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—The Mifscurl TM
canens Wedn-e3ay mgbt nominated Gen.
JemeeStisl^HTor tbo Senatorial ehort term,
overpaid fl. Armstrong, by a vote o' 88 to
Shields represented Diinoia and
JBnnraoU in the United Statee Senato. The
long term soimnaiion was P^P 21 ? 6 ^; c , Br _
Bine© the publication of Secretary Baer
man’s views aa to the Ohio campaign he
has been the recipient of a large number of
letters from Ohio Republicans, asking him
to allow the use cf his name as a candidate
for Governor. He replies in general that It
Utoo early to agitate the question; that
When the time oomee ho will think about It.
—Though senator eharon, of Nevada has
held his offloe for nearly four years and
drawn almost 8 50,0C0 for pay and milosgo,
ha has n t been a monib in his seat al o-
gether hitherto. Somo of his oolleignes had
never seen tin until his recent ariival at
Was ington, and very few of them htd
made his acquaintance. He is 58 years old
and is desor b id as ahortand thin, light-
oamphxion. d. unprepossessing in figure,
Aud weighing hardly more taan ICO poende-
—The Princo of Wales and Jit. Lyon Play
fair were standing near a caldron con lining
lead which was boding at white heat ‘Has
yourBojal Highnose any faith in stience?.
sail the doctor. •Certainly,’ replod the
Prtnoa. ‘Will you, then, place your hand in
the boiling metal and ladle out a portion of
ii?’ ‘Do you to 1 me t > do this?’ asked the
pri ce *1 do,’ replied tho doctor. The
Prince then ladled ont somo of the boiling
lead with Ms band without suffering any
Injury It is a well known eaientifls fact
that tho humvn band may ba placed nnin-
jarrd in lead boUi’-g at white heat, bei.ig
protected from any harm by the moisture of
the skin Bin.nld the lead ba at a percepti
bly lower temperature the effect n - ed not be
described L-.t no one nndertake tho courage
of thePrince of Wales.
A Dssi i. raoa Mb Sfubgeon.—The at-
tantioncf tbeBev. Sir. Spurgeon, the famous
London preacher, baviog been called to an
alleged assertion of uen. Neal Dow that Hr.
Spurgeon used beer and ephitnons Jidtjnrj
very freely, thejfjjfiGSlaim :r. He ea s
fie never ton hoe beer, and uses no alco-
bolio drink aa a beverage, being an habitual
abstainer, and, as a rule, a total abstainer
Ur. cpnrgeon says he does not believe tbs:
these or other stimulants are a help to any
man.
Failubzs is 1878—The annual circular of
Dan. Barlow & Co. states th .t the failures in
the Unite* sbto to «bo jmi I8T8 were lll,-
478, with lisbiiiiies equal to 82S4.C00.0C0.
Tula is an Increase of 1,571 in fslimes and
840,COO 000 in liabilities 0V3r the previous
year, and the aggregate of liabilities is oven
greater than it was in 1873 One chief cause
for this excess wae tho fact that tho bank
rupt law went out of operation in August
last, and a great many persona and firms
failed in the early part of the past year eole’y
to bo able to avail thsmselves of its provis
ions.
A Ba'vz Mcthee.—In Abbeville, South
Carolina, tho other day a little negro, two or
three years old, fell into Hr. J D Pace’s
well and was Imost miraculously delivered
from a wa cry death by its mother The
wtll was forty f iet deep and the child fell to
the bottom. The mother waa some fifty
yards dietant from th) well at the time of
the accident, but imbed to tbs rescue and
' cl.mbed down into the well holding to tho wall
rock and the piping cf the pomp Ths
child war found dinging to the pump up to
its mouth in water and beyond the power of
speech The wimau plictd it in a bccket
which had been lowered to her in the well,
and with this load on her head safe’y climbed
baotcto.hu surface agiiu. But few such
Irutaneos aa this of miraculous escapes and
motherly devotion ever ocoir, and as such
it ie worth recording
—Some Very peculiar incidents * ro told of
tho late storms in ths West. On the New
York Central road, at the western end, 20
feet of snow held its own against the trains
for five day?. A train, made up of a enow-
plough. eight locomotives and a ebzan pas
senger cars, charged it Tho *now plough
struct au unyielding mass cf ice. Five I tav-
£n2in<Mt want cvat and «r*cc T IHX; *
one engineer was killed. Six powerful
Pemnyiv-nia railroad mountain engines
charged a mats of ico in the Alleghany
ranges, bnt nature triumphed. A fcrco of
1,200 laborers was brought tip from the re
gion of Altoona, and, after laboring for nine
hours, daring which time all traffic was sus
pended on that great trunk lino, a train of
nine large engines broke ths blockade and
enabled the delayed'freights toga through
with their perishable property. Oases cf
heroism and rare devotion to daty were fre
quent. Brakemea woro frozen at their
brake?, engine-drivers were killed, and work
men toiled for days with tho mercury below
zero.
The New York Elevated Bor d.—Tho
annual report of President Field to the
stockholders of tho New York Elevated
railway states that the company has now
thirty-one miles of single track in operation,
and carried last year 10,079,625 passengers,
as many as 03.692 passengers being carried
in a single day. The road, ir is claimed, is
substantially constructed, snd within the
past twenty months not a tingle accident
has been caused by tho fault of the company
or its employes. Ample accommodations for
tbs pnbllo art promised, snd it is stated that
the question of a dividend to ths stockhol
ders will not be considered until the road
his been made perfect. On Hay iG, 1877,
the company had in its treasury less than
810,000 In oath, and owed a floating debt of
over 8-74,OUT; now It has in basks and in
trust companies on call over 8768.000, and
has not a dollar of floating debt Mr. W.
T. Felton, ex-Governor TUdeVa nephew,
declined to be re-elected a director of tho
company.
The Custom nouse Fight.
According to tho Washington corres
pondent of the World, the fight over the
Custom Houeo appointments began in
tho Senate, in secret session, last Wed
nesday. Conkling made every bitter
speech against the administration, predi
cated upon a c ctnmunication signed by
Secretory Sherman, giving tho reasons
for the removal of Collector Arthur,
which in substance were that he did not
attend personally to hie official business,
but permitted others to rnn it, which
they did carclorsly, recklessly end inef
ficiently. 4
This brought up Conkling tit a glow.
Ho denonneed the. a’legations as mali
cious and untrue, and in the whol) course
of his speech never gave Hayes the title
of President one time. He called him
simply Mr.-Hayes throughout—showing
the fixity of the impression on Conkling’a
mind that Hayes ie n* constitutionally
elected President.
After a short speech by Senator Thur
man, tho papera were referred to tho
Committee on Commerae, and it was
agreed they aucnll not be made public
until answers fo their charges were re
ceived from ex-Collector Arthur*Co.,
and so begins the fight.
A Mode Farmer.
OUTLOOK AND LABOR PROSPECTS OP
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
Albeit the war has in a great measure
wiped out the magnificent catateB of the
old Noblesse, who lived in baronial style,
keeping open house, and were the most
splendid types of ohlvalroua manhood the
woild ever eaw, yet even under the new
regime we find a “eoatlered few” who still
by indomitable energy and industry con
trive to maintain in part, at least their
former standing as opulent land-holders
and agriculturiste. Prom time to time
we enjoy the privilege of meeting one ol
these gentlemen and talking over the
palmy days of the past. But it is sad
and unprofitable to do bo. Let the retro
spect go. It is the present and eterafu*
tore with which we have to deal. These
thoughts are suggested by a recent pleas
ant oonvereatioa with one of our moat suc
cessful planters, Colonel Lse Jordan,
whose retidence is la Maoon, though his
plantations lie in Southwest Georgia.
The proverbial modesty of tho Colonel
made it diffioult to elicit the facts of
wbioh wa shall speak, and they were giveD
with diffidence and without the least show
of ostentation.
C.L Jordan owns eight plantations,
four located In Dougherty and four io
Lee oounty. Among them are several of
the celebrated Fowl Town places, oao?
cultivated by the lato Joseph Bond.
Last year be planted 2,000 aores of cot
ton, l.SOO aores of corn and S00 acres
of oats. The product waa as follows :
corn 25,000 bnBbels, cotton 1,200 bales,
and oats not measured bnt a heavy yield.
No special attention was bestowed upon
either rice or sugar orne, though
of the former the freedmen had
numeroas patches of their own.
To show the peculiar adaptation
of that soil and climate to the West In
dian cane, however, we would state that
besides saving seed,
TWELVE BARREL? OF fVRUP
were maunfaotnred from one and one-sir-
teenth aores of cane on one of the planta
tions of ourjinformant. Even at twenty-
five cents per gallon (not mnoh more than
naif of tho usual price) this would net the
handsome sum of $120.
Colonel Jordan says cotton can be made
to pay at the present price of meat and
clothing even at eight cents per pound.
Ho will ba satisfied to net that amount
th y >r !? £e Pue v i-.'.;.ine in the staple, a cor
responding f..!t has taken place in the
standing wegns of colored labor. Last
year they ruled at $100 per hand aod
rations; this season from $80 to (85 and
found. All of Colonel Jordan’s hands
are hired by the year, and none but able-
ooditd men are employed. Their fami
lies, however, are’ comfortably housed
and allowed to cultivate truck and garden
patches of their owd. They also consti
tute a reserve force daring the ‘‘chop-
piujj otil** eeatson wben xbxa important tO
reduce tho young weed to a “stand," and
clear it of grass as soon as possible, and
in “picking” time likewise. At these
periods they are paid every Saturday
night so much per diem tor this extra
help.
He employs
ONE HUNDRED NEGRO MEN,
and rone the same number of plows on
bia several plantations. No attempt is
male to pay their stjpnlated wages in
biod or by the eale to them of goods at
exorbitant profits, bat each laborer gets
his money cash down every three months,
one-third of his wages, by contract, being
held back, however, until the cloao of the
year, that he may have something left
for future subsistence.
Colonel Jordan also seta a worthy ex
ample to his brother planters in hi- care
for the spiritual and mental culture of
those who serve him. He has erected a
commodious church and pays a clergyman
to preach statedly to hia employes, and
besides this, has provided the nec-esary
school-houses and teacheis for their chil
dreo.
This is nothing more than was dene by
many slave owners in ante helium times,
bnt still be is deserving of all praise for
such thoughtful consideration of the wel
fare of those who are bound to him by no
personal tie whatever. This is the proper
way to dispel the prejudices between the
races engendered by the mischievous ef
forts of unprincipled carpet-baggers and
fanatical missionaries since the war.
There is general complaint among the
farmers of a dtficitnoy of laborers, so far,
in Southwest Georgia. Many of them are
still without bands, and are actually hiring
labor by tbo day to get in their oat crops,
which oould not be sown ia tbo fall on
aooount of the early oott->nhaxveat.. Some
—r. ,uaff half their comple
ment, while others ere more fortunate.
Co!. Jordan is himself ehort a considera
ble number of bands,
WHAT la THE TROUBLE ?
Simply this: Almost every freedman
has a email surplus on band, and with
corn everywhere in the country at about
50 cents per bushel end meat selling for
five cents per pound, be feels saucy and
independent. Even twenty dollars saved
up will keep the wolf from his door for a
good while, and improvident creature of
to-day that he is, he is determined to rest
and enjoy the present and risk the future*
Hence, their usual reply is, when aeked to
engage for another year, “it’s too cold
marster, and I wants to rest awhile.”
How much the elections and the mon
ey of candidates, successful or not, have
had to do with this indolence and inde
pendence cannot be affirmed. It is tbo
old, old story of the sons of Ham, wheth
er working in bonds or basking
under the palm trees of Jamaica,
or San Domingo. While there are some
honorable exceptions, as a class they are
lazy and improvident, living for the pres
ent only, and utterly regardless of the
hereafter. It is thia that makes the fa-
tare of the South so uncertain. The hus
bandman does not know from year to
year whether hi3 broad acres mail lie
vacant or not for the lack of laborers, and
there ia no such system among ns at the
lifelong leases and tenantry of old Eng
land. Bat we mast do all that is possi
ble in the premises, and by fair treat
ment, good wages and the proper ele
vation of the African, strive to fit him
for the position he is called npon to ocou-
py as the peasantry of the country. Bflt
for the corrupting and debasing influ
ences of universal suffrage the task wonld
be far easier.
Tho French Crisis.
The French Republicans having secur
ed a large and decisive majority in both
chambers, are clearly right in demanding
a ministry responsive to public opinion.
The present ministry, it will be remem
bered, is the result of that compromiee
which at the time threatened a coup
<Tclot from MaoMabon, and m the mildest
view of it, was an effort to check repre
sentative and popular government in
France. It refuses to respond to tho
plain significance of the late Senatorial
elections, which returned an overwhelm
ing majority of Republican Senators.
In fact, this ministry as it stands is
anti-Republican. It really differs with
the parliamentary majority not on any
measures of mere policy, bnt on funda
mental propositions affecting the struct
ure and nature of the government itself.
Self preservation, therefore, demands
that a Republican government should
be directed by its friends, promoters and
well-wishers and not hy ministerial agents
who dutrust its practicability or desire
its failure. The French oriels, therefore,
hinges on far more important considera
tions than thoso wbioh usually suggest or
dictate ministerial cfcaogte.
Cnv
BA COO.
JAcnson’skara SWEET NAVY TO-
onvudawly
State School Commissioner Orr
and the Moffct Bell Flinch.
This indefatigable official and moat ex
cellent gentleman is sanguine that the in-
trodnotion into Georgia of the bell pnnoh
system will be Drodnotive of tho happiest
results to tbo oanse of education, without
working injary to anybody save the to
pers. Pending action npon the question
in the Georgia Legislature he has been
indostrionsly engaged in collecting all the
faots relating to the matter in Virginia,
and confidently believes that he will be
able to show that the measure has greatly
increased the revenae, and is constantly
growing in favor.
We desire to have tho whole snbjflct
properly ventilated, so that intelligent ao
tion can be taken in the premises.
Hon. W. F. Taylor, auditor of pnbiio
•oconnts for Virgiuia, gave the Oommis
aioner the following statistics, which bava
been published in the Constitution :
The gresq amount collected under the
law tor rhn year ending November 1,1878.
waa (472,88414. The amount allowed
tot rebate? is Bet down at $99,887.14. In
this special report the auditor dues not
give the expenses of assessment and col
lection. In thia general report, however,
he set down all expenses including ad
vertising, postage, traveling expenses,
attorneys' fees in certain legal proceed
ings and expenses of assessing and col
lecting, at (32,190.03. Add these last
two items together and deduct from the
gross income and we obtain (340 766.92
as the net income from the law. The re
port does not cover the operations of a
fall year, as the registers were not re
ceived in some of the connties till the
year was somewhat advanced. The audi
tor recommends tbe repeal of the provis
ion of law authorizing rebates. This, or
itself, wonld increase the yield by $99.-
877.14. Certain changes whereby ic is
believed that the efficiency of the law
would be increased are recommended in
the report. A iditor Taylor ia clearly of
the opinion that the law is a good one,
and onghtto be cominnedin force.
Not content with this official statement,
Dr. Oir has addressed letters to many
citizens of Virgiuia of note, asking bow
the law operates, and its effects npon
those mainly affected, viz: the liqnor
dealers. We select and print several
from a number of responds '
,X. , U XT ., an ex-member of
Cocgtooe, says:
The Moffett law, which provides for
tbe colieouon of revenn3 from spirits,
wino and malt liquors, by a specific tax
on consumption, is, in my judgment, a
wiso law. At first it met with strong
opposition, especially from liqnor dealers,
wbo did not understand its principles or
piobably its operation and its effects.
Bat I think tbo opposition has been
greatly diminished as people begin to
understand them better. A strong proof
of this ia fonnd in the fact that, although
iho law tms D&eu lu upetatiuu fur uiu r B
than a year, and in tbe meantime a long
session of oar legislature has been held
no attempt has been made to repeal it.
Itisdefootive in some of its details, bn*
v-hen these shall be oared, it will yield a
very large revenue.
The Superintendent of Instraotioo,
Hon. W. H. Ruffin, writes in the same
vein is a letter, dated, December 5tb, as
follows:
As to public sentiment m regard to
this system, it is, in my opinion, over,
whelmingly favorable, provided tho law,
can be mido thoroughly operative. A*
to the Utter point there is a difL-renc-
of opinion, fcnny regarding tbo scheme
as impracticable. Still, I think that far.
ther trial will be made of it, and I hop?
with success. The principle of taxing
liquor at the point of consumption is un
doubtedly the wisest and best, and will,
in my judgment, become the permanent
policy of this State. Should the law in
this present form be fonnd imperfect, i|
will continue to be amended until the ob
jeetbs accomplished.
Tbe Doctor also expresses the belici
tnat properly adjusted the law could be
made to yield ce much as (700,000 or
(300.000
Another correspondent, so well and
favorably known both in Maoon and At
lanta, Rev, E. W. Warren, D.D., has
this to say on the subject in a recent let
ter:
The law is subjeot to great and fre
quent abuses—it has been and is being
abused. There was great prejudice
again it at first, very little now, I believe
f,nm aonfM. It Anna not affect tbo
liquor drinking materially as to quantity
Tne consnmption ia about what it was be
fore the adoption of the law. The reve
nue ought to be, and would be, were the
law faithfully administered, aa much at
least as (GOO,000.
Senator Withers, in a letter dated tbe
7th instant, make3 tho following em
phatic response:
Your favor of the 2d instant, just re
ceived. In response to tbe inquiries
therein contained, I answer seriatim:
1st. The Moffett law is, I presume, ac
ceptable to the people, as the Legislature
has Ie no attempt to repeal it.
2 -iany dealers who at first opposed
it, L .-r approve and sustain it, though
others still oppose and resist it, failing to
register the liquors sold.
3d. It has realized far more than any
other system of taxation hitherto devised,
though the receipts have not equaled the
expectations of its friends.
4th. I should suppose that the project
yen propose, viz: devoting the revenues
arising from the law to the support of
free schools, wonld make the law popular
and seenre its more faithfnl execution.
From Mr. Kiton, the government Com
missioner of Education, Dr. Orr also re
ceived tbe following valuable informa
tion with regard to the liqnor trade in
the xespeotive States of Georgia and Vir
ginia, as famished by the department of
internal revenne:
Georgia.—Nomber of wholesale liqnor
dealers, 70; number of retail liqnor deal
ers, 2,271; dealers in malt liquors, 44;
total, 2,385.
Virginia.—Nnmber of wholesale liquor
dealers, 60; nnmber of retailers, 2.879;
dealers In malt 1 quote, 15; total 2,454.
Popnlation of Georgia in 1870, 1,225,-
163. j
Commissioner Orr is resolved to push
this matter before the people and the
Legislature, and will spare no pains to
enlighten public sentiment on the 6ub-
ject. He will, when his investigations
aro completed, iesne a circular direct to
all tho county boards of education in the
State, and also to each member of the
General Assembly, giving a succinct
statement of all tho information he haa
gathered on the subject.
If the Virginia law can be amended in
each a manner as not to bear so heavily
npon liqnordealcis, and the tax be brought
down sqnarely npon thoso wbo drink at
retail establishments, thus covering
thousands of non-resldocts, and almost
tho entiro popnlation who pay no other
tax, it might prove beneficial to
the Slate and the cause of public
education. The chief difficulty is in the
enforcement of the tax when there is col
lnsion between the parties, and the
amount of fraud'and demoralization con
sequent npon any legislation which can
not be made effective in praotice. We
trust tbe whole subject will be calmly
and impartially reviewed when the Gener
al Assembly mectaagain in July, and be
passed npon on its legitimate merits. Dr.
On’s report from Virginia certainly con
flicts with many eonnter statements
which have been going tbe rounds cf the
press.
We have still farther private informa
tion from the Commissioner, who Is very
enthusiastic in his advocacy of aome
similar bill, bnt the above will suffice to
bring the matter before thepnblic. It is
impossible now to say what action will be
taken npon the question by our legisla
tors. It is oertain, however, that the
Virginia law must be amended in many
essential points to go down in Georgia.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington, January 16, 1S79.
THE NEW TOES TUBKKT COOK,
Georgoous Roaooe, made matters lively,
in the Senate while in executive session
je-iterday. His performances are tbe
talk cf the town this morniDg, and Hajee
aod John Sherman are gritting their teeth
and swearing vengeauoe. The occa
sion of the lumpus was a communica
tion from John to the Senate, di-
reotly, instead of to the Oommeroe
Commutes, of whloh Conkling is chair
men, in regard to the New Vork
Custom House nominations. This
departure from “n3age,*' wbioh, yon
kuow, is the Horan of tbe Ssnate, stirred
Uonkilng’s wratu nearly aa deeply as the
nature of the communication itself,
wbioh was a strong and aggressive docu
ment. He 1st loose his lordly wrath
against “Mr. Hayes,’ as he takes espe
cial pains always to call the de facto, bat
was -specially bitter and denunciatory of
tne Ohio snake; end in that sneering, rasp
ing style of hiB made things smoking
hot for Ruiherford and his purse baarer.
One point hs made with especial emph*a
at?, was that Mr. Hayes, had, after re
moving the New York oollsotor for grave
OAases, tendered him an important for
eign mission.
He ^finally carried his point lo have
ths letter referred to his commit
tee, and I am sorry to say, by ths
aid of Damocratio votes. At least
that ia generally undetstcofi, not pos
itively kaowu, for of course on the
theory that executive sessions are
profoundly secret, nothing can ba said
to bo actually known. That I say, is
the theory, but in practice what is cone
gensrally leaks out as succeaefully as ths
t-.vueeuiuga of a female secret society.
Itseem8 to me the Democrats can stir
ths quarrel w thoir • positive advantage
bnt hardly by bacsing o.«k}ing as they
did once before. Hayes 19 tne uw to
back if they want to make trouble for tho
enemy.
THE BOUSE
had a field day yesterday and liked it so
well they didn’t let go until half-past 10 p.
a. It was on a bill reported by tho Wa>s
and Means committee providing for the
iisoe of certificates of deposit of the treas
ury of tli- X7»u-A flmtos of the denomi-
E tion. of ten dollkrs, in exchange ftr-
u«rful money of the United States, the
certificates to bear three per cent, inter
est, and to be convertible at any time,
with accrued interest, into the 4 pec cent,
bonds described in the funding act, the
money eo reoeived to be applied only to
the payment of the 5-20 bonds. The
decisive vote by which this bill passed,
117 to 72. makes its chances in the Sen
ate highly probable. Of tho Georgia
members present Mr. Candler voted for
ths bill, and Messrs. Blount, Fel
ton and Harris against it. Messrs.
Cook and S-nith were paired and Messrs.
Bell and Stephens were absent. Gen.
Cook wonld bava voted for tho bill if not
paired, and Osptain Smith against it.
The bill was fought pretty vigoromly by
E lley, ButUr and Bonks on tbs R*dioai
-ide and Hawitt, of New York, on the
Democrats. This bill, or rather it* tali-
ent featnres, wa9 suggested by Mr. Hayes
in his last message, and it is to bo sap-
posed he and John Bhermen feai good
this morning over ils snoceas. A
similar plan has worked mar
rellouily well in Frauoe, and
there seems no reason why it should
not work equally as well here. The
House being in such an industrious mood,
then tackled another “reenance” meas
ure reported from the Ways and Means
committee, and whioh provides for pay
ing import duties ia United States notes.
I’be extreme hard money men, lead by
Garfield, antagonized it, but on a motion
by him to table, only mastered 41 votes
and the bill finally passed by 102 major
ity, all the Georgia members present ro
ting aye. Snch industry having pretty
gene-ally exhausted everybody, ths So-
lons went home to bad with, it is pre
sumed. unusually easy conscisncea.
a “big INJUN.”
Ths sensation now is Chief Joseph,
wbo is here, and greatly atared at and
made mnoh of generally. Perhaps yon
rcooileet tbe geatleman in oonnestioD
with some remarkable feats of marching
and almost, bnt never quite, overtaken
by that FresAnan’s Bare in warrior,
Howard. Joseph ia as fine a specimen
at a man, physically, as can be found
anywhere. He is jost thirty, five feet ten
or eleven inches high, solid end muscu
lar, bnt looks as if ho eonld do pretty
mnoh anyth ng hs liked that required
quick movement. His face is fall of
power and expression, and his skin,
though very dark copper colored, is very
smooth and clear. He looks every inoh a
man, snd hears himself, in his (nil Indian
oostame, like a king. In my judgment
he is ten times Howard’s superior men
tally and perhaps morally, with anything
like an equal show wonld have whipped
that “Christian soldier” out of hie boots.
He cornea here to talk with Mr. Hayei
about his wrongt; but, poor fellow, I fear
he ia on a fool’s errand. The govern-
ment has allowed white men to steal hie
land and murder his people, and is not
likely to make him any reparation. Hs
must give way before what is called tho
"march of civilization,” which means out
West stealing the Indians’ land, and then
exterminating them if they resent it.
BOKBID.
No other word fitly desoribsB ths weath
er here for the present week. When I
wrote last the snow was thres or four In*
tffies doep, and to-day there ia a ooatlng
of ioe on everything. The ann has shone
■inee Tuesday only long enough to melt
the snow on the sidewalks, and prepare
them for the elect that fell last night.
Walking even with rabbets and “oreep-
era” Is nearly a physical Impossibility ex
cept at the risk of realizing on life in
surance polioxes, and this morning, I
was one of along 11ns of people who took
the middle of the avenue instead of the
sidewalks. It was rather an odd apeo a-
ole to Bee that street nearly its entire
length fall of men and women, who had
deserted the Bide walk* to aave their bones.
This rough weather ia telling fearfully
on the very young and old and scarlet fe-
verand diphtheria are on the increase.
Ths river ie still frozenasd navigation sns-
peuded on the Potomac except where the
Baltimore and Ohio tug boat keeps, with
great difficulty, a parsageepsn near Alex
andria between its ferry Blip and that of
tbs Virginia Midland road on tho other
eborc. A. W. R.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Windom’s Wind.
Tho Senator fromMianesota, oan hard
ly bo candid in bringing forward his ne
gro emigration scheme from StateB where
they are not permitted equal suffrage
rights, to other BtateB ’ and territories
which offer them. All the States by law,
exoepting one or two Northern States,
guarantee the negroes eqoal rights and
privileges—an aasnranoe the most posi
tive and solemn wbioh can be given.
Tho Constitution of the United States
also guarantees the right of emigration.
H<s resolution therefore, has nothing to
atandon. Bat probably it will answer
as wall as anything elso, as the basis of a
windy speeoh on the bloody shirt and ne
gro wrongs. Windy Windom, try your
band at the 'bellows.
Hartford, Conn., January 17.—O. H
Flat, of Meriden, waa nominated fur
United Status Senator in tbe Repnbltoan
eanons last night on the 87th ballot. He
is a prominent lawyer and State’s Attor
ney for Hew Haven county.
Poitsvills, Pa , Janaary 17 —In addi
tion to tne strike of the miners at Conner
and Hammond, the colliers at Girardville,
the men at the Prestsn mines, whloh
number three hundred, and the Girard
colliers turned ont this morning, olalming
tbe two months baok pay whioh is doe
them. The five collieries whioh are now
idle comprise the entire Girardville die-
trior, and are all operated by the Phila
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron Com
pany, employing about fifteen hundred
men and boys.
NonwiOK, Conn, Jaanary 17.—Sate
M. Oobb was eentenoed to imprisonment
for life at Weathenfield. Her counsel
moved for a new trial, and ten days were
allowed to perfeoc the motion. Bishop’s
trial for his share in the murder and for
poisoning his wife haa been postponed
until the Maroh term.
Utica, N. Y., Janaary 17.—Ire
Ayresbire Breeders Association, by a
vote of 51 to 10, resolved to drop from
the herd-book the names of all animals
whose pedigree ia not traoed direotly to
importation. William Birney, of Spring-
field, waa elected preBideat.
Washington, Jan. 17 —In Senate—
Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, presented the
credentials of Hon. George S. Houston,
elected United States U3nator, from Ala
bama, for six years, from the 4ih of
March 1879, to snooeed HomGairgeE.
Spencer. The credentials were read and
placed on file.
The President has approved the bill
relieving James Chestnut, of South Caro
lina, of political disabilities.
Mr. Saulsbury submitted a resolution
calling upon the Secretary of the Treasu
ry for information as to the amo-u? or
commissions o,r •tUor compensation paid
banker?, brokers, etc., for services in ne
gotiating the sale of United States bonds
from 1862 to the present time—the
amount paid any such persons for ser
vices in refunding any bonds of the
United States, and whether interest has
been paid on called bondB sold to redeem
sneb bonds—how much double interest
has been paid on each class of bonds, and
how muoh money has been allowed to re
main on deposit in the national banka
designated as depositories.
Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, suggested
that the resolution bo referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Mr. Saulsburj would not consent to
the reference. Mr. Morrill objected to
further consideration to-day, and it was
laid on the table.
Mr. AUUod, from the Committee on
Finance, reported adversely on the Sen
ate bill to authorize the killing of furscsl
and other fur-bearing animals within tbe
limits of Alaska Territory, and ths bill
was indefinitely postponed.
This is the bill introduced by Mr.Cam
eron, ,t Wisconsin, on tho 24th of Jana
ary last, ami anih-iu.u *Ka .Secretary of
the Treamry to deolare the Territory u:
Alaska, exoept the Islands of St. George
and Ss. Pasl, open to the killing of fur
bearing animals, persons engaging ic
snob killing to pay 10 tho government
ten per cent, of the appraised value of
tho skins of the latter.
London, January 17.—Tho United
Siates sailing ship Constitution went
ishore early this morniogon Balland
Point near Swansea, England. Steam
tugs have been sent to her assistance.
Paris, Jan. 17.—The ministerial state
ment bos generally prodnoed an unfavor
able impression. Tho joarnai lies deBates
ragrets that the government did not em
ploy more animate!’ and cordial language.
Ii says, “In reading tbeir declaration one
might believe nothing had happened in
Fracoe for a long time, whereas, only a
we* k ago, the repnblto waa established.
Tne Rcpublique Francaise sayB: The gov
ernment mast rely only npon ths signifi
cance of their ects and the frankness of
their attitude as tbe declaration will be of
no assistanos to them.
Tne Dix-Nenditme Siecle says: “The
government spoke for twenty mii.utes
without pronouncing a single word that
they ougnt to have spoken. The lan
guage of tho ministry is not a new pro
gramme, but a simplo exposition of the
situation or a report of the parliamentary
proceedings.”
The Fljaro sayt: “The ministerial state
ment is a political testament which will
not prevent the fail of tbe cabinet.”
The Constitution, the Qaulois, and the
Solid praise the govern ment program me.
The Rappel, Voltaire, Marseillais and Revo
lution Francaise vehemently attack the
statement and characterize it as “void of
purpose,” the “frnit of madness,” and
®th-r like txpresaions.
The quertion of (he ministerial crUi 1 is
dison9sed everywhere, and the general
impression prevails that tho oablnot can
bo&roely remain in office after the unfav
orable reoeption of tbeir programme in
tbo Chambers, Lo biecle, indeed, ex
presses the opinion that tbe ministry can
not survivo more than twenty-four hours.
In some quarters, it is said the oriels will
ensue immediately; that MaoM'han will
satnmon Gambetta, and in the event of
bis refusing to form a cabinet, MaoMahon
will resign. On the other hand, it i*
believed by some that if Gambslta shall
refuse to form a oabinst, MaoMahon will
reqnest M. Dufaure to form a new min
istry.
It 13 pointed out, however, in parlia
mentary circles that, according to Iho
strict parliamentary rnle?, there can be
no other president of the council than
Gambetta, einoo he, ft‘. ths present mo
ment, practioally holds the post. In
spite, however, of the language of the
Republican journals and the generally
prevailing impression, there is a somo-
what strong belief in well informed cir
cles that the ministry will obtain a ma
jority in the Chamber of Deputies after
the debate, which begins Monday.
Nzw York, January 17.—The State
Senate resolved that on January 21st a
United States Senator shall be voted for
in place of Conkling. Another resolution
provides for a joint meeting with the
Assembly on the 22d for tho eleotion of
a Senator.
The bark Oliver Emery has arrived
here with the orew of the Maggie Vanin-
sen, from Smithville, N. C, for Balti
more, whioh was found on tbe 10th inst.,
water-logged and her rudder gone. Two
cf the crew were frost-bitten.
Philadelphia, Pa., Janaary 17.—Tho
Governor's proclamation, announcing the
names of the Oongressm<-n elected at tho
late general eleotion, inoindes that of
Elatz, Democrat, In the lltb district,
whioh had been disputed hitherto by Al
bright, Rtpnblican.
New Orleans, January 17.—The death
of Msj. John H. New, a prominent attor
ney, ie announced. The United StateB
and Diatnot Courts adjourned in respect
to his memory.
The balloting for United Siates Senator
by the Legislature has been nnsnooeesfal
se far.
Washington, January 17.—In the Sen
ate, Messrs. W Jlaoe, of Pann„ and Bay
ard have beon excused from further Bor
neo on the Teller Speoial Committee.
Messrs. McDonald ?.nd Randolph were
appointed to fill tbe vacancies.
’ In the discussion upon ibs qneslion
of granting the request of Messrs. W«l-
laoe and Bayard, tho farmer said he
had made the request to bo excused be
cause tbe gentlemen- who represented
the minority of the Senate on the Teller
Committed were now about to start North
from New Orleans, and the others were
going to Charleston to continue their in
vestigations, and it whb impossible for
him to go to Cbarlestou. It was also
impossible for tbe Senator from Delaware
to go as he was now in Texas.
The Ssnate again discussed the patent
law bilL Several times the Senate was
without a qnurnm, and fiually adjourned
til! Monday. *
The Home was engaged for a consid
erable portion of to-day on tbe bill for
the payment of twenty thousand dollars
to tbe trnsteeB of tbs Protestant Epi°oo-
pal Ssminaty and High School in Vir
ginia for the rent of tbe building daring
tho war. Conger, White of Pennsylvania,
and Townsend of New York, opposed tne
bill on the ground of its being a war
otaim, while Haskell, Eden, Huntoo,
Bright of Tenne89ee, and K?lly of Penn-
- ivania, favored the measure. The
House, however,without action,an journed.
Tbe Senate committee on Privileges
and Elections met to-day for action on
the memorial of D. T. Corbin, who claims
the seat now held by Senator Butler, of
South Carolina. The Republican mem
bers of the committee have made a re
port favoring Corbin’s admission, but a
minority report in opposition thereto has
been prepared. Action on the whole
subject has b?en postponed until Mon.
day.
Toe Senate committee on Territories
heard arguments this morning aa the ad
visability of bringing the Indian Territo
ry under civil form of government. Del
egations from Cherokees, ChickasawB
and Creeks were present,all cf whom
opposed any change in their present
relations with the government, claiming
they had treaty rights which should not
be violated by any new order.
Nominations—Alexander B. Hagner,
of Maryland, to be Associate Jtutice of
the Supreme Court of the District of Co
lumbia, and the following postmasters:
Virginia, George V. Case.Liberty; North
Carolira, Wiley A. Walker, WinBton;
Jonathan D, White, Greensboro; South
Carolina, James H Goss, Union Court
House; Alonso Webster, Orangeburg, C.
H.; Georgia, Frederick Ball, LaGrange;
Alabama, Mrs. Maryland E. Henry, Du-
catar; Mississippi, Robert Stewart. Ma
oon; Jobn B. Deason.Brookhaven; Frank
M. Gaar, Tupelo; Texas, Chauncey B
Sabin, Galveston; A. B. Norton, Dallas;
CharlesRrickenborger,Bondam; Charles
H. Clifford, Hearne; August B. Pelm,
R -and Bock; A. G. Wilcox, Rockdale.
New York, January 17.—A fire broke
ont thia evening in the wholesale cloth
house of Van Valkenbuig & Levitt 62
Worth street, and rapidly enveloped the
entiro building. The two adjoining
buildings occupied by Pastor Walkin-
aha\v, No. RR. are on fire and tho flames
have uro83ed the street to No. 65, occn
pied by Joseph Luos.
Tho fire, after crossing to the south
side of Worth stri-et, ia working through
the block southerly to Thomas street and
now appears to be extending on Worth
street west toward Church and Erst in
the direction of Bread way.
Washington, January 17.—The case of
tbe Comptroller General of South Caroli
na against the Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company, which wa3 brought
to tbe United States Supreme Court by
appeal, was argued to-day. The question
involved is the liability of tho Atlanta
and Richmond Air Line Railroad Com
pany to taxation in Sonth Carolina, under
the general act cf ’GS, without regard to
the exemption from taxation granted by
its charter. The appellee, who is a
stockholder of the Air Line Company,
denies the liability and is sustained by
the court below.
Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Williams, of Utah,
addressed the House Judiciary Committee
to-day praying that the recent decision
of the Supreme Court will not be enforced
on those now living in polygamy, on the
groumithafc if tho h<ubanda are compelled
to snrrender all bnt one wife those aba*,
doned with their children will be driven
to destitution. No aotion was taken.
The British Parliament, tome time
eincj, enacted a law known as the con
tagions disease act, requiring tho slaugh
ter, at the port entry, of alt live animals
imported into tbe kingdom. The conncil,
recently, after correspondence with the
Department of State, declared that
American cattle be exempt from the ope
ration of this act.
The Srnate passed the bill for restoring
the files and records of any district of
the circuit court of the United States de
stroyed by fiie. The bill was ia the na
ture of a substitute for the House bill
to restore the files of the Texas courts
recently burned.
A momber of the Ways and Means com
mittee is authority for the statement that
another call of reports from the commit
tee will be made early in February. This
will afford an opportunity tor disposing of
the sugar question at the present session
of Congress.
Representative Singleton, of Missis
sippi, has introduced a bill to provide for
payment on claims of Southern mail
contractors, which authorizes the pay
ment of fifty per cent, of all each claims
aa have been audited, and whatever bal
ance remains, out of tbe amount appro
priated for that purpose, namely (375,-
000, after such payment, shall be held
for one year to meet tbe olaims which
may hereafter be audited, the balance re
maining to be divided among the claim
acts.
London, January 17.—An enormous
crowd has assembled in Lombard street
Great excitement prevails oTer a reported
run on tbe bank of London and County?
Banking Company. The crowd was orig
inally attracted by a dispute in the street.
A large attendance gave rise to the rumor
of a run on the bank, which afterwords
became a fact.
London, January 17.—The Berlin cor
respondent of the Times saya: “The Lib
erals, despite their opposiuon, are con
vinced that farther restrictions are abso
lutely necessary to guard against abuse
of speech in tho Reichstag, and though
etrongiy opposed to the Cnanoellor’s rem
edy ai too drastic, tho opinion was gain
ing ground that he will ooerce or cajole
them to th’.B purpose.”
The Port complins of the bitter tone
characterizing English criticisms of the
measure. It thinks England’s opposition
to the bill nothing more than another
form of her antipathy to the Chancellor’s
protectionist pjrty.
A tolegram from Candabar, dated the
8th, eaye: “The last troops of the ad
vance of Generals Stewart’s and Bid-
dulph’d forces have filed ont of the.Cabul
gate of Candabar. Not a shot wae fired
nor did any contretemps of any kind oc
cur prior to entering the city. We have
captured the post arriving from Herat
for Mir AfzaL*’
LivebfooXi, January 17.—This week’s
circular of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers’
Association eaye 1 “There was a good de
mand for cotton and aome descriptions
advanced. American was in good general
demand in the early part of the week.
Uplands advanced a sixteenth, but the
supply having increased, rates declined
to last week’s quotations. Sc a island wae
in general demand at full prices. Fatures
sustained various fluctuations, and on
Saturday and Monday adranoed a six
teenth each day. The tendency smoe
then has been generally weaker, although
prices closed a sixteenth higher on tne
week.’’
London. Janaary 17.—The Daily Tele.
graph's Paris correspondent eaye: “Cur
rent rumors point to the retirement of
ail the ministers exoept Messrs. Say and
DeHoroere.”
The correspondent of the Times says:
“The silence with whioh the ministerial
statement was reoeived resembled that
at a sentence of death. The capital
omission of the statement was the prom
ise of dismissals from office, without
wbioh nothing can save the Cabinet. The
Republicans, attor eight years of impa
tient waiting, now wish to install them
selves, and no Cabinet oan exist except on
the condition of making a terrible clear-
enoe of these officials.
A Ranter’s dispatoh from Roms states
that in addition to tbe appointment of
several apoBtollo vioara in various parts
of America wbioh are destitute of epis
copal ohnrobe* the Vatioan intends to es
tablish several new bishoprics in the
United States, and institute a new hie
rarchy different. from tbe present one.
The Pope baa sent ciroulars to the Bish
ops outside of Earope, with a view to ex
tending the oolleotion of Peter’s penoa in
ell 1 he countries of the world.
New Orleans, January 17.—At tfa,
session of tbe Teller Committee to-day
AbramThom»sand J. Boss Stewart, both,
colored, of Tensas, gave eyidenee similar
to that already published, the only new
tact being the naming by Stewart - of
fifteen negroes alleged j to have been mar-
dsred.
Chicago, Jenaary 17. — The Indian
eoout, Girard, testified before the Reno
Court of loquiry that on tbe evening of |
toe 2ith ot June, with two scouts, he
rode at the head of Ouster’s column to the
top of the knoll, and saw 2,500 Indians.
The order was given Rsoo to “Go foi*
ward, and when you meet the Indians
charge and I will support yon ”
New Yobe, Janmtry 17.—The Execu
tive Committee of the Young Men’s
Christian Associations of the United
States and British provinoes have agreed
to oall the next biennial convention of the
associations at Baltimore, May 21st
At a convention Of national militia to
day, Adjutant-General Barney, of Rhode
Island, ocoupied the ohair. JudgeHilton
spoke bntfly.
London, Jan. 18.—The Coroner’* jury
find that the late Edward Matthew Ward,
painter, cat his threat while temporarily
insane from ill health.
Ths United States ship. Constitution,
is apparently uninjured, no danuga to
oargo. Bob will eail in a few days for
Hew York.
WeBton started from the^Royal Ex
change, London, five minntee after mil-
night on a two thousand miles walk over
ths oounty roads of England, having un
dertaken to walk thia dtetanoe and deliver
fifty leoturee ia atnousand hour. He
first day’s journey is to Folkestone, a
distance of eigbty-one miles. The judges
travel in a conveyance. A bieyoliat Is also
of the patty.
Weaton passed through Chatham at
8:30 o’clock, a. m., when it was snowing
heavily. Early this morning rain fell,
whioh, as tbe atmosphere beoame colder,
tnrned'to half-frczen sleet, and about
nice o’olook this give place to enow.
Which continued falling heavily throngh-
ont the morning. Traffic in the streets ia
greatly impeded.
Rom, Jan. 18 —In the Italian Cham
ber of Deputies yesterday, Signor Dep-
retis, President of Conncil. in reply to an
interrogatory by Signor Krcole, regard
ing the disappearance of Coionel Gala,
and what steps the government had ta
ken in the matter, recapitnlatea the faots.
Colonel Gaia, Italian member of tbe
Servian boundary commission, went from
Belgrade to Bucharest with Major Wilson
of the same commission The latter left
Bnoharest on the 3rd of Deoember, and
waa to rejoin Colonel Gala at Bnstctmk,
when they were to proceed together to
Constantinople; bnt Major Wilson has
never seen Colonel Gala since ha left him
in Bucharest, and no traoa has been
fonnd of him, though official inquiries
have been made in every direotion.
Signor DePretis stated that, notwith
standing tha most diligent efforts of the
Italian government and its agents, noth
ing has been ascertained throwing any
light on the mystery. He said he trust
ed the Roumanian government would not
fail in the anty incumbent upon it of
making a searching inquiry in the case.
Signor Ercole was dissatisfied with this
reply. Ho insisted that the Roumanian
government was responsible for tho dis
appearance of Colonel Gala, and declared
that if the Italian government did not
make itself respsoteU in this matter and
take each steps as appeared to him suffi
cient, he should move a vote of want of
confidence m the government.
Washington December 18. — The
House resumed, as tha regular order of
business, the consideration of the Geneva
award bill.
After oonsiderablo debate, at half-past
five, the bill was passed by a vote of yeas
113, cays 93. The bill as passed revives
and continnes Ihe Conrt of Commission
ers of Alabama claims, fixes the nnmber
of lodges at three, and limits the exist
ence to eighteen months. The first class
of claims will ba for damages directly
done by Confederate ernisers on tho high
seas within fonr miles of the shore. Ia tbe
eases of whaling vessels, ten percent, ad
ditional will be allowed in lien of freight,
and the same allowance will be made,
with six; per cent, interest, on judgments
heretofore rendered in favor of whaling
vessels. Bsoond class claims will be for
sdditioual interest on former judgments.
Oa ell judgments rendered tho interest
allowed will ba six oer cent. Third class
claims will bo fur tbe paym-at of war
risks. Deductions will be mida of any
earns paid baok in dinsnnition of 6nch pre
miums, eo that the aotnal loss shall be al
lowed.
The Secretary of the Treasury is direct
ed to pay, without further adjudication by
eny court, the ten per cent npon whaling
▼eeseis and their outfit (with six per cent,
interest), on awards heretofore made,
and also to pay two per cant, additional
interest ou all judgments heretofore
made, judgments rendered in fitstclaea
to be paid first, then second class. If the
money is not sufficient to piy all of the
a cond class, they will be paid pro rata,
and the like rnle also applies to the third
No foreign born person will be exclud
ed, if he is residing or doing business in
the United States, or was sailing under
the United States flag. The act is not to
beconatrned os renewing or continuing
any cf the commissions of judges or offi
cers ot the former court. Any balance
remaining shall bo a fund from which
Congress may hereafter anthorize the
payment of other claims thereon.
Milwauees, January 18.— The Dem >-
crate yesterday nominated Chief Justice
Ryan aa their candidate for United StateB
Senator.
Montgouxet, Janary 18.—Tha Mobile
it Moi-tgomery Railroad Company has
declared a semi-annual dividend of two
and a half per cent.
Louisville, January 18 —Robert An
derson, or trial for the murder of his
wife, was found eniity, and sentenced to
be hung. He was convicted on the evi
dence of bis little sod, who was present
and eaw the killing.
Fobt Ribinson, January 18.—A couri r
just arrived reports that tho savages have
assumed the most inaccessible position of
any whioh they have recently held. They
now hold the troops at bay. Five sol
soldiers, trying to ascertain the Indiana’
position, got within short range of half a
score of Indiana and one soldier was
killed. Capt. Wissels, believing tbe In
dians cannot be dislodged without great
lose, sent to the Red Cloud Agency for a
half dozen Sioux scouts.
Saratoga, N. Y. January 18 —An or.
der of arrest haa been issued for J. H.
Farrington, director and business part
ner ot J. S. Leake, cashier of the First
National Bank, on complaint of a woman
of whom he borrowed a large'earn of
money a few days betore the bank stop
ped, olaiming that he was worth (40.000.
Baltikobe, January 18.—In the Uni
ted States Court, Judge Bond presiding,
William A. Forwood and Thomas Cook,
judges of election in the election held
for member of Congress in November
last, were fonnd guilty of obstructing,
hindering and interfering with the Uni
ted States Supervisor and United States
Deputy Marshal dn the performance of
their daty. They were sentenced to pa;
a fine of five dollars eich and costs
amounting to one hundred and fifty dol
lars.
New Orleans, January IS.—In the
Teller Committee, oa motion of Mr.
Garland, it was ordered that United
States Commissioner Lane take the testi
mony of witnesses subpornaed bnt not ex
amined ; that Norris Marks represent the
majority and B. F. Jonas tho minority of
the committee.and the testimony so taken
be forwarded to tho ebairman of the
committee. The committee leave this
evening.
Chicago, January 18.—The scout Gi-
eard is in Rsno, and, on inquiry, gave a
long account of the movements of the
troops on the day of the Caster massacre
and the situation of the battlefields, and
mentioned various orders given; believed
the fighting force of the Indian* to be
from twenty-five hundred to three thou-
iu4. He heard Beveral volleys of from
fifty to a hundred shots each, on the
ether side of the village about the time
the order was given' “every man to his
horse.” Reno’s force at that time was
stationed in about ten or fifteen minutes’
ride ot where he saw Caster’s command,
or what he believed to be that command.
He thought a force of 150 men ought to
have held the Indians in check for some
time.
Washington, January 18. — The
Committee on Coinage, Weights and
Heasurea has decided to prepare a bill for
the redemption of the trade dollar at par,
and to prohibit its farther circulation in
the United States. It was not deeided
whether its coinage for export will be
permirtt-d in the future.
Mr. Vance authorized to report-the
Cummings bill for the redemption of
subsidiary silver, and for tbe re-i*»ue
thereof.
Tne House Committee on Foreign Af
faire held an informal cooreraation on the
Jup-ini^e indemnity bill bere'olora re
ported. The Committee will Dress the
pasiage of the bill
The Secret Service arrested at Fan-
wood, N. J , Charted Ulrioh UBd Henry
Cote, wbo issued counterfeits on tho Ta-
maqo-v ond Hanover banks, of Pennsyl
vania.
Red Cloud arrived at Fort Robinson
last night. Tbe Ogellalas r.quost that
all women and children, now widows and
orphan*, held as prisoners, bo turned
over to them to take them to their homes
and care for them. The request will be
granted
London, January 18.—The Middtes-
boro. Rosedale and Ferry Hill Iron Com
pany has failed, with liabilities Of JB280,-
000 and assets of .£35,000.
The United States snip Constitution is
making tnree inches of water per hoar.
Livers will examine her hall Monday. A
considerable quantity of chain cable had
to be jettisoned before she Seated.
St.ckholh, January 18.—Tne branch
office of tbe Gnttenberger Commercial
Company baa 8uepanded payment.
St. PetbHsbusg, January' 18.—The
Agence Russe eaye tne proposal to extend
tne functions of tbe commission for the
orranization ot E is tern Ronmelia bat re
ceived the assent of all the powers that
ench prolongation does not constitute a
violation of the treaty of Berlin. Tha
Russian administration of thu govern
ment of Eietern Ronmefia ie thus pro
longed until the labors of the organiza
tion commission are concluded.
Cincinnati, January 18.—Tne call for
ten per cent of the subscriptions to the-
exposition fund bad the effect of bringing
in aome cases tne emire subBoripiion,
and in many cases 25 to 50 per cent.
There now seems no doubt of tne comple
tion of the buildings' and opening of the
exposition in August next.
Flushing. L. I., January 18.—‘Fowler,
the pedestrian, has completed 312 miles.
He is twenty miles behind his time.
Norfolk, January 18.—The schooner
Bushrod W. Hill, New Orleans, for New
York, is in Hampton Roads leaking. She
bad her foremast and bowsprit sprang,
and lost her foresail.
Richmond, January 18.—The Senate
Special Committee end Hunse Committee
on Federal R»Ia ions, noting jointly, to
day submitted a lengthy report and a se
ries of resolutions in regard to the illegal
usurpation of State rights by the Federal
Judge Rives, of the Western district of
Virginia. The resolutions deolare :
1. That ths Constitution of tbe United
States is in as full foroe and vigor aa
when adopted and ratified.
2. That Virginis,ia re*eateriog 'he Un
ion after the civil war, xesnnrad all hor re
lations to ths Government, and waa on
a perfect equaltty with every other State
and is entitled to the same duties and ob
ligations as each other State, and her cit
izens are equal in every reepeot under
the Constitntion with every other citizen
of the United States.
3. That the United States can only ex
ercise powers delegated to them in tbe
constitution. Within the scope of these
powers the government is supreme; be*
yond them it has no existence.
4. That the preservation of the States
in tbe maintenance of their governments
ia as much within tbe desien and care of
the constitution as the preservation ot
tbe Uaion and the maintenance of the
Federal government,and separate and in
dependent autonomy of States ia neser-
sary to the Union under the constitu
tion.
5. That the essential and fundamental
right reserved by tbe people of tbe States
is to organize eaoh State na a —r-rato
aod dtsu—' xiniitifltl .a—1—* j. to constitute
therein snob government as best suits
their will and pleasure, and to change the
s*me whenever their convenience re
quires if, subject to only the constitntion
ot tbe United States and tho lows and
treaties made in pursuance thereof.
6. That the necessary and inherent
condition of this reserved riRht of local
self-government is the right of doty of
States to proteot life, liberty and proper
ty witb n her jurisdiction by tbe laws of
her own creation and by tbe effioers of
her own selecto r*
7. That the Constitntion of the United
States grants certain powers and im
poses consequent duties upon the United
Slates which they ere bound to execute
and perform, and that the rights reeerved
to the States impose on tbem certain
other functions aod duties which they
are equally bound to execute and per
form, and the United Statee can no more
rightfully interfere with and attempt to
execute tho powers and perform the func
tions of the States than tbe States can
those of the United States, and any at
tempt of either to interfere with the
rights of the other will be usurpation
and unconstitutional and void.
S. That the United States havo only
the right to prevent the exercise by the
States ot the powers prohibited to them
by the Constitution by pronouncing ench
forbidden action void, through tbe judi
cial power, but ia no case can the United
States undertake to perform any dnly
which the State should perform.
9. That therefore all the acts of Con
gress, particularly tho civil rights bill
and the enforcement act, which attempt
to provide for the performance, by the
United StateB, of the duties belonging to
the States, are unconstitutional and void.
10. That, therefore, the action ot the
Judge of the District Oonrt of the Uoited
States for tho western district of Vir
ginia, in assuming jurisdiction of the
cases of Lee Reynolds and Bur well Rey
nolds, parties charged with crime against
this commonwealth and held to answer
therefor, is an attempt to exeonte the
law of this commonwealth and to regulate
her internal policy in the courts by the
officers of the United States, is unwar
ranted by the Constitution, destructive to
the right of the people of each State to
protect their life, liberty and prosperity
in their own way, by their own courts
and officers, and ought at once to be
remedied by the proDer judicial action,
and a recurrence of the same prevented
by appropriate legislation.
11. That tha proper legal provisions
ought to bo made for tbe prompt and
effective auperviaioa by the Supreme
Conrt of the United States of all proceed
ings of judges of inferior courts of the
United State?.
12. That the Governor 13 instructed to
direct the Attorney General to institute
proceedings in tho name of this common
wealth before the United States Supreme
Conrt end demand such protection and re
dress as that tribunal can afford in the
premises.
New York, January 18.—Among the
bonds stolen at tha Northampton Bank
robbery in 1876 were six Missouri Pacific
first mortgage bond*. Tne coupons be
longing to these bonds were yesterday
presented for payment to the Missouri
Pacific Company in this city. Tho Com
pany had been notified that these bonds
were stolen and sent word to tbe owner.
The owner attempted to prevent the pay.
ment, bat tho holders, a reputable bank
ing firm demanded paymout at once and
threatened to pretest the coupons. Tho
company paid the amount by its check.
The payment of the check thia morning
w^s enjoined by Judge Barrett on appli
cation and tho right to the coupons as to
the proceeds will be litigated. The con-
pone are stamped on the back with the
name Gampertr, Frankfort-on-the-Main,
and came to this county through a highly
respeotable firm. It is supposed to be a
part of the hundred thousand dollars ot
stolen securities, which it said ths rob
bers Negotiated in Euepe.
■Paris, January 18.—A meeting to-day,
ot the Republicans of the Left, numbering
242 members, again discussed the minis
terial programme, and declared it unac
ceptable, adding however, that it wonld
await for the government’s explanation
to the Chamber before pronouncing a
final decision.
ODBBI—“Wfaj wui men uaoke common