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4 1$ DAILY ME: ESTABLISHED 1840. .MEMPHIS, TEN1N"., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1877. VOU. XXXVI.-KUMBER 4 6 JLJLJUJ CLOIflXU HATCH Ye Her day of cotton and gold: Liverpool crt'on, 6 5-d. Xew York cotton. 12 13-J'Je, -NVp Orleans eott'nt. 12c. Memphis cot ton, 12 It York uohl. 104 7-. WEATHER ISIHCATIOXM. Will Dt.. Omrm Cm. Si. Omen, I WiiHinurod. February jy, 1 a.cu. f tor Tennessee and Ohio valley, fulling fohoirrd by a rtxmg barometer, toutheant Lacking to colder northeast trlmts. and partly ehtHtiy treather. OBtKRVATI OSH YEMTE B DA V. V f).T. SliiHAL HRTim C. 8. ABMT, I Tut b-:.t. Feb -J , H7. iOrQrtp.m. f Ojsenmtlon. i B"- iTter Wlnrt. 1 Dir. (. Force, j Weath. 2'.i.k. 2'.t.Kl 2l.w J .7' j'..;s S'.K.V 2"..Kl' 2W.HO i W. Fresh. Clear. : N.W.; (ieritle. Clear. ! S. i tientler Cloudy. S.W.I LlghL Cioutiy. S. i Gentle. LL rain. lii'li'inoU Louisville. . .. Meraphl.. . .. Nashville Oriean fchree:ort ... Vlekwora; . . ." LI 4d 4'. M 47 lientle. r'omry. 8.W. 8. Gentle. .Clear. rreh. ciear. M'KI.P.OY, Sergeant. EllIOI'EAX NEWS. liesumptiou of Diplomatic Kelation Be- ! een Europe and Turkej Possible mfler Treaty of Peace Be tween Servia and Montenegro. All Controversial Subjects In Catholic States Submitted by the Tope to the Cardinal Cardinal Cullen will Xot Join iu Funeral Honor to O'JIahoney. The Emperor William's Speech on the Opening of the Iteielistng Germany Is for the Preservation of Peace Carlist Oiefu gees Can Return to Spain. Madrid, February 22. A decree ia pub lished permitting the return of Carlist refu gee!. The Ewtrra 0.aeHtion la Parliament. Losdox. February 22. la the house of commons this evening there wa a short dis cussion, in the course of which the Marquis of Ilartingron said that if the continuation of the discursive debates on treaty obligations would in any wsy embarrass the government, the opposition had not. the slightest desire to add to the difficulties of the situation, and tbey did not proper to bring forward a defi nite mauou to-uiorrow night. The resump tion ot uie annate, upon the suggestion of J-;r Stafford Xoriinote, was accordingly indefi nitely postponed. 1 1 the house of lords the Karl of Beacons field intimated that it was the intention of the government to propose measures for in creasing the efficiency of the consular staff in Turkey, as localities where the. staff had been formerly reduced, were likely soon to become the seat of important peaceful or warlike events; he trusted peaceful events, as he did not jet despair of the common sense of the I'orte, and had great confidence in the wise magnanimity of the great powers. O'Kahoney'M Faurnl. London, February 22. Several leading home rulers hive refused to assist at the .funeral of John O'Mahoney, on the ground that their co-operation would be inconsistent with the home rule programme. If demon stration ia to Iw regarded in favor of the principles represented by the deceased, none of thi home rule leaders will take part in it. although prominent men of the party from the principal English towns will attend, but simply as delegates from the Irish population ot their districts. Two Irish members of parliament, at least, have promised to be present. London, February 22. Cardinal Cullen, in a letter to the O'Mahoney funeral committee, avs: "I am unaware tliat O'Mahoney con tributed any signal service for bis country, Lot 1 believe that he r.ttber provoked hostile legislation airairiot us. I have been unable to learn that he was a great benefactor of the church; on the contrary, he is said to have written in'a spirit iiostile to it. He was head center of the Fenians, and collected large Kims to promote that absurd movement even after Fenian ism bad been condemned by the church. If I were to allow hi remains to lie in the cathedral, I nhould seem to approve of his religious and public conduct, and his projects relative to Ireland, a responsibility which I am not at all inclined to assume. Turkey and Peace. London, February 22. A Paris dispatch to the Timet says it is very generally believed that diplomatic relations between Turkey and Europe will be resumed imicediately af ter the conclusion of peace with Servia ami Montenegro, and that then the I'orte may be exptjeted, in consequence of the advice from almost ail quarters, to consent to some direct step that may stiil avert a conflict. A correspondent of the Standard tele graohs from Paris: "I am informed that the preliminaries of peace between Servia and Turkey have been signed." The Pope and the Cardinals. ' Roue, February 22. In consequence of a decision of the cardinals, that the reas sembling of the Vatican council would be op portune, the poje Has distributed to them questions left unsolved by a previous meet ing of the council, with the view of de termining whether he cannot solve them by his own authority. Urrrainr. Cejilix, February 22. The German par liament met to-day. The emperor, in his speech, referring to eatern affairs, expressed the opinion that the peace of Europe would not be broken. The proceedings of the con ference have led the christian powers in ar riving at a common understanding among themselves respecting the guarantees to be demanded from the I'orte. Bkki.ix, February 22. The Gorman reich st.ig opened to-day. Empemr William's speech, opening the session, adverts to the depressed state of commerce and industry, and also to the deficiency in the budget. It propjes that the deficiency, amounting to twenty-five million five hundred thousand marks, be met by raising matrieuliUOry con tributions, payable by the states. The speech also refers to eastern affaire, and ex presses the opinion that the peace of Europe will not be broken. Dangers which might result from the eastern question are still un solved, but threaten Germany in a less de irree than any other country. The empire has remained true to the principles which it laid down for itself a the beginning of the eastern complications. The conference has not succeeded in obtaining from the Porte concessions which the powers judged expe dient to demand in the interests of humanity, and as the means of securing peace for the future. Nevertheless, the proceedings of the conference have led to this result, that the christian powers hare arrived at a com mon understanding among themselves re specting the guarantees to be demanded from the Porte, before the conference met such an understanding lacked universally recognized expression. By this means a solid tsv-is had bten secured for the confi dence that peace will be preserved among the powers. Even should hopel;be disap pointed that the Porte will, of its own ac cord, carry out the reforms regardintr the treatment of its christian subjects which the conference considered requisite in the inter ests of Eurcpe, and should the expectations now entertained, based upon promises of the Porte on one hand, and the opening of ne gotiations for peace with Servia and Monte negro on the other, fail to be realized, the imperial eovernment, while recognizing the fact th it the present question does not pre scribe any pnii.se line of conduct for itself, will continue to exert its influence, as hith erto, ia behalf of protection to the christians in Turkey, and of the preservation of peace. Europe, abosre all things, however, is -strengthening its own good relations with the govern uients allied or otherwise friendly to it. THE ELECTOR A L COMMISSION Further Consideration of the Question of the Legality of the Oregon Vote Speeches by Judge Stanley Matthews and Mr. Erarts. Speech of Mr. Merrick for the Democratic Side and Closing the Cae Morton, the Bulldozers' Friend, Makes an Honr's Speech. In which he Takes Strong Ground for Delivering the Vote to JIayes and Wheeler, and Iu which he is Snp ported by Edmunds and Mil ler A Verdict To-Day. Washixotox, February 22. Theelectoral commission nifi in me supreme court-room at ten o clock. Juiteo Matthews made an ad dress m oppoition to the Cronin certificate No. 2, commencing with the denial that t nal asserted m the t lorn! a case that a cer tificate was final and conclusive, and said they had undertaken to draw a line of de markation between the act of a State and the f eiler.d authority, which took the matcer ur. iffer it liad left the State. They also under took to draw a line lietween thinsrs and proofs. between a certificate and a thin!? certified, to show that the certificate was but the shadow. the tb'nir certified beinir the substance, and that where the certificate did not show the thing certified -truly, it could Is; corrected. it was a surprise, be said, to find that their adversaries had not only taken their position on the Florida and Louisiana cases, but had gone beyond it, and accepted the dogma which they had improperly ascribed to the side with which he was identified. He main- ained that they (stood to-dav on the Ground that they occupied in the becinnintr. and which had been followed by the decision of this tribunal, viz: That a certificate based on the returns was conclusive evidence of the ction. In the Florida and Louisiana ease offers to go behind the returns were menacing, cod the otters crew stronger and lartrer as the certainty obtained that they would not be called to .make them good, and a great deal ot patriotic indignation was indulged m at the allesred countenancing of fraud and wrong. He read an extract trom the decision of Justice Fiejd in the case of Bradley vj. Fisher, in which a tendency to complaint by the party defeated is shown. Going on from the complaint to the charges of improper motives, he entered his protest against the hollow pretensions to morality that had been made the substratium of complaint in this case. Cronin had been mounted on a pedestal for public admiration by his inventor as a model of purity and hon esty of elections, and there was no offer to prove that he was paid three thousand dollars under the pretense of expenses to Washing ton. There was no offer to prove the con tents of the supposed hieroglyphic characters that could not be read; there was no offer of proof that this was the result of a deep-laid scheme to defeat the will of the people. He wond'Ted when his friend (lloadley) referred to Webster and Worcester last night that he did not produce that little pocket dictionary and show the correspondence between Gram ercy Park, New York, and Salem, Oregon. He contended that the t'overnor's certifiixite tell to the ground when it was shown it was not a warrant to the electors for the performance of their duties? Tiie law of Oregon required that the votes for electors should be iriven. received, returned and can- i vassed the same as for members of congress, ! 'in ,1 i -I f.iJA nf mmlir nf pnnoTPa it was made fhe duty of the secretary of state to canvass votes, and there the statutory direc tions end. The statute iu relation to electors further provided that the secretary of state should certify to lists showing who had received the highest numlier of votes, and there the canvass ended. The constitu tion and law stamped that record as the leg.d ami constitutional result of the election. Thev had made proffer of the tbuicr itself; not the proof of the thing, but the actual and j substantial result ot the canvass, that was the appointment of State investiture by the State of real rank and title. AH else was mere proof, mere prima facie evidence, to be taken as proof only until confronted by proof and shown to be false. The ceficate of the governor was sought to be entered here as a sub.-tatule for the canvass. It was signed by the secretary of state simply as attesting witness, and not as a canvasser of votes ;that the possession of the commission wasnot essential to the discharge of the duties of the office. He contended also that it was a well settled principle of law that the certificate of the governor of Oregon did not conform to the statutes of the United States or of Oregon. Suppose the certificate had been authorized. It gave the election to Odell, Cartwright and Cronin a body of three persons to meet, copsult, deliberate anil vote together in a col lege which necessarily consisted of three, and he contended that one could not act as a body, and that the act of a quorum could only ba accepted as th ; acts of toe body; this view of the case had been sustained by de cisions in the supreme court of Oregon. In regard as to what constituted a vacancy, he contended that when the object was to keep upj the body to a toll number for the protec tion of the people; when it was sought to guard against every possibility of the college not being full, word otherwise should be con strued liberally, and that it was intended to cover all vacancies tliat might occur; if the governor was a competent tribunal to set aside an election, then a vacancy existed which the remaining members were emXw ered to fill. He combatted the proposition that the ineligibility of Watts made a llon election, or that votes cast for an ineligible candidate were " void; he also contended that the English de cisions which declared a candidate who was eligible, but received a less number of votes than his ineligible opponent elected, had not been adopted as the American rule, which was that when such a case occurred, neither was entitled to the ofliee; if, however, an ineligible officer was objected to by no body, his official acts stood as long as he held ofliee. In relation to the self execution of the constitution, he argued that unless there was a legislative provision it cOuld not be ex ecuted. The prohibition of the States from making laws impairing contracts could never be executed but for the legislation which gave the courts judicial power to try the alleged violation of ita provisions. He closed with the d claration that he had appeared, not as counsel for any party, but in support of great constitutional principles, regardless of any popular clamor that might be excited. For the governor to take upon himself the executive, judicial and legislative powers, was to bring about a complication tliat would make con fusion in the government inextricable. Judge Strong said the counsel had now consumed two hours each, and still the ques tion of admissibility of evidence was ljefore the commission. He thought that should be received now, subject to the judgment of the commission as to its effect. The proposition was adopted, but neither of the papers called for in the subpena duces tecum served upon ;the postmaster-general were at hand, nor were .witnesses present, and the commis sion took a recess. Afunr recess Mr. Merrick offered Hie certified copy of the commission of John W. Watts, as postmaster, d-ited February 1:5, 17:1. Mr. Evarts objected to the papers as not authenticated, but said the postmaster-general was in attendance and ready to verity to the papers from his office. Judge Clifford sustained the objection, but said they had a right to have them certified under order of the commission. Mr. Evarts waive his objection and Mr. Merrick next presented the commission ot Henry M. Hill, as postmaster, dated January ', 177, in which it was recited that he was appointed November :i, lj76, and that on eleventh l:iy of December he ex ecuted his bond and took the oath of office. Postmaster-General Tyner was called by Mr. Evarts. A telegram from Watts, re signing his postmastership, was produced and admitted. This was received November 14th, and the answer accepting his resigna tion was sent the same day. On November 24t!i witness received a letter through Special Postoffice-Agent Underwood. The letter was addressed to Underwood, in which Watts tendered Lis resignation on November 14th. Witness telegraphed to Underwood to take char of the office until Watts 's successor was appointed. On November 24th witness received a letter from Underwood, stating that he had taken charge ot tne office ac ording to instructions. Other telegrams and letters were produced to show the details in connection with the resignation of Watts and the appointment and qualificatiorrof his successor. Senator Thurman inquired if there was any law or rule of the department that re quired the accounts of a postmaster to be set tW before his resignation could le accepted. The postmaster-general replied that he was not aware of any. John W. Watts was called and testified to the same facts relative to his resignation, and itjj ac-eptance. J. M. M'Grew, sixth auditor, was called and testified that the accounts of Watts had been adjusted, and settled to and including the fourteenth of Novemler. Mr. Evarts commenced his argument at half-past one o'clock with, a claim that the course pursued on that side in connection with this case was consistent with their claims in the Florida and Iuisiana cases. In those cases the certificate had been in ac cordance with the canvass, and they held now that the certificate should conform to the j canvass, these two conforming, tne evi denca was conclusive. The canvass, he maintained, was the substance; the certificate the form. He charged that the onsmtion had changed their claims with the d.ilerent cases, and for that leason had been compelled to change counsel. . Mr. Evarts then took up the certificate of Odell. Cartwnght and Watts, claiming that in it every requirement ot the constitution had been complied with. He insisted that the evidence of the time rested on the certifi cate, and not on the one which had the gov' ernor s signature. The absence of certified lists was through the default of the governor and secretary of state, and not through any neglect ot the electors. Ihe refusal ot these officers to furnish the list was a desertion of duty, and euch desertion of duty always had an object. The certificate contained more. It contained an abstract of the votes cast for tne Presidential electors, as on file in the office of the secretary of state a certificate iyb.1. Lhadwick, secretary of state, that ho was custodian of the seal of the State. and that the inclosed was a true copy of the abstract and had affixed the great seal to the copy. Besides this, there were minutes of the college stating that the resignation of v atu was received and accepted. 1 he act bad lieen done openly, under an uncertain lea that he might have been disqualified Watts did his duty, for he would not put in peril one of the votes of the State of Oregon. i ue voies nan oeen cast, anu me oanots were ere. under the constitution, the act of !2, and the laws of Oregon, these minutes were plenary evidence ot the validity ot the act of these electors. Therefore, un- ess you hold that the governor s certificate, and its subtraction by a violation ot the governor s duty, is sufficient to sup press the electoral college and the vote of the Mate, you nave nere everything that you need under an act ot congress, without look' mg at tne certincates wnicn they put in sup port of their title. No, we have another c-r- tificate, and that contains nothing that con tradicts the other, and nothing by it itself can stand, onjits own inspection, as an ade quate transaction. Mr. Evarts then called at tention to the woifling of the governor's cer tificate and contended that it did not com ply with the act of congress, in that he un dertook to insert the word "eligible" before the word "election," to cover Himself from the condemnation of open fraud and false hood. Instead of giving the constitution and laws of Oregon, he has given a reason for his action to save himself from alianlutaly dinre (fardin his duty; whatever may have hap pened to Cronin by his extrusion, that did iiOt make him the college, otherwise you would have the strange state of allitirs that under the laws of Oregon she could have three electoral colleges, composed of one man each, who could cast bis vote in his own way and by his own. authority; but if you adopt the rule that the majority con stitutes the college, you put yourself under the protection of the principle which governs nil corporative action that there can be but one college, and that a majority anchors to itself all the powers of such college. The law of Oregon itself says they shall fill a va cancy in the electoral college by a plurality of votes. Can you have a plurality of votes when only one vote is cast? Oregon had by the provisions of the electoral law of the Union the power to provide for the failure of an election. What was that? Why, it was when an election failed to produce the num ber of electors required the majority pro ceeded to remedy that defect, and it is only in that case that they are allowed to substi tute their action in the place of the ordinary mode f election. But it does not require of them to make a different mode of filling a vacancy arising lrom a failure to elect them, or that caused by a vacancy arising in any other manner. Oregon has settled that quest ion for herself. The statutes determine that by no chance should the vote of the State be lost, and they provide in that way for the filling of a vacancy in the electoral college. Now, upon an examination of all these certificates, I have been gratified to find that although these operators up in Oregon were as harmless as serpents, tliey were not any wiser than doves. Nothing has been done there that defeats the consti tution of the United States, or that defrauds the State of Oregon, or that defeats jiie elec tion of a President. All that has resulted from the attempt to perpetrate a consum mate fraud is to exhibit the fraud to public condemnation, but the safety of the State re mains unharmed. Mr. Merrick then addressed the committee on the Democratic Ride. He said that he ad dressed himself to the tribunal, believing they would adhere to their previous decisions, and apply the same principles to the decision of the Oregon case tliat they did to the Louisi ana and Florida cases. He must consider that the real meaning of their judgment in these cases was that the certificate of the gov ernor was a conclusive and ultimate act per formed by the State, beyond which they had no wer to go He argued that the laws of Louisiana and Florida, in reference to an as certainment of the result of the appointment of electors, were similar to the laws of Oregon, and submitted that to withhold the commis sion, or to withhold a certificate from a party deemed by the governor to be ineligible to office, was the legitimate performance of a constitutional and proper executive trust. You have told us that the State cannot inter fere with an elector, whether he be eligible or ineligible, whether his election be secured by fair means or foul. You have told us that it cannot be fnterfered with, except between the time of the conclu sion of the returning board and the time of his voting. Now, the State of Oregon, seeking to perform her duty, and this much abused executive, seeking to protect that State from the odium of having wantonly violated the constitution 'of the United States, hive solemnly declared that an elector claim ing to be elected was not elected. The gov ernor of Oregon could not have given the certificate to an ineligible candidate without violating his oath and being guilty of an in fraction of the Federal constitution. Mr. Merrick claimed that as Cronin held a certifi cate with the broad seal of the State attached to it, he had the muniment of title to the office. W'hat had Watts? Nothing. The opposing counsel said, in considering the evi dence of title possessed by Watts, that he had a certificate from the secretary of state as to the canvass of votes. What aid this cer tificate purport to be? It is headed, "Ab stract of Votes Cast at the Presidential Elec tion in Oregon," and it does not say can vass of the vote. To make it appear that "abstract" and "canvass" were synony mous terms, he referred to the statutes of Oregon, which required clerks to make out certain abstracts and send them up. These abstracts the governor and secretary of state were required to canvass, and whn they were canvassed, these ab stracts of the canvass make another paper, which should be the paper of record in that office, and which is not here in this certificate. On the subject of the vacancy, the counsel made a point that unless the office had been once filled there could be no vacancy, and unless once filled there could be no resigna- j tion. The vjcancy alleged to be filled by these electors was not created by Cronin s absence, but by Watts's resignation. If they had the power to fill the vacancy at all, they executed that power by filling a vacancy created by tne resignation ot Watta and not by the non ftcuonof Cronin B The speaker concluded in the following fanguage: 1 claim that you adhere to the spirit and principle of the de cision vou have rendered in the cases of Florida and Louisiana. It is quite immaterial whether they conformed to my opinion on the subject of constitutionality or not. I hey have tjeen rendered by this tribunal, re corded in the journal of each house of con gress, passed into tne nistoryoi wis country, and are in operative effect in the process now going on ot determining who shall be the chief magistrate of the republic consistent adhesion to the solemn conclusions reached by those great men to whom the people have committed the settlement of their rights is essential to the preservation of a lovnl re spect for authority and character, while the mitigating pangs of disappointment often secure an acquiescence in a jucgmeni seem ingly hasty and the most unjust. But when the judgments antagonize one another and their very conflict and antagonism are com - i i bined in the operative effect to accomplish one and the same result, and that result is one with which individual sympathies are closely and warmly connected, unpleasant thoughts will stir the public mind, and angry emotion win swell tne popular neart, ihe supreme court ot tne United states is one of the idols of the people. They have in their estimates of its character invested it with a sanctity and dignity beyond that of any other tribunal on the face of the earth. They" believe that all other departments of the government are liable to deterioration and possible defilement, but they look to the supreme court as lifted above the current of impure jr that floats upon the surface of the earth, and as sail moved by the virtues and speaking with the wisdom of the fathers of the Republic, and when this faith is destroyed tne night win nave come. At tne conclusion 01 Mr. Merrick s aren ment the commission went into secret session. It is understood that immediately after the commission went into secret session Senator Morton made an hour s speech in favor of counting the three electoral votes of Oregon tor Hayes and Wheeler, and Senator Ed munds in some incidental remarks elearlv in dicated that he would vote in the same direc tion. Justice Miller then made an elaborate argu ment to show that there was nothing in the Florida and Louisiana decisions of the com mission inconsistent with the irivinrr of entire Oregon to the Republican candidates. Messrs. Thurman, Edmunds, Strong and Bradley were not well, and an adjournment was taken at their suggestion. It was ordered by an unanimous vote, and had no political significance whatever. It can be added that there were no indications this evening of a break among eit er the D mocratic or Kenub- lican members of the commission, and there was no vote, or any approach to a vote on th mam question at issue. ine electoral commission was in session from ten until half-past four, hearing the argument in the Oregon case. At five o clock the commission went into secret session, and remained therein till twenty minutes past seven, when it adjourned till to morrow at half-past ten o clock. The Questions pre sented by the counsels were discussed in se cret session, but owing to the fatigue of the members, and in order to enable them to consult the authorities which had been re ferred to by the counsel, an adjournment was thought to be advisable. Many law points were suggested, and these will be critically examined, there being more of them than in the cases of Florida and Louisiana. The committee agreed to take a vote to-morrow alternoon at lour o clock, unless the mem bers shall be prepared to do so at an earlier hour. Should the vote be taken at four, an tour or more would be occupied before their verdict could be officially prepared, and un less the two houses shall remain in session until evening, the decision, in joint session of the two houses, will not be given until Saturday. KACE XjEWH. The Mprlnsr Menson Oppnrd on the Pa rine roaMi KfHUlt at Man jrran r Intro Yesterday. San Francisco. February 22. At the four mile-and-repeat race to-day, at Bay i hstnct park, lor a purse ot hve thousand dollars, there was a good attendance, the track in good order, and the horses in fine condition. Mollie M'Carthv, Landy, Aman da, Bazar, Bradley and Billy Bigham started; Sherman and Mattie A were with drawn on account of lameness. First Heat. Even start. Bradley took the lead, retaining it until lie came down to th home-stretch on the third mile, when Mollie passe l him. Bazar, who had till then been traveling behind, took the third position. Bigham fourth, and Amanda dropped to the rear, m which order they finished the heat in :4m. Amanda was distanced. Second Heat. Bradley took the lead again and kept it to the end ot the second mile; Amanda second. Bazar third. On the sec ond mile Amanda dropped hopelessly lo the rear, evidently done up. Kound the nrst turn 'on the third mile Mollie went to the front and Bazar passed Bradley and main- tuned this position, Bradley gradually dropping to the rear, Mattie running easily and crossed the score winner m 7:42M.Tjrad- 1 J T .1 - 1 ! 1 1 1 -cii- ley auu uiiiaui were uisuuiceu, uuu iyiouie was awarded third and fourth money and Bazar second. Celebration of WaahlngtoiTM Birthday. New York, February 22. The anniver- ary of Washington s birthday is being ob served in the customary manner. Flags are displayed on public and many private build ings. Ihe terry boats are gaily decorated, and the shipping along the piers is hand somely decked with bunting. Banks of ex change, courts and public offices are closed, and but little business ot any kind is trans acted down town, where the streets wear a Sunday aspect, fhe postoffice and custom house closed at ten e clock: there were re views of, and parades and receptions by, the military, ihe Innity chimes were rung, and the veterans had an annual march and dinner. Little Rock, February 22. To-day has leen generally observed as a holiday, in honor of Washington's birthday. Both houses of the general assembly adjourned to-day, out of respect. INew Orleans, February VTJ. Ihe Wash ington artillery and Continental Guards cele brated the day by a salute and parade and a all to-night. John and the Parrot. San Francisco Mail: Yesterday afternoon a respectable Chinese citizen was disagreeabl y startled while walking- along Harrison street by a loud remark in his ear. Ihe observa- lon was as follows r Damn a Chinaman, any how." The Cwlestial gazed around with in quiring wrath, but could see nobody. "Yer ruinin thejinest counthry in the wurruld." shouted the unknown. "Hleap damilish- man," muttered the Chinaman, looking about lor a loose cobble. 1 d break yer back fur tin clnts," announced the mysterious one. Quite bewildered, the abused heathen raised his eyes to heaven for help and was rewarded by beholding a very large parrot bobbing uo and down on a stick jutting from a door and intensely enjoying the. situation. Instea I of killing the offensive bird on the spot, the heathen held his feelings in check and lifted the parrot from its perch, and was making off witn it, wnen a policeman appeared and took both to the city prison. A charge of petty larceny was entered against John, and all day yesterday the parrot shrieked with laugh ter over the adventure. The Ohio Prohibitionists. Columbus, February 22. The State Pro hibition convention met here to-day and adopted a platform favoring the prohibition of the liquor traffic; against the employment in the public service of persons who sell liquor or are addicted to the habit of drinking liquor; demanding female suffrage and compulsory education; favoring the use of the bible as a text-book in the public schools, and the ob servance of the christian sabbath. The fol lowing ticket was nominated: For governor, A. Ihompson, ot Westerville; lieutenant- governor, iieorge J . Jenkin. of Jetterson: State treasurer, Arza Olderman, of Morgan; attorney-general, D. W. Gage, of Cuyahoga; supreme judge, v. u;. Montgomery, oi ftnox: clerk of the supreme court, George Dodd, of Greene; member of the board of public works, Antes Miner, oi Logan. A dispatch from Dublin savs: It is be lieved that in consequence of Cardinal Cul lens's condemnation of the proposed de monstration on the occasion of the funeral of John O'Mahoney, the commissioners of t hp Glajmevin Kmnorv will nA o11a. tV.A ' . J w. .u UV .UI. remains to be buried there. XASIITILLE. Message from Governor Porter, Including the Proposed Compromise with our Creditors The Mediators and their Proposi " V tion. A Method of Re-Adjustment alike Honor able and Satisfactory to the Creditor and the Debtor A Chance tliat we Should Xot Ltt Pass. The Charter of Bartlett Amended The Bill Providing for the Taxation of Railroads Uncle Sam Holds to the Holts, or Georgia, and they Return for Trial. Special to the Appeal. Nashville. February 22. Senate. The following bills passed first reading and were referred: By Mr. Ross: An amendatory act to incorporate the Henderson male and te male institute, changing the name to the Hsnderson Masonic male and female insti tute. A bill to amend the act incorporating the town of Bartlett and readjusting the boundaries of corporation passed the third reading. The message from the governor on state credit was received and reterred. 1 he house bill to amend the act declaring the mode and manner ot assessing the orooertv of railroads for taxation was taken up, and, pending the discussion, the senate adjourned House. The following bills passed first reading and were referred : By Mr. Brown To repeal the law allowing railroads to pay their indebtedness in bonds of the State. By air. uouglass: lo suppress houses ot pros titution. By Mr. Lowe: . To authorize the appointment of port wardens for ports of entry. By the same: To allow corporations to take up their bonds. By Mr. Johnson: lo repeal the law authorizing justices to depute persons to act as constables, ihe senate bill to change the time of holding the supreme court, me ioilowing bills passed third read ing: To repeal the law taxing losing par ties in civil suits with costs; to prohibit State officers trom borrowing money; to lessen the number ot justices ot the peace composing the quarterly courts; to allowing the magis trates to attend such courts, hxing the per diem at one dollar and a half. The govern or s message on fetate credit was read and referred. The Ciovernor and onr Creditors. Special to the Appeal. Nashville, February 22. The following message from the governor was laid before the general assembly to-day: Gentlemen of the Senate and house op Representatives On the twenty-fifth of January last a larcre number of the leadinc citizens ot ftew lork met at the clearing house in that city to consider the embarrass ment of the several southern States which are in default, to devise a plan for a readjust ment of their debts and for the restoration of their credit. The meeting was inaugurated by gentlemen who have no pecuniary interest in the question other than that which is com mon to all citizens who feel that the restora tion of the credit of these States is essential to the prosperity of the whole country, and. as it was participated In by gentlemen whose character is a guarantee of their good faith and fUsinterestedness, after a full discussion the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : Kesoired, 1 hat as citizens ot iN ew xorkwe deplore the existing state of things in the de faulting" States of the south, and we desire to give expression to our sympatny with the people ot those states, in their unhappy con dition. liesolred. That we recognize the insur mountable obstacles in the way of an honor able discharge bv them in full of all their legal obligations, and perceive tliat some method of compromise and readjustment is absolutely necessary; that being anxious to promote such a settlement upon equitable terms, we recommend the intervention of a commission of disinterested arbiters between the States and the bondholders as offering a method fair and honorable alike to debtor and cred itor. Resolved, That in the opinion of this meet ing tne hve bank omcers named, to-wit George S. Coe, J. D. Vermilye, B. B. Sher wan, B. B. Coniegrys and Enoch Pratt, pos sess the fullest confidence and respect of the country, and are therefore eminently fitted to discharge such duty, not only from their high personal character and qualifications, but also from long experience in important busi ness affairs. Resolved. That we most respectfully com mend this movement to the earnest consider ation of the authorities of every defaulting State, and cordially invite them,to signify to this committee their desire to confer upon this important subject. An invitation lor lennessee to co-operate with the movement has been officially com municated to this office. I am assured the gentlemen named in the fourth resolution as irbiters have no pecuniary interest in securi ties of the States referred to: they are busi ness men of established reputations; I am convinced of their integrity and their purpose to act justly with the question that may be submitted to them. The commonwealtli of Virginia has already accepted their mediato rial offices, and I earnestly recommend imme diate action on the part 65 Tennessee by the appointment of a legislative committee of three or five, charged with the duty of ap pointing the time and place for an interview with the arbiters named in the fourth resolu tions lay bef ore them statistics in ref erence to the pubhc debt, resources of the State, values upon which the debt was contracted, its present taxable value, with a statement of the condition of the people of the State. Such a conference will, in my opinion, result m an adjustment of the State debt upon a basis ac ceptable to the great body of the people, and will relieve mem irom any sugma or suun whatever. The general assembly will in no wise be bound by the recommendation of; the arbiters, but will be free ' accept or reject it. If this policy is adopted, I respectfully recommend that all subjects touching this subject be postponed to await the action of the arbiters, and H time becomes essen tial I will not hesitate to convene the general assembly in extraordinary session. This is a question of more gravity and of greater im portance to the people of Tennessee than any that has been submitted to their representa tives since this foundation of the State gov ernment, and I earnestly advise its immediate consideration. jas. d. porter. Executive- Ofctcb, Nashville, Feb. 22, 1877. I'ncle Sam Holds to the Ilolts of Geor- Nashville American, .of Wednesday: United States District Attorney Hughes, United States Commissioner James CamDbell and United States Marshal Wheat visited the jail yesterday to see James Holt, William Holt, John F. Holt, and William R. Holt, charged with the murder of Lieutenant M Jntyre, m northern Georgia, recently. Judge Hughes, addressing old man Holt, asked whether they would prefer a prelimin ary examination here, or would waive such examination and go with United States Marshal Wheat to Atlanta. Holt senior said : "We are willing, gen tlemen, to go whither you may direct. Of course we couldn t have any examination here, because we have no witnesses, and no money to send for any. We will go with Mr. WTieat. knowing full well that we can prove our innocence by persons in our settle ment." Judge Hughes Why did yon leave the vicinity so soon after the murder? Holt Because we had made preparations to go. We had sold out all of our things, and had made preparations to go long before ths murder, as will be seen by letters writ ten relative to our going to lexas. It is true that some suspicion may have been aroused by our leaving at the time, but we lived fif teen miles from the place at which that poor man was killed. If we had known they had wanted us we wouldn't have come all the way up here to get into this trouble. When we left home we came along on a broad. open highway, and didn't run away from anything or anybody. V " - - j, that poor man s neatn tne q.L. ..n l u occurred. and that s all we know alxmt it. United States Commissioner Campbell Do I understand that you waive an examina tion here t Holt Yes. sir; we'd rather go back where we u be able to get the proot. Another of the Holts said Gentlemen, we'd like to ask vou to let us three older ones go with yon and send that young Ixiy along to rort worth to take care ot our mother and the children. United states .Marshal Wheat lhat can not le permitted; we have no authority to do that. The same Holt Now just look there, gen tlemen, at that boy onlv fourteen years old ; do you think such a stripling like that would slay any man t Uo yen tlunk he would at tempt anything like that lie s not such a bad looking boy, and he would be a great comfort to his old mother and her children on their lonely way to lort w orth. United States Marshal Wheat He looks like he ceuld punish a good deal of bread and bacon. Old Man Holt Yes, he's always done that And here the Holts seemed to take a more cheerful view of the situation, and laughed heartily. The old man continued : But. gentlemen. I've grown too old. and have tried too hard to bring np my children in the right way, to have euch a charge brought up agin me and them. We are innocent of it, sirs, and that will be proven when we go down into Georgia. The only thing that pesters us now, is about the old mother and the cliil dren. We'd like to have that lad go on with her, but we 11 yield to your wishes. Colonel Wheat conferred with Mrs. Holt to learn whether she would rather return to At lanta or go on to i ort W orth. After she had talked with her husband and sons she concluded that she would proceed on her journey and go to her brother's, forty miles distant lrom 1-ort Worth. She accordingly took the train for that place, while Colonel Wheat left with his prisoners for Atlanta. TELEGRAPHIC MISCELLANY. Paris, February '22: Specie in the Bank of t ranee increased one million twenty-three . a . . . thousand trancs the past week. Dublin, February 22: Cardinal Cullen has refused to allow the remains of John O'Ma honey to he in state in the cathedral Nashville, February 22: Anderson Wad- dell, charged with the murder of A. C. Kirt- land, was acquitted at Ashland City to-day Kingston, Ja., r ebruary 'I'l: Ihe uerman steamer Franconia, plying between Hamburg and Aspin wall, has been wrecked oft l'oint Sanblas. Belgrade, February 21: The election for held throughout great skuptschina has been the country. A majority of the delegates elected favor peace. Cincinnati, February 21 : The boiler in the Clifton barrel works, at Pomeroy, Ohio, ex ploded this evening, kuhng tour persons and wounding twelve others London, February 22: Bullion in the Bank of England increased 320,000 the past week rroportion ot reserve to liability, vsy per cent. Amount ot bullion withdrawn on bal ance to-day, 110,000. St. liOuis, 1 ebruary 21: I his atternoon, a stranger, while walking unJer the bridge. was struck on the head bv a piece of timber which fell from above, and instantly killed. his skull being badly mashed. St. Louis, February. 22: Colonel Price, fttate superintendent ot insurance, filed a pe tition in the circuit court this morning, ask ing for the appointment of receivers for the Columbia life insurance com nan v of this citv. St. Louis, February 21: Daniel A. Hearn. a workman engaged in repairing the eastern approach to the bridge, lost his footing about ten o clock last night, and was hurt so badly that he died while being conveyed to the hos pital. Denver. Col.. February 21: John Bemis, who stole thirtv-six hundred dollars from the express company at Syracuse, New York, last November, has been captured at Santa te, .New .Mexico, by the Rocky Moun tain detective association, of this city. Chicago. February 21: James H. Hub bard, real estate operator, filed a voluntary petition iu bankruptcy in the United States court this morning; liabilities, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, mostly secured by mortgage; assets, twenty-six thousand dol lars. Coansville. Ind.. Februarv 22: A srjecial to tne Journal, irom 1'etersburg, Indiana, stated that four men were instantly killed by the explosion of the boiler of a portable saw mill at a little place called Altord. two- miles from that town, i our others were se verely injured. Galveston, Tex.. February 22: A Sews special from Waco says the opera-house, the Baptist church, and a raadence belonging to Judge Walker, burned thm afternoon. Loss, 4o.UUU. Eastern insurance: 1-ire associa tion, of Philadelphia, 2"00; Home, New York, f2500; Hartford, 2"00. Montreal, February 22: The shareholders of the bank St. Jean Baptiste have decided to wind up the affairs of the institution. Sir Hugh Allen has resigned the presidency of the Merchants bank and Hon. Jonn Hamilton has been appointed. The resignation of the cashier of the bank has lieen accepted. Cincinnati, February 22: The Ohio State grange to-day elected the following officers: S. II. Ellis, Warren county, master (re elected); T. F. Joy, Delaware county, over seer; J. W. Ogden, lecturer; J. B. Goudy, Morgan county, steward ; S. G. Baldwin, sec retary. The session will close to-morrow. Rochester, N. Y., February 22: The American paper manufacturers' association was organized here to-day. There were rep resentatives from one-fourth of the pro ducers of the country. J. W. French, of Thiee Rivers, Michigan, was elected presi dent, and J. Ruble, Louisville, Kentucky, secretary. Cincinnati, February 22: The wool grow ers of Indiana, Kentucky. West Virginia and Penns3-lvania, held their meeting here to day, and decided to erect a capacious store house at Steubenville, Ohio, for the purpose of storing their product and assorting it be fore placing it upon the market. They are grangers, and will dispose of their stock di rectly to manufacturers. New Orleans, February 22: A fire at Pass Christian last night destroyed the Catholic church office, the residence of W. A. Chanip- lin, the Zea toast Mirror office, two stores belonging to George Brandt, the property be- longing to Mrs. Tavlor, known as Malone's saloon, I'ecantet's store and an unoccupied residence belonging to .Mrs. E. C. Tracy. No insurance; loss, thirty thousand dolfars Harrisburg, Penn., February 22: Two bills Eroviding for the prevention of stock gam ling wertj introduced in the senate to-day. The' proposed measures make jobbing in stocks a penal offense in cases where the par ties so dealing cannot show a certificate signed by the president of the board of brok ers testifying to the actuid possession of the stock, or where the stock itself is not present ed when offered for sale. Cincinnati, February '22: The four men killed by the explosion of a boiler at the Clif ton nail factory, in Pomeroy, Ohio, last even ing, were George Riley, John Brown, Wirt Mason and Adam Diel. The severely wound ed are Andrew Finamore, fireman, scalded; Hornier Barker, scalded; Fred Lukehart and George Withers, cut and bruised; Anthony Hizell, both arms broken; S. Maxwell, cut in the head; A. A. Holland, one of the proprie tors, dangerously hurt internally. Morgan Barker, a boy, was blown seventy feet in the air, but escaped unhurt. Boston, February 22: The board of railroad commissioners have a report ready for the legislature asking protection for tne people against railroad strikes. The report .suggests the early passage of a penal statute to cover the following, among other offenses: The abandonment by locomotive engineers of their locomotives upon railroads, m further ance of any combination to force a strike, ex cept at regular schedule destinations of such locomotives; the refusal of any locomotive en gineer or railroad employe, in furtherance of tie object of a strike, to aid in the movement upon the tracks of the corporation employing him of the cars of other corporations. MIffhtly Profane. Dayton Democrat: We were in hopes that the good Lord might have saved the country, even with such a poor instrument as old Joe Bradley. But since old Joe himself has been heard from, we are satisfied that the Lord will see us damned first! CONGRESSIONAL. Proposed Eulogies on the Late Speaker Kerr Amendments by the Com mittee on Appropriations Barclay's Digest. Morton Bulldozes the Treasury Seven Hundred and Seventy-two Dollars worth for Payment for the De fense or One of His Mil itary Courts. The IIaj den Survey and Mee. Berths for the Sons or Congressmen Appropri ations for Postofflces The Statue or Liberty Enlightening the World Stamps, Etc. HEXATK. Washing ton, i ebruary 22. Senator M Donald gave notice that on Saturday next. after the expiration of the morning hour, he would ask the senate to suspend business tliat fitting eulogies might be pronounced on tne me and cnaracter ot the late -speaker iverr. Senator Keman introduced a bill to author ize the New York Land and Ocean telegraph company, a corporation under the laws of New ork, to land and maintain lines of telegraph cable on the Atlantic coast to com mil meal e with 'Europe. Referred. The bill appropriating two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to erect a fire-proof building adjoining the Smithsonian institute for a national museum passed. At the expiration of the morning hour, the railroad sinking-fund bill was laid aside. with the understanding that it should not lose its place as unfinished business, and the senate took up the deficiency appropriation bUl. ' The amendments reported bv the commit tee on appropriations were agreed to, as fol lows: Appropriating $69,449 for the trans portation of notes, bonds and other securi ties; increasing the appropriation for the pay of the officers and men of the navy from $500,000 to 1,400,000: appropriating $50,- 000 for the care and support of the Indians at the Fort Peck agency. The committee re ported various amendments for the expenses of the United States courts, including the payment of bailiffs and criers, district attor neys, witness fees, jurors, etc., amounting in the aggregate to $ 7o0,000; agreed to. Other amendments of the committee were agreed to, as follows: Appropriating $ 15,000 to pay the expense of the sdver commission; $ 40, 000 to defray the expenses incurred by the committee on privileges and elections of the senate in making investigations as to the re cent elections in various southern States, and S2012 tor the payment of the expenses of the investigation in regard to the immigration of Chinese by the joint committee of the two houses of congress. Senator Blaine moved to amend the clause of the house bill in regard to the purchase of Barclay's Digest, so as to provide that in future publications of the digest by wie jour nal clerk of the house, if the text or substan tial portions of Barclay's Digest be used the author shall he compensated for a copy right. After debate it was agreed to; yeas, 23; nays, 2. Senator .Allison uubmitted an amendment appropriating seventy-five thousand dollars to pay the expenses of the electoral commis sion. Agreed to. Senator Morton submitted an amendment appropriating seven hundred and seventy two dollars to pay the costs in the case of Milliken, Spooner and others, tried and de cided in the circuit court of the United States in the State of Indiana. In explanation of the amendment he said that in 184 a military tribunal was organized in Indiana for the trial of certain persons for conspiracy against the United States; Miliken was convicted and sentenced to death, but subsequently the supreme court decided that the military tri bunal by which he was tried was not legal, and he was released. He then brought suit against the officers who served on the court wnieh convicted him, and this appropriation was to pay the defense of those officers. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was then reported to the senate, and the amendments made in committee 6f the whole concurred in. The bill was then read a third time and passed. Senator Boutwell called up the house bill to Eerfect the revised statutes of the United tates and of the District of Columbia, and explained that it was an exact copy of the bill which recently passed both houses, but which was returned by the President with his objections to the clause in regard to ad vertising. The clause objected to had been stricken out in the house of representatives. The bill then passed. Senator Sargent reported, with few amend ments, the naval apnroDriation bill, and irnve notice that he would call it up to-morrow for consideration. Ordered printed. The committee on appropriations add to the amounts appropriated by fhe house as follows: For pay of the navy, $1,070,000; for equipment of vessels, $270,000; for construc tion and repairs. $1,800,000; for steam en gineering, $1,200,000; for expenses recruit ing, $65,000: for navy laboratory, $1,500,000, and for naval hospital, $10,000. The senate then went into executive ses sion, and when the doors were reopened, took a recess until ten o'clock to-niorrow. HOI WE. The session was begun at ten o'clock by going into committee ot the whole, Mr. Buckner m the chair, on the sundry civil ap propriations bill. There being manifestly no quorum, the paragraphs relating to public lands were passed over. Mr. Piper moved to strike out the para graph appropriating fifty thousand dollars for the Hayden survey. During the debate Mr. Elkin 1 New Mex.J said this survey was only ordered to provide a nice berth for the sons of congressmen, to which Mr. Wilson replied that if the gentle man from New Mexico knew of any such case he should be manly enough to state the names of the congressmen for whose sons the survey was ordered. There were many mem bers who would scorn to ask places for ii- relatives. By unanimous consent consideration of the paragraph was postponed. Mr. Banning moved to increase the appro- pnation lor the continuance oi tne postomce uuii'img ai Vyincinnau irom uiree iiunureu and twenty-five thousand dollars to four hun dred thousand dollars, arguing that it would be true economy to appropriate a larger sum, which would enable the building to be finished in little more than a year. M r. Sayler lavored the amendment, but he could not see wKy the committee on appro priations had appropriated more for the con tinuance of building in Chicago and St. Louis than in Cincinnati. Thfl amendment was agreed to. A similar amendment was niade and adopt ed in regard to the new postoffice in Phila delphia, and the appropriation for the post office in Parkersburg was increased to ten thousand dollars. The committee rose and a new legislativi,day began. The i'resident was authorized to accept the statue of "Liberty Enlightening the World," when presented by the French re public, and to designate a suitable site for the statue on either Governor's or Bedloe's island. The house then went into committee of the whole on the sundry civil appropriation bill, Mr. Buckner in the chair. When the item appropriating eight hun dred thousand dollars for the engraving and printing of bills, bonds, stamp, etc.. was reached, Mr. Lnttrell moved an- amendment providing that the work shall be performed in the treasury department. Adopted, with the additional proviso' if the work can be done at the treasury department as cheaply, as perfectly and as safely. After a long time spent in discussing and voting on various amendments relative to payment of expenses in contested election cases, the committee rose without having dis posed of the bill. Mr. Willis, from the committee on naval affairs, reported a bill authorizing the equip ment of an expedition to the Arctic seas. Ordered printed and recommitted. A recess waS then taken until ten o'clock to-morrow. WaMhing-ton Iteal Em air Pool Mwin- dle. Washington, February 22. Before the real estate pool committee to-day Hon. A. C. Ilarnrir, formerly a m-'iiiber of congress, tes tified concerning the charge that three thou sand dollars had been paid to him by Filbert A; Taylor, contractor-, that such a statement was utterly false. Tv.-o checks were drawn by the firm to the amount of four thousand dollars and paid to the Pennsylvania Repub lican campaign fund. This information wit ness derived from the treasurer of the Penn sylvania Republican executive committee. Witness also said that while he was a mem ber of congress he never had any connection whatever with any contract in any. citv.Stnte or the United States. Thirteen nt Dinner. Concerning the curious superstition aboii thirteen at dinner, this singular incident is given in a recent English lxxik: Some years since, poor Albert Smith gave a supper of thirteen that discredited the superstition in a remarkable manner. Himself on the point of starting for China, he entertained twelve friends who were lioum'. for the Crimea, to encounter the perils of warns military officers or as journalists reporting the incidents of the conflict. Deeming it in the highest de gree improbable that they would meet again on English ground when they had once started for the scene of danger, the twelve miift: tn.t flinir Itrtwf witli li.rLf lin- ci,,l laughed about the late which ome of them would of course encounter in a few months. Strangely enough, all twelve returned from the war in perfect health, and supped r.cain at a table of thirteen with the humorous lec turer. Boston (Hohe: A Dedham business man wended his way home to dinner the other day, and, arrived at the house, was surprised to find the doors locked. Fearing that some serious mishap had befallen the partner of his joys and sorrows, ami none of the neigh bors lieing able to give him any information, he procured a hatchet and broke an entire window sash to fragments. Upon crawling into the room he found the following note lying on a table: "Dear Hubby. I have gone to hear Moody and Sankey. You will find the key to the front door on the left-hand corner of the porch, and some cold ham m the pantry. I will pray for you." CLARKE STRATTON At the residence of the bride's motliei, on Wednesday, February 21st. by Rev. Eugene Daniel, Mr. Ed P. Clahkk and Miss Maogie Stbatton. No cards. IIEI. ROGEHiS-kVbniiiry 22. 1877, Dr. J. Mckkat Roosrs, aged 47 years. His friends and acquaintances are respectfully In vited to attend his funeral this 'FRIDAY) afternoon at three o'clock, from his late residence, 41 Fifth street, comer of Mill. Chelsea. 3Iaonic Xot iff. THERE will be a special communication a of DeSoto Lodge. No. 2.1!, K. and A. M.,AA toda -vFRIDAYl, February 2:, 1x77, at 7jf 2:30 p.m., for Hie purpose of HttendltiK the' funeral of our late Brother. .1. M. Kookks. By order. H. C. WILLIAMSON, W. M. Attest: Alf. H. White. Secretary. 31 atonic Xot ice. rpHE stated coninumleation of Kllwtu- X nine Lodcre. No. 841. K. and A. nhm Lodge will be held this iKRIDAY i evening. Feb. at 7 o'clock sharp, for work in the F. C. de gree and dispatch of business. ah ai. ai. s are iraiernany inviri. By order JAS. S. CARPENTER. W. M. A. J. Knai-p, Secretary. XOTil'F. IRISH-AMERICAN BUILDINIi AND LOAN AS SOCIATION'. The reeular monthly meeting for loans has been postponed till Tl'ESDA Y. 27th Inst . at 7 :')! p.m. Subscribers to first series of stock are requested to pay their dues to the Secretary at the office of the association, HH Madison street. joh uitn. President. W. J. M'Dkkmott, Secretary. Letlr oopy Monriar mid Tuowday. A'OTICK. Office of the Memphis city fire axd i GENERAL INS. CO., lit Madison St. r Memphis, TEMN., FeDruary 22, 177. J By onler of the Board of Directors of this compa ny, I will sell at public sale, to the highest bidder. forcashsTen Slfares (of S1O0 each ) of the capital stock of this company. Said sale will take place at the company's olllceon TUESDAY, March it. 1877, at 12 '.'clock in., and will be made to satisfy a cer tain Indebtedness due said company by Jesse Moore, and secured to tliem luuler the provisions of the Hen held by them under section 1 rt of their charter. feb23 HENKY J. LYNN, Cashier. Memphis & Little Reck Railroad. IN accordance with a final decree rendered by Ihe United States Circuit Couit In chancery for the Eastern District of Arkansas, in a cause therein pending In which William S. Plerson et al. are plaintiffs, and the Memphis and Little hock Rail road Company et al. are defendants, I shall proceed to sell, between the hours of 10 o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m.. on the 27th dayf Apt 11. 1877, for cash In hand, to Che highest bidder, at the front door of the building In which said com I Is held, on the corner of Main and Fourth streets, iu the city of Little Itock, State of Arkansas, all the lands granted to the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad Company by the State of Arkansas, by the act of the legisla ture of said State, approved January in, s5o. and by the act of congress apVroved February tt, 1 8":i, which had not been sold by said company at the dale of said decree, and also the Memphis and Little Hock Railroad, extending fiom the west bank of the Mississippi river opposite Memphis, to said cltj of Little Rock, Its road bed, depots, right of way, and all Its works and rolling-stock, and the charter and franchises of said railroad company. The lands first above described will be first sold in one li.t; and then the remalndei of the property above described which belonged to said Memphis an i Lltlle Rock Railroad Company on the flrt oay of May, ls;o. will lie sold In one lot. Bidders at said sale will be required to detioslt with the commissioner before bidding a sufficient sum of money to pay the debts due from the receiver in chancery of said property Iu said cause, as reported under said decree, or else todeiioait with him a majority In value of the bonds and couKns secured by the mortgage of the Mem phis and Little Rock Railroad Company, dated May 1. 1 (!, which deposit shall be forfeited It the nur- chaser making such deposit shall fall to comply with the terms of Ills purchase. Payment of the purchase money shall lie made within ten days after the day of sale. Overdue couimhis and bonds se cured by said mortgage are receivable In payment of purchase money for the distributive share of the purchase money to which they shall be entitled. These sales are made subject to the debts created or assumed by said receiver, except debts for money borrowed under the orders of said court, and subject to all suits pending against him at the time of said sale, for payment of which liabilities a lien is re served on said proieity. Immediately alter said sale I shall proceed to sell, for cash, at the same place. In one lot H the property of the Memphis and Little Rock Hallway Company, embraced In Its mortgage dated liecem Imr I. IKTH cniiiiirlKlnir all the litfllt. title anil In terest of said railway roniariy In the property above named, anil the charter aim franchises or sum rail way company, and all Its iiersonal property and choses In action, Its rolling-stock, and connections with other railroads, and all Its proierty and appur tenances of even' kind. Including railroad defioti and rights of way In Memphis, Tennessee, as nmri fully and particularly set out In said decree. The bonds and overdue coiisns secured by said last named mortgage will be received In payment of the pur chase money for the distributive shares of such pur chase money that shall be payable on the same. Copies of "said linal decree may be obtained by ad dressing Ralph L. Goodrich. Esq., clerk of said court. Little Hock, Arkansas, with fees for transcrib ing te same. Given under my hand at the city of Little Hock, this 1st nay ot Decemlier, 187rt. ALFRED SULLY. Commissioner. V. M. Rose and B. C. Brown, plaintiff s solicitors. OLIVER, FINNIE&CO WHOLE ALE GROCERS, Memphis, Tennessee SOO Hoeheartn Maxar. all kind. XOO Barrel -V. V. Kenned Muar. 5UO Haxx Klo 'one. KM) Hies Old tiovernment Java "o flee. SO Tierrm Hams. SO Hnirs Hreakfawt Baron. lOOO KnrkrlM Fairbanks lmrd. SO Half-barrelM I'airhank's Lard. SO TierecH Kairhank'H l.uril. lOO 4'aMen , O and iO-ponnd Tin Lard. lOO Barrels Louisiana Kire. 3 TlerrnHoutb Carolina Rice. SO Barrels MUsonrl Cider. 5 frost jjixby's West Blacking-. Oliver, Finnic & Co. Trustee's Male. AT the request of the beneficiaries In a deed of trust niade to me as trustee by V. W. Williams, on the day of August, lK7:i, to secure certain In debtedness therein set forth, and which Is recorded Iu the reconier- ollloe lu Marlon. Crittenden county, Arkansas, In book O, pages 370-371, 1 will, on Taeaday. the 7th day or .March. 1S77. In front of the courthouse of Shelby county, Tennes see. In Memphis. In legal hours, proceed to sell, for cash, to the highest bidder, me following described tract of land: bltuated in Crittenden countv, Mato ol Arkansas, and more articularlr descrlts-d as the south Is of section lrl, township 4, north of range it. east, containing three hundred and twenty (30 acres. Equity of redemption waived In the deed, le0" vey only as trustee, but the title Is believed to le guid. w. H. PAVltj, Trustee. D