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. . .«■ jo. .. './* tumitcf* VOL. xuL COLUMBUS, GEORGIA* PRIDAYI MORNING, FEBRUARY 9. 1877. NO. 34 COMMISSION. “A Stack Ey«, butNothing Sorioui.” FIORHM MMUMCNT OLOfED. Dementi K$m Ufa Hap* of tha State, boi wm *■ MolauiA u» waooi. Tti Mhr^ i ytummncm, hk i.—The at—lag | rfNi o* tha paitp UtUn o* th* Com. ■Wot on te* aaia qiwllin of yeeter- I day I* eras* what ataripatad this morning. TMUnfim riatina that in ril aaaantial itiootar* Ba qnaatio* la bafora tha bomWnn in th* shape indiaatad and daatoad- by Hr. OXJonot in Ma opaning driaUaa lliliar—Ton aay that tba dis tinction between tha man who aooapta tba offloe of Banator and tha man who sooapts the offloe of alaator, ia that in tba on* aaaa tha objaetion goaa to tba powar of tba Stake, and in tba othar it doaa not. What la tha diffaraooa in tha powar of tha at* f Hr. Merriok—In tha on* aaaa tba pro hibition ia that no pataon ahall b* a tap* raeentativ* or Maxtor who hM not attained aoartain aga; in tha othar aaaa it ia that no pamon ahall b* appointed an aiaetor who hold* an offloa ot trust. or profit Whanavar than ia a powar given to do an aottha doar of tha powar can only axaroia* it aooording to tha praoiaa in- ■tnkNioBi mj tlwttgtlflui of Mm WASHINGTON. ma BmmBBraaaa& Tbs Oomniliatan aonranad in opan aaa- Hab. Jnatioa Clifford aaid praaaadinga ara now in oadar nndar tba otdac adoptad yaa- M»J. , Mr. Qaaan, aonnaal for tha Damoerata, aabad GaorgtP. Baa, of Florida, who waa Qrasttao—War* yon ptaaant whan * writ ot fut warranto waa aorvad ? Drnrta objaoted to tha qnaation aa not Within tha oadar. Ooawt aaatainad lb* objaetion to the Otaan than prwmtid a oartlfioata from tbaatark of tba aoart that no raalgnation bad bean Iliad np to January 24, 1877. Ocaan anaannaad that thia waa all the aHrmatita avidaaoa they propoaad to offer. Haptphraya, aworn, produced Wood’* latter aaoapting hi* migration. Another latter waa received dated Ootobar «, 1876, frsaa tea oollaotor, raqnaatlng witnaaa to tarn orar the book* and papata of hla ot- too. Merrick objected to the laat paper. OBfford annonnpad tha -aaaa ready for argaaaaat—two honra allowed to i aid*. - • -V Argonaut waa opnunanoad by Jndg* Washington, FA. 8.—The Pririlagaa and Pnwara oommlttaa of tha Senate ex amined Albert Payaar, Democratic alee, tor who ia itofc and aUagaa ha waa bom in Haw fork. ■air CANAL. The treaty for tha Nicaragua chip oanal Waa nearly toady for tranamiaeion to the Beneta, when Haary Maya aprong a eon. treat with the Nicaragnan Government to betid the canal over the root* indicated by the treaty^ DUD. Bear Admiral Oherlee Wilke* ia dead. Aged savanty-aix yearn. The Appropriation Oammitta* ia making np itaaaa for the military approplation bill on the baaia of 38,000 men. Tba aea* of the United State* ageinat General Belknap wm dlamiaeeil on mo* tion of the Diatriet Attorney General for tha reaaon that the eridenoe would not ■tietain the proaecstion. The notion wm taken by tha diraotion of the Preaidant. ■ikon oamebon anno roa aauon ( ATLANTA. REORRIA LEGISLATURE. House Convention Bill Passes Sen ate by 26 to 14. gpariai It Eafainp.Am.1 Atlanta, February 8.—In tha Banal* tha bill to make woman eligible to hold th* office of State Librarian wm dlaenaaad until tha apaoial order of the day wm raaohad, which wm tha Hooaa bill calling a Oonatitntionri Convention. It wm dlaenaaad alt day. An amendment raferting the qnaation of nalHaig ^ fhTVTt1lM n T1 tO .^60^1# wm loat by the caating rote of the Prcal. dant of the Sonata. .On the final rote the bill wm paaaed by 28 yeM to 14 nay*. A motion to raoonaldar will b* mad* in the morning. In tha Boom the motion to raeonaidar tha aotion on yaaterday in rafatenee to the defeat of the bill granting State aid to the Marietta A North Georgia Kailroad, prereilad by a rota—77 you to 70 nay*. Governor Oolqoltt hu a grand raoap* tion tosnight at the Executive Man* ■ion, rerinangnrating the on*tom of ante btllum day*. Hereafter member* ef the Home will he limited to ten minute ipeechc* G. LOUISIANA MATTERS. ■XAHIHATION CONTINUED. Washington, Fabrnary 8. — Howe’* Loniaiana Oommittea axsminad Jndg* Dari*. Nothing important wm daraloped. Privilege* and Power* Committee took a tee*** on aooount of Firid’s being be fore the Commission. Got. Wall* bad a chill thi* morning. THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. BRILLIANT OP* NINO. TM «ORlIW irntH. wrat JUDOI warm oe new sat. Judge Wait* ia qnotad: “Vsstaidsy’s ptoMadlng* ara maraly pralimlnary fenish no indication of tha icana." Dan Voorham ia qnotad M laying, “A black aye, but nothing aariona.” DnwBT ow Florida closed—little worn ion dbkoobate. Weawraortw, Fab. 8.—Tba argomant in tha Florida cam ia oloaed. Each aide oaad all thair powar* in argomant, whioh wm vary cloa* and technical. The OommlMlon will take the mm into privet* oooeideration early te*morrow moraipg, and it ia expeoted to reach a I the day. a hare little hope for I more favorable to them than the throwing ontof the rote. TM eonteat in the Loniaiana oaaa willb* orar <h* legality of thaBatnining BoaM itaaif. ItwiUba alaimad that there ban bam no oaaraaa of tha rota*, and that ao alaotora bar* barn appointed. TMaamaazoallant authority whioh fur- nkM thaaa rather diaoooraging fora* ■hadawingb axpreaaas abaolnta oonfidanea that tha Oommiarion hM inaugurated a line of proaaadat* that moat throw ont tbd rota of Watt*, tha Oregon poatmM- tar. BpteUitt Xacairtr-Sa*.] Waaninotok, Fab. 8.—Brut* cloud tha aegnmant on tha BopnbUoan lid*. H* . mM tba wiadom of tha mathod and order of thia axamlnation, adoptad by tha Com. ia tartan, hM fully approved it mlf in ita aiacnlion. Tha Intelligent and axpari. anaad minda of tha Oommiarion aaw at onaatMt all tbadaciaira Hum of tha oon trnrawy warn to M determined on tba limitation* of ita power*, and tha limita tion of tha anbjaot matter. In tha foil [ diaenmion aooordad to ooonaal, and in tha datibarstion of 4h* Oommiaaion, the ia daelarad in thia form and to thia affaot, that tha Oommiaaion will roooivo no evidence, bnt will manly inapaot the car- ■Santas which tha Oonatitntlon, and tha lawaof tba United StatM bar* antboriaad lot tmnamiaaion and whioh tha Praaidcnt of tha Ban at* hM opened ip tha praaanoo of tba two Hoes**. Tba Oommiarion hM da aided that in one partioalar it will ra* erir* arldance, tooohing tha eligibility ot ona ef tba Florida aiaotorm. I do not no* falltand tha Oommiarion to bar* orar pMMd tha qnaation—what tha affoot ia aa to tha aoeapUno* or mjootion of a rota i ahallaogad for ineligibility ? Bnt to I hove daaidad that on that point it will ra- | aaiva tha aridanoa whioh may bo off arad to whether tba axoaption taken »Hnaaphmya’ rot* la maintainable, and y, whathar, if maintainable and , tha method* of tha Oonatitn- I parualt of aay raj aotion from the oer- 1 rote tranamlttad and opened on that ■ Reaito, In bia argument, did not tha laat poaitioo. Ha left tha | enbjeat, attar abowing, aa h* aiaimad,that wm dearly allgibl*. Tha jgaatad whathar tha Oommia- i riau had powar to rajaot a alaariy Ulagal 1 roto ha Mr*. Mary 8. Olirar, a oitiaan of Penn, aylrania and Clark in tha Traamry, hM inatitntad suit ageinat Hon. Simon Ossaa* ron for braaoh of promise of marriage, with damage* of |50,000. Tha raapactira agaa of the partial at* 85 and 78. poax omsi affbofiiatioh sill. ■ratal la DoUv.Ik] Weamwoxoai, Fabrnary 8.—Tha poat offloa appropriation bill, aa reported by the Senate Oommlttaa to-day, ia inoraaaad ia amount about #1.600,000 orar tha total of $80,221,000 m passed by tha Horn*. The principal itama of teems* am M follow*: For mail tranaportatioa by railroad*, $600,000, making the total Car that par* poae $9,600,000; oompanaation of poat masters, $250,000; payment of latter oarrien, $150,000; railway poat offloe elerks, $176,000; route agents, $105,000; mail messengers, $100,000; olarks in poatoffloaa, $100,000; manufacture of atamped envelope* and newspaper wrap pers $64,000; poatal oarda $50,000; adrar- tiling $20,000;miaoellaneoaa and inddan- tal expenses, $50,000. Tha total of the bill m now reported exoaada that of laat yaar by about $450,000, bnt is $1,688,000 laaa than tha estimates. now. a. h. STarnana. Sfarid It Esfutrsr-Am.] Washington, Fab. 8.—Alexander H. Staphaoa haa not bean ao wdl to*day, bnt nothing anions. Ha ia still kept fre* from all axcltamsnt—not allowing visi tors, or even tha newspaper* and letters read to him Myat. CONGRESS. ranoH. oov. OBOvxm’a iotiom. Pobtladd, Fab. 8.—A diapatoh aay* laat arening ax-Gor. Grover arrivad at Balam, orarland, from the But. Mr. Grover, after formdly turning orar tha Executive office to Searatary Shad wick, now aoting Governor, will return immo* ately to Waahington, to axiom* hi* aaat in tha Senate March 4 th. HOUiB. Waikikotom, February 8.—Tha treat ment of the Betorning Board ia nndar diaenaaion. It oama nndar a raaolntion by Hale that tha sergeant-at-arma had plaead them in othar quartan than thorn assign ad them by Speaker Bandall. Hale prsaantad a oommnnication from J. Madiaon Walla and Thonua O. Ander son,stating they wan oonfioed in a damy, dark etU, where thair health wm bring undermined on aooount of tha dampnaae and ill ventilation of the odl. Ho offered n raaolntion directing the Sergeant-at* Arms to remove the priaonen to a batter room. After debate, tha raaolntion wm refer red to tha Oommitttae on Loniaiana Elao- tion. Carr aaked leave to offar a raaolntion directing that ioaamnoh aa tha Electoral Oommiaaion bad refused to. reoeiv* evi dence taken by tba Southern oommittees, the memben of tha Loniaiana Batoning Board bo released from custody. Bland objeoted. The dcfloicney appropriation biU wm reported from the Oommittea of the Whole bnt not aoted upon. ■EM ATE. WtsHixoTo*, Feb. 8.—Daring the morning hoar wm dieenmad tha Horn* biU for tba payment of Ja$ B. Eads for the construction of jettiec at Booth Paaa in the Miariarippi river. Erda’ bill wm indefinitely postponed yeas 30, naya 24. [Norn. It ia understood this aotion wm in aooordaooe with Eads' wish as, and that tha Seoretary of the Treasury will now have tha requisition of the Seoretary of War In Eada’ favor for half million in bonds.] Tha Indian appropriation bill with amendment*, whioh oarriee it back to tho Hbnae passed. Adjourned. UraaC Naval Mall a* EarfMk. Sfteltl to IA* Bnttirtr-Sun. Nobvolk, February 8.—Tho ball given by . tho naval offloera in thia station in honor ot tho Grand Doko Alexia and Bos nian naval offloers ia in progress to-night. Tha moat exhaustive preparations have bean made, and neither labor nor axpeoM have bean spared in endMvoring to bare thia tha moat brilliant affair ooonrring in naval oirolas for many years. Eleven hundred invitations ware issued, and many distinguished persona are here. Tho Mew Jersey Insurance Ceaspa nt- Sptcitl to Enquirer-Sun.] Trxmtom, Febroary 8.—The argument in tha out New Jersey Mutual Lifs In anranoe Company before the Ohanoallor wm oloaed thia afternoon. Tha Ohanoal lor derided to grant an in j (motion, re straining all transfers, and appointing a reoeiver. 'The reciever will probably be ex-Governor Parker. O’Mahauay’s Eamnlna. Washwotom, Febroary 8.—The re mains of Jno. O'Mahoney, late Fenian, will be taken to Ireland for interment. WIRED BREVITIES. •Iom! tha argomant on tba Damocratlo *Mh fa tba seam* of argument IM fol- Tha short horn oow, Tenth Duoheas of Geneva, is dead - in England. She waa bought by Lord Beotiva at Naw York Mila in 1873 for over $30,000. The deficiency in the Farmer*' and Me- ohauoa’ National Bank at Hartford, Conn., ia estimated at a half million. It ia stated that thia hM not endangered ita oapitri. Thar* ara raaaons for believing the wrecked steamer is George Oromwell in ■tead of George Washington. Both ba king to the same line and wera on the same voyago. John T. Duglaas, President of the Co lumbia Life Insurauoe Company, and Ed win W. Bryant, actuary, ara held at St. Louis for making and awearing to a false statement aa to the Columbia Life Com pany. Oliver S. Chapman, of Benton, Maaa. a well-known railroad contractor and for ■one time director of the Union Paoitto Kailroad, fell dead yesterday. The United States steamer Swatara, Captain Cooke, from New York, arrived in Hampton Boads Wednesday evening. Steamer Sauk. CiMOiNMAXi, February 8.—The at earner Boston struck a tow boat early thia morn ing at Scotland, Ohio, and rank to bar upper deck. No Uvea loat. Sh* was the largaat op-river steamer running. ill ormnso. Lomdom, Fabrnary 8.—TM Marion of tho British Parliament for 1877 wu opanad by bar Majesty tha Qoten In par- ■on to-day. Tho weathar wm fair and Har Majaaty .left Buckingham Palaoe ahortly after l o'clook in tha Boyal State carriage, attended by a brilliant auita. Tha royal aaoort wm oompuaed of adataohmant ot tha bouaahold troop*. Har Majaaty alighted at tha pear's an. tranoa of tha Parllamcnt building, where ah* was raorived by IM Dapufy Lord High Ohamboriain and grant officer* of State rad oondnoted into the House. The Priao* and Prlnoeaa of WalM wort prea- aat, and there was a brilliant aaMmblsg* of ladies. All the foreign ministers and the Chinsaa and JspanaM ambassiea ware also preasnt. Tha Etri of Boaoonaflaid oarriad tha awotd of State bafora tha Quean. 'Tha Marquis of Salisbury wm not proMnt. After her Majaaty had taken har aaat on tha throne, the Lord High Ohanoallor raid tha ■OVAL BPUOIK. Tba Qaaen My*: ‘-Hostilities, whioh, bafora tha oloaa of last sessiou of Pariia - mint, had broken ont batwoen Turkey and Buaaia on tho ona hand, and Sarvia and Montenegro on tha other,engaged my moat aariona attention, and I anxiously awaited for an opportunity whan my good offloe*, together with tho** of aay riiias, might b* usefully interposed. Thia op portunity presented itself by tho aolirita- tion of Servi* for onr mediation, tha offer of which wm ultimately entertained by the Port*. Har Majaaty then refers to tho baaia whioh ia in oonrae of negotiation, in oon* neotion with other Powers, she deemed to be expedient to submit to the Porto for tho restoration of peaoe and the Porte's aotion thereon. While proceeding to not in thia mediation aho thought it right, after inquiry into tha faots, to da- nonnoa to tho Porto tho axoaaaaa commit ted in Bulgaria, and expreaa her reproba tion of thair perpetrators. Her Mejeaty next apeak* of tha armia tioe and conference in whioh aho wm represented, and aaya: In taking these ■tops, har objaot hM been throughout to maintain tha paaoa of Europe, and bring about a bettor government in tha dis turbed provinces, withoqt infringing up on the independence and integrity of the Ottoman Empire. She regrets that the proposals have not been accepted by the Porto, but the result of the oonferenoe haa been to ahow the exiatenoe of a gen eral agreement among the European pow ers whioh cannot fail to have a material affeot upon the condition of the Govern ment of Turkey. She trusts that the ar- mistiee, yet unexpired, will lead to the conclusion of an honorable peaoe. She aoted in oordial 00-operation with har allies, with whom, as with other foreign powers, her relatione oontinue friendly. The papers on these sub j sots will forthwith be laid before Par liament. Her HejMty alludes to her assumption of the imperial title at Delhi, whioh waa weloomsd with profusions of affeotion, and tha famine in Indie, to arrest whioh every resource will be employed. The remainder of the speeoh is devot ed to oolonitl end home matters. Tha Queen made no elluaion in her speech to the American extradition treaty. EMULAND. BEF0BT8, SUHOBS AMD COMMENTS. London, Feb. 8.—The British steamer Ethel Bilboo, for : Newport, WalM, wm wraokfd on the 19th. The loat by the explosion in tbs Foes oolliary near Lila, England wm 10 killed and 10 wonnded. Parliament meets to-day. A groM difference ia reported between Lord Salisbury and bia eolleagnea. Hu mors of the resingnstionof Lord Salisbury at* In circulation. The causes and effeota of the downfall of Midhat Pasha are still the subjects of oonflioting views. DECISION FAVOBABLE TO THE UNITED STATES. London, February 8.—The Begistrar in Bankruptcy has derided in favor of the United States in the appeal from the de rision of the Trustee in Liquidation of Olewa, Habioht A Go. Thia decision will enable the United Btatee to prove the debt of $29,980 whioh the Trustee re jected on the ground that it waa due from the New York bouse, because the London houM had not yet reoeived the remittance at the time ot Henry Clews A Go.'a fail ure. The answer wm that Henry Clews A Go. received remittances merely as agents of Glewa, Habioht A Go. The de cision of the Trustee wm overruled, with Cotton Supply end Conawoaptlom. Fluaaolel end Uommenlal t hrcolcls ad. ] After Mversl years, in whioh the pro duction of both ootton and ootton goods bed so gained on the oonsumptioo of both M to oaose a great and almost continuous fall in prioaa, averaging mor* than Id. (English) or 2 oents (gold) par pound yearly, in ootton,and atiii more per pound of good*, tha tarn hM oome, consump tion now sgria appears to outran pro duction of both tba raw material and goods. Indeed, tha tarn oama more then a year ego, bnt wm not recognized. The manu facturers of cotton fabrloa audthc dealers in ootton had got jao naod to the de.riMion of soonmnlating surplus, and (like eels) to being skinned, that they really had a year's run of raduoiog stocks, ot both ootton and ootton goods, baton they saw it, or, aaeiug, could believe it. And trade or manufacture ahould scrutinize oloMly bafora aeoepting, the season's sup ply of ootton (azelnsi va of atooks) prom ises to oome abort of that in 1875-6 by 600,000 bales, and tha oeoaumption to be in creased by 878,000—making together a difference of 875,000 bales, whioh, if used most be drawn from the stocks. The atooks in Europe, Ootobar 1, *0. oording to Elliaon, war*: Pairs In ports (vlslbls) 1,118,100 Surplus *t Bills (inrislbls), asp—Conti nent 1110,000 Qront Brilal 20,000— lsO.000 180,000 _ nolns of lesson.... 1,488,000 Tho oonoltuion of the whole matter is thorofors, that if tha above deficit of 878,- 000 balsa In made good ont ot last y ear's stock, it mutt reduoe it, 1st of Ootober next, to 868,000 bales in Europe and Amerioa. Ia it possible ao tar to redoes that wm tha j*ar ia whioh oar crop of the stocks of ootton at tha and of th* »ei- . . ; BIO ora*' eoa? wbeuavar rack facts m tha above, 4,669,000 balsa waa going sumption. In September teat, wa orilad attention to tha fact that, daring tho pro- Ttoas two years, twenty-seven months, production of onr mills bad gone into ac tual oonsomption or export, so that in August, 1876,.there were smaller stoeka of ootton good* held by prodnosra, job bers and retail boo***, in the aggregate, than there wm two years before, by at l*Mt three months. production. They had gone ont ot tha market, and war* in visible to tha trade. They had been dis tributed to actual consumers, rad by ex port. We then indioated the ioorease and Increasing demand for ootton fabrics, and tbe advancing prices, which are now olaerly visible, by euggMting the evident impoiaibility of producing in 1876-7 so Isrg* e supply of goods M went into con sumption rione, in either of tha mmom 1874-8 or 1878-6. The ootton growing and th* ootton inning interests are nevsr far apart. They both of late have been on the rising grade, after a long daaoent whioh oarriad ootton lower In ourtenoy than its gold prioe in the averago of three years before the wet, and ootton goods two to four oanta per pound lower then tbe lowest at the Mine period. Low prioes always ex tend consumption. Thia is especially true of ootton, end ie produoed not alone through the inoresMd demand for ootton goods, bnt also by enlarging ita nses, per mitting ita rabatitntion for other miter iri, m we ebowsd, in onr article of Sep tember 30th, had been done in the Untied States daring th* pMt season. It is with ■neb faots, then, we have to deal in deter mining the nffleienoy of onr present oot ton rapply. Nearly, or perhaps quite, three-fourths of th* ootton orop having reaohed either tbe seaports or the mills, e pretty fair view of the remainder of the lew of ultimate results ora now be bad. It is best to leave ell queutitiM which are yet unknown, and therefore rabjeota of Mti- mata, to the opinion of eaoh individual. The estimated quantities in the following are assumed only to make a formula, not m expressing onr own opinion, whioh for this pnrpoM it is not necessary to give. Every reader ia expeoted to correct any item whisk be thinks enooeoas, and note the effaot of the correction upon tbe resalt. Suppose the total of this crap to be (bales) 4,600,000 (ur 1(8,000 bales lass tbnn tbe last crop) Bappose the portion use.! at the South and seat overland to Northorn mills to be only 400,000 Then tbe total receipts at ports will be.4, loo.oi i Of whioh had been received to Jao 2T..8,0o0,'hx if the; shall be faots, oome to be reoog nixed M snob, will not prioes necessarily advance so fir M to check consumption ? Especially should onr orop tarn out to be Iom than wo hsvs assumed 7 CAN LESS THAN 185 ELECT? casai vs it. CLAY ON tmm QUES TION. bank. Senator* Bogy sad Osmsron, of Wisconsin, both agreed tint m a oourt had decided the) the fnnda at the time of aeisnre were worth the amount expressed in the bill, Congress wm in duty bound to Mtisfy tha olaim, inMmnoh m by holding in their poseeMion thoaa funds until they became worthless by reason of depression, the Government had wronged the bank to that extant. Pending diaonseion of the bill tha Senate adjourned. A Majority ef the Electors Appointed Choose n Preside* t. Available supply rrom porta thencefor ward 1,886,000 Suppose th* Northern con sumption 1,1:0,000 Already taken from porn 488,000 Overland to mills, lay.211,000— 700,000 Yat to be tsksa for Northern mill! 660,000 Of which may ba overland after January 27 60 000 Leaving for axpon 1,370,000, A gainst export last year after Jan. 27.. 1,188,000 Total export last action.... 8,253,000 Total export this season to January 27 1.767,000 Alter Jao. 27,if crop 4,600,000.1,876,1100—6,182,0:10 Ttaaaasaa IsiyenSs Iataraat. Sptcitl It Enquirer-Sun.] ‘Nashville, Fabrnary 8.—Tha State Senate to-day oononrred in s Honae reao- lotion directing the Comptroller end provaU, following s (light depression in Treunrer to suspend payment of the in- 1 Georgia, with pertly oloody weather sad tercet on the State's bonded debt. | possibly light rain*. Eire in New York. New Yobk, Febroary 6.— Martin E. Morphy’s plaining mill, on Tompkins street, wm nearly destroyed, rad Dsnno's lumber yard rad Green’s floor store war# damaged by firs this morning. Lom $40,000. Woattker. Washwoton, Feb. 8.—Indications.— For tho South Atlantio and East Gulf States, rising barometer, colder northerly winds and clear or olesring weather will THE EAST. TUBKIIH POLICY. Constantinople, Feb. 8.—Advices re- iterate the statement tbzt the dismissal of Midbat Paaba does not imply s change in Turkey's foreign end international policy. NEGOTIATIONS OF TUBKBX AND SEE VIA. Vienna, Feb. 8.—A dispatoh says the new Grand Vizier hM given special in structions to continue preliminary nego tiations with Servis. The Prinoe of Montenegro telegraphs the Grand Vizier's willingnsM to nsgotiste, bat desires uego tiatiaos will be oonduoted with the Otto man ambassador at Viaaua. Reduction in supply of Amerloan ootton to Europe 121,000 —and more or less as the crop shall he less or more than 4,600,000 bales. Assuming our orop to be 4,800,000 bales M above—that the Egyptian orop is 80,000 bales less, end that the supply to Europe from India will be 200,000 bales less than bust year—(this lMt now being problem atical, M we never know whst India will torn ont under tbe influence of price)— together they reduoe the supply of the ■eison 419,000 bales, compared with 1878-'6, the deficiency of supply being felt ohiefly in Europe, tbe effeot ou price everywhere. There is believed to be a material falling off this season in the av erage weight of bales. Its average of the whole orop is, of oourse, not yet known, but comparisone of the first half of the orop at various points indicate that it will exoeed ten pounds per bale on the whole. At that rate, tbe loss would amount to 100.000 balea of 460 pounds eaoh—oall it 81.000 balM. As above said, the supply (axoludiog old stoeka) for tbiB season in the world ap pears to be 419,000 bales less than in 1875 -’6, on tbe orop figures assumed. Tbe difference in weights raises tbe Iom to 600,000 bales. Consumption in the United States has lately been reduoed by short water; yet, under the known tendenoy to the produc tion of a heavier average of goods than in past years, and the improvement in busi ness, tbe quantity of raw ootton used and to be need this season will probably ex ceed that of 187&-'6, when there wm soma loss by short time and strikes, m well as by the general discouragement of busi ness. Consumption in England in 1875- 0 wm reduced by some short time and stop ping of mills (at Oldham, etc). There is no apparent probability of short time this MMon, or of any hindrance to the high est production of goods. To a material extent, the use in Great Britain of heavy atnffing of finished doth is reduoed or abandoned, and the piece -weights of tho olotb kept up an increase of ootton ia it, by lower counts of yarn, or more thread, or both. Therefore a sensible iuoreMO in tbe consumption in England is to be ex peoted. The oonsamptiou on the Conti nent oagbt to show its usual annual rate of iuoreMe. Ou the foregoing premises tbe oon- sumption should inorease,.iu Great Brit ain, 80,000,000 pounds; the Continent, 60,000,000 pounds; United States, 20,- OOO,000 pounds—iu all 180,000,000 pounds, equal to 378,000 bales of 400 pounds eaoh. (The average of European. supply laat season wm about 403 pounds per brio.) On the asramptiona we have now stated whioh every one interested in the ootton Whit* Hall, Kx., January 27. Bon. A. K. McClure : Deab Bib—In your able and impartial j carnal of the 24th Inst, yon seem to think that it is necessary to have a ma- oriiy of all th* possible electoral votes Mfore a President oan be eleoted. To me it seems qnlte otherwise, and that it is neoasMiy to have only a majority of the votes actually given. Article 2, sec tion 1, Myi: “Eaoh State ahall appoint, in anoh a manner as tbs Legislature may direot, a number of eleotore equal to the whole number of Senators end Bepreeentativea to wbieh th* State may be entitled; but no Sene- tor or UepreMntative, or person holding an offloe of honor or profit under th* United States, shall be appointed en eleo- tor." Now Webstar gives the word “ap point” M the synonym of “obooee” or “eleet;" end Patriok Henry, * oontempo - rary of the Federal Convention, in debate in the Virginia State Convention, in 1788, mys, In speaking of the rieotion of mem bers ofOongross: “Their eleotion (the term as applied to thair appointment is inaooqrate), will be an involuntary nomi nation! and not a ohoioe.” It ia plain that the word “appointment” ia used in stead of oboose or atari, baoanse the Gov ernor of the State, or tba Senate or House might possibly appoint tbe eleotora ; and tha general term, whioh ia usual in such MM, wm therefore need. Again, tbe aaoond olanaa of thiaasotion which forbid* tha appointment of oartain persons alaotod or obosan, else it hM no meaning whatever. Again, article 12, amendments, nys; “The person having the greatest number of votes for President shall be President, if raoh number be a majority of tbe whole number -of eleotora ap pointed.” Now, if it wm meaut to have simply a majority of all the votes al* lowed or apportioned to tbe States, the olause would have said directly a majority of the same, and not have Bpoken first of the “greatest num ber” and then the “majority." Again, they did not anticipate a tic between two candidates, and therefore assuming that “three or more oandidetes” would divide the votes, required e majority of the votes oast to be given one of them, or else the house should ohose tbe President from the highest, “not exoeeding three.” This oonatruotion is not only logioal, but every way presumptive, else euy electors might at all times prevent an eleotion of the President by the people by refusing to vote at all, whioh is absurd in a republi can government. Bat, happily, we have a context of the Constitution, whioh plaees the meaning of tbe word “appointed” beyond controversy. The resolution* of tbe Federal Conven tion of September 17, 1778, sign «d by George WMhington, President,and William Jaoksou, Seoretary, says: “2. Uesolved, That * * * the United States, in Congress assembled, ahall fix day on whioh eleotora shall be appointed by the States.” Here, of oourse, “ap pointed” means oboaen, for the number allowed eaoh State wm already known, end it would be absurd to fix a day on whioh electors should be appointed by the States, if apportionment was meant whioh apportionment belonged t< Congress end net to the States. Again: “And a day on whioh tbe eleotora should assemble to vote for President, and the time rad plaoe for commencing proceed ings under this Constitution. That after such publication the eleotora should be appointed.” Now to affix tbe meaning of apportioned or allotment of the number of electors here to tbe Slates would be worse than nonsense. Therefore, thoy meant by “appointed," eleoted. In the same olause and resolution they say: “The Senators should appoint a president of the Senate.'’ That ia eleet or ohooBe one. It ia boyond controversy, then, that the person having a majority of tbe votes osst legally end aetnrily, rad not s major ity, of neo*Mity, of tbe whole number of votes allotted to the States, shall be Pres ident. Vonrs truly, C. M. Olay. statistic* wf rapulattaa. Naw York Tlmea. Accuracy is geological and statistical information ia muoh to ba daatrsd. Great advanoM in thia rospaat have bean mad* within tha laat few yaar*, bnt improve ment in still possible. 'Co geogtapheit and statisticians tha unknown wm former ly tba magnificent; it is not long sine* we war* taught that Vaddo wm tha larg aat ally to th* world, and that China con tained 600,000,000 of people. We hers now before ns the latest edition of e very exoellent geography for th* um of aohools, published in this city, in whioh there are said to be only three etitea in th* world oontaining eaoh one, or mor* than one, million of inhabi tants, to-wit; London, Parts, and Con stantinople. Bnt in fact there are nine, exclusive of New York—London, with 3,489,428; Paris, 1,861,793; Constanti nople, 1,075,000; Berlin, 1,048,000; Oan* ton, 1,000,000; Vienna, 1,001,999; Seang- tan, Sbanohowfn, and Stngantu, tn China, 1,000,000 each. There ere also in the world 29 towns whose population ia 600,- 000 or more; and 316 whioh contain 100,- 000 or more people. The total popula tes world la placed in tee geography to whioh wa refer at 1,861,196,361, end the area of ita land rarfsoe at 62,204,848 square mil**; bnt, In point of tact, the population is 1,428,917,000, and tee area >1,340,800 square mlUa—'bus showing n trifling error in population of 62,730,649, rad in area of 864,048 mi las. We hasten, however, to revest the sonroe of onr supe rior information. Fonr yean ago two learned and painstaking Germans, Dn. tiehm end Wagner, oommenoed the publi cation of ■ statistical work on the popula tion of tho earth, and they have eaoh year published a naw adition of their book, revised end corrected np to data. The fonrth edition of this valuable work hM reoently appeared, and we have taken from it the faots stated above. Tba average density of popalatlon throughout tbe world is 28 persons to each square mile. In Europe the people are so crowd ed that 82 of teem live on eaoh square mile, or mor* than eight on cash sore; while in Australia and Polynesia, if the lands war* equally divided, every man, woman rad child would have almost e square mile to his or hsnslf. In Asia there ere 48 persons to eaoh square mil*; iu Afrioe, 17 j; and in Amerioa, North and Booth together, 8}. When th* whole earth beoomM M densely populated as Europe now te, the descendants of Adam *Qd .Eve will number 4,209,945,600 sonls. Aooordiflg to onr German author ities, Enrope hM 309,178,300 inhabitants; Asia, 824,548,800; Atrioa, 199,921,600; America, 86,519,800; and Australia and Polynesia 4,748,600.. Tha following ta ble will show what is the popalatlon of the various oonntries of Europe aooord ing to the latest information obtained by our German authors. Iu this table the date following the name of tee oonntry indicates the year in whioh the data were obtained on whioh Dra. Babul and Wag ner have based their figaree: my 1(76 42,726.242 Hungary ....1671 17,700,000 Switzerland IH70 2,«M,147 Netherlands 1876 3,102,127 Belgium 1374 6,816,034 Luxemburg 1676 2 6,16s Russia 1*70 11,730,wo 1173 1876 Denmark 1876 Frame 1872 ure.t Britain 1876 Spain 1170 4,383 201 .. 1.802,882 .. 1,21)3.0(81 . 30,102,011 ..33,460,000 .16,661 647 . 12,000 .. 4,200,881 . .27,422 174 6,741 7,810 0,800,000 6,078,' 00 1,877 008 Andorra -—.. Portugal 1876.... Italy 1876... Monaco 1873.... Ban Marino 1374... Eu opesn Turkey....—... Houmanla 1878. •. Servia 1676... Moutenegro *~.™“ Ctreeoe 1870 1,667,804 Bines 1871 the population of Germany has increased by 1,693,762; Norway baa increased about 12,000 sinoe 1875; Great Britain 352,000 since 1875, and Portugal 378,681 sinoe 1871; but it must be under stood test in the os so of Portugal this apparent increase ia doe ohiefly to reotifl* cations made in former estimstM of her population. The population of tbe whole of the Turkish Empire is 47,660,000 ; that of tba whole Uussiao Empire is 86,586,000. The population of China is 406,000,000, and of Japan, 33,299,014. With regard to Amerioa the population of Mexico is placed at 9,276,079, a larger nnmber than we have before seen oredited to that country. Central America, 2,828,164 ; the West Indies, 4,316,178; Brazil, 11,- 000,000, and all the rest of Booth Amer* ioa, 18,309,700. Mr. A Bemarksble BUI. Spsclal to ths Chicago Times.] Washington. February 2.—A bill was introduced in the Senate in August last for tbe relief of tbe Union Natiousl Bank of Louisiana, whioh wm reported favor ably to-dey from the Committee on Claims, to whioh it was committed at the time of its introduction. The olaim is based on the following facts: Iu 1863 there were iu possession of the Union Bank of Louisiana oertain funds belong ing to the Planters' Bank of Tennessee, which were seized in pursuznee of general order of Gen. N. P. Banks by a quarter master of the United titates. The Plant- era’ Bank hM sinoe sued and obtained judgment against the Union Bank of Louisiaus for the sum of $36,872.99, the sum being the ftxll value of the funds seized. The debate developed tbe interesting feet that the funds seized by the United States quartermMter were Confederate notes and bonds of a face value exoeeding $100,000. These are now reposing in the vaults of the treasury of the United States, where they have been ever ainoe. Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, suggested that the bill, instead of authorizing the Treasurer of United States to pay over to the bank the ■am of $36,873 99, be amended to iustruet tbe TreMuror to tarn over the funds ac tually seined to satisfy th* olstius ot tbs Field's Dramatic Peroration Be Tore tke Trlbnnnl. Such, Mr. President and gentlemen of the Commission, is as brief a statement us I oau make of tbe faots and the law M we understand them to-day. The great ness of the question in respect to the dignity of the Presidential offloa and the enormous interacts depending upon it are aa nothing compared with the moral ele* meats involved. Trne it is that the per son to whom you give your decision will be for years tbe chief magistrate of forty- five millions of people; will be 00m- mander-in-ebief of your army aud navy ; tbe organ between you and all the foreign States ; tbe beetowal of all offices; the fountain of honor and power, and the exeoutor of your law. But teat ia noth ing oompared with the greater qnration, whether or not the Ameriean people stand powerless before a gigantio fraud. Here is this certificate [holding it aloft iu his hand]. One feele almost reluctant to touch it. Hold it up to the light. It is blaok with orime. Pass it around ; let every mao see it, and then tell me whether or not that certificate gives a title to an office contrary to truth, M we esn prove it. One of the greatest poets of the palm iest days of English literature, writing of tbe coming of the Saviour, said : —and anclrnt frautla ahall fail, Returuiug juitlca lift alofi tho scales. Anoient frauds ? Wan there ever fraud like this ? In all previous agee fraud hM succeeded only beoauM it hM been back ed by the sword and protesting people have been powerleM to tMiet the foroe of armed battalions. Never before now in tbe history of the world hM a fraud suc ceeded against tee oonaoienee and the will of a self-governing people. If it sueoeeds now, let os cover onr faces with shame. Let ns take down the statue on the dome of the ospitoi, whioh every morning fooee the ooming light. Let ns clothe onnelves in seok olotb and sit in ashes forever. a. *21 - -sc
