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flO. 313. *> ~ ~ OA1 UIl U±\. 1 iliV/nnil^llj JJIiljOljDlili iUj loJ/U. HANDKERCHIEFS Especially adapted for Christmas presents, in Brocade Silk, Plain Silk, Embroid ered Silk, Clear Lawn, Plain and Printed Embroidered, etc. Our stock of these goods is unusually large and in great variety. Ladies and Gents Embroidered Initial PURE LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS for $3.00 per dozen, half dozen in a box. OUR HALF PRICE SALE. All our French Pattern Hats; Ladies and Misses Camel's Hair French Felt Hate Misses Ready-Made Suits; Ladies Extra Choice Pattern Saits, regular price $20 to $33. Ladies and Misses Jersey Waists. A small lot of our best KID GLOVES, slightly soiled or spotted. All go at exactly HALF PRICE. CHOICE, BEST BRANDS OF PRINTS AT FIVE CENTS. Notwithstanding this cold weather has stimulated the WRAP trade we will com tinue to make reduced prices of any of our CLOAKS AND WRAPS for Ladies oi Children. Also a discount of oae-third off from the price on FUR BOA AND MUFF SETS. ’ Xj-A.DI:ES TTISrIDES.VESTS 25 OEUSTTS. Reductions in UNDERWEAR. We are determined not to carry over so large stock of Underwear as we did last winter if LOW PRICES will move them. DOLLS IN QEEAT VjALLIETIT. Bisque Heads with jointed Bodies; Bisque Heads with Kid Bodies, from 25 •ents to $1.50. MAKE THE GENTLEMEN PRESENTS. We have Gents Kid, Dog Skin, Dressed Buck and Moca GLOVES in sizes from 7 to 9, at low prices. Also Four-in-Hand SCARFS at 50 Cents, worth $1.00. Also a choice line of CUFF BUTTONS, etc. J. • A KIRVEN & CO. HUNDREDS OF LADIES AND GENTLEMEN CROWD DAILY THE outfit™ store OF- Chancellor & Pearce, Purchasing Christmas Presents Gloves to Please All. Kid, Fur-Top, Do.jr- Skin, FJeice Lined, Drivers’ and Railroad, and any style, from 25c to NECKWEAR Suited to old and young, ladies and gen tlerner. Mufflers, Initial Silk Handker chiefs (50c to $1), Socks, etc, 5 Dozen Xmas Slippers Will be opened today. We sold more Fine Slippers Jast Xmas than any two houses. This season we expect to do better still. On Men’s Fine Patent Leather. Calf, Kid and Kangaroo Shoes we have no competition—simply do the business. Our close prices and immense stock the secret. Note this fact and examine the line. CHANCELLOR & PEARCE. N. B.—Great reduction on Overcoats. They must be sold. THE SUMMER SESSION of Terre51 county and providing for com- QlT.ROfi’S H 4 }! B 1 T T f!|{ | ed the House in 1875. He had its pro pensat.on of same. UlAIfUjIA 0 DflrtL> LL CA 1 visions read for the purpose of justifvins House bills with THAT’S WHAT THE LEGISLATURE were then taken IS PREPARING FOR. THS BRANCH COLLEGES STILL UNDER THE BAN—THE NORTH HIGHLANDS BILL PASSED AS AH ENDED. OTHER BUSINESS. STILL A MYSTERY. .FINANCIAL LEGISLATION. THE ATTACK ON AND llOBBERT OFTBEA9- ! THE SENATE COMMITTEE READY TO RE- URER MURDOCK. I PORT A BILL. Atlanta, December 10.—[Special.]— I Washington, December 19. —The The reported robbery of Treasurer Mur- j finance committee of dock, of the Bluebeard company, is still an unsolved mystery. Speculation is still rife. Dr. Von Der Hoya says the wounds on Murdock’s head were not sufficient to have caused unconsciousness. A Miss Herbert, of the same company, occupied a room opposite Murdock's, and was in it at the time. She says she was sleeping and heard no noise. She nursed Murdock while he was under treatment for the bruises. Manager Meade says that the company was paid off before leaving Allanta, de spite the fact that the $2500 stolen was being arranged in envelopes for that pur pose by Treasurer Murdock. The investigation is looked forward to with much interest. THE CHICAGO MARKET. Chicago, December 19.—There was nothing of interest to wheat speculators in this morning’s budjet of new's except the cables, but the tone of these dispatches was decidedly strong. The market opened firm at * to ±c improvement on the closing price of the preceeding day. Business was dragging in character till noon, and there was a lack of orders from the outside, but those and local dealings increased later, and a fairly ac tive trade was done in the last hour of the session. May closed 100* or *c over the latest yesterday. . The corn and oat pits were not interest ing to either speculators or sectors. Hie fluctuations in the most active delivery were confined to a range of about *c. The provision market was fairly active and a good deal firmer. CHARGED WITH MURDER. Marietta. Ga., December 19.—[Spe cial.]—Tom Alexander, Charlie Porter, Joseph Edward, Will Dealer and Ike Smith, negroes, and a white man named George Sanges were arrested at Marietta last night on true bills found by the grand jury of the United States Court for this district charged with conspiracy. Deputy marshals made the arrest, and lodged them in jail until it is decided whether or not bail will be accepted. A man named Wright, who was a wit ness against illicit distillers in the United States Court, was murdered in the big road when he returned to his home near Marietta. These men are charged with complicity in the crime. the Senate has agreed to report the financial bill intro duced yesterday by Senator Sherman. The only amendments made in the com mittee are said to be as to the phraseology. The chairman of the finance committee, Senator Morrill, was opposed to some of the propositions contained in the bill, and, with Senator Sherman, reserved the right to vote for the restoration of the 2 per cent bond clause when the bill is considered in the Senate. Senator Hiscock reserved the right to vote against that part of the proposition relative to supplying the deficiency in the national bank circulation which proposes to authorize the issue of original treasury notes therefor, if silver bullion cannot be purchased. Aldrich reserved the right to advocate the retention of the bond clause, and also, like Hiscock, to oppose the proposition to issue treasury notes to make good the de ficiency in the national bank circulation. As for the Democratic members of the committee, they reserved the right to op pose the whole bill inasmuch as they had had no proper oppor tunity to examine it, but consented to the report of the measure so that no yea and nay vote was necessary. . The absentees at the meeting were Aldrich and Jones, of Nevada. It is the purpose of the committee to re port the bill at the earliest moment prac ticable, and Sherman has been charged with that duty. EMIN PASHA RECALLED. Berlin, December 19.—Advices re ceived from Baron Wissman state he has recalled Emin Pasha from the interior of Africa, owing to the latter’s d’sregard of orders. He says that Emin has impeded operations being carried on under the di rection of Stokes, and has refused to act in accordance with the plans of the impe rial Government. force bill amendments. Washington, December 19.—Senator Gray has introduced in the Senate a num ber of amendments to the pending elec- tons bill, the effect of which are, in brief, to strike out the provision for a permanent annual appropriation for the compensation of Supervisor?, and to deprive these officers nf the novtar to interfere with the returns, and to separate them entirely from the election machinery after election day. Atlanta, December 19.—[Special.]— This morning Mr. Baxter, of Bibb, secured reconsideration of the Harvey alley bill from Macon. It was defeated last night, and largely on the understanding that the railroad company had not offered Mrs. Harvey any remuneration. Mr. Huff agreed to the reconsideration with the undemand ing that it wiii not be called up without his having notice. The resolution of Look, of Clay, pro viding that the House adjourn Saturday night, and reconvene the second vVedues- day in July, was called up from the table and adopted. A number of amendments were proposed in one way and another, some favoring coming back in January, others to stay here until Tuesday. Lock said the question with the planters now was “home,” and not the Western and At lantic road matter. Christmas is most here and the roads now are peopled with riot ous merry makers and tne members want to go Uome. Smith, of Decatur, remided him that Yoeman owed the State consideration when they came here as legislators. Tne feeling is that the Senate will concur in the resolution as the Western and Atlantic question is about the only matter now im peratively requiring attention. The general appropriation act was re ported from the finance committee, with the amendments concurred in except the first, providing that railroad passes of iu mates of the Deaf anil Dumb Asylum be paid by the State at vacation time, which was disagreed in. The House sustained the disagreement, aud the amendment was lost. The amendment restoring the branch colleges be replaced, and that matricula tion fees be reduced to $5. Whitfield, of Baldwin, pleaded that the State of Georgia should not take one back step. The State Las taken the property of tliese colleges as part of a contract, aud now proposes to repudiate these agree ments. Reed, of Putnam, argued against the branch colleges. He said they were noth ing but academies. Georgia’s real duty was to the public school system. The State cannot afford to keep up the branch colleges. Georgia was now about to give $1,200,000 for educational purposes, where two years ago, not one cent was appropriated. These branch colleges could only live just now at the expense of the common school fund. Davis, of Burke, pointed out that though he was from that Eastern part of the State beyond an imaginary line run through Milledgeville, where not one single insti tution of learning is maintained by the State. He was favorable of maintaining the branch colleges. In winding up, he stated that the negro children of Atlanta are supplied with better educational facilities than are the -.vliite children in other parts of the State. Dr. Hand, of Baker, said these talks were only rehashes of the House debate on the bill when it was under passage, and he moved the previous question. Before it was enforced, Fleming, of Richmond, put in a new phase of the question a special act was needed, and if the House wanted to cut off the branch olleges let the Trustees of the State University deed back the titles of property to the donators if appropriations are withheld. amah of Greene, and Hill of Meri wether, both talked against the amendment. Mr. Huff had twenty min utes, but he yielded time to these two gen tlemen and further gave Berner two and a half minutes of the remaining time left. Hill wanted it understood—reporters in cluded—that he was not an enemy of higher education, but was opposeu to such privileged academies as the branch col leges. Berner—The gentleman from Jackson (Twitty) has implied that I changed my position when my effort to secure a branch college was thwarted. He wished to stamp it as unjust and uncalled for. He reserved the right to change, and resented any suefi construction. Twitty—I meant nothing personal; merely cited the case as an illustration of what privilege legislation would bring us to. Berner accepted the disclaimer; he was for branch colleges in every district in the State, aud trusted to seeing the day when every county would have such an institu tion. Huff, in winding up, paid his respects to the House in sententious fashion. He pointed out that three years ago Georgia had not appropriated 1 cent to the common schools. The farm ers had fashioned a fund of $1,200,000, and he honored them for it. Of this amount $400,000 would go to the negroes, who paid $48,000 of taxes. These, then, had taken every dollar from higher educa tion, which they designated “class legis lation.” Yes, it was class legislation in favor of the negroes. If the members could go home with that record, he would leave it to them to say. The ayes and nays were taken and the Senate amendment restoring the branch colleges was lost; ayes 05, nays 94. The other amendments were accepted. Among them was one increasing the con tingent fund from $12,000 to $18,000. A brass band passed the capitol during the consideration of the bill, and windows were in great demand. The Speaker stated that he would excuse any of the members who desired to witness the diversion, but HELD UP, MACUNE—A REPUBLICAN sena tor HITS THE FORCE BILL. Senate amendments up and passed. Among these was the bill by Gilbert, of Muscogee. The Senate amended by providing that the North Highlands Rail road Company shall not parallel for more than one block at any one point the tracks of any other existing company, and that no other company shall parallel the line of the said Highlands Company. All par ties ' Columbus consent, the above^ restrictions t ™; ,er ot tbe Treasury shall not be operative. The effect of this 8 anD . na ( l u0 , ta for tbe maintenance of binds both railroads whenever they desire . agricultural experimental station, to do any paralleling to first obtain permis- „ ben . tbe kw was first enacted, Washington, December 19.—[Special.] Av* ouiu xxicuiauuo vvinpuii*. ah DUi « , , . . . •* further agreed to the proviso offered reason of soffitTH-regularity or omission dr. Gilbert that if the City Council of ? be Sta “ 8 certificate, the First Comp- imhn« pnnapnf tlia ahnvn rAeLri/*tinna trO.IW Of tll6 Tre&SUrV U&3 withheld Cx€Or- Highest of *11 in Livening Power. ■ J XT. S. Gor’t Report, Aug. I7> Baking Powder ABSOLUTE!* PURE he must insist on members in the hall re suming their seats. Several Senate bills were passed. The Southern Exchange Bank, of Atlanta, was incorporated. Also a bill changing the period for certrorari service in criminal cases from ten to thirty days. Senator Beck’s bill amending section 3354, so that third parties, friendly to two makers of a contract, one of whom is deceased or dis qualified, may, in a court of justice; testify to perfect the instrument or lead to its ad judication. Senator Glenn’s bill providing for uni form law to charter railroads, banks and like corporations, and providing machinery for such. Berner objected, and moved to table the bill and let it go ovei until summer, and the bill was so disposed of. The bank of Richland and the town of Richland, in Pickins county, were incor porated. A resolution offered by Senator Caba- niss asking that our sion from Council. A similar situation of affairs existed in Augusta up to a short time ago, but was solved by the consolida tion of the lines. The bill by Gilbert, of Muscogee, em- poweriug the Commons Commissioners, if they see fit, to donate a tract of land to the Public Library of Columbus, passed in the Senate this morning. Tne constitutional amendment offered by Mr. Gilbert, by which local bills are read by captions a first and second time, passed the Senate today. It is an impor tant measuse, tending to economise the time of the Legislature, and would not be a law if it had not been for an error in advertising the bill after the last session, The other and last bill of Mr. Gilbert one empowering Judges of Superior Courts “•in the exercise of sound discretion’ call special terms of said courts for the disposition of civil business. This is al ready the law regarding the criminal cal endar. This will pass the Senate if ad journment is not had before Monday, has met with no objection in either House, and if passed before adjournment will enable Muscogee Superior Court to hold a special term before the regular term in May. This finishes up the work Mr. Gilbert had mapped out for the fall session of the Legislature, and his successful conduct of the same to the stage of the business, to gether with his prominent part in securin. the $25,000 for the military of the State re flect credit on him and his constituency. IN THE SENATE. The Senate this morning took what seemed to be final action on the Twitty bili, laying it upon the shelf with the understanding that it is to remain there till the summer session, that, the Senators may have an opportunity of conferring with their constituents on the subject, The many points that have been urged against this measure appears at last to have had their effect, and some of the most confident advocates of the bill have come to feel shy of it. Major Rials’ bill authorizing municipal! ties to tax railroads passed with amend rnent pro-rating the personality of the roads for purposes of taxation among the various towns along their lines, the relative pro portion of each to be determined by the length of the track lying within its corpo rate limits The tax act was taken up and concurred in with certain amendments, The suggestion of the finance committee, that exchanges doing business through the regular boards of trade be separated from bucket shops proper, and taxed $1000 in stead of $10,000, was, after debate, con curred in. The amendment offered by Mr. John ston, of the Thirty-ninth, to tax eommer cial agencies, was agreed to as amended. The amendment accepted by Mr. Johnston reduces the amount of the poposed tax from $150 to $100 for each office estab lished by such companies in cities of the Slate, The sleeping car tax was fixed by the Senate as the committee had recommended, at 2* per cent of gross earnings instead of 5 per cent. Mr. Gill offered a resolution to adjourn the present session tomorrow, aud recon vene for the summer session the second Wednesday in July. A similar resolution was received from the House. Both went over until tomor row. The Senate concurred in the House amendments to Ellington’s fertilizer bill. The bill of Mr. Huff to create a sinking fund to pay off maturing bonds, passed. To authorize the creation of a Board of Health, etc., for the city of Macon. Passed. AFTERNOON SESSION—HOUSE. Atlanta, December 19.—[Special.]— The House had a unique bill for a first reading tonight. Seay, of Floyd, wants a revenue created for the branch colleges by taxing annually unmarried male pe.sons from $25 for young men of twenty-one to $200 for those sixty or over. The Governor is authorize i by the Jack- son resolution to negotiate a loan of $200,000 temporarily, that under Boifeuil- lett’s bill the teachers may De paid quar terly. The general tax act came back amended from the Senate, and after a long wrangle over bucket shops and futures. The Sen ate amendment was adopted taxing brokers $1000 and bucket 3hops $2000. AFTERNOON SESSION—SENATE. Atlanta, Ga.,December 19.—[Special.] —The Senate, this afternoon, adjourned to avoid a vote on the proposition to insist on their amendment to the appropriation bill re-establishing the branch colleges. The majority is clearly in favor of the col leges, but the danger of locking horns with the House, thus putting an early ad journment out of the question, may tempt the body to recede tomorrow. The bill providing for a constitutional amendment, so as to allow local bills for bank and railroad charters to be read the first and second times by caption, was passed. Also the appropriation of $15,000 for improvements of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and the bill charging the State with the expense of trials of convicts for all crimes committed while in the peniten tiary, were passed. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. Montgomery, December 19. — [Spe cial.]—The following Supreme Court de cisions were rendered today: Stone, C. J.—W. M. Terry vs. the State, from Jefferson Criminal Court; affirmed. Clopton, J.—Gus Allen vs. the State, from DeKalb Circuit Court; affirmed. McClellan, J.—Henry Waldmax vs. North British Mutual Insurance Company, from Montgomery Circuit Court; affirmed. Coleman, J.—Mobile Street Railway Company vs. M. H. Turnel, from Mobile Circuit Court; reversed and rendered. purpose of justifying HER QUOTA OF THE AGRICUL- tb , e °?, po3i , ti ,? n made t0 u b y himself and TUR4T appro^putigv other Republicans, and to show that th;re j was no inconsistency in their oppositii n to i that measure and in their support of the bit she will get it—return of tramp P^ding measure. Stewart repeated that he opposed the pending bill because it pr posed to do things which could not be done without force. The Senate should not attempt to deceive the country. The country should be informed of what was necessary to enforce the bill, if it should be called upon to sustain it. He did not wish to enter upon such & cam paign as was entered upon fifteen years ago, and again to meet with defeat as on that occasion, when the bill had to be dropped. If the time had come when the Republican party was willing to pass the bill, and to put the necessary force behind it, and if that was the will of the Republi can party, he would go with it. But he did not believe that time had ar rived, and, believing that the bill would be a failure, he regretted separating from his party. He believed that he had been a good party min, but as he thought that the pending measure was going to lead to bad results, and that it could not succeed, he deemed it his duty to express his opinion honestly and frankly, as he had done today. [Much applause in the galleries.] The discussion was then taken up on Fulkner’s amendment, and was partici pated in by many Senators. No vote was taken Dawes, by request, introduced a bill to prohibit the opening on Sunday of any ex hibition or exposition where appropria tions of the United States are expended. The Senate then adjourned. in the house. Washington, December 19. — The House conference report on the bill con ferring certain powers on the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company in the District of Columbia, .known as the Atkin son bill, was presented and agreed to, but not without a good deal of opposition. The conference report on the bill amend ing the act for the division of a portion of the Sioux Indians in Dakota into smaller reservations, was presented. The only change made is an authorization for the expenditure of the appropriation of $100,000, made for the purchase of beef, in other rations. Enloe, in the interest of private bills, raised tbe question of consideration. The House determined—yeas 11, nays 73—to consider the conference report. After some debate it was agreed to, and the House adjourned. BAD FAITH TO HAWAII. Washington, December 19.—It is un derstood that after a consultation between Senator Sherman and Representative Mc Kinley on the subject, the former has de- Congression- ! termined to withdraw the resolution intro- al Representatives and those of - duced by him to so construe the tariff law other States use their best efforts to secure \ as to maintain the Hawaiian reciprocity relief to the country from the oppression \ treaty in operation. The probability of of the present tariff" laws and the strin- amendments being offered, which might gency created in monetary ciTcles by the , reopen the entire tariff question, is under- present policy of the Treasury Depart- stood to have caused this decision, ment. was concurred in. ! * Senator Ellington’s bill creating fertil- a retaliate policy. izer inspectors to secure samples from tbe London, December 19.— The Bradford sacks, passed in the House. Lewis, of Chamber of Commerce has adopted a reso- Haticock wanted warehouses established iutiou favoring the imposition by the Gov- in which the Ordinaries may store sam- ernment of discriminating duties on -igg % j French wines. This action is recorn- Mitchell’s Senate till incorporating the mended for the purpose of retaliating Citizens’ Banking and Trust Company, of against France for duties on English pro- Thomasville passed. ducts established by the new Anglo-Saxon Also bill amending section 1689 of tbe French Company. The adoption of such code of 1882, which regulates the crossing a resolution by the Bradford Chamber of of railroad lines by other systems at grade Commerce is considered of special signifi- j eve j g cance, as it is the first deliverance by that Also incorporating the Bank of Cal- body in forty years looking in any degree boun, and tbe bill designating the officers toward a protective policy. Georgia was the last State to get her money under the act establishing these stations, and it appears that she has not yet discovered the method of tiling an application for her dues. Governor Northen might with propriety give his Secretaries a lesson in finance. Bate of Tennessee, and Gibson of Louis iana, addressed the Senate today in oppo sition to the Force bill. These speeches were very tame, the heavy ordnance on the Democratic side having been exhausted last week. A protest against the Conger lard bill, adopted by the New York Produce Ex change, was filed in the Senate today. Ingalls is announced to leave here on . Sunday for a visit to Kansas. The United States war ship Kersage, tbe same that sunk the Alabama during tha war, is anchored in Port Royal Roads with some malignant fever among her crew. Dr. Macune, editor of the National Alii ance organ, is back at his desk. He looks a bit worsted fro/n his fall against Polk, but he declares that he is still in the ring and the Alliance principles are perpetual and everlasting. The Doctor refuses to talk about a hayseed ticket for ’92 Duncan Jordan was confirmed as post master at Cuthbert today. IN THE SENATE. Washington, December 19.—Stanford addressed the Senate in explanation and advocacy of the bill introduced by him on the 5th inst., to provide the government with means sufficient to supply the national want of a soimd circulating medium. At the conclusion of his re marks, the bill was, on his motion, refer red to the committee on finance. Gray offered a preamble and resolution looking to the establishment of reciprocity between tbe United States and the Domin ion of Canada and Mexico, and asked that it lie on the table, stating that at a conven ient time he would move to take it up. Ingalls introduced a bill, which was re ferred to the finance committee, to allow the exchange of the interest bearing debt for legal tender notes. The Senate then took up and passed, with amendments increasing the amount, the printing deficiency bill. The bill was passed with an amendment increasing the amount. The elections bill was taken up, and Bate concluded his speech against it. He declared that its effect would be the organ izing of mobs by the Government itself, aud the leading of them by Government officers. As the alien, and sedition law had pulled down the older Adams, this Force bill would, he predicted, pull down the younger Harrison. Giosou oppose ! the bill as unreasonable, as belonging to another epoch, as not in keeping with the temper of the times. It came like au Arctic iceberg into a tem perate sea, but he had believed that the sentiment of kindliness and brotherhood which had pervaded the Senate and the country at large would cause it to dissolve aud disappear. It was the moat intensely partisan measure that was ever before tile Senate, and ought to be entitled “A bili to vest the supervision and control of elec- ieus in the Republican party, and to vest iu that party the permanent organization of the House of Representatives.” At the ciose of Gibsou’s speech, the Vice President announced the question to be on Gray’s amendment to strike out the House provision, aud asked whether the Senate was teady lor the question. Gray withdrew the amendment, leaving the question to be oa Butler's amendment declaring election supervisors, deputy marshals, etc., executive, not judicial offi cers. Faulkner offered an amendment, of which he had given notice the other day, being a substitute for section 14 as to the appointment of three election canvassers for the State upon application therefor. He had the lloor to speak upon it, but yielded to Stewart, who made an argu ment against the bill on the ground that au attempt to execute it in the South would be disastrous to both races. He believed that the safeguards thrown arouud the election franchise in the great cities of the North had been, on the whole, belief! cial, but a differeutprobleiu was presented in the South. He was a friend of the colored man . and deeply sympathized with him, but he could not ask him to put his life in jeopardy in order to fight politi cal battles for his (Stewart’s) advantage. He was equally a friend to the white man, and desired to refrain from any act which might seem to justify him (the white man) iu making war upon the defeseless race which Congress had enfranchised. What ever was done in the matter of protecting suffrage at the South, unless it was done through the voluntary action of the people of that section, would have to result in one of two things. If the negro were protected by force, the same force would inevitably be driven to the necessity of destroying his enemy. That involved the enslavement and final extermination of the whites. There was nothing more certain than that the employment of force would result ultimately in the extermi nation either of the blacks or of the whites. He reviewed the reconstruction legislation, in which he had himself been a prominent actor in the Senate, pointed out the stringent provisions by wliicb the pro tection of the negro voter was supposed to have been all-sufficient, and quoted tbe arguments made by leading Republicans in both houses against the suspension of the habeas corpus and against allowing the military power of the U niled States to be exercised in the South during the presidency of Grant. Aud h e asked how, if President Grant had been unable to protect the colored men in their right of uffrage, any other ^President could do better. If the military power was to be used in the execution of the pending bill, then the bill should be defeated, and if it was to be a dead letter, why pass if.’ Public opinion at the South was intirely against it. In stead of protecting the colored man, it would bring upon him persecution and misery, if not death. No assumption of party necessity could justify such an act. It was the plain duty of the Senate, he held, to trust to natural causes in the hope that they would remedy the evil. The bill ought not to pass, because it never would be enforced, because it would con solidate the Southern whites, because it would bring further misery on the South ern blacks, and because it would increase sectional animosities and kindle anew the discords of the past. JUDGE FORT’S DECISION l£ s ‘ i . mated the crop at 8 - 100 ’ 000 bales - ’ J This causeu free selling and a drop of two THE RESULT OF TIIE HABEAS CORPUS FOR BAIL. ROBERT HOWARD REMANDED—RICHARD HOWARD AND BICKERSTAFF AD MITTED TO BAIL—FULL TEXT OF THE ORDER. BURROWS’ BLOOD MONEY. HIS CAPTORS GET IT—A ROUND HOUSE BURNED. Birmingham, December 19.—[Special.] —Jefferson Davis Carter, who killed Rube Burrows, tbe outlaw, came here today to receive the reward. The total amount of the reward for Burrows alone was $3650. Marshall and Hildreth, the two negroes who aided in the capture, got $500 each. Carter was paid $1000, which is one half of the reward offered oy the express and railroad companies. A conference will be held with McDuffie, the other captor, before the balance, is paid. The United States and State Governments will pay the other $1650 reward to Carter and McDuf fie. a murderous striker. John Giltan, a striking miner at Cool- burg, is in jail for shooting two miners who were at work. He was run down with blood hounds. A ROUND HOUSE BURNED. A round house of the Sheffield and Birmingham railroad burned at Sheffield today, with six engines. The loss was, in eluding the engines, $13,000. Amebicus, Ga., December 19.—[Spe cial.]—Judge Fort made public uis decis ion today iu the Howards-Bickerstaff ap plication for bail. He allows Richard Howard and James Bickerstaff bail each bond fixed at $15,000. Robert Howard is not allowed bail. The official decision was sent to Columbus this afternoon, together with the evidence and all the papers bear ing on the case. Here is Judge Fort’s official opinion, a copy of that sent to Co lumbus: Iu re. Richard Howard, James Bicker- staff and Robert Howard. Petition for habeas corpus to be allowed bail, under commitment for murder from Muscogee county. After considering the evidence sub mitted, and the able arguments of the leared counsel for the petitioners and the State, I am of the opinion that, in the case of Robert Howard, bail should not be allowed. In the case of James Bickerstaff, bail should be allowed in the sum of ($15,000) fifteen thousand dollars. In the case of Richard Howard, bail should be allowed in the sum of ($15,000) fifteen thousand dollars. It is thereupon ordered, that Robert Howard be remanded to the Muscogee jail, there to be safely kept without bail or mainprize, until his first trial under the charges as set forth in the petition; that James Biekerstaff and Rich ard Howard be remanded to the Muscogee jail, there to be safely kept until their final trial under said charge of murder, iu default of good and sufficient bonds for each in the sum of ($15,000) fifteen thousand dollars. Each of said bonds are to be in the usual form of appearance bonds, and are to be approved by the Sheriff of Muscogee county, Ga. The manifest impropriety of entering into a full discussion of the facts and reasons for this decision in advance of a tiial be fore the jury, presents a more extended opinion. This conclusion is reached from the evidence submitted on this hearing What other evidence may be adduced on the final trial is not anticipated. This order will be duly entered on "the minutes of the Muscogee Superior Court. Witness my official signature this December 19th, 1S90, at Americus, Ga. Allen Fort. .1. S. C. S. W. C. or three points. The figures for today from the interior now began to come out. They showed small totals, and a renewed buoyancy in futures was the result. The biggest advance from the opening prices was in December options, very few of which are coming out. Spot cotton was fairly active for home consumption. THE IMMIGRATION CONVENTION. THE PULSE OF TRADE. AN ONTARIO HANGING. the excitement of the occasion kills THE SHERIFF. Siikrbrook, Ont., December 19.—Remi Lamontague was hanged here at 9:26 o’clock this morning for the murder of his brother-in-law, Napoleon Michael. About 8:45 o’clock this morning Sheriff Webb, who had charge of the exeeutiou, died suddenly from heart disease. It is be lieved the excitement attending the ar rangements was the cause of the fatal attack. A MURDERER HANGED. HE CONFESSED HIS GUILT AND SANG A HYMN. Charleston. S. C., December 19.— Adam Morgan, colored, was hanged today at Mount Pleasant, Berkeley county, for the murder of Simon Jackson, colored, on May 31 last. The murderer confessed his crime under the gallows and sang a hymn. He showed no signs of fear or weakness. MONEY FOR THE NAVY. WASHINOTON, December 19.—The naval appropriation bill was completed today by the House committee on naval affairs, and will be reported to the House tomorrow or Monday. Only one new ship is provided for. This is to be a triple screw pro tected cruiser, like what is known to naval officers as cruiser No. 12. It is to be 7250 tons displacement, without armament, and the limitation of cost is fixed at $2,750,000. The bill car ries a total appropriation of about $30,500,- 000, being about $3,000,000 less than the estimates, and considerably more than the bill of last year. This increase falls almost entirely un<‘er the head of “increase in the naval estab lishment,” and is to meet the payments on vessels whose construction was authorized in oue or the other of several previous Congresses under the head of “increase of the navy.” Four million dollars is appro priated towards the armament and armor of vesself heretofore authorized to be built, $1,500,000 more than the appropriation for the same purpose for the current fiscal year, and $11,<>07,000 is appropriated towards the construction and completion of new vessels heretofore and herein aulhorized by Congress, with their engines and machinery, including premiums, being $6,132,000 more that! the current year’s appropriation. ABOUT PARNELL’S CHANCES. Dublin, December 19. — Freeman’s Journal, today, says that Parnell will carry Kilkenny in the coming Parliamentary election if the priests hold aloof in the con test. “ We know that Home Rule with out Parnell is impossible. No British statesman would commit Ireland to a man his inferior in strength. Parnell can re store the financial situation between Ire land and America.” GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS. Atlanta, December 19.—[Special.]— The Governor has appointed the following University trustees: State-at-large, Hon. W. H. Feb on, of Bartow; Ninth Congres- j sional district, Hon. N. L. Hutchins: City The fact that this was the first open j of Athens, Hon. A. L. Hull, opposition to the bili on the part of a Re- ! The Governor has also appointed Chas. publican Senator caused the closest alten- ! G. Campbell, Judge of the Decatur county tiou to be paid to Stewart’s speech on both ; court. sides of the chamber. The Republican — and Democratic Senators were in about hunting for a negro carver. equal numbers (about thirty ca each | Atlanta, December 19.—[Special 1— side) and ail turned towards Stewart Tbe police are searching for Tom Martin, and appeared to be moat interested listen- • a negro man, who last night went to a ers. A; the close of his speech, Hoar rose wedding out in Adamsville, seven miles and said that he would not now reply to it, f rom here, and carved up one of the merry- but he wished to have put upou record the makers with a big knife. The injured provisions of the Force bili, to which refer- negro is not expected to live, from the re ence had been made, and which had pass- port of physicians. dun’s WEEKLY REVIEW of TIIE CONDI TION OF BUSINESS. New York, December 19.—Business continues large for the season, but there is a perceptibly less feeling of confidence. The causes appear to be: First, the prospect ot' important mone tary legislation, the effects of which ar ■ not clearly foreseen. Second, the fre quent failures aud greater difficulties in making collections, and third, less satis factory conditions in some large branches of industry. Probably more people are affected as to business undertakings, often unconsciously, by uncertainty about financial legislation and its effects, than by any other cause. Though tbe rate for money on call is lower than a week aero, and money is easier at Boston and Phila delphia, there is still a stringency at most points throughout the country. Tbe com plaints of slow collections have rarely been more general, and in many cases settle ment can be made only with notes or re newal. But in all quarters there is hope that by January 1st things may improve in this respect, if legislative prospects do not meanwhile, cause a greater shrinkage of credits aud curtailment of purchases. The foreign influences are not now disturbing. Large amounts of gold are arriving, though exchange has now so advaueed as to prevent shipments, h iving risen 2 cents this week, and the Bank of England lost £2,270,000 of gold without changing its rate. The exports of products for two weeks of December from New York show a gain of 8 per cent over last year, and the total last December was hardly ever sur passed. Though imports continue heavy, they are grt-atly exceeded by exports at present, and iu November more than $20,000,000, although In that mouth the exports of cotton, breadstuff?, provisions, cattle and oil showed a decrease of $5,083,- 744, or 7 per cent, from last year. Exports of cotton thus far this month exceed last year’s, and also of provisions, but there is a heavy decrease in grain, caused by specu lative prices here. The foreign trade in securities does not favor this country, partly because of apprehended legislation on the money question, and partly because the new agreement of the Western railroads is supposed to be incomplete, though excellent results are expected if it can be perfected. The stock market, though a shade stronger, has been dull and lacks confidence. Trade in the South is fair at most points reporting. It is considered healthy at New Orleans with larger cotton receipts, dull at Memphis, but more confident at Little Rock; slightly improved at Mont gomery, and good at Nashville, less confident at Jacksonville, and at Atlanta the accumulations of cotton are large. Money is very ciose at all points. At Chicago money is firm, but regular; business is supplied. Pitts burg reports more confidence. Trade in manufactured iron and in gla-s is slower, and Bessemer blooms are lower. Eastern cities feel the effects of expected legislation and recent failures, but also of present monitary relief. At Boston, wool sells more largely, and also leather. Though money is easier at Philadelphia, a noteworthy feature is the general difficulty of collections, especially in iron, paints, oils, jewelry and glass. The dry goods trade feels the influence of recent failures, and of the stringency in commercial loans. Trade in cotton goods is not so large as usual and, though print cloths are down to three cents forthe first time for several years, tbe stocks on hand are 860,000 pieces. Trade in woolen dress goods has been encouraging, and there is no evidence of failure in distribution, and the knit goods trade has had an exceptional season, but other woolen goals are much affected by the ctution or inability of clothing bouses, and by the fai'ures in that branch. In the specula tive markets the tendency has generally been downward, and the markets are all hesitating in the feeling that monetary legislation may indefinitely altar the sit uation; hence the largely increased imme diate supplies of money, by imports of gold and treasury disbursements, have less effect than might be expected. The failures of the week number 363, compared with 306 for the same time last week. SOME IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT ASHEVILLE YESTERDAY. Asheville, N. C., December 19.—The last day of the Interstate Immigration Convention was a busy one, receiving re ports from various committees. Gen. R. B. Vance and W. C. Wilson, both of North i 'arolina, offered resolutions declaring it to be the sense of the convention that the proper observance of the Sabbath required the closing of the Columbian World's Fair Exposition on the Sabbath. After a heated debate the resolution was referred to the committee on the Columbian Expo sition. A resolution to recommend t* the Governors of each State to appoint a com mittee of five from their Slates to act in conjunction with another committee to be known as the promotion committee of the World’s Fair was adopted. The report of the committee on legisla tion was as follows: “We recognize the necessity of unity of action by the Southern States here repre sented, and that it can best be accomplished by a concerted system of legislation. There fore you are requested to provide by law for the appointment and maintenance of a Commissioner of Immigration, whose du’y shall be to form a board of Southern mi gration to co-operate with the Southern Immigration Bureau in promoting the great cause of Southern immigra tion and the upbnihiingfof our com mon Southland; that the executive committee present to the legislatures suit able bills to carry this recommendation in to effect and urge the passage of such measure; that the general manager, aided by the executive committee, be requested to draft a constitution ami by-laws for the permanent government of this body and report at the next convention; that the general manager and the committee issue a periodical as the general official organ of the bureau, to be under their control, but the. character and expediency of the same as to the frequency of publication be dis cretionary with said manager ami com mittee.” The report was adopted. The report of the finance committee was read and adopted. It recommends that the executive committee appoint a dele gation to request the Governors of the States to call on the Legislatures of the States for financial aid, and that an ap propriation of $25,000 from each State be asked for the purpose of making a full exhibition at the Columbian Exposition; that the bureaus of mining, manufactory, agriculture and immigration be asked to lend financial aid; that where there are no such bureaus, the exective committee shall call a convention to organ ize a State immigration bureau, and that this bureau shall raise funds ami make such appropriation as they deem test; that the general manager of the association be made a paid official by the railroads of the South, and that his salary as general manager of the associa tion shall be $5000 a year; that tbe bureau, if it deem it best, shaii publish the re sources of the States with illustrations, with space for each according to contribu tions. HANGING AT SEALK. STEP FORD PAYS THE PENALTY OF HIS CRIME. Seale, Ala., December 19.—[Special.] —Step Ford was hanged here at 12:0is o’clock this afternoon for the murder of William Patterson, which occurred last spring. Ann Patterson, the wife of the murdered man, was also sentenced to be executed here today for the same crime, but Gov ernor Jones granted a reprieve nntil the 16th of Janurry. The execution of Ford took place in a small enclosure in the rear of the jail, and was witnessed by about fitly peopie. Five or six hundred negroes were congrt-gated near the jail, but could not get a tuii view of the gailows. Ford was taken out of the jail at 12 o’clock by Sheriff H. T. Ragland ami his deputy, Mr. J. M. Bishop. Just before stepping on the gallows F'ord made a state ment to the crowd, admitting his gmit. He said that he bought the poison admin istered to Patterson, knowing for what purpose it was intended and knowing that it would produce death. He bought the poison because the woman (Ann Patter son) asked him to buy it. ile regretted his aet now aud was ready to die. F'ord said he wanted his case to be an example to others. This ended his statement, and lie ascended the gallows with a firm step, accompanied by Rev. Mr. Hardin ami two colored preachers. Mr. Hardin offered up a brief prayer, after which the three ministers left the gallows. Sheriff Ragland shook hands with the doomed man and stepped to the ground. Deputy Sheriff Bishop adjusted the black cap, aud when all was ready gave the signal to his superior officer, who pulled the trigger of the gallows. The drop fell at l2:lu, and in nine and a half minutes F'ord was pro nounced dead by Drs. Bruce, Pratber, Hendricks and Pitts. The body was cut down at 12:29 and placed in eiiarge of the brothers of Ford, who left with it for Fort Mitchell by the 6:30 o’clock train tonight. The burial will take place at F’ort Mitchell tomorrow. F'ord died from strangulation and almost without a struggle after the drop fell. There were several hundred negroes on the. grounds, many of them being women. General disappointment existed among them because the woman was not executed also. The crime for which F'ord paid the pen alty today was committed early last spring. The husband of Ann Patterson died from poisoning, Rough on Rats, being the poi son used. Ford and tbe wife of Patterson were convicted of the murder at the full term of Russell Circuit Court, and Judge Carmichael sentenced them both to be exe cuted on the 19th day of December. A few days ago, acting on a petition signed by a large number of ladies at Seale, Gov. Jones granted a reprieve in the case of Ann Patterson until he could inquire mor* fully into the case. Walter Daniels, also colored, wa3 sen tenced to be executed on the same day, but tji# Governor granted a reprieve, and will probably commute the s ntence to life im prisonment. Quite a number of Columbus people came down to witness the hanging. IRISH WOMEN CONDEMN PARNELL. Dublin, December 19.—Canon Cody* asserts that it was mud that was thrown in Parnell’s face and eye9, and not lime, as it is said by his supporters. An address signed by twenty-three wo men of Kilkenny has been published. It declares that Parnell, after years of sys- SUN'S COTTON REVIEW. New York, December 19.—Futures opened at one to two points decline on near i and unchanged on late monthsfclosing I steady at an advance of seven points on ! December, and partially one to two points j sematic deceit, has at last been unmasked, on other months, from yesterday’s closing ; and that his very presence pollutes the prices. The market today was a regiiar : soil. wiggle. The opening showed some de- j ' _ pression in early months under an easier j wrecked b\ a landslide. report from Liverpool, but that market! Baltimore, December 19.—A Roanoke, recovered and the figures for the week Va., special to the Sua tells of the wreck from many of the interior towns began to , of an engine and five cars on the Sheaan- show up comparatively small. Smait buy- ; doah Valley railroad near Buchanan, and ing followed to cover contracts, and the killing of C. H. Atwood, the fireman, something very like a “bull” movemnte ' and Edward Houston, a brakeman. The set in. Then came a memorandum from train ran into a landslide and was thrown the editor of Bradstreets, saying that he 1 from the track with the above result. Xn DISTINCT TW