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' I LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS Important Happening*, Doth Home and Foreign, Rlclly Told. Southern News Notes. Tuesday was generally observed throughout Virginia us Memorial day. In 1898 tho Southern Conference of tho Christian Church is to meet in lialcigh, N. C. Tho Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Honor met in Louisville, Ivy., in its 23d annual session Tuesday. it is ruinoreu tnnt nnmict, t., is to get the S. A. L. shops, which wuh recently burned ?t Raleigh. Rev. M. G. (r. Scherer, of Concord, N. C., has accepted the presidency of North Carolina Lutheran College at Mt. Pleasant. Louis Whitehead, George Johnson and Jim Keddiek, three negroes, were taken from the jail nt lJryan, Texas, WeJuesday night ami hanged l?y a niol>. The Southern Railroad has recently hauled three car-loads of melons to the Northern markets, and in a week or no the melons will be sent by the tram loads. A letter read in Richmond, Yn., recently from -Mrs JOl'ersou Davis, says she would gladly oe present during the Confederate re-union at the Davis mansion. Hon. J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture at Washington, I). C., addressed the graduates of the I'uiverisity of Tennessee Tuesday on the subject of "Citizenship." The United States cruiser Raleigh passed out from New York at Sandy Hook Monday on her way to Charleston and New Orleans for the purpose of taking tlie South Carolina and Louisiana naval militia out to sea for instruction. A. T. Verdery ami George Edmunds, of Columbia county, Ga., living six miles from Harlem, were brutally murdered Wednesday night at tho homo of Edmunds. They were both attacked while asleep iu bed. The murderer used a largo Htick which was found in tho room. There is no elue to the guilty party, and tho crimo is wrapped in mystery. Dr. K. P. Headles, of Danville, Vs., corresponding secretary of the Southern Dental Association, has just issued notices for tho annual meeting, which will he held this year in Aeheville, X. C., commencing tho iiNth of July. This association is composed of leading men in the profession from nearly every State iu tho Union, and has perhaps, tho largest membership of any Dental Association in tho world. Dr. John S. Thompson, of Atlauta, (iu., is president. -4**. Northern News Items. It will take $150,000 to make the necessary repairs on burtholdi's statue of Liberty in Now York harbor. At Ottawa, Kons., Tuesday, seventeen people were injured by tho falling of a portico. Rev. Dr. Dixon, tho Brooklyn, X*. Y., noted baptist divine, has declined the call from tho First Haotist Cluireb of Atlanta, Cm. lie says ho will remain in Brooklyn, where ho is doing a splendid work 111 the cause of the Baptists. ? Washington. Secretary ?Unev has receiveii a cablegram from Vice Consul Knight at Capetown, saying that John Hayes Hammond and the other reform leadera had been released. Thev were fined jJ2.~>,(?<K> with no banishment. It is said that James I.aiitte Smith, a clerk in the Washington postollice, is the postollice clerk who sold the first postage stamp and the lirst stamped envelope ever issued by this Government, and who registerek the first letters that were presented for registry when the system of mail perfection was introduced m the t inted States. He entered the postollice as aelerkj^ 1847, and is now 7'J vearsold. Foreign. A Havana dispatch says that a train which left San Nicolas with a number of worsuien on board to repair damages along the line of the railroad is reported to have been blown up with dynamite. Several workmen were injured. Mrs. Annie I >yer, of London, F.ngland, the bai>y farmer who was arrested on April '.'tli, on ehargo of murdering a number of infants eiitrus leu m ne: care, was hauled in -NewRale Weiliie.silaV. She was one of the most extraordinary criminals in the worhl. >1 iseellnueoiis. IIundreds of horses, sheep ami hops ore dying <?t atuhrax in portions of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. The total visinle supply of cotton for the world is 'J.ol J.Diili hales, of which ii.O'iH.HOii hales are American, against d.fi'iti, His hales and hales reopeet'vely last year. Crop in sight, C,81'J,oU'J hales. Klecttori ofOllleers. At Fort Monroe. Va.t the Southern StateFreight Association elected the following of fleers: I'rcsi.lcnt. Col. .1. I; Thomas, ol Tiasiiville; vice-president. It. (i. F.rwin. ol the I'lant System; commissioner. '".<1. II. S Haiics, of Atlanta; secretary, J. II. M-'liill. of Atlanta. City lady (in the eountryi I got si 4ni]>sitie!it for the mows out here. 'I'll * mails are so irregular! old-fashioned grandmother I.a! So they was in my young days. Ye couldn't inn' 'em at Jill.? Milwaukee T! 1 u-' I N * A , THK PUTTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. A Synopsis of the I'rucceillngH of lioth Houses. Tin: SENATE. HATCKDAY. ?n the Senate Saturday Vice-President Stevenson announced his signature to several hills, including the general deficiency anoroprlntin hill and the filled cheese hill The huildluKs where the House conferees refuses to increase the limit of cost were those at Kansas t'itv, Mo.; Savannah, On., and Camden, N. J Mr. iluwlcy, ItopublloiiD, inquired tvs to the Senate amendment appropriating ?15,000 for a oostoflleo building nt Fortress Monroe. The House to expedite the delivery of imported parcels and packages, not exceeding ?500 in value, was taken up and amended and passed. The hill as amended merely permitted imported merchandise, not Intended f??r stile, to he expedited, the ex: ress company giving hotel to lite government. Tin* conference report on the naval appropriation I'll! was presented at d rend. The amendment reducing the r.utnher of new liattleships from four to two is modified hy making the uumher three and the price for armor plate, instead of hoinK limited to ijdoO per ton is lira ited to ? 12.). with 1n~tru<*ti')tiB to tlio Secre- | turyof tho Navy t? inquire what a fair price would be and to report at tlio next session of Congress. ll. t?. tluthrlo win confirmed as postmaster at Burlington. N. MONDAY. Tito Senate passed the now general dollcleiiey Mil Monday in loss than throequarters of an hour. Ordinarily a hill of 130 printed pages would have taxed tin'powers of the reading clerk for at least two hours; hut tho reading of this hill was completed in half an hour. An attempt was ] made by Mr. Harris. It mud 'rat, of Tennessee, to have the claims under tin* Itowtnan act. aggregating about half a nwllku dollars placed in the hill; hut they wete ruled out on a point of order and the hill was promptly passed without amendirfent. Mr. Duuie), of Virginia, introduce), and the Senate passed, a hill impropriating to pay the Hi dintoud Locomotive and Machine Works for damage and loss iticurred in tho construction of the armed battleship T< x.is. TUESDAY. Very satisfactory progr? -s in cienring up the Olids and etuis Of leiflshiti\'e Woldt of ttio session was made |.y the Senate Tuesilay. Final conference reports on the naval appropriation hill and on the Indian appropriation lall were presented and agreed to. In the naval bill a compromise was made reducing the number of battleships to three and dire ding tlia no contracts should he made for armor plate until after tho Secretary of the Navy shall have inquired into the cost of manufacture and shall have made a report to Congress. Tho question of contract schools in tho Indian hill was compromised on the basis of allowing them (where there are no other schools, to take their place) during the llsenl vear 1837. A sunnlementarv dcflelenev bill I ior compensation ami mileage of new members of the House of Representatives was passed. It appropriates about ?40,000. WEDNESDAY. In spite of the fact that it was generally believed that Wednesday would bo tlio last dav of the session, there was a rather slim attendance iu the galleries, and the day's proceedings were devoid of Interest or ox iteinent. The following hills were passed: Increasing the pay of letter carriers; to prevent the transportation of spirituous liquors under false names. The hill increasing the pension of Francis K. lloovor was passed over the President's veto. The latter part ol the day's session was ocaupie! hy Mr. Stewart, Populist, of Nevada, and Mr. liutler. Populist, of North Carolina, arraigning generally Congress and the administration. A concurrent resolution for llnal ailjorumeut Thursday at 1 o'clock was agreed to. MUTllsIiAY. The llrst session of the Fifty-fourth Congress gently, and quietly, almost without incident, glided into history Thursday, the -hortest long" session of Congress, with two exceptions, in the history of the government. There was a marked difference between the close to-day and that of the Fiftyilrst Cot gross, the hist previous Ilepuhiiean Congress. Then a hitter conflict raged between Speaker Heed and the minority and no olio of the latter was found to introduce the usual resolution of thanks to the presiding officer. To-day .Mr. Turner, the second Democratic member of the committee on ways and means, acting for the minority In the absence .>i ex-Speaker Crisp, offered a resolution thanking Speaker Reed for the "ability, faithfulness and strict impartiality" with which lie had discharged lhe duties of his difficult position, and at the suggestion of Mr. Docfcerv and other Demoi?r/\N u*ii4 ft th?1 !?.. .<v_ I>r?*s.-i'>11 of heartiness ha -k of the resolution might thereby li>> I'm;ilnusixt < 1. In tich-sin ; remarks Speaker 11 I oflere.l his ul vnitlou for th<< honor, saying, "The thanks of tin- II uise of heprescntative-. is always u high honor, hut is especially so at th-- i-uil of a session whoro the Speaker litis heon f jr-i-i! to say 'no' more tir.n-s. perhaps, than in tin- history of any other Congres-." lu the oourso of the session a nuiiilii-r of private pension und relief hill- were pn.-sed, au?l lt'ipp-seiitiitive.s I'itney, le puhlii-iui, of Kansas, and Dockery. Iiemoerut, of .Missouri, were appointed members on th-- | art f thill >usso of the eonimission to sit during the summer an t investigate the ehuriti-s of tinliistrl-t of Columbia. thi; house. sAvrnn.iv. In the nous-- Saturday the Senate lull to regulate fourtii class mail mutt?-r was passed upon motion hy Mr. Loud, Ueputdieuti, of California. Tile great?r part of the afternoon was devoted to the President's veto of the unmoral detleleney appropriation hill. It was vigorously attneked hy Messrs. Mahon. of Keutueky. and Orosvenor. of Ohio, and defended hy Messrs. Cannon, of Illinois, iJoekery. of Missouri, and flayers, of Texas, and finally sustained hy a vote of 170 to Speaker Heed appointed Messrs. I'.van.-, of Ki-ntin-ky. Hussell, of Connecticut. and McMillan, of Tennessee, as House meuihers of tie*joint congressional commission provided for in the hill to repeal the free al-ohol clause. MoN|?\V. 'I'he House -at eight hours Monday in e-mtinuatlonoi Saturday's ses.-ion: hy this parliamentary li -tlon eontmuing in effect the resolution of iast week, making in ord-r motions to | a-s Mii-- under uspen.-ion of the rules. I'ile H-Cise eonferei-s have offered II enmpromise to the Senate eoutorees on the Indian appropriation t ill whs -h will he .-! eepti-d and fids '-ill togeih--r with the naval Idli will he got out of tie- way early l'u-udav morning. I'l-c- II :i<e will a-tr to tieformereonfi-rene report, enttlng if npj r> prlate-n-for - -iapia:i Indian .- nooi- at the | end of the ||e\t lis. -|| ye.ir. With u i.fo'iso | 111 11 i;;? n'l'p'iiii m i:t" uii'Wi >r i" i:ij t tr.i"t"l t.> dm!" t?.. ?;.|ir |>r;ati<>?> a vi-nly a- |'"-slbl" mrim.* tli i st tls.'al \".ir l"tw""n t!n> various rn-itiiiisiti<>zi?. I h:will ii'l tic s'M'tariaji -"hool ?(U"stion an I ri'tn-iV'' tli>' '>;!' ur'-a! -tumhlin" Ifi.it has for -"vral days -t "id in ill" way > ; a Until -I'ttli'tni'tit of this |ii',.'*tiuii. rri shav. T'H"lay, tin* 'lay I?-f.?r?' whi>-h tV-nun'?is i'oiill'l"titiy ox t" llnaiiv adjourn f"r tiic s''f"l?>ii. tin' Hon-" .i|"'nt -ix arid a linii | hour- in tli" ' >n.iid"rati"!i { a "ont"st"d "i'"'tloii "a.-" Trtitiitin 11. \ldri"h. It"|'uM:< 1111. vs. i(soar \\\ I ndi rwooil. Ii"ino"rat. fr<'in tli" Ninth Alabama dlstri"t. Th"r" whs "onsl'l'-ral'l" H"|'iihll"an o|>|iosition t" tli" r''"oinui"n<lati"ii of and tli" 'resolution d""lnrlnK Aldrh'h "uttti"d t> hi| fat was a^r?"d to hy h-ss tlian t'-n mnj rity. th" vol" hi'ltiK llii yas: 11)7 nays. Th" tlnni ooiif'Tt'ii"" r"j.orts on th" Indian ri|i|>ro|>rintl" n hill.- W'-r" a^r""d to amid ajijilaus". W M'NKSIi.W. \V"dti"sday th" huslii"-s of tin- first s"ssio:i of th" 1 iftv-lourth t'oim'r'-'s was |>ra"ti"ally "li"lild"d hy tli" nut ofthftW' hodb's ui'oii tlu'-iindrv "i>il and l)istri"t of Cidumhia ii|>i'ro|iriati'ti hills, th" inly r"triitlnlnu matt'-r-"f ililT"r"ii"" h"tW""fi th" two hou-"i whi'ii th"v ni"t tiii- niorniiiu. To n""oml'll-li this tin- li ?u-" vol' ! to "ohi'iir with Hi" S "tint" in it-aai' iidiii' td- t" tti" siindrv ivil lull aj.j r j riatimr, diri "t and foiitin gent 6000,000 for certain public buildings. Tbts vote?100 yens to Hit nays?demonstrated wlutt hint been foarud would not tx? fouiul. The Bunuteagreed with the House provision in the District bill, cutting off appropriations to religious, benevolent and charitable institutions, amended so as to make the new policy effective nfter June 30, 1837. Previous to reaching this conclusion the House passed many measures under suspension of the rules. TtimSDAY. If tho first Bcssiou of the Fifty-fourth Congress has been a "done-nothing session," ns hod been predicted, the closing day of the Bennto furnished a Uttiug culmination to tho session. It was a day of Inactive, drifting, laborious effort to kill time by doing nothing, when. according to the concurrent resolution agreed to Wednesday, the two houses were to adjourn. Tho Senate wns called to order at 11 o'clock when the District of Columbia up propriation bill was received and immediately signed the Vice President, thus disposing of the last of the general appropriation bills. .... r....... ik.. I. Tho galleries wore almost deserted during tho early hours of the session, hut when the Vice-President delivered his valedictory he had a good sized audience In the galierles, though there were but twenty-live Senators present at that interesting moment. As the Vice-President uttered the lo.-t words. ,:nd the gavel fell for the last time, there was u faint outburst of applause, after which the scene of many stirring incidents was left to the pages and attendants until tho llrst Monday In December next. ANOT1IKK VETO. I The I?roR|?lent Points Out Objections in General Deficiency llill. The President Saturday sent to the House of lit presentatives his veto of tho General { Deficiency bill. The French spoliation claims, carrying over $1,000,000, the llowman and Choteau claims, are tho principal objections to the measure pointed out by tho Pn'<id"ut. who. In his message says: i "The uuplea-ant incidents which accompany tin* use of the veto power would tempt its avoidance if such a course did not iuvolvpan ahaudotneut of t'oustitutioual duty, < nn<l asseni to legislation for which the K\ecutive is not willing to share the responsibility." "I regret that I am constrained to disapprove an important appropriation bill so near the close of the present session of Congress. I have, however, by immediate notion of the receipt of the bill endeavored to delay as little as possible a reconsideration of ^ this proposed legislation, though I am thus * obliged to content myself with a less complete explanation of my objections than d would otherwise bo submitted. 11 This bill is in many of its features far removed from a legitimate deficiency bill and contains a number of appropriations which n ..... >/. I... ........?l... ..I.l,. Win. <mt noticing in detail many of those Items, j I shall refer to two of them which, in my , judgment, justify tny action in the prem- ' ises." ' The President then takes up the French spoliation claims and after reviewing the j basis and progress of the claims concludes: "From that time the plan was conceived to charge the government with payment of these claims, they have abided in the atmosphere of controversy. Every proposition presented iu their support has been stoutly disputed and every inference suggested in their favor has been promptly challenged." CHOI'S IN TItK SOUTH. Weather Conditions Have licen <lcnerally Favorable. The following extracts are from the summary of the weekly weather and crop bulletin of the agricultural department at Wash iugton: Virginia?Richmond : Wet and rnther cool weather, while retarding growth of gurdens and truck farms, and delaying farm work, hits been beneilcinl to grass and pastures; , corn line in all sections; wheat ripening and * some cut; tobacco, a large planting and good stand: potatoes unsatisfactory; rose-buds increasing. North Carolina?llalcigh: Abundant precip- : Ration broke drought everywhere, cool, damp weather caused some yellowing of cottoll Itnd lice have iinm-nro 1 in mntiv nlnc-j c l>;:t bulk i>f 'Ti>[i tin** :itul forming squares in <, southern portions; wheat harvest in full *" blast: Irish potato crop generally poor. South Carolina -t 'olutubia: Well distrib-- * uteil rains. ex->s-iv" in places, interfered . with wheat and oat harvest and plowing, hut generally henetitted crops in general; ^ cotton i>eeotnicg grassy, it i- Utnhiiig well ^ and sotue Mootns; li<*e have appeared; corn heing laid I?v in excellent condition; sunshine and dry weather needed for killing grass. Georgia Atlanta: Weather very favorable, except heavy raitis have retarded cultivation a:.d wheat harvest in northern and central portions; erops greatly improved and growing vigorously; son: cnpiaiut of cotton lice in southern portion; cotton beginning to bloom and melon.- ready for market in extreme southern counties, Tennessee Nashville; llain Idmlering clover having, also cultivation of corn ami cotton, and many lields are grassy, but these crops are in llm* growth where worked; cotton fruiting well: tobacco generally thrifty, but some trenching; potatoes, oats and meadows improved; wheat catting half done; much ru.-t. COTTON C'IMMM <>\ IMTIONS. I'uiisuitlly Good Ki'om Alahaiiui to the Indian Territory. The consolidated returns of reports to the statistical division of the Department of Agriculture for the month of .lime shows tho State percentage of cotton as compared with last year to be as follows: Virginia 107, North Carolina 117. South Carolina 111. Georgia lid. Alabama 1 i:i. Mis-us-ippi ill, Louisiana lO'.i, Texas' lib, Arkansas l.'iO, Tennessee pjs. Indian Territory ltil, Missouri Did. <iKlahoina, 1'Jl. The general average is l ir>."J, being 1 .d per cent, increase iiViT tlie Miiv II... ........... 1! _ . ...t, ...? III. i ?? ?4?'-<?* <*- ' UIHHtions of the crop for .1 une 1 was: Virginia 111. " North Carolina .' nth Carolina 1'7. Geur- ' gin .?.*?. Florida. Alruina, KM, Mississippi ^ 101. Louisiana 01. ! \a> '.'J. Arkansas 102. " Ti iiiif.-ii-o Us, Missouri rho general acreage is 07.2. y In the Atlantic States, in spite of dry * weather in curly spruit, tin' crop is a lit' tn* earlier tliau n-e.ai. l' ?or stands on a count of iJr iijrtit. arc reported from two counties in N >rrh ( ir"l:aa and South Carolina and lro:n > . a . . ,ntios in Georgia; but ibo plants ur" in lino condition as respect both cultivation and growth through tins region. in Florida tlo* crop is late and stands arc poor on account oS the excessive drought. I'rorii Alabama. M .-isstppi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee and Indian Territory, the reports arc unu-n.tily encouraging. In d xi- t he rtnd it ion.- have been less favorable than in tin- Atlantic ami Gulf States. ST. LOllSC i;i.(/l KM' DKNIKI). No Special Session of the Legislature, Says Governor Jones. Governor Stone has notified Mayor Wal* bridge, of St. Louis, that his request for a special session of tie- legislature to appropriate money for the reconstruction of the municipal and State institutions damaged by the tornado of May 1271li was denied. Governor Stone says that the necessity is not so great but that it . an wait for tho regular session and in the meantime suitable temporary ? quarters can be provided by the city, Subscribe for tliia paper. / ' CUR NAVY'S CRE Tho United Rt^lei Ratllrfslilp Intllinn, N< nuti Awultlug further Orders THE BATTLES! This Is tho greatest fighter of tho now nnv of Now York frutn Hampton Roau.- a low daj IIvo months. 10 PLAH THE NEW CITY.' Governor Morton Names the Grcnicr New York Commission. MEN CHOSEN FOR THE WORK. Complete Commission Stands fnlttically : Republicans, 11 ; UritmeralP. -t-?All Interests Aro l'rotcctctl?Srtli Low, General Tracy, .Toliti 1-'. Diilon and Comptroller I'ltcb Name:* tor New York. Albany, N. Y.,.Tuno 10.?Governor.Morton osterdnv named tho uino Commissioners vho, witlt t!io six designated by law, will Iraft a charter for Greater Now York. Tney ire: Seth Low. President of Columbia Collcgo ind formerly Mayor of Brooklyn. General Benjamin F. Tracy, onco Judgo of I he Court of Appeals and Secretary of tho j tnvu IT ! ? !_J A, ivsiuVUl lldi I UUUIIUIS- t ration. ; John F. Dillon, form-.'? Judge of the United States Circuit Court. i f'UTIt LOW. , Ho heads the list of Greater Cily Comrnia- ' stone re.) ] ? Ashbel I\ Fit eh. lawyer. Comptroller of < ho City of Now York and formerly n luoin- : ior of Congress. ] General Stewart L. Woodford, lawyer and < ince Lieutenant-Governor. ? Silas B. Dutcher. banker, former Stato j i iuperintendent of Public Works. William C. I)?'Witt, lawyer, tortnerly Cor- ] < oration Counsel of Brooklyn. ! < George 31. l'inney, Jr.. District Attorney of 1 ; Richmond Countv. j.? Garrett J. Garret : jn, County JuJgo of < (ueons County. i < f 11 { LCHDGM I f,r.fzAT(t'P 4 63S.31 \ *559 V SfilV'AIC /-'.ILCC- . yS.i \ V/_ { ns9~v / \ \ s*v \ /5 rv J ^z. ' OMPAilVTIVE MU'.A ()! ' Tho fl"?f fmir V?n? V.m*!? ? ?>,' il>.. ' / oxt three Brooklyn. Pichmnmi ;:xi<i tjneens I 1 bounties n:i"li 11:iv?* <>ne ropre.sentsiti ve. The ix mi-mbvin named m the Greater Now York iw are: Andrew II. Oroen, President of tho old , (renter New York Commission, formerly '< fomptrnllor of the eity of M"W York. j Campbell \V. Adams, State Knxrine. r. ^ ^ ~~~ ~~ 11 ANonrw a. cnr.v.y. Originator of tho project and President of , tho old Commission.) ; Theoiloro E. Hancock, Attorney-General 1 f tho State. I William L. Strong. Mayor of N"w York. Frederick W. Wurater, Mayor of Brooklyn. Patrick J. Ghason, Mayor of Lout; Island < it)-. i 1 ' w k i . v f . ATEST FIGHTER. sir Lying In the IVarhnr of Jfetf T from the Nary Urpartmtnt. IT [IIP INDIANA. y so fnr completed. Rho r.rrivoil at tho Tor^ .'3 sinco. She lias boon iti commission anout There are four Democrats on tho C .11mission. They are Mayor G lea son, Mr. Green, Comptroller Fitch ami Mr. Do V i.t. Of the eleven llepub'.lcnus District Attorney Pitiuey, of itioruon-.l County: County Judge Garrotson. of Queens, State Engineer Adams and Attorney-General Hancock are organization moo. and General Tracy, Mr. Dillon. Mr. Dutcher and General Woodford are counted as friendly to tho orMm, -J v 0 //* '/I^e' MAYOR \V. t,. STRONG, OF NEW YORK. [A member of the Gr"ntor Now York Commission ) Mtiization. Mayors Strong and Wursb r and Sir. Low arc considered ns anti-organization Republicans. Tho appointment of Mr. Low s said to havo been mado without tho approval of the organisation. There is no Tamil.: ny man on tho Commission. Mr. Fitch is lot a member of the Tammany Hall organization. Nino of tho Commissioners nro lawyers, dessrs. Green. Fitch and Do Witt, by their xporieneo in municipal office. and Mr. jteou by his long and thorough study of ho problems of consolidation, are considered poculinriy llttod to nssist in mnkng n charter for tho now citj*. Ex-Judge Dillon is a recognised authority aud a xrltor oT text books on municipal law, ivhilo General Tracy is a leader at the bur. I'ho youngest member of the Commission is District Attorney George M. Pluney, Jr., of it. George's. Richmond County. Mr. Pinnoy tamo from San Francisco nine or ten years igo, and studied law with Evarts, Choato <fc B-aman. Notwithstanding the legal leaning >f the Commissioners, counsel?probably two ir three?will bo appointed to assist in tho preparation of the charter. All of tho gentlemen appointed by tho Governor have been ardent advocates of onsolidation, although Mr. Low was opposed to Ih - p- sent law, as h" thought eoulolidntion ought not to be effected until a iKi.TT was Air. I. nv an 1 Orn rui Tracy, who are credited to Now York \\75 ?9% 1242. J \ A rj \&y GREATER NEW YORK. .n i./ i.i.' novi-rnor, mivo always uecu uouodon as Brooklyn men. D-.itlei oT tl?i! Commission. Under t!io terms of tho Greater New York let, tills Commission must prepare a charter for tlie greater ''ity, un<l submit it t> the Legislature by February 1. ami sliall ease to exist oil March 1 of the saum year. L'ho Commission las.* power to niako complete investigation of liio municipal corporations to bi consolidate I: to subpiena an 1 swear witnesses; to examine public records anil documeiits of tin so municipalities, and to inako any innulry which they may doom accessary to the framing of a chnrtcr for the greater city*. Tim Corn mission'may employ counsel nml other persons that they may ileem ne -rssary for the prosecution of tlm work. The charter which the Commission is harmed with training must ho onoofuntformiiy, drawn tij>?.n the principle of unilorai taxation for the entire consolidated territory. Tho expenses of the Commission uro lirnltc 1 to S-Q.o.OOfl, which shail l e raised by tho cities of Now York and Brooklyn. Swept by a Tornado. A small manufacturing town of Wyotb City, Ala., was mowed down like grass by a tornado. Thirteen houses were razed, many tarns and outbuildings swept away, trees 11proofed and fences and other obstructions tilted into tho air and set down huudrods ol ,amis away. Perhaps eighty persons redded in trio track <>f tlm storm, but by a niracle only two were killed outright, aud hivro were struck by lightning. Justice Pipe, of Colorado, has rendered A Incision that tho recent State law prohibiting . ambling is unconstitutional. " . : ' 'j*? J * ' l | SABBATH SCHOOLT INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOB JUNK 21. Lesson Textt *'Th? Risen LortI," Luko xxlv., 3G-53?Goldeu Text: Luke xxiv., 31 ?Commentary. SC. Teaoe bo nnto you." . Thus spake Jesus ns Ho stool in tho midst of the disciples ns they wore gathered together iu Jerusalem on that llrst evening nftor the resurrection. He appeared ilrst to Mary Magdalene. then to tho other women, thento Simon nnd to tho two who walked to Emmaus and now to tho disciples with theso comforting words. They might possibly think of His words tho r.vght before tho crucifixion, "Pcaco I leave v'dli you: My peace 1 givo unto you" (John xlv.. U7). "Ho Is our notice," and a mind staid on Him has perteot peaeo (Eph. ii., 14; iRa. xxvi.. 3>. 37, .18. "Why uro ye troubled, nud why do thought* arise in your hearts? TLoy were frightened when thoy saw Ilitn. anrt He asks, "Why?" for if they had behoved His own words, or if thoy had believed the womou who had seen Him that dnv. they might have shouted for joy, saying: "Here Ho is! Hero is our Lord!" Why aro we troubled when lie says, "Let not your heart bo troubled," and "See that ye bo not troubled?" (John xlv., 1, 27; Math. x::i\\, G). Why do thoughts arise when His thoughts to us aro nil thoughts of peace? (Jer. xxix., 11).' 89. "it is I inysolf." "Jesus Himself" (versos 15, 8G). "This ra*no Jesus" (Acts i., 11). "The Lord Himself" (I Thess.lv., lfi). "His own self" (I Pet, ii.. 24). How can wo think of death, or soino great ovant, or even the Holy Spirit, as being thfl same as "the Lord Himself?" What tho difference wasbetwoen tho body of Hash and blood in which Ho died aud this body of flesh and bones in which He now was wo shall know some day when our bodies have become like His (Phil, ill., 21). Wo aro sure that llis resurrection body was material r.ad tangible, and in It He con 11 walk and oat. Ours shall be liko His. 40-43. "Ho sliowed them Ills bauds and His feet." Ami there they would see tho prints of tho nails, evidence that Ho was tho same Jesus who had beau crucified and that tills was tho same bodythut Joseph and Nicodoraus had carefully laid in the tomb. It is not likely that tho resurrection body will need to oat, but wo will in that, as in other matters, bo able to "Do us occasion servo us" to tho glory of God. 11. "All things must bo fuldlicd which wore written in tho law or Moses, and in tho groohets, aud in the Psalms, concerning le." Oa tho way to Emtnaus Ho expounded unto them in all the Scriptures tho things concerning Himself (verso 27). May we remember that all tho Scriptures concern Him, and that all things must ho fullllled. If odh should ask in what manner tho unfulfilled jjitris uro iu ii ' minima, lei 1110 nnswor De, exactl v after the fashion of tbo words already fulfilled. 45. "Then opened lie their understandings that they might understand thoScriptures." Inasmuch in Ho is still tho very sumo Lord Jesus, why not trust Him to open our understandings to understand tho Kciiptures; ask Ilim to read the book with us, and by His S'lirit instruct us? When wo count upon Him, lie will not disappoint us, for Ho has given us His Spirit to guide us into all truth, nn l who tcneheth like Him (John xiv., 20; xvi., 13*. Job xxxvi.. 22). 40. "Thus it is written, nnd thus it behooved Christ to suffer, nnd to rise from tho dead the third day." Every detail of His sufferings and resurrection, ns recorded so fully in IV. x x i i.: I'-a. li it.: l's. xvi., nuil elsewhere, was fulfilled to tho letter. When wo s.nnd upon what is written, as it is written, wo are on safe ground, but tho least adding to, or taking from, or altering or weakening or handling deceitfully Is nil forbidden. 47. "And that repentance and roaiission of Bins should bo preanhed in His name among" all Nations, beginning at Jerusalem."' This I V fs why Ho suffered and died nnd roso again \ . that Ho might ootuin etornal redemption for V all who xvi 11 uceont Him. Up to tho time oC His death the preaching was limited, with' rare exceptions, to Israel, but after Ilis resurrection the eommuud is to nil Nations inall the world nnd to every creature. Tho message now is that through this Man is preached the forgiveness of sins, and by Hintall that believe are justified from all things (Acts xiii.: xxxiii.. 31'; x., 43). 4S. "And yu arc witnesses of the?i things." A witness is one who is sworn to tell tho | truth, tii' whole truth and nothing but tuo j truth, tin i he must tell only wont ho knows to beso, not wlt.it ho thinks or supposes or Imagines. In Isi. xliii., 10. 12 wo real. "Yo are r.iy witness s, snith tho Lord, that I tin Hod." They and hoar I His voice, had seen/lis works and were ipialiiled to L-car witness t hat 11" w is tho only true God. The Lord josus. i?v liis I Ho I'.'i'i wor Is an>l works, born witness to tlm Father, an i no-.v wo, by our lives and wo-Is iri 1 wonts. aro to b-nr witness unto ilim that lto has servo i us. and tli.it Ho o*. and that llo will do tha satno for all wiio i> -liovo oa Him. 1?. "Ami behold 1 send I lie promise of My Father upon you, Init tarry > in tlio city o? Jerusalem, until yo l>o endue.1 witiit power from on high." They bad received tlio Snirit, they ha 1 boon with tho greatest of tei ciiers for over two years, perhaps for three years, nut in n- ui .Mud asps.mil endue 5m?at <>f the Snirit for service. Therefore lie si'id. "Yo shall r wive tho power of tho Holy Spirit coming upon you, and yo shad be witnesses out > Mo" (Acts i., 8. margin). Be. 01. "Wldlo Ho blessed them IIo was narted from tluun and carried up into boa von." S> F.noeh and Rlijiili were taken up. body and soul, and so fill the saints will ba taken at Ills coining. Wnon H" ca ne as a bubo to li'thlohom, IIo brought blessing to tlio shepherds, to whom the unguis told the glad tiding.--, and now, us lie leaves the earth, ic is with blessing upon His disciples. Wherever Ho went Ho brought nlosaing. IIo llim.-elf is tlio suin and nubstanco of all bhwiug. 'I'linrefore wo intiy we'I sing, "IJlesso i ba ill" Hod and Father of our Lord Ja-us Christ, wlio hath blessed us with all spirit Hid blessings in tlio hen veil.iuess in Christ" (Kpa. i.. J.) C2. f?t). "C-'ontiniiuliy in lit" tomplo, praising iinrl ble.sir.g <i xt." Tiiey returned to Jerusalem with great joy. How coilld til ay when they r.oiually s aw Him leave them and ascend into heaven, remembering that when He died thoy were filled Willi such sadness? Tho m crct of their joy is i'onn I in tho uiesssigc ?.f the angel; whom IIo sent back to from > i/ii Into heaven shall s ? eo:r.o In like manner a* va have s"r'i lliin;; > into heaven ' (Acts i., li). Thereforo tiiuy i.'linliy wittn'ssivl unto a ri- a Christ and joyluily , Availed fcv ilidiclura.?Lesson llelpor. ? WON'T PAY $.*)"()<) INSURANCE// Air. Westmoreland's Death Wns Not. ^ Accidental, Says Judge Newman. Judge Newman at Atlnnta,On..delivered an opinion intlia ease of Mrs. Matildn II. Westmoreland against tho Preferred Accident Insurance (,'ompany, sustaining the demurrer of the defendant in Its refusal to pay 65,000 aeeident insurance to Mrs. Westmoreland, whose husband died under n surgicnl operati.hi from the effect of chloroform. The judge held that the chloroform was ndminlstered in tlie proper way by a skillful surgeon, and that tho death was not duo to aeeident. Itouss Memorial Ilattle Abbey. Tho committee at Nashville, Tonn.. to raise funds for tho llouss Memorial battle Abbey, in ease it should be located at that city, has started to work. Oen. W. II. Jackson, owner of 1 telle Meade, started off the list with r'i,-r)Of), It is tho purpose to raise 6100,000 in leblition t>) the 6! 15,(100 already raised there, till.- h.tier sum including the site. .