that it was substantially the bill of last year,
and had the unanimous approval of the APP
preparation committee, and that it had the APP
proval of the Indian Office.
The committee rose without further action.
Boone introduced joint resolution extend
ing until the first of February the time within
which the joint committee on the transfer of
the Indian bureau may report; passed.
Wood, of New York. asked that the 18th
of January be set aside for the consideration of
bills reported from the committee of ways and
means-not q tariff bill; leave was given, and
the naval committee to sit during recess.
Adiurned
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FOREIGN NEWS.
A Present to DisreaIi.

N FFeSeHt aV DASFeAHs
LONDON, Dec. 19.-Lord Beaconsfield to-
day received deputation from the Pacific
Coast which presented testimonial from
British residents of California. In ACCEPTING
the testimonial, Beaconsfeld said that on his
return from Berlin he was much gratiied at
the recognition which his efforts received
from the colonies. Beaconsheld believed
that the treaty would tend to the pacifcation
of Europe. and though there might be those
desiring its failure that was not the feeling
of the signatory powers who are determined
to see the treaty executed. The address also
referred to the acquisition of Cyprus. Lord
Beaconsfield sad that all the conditions
under which that island had been secured to
enable the sultan to carry out regeneration
of the most important part of his domin-
ions, have been fulfilled. AS station, Cy-
prus was not second in value to Malta. In
conclusion he said that though he could not
send an address and casket to California, he
sent his gratitude and sympathy.
The Byzantine.
LONDON, Dec. 20.-A dispatch from Paris
says only four persons, surgeon, first officer,
chief engineer and one seaman escaped from
the wreck of the Byzantine. The disaster
occurred on Wednesday night during very
heavy gale. The Byzantine, on her way to
Constantinople from Marseilles, was pro-
ceeding up the Dardanelles when she ran
into the British steamer Reynaldo of 1000
/ tons burden at anchor off Letakia, bound for
| Hull. The Byzantine was vessel of 800
| tons burden belonged to the Fraisailet Com
pany of Marseilles. The Reynaldo returned
| to the Bosphorus for repairs.
TayIor's. Funeral.
BERLIN. Dec. 20.-Funeral services over
the remains of the late Minister Taylor will
be held at the American legation on Sunday
when the body will be taken TO mortuary
and await transportation to America.
A Later Report.
/ CoNsTANTINoPLE, Dec. 20.-The British
steamer Reynaldo which was in collision
with the steamer Byzantine, has arrived
The captain reports saving 80 persons from
the Byzantine.
Married.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 22.-The Duke of Cum.
berland and Princess Thyria were married
| with great pomp at the chapel of Christians.
borg Castle on Saturday evening.
Fatal Accident.
PARIS, Dec. 22.-A Moscow special says
that an express train on the Rostow AND
| fNiadikookas railway recently fell of an EN-.
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A bosom friend-the baby.
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ST. LOUIS, Dec. ia Kansas City spec
al says the roof of Frank Hall fell in last
evening, owing to the great weight Of snow.
The building was entirely crushed. One
man was killed and several others seriously
injured.
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Chinamen and Americans.

NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-Mr. Jameson, an
English consul in China, states in recent
report that notwithstanding the liberal sub
scriptions made by foreigners in aid of the
famine sufferers, the better classes would
rather see foreigners beyond the border than
acknowledge the value of their assistance.
Recipients of aid, however, have shown
much gatitude, and missionaries have been
brought into the better favor among them by
efforts to allay suffering. The Post, com
| menting on the above, says that is curious
fact that while opposition to Cinnamon in
the opposition to Americans and Europeans
in China is found among men of rank and
wealth