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Of the twenty-seven citieu reporting their clearings, all but seven exhibit an improved condition as compared with the week before, especially Cleveland, Kaotas City, Memphis, Milwaukee and Chicago. The share transactions at the New York Stock Exchange ;!all off 42 2 percent, from the same week in 1SS4. Outside of New York the week's clear-iue-s show a falling off from ot only 1.3 per cent., while a year ago the de- liue from the year before was 5.3 per eut. The table of clearings ot.tside of New Y ork shows a creator number of clearings during the week with gaias over the muie week a year before than has ap peared for some time, and the total clear iui;s ol the twenty-seven cities show a Joss over the previous of 24.6, while last M iiek it was "'3.4 per cent. The follow ing cities showed gains where the week before they had losses, as compared with she same week in 1554: New Haven, S 5 gain against the previous week's 12.8 oss; Chicago, 17.3 gain against 24.4 loss; Cincinnati, 3. 'J gain against 15.1 loss; Milwaukee. 13.0 gain against 13.6 loss; Detroit, 3.1 giin against 19.8 loss; Cleve land, 24.3 gain against 6.2 Ions; St. Louis, 6.4 gain against 1S-7 loss; Louisville 13.9 gain against 14.0 loss; Memphis 77.7 gain against 4.1 per cent. loss. These ;i.re encouraging results, and when we ndl ch:.t Kansas City gained 73.0 against a gain of 36.6 per cent, the week betore, it will be seen that Memphis aad Louisville, Cincinnati. St Louis aod KaDsas City citie closely con netted iu trado with Memphis were all on the gaining ide. Last week the week's report as far a Memphis is concerned is flattering. Taking five principal cities' clearings for five days later, up to January 16ih, we find a loss s compared with five days the week be tore ct 2? 4 against 23.0, whi;h is, within thit limit, less favorable, Boston alone of the five showing a gain, 0.9 gain aiiinst l.i loss, while fct. Louis had S3 of 9 0 against a gain the week be fore of 7.3. There figures mar be tedious, but they will ail .he reader to see the current coiuk of trade. Bradstre'fi 'iocs not join in the sanguine views of s ..6 Ctrom'rk, It says : ' While there is ;i feeling abroad of greater confidence respecting the outlook of business, there littie ba.-is ther.'Jor beyond the ad vance in tke price of wheat." In its .summary of details. Braislrttft further says that the volume of the purchase of dry goods i smaller now '-.hau a year .go, crude iron at the West has iad no new busiueM except at a reduction of prices; Boston reports a gain in the prices of dry goods, but a Ks of iales; Philadelphia, ti continued tcci-s.: of confidence, but redueed trans- actions; Pittsburg, an increa.se in manu 'actured iron production, bnt no en couraging ouduok, especially slice the failure of Oliver Bros.; Cincinnati, a stronger tone, but no increase in sal&j; CLicatto, no marked signs of revival, but working that way ; St. Louis, dry goods movement smaller than last year, gro cery staple generally opened dull, some activity and firmness followed, closed weak; w York, dry ixoods had more attention trom jobbers, with Kome activ ity in specialties. With this review, liradsti-fi'i sums up: "The industrial '.tuaiion. as a whole, is rather worse tnan it has hsca. Continued reductions .fwagfcsat.he East and AVtst, strikes and violence in Indiana and Ohio, do nut tiiark an improvement." The New Vork Inj;,tji,,r j outspoken; it declare th; bank weekly -tatement unfavorable aud the accumulation of idle capital going ou without change, adding: "The unparalleled surplus of December 0, IS.'vJ 427,21.7.4.jO has been excieded by nearly i.i.dini.lXifi. and now (he banks lave over i.l ,UOO,(MX) more reserve than ts required by law. No one with any in teiiigeace can view this tendency of money to accumulate in the banks ex ?ept as a dirastcr. It means UnguishiDg iDiustnes, depressed trade and general JUtru.it.. It is an infallible indication of liar J tunes, and it is simply folly to shut "ur eyes to the fact. Since the last statement of the banks in 1S84, de-po-its have lDereai-ed about ?13..0O,000, aid loans have decreased over ?.")00,000. In the p.t.t three weeks the banks have iucrea-ed their surplus reservo over SiO.OmOK), and in the last two weeks I jaus have been reduced $2,500, . Capital is not pouring into Wall street. Deposits are 3,0t)0,000 more this year thau a year ago, and M5,000,HM) .more than in Isv!. Loans, on the other hand, are 37.u0o.0U0 less than a year aeo, and $22,Wi'J,j(Xl less than in 1SS3. Two years ago the loans were 39,000,000 iiiore than the deposits: last year the lrans were ei3.000.0o0 less than the de posits, and now the loans are $53,000,000 kis thau the deposits. The totul reserve is ne w SJO.Oiiauij) more than in 1SS4, ' su J $5-1.000.00; more than in 1333. The Mirplus two years ago amountod to $3,- 74.775; a year aso it was $17,284,225, n iti3w it is 51,11S.775. The banks have strengthened their position as safe fiepoMt companies, but they have been weakened as dividend-paying enterprises because nf their inability to loan money " These are hard facts the fndtcutor pre sents. Even tbe Chronicle says that ' we have reached a point where it has looked a little as if there waa a turn in the road, and yet as the buried hopes of the past two years would make a respect able graveyard, and as so much can even now be said in Javor of another tumble, timidity is of course easier if aot wiser than boldness." Such bankruptcies as that of Cisco k Son and of Oliver Bros, occurriug durim the week arc confirma tory jizns that the tension is still great. Contrary to what appearances would in dicate, the inysterious strength of foreign exchange continues. THE WOKK IIFKIVU (41 (I a. That terrible monster, King Caucus, is striding over the country, destroying the liberties of the people. Indeed, his work of demolition is awful. He is ex tending his conquest every day. and un less the people rise in their majesty and strike for freedom and their alu.rs, lib erty and the American eagle will scream in agony. The despot's heel is on the neck of the people, and the foul invader must be driven from the laud. With a heart filled with indignation we contem plate his ravages, his holocaust of crime. He made his appearance in Tennessee nearly three weeks ago and selected as his victim a member of the Legislature by the name of J. A. Manson, of Har irtuan county. Mr. Manson had lived an exemplary life. He was known to be a gentleman of splendid abilities. Ho was not conscious .!' ever giving offense to Kiuj- Cau cus, but that remorseless Booster J, iew his long experience as a Legislator ma le him familiar with parliamentary mi.---, and the usurper of the libeities of j Li: t ootle seized Hardeman' fi.vorite son by the hair of the head and ruthless ly dragged him, to the Speaker's chair. Such an outrage causes the bones of Jackson to turn over in the grave. The ruffian next invaded the Senate chamber and selected his victim on the same principles that death loves a shining mark, and looking around he saw the handsome face of C. R. Berry beam ing in its honesty, intelligence and purity, and he hustled him into the Speaker's chair. It seems two did not suffice, for after x pause of two weeks King Caucus concluded that something ought to be done with that pure and incorruptible Democrat of East Tennessee, John Al lison, and he again trampled upon the liberties of the people .by.,ioisting this man on the Democratic party-as their candidate for Seoretary of State.. ,We next hear of that monster in North Car olina. He invades the State Legislature nd secures the nomination of Zebulon B. Vance for United State Senator by acclamation. But few men in this age have ever more fully commanded the confidence of his fellow-citizens in a public career reaching back almost to his boyhood. In every position he has served his people faithfully and well. He is the pride of the people he has served and honored. But King Caucus has destroyed his usetulocss by damning him with the odium of his good will. On Monday night, fresh from the butch ery of Vance, the insatiate monster strode into the Legislature of Indiana and told the members that Dan W. Voorhees had to be nomi nated. It was bad enough for this ursurper and despot to foist Maoson, Berry, Allison and Vance on the Democratic party; but surely the Democracy of Indiana will revolt at the selection of Voorhees. This is the feather to break the camel's back. It the peaple permit King Caucus to select such men as Vance and Voorhees they may bid farewell to their liberties. But enough of irony. Seriously speaking, no party can succeed without discipline, and there can be no discipline without the inter vention cf conventions and caucuses. Speaker Carlisle is the creature of a cau cus, and we have yet to learn where bad men have been imposed upon the Demo cratic party by the caucus system. It not only preservee the harmony of party but it expedites legislation and is a sav ing to the tax paying people. It is ad mitted that parties are desirable, that they are inevitable and inseparably con nectcd with free governments. Politi cal parties are not evils. They keep watcn over eacn otner, ana as a con sequence they axe placed on their aood behavior. Folitics are the safe ty-valves that let off the discontent and surplus energy of the people. In i free country there will be great contend ing parties. In the very nature of things the parties will exist while the State is free. There are to parti, uo con ventions, no cauettc3 in Russia, or in China, and Nihilism and rebellion is the result. Wherever there is a republic and elections by the people there will be political parties, which are a blessing to the country, as they serve as checks upon each other. Parties being necessary to the existence of a free government it is not surprising that partisans should organize and agree upon some plan for concert of action. Conventions and caucuses are essential for this purpose, and should be used as a means lor ac complishing just public ends of effect ing wise measures of public policy. Cau cuses and conventions should be judged by their furits and not by a factious op position inspired by the jealousy of one ring toward another. But when a party is controlled by corrupt men, becomes de generated and debased into a machine for advancing the interest of men. of rings, of t'iU politicians, of atmhiuir elP hut rialtXuina n.Iu it tia comes an accursed deodand for the whole community to execrate and avoid. Such was Republican party, and deteat was theinevitable result. The Appeal has an abiding faith in the honesty, wis dom and patriotism of the Tennessee Democracy, as well as the national De mocracy, and it will support its organiza tion, its conventions and its caucusoa so long as its selects such men as Berry, Manson, Allison, Vance and Voorhees. . OtT FOB KirARAbl A. The Nicaraguan treaty has excited cu riosity with respect to that country, and many young men from the South, finding proiessiona crowded and the more re spectable businesses offering bnt moderate inducement to spirited youths with some means at their command, are turn ing their attention to that country as a possible opening for industry and en terprise. Some of this class of young gcutlemen in Holly Springs, Miss., are seriousiy considering the project of moving to Nicaragua, as the govern ment there offers inducements to settlers of good character and who have energy to meet new conditions and conquer their way to fortune. The Nicaraguan pop ulation is, generally, of that listless character that is satisfied with doing as their fathers before them did and waiting, without effort, for better times. The President, Si?nor Cardenas, desires to arouse his people from their apathy by inducing a moral and intelli gent class of immigrants to settle among them aod by their example and prosper ity to make use of the vast resources their fertile country, abounding in streams and lakes, offers to them. To the first comers special inducements are offered. The President is aware that ed ucated people, a portion of whom he de sires to secure, will not leave comforta ble homes to rough it in a new land with out inducements, and he is preparing to offer them, in what way is shortly to be made known. Th Holly Springs young men have formed a Central America Colonization Society, J. j. Lucas, presi dent; J. Mosal, secretary, and they had a lecture recently from Mr. G. Reimen snyder, who addressed a large at tendance of young men upon the country they are so much interested in. This looks like business, and it is not improbable that if the Nicaraguan treaty be ratified similar associations will arise elsewhere. For our part we cannot think a better country can any where be found than our own, but it must be acknowledged that to young, ardent natures ambitious for success, the present depressed condition of things ii not encouraging. We need say noth ing ot Nicaragua as a country rich in fertile grounds, coffee, sugar, and all the rich variety of tropical products, forests abounding in valuable woods, gums and spices, and mines yielding the precious metals. Intelligent persons know of the rich and abundant resources of Nicara gua. A knowledge of the Spanish lan guage will be of value though not in dispensable to settlers, and those who think of trying the new land should, with grammar and dictionary, learn what they can of it. It is astonishing how little knowledge goes a long way, and how soon that little leads to fluency with those who reside where the language studied is spoken. We see it stated that Water Valley, Miss., has an association similar to the one at Holly Springs. Also that Nicaragua offers to immigrants some of the finest portions of the repub lic to settle in. Guatemala offers land near Lake Yzabel for the same purpose. Honduras has granted 1,000,000 acres on Zuarcaran river to a California syndi cate. The Nicaraguan lands annouDo.d for settlement are a vast tract on the Wanks river, and another on the San Juan. Costa Rica deeires her coffee cul- tivation to be revived, and offers very liberal terms to emigrants. DISIBIMISATIOX AGAISST MEW. F1PKUS. ' There are some pdd anomalies and dis- crimations in Dur system of government; one ot the latter is in strange contradic tion to the free and enlightened principles upon which our republican system is founded. One of our greatest boasts it that we have a free press, without cen sorship or any other obstruction to the spread of news among our free people. Yet there is obstruction and discrimina tion with respect to newspapers. Some years ago either subscribers or publishers might pay tho postage charge, but in 1874 a change of the law threw the payment upon the publishers, and the amount for a paper the size of the New York Times, Herald or Tribune, is from $1 to $1 CO a year, according to the number of supplements they publish. That such'an amount is a heavy percent age upon the amount of each year's sub scription, and a great reduction from the income of a newspaper publisher is evi dent. This change looks very liko that unpopular thing, "a tax upon knowl edge." The discrimination our lawmak- i have made with respect to news papers consists in retaining the rate they have to pay for postage while the rate upon letters has been reduced. Can any body imagine' to themselves why, in a country in which the newspaper plays so conspicuous and important a part, and where their entire lreedom is esteemed as an important principle in our demo cratic form of government why the newspaper should be denied at the post- office a privilege accorded to the private letter and other private mail matter? The discrimination against the news paper is evidently anomalous and should be corrected. To make the anomaly still more glaring, when others than publishers mail newspapers or periodicals, they do it at the reduced postage, one-half the previous rate. Nor does this end the odd jumble. If a paper is published weekly the postofnee car nes it all over the county where it is published for nothing, but if published daily it must pay the whole rate every where. Can anybody, see a reason for this distinction? Under this sort of most objectionable discrimination the newspaper publishers are made to pay $1,500,000 a year. Under these eircum stances bills have been introduced into Congress to do away with discrimination Which of various measures proposed will prove successful we cannot tell, but the publishers modestly limit themselves to asking that papers may share toe change extended to letters, Dy a reaucuon te one-half the presnt duty. POLlTICAL NOTES. GoV. Wilua Hale-, of Wyoming Ter ritory, died on me u:u inj,ul Ha wa8 an Iowa man, ani was appointed August CitiAP sugar is more to be desired for the poor man than ciear whisk . . Eut the protectionists, who are the monopo usis ana capitalists, d n t think so. "Damn the people, is their motto. Tuk Hon. R. R. Butler severely crki eised the filthy condition of the State cac- itol on the noor ot the House last Fndav Ue said several members were already sick from breathing its polluted atmoa- pnere. Capt. E. L. Sykes, of Monroe county, is favorably mentioned by the Jlissifeippi papers for Auditor of Public Accounts of that Mate. The Hon. S. G'lvin, the pre. ent incumbent, declines t be a randi date. If Mr. Springer does not slop Over be: fore he concludes the Cincinnati inve ti gltion he will, doubtless, succeed in prov ing mat initeu Mates Jlarsnal W right transgressed all laws of State and decency iu iiovemoer. t-ifT. ISAIAH KYXUKIta, who died in Jew ork vtry suddenly on Tuesdav last, was one of the wheel homes of the Uemocracy of that city, and for fort years was in public me, being Tor one term united stales marshal. Mk. Bi. use has succeeded in lobbying Devine, the Associated Press agent who accompanied him on his Vino trio, into place. This was more than Devine could o for Blaine, though ft must bi admitted he did hiB best. Lrgo, BUine is a better lobbyist man I'evine. Jons Bo'vd, colored, of Tipton count v. .1. . - T 1. I : 1 . r " ' vtjiu was xvepuuueau t'Kuuiaaie ior &eua tir from Fayette and Tipton, is contestinr the seat made vacant by the death of senator .Black well. Ihe grounds of the contest are the alleged irauds in the ravette county election. Thk road laws of Arkansas was brought over in isoan s ark. It is an antediluvian reminiscence that the Legislature should speedily wipe out. Uive U3 a law that throws the burden of taxation on the snoniders ot the land-owners and not on poor workingmep.. Tna St, Louis Globe-Democrat has a trong article in a late issue, entitled -'The lluty ol the l.epubhcau Forty," in which it shows that the proper curse of the pa'ty to pursue towaid the Democra'ic party is not to blindly oppose t very meas ure simply because it is Democratic The Caester (Tenn.) Cittr-n insists that "we need a registration law badlv; the State government should alsj p'r vide suitable ballot-b:ixes. Then to secure ef ficient men to hold an election inconsider able trouble, which would be greatly les sened if there was any py for tue labor." Thk Committees on Railroads in the Teunesee Legislature are made rip as fol lows: Senats B ackmore. New, McBride, Money, McKlroy, Iligjl, ;S:mmerly, Farmer and Lyie. llonf Johnson of Williamson, Crunk, Lewis of Henry, Wai field, Browder. Bearden. Hale. Fowlkna v'er.on, Dnlaney, Bla kburn, Trousdale, Uarrell and French. Thk New York Herald savs that Gen. Lucius Fairchild, with wtioe empty sleeve tbe breezes of fresideniial preter ence at the Republican Chicago Conven tion toyed in vain, is giving Mr. John C. Spsoner, the aquiline Northwestern rail road lawyer, a hard fiuht for th succes sion to the seat of Mr. Anzus Cameron, the expiring Senator from Wisconsin. Now the lie stands between Legate and Kerens. St. John oeems to he out of con sideration. It is apparent that if Legate did write the letters Kerens arid Clarksin say he did he did so without the least authority fjom anybody. We have heard of just such things being done by inen who were on the make. Perhaps some of tiie Republican committeemen have heard of the same sort of creatures. uTii Little Rock Gmelle states that tiav. Hughes, of Arkansas, is a man in Ihe prime of physical and mental life. H13 abilities are universally recognized. He is known to be capable, fearless and incor ruptible, and brings to his new position an experience in knowledge of public affairs that cannot fail to redound to the benefit of the State. Thus equipped we shall confess to a great surprise if he fails to make his administration one of the most successful iu the annals of Arkansas. Op the Hon. E. B. Moore, the new Sec retary of State of Aikansas, the Little Rock Gazette says that he is a native of Tenneeaee, but "he has been liem so long that he knows no other country, and is in every particular an Arkansian to the heart. He married in Fayetteville, where from J Mi until about a month ego he was one of the proprietors of the Democrat. Al ways inactive lite, he makes a faithful, excellent otllcer. He was postmaster at Fayetteville in lSiiO, and was continued in otticti under the Confederate rule nntil he resigned to enter the army. After be ing severely wounded at the battle of Oak Hills, followed by fifteen months leave of absence, he re-entered the service sml re mained with Cabell's brigade until the close of hostilities: He served three terms in the lower house of the General Assembly, 1870, gKt and 1X8X In 1S:J he was nominated and elected Secretary of State." Bold Bobbery or a Oambllnichonae. Sa.n AKTomo.Tiix..Jannarv2). Abont 3 o'clock Monday morning six masked men entered Wood's gambling establishment on the main plan, and robbed the safe of overSlUOO ia greenbacks and gold coin. The bnrglars securely bound and gagged three employes in the eleepirg-r oin. They then moved a two-ton saie to the back room, where they opened it with chisels. The thieves succeeded in escap ing. The gagged employes have been ar rested for alleged complicity in the rob bery. Ba4 Wrack mm lb Hiekei-Plat. Cbicaoo, January 23. Two heavy freight trains on the Nickel-Pmte road, each drawn by two engines, collided near Grand Crossing this morning, badly wrecking tbe four engine so. I killing an engineer named Charles F.llis The other n.en escaped injury. Total los, $30,OU). C0XGBESSI0NAL. Debate on the Interstate Commerce Bill out lu ued in the Senate Speeches by Stsiiaturi Beck and JUxey Favoring- the Reayan Kill m (he Only One that Will Afford Anything Like Practical Belief to the People House Proceedings Capital Points. Washington. Januarv 20. House. Mr. Oates, from the Committee on Public Lands, leported a bill prohibiting aliens and foreigners from acquiring a title to ami owning lands in the United Slates. House calendar. Mr. Hewitt X. Y.l, from the Commit ted on Ways and Means, reported a bill amending section H019 of the Revised statutes so it will read as follows: Srcno 3019. There ehn b Mowed on all ar lined ftliuliy manufactured ot malerialM im ported on whirh duttei hare been paid when ex ported a drawback euuul in amount to tbe duty ihki on tut-n material, ana no more, to beatrer latneu unaer ucn regulation! aa ahall be pre- fcrinea oy toe reereli,ry t toe .treasury, and all EroviMon? ot law inconsistent nerewttn are here' e repealed. Committee of the "Whole. After some opposition from Messrs. Siniileton and Willis, who desired respect ively to bring up the Congressional Library and education bills, tbe House went ia Committee of the Whole. Mr, Wellborn in the chair, on the Indian ap propriation bin, Mr. Ellis then explained the provisions of tbe bill. He suggested as a practical so lution of the Indian question the appoint ment of a commission to select in the Northwestern country a territory similar to the Inoian Territory, where the Indians would be grouped, wbere industrial schools and n.issions could be established. and where the Indian could be taught to support himself. He thought that if the idea were carried out, after ten or twelve years Congress weald not be required to pass an Indian appropriation biil. The tribes would become self supporting, and in course of time their territory might be admitted into tbe Lnion ot Mates. Mr. Throckmorton advocated the urant ing of lands in severalty to Indians as an important factor in the work ol civilize tion. Messrs. Msginui?, Kvan and others ad vocated the opeciDg of Oklahoma for set tlement and the payment of Indians for tbe lands so occupied. Pending further debate the committee rose, and puolic business being suspended. the llouee proceeded to pay a luting trib ute to the memory of the la'e John H Evans, of Sjuth Carolina. EntogHtic ad dresses were made by Messis. Bratton. Dibble and Tillman, Brown Iod , Harde man I via. I, JJowd and lmntiam, and then bs a further mark of respect to the mem ory ot tne deceased, tee House adjourned. Tbe fteuaie A bill passed authorising the National Bank of B.eoinington, 111., to charge its name. A resolution was p . . j ,., . w autaoriz- - vommittee on Trans ortation Routes to the Seaboard to sit during the session for the purpose of securing far ther statistical information regarding the cost of transportation; et"; Senator Plumb ouered a preamble and resolutions which went ever until to-morrow. The preamble sets forth that a widely-extended belief prevails that un occupied lands in the Indian Territory are subject to settlement, but the resident does not concur in such opinion, and con siders it his duty to remove by military force those persons now on the lands, and in consequence there seems to be danger of a conflict; therefore, Ptgohrd. That tbe President be requested to advUe the Senule as to the status of the lands in i4ue:ion, a view.d by the Exerntivei action tnkn, it any, to expel persona toekin- to settl tliereun, and the ons for Eame. tcireth-r with any utl:er irformtion ia his pofyession bearing uron U elistins controversy. , . Senator Colqniit presented the creden tials of Joseph E. Brown, .re-elected Sen ator from. Oeowa. Referred. A biil was reported favorably from the Committee on Public Lands to provide that whenever lands have been withdrawn from salt-J because of grants made to aid internal improvements, and such with drawals have been afterward terminated, or w here land-3 have been redu ed in price to $1 25 per acre, and such lands been pcTcna-od m gatm faun and -jati-uLs obtained therefor, without, having been nrtt proclaimed by tne rresident, sncu intents shall be valid, wiiere, on the ?th of January,. 1 ,:', there are no conflicting cairns. . Ths Senate then proceeded to the con sidpratioa of bills upon the calendar. Among the bil s passed was one author izing the President cf the United States to appoint a rommiss:on composed of one or more army ttficersto act in conjunc tion with a commission to be appointed by the State of Texas to ascertaiu and mark the point where the 100th meridian oi b.ngitude irosses the Red river and appropriating S10,00;l for the necessary esre.-.ses of the commission. The Senate resumed consideration of the mta Rtate commerce bill, and tbe House bill l "the Reagan bil'' so called) having been already in the Snate rend twice by title and placid on the calendar, was now taken from the calendar and read in full. The onestion before tbe Senate was on the motion of Senator Cuilom. heretofore made, to strike out all after the enacting clause in the House bill and ineert in stead the several provisions of the com mission bill already debated and agreed to in the Senate. The latter bill was now also read in fail. Senator Beck said the House bill ap proached the question directly, and did not attempt to tpproach it through means of doubtful coDBiitutic nalitv. ' The rail roads," ho B9id, "and the best-trained at torneys could not place the su lect matter of the bill in a position more favorable or themselves if thev tried than was done by the Senate in agreeing to the commission bill. The Senate knew the Home wculd never scree to the mm nis- sion bill. The Senators were simolv trv- ins to eive tho railroads another rh.mi ei by giving them a commission against whicu the railroads could uree in the courts the ground of unconstitutionality. That uround has not been controverted iu Ihe Senate since it has been so ably stated by the Senator from Arkansas (Garland). As it was absolutely certain that the House would not accept such a bill, what was the use cf evading the question of railroad regulation in the way in which the Senate waa now doine. Ths Snnt wnnlH niinnlo be pretending to do somc-thini; while tak ing care not to do anything. The railroads nau in one period of six'een months -nvrn the Standard Oil Company rebates amounting to $1000,0.0 Such discrimi- nauon snowed me necessitv for interfer ence on behalf of the people. Senator Beck moved to amend the House hill hv striking out from the first section the pro visions regarding discriminations in pas-1 sengr accommodation and discrimination on account ot color. This would leavs the bill, he said, in the condition in which it had been originally brought into the House by Mr. Reazan. Senator Berk mid he would also move to amend the Hnnaa I bill so aa to prohibit railrnsrln from charging more for carrying freights over a part of their line than thev charge for carrying them over the whole line. It the railroads were common car rier?, all persons along their line, Senator Beck said, ought to Le treated with com mon fairness. The comnanies should nnt be allowed to extort from the people along the line what they lose by gambling in freights at the ends cf their roads. Al- though the tax on exports was unconsti tutional, and Congress could not impose one, vet the railroads could substantially impose ciicii a tax oy tneir (li cnminatiiig rates. The question was whether Con press would have the courage to declare to the railroads what Congress knew the peo p e wanted the railroads to know. Unless the railroad cott panies were checked they would very soon control both houses of Congress. If a proper law were tirBt paBBed, senator Bees would then favor a commission, r.ot to legislate, but to investi gate and report. .Venator iUaxey recognized the Brest ad vantages confered on societv bv the rail roads, and had no prejudice against tnem. lie bad never owned a railroad bond or a share of railroad stock in his life. The question now, he said, was, on one hand, whether we Bhouid have a com mis ion to pupervise railroads, or, on the other hand, Bumuu ww paa i4a mr meir regulation and leave all infraction of the laws to be detlt with by the conrts. With regard to the c-nstitutional right of CoDgress iu tbe premises, he was as strict a State rights man as anybody, and he recognized that Congress had such tights, but he opposed the proposed commission, and with re gard to the House bill, Senator Afaxey thought any measure of railroad regula tion must necessarily be tentative. The power and the wealth of the railroad men was increasing dangerously fiiot. Almost every railroad in Texaa was under the control of Jay Gould. As between the House and Senate bill, fenstor Maiey favored the House bill, believing that the commission bill would do no good. Senator Coke rose (0 addres fhe Senate ' on the bill, but yielded to a motion to go into executive session. A message from the President waa laid before the senate recounting the increas ing relative foreign commerce of Mexico, Central and South America, the Spanish West indies, Ilayti and ban Domingo, and the share of the United States therein. Senator Voorhees Introduced a bill to increase the limit of the appropriation, for a public building at lerre xlaute to f-TO,-000. A fter executive session, adiourned. iIxt5 CAPITAL Pi Garlf narCoa-Xlasen. Wash'nt.tom. January 20. The Secre tary of War declines to order a conrt-mar-tiaf for tbe trial of Chief Signal-Officer Hazen on tbe chants preferred bv Lieut. Garlington, and has decided to take no further action regarding the relief expedi tions. Komlaatlona. Carroll Wright. Massachusetts. Com missioner of Labor: Emorv Speer. Geor gia, United States District judge of the Southern District of Georgia; H. C. Mi nor, collector of internal revenue for the District of Louisiana. Com II mat loiaa. John" Davis, District of Columbia, indite of the United Mates Court of Claims: William A. Richardson, chief lust ice of the United States Court of Claims; Sam uel P. McCormick, collector of internal revenue, District of West Virginia. Indian Land Lease. Thomas E. Berry, of Wellington, Ks., one of the lessees of the vacant lands of the Sacs and Foxes, testified to-day, be fore the Senate Committee on Indian Af fairs, that Special Agent Townsend, of the Indian Bureau, and Licensed Trader Pickett, obtained leases while they were otneers ot tbe government from Iowa. and they tried to get leases from the Sacs and Foxes, hut witness was in strumental in preventing it. (MtrNonlh Ainerieaa Relations. Reports from the Secretary of State transmitted to the Senate to-day by the President relative to the share of the United States in trade with Mexico, Cen tral and South America, Spanish, West India, Hayti and San Domingo, contains an immense amount of statistics bearing upon tne subject, bnt all tne main tacts have been developed in documents re lating to the proposed new treaties and tne discussion pertaining thereto. The Oklahoma Boomers. The adjutant-general of the army to day received a telegram from Brig.-Gen. Augur, commandinz the Department of Missouri, announcing that the number of settlers on Oklahoma lands are steadily in creasing, having reached nearly 400, and resistance to t ederal authority is threat ened. Secretary Lincoln had a confer ence with the President on the subject this alternoon, the result of which was that Gon. Angur was instructed to con centrate more troops at the settlement and remove the invaders from the territory ia as peaceaoie a manner as possible. Transportation of Live stock. Representative Clardy waa instructed by the House Committee on Commerce, tn- day, to report favorably Representative Hopkins's resjlntioo, introduced last ses sion, erecting tneommitteo to Inquire imu odea evns as may exist in tbe trans portation of live stock. 0 :e of the evils cited in the resolution is that By the pres ent system of transporting live ttock by railroad companies ten per cent ot the ammais perisn in tonseauence of barbar ous treatment, and jsb. of the dead animals lasold to the pub ic X Ilea O'Kellly's Widow. The Senate Co r mlttee on Pensions fa vorably reported a bill to place upon the renion ro!!s the name of Marearet U. Flrine: widow of Lieut.-Col. Halpine, author oi the war soD-S which appeared rfJMer the nom deplume of "Private Miles O Reiiiy." His death was due to an over dose of chloro'orm, taken to aiievraio BUv fering caused by military service. The Pension Bureau held that as his death was not directly attributable to his military service his widow could not be pensioned under tne general pension laws. IlutT on Ladle' Cloaks. Representatives Hewitt, Mills and Kelly, of the Ways and Means Committee, have been appointed a sub-committe to consider Representative Cos's bill re lative to duties imposed upon ladies' cloaks and wra; s of wool and other ma terials t an silk. The bill provides that in lien cf the 1 raeent duties there shall be levied a duty of 50 per cent ad valorem and bo cents per pound on this class ol apparel. while on garments made wholly or in part of silk there shall be levied a duty ot 65 per cent, advalorem, and on garments manufactured and imparted which consist 01 any material otner man sue and weigh ing less than two and one-half pounds, there shall be levied a tlutv of Uu percent. advalorem and 75 rents per pound. Tbe members of the sub-committee are unani mous in the opinion that a change in the presont .'aw Bhouid be made and they in-t-nd to p'Spara a bill and submit it to the lull comtnutee at their next meeting. ewpnper Postage. The House Committee on Postoflices mid Postroada will next Friday consider various bills relating to a redaction ol newspaper postage. The committee is in receipt of a memorial on the subject pre pared by Messrs. .Morrison, Alum lord and William Penn Allison, a committee rep resenting the newspaper publishers of the West and Northwest. This committee was appointed at the last annual meeting of the Western Associated Press, held at Detroit, to call the attention of Congress to the inadequacies of the postal laws bear ing on the rate cbarved tor newspapers and periodicals. The memorial says, in part, that newspa. er publishers are not mendicants, but they claim to have such relations to the diffusion of light and knowledge amonz the people, which, we understand, was the object for which the Postal Department of tha aovernment was ereated, as gives them a right to demand a fair hearing ami just treatment. Tbe incongruity in the law rt f erred to above would, 10 a stranger to our institutions, indicate that the government looked with disfavor on ail publications circulating beyond the confines of tbe county in which thev are published. We confidently understand such is not tbe caw, but believe it will be nnwise for Congress to permit such inconsistency to remain on our statute books. We ho, e you will add nothioe to the burdens pub lishers now feel, but ask that you will di minish the burdens of those for whom we speak. CHICKEN THIEVES KILLED. tiooct Work Done by a Conple of ETana- Tllle Police Officers. to Troublesome Customers Disposed of After a Tong-lt Fight. Evansville, Isd , January 20. The po ce shot and killed two chicken thieves early this morning. They had been ont in the suburbs and had a large number of fine chickens in bags on their backs. One of them threw down his hag and started to run. The other was captured on the spot by Otlicer Thomas Hutcbins, who took tbe other bag of chickens and started toward the city with the captured man, whose name was Sanders. After going abont twenty five vards Hutcbins threw down the bag, saying that it was too heavy, and tried to put nippers on his man. He re sisted and struck at Hutcbins with his left hand, in which te bed an ax, with a short handle, with which he had used to open chicken coops. The officer was getting the worst of the Unlit, as Sanders had him down and was pounding him with the ax, w en tbe omcer, succeeding in gettint at his revolver, shot at Sanders, but the first shot did not seem to do him any injury, as he continued to pound the omcer witn the ax and would have hurt him badly, but Hutcbins bad a heavy overcoat on, coming up high about his neck. Hutch ins was obliged to shoot the sec ond time and killed Sanders instant ly. Meanwhile Officer Gowan was after the other who had run, acid whom he did not capture nntil in his house, and then only after shooting at him four shots, three of which took erl'ect, and the man, whose name is Nally, is in a dying condi tion. The men are both noted chicken thieves; one had been sentenced for the same otl'enne some time ago. Many valu able chickens had been stolen in different parts of the city, and tbe police knew that tbese two men were the guilty par ties, but as they covered their tracks so carefully it was necessary to catch them in the act. The chickens that were in the hag were fine Leghorns and Plymouth R'cks, and were identified by Mr. Jacob Miller as part of about 200 which have lately been missing from Millerdale farm, in the suburbs of the city. Both officers have been placed under arrest, and the above statement is taken from them. One of the thieves 13 lying dead at the police headquarters and the other is at his home in a dying condition, in charge of an ollicer. The scene of the fight between Officer Hutchios and Sanders was visited this morning by a press reporter, who says it looks as if a tough fight bad taken place, and confirms the statement of Otlicer Hutcbins. Dnmaaei In Both Ways. riickrets is tbe most expensive thing in tbe world. In two ways it puts one to a direct cost, and prevents one from earn ing money by his labor. We say nothing of suffering, for money cannot pay for tbt. Haw lauch better to keep oneself well by tbe ue of Parker's Tonic wber- i v$r ttai- is ine shghlfwt Rlgti ol ij - beiijtb TBADE TOPICS. Meeting of i;he Creditors of Oliver Bros. Phillips, Pittshnrs The Affair, of the Firm In a Terr S wtd Condition, and the Extett Moa Asked For Tf ill Proha biy ie tif anted-' Assets Largely ia ExccsU 01 IS? Liabili ties Southern Trade and Man . 11 fact arlng Notes. PiTTsBi BO, Pa , January 20. The cred itors ot Oliver Bros. A Phillips and the Oliver. & Roberts, Wire Company met here this mornitg at 10 o'clock .to discuss tne affairs of tb e firm. The attendance was large, all the creditors being represented. H. W. Olivur, jr., presented the following statement : PiTTbBi-RO, January 20, lift). To our Creditors: We submit for your consideration , a statement of our assets and liabilities. We feel certain that a careful pernsal ot this statement will convince you, a- it has convinced 11s, that the allowance of rea sonable time on your part; aided by careful management on outs, will enable us to pay all our debts. With thisendin view, we propose to pay an claims against us not secured by mortgage, by our notes, maturing an follows: One-fifth on Febru ary I, laj ; one-fifth on February 1, lb.sT ; one-fifth on February 1, 1MS8; one-fifth on February 1 18H0, and one-fi th on February 1, 18'JO; each note to hear interest at the rate of six per c3iit. per annum from the date when the claims are respectively due Parties holding our paper, indorsed or guarantee! by other persons, will receive the same indorsements or guarantee on oTtfuninn notes to secure theae notes, vt will deliver to any trustee or trustees that may be nan ed by you, a mor gage covering all our real estate in Aiiegneny ana v i moreland ounties. We also propose to make semi-annual reports to said trustees of the condition of our business, and if, in their opinion, it is possible, without in terfering with carrying on the business, to anticipate any payments af.ove mentioned, they are to have authority to so direct We also n-qaest a like extension of our individual liabilities upon the same terms as above proposed to our partmrship cred itors, to 8 care which each of ue will exe cute and deliver to said trustee a mort gage covering all of the sale of said real estate, to b applied, first, to the payment of the owner's debts and the balance to partnership debts. The statements were discussed at length and a committee of five appointed to ex amine into them more closely. Tbe com mittee retired, and after an absence of some time returned and reported favor ably. It wits then decided to take no final action until Thursday, tbe 2-'d instant, when another meeting will be held. In the meantime a thorough examination will be made by the committee, which was continued. The greatest harmony prevailed at the mseting and a disposition is manifested hy the creditors to grant the five years extension asked by the firms, and it is thought such action will be taken at the next meeting. The assets are con sidered unusually good The liabilities segregate $1,608,338 9 , and assets $2,819, 3o2 42. Theiitatement of Oliver & Roberta's Mill Company, limited, shows total lia bilities of $002,432 and assets $l,2o9, 510 99. They say in this statement : ' Our olanta are put in at cost and the stock at the mul: "" the same in auantilv' as let of July last, at which date our last account of stock was take., with a de dnction of twelve and a half per cnt. for shrinkage in value. We assume that the mortgages on our real estate, which are all held by strong parties, can t e carried as long as the interest is promptly paid. Of our bills payable, the sum ot $141,00 , secured by a pledge On manufactured or unmanufactured stock, is collateral. This will leave $017,775 98 of unsecured claims, which we propose to pay by our promis sory notes maturing as follows: One-tilth on February 1, 18fci, and one-fifth each succeeding February to 1810, inclusive." Ttflaor Failure. Reading, Pa., January 20 Daniel M. Kaufman, U$aler in millinery and fancy goods, assigned to day. Executions far $3000 have already been issued. Assets, $10,000. Alliance, tj.. January 20. E Wheeler, shoe dealer, was closed to-day hy tho sher iff on an execution issued in the suit of J. Myers. This is the third boat and shoe dealer who h;l3 failed he;e within the past three weeks. 'PiTTKBUEti, Pa., January 20. J. W. F. White, assoriate judge of the Common Pleas Court No. 2, made an assignment to day to Charlei F. M: Kenna, for the bene fit of his creditors. Liabilities about $75,- 000; assets probably not more than half tnat amount.. THE SOUTH AND TKADK. II k Klin-, Ala., is to have a sash, door and blind factory. Florida srrs.pe-Browers count noon an income of ll'JO per acre. TnB wooden ware factory will soon be in operation in Vtctsburg, Misc. Ox ana, Ala., has the subscription list filled for a lame steel manufacturing concern. Thk Columbus wood ware factory at Columbus, Mife., boast having a prosperous trade. The Planters Oil Mill Company, of Mem phis, have completed a larre retinorr. Cattacitv barrels per tLjy, Thb next cotton convention will be held at New O leans, February lmh, and will be open to the wontl. A bill recedlv introduced into the Ala bama Legislature to tax dogs wsi overwhelmingly defeated. A caeo of loving your enemies. The Wilminaton (N. O ) Cotton-Mills. wbich were temporarily suspended sow e weeks ago, have resumed operutions with a full force of hands A Northers company, with a cauital of 5250,000, has purchased the Anthony shoal', on Di r.t-r, iu c ioert cuirniTt r4., wim iue pur pose of erecting u large cotton factory. Thb Wesson ( Miss ) Mills are very suc cessful and the splendid public schoal at Vf eeoof wnicn is open nine n ontns in the yar, is sup ported mainly bj tuxes raid by tbe mills. At Lexington. Ky.t hlg'a prices have been paid for nboise animals. Aycelone. full brother to Alcantara, wa. Fold by Mr. Talbot for $2t,0uu. B J. Xreacy so;d a yearling thorough bred for S-tOOO. The county fair at Macon. Mies., this fall wa? a financial success, though neither horse-racing nor gambling oigruced it. Those features in u tbe inandoned or the days of county fairs are numbered. Thb cotton-mills at Woodbury, Balti more county, Md.t except the Druid Mill, are in operation. The M adow Mill has resumed fu l time and taken on more hands; the lruid ex pects also to resume full time. The factnnec in Augusta, Ga , continue to run on full time, and it is probable that there will be no more stoppages. The Sibley Mill, which has been ranniog with l.tXH) Fpiudles, is futt ug in new machinery to increase the eapao ty to 35,000. The knowing: ones say that a ?ood dis play at New Orleans of what a State can do and produce, and a good pamphlet, not too long, ds tribnted at tie Htat-s he -d quarters there, will bring the immigrants and customers in a way nothingelse can. Thb New Orleans Picnyune't assurance that cotton is no longer king is echoed in other Fouthern .journal. J he eftarkville (.Miss.) Stock Journal etnpbatici lly exclaim? : "King cotton is a sham and his weakness is apparent when any thing like a stand is made against him." Starkville ( Mies.) Stork Journal: " 'Hog killing' has been soing on right merrily of late. Many farmers in tUis neighborhood not only sup ply their own meat, but have some to sell, it ii a sad fact, however, that great jpil of pork ate still being brought in frem the eit every year." A letter from Spartanburg. S. C-, says that the efttan faeioriei in that State are all run ning on full time, and there is a fuir demnnd for goods. There is no probability of a single hour's suspension during the year, except in -oiueof tbe very small mills that generally stop during the summer. A recent ditw-overy of mica at Tallu'ah, da., is reckoned tli richest in the world. It is said that blocks a foot square can be taken ont, and that the supf ly is declared inexhaustible. There is such a demand for the mineral in stove making that it htu been gruwing scarce and dear for several years. At the New Orleans Exposition a num ber of horses and cattle have Already arrived Most of the horse are drafters. Tho great Perch eron and Clydesdale bormw will Attract attention from our Southern teamsters. Most of the cattle thus far brought are of the beef breed?. There are a lew sheep and hogs. The Vicksburar Planter' Journal urges the sowing of rye und oats. The former stands the cold of winte, and on ri-h lnnd no erop yields a better return. Rust-proof oa a- with cotfoo-seed mingled with stable stuff and a id phosphate as a fertiliser, brings a paying crop, invaluable for stoe t food in the spring. The Starkvi le (Miss.) Suck Journal asks why eant oar vine-growers produce good raisim? For ears the soon r shores of the Mediterranean sea held a monopoly of the busine. Of l-.te years California hat come r-tpi-1 y to the front as a raisio country. M'hyeannot our Oulf btates' vine-growers rival California in this new indue-try T Starkville i Miss.) JoumtU: "In many parts of the ountr; -t is absolutely neoctsary to color the 1 otter in order to find a good market for it. The fashion to-day is for a high'y colored butter. The addition of a little coloring matte wilt make quite aUifference in the price." An natto will do all thtt is wanted; it is in universal use in England. The Governor of Louisiana has received official notification that the cultivation of the ra mie plant can now o carr ed on confidently, for through a process nicently discovered the scrap ing of the bark berttofore required is ditfpensrd with, and the tuna pis raw bars easily separated from the stalk, U now a vomrcarcial product, bought at five oeute a pound. Starktillb (BI'ss.) Journal; "Wa are inn oh f ratified to ss& that many of our State pi pers are di-nising the immigration anetioo. It it well to begin early, so that we can sh"W people wnat we have here. We ar confident that thou sands of pf ople would sek homes in thcuu'f Sutet if we wouM only take the trcubls to ihow ttaem what oar adra&Urei are." Thb New Orleans Timet points out that England'! ability to oopo with tho rait of the wuriil Id oottoo food is mainly due to her oo o rati to mill, whera tho men relro a por tion of aaob yaar'f profit!. May not tha Booth avail oerteif oi inirej nrieoipia m eo-opr-tiTa mill iomo day and and that tt thaotbor ad vaqtaee it pose over the Jbaa tern mill. Mb. A. B. Hdrt in his admirable pam phlet on the Affricultvral CnjxibUUi" of Miiip . tery truly say ; "Thera is too muoh land tor the population and capital. Land is plentiful, easy to obtain, aod therefore cnaao. If Miii sippl could duuMo or treble her population by tbe addition of thrifty, indu-trioui immivrants, po ed of sotue capital, too price of lands would inert ace." Thb Vicksburg Planter Journal says of hn epttnn-pirker in Ten tea ana now oeinr per fected by Mti Mneon, of tiumtor, ti. C. : "From ft.ll rHnorti itaeem the InroDtion a sueras be yond doubt. If a uecoM, tba cfect on oottoo itriMiiK'tiun an hurdlr be eoniectured. It will work a revolution. Mr. Mmod baa applied tb -inM(.li iif tha cotton harvoster to ri it nine, and -f-: the revolution wntca tne eucoeas inn urn iunn. . OI Oil UnU TflCMil Will W.n. , I .... lit iim tha sala of a Brleod'd fitch of 'been: the meroui dors in tbe neighborhood will not permit of hi" keeping them. It is a shame that these worthless ours ere pormitted to interfere with fit bunines thet promises so much for Southern tr ficulture There is nothin on earth that wilt core a cur of tbe tflsts of mutton except a shot iron. "Protection" is in Tog'ie now Why will not the ferirtnri protect their own? If protection i- food horn thfl gorernuent, it is good fromtbe farmer. . . Stabkvillk (Miss ) joamd!: ''Plenty of men from this section are ffoloc to Tei or Florida. Who are we oinn to put in their pine town 'tficesT mr young men are atininc ior me Who ia te build np tne waste lanes, There are thousands of ckcncwe here for bright young men. We eannot expect to esa wan of our own young men from the cities bacK id te frms. Take these eroe men to Texas or Florida and they would work hard. They would not go ont fif-etm miles from town and worm oa a farm, for the farm" Tan flrunswiclt, (Ga.) Avpttd says it knows of b'i. one flye grove in the South! that nt Cannon's Point, St. SJion I'land, of Mr, W. F. Hhadmau, who has the onlf olir grove ig(tbi country where the oil is manufactured. Tie" aro a few t ees at Dungenness. on Cumberland Inland and elsewhere, but these are not utilized in this wav. Mr. Shakman has 10 full bearing trnit. and will make this season between 1 and 2 gallon! of the unadulterated material in three gradespure, meronantaoie ana eruoe. Thb West Point (Miss.) Kew South says iute will do almost as mnch "r the South as cot ton hui done. A number of farmers are experi menting with it encouragingly. All agree that jute can be successfully grown in the eotton country. It cannot only be grown, but grown in large Quantities and very cheaply. On this nt.ini. n united, and there is no need for fur ther argument or experiment. Jute is mixed with cotton, linen and silk. It i a material part nf twilled stair earuetlna and low-oriccd broad cloth, la combination with other textiles it imitates the e!osi of. Irish linen, tbe luster of French silk, the beauty of lorkish rogs. and tbe splendor of Axmini ter, KHldermtnhte anct e- ueiian carpeia. Din rib oriuiA.cn, neun um; the manufacture of a thousand articles of com merce. Soltheen lumber is becoming an object of increased attention. Pin and cypress are nlontv. Cvnraai is almost a stroiia and durable as oedar, and 1b much used in railroad construc tion in me couio. cm tne wtumoi iiuioer iii which the South is specially favored is iu hard mnnd for. The-? timbers for all Durooses, from the building of a ship dowu te e handles of small edge tools, are not surpassed, if equaled, anywhere in the world, by actual tet, the white oak hickory is capable of thirty-three and one-third mure resistance than the hickory and white oak of the North. The reason for this is its longer period of growth. The aah of tbe Sontb in a favorite for agricultural implements and railroad cars. Tbe bouthern walnut i in very active demand. Poplar is much used for furni ture The swamp red sweetgam is also valuable and but little known. OXFORD, MISS. Bl.liop P(lr, of Sew Tork Prof. Imp. nil tUf . Female College. Sen C. E. Hooker and the loranienve' mental tne I'nlTeraliy In Jane. IroMisrosDisci or thi appkii.1 Oxford. January If. Sadden chane ol weather. The gigantic hills which be eiid the-classic land of Oxford, with their . . i i. ; 1 I Stalely obks RWdyiug uiiuer lucif iujr iiu as the rising sun shed through the bend ian, glassy boughs a shimmering sheen of golden light, present one of nature's pic tures seldom "nrpaeaed dreary, jrtt beau tiful. , Many missed the anticioateu treat hearing the eminent divine, Pisbop " - , - York, last Sunday at Potter, Ot re , ---esent, but the Episcopal church. Ha i ,.. on account of the inclemency of tno weather the attendance was small, and he himself bavin? been caught in a shower, did aot preach. Judge Walton, of the Holly firings bar, was in town last Saturday: Dr. Jones: professor of chemistry in the university, lus tijpitered his resignation, which will take ettect at thb s?d of this terra ( February titbh Tne doctor is very highly esteemed, both as a man and asa professor. The nniversiiy will lose one of her most profound scholara and most efficient inctructors. He will be micsed not on'ty by ice ttnirersjtv but by Oxford. His Snndiy niornic;- -ectures.-which are both edifying and entertaining, and which are one "of the mast attractive features of the Methodist Sunday-school, will be much missed. At present be ia ia Columbus, inspecting ttie but.dlngs of the new Female College, of which be has been elected president. Dr. Little wi 1 prob ably take charts of hi? department dur ing the remainder of the session The falcon has changed editors from Wboelis Sc West to Hampton & Bra. It seems destined to fall into the hands o! young lawyers. At the residence of the bride's father, on last Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock, Mr. McBanks, of Hernando, and Mrs. Camp be;!, of Oxford, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony by the Eev. Mr. Ed wards. - We regret to give up this one of our most charming ladies, but wo know of no one more worthy or to whom we would more willingly intrust her. The happy pair left on the 7:40 o'c cci train for their new home in Her nando. Many good wishes attend them. The University Magazine is said to be bet ter than it has been for years. The "B y Poet," Malone, of Desoto county, is one of the editors. Col. C. K.Hooker, Mississippi "silver- I tongued" orator, has been elected to de liver the annual address before the two literary societies at the C3mmencement, next June. The new Dude Club, lately organized, i. styled "II. M. M." The badge is a yel low "ribbon, on which these three letters are printed. Mr. H. H. Walton has enlarged and beautified his handsome hardware and crockery store until now be has one which ill compare favorably with such estab lishments in large cities. Mr. Leavell has completed ar,d moved into his spa iomand handsome new brick store, and is now ejecting an awning and veranda on the west side. Mr. Bib Wi'.kersoa, of Hernandi, was in town h9t Tuesdayf meeting many old friends among the university bo;s. . - We regret to note the sad accident which happened to 5Ir. Jim t one, a voung man who has bjen clerking in a jewe ry store inOxfwd. He quit clerk ing and commenced "braking" on tbe train. Last Monday he started to tltmb up on a box-car while in motion and missed the step. The car ran over h.s foot, crushing it badly. It is not known yet whether the limb will hav3 to be amputated or not. The accident occurred at Water Valley. Midlothian. JEWISH RiliBIS. Sfibjeet Dlficnpwet at fbe Sf Conference. New York, January 20. At the session last evening of the Jewish ministers. Rabbi D. F. Desola Mendes spoke on higher charity, and paid a feeling tribute to tbe charitable Hebrews of thia city. The Eev. David Phillipson, graduate of the Hebrew Union College at Cincinnati, spoke about the need of that institution. "The Drift of Modern Thought" was the subject taken np by the Kev. Dr. Gott heiin. He said the Jewish world was no longer the world of the Jews. We live in too "close communion with our Christian friends not to become interested in their religion, and Christian ministers hardly ever speak of the Trinity or original sin. Christians are becoming such good Jews it is hard to find anything to contradict in their sermons. The conference ended to-day. The next meeting will be held April ISth, at Phila delphia. An essay was read by the Bev. W, S. Marais, of Philadelphia, on "The Work and Scope of the Alliance Israelite University," and bv the Bev. H.S.Jacobs on "The Utitlook."" AtKAH OF HIMSELF. Temporary Speaker If nine, or tne 1111 unia Lea-lKlalnre, Wants Police Protection. Sprimgfiild, January 20. Temporary Speaker Hainea applied to Mayor Mc Creery this morning for police to pro tect him. He said he understood he was in danger of personal violence. The mayor informed him that be had no juris diction over the Statehouse or the Leaic lature ; that tbe Legislature appointed its own policemen, and he had power to ap point a? many as he deemed necef sary. If anything disturbed tbe peace outside of the Statehonea t o mayor would inter fere. JCational Veterans Association. CiiK too, January 20. Gen. M. R. Mc Wallace, president of the.National Veter ans' Association, published a notice to tbe effect tbtt a meeting of tbe offi cers of the association will be held at Lincoln Hall, Washington, D. C, March 2d, for taking such action as may be necessary to perfect the organi sation of the association. Each branch of the association is requested to send one delegate for consultation. All mem bers of tba association intending to take nart in the inauguration ceremonies of the Pietident elect will, npon arrival, rf " port at headquarters ia Lincoln nail, CENTRAL PACIFIC. Testimony of C. i Uamttvion In the Paton Sult-Uow the Original Capi tal of $9,500,000 Was Increased to $100,003.000-A Con fession, tender Oath, Which, to .Say tha L4t, Look Very Shady -Important Books and Paper Jetryed to Save Room Be&t. r-.j :.rr 2f In the Fiton- nr ib,i. -: . - n l,fs a! ernoon the a- itndant, 0. 1. Huntington, tew"!" l" the Central Pacific was orgsaiwd id W'i UUUUIIklUU i. 'J .:AJ it .1 and work began two or tnree years isier. Its orfjtlnal capital was $8,600,0 0, in creased to tSfyWOO in 184, and later to 100,000,000. In 1870 witness bad a talk with Paton, Stewart and Aspinwall U to the pilfCRa ol their stocc. ineir tes timony and witnesss metnorY of the con versation between then differed tnateri' ellv. The Ulks occurred in ApriK 180. At thai Interview with Thomas rton, witness told him he would give him par and interest for his stoc Witness after ward saw William Paton and tolJ he would pay him the same as he offered ThomAS. The wanted to consult with Stewart aod Aspiswsll ,and see witne.ic !st". Stewart Ba Aspin wall came to itness ouice, Miu he ollered par and i;-f'. rjer cent, interest for the time they had hem IL An arrangement was made and Aspinwall sent around 5C0 shares of stock, and they were paid for, partly in cash anil nrst mortHfe bond given the Central Pacific. Then Acnew came and asked if they could get back their aloe H they wanted it, and witness said yes, he v?old any time within th1 ami six months. Witness never said there was overissue, but told them the road was costing much more than he expected, and very much more stock had been issued than intend ed fit the tsat. Witness then paid for all the shares referred to as detailed by Agnew. . Huntington te.-titieJ lu.tf Ve bought the stock on his own account, and that neHher Hopkins, Stauford or Crocker had any interest in it. The bonds given to Aspin- wall.whora he did not know.were a 0ri;fe six per cents. He van never in the ottice of the Contract and Finance Company, but was very certain the company was al most always in debt, in Jane; 170, wit ness heard of some trouble about the Lombard and Brennan suits from Gov, Stanford, and advised the Governor to settle, but subsequently reversed his advice. n : . : . : i m. . t Huntington acknowledged the receipt of a notice to produce the books of tbe Con tract and Finance Company, and also a mepsage from Crocker, Hopkins A Stan ford, but b.d only locked in his office desk f or any of them. He produced none. Since the beginning of tbese suits witners bad advised that the books and papers of tne company be destroyed to save room rent necessary for keeping thettl. Wit ness wmild not swear that he did not receive f ".000,000 as his share of the as sets ot the company. He I ad made no record rf what le received. He tie stroved his letter-press back of 1870. . Mr. Choate asked : "Why did you write Stanford, or Hopkins, about a settlement with Stewart and others if thev had no right to anything? Witness I knew thev wanted money. and that they loved money, and I waa t7iii:dj to cnip in una give tnem some, and I would ak anybody to cbij in. We were associates, that is, friends, but I don't think I owed them anything, and I don't "nk t ey thought I owed them anything nntil "Ton- laughter. 1 time after the transaction. EDITOR ScCLUBE Anl the K.-l onreilr-rmte Whom His Wife tMrr" rd tvrlst tne War. j Montgomery Adrerlirer I Sir, Stumph, r ho iics seven miles ont iu the country, rode in yesterday !ir the sole aud partic ular purpose of seeing Col.' Mc';lrrev He got what he came for, having met tiii colonel at h s room in the Exchange. He had a pleasant interview with the great Philadelphia evlitor. and like everybody cio, lis hiw all the better for a personal acquaintance. Sir. ftDrph was a Confed erate toluier in Lee's uriy when it in vaded Penrsyivania, and by avi'lent of service was appointed one of the" suards to profit McClare's property in Chambeislinr from depredation, lis won Mrs. MtClure's lasting gratitude by Lis kii-dneea to her and she told hira that if he ever got luto trouble to let her kno-v. He was afterward cap 'ured r'nil whije imprisoned at hlinira he comiiiUtii'-s'f 1 -Kith Mrs; McClme, who exerted her?e!f to rel.'e! tf'e hurilihipsof his prison hie. His grateful rvmifn'J'ranc4 of her kinduess brought him to town yes' terday to pifsoually know tho husband of so ex eilent a lady. Thus do the little kindnesses that relieved the rouih scenes of war linger iu the KiemoTy. The lady who was then Mrs. JIcC ure has since died, the present Mrs. McClnrn being h colonel's second wife. TIIKL'E MeYkILLEO By ibe Explosion of a Lard-Headcrlng Tuk. Sioux City, January 0. The lard-r.n-dering tank in the pork pricking estab lishment of J. E. Booge A Co. exploded this morning, tearing down that portion of the building. Very few men were about the tank at the time, but of these John O. Worrell, Joseph French aod John Keelers wt-rr ins:sntly killed. An other man named Joseph Brear will prob ably die. The factory employs 270 men, and had the accident occurred n fow min utes later the loss of life would have been terrible. The damage to the building wasiid.OO). MILLIkt.N BEND LEVEES. Ouch tTneaNlneas Amoof Planters ll Madison Parian. Vincent B3, Mi-s, January 2. Much aneaHiucss is felt by planters in Madison parish regarding the condition of the Mil liken Bend work. The contractors ior building the levee through Lewis swamp have abandoned the work on account of high water. The whole river front of Avoyelles is under water. Hanyred for the f order of His ha eel heart. (talway, January 0. Thomas Parry, who murdered his sweetheart, Alicia Burns, November last, was hanged to day. Parry was engaged to be married to Miss Burns, bnt she broke off the engagement. He traveled over 100 miles for the purpose of commitHug tbe deed. He found Ause Burns with hr sister. He asked her if she wps still dptermined to give him op. Stie replied, "lea. He then said, V e will see," and drawirg a revolver, shot her through the heart. He then shot himstlf, but not seriously. Polsonetl by Rals. Chari.kstos, W. Va., January 20. The young lfdies the Mis?es Burns, who were poisoned by drinkinsr water out of a bar rel at ti.eir home at ht. Alcana last ratui day, are reported better but net yet out of danger. It is thought that tbe water was poUoned by rats, as arsenic bsd been used in destroying tbe rodents. The Illinois Legislalare. - Si-bingkield, January 20. After a short session the Li-gislature adjourned till 10 o'clock to mor ow, without reach ing a vote on Fuller's resolution instruct ing the Speaker not to send sny notice to tbe Senate for a joint snbiou. mm rvt Absolutely Pure Thli oowder nerer varlei. a parr of purity. vtrentrtn and wbolepomenetf More eeonotnioaj than the ordinary kind., and eannot be told b? competition with tbemultitude of Iow-tet.bort Weight, alum Grahoetibtu powders. Sold enly in eons, ' HOVAU EAKJNU POWliUECO.. Mw Ytffk. (I ROYAL 7 3d rs M t t. 3 ti t If ft; e JH e 4 o J. I. AK9A4KH. i. A. HUM. J. T. FARGASQi Wholesale Grocers 269 Trout Street, UJ sar esrsfal s'.tentloa. W osrry st ll ti as wsU-stleetsd stock CotUmew , . ..(..uI4aI e..ia k Fancv lirecenes. OiapiO ailli " mm sell as ff. fiPUKE & GO, J Cotton Factors ana 906-283 Front fit. Cotton Factors, Commission HerJ!n ant8 BTo. 116 Sontb "Slain KS.. til. Tt. M. C. WMEMM & Go, Cotton Factors. UTo. 270 TVnt street, : : MemphU, Tenn, ii ' ' J.L.COGKE&CO. Cotton Factors, Commission Merch'nts 318 FRONT STREET, HE EI PHIS. KEFEKE-ICE-' Hla4 Rational JBann." rUbrl Cash Advances maae (n-tin. If - Prompt - A. M. BOYD. A.M.BOYB & COTTON 264 Front St cor. IL3E3Os.Xjia. ASHTOS TTLEB. EOSE tU BLAS0. TYLER, & BLAND, STAHrFACTURERS 07 COWSEItrS OXE hi-'OO.V, AM RISISCJ hVX BAKING POWDER, WASH BLUING, Etc. Telephone 92S. IVo. 5ft Front Mreei. Memphtw. Tflo LIVEM30RE FOUNDRY & MACHINE Co I0 TO if 4 ADAMS STKEET MEMPHIS, TESS.,- liitJFACTURER8 Of AND DEALERS IN ran and Brass Casting. Pnli.-ys and Niilo,Hos. f ronts, Cr.tioa Jf."VHo'; Power,, Gin GeariDt, Rilro3 and Stssmocft Worn, Ki!I.sh'.;IIH. 'l J L t "Url-,?!, Pnmps. Inspirators, Inlrrtors, brass Pipe, Pipe IIOnR. J iT. i.- aud Steam-power Elevators, r'enrlnK, ot:- nd (rniamsnul Irs "ors. A. VACCAU & CO. AND WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS 278 ATTD 2SO FRONT J. T. LaFRABE & Co .MiXlfACH 8LR8 IIF Saddles, Harness and Collars XoS. m and 303 Main trairElt PEA "VTE make specialties uf all iinrfs of Iforee f T iJaok Banus, Maine blnnrs, M'uir:; aii'l I'onnie l rcC!", j.in-rtsw amlwh Ih now fomiiiVl. tr - ? !'-.K:5l.w;-,f, 257 W. D. MOOX, EDWARD 3 1 WHOLES iJLE 'T, ' t3nn?o.iI Tobacco and Cigars, NO. 333 MAIN ST.. MEMPHIS Timer,f hmtm I Ik Cotton Factors, Wholesale Grocers WO. 30t FHOVT KTBI'JT. WRIIPMIaTENS. PURE SURE HOPE SOAP Perfeelly Pnre, aud free from acIuKernUon. Eulirely Vegetable mo UH-awel Miiiiual tat. Nurely I'ure no ground Ml one, clay or resin la It. For Eaundry, China, Itatli and Toilet. tioeH rnrlher laxfn loiiKer. Itnylroiu nny Oroeer. E.WIT Wholesale Dealers Sol Agent for tb lollowlnt First-Cltv Inntrnm-nui : pjraaMKBAHI.'H k BAl'il, UtHLKK, O. 1. k t'U AID Him A lsTK.aAMI' HAXMN, l.ol - Jii A WIKRI Jf, FELOl BET A -r-S'V" (l.,AMInlIH DIIKKAA. arA NEW 7-OCTAVK PIANO FOR lo.-a WWHto fw (kUlmmsi. son. aa sml Si'iX .HW.f ST MEWPIIIM BB0&, Como, Hiss, fit rT3 II Mttoii 356 Front St., : o S3 s to u H. A. PAHKJtH. . I" WWi 'tin. 1, and Cotton Factory jaempnis, iena. I l.,mr TnhmnfiOiJ PinlH " t ew a. the 1 we.t. Wholesale Grocers -luplils, Tenn. II1KT 1HIID. FACTORS, Court, Memphis, Teun. STREST WEM?RTS. Street, Memphis. Tenn. BOOT ZOTEL. mid Mule C-liw". '"' V J"r 'Ji'S r, "JZ' wprlwir rt.1 1 ECU. 1 T. OZASXE. O H. DiiSUx0X- GKOS. FOX Ozaim6,DenisoH&Co. MAXUFACTt RERS AND DKALERS IS Stoves, Ranges, Heaters, Filing, Laiiii, Chandclif rs, CtU Wik. Acatewarc, Tinware, Cutlery, Etc. iri Agents tor u.sne s !ieara wasner. ntfernr. sloonsn an I Orltr Main St., Jleuiphis, Tenn. Oi.oti rftnrlM1"'' !, W. K. JTB wmwm &M&tVl&&& OE1.LKKS 5 cfeOO and Pultlitriierw, F. 51. XUKFLEEI', Begidcnt Partoer. RB ft Rll I I. i3acton Memphis, To.au. raaswa i i 1 1 ) ; 1 J I I m ! 1 1 1 i ( i A ..w. .