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TOpe dkxrcgx* 3fjjim*al In ^wtiupet The Telegraph and Messenger MACON GA JANUAE 28 1879 —Mx« Agnes Jenke hao written a letter in which she io>mnly d'elates that she is done forever with politics. —Beaton's fine Masonic Temple is maitgt- gaifer $266000, and ths Masons of that city didike to either shoulder the tnrdonor sacrifice the properly —Congressman Monism, of Itlin ie, etrosgly favors senator Bay »rd for the Presi dency. The Biebmsnd (.Va) State in a leading editorial takes the same poaiti >n. —uen- Botlcr already announces his de- tetna nation to inn for Governor of Massa chusetts again next autumn, ar.d ho is con fident that this time he‘will make the trip ’ —Dr. Holland is quoted as saymg of th* plethora of magazine articles: ‘ffe have $14,(00 worth of manuscripts paid for, and I hoar that the Harpers have $53.COO worth.’ —Last September a census was taken of the Japanese islands. The total population Of the emp; o was 84,233,4:4 Of these, l,* C8C.771 dwell in Xeddo, or. as the inaabitanta name it Totio, in 236 961 houses, being about 4 87 occupants for each house. —The Getman Emperor is wonderfully well and vigorous, though still obliged to carry his right arm in a sling, and drives out accompanied only by the Crown Piince or an equerry. All the forenoon he devotes to receivJag reports and giving audiences. —The Marchioness of Lome has sent word horns that aha likes Canada and B'daan Hall vary much. An agreoablo association between her old and new home is kept up by the presence around the Governor-Gener al’s house of sentinels in the familiar uni • form cf the Coldstream Guard. —Electric carriage lamp3 a French inven tor proposes to prodace 60 that ordinary car liages drawn by horses will be illaminstcd by electricity supplied by the rotary motion of tMr whee s, locomotives while in motion Will light up the train i they draw, and steam ships supply themselves with powetfal lights. —There is something more than a suspi cion ia Buffalo that extensive emurgUng operations are carried on near that city. The eastern end cf Bake Erie is frozen fast for a nnrahor cf miles oat, and the ice Is from eighteen inches to two feet in thick ness, strong enough to bear teams, and on it teams are crossing to Canada with surrep titious petroleum. Tho Chicago Tribino denounced in ad vance Logan’s election to the United States Senate as an ontrigo on ‘civilization, princi pie and public interest,’ nor does tho Tri bune feel at all relieved when it reflects that his enocees ‘is cone the less humiliating, be cause it was brought about by disreputable and degrading means.’ Its Republican brother, tho later Ocean, recommends for its relief a good does of vermifuge. Thb Mxkobitt Bipoet is the Pou.h Caio- l,uu Oisz.—Senator Hill has prepared the minority report in rogtrd to the Sonth Caro lina Senatorship. In it ho says that Sutler's case is res a <3 judicata, .ana that Coibin's case depends on whether there was a quorum of the Chamberlain Legislature. Now, ae they admit there was no quorum, there could have been no election. Hence, oven if Butler’s claim were not complete, Corbin would not be entitled to ths seat. —Business at tba principal trade centres throughout tbe West and Northwest, says the Now York Bulletin, ia quite as promising as it usually is towards the close of January. At Chicago, merchants report their sales for tbe first half of tbs month to bo consider ably in excess of the corresponding time last year, deflections arc a’so better Goods are sold on dose margins, and trado general ly. it is conotdsd, wss rarely in a more heal thy position. Tho conditions of an active spring business are all at hand, and tnt await ths advance cf the season for their development —The increasing production of ostrich feathers ontho South African farms, com bined with a falling eff in tho demaud at home, hssledtoa decline in the market rates for this produce at tho colonial sales. Feathers cf euperior quality, however, fetch hlgbprioes. At a recent sale at Grahams- town thirteen splendid ‘primes,’or'perfect white feathers, realized a guinea each, or at tho rate of $725 per pound. Tho averago prtoa fer fine wh'te feathers wa3 $200 par pound, while blacks realized ab ut seventy dollars, and drab or fancy oolors only twenty dollars per pound. —Tho Berlin Kladdoradatsch in a cartoon represents Lcrk Betoonsdeid in the gub of a little boy building a castle in tho sir with dominoes inscribed Canada, Tasmania, New Sontb Wales, Gibraltar, Malta, Transvaal and Oypius. The crowning pieces, which he is about to lay, bear the names of Afghanistan and Alexandretta. Meanwhile Gortschakcff looks at his efforts with a critical eye, and the following conversation takes plsca G. —Tam really anxious toseo up to what height you will bring your work withont it falling to pieces.’ B.—T daroeayl may bring it very high, if nobody shakes the table.’ EoCiK Caloutsa Juxz —There is now on exhibition in' tho counting-rooms of The News and Courier, says that paper, a most superior specimen of jute, raised on Edisto Island by Mr. John Jenkins. It has been compared witbjaie imported from India, and found fto be glossier to the eye and silkier to tho touch. Mr. Jenkins only plan ted for seed this year, having merely strip ped a f<>w stalks for the purposes of exhibi tion, but next year he will undertake tho cultivation of the crop as a regular business Excellent jate has also been raised as high npas Abbeville, so that it is now a settled fact that a wide strip of country in this State is suited to its culture, and sU tbs seed ordered by the Agricultural Society of South Carolina Lour India having alreedy been bought, jute may be expected daring tho coming season to tako its place alongsido cf cotton sad rice as a Carolina staple. —Orange growing ia California has been assuming suoh dimensions as to make it doubtful whether in a few years it will pay to raise the fruit at alL Every land-owner and settler in the neighborhood of Los An geles is ambitious to have an orange grove; housoa aro lurrounded by them, and they even border the streets. Many of tho longer- headed ou tivatora of ths ground are bsg'n uing to plant a’mon 1 and walnut trees, fore seeing a time when tbe market wUl bo glutted With oranges. Ths auecees in raiairg bana nas has not been very encouraging thus far. owing to ths in j ary done to tbe iyoung trees by the occasional night frosts It is believed, bow- ver, that harm is to bs feared from tho frMts only while tho banana trees aro very young, and that IT bey can be nursed through their infancy, they will provo hardy tnongh to survive. Oranges, figs, almonds, olives baurnas—these are smong the frnltB produ ced by the wonie fal Golden State, as well as the choioest grapes, fit for wine and raisin making,and all the fruits of temperate cimee in the greatest profusion and of the highest exoellencs. Tnx Death Rate.—AJRuseian statisti cian, who has been examining*into tbe death-rate of the varions countries on that continent, makes tho lowest rate in Norway rind Sweden—18 2 in every thou sand,—and tho highest, Ru£3ia—37.6. Great Britain shows 23.7, France 263, Germany 27.8, and Spiin 30.5. In the CUv of Now York, according to the Sun, t! edeith-xate last year was 25.28. T lie New York Nominations. The Senate Committee on oommeroe, who held the New York Castcm House nominations under advisement, yesterday agreed to report against them, and it was expected that tho report would bs mado in the evening. All this has been confi dently anticipated. The Senate Commit tee oa Commerce is virtually Senator Cockling. Ho is chairman and wields the majority. The McArthur incumbency cf the Custom Eouse, likewise, in. Conkling’s understanding of the matter, belonged to him, and was at his absolute disposal, holding the offices by gracious pleasure and for his personal service. The unceremonious dismissal of the Mc Arthur incumbants was therefore a deadly affront—dictated by his personal and political enemies, of whom Secretary Evarts and John Sherman were chief. At the time it was held to be an Adminis tration declaration of war against Conk- ling’s re-election; but the sweeping tri umph of New York’s Senator shows that it was powerless. But beyond the circumstances of this particular case, is a claim permanently advanced and insisted on by tbe Repub- lican Senators, that the leading Federal appointments in their respective States are rightly and properly subject to their control alone—are their personal and po litical capital, and a failure to respect their demands in the matter by the Ad ministration is insult and spoliation. Un der this conviction It is not snrprising that Senator Conkling fights these opposi tion nominations withont gloves and buries his nails deep in the countenance of the Administration. We presume there is no donbt that he will defeat the Hayes nominees. He will probably carry enough of the Democratic Senators with him to offset the feeble Senatorial following of Hayes, if he has any; bat we fail to un derstand why Conkling should be able to coant on Democratic support in tbe premises. Himself an intolerant and dictatorial opponent, bitter and vindict ive in bis sectionalism, he is the great lever in tbe enterprise of re-establishing the Grant domination and dynasty. Buried Millions, WHAT BECOMES OF THE GOLD AND SIL VER. A. S. Barnes & Co., Ill and 113, Wil liam street, send na “Atlas Series” No. 7—a pamphlet inquiring “where do the gold and silv.- r ? * By J. V. C. Smith. Unhappily it- question is much more easily ask> d iu»u answered. The pam phlet cai.nct unswer it, except by mere hypothesis and conjecture. Much of the precious metals lies buried m the ocean— lest in course of transportation, but tbe theory of the writer is that tbe great bulk lies bnried in the earth—in the natural development cf an instinct among all men, especially the les3 oivilized, to seek the earth as a convenient place of con cealment. The earth, therefore, has been tbe grand treasure house of men since tbe world began—especially among ruder peoples and in lawless and perturbed times. Here, the very periU which suggested tbe earth as a hiding place have perhaps most often culminated in the death of tho secretor, Laving the hidden treasure undiscovered and undis- coveiable for ages except by mere acci dent. The deposit being always plaoed below the reach of the ploughshare and ordinary disturbances of the soil, may be considered lost forever, especially in those rude countries mo3t likely to seek tho earth as a place of deposit. Tbe little pampblst in question has several tales to tell illustrating tbe uni 1 versality with which the Southern Con federates, in war times, sought to find in the earth a safe bidirg-placo for their little stores of coin and household treas ares, from the cunning and rapacity of their invaders. As a general rule, we fear the Ccnfeds mot with bnt poor luck in this business. The ground round their habitations was perforated every few inches by Federal ram-rods, and its treasures disclosed often more suddenly than they were entombed. Bnt, doubt less, of tho millions bnried at different times in the Southern States daring the four years of the war, a good deal still remains undiscovered. This, however, is but a drop in the ocean of lost treasures. History is but idle romance if tbe great stores of tbe precious metals which it shows to have ex.sted five thousand years ago, have not, m some unaccountable way, been lsst to mankind, so that there now exists no each accumulation as would otherwise inevitably have been shown as the mm ing produce of a busy world for so maDy successive generations. The East has always figured as the grave-yard of the precious metals. They find their way there and never return. They aro lost, perhaps in an almost endless subdivision among the countless millions of a rude, timid, abject and inseenre population, who must seek in secret and stealthy hiding to maintain a proprietorship which among other peoples is secured by laws and vaults and locks. These little estates were probably not often administered up on. The memory of them perished with their owners, and so a large part of the silver and gold was left in the earth from whence it was originally digged. A Note or Warning to Heat Specula tors. Commenting upon tbe late sudden rise in all descriptions of ent meats, tho Now York Bulletin says: Toe whole of this exoitement and advance has boen purely from speculative causes, and must in its nature be temporary, whether for a longer or shorter period depends upon the speculators’ whims or belief of the futuro of the market, and their ability, financially, to back their opinions. In tbe first place, there is no doubt money enough to carry on this specnlation, pro vided capitalists and oanks oan be held to tho belief that there is farther money in it, and that it ie a safe collateral for loans at the present prices. For the present and near futuro the tendency of prices depends wholly upon this, rather il.ua on legitimate supply and demand, tho former of which has enormously in creased since ibis mur.-mcnl began, while the latter ha3 decreased in tho same proportion. Tho hog receipts in Chicago for the past week have been immense, while, as above stated, the “demand has decreased in the same proportion.” If tho' writer was a bacon merchant and had any con siderable stock on hand, he woidd cer tainly realize iustauter, and then watch the situation wistfully, purchasing warily and carefully nntil further developments were made. Bat we are neither a prophet nor the son of one, bnt believe in times like these in steering close to Bhore where a harbor can be made at tbe faint ed approach of foul weather. We should be sorry to see any of our worthy pro vision merchants hurt at this time, but of course they must look out for them selves. More fortunes are . l03t than mado by specnlation. Tho annoyance occasioned by tbe con tinual crying of the baby, at once ceases, when the cause is (a3 it should be) promptly removed by using Dr. Ball’s Baby Syrup. Price 25 cents per bottle. Tho Guano Case in a Nutshell. As from all we can learn there is al most a dead look between the manufac turers of fertilizers and the farmers, be cause of the increased number of pounds of cotton demanded by the former for a ton of guano, we propose the following as a reasonable compromise to which both sides can safely accede: Let the price of the fertilizer be fixed at its minimum cash valuation and the farmer, if he cannot pay tho money down, merely give a lien upon a bale of cotton, with the privilege at his option of selling the same at home in the presence of the owner of the lien and thu3 liquidating the amount of hie claim. This wonld give any overplus which the cotton might bring, to tbe owner, and leave the manufacturer nothing to com plain of. On tho other hand, if prices ruled low, the planter could deliver the cotton in lieu of the cash. Of course the weight of the bale should be predicated upon a fair average pries of the staple ia market for the security of the guano dealer, who, however, should be required to pat down the article he sells at bottom prices. Wo are anxious to see some satisfactory compromise in the premises, as guano, when it can be bad at living rates, is of great benefit to tho crops and land of the country. Still, we do not hesitate to say, that the farmers are right in holding out against any increase of price, unless they can clearly afford to pay it. The most wo have to dread is, that some of the less sornpnlous guano dealers will apparently acquiesce in iha demands of tbelr customers, and yet make them pay dearly for the concession, by adulter ating their oomponnds. Henco tho im portance, in any event, of keeping np moat vigilantly tbe proper inBpeotion of every brand of commercial manures thrown upon tbe market. The wbole matter reiolves itself at last, as we have before S3id, into this: Tbe farmer will bny guano if he is satiafied it Will pay, and be oan afford to do it, and not otber- As wise, the purchaser, he is the master of the situation, even though it be to his own hurt. Emigrants from Europe Seeking Homes in Sontb America. Doubtless one cause of the check, if not decline in emigration to this country, arises from the fact that the superior in ducements offered to now comers by the Argentine and Brazilian governments and Fein also, have diverted the tide of emigration in that direction. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and even Italy and Spam, attracted by the terms offered, have sent thousands to populate and re claim tbe untrodden forests of that glorious land of promise. It is stated, that cave near the tanks of the Amazon and other great rivers, that whole region is remarkably healthy and ealubnous. The great drawback hitherto has been the turbulence and revolution ary tendencies of the people. Administrations and military rnlera culminate and fall, almost as often and regnlarly as the reenrrenoe of tho see- sons. But the indications are, that sad experience and the rapid growth of civili zation, owing to improved facilities for communicating with the outer world, are teaching the inhabitants salatary leesona which they aro gradually beginaiagto appreciate. This very new element in their midst too, bringing with it the steady habits and patient industry of the old world, will do much to solidify so ciety and show that peaoe and the pro tection of private rights and property oonstitnte the only true path to pros perity. In the Argentine BepnLlic, emigrants upon arriving are landed at tho public expense, boarded and lodged for five days, assisted to procure employment, and then sent to any part of the conntry they may select for homes, at tho charges of the government. Regular public agents who speak the various languages are appointed to look after all these im portant details, and the emigrant, as in New York, is not exposed to the depre dations of a multitude of land sharks who pounce npon as soon aa he emerges from his temporary asylum at Castle Garden. Pei feet strangers, with no friends await ing their arrival, are thus provided for and watched over by government officials until they are able to take care of them- aelves. The land is exceedingly fertile, and may bs bought in abundance at two shillings and six pence per acre, payable in ten years without interest, end each family ia permitted to purchase from 65 to 1,000 acres. Each one of tho thirteen provin ces of the Argentine Republic has also provided by law for tbe donation or sale at very low figures of what is termed a “chara” or small farm near the towns, which can be ntilized for market gar- dena and tend greatly to build np these inchoate cities. Wages, of coarse, fluctuate. Bat dar ing the long harvest season which, it is said, continues for four months, laborers are paid from $30 to $40 per month in specie. All of these inducements have been imitated likewise by the governments of Brazil, Peru and Chili, and a large Ger man emigration, we see it stated, is ex pected the ensuing summer. I’ »■ ■ 4 by the aid of foreign emigrants mai. , that; State by State of this Union has been conquered from tbe Western wilderness. Bat so great now is our resident popu lation which in portions of the East is already becoming inconveniently crowd' cd, that we have abundant material at home for further aggressions upon the unoccupied territory of the country, and can afford to spare some of the sturdy emigrants wno are wont to cross the ocean to find homes in the United States, and let them go to reclaim and bless the wilds of Sonth America. Wiiale OU Versus Kerosene. The discovery of oil springs both in America and Earopo, whose enormous product seems to be without limit, and the numerous useful purposes to which this fluid which wells up spontaneously from the bowels of mother earth may be applied, have almost destroyed tbe whale fisheries, once such an important element in the commerce of the conntry. For aome reason, too, the catch of whales is much less than formerly. These monsters of the deep aro either diminish ing in numbers or becoming more shy and wary. Tho New Bedford Whaleman's Shipping List states that the results of tho year’s business are by no means satisfactory. Of tbe vessels arriving daring the year, a majority bad taken too small a quantity of oil to reimburse their cost even at higher prices, and those which brought goed voyagers netted but little profit to their owners. Tho number cf disasters to the fleet has not been large. Tho whal ing fleet at present numbers 186 vessels, against 187 a year ago and 172 in 1877. The increase during the past four yeats has resulted in losses to those engaged in the business, and the average catch on the different grounds has been sensi bly diminished; while, to add to the ex isting depression, there seemed tAbe-al most a rivalry as to whom shall of ten eat ship home their Oil, and.|hus aeeist in reducing prices, already te'o low. The new vessels added recently have improved the general character and average quality of whale ships. The results of sperm whaling have not been encouraging. In right whaling, although the amount of oil and -bone taken was not large, the showing is better. The Arctic fleet lost bnt one vessel, and averaged 856 barre of oil and 7,322 pounds of whalebone. There harf been no great change in the consumption of oil, tbe usual quantities having been used both in this country and in Europe. At ono time whaling was a leading avocation on all the maratime coast of New England. New London, New Bed ford, and numerous other~l6'ton§7 Befit out large fiesta annually and the people there’talked “oil” universally as outs talk “cotton/* - But tire writer welf retrranr bers, when visiting New London, some five years ago, how charged was tbe pect of affaire.- sea captains spun long yarns of their avfchlirfgbtniaeslnthe palmy days of the past, and Bighed_over the decadence and almost utter ruin of tbe business. All along the shores of tho harbor^ too, the bleaching hulks of con demned whaling ships could bs seen im bedded in the sands,:.some of them fa mous for their numerous voyages which bod greatly enriched the owners,' but now,alas, wero abandoned and dismantled. Verily this discovery of coal oil has wrought a revolution fn the coat of light not excelled probably by any improve ment of this fruitful age. riioiGrowtli of Indian Civilisa tion. The tenth annual report of the Board of Indian Commissioners has been pub lished, and gives a very encouraging ac count of the condition of those Indians who sojourn npon the reserves located in the United StateB. It has been generally deemed almost impossible to wean from their wild ways and Christianize the rude savages of the forest. But this re port shows that the Indian tan be trans formed by liberal government and the aid of the gospel into .peaceable, law-abiding citizens. Upon thes6 “reserves” there are 250,- 864 Indians, of whom 127,458 wear ordi nary citizen’s clothes. The “report” etateB also, that in 1868 there were only 8,646 houses inhabited by Indians, where as, after the lapse of ten years, we find in 1878 that no Lbs than 33.000 dwellings afford permanent shelter to this usually nomadic race. But the improvement in education is still more extraordinary. At the first- named period there were bnt 143 schools in operation, and now they number 866, with a proportional incrcaso of pupils. Nor is this all. The Indians are fast becoming thriving agriculturists and rapidly learning the arts of husbandry The statistics of the past ten years estab lish this fact beyond peradventure. In 1868 they cultivated 179,071 acres of land. The present year the area re deemed from the wilderness and converted into smiling farms and orchards amounts to 373.018 acres. Hitherto, also, the only live stock an Indian would own was the hardy pony, which bore him swiftly over the prairies on bis marauding excursions, but now we find him a settled farmer, surrounded by all of the domestio animal] of civilisa tion. Thus, in the ten years during which a record has been kept, the number of cattle owned by the Indians fca3 in creased from 47.704 head to 291,378 head, the number of swine from 31,284 in 1868 to 200,952 in 1878, while tbe increase in the number of sheep is still more won derful. These useful animals all told, counted but 7,953 head in 1868, but now the aggregate has risen to 594.574. Now, after this, who will say that the red man is not susoeptible of civilization and morel onlture ? Ths writer remem bers to have heard a venorable Ohootaw Missionary speak before the Presbyteri an General Assembly in Baltimore Borne years since, and the above facts but cor roborate bis many statements. Since then, ths old mau has been gathered to his fathers, but the fruits of his patient labors survive him, and aro ever widening and increasing like tho circles in a lake when set in motion by a falling project ile. We are sorry to notioe a movement in Congress to throw open to general set tlement the reserved territory of the Chiokasaw nation. This means nothing less than the demoralization and fiaal ex tinction of these helpless mortals, who have been hunted down and penned up within narrow confines, after surrender ing millions of their broad sores,and yet it would seem are to be crowded still farther and made to fall victims to tbe cupidity and euperior intelligence of tbe whites. This wonld, indeed, be a shame and dis graoe to an enlightened people. Bnt it is bat the repetition of the old story that “might makes right.” Old Ironsides All Eight.—Recently that historical and world-renowned war ship, the frigate Constitntion, was re ported to have gone ashore on the ragged coast of England and in imminent dan ger of total loss. But it would seem that the etaunch old craft, which has been so often baptized with fire and blood in bat tie, was not destined to a fate so igno minious. The last advices state that by the aid of small steam tugs she has floated ogam, and been brought to anchor safely in tbe jiarbor of Portsmouth, The good old snip had been sent by tbe government to bring baok to America the returned goods of the Paris Exposition. Tuub her mis sion was national, and bad she laid her ribs on tbe rock-bound shore of Albion, her end wonld not have been inglorious. Bnt that grand old vessel, which has been rebuilt and refitted so often, we oan bnt regard with almost superstitions ven eration sb the proudest existing relio of the pristine naval glory of the United States. Never should her timbers be al lowed to decay or her canvass or spars grow old. And never should her qaarter- deck be trod by any other than one of tne nation’s most obivairons naval oap> tains, backed by a picked orew, and tbe best armament onr arsenals oan afford. Long live the glorlonB old frigate ConBti- tion I A Livzlt Battle with Black Fish.— At Port Hastings, Capo Breton, on the 14:h, suddenly a great shoal of Black Fish (bottle-nosed whales) appeared in the harbor and were driven on shore. About 300 persons assembled ou tho banks of the shore. Men, women, and euiidren, armed with axes, pitchforks, boat hooks, scythes, and catving knives, ran to their necks in tho water and be gan the butchery. The harbor soon be came purple with blood, as the large fieh squirmed and spurted blood and water from thirty to forty feet in the air. Tho dying groans and snorting of the fish, mingled with the shouts and wild excite ment of the attacking populace, made the scene truly Afghanistan. About 100 fish were taken, averaging in size from ten to twenty-five feet long, and worth in all about $1,000. The debt of Philadelphia, according to the recent report of the Comptroller of that city, amounts to $71,815,101.35— that is abont $85 per head for every maD, woman and child cf the city. The “Rings” have had fall play in Philadel phia. Postmaster Glover^ If will be seen by the early telegrams that ths re-nomination of Postmaster Henry S. Glover, of Maoon, was sent in to the Senate yesterday morning/ That Is all right enongb, so far as we know. If anybody has objections to urge againat Mr. Glover as a citizen or an officer, he has failed tostatethem to ns. Wo hare heard no complaints against Mr. GfovSr, and belletfe bia administration has been generally «0<S*p«W3 to the people. M '.utsrjr'tTn unopsly. President, of. the Beard of Jrade Halifax, N. S., January 24.—A cable gram-received at PictODyfrom St. Thomas, gives intelligence that the bark Anna A. Rich, of Picton, had pnt in there in dis tress. While on the passage from Bal timore to Earope, the vessel was dam aged and Captain Rich swept overboard daring a hurricane on the 4tb. London, January 24.—'Thomas M. Co mas & Co., merchants of London, have failed. Liabilities, .880,000. [This fail ure was announced several davs ago as MeOmas & Co. J Paris, January 24.— Snow is still fall ing here. M. Paul Morin, a life member of the French Senate, is dead. He was a Re publican. It is said that President MacMahon told M. Grevy, President of the Cham bers of Deputies, that he would resign should the Chamber of Deputies im peach the DeBroglie Cabinet. London, January 24.—The Doily Ttle- graph'» Paris dispatch says it is rnmored that Monslgnor Bonoettl, * the apoatolio Internnnoio, who lately rendered good services at Eio de. Janeila; is in aocord with the conciliatory views prevailing at the Yatioan, and will shortly replace MoqBignot Meglia, tho apostoiioNnnoio here. It ia also hinted that the Pope in tends changing the representatives of the Yatioan at Yienna, Lisbon and Madrid. Washington, January 24.—In the Sen ate, tbe Vloe President submitted tbe memorial of Elizabeth Cady Btantan, Bu san B. Anthony and others of the National Women’s Suffrage Association, praying for the passage of a joint resolution pro posing an amendment to the Constitution to prohibit th9 several States from dis franchising persons on aooonnt of sex. The memorial was referred to the Com mittee on Privileges and Elections. Washington, January 24.—The bill introduced by Senator Grover io restrict the immigration of the Chinese to tho United States was referred to the Com mittee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Sanlsbnry called up a resolution submitted by him calling upon tho Sec retary of the Treasury for information in regard to the commission paid bankers and others for negotiating the sale of United States bonds; whether interest has been paid on called bonds at the same time that interest was aootmng on bonds sold to redeem the same; how much double interest was so paid; wheth er the proceeds of tbe bonds sold had been allowed to remain on deposit with the National Banks acting as govern ment depositories, etc. Mr. Morrill, of Yermont, submitted an amendment providing that the informa tion heretofore communicated to either House of Congrsss shall not be repeated, but references to the documents where the same is to be found shall.be made, and the nameB of subscribers to the pop ular loan since Jane, 1877, to whom no commissions have been-paid may bo omitted. The amendment was accepted by Mr. Saulebury, and the resolution, as amended, agreed to. Congress will be asked to make aa ap propriation tolctt Professor Gam age’s proposition to provide for refrigerating and ventilating a chip to be propelled by steam and fitted np with powerful refrig erating and ventilating apparatus to be stationed at Now Orleans, and moved thence from point to point as required and t.-dt tbe effects of low temperature in extinguishing the germs ot fever on board of infected ships and other lcoali ties. The Senate commitieo on oommerco to-day decided to report adversely npon tbe New York Custom House nomina tions. They will be reported back to tbe Senate this afternoon. In the House.—A proposition to have the auger bill made a special order for Wednesday next, was objected to by Banks, of Mississippi. The President sent the following nomi nations to the Senate this morning: Postmasters—John Clinton. Browns viile. Term ; Finis H. Little, Aberdeen, Miss.; He my S. Glover, Macon, G&.; D. W. Davis, Darien, Ga. Adam Wolf, Sarveyor of Customs, Nashville, Tonn. Alixandria, Va., January 24.—The Arlington caso was resumed. Taking testimony in reference to the posssssion of a certificate of sale by the Tax Com miasioners, etc., was continued. Tiunova, Jan. 24.—Tiie Constitution for Bolgaria has been ratified by tbe Czar of RasBia and has arrived here. It will be translated in the Bulgarian language and oommunioated to tho foreign oonsuls and Bulgarian assembly. The time con sumed in tbe translation will retard the meeting of the assembly to the 10th of February, when it will be opened by Kar- sakoff, the Raastan Governor of Bulgaria. Versailles, January 24.—The Cham ber of Deputies has adjourned to Tues day next. The motion in favor of on am nesty will be presented next week St. Petersburg, January 24—The Golos complains of the delay ia. signing tbe definitive treaty between Russia and Tnrkoy, advises the Russian government not to hnrry abont evaonation, and says that Russia’s opponents are intriguing to delay the settlement of the Eastern Ronmellan questions nntil after the de parture of the Russian army. It is there fore advisable, continues that paper, that the troopsshould remain at Adriauople until April, so that the Porte may still in fluence their oonduot by his presence when tbe result of the eleotion of a Prinoe of Bulgaria is deolared The Go los says, in another article : “England is de facto sovereign in Afghanistan, and haa every ohanoe for oarrying through her plans in Asialio Turkey” London, Jan. 24.—The owners of tbe ship Ralston, whose Captain Is credited with the letter to the admiralty, publish ed yesterday, reporting suspicions acts of an unknown steamer fifty miles west of Fastnet, annnunoe their eonviotion that the affair is either a hoax or a delu sion. The striking operatives of the Blaok- barn cotton mills have resumed work at the former wages. Washington, January 24.— In tho Houso a resolution was adopted instrnot ing the Ways and Means Committee to consider the feasibility of enaotmg a law equalizing the internal revenue tax among Ihe Btntsa. Tno census bill was m ido the Bpeoial order for the second Tuesday i u Febru ary. < The Houso went iuto Ceramittee of ihe Wbole on tbe private calendar. Almost all the “war claim” bills weie obj noted to by Mr. Bragg, of Wisoonaia Mr. Banning presented a substitute for the army reorganizition bill, whioh was ordered printed. . >. ; * • 7 Mr. Sayler introduced a bill for the ex tension of the privileges of Cincinnati as a port of entry. Referred. The House is in.session to-night for business of the Jadioiary Committee, The Senate was principally engagel n the post-route bill conference report, whieb at the last session was not acted npon. The House conferees then refused to consider tho bill, aa the clause therein allowing books to come in free throngh tho mails, in pursuance of the postal treaty union, was regarded as a revenue measure, and as such should have origi nated in the House. The bill also con tains the Brazilian mail etoamBhip sub sidy clause, and provides for reviving the franking privilege, both of which are regarded by some as separate measures ^.(ter considerable debate, the question of parliamentary law and privileges of each Honse involved m this report were re ferred to a committee of five. Hr. Edmunds again renewed hi3 mo tion to take np his resolution, ratifying the recent Constitutional amendments. Several dilatory motions were interposed and pending tho original motion the Sen ate adjourned. To-day’s was the length iest Cabinet session for a year. The principal aubjeot diseased was tbe ar rearages of tne pension bill; members of tbe Cabinet are reserved as to the disposi tion of the measure, but it is believed the President will approve it. Indian affa.ta received attention, bat aa no definite in formation hasbeen received regarding Sitting Bull’s movement, no definite _ _ action wa3 reached. It ia believed that t ‘ , . " amcs this chieftain has crossed and re-oro.-aed m Da ?ri the border several times and would re main altogether on this side, but fears the consequences. The Director of the mint, Licdermin, la dying. Tho eighty-fourth call for the redemp tion of five-twenty bonds was issued to day. The amount called is twenty mil lions, half coupon, and half registered bonds. In tho Potter Committee yesterday the resolution ot Mr. Reed, providing that Hr. Tilden be allowed to bq v r«presented at the meeting of the oommittee by coun sel was tabled instead of being accepted as heretofore stated, the Democratic members voting agam3t the measure. The Senate Committee on Finance to-day devoted another session to the consideration of the House bill amenda tory of the internal revenne laws and acted upon an addditional num ber of details, but again adjourned without reaching tho clauses which pro vide for the reducing of the tobacco tax. The Senate Committee on Territories heard Col. B. Grafton, the attorney rep resenting the Chickasaw nation, in an oral argument against the proposed legis lation fox opening np the Iudian.temtory to general eettlepient. All the other at- gnments bare been printed, and the oom mittee will at its next meeting decide npon the character of their report. r %- The House Committee on Commerce to-day resolved to postpone the farther consideration of the bill to give registers to foreign built ships purchased by Amer ican citizens, because of lack of lime to give the blit the attention its importance requires, in addition to the further fact that, owing to the pressure of public business, there will be no opportunity to take Congressional action npon it. Before ths Potter oommittee to-day, witness St. Hortin was pat through a rig id course of examination by the Chair man. He admitted there were indiot ments pending against him in Louisiana, one for shooting, and two for catting, but he thought, as he was but twenty-four years of age, he was getting along very well, and considered his reoord a very fair ono. When at New Orleans he told Stcn- ger witnesses were being bought, and mentioned as an instance that one Slay- see wanted a thousand dollars to testify. After he (St. Martin) oame to Wash ington, Maddox offered him a thousand dollars to withdraw his affidavit. Acklen and Gibson oame in after the offer was made, and witness, thinking it a fixed plan to entiap him, refused the money and left. At tho olose of the examination, Mr. Springer announced his objeotion to piaoing St. Martin’s affidavit ou record, as it was evidently a mass of falsehoods. The testimony of St. Martin is incon sistent and rambling, and he will be fur ther examined to-moirow. Toledo, 0„ January 24.—The Dayton and Michigan'Railway Company’s eleva tor B, with its contents, 100,000 bushels of grain, mostly corn, was entirely de stroyed by fire to-day. Norfolk, January 24 —The schooner Jennie Morten, from Pernambuco, with sugar, arrived in Hampton Reads to-day, leaking badly. She had lost sails and spars. Richmond, Va., January 24.—The East Hanover Presbytery to-day, by a vote of 15 to G, removed the sentence of suspension from Dr. E. T. Baird,l ate Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Publication, who was suspended last year for alleged irregularities in connection with the funds of the concern, and restor. ed him to the office ot gospel ministry. New York, January 24,—During a quarrel between Mary Hooper and Au gustus Phillips, who were living together, Phillips was shot in the left side by the woman Hooper, causing a dangerous wound. About four hours later Phillips attacked the woman, beat and kicked her so severely as to endanger her life. Phillips is the actor, manager and writer professsionally known a3 ’Oofty Gooft.” Toronto, Jan. 24 —A dispatch from Lon don says yesterday the honorary degree of LL. D. was conferred npon Earl I) af ferent by Trinity College, Dublin. Alexandria, January 24.—The Ar lington case will probably close to-mor row. The court adjourned to-day in or. dei to give the counsel of both sides time to draw up instructions to the jury. Charleston, January 24.—A fire was discovered in tbe hold of the British steamship Nio abont 9 o’clock. She has over three thousand bales of cotton on board. The steam fire engines are fill ing her hold with water and the cargo will be greatly damaged. The extent of the injury from tho fire is unknown. The cargo is insured in foreign offices. Shreveport, January 24.—In making np a tram here to-day, two cars jumped the track, instantly killing Henry Whea ton, son of the dark of the Caddo parish court. New Orleans, January 24.—A Galves ton News special from Austin says: In a street fight with pistols sheriff J. T. Wilson, of Palo Pinto county, was instant ly killed and Ellison, a bystander, dan gerously and another slightly wounded. Liverpool, January 24.—This weeks’ circular of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers’ Aesociation says: There was considerable business in cotton in the early part of the week and prices advanced, bnt since Tuesday tbe market has been quiet and quotations generally the same as last week. American advanced early in the week l-16iji, bnt the tone is cow quieter. Quotations generally are unchanged. In sea islands there was a good demand dar ing the past fortnight, and pricea were id higher. Fntures were strong and 1-1G higher on Friday, with considerable bnsi- ness, and advanced l-16U>82d on Satur day, when the improvement was main tained. Since then it has been weak and the whole advance gradually lost. The market closed steady at last Thursday’s prices. Washington, Jan. 24.—Gen. Sherman will start South on hia tear of inspection to-morrow. General Van Yieit will join General Sherman at Atlanta, though be will not be with him in an offieial capaoity. The joint commission of the Indian transfer will meet to.morrow for the pur pose of voting on tbe main question. If Mr. Oglesby, who has not attended any of the meetings cf the commission refrains Horn voting, as is anticipated by several members thereof, thero will bo a majority of one iu.favor of the transfer. Should Oglesby vote, it will be n tio. Iu the evening session of the House, Mr. Lyndo, of Wiroonain, from the Ju diciary Committee, reported baok Senate bill to amond tbe revised statutes by pro viding a penalty for embezzlement on tbe part of offioera in the internal revenne service, which passed. . Also a bill relat ing to the division of the State of Ala bama into jndioial districts. Amendments were suggested and the bill recommitted. Also Senate bill to exiead the jurisdiction of the Diatriot and Circnit Courts of the Bonthern dlstrietof Florida, whioh waa pasted. Also a bill to divide the South ern judicial diatriot of Georgia into two districts. On motion of Mr. Bell, of Georgia, who said that ths bill named a county whioh Jiad no existence at all, the bill was recommitted. Also a bill to establish a Diatriot Cironit Conrt at.Chattanooga, Tonn^sseo, whioh W»s passed. election in Sumter, Williamsburg and Richland counties. Butler Speais, a colored Republican, testified that he was pursued and fired at by the Democrats, and W. H. Single ton testified to finding a package of tis sue tickets in the ballot box at the Swim ming Fen precinct. C. H. Moise and Marion Moiae, of Sumter county, were called by the Demo crats and testified to general good feeling towards the colored people in the connty and non-interference with the Republi can meetings ou October 12th. Several colored witnesses testified to Democratic interference ond to alleged fraudulent voting. New York, Jaa. 25.—A third public meeting and address in aid of (he Hamp ton, Virginia Institnte and Indian Sofcool building wiil be held to-morrow night. General S. C. Armstrong and Captain Pratt on behalf of the Institute have been favorably reoeived by the merchants and business men heie. PoTTiViLLE, Pa., Jan. 25.—The La- cut-t Gap Mines between Mt. Carmel and Shamokin, were discovered on fire last night at a depth of three hundred feet. The fire ia gaining this morning, and is diffioult to get a’. Dense volumes of smoke are ooming np the slope. There are no miners below, as they came ont daring the night If filled with water it will require six months to pump it out. Warwick, N. Y., January 25.—A fire Btarted at midnight in Eiger’s block and has extended to other buildings. Ic is now beyond control. Assistance has been sent for to Newburgh. Later.—Eager’s block and eir other buildings have been destroyed. The loss is about $50,000; inaurauce, $40,000 The fire is under control without outside assistance. Chicago, January 25 — One section of Armour & Co.’s warehouse at the Union Stock Yards was horned early this morn ing. No provisions were destroyed. The loss will piobably not exceed ten thou sand dollars. Washington, January 25.—The Presi dent has signed the pension bill. The Joint Committee on tbe advisabil ity of transferring the management ot the Indian service to the War Department met this morning. All the members were present. The voto resulted as follows.: tonr in favor and four sgainet tbe trans fer. S’. Maitin was farther examined by the Potter Committee this morning. In reply to Cox, with reference to indiot- ments pending against him, he said he was not arrested for his offences, and added that if there was any doubt as to bis good charaotar. any gentleman pres ent might learn in an hour the exact opinion of eminent gentlemon in Louis iana in regard.to his ecoial standing. He mentioned Governor Nioholls, the Dis trict Judge, Attorney General and Sheriff as parsons to whom the committee might telegraph for information. He said with regard to the first indict- meat against him that no aotion was ta ken, and on the second he gave himself up to the sheriff and was released on bend, but tbe grand jury found nothing against him. The letter mentioned in hi9 testimony yesterday as t^vipg bsen recsived by Weber from Mrs. Jenks, was with refer ence to the Sherman letter. Cex then asked the witness various questions m reference to statements made in his affidavit, among which were an swers to the effect that Weber had told him there was no such document in exist ence as the “Shermau letter.” Weber also said in conversation with witness, that if bo fonnd he could make nothing by testifying to the non-existenoo of the Sherman letter, ho wonld go over to tbe other eide and swear he witnessed its destruction. Weber endeavored to persuade witness to testify to tbe destruction of the docu ment, but ho wonld not do so. He wish ed it distinctly understood by all concern ed that he had no fear of telling the truth. Witness testified that Weber told him he received a thousand dollars from Car ter and Maddox while in Washington; could have found witness and returned as “not found,” had he tried to do so. St. Martin said every witness who appeared on the stand in Louisiana was watched closely by himself and Weber, and agree ments made with them before the issue of their subpraaas wera in thiswise carried ont. Every man who testified had been previously posted as to theg[ound upon which he was to base his testimony. The Honse is in Committee of the Whole on the post-office appropriation bill. Cincinnati, January 25.—Tho housa of Williams aud Lawson, wholesale liquor dealers, was closed by the sheriff last night under an attachment against the stock by a number of the creditors. The assets are from thirty to forty thousand dollars, and the liabilities about tho same. Chattanooga, January 25.—J. B. Uhl- folder, dry goods and notion dealer, has assigned. Liabilities $10,000, and assets $5,000. Meridian, Miss, January 25.—There was a fatal BhootiDg affray yesterday in Wayne county, Miss., growing out of a misunderstanding between three negroes, Biley, Thomas, and Dennis Alexander, and three wbito men, Presley, Thomas and Walker GambliB, brothers, about; tbe, possession of aome land. Both parties were armed. Yesterday, near Red Bluff, j tured five distilleries and mado several arrests. The West Virginia party cap tured two distilleries. In MoDawell oonn- ty the party was fired on and two narrow ly escaped. Mr. Potter exhibited a series of tele- grama purporting io have paaicd between St. Martin in New Orleans and Gibson in Washington. St. Martin identified alias having been signed by him, but denied having written them. The telegrams re quested Gibson to settle Weber’s sohool board oasa withont delay. Upon Gibson refusing and telegraphing St. Martin that ho was only westing money in tele graphing, that he (Gibson) wanted no statement from Weber, and that no blackmailers could infiuenos bis actions the final telegram was sent by St. Martin, aecusing Gibson of beiog a liar, a thief and scoundrel, and stating that Gibson’s friends, Maddox and Carter, wero na bad as he, and that he (St. MariiD) proposed putting them in the penitentiery where they belonged. Ia reply to Mr. Reed, witness said that Maddox, on arriving at New OrleanB from Washington, told him he knew that St. Martin did not send the telegrams referred to, but that they were sent by Weber, In the House the bill reported last night from the Committee on the Judi ciary for the better organization of the United States District Court in Louisi. ana, dividing the State into two judicial districts, was passed. Mr. Blount, of Georgia, moved to go into Committtee cf the Whole on tho post-office appropriation bill. Mr. Mills, of Texas, inquired it the regular order was not the morning hour. The Speaker replied that it wa3 not, bnt that the gentleman could reach hia object by voting down the motion to go into ths committee, but this the House refused to do by a vote of 99 to 63, and accordingly at 12:50 went into the com mittee. with Hr. Gox, of New York, m the chair, on the post-office appropriation bill. After adopting several amendments, at 4:40 the committee arose and the Honse adjourned. There will be two reports from the In dian Transfer Committee submitted to Congress; ono will advocate a complete transfer and the other will oppose any change in tbe present syBtem of Indian management, except possibly by tbe en actment of a law whioh shall grant the President discretionary power toplaoe wild and hostile Indians under the ooutrol of the War Department. The Finanoe Committee took so action in the tobaooo question to-iay on acoount of no quorum being present. London, January 25.—Bpeoial dis patches from Natel and Henlzbuig dated Jannary S3, states that Citywayo, the Zalu King, had assembled eight thousand warriors on the borders and refused all the British demands. General Chelm- ford, to whom the management of Zulu affairs had been oommitted, left on the 3i for the front. Britich reinforcements bad arrived. Preparations for war were oomplete, and th« troops abent to ad vance. Citywayo had been given until the 11th of Jannary to make full and un conditional submission. Savannah, January 25.—The spring meeting of tbe Savannah Jockey Club dosed to-day. The attendance was largo and the racing unusually fine. The first race was for the Lam ar stakes, three year olds, mile heatB. Mary Wal ton, Ben Bill and Alpha entered: Ben was the favorite, but was beaten easily by Mary Walton. Alpha was second. Time, 1:47|. Thu second heat was exciting and nearly a dead heat between Mary and Ben, deciding in favor of Ben on account cf foul riding on the part of the jockey of Mary. Time, 1:50|. The second race was a mile dash. Es- silah, Governor Hampton, Jim Bell, Ga briel, Virgilian. This was a very fine.race, Easilah coming in first, Jim Bell 2d, Ga briel 3d, Governor Hampton 4th, Virgil ian last—time, 1:41. Third race, a selling zaoe of a aa le and a quarter dasb. Starters, Hattie F., Egypt, Rappahannock, Omega, Lerdi. This was also a fine race. No time was taken, however, as the timers did not see the flag when it fell. Egypt won tho race, Rappahannock 2d, Hattie F. 3d, Omega 4th, Lerdi 5tb. Egypt was sold for $500, her owner becoming the pur chaser, Washington, Jau. 25.—If half the stories afloat are true, the last days of the Potter oommittee promise to be bu sy ones, and developments are said to bo in store which will rehabilitate the oom mittee with something of its old time im portance. In its issue to-day,it ia repor ted one of the New Orleans papers char ges pretty directly that the Packard gov ernment was induced to disband aud go over to the Nicholls Legislature by the Louisiana lottery Company, and that the cause of this ohange was dae to money disbursed, by this company. Acting on this declaration, it is asserted that prom inent Republicans in Louisiana have call ed on ono of tho members of the Potter oommittee to bring before that commit tee a number of persons who from ono cause and another, aro supposed to be full of information affecting the real modus optrandi by which the legislative embroglio was settled. It is further stated that the member re ferred to is disposed to - adopt tho suggestions, and tjiat he will improve an early opportnnity to bring the question before the oommittee for its discussion. the Gamblin brothers ware ambuscaded I Amuug the names furnished by these pu- by the negroes, who fired upon them and 1 tative correspondents are those of Lien- wounded Pres Gamblin and fatally in- ' tenant Governor Wiltz. Senator Stephens, jnred Thomas Gamblin, who has 6ince died. The Gamblins returned the fire, killing Riley and Tom Alexander on' the spot. Dennis escaped. Alexandria, Va., Jannary 25,—Tho Arlington case was continued to-day. Boston, January 25.—The steamer United States sailed from this part for Havana this afternoon, with a full cargo and the United States mail. This is tho the experimental trip, and if successful a permanent line will be established. Belyidebb, January 25.—Chief Jus tice Beasely imposed tho following sen tences on tbe convicted county officials to-day i Ex-Clerk Mattison, four years in the State prison; Kx-Director Stiaden, two years; Ex-County Colleoior Cam mins, two years; Ex-County Colleator Teel, two years; Ex-Freeholder Bulgin, 18 months; Freeholder Cox, 18 months; Freeholder King, one year; Ex-Attorney Givens, 18 months; Councilman McDer mott, one year; atl at hard laboi; Con tractor Sliker, six months in ths county jail and $500 fine. Detroit, Mich., January 25.—Advices from Lansing state that it is rnmored and believed by prominent members of the Legislature that Senator Christiancy will resign his seat in the United States Senate and accept the mission to Pern. In such a contingency, there is hardly any donbt of the election of ex-Senator Chandldr to fill the vacancy. Siohmosd, Va., January 25.—The Sen ate to day adopted the following: Resolved, That while we deem the whole system of tobacco taxation unjust and oppressive up9n the producers of the great stable of one section of the coun try, we heartily nadorss tho efforts of our Senatcrif fchd Representatives is Congress to procure a reduction to 1C cents per pound, and that in view of the fact that business bas been sorely depressed by the long delay of Congress to reach generat action on tbe question, we invoke them to insist npon a speedy disposition of it, and to employ every legitimate means to consummate the partial relief desired. The returns from the election in the First Congressional district, held Thurs day, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. B. B. Douglass, indioate the eleotion of R. L. T. Beale, Conserva tive, member-elect to the 46th Congress from that district. The returns show a very small vote and but insignificant op position to Mr. Beale. * Washington,JJau. 25.—Commissioner Kama reoeived a dispatoh from Oolleotor Young at Raleigh, North Carolina, that the revenne offioera returned from Cnath- am, oaptured Shaffnet’a illicit, oistillery, thirteen beer Stands, a tcousasd gallon i of bser, twenty gallons siLgl.ngs, etc , destroyed, they still saved from agent Charleston, January 24,—The Teller AtkinBon, at Lynohbnrg, Virginia. Toe Committee was engaged to-day hearing I deputy colleotor, Austin, in a raid along evidenoe as to the conduct of ths late 1 the Virginia and West Virginia tine, oap- Dancan F. Renner, Ex-Senator Robert son, John Phelps, J. D. Hill, Senator Texada, Ex-Speaker Bash, J. A. Morris, Cbarles T. Howard, Governor Pmohbaok, Senator Demas, Wayne MoVeigh and Jndge Harlan. On the other hand, it is stated with equal pcsitiveness that the committee have been in conference reoently and have informally agreed to close out the inquiry with St. Martin’s testimony and that of such persons as may naturally be wanted to confront his evidence. It is added moreover that the committee’s re port on the original question at issue is already under way and will be completed without the introduction of any more perplexing problems, and that the re maining sittings of the committee will be devoted exclusively to the investiga tion of the cipher dispatches. Tho tnird installment of the Mexican indemnity will be paid on the 31st in stant, making $900,000 received on ac count of awards to American citizens. In the Potter investigations, General Butler questioned the witness (St. Mar tin) as to how the name ot Stenger oame to appear in the affidavit instead of that of Maddox, and asked him why he did not ooireot the lie before the affidavit was published. The witness replied that it was not a lie but a mistake, and General Butler wonld not dare to say such a thing out- Bide of the oommittee room. Telegrams from Gibson were prednoed, and also one from Aoklen reouramending the settlement of Webei’a school board case, and aaggestinp the payment of a thousand dollars to Weber, and Gibson’s reply that he bad nothing to do with it, and that Acklen was being imposed npon. Mr. Hccoock offered a resolution ask ing that Anderson be recalled, he having published the affidavit averring that ho had suppressed material testimony for a pecuniary consideration, aeff that Web er’s testimony was false. He moved this resolutio'b, because” Anderson’S testimony was the only evidence npon whioh tho charges againat Sherman oould bo predi cated. The resolution was tabled until Monday. The investigation into tho ci pher dispatches will commence Tuesday. Charleston, January 25.—Tho Teller committee took additional Republican testimony showing the voting o! tisane tickets wrapped in the large tickets in Richland county. General Johnson Hagood, State Comp troller General, described the meetings at Sumter Oetober 17th, and testified that both races were excited; that the whites expected to be attacked by tbe negroes; that the streets were blocked by negroes, which ceased the alarm bell to bo rung, out order was restored with but little trouble. White and colored Democrats and Republicans testified ae to intimida tion cn eaeh side.