The bee., 1884-02-02

! tries for twenty-five years when similar priv
| lleges are granted to American citizens. The
amendment offered extends the time to
twenty eight years with right of renewal
of fourteen years
| PETITIONS are pouring into both houses of
Congress asking the enactment of national
divorces law.
The House committee On agriculture de-
! cided to report favorably on the bill to make
the bureau of agriculture distinct depart
ment and to give its head seat IN the cabi-
net. The committee has done this in former
! Congresses, but the plan has failed to meet
/ the approval of the two houses
| The subcommittee of the House committee
on agriculture agreed to report, with two
amendments the bal prepared by the Cattle
! Breeders convention for the extirpatioa of
disca es among domestic animals. The ap-
! preparation determined upon is $3.50, ,090 Ill
stead of S50o,010, and the States are required
! TO contribute sum equal to that appor-
TONED among them by the general govern
/ ment.
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS, recorder of deeds
! for the District OF Columbia and formerly
| United States marshal un Ter President Hayes
and well known as colored politician and
/ speaker was married the othRr evening to
! Miss Helen NJ Pitts,a white lady about thirty
six years cd, formerly a resident of Avon, n.
Y, who has been q colyist for several years in
/ the office of Mr.. Dourlas. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Francs ]. Grimke,
! Tastor or the Fifteenth S;Te-t Presbyterian
church (caoredl, at his residence in Wash
! ington. There were present, beside the con-
! tracing Tartes, only We witnesses Mr..
Dougla has been a widower about two
years a'd is now nearly three
/ score and ten. He has four
! grown children, and his ma -riage was a
J great surprise to them as well aS 10 the rest
of the community. Miss Pitts has been
4 prominent in Washington a writer Oh
woman suffrage and moral reform.
IMPORTANT amendment to the PENSION law
are under consideration by the appropria
( tiCns coUTnittee.
A RECENT Wash ,ngton disratch says that
since the beginning of the resent session of
Congress eighteen postnasteri of the presi-
DENTAL grade have resigned their offices.
Officials at tie IoStofiice department
declare that such n number of resigna-
tiOls III so short a time is unrrecedented.
Z The reas pTs given for the designations are
diSsaiiS'a acton with the recens adjustment,
resulting in some ca -cS in lowering Of Saia-
rieS, and with the small allowances n,ale by
the del artmcnt for cerk hire, office equip
ment and other items. which compel the
pastnIaS;ers TO srend their own means in
maintenance Of the postal service.
HoT JOHN c NEW departed from Wash
tandece1 his resignation as sisiant secre-
taiy Of the treasury. His reason for resign
i:iG was the urgent pressure OF private bust
. nesS.
THE Senate conlirmel the nomination of
John L. Hazeiton, of Wisconsin, TO BE- consul
at Hamilton, Canada, and James Fletcher,
Of Iowa, TO be consul at Genoa, Switzerland.
THE Senate committee on education agreed
to report tie BAR educational bill, which
provides for the a1pr0f t alton OF Sl5 100000
the first year, d 9creaSing in the sum of ST.
0O0,G0 each year there after for ten years
Ii any State does not accept the provisions of
the act, or retain the right to dispo of its
lotment, the same shall become a part of
the general fund for distribution among the
other Stat s and Territories. The Industrial
arts are to be taught in schools t0 be eStab-
Eshed by the provisions of the bill.
Now that the Senate has pas ell resolu-
tioa giving ca h Senator a private clerk,
s me talk has arisen a nong members of the
House as 10 the advisability of a like pro-
vision for the benefit OF Representatives.
JOHN T. CAME, the delegate to Congress
from Utah, has written aud sent out for
publication a reply to Governgr Mulray's
! message to the Utah legislature. He sa IS
the message was fille1 with misrepreSenta-
tions and TerverSions OF fact, evidently with
the purpose Of deccivinT the Eastern public.
THE death of Z. W. NJ Mackey, the only
Republican Representative from South Caro-
lima, makes the SIX h member Of the present
Congress that has died. Contrary to usual
custom, the announcement of Mir. Mackey S
death was hot made by a member from mis-
own Stare, but by Mr. O'Hara. of North
Carolina, the only c1lored memb2r of the
Eouse. Rr. Machey was born at Charles
ton, s. c., in 1ssti, and had been editor, law
yer, alderman, sheriff, assistant assessor of
internal revenue, speaker of the State legis-
lature AMI Congressman.