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AT THE CAPITAL.
WHAT THE FIFTY-FIRST CON
ORESS IS DOING.
APPOINTMENTS I»Y PRESIDENT HARRISON—
MEASURES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
AND ITEMS OK GENERAL INTEREST.
In the house ou Saturday, after the
passage of a few private pension bills,
Mr. Cutcheon, of Michigan, called up
the senate bill providing for an assistant
.secretary of war. Passed. Was 126,
nays 100. Air. Honk, of Tennessee,
called up the contested election case of
Featherstone vs. Cate, from the first dis¬
trict of Arkansas. The opening speech
in favor of the claims of the contestant
was made by Air. llaugen, of Wisconsin.
At the conclusion of Air. Haugen’s
speech Mr. Outhwaite, of Ohio, took the
floor, but in view of the small atten¬
dance of members moved an adjourn¬
ment, which motion was agreed to—
yeas 114, tiie nays 107.
* In' house, on Monday, Air. O'Don
nell, of Michigan, at the request of the
Seventh Day Adventists, of the United
States, presented a petition, bearing 253,
000 names protesting against the passagr
of any bill in regard to the observance ol
the Sabbath. Referred... .The rules were
suspended and the joint resolution was
passed; yeas 117, nays 76, medical authorizing
the appointment of thirty exam
iners for pension bureau.... Mr. Voor-
hees, offered a preamble and concurrent
resolution, reciting that in the recent
lease of the fur seal inlands of Alaska to
the North American Commercial compa¬
ny, certain provisions and directing of the law the were not
♦'omplied with, furnish the secreta¬
ry of the treasury to to senate
complete copies of all the bids for the
lease, with all accompanying papers, all
testimony, memornnd, arguments, letter*
and correspondence with the holders. lit
asked to have the resolution referred t<
the finance committee.. . .The bill fixing
the salaries of several ?udges of the Unit
cd States district court at $5,000 per an
nuui was taken up, discussed at some
length and passed—yeas 38, nays 13.. .
Judge Stewart, of Georgia, presented tc
the committee ou commerce protests from
the Savannah hoard of trade and the
Conyers oil mill, against the passage ol
the compound lard bill.
The contested election ease of Feather
stone vs. Cate consumed all of Tuesday in
the house. either Ten side. or twelve speeches were
made on The vote was post¬
poned. As it stands, the democrats house, have
h majority of members in the ami
coulei have carried the minority report
that Cate was legally elected, had a vote
been taken.
The resolution offered in the Senate
on Monday by Senator Yoorhees, in re¬
gard to the fur sea islands iu Alaska,
was, on Tuesday, reported back from
the finance committee by Mr. Morrill ad¬
versely, on the ground that the treasury
department had already made the case,
and that the committee had no power to
interfere in the matter. The resolution
was definitely postponed.
NOTES.
The president on Tuesday nominated
to be collectors of customs: Fla.; Joseph Daniel E.
Lee, district of St. Johns,
O. Booth, district of Mobile, Ala.
The military committee of the house ot
Tuesday unanimously voted to adopt Air.
Lansing's favorable report on the Gros-
venor bill, establishing the military ChicamaugE park.
and Chattanooga national
The treasury department has iuformed
the Christ church vestrymen of Lewis-
burg, Pa., that to bring in a minister
from Canada under contract has been de
cided by the United States circuit court
in New York to be a violation of th*
alien contract labor law.
In the house on Tuesday the following
committee appointments Alessrs. were announced of Mis¬
by the speaker: Tarsney
souri, Kyburn of Pennsylvania,on claims ,
Briekner of Wisconsin, Indiana, on Mississippi postoffies
levees; (’beadle of on
aad post roads.
Mr. Clements, of Georgia, on Tuesday,
went before the river and harbor commit¬
tee and asked for a $225,000 appropria¬
tion to complete'the present work on the
Coosa river, and $500,000 for a new pro¬
ject, which looks to the complete open¬
ing of the river to navigation.
Senator John W. Daniel, of Colquitt Virginia,on
Tuesday, informed Senator and
Judge Stewart, of Georgia, Confederate thet he would
be unable to accept the Vet¬
erans Association's invitation to deliver a
apeeeh in Atlanta on the 26th of April.
He says pressing business at AVashington
will prevent his absence at that time.
The men who are to take the farm
mortgages for the census report, will not
be Superintendent appointed by Porter. the supervisors, Air. Porter hut has by
railed upon the Congressmen to furnish
names for there appointments. who He wants
young lawyers or young men have a
paid •.light $6 knowledge day. of law. They will be
a
Inquiry among the Georgia members
Jails to uncover the letter alleged'by fht
Washington Post of Monday Allianceman to have
been writteu by a Georgia
announcing a scheme to put an Alliance
candidate in the field in each of the Geor¬
gia districts next fall. Both Col. L. F.
Livingston, president, aud Hon. Felix
Corput, secretary of the State Farmers’
Alliance of Georgia, say emphatically that
there is not one word of truth in the
statement about the Alliance movement.
There is a great scramble being made
by various companies all over the country
to aecure the control of the seal fur fishe-
in the Behring sea. The government
Haas opened the bids for the control of
rthese fisheries for the next twenty years.
It allows 60,000 seals to be killed annu¬
ally. The Alaska Seal Fur company has
controlled it for twenty years past. They
are among the score ot bidders this time.
Their profits for twenty years have been
1199 per cent annually, consequently the
great scramble and large number ol
bidders.
The first shot of the Indiana Seal Fish¬
ery company at the administration, came
on Monday in the shape of a resolutior.
introduced in the senate by Senator Yor
hees, directing the secretary of the
treasury to disclose the nature of all the
bids submitted, with the accompanying
papers and propositions. of Indiaua The Republicans, couipaby,
composed mainly selected leadi Indiana
have tints a ng
Democrat to conduct their tight, This
has caused a great deal of comment, as
Senator Vorhees lias many political Presi¬ rea¬
sons to push the fight against the
dent, and secretary of the treasury to the
utmost.
A GREAT SCHEME.
FOR THE RELIEF OF THE FARMER— SENA¬
TOR vance's bill.
Senator Zeb \ a nee, ol North Carolina
has introduced into the upper house o
congress a novel bill, intended as a relie'
measure for the farmers. Briefly outlined
the bill appropriates $50,000,009 for th<
erection of agricultural depositories United oi
warehouses in each county in the
States where the sheriff and clerk of such
countv may certify that the average wheat, gross
amount per annum of cotton,
corn, oats and tobacco produced and soli)
in the county for the last preced¬
ing two years exceeds the sum
of $500,000 at current prices.
The scheme i3 to allow owners of cotton,
corn, etc., to deposit the same in the
warehouse nearest the point or produc¬
tion, and receive therefor treasury notes
equal at the date of deposit to eighty products, per
centum of the net value of such
based ou prices current in the leading
cotton, tobacco and grain markets of the
United States. The bill authorizes the
secretary of the treasury to prepare treas¬
ury notes in such amounts as may be re¬
quired to do business, but no notes so
prepared are to be of less denomination
than one dollar or greater than $10.00.
These notes are made receivable for cus¬
toms, and arc to he legal tender for all
debts, both private and public.
The main object of the bill is to have the
government lend money to the farmers at
the low interest ol‘ one percentum per
annum. It will allow a farmer to hold
his goods, if he cares to, for a better
market without paying and the unlicensed enormous
rates charged by banks heads off all
money lenders. It trust 4
and combinations, and if it could become
a law the supposition is that peace and
plenty, if not luxury, would once more
obtain throughout the land.
DOWNED BY THE ALLIANCE
SMALL DEALERS FORCED TO THE WALL B1
CO-OPERATIVE STORKS.
A dispatch of Thursday from St. Jo
seph, Mo., says: During the last week
there has been an unusually large number
of failures of small grocery firms and gen
eral dealers in Kansas; in fact the fail
ures have been so numerous as to at
tract the attention of the jobbinf
trade, and an examination has beci
made into the cause of the seemim:
epidemic of failures, The work was
placed in the hands of a mercantile agen
cy, and it was found that the Farmers
Alliance was at the bottom of the trouble
The alliance has adopted the co-operntivi togethei
store plan, and their trade,
with that of such outside custom as
they can influence, is thrown to the al
liance stores. The result of the estab
lishment of the alliance stores has been
painfully felt by the regular retail traders.
As a consequence many small dealers
have been forced to the wall and com¬
pelled to make assignments.
MUST BE UNIFORM.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION REGARDING THU
LEVY OF TAX.
At Raleigh, N. C.. on Monday, the su¬
preme court decided a most important of
:-ase, that of Redmond vs. the town
Tarboro. The point involved was
whether or not the section of the consti¬
tution which provides that all taxes lev¬
ied by any county, city, town or town¬
ship. shall bo uniform ad valorem upon
all property in the same, except property
exempted by the constitution, includes
moneys, credits, investments, etc., or
whether it applies only to particular sub¬
jects which may be selected by the legis¬ that
lature for taxation. The court holds
it includes all solvent credits, invest¬
ments, moneys, etc. This overrules the
decision in the case of Pullen against Ra¬
leigh rendered some years ago.
AN ICE FAMINE
LOOKED FOR DURING THE COMING SUMMER.
GLOOMY PROSPECTS.
A dispatch from Whitehall, N. A..
says: Ten thousand men along Lak«
Champlain, who a few days ago were
driven with work, are now idle. Most
of them are under contract with
the big New York Ice companies.
Ice has left the small streams iu that sec¬
tion, and the ice in Lakes Champlain thir¬ and
George has rapidly decreased from
teen inches in thickness to niue aud less,
and about half the nine mch ice is soft
and unfit for use. Practically there is
little left in Lake Champlain, and unless
very col 1 weather comes very soon the
ice famine next summer will be the most
severe ever felt.
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SOUTHERN .NOTES.
INTERESTING NEWS FROM ALL
POINTS IN THE SOUTH.
GENERAL, PROGRESS AND OCCURRENCES
WHICH ABE HAPPENING BELOW MA-
fcOS’s AND DIXON’S LINE.
Vice-President Merton and party vis¬
ited St. Augustine Fla., Tuesday.
The Tennessee legislature has passed a
bill requiring a $560 license of specula¬
tors iu theatre tickets.
The Virginia legislature passed a bill
to meet on May 29th, the day of the un-
veiling of the Lee statue, to participate
in the ceremonies.
The third annual conveution of the
Xatioual League of republican clubs
assembled in Nashville, Tenn. Xearlj
700 delegates were present.
Nashville will receive an addition ol
about 13,000 to its population by an Ten¬ act
recently passed by the legislature of
nessee extending the limits of the city.
At a meeting of the directors of the Jeff.
Davis Land company at Jackson, Miss ,
on Tuesday, eight thousand dollars, the
proceeds of stock sold, was turned over
to the trustee, Major Morgan, for the ben¬
efit of Airs. Davis, and it is thought that
twice as much more will soou be in sight.
A dispatch of Alondav from Montgom-
erv, Ala., says: Deputy United StaAes
marshals, headed by United States Walker
•ire still engaged in the eonfiscatio i of all
the timber from lands originally granted titles
to the Alobile aud Girard railroad,
to which the government now’ claims.
A Savannah, Ga., dispatch says: Vice-
President Morton and party arrived there
Monday night from Charleston, S. C., by
a special train, accompanied by II. B.
Plant. The party was met by welcomed the mayor
and aldermen and informally at
DeSoto hotel. Many citizens called tc
pay their respects.
Fire broke out in the South IV ilkcs-
barre, Fa., mine Tuesday night, which
cut off the escape of eight miners. A res-
cuing party found the tools of the mei
whom they sought to save, but no tract
of the men themselves. It is feared the\
became bewildered and wandered direct¬
ly into danger and were burned to death.
At Richmond, Va., on Tuesday, the
house agreed to the senate resolution tc
appoint commissioners to meet with the
committee of foreign bond holders and
confer over a settlement of the state debt.
The committee as appointed consists
of Governor McKinney, Lieutenant-Gov¬
ernor Taylor, Senator Berry and Dele¬
gates Caldwell, Dabney and Taylor.
Reports from all parts of Florida indi¬
cate that the cold weather of Sunday
and Monday did considerable damage.
Very little damage was done to thi
orange trees or blossoms. The generally, peach
aud fig trees have been injured Thi
and there will be a short crop.
greatest damage was to truck destroyed gardens,
which in some localities were
entirely.
Thirteen barkeepers were reported viola¬ at
Charleston, S. €., Sunday for a
tion of the Sunday liquor law r . The re
ports were made by a committee of tin
Central Labor Union, which organized r.
boycott against Tracy & Russell, the ah
brewers of New York, who have a mis¬
understanding with their workingmen.
A prominent wholesale groc ery firm arc
involved in the boycott.
The proposed constitutional conventiot
to beheld in Mississippi, is causing much
talk in the Mississippi delegation exception ol at
Washington. With the
Senator Walthall, all the members are
heartily in favor of a new constitution.
The leading men of the State have beeD
advising with Mr. Justice Lamar, on the
question, and it is understood that his
hand will be seen iu the framing of the
new constitution.
Alajoritv and minority reports were
made by the legislative committee up
pointecj, to examine the office of the Stat£
Treasurer of Mississippi. The reports dc
not differ materially. They express the
opinion that where Treasurer Hemingway him
is credited w ith $105,550 paid out by
for coupons in 1876, and for which no
credit can be found on his general books.
It will be found that the State owes him
more than $2., 000.
THE SOUTH'S INVITATION.
DELEGATES OF THE INTERNATIONAL AMER¬
ICAN CONFERENCE.
The following invitation has been seat
to each of the delegates to the internation¬
al American conference by Secretary
Blaine, through Executive Officer Will¬
iam E. Curtis: ”The secretary of state
desires me to present his compliments and
to say that the citizens of the southern
states are very anxious that the delegates
should visit that section before returning
to their homes, aud have forwarded
through him many cordial invitations.
He also earnestly desires that the visit
shall be made, and has directed me to in¬
vite you to participate in an excursion
similar to that given iu October and No¬
vember last, to leave Washington imme¬
diately upon final adjournment of the
conference, ami to return here two or
three weeks thereafter. As considerable
time will be required to make necessary
arrangements, I beg the favor of an early
acceptance/’
BUYING KAOLIN.
BO6T0N CAPITALISTS GOBBLE 3,300 ACKB*
Ol’ KAOLIN LAND IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Manufacturers Record reports that
Boston capitalists have bought 3.300
acres of land in Lexington county. S. C.
Professor Hitchcock, of Dartmouth col¬
lege, says the tract is one great body ol
kaolin. A large pottery works foi
makinc white tableware will be erected
H. WRIGHT. W. Pi AI.LK *>.
F.
WRIGHT & ALLEN,
----DEALERS IX--
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Hats, Shoes,
hardware and plantation supplies.
We can furnish you with High Grade
Fertilizers, the best on the market- Try
them. Best quality Corn, Hay, Oats, Bran.
Our stock of Ladies’ Goods is complete, and
we extend a cordial invitation to call and inspect
same, You will be pleused with what we have
to show you.
SNOW AND ICE.
A BLIZZARD IN NEW YORK—REPORTS
FROM OTHER POINTS.
A blinding snow storm set in at New
York on Sunday evening accompanied by
a brisk south wind. The city w T as soon
covered with a mantle of white. Many
accidents, due to falls on the slippery
sidewalks, were recorded at the police
stations and hospitals before midnight.
The temperature fell gradually till mid¬
night, w’hen it stood at eighteen above.
The snow’ blocked the street car tracks
pretty effectually, and even the ele-
vated roads suffered, and trains
were obliged to run slow because
of the blinding snow storm siflialls.
About lix inches of snow on a level had
fallen up to midnight. Ferries on both
East and North rivers were compelled to
proceed on their trips w ith the greatest
care.... A dispatch from Charleston, S.
C., says: It snowed here for three hours
Sunday morning. The snow melted,
however, as it fell.... It snowed heavily
all day Sunday at Fortress Monroe, Ya.
The thermometer registered 25 degrees
above zero.
A very heavy snow storm has pre¬
vailed in the greater portion of New
England since Monday. Dispatches in¬
dicate a practical cessation of the storm,
at most points clearing, colder weather
following. Snow on a level has been
from twelve to eighteen inches.....From
St. Angustine, Fla. The weather is still
frosty, but it is moderating. The mer¬
cury was at twenty-five degrees Monday
night. Banana groves and early truck
gardens are bsdlv damaged. The
orange trees are badly nipped, and iu
some localities the trees have been killed.
There w ill bo a great loss on next sea¬
son's crop, as the trees are all in bloom.
....Montgomery Ala., reports that the
cold weather has greatly iujured fruit
and vegetables. Corn has not been
planted to any great extent
and cotton not at all....
At Alobile the frost Saturday, Sunday and
Monday mornings, including the hard
freeze of Sunday morning, did much datn-
sge to growing truck crops in that local
ity.... Harrisonburg, Ya.,reports that for
the last forty-eight hours the weather has
been the coldest of the season. The mer¬
cury crawled down nearly to zero. It is
thought peaches, apples and small fruit
are killed.
WARM WEATHER,
TW O OF THE WARMEST DAYS EVER BEFORE
KNOWN FOR FEBRUARY.
Weather reports from the south-Atlan¬
tic and cast gulf states ipdicate that on«
of the warmest periods of which there is
any record during the month of Febru¬
ary, occurred over that section Tuesday
and maxima Wednesday. Following are the
a temperatures of Tuesday at
selected stations, with their relation to
the highest temperature ever observed
during February, viz: AVashington city,
seventy-two degrees, six degrees below;
Wilmington, N. €., seventy-eight de¬
grees, twelve degrees below; Norfolk,
Ya., seventy-eight degrees, three de¬
grees below; Lynchburg, * Ya., seventy-
two degrees, two degrees below;
Augusta, Ga., eighty-four degrees, N.
two degrees above; ( hailotte,
seventy-eight Atlanta, degrees, two degrees degrees, above:
Ga., seventy-six one
degree above; Montgomery. Ala., eighty
aegrees, one degree below; Savannah,
Ga., eighty degrees, one degree during below.
The highest recorded temperature
February, at Washing city—seventy-eight
decrees—occurred in 1874
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THE DEBT STATEMENT
AS ISSUED FROM THE TREASURY DEPART¬
MENT FOR FEBRUARY.
The debt statement issued at Washing¬ the
ton, Saturday, shows a reduction of
debt during the month of February of
$6,159,486.66; decrease since June 30th,
$42,099,091.97: total interest bearing
debt, $821,087,203.30; total debt of all
kinds, $1,601,713,842.82; debt less avail¬
able credits, $1,034,547,529.48; cash in
the treasury, $622,673,015.10; legal ten¬
ders outstanding, $346,081,016; certifi¬
cates of deposit outstanding, $10,230.-
000; gold certificates, $130,604,804; sil¬
ver certificates, $284,176,262: fractional
currency, $6,613,744.47.
KNOXVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL
SPRING TERM.
Opens January IS*
Closes ... June T7»
FAT L TERM.
Opens . September I,
Closes December 19-
Rate of tuition for All Classes, $2, per
month. A pro rata allowance will br
made for Public Fund.
Each pupil w ill be taught by the rno>t
modern methods.
ther I cordially information solicit your patronage. Fur¬
will he cheerfully fur¬
nished by
C. G. POWER,
Principal.
DR.W. F. 8LASINGAME
DENTIST,
Knoxville, - - Georgia,
1 rcspectf ully tender my services in tin
Practice of Dentistry to the citizens of
Knoxville and surrounding country, and
will spare no effort to secure my patron*-
competent work and perfect satisfaction,
IrSP'Charges Reasonable.
DISASTERS ON THE RAIL*
THREE MEN KILLED AND OTHERS INJURE!
IN A RAILROAD SMASH-UP.
A disastrous wreck occurred on tlw
Foil Wayne road, at Lakeville, Ohio,
Monday morning. The third section oi
a train broke down, and the fourth sec¬
tion of the same train crashed into the
rear end. Immediately after the crash,
a tank car of gasoliue, in front of the
caboose, exploded and scattered the
burning fire liquid ovpr the debris, Engineer which
took and burned fiercely.
John Cow-an, Fireman Harvey Galenousi
and Head Brake-man Edward Miller, were
killed Eighteen aDd their bodies burned to a crisp.
loaded cars were burned.
ANOTHER.
Near King’s Mountain, N. C., on Sun¬
day morning, the third section of st
freight train on the Richmond and Dan¬
ville railroad, ran into the rear part of the
second section composed of four ca
boose cars loaded with train hands ami
three freight cars. Seven cars and loco¬
motives were piled up and the care
burned. Ten persons were more or lesv
injured. The engineers aud firemen of
the telescoping trains escaped by jump¬
ing.
A ROUSING WELCOME
TO BE GIVEN THE CONFEDERATE VETE¬
RANS ASSOCIATION.
At a mass meeting of the citizens ol
Chattanooga, Tenn., held Tuesday night,
was decided to give the confederal*
veterans association, which meets there
in July, a rousing welcome, and a com
mittee of leading citizens, of old soldier*
c f both armies, was appointed to take
charge of the management of the affair
The indications, from letters received
f rom all parta of the country, are that
there will be an immense crowd in at
tviidacce.
A TOWN DESTROYED.
TERRIBLE RESULTS OF THE BREAKING O*
THE DAMS AT PHOENIX, A. T.
A Phoeuix, A. T.. dispatch says: dam Tnit
reports from Walnut Grove show
conclusively that the work of construction
was very faulty. The company’s salt
containing $1.0(H), which was taken six
miles on rushing waters, was recovered
Monday. The steel boiler used at the
lower dam was found thirty miles below,
'•rushed like a stovepijie. There of are dams ne
traces to lie found of either the
The town of Sycamore is wiped out, not
•ne store standing to mark its site.