Huntsville Gazette, 1881-11-05

The open session of the Senate on the 28th lasted only half an hour, when the doors were closed and executive session followed. The undecided contest over the nomination for the Lvnchburg Post-office was resumed. Mr. Hill (Ga.) spoke in opposition to confirmation two hours. The debate was then continued by Messrs. Morgan, Hoar, Morrill, Sherman aiid others at great length, the political feat features - ures features of the case and importance art'ched to its probable bearings upon the result of the pending election in Virginia being openly expressed and distinctly emphasized. Speeches were interspersed with a number of roll-calls and motions to adjourn and other dilatory proceedings. The Democrats offered to go oh and confirm all of the nominations unobjected to, leaving tbe others to be set settled - tled settled afterward. This the Republicans re refused - fused refused to do, and the contest was continued until 2:50 a. m., when an adjournment was ef effected, - fected, effected, leaving the question still undecided. In the Senate, on the 2!>t-ta, Mr. Ilill, of Georgia, offered the following: Resolved, That appointments to offices un under - der under the Federal Government ought not to be made to control or influence elections in the several States, and the appointments made with such intent are unwise, unpatriotic and contrary to the spirit of our political institu institutions, - tions, institutions, and it continued without rebuke by tlie people will become dangerous to the jierpctu jierpctuity - ity jierpctuity of our institutions. The resolution was laid over and executive session followed. The nomination of Stratham as Postmaster at Lynchburg, Va., being taken up as unfinished bnsiness, Mr. Ferry, who, as Chairman of the Post-office Committee, had charge of the -11011111111(1011, remarked that in view of the mani manifest - fest manifest determination of Democratic mem members - bers members of the Senate to continue the employ employment - ment employment of dilatory proceedings against filial ac action - tion action in this case indefinitely, or at least until after the Virginia election, the Republicans had concluded that rather than permit any further obstruction of the remaining public business, they would lay the I.ynehburg nom nomination - ination nomination aside, and he accordingly made that motion, which was unanimously agreed to, and the Semite proceeded to "con "confirm - firm "confirm a large number of other nominations. While the doors were still closed, but after the transaction of executive business, a com committee - mittee committee appointed to wait upon the President reported that he had nothing further to com communicate, - municate, communicate, and a motion to adjourn sine die was agreed to. A vote of thanks was ten tendered - dered tendered Hon. David Davis, responding to which he said : " Senators - I am touched by the generous expressions in the resolution which it lias pleased the Senate to pass in my honor, and I ain grateful for the courteous co-operation which has been tendered me from all sides in administering the duties of presiding officer of tliis high and enlightened body. Hopingevery member of the Senate will return happily and safely to his home, and he permitted to resume his duties here at the next meeting of Con Congress, - gress, Congress, it only remains for me to declare the Senate adjourned without day." The doors were then opened and the usual leave-taking exchanged, and in a few mo moments - ments moments the Senate chamber was deserted. -- -

Apaciies have* made their appear appearance - ance appearance in Sonora, killing a family near Rancho Santa Cruz, beyond Magdalena, and running off stock. Gen. Ottero, in command of the troops, has sent a force to co-operate with American soldiers, who are supposed to be in pursuit of them. The delegates of the Woman's Chris Christian - tian Christian Temperance Convention called on the President on the 29th. Mrs. Willard, Pres President - ident President of the Convention, made a short ad address, - dress, address, asking the political and moral aid of the President to the object of the conven convention. - tion. convention. The President replied briefly that he was in earnest sympathy with the movement to rescue men from evil habits. Tiie business portion of Edgefield, S. C., has been destroyed by fire. Thirty-five firms were burned out. Loss over $100,000; insurance small. Samuel Kenyon, a well-to-do farmer residing near Black River Falls, Wis., was shot down the other night while returning from the well with a pail of water. There is no clew to the assassin. Several Danville (111.) firemen are under arrest charged with incendiarism. There have been many mysterious tires there recently, and it is now confessed by one of the malefactors that they were kin kindled - dled kindled for the purpose ©{.waking the authori authorities - ties authorities up to the necessity of having a paid fire department. The Mayer & Bachman Brewery, Clifton, Staten Island, and a block of build buildings - ings buildings burned on the 31st. Loss estimated at half a million dollars. The Schmitt & Glade Brewery, Chicago, went up in flames on the same day. Loss, $150,000. The Rev. J. M. Spargrave, of Pitts Pittsburg, - burg, Pittsburg, committed suicide in the State Hos Hospital - pital Hospital on account of financial troubles. The Pennsylvania Central Railroad has put on a fast train of palace cars be between - tween between New York and Chicago - time, twen twenty-six - ty-six twenty-six hours. The New Y'ork Central now announces its determination to reduce the time to twenty-four hours. SENATE PROCEEDINGS. In the Senate, on the 26th, a resolution by Mr. Butler, directing the Committee on Print Printing - ing Printing to inquire why the agricultural reports for 18S0 have not been distributed to Congress, was adopted. Mr. Sherman called up a reso resolution - lution resolution offered by him the day previous, for in investigation - vestigation investigation into the disbursements of the con contingent - tingent contingent fund of the Treasury Department. After having modified it somewhat it was adopted. The resolution reads: Resolved, That the Committee on Appropri Appropriations - ations Appropriations be directed to investigate the accounts for expenditures for contingent or other ex expenses - penses expenses of the several departments, including the methods of making such disbursements, the character and disposition of the pur purchases, - chases, purchases, tiie mode and employment of labor paid from such appropriations, and to report at as early a day as practicable what tgrther legislation is necessarv to secure the proper disbursement of such appropriations, and that the committee have leave to send for persons and papers aa<J to sit during the re recess - cess recess of the Senate. 1

" By the way," continued Mr. Ashbu Ashbury, - ry, Ashbury, gazing at his wine-glass with a puz puzzled - zled puzzled expression, "Mr. Bennett was here just now and invited me to go down with him on his yacht to a place here where you are having some sort of an affair - to - to - " "Yorktown," suggested the reporter. "Yes, just it - Yorktown - what are you doing it for? What does it com commemorate?" - memorate?" commemorate?" When the reporter had recovered his breath he replied: "A hundred years ago, at Yorktown, Lord Cornwallis had the misfortune to be compelled to sur surrender - render surrender his sword to one Gen. Washing Washington." - ton." Washington." The name of Lord Cornwallis was evidently known to Mr. Ashbury, for he replied: "Ah, yes; I believe I have heard something about that. My word! what a people you are to get up anni anniversaries!" - versaries!" anniversaries!" Cornish Fiskert'olk. Cornish fishermen are peculiarly pa patient - tient patient under grinding poverty. Their calling is a precarious one. The fish, upon which they depend for the greater part of their winter's food, often do not come. What shall t hey do ? They might frequently, and with good reason, cry aloud for help, demanding some part of the national subscriptions which the Lord Mayor of London disburses to dis distressed - tressed distressed Bulgarians and other worthy claimants of international charity; but no cry comes. They might, on the other "hand, destroy the boats and nests of the seine-owners to set matters right; but this idea never suggests itself to their minds. They simply face the hard winter without a murmur, keep their poverty to themselves, eat their dry crust with cheerfulness, and ask alms of none. As a class they are certainly frugal. Intemperance, of course, exercises its usual influence in preventing the laying by of a portion of the earnings for a rainy day; but, in truth, in the majority of cases, it is a hard struggle to live, let alone save. During the long hard win winters - ters winters credit is often obtained at the gro grocer's - cer's grocer's and the baker's, who can not harden their hearts to deny their hungry customers the necessaries of life; and spring finds them with a burden of debt upon their shoulders, which all the sum summer's - mer's summer's fishing is unable to remove. Hence, many of the fishermen are in a chronic state of debt, a condition of things which can not be remedied until some occupation which may be resorted to when stormy, unfavorable winds pre prevent - vent prevent fishing is adopted. The patch of garden ground tilled by most fishermen is not sufficient to supply the need. Theft is almost unknown. I speak more especially of fishermen living in small hamlets and villages; those who live in the larger towns are probably no better than their neighbors. But in bona fide fishing places property is ab absolutely - solutely absolutely safe. Fishing gear, oars, arti articles - cles articles of wearing apparel, and the like, may be left unguarded and unwatched without the slightest fear of their being stolen. - Temple Bar.

LATE 5EWS ITEMS. Washington dispatches of the 1st say: President Arthur has offered the po position - sition position of Secretary of the Interior to James A. Williamson, of Iowa, formerly Com Commissioner - missioner Commissioner of the General Land Office, and appointed Joseph K. McCatmnon Commis Commissioner - sioner Commissioner of Railroads, vice Theophilus French. A report was current that Postmaster-Gen Postmaster-General - eral Postmaster-General James was to retire Jan. 1, and that Chauncey I. Filley, of St. Louis, had been selected by the President to succeed him. Mr. Brady assumes to be so confident of establishing bis innocence of any com complicity - plicity complicity in the alleged Star-route frauds, that he is siiid to be preparing to bring suits for libel against Postmaster-General James and Attorney-General MacVeagh, whom he charges vy-th giving out much of the de defamatory - famatory defamatory matter that has been published re regarding - garding regarding him. A freight train on the Columbia & Port Deposit Railroad was wrecked near Safe Harbor, Pa., by a land-slide. The lo locomotive - comotive locomotive and six cars were thrown into the Susquehanna River, and the remainder completely wrecked. The body of Ellis Quet, engineer, was believed to be under the engine in the liver. The fireman was seri seriously - ously seriously injured. The Ozark Iron Mountain Railroad Company has been incorporated with $1,100, $1,100,000 - 000 $1,100,000 capital. The road will be 110 miles long. The Gould representatives, Hoxie, I'ortis and Hayes, figure in the directory. Nine prisoners escaped from the jail at Lebanon, Ky., on the 31st, passing out through the tunnel. Charles Jones, colored, who com committed - mitted committed an indecent assault upon a respecta respectable - ble respectable white married lady, was hanged by a mob near Spadra, Johnson County, Ark. The boiler of a steam saw-mill at Abbevville, S. C., exploded on the 1st. in instantly - stantly instantly killing two colored men, and fatally injuring two white men, one of whom had his right leg and left arm severed from his body. Wa. L. Gibson, Cashier of the Citi Citizens' - zens' Citizens' National Bank, of Flint, Mich., has been arraigned at Detroit for embezzle embezzlement - ment embezzlement of $17,000 and making false eutries eutriesin - in eutriesin the books some years since. Decrease of the public debt during October, $13,321,458. Daniel H. Gerci, a postal clerk run running - ning running between Kearney and Sidney on the Union Pacific Railway, is under arrest for stealing a registered money package con containing - taining containing $2,000. He has confessed and turned over $1,5S0, all he had left of the stolen money. Robert Rich, mail messenger be between - tween between the Post-office and railway station at Burnside, Kv.. has also been arrested for stealing and rifling registered letters. His depredations amount to over $100,000 ip the last sis months.

- Charles F. Brush, the inventor of the Brush light, says there is no good reason why the elevated trains in New York should not be run by electricity, on the same principles as the Siemen's electric railway, the success of which is beyond controversy. lie thinks the use of such a system for long distances will not be practicable until the storing of electricity has been accomplished, but he admits that M. Faure's experiments in such storage have opened "a wide field which will soon revolutionize every branch of electricity." - An Austrian engineer named Lauer has discovered a new method of disin disintegrating - tegrating disintegrating rock. The chief feature of his system is to employ a hollow cylinder like a gas-pipe, and to place the dyna dynamite - mite dynamite cartridge, not as hitherto in a hole bored into the rock to be blasted, but in the cylinder in question. The cartridge only touches the suiface of the rock which it is desired to shatter. The ex explosion - plosion explosion of the dynamite is effected by means of electricity, and the effect is said to be greater than with the usual cartridge in a hole bored in the rock. The rock is shattered into fragments so small that a fair stream is able to wash them away without help, whereas ini he case of gunpowder the rock is only split up into small blocks more or less largo and troublesome to remove. The Lauer system is calculated to effect a saving of fully 40 per cent, as compared with the old system. - - --9 PITH ANI) POINT, - A mutual flame - two red-headed people getting married. - N. Y. Graphic. - A "crank" is a man whose mental machinery runs on an eccentric. - New Haven Register. - "It is a cold day when we get left," said one neglected ice-cake on the side sidewalk - walk sidewalk to its fellow. - Boston Trascript. - " Ttiches have wings," says the maxim old. Have you noticed where they fly? They generally fly, so I've been told, To where more riches lie. - If it and Wisdom. - A South End man found a covered basket on his steps the other day. But he had family enough and would not touch it, and went and got an officer to come and remove it, and the officer found it contained a watermelon. - Bos watermelon. - Boston - ton watermelon. - Boston Post. - In Australia an enterprising firm built a house of paper, and furnished it throughout with furniture and fixtures also made of paper. In America a great many houses are built with paper, and the unhappy men who go on the paper have the houses to pay for, and that's the gaul of it, * stranger. - Bur stranger. - Burlington - lington stranger. - Burlington Uawkeye. - " Sixteen years married and still happy?" incredulously muttered the henpecked husband. " Sixteen years married," repeated the good-natured man, "and happier now than ever." "You surprise me." "I don't mean to. My wife ran off with another man six months after our wedding." - Brooklyn Eagle.

Scandinavian Hospitality. The most striking quality of Scandi Scandinavian - navian Scandinavian character seems to he hospitali hospitality. - ty. hospitality. Throughout Norway, Sweden and the far North the author was heart ily re received - ceived received by every one, from the King in his palace to the Laplander in his tent. During five years of almost incessant travel, in the course of which every part of the peninsula was visited, Mr. Du Chaillu was coolly treated only once. The Swedes and Norwegians have the reputation of being reserved and cold, but this is true of them only when they meet strangers of the class best suggest suggested - ed suggested by the word "tourist." To any one whose interest in them can not be meas measured - ured measured by a stare or two and a few im impertinent - pertinent impertinent questions they are unsus unsuspicious - picious unsuspicious and communicative, as well as cordial to the verge of affection. Mr. Du Chaillu went among them freely, conversed in their language, wore garments like their own, and took part in their labors, sports and ceremonies. The treatment he received in return causes him to speak most enthusiasti enthusiastically - cally enthusiastically in praise of their sociability and kindness. As in all other countries that retain primitive habits, hospitality in Scandi Scandinavia - navia Scandinavia always implies eating and drink- j ing. The poorest farmer or fisherman always has something to offer the vis- j itor, and lack of appetite is generally construed as a slight. The author mentions one occasion on which, to avoid hurting any one's feelings, he ate thirty times in two days, and drank ! thirty-four cups of coffee. Often strong cheese is offered just before a meal to provoke appetite, and in the cities a formal dinner is preceded by a smorgas, or lunch, at a table crowded with al alleged - leged alleged appetizers. On a singl j smorgas table the author noted smoked reindeer meat, smoked salmon with poached eggs, raw salmon freshly salted, hard hardboiled - boiled hardboiled egg3, caviare, fried sausage, an anchovy, - chovy, anchovy, smoked goose breast, cucum cucumbers, - bers, cucumbers, raw salt herring, several kinds of cheese and as many of bread, and a salad made of pickled herring, boiled meat, potatoes, eggs, beet3 and onions. There were also three kinds of spirits on the table, and from these and the va-j rious dishes the guests helped them themselves - selves themselves bountifully, and then did justice to an excellent dinner. - John Habber Habberton, - ton, Habberton, in Harper's Magazine. - The small farmers in Germany can not hold their own. Nearly 4,000 farms were offered for sale last year,and 1,000 j found no purchasers. ' ]

Nine Governors were in attendance upon the Atlanta Cotton Exposition on the 27tli. The feature of the day was making two suits of clothes, one for Governor Col Colquitt, - quitt, Colquitt, of Georgia, and one for Governor Iligelow, of Connecticut, from seed cotton picked at Tin the tnorniiig. The suits were worn at the reception in the evening. In explanation of the renomination of IVtraaster-Generul James, it is said some doubt existed as to his legal status under the Tenure-of-office law, and the President thought best to remove this by having him reappointed. It is understood Mr. James will continue at the head of the Post-office Department long enough to close up the Star-route prosecutions. The Government has been defeated In the recent German elections. In Berlin the Progressists gained a complete victory. The most remarkable feature of the election is a triumph of those Liberals who are specially obnoxious to Prince Bismarck, viz., Eugene Kiehter, Karl Mayer and Count Von Arni'iu. Bismarck's son William was defeated fur re-election at Mulhausen by the Liberal candidate. The nomination of Stratham, a Re ReadjU'ter - adjU'ter ReadjU'ter of Democratic antecedents, for Postmaster at Lynchburg, Va., in the place of Wilson, allepubliean, who has opposed Jlahone, is taken as indicating that Presi President - dent President Ariliur is in hearty sympathy with Ma Mahotie - hotie Mahotie and will support him. Senator Jobns Jobnston - ton Jobnston says be will oppose the confirmation of Stratham, and that he will have the support of all the Democratic Senators in his oppo- - sition. __ It is reported that Judge Folger was only induced to accept the position of Sec Secretary - retary Secretary of the Treasury on condition, or with the understanding, that he shall be appoint appointed - ed appointed to tjie United Stales Supreme Bench, to succeed Hunt, who, it is confidently belieVed, will be retired by Congress on account of physical disability. Folger did not really want the Secretaryship, bnt is ambitious to go upon the Supreme Bench. It is still as asserted - serted asserted by those who assume to know that Colliding will succeed Folger in the Treasu Treasury - ry Treasury before Arthur's Administration grows very old.