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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. -a/ ip? jaq dao-j oj uusse-icu pool aqi aswqo •and 04 ajj^siuj 004 2arag v noi4U4nu auotomns •at jo SuoCp svm »tjs 4 Mu:oiu »q 4 l« PieSai (00‘9lt 8 mar* -tiopaoq 4 Ctv> Sag « *uu« jog ui 3ui38nq rajA oqg at iiioiavo esnoq Jeq 4 » -imqo J»q ay pwop punoj row hsai.snoj 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 ---— 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.