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Newspaper Page TextColumbus mgmtggggmmgggmmmmmgmiatiSuai aiamwe‘»j!iiiiita»ar J ., m .. MTr .. ^.isrxj DAILY VOL. XVI. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1874. NO. 17 r£i-pyp^lS/rS ; three milos of a church, academy or rneet- OF TnB | iug house ; also, to make license tax for DAILY, WEEKLY, AND SUNDAY UJiVQYTlWYUY A- ALFRED R- CALHOUN, Proprietor. Twelve months, in advance $8 00 Six months, Three months, One month, ........ Weekly Enquirer, one year Sunday Enquirer, one year ’n-day nnd Weekly Enquiuer to- gather, cue year GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. g peculation*—Botli Home, Huh. on County Uiilo-l'lto Convention Dcnd-tVli»l to Do with the Convict*. Atlanta, Jan. 10, 1874. Atlauta has been horritied by the state ment of Geu. Toombs in his late speech— that her Mayor was “the two-penny Mayor uf u one-horse town.'* Atlauta will never forgive him. There is no doubt that Toombs’ speech killed the Convention 4 uestiou. He was prime mover in the scheme. All the members hoard his speech, but he used little fact or argu ment to Rhow the necessity for such an assemblage. It is very probable that the Lien law will bo repealed. The House Judiciary Committee has reported in its favor. Tho bill does not go into effect until Novem ber. The lion of landlords will be pre served. The Macon Jr. Brunswick Railroad is puzzling the Legislature. Macon wants the road to continue in the hands of the State, and by the saule aid connected with Eufaula, Atlauta, or some point on tho Georgia road. They say it would thou pay its bonds, and the State lose nothing. Another view is to sell the road, cither in sociious or as a whole, and let tho State pooket the cars. The highest value put on the road is #1,100,000, and even with the best financiering the State must lose from #200,000 to #500,000. Some pro pose the State buy the road for #1100,000 or #44)0,000, provided all the endorsed bonds are surrendered. The last bonds #<>00,000; of aid will not bo paid by thft Legislature for sundry good reasons. No act will probably be passed directly in reference to the North and South Rail road, but auyihiug in regard to tho Macon and Brunswick Railroad will be made broad enough to cover tho North and South. The Legislature will hardly be satisfied with anythiug short of total and uncon ditional repeal of all State aid. The bills now presented will leave the question of vested rights to the courts, if the subject is desired to be tested. But to dry details. Senate. Forty-three new bills and resolutions have been introduced iu the Senate, and one hundred and fortj’-three in the House. In the latter most of them wore codic amendments, providing for cross roads. Ac. One gentleman has a measure to as certain tho width of the streets of - He ought to have them measured with a tape liue. The following are among the Senate new bills : Mr. Carter—-To amend an act incorpo rating Lumpkin. Also, to exteud tho ju risdiction of justicos of the peace ir Stewart county. Mr. Nicholls—To transfer to the At lantic and Gulf Railroad the stock sub scribed by tho State. Also, to make uni form the fees of justices of the peace and notaiios public. Mr. Payne—To provide for appeal and claim in justices’ courts. Mr. Winn--To abolish the office of tax receiver, and require the assessor to do tho duties of both. Mr. Trammell—To abolish the legal distinction betweeu principals of the first and second degrees,aud declaratory of the criminal code relative to accessories of crime. An amendment that tho Civil Rights bill, if passed by Cougress,would destroy public schools of Georgia, was adopted Senate refused to strike out tho word col ored from the House bill. Resolutions thanking the President for hiH Texas stand, and the State of Texas, and Gov. Smith for protesting against the actions of Lt. Col. Swain wero adopted. Bills were passed to repeal section 1, •*78, and amend sectieu 808 of the Code to amend tho garnishee laws. Several bills wore recommitted, and the repeul o the lien law was made the order for Wed tiesday. House. Mr. Smith—To compensate maimed soldiers in lieu of artificial limbs. Mr. Coleman—To amend the act creat •ng a County Court in Marion and Chatta hooohoe counties by including the county °f Randolph. Mr. Jenkins—To make false represen tfttions regarding contracts a misdemeau or » and provide punishment. Mr. Peabody—To incorporate the Wa ter-works Company of Columbus. Mr. Calhonu—To pay Tax Receivers $11)0 for taking agricultural returns Mr. Riohardson—To prevent the burn tug of gin houses, and make railroad Height charges uniform according to dis tance. Mr. Watt, of Muscogee—To require dealers of fertilisers to furnish purchasers "ith a printed analysis; also, to make i tfeual to sell •spirituous liquors within were also introduced : To prevent the imprisonment aud punishment of parties on baro suspicion ; to provide for tho collection aud publication of agricul tural products ; to creato a State Geolo gist, aud provide for a geological survey; to appropriate one thousand dollars for the relief of tho Savannah Ladies’ Memo rial Association ; several bills regarding the protection of fertilizer-using farmers; to provide for furnishing dog collars by Ordinaries ; to give one-half of fines to the discoverers of concealed weapons ; against selling weapons to minors, Ac. Mr. Cook—To authorize the Ordinary of Chattahoochee county to discharge the duties of Clerk of the Superior Court. Also, to create a board of commission ers of roads and revenuo of Chattahoo- cbeo county. Resolutions to issue two hundred stand of anus to tho North Georgia Agricultural College ; also, the auditing of W. &. A. Railroad change bills, were referred. Mills, Felton aud Peabody were ap pointed a committee, in connection with two from the Senate, to investigate tho i,000 appropriation to the State Univer sity, and the charges of H. M. Turner that it had not been paid by the Gover nor. Tho Constitutional Convention was made the special order for Wednesday. THE PENITENTIARY CONVICTS. A great question is what to do with the Penitentiary convicts, as the contract with Grunt, Alexander & Co. expires in April. I huvo no doubt the Governor will bo directed to hire them out again, not beenuse it is the host, but becauso the Legislature cannot agree upon abetter plan. One idea is to buy Stone mountain and put the convicts to work gathering stone for the erection of a enpitol. This meets with little favor—too much Atlan- ism in it. Muscogee. CHICAGO. TWO HEAVY Fill F*S—DEPOT AND KTOIU'S BUUXKO-I.OSN 9000,000. Chicago, January 20.—Between 8 and 4 o’clock this morning a fire broke out in the Union Central Depot building, occu pied by the Michigan Central, Illinois Central, and Chicago, Burlington & Quin cy Railroads, at the foot of Lake street, aud iu a short time made such progress as to defy the offorts of the Fire Depart ment. Tho building was entirely con sumed. The baggage iu the Chicago & Burlington and the Quincy baggage room was nearly all lost—only a few pieces boiug saved, which were taken to tho freight depot across the street. The bag gage in tho other room was saved, the fire being put out before it reached that far. Some of the baggage, however, had been already moved to a place of safety. Nothiug was saved from any of the offices connected with the depot, all be ing swallowed up in common destruction. Tho tracks were crowded with cars, and most of them wore saved, but tho men wero unable to remove u number of liue passenger cars. The Michigan Central Railroad Com pany loses throe passenger coaches and two Pullman sleeping cars. Tho Chi cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. loses three coaches, including one Pull man sleeping car. Tho Illinois Central Company loses four coaches, partially burned. Tho Cincinnati Air Line loses one coach. Tho losses are estimated at betweeu #800,000 and #400,000. The amount of insurance is unknown. The depot was a framed building, put up after the great fire for temporary use. While this fire was iu progress, nnd claimed the attention of the tiro depart ment, the bell was sounded again, and tho announcement was made that a largo store on tho front block in State street, between Van Bureu and Harrison, WASHINGTON. CoiiirrcKM Tit important — The Now York Press on Waite—Debate ou Cheap Transportation. The Yew York Press on Wnftte's Nomination. Washington, January 20.—All the New York papers speak of Waite's nomination. The World says that if President Grant’s third selection of Chief Justice had hap pened to have been his first, the appoint ment of Mr. Waite would have been re ceived with wonder by the country, and disappointment aud regret by that por tion of the Bar who ever had any practice in the Supreme Court. “Wo have," it says, “no doubt Waite possesses some very good qualities, but come to tho con clusion that the eight Associate Justices can decide every case as ably without Mr. Waito as with him ; aud the Seuato would servo the country by keeping the place of Chief Justice vacant until we got some President who oppredates the qualifica tions requisite for that great office." The Herald says : “ No other reason is apparent for tho nomination of Waite save that Grant is determined to nomi- note a man ho thinks best, aud not one the country considers best.’’ The Tribune says: “Of course Mr. Waito is not the first muu who could bo named for the place, but there is no good reason why ho should not bo promptly confirmed, so that tho great mass of peo ple, who believe in tho principles for which we went to war, and who regard it as a duty of tho National Legislature to fortify and defend those principles by stat utes, and the duty of the Judiciary to toko care that they rocoive no detention through hostilo construction of the law or the Constitution.” The Times snys: “l’he nomination of Judge Waito to tho post, of Chief Justice of the Supremo Court, is thought to be a respectable one, and will probably meet with little opposition from any quartor. lie will make a good Chief Justice. ConfircHsioiinl-NciintCi Washington, Jan. 20.—Morton asked leave to take up the resolution for tho admission of Pinchback, and said he would move to have tho matter referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elec tions for their investigation. McCreery objected, os bo had tho iloor to spool:, and would do so. On Monday, Morton gave notice, he would then make his motion. Afternoon Session - -House. The House spent tho whole day in wrangling over a rule proposed to be added to tho rales, and intended to choke off motions to suspend tho rules on all sorts of fancy propositions. Tho right to make this motion only occurs on Mon days aud tho last ten days of the session Tho Democrats solidly opposed tho now rule, ns nu infringement on the rtghts of tho minority, and wero backed by some Republicans, including Dawes. The rule, however, was finally adopted by a small majority. Tho House Committee on Military Af fuirs, this morning, agreed to report a resolution to tbo House providing for tho detail by tho President of a board of army officers, to constitute a Military Court iu the matter of tho alleged defalcations of General Howard in connection with Ins administration. Senate. The Postmaster General to-day for warded a communication to tho Senat containing information relative to tho ex pense saved to the government, on ac count privilege. To arrive at anything conclusions, a trial of at least a year .should bo made, ho says, aud earnestly recommends that tho franking privilege bo not restored until at least a fair trial shall be made. West, of Louisiana, presented a peti tion of tbo National Board ol' Trade in re gard to increasing the facilities and cheap- maots him at ouee and draws him away: therefore ho has no redress, and the peo ple are no more than moderate in their demand for the National Government to consider this question. Ho belonged to that class which be lieved that there could bo found in tbo Constitution of the United States power to meet any question of national import ance. The powers of tho Constitution are ample and full to meet all exigencies at all times. He behoved power could bo found iu it to meet tbia quostiou of trans portation. There was powor conferred by it for Congress to cross the line, and look into States to constiuct railroads and canals, until the poople of all sec tions of tho country wero satisfied. lie had no local feeling iu tho matter, but if the Great West was to bo cramped aud confined for the want of transportation to market, less than a quar tor of a century would passboforo Europe and tho grout East would be clamoring for the products of the West. The poo ple of the West arc active aud enter prising, and they would transfer the manu factories of the East aud Groat Britain to their own section, aud thus use their own products. Tho vast surplus of pork, wheat, corn, barley and rye of tho West could hardly bo estimated. A market must bo found. He diflerod from the National Board of Trade as to tho power of Congress in tho mutter. The board seemed to have a doubt us to that powor, but ho had none. Ho believed Congress had power to construct a railroad, if it is deemed expedient to do so. lie did not say that Congress had the light to regulate charges on private rail roads, but it could confer powor on a cor poration to construct a railroad, and pre scribe tho rates and fares fo be charged. Ho had not yet made up his mind fo vole a single dollar from the National Treasury for that purpose, ^ut would be willing to voto for such a road to be constructed from New York to the Missouri river, with branches to Chicago, St. Louis, nnd other ports. Should he voto for that, however, he would be expected to vote for fifteen or twenty more such roads, and that ho was not prepared to do. lie asked that tho petition bo referred to the Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, with tlio request that tho Committee, within a reasonable time, should present ils conclusions on this in tricate question. Ho had no hope that after all thoir industry arid thought they would bo ablo to present n satisfactory so lution, but its report would bo a step iu tbo right direction. Tho petition was referred to thnt com mittee. Mr. Bogy, of Missouri, having obtained unanimous consent, said tho question of cheap transportation had assumed that of great importance, and all felt it. Al though ho did not rise to givo in his adhesion to tho party called Grangers, ho hailed tho birth of that organization with a great deni of pleasure. The far mers of the West felt the wrongs they labored under. In his estimation tho object most desired was tho opening of tho natural water routes of the interior, leading to the ocean—tho improvement of tho Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, and other largo streams of tho West. Tho mouth of tho Mississippi should bo improved, ho that vessels of tho largest class could come up to Now Or leans. Remove these obstructions, and wo will have afforded to tho grout West the means of cheap transportation. Give the peoplo moans to reach foreign mar kets, with their produce. He did not favor the construction of a railroad now : let that rest for the lime being, and CHANG AND ENG. DEATH Of THE FAMOUS SI AHES1 TWINS. Li \ r.Ri’ooi,, January 20. — Cotton easier; prices declined a fraction; uplands 8^1 ; Orleans 8R1 ; sales 10,out) bains, includ ing 2,000 for speculation nnd oxpoi t; sales of uplands, nothing below good ordinary, shipped in December. 8d ; sales of ()V- leans, nothing below good ordinary, ship New York, January 20.-A dirtpftt( . h in January and February, 8‘d. from Richmond, Ya., says a dispatch “ <l ’ p ’ M * ^ from Greensboro’, N. C., gives the an- downward tendency. nouucemeut of tho suddou death of tho New Orleans Jan. 20. Cotton: De- Siaiuese twins ou Saturday morning last, tnand good for good ordinary aud above at thoir residence at Mt. Airy. There 1 • middlings 1(1; low middlings 14$; are uo details further lh*u tho fact I bat e ° wl n °t roooiptw , 4,01)4, gross 4.002; exports to Great Chang was paralyzed last fall, since which Britain 5,(JUG, to Franco 400; Hales 2,000— time ho Ins been frequently very much last evening 8,000: stock 284,552. debilitated, and strongly addicted to I Savannah, January 20.—Cotton steady: drinking liquor, as n means of alleviating i middlings lojj; net receipts 8,880; ex- suffering. Ho l.ml boon .pula j ?"5 l J 7 “" RHtwise r "' ,l! H, ' 1<w 1 > (W8 > Htock feeble for several davs. indood, so much ; ,’ r T ,, ,, ’ , , • Mobile, January 20.—Cotton quiet; so »s to confiuo both brothers to tho bed, light demand; middlings 15.1; notioceipts but their illness was not. so great as to , 2,877; exports coastwise 740; sales 1,500; cause any anticipation of tho catastrophe j <>8,717. that was to follow. On Friday night, they i Charleston, January 20.-Cotton— j,n. t Sollc vh are holding off, lint are not met ll,lin « ih( | by buy. BANKS. W. L. 8ALIS1IURY, a. o. Prod idem. ’ ‘MERCHANTS' & MECHANICS’ ool, Jamlarj a. rr. —m -r- - ... ManclinHler dull, with u j BT~T> fNJ Columbus, Ga., Does a General Banking Business. draw in KxrliniittP, Uold, Stiver, Sleek., Special attention given to Collcc- nnd prompt return* made. f ion* NIntli National Hank ol N> York. retired to bod, as usual, but night Chang became worse, suddenly, about four o’eloc ning. As be was dead, Eng became so shocked thnt he raved wildly for a while, at times exhibiting signs of great mental affliction. This attack was followed by what sceinod to l>o a deadly stupor. In two hours, it is supposed, from tbo death of Chang, Eng breathed his last. FOREIGN TniSGENCE. London, January 20, Montague Clmb- noy, member of Parliament l'or North Lincolnshire, is dead. Gladstone is confined to his residence by indisposition. The 'Times special dispatch r. ports that Conipse, the Oomunist who was captured nt Cartagena, was a correspondent of iIn- New York Herald. MEXICO. Tho Now York Herald special from the City of Mexico, of the 15th, says the grant to the Mexican Railroad Company has been approved by Congress. Tho grant to the Tehuantepec Company has boon suspended. EH ANTE. Paris, January 20.—Washburne, the American Minister, yesterday, ou behalf of tbo Frouoh residents in Philadelphia, presented ex-President Theirs with n gold medal. In his speech on the occasion, Washburn alluded in tonus of warm praise to tho friendship shown by France to the United States during tho American revolution. He also eulogized tho French people who have taken up thoir residence iu New York. Thiers feelingly replied. After express ing his thanks to his couutrynicn in the United Slates for their confidence in him, he declared that a Republic was lh<- only government possible in France, conse quently tho bond of friendship between tho nations should bo stlengthened. TEI.EkltA 1*1114 NOTES. V : by buyers; middlings 15;{al5j; low mid- id expired | dlings 15; trict good ordinary 144; net receipts 2,77J: exports to Franco G77; sales 500; stock (17,181. Boston, January 20.- -Cotton firm; mid dlings K!|al7; not receipts II; gross 1,84 1: sides 800; stock 5,000. k, Bulimia s dis fared ] rribly of tbo abolition of tbo franking j , lu0 | eg i»Ution to tbo opottin;; of tbo groat re. To arrive at anything like fair —Kundolph Mitobell, w> s wile, and was committed hco jail after a desperate minutled suicide. —William Pinkney White ovornor of Maryland, w looted by tho Legislature : Sun Fran- i'igK'i‘. ha* States Senate (Rep.) whoso 1875. MAI! INK AICKI Y AEK in the pi ► ei* t lu nti v. JOB PRINTINC. THE SUN ,r* it i xv r r x isj ol HOOK - BINDLNe ESTABLISHMENT, Colvmibus, Grooi'ttin, MONT (OMI’I.KTI! AM) KXTKNH1 VIS Modern Stylos ol Machine ry and Material, To Exccntewith Accuracy and Dispatch Book & Job Printing noon-HI 1V13IRT&. ' .' Using Stoam Power, running six of the most improved and best make Presses, with constant additions to our alroady very large assortment of Elegant Typos, Rules, Borders, and other material, and skilled workmen in every department, our facilities for turning out all descriptions of work, e Low unsurpassed by y establishment in tho State. SAVINGS BANK. DEPOSITS received In *um* of *J5 coni* nail up ward*. .SEVEN percent, per annum) fn- teccNt allowed, payable l*t January, April, July and October, 1 1'uiiipttuiKL «hI four time* annually.) DEPOSITS PAID ON Dll.VAND. 1)1 HECTORS : W. h. SALI8IIUKY—Foiimuly of \N ..rur>ci k Co. A. U.LUES—Of I'roi r, 111*0) & Co. W. It. JIROWN-Of Col 11 lit bun Iron Wurkn Co. A. KKDD—Of 0. A. Ilmld & O. G. L. McGOUGW—Or Juliu MoUollKti A Co. i*U9 HKlt STOVES AND TIN WARE. Stoves, Stoves! ^NATHAN CROWN,^ Columbus, kirn.., \v i UUltD loHpoftfully i »i!m ami t Urttoim-fj* AfT bin extonslvu ... ... . TOVKS, llOIJafrtv. AM) bT A MI'LL) WARE, IIOUSK-KU RMJf*fllN<5 0001)8, At . AK-, TIN W ARE, lit wUnlttriHltt juk( rntuil. Mu ol TIN. SliKKT IKoN AND r’Ol'i’KR WORK. Roofing and Guttering tho bortt 1 fueling .i 1 tho lowe J. \V. Dennis. .1. M. Hknnf.u Southern Stove Works, Columbus, Ca. J. W. DENNIS & CO. ,,',,1 vroviis'. WinnirtiESlI PKA'rKN, rim: IXXiS, (UI'XTIt V A \ I) STOVE vJ-'-.-vs’H!. Jl ■ ■Ol.l.OW WAKE. £*— "Yury ro*|»rt. Extra Piece* l'uriii*lied to uu> Nlove we make. Sample and PuluNroom at BARGAINS ! BARGAINS IN order tu jrivc -air entire a lion lion to tbo I i’.UaKTKU OAR »k our hsadinw Si on*. will hull tor Thirty Days, the l• • 11 *w li'*r wot known Stoves at Com to .More them ouu Continental, Now Concord, May net, ** expeditiously and neatly, at Ih IXTEI.UG EXCE. encash Prices on fire, it was fully twenty minutes i en * n B l ^*° la ^° transportation between before tbo engines rcacbod the ground, and the flames made sucb progress that five buildings, from 2SH to 802 inclusive, were consumed. The tiro was first, seen iu Armstrong’s paint and oil stores, 21)<> and 208 State street, aud from hero tho flames spread on either side to the ad joining buildings. The sufferers are Col by & Wiert, furniture : Merwin & Church, hardware; the Wave Wire Mattress Co.; W. T. Sticknev, ludies’ underwear: M. W. A T. Lester, furnuces. The loss is estimated at about #200,000. 'Die build ings were new, having been erected since the great fire. TEXAS. water Tout Morton said bis object in moving to r. commit the case of Piuchback was dimply . to investigate tbo conduct of Pinchback ' himself in securing that election. 1> 11 roll Four fit I About FincIiimcK. The fiiends of Judge Durell are Homo- j what apprehensive to-day. Tho com- j billed strength of file Demonats, who attack his political decisions, and tho Re- . publicans, who question his morals, js I fearful. They say Sunday theatres out) r j largely into the question. j Fxclia Pinchback is said to bo uugry, pro- urn me nouucos himself in favor of a new olec- M !l " '• , 1 Moi | m B ,ne.I s,l,s,"',,. , uny out of tho ring. j) io , , It is again reported that the President | ing more utleutiou thou llm question of hRS (lo( .| aro( , bjH i„,,.„tion of vetoing tl,o : 'j A! finance. Jle know ot no question of so | *q lt j ur y j,ji| [ " much concern to the Western peoplo as | Robeson is sick with a very bad cold, that of cheap transportation, and ho j Tho President has Bigued’ 1 ho bill re- , L.\ hoped the committee having tho mutter , liAving lhe p4i | ilirrtl (liabilities of Win. ! a:ul •; in charge would bo prepared at an oarly I j^ e0 j 0 0 f Tcxir. I ,lt * 7 day to submit to the Senate some practi- j ^„| irfllllo < <mri Decisions ICegurd- U '^ ' col solution of this prob! London, January pool, ship K. L. To :\s hr 11*1.1 anr, lUOK'S UP A RANTER if..r CS ) At PUT I TOR. ••M'olc II. R0BART5 & CO the West and tho seaboard, and asking for the improvement of the natural water routes. He said,in presenting those con clusions of the National lloaid of Trade, lie did so as an expression of the increasing fooling iu this country upon the important i tion, and tin question of cheap transportation. He I They say Pit must insist this question to-dav is demand- .MARK I P!\ TM.EGItAI'K IO I.Mg llililt. £25 O O COOKING STOVES! THOMAS GILBERT, jf, H . Ilohai'tS & Co., sto . s | SADDLES AND HARNESS. • Ceu I , ! \\ ill Y>t hr t ih!(']'.m)Ii| ! ■ Illg of . *_ 1 ■ * Satidlos, Harness, Bridles, i.ih Collars, Whips, Trunks, Satchels, Wairon arid Plow Bridles, Cooking- Stoves, Grates, Hollow Ware, Wood and Willow Ware, -I I.Y 1: lt I'l.VJI-.U IMl Ur.lr.VMA ■ ■l.'i-r Crockery & Class Ware, Pocket and Table Cut!e;y TIN. fum:it Names, Back Bands, mieet ikon m ake T race',Chains, jr tlio liOVUBMtEXT OFFICES SI BKE.V ItEKEII. Haricots were t< | of the gruin of thi> came important foreign it be of tho W as to what | between point Austin, TexA, Jan. 20.—The sergeant- 1 puiut 0 f S!l | 0 ind tli. tho price diou, then the people nut ry. char of pn The elm whole ci should hi lucliou and th< t . gen now imposed At-arms took possession of nil the Gov- . fay rtlilroo( , 8| sUAmhoats, inid.llo men and ernmeut offices without opposition. commission merchants exceed three-fold Gov. Davis had previously left in the j the pri(;0 puid tho pro(1l ,oer. 'J'his ques- tion must be met in some form by the people of tho United States, but more particularly by tho Congress of the United States. lie did not know where the solution would come from, as he bad lost all hope «»f bringing the railroads to a fair aud ju.it compensation for tho transportation of products. They met the products at every point with the old common law doctrine, tho statement that ii»R Property ol llenjainin tuid Slidell. ■ In the case of Day against Micou ef tho Supreme Court holds tliut in the ' ceedings in confiscation against the p | erty of J. 1*. Benjamin there wus not ; ficiout notice to Benjamin's inorlgn and affirms the judgment below, u ing tlio title of the mortgagee as ngs Day, tlio purchaser under the pvot iiil i,o\\i;sr rk firm .( h k‘ hgl 20. Flo >rn dull i W. R. KENT, x< >tic i-:. BOOTS AND SHO^S. YOUR j^TTKNTM.\ Executive office a clerk only, who surren dered tho keys. new’YORK. 'l he Aarapiles has gone to the dry dock again to repair damages. The Hoboken Savings’ Bank has re sumed. Bills have been introduced iu tho Leg islature to restrain speculation in gold by he should have his freight transported at requiring actual delivery in cases of all reasonable compensation, and tlio charges time contracts, and to prohibit certificates j were more than reasonable. lie could go of bank checks when the drawer has not to court aud have it settled by the court the full amount on deposit, aud making ] and jury, but how hopeless it is for tba the offense a misdemeanor. I shipper to go to court. In the case of Brugril against Slidell and others, tho decision affirms the judg ment below, holding that lhe confiscation of the property of John Slidell passed only a life estate, and did not , fi’ect 4110 title of his children as heirs. THE WE ATI I EH. Dluauimknt or w.vn, > Washington, Jan. 20, 1*74.» Probabilities.—For tho Month Atlantic and Guif States, partly cloudy or fair weather, and .southeast to southwest winds, and continued high temperature. Light raiu is probublo for the T.r.\er Mi - r.poi tin , Jail. 2<L- Corn dull 2 mixed in Whisker I >. Bacon I l»s h‘ dear u:. January 20. Flour JiOOt.S VXD iiaOLS. HEAD ext r I’n Tin* expense ^ aiesippi valley. >ns quiet. 15 50. Lard—fitu!)} I keg; I» for steam. B clour rib sides 8jj: Hoh onsier nt 04AhJ)5. Cotton Mi Galveston, January and weak, with morb i ordinary 181; middlim. .".,085; exports coastwi l stock 107,508. Fork steady at >1 quiet good •eipts T SADDLES, HARNESS, TRUNKS, | At Very Rociticecl Prices!; lull < IN If OXI.V ! H. MIDDLEBR00K. Illll I.E.VTIII ii deeii:i m:\i >.• MI-I r.. . Imp.,.- 1 S' l > Ml* 'KIN.'. OAK % > 13 ’’LEVEL' WELLS & CURTIS, 73 Broad Street.