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GEORGIA PRESS. The Bamesville Gazette has com menced its twelfth relume. The Governor has offered a reward of two hundred dollars for the apprehension of Smith, who killed Jasper Spencer re cently in Home. Dalton row enters its wish for a Clement Attachment. The average editor is standing in a very dangerous position at present, on the mountain side of journalism, as it were, in danger at any moment to be over whelmed with an avalanche of spring po etry, loosed from its moorings by tire ethe- rial mildness now going the rounds. Three families, fourteen in number, passed through Dalton last week for Ar kansas. Katuee an aged couple were married at Eagle Cliff, in Walker county, recently. The groom was eighty-two years old and the bride fifty-two. Jvtd' e J. D. McCutcheon, of Dalton } is the atest Gubernatorial suggestion. Only thw and nothing mote. Wnr.;.T in North Georgia is growing finely, and without a serious disaster the crop will be a heavy one. Griffin cotton receipts exceed last year’s to date by over a thousand bales. Narrow gauge railroads are all the go in Georgia. The people of Franklin coun ty now have under consideration the prac ticability of building such a road from Harmony Grove to Camesville. The Dade County Coal Company have opened a new mine of coal which prom ises to be most productive and of a good quality. It was named “New South Wales.” A stranger who stopped at Eagle Cliff, Walker county, last week to lecture on geology and astronomy, was knocked down and badly battered by two brothers named Burke, to whom he had given no provocation. He saw more new constel lations and meteors than ever before, but does not wish to play the role of star dis coverer any longer. The Cochran brass band still wants a teacher. A reap year party is the heart’s desire of the young men of Cocluan. The Cochran Enterprise says of the re cent lease: Everybody seems to be satisfied with the company into whose hands the road has fallen. The Ganli correspondent of the Jesup Sentinel says: That fearful disease, diphtheria, is still prevailing in this section. Rev. Joshua A. Harper has lost two children quite re cently by this fearful scourge, and several others of lib children have it. Several others have had it in their families and have lost precious little ones. Mr. William Hogg was thrown from hb wagon near Butler a day or two since and seriously injured. Mr. T. F. Smith retires from the edito rial stafl' of the Warrenton Clipper. The laborers in Marion county will not hire except by the day. The acreage of small grain planted in Marion county will be much larger tlus year than list. Schley county farmers lost all their meat by the recent warm spell of weather. Sabbath before last, says the Buena Vbta Argus, seven dogs attended church. Bcen.v Vista Argvs: Mr. Robert Duke showed us a water-melon yesterday that looked as fresh and green as in the summer time. A Company has been formed to develop the Richmond county coal fields. Columbus b kept slightly agitated over rumors of attempts to release or lynch the ^^X^co^MnSure Gammon murderers. In the meantime the war prisoners are mutually accusing each other of the murder of the old man Gam mon. • Ben E. Russell, of the Bainbridge Democrat, declined a re-election as a member of the board of Aldermen of hb city at the late election. In the election in Hawkinsvillc last Saturday Mr. J. B. McDufiie was elected HayQr over Colonel C. C. Kibbee, who was not a candidate. THE Eastman 'limes says it will look for Mr. II. W. J. Ham again soon,floating on the surface-of journalism. Yes, Ham will always float; it stands to the first principles of chemistry. J. F. DeLacy has been, elected Mayor of Eastman. Mr. 1 Thomas BATTLn,of Leary,has been violently thro urn from a briggy by a runa way horse and hurt severely.^We are willing'to bet a considerable stun that we could tell the name of ih&jborse and not half try. In Atlanta at one o'clock Tlmrsday evening, at the residence of the bride’s pa rents, by Rev. Dr. Boggs, ol the Central Fresbyterian church, 3fr. Charles D. Montgomery was married. ta.Miss EllicM. Rusbton. The attendants were Miss Julia Rushlon and Mr. J. S. Grace, Miss Mary On* and C. F. Malone, Miss Carrie Cole man and C. L. Mangum, Miss Florence Force and J. 1>. Owings, Miss Kitty Peters and O. A. Sanders. After the ceremony, the attendants and friends were treated to a magnificent repast Perliatn, of the Free Press says, “Quit- man has produced more lawyers to its size than any town m the State. A circum stance which we regret exceedingly, as we fear the. good Lord will lay it up agin our people.” Mn. Young, the venerable father of Genera! P. M. B. Your.g, is lying danger ously ill in Cartcrsvillc. There are but littie hopes of hb recovery. Tub Monroe Adrcrtiser b reliably in formed that a marriage took place in Jas per county duriug Christmas, the groom being tweiily years of age and the bride sixty. Her parents didn’t object. Barnesvii.i.e Gazette: Dr. E. A. Flew- ellen was in town Saturday, and says he is not so certain now that lie will claim that he purchased the lease of the Macon •ml BnuiswiclifBailroad. - Dalton Citizen: The unprecedented wann wcatlicr we have had for the past week nr so has brought out the snakes and butterflies. One of the former (a gaudy- winged fellow') was seen flit'ing over town a day or two ago, and several of tlie latter were seen near the town last week. Tlie jioor fellow has them again, evi dently. This is the worst case of the sea son. The idea of a gaudy-winged snake to spring into the arena and make things - lively for their clients’ pocket books. Strawberry beds in Lexington are white with blooms. Negroes are beginning to build towns of their own in Oglethorpe county. There is a good market for pop-corn in this State says an exchange, and it will pay $50 to $100 per acre. The exodus excitement in Oglethorpe county has played out. The Oglethorpe Echo learns of a good deal of mental derangement in that sec tion recently. Considerable apprehension b felt through the State for tie fruit crop. The LaGrange Reporter, after an un explained absence of several weeks, lias returned once more. We hope it will not be so erratic in its arrivals again. The Grant boom, it is now suggested, will eventually he a bomerang. Patent applied for. Hon. W. O. Tuggle, of LaGrange, has gone to Washington to try hb fortune once more among the musty files of the Claim office. Mr. E. F. Lanier has been elected Mayor of West Point. The Times and Planter has been pur chased, and will be publ’ished hereafter by, William Stevens, John L. Culver, David Dickson, J. Clarence Simmons, J. M. Harris, James W. Moore, B. F. Ri ley and W. L. Coleman. Rome wants a carshed. McDonough b highly elated at the re sult of tlie railroad lease, and b hopeful that it will be included in the proposed route. Mr. Amos Tredwell’s little daughter has been severely burned in Butts county. Cause—too intimate relations between a kerosene can and tlie chimney. There were only eighteen deaths in Darien last year. Grant b having a boom just now but Darien has a half-dozen lying around loose all the time. How Sherman would delight to capture one of them to strap to the backbone of hb little invalid-boom. Morris Habersham and Abram Brown, both colored, were accidentally drowned near Darien last Tuesday. The Darien Timber Gazette is one of tlie newsiest and yet one of the most solid of our weekly exchanges. A fashionable wedding occurred in Brunswick last week in the marriage of Miss Ellen King Nightengale and Mr. Henry M. Fuller at St. Marks church. Both parties belonged to the old families of the section.. Daily mails over the Brunswick and Albany railroad were inaugurated last Saturday. MR- W. F. Killen’s com crib has been burned near Perry. Hb loss is about five hundred dollars. The Dickens party in Perry was quite a success says the Home Journal. In organizing tlie Houston Superior Court Judge Simmons created some sensa tion by fining several tardy jurors. Mrs. Dr. W. B. Ma-thews, of Fort Valley, daughter of General C. D. Ander son, died on Tuesday last at that place. Mil A. B. Semple, a young drummer fiom Louisville, died on Thursday in Foil Valley, of pneumonia. The Marietta milliners are shipping, it is said, their blue ribbons out of the city. The trial of R. U. Palmer for the mur der of Colonel W. L. Salisbury, in Seale, Alabama, about two years since, is now in progress in Russeil county, Alabama. Form Gaines Tribune: We regret to see so much Western corn being hauled so early in the season. ’Tis not tlie fault of our fanners that it is so—bad seasons tell the tale. “Just $4,000 will buy them lots now, and J TJ'VT rjTjrtT Tin T> A T)TT you only have three minutes to consider I IjijI .vJIli VL IT flitting over Dalton. What a field for Mr. Drew! Handsome Block of Bcildixgs.— Hawkinsiille Dispatch: The brick work upon tlie three storehouses and warehouse of Messrs. C. M. Bozeman & Sons was finislied last week, and the buildings have been co • red with sheet iron. They have moved . :.n their warehouse, and up to ye*ri-.-da> had received several bales of rott«n. Mi;. John M. GABMfcBE, of Monroe county, made l>y lib own labor, with one he^e. last vear nine bales of cMton, each irroi-ug over five hundred pounds, ’ Thb irt .-all excellent farming, and should liroV'- .rul! whites who have had their miii-tsxu si rating Westward and to all colored wh« have been dreaming of Kan sas. I bar i: only requires industry rightly dire.led .o make money iu Georgia. Tii « ^.ia!l grain crop in Greene coun ty i large. Two wow lawyers are expected to move to <. ‘cusboro shortly, and expect Brunswick Advertiser: Notwithstand ing the fact that the M. & B. R. R. begins at “Wadley’s Cross Roads” and ends “no where,” there were a host of people that wanted it—some to tlie tune of $194,000. Darien Timber Gazette: Darien pur chased last year 1,533 rafts of square tim ber, measuring 33,612,587 feet, and 1,008 rafts of scab timber, measuring 10.013,513 feet, making a total of 50,520,100 feet. The Ilailem Colombian says: John Pearree informs us that one of his hand? was over in Macon" the other day, and heard that Grant was ta visit . Augusta shortly for the sole purpose of disi limiting a ‘bag of gold’among the negroes. Perhaps this will account for the homage which he received from the sable race during his recent visit. The Horiheadcrn Progress, published at Harmony Grove, by Mr. Maleom Staf ford, is to be suspended for a few weeks. The editor says that heretofore the paper lias been conducted at a great loss, of time if nothing else, and when it is resumed it will be conducted on a new principle and plan. lie evidently intends to go in for cash payments. Oglethorpe Echo: You can keep up your cotton land for yeais without other manure than the seed taken therefrom, simply by not pasturing it. Most fanners pasture their laud to ruin. As much veg etation should be returned to the soil as possible, and never i>erniit stock to run on a field when wet. No soil can be im proved when robbed of every vestige of vegetation—it’s very blood. Brunswick Advertiser: Colonel J. 31. Couperhas contracted with the Messrs. Adams to plant one thousand Florida or ange trees of the second and fluid year’s growth, on St. Simon’s Island. lie has also had his olive orchard pruned and set in order. The ten trees will probably yield a barrel of oil. Thb, at six to eight dollars per gallon, makes some Tour hun dred dollars. Henry County Weekly: The negro who killed Rogers at Brooks Station on the 25th ult., had a preliminaty hearing before Judge Buchanan ou Friday la,t, and in default of bail was committed to jail to await liis trial at tlie spring term of Fayette Superior Court, for tlie crime of •manslaughter. On the day of the tidal the father of young Rogci-s received a letter from Texas, stating that auothcr son, who lias been residing in the State for several months past, became involved in a dillicul- ty on the 29th tilt., five days after tlie kil ling of the first named, and was stabbed to the heart. It was really a sad coinci dence, and tlie old geltleinan lias our sym pathy in hb affliction. Augusta had a very nice jockey club meeting, e.nd now sighs to tackle the ‘statetpr.ir. A State Fair, a canal, a new cottas factory and a gifted conversational s: am would certainly overflow the chal ice bl the city’s happiness. The Way the iVorld Wags.— Brunswick Adrcrtiser: The following dialogue is said to have occurred on Tues day last between a Bruuswick lot owner and a purchaser, as they were coming by rail to Brunswick: Nhi£ comer—“Well, Mr. > what can I have those two lots for?” Lotiowncr—“Well, sir, owing to the re- ceirt ^combination, I am willing to sell yottylboae two lots very low—say $1,000 apiece.” At tlie next station a gentleman entered the car and read a telegram from Macon: - Bidding commenced; eight bidders in all; big crowd.” owner—“Well, sir, you must pay r.i£'M*i >00 for them lots since I heard that r.iji s, Aii, hour later they arrive at another t dtftjipU station and hear the following ^‘Bidding still progressing. Coupcr going by tlie "thousands and Kimball by i he b 11 ndreds—all others retired.” J.ot owner—“By George, my friend, I wont take that price now—give me $5,000 anil the lots are yours. In <hic they arri ve in B. and hear tlie latest hews, whereupon the new man is astonished t» hear tlie lot owner whisper, thfcihatter.’ ^ „ w Rome Daily: Among the cool and de liberate criminal arts on record intbb country tliaVi which occurred last Satur day afternoon at Jthe old Mobley place, about three miles from town, takes the premium for eoid-bloodedness. Allen Williams, colored, was passing along the road, when another colored 'fellow, Joe Billups, hailed him, using at the same time some slang expression. Allen there upon threatened to shoot Joe, dud the latter daring him to do so, the former, saying he wouldn’t lake a dare, raised his gun and emptied its contents of small shot into Joe’s stomach. When Deputy. Sheriff Lumpkin went to arrest Allen, the latter drawing hb pistol leveled it at Lumpkin, whereupon our deputy gallant ly rushed upon' him, apd, knocking hb arm out of range, seized hb prisoner. The boy Joe is" not considered fatally wounded, and Allen bin jail in default of $300 bail. Dahlonega Signed: “For several weeks past the people living in Cane -Creek dis trict have been annoyed by tbe loud screams. or hallooing at night of some strange wild ‘varmint,’ which infests that neighborhood, to the great discomfiture" and terror of the inhabitants^ ,31r. T. H. Worley, while at the spring near ljblioihe a few nights ago, was startled by a scream or noise from the animal, which had ven tured within a few - feet of-bim. Several attempts have recently been made to cap ture it with dogs, but the wijd ‘ varmint ’ always succeeds in eluding its pursuers. There is a difference of opinion as to what it b. Some say it is a wild cat, some a catamount, while others put it down as a wolf; but all agree that it is a ‘ bad citi zen,’ and the sooner overhauled the better. What bit?” EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Washington, D. C., January 14th, 1S80. tariff tinkering. The signs are plentiful that there will be persistent efforts during this session to greatly modify the present iniqutous high tariff. Whether any of them will succeed is another question. From the vote Monday in the House, on the proposition to put salt on House the first business taken up was the - ■ •* ■ — » tlie free list, I should say uot. The yea and nay vote was 115 each, when two- thirds was necessary. It was nearly a party vote, fourteen Democrats voting with the Republicans in the negative, and eleven Republicans with the Democrats. The South was substantially solid for the measure. This question b destined to be one of tbe most important tlie future has in store for us, and must greatly mod ify if it does not entirely change party lines and affiliations. It is not a very lively one, and Congressional proceedings and oratory will not shine as now, but that ought uot to distress the country to any alarming extent. It will abo serve to bury the bloody shirt and kindred nui sances out of sight, which will be another great blessing. A DULL SESSION. Everything points that way, notwith standing it b a Presidential election year. So far there has not been developed the slightest symptom of any fun ahead. Thb is very sad, but at the same time very wholesome for the country. The Demo crats all favor a short business session, but tlie Radicals, or at least most of them, are on the other line. They always favor long sessions, and for two reasons: First, to give the fullest opportunity and occa sion for the stirring up of bad blood and goading the Southern Democrats into say ing something they can use against the party. Second, in order to have plenty of time to get through all their private schemes and plans benefiting their section, their party and themselves. They are the original Jacobs-when it comes to “tlie old flag and an appropriation.” The treasury is regarded as their milch cow, so to speak, and for stripping her udders, the Radicals, and especially those who dwell in that beatific region known as the New England States, defy all competition. But the Democrats will control the matter thb time, and a short session may be consid ered as among the almost certainties of the future. Having destroyed the lobby and reduced expenses to tbe lowest living fig ures, there is no cause wliy tbe session should last longer than June 1st, at the latest. This will give plenty of time for all bands to go home, set up die pins for re-election, aud thus save the country the too common spectacle of a bare quorum in the House for a month or more before the final adjournment. a dry subject. The House b just now wrestling with a remarkably dry subject, and consequently the galleries are deserted. It is tlie re port of the Committee on Rules, which was submitted last week as tlie handi work of the Speaker and Messrs. Black burn,' Stephens, Garfield and Frye last summer at Long Branch. It seems to rite 'there should be no' opposition at all to it, for, so far as I can judge, it b an immense improvement on tbe jumble of incoherent and unsatisfactory matter known as the present rules of the House. But it is being sharply criticized all along the fine ot both parties, arid may be defeated, espe cially as I bear it hinted that the Speaker does not favor it very enthusiastically. At any rate it seems highly probable that February will find the solonsof the House still wrestling with it. One of the chief causes of antagonism comes from hostility to the committee on appropriations to whom tlie new rules refer another bill for preparation—namely, the river and har bor. That committee already has charge of all the other appropriation bilb, and the complaint is made that their powers and duties need curtailment instead of strengthening. Especially do the mem bers of the commerce committee rage aud rear, with Reagan, of Texas, their chair man, leading them. To bear them talk, one would suppose that the end of all things was at hand if this “outrage” b committed. As I said before, the fate of the report seems at this writing somewlmt in doubt, but discussion may strengthen it. With Garfield and Frye and Stephens and Blackburn and Mr. Speaker to de fend it, it ought to get through. BEAUTIFUL WEATHER At last, clear and cold,aud yesterday a respectable sized snow storm, which still remains in many places, notwithstanding the sun shines brightly. Thb b the first touch of real winter we have had, and it was unusually welcomed. So much rain aud ugly, gloomy weather was never be fore known in tins latitude ia the same number of days. One entire week passed with only one fleeting glimpse of the sun. It almost rivalled London and must have made much work for the doctors. Anoth er quite serious feature of the past warm spell is in connection with the icc crop. There has been no opportunity to gather » pound here, and reports from all points north, are to the same effect. So look out for an ice famine next summer if the clerk of the weather does not mendlib ways. Ice has come to be such a prime necessity and its use so universal, that a short crop will be very severely felt. Think of a Southern summer with ice at a figure only within reach of “well to do people.” THE GAY 8EASOX. What is called the gay season b in the fullest blast, just now, and parties, balls, routs and kettledrums succeed each other with a rapidity that must he pretty rough on all but the very yonng and strong. The old beaux and belles have my warm est sympathy. They must g > the pace or drop out, aiul that means something too awful for words to express. What a sweet boon and blessed relief will Lent be to them as they sit at home and nurse their pet corns. I sympathize with them heartily. When a society man or woman begins to discover that they cannot keep the pace as formerly, without paying for it, the heavens seem hung with black. It is the blnestjof all blue Mondays. Among other gaieties the State dinners at tlie White Ilouse are reckoned—by courtesy. There is no wine, and gorging rich food New York, January 16.—It was re cently announced that persons interested in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company and a syndicate of New York capitalists had purchased a majority of stock of the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad Company. Yesterday the purchasers met in the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company and organized by the selection of the following new board of directors: John Jacob Kennedy, Henry G. Vail, Samuel SIoaD, R. G. Ralston, E. H. 'Green, E. D. Standiford, R. S. Veech, Isaac Caldwell, W. O. Despard, W. V. Newcomb, J. Defaimiak and William White. Right following, inspectors of election Were choseil for 1881: Walter L. Cutting and Edward R. Bell. The gen tlemen named own two millions of the rokd. Among them are the president, vice-president, general manager and seve ral directors of the Louisville and Nash ville Railroad Company. The Lonbville, New Albany and Chicago road will be run in connection with tbe Louisville and Nashville road, thus forming a through line direct from Chicago to Mobile, Mont gomery abd New Orleans, when several additions already detailed are contem plated Augusta, 3Ie., January 16.—Acting Governor' Lawson yesterday appointed a staff, Which includes Major M. M. Fobom, Ai[jutaiil General an>i Chief of Stall} Gen eral Clark S. Edwards, Inspector General; Dr. Piper, Surgeon General; Major J. W. Charming, Dr. Horace Davis, Captain II. W. Black and Colonel J. W. Black, Aids; Major J. W. French, Military Sec retary. H. M. Plaisted was offered the position of Judge Advocate General, but decliucd. Augusta, Me., January 16.—At five o’clock thb morning the Richards Light Infantry, of Gardiner, Maine, had orders to appear at tlirir armory at nine o’clock this morning. The men were gathering there at early hour. There was no dbturbance at the State House last night. No one was admitted without a pass to-day. The Fusionists have elected Joseph L. Smith governor. Boston, January 16.—The Heralds Augusta special says the Senate and Ilouse met at ten o’clock, a. m. In the report of the committee on elections, de claring William Morray, Fusionist, of Vassalbo:o, entitled to the seat instead of Rev. Dr. Mathan Butler, Republican. The report was accepted, but a reconsid eration moved because Perry, of Camden, wbhed a full explanation of the cause. Mr. Dickey, from that Committee, sta ted that a check list was used at the elec tion, that the notice of the meeting was not legal, that one of the assessors passed the ballot box out of tbe door to allow a sick man in a carriage to vote, and that there were sundry other reasons why the action was not legal. The motion to reconsider failed, and 3Iurray was escorted to the Executive Chamber to take the oath. Mr. Murray’s admission brings the number of members of the Ilouse present up to seventy-seven, according to the count of tellers. The House voted to send the names of Joseph L. Smith and Alonzo Garcelon to the Senate. The number of votes was seventy-six. The report of the Committee on the Gubernatorial Votes having been read and accepted in the Senate, it was sent to the House, where similar action was taken. Dickey, of Fort Kent, moved to suspend the roles so that the House might fix the time for the choice of four candidates for Governor, to be sent up to be voted for by tbe Senate. The motion was carried, and on motion of Mr. Springfield, an order adopted fixing the time at 11:15. 3Ir. Ingalls, of Wisconsin, thought itunad- risable so long as there was doubt of the •pgality bf the House. Mr. Plabted,ofLincoln,took the opposite view. He reviewed the situation, aud be lieved the time had come for immediate action. He made a severe attack upon Geueral Chamberlain for declining to re cognize 3Ir. Lawson as the acting Gov ernor. He bald the General responsible for the present condition of_a airs. [Ap plauded.] Mr. McLaugh 1 :” made a speech, en dorsing hb views. Mr. Swann moved and the House or dered that a committee of five be appoint ed to receive the Governor and count the votes for candidates to be sent to the Sen ate. The Speaker appointed a committee, who at once proceeded to their duty. Tlie names of Joseph L. Smith and Alonzo Garcelon were the only ones printed on the ballots, and the report of the commit tee showed that Smith and Garcelon had 76 votes. The announce r ?nt was greeted with applause, and the report of the com mittee adopted. The Senate unanimously elected 3Ir. Smith Governor—he receiving 18 votes. • Cincinnati, January 16.—A special dispatch from' Irontoii says the Iroufon Iron and Steel Company’s furnace and rolling mill were yesterday sold at trus tee’s sale to G. F. & F. J. Stone, of New York, and J. H. Brommell, of Virginia, for $101,000. New York, January 10.—Subscriptions for the first million dollars of tbe first mortgage bonds of the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company closed yesterday. The bitb amounted to more than double the amoiuit offered. An Atlanta special says the formal ded ication of the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic) in that city was an imposing scene. The edifice was packed wit h people. Bbhops Gross and Lynch officiated, assbted by priests from all over the South. The marble altar aud other appointments of tbe church are said to be equal to any south of Baltimore. Pestii, January 16.—Rioting was re newed in thb city last night on a formida ble scale. The gas lamps in the street, in front of tho Casino House, were broken and shots from revolvers fired at the po lice. One policeman was wounded and twenty of the rioters were arrested. Washington, January 16.—In the House 3Ir. Sparks, of Illinois, Chairman of tlie Committee on Military Affairs, re ported a resolution calling on the Secre tary of War for information as to the number, rank, name and annual pay of every officer on the lbt of the aimy. Adopted. The Speaker then proceeded, as regular order, to call on committees for reports of a private nature. Washington, January 16—In the House Mr. Sanford, of Alabama, from the Committee on Claims, reported a bill re funding to the State of Georgia $35,000 expended for the common defence in 1777. Referred to the committee of the whole. . 3Ir. Briglit^qf Tennessee, chairman of the" iQammitteei on Claims, reported a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a statement of moneys re ceived into the treasury from tho proceeds of the sale of lands for direct taxes in South Carolinu Adopted. The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the President of the Academy of Science, transmitting a report on the prevention of epidemic diseases. The nouse then went into a committee of the whole on the private calendar, and took up the bill for tho return ot Charles Clinton, late assbtant treasurer at New Orleans, of $5,800 stolen from him ia 1871 and refunded by him to the United States. After an extended debate the committee refused, by 72 to 02, to report the bill fa vorably to tbe House. Tho committee then rose and the House adjourned until Monday. Liverpool) January 16.—This week’s circular of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers’ Association, says cotton was dull early in the week, at rather, easier prices. Since Tuesday, there has feeen renewed activity, with considerable business at hardening rates, and quotations show an advance. American was in good demand, and after :'actuations, quotations are l-16d liighor. Sea Island continues in moderate request, and quotation* are unchanged. Futures wasiieddownby water mult be awful for the company, composed as it is always of.; ^ rates a ad'anc. of 1-S2d. . dignitaries, .foreign and native, whose j Boston, January 16.—An Augusta, throats are used toother tipple. Thb !-aine, special says it is reported on good coodv goody business at tlie Write Houser authority t’an exeeetive order has been 5f tabooing VlDe-makes an invitation' to ‘ prepared relieving General Chamberlain dine there rather an infliction than other- from hb command, which will be served wise, anil causes much ridicule. It thb r. . ernoon. The General has as yet doesn't reform anv drunkards and pleases no int’m a! ion totlns effect. , m informing it that Joseph L. Smith and gain possession of it for the purpose ofex- dotsn’t reform any drunkards ana r 11^ » Ai . only a few Northern Mcthodit fcuiat ie» and 4PJ •• January 16.—At 1LM) a. m crazy tenipemice folks, ' a-w t» Alonzo Garcelon bad been selected as the constitutional candidates for Governor. It was moved to receive the message and proceed to vote, Senator Strickland re marking that thb was a legally constitu ted body, in hb belief, but should tbe pro posed action be proved illegal, be wbhed it understood that il would bind no one. He was iu favor of a peaceful solution of the difficulty, and not in favor of resbt- ance. A committee was appointed to re ceive, sort and count the votes for Gov ernor. The vote resulted, in the unani mous choice of Joseph L. Smith, eighteen votes being cast. 3Ir. Smith will be inau gurated thb afternoon., A good deal of bad feeling is manifested. After the election of the Governor, both Houses in joint convention elected an Ex ecutive Council. It is understood that Mr. Smith, who will not be recognized by General Chamberlain, will await the de cision of the Court as to the legality of hb election before taking action likely to bring on a conflict. Boston, January 16.—Special dispatch es to the Herald from Augusta, Me., say, the action of the Legislature was a sur prise to 3Ir. Smith, who,in an interview ex pressed hb opinion that the election would not take place to-day. He felt plainly the gravity of the situation, and while he has an ambition to be the Governor of Maine, he wants to be constitutionally chosen Governor, and will discountenance all precipitate action. He evidently would have preferred to have to-day’s action postponed at least until the deebion of the court was known. He thought that there was too much reckless talk by* hot- headed men, aud that it was not all on one side. Some of those who were counsel ing resistance to the legal aughority of the State, had little idea of what they were do ing. The general impression gathered from Smith’s remarks was that should he qual ify to-day, he will not be likely to per form any executive acts that he can pos sibly avoid, before the court b heard from. At one thirty in the afternoon both Houses took a recess until four o’clock. A caucus to nominate other officers will be held at half past two. Calcutta, January 16.—Five thou sand Mohmunds, who crossed the Cabul river near Davika, have been completely defeated. General Doran arrived from Lundi Kotal too late to cut of their , re treat. London, January 16.—The police, es corting a party of process servers, at Kil- rnina, .county, of Mayo, were severely mal treated last night, and obliged to retreat, though they had rifles loaded and bayo nets fixed. Several of the police were cut about the head and face. The process servers had their clothing torn, and the processes captured by mob. Iu a railway collision at Smitbport, county of Lancaster, three persons were killed and twenty injured. The Turkbh Ambassador at Vienna has received the following explanation regard ing the conflict in Albania: The Monte negrins attacked a village near I’lava and took two hundred head of cattle. Next day they advanced towards Guringe and Plava, when the Albanians attacked them and drove them across the frontier. The Albanians lost forty killed and sixty wounded. St. Petersburg, January 16.—The Invalids Ilusse contradicts the sensation al telegrams relative to the alleged Rus sian military preparations on the western frontier, and points out that only last De cember,Russia’s love of peace caused her to reduce the army to 36,000 below the peace footing. Further peace measures and further reduction of tlie army, that journal says, are contemplated. Pabis, January 10. — M DeBoudry D’Asson, member for Vendee, in the course of an attack on the miribtry in the Chamber of Deputies, yesterday, said the government, being in a state of political bankruptcy; ‘be motto of “liberty, equali ty and fratcrui.y” should be replaced by “servility, rapacity and iniquity.” For this lauguE' a vote of censure was passed on li..... London, January 10.—The Vienna correspondent of the Times says the last anil worst of the Pestii mobs b composed entirely of laborers and roughs, and hints that tlie International Society b at the bottom of the mischief. The newspapers of all shades of opinion denounce the au thors of thb tumult. Tho students who participated in tlie demonstration on tlie first day, have publblicd a declaration disclaiming any connection with the riot ing. London, January 16.—Mr. McLean, ol St. Rollox chemical works, now writes to the Times that after four days of investi gation and experiments with Mr. Maske- lync, he decided that the carbon crystab made by him are not diamonds. He still hopes, howeve . to produce diamond dust in quantities laige enough for use in me chanical arts. Washington, January 16.—Tlie Sen- atc‘Military Committee will hold a meet ing; to-morrow to consider tlie case of Fitz John Porter. The probability b that the' full committee will agree to report back a bill to restore General Porter to hb rank in the army, and to allow hb hack pay, which will amount in the ag gregate to over one hundred thousand dollars. New Haven, Conn., January 16.— Chief Justice Park charged the jury in the Hayden case thb morning, occupying over two hours. The charge is generally re garded as unfavorable to the prisoner. Mr. Hubbard, one of the counsel for Hay den, says until the charge of Chief Justice Park was delivered, they had no doubt of Hayden’s acquittal. Tliey think the Judge charged against the accused on ev ery point of law, and the most they uow hope for is a disagreement. Washington, January 16.—The sub committee of tlio House select a com mittee on the method of electing Presi- ident, decided to-day to report favorably to the full committee Bickwell’s joint res olution, for an amendment of the consti tution as regards the manner of electing President and Vice-President. Tlie pro posed amendment provides that the elec toral votes and fraction thereof of each person voted for as President in any State, shall bo ascertained by multiplying hb entire popular vote therein by the number of the State’s electoral votes, and dividing the product by the sum of all the votes given in the State for President, and the quotient shall be the number of electoral votes and fraction thereof to be assigned to such person, using for such fraction three decimals only. The resolution also prescribes the manner of counting (he votes and determining questions of con test. It b thought it will be reported fa vorably to the House by the_full commit tee next week. ~ Augusta, 3Ie., . January 10.—Roth branches of the Legislature reassenrijlijd at four o’clock tliis afternoon. . Tha coui- mittee appointed to wait on-J. L.«Smitl> and inform him of -his election, reported lib .acceptance of tho"offic<£, JP At JJftlf pose of administering th^oatlrtof- dfficdHo L-—-v - : ■- • 3Ir. Smith. * A committee, was appointed?' bone is as stifl as a poker, and that he r«- _ . . ... nnnln Ilnfinm/M* klllll I C fMVIAI'C OO O 110 T»m_ to wait on the Governor, a -.id forthwith Mr. Smith appeared, accompanied by the heads of departments, the outgoing Coun cil and the Adjutant -General. The oath was then adminbtered by Mr. Ellis, the acting president of the Senate, after which proclamation was made by the Secretary and tho Governor delivered hb message. Augusta, January 10.—The examina tion into the alleged bribery case was con tinued to-day. Messrs. Swann, Ilarriman and James O. White repeated in greater details their statements already pulribhed, as to the attempts made to bribe them by Wallace R. White and Solon Chase, and corroborated Swann’s statement as to the latter’s interview withlrim. ' Bar! iiolomew Wentworth testified to at tempts made to bribe. Irim by Chase and Ricker, of North Berwick.^ Alfred Cushman, member of the Ilouse, testified to efforts of hb son amlFlewel- lcn Bowen to keep him from tlie Legisla ture by telling him that he could get more more by not going. Noah Baker, as Senator, concha ted Cushman’s testimony. Augusta, Me., January 10.—General Chamberlain lias ’ed the fc'.lowing or der: Whereas, t .citing rumors, which I believe to be entirely without foundation, are circulated that the State house b to he held by one party as against another, oi that it is to be attacked by persons eluding members elect from the Legisla tive bails, thb is to give assurance that the rights and privileges of all parties shall be protected with complete impar tiality. Tbe halls are for the use of mem bers elect to the Legislature, and shall be held inviolate for those uses. I give no credence to the reports that either party would stoop to such tricks, or be rash enough te use violence to determine ques tions oi rights, but to allay any doubt or fear of thb, I hereby give my personal guarantee that all rights shall be respec ted, and atiempts to gain unfair advantage shall not be permitted. Augusta, January 16.—Dispatches were received in this city thb evening, stating that the Supreme Court has solidly sustained the Republicans in every posi tion. Hundreds of Republicans are in the city, and there b great rejoicing among them. The Fusiouists are corresponding ly depressed. There are some here who are urging the Fusionists to resist the Court, go forward and impeach the Judges, but manjr Fusionbts announced their intention to yield. Twenty are known to be in favor of submitting. There is division in their ranks. New Yoke, January 16.—A cable dis patch from Rome to the New York Free man's Journal received to-d:i v, states that on the 15th inst., Iris holiness, Pope Leo XUL, approved the appointment of Right Rev. Dr. Elder, heretofore Ebhop of Natchez, to .be coadjutor with the right of succession to tlie archbishopric of Cincinnati, and to be adminbtrator for tbe archdiocese. Pensacola, January 16.—The Steve dore Association resolved not to furnish labor for vessels being loaded by Que becers. Tlib will stop the number of ves- seb for a few days. There are 176 vesseb in the bay, two-thirds of them being sqaure rigged. Thb . is the largest fleet that has been at ^Pensacola for three years. Febnandina, January 16.—The new steamer Admiral sailed for Cedar Keys to day, where she will take General Grant and party on board for Havana. The db- tingubhed guests will connect with tlie steamer at Cedar Keys. Tlib trip will inaugurate the fast mail service between New York and Havana, and it is expect ed that the running time of the trains from New York will be reduced to forty- eight horns, so that tho entire trip will be made in three days. London, January f 14.—Metcalf & Co., jewelers, of No. 19 Cockspur street, Lou don, have failed. Liabilities j£70,000. Bangor, Me., January 17.—The Su preme Judicial Court will send to the Re publican Legblature to-day its reply to the questions submitted by that body touching the legality of the organization of the Fusion Legblature. The deebion generally sustains the Republican position. They say “an election has been had by the electors of this State. The rights of sev- eral persons voted for depends upon tho votes cast in accordance with the consti tution and laws of the State. It was the duty of the Governor and Council thus to declare it. Any declaration of the vote not thus accorded and declared b unau thorized and void. “The Governor and Council examined the returns and undertook to declare the result as it appeared by the returns. The various questions involving the true con struction of the Constitution and statutes relative thereto arose, and the Governor by virtue of and by constitutional peroga- tive, called upon thb court for its opinion - upon tlie questions propounded. By the provisions of tlie Constitution the court was required to expound and construe the provbions of the Constitution and statutes involved. .Itgave full answers to these questions. The opinion ot the court was thus obtained in ouc of the modes provided iq the constitution for an authoritative determination of important questions of law. The law thus determined is a con clusive guide of the Governor and Coun cil in the performance of their minbterial duties. Any action on their part in de livering the vote as it appears by the re turns in violation of the provisions of the constitution and law thus declared b a usurpation of authority and must be held void. It only remains to apply these prin ciples to the subject embraced in the questions proposed.” On thb basb the court answers favorably to the various questioris submitted by the Republicans. Boston, January 17.—A special from Augusta says the whole aspect of affairs b changed, aud hopes of a peaceable solu tion of the dbpute by the deebion of the Supreme Court, are blown to the winds by tlie action taken by the Fusionbts last night. Soon after the points of the decis ion were received from Bangor, the lead ing Fusionists had a consultation with Governor Smith and staff, aud the follow ing order was issued: State of Maine, Adjutant General’s Office, Augusta, January 16,1880. Special order No. 4, dated November, 1879, assigning Joshua L. Chamberlain to, tho command 6t the volunteer militia, is hereby revoked. General ofder No. "12,' dated January 5, 1SS0, assigning General .JoShua L. Chamberlain to duty as com mander of tbe first divbion of Maine militia, and requiring tlie commanding officers of all military organizations of the State to report to him, b hereby re voked. Special order No. 45, dated January 5, 1SS0, directing Geueral Chamberlain to protect the public property and institutions of the State, is hereby revoked. Command ing officers of all military organizations accepted into the service of the State, are and the recess was probably taken for the fail in dutv were T tn , ~ - punxwe of rallying absentees. “5„ : SSSSfeBSSK!' It is understood that the Fusionbts thority to demand it. If yov arc L,l? r > au ' have telegraphed for the opinion of Gen- ful Governor, you can easiiv rpli'o-. ,7 eral Butler, Hon. Bion Bradbury and sev- embarrassment by affordin'-' a * eral other eminent lawyers,-to oflsetthe tboritative deebion of the Courttojri.^ opinion of the Supreme Court, and they I am, and always have been r<>laTT?' exp&ri, replies in season to lay them be- yield prompt obedience. I cannot W fore.the members of their Legislature up— that tlie courtesy and custom of *l>t> on Its reassembling next Tuesday. I vice, to say nothing of the grave comnv The Fusionbts are quiet, and will not | c ? l 1 i ° ns of 1110 present situation, rive m2' talk much. There is a report that the lat- I n S h ‘«> «T»=t that. you will fun 1Is h 52 ter will endeavor to compromise, but it is , P 1- ?!* 5 . 1 " evidence of your authority.” 8 of doubtful authority. Some of the Fu- • Major Folsom, who signed the order ast cvemng reheving General Chamber! lam from command, was among the at General Chamberlain’s headquarter this inorhing, to apply f or - “? ers friend to the state House. f P f ° ra sionists haye certainly .weakened. At least two members of the House have said that they would not resbt the decis ion of the Supreme Court, and tho re marks of a Senator from Aristook county ,—_— yesterday indicate that he b of the same . Loston, Mass., January 17.-—A Saco disposition. special says; “ Ex-Secretary of State Goto * i The hoteb are crowded with men— ! ^mved lrom Augusta on the midniriit mostly Republicans—who have come here , “* states Joseph L. Smith declares from Bangor, Waterville, Bath, and other i T f,, , avc / d >een c 1103011 Governor anil by i„rnr/» »:>,•». »„ _• I’ll be Governor.’ ti»*> _ large cities, ready to take a hand in case of necessity. At the end of the recess in the House Mr. Cushman, of Sherman, made a speech recommending application to Congress for aid in repelling attempts under the decis ion of the Supreme Court to drive thb bon y from the State House. Mr. Geoige F. Hill, of Corinth, said . . , , . _ most of the Fu- siomsts applaud. They laugh at the decis ion of the Supreme-Court. Tliey say they wri! support Smith in whatever he mav do On the other hand, the Republicans are" no less resolute to adhere at any cost to what they say b the side of right and law There is no mistaking the fact that deep and bitter feelings are being engendered that we stand to-day in a very critical! 110 one knows wbat and hour mav — J *i • rm i * • - livi n rr f.- v 11. Il >1, /, . .1 J. ■ • — condition. The clergy, money power and courts were against us. He believed some measures should be adopted for the submbsion of further questions' to the court, giving a fair statement bf the case. He hoped some member would suggest means whereby thb would be effected. He noticed that several members who yes terday expressed their willingness to shed their last drop of blood in defending our rights, were absent to-day, (applause and laughter) but he believed there were sen sible meii enough to treat thb question with the attentions its gravity deserved. 3Ir. Ingalb, of Wbcasset offered a joint order for the appointment of a committee of five to be joined by such as the Senate may see fit, to take into consideration the condition of affairs, and report to the House the best method of procedure. The Supreme Court had decided a set of ques tions submitted by another and irregular body than thb. That body was not le gally constituted. He thought a set of questions giving a fair statement of the case might be submitted, We want peace—we want our rights. Let us con suit together as men knowing our rights and determined .to maintain Hem. Mr. Knowles of Naples, said he believed the deebion of the court was a partisan one, but he would not resbt by force. There were other and peaceable means of meeting this crisb. Mr. Renner, of Waldeboro, said hb proposition was the same as Hill’s, and he heartily endorsed hb remarks. Bradbury, of Norway, said we were here legally and lawfully, but were in a perilous time and should act with discre tion. It was the part of wise aud brave men to submit to the inevitable. If the court has been used as an instrument to deprive us of our rights, the crime is not ours. Revolution has come by tbe action of that court. Against that court we have no appeal, except to the people. Let us go back to them. The ballot box b still left to us and to that we must appeal. He heartily approved" of the proposed order, and hoped it would pass. Robinson, of Tliomaston, also favored the passage of this order. Cushman, of Sherman, still advocated resort to Congress. Perry, of Camden, favored the order in I T . , „ a speech of some length. This speech bring forth. The reported declaration of the Fusionbts iu authority that their gov ernment will be removed in case of fight ing, to this city, where the public officers will protect them, causes abo much in. terest here.” Boston, January 17—A special from Augusta says Mr. S. F. Lynch, Captain of the Montgomery Guards, in reply to Gen- eral Chamberlain’s circular to company commanders, telegraphs lrim that he should obey hb orders until the order of the Court was given. Every company, I except that at Oldham, says the same,' Augusta, Me., January 17.—An Au- gnsta special says the Republican House was called to order at 2 p. m. by Speaker Weeks. Prayer was oflered by'Governor Cobb, of Augusta. Tlie hall of the House of Representatives was packed with men, every inch of space surrounding the seats being occupied by standing men. The galleries were a solid mass of human be ings. The taking up of passes at the outer doors was at thb time abandoned, tbe po lice being removed to the foot of the stair cases and to the doors of tin second floor. Just as the prayer ended, Blaine came upon the floor and was received wittf*fcnthusiasm, the men getting upon chairs and desks, waving hats and hand kerchiefs, while they rent; the air with cheers and shouts. Business was entirely suspended for a few minutes, and it was some time before anything like order could he restored. Hon. Lot M. Morrill and Eugene Hale followed 3Ir. Blaine, and received a greeting scarcely less cor dial, though not so loud. Mr. Knowles, of Bradford, and Mr. Temple, of Eddinton, Fusion members, came iu and took the scab tliey occupied in the Fusion Ilouse. The Republican members, with a few ex ceptions, were all present. The reading of the House journal was concluded at 2:30 p. m. On motion of Mr. Goss of Bath, the Speaker appointed • a ■ committee to act witlra like committee from the Senate, as a Joint Committee on Gubernatorial Votes. Orders were passed, adopting tlie rules of last year and providing that the House hold one session dally, beginning at ten a. m. Augusta, January 17.—To-day the answers of the Supreme Court to the ques- was greeted with applause mingled with hisses from the rear of the hall. Bradbury, ol Norway, protested against lrissses as a breach of decorum, and hoped for the good name of the State that that sound would never be heard here again. Ingalls moved, as an amendment to the order to be offered, a clause limiting tlie committee to members of tlie House, and leaving tlie Senate to take independent ac tion. The order, as amended, was passed and the Speaker appointed Ingails of Wiscasset, Robinson of Thomaston, Wil son, of Orona, Whitman of Harrison, and Hill of Exeter, as members of tbe com mittee. In tbe Senate, an order for tlie appoint ment of a committee of five to take into consideration tbe state of affairs existing and to report as early as possible on some received. The Secretary of State refused to give up tlie gubernatorial returns to the Joint Committee. William M. Sargent has declined the appointment on Governor Smith’s staff, be ing a straight Democrat and unwilling to endorse the Governor’s greenback opin ions. * Washington, January 17. — Tlie Ilouse Committee on Indian Affairs to-day resumed tbe investigation of tlie causes of the recent Ute outbreak. William 31. Leeds, former chief clerk of tbe Indiau Bureau, appeared and stated as among the reasons and causes for the dissatisfaction of the Indians the failure of the Indian Bureau to send to the Indians subsistence, supplies and agricultural implements, a3 agreed; to tlie prohibition of tbe sale of arm3 and ammunition, tbe delay of the The 1’resident pro tern, appointed Sen ators Patten of Penobscot, Thompson of Knox, l’arton of Somerset, Strickland of Aristook, and Rankins of Oxford. Senators Strickland and Patten both made brief speeches recommending mod eration. In the House, Messrs. Styles of West brook, Lewis of Springfield, Staples of Pearsonsfield, and Hussey of Brooks, made brief speeches ou tlie situation, af ter which both Houses met in joint con vention, and the oath of office was admin istered to Messrs. Chase, Rusft Priest and Whidden, Councilors elect. At 11:30 a.m. the Republicans in cau cus in Granite Hall made the following nominations for State officers: Secretary of State, Sumner J. Cliadboume, of Dix- moiit; State Treasurer, J. W. Fogler, of Hope; Attorney General, n. B. Cleaves of Portland; Adjutant General, S. J. Gal lagher, of Augusta; Councilors, R. S. Brown of Saco; Lewis Barker of Bangor; Jolm Plrimckley, of Blue Hill. - Washington, January 17.—The Ilouse required to report to Commander-in-ch.ef j Q omm |tt ce on Military Affairs, at a meet- josepn Jj. anutn. 1 ingto-day, agreed upon their report to ac- company Representative Bragg’s bill for rv.nrVn the restoration of General Fitz John Por- G°' ernor s staff. Tlie General received it ^ j t p TOV jdes for his restoration to ser- course oFprocedure to ^^6, ^ department ,n furnishing supplies, ete. In offered by Senator Patten, of Penobscot, summing up 3Ir. Leeds attributed tlie dis- and adopted. and replied that ho would answer this morning. Orders have been sent to tho command ing officers of every military company intlie State, signed by Smith, announcing that Chamberlain is relieved from com mand, and directing them to obey no or ders except those of Smith. Augusta, Me., January 17.—General Chamberlain will pay no attention to tbe order oft Governor Smith taking away tbe command of the militia from him, and he will hold to his first announced position aud will remain in the place assigned him until a Governor is legally elected and qualified. The Democrats are quite stiti this morning, and talk threateningly and condemn the decision of the court. Boston, January ! 17.—A special from Augusta to the Herald says nothing of importance has transpired this morning 'up to this hour (nine o’clock). The police forqe on duty in the State-house has ap parently not been increased as to tbe num ber of officers' in and about the, rotunda andiis still small; but an occasional open ing juf the doors ot the roonrof the second ‘floor used for headqqprtersyrcveal the %ct that it is faU;:oCjq£olu8uJoojaag-inea, wearing bauaes^ * — General CTiamVrlaiofekaainot yet’fcr- riveil at he»lqitafrters»dTut.lii8fetafF are aH past four o’clock a joint convention was. «°ff and- 3Iayor Nash fcashcen ltere field in the hall of the House, for tli$l»ur3 tail Cns morning. A <?snv4rsatiori with rXaSltrevuftls 11 leT’act that his baok- Governor Smitlii orders as a liaijn- diibition of rhetoric. r Mi can ho ask?il the- Mayor. “SniitJi has no„ authority which anybody- willirespect^I tliq^Iqyoftcontinued.- “Qe has 1 io snppoft .from the Supreme Court— lie can get no aid fhumthe militia or sher iff. He< does-Ro*■control the State Treas ury and whatever funds he uses must .conit from psivate sources. De lias no anus, and in Tatty it may be said, he has no backing whatever of any official char acter. • „ .. •. “If be attempts to turn General'Cham berlain out of the State House by force, Iris force will be the force of a mob and tbe mob would have an exceedingly warm reception hero.” When asked if there would be auy breachof peace the Mayor said: “Cer tainly not on our part. If any act of vio lence is committed it must come from the other side. We arc here to preserve peace —not to t .k it. We have protected boi.ii LegHatures in the peaceful occupa tion of the Legislative halls, anil I pro pose to interfere in no maimer so long as they do not resort to violence.” Both Houses met at 9 o’clock, accord ing to adjournment. After the reading of the journals they took a recess until 10 o’clock. It is doubtful if a quorum is present in the House. At least two mem bers have gone home and several otlieis AVW.U. die House sent a message to the Senatej in the interest of some political party, to have not, put in an appearance in the hall, vice with the rank of Colonel, and awards him $75,000 in lieu of all back pay to which he may have been entitled. >' Lousvii.i.e, Ky., January 17.—Suits have been commenced in behalf of the United States government again.t Weden O’Neal, formerly United States 3Iarshal and Iris bondsmen, charging that O’Neal is indebted to the plaintiff for public moneys amounting to $62,127. Boston, January 27. — Cohen & Sprague’s Riverside Oil Wor! s, at East Cambridge with 200,000 gallons of kero sene, machinery, etc., were destroyed by fire last night. Loss $50,000. Jackson, 3Iiss., January 17.—Five ballots were hail last night by the Demo cratic Senatorial caucus without result. New York, January 17.—In the aigu- ments yesterday before Judge Blatcliford, ofthe United States Circuit Court, for a Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Rail road Company, against H. S. McComb anil the Southern Railroad Association, to restrain defendants-from selling or parting with any ofthe first or. second mortgage bonlls ofthe Mississippi and (fcntral Ittiil- roa£ Crihipariy*it was hold .that the in-> •junction .should still remain, but that piaintiff should pay iifto tte United States Trust CdihpJn’j.tlic amount o£ coupons on $.150,'000«li)llara of tlie" second mortgage bonils of tjjc Mi&issippi Central Railroad Company, to await the issue ofthe pend ing suit. * . Afire at 306 Droadvray last night, de stroyed the property of Abram Kaufman aodjj. E. Andrews to tlie ext,ait ol'a hun dred andfifty thousand dotlais. "* Richmond, January 17<—The Semite yestbrday passed thaJlousa bUl appropri ating $500 for the suppression of outrages by non-resident crews of oyster'vessels''in Virginia waters. The Governor will doubtless approve>tlie bill at once, when means will be immediately taken to carry - out the proposed object, i Augusta, January 17.—Both branches of the Legislature adjourned to Monday afternoon at lhur o’clock. Tlie members quietly separated, and tlie general opinion is neither branch, as now constituted, will ever meet again. The debate in the Sen ate was for submission to the decree of tho Court. Governor Smith has appointed the fol lowing staff: Adjutant General—M. M. Folsom; Inspector General—Clark S. Ed ward; Assistant Adjutant General—E. W. French; Suigeon—George A. F. Piper; Judge Advocate—General Richard W. Block; Commissary General—J. H. Blood; Lieutenant Colonel—Horace M. Davis; Aides de Camp—John Benson, Jr., and William W. Sargent. General Chamberlain, in his reply to Governor Smith, concludes: “While* the matters now - in issue involve the very question whether you are Governor or not, it must be manifest to you that I should satisfaction to tbe utter inattention of Commissioner Hayt to tbe condition, claims and necessities of the Ute Indi ans. - Atlanta, Georgia, January 17.—Nat Smith, the negro who was confined in the jail at Jonesboro, Georgia, for an at tempted outrage on Mrs. Gay, was taken out by au unknown party of men, carried five miles into tlie woods anil hanged on a tree. When found he had a shot gun wound through the breast, apparently made after he had been hanged. Washington, January 17.—In the case of Lucy Rhctt Horton, charged with assault with intent to kill John II. Mor gan, son cf Senator Morgan, of Alabama, by shooting him in the shoulder, January 1st, the court decided to •hold Miss Horton for the action of the grand jury in the sum of one thousand dollars. Newport, R. I., January 17.—Hie card slircdcrs, all females, of the Aquida- meck and Perry cotton mills, have struck for higher wages. Tlie places will be filled by help from other places. One female who undertook to go to work was outra geously assaulted by the help of both mills. . Augusta, Me., January 17.—The coinmittc on the Gubernatorial vote re ported as follows: The whole number of votes cast was 143,806; necessary to a choice 09,404; Daniel F. Davis 68,967; Jo seph L. Smith 47,673; Alonzo Garcelon 21,851; Bion Bradbury 264. The rest was scattering votes for several candi dates. There was no choice. The House then proceeded to the selection of two names to be sent to the Seriate. The whole roll being called, each m'eniber as his name was called, came forward and deposited his ballot. As Mr. Sproul, of Veazie, who had deserted the Fusionists, came forward, there was tremendous ap plause. He voted for Daniel F. Davis. Augusta, Me., January 17;—The result of the balloting was: Whole number of votes cast 88, of which Daniel F. Davis received SS; Bion Brailbunr87; Alonzo Garcelon 1. The names of Daniel F. Davis and Bion Bradbury were sent to the Senate. The Senate was crowded as it has not dissolution ofthe injunction in suit of thq, A^rince t h e berinnin “of the contro- riiirn-n. St. Louis and New Orleans Rail- U< * -- De °. Un ° \Trsy. When the vote was taken for gov ernor, nineteen votes were thrown—all for Davis, who was declared by tbe presi dent to be legally elected governor of tlie State. Several Fusionist members were present, but none of them participated in the vote. The announcement of the re sult .of the vote was received with, great applause. - ->A ’joint' convention wsis tlicri belli for Djejpurpose of electing the seven members ofitlie Executive Council,' ’which resulted in tlie election of the following by a vote of 102:' First district, Roscoe L. Bowers; second, Frederick Robie; third, Joseph T. -llirjckley; fourth, William Wilson; fifth, JafficS G. Pendleton; sixth, Lewis Barker; sevqifth, Samuel N. Campbell. ' Ilcm. Samuel J. Cliadboume was eho- -sen Secretary of State* receiving 105 votes. Afterward Mr. Cliadboume, together with Barker, Bowers. Pendleton anuuilstm, of the Council, were qualified. At 6:45 p. in., another Conventioa was formed,' this time for the most interesting event cf this season of intense excitement. Hie peo ple had waited for this, rot a man moving fluid the densely packed hall. -The com mittee representing both "branches waited upon Governor electDavis,.saddle soon reported that he would forthwith attend the Convention to take tlie oath of office. As he entered the hall, attended by the Council and several distinguished gentle men, the audience rose to a man, and tlie air was rent with deafening applause, steadily increasing in volume,. ouitri the capital building fairly rocked. Hie men jumped upon the sea s, upon - each other, pounded with caues, r.ad mamfcsteii.tjieir joy in a way that was indosenbab.c. <U re»t. News. It is frreat news at a remedy (Warner’s Saffi Neryina, VyJiW' will relieve all kinds of ram, nmfgive re", and sleep without Injury ta ther sifstero. The discoverer of this remedy ae-wusm- ered the most skillful nerve <loc|or iii- the world.