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Cohtmbtt y 0 L. XXYm -'NO 40 mjtsfcer-Stiit COLUMBUS, GEORGIA TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16 1880 TRICE FIVE CENT# forty-ninth congress a Jmmbir of ff-.w Bills Intro □C'd la the Hoag;, Dr Harrliaa Pnl« la Inalhtr Tariff mil-nr. Morgan Ipraka om a iVr Washington, February 15. — Puelps of Now J rsey, from the com mlttee on foreign afl.urn, reported a resolution calling or the secretary of Btate for copies of all correspondence between hie department and repres seatativea of the governments of Belgium, Dumsrk, Germany, Por tugal, Swei’e i and Norway, relating to the claim of said governments lo be accorded the reduction of tonnage dues accorded vessels entering ports of the United States from certain porta named in section 14 of the ships ping act. Adopted Uoder the call of States the follow log bills were introduced and re ferred: By O dea, of Alabama—To deftae and punish the offense of setting fire to woods on land belonging to the U’ ite fStates. By Herbert, of Alabama—For the judicial ascertaintrrent of claims against the United S ates, By Morrison, of Illinois—To re duce the tariff By Puiitz r, of New Yorfe—A bill grunting a pens on of 15000 u year to the widow of the late Gsn Han- 00<>k By Breckenridge, of Kentucky— To authorize the issue of coin oerufl cates. By Biaud, of Missouri—For the free coinage ol silver. By Kelley, of Pennsylvania—To revive the grade of general in the United 8 ates army. By Miller, of Texas—For the issue of small bills for circulation. The bouse then went Into commit tee of the whole on the Fi z John Porter bill Wolford, of Kentucky, resumed his fpeecb in favor of the bill, contend ing that the trial upon which Gen Porter had b en oorvicted bad not been a fair trial P pe had been seeking a man upon whom to put the blame for being Whipped and tmd selected Porter. He (Wolford) blamed Geos Lre, L mgstreet, Jack- sod and all the confederate soldiers, but Pope bad blamed a union general who had done bis duty nobly. Negtey, of’Pennsyivania, and Ful ler, of Iowa, opposed the bill as an insult to every Boldiei who perilled hi* life to save his country. The committee then rose and at 4:16 the house adjourned. MS1T1. The chair laid before the senate the following letter from the secre tBry ot ih(|ipterior in reply to Du wes’ recent resolution, adopted by the senate, which called for all informa tion in the interior department ro tating to Henry Ward, late Indian inspector: Department of the Interior. Washington, D O, F.bruary 13 lbS6 —President pro tempo e of the Senaie—Sit: I have the honor to ac knowledge the receipt of the senate resolution of the 5 u instant in words a;, follow-: “Resolved, That the secretary of the interior be directed to communi cate to the senate oopiea of all papers which have been fl ed in the in'erior department and, ofati papers which have been presented to any officer ot that department touching the official and personal conduct of Henry Ward, Indian inspector, during his cmtinuanoe in said office.” I transmit all official papers on Ah in the department which I un- d rstand to be embraced by tbe reao* lu’ton. The official repr.r e made to this department by Henry Ward, as Ucited States Indian inspector, are volumttioue, and as the clerical force of this department is limited and Otherwise fully employed, I have deemed it best to transmit the ongl- ra! reports. A? they are Ir quently consulted in the transaction of the business of the department, I have the honor to request that they be re» turned to this department as soon as they are no longer required by the senate, I am directed by the presi dent to say that if the objeot of the resolution is to inquire into the reasons for the suspen sion of Mr Ward, these papers are to be considered, as constituting all the evidence submitted to him in letatlon thereto. I am also directed by the president to say that he does hot consider it consistent with the public interests to transmit copies of Unofficial papers from private citi- z *ns neld in my custody for him Wliiob relate exclusively to the sus pension of an incumbent. I have the honor to be very respeotfully, L Q, O Lamar S ere ary. There are 282 enclosure. Tbe let ter a id tha accompanying papers were referred to the c .mmiiiee on Indian nil ;irs. Amoug the petitions presented W wa considerable uu nber favoring woman suffrago- a <d i peniug up o’’ tie. O ’adorn# lands to settlement. R ter red The senate passed the bill granting franking privilege* to Mrs Julia D G ant, widow ot General Gra it. A resolution off red by Mahore Was, ou objnotion by C ickrell, or dered to lie over, calling or the at torney-general to Inform tbe senate what Dumber of oases to which the United States were a party were pending in the circuit or district O-'U.iwj oi V-igiuna in 1551 and to 1550, * and further, oalliug for papers re lating thereto Morgan then took th- fl wr and re -uni-d Ins argument eg.instthe con stitutionality of the pending tduca- oMiou bill. So far as the state of Ahibarr.ni was concerned, he denird ’ta 1 it was the land of darknesB and (he If.ess -retto of ignorance to be in fmed from (he repot t of the commit tee on education and labor. He read sxrrac s from that report and ex preseed wonder that any man who had fought in the con ft derate army or repref eating a southern state could agree to the matter he quoted. George remarked that Morgan was end -iivoiit g to hold all tbe membsre of that committee respnns bie for the individual opi Ions of the chairman of the committee (Blair), and iu turn read from the report to show that Morgan’s quotations were but in it visual opinions of the chairman Btair desired to make a remark, but Morgan declined to be further interrupted. In the course of his subsequent remarks Morgan said he hai ot ten heard it said that the people of tbe south were a hoodwinked lot of slaves who bad been forced into the rebel lion uud ere-salon by their leaders This heempihatically denied, and as serted that on tbe contrary the lead ers had been forced into secession by the people, and that many cowardly- hearted among the leaders would have tailed arid /aimed bu; for the tact that those lemieis knew they did uot dare tnfl-• with the faith of an en lightened and splendid people. Hr. characterized the bill under debate as a bribe to the south. For his part he neither grew blind nor shut hts eye In the presence of any brioe, no matter how magnificent. The bill would prove a pandoras box and would lead to what had notinapprr- priately been termed a condition ol irgauized bell’’ between the states and the general government He nropbeeie i that under its baneful in fluence you woo'd see tbe people of >he north and south again frenzied with exciterm nt. George asked whether Morgan meant to say that after making ap propriations congre s might then in terpose on state management of the appropriations. Morgan replied, “Certainly.” George deDied this, and said he ouuid nowhere see anything in the bill to warrant such construction. Morgan insisted cn hts point and argued at some length to sustain hts contention. A state, he said, had no way to compel the secretary of the interior to grant it any part of the appropriation, except by appeal to congress, so that the intention was that congress should keep the matter sub jtidice, so that it might change 'he conditions from lime to time. Congress could treat with a state on any subjeci over which congress had not a constitutional power. If it could do that, it could make a compact with a s ate to aban don tbe very function of self govern ment. The bill under consideration w mid put congress in a position where it could place the hand of power on the throat of a state. The very theory of the bill would m ke the mere preamble of the constitution (Ire enacting cause of all its ordi nances. That preamble contained no grant of power. Morgan read from the writings of president Madison and other authorities in support of his ground, and maintained that these authorities stood like a wali of adamant against the parsige of the ponding bill Grcrge desired to interrogate Mor gan, bu! the latter senator declined to yitld After further remarks Morgan con cluded and Jackson took the fl lor. He yielded, however, for a motion to go into ex'cutive session. At 4:10 p m the senate went into executive ses sion, and fifteen minutes la'er tbe doors -were reopened and the ssnote adjourned. Ttk Conan Crop. Washington, D C, February 15 — The bpeciai cotton returns of the de partment of agriculture estimate the cotton remaining on the plantations ou the first of February, the prop or tion of lint to seed, the quality, the average date of ihe close of picking and the price of ootton seed The date of closing varies from November 26 to D oember 11, hut average; for the cotton belt about nine days later than last year: Florida, November 25; Alabama, 28; South Carolina, 30; North Carolina, December 2; Georgia and Texas, 8; Arkansas, 4; Mississip pi, 8; Louisiana and Texas 10 The quality is poorer than last year on the Atlantic coast, with much dis colored and trashy fibre The staple is shorter than usual, except iu fa vored locations west of tire Mississippi, and the yield of lint, which should average 32 per cant, is only 31 per cent from V.rgintato Alabama, sod in Teor-es ee ii is 32, iu Mississippi about 32 to 32$ I < the states west of the Mississippi the quantity on the plantations Fsbru ary Is is apparently about one- -ix h of u crop, five-sixths having gone forward, appearing nt ports aoout February 5 h The pure-triage of >tie crop marka'ed In as f Hows : V r- giuia. 82; N >rtb Carolina. 82; Sou’ll | Carolina, 84, Georgia, 85; Florida, 87; I Alabama, 84 M -si Mppi, 83$: L>ui«» , iana, 83$; l’exa , 83; Aark .uoas, 83; I'e.-rn ss-..e, 82 Tne general average i is nearly 83 The Indies ions thus point to a crop apprjxtmatkig the N ivember estimates of the yield per acre, which 1 >uked lo a product of about six and a half million bales. 11 >He interest in the stock msTket. Tire prices at the opening -bowed only moderate ob«ng s, wi ti a m> jority of th- llsi a sba le higher, and during the fl si hour the ma'k-'l was Irr g .tar and s me what f.-/erlsh This wan followed by » -malt decline, and ut er middry, limit v which Ire earlier tass’-s were in - g-ev put ' r« covered, ai d then th- w '-k tone c-n- tinuod to the close. The fluctuations, however, with few exceptions, were within » mug- of 1 or less and toe quotations strew loes-s in a majority of cises . f small fractals. Coalers were prominently ec'ive ired show wider flue uations, but are all frac- tiora'ty ) wer ‘xiv-n’ L cknwans, wUion is down ]J Luke Snore and Western U ton -re dso conspicu ously wet.k Pacific Mai! was an ex ception to the mie, being errere* all d»y, closing up at j Ssles 394 000 share*. FOREIGN FLASHER lir rimrlti Dllke Dsrllati f Tulfe- lnt« Klsiioni D»mott*lrallwa'j~Tli« ('QB«riT.ttlVf L/ndcn. Kif By A' ••bifa. London, Feb 15 —Lord Dufferiu, vie toy ol Lidia, uae decided to gar rison Bmnuh with 16 000 Ircops un der Command of G.n Pre-ib-rgast. Military occupation and martial law will be c mtinued until November, as Lord D .flerin does uot think the country is ripe yet for the establish ment of eiviJ law. Lmd Diflerin has also utcided to send a stre.ng mil itary expedition to Shan Hill-. RIOTOUS DEMONSTRATIONS A dispatch from Yarmouti says that uutmployid working men of that city are making a riotous dem onstration. A SHIP STRANDED The Bruian ship Mag olls, fr-jm Norfolk for L: verponi, hug stranded near Birnrepr Tne crew was saved ATTEMPTED RIOTING Birmingham F b 15.-A meeting of u. employed workingmen, held here to- day, was attended by 8U00 persons. T.:e addresses delivered were of an it fl .matory nature and the assembiuge dtgeoerati-d into a mob, wbn attempted rioting in the etrie s and shops Toe police, how ever, were prepared and ucceeded in suppressing tbe rioting and prevent ing any ho'ion of pi Hag-. DILKE'S WISE PODICY London Fenvuaiy 15 —Su Cuarb-s I) Ike h -s decided to persevere in tbe policy of i-Pence in regard to tbe veiy serious die insures made st the recent trial He has decided to make no explanation of hi» conduct to me Chelsea electors. I. is certain that he will not. receive a place in Glad stone’s cibinei GRADUALLY INCREASING The Mansion H< Use fuuu,forthe reliel of unemploy-d workingmen, now amount- '<> $130 000 CONDUCTED IN SECRET Trie committee appointed by Chib (i> vb, heme secretary, to inquire into ti e causes of rceui riotous dim-n- b rations in Lmdon held its firet meeting ibis morning The delib erations of the committee are con ducted i" sfc-ef THE CONSERVATIVE LEADERS A meeting of the couserva ivy leader- has bnen called for nex Thursday ut the Cirlelon club, Tire Marquis of Salisbury will presidt- The meeting will b<3 in the na ure of a caucus to determine what policy the conservatives #bal' pur-us in par liament. The principal question to be considered will be tbes aud con* sidtred best to take >n regard to Ireland and the proposed Itish Itg e- lation. THREATENING DEMONSTRATIONS. Leicester February 15 — the number of strikers here has increased. Crowds aro parading the streets. One firm has armed its employes wi.h revolvers to protect its premise- in case of attacks by the paraders, Oermaaj. TWO AMEKiCAKS EXPELLED Berlin,February 15 — Two Aiueti- cans have been expelled from Hol stein, Prussia, for having made them selves troublesome lo the au horitits —one to the cifflcials of Heide and the other to those of Marne. GEORGIA EVANGELISTS Oa 'Ckaara. New York F-bruary 16 —Tne lk ». Uaj ut >ua -cm v,co* Oevelupeu Clata ltaur FtrloiaaMt la «!■•!■- aall lo m roll laaai, Cincinnati February 14 —An ex traordinary scene took place to-night at Music hall. It was the closing night of the meetings of 8 m J mes anu Sam Small The services were to begin at 7:30 o'clock A’ 6 o’clock, when the doors were opened, over 6000 people were pressing for F.dmls si. n, and in five minutes afler 6 every s -at in the hall was tuken. Then the stage was packed until people, among : hem women, sat in the front td .e. E gbt thousand people were packed in the house. The Oiion hall, ndj inlrg, was also packed fuil Binftll preach-d 'here. At 7 e’e (Ck, when I) J yne made his way to the H'age tie s-u.'- lie had en tered with gr-a" diffl.su! y; liiat the front of tho faM was packed wnb p. ople vainly trying to enter, and the streets for ttir.e ‘qireres were a solid mass of people fl-> was sur- 25 00J had tried to ente Muslohall. Fit.een minutes later another mini-ter ar- i iv:d and raid ‘here were 30,000 ir .i- hie to get. in. Ten minutes la el 8 m j jjhs appeared hiid s»sd >» policeman Hold him there were 40 000 people iu a-<1 about Music ball. Mr Jmis preached to an attentive audience. He goes home to-morrow to rest, and in two weeks beglUB praaebing io C-.-wgu, WASHINGTON WAIFS. The MH' of tbe remnitte Tsken ou the Mllifr Question. «if l„ 4 'fry Info (ho T«f«- Biilncm -Tilt Wl'h’ hot dime the A»ngaufitniBl of Con* dcniailonf-Tlic lliliuiti S»k« m compt»ln., |i«, 8p«ouu tc ErgnlrBr-ann Wabhingtdn. February 15 —The president sent the following notnta nation to the senate to-day: Liv ingston W Bithel. of Florida, lo be United States attorney for the south- ■ rn district of Florida THE SILVER QUESTION The silver fight was renewed In the house committee on coinage, weigh'? and measures to-day. For two hours the whole question was discussed, but without conclusion. There was but one proposition voted on, and 'hat *tss tbe bill entitled an act to maintain the purity of silver and gold. It was introduced as a substi tute/or all other hills on the silver question, and was ebumpioued by Mr J-iinra and Mr Hemphill. The bill represented the views ex pressed in the resolution introduced test Friday by Jones, of Brooklyn, NY After ditcussion the bill was .1 efuated by a rots f 9 io 4 Those voting irr me ufiirmu ive were J tines, Hemphill, R -eh well and H 'o'f; n<g live. Bland. Lanbam, Seymour. Nor wood, McCreary, Bynum, L.lile, Fel'ottand Fuller. At the atareioou session, after some discussion, Hemphill, in order to test the aeneo of the committee and at tho same time disclaim any sym pathy with the obicct of the bill, moved to report favorably Reagan’s bill, providing for free and unlimited coinage of silver. The motion wae lost—4 to 8 The vot*s in the effirin- ative w* re cast by Lanham, Mc Creary, Bynum and Biaud, and those in the uegativa by Seymour, Hcuid- hili, Notwoud, Scott, James, R .ek- well. Little and Fuller. Bynum then moved to ropirt ad versely Wait’s bill to suspend until further legislative action bo niu -h of the aot of F-bruary 28lh, 1878, as provides for the coinage of standard -ilver dollars. The motion w-a lost — 6 o 8. Those voting in the iffl ina- t.ive were Lanbarn, Norwood, Mc Creary, B,oum, Fuller and Bland; ■egutive, Seymour, Hemphill. Soon, James, Rrckwell and Li lle. Felton, ■ if Cdil rnta, was not piesent. At the afternoon srsaton James moved to reportadversely the bill in troduced by B.and this morning en titled a bill tor the free coinage if silver and other purposes. The mil is as follows: Section 1 Thul from and after the passage ot ibis act all holders of sil ver bullion of a value of $50 or more, standaid fineness, shall be entitled to have tLerame cot red into standard silver dollars of 412$ grains troy of standard silver to me dollar, upon like terms and conditions a* gold is now c iced for private bold r ; that standards Iver duila s, heretofore coined and herein provided f'T.thtill be the u u oi tOC.uni.auo file standard of value in a like man ner as now previdtd ;or the gold dol lar, andshdl be legal tender for ail (table, public and priv.-.re, except where olherwlse stipulated. Sictlon 2 That so rriurh of the pro- vt-ions ot tbe act of February 28, 1878, entitled "an act to authorize tire cninsge of the standard silver dollar ami restore its legal louder charac ter,” as provides for issuing certifi Cites on deposit of silver dollars shall be applicable lo coiu herein nam'd, and so much of said act, of February 28 1878, as provides for the purcba-i of silver bullion to be coined monthly into standard silver dollars be and ihe same is hereby repealed B- oiion 8 That tho secretary of the treasury is hereby authorized to adopt such rules and regulations us may be necessary to enforce the pro. visions of this aot. J (dues’ motion to report the bill ad versely was carried—7 o 6 The des tailed vote «t< bm follows: Y'ar— Seymour, Hempbill, N rwood, Scott, James, R.ck well and Little. Nays— Lanhauo, McCreary, Bynum, Fuller and Biaud Representative James will make the majority report and Bland the minority report recommending the paasaveef the bill. MOBKISON’S TARIFF BILL M rrisou expresses me opinion that hiB arifi bill, introduced iu tbe house to-day, will < ff ot au estimated reduction of $20,000,000 In the reve nues from customs, bused on the rev enues of that yesr The greatest re duction on any ooe article is in lire case of sugar, where the new duty will reeuii iu a decrease of $10,00.) 000 in the recelp'a Theadditione m free list Will involve a loss of $5,600,000, and tire reduction made by ihe b li on other articles about $5 000,000 8 igbt bu' general reduoii -ns have nten made iu t: e creea- f wools, fi x linen uud hemp o-.ltuus, winuow glass, pta e gh. s f a i.igb q talily, earihen warn and china, where the Ou y is believed io be (X'e-isivo Tire du y on r.c , niaibie cue nr beans and a taw clremionta is also silghtiy reduc d Among the more important addi tions made bv the bill to the free list after July 1 I5s6, arc the luliuwiug : Lumber, hewn or sawed, and timber used for spars and in building wharves; tfcnbcr, iquartd or sided, not sptuiaily numerated or piovidtd for; sawed hoards, planks, deala and other lumber ol bemiook, white fltAiU) liju*Ua«1« ikuU « T | *| -Ua — all other articles of saw el lumber, hubs, slavts, pickets and pailings, laths, shinglfR, pine olap-boarda, spruce clap hoards and wood not es pdiiially enumerated or provided for —tliis proviso is imperative when imported fmuu a country laying u export tax—salt In bag-, sack . oar rets or other packages and iu bulk, nemp, munilla and other like substitutes for hemp not specially enunrera'ed nr nrovided for; jute and jute butts, sesal grass and other vegetable substances not spe cially enumerated or provided for; iron, sulphur, copper and lead ore, mineral substances iu a crude state and metals inwrought not specially ennmeru ed or provided for; coal, coke, Indian corn or maize, oats, bay aud potatoes. THE CHINESE C MPLAIN The Chinese minister called at the state department to day and laid bes fore Secretary Buyard sundry long telegrams received by him from Cal ifornia to the efif ct that there la ap parently a concerted movement in progres-i to drive cut the Chinese from all the towns aud cities of California, except San Francisco, and that the governor of the sta!e and sheriffs of the various cnuutUa evinoo nodls- positlon to proved the Chinese in their treaty rights. The telegrams also assert that the threatened ac tion will not only be disus trous to the Chineve laboring olasacs, but ruinnue to Chinese mere ehnn‘8 «'f San Francisco. 1 in un derstood mat ihe rep esentatlojb mude by (he C onesa minister have a double purpose In view—first, to in voke the ptmeC'ion uf the general government, «nd second, to lay the foundation tor claim ol money in demnity simitar to the claims that have been advanced by the United Sta'es in a large number of oassB and paid by Cbitia as indemuity for inju ries sustained by American cltiz-ns m that empire BEFORE THE COMMITTEE Tie bouse com ml t tee od rive sand haibora heard arguments by R*prr« sentHflve D bhleon tbe improvement of Charleston harbor and Wupoo cut; by W H Perry, of South Caro lina, on the C>ugare river; by Du gan, of South Carolina, on ihe Winyaii bay, 8 C, and by R preset.- tattvs Harris, of Georgia, on tdc Chattahoochee river. CONFIRMATIONS Ttie senate in execu'ive epeetan on Thursday, the lOih inet, confirmed a large number of nominations, but determined not to notify the pr si- dent or make them public until after the following fxecut ve session, in order to give au oppor unity fora rev consideration. Tne confi uaations made to-day are still under In* junction of secrecy. Among itie confirmations of the 10 It fust, w-re the following: Jjacph J Ivins, U ,i'ed 8 a rs m..r- ■»! f-astero diB- riot of Tenne-sep; W C B rd, Uuitvd S ates marshal ortbera district of Florida Postmasters—S 8 Critten den, Greeuville court iiou°e t H C; J E C 'oB'aud, Aiken. 8 C; VV H G .hs, Columbia, 8 C; C W Webb, A ctar- -oo cour h- u»e, 8 C, and a long list of postmasters fri the northern and western sl ates, consular officers and appointees in dome-tic civil service. AFTER THE CHINESE Bills -are ..uiviluau ... Uit: liOU»u to-d-.y by Felton and Henley, of Cal ifornia, ho.h having b,r ilreir object tiie abrogation of the treaty slipula- 'i ins tatwu.L the government of the United States and the empire of China and which permit the immi gration ot Chinese and the piohlhta non of such immigration THE TELEPHONE BUSINESS Hand back, of K tosus, I ri'reduced tire following preamble and resolu tion: Whereas, grave charges have been made and are constantly being made by the hading pre s , f tbe country n flee iug on the integrity and ( Ql ciui action of cer'ain officers of the government of ttie United 8 ates, Rrooived, That a special commit tee, consisting of eleven members of 'ids house, be appointed, and when so appoit: le 1 the committee is hereby directed at as early a day bb possible to make inquiry into any expendl- ure on the part ot the government incurred relative to the rights of the Bril and tbe Pan Krectrlc lelephnne oompauies to priority of patents, and the patents of all organiz tions or companies that have sprung out of the Pan Electric telephone company for any other purpose, and also to make a full inquiry into the Issu ance of stock known as the Pan EifOtric telephone stock, or any stock of any other oompany, comps nies or organisations springing oat of the Pan Electric telephone com pany, aDy person or persons connect ed with e'tlier the legislative, or (X- ecu'ive >r Judicial di-parrments.of the government ot the United States, to whom, when, where and in what auiuuul aud for wnal unnBiderath n, in money or influence, slid slock was delivered; also as to what opinions, decisions and order-: have been made by any (fftaers conneo'ed with the government snd by whom, and all fhe c'.rcuiretarc“s c ;nnec!ed there with and arising there rom, null u'en wtist suit nr suils. If any, hive b“en hr- ughf in lire name of fire U lit d Btate< to test lire validity <f ure pa’ents issued, or s.ny o her right in controvery fte- (v.resu tire Beli anil Pan Electric tele phone companies; what contracts have been made; what tuonteg paid, or to be paid, io buy person or per sons as assistant o> u reel to the at torney general or solicitor of the United B'.aHa; the reason orau'hor- iiy for constituting tbe United Biate. a party to said suit or -uHs, and to the end Sutol tliC ut may be fully advised the committee b« granted the right to send for per sons and papers, to sit during the sessions of the house, lo employ steno graphers, and to incur any reasona ble expenditures that may be deemed necessary fur tire purposes of aucU- Investigation. R (erred to the com mittee on mles Pulelzerof New York, offered the following resolution, which was- tdoiilarly referred : R-sclved, That the resolution cre ating a seleot committee proposed in the resolutions submitted by Hand- back, of K insas, be so amended aB to authorise said ommitiee to inquire whether any of the telephone compa nies have in any way influenced r attempted to itfl "noe the offi cials or the effl dais’ action through newspapers acting from interested or improper motives, snd atao whether tiny corporations or their managers or repreeentativea havs contributed targe sums of mon ey for political campaign purposes upon agreement that s certain per*, son acceptable to them should be ap pointed judge of one of the courts or the U died States which may have to decide litigation concerning tbe tele* phone patents. n*»v:ig osatfMi. Special tc Euqntrsr-Bao St Louis, F. bruary 15.—In addi tion u> llie dumegee su-tained ye»~ ie"da.y morning and evening by the- -.hipping interests at Cairo island,. from the breaking up of the. lee g . go, it litre j net been learned that, the government fl ct, which was- anchored behind that island, has been injured perhaps to a serlouR ex.- tent. Tne first is an extensive one, constating ut three steamers, forty barges a d about twenty pile drivers, and w s valued at about $200,000. Two of the steamers had steam up aud are probably safe Seven of tbe barges nave been oaugut down the- fiver and saved. The other steamers and barges have uot been accounted for yet. Mfmm is* bi Ilia fluoA, I# Awmrcr-JHm. Boston F -bruary 16 —The dam age to property bv the fl md is mated at $1,000 000, at Tuunlou $160! — 000, and a oilrer.pulnls In tnis vicini- i j $200,000 or no re, with constant additions to tire dam g“. Tbe fl .od has partially Bubsid< d, but tbe returu * are not all in yet from points with which communication lias been in terrupted Albany N Y, F. bruary 16 —Thr river is falling here Ttie damage to the 1-laud P.rk rsc-> track aud build ing is ea'imutfd at $50,000 and about as much damage has been done tojthe new blast furmce on Breaker island. ABlnnarunra Detltfii, 8»*e4ml io Jackson, Miss, February 15 —Tb» supreme court .o uaydeetded the case of M A Pollard vs the Pboe lx in* suranoe company in favor of the de* fendant. The question wae whether merchants having insuffi -ieut license C'uld enforce an insur-ince contract. N 'trly $100 000 arc involved, direct* iy ori Ldirectly. This is regarded as tne most important deotaion render ed in this state for years, and It is questionable, under it, whether a valid iLs irauce policy exists in the state. Fttllam. Hpfol»l U» B r qmr*r*ttuo. Harkiskuug Feoruary 15. —H J Tavei, one of ihe oldau general mer* chants of Woodstock, Shenandoah county, has made an assignment. L abilities unknown. N W Sliulter, general merchant of Newmarket, Shenandoah c Minty, has failed. L’a- hifltiea $16 000—$8000 to Baltimore creditors and $8000 lo home creditors-. He o< mprunes d with the Baltimore men nt 60 -ten's on 'lie dollar cash. KilloU to/ HU Hrotlitr, Wpfclftl to Ka(jnli>;r-»uiu Ht Louis. February 16 —A special from Chattanooga, Tenu, to the P«t* Dispatch says two brothers, Jefferson and Snnue] E'iis, became involved in a quarrel ye-Oerday over a trivial naat'er and J -ft rson drew a pistol and shot his brother through the be ,rt, killing him instantly. n*a<l’a L»k7 Sham. '•There’e certainly luck in a horse shoe, especially if it. has been worn by the right horse,” said Lawyer Peter Mi'cbell yesterday. “When M«nd 8 did her fl-st really fast mile at Cleveland in 2:10$ Captain 8.one,, of Cincinnati, who owned her, pulled, off her shoes and stored them in hiw desk and sold the mare to Vanderbilt for a snug price. He’s been making money ever since, and capturing the b-et things nf life ” The captain only kept one of the shoes. He gave one to Mrs Swain, who is a slater of Mr Mltohell, aud -h< gave it to her larger bro’trer. He hadn’t had it a wu k before lie woe married to one of the most charming tadii-H iu New Y-.fk He has been prospering like a green hay tree ever since, aim has had Ure s ioe plated, and framed, and woul iu't lake «k Florida lot for it. Mr Vanderbilt had bu’ one of tfie shoes, and use I :o think that it had a happy irfl renoe on his efforts to turn so tiorrest penny. Cornelius owns it now, end has it fastened to lire front of hi- writing table. Tie fourth shoe is in the posses sion of William Beard, Maud 8’a driver B aid ttdnks that if lie had rmt had ihe stme stuffed in the ballast of hie sulky cushion be never would have been able to have gotten the- work out of the little mare that b« has sinoo the lucky pieca of steel cam*! into his possession.—New York: JV
