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Confessional Preeaaiina.s.


OF 5 70 regulate the eeelon faHea'se q w 1s
trIet & Coinmcla u h&9 0eeh 5@tio"'.ce" t5 1ls.
DAY Of the last session. ana eAts"si'etl oSeiss ~"
been referred 70 committee, however, G@u i4u n.y.
been Geted en- !
lie hoped u would pc acted On now. mr. ieii29-sl
objected to It as cat OF order ing president 1eteu
) message was received ron me mouse o.
tatFes announcing tAat i tl4o e.S'iiSeo, I'M ~
committee Oh three nad been aFIoissu " ~ VIZ
similar committee a tAs senate = intoI. W. II
tAat they were organised ana realty " sIoeeeo - "
ness
On molten o. MI. 5f4f'o"-, t'.e sehe'c t'eH 'ooA
recess tli - o ctoeA. 49,, - ;4
upon the president announces t@S t'cl n"a atteoco
to that duty ana that te present gag ln,ofea them
that he "ohi4 eouaa''uli-ale ItH .te'l ~ ".!s.Ns
message WES ieeelf ca from tne house.
that they hdd passed Dill, eat5.eo uPp5saieHt 90
an ac e prevent ihSarfectioH. - tis 1.o'
Of the bill, Mr. Salisbury obJectsnE y WIS i3l over
The president message vas Itel lcceive4 ana reo.
! IiorsE-AtteF q prayer ny the rev. Df bo}nto3'
the chaplain, ttc members from tennessee we're AT
United.
/ On motion Q! DIT. "asHoatne' tAe sPe9s7E WIZ
quesed to assign seat on the floor Of the house to
the reporter Of the United States and European news
association.
Nj. Etliott, oil Massachusetts, offered resolution
that committee De appointed TO be called the COM
mIltee on ifeeameR, 70 consist O. nine members .
nave cAaFSe 81 az m%tlsfs concerning the freedmen
that may pc committed 70 tae.A Pr the louise deferred
IN. L!lost httooeeea d Uiii % fePAi me ISth sec
on OF the act enuea IAN act 10 punish Ie9eilon and
IoF oliief purposes "'"7 '''s Es'''. witch eolieiS
upon the president tlG power q 2i''''S .iassF "n"
pardon 70 rebels
On NOTION Of MT. boutwell, OF Massachusetts res
oluuon was adopted directing the secretary o. state 70
lay before the house all the correspondence mad DY
the state department. relative to The discovery and ar
resi- % 'onh II, aafiatt. ~, 1850
5if aQqt"eiI latfoapceq lor Isle.ehte ~. . pFot
the treasury TO sell &2gy9V9J OF gold every Aonady
morning IN eW orN, IN parcels Tot {" exceed s1g-
992 each ana pTo'aa4 Lha no sale Of goLa 9e mace IN
any other way and that no such sale sinai pc made
WIZ" ''e amount . so't - li sleaul s'l4l lo' lH
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don Of things prevailed ii san Lnis Porosi which is
in ;he haeds Of the inpetialists 355, 600 lad been
ozacted from the inhabitants OF That city. Gold 1874
@i37&
civ are forming Ben Butler clubs. One has been or
s-anised in the fourth district aud suc reports to
the republican Genital committee. They declare But
Ter the only commander this city has had in whom
/ Union men hada friend and could rely o..
| Cotton active and firm; low niiddng CSC, mid
ding 3lc receipts 5645 bales; suear firm, fair Ice
prime choice ll!@I2}c; molassss dull and DC.
lower fair 55c prime to choice GQ(dC5e.; -four firm,
superfae Sl0 16; corn lower 81 -; cats 45c, hay
better at 81 50929 pork unchanged and dal; bacon
unchanged, lard dull at l3@l4e Sterling 5b New
/ York sight l.. discount; gold 1873.
NEw York, December 5.-Couon dQ3 and tee'ln-
ing; sales zoo bales at 3S@333c ior middh1g upaadS,
WASHINGTON December S.-The house resolution
looking tie infringement OF the executive pardonIHS
power promises to give the whole subject OF pardon
granting thorough ventilatiug. Several senators
will defend the president in reference to pardohs
already granted showing among other things, that al
political pardons granted to persons applying uhder
any other than the first and thirteenth exceptions
Of the proclamation Of amnesty approved at the
urgent solicitation Of prominent radicals.
Gen. Eastman Las bcea appointed governor o. the
western military asylum lit Harodsburg, Ky.
BALFIMozE, December S.-Repor8 have reached
this CITY OF disaster the steamer Thos kelso from
this city for Norfolk. Tire reports that one Of her
boilers exploded when the Rip Raps this morn
ing, killing three persons.
. LoNDoE, December s, evening CoasoIs firmly held
to-day at 8s4@88}; railroad bonds frrn Z 5 sos
Of 65, G9&0g9s
MN YoRs December I0.-Arrivcd-R Rising Star
! from Aspinwall. She brings one million two hundred
ana sixtr-three thousand one hundred and thirteen
dollars in Also arrived Morning Star ON
New Orleans.
Several noabilities attached to Maxmiians govern
ment arrived yesterday by The Manhattan FROM era
Cruz the British minister and staff
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DEATH OF CAVE JouzsoS.-A Washington Dispatch
Of the 27h ult, says Hon Gave Johnson Folks post
master general died At noon, Friday, n hs re}idence
at ClorksyIe, Tenn, aged seventy-two ycars lie
served fourteen years in congress acquiring national
reputation; was for years pres,lcn. Of the blnk Of
Tennessee, under an appointment from eoyorncr, now
president johnson. Ire was III 1851 elected member
Of a convention to consider the relations Of genncs-
sc to the Union which body however never assem-
lad and was in 1865 chosen to the State senate but
refused seat because Of the aid ana comfort he had
extended to the rebellion.
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PosToFFlcE At GRAND CAxE:-A Washington dis
patch of Die 4th says tile postofce at Grand Cane,
DeSoto parish in this State has been reestablshed,
and john Davidson appointed postmaster
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The United States marshall at Louisville, Ky, re-
ports S28 GOO tie proceeds Of tie sales Ct cons-
Gated liquor About 1000 gallons Of whisky were sold
st q Gt.le over 81 per gallon.
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The SOUTHERN HOSPITAL AssocIArIos.-W publish
tho following communication at the request off Messrs.
Cumming, Morrison 90. It speaks for itself:
NEW ORLEANS, November Z, 1896
To the citizens Of Shreveport and vicHitr:
The Southern Hospital Association Of New .0rleans
haS sent to Messrs Cumming, Morrison 1, Co. In mum
Der Of tickets valued lit dollar each for ahances
10 distribution Of Christmas gifts to be presented br
tha association on the Christmas of this year and we
respectfully solicit your influence to assist Them to
dispose Of them The object OF our associa Jon is to
provide hospital for all wounded and Disabled sol
ders but especially those whoaIe not provideI for by
national orSate legislation, and we earnestly p5ay that
tie kindheorted people Of the whole United States
will assist Us In our labor of love-
The purchasers 81 these jackets assured flint the
-;f-7 r''' aat FL hide onealf Of the amog.nt real
.sa ."oa RS sale IF tickets, END they viii cHmprise
sra aH Of value a3 vertu such as pianos, paintings,
aa1r.v.ues sewing aciHes, books, 5se., Gc accord
.a4 70 Huu8az #tsa class ol awards
t.agaE t.as may have your assistance, Your
eaaes aal es7 lyers yours most =espect-
aiF T. B. HOOD President
3 BUCKNER Yice-Presi.leut.
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CONGRESSMAN Ar LaRcE FROM nLNoIb.-
Metropolitan Record SAYS as many persons gre al a
loss to understand why Illinois should elect I. Con
gresham at Large" while no other State DOS ST. il
may be wen to give brief explanation III .he dis
tGbuton Representatives under lie act of =larch 3
1862, eight States, Of which Illinois one, ,ere al
lowed one additional representative each. Tie mum
Yer u congressman Of Illinois was thus rgiscd from
thiNteen to fourteen but tie legislature nsted Of d.
yidng the State into fourteen Districts docidt to fst
the number Of districts remain as it stood before the
Of March was passed, and 70 have the fourteenth
congressman elected BY the whole State Hence Tie
tide Of Congressman at Large, given to the position
to which Gen. Logan was elected on the 9Th inst
Cen Logous duties in congress win be precisely sim
liar to those 81 tho representatives elected in cpara.e
districts.
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SUPREME CouRT. UrcIsroN.-We clip The following
from the New Orleans cayune Of the 4th. The De,
cison was rcpdcred on the eth ult, at New Orleans;
Louisa Moore appellant vs.. Thos Moorc-Appcal
from the district court Of the parish Of Caddo.- The
plaintiff ilbadyised by her counsel sued her husband
for 5000 per aunum as amouv upon representations
Of having been abandoned and herself and three
children 10y her former hGsband) left destitute.
The defendant answered in exceptions, that 10
ground Of action existed, as the law does give a
married woman aimony except Professionally, III some
cause OF separation or divorce which Is not prayed
for by the plaintiff, the court asked to compel
a return 70 the matrimonial domicI. There was judg-
ment tor defendant, aad plaintiff appealed
Laubuure ,iUStice.-A married woman cannot sue
her husband long the marriage continues, except
it be to obtain separation from bed and board, for
the separation Of property, or for the restitution and
enjoyment N her parapherna! Tor PERSONAL property
81 III case SHE holds her property separate from him
By marriage contract. See C. c., art. lO5.
Except in the cases above enumerated, married
woman cannot sue her husband. 4 suit for alimony
cannot be properly maintained, except incidentally, in
principal demand for a separation from bed and
board, or divorce from the bonds Of matrimonv.
See case Bourdetc vs., her husband XVIII Ann, D.
Il. Judgment affirmed with costs.
TIE RADs "RAMrANr.n-Press dispatches from
Washington tic New Orleans papers, under date Of
the 4th state that the radicals have gone wild over
the success of their party in the recent elections and
will carry every measure they desire to pass. The
president il to be stripped Of all power, and Mr.. Sum
ncr proposes to abolish all The State governments and
prohibit tile southern States from voting on the con
stitutona amendment. In depriging the president Of
the appointing ana pardonng power, their avowcd
object IS to prevent the restoration Of confscated
property
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PHILADELPHIA Trade Renort.

FRIDAY, November 2-The Flour Market was
less active to-0ay but holders as firm as ever in
their demands, and many of them are Indifferent
about realizing at present figures; sales 1900 bbs,
including 800 pbls. Northwestern extra family at
$lSa14; $50 bbls, We'tern DO do at 91t@l660;
old stock and fresh ground extras at $9@l2; super.
fine at $s@9; and fancy brands at s15 6o0l6 90,
according TO quality. Rye Flour is selling at $50
90. Nothing doing in Corn Meal.
The Wheat Market is very quiet, but there is a
good demand for the article at fu prlces Sales Of
100 bushels Southern red at 80 30. White ranges
from IS '35 10 $40 Rye is steauy at $I4&Ss1'60 %
bushel for Western and PeDnSylvania. In new
Corn there is not much doing, and prices cents
lower. Sales of 1000 bushels yellow at 8125 and
Western mixed at the same prce. Oats are in good
request and 45OO bushels southern sold at Gs cents
afOat. Nothing doing In Barley or Malt.
Cloverseed is in active request, and sales were
made at $500 v "a lbs. Timothy is dull. The last
sale was at $331l. We quote Flaxseed at 90 20d3 25
100 bids. No QuerciIon Bark sold at $50 v ton.
" hisky is quiet but firm Small sales OF Pennsyl.
vania were made at SO 4ld2 AZ 80 bbls. Ohio sold
ut 50 "A,
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All Quiet at Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, November 2.--The city is per-
fectly quiet. No disturbance has taken place
beyond an attempt to murder policeman last
night by firing at him while in Taylor's News
Rooms.
The new Commissioners have not yet made
their appearance, or made any formal demand
upon the old Board, nor have they yet applied
TO be sworn in,
There is no truth whatever in the report tele-
graphed from this city that Mayor Chapman has
decided to recognize the newly appointed Police
Board. On the contrary, he is outspoken in his
determination not to do>so.
lsECoND DEsPATCH.]
BALTIMORE, November 2.-The latest report
is that Mr.. Berry has positively declined the ap-
pomtment of Police Commissioner rendered Llm
by Governor Swami.
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and Tecited IL 10 Judge Holt by the procurement OF
the said C0nover, and that his said deposition
entirely false further say that the said manuscripts
or WI tten statement was In the handwriting OF the
now IN possession Of, the said Judiciary Committee
OF the House Of Representatives, J.. O. TURNER,
District OF Columbia, to witt, Andrew WYl'e,
Justice of the Supreme Court OF said District do
hereby certify that l.. c. Turner, the attiant whose
name is subscribed IN the foregoing affidavit, per.
sonally appeared before in my said district, and
in my presence subscribed the same, and, having
been first duly sworn, said that the facts therein
stated were tue. ANDREW WYLIR.
District OF Columbia, to wit:-I, Return j Meigs,
Clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia, hereby certify that Hon. Andrew Wylie
whose aenuine signature is subscribed to the fore
going certificates OF afidavlts, was at the time of
signing and attestng the same, Of the justices
Of the Supreme Court of said District duly COM
missioned and qualified, authorized to take acknow
Judgements and to administer oaths, and that
his attestati0n thereto is according to law Witness
my hand and the seal of SAID Court this 18th day of
October, 1865. r. j, MEIGs, Clerk etc,
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STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.

Mr.. George W. Curtis has an article on this
bold, bad man. In the current number oil the
North American Reoie,o, in which he is de-
scr bed "as of all our noted politicians the one
who had reduced immortality IN politics TO u
science" MIR. Curtis says;-
"a man Of plausibility and adroitness Mr.. Doug
las totally destitute OF deep convictions or of
moral force His attainments were superficial, and
his methods OF public persuasion and appeal utterly
mean and INSCRIPTIONS. He had a certain popular
att action akin to that OF plize.hghter, which was
favored even by his personal appearance; and he
might well be called the Benecia Boy of Amer. can
politics. But he instinclyely Stunned by nobler
minds, and was most dIstrusted by those who mot
tru Y undeIsto our u government and ITS principles
ana who believed most in the people. His ambition
aud constantly in the public eye. Lake all dema.
gOL ues, ne despised the people whom he fiattered;
familiarity with the crowd, there was never gene
impulse or heroic thought, or profound and
humane principle His speeches were often skilfdlly
sophlstIcal, but there was never any CLEAN of
humor in them, nor grace of fancy, nor touch of
pahos They were incredibly commonplace; aud
we doubt IL single sentence from one OF them
vYes in any school-book of defamation, or fingers
in one human memory He confirmed no young
Als name is iden pfed with political dodge trick
an intentional deception, which migat consign
race to endless slavery and plunge the country into
hol eless commotiOn, and welcome provided it made
hlm President"
1t is a coincidence worth mentioning that
Professor Lowell, in the same number of the
North american, in his article on THE Seward
johnson reaction" speaks of Mr.. Douglas in the
same stran:-
"Who was Stephen A. Douglas, that the Pres-
dent, with his CabIneT and the two highest 0iicers
OF the army and navy, should add their Official
dignity TO the raising OF his monument, and make
the whole country an accomplice Ia consecrating
his memOryg His name is not associated with q
single measure of national Importance unless UPON
the wrong side So far was he from being states
man that, even on the lower ground of Pontlcs,
both his principles and his expression OF t1a tnSm
were tainted with the retk of vulgar associations.
A man of naturally great abilities ne oer.einY my
was, but wholly without that instnct iOr the
higher atmosphere OF thought or etncs Mn,0n alohs
makes them of vaue to any but their possessoI ana
without which they more often danRerons tnan
servieeable to the Commonwealth he haDituauy
oourted thote weaknesses in the people which tend
to degrade them into popnlaee. instead o. appeal,
ing to The virtues that grow py use anu wnose mere
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in q man in some sort ennOoies
MIN And, by doing this, he proved that he despised
the very masses whose sweet Dreat1s nc wo0ed, and
snch q one Gs ne could nave been able 10 Climb so
high"
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RICHMOND D.
The ROthachIIds' Suits for the Recovery
of TObaceO Valued at $2OO,OOO.

The RothachIIds' Suits for the Recovery
of Tobacco Valued at 100000.
RICHMOND, November LIN the Hastings
Court tomorrow will be called for trial one of
the suits brought by the Rothschilds to recover
possession of large amount of tobacco seized
by John s. LOOMS, Treasury Agent, as Con-
federate property, under the act OF Congress re-
lating to captured and abandoned property.
The present is an action brought against the
warehouse keepers, but the United states steps
in and defends the suit in the name OF the Gov
ernment
The other two suits are in Chancery, and have
been brought into the Circuit Court. In the
trial tC morrow, Hon. S. II. Chandler aud Judge
Ames appear for the United States, and Messrs.
Ould and Crump for the other side. The Roths-
chlds first applied to the Secretary OF State
Tor the release of this tobacco, but he decided
il was matter not under his control, and re-
ferred the application to the Secretary OF the
Treasury. Mr.. McCulloch held that having
been seized, the tobacco must be sold by the
Government and stated that the claimants had
their remedy In an action in the Court OF Claims.
Instead OF heaIkening to the sensible adj
vice, the Rothschds Immediately instituted
these various suits in the State courts, their
first steps being to procure an injunction, by
which, some time ago, Colonel Loomis was re-
strained from selling the tobacco since which
Htnrlco county. The Rothschlds may succeed
in their suits in the Stale courts but under the
ruling of Mr.. McCulloch it is difficult to see
what good success will do them The Govern
mant can hardly violate the law and surrender
the property in obedience to the order of any
State court The value of the property in con.
troversy is stated at about two hundred thou
sand dollars.
The District Court of the United States met
at Norfolk to day, but had no business before it,
| MIR. Chandler, the District Attorney, having
arrived here this evening.
l
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NEWS FROM THE FAR WEST.
The Indian Deprcd atiOns Ina Colorado
Horrible Murder Near Fort RandaIl-A
New Yorker Attempts to XIII Ten
Niners-His Escape, Etc.

The Indian Depred atiOns Ina Colorado
Horrible Murder Near Fort RandaIi-A
New Yorker Attempts to XIII Ten
Miners-His Escape, Etc.
EAvENwoRTH, Kansas November IA des-
patch TO the Denver NelcS, dated Julesburg,
Colorado, October 25, gives the following:-
Two hundred and fifty head of stock were
driven off within few miles of Fort Scdgwick;
Que hundred head of mules, owned by Henry
Canlyde, heighter OF Holladay's Overland Mail
and Express Company, and one hundred and
fly head of cattle belonging to Weary Co., OF
Denver. The night herders were killed and
several others wounded. Other trains were
attacked, but the Indians were repulsed. 1t
was Immediately reported TO Captain James p
Nlill, of the 18th United States Infantry, COM
handing the post, who at once mounted COM
panies X and NJ, I'd United States Cavalry, who
overlook them, killing five and woundng fifteen
Indians, capturing all their ponies, wigwams,
and arms with tine loss OF but two men.
The Times Sioux City correspondence OF the
26th of October gives an account OF terrible
murder near Fort Randall. James Duuley, OF
New York, one of a party OF ten miners coming
down the river in a Mackinaw boat, attempted
to murder the whole party while asleep. He
had secured their only gun, then commenced
OH MS sleeping comrades with an axe, killing a
man named Easton, from California, and fear
fully wounding Mccullough, from Minnesota
The party escaped to their boat, taking the
wounded man with them. The commander at
Fort Randall sent Indian scouts after Dunley,
but they failed TO capture him.
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THIRD EDITION
FROM WAsRIMGrON THIS AFTERNOON.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO EVENING TELEGRAPH.
OlnllMa Aunins the GnvnrnnaEat.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO EVENING TELEGRAPH.
Claims Against the Government
WASHINGTON, November 2.-During the month
OF October one hundred and twenty-five claims
we're fled at the rooms of the Claims Commis-
sion, which Is connected with the War Depart
ment. These embrace claims for almost every
description of property impressed, damaged,
used, or destroyed by the Union troopsvduripg
the late war. IT appears from the record that
OF one hundred and seventeen claims filed
during the months of August and September,
fifteen were rejected, thirteen allowed, thirty.
four returned to the claimants attorneys. and
the remainder continued for further evidence or
held under advisement.
Defense of Secretary Harlan.
The Hon. James Harlan this morning pub
fishes an elaborate reply to statements hereto
fore made impugning his motives in the sale OF
the Cherokee neutral lands. Being thoroughly
convinced that the interests of the Indians re-
quired it, he says he sought diligently for pur-
chaser, and after falling in all other quarters
be ultimately effected sale to the American
Emigrant Company OF Connecticut.
He claims that his contract was in accordance
with the treaty, and that with reasonable
diligence, the whole amount except his
expenses Of survey and sale, would be in the
Treasury to the credit of the Indians, or at in-
terest, within one year from the sale of the
contract.
BY the other mode of sale in dIiblets, the ex-
penses would be much greater, and, judging
from past experience, it would be a lifetime
before the whole would be converted into cash.
A few interested parties desired the vacation of
the contract tor purposes of speculation. Mr..
harlan concludes by saying, 'Not regarding
them as disinterested advlsers"-their advice
was not followed by me- preferred to follow
my own judgment of what the true interests
of the Indians and the people of Kansas re.
qured.
II did what appeared to me to be both wise
and JUST and neither fear nor doubt the udg-
ment of an impartial public opinion; and if my
successor should follow the advice of the Alto r.
ney-General set aside the onn+-n~.. ~--a -~-~0oou
IN making a better disposition of these lands,
none OF his friends would be more highly graft
fed than | shall be with his success"
President johnson I'm Favor of Peace.
Ii is understood that the forthcoming message
of the President of the United States to Con.
gress will be all in favor of peace at home and
abroad, and hence all opposed to war or war
like drifts,
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ITALY.

city of Venice Delivered to the Italians.
A despatch from Venice dated the 10th OF October
says;-In accordance with the convention con.
cluded between General Moring and General LIE.
bGuf, this city was handed over 10 the municipal
authorities this morning at O'Clock.
At the same moment General Aemann, the Aus
trian Governor, lett for Trieste On his departure
he received unanimous marks of respect from the
crowd which he and his staff courte0usly returned.
The Italian flag was hOisted ON the tower of st
Marks, and was saluted with snlvo OF one hundred
and one guns Immense enthusiasm prevailed
General di Revel The municipal authorities, and the
National Guar d. then proceeded to the railway sta
on to meet the Italian troops, who were received
with prolonged cheering.
The city Is richly decorated with flags and a
grand illumination takes place this evening.