Frank Jones, Samuel N. Bell. NEW JERSEY: Clement II. Sinnickson, Augustus W. Cutler, Robert Hamilton. John G. Schumaker, Nays. Smith Ely, Jr., C. C. B. Walker. NORTH CAROLINA : J. A. Hyman, Jesse J. Yeates, Nays. William McFarland, J. M. Thomburg, George C. Dibrell, John M. Bright, John F. House, W. C. Whitthorne, John D. C. Atkins, William P. Caldwell. TEXAS: Ayes. John H. Reagan, J. W. Throckmorton, John Hancock, Gustave Schleicher. Nays. David B. Culberson, VERMONT : Dubley C. Denison. Nays. Charles H. Joyce, George W. Hendee, We had hoped to have the final vote of the Senate to present in this number, and have delayed the closing up of these memoranda beyond the proper time, to that end. But the Senate, with all its presumed dignity and superior tone, is of late very much of a partisan political laboratory of president factory; indeed, it is apparently little better than the House so far as that lofty statesmanship is concerned which, in its attention to the best interests of the country, rises above party. The two parties in the Congress are alike so intent on gaining every possible advantage over their opponents-on making political capital and bolstering up their respective "chances" for the coming election-that questions like that of the Centennial Exposition and the general welfare of the nation must necessarily yield to "amnesty," and like questions which afford opportunities to demagogues to spread themselves and to inveigle opponents into damaging utterances. We cannot longer wait for the Senate's action, especially as there is no assurance to-day (February 2d) when that august body will find time to act on the question. Doubtless the bill as it passed the House, with the outrageous amend ment of Mr. Springer, will pass the Senate. It is as well that it should, for were the Senate to amend it it would require farther action on the part of the House, and the Exposition would perhaps be quite over ere the appropriation could be available. The Sunday Dispatch of the 30th ult., has a strong editorial on the action of the House, from which we extract a few passages: "After subscriptions and payments of over five millions of dollars to the authorized stock of the Exhibition had been secured, the Government was asked to take the remainder of the stock on the same terms as citizens. The House of Rep resentatives finally adopted the proposition, with a provis that the one million five hundred thousand dollars shall be repaid out of the profits before the other subscribers to Centennial stock shall receive payment. In other words, Congress says that if the citizens, who have been giving of their means with great liberality and in a spirit of patriotism, will make the Government a preferred creditor, it will loan the money. Otherwise Congress will not contribute a cent toward an object authorized by the Government, and carried on under its name and authority. If anything meaner than this can be found in the annals of legislation, or in any record of the dealings of Governments with their citizens, we should like to know where the case happened. The European Governments in which expositions of industry have been held have liberally aided in all particulars. It has been reserved for the House of Representatives of the United States-composed of delegates of the people-to descend to a depth of meanness, in reference to our celebration of a great national event, of which every true American must feel heartily ashamed." Important to Exhibitors.-The following communication fully explains itself: TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. To the Collector of Customs, Philadelphia, Pa.: SIR: I am in receipt of the communication dated the 3d inst,, of Mr. 1). Tory, chief of the Bureau of Transportation of the Centennial Commission, transmitted with your letter of the 10th inst., relative to the interpretation to be placed on the words, "duly authorized in section 6 of decision 2,432, November, 1875." The section referred to provides for the transportation of merchandise destined for the International Exhibition at Philadelphia by a duly authorized and bonded route, a route authorized and bonded expressly for the purpose of transporting goods to the Centennial Buildings, and is not to be construed as authorizing the transportation of such goods over and other than the one bonded specially for that purpose. Respectfully, B. H. BRISTOW, Secretary of the Treasury. The Kindergarten.-Not long ago Mr. Campbell, chairman of the Educational Committee of the Centennial Commission, announced that contributions would be received for the erection of a kindergarten in the Centennial Grounds, whereupon Mrs. Gillespie, president of the Women's Execu tive Committee, addressed a letter to Mr. Goshorn, informing him that the kindergarten had been provided for by the women of the country. The following is Mr. Goshorn's response: Mr. E. D. Gillespie, President of the Women's Centennial Executive Committee: DEAR MADAM: I am in receipt of your esteemed favor advising us that your committee have made the necessary provision for the erection of a building in the Exhibition Grounds for kindergarten purposes. The recommendation recently made to the friends of the educational interest of the country to provide means and adopt plans for the construction of illustrative school-buildings is a desirable feature of the educational representation included in a kindergarten house. I am gratified to learn that you and your officials have anticipated the suggestion. I have accordingly notified those to whom the recommendation was made that the kindergarten building has been provided for, and that their effort should be directed towards securing such other buildings as may be deemed suitable and necessary for the purpose. I am yours, very respectfully, A. T. GOSHORN, Director-General. A Chime of Bells.-The Baltimore American says: At McShane's bell foundry, Baltimore, there is being cast a chime of twelve bells, to be sent to the Centennial Exposition, which will probably be completed in about four weeks. The bells will be erected upon a high tower, to be constructed especially for their accommodation by the Centennial Commission, from whence they will peal forth the national airs. In casting, the closest attention will be given to the operations, and hence plenty of time has been assigned for the work. Their scale, covering a full octave and a third, has been arranged by Professor Widows, of the Metropolitan Church, Washington, D. C. Paragraphs. Mr. John Hatch, of California, has spent many years in making a collection of specimens of the precious ores of the Pacific Slope, Mexico, Central and South bers between 12,000 and 15,000, and he is preparing them America, Australia, China, and Japan. His collection numfor exhibition at the Centennial. The indications are most encouraging of an unprecedently large participation in the exhibition on the part of England, Germany, France, and all other countries of note. The Press, of Philadelphia, recently published a list of the English exhibitors; it made one full page, and encroached largely upon a second. The Press has fairly won the title of the " Forgan of the Exhibition," by its full and accurate chronicling of everything that transpires in connection with the preparations therefor. The Cliff-Houses of Colorado and Utah.-An interesting feature of the Centennial Exposition will be the exhibition by Dr. Hayden, of clay and plaster models of the cliff-houses of Colorado and Utah, now being prepared by Messrs. Jackson & Holmes, photographers to the survey. These houses are still to be found in a good state of preservation upon the narrowest and most inaccessible shelves of the canon walls of those regions. They are well built, of dressed stone, which had been brought from a distance, and occupy oftentimes almost the entire available portion of the terrace upon which they have been erected. It is supposed that they are the work of the Moquis, an agricultural nation, of which remnants still survive, and that they were rendered necessary by the incursions of hostile Northern Indians. A short description, accompanied by several wood-cuts of these curious structures, is to be found in the Naturalist for the current month. A Fire Brigade.-Mr. Atwood Smith, president of the Philadelphia Fire Patrol, has been appointed to organize a fire brigade for duty at the Centennial Grounds. This brigade will consist of 150 men, with all the necessary equipment and apparatus for effective service. The Witherspoon Statue is finished, and is creditable to all who have contributed to its excellence. Frank Jones, Nays. Samuel N. Bell. NEW JERSEY: Clement II. Sinnickson, Augustus W. Cutler, Robert Hamilton. NEW YORK. John G. Schumaker, Lafayette Lane. PENNSYLVAN Chapman Freema Thomas C. Platt, John M. Davy, James 1 Lyman K. Bass. Geor Nays. Alber Henry B. Metcalfe, Samuel S. Cox, Fr. Benjamin A. Willis, W George M. Beebe, Ja John H. Bagley, Jr., Scott Lord, George G. Hoskins. Not Voting. Smith Ely, Jr., N. Holmes Odell, NORTH CAROLINA : J. A. Hyman, Jesse J. Yeates, fee nation. LiBible was God's Word. e nation was and an educated given to all the citicontrol them aright. make them God-fearing e best book to mould the e good citizens. It contality, and never hides the i and noble in its very simplicity. ok, but it should have an honored irty should have the power to put h to put it out want to overturn the ...non schools. The Bible is too necesis for us to allow any party or church to n it. As citizens of this country we must , yielding the first step, sectarian bigots make vantage ground from which they shall crush our We need an open Bible in our homes, in our . our churches. How Scandal Grows and Travels.-Morrisville, Pennnia, affords a first-rate illustration of how scandal can vel and magnify from a very small and innocent matter. The young pastor, Rev. Mr. Shields, was room-mate, it -cems, of the dry-goods storekeeper, and naturally was very frequently in his friend's store, sometimes helping him. A few days ago he bought forty-six cents worth of goods, leaned over the counter, dropped a two dollar bill into the moneydrawer, and took out the change. Some customers saw him, guessed he was stealing, and circulated the story in the vil lage. And speedily grew the tale that the young pastor was a veteran till-tapper, and had raided on nearly every moneydrawer in town. But the church and the pastor went straightway to work, and traced the scandal to its starting-point. The storekeeper and his two clerks explained the circumstances, a vote of confidence was unanimously passed, and the little village is quiet once more. Pork-Packing in the West.-The Price Current (Cin or the blight of cinnati) has revised returns from a large number of porkaere fourteen hun- packing points. Interior points show a probable falling off bad fallen upon for the entire season amounting to 5,050,000. The six leadis a measure of ing cities are now 370,000 behind the same date last year. Cincinnati weights are about the same as last year; Chicago, a great Protestant emWord of God is about eighteen pounds heavier; Louisville, seven pounds work has extended to heavier; and St. Louis, twenty-five pounds heavier. Interior s of the South Sea, points west of Indiana show a large increase in weight. a the name of Christ. In Hogs continue of superior quality at all points; the estimated and common schools, packing at all points, including the six cities, indicate a pos sible falling off in numbers for the entire season amounting open Bible is the only to three-fourths of a million. -Senator Christiancy has introduced a in regard to jurors in Utah. It provides for bigamy or polygamy it shall be a suffior challenge and for the rejection of any juror, has more than one wife living in said Territory, arried by the ordinary rites or by the so-called "ceremony, or second, that he believes it morally a man to live with more than one wife. If the panel exhausted, talesmen may be summoned until the reSite number of jurors shall be obtained. Toleration in New Hampshire.—Arthur P. Devlin lowed him to his hotel; on the way he fled into a drug-store The Lutherans in Russia pay big salaries to their pas- crease the salaries of the orthodox clergy. Salaries of New York Clergymen.-Some of the more is and from the Christian Union Publishing Company he one year received $10,000 for a life of Christ. Besides all this he is in the receipt of an annual income as author's percentage on the sale of his works, so that his income for several years past has been in the neighborhood of $40,000 per annum. His salary this year, it will be remembered, was raised to $100,000. The Rev. Dr. John Hall has a salary of $10,000 gold, per annum, and he also adds to his income by writing and lecturing. The Rev. Dr. Hepworth, of the Church of the Disciples, was in receipt of a salary of $10,000 per annum until recently. The Rev. Dr. Storrs, of the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, receives a salary of $10,000 per annum. He was offered an advanced salary by one of the New York Congregational churches some time ago, but was induced to remain with his old charge. The Rev. Dr. Buddington, also one of the best known of Brooklyn pastors, receives $10,000 per annum. The Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, the rector of Trinity, receives $15,000 per annum. He has two or more assistants, who receive from $4,000 to $6,000 each. The senior minister at St. Paul's receives $10,000, and his assistant $4,000. The Rev. Dr. Weston, for many years past the pastor of St. John's Church, receives $10,000 salary, and has an assistant at $4,000. The pastor who officiates at Trinity Chapel also receives $10,000, and has one or more assistants. The Rev. Dr. Chapin also receives $10,000 salary. The Rev. Dr. Schenck, rector of St. Ann's, the fashionable Episcopalian church of Brooklyn, receives $10,000. Toleration in Constantinople.-A Christian gentleman lately rented a house in a quarter of Constantinople which is partly inhabited by Turks and partly by Christians. When moving thither he was insulted by the Turkish mob, led by the Muktar and the Imaum. They broke open the doors and threw the furniture into the street. Mr. M. sent to the police station for assistance. Three policemen appeared, but assisted the mob and imprisoned the gentleman. His house was plundered and his furniture destroyed. Another Papal Diocese.-The New York Freeman's Journal, announces that Alleghany City, Pa., has been made a diocese, and Bishop Domenec, now of Pittsburg, named its first bishop. Very Rev. J. Quigg, of Altoona is appointed Bishop of Pittsburg. John C. Fremont.-Instead of being "a little, weazenfaced, dried up old man," was stated by a New York paper recently, General John C. Fremont is, according to the Virginia (Nevada) Enterprise, a splendid-looking man, his face fresh and strong, though bronzed as though by contact with years of out-door life. His hair is silvered, but in looking at it the impression is that it is so through exposure and not age, and it sets off the face finely. Col. A. A. Mechling, a former resident of Pittsburg, died at Yankton, D. T., recently. The deceased entered the army when the rebellion broke out, and fought through the war making for himself an excellent record, and leaving the service with the rank of colonel. He was fifty years of age at the time of his demise. Rev. I. Mechling, of Greensburg and W. H. Mechling, of Pittsburg, are his brothers. CURRENT MEMORANDA. The Monthly" for March.-We offer this month a greater variety of matter than usual, embracing American History, American Literature, and American Art. From the number and quality of the papers that are constantly coming to hand, we believe that the current volume will be of rare value to American readers and students of American History. The articles in the MONTHLY, as a rule, are written expressly for its pages; the sole exception to this worth remarking, is the paper "By the Hon. Carl Schurz," in this number, which is an abridgment (from notes) of a speech delivered in Faneuil Hall, Boston; the date is not recorded on our notes, and we cannot recall it; but it was fifteen or sixteen years ago. We have in reserve, to be inserted as rapidly as we can find space, some admirable papers by Isaac Smucker, George T. Hollyday, William A. Whitehead, William Wirt Henry, John B. Linn, Mrs. Ella Rodman Church, C. B. Carlile, S. P. Scott, Samuel Yorke At Lee, W. T. R. Saffell, Commodore George H. Preble, Henry DuBois, Mrs. Gussie De Bubna, Mrs. Elizabeth Oakes Smith, and by several other accomplished writers. The paper by Mr. Henry is a capital one, on his noble grandfather, Patrick Henry, prepared at our special request, and will probably appear in the May MONTHLY; that by Mr. Hollyday is an excellent biographical sketch, also written at our special request, of Matthew Tilghman and his family, and will probably appear in the June MONTHLY; that by Mr. Scott relates to Algernon Sidney and William Penn, and will well repay perusal; and the other papers are all on interesting topics, well treated. The Bible as an Educator.-At the First Reformed Church of Brooklyn, on Pierrepont street, near Monroe Place, a sermon was delivered recently by the pastor, the Rev. David Inglis, D.D., on the triumphs of Christianity during the past century. The sermon was full of good things, but we can only give a few very short extracts: It is right at the beginning of this year to look back upon the hundred years just closed. In nearly the whole of Europe, one hundred years ago, absolute imperialism held full sway. The Protestants had been driven to the mountains. Civil and religious liberty were gone. Holland had absorbed some of the noblest blood and stoutest muscle in all Europe. In England there was a spirit of wickedness or the blight of a cold formalism. In this country there were fourteen hundred ministers of the Gospel. Formalism had fallen upon the churches. Now all over Europe there is a measure of civil and religious liberty. Prussia is a great Protestant empire, and Italy is comparatively free. The Word of God is being spread in Spain. Missionary work has extended to China, to Japan, to India, to the Islands of the South Sea, and great triumphs have been won in the name of Christ. In America we have multiplied churches and common schools, which are our strength. The lesson of this history is that an open Bible is the only zens. men. security and guarantee for the stability of a free nation. Liberty has been crushed in France because the Bible was closed. The pillar of a free nation must be God's Word. The Bible has been in our schools since the nation was founded. There must be common schools and an educated community if the right to vote is to be given to all the cit But not simple knowledge will control them aright They must have the books that will make them God-fearing In this light the Bible is the best book to mould the minds and characters so as to make good citizens. It con tains the highest and purest morality, and never hides the blackness of sin; it is grand and noble in its very simplicity. It should not be a school book, but it should have an honored place in the schools; no party should have the power to put it out. Those who wish to put it out want to overturn the whole system of common schools. The Bible is too necessary to public schools for us to allow any party or church to lay their hands upon it. As citizens of this country we must take heed lest, yielding the first step, sectarian bigots make that step the vantage ground from which they shall crash our liberties. We need an open Bible in our homes, in o schools, in our churches. How Scandal Grows and Travels.-Morrisville, Pennsylvania, affords a first-rate illustration of how scandal can travel and magnify from a very small and innocent matte. The young pastor, Rev. Mr. Shields, was room-mate, seems, of the dry-goods storekeeper, and naturally was very frequently in his friend's store, sometimes helping him. A few days ago he bought forty-six cents worth of goods, leanel over the counter, dropped a two dollar bill into the money. drawer, and took out the change. Some customers saw him, guessed he was stealing, and circulated the story in the vil lage. And speedily grew the tale that the young pastor was a veteran till-tapper, and had raided on nearly every moneydrawer in town. But the church and the pastor went straightway to work, and traced the scandal to its starting-point The storekeeper and his two clerks explained the circumstances, a vote of confidence was unanimously passed, and the little village is quiet once more. Pork-Packing in the West.-The Price Current (Cincinnati) has revised returns from a large number of porkpacking points. Interior points show a probable falling off for the entire season amounting to 5,050,000. The six leading cities are now 370,000 behind the same date last year Cincinnati weights are about the same as last year; Chicago, about eighteen pounds heavier; Louisville, seven pounds heavier; and St. Louis, twenty-five pounds heavier. Interior points west of Indiana show a large increase in weight Hogs continue of superior quality at all points; the estimated packing at all points, including the six cities, indicate a nes sible falling off in numbers for the entire season amounting to three-fourths of a million. |