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Farmers in Convention.

The American Agricultural Association is in
session at Chicago. \ letter from T. COrwin
Anderson, a short horn breeder. of Kentucky,
was read, urging that the convention bring the
attention of Congress to the necessity of lcgis.
lation against the lung plague in cattle. PaPen
were read by General W W. Burns, |. ;. A., on
the preservation Of moisture for a seasonablc
rainfall which he claims could only be done by
the action of the States and the General Gov
ernment, by planting trees on borders of bodies
of water and the margin OF water courses; by
George GREGG, of Scotland. superintendent Of
agriculture to the Duke Of Sutherland, on the
subject of reclamation of hill waste land, in
which work he has been engaged for twenty
five years in Scotland and Spain. The paper
described the immense stcam-plows which are
in use on the Duke of Suthcrland's Highland
prUpertY.
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The Prize Of Haauty

would never have been awarded to Venus il
her teeth had been yellow. Frail mortal, I'M
like the deities Of fable, have perishable teeth,
but these they may retain unimPaired to an
advanced age, if they will use SOIODONT,
which keeps the teeth free from impurities
which destroy them and renders them objects
of admiration. 1t is pure, refreshing, leaves an
agreeable flavor in the mouth, and sweetens
the breath
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its adoption, contending that under the Ian
guage of the resolution the Secretary of War
could not report that any work was unneces-
sary, as every brook, no matter how small, was
Of local Importance.
After a sharp debate, in which Representa-
tives Robson (N.J.), McLane Md, and others,
defended the action of the House in overruling
the Presidents veto of the river and harbOr
bill, and Messrs. Cox (N. y and Kasson Ia
defended the action Of the President, the
amendment was agreed to and the resolution
adopted.
The House then went into Committee Of the
Whole on the consular and diplomatic apPro-
priation bill, which was finally reported back
and passed.
MONDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, on Monday the 11th inst,
Mr.. Holman submitted the following resolu-
tion:
Resolred, That the Secretary of War he directed
to furnish to the House the following information,
namely:
What action has been taken under the act of
August :, lsa2 to relieve certain soldiers OF the
late war from the charge of desertion; what
changes in the former law has been decided by the
War Department to have been made by the said
act and what classes of soldiers charged with de
W
ment to be embraced hv the said act; and further,
what additional legislation is deemed necessary to-
enable him to carry the provisions of the first
and second sections of said act.
The resolution was referred to the Committee
on Military Affairs.
Among the bills introduced was one by Mr..
Wait Comm providing that no further pur-
chase of silver shall be made by the Secretary
of the Treasury, or standard silver dollars
coined, until the number of such dollars,
whether the property of the United States or
held for redemption of silver certificates, shall
be reduced to Sj00000O0.
The rest of the session was consumed by the
consideration of District of Columbia business.
The first bill considered and passed was one
to provide for the collection of taxes in the
District of Columbia
The following bills were also passed To levy
an assessment on real estate in the District Of
Columbia; to regulate licenses in the District
of Columbia. 1t relieves commercial agents
from the payment of Icensesl. For the relief
of occupying claimants i'll the District of CO.
lumbia
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TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

In the House. on Tuesday, the 18th inst, the
post office, military academy and agricultural
appropriation bills were reported and referred,
after which the Congressional library bill was
taken up. Mr. Rice Mass explained its
status.
The bill reported last session contemplated
the taking of two squares east of the Capitol;
the bill now proposed recommended the taking
of one square only, bounded by B street north,
East Capitol street and First and Second streets
east. The maximum price at which the COM
mission might purchase that square was $780,
O00 the building recommended last year was
a Gothic style, and would have cost from six
to eight millions; the one now proposed was of
the Italian renaissance style and would cost
from three to six millions. The inside arrange
ments were similar.
Mr.. Holman lIudD offered an amendment
providing that the building shall not cost,
when completed, sum exceeding 52,000000.
Mr.. Hewitt y. Y. offered and advocated an
amendment making it lawful for the commits
sion to purchase the grounds between East
Capitol street. 3 street south, and First and
Second streets east, in lieu of the grounds men
toned in the bill provided they can be got at
or to purchase both in case the aggregate COM
petitivc offers shall not exceed 100000.
Mr. Springer co. offered an amendment pro-
yiding that the building shall be constructed,
as far as practicable, in separate parts.
The previous question was then ordered on
the bill 'nd amendments.
Mr. Holnans amendment was agreed to
yeas 132 nays Il.
Mr. Hcwitt's amendment was agreed to with
out division, as was also the amendment offered
by Mr.. Springer.
Mr. Hammond Ca moved to recorn the
bill to the committee on additional accommo-
dations for the library of Congress. with in
Structions to that committee to report a bill
providing for the erection of a library on land
in Washington belonging to the United States.
The motion was agreed to-yeas 10, nays o.
Mr.. Robcson moved to reconsider, and Mr.
Randall moved to lay that motion on the table;
pending which. Mr. kasson, from the commit
tee on civil service reform, reported back the
bill for the better regulation of the civil ser
vice, and it was referred to the House calendar.
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, on Wednesday, the 18th inst.
the Congressional library bill came up unfin-
ished business, and the motion to reconsider
the vote by which it had been referred to tho
Library Committee tabled; yeas, 115;
nays, 1O1.
This vote has the effect of recommitting the
bill with instructions to the committee to re-
port back a bill for the erection of library on
ground belonging to the United States in Wash
ington, d. c.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole (Air Thomas, of Illinois, in the chair
on the agricultural appropriation bill.
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THE GARFIELD MEMORIAL.
Tribute-Layins the Corner ST
the New Sfrncturn

Anniversary Tribute-Laying the Corner ST e.
the New Structure.
The anniversary of the assassination
late President was very appropriately
memOrated on Sunday last by the lay
the corner stone of the Garfield me.
church. The new building is to be erec
the site of the former edifce occupied b.
Christian congregation, where Presiden
field worshiped, and the foundations
structure are already laid. A board fl
had been laid upon the foundation, and
had been provided, which failed to ace
date the large throng present. At a plat
one end were seated the following gent a
Rev. F. d. Power, pastor of the church;
G. Butler, Rev. B. A. HinsdaIe, pres
Hiram College; Hon. A H. Pettibone, 81.
nessee; Hon. A. S. Willis, of Kentucky Ee,
W. II. Schell, pastor of the Christian chi .
Rockville, Md; General d. G. Swain, { elg
A. f. Rockwell, and Judge Clsbee, of
gan. After reading. of the Scripture.
prayer by Rev. DR.. Butler, Rev. Mr..
made an address, reviewing the history
progress of the church. Upon the conc
of his remarks he proceeded to the cere
of laying the corner stone. Before the
was laid copper box containing the Was
ton daily papers and various document
placed in the corner lone and sealed up. ti
dresses were then made by Rev. B. A. -
dale, of Ohio; Hon. A. II. Pettibone, of
nessee, who was pupil of Gen. Garfield
Hon. A. S. Willis, of Kentucky, the exe1
concluding with the benedictiOn by Rev
H. Schell. During the ceremonies theSat
school children sang a number of fam
hymns.
The estimated cost of the building ,-
pleted is $36, 600, of which $4,000 is nov
the hands of the trustees, leaving $18,OOG
to be raised by contributions, which
thought will be secured without difficulty bt
fore the end of the year.
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The seeds of awful scrofuas were nursed
To virulcnt life; cancers, and all plaques
That rankl foster in GccayinC flesh
Ragged unchecked; whole limbs became discolored
And swollen to the point of bursting;
Teeth dropped out and eyes from thersoctze ran;
Through checks and throats great ulcers eat their
way;
And as the stricken unhecded moaned,
Painting benoatha most merciless sun,
The vile crawled up from the teeming
ground
And fed on them, not waiting for DEATH
Clear and shriIl within the echoing wood
Pealed the hunters horn, and the bloodhounds
bay
Reached the far fugitive's ear ominous
And terribe e blnnchng his haggard check,
Wreathing witt deadly pallor his sad lips,
Freezing the coursinG blood within his veins.
Ficrcely upon his trail the hesh dogs
Unerrng sped, shricBing for their human prey
Lol when he faintng fell with dripping jaws
They tore Gods image rom his parted bones
All were malcvoent and pitiless-
Their hearts were changed to stone, and in their
breasts
Human feelings were quite eztinguished.
They gloatcd on each others misery,
And when the delirious spallc of home
They laughed horribly and tested of the grave,
And with oaths and sarcastic mocllcTy
Tortured and taunted the dying though
Death were the mere incident of an hour.
Arched fcnds from deepest regions of the damned
Exuitant might have stood amid it all,
And deemed themselves in IIades' drearest shades.
TEntcred according to act of Congress in the year
1882 by THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE in the Office of the
Librarian of Congress ut Washington
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WHAT CONGRESSISDOING.

The legislative, judicial, and executive ap-
preparation bill, under which the necessary
appropriation is made to enable the Commits
sioner of Pensions to properly equip the Pen
sion Bureau, has been passed by both Houses
of Congress. The Senate, however, adopted
number of amendments to the Dill which ne
cessitated the appointment of committee of
conference but there is every reason to believe
that the differences will be adjusted and the
bill finally passed before the adjournment of
the present session. Under its provisions as
we have previously stated some 1900 addi-
tional clerks will be employed in examining
the claims of soldiers and sailors now on file,
and to be filed, and there is every reasonable
prospect that they will be passed upon as speed
lily as possible.
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DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE,


A dispatch from Cincinnati. dated June 23.
says: Henry Cole of this city, shot his wife
Sarah and his daughter Nettie, aged nineteen,
and Immediately afterward shot himself The
affair was not discovered till near noon on the
day of the tragedy. The victims comprised
the entire family.
Mr.. Cole and his wife were in the same he'd.
his wife having bullet hole in her left temnle
Mr.. Cole had shot himself over the right eve. and
the revolver was still in his hand. His daughter
Nettie was lying on the lounge in the adioin-
ing room with bullet hole in the back of her
head. She was the only child living and had
graduated from the Woodward High School
last Friday. Friends say they know of no
family trouble to cause the tragedy, but Mr.
Cole had been observed to talk wildly for the
past two or three months, and some now recall
that he said when his family died they would
all die together.
-Four letters left by Cole have been found
and two of them made public. One of these
is addressed to the coroner and is as follows:
LAW OFFICE OF HENRY COLE,
"June p, 1852.
CDR. RENDIGs: This is a case of simple
death from gunshot wounds. Yours,
"HENRY COLE"
Another is addressed "To whom it may con.
cern," and relates to a series of charges against
one F. W. Hurtt, who was a quartermaster
during the civil war. Cole charged him
having sWndled him in various wavs, II
in connection with a corporation in New
which Hurtt induced him to join, and in
he says Hurtt finally swindled him G.
S5OOOO
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A THRIFTY MILLIONAIRE,

BY thrift he had become millionaire, and
he had a splendid St Bernard dog, which he
was very proud Of One day the servant
came to him terror-stricken. master,
master, Caesar is" "Is what ?" MAD,
Pm afraid. He wont touch water any more
than if he were a crude apostle of temper
ance, and there's as much foam about his
mouth as if he were the sea in one of Swim
burnes poems" Great heavens it is lucky
you have discovered it in. time. We must
not loose a minute. Take the aulmal at
once before he has bitten any one" Yes
SIR "And sell him!n
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HE RESUMED.

Father" said the youngman, as ne leaned
on his hoe, they say the balance OF
trade is agin. u.s." "They do, eh? And
that our bank reserves are rapidly diminish
ing" "Du tell" "And that railroad extern
sion has come to a halt" We'll, l swan! {"
"And that the volume of securities is substan-
TALLY without market" Great snakes !
Well, I never! And do they say anything
about feller stopping to lean on his hoe to
talk when he might just as well talk and
hoe too?" Reuben spit on his hands and
resumed
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BUNGLING EXECUTION IN KENTUCKY.

A special dispatch from Cadiz, Trigg
county, KY, July 1, says: Col. John Bridges
was hung here yesterday in the presence of
the largest crowd that ever assembled in this
county. Bridges remained with his spiritual
advisers large portion of Thursday night and
yesterday afternoon, alternately singing and
praying At 1;O5 o'clock wagon containing
his coffin was driven to the Jail, and the con-
demned man assisted into the wagon. At 1:07
the start from the Jail was made. In forty
minutes the gallOws was reached 1t was
plain wooden structure, with a spring trap. AT
the foot of the gallows the doomed man ex-
hibited considerable nervousness, but met the
ordeal bravely. Bridges took his stand on the
trap, the black cap was drawn over his face,
and the moose adjusted. Sheriff Boyd quickly
sprung the trap, and with dull, heavy thud
the body fell. At the instant of the fall
the moose slipped, and the poor wretch strug-
gled terribly, succeeding in freeing his hands
and feet from the cords with which they
had been pinioned He made a desperate
struggle to get upon the gallOws again, but was
pushed back, and suffered a horrible death by
strangulation. The drop fell at exactly 22O,
and in thirty minutes he was pronounced
dead. The body was cut down and forwarded
to his mother at Canton, in this county, for
burial. There was no demonstration at the
scafold, except that one or two negro women
tainted, and some groans were heard.
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but could not stop the train, as it was running
at high rate of speed. But for the air-brakes
nearly all the passengers would have been
killed. The accident occurred about mile
north Of the Ocean Port bridge, where a terri
bic disaster took place three years ago:
The coroner's jury returnd with verdicts
that Bradley, Demorest, Garrison, and Mallory
came to their death from the accident, which
was cansed by spreading of the rails on the
Parkers Creek bridge, and that the New York
and Long Branch Company is guilty of gross
and culpable negligence.
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CAMPAIGN PLATFORMS.

"Julia wants to know" says the
eye man, "what party platform is ?" "
platform, Julia, is one preamble and tv
resolutions, strong in nonessentials; va
in essentials; round the bush on tariff
rough as thunder on Mormons; clamOr
civil service reform, with reserved def
Of civil service reform; down on CO
tion, loud in its praise of purity, and e
mined to have it if it takes every ce
party can raise. The platform, you l
stand, Julia, is legitimate and nee
part of the campaign pomp and circdms
it goes along with the banners, trs
rencies and torches, and when the cam ID
is over-well, it is stored away in the
or garret, along with the rest-Of the uni
and torches. A campaign platform is
much like the campaign torch, indee
gives out great deal of smell and 81 d
with very uncertain, diekering light.
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SENATE.

In the Senate on Thursday, June %, the
legislative, judicial, and executive appropria-
ton bill was taken up and partially consid-
cred. Several amendments of no special in
terest were adopted, and pending consideration
of the bill the Senate adjourned.
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On Friday in the Senate the death of Repre-
sentative Hawk (Which is referred to elsewhere)
was announced and, after appointing a com
mittee of three Senators-Messrs. Logan, Nc
Dill, and George-to attend the obsequics, the
Senate, in respect to the memory of the de-
ceased, adjourned.
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Mr.. Jay Stone, stenographer to Secretary
Lincoln, has been appointed chief of the cOrre-
spending division War Department, vice Mr..
John Tweedale promoted to the chief clerk
ship.
The Tariff Commissioners will hold their first
meeting in thiscity next Thursday
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e was no session of the Senate on Tues
he Fourth of July.)

he Senate on Wednesday the House bills
rating $4,000 for public building at
Texas, and granting condemned cannon
nd Army Posts at Chicopee, Mass, and
b, Kan, were reported favorably, and
Il. 1t was decided to postpone further
Grafton Of the national bankrupt law
DECEMBER.
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On Wednesday in the House the Senate bill
appropriating 100000 for a public building at
Shreveport, La, was passed. Consideration of
the naval appropriation bill was then resumed,
and several amendments were adopted.
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.JOHN W. WTNDFR.
DVIi-F " W ~ IyllIl1
Brigadier-General Commanding.


This meant to fire at close range into a solid
mass of humanity seventeen acres in extent.
Such was the place in which we were confined,
and we knew our danger. About 500 PAGES
from the northwest corner of the prison Il
call it prison by courtesy was the cemetery.
The dead were buried uncofIined and un-
shrouded, and perfectly naked. Long trenches
were dug, and, side by side, the murdered
victims were laid in, each mans grave being
marked by a stake and number. This
work was done by prisoners paroled for the
purpose, and who received double rations.
The same wagon-bOxes into which our
cooked rations were shoveled and hauled into
the pen to us were also used in hauling the
reezing dead to the cemetery. Beyond the
southeast corner of the prison was what was
termed, with sardonic humor, "the hospital"
Concerning it confederate surgeon once
remarked: "Here death can be predicted
with absolute certainty" 1t consisted Of q
board fence, five acres Of ground, a few trees
and some rotten tents / can best describe
the scenes that daily transpired there in the
language of Professor Joseph Jones' Of the
Medical College of Georgia, who visited An
dersonville in August Of that year 10 make
pathological investigations" in the fine
field" there afforded. l win first briefly
quote what he saw inside the stocEade. in
his report he says: The low grounds border
ing the stream in the stOckade were covered
with human excrements and filth Of all kinds
which in many places appeared 10 be alive
with working maggOts an indescrlbable,
sickening stencil arose from these feTmenting
masses Of human filth. There were near
1900 seriously-ill Federals in the stockade
and confederate states military prison hos
uital, and the deaths exceeded 100 per day,
and large numbers of the prisoners who were
walking about, and who had not been en-
tered on the sick reports, were suffering from
severe and incurable diarrhGa, dysenteTy and
scurvy. Owing to the slow progress Of the
disease, the corpses were, as a general rule,
erpaciated. < x The haggard, distressed
countenanc6s of these miserable, mplaining,
detected, living skeletons, crying for medical
aid and food, and cursing their Government
for its refusal to exchange prisoners, and the
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HOUSE.

=. the House on Thursday, June 90 bill
a lssed making temporary provision for ex
sadi 5ures of the Government. The Committee
.ections reported in favor of George d.
Il an, of the fifth district of South Carolina,
ng entitled TO a seat in place of the sitting
ser, Robert Smalls. Ordered to be printed.
II House then proceeded with the considera-
,ioe of the naval appropriation bill, in Com
mIIUee Of the Whole, the measure being vari-
ously amended. A bill was passed granting four
condemned cannons for monumental purposes
to Otis Chapman Post, 103, of Chicopee, Mass :;
also bill to supply the Encampment of the
G. a. r. at Bismarck Grove, Kansas, with four
pieces of artillery and tents for camping pur-
poses also bills granting cannon for monu-
mental purposes to the G. A. Il. at Westminster,
Mass, and the Danyille IH.) Light Battery at
Danville I'll.
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ie House on Monday Mr.. Farwell intro
bill granting condemned cannon, mus
&C., for the soldiers burial ground at
keta, Iowa, which was referred. Mr..
introduced bill granting condemned
a to the G.. A. r. Post at Peabody, Mass.
ed. Mr.. Bragg, from the Committee on
ry Affairs, reported with favorable recon-
atoms the following bills, and the same
'efcrred: Bill donating four condemned
and four cannOn-balls for the soldiers
lot in the Hudson New York. Gene
bill donating condemned cannon and
'n-balls to Alexander Post, G. \. r., at
t, Ohio, for ornamental and monumental
)ses; bill donating condemned mortars
)alls to General Harrison Post G. A. r.,
.okomo, Ind; bill donating two mortars
four cast-iron balls to the Post of the G.
at Peru, Ind; joint resolution authoriz-
and empowering the Secretary of War TO
yer arms and accoutrements, ammunition,
tents to the Soldiers Reunion Committee
ne Northwest; joint resolution to grant
use of tents to be used at the Soldiers
Mon to be held in Cherokee, Iowa, in 1882; F.;
joint resolution to grant the use of tents
e used at the Soldiers Reunion to be held
-cvada, Story county, Iowa, in 1882.
le Senate amendments to the legislative,
al, and executive appropriation bill were
concurred in, and the bill referred to a
nittee of conference. Bills were passed
iding for the erection of a public building
erre Haute, Ind, and Oxford, Miss, ST.
ph, Mo-, Harrisonburg and Abingdon, Va,
Poughkeepsie, n. Y. Among the memo.
presented was one from John B. Lampson
others, soldiers and sailors, asking that
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On Monday in the Senate report was sub
mitted by the Military Affairs Committee mo-
ticed elsewhere) in reply to an inquiry as to
the employment of ex-soldiers and sailors in
the Government civil service. A bill was
passed to erect public building at Ashville,
S. c. A committee of conference was appointed
to consider the amendments to the legislative,
JUDICIAL, and executive appropriation bill. The
general deficiency bill was then taken up, and
the item allowing $4,000 for the expenses of
President Garfeld's physicians fees, &c, was
reduced to $4,000 The bill was passed.
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H'DQ'Rs MILITARY PRISON.

ANDERsONVILLE, GA, July u, 1864.
The officers on duty and in charge Of the
battery of Florida Artillery at the time viii,
upon receiving notice that the enemy has
approached within seven miles of this post,
open upon the stockade with grape shot,
without reference to the situation beyond
these lines of defence.