Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 21, Number 5, Jasper, Dubois County, 31 January 1879 — Page 2

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WBBKLTO0DRIBR t. MAXI, ?aUar. JASPER, - - - IXDIAXA.

CURRENT NEWS. ' WASHIXOTW. It k eWrisHy estimated that it will require 9tt,f0,ffc)d t entry out the provhdeas of ta MM t iwiitd for the payment ef arrears The sub-eoataUltee of tl House Judielary Ommhtee, to vMt Chimed for the tHtrpMHt Of lBVs4egaUaii the TtHMHlt charge preferred again District Judge Uiodgstt, ef Illinois, consists of Messrs. Knott, Culbertsea aad Lapham. Secretary Sehunc hu suspeaded from offee for X) days, pending the investigation of eharges preferred against him, Wm. W. Leed, Chief Clerk Ih the Indian Omee. The attire of the charges is not wade public. The President fe8 nominated WilHm G. Thompson, of Iowa, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Idaho. The Secretary of the Treasury has signed a eeatraetfor the delivery in Europe of sot leae thaa $5,000,0) por month of 4-per-eent. beads, upon the same terms and eoaditiees as the popular loan now being ottered in the Halted State?, the eon',rset to continue until the 1st of July, the proeeeds to be applied to refunding "-per-eHt. beads. The President has nominated "V. P. Suttoa, efMlebigaa, Uaited States Conul at XaUmeras, Mexioo. WBfIT AXD SOUTHWK8T. John WhHtemeyerand wife, who lived at Beit's Bead, oa the Cumberland River, about 12 miles from Nashville, oa the morning of the 15th were found dead in their bed, their

person badly dfef gured by being beaten wkk a billot of wood. Between the two corpses an infant and a child, two years of age were crooning and playing, wholly uaooaseious of the fate of their pareats. A negro named Kner Martin, who had had some misunderstanding with Whitteaeyer regarding a day's work, is suspected of the crime. The aegro Knox Martin, suspected of murdering Mr. and Mrs. Whittemeyer at Sell's Bead, Tean., has been apprehended, aad ft ie said has confessed the crime. Ex-S her in" Wallace of Cincinnati Is some jtf ,00 short in his aeeouats. At Big Creek, Black Hawk County, Iowa, a the 14th, Thomas Quinn eut his wife's threat with a razor aadthoa severed his ewe Jugular. He died instantly. She will probably recover. Cause not stated. Stephen D. Richard?, the wholesale murderer of Kearney- County, Neb., has been sentenced to be banged oa the 96th of April. The Attorney of Ford County, Kansas, has filed official information against Dull Knife aad his entire band of 150 Cheyenne warriors for the murder of Ave persons committed there during the invasion la September hurt, aad has requested the Governor to take haaaediate measures for their appreheasioa aad return. Sam Cook was hanged at Greenville, Ala., ea the 17th, for the murder of Primus Caldwell two years age. Fire at Grundy Center, Iowa, ea the 17th, destroyed eight business houses, including two hanks aad the Fost-oiiee. Loss estiWm. C. Coma, for many years Receiving Teller of the Lafayette Bank of Cincinnati, has abeeaded,leaviBghls eash account from $tt,e6 to $30,00 short. He was accompanied by a woman (aet his wife) ia his flight. Heary Falters, editor of the Bloemington (lad.) Courier, has been iadieted for murder ta the second degree, for the killing of Begen, County Attorney, while the parties were oa a spree oa Xew Year's live. The Uaited States Grand Jury at St. Louis has returned indictments against James H Britten, Barton Bates aad Edward F. Curtis, formerly respectively President, VicePresident and Cashier of the defunct Natfeaal Bank of the State of Missouri, for willful misapplication of the funds of the bank aad for conspiring, by means of false entries, to secure to the stockholders unearned dividends, etc The Indicted pleaded aetgulKy, aad furnished bail la the sum of $1,G00 eaeh, to appear for trial. The Missouri Legislature has ehosen Geo. G. Test for United States Senator, as sueoonror to the late Senator Bogy, and General James Shields to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. G. A. Fiakelaburg was the Republican candidate and Henry Eshbaugh the National -Greenback candidate. Gen. John A. Logan has been elected United States Senator from Illinois, to sueeeed Senator Oglesby. Gen. Logan received the unanimous vote of the Republican members of both houses of the Legislature. Jeha C. Black was the opposing Democratic eamlkfote, Alexander Campbell the National, and John MeAulftfe the Socialist candidate. Daniel W Voorhees has been re-eleetcd United States Senator from Indiana. Gmllove S. Orth was the Republican nominee. By the expiesle of a boiler of a portable saw mill at Chase, Xteh., on the tilst, three men were killed and three others wotmded.

were very valuable, the total less being etttmated at pfiMjm. The bUsilng-fw faWory f Kk&ford & Co., of Stmsburg, Conn., w:w blown up oa the lth. Lkzle Wall, aged 90; Annie Wail, aged 17; and Nellie MeN'utty, aged 17, all employees, were killed, and several ethers

Wwrs m vat-low KtrntrnK A neiaher of MMH'tHliHfMta ww enVred, alt of wbleH wet a tMeMted.Mttd tbj bill iMUMM'd yww 117, nay h 7S. Mr. WiumI. riiHirnmii nl ttiH ColwUteoil

WSVH HIHt MwtlUI, ri'lMM-Md H ttiH MMtkiUK , rnttiHl aHMtM wmm rwwtvwbKj for dutsestm liuHr(a. t'aMtMd -(mm W, iihvh . Mr. WihmI Hki murtHl h to fitcililit the refuiidtnirof tUttiiattoiiMl itW. It auUMtHsM

I the icraiy ot tho Trefctwiry, in the jmMHt

inured. The accident was valued by frie-I f reliiHdinK th nutioiutl te1it, to xhHK

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tloa of the machinery. HSrTiZIffk u,,vt!n ! Ho iur; iiH'wasft. ivuey, ooioreu, teatilinl nal Charles Demond, late Treasurer of the ftWXM tI;Va0LC0uktt tiiT "m" Kfi ' Maswchuwtts Home Mfeleaary Soelety, 'recu . that wl...mvfr .all each ."vu-tww has snHdered some ,000 of the oeiety's , hASovVS JJr iobU,S!e ' ln funds In unauthorized and injudicious In- .of law authorUing n-tundi.,? U wjhmnj " the .MKnn 1 vements. tt&tmrtW MS" Idllmr rX o W "w toy mclcJt t'nPo m.i ' ai.d Jjw jj.viB "J0 Lleut-Gov. Hull, of Florhla, has beeu In-! fWlStS wftai! SSSSSSi10 s,,ruveJMJl l' "hvn tlwy . S tTl L &n?W&9ffV dieted by the United State Grand Jury on aavKueh x.)I.hhhc tnr;t hlmil w ! "7,, vtakiindiM nn ! I-'u ".V1,l"!'""?,tly rwailiMi. mtMn' . ... i kiMtMl oh 1m.iIh rtH((fmtHl for a fitw fol of . A. Barron, hhenn of Natcnttoenes up j suld UiHi.i.iMritnN uauiu wa foivoii in. i.

a name oi eonsBiraey wun oiner in o- .1. -ri. ...ui mm.iimiMiiinr..mi8:n vm ui-r iiru-in uwuv t tiin mmiiki itiunpinn-ii a r-wL-1 ti.t. .... -.7...

taining false

County at the

election returns in Brevard i Ocred, the lloutw ndJourncU.

last eleetton. Hull was the In the. Senate, on the 16th, tne

tliii'iH Uih lircilitt brothers on acooimt of

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Democratic oandldate for Congrests at the providing for the payment of arrears of pen- Army. Was warned to leavo by ttie "Advlso. late election from the Second District, and ' bns wa takon an i Hint passed with but four ry Uommlttee," which was '"ljf,,,8"'"' . ... . . ' . oui.nl ntffntoj T lllll 111 lit tvril-ltl V t ll U t llll I III I )lUlll WTulM. tCtr tllH I'WttHOIl a UIVUII tllHl

IH-'imtOHS, whenever amnted, shall com. tho niltiiK of inntters prom'rly belongetl to meiice from tho date of death or ) the Demoerats and they dlrel to get !! the dUabllity of the person on whose i Kopublioan leader out of tlio way. Witness account tho claim Is granted. The abM went toShrovepoi. fatent law was further considered. Af iuford Blount, colored, pastor of the

ter an executive setwtontue eiiataujourn. I itaiut Church of Xatcbltochos. and In 187

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holds a eertlHcate of election from the Gov

ernor. Two Election Judges in Baltimore have been tried and oonvieted ia the United States Court for refusing to admit a Deputy

United States Marshal In the room where

the pells were held on election day, and ! of the

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follow. tate the refinidliijr of the iiatinnnl debt Uosooa fionklln from Xew York and J ' passed without division. Tho House

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" i aonaior m tiiei'HCK!irui.!nwiaturo,waiaKt;ii Into l'rof. Henrv. held In tho hall froiI1 ilU i.,...,,, i.v.t tuinvot HrmiMt hihu and

House of Kenreentatlvo......in tne intVM luii i.i.t"w,i j .iilwwiiiiitivriHiis4Hi

. tlin titll rwnorted from tho Com- , " ...

iria Liiuiiiiiiiii iimL iin niiiiKt nui i.a tna itt kiwmj

Donald Cameron from Pennsylvania, both

Bepublicans, have been re-elected to the United States Senate; Connecticut elects A. II. Piatt, Republican; North Carolina.Gov.

Z. B. Vance, Democrat; Florida, Wilkinson Call, Democrat. George S. Hillard, of Boston, the well i

known author and politician, died on the ' submittal a resolution calling upon tho Sec

21st, aged 70.

The Teller Committee commenced

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.urn wuih imu vimiuiHn u ti immi-. .11 Carlisle in tho Chair, on tho bill orxanlziiig

theMispiStflniit lllver improvement commission, and providing for the improvement of that rivcrand protection of Hs allu ial lands. After a lon duliato tho House took a rece until 7 :n p. m., when it 'reoonveneil to par. ticipate in the memorial services of tho late Prof. Henry.

In the Senate, on the 17th, Mr. Saulsbury

an in

retarvnf the Treiirv for lnforinatloH as to

j tho amount of compensation paid various I iviii-tl.ui fur Mr'l(HM In lip.iittutin' ITiilte.l

veetigation at Charleston, on the 21st, of the , mhic bonds and securities. Laid over. Mr.

itutier pri.ente(i tnu memorial oi me aiion at iiarty from 27 States, niolcstliiK atrain.t

itho uniitut dl-scriinlnation of railroads in

the, matter ot irelgiits, hskiiuc

late general election in South Carolina.

FORKION.

to leave politic alone, and would leave the palish, never to return, which ho did. Wif nns said the trouble In tho pailsh wa can, oil solely by the poiltlelatiK and that tho respeUtabiu people were not iu favor of it. A number of colored witnoses testified a to tho attack on Fairfax's bouse In Teman 1'arlfh iii Oct. 12, thesubstancu of which lias been horetofoie puhllshod. It wai rvported that w) noKfoes wera ktlleu in the imribh. but noneot the witnesses know aotually of but ttvo. E. C. Ruth, colored, of Tensas Parish, a

, Justice ot the Peace, testified that 300 colored men wore forced to join a Democratic club . and wore then given certificate entitling

tliem to protection. Judge L. N. Iteesc, of Tensas, Chairman of the Democratic ommittce, te-tlrlel that

in ins opinion tno troutiies m tuo parnu urn

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wuiy iimiiuimru hiiu wiiHtisa were Iirnoni when It was done. Ho was not (wit positive that Levissee's name Vu forged to the document. Ilhiuchard baa lnco dletl. In answer to Mr. tor wltuens said that one Madriox had eometo see him rcKardtng his tostlinimy.rentent. lnx himself as coming from tho counnitUw. that he wua ottered as an Inducement to testi! fy that no iueNtlons should bo n-ked him to injure cithcrhlui or his friends, and ih a lnr Uiur Inducmnent that he mlnlit ko oil a cen. slderahle distance, say to Han Prain.li.co.atii could then be summoned back, nronthiir bi inlh-aae. In reply inileii. Ihitler. wltneii said that the only difference in tho ccrtia. cales -ero In tho haudwrltlnx and tn.iko un these were the marks he designated and na otherv. FiTHch ltty Kmiiloyecs. There is a peculiarly French clasthc army of small Government employees who discharge their infinitely insigmfi! cant, but iuiinitely diversified functions throughout tho land, on salaries which stretcli between 32 and tho vast, en. vied anil rare immensity of '1C0. 0 the (500,000 civil servants required by the complicated and inquisitorial administration of Franco, one half, at least, are obliged by their occupations l.l.!l .1. ' !1l m. .

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The French Parliament reassembled on pawnae of Hmie bill Xo, introduced by , J""'. t J"S J"VV" V. " V u ir'TPT'. 1 "u. Vmic

the 14th. The Senate elected as Its President Louis Joseph Martel, who was nomi-

Mr. tteavan

, on Commeire

allace and

ii.i i.v tho T ufi. ! Phimiu.rK.u.in.i m . tiler service on tne i eiier t'onnniiieo aim

"J "" , Mei.. McDonald and Itaiidolpb aubstitutcd Grevy. The political situation is considered in their places. Tho cwlenttak of Mr. llous. grave on account of the Republican prcpon- ton, of Alabama, w ere liropontcd. Mr. i-i-t, ,i,,. ,-,i,. i, l l'luiiib tHtrotluceil a joint resolution deranee, which threatens to overthrow the f providing for the pavment of tA per centum Dufaure Cabinet unless the latter makes of the amount required by law to be with. concessions which the members deelare to lieW frtH" certain railroad companie for T , " tranlortlon wi-vlces reiueied for tho Gov-

compromise its uignuy. ' emmvnt. lleferred. Tho bill is in accord

Thomas Charlotte

14th

Ward ia September last. The Oargua Spinning and Weaving Company, one of the most Important cotton concerns in Switzerland, has discontinued business on account of last year's unfavorable

pecuniar' results and the unimproved pros

pectforthe future. The stoppage of the

a posf was afisomblcd to put

turuance in a i&gai manner. Daniel Wise and 1L Moss, of Tcnas, testified as to armed bauds of neKToes marching through Waterproof; thoro were not overi whitu Mien in tho parbdi and the negroes threatened to kill children and outrage women. Fairfax was leader of the negroes. The white people were all vcrv much fright ened; think the negroes would have burned

Dowd was hanged at SU Andrews, , anco wit a tne recommcnuauon oi tne score- me town 11 tuo sucriti's poseuau not arrived. County.ew Urunswick, ou the V.1 B.V; ,wU,Ar,"rlV.i".;: V,; ;IV.? I Ho? Stewart, apromlnentcolored poll-

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The Senate was not in session on tlin IStli. ....The House spent tho day In dlscu.-dngthe ' Geneva Award bill, which was finally passed, , with inunrrou amendmonts, by a vote of 113 i veaa to nay.. The Senate amendiuent to the Pension Appropriation bill wero concurIts.

" Inthe Senate, on the 90th, Mr. Cockrell I ticket, which he did. e Introduced abill to provide aanKonu nation. ' Caddo Paritestlfle al currency j to retlm notes of National Wanks i treatment of 'hiin-ell

lence nreventeu tne Kermbllcans Iroin nom

luatlng a ticket. Witness gave the names of

!ia negroes aucgeu to nave been muruercu. A. J. Bryant, colored, Senator from Tensas, testified that he was taken from bin house . In his niht-clotbes, byapartyofwhites.and ' under threats of personal chnstlMunentcom-

1 polled to iromi to vote tho Dumocratio

mother, on seeing the corpse of her daugh

ter, dropped dead. Weston, the American pedestrian, has started on a tour over the English highways oa a wager that he will walk 2,000 miles in 1,000 hours and deliver meanwhile fiO lectures at various plaees en route.

The troops of Gen. Stewart and Gen. Bid

nof Texas. Vferred to Committee ' S!!"?!,,!! I champctrcs, the forest-kecpors, the vanHv llu'lr nun rcdiimt MeM-i I anet but eOUld not bfl SelTed Oil SCCOUllt of 1 ..,", f , t, .! I , ad liavrd mrSffi ' ? "!! M? 'WL ."l,rf ,C" Pi.6 , nRt,nH ; depart-

uun.i mo vi.a- i ujcuiaj Biin uuiiiiiiiiiini luttu.s. inn mum.

form agents of the tax-collectors, tho overlookers of navigation on the rivers and canals, the inspectors, surveyors and overseers of every possible process, thing or deed that can any how be inspected, surveyed or overseen, and crowds of other diminutive ofiicials, with a lino of gold or silver braid on their kepis, are all, by tho essentially local nature of their calling, dwellers ia tho country. How they manage to lodge, nourish, clothe and educate their families on an average pay of about i'tw a year is a mystery worthy to be clayed among the enigmas of life; but they do it, and, furthermore, they constitute a society. In certain villages, indeed, their group composos a recognized aristocracy, thev are the creat world of tho tilarp;

tuicatesj ;to provide for .the T n-denptum uecorrobjrHU.u W8 teiy. they possess tho advantages of rank. K of lmndrtVariiix a lowwrate of 1 Wm, A. Lnry and J. C. Moncure testified the Sunday bonnets of their wives and . .....a . . . . . i . . , ftltaf the. ciliwtfmi In fuil.l .i.u f . o . 1 ndiiiu.. . .. u . . . .. . ! . .

... vv...v. n.n, irc.ui- . iixuiniii'ia iiruiisu einiiLinii xmnnir ran.

able; they considered Dlitrlct Attorney v .it tut. fl.i Leonard respoiistbie for all the trouble: that wearing spectators. And all this is paid neKrocs voted without molestation until lie, , for by about '25 shiliininsa week! Very

the electVon ordered VhemVo wonderful. But the people of this curt-

George Norwood, of Caddo, a Republican, testified that he was one of the Deputy SlierlK'a po.ine that attempted to take possession of the arms reported to be stacked In Iteam's

District Attorney for

works is considered a national disaster. IIV.

A dispatch from Phillppopolis states a d prohibit their incorporation and tho re-, soeaken tu a meetinst held for Joint dKciis. I

railway train fell Into the Klver Orda, on the X,LTS t'.i V lWlcd ,,'wt ""lder. ,. ..... t. r.,i ' i ".Vil'L"". ... II!! TS .Vtf .Vf .A .V JI! In tmu hlslifo was In danxor. Other wit- i

ntttAr olKnors and 900 man were ilrnwnMl. I or

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The accident was caused by tne breaking interest, ami to provide for the expansion mid down of a bridge. contraction of paper currency to meet landi , t,., unr rint a. ttiA t ok .nn. ness intereits and the wants ot the coantry. At Brecon Mills Oat., on the 14th, a young i,Won the table at the mput of Mr. Cocklady samed Hiss Walker died suddenly. Her , roll, who cteMivs to aubmlt remarks lu favor betrothed, Edward Cousins, hearing of her . e measure. Mr. Mow , ' , , . " ,7, ,, , stihtftituto aitreed ujmih in the HeiiMicratkj death, eut his throat, and Miss Walkers 'caucus for KdmundVs resolutiun concern-

niK MiHraKe and tne later t 'institution

al ameuduieiits. l.alil on tho table.

Al Kil.i.iiitrla fiwirtfMl rr Mi-. I,litl4riit..v. .v.....l i.. . . ... ..... . . ...

- ..... . , iiuu.D M UH OUUHIH. Ul. HULU llll Ul II1U IIIIUHb

who Is sick, from the Jutfk-iary Committee, ened disturbance by the negroea; as they p. as a substitute for tho pcndhi bill, a new 1 proached the house they were Bred uihjii, and

ineasttriiaiHcndliiKthu revised HtatutesMi a to prohltilt jMilygamy or bbramy. After somo further dlcuMlou ot the bill to amend the Patent law, the Senate went into executive section and then adjourned In the

Hotic, a larxe number of bills were Intro

tlve to chaiiitcs in tho Pre emiitton law,

Mr. Springer Introduced a bid for tho purniur. i.f a.rHiii miiirii-lfv ri.ni.i.iilMtl. in fit

tao iiouao m uepregeHtative.x. it proviues il,,ii,i,.7ru if

dnlphare advancing upon Cabul, where j TXXr complete anarchy is reported to prevail, by Messrs. Dunnell and ,tialt. rela

Several attempts have been made to assassinate the British officers at Candahar. It Is stated that Bismarck has decided to withdraw his Parliamentary discipline bill, leaviag the matter to the Reichstag. Advices from Belgrade are to the effect that Cel. Goeta, Italian member of the Servian Boundary Commission, was robbed and murdered by Turkish brigands near Plevna. The Swiss Council of State has asked for a Legislative appropriation of 90,000 francs to relieve destitute workmen. Alderman Wm. Clendennln, of Montreal, an extensive Iren-founder,hastled the country, leaving his debts aad his family behind him.

wltnens was shot In the face.

W. B. McNeal, Doputy Sheriff of Caddo,

corrouorateuorwoou's testimony. S. H. M. Newman, colored. Clerk ef the i District Court of St. Mary's Parish, testified

concerning the destruction of ballot-boxes by the Democrats and other outrages at the election. Several colored men from Point Coupe Pari-h testified bat they left their houses on account of political pcmecutionB; that the

icre coimniiu-u ureal outrages,

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Ia the Senate, on the 15th, Mr. Voorhees submitted a resolution Instructing the Committee on Indian Affairs to inquire into the clreomstances which led to the recent escape of Cheyenne Indians from Fort Itoblnson and their slaughter by United Status forces. Agreed to. .The conference mnnrt on

the Military Academy Appropriation bill was Mr. Potter asked leave to oiler

ajcreeu to, anu tho bill goes to the President, authorizing the tnveKtfxatlon

ineoiiito atnenu tne l'atent law waa fur- utspatcnes anu to .t.AM .1 1 . . ., ....A .. . . f . ... t . . . . .

."w uncumu intv M If Kill

to go into executive

the llmtKe, In response to a resolution, the Speaker submitted a communication

from the Secretary of the Treasury transmining the supplemental statement ot balances on the loan account In coin standing to the credit of thi Treasurer of the United States in national bank depositories On January 1, 19T9. the affKregato amount of balances was HW,16, ami the larger amount were: Htt National Hank of Xew York, $1,107.. aw;; Xatlonal Itank of the Hate of New 1 ork, i".l.V.,uH ; Hank of the Xew York National ItmiklngAfoelatlon, 5rWI,tll the

that, after the next census, the legislature of each State Khali apportion the Stale under

me census oi laee, o m to provnie tnat wnere more than two members are elected In a State the State shall lw divided Into districts of three member each, as far as possible, and when there are two odd Representatives, that fa, over three, or six, or nine, etc., there ahall be one district, confuting of five ttiembers. In districts con-lting of three members every elector shall vote for only two metflbera of Congress, and In a district enti

tled to five members every elector shall

ior inreo mcmocr. nectioR with bis bill tfaut intlf If ttiairsa a-n

atthelaHt Xovemhor election from tiieSoiitn. i i no memners ox tno teller uommuice ieii

em istaiw at Itepubllcaiia Instead of, or a , New Orleans on the lh. It was ordered that I Republican gain if wblH the Democrats ' united Mittes CnimsiKfdoner I.ane tnko thu would have realised a like aiiin In Itertlmony of witnotei not examined for the Xorth; that the aenersl reult XatehiUiehes.TenHaHHd Ciithhoula Parishes, would have been the same, hut that tho lie- d that Morris Markn repre.-ent the maJorJ. (publican intnoritlen at the onth and tho ty, and It. P. Jonas tin: m nority. Testimony Hetnocratlc minorities at the Xorth would taken will ho transmitted to Teller and have been muallv represented In Congress, J treated as if taken by the committee.

hiiu uiHi iin; i.iur iniiiKiii' in eoioreu piiuia I Hon could not control the election ol mem-1 bers In the following States, viz.; Alabama; 3; Arkansas 1; Georgia 3; Louisiana '2 ; Mis

whipping and killing negroes.

C W. .Tohnnon, J. A. Johnson, David Toung, Charlen Lincoln, M. 1. lian'lo'ph (all coloreil), of Concordia, te-tilii d to general chnri-e-i of Intimidation uid fraud In the late election. G. lu "Walton, af Concordis, nwmber of the 1-egtst attire, denied In effect the charges made by previous witnesses. E. Ifennell, colored, a coroner of Concirdia, wtld therowere seven men ki'led. all

ix; live weie killed In No-

f ttPuJLul i t ! M coloied, bold an Infpie-t over six; ill- a HPtSem.nsl,owC onevhot: some were kill

Tho lVitler Committee. The counsel of Secretary Sherman sub-

sti)slppl3; Xorth ("anillna .1 South Carolina ' mlttcd to the Potter Investigating Commit2; Tenneswe 2; Te.xaa 4; and Virginia 2. tee, in session at Washington, an affidavit

ous catogoryare rendered more remarkable still by a peculiarity which is proper to theroelvos, which saturates and permeates them by an unininjrinable servility to their superiors, and by aa equally unimaginable arrogance to every body else. They crlngo and they bully with a skill which is tho most productive and the most evident of their professional endowments, and which sets the beholder wondering what hidden grace there can be in tho service of the French Government to develop m wonderful a capacity of alternate obse

quiousness and insolence in its lower retainers. It is all over France ; it sprouu in every wearer of a gold lace cap; but it is more striking in the country thaa in the towns, for tho double reason thai there is more space for it in the former than in tho latter, and that people hare more time to contemplate it. 'rn:f ' Magazine. At Hartsville, Intl., two brother, Mat. and France Arhucle, aged, respectively, 14 and 20, were .hooting at a target with a revolver, when the weapon was accidentally discharged while in the hands of France, tho bullet striking Mat. in the abdomen, catuing doath in a few moments.

Out of sight a blind eye.

v.. ,iil.V5A!rJf MiiJKll ' WM,, h Man n, a former Deputy Serw. ffllw.0'.! 'V7!,p?ier geant-at-Anns of tho Committee, confessing ! iU .cl.,u",,t'1 1,0 . thai ho bad sworn falsclv before the sub-

laid aside suspension of tho rules.but Mr.Hutler Having ' eo, Vuu" e ami cawing inimi session......!,, obtecte.1 to that on the ground that he wished I Hoprc"

tatinns upon

mt connection.

tho question

KAST AXD SOUTMKAST. ifartln Berger, another ef the Xellle Maguires, was hanged at rettevfile, Pa., ea the lth, fw the murder of Fatriek Ituras, in In April, 1870. Aaeiber feet ef snow fell throughout New York', Peaasylvaaki and Xew England on the lta, eatMlng renewed dlMeulttea ia railway trartatlea. It k reported that A. T. Stewart's remains have inatiy heea reeevered, through the paymset of W,00 in eash, aeeomaaaled by a iruaraatee of ImaHtaHjr to all eoaeerned In Huh t riiiiianl Lam ww art aiiun uinnit rrhlay, January 17, was the eeldftet day of the winter la seme portlees of KewJJnglead, the thermemeter ranging front 18 to A.hteek ef Meres m Worth aad Chursh Streets, Kew York, burned ea the night ef the 17th. The steeks ef geede dettrejed

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.... . .i,.i'-, i.iiifi.1. s.-iry... ......ri ii.w niivr

, ine reading oi tne joum ! recites that certain alle

I cipher have been publish!

t Ulll Iktil UI. Mm lk.t. f I i

."-'.."' ..ll" "?""- i'- ..v i ivn.wii.iM i tic resolution aa riseti nt

f.;.r. i. ...-Lii " mU'lT,'L1,,V,,v .ro"':'r fhalrman return Ui the counsel of Secretary l'r,li,,,y.,H !'JisVm1 "fi hir''", Mti Sherman the affidavit, and further inform arf-V-XiVfSa!"0". 'i Jl" J,ii,tifl V.f Mr. Shot man that Mr. St, Martin will be exH 0i .'il'J;.: "'.I.'VV1'.1 "fi? "r,1Krt"' It amlned as to tlio inattci-s contained in tlvo yitKLlrVfl!al,t..Ct!,M,,!c,, ?H t,I,.vell1, afMdavlt.lotil.l Mr. Sherman or any memgallon of littoral ! muds to imiuiro into he nerottbo committee so dosire. Mr,&tongr ,,,,i.c,-"id,,!to.iHvnyo,S,r t",a.ttit'r. cn',,',l did not vole, The substance of the affidavit

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TIIK .MAKKETS.

XHU VOUIC. January 21, IlKEVKS-Xatlve Steers 7.2

siuvKi'-vnmmon to unoice. J.tax IKMiN-ldvn ., SXt COTTOX-MIddllng W

H.OUK-flood to Choice... X' w

U'lU'Ilint tin iittlilfivit. Miintiiil i.A iwaii.i1 nnnti

m-'1" " rcsointion record or the nlllunt be placed upon tho U,,rr- i ",ctl" xed teleKrams in i oi..,.i .n,, ... 1 .i..i..- i.. , COItNrnaratled

id. indicating that , ""l.Zuy " Z OATS-Western Mixed

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oviiles tliat I ho "-""-".-....

47

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ork, $I,Ml,52l: the Monument Xatlonal

m.w.i, ,.pvi7,iii. in., i i3iiiiiiniiir was dltrllHite( among 38 bank lu muni varying fnim M to feoooeo. Mr, Wood, (Jhatrmai. of the V ays ami Means Committee, reported

irwn.it. .tin win utll'll.lizillir lllll lMWin

appropriating io,o 0 for the purpose of

iieirayiiig vxM!iiscs. In the Senate, on the 21st, Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on Finance, reported, without mnondmmit. the IIiiiko loll nieil hv iim

?L.l-8,r.Vf,lf.LH!;lJ. 11 a,.a Hf refjindlng House on the lWb Inst, to fauliltate irfnudlng the puMIe debt. 'I he bill antliorfatedthe Sec- of the national debt. Placed on tho calendar. retaryt the Treasury to ssuotn exchange Mr. Matthews nrcsentod a bill to nrcveiit the

tor jawiut money oi tne Lniteu fctatca certl- tiitrmluctton of coniaglous or Infectious ills.

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icproier, wun power to seiitt lor per.-ons ihtliHi-..eelvn.l hl Hiitw.i..itn,..,t a invr,,.fv . Ml lii-.P Native

and papers, and to report nt uny time, also irKCimt at-Armn tbromth K. I. Vk'ub. Fl.ont-Cholce

m -i- st-a--" ST. I.Otllf. rOTTOX-Mlddllng UKliVKS Choice to Fancy.. (iiiodto Prime.... Native Cows Texan Steers

Iioii! Pnchlng

MIKi'.r mi live..

cates ot neivoftit nr tli iieiintHiiiuiim ir ia

bearing interest at the rate of 3 per emit, ami

vunveruuw hi any nm at accmcii interest

er: that he hail various

with betnocratlc member of

ttiitUHt. and also with A. M. Gibson, J. II. Maddux, George t'nrter and others repn'MMiilntttlieniselves as agents of .Samuel J. Tlldoit, mid tereived IinUuetiotH ftxun Ilium as to the tH!n ice be whs expcccd to perform, viz., to subpena a nutnbr of persons In St. James Parish to testify before the committee, first ascertaining, however, that they would give the testimony desired by

""y I"" ".., nmin nmm.nnru 10 no H wie raiciu iswrt iuiu tile bvhI Appropriation 22?' iHJi.aii'!,MfCt,,t,l.,,t 'w"8' re- bill tho Senate wentlntoesecHtlvowssIoH.... evwl shall be atmllejl only to payment of 1 In the Una. Immediately alter the renitl uc 5-i ImjihIs. Mr. Wood enllPil MttKiitf-riu ts. i.,. ,.f i... i....r..,.t u. i....,.V.ii'.. " .

eases into the I'nited states and to establish

liltureaitof Public Health, lleferred. Alter . Tilden's Mgenis, and to secure such testimony

a further coiiMitcratlon of the bill to amend affiant was authorized to bold out hones of

pecuniary reward, v elicr coached the wit i nesses alter their arrival, and furnished stenger, one of the Committee, A list of ones(Un. I .a ..!... I .....I ....

tfIi.J ...Tt -fi1.. Ito tl3 1 lutlon rfMM.ntrHl 1 htm ylt-itly, Ulri-vtliiK swnrs witness had agreed to give. t i2.-ovt, so far a the pro-the Commltteo on Investigation of Kleeilon Affiant wa alw instructed by Stenger. In the

X,Vr.i.rw:rJ It.. V ",D" v wouiii rmmii u in'iiiru mio tne cipner ills. case oi witnesses aunpenaeu iiy inn uepunii fiviTuSti. iffiJJlu1 "H "PPodtyof twlclies, and making an appropriation of eana.toreport the person not found. Ouring lVi. ii!fF il'rVL ,rrilwf W i f'n.I defray the exiMjttM!s of such Iniiiilry, the entire session of tho committee In Xew l i-mm" 1 certain cnarges that had beeti Orleans. Maddo.r, (Slbson and Carter were i J! .5. All .t Pny ..wnwratlons. made ottaccmliig his connection with th In-1 'wy Itulttenclng wilncswa by the use and of. il.i1 l -l1 ,Vr W Mil to make a t vedlgaion, Mr. Potter denied that he had , fera of money, and the Chairman of the Com. . ' i. "'K t111"1 w,'erw tuetB. wo"ld 3 any nnderst sliding or bargain with Shy per rrtlttee bad full knowledge of this fact. Mad .ii- !T'.HJlli.?V!0!,,te rt.y for j wm whatever a to the eoiidiict of the invei. dox repeatedly told affiant that (Wwon was i!.?ii2f-.i y th' Pf?"1! c'wat I tlMHtloM, !( purpose being to get at the .Tilden's outside agent, and he would secure tfce cta i,ne tn,i 1 of lhVmtu'r' ,Mr' u,,'' l'l'-'d ti e the money desired from Wm. T. Pelton, of KSlilsf ffiw.ffit! 'J! "i"? ,lI.?HtlHjrimml that Congress had no lew York. W reSnVf; I &rt.ttLht.?r I Xr. Stenger denies the entire truth of this

the lend. The Mil was enaosed livMr fcii 1 tLZ'ii, TZr7. SzTuiL I p 1 ' trT r' 1ir' affidavit wi far as It relates to him. and elalms Uer KHtbM Most.; flSwiM l& llu 'S?i Ti 'rCl..." t!Xor te have document In bis possesion showing ' -"WWW! nwf, i miMpa aad jlntlon, and it was adopted without division. I that the affidavit was obtabed from St. Martta

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the Com v hk.vi-kc.i w niter, .o, i

lieu i inter, .o. n ; COUJf-yo. 2 Mixed UVK No. 2 TIMOl'HY SKKtiPiinio.... t TUHACrO-llark l.ns

.Mouium uarg i.eai IIAY-Choleo Timothy. UUTTKIt-Cholee Dairy..... i:0(;s Fresh POIIIC Standard Mess...... AVOOI-THb-wsheiI,Cliolce Unwashed Mixed. .. CHICAtiO. HEKVKS-Coinm'n to Choice UrMiS-Comlnoiito Choice. SMKKP Common to Choice Kl.OUIt-Wbile Winter. . . lied Winter WIIHAT-Sprln;? Xo.U, Xew-. . . " Xo.8...... C')ltN No, ............... (IA'IS-N'o.. Xew t fj-Nn 3 s t IOUK Now Me.

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