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I t ianal ticpub lie an mm official City Paper. US'l’A. O A. . I MORNING February 14. ISB - Range of Thermometer. HHHI \r StTioJH R«itii.io»s Orri.r, HR February IS, 1868. SSHg 12 m. S p.m. 6 p.m. 9 p.m BHH u c 4» r 430 41®_ Ain .vu... for February ISOS HB FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14. BS^B. V . f' t Run Sets .■••4* HHH MOON'S PHASES. Quarter —February Ist. 1.1*7. evening. February Sth. 1.3?. morning. February l.'th. 1' 13. iu>rning - February 23d. 9.12, morning. who refresh infant' in the"h tv.* n.d ro.iuiro.i exlii bit tin* pro ■■other passengers. f or tlic ••Dcmotralic'’ ('lube. §§|H| them t.> "i-\v the l.nr,<. ami uphold of the United Stilted." lost words of Stbpiien A. of (he Time*. ■■is been said, truly, that tin chief ■■t the present time appears to be BBB»1 " 1 ’ ! 1,11 " ho will quicth do their ■■mv and not tell anvbody of it." '» ♦ « §§§■>»! philanthivpist, at the deatli by t'ect, a< a HHtr lot hanging. in capital punish. ■HBBF. Pomak, a well If.own citiz* iof ■■■ died at his residenee Thursday He wus a good, citizen, an 1 gen,.- HH^Hmed. I. who throws a piece of . upon the side walk, elm .1,1 he a deadly enemy to the human accordingly. Iloiuiclde. HHH B. Hargrove, who kid in Koine, (la., lad week ■HMHBUscharge-1 by the examining di'-faetori proof that :V- ... t in self defence. urrenec. citizen, long in business in went before the hoard of a complaint that the a<.»< §|||||||Bt assessed him a sutlicient -uni, that hknow which he had a( be added to his list. Court. gentlemen (plain) were ■RgH Court, for a breach of the ■■BB^Bection— after midnight k -1; HHBHmp.i'” an 'l tolling a wagon on from Broad to Caiheun of them were lined J 2 and HHMI.o ol ' ler "fl and cost. Their ij!lie. are withheld from print. i™ b ' MHHHH large h'luon \ cry e.iretully. i ; : when it L thoroughly squeeze it into a cup. upon BBBI^B DS ‘gn.r. finely powdered. HHH^Bonn fttl when-ver jour cough It is as good as it i- agree ■HHc taste. Rarely has it been of giving relief. fßfiHMlmajority of the planters in the Western portions of this Wfi bankrupt in their at - *'so? •-PSP'"' cotton, almost every fanner HH|pßGeorgia has made money by an< l corn. One farmer, in a 888 Atlanta, who never made any mmmt before the war. on the cotton , ‘ lrei ' 1 hoitsand dollars WBmm raising wheat. *° r 11 Lynching. Dr. (so called) in til is city is ■Biß^B^' 3 *’'^ s ‘ n °' lr corn tn at, it y, t) be l<dt at till! resiliences of and most valu . 1- inv ■ntioii id "!y harm’, ss tdr !-. !':••*." ele., by the most indecent details. - e there is a law applicable to circulation of iudoeent puhli ■HHtrc call upon oar police to ,-n --an outraged public slid! :• el JWV ill in the services of ".lodge Day. says that tins is the day mat'’-. <>r. in ■ >tli- v SBHpi? i< a mo-1 fclieiciiu- . j.j, ■HRpig^BlOlbashful 11: d l l ■! 1 . v. ii'> . ‘l(k .- pttpimnd .'■ : m!;i ■P.& ,’*#r vilugi: wii: !i i thi'i: - i■ %< rv Hite .■] ■*!*■, :■ • i:■ i ■W til rolt“ll tii- lie !: ~f V,.l ■Efigi&H 1 1 u<: gentleman > .uld find it say "No" to a delicate pro ■BftVMl upon one of the aforesaid and enclosed within a envelope, with a Cupid at n r 1.0.1,” BhHSHm [Sbakspeare. Military District, i Florida i (• Ala..) \ Adjutant General, \ anta, Ga., Feb. i»2. |Bgn|H K. //. Steiner, Michael •s’M"Co / I’rt.l, ■ . Augusta, - Your petition repre-.-nt ?■ ' Bkimstrnhoii on the part ol the and 1 mined ol tlie City of ■ and requesting tlieir re- etc . having been enre- Hgat< and by a Board ol Officers. ’imt j >r: i. r. a],,: r . |„ r t i|. • * H "O U in \ our petition liavi |||||||||^H , ' , and. lam instructed fry the l-onim,■Hiding to say that will h<> taken in the .^^■•pectfuily, -' Bn Obedient fierv't., K- C. Drum, v*y Adjutant General. (HI Merofcßßto’ Exchange. Organiiation* luch as the one propoted to be eatablishad in thu city, exiat in ail commercial communities, and thoir opera* lions have boon found to bo equally advan tageous to both buyer and seller. It re qoires no extraordinary amount of business knowledge to satisfy any enquirer that it is infinitely more convenient and every way preferable to have some fixed locality to which venders of mercantile commodi ties oan daily repair for poroses of'traffio. There the buyers oongrogate, and tbe com petition between rival tradesmen will always ensure to tbe producer the full market value of his produce, whilst the buyer sinus lus advantage in the facilities thus afforded him for selecting from all the samples offered in market suoh articles as are best fitted to supply his wants. The farmer, for instance, who brings a load of grain to market, is spared tbe trouble and annoyance of running all over town among grooers, millers and commission merchants to find a purchaser for his products, for by bringing a sample to tho Exchange he will sec all tiie buyers who are in market. The Season. Verdant fields, bright with white clover, or fresh springing grasses, together with the blossoming of shrubs and trees, make many days of the Fobruary of the Gulf States and the “far South” among the most delightful of the year. Plowing for spring wheat and for other crops gives employment to the laborers and teams, and tlic season of the work fairly begins with the warm, drying weather, usually occurring at this time of the year. In our immediate latitude wc have not yet heard the blue birds’ welcome song. But the days are growing perceptibly longer, and they should show more farm work done than those of December or even January; nevertheless, there is compara tive leisure, and season for reviewing the past year’s work and laying plans for die coming months, when so much hard labor will be demanded that the mind will not give itself readily to continuous thought. Whatever “plans” arc made, on this very account, if for no other reason, should be put upon paper, so that when the time comes for tlieir prompt execution, they shall not be forgotten. The season of field work, when it does come, will be likely to come all at once—and then you will feel as if every moment were gold, as if the beasts of burden, though doing their utmost, did not work half fast enough. Therefore, heed the advice: use the leisure of this month to get ready for Spring work. Newspaper Advertisements. To take a newspaper for a leisure hour, and, beginning with the first column, read carefully through to the last, wo doubt if any part will be found either more enter taining, instructive or amusing than that especially set apart for the advertising public, and he who neglects its perusal loses many a choice tit bit, and mayhap much valuable and practical information. Ideas have been rapidly undergoing a change of late years. The man who for merly refused introducing himself or his wares to public attention, through the me dium of the press, now eagerly covets its assistance, and the old fogy and the penu rious alone remain ignorant of its advan tages. In our age the rule is to adver tise. All classes do it, and they do it in every way. There is no general method or set term of phrases, for every one is unmistakably for himself. Asa general rule, advertisements are well written, striking and characteristic, but sometimes they are worded with an utter disregard to syntax, and sometimes tho punctuation renders them a trifle obsoure—as witness the following, cut from various papers : “Wanted a steady young man to look after a horse of tho Methodist persuasion.” “To Let.— A cottage in Newport con taining eight rooms and an acre of ground.” “For Sale. — A piano by a lady about to cross the Channel in an oak ease with carve i legs.” “ Lost ! — A small lady’s watch with a white face, also, two ivory young ladies’ work boxes. A mahogany gentleman’s dressing case, and a small pony belonging to a young lady with a silver mane and tail.” “ Lost or strode from the scriber a sheep all over white—one leg was black and half his body—all persons shall receive five dollars to bring him. He was a she goat.” A lady recently advertised in a city Kthat she wanted a “gentleman for fast and tea,” while another in tlic same journal asks for “a husband having a Roman nose with strong religions tenden cies,' 1 and a third party seeks to recover ‘‘a lost wallet belonging to a gentleman made of calf skin.” An advertisement of cheap shoes in a country paper has the following nola Lena : “N. B.—Ladies wishing those cheap shoes, will do well to call soon, as they won’t last long.” A man once advertised for “competent persons to undertake the sale of anew medicine,” and adds’ wo doubt not with truth, “it will be profitable to the under taker. The following extract from a medical advertisement, is perhaps correct: “ Consumptives, cough while you can, for after you have taken one bottle of my mixture you can't ” A Western paper advertises thus : “Run Away.—A hired man named John ; his nose turned up five feet eight inches high, and had on a pair of corduroy pants much worn.” How that nose must have looked dressed up in corduroy pants ! The advertisement of a doctor who un dertakes the cure of madness begins thus : “ Worthy the attention of the insane,” A wholesale house recently advertised “ Wanted, women to sell on commission.’' Iu a shop window in an obscure part of London is this announcement; “ Goods removed, messages taken, carpets beaten, and poetry composed on any subject." A sign on an Academy out West reads : “ Freeman <Sj* Huggs : Freeman teaches the hoys and Huggs the girls.” [Advertisement.] Country iUercbaitla, In making thoir purchases, will do well to call first on Mrs. Pughe, 190 Broad street, who is selling out her entire stock cheap. t s BlogßOt Rhetoric. We can not resist the temptation to fur j nish our “low flung Yankee” friends with gems and models of elegant “high-toned’* rhetoric current among the pride of the earth who have “lost all but honor.” Wc quote (not, this time, from the Augusta Chronicle) from tlie Natiee Virginian, who says, of the Convention ill session in the Old Dominion; Very little space in these columns has been or will be devoted to the doings of the assemblage of chinch-bugs, weevils, snake doctors, secd-ticks, chigoes, bed-bugs, cock i caches, dog ticks, rear-dicks, grub-worms, wood-lice, back-snappers, flyblows, maggot skippers, dung-beetles and pismires which now defile our ancient capitol. The Southern Treat Askocliiiion. We could throw some light upon a very dark arrangement, entered into by the Southern Press Association, by which it is furnished with news; but, so long as it is not necessary for us to pay that combina tion for its untruths ana “opinions,” and we can get our reports of Northern news direct from the columns of Northern papers, wo do not care to put ourselves to the trouble of making charges that would do nobody any good ; for there is not a single daily paper in the South with political independence enough or professional pride enough to resist the egregious imposition.— Chattanooga Union. The Union takes a great deal upon him. self in making the assertion contained in the last sentence. Does he class his sheet among “the daily papers in the South” ? If his answer be in the affirmative, for one we object to having our Corn measured by his little half-bushel. “ Hard Times ” Those who are under tho impression that the times are particularly hard just where they live, are remiuded of the fact that in all of the leading Northern cities mechanics, clerks, laborers and working men generally have been thrown ont of employment by the thousands. In Brook lyn and New York alone, the number reaches one hundred thousand. In the West a similar state of affairs exists. Well, all this being Irue, wbat is to be done ?—is there no remedy ? Let us see Reduction in expenses is the first thing in order. It may bear hard upon many, hut better this than worse, as a half loaf to the hungry is better than no bread at all. We advise our friends, the laborers, among whom we count ourselves, to accept of such terms as employers can afford to pay, without forcing them to a steady diminution of their capital for the coming few months. There is no avoiding the palpable fact that times are hard, and that die entire manufacturing and other inter ests of the country are suffering severely in losses. It can be made worse, for a firm determination to resist reduction in prices will lead to no prices at all, and a season of financial severity. This state of things is rendered the more unpleasant and difficult in conse quence of the continued high prices of all articles of food. How soon a revulsion in this department will take place we can not predict. That we have had an unusually abundant harvest, we know, and that prices for everything which goes upon our tables are inflated enormously, wo also know, and feel. llow much we are to suffer before the adjustment of prices to labor takes place, or how long the unequal state will continue, is a matter of mere specu lation. Our earnest wish is, that every speculator in food, who grows rich at the expense of the poor, may lose every dollar which he has or may invest for this purpose. Patience and economy—rigid economy in little things—Will carry us through the present difficulty, and we urge upon ail the importance of practising these neces sary virtues. Five Saturday* ill February, The current month commenced on Satur day. This being leap year, there are twenty nine days in the month, and as the Ist was Saturday the consequence is that there occur five Saturdays in the shortest month of the year. This has been noted as something curi ous, and the inquiry made in what number of years will this happen again. The answer is easy. It will happen again in 189 G, after the lapse of twenty-nine years. At the next leap year, 1872, there will be five Thursdays in February; in 1876, five Tuesdays ; in 1880, five Sundays; and so on, a retrogression of two days in the week for every leap year of seven re. turns, until Saturday recurs again in 1896, when thero will be five Saturdays. The year 1900 is not a leap year. The years ending with even hundreds aro not leap years, unless they are divisible by 400, as well as by four. 1700 and 1800 were not leap years, and 1900 will not be. There will be one day, therefore, lost in the order, in 1900, but the other recur rence will continue through tlie whole of the next century, the same as in this, but every recurring day of tlic week will be shifted back one day of the week, in consequence of the intervention of the year 1900. Tlic twenty-eighth year from 1890 will have five Fridays instead of Saturdays. There are no anomalies in the order of succession of the days of the week to the days ot the month. This is true of every day in the year as well as of February, and of tlic 29tli oi February as of every other day. In the cycles every day of the year returns to the same day of the week in every twenty-eight years. The intercalated day of tho 29th February, returns only seven tunes, once on each second day of the week; every other day returns four times in the same day of the week, but at unequal intervals; but the whole order occurs again at the twenty-eighth succes sion. The intervals aro unequal, but the order is invariable, within the cycle, and in the recurring cycles. f Advertisement.] I.URHI Ulunks. At this office the following Blanks, neatly printed, may be obtained, by the single siiect or by tho quire: Garnishment Affi davit and Bond, Bail Bond, Attachment, Claim and Replevy Bond, Mortgage Bond, etc. ts A Ran Killed. 'The hotly of Jesse Moore, a citizen ol Greene county, was found near White Plains on Tuesday evening. Ho evidently came to his death by malicious means. Wc hava heard of no ]iosttive clue as to the murderer. To Certain Young Ren. A lady, through the columns of the Troy Times, requests young gentlemen callers who use pomade, not to rest their heads against the wall. The grease from tlieir hair is readily taken off by the paper, and the entire repapering of a room is fre quently rendered necessary. This advice might be received and acted upon by some young men in tills city, as the defacement, and sometimes complete ruin of fine French wall paper readily attests. The Public Credit. If it bo u sound maxim of financial policy that the public debt should be left to itself now that it is nlmost consolidated, and will soon bo entirely so, —and that the currency should be also allowed to recover its equilibrium wilhout any further changes either by increasing or lessening tbo mass of paper money in circulation—then the people who generally believe in and hold fast by this maxim would be much re lieved if Congress would by sonic positive act give expression, to it at an early day. Mill* Sinned by the President. The President has npproved and signed the bill providing that all cotton grown in the United States after the year 1867 shall be exempt from internal tax, and that cot ton imported from foreign countries after November 1, of this year, shall be exempt from duty. Ho Ims also signed the joint resolution to provide for a commission to examine and report on meters for distilled spirits, and the bill authorizing the Secre tary of the Navy to sell all the iron-clads excepting those of the Dictator, K tlama zoo, Monadnock, and Passaic classes. Mixture in tlie Southern Convention** In Virginia 23 out of 105 delegates to the Coustituiioual Convention, or less than one-fourth, are colored men. In North Carolina 13 out of 120 delegates, or less than one-ninth, are colored. In Missis sippi 12 out of 128. In Louisiana the blacks have a majority of 10. In Florida 20 out of 80 are colored, In Georgia 15 out of 195, or less than one-eleventh, are blacks. In Alabama 18 are negroes, about oue-fifth of the whole body. In Arkansas 5 out of 78 are colored. In South Carolina the two races are about equal in the Con vention. In Texas the delegates have not yet been chosen. Where’s the “supremacy” ? Plant Trees S What resident of our beautiful city is not proud of tlic Trees—the fine rows bearing graceful foliage on our principal streets ? We are glad of the action taken by our City Fathers at the last meeting of Coun cil, on the motion of Col. Bullock—empow. ering the proper committee to look after the trees already standing, and to plant others where it may be thought best. Let us have more Elm Trees—they’ are the best, and will live and flourish when proper care is taken. Now is the time to plant them. What more satisfactory and lasting pleasure can be secured at so small a cost ? I Advortiscment.l Notice. Persons desirous of being relieved of political disabilities, can have their names presented to the Committee by addressing me, at Atlanta, Ga. B. Cox LEV, Com. for sth Congressional Dist. February 10, 1868. ts [Advertkemeut.J Chronic Catarrh, A Clergyman in a neighboring village had suffered for many years, from an obstinate catarrh, which had resisted all attempts for a cure. The obstruction and discharge from the nose was constant, destroying both taste and smell; anil at times even interfering from tho change of voice, with, his public ministrations. Almost in des pair, he commenced the use of Humph reys Catarrh Specific No. 19, and after the use of only a few pills—oue every night— found himself improved ; and ere he had used an entire box. could consider himself entirely well. ts [Advertisement.] (ioods at a Sacrifice. The purchasers of dry goods should not fail to take advantage of the opportunity offered, at 190 Broad street. Thestock of seasonable goods is being sold at a sacrifice as the room is required for other purposes AUGUSTA MARKETS. Thuusday, February IS, P. M. FINANCIAL—GoId ; brokers are buying at 1.40; and selling, 1.44. Silver, baying at 1.32 ; soiling at 1.35. COTTON.—Good demand, with pleasant feel ing—market closing steady at 190 for New York Middlings. GRAIN—Corn in fair request; lots in depot sell at sl.3o—retailing from store at $1.35a1.40. Oats retail at $1.25. Wheat is becoming scarco; rod quoted at S2.SOa3 white $3.25. BACON is lively at unchanged quotations. LARD in excellent demand, prime Tonnessee selling at 15al5ic. [From tho Circular ot Win. Bryce & Cos. New York lotion Review. New York, February 7, 1868. Gkheful Remarks.-Tlio trade is regarding tbo question- of “next crop” with nearly as much interest ns tho weekly receipts at tbe ports. On this latter question we still incline to the opinion expressed in January, that the siee of the crop which will bo coanted will depend en tirely on prices from this timo out. With quo tations abovo Bd. in Liverpool we think 2,350,- 000 bales will come to tho ports. Concerning next crop opinions differ widely, evon among thoso who aro well informed on the subjeot. Some pretend to believe that as much cotton will bo pioked in 1868 as in 1867, aud others that thcro will not be made ono million of bales. At the best, the question is problematical, but both sides of the quostion should be weighed with as little prejudice as possible, an«l an approximate estimate made by those who inteud planting this season. Somo few facts are manifest: thero is a fine supply of corn in the Cotton States ; there are a vast number of laborors who must bo employed, if only for board, and who are better adopted to tho cultivation of cotton than of any other staple ; lands can bo rented for nominal sums, and present prices, tax unpaid, are profit able to planters who go to work with the expec tation of no higher prices than now ourrent. On the othor hand there aro stubborn facts equally strong against raising a crop. The South SM wsaas meat if already scarce. Labor is mor/unsettUd than any Urn. .1„ M th. ftT££ pie di.pond.nt orar tho political ud pocunUrv petition of thoir Motion. Tho th.M contradictory force, i, certainly dKßcult to d“toT mine, but judging from oimila; oircum.tanco. in eorn-growing countries It would bo uowDo to .ay there will bo no orop tbla year; tho fair in ference teem, to bo tboro will bo aome reduction in tbo total crop, depending more or lea. on tho aea.on ; that few large plantation, requiring ex ten.ive capital to cultivate will be attempted, but that a va»t increase may be anticipated in .mail form., railing from ono to twenty bale.. With a fair season, the crop of 1888 should b« raised very cheaply, for the farmers, not having capital to expend, nor oredit to borrow, will bo obliged to lire within themselves, and under these circumstances the price of the product of their industry will return them u handsome re coin penso tit their labor. Tbo “receipts” of tbe crop thus far are per plexing to statiatioianr, and figures can be made to prove anything. The Atlantic States keep pouring out Cotton at a rate to justify very high estimates, while the Mississippi countrv and Tcxaa are far behind even tho last season! Tho opinion is growing that the Allantio States have boon pressing forward their crops most freely on the rise in price- from 15 to 18 cents, caused but a small increase in the receipts at the Atlan tic ports. Tho very wet weather which has prevailed has no doubt cheeked arrivals at interior depots, but a larger movement of the stocks at these points was expected. The low stage of water in tho Southwestern rivers is no doubt partly the cause of these light receipts, hut it is generally conceded that the crop in those sections is very light. The arrivals should bo very brisk during tbe present month at all points, for if we receive less than 400,000 bales ia tbo fuurweekaof February, people will begin to reduce estimates materially and act in accordance. telegraphic News. Tbe Conventions. GEORGIA. Atlaxta, Feb. 13.—The Tenth Section in the report of the Franchise Committee, which allows all voters to he eligible to office, was under debate. Trammell made a strong speach against it when the Con vention adjourned without taking action. A caucus of thirty-nine members was held this evening, at which it was agreed not to support ratification before the people should the Tenth Section pass. NORTH CAROLINA. Raleigh, February 13.—The Convention to-day adopted a part of the article on the Legislature apportioning Senatorial Districts. It divides the State into fifty Districts, ap portioning Senators exclusively on popula tion, and does away with the property qualification. It also passed an ordinance allowing every man, without regard to qualification, who can prove his moral character and pay the tax, free to practice law. The Convention, having passed an ordi nance to levy a tax upon the people or property of the State to pay the mileage and per diem of members, and to meet the ex penses of the Convention. General Canby has issued an order re quiring the puhlic Treasurer of the State to pay the same, upon the order of the Presi dent of the Convention. It is understood that Mr. Battle, tho public Treasurer, will obey the order. SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston, February 13—The Conven tion has had a heavy day’s work. Twenty sections of the new Constitution have been adopted, making altogether fifty three. The Convention requested General Canby to abolish District Courts. It adopted a provision recognizing com mon, public, and political c-quality, without distinction of race or color. FLORIDA. Tallahassee, February 13.—The Con vention to-day went into secret session. Committee of tlie Whole passed a reso lution summoning the colored delegate, charged with delivering an incendiary pub lic speech on the Bth. to appear at the bar of the Convention on tho 14th, and show cause why lie should not be expelled. Articles of Constitution ,were taken up, and but little progress was made. Uni versal suffrage will probably be allowed; no proscription for any but ante-war causes. The Billings’ party are in tribulation- At a meeting in the African church, last night, it is reported that violent speeches were made, recommending death as a suita ble punishment for members of the Con vention who are opposed to the minority. MISSISSIPPI. Jackson, February 13 —The Convention adopted the report of the Committee n Leg islature—providing for the Legislature to consist of a House of Representatives and Senate, the members of the former to be elected for two years, and the latter four years. Advices from the member sent to Vicks burg announced that General Gillem has tbe matter of tax under advisement, A motion was made to telegraph Grant that Gillem refused to collect the tax, aud request that ho be ordered to do so. Ad journed without action. LOUISIANA, New Orleans, February 13.—1n Con vention to-day, Committee on the State made an effort to take up and reconsider a resolution voting thirty per cent, addi tional pay. Judge Cooly spoke forcibly in favor of reconsideration, representing what the civil effect such legislation will have upon the masses when voting for ratifica tion, and demonstrating that there is no necessity for this additional pay. Mr. Regan, who offered the additional pay resolution, spoke in defense of it in a very important speech, in which he used many personalities, and was called a liar by Whif fles. Ihe reconsideration was lost by a vote of 24 to 40. A resolution was adopted providing !or a Board of Registry, to consist of seven mem bers of the Convention, whose duties are to begin immediately after adjournment. »♦*. Congressional. Washington, February 13.— Senate.— T.he bill declaring the bridges on the Mo bile and Chattanooga Railroad a post road —passed. Iho ease of Thomas, Maryland Senator, was resumed and discussed to adjourn ment. Ilousfr —l lie case of John Young lirown was resumed. Brown plead his own caso. He was rejected—loß to 43. Adjourned. Washington Ito mg. Washington, Feb. 13 Ineffectual ap plications have been made at army head quarters for Grant and Hancock’s corre spondence. Secretary Seward responds to tbe Ohio Governor’s demand for the return of papers ratifying the Constitutional Amendment, that there is no law permitting the with rawal of any documents from the de partment at the request of an individual or State; therefore, the order ratifying a D d the one rescinding, will both remain on file. Iu the Reconstruction Committee to-day, Stevens presented a resolution impeaching the President for high crimes and misde meanors. It was tabled by the following vote: Yeas—Bingham, Paine, Bearman, Huldurd, Republicans ; Brooks, Beck, Dem ocrats. Nays—Stevens, Boutwell, Farns worth. This is considered as a finality to impeachment. The Tennesseeans are hopeless of relieving their roads from the operation of the legisla tion proposed by the Southern Railroad Committee. The following was received to-day : Montgomery, February 13. lion. I). F. Patterson, Senator from Tenneteee: Ratification has been defeated by over fifteen thousand majority, IVbat is the prospect of Sherman’s bill respecting Alabama f D. li. Dalton, Governor’s Secretary The discontinuance of the Frecdmen’s Bureau in Tennessee, Kentucky and Mary land, occurs on Saturday. The contin uance of tlie order is improbable. General Meade telegraphs that it is not sure whether Alabama lias accepted or rejected the Constitution. He is investi gating whether tlie polls were not opened in certain counties. If not he will order a special election. The annual Deficiency bill lias become a law, by a lapse of ten days. Tlie President lias nominated Moses S. Foote, Collector of Internal Revenue for the first district of Alabama; also, for distinguished courage, skill and ability displayed during the war of the rebellion, General Wm. T. Sherman is recom mended to be General of the armies of the Uunited States, by brevet. Tlie President has called on Howard for a list of Bureau functionaries, with the law under which they arc employed. A reliable letter from Beirut, Syria, re ports General Breckinridge there, January Ist, contemplating a journey through Syria l Being asked about returning to America, General Breckinridge said he had no wish to become a martyr, and should not return until lie could do so with safety, but that no other country should become his home. Tlie same letter states that Jacob Thomp son, and several other loading parties in tlie South during tlie late war, are wander ing about Turkey. The proposed appropriation bill reduces tlie Federal representatives to Liberia and Hayti from ministers resident to commer cial agents and consuls general. Fire, Wilmington, Fob. 13.—At 9.45 p. m., a disastrous fire was raging in Market street. It originated in a store occupied by Chas. Guthman. It is feared that tlie entire block, bounded by Market, Front Dock and Second street, will be destroyed. [second distatch.] Wilmington, Feb. 13, 10.30 p. The fire is raging with uuabated fury, and the following establishments are burned: Clias. Guthman, clothing; R. S. Waldron, dry goods; Dr. T. B. Carr, dentist; Drs. Arrington A Eveiett, dentists: H. H. Mun. son, clothing ; A. Wronski, dry goods ; C. M. Vanorsdell, photographer; Wilmington Post newspaper; Allen Evans, grocer. One section of the block on fire is entirely beyond control. Thought to he the work of an incendiary. Impossible to form an estimate of the io.-g. Telegraph operate!B are getting ready to vacate their office. From Mexico. Galveston, February 13.—An arrival to-day from Brownsville brings Mexican news to tlie Bth. A revolution is forming in Puebla in tlie interest of Ortega. Daylight robberies and kidnapping for ransom are frequent. General Diaz has resigned. A telegraph line between San*Luis and Matamoras is begun. Corona was sent from Guadalajara, on the 22d, to put down a revolution in Sina- loa, Domingo. Rubi Bendecard is Governor of Mexico instead of Escobedo. From Virginia. Richmond, February 13.—General Scho field lias addressed a circular to tobacco inspectors, inquiring if they have taken the oath prescribed by Congress for office holders. None of them, it is believed, have yet taken that oath. News by Cable. Paris, Feb. 13. — The La France reasserts that Bismarck asked permission to resign. Abyssinian advices represent Napier pushing hostile forces and approaching with skirmishers. Brownlow’s Message. Nashville, Feb. 13. —Brownlow’s mes sage characterizes the concerted railroad strikes as conspiracies against the State. Elections. Binghami'Ton, N. Y., Feb. 13.—Demo cratic Mayor and majority of City Council were elected for the first time in ten years. Markets—By Telegraph. t-'lnn ucin). HAVANA, Feb. 13.—Sterling 10}all. NEW YORK, February 13, Soon, —Sterling 9s<i9i. Gold 41 g. 6 NEW YORK, February 13, Ereiiing.—Gold irregular at 140 j. Storling dull at Uov ernmonts olosod dull. ■ 4.V I’rmluce and other Market.. HAV ANA, Feb. 13. —Sugar dull and declining, offers low, sellers refuse. i.IVKHPOOL, February 13, Evening. —Cotton closed easier. Sales, 10,000 bales. Uplauds, Sgd on spot and B|d to arrive ; Orleans, Bj. NEW YORK, February 13, Norm. —Cotton quiet, 201u21c. Flour a Bbade firmer. Wheat firm. Corn steady. Rye quiet. Pork firm, $23.50. Lard 14a14j0. Naval Stares unchanged. NEW YORK, February IS, Evening. —Cotton 9“ i *‘ and irregular. Sales 3,900 bale* at 20}a21, chiefly 20J. ’ »n-w’^ t “ e A M^* 10 - 80 ' Wheat firm. Com ??, eh “B» <1 - Pork heavy. Rice firm—Carolina I?*;; I *'- 9 th ®! qoiet. Turpentine 65a66 Roam $3.12Ja8.50. Tallow atoady— Freight! quiet Colton, a«it, f.7-13; grain, iail, qaf.tL T 2 E ’ F#braary 13 - Cotton *'°“ r a nd““. a “ d “•changed. Wheat ateady— good to choice Southern 70a85. Corn firm, but acaroe—prune white and yellow 51.20a1.22. Oata at 82. Ry. wanted atßoa7o. Proriafonl Si Racon ahouldera llial!*; balk ihoul aers 9§a9f. CINCINNATI, February 13.—Meea Pork at i< Sh ° Ulder * 10 *’ Cl ** r 13 *' Lard held ST. LOCIS, February 13,-Flour quiet. Corn alow at 84aS8c. Provisiona quiet. Meaa Pork, $22. Shouldere, »}a»|; clear Sider, 12|a 13c. Lard dull at 13£c. ea L „°J J ’ IS^ ILLE . February 13.—Superfine Flour C ,°, rD > 7S»BOe. Lard, 14. Mesa Pork *24. Shoulders, 10J; clear aides, 131 packed. SAVANNAH, February 13.—Cotton opened q “!u t L but stead y> with small inquiry. It closed rVasV t J er ,oelin g- Middlings l»la20c. Sales 1,705 ba.es; receipts 3,288 bales—week, 21,775 •ales; export, f oreign )B|flß7 bales ; coastwise b’ . !, eto « k 88,812 bales; uplands 2,366 bales , sea island sales 8,724 bales. k..??—^ LBS^ 0N » February 13.—Cotton quiet sales of h th« Sedi w ßaieß 200 ba!es Middlings at 20; 1 kT k ’ *’ 2so balos i recite of the week, 8,650 bales ; exports, 5,838, of which 715 Continent; 5,123 coastwise; stock, MOBILE, l'eb. 13.—Cotton, market unsettled a “ d dul ‘ Sa| e a 7 ?° bale*- Middling nominal, at 19&&20C. Receipts 1,776 bales. Exports 1.034 bales. * Midd E itag.m EANS ' Feb - 13 - Cotto “ Sugar snd Molasses receipts very light, priceß firm and unchanged. Marine News. CHARLESTON, February 13.—Arrived: Str. Alliance, Philadelphia. Off the port, bark Mary and Louisa, New York. Sailed : Str James Adger, Now York. 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