The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1867-02-28

REPORTED Expressly FOR THE CLARION

/ WASHINGTON, Feb. Z2.-lt IS stated ou-
rats lawyers have advised against any con-
LESSONS or. statements. Suratt's sister had
an hours interview of sad character with
him. s#es
Nebraska has accepted universal suffrage
on which admission depended.
| PHILADELPHIA Feb. 22.-The day is hon
! ored by the banks and courts. The chair
and table on which the Declaration of INDIE
pendence was written, was presented to the
Speaker of the State Senate. 81
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-No regard paid to
| the day here.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 22.-The steamship,
Southampton, was towed to Belfast with
| four feet water in her hold.
Cotton declined, I'd; Middling Uplands
13a-sales to-day 1000 bales. For the week
50, 900 bales. a.
PANAMA, Feb. 22.-The Revolution in Con-
| ca has been suppressed. Several insurgents
| were killed.
NEW YORK, Feb. Advantageous birth
day is observed here. There is no stock
board or market.
| ASSLNNGO, 4ND, lou SS-1uO VdUdoA
| is higher than ever known.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The appropriation
bill was considered. The amendment of the
Senate was rejected. committee of con-
ference was appointed.
| The Speaker desired the Door-Keeper to
exclude from the floor all but privileged
persons.
The bill suspending direct taxes in West
Virginia passed.
Senate.-The amendment to the diplomat
ic appropriation to pay Harvey at Lis
bon was rejected.
A bill relieving contractors of war vessels
| passed.
| The House went into committee on tax
amendment removing the cotton tax after
Sept. LIST, 1867; passed 63 to 81.
Blair, of Maine, made the motion. Stevens
moved to remit the tax ON the burned por-
ton of Chambersburg this year which was
rejected ~ 80
The South Carolina murder committee
reported strongly questioning the action of
Judge Hall who released the alleged MUIR
derers. The report asserts o. II. Browning hav-
ing a large fee and made argument before the
President urging that the prisoners be
brought within reach of habeas corpus in a
Northern court. The committee makes the
following deductions from the evidence of
Generals, Schofeld, Thomas, Wood, and
Baird. and says the punishment for crime
upon soldiers, Union men and freedmen, can
not be relied on in their Departments
Neither magistrates nor jurors are disposed
to discharge their duty in this respect
There has been no change for the better but
rather for the worse. The committee sug-
gest military rules as the only practical care
for the illegal evils.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 22t-The day was
mostly oberved as holiday. The banks
and public offices were closed }
Cotton sales to-day 1000 bales-prices low
vr-Lu~ Middnng 2g103U; M1ddling 30a0
81. Receipts for the week 1856 against 9433
Exports 1852. Stock 246,935. Sugar-Fair
10; Molasses-Fair rs; Flour-Superfne
$l1 so. Corn 81 1901 Is; Oats 81 90; Hay
$37 50038 90. Mess Pork $21 rs; Bacon
Shoulders 1871; Lard 12a0144. Tobacco
Medium Leaf 100. ,t
/ WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The veto on Sher-
mans substitute is expected Monday
The Departments closed at noon in honor
of the day. ta.,. ~. ete
I SENATE.--Yates presented a petition from
four thousand citizens of Charleston, asking
a Territorial Government.
e hill axtond;nrr fha A crr;ou1k,,.o1 N,1Io<.oo
to Tennessee. passed the House. The amend
ment forbidding Confederate professors was
stricken out
] HoUsE.-Sherman's resolution about the
Paris Exposition, and appropriating $4,000,
passed.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Feb. 22-Gen. Burn
side has been nominated for Governor
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 21.-Cotton quiet and
unchanged; sales 5000 bales.
New YORK, Feb. 21.-The. Allamane has
arrived. An encounter occurred between
the miners and troops at Belgium; three
miners were killed, and the rioters were
moving on Roux and Jupetz, where troops
were massing.
John Adams, paymaster of the Harlem
Railroad, has disappeared His cash is
$4,000 short
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l.--A T Stewart is
here, working to defeat the bankrupt bill.
New York, Feb. 81. Cotton dull and de-
clining at 32i for Middling Uplandsi Gold
1874. ].
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 21.- Cotton very dull and
declined l sales 1000 bales, Middling Up
lands I3 10; MiddIing Orleans 14s.
NEW ORLEANS, February 21.-Sales of
cotton to-day $500 bales. The market lie
weak and lower. Low middling 80; mid
ding 81. Sugar fair 10 !; Molasses 76. Flour
81 IS. Corn 81 I20$l III; Oats 81; Hay
$s7 500$38. Pork 2l rs Shoulders II I.2
Sides 1913 70; Lard I2 1.20l4l-2. To-
bacco unchanged. Whisky 5000.
Gold 37as
WAsHsNGToN, Feb. 21.-The House biz
authorizing q submarine bridge at st. Louis
passed.
The bill retiring compound interest notes
$l4o, goo 900 of which is due this rear. vas