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MIsSIssIPPI

JACKSON, Miss, January I7.-Iu the
Convention to-day the following were
referred TO the appropriate committees.
10 appoint a special committee to in
4uIre into the eXpediency OF removing 20
some more loyal and convenient place
An ordinance fO~rbidding corporations.
etc, from leyyiBg a poll tax exceeding
one dollar. Also o resolution authorizing
the Legislature TO provide for repairing
theM Mississippi river levees, and dsnounc-
ing the grievUuslevying OF poll taxes. An
ordinance declaring that among other e.
ssntial qualifications for electors il the
acceptance of the civil and political
equality Of al men and an obligation
never to e1untenance the secession Of
States from the United States.
Also a resolution requesting the Com
mltttee on Ordinances to report an DRILL
nance providing for the abolition of the
County Courts, and for enlarginE the
powers and Jurisdiction Of Magistrates.
The following were adopted
A resolution providing q COMMITTEES of
five to receive the names Of citizens 10
whose behalf Congress is to be petitioned
for the removal of their disabilities.
A resolution i~nstrueting the Commit
tee on Schedule to report an ordinance
providing that hereafter no official bond
shall be required of persons elected or
appointed TO office in this State, but pro-
viding for fue, imprisonment and per
petual Acknowledgement for maIfeassnee
in Office.
The following was made the special
order for Tuesday
An ordinance providing for the pubIi-
cation Of the Convention proceedings and
ordinances in the three Republican pa
pers in the State, allowing fifty cents per
square for the same, and subscribing for
u hundred copies Of each; and also
authorizing the Auditor to issue warrants
TO pay for n same, on the certificate of
the Secretary.
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LATE NEWS.

The Republican members of he
House Of Representatives, from Ohio.
have signed q petition to the Senate,
asking that body to reject the nOmina-
ton OF ). ). Cox, as Minister to Austria.
DR.. E. Potter wa found dead In his
office in Springfield, Illinois, on Sunday.
letter was left in the room, addressed
to q friend, in which he said, for six
months he had felt q presentiment that
he would die about the first Of January.
ten. Jacob Irwin was elected State
Treasurer by the Pennsylvania LegisIa-
ture yesterday. The Democrats voted
for Hon. William V. McGrath, of
Philadelphia.
"A lunAtic named Patrick Deviuuey.
was Killed IN a struggle with his keepers
10 the Asylum, near Cincinnati, on the
10th. Another lunatic, when his keen
ers had him down, kicked him in the
stomach, causing internal hemorrhaRe.
The Kentucky Legislature has elecfed
s. }. NJ Major, OF the Frankfort Yeomdu.
Public Printer w. N. Haldeman. of the
Louisville Courier, Public Book Binder +.
and DR.. Vallandigham, Of Frankfort,
Librarian.
"A strong effort is being made to re-
new the impeachment movement and
there is no doubt that, should the Presi
den refuse to recognize Secretary STAN
ton, OF commit any act which will afford
a pretext for preferring articles against
him, the subject will be again introduced
IN the House Immediately, and viii have
more advocates than before.
"A dispatch from Washington on the
18th says; Gen. Grant and Lieut.. Gan /
Sherman called "a the President this
evening, and had a full and free confer
ence. They both Informed the President
that they had advised Mr.. Stanton to
tender his resignation, but that the latter
had given them no reply. They ex-
pressed themselves in favor of effeetiu0
an amieable settlement OF the existing
troubles, and did not doubt but that II
would be arranged.
1t is said = proclamation viii be is
sued by the President fOrbidding all Off
GERS OF the army to hold or have suv
communication with Stanton as Secre-
tary Of War, nor obey any orders he
may issue. Secretary MeCulloch has
issued an order to the heads of bureaus
in his department forbidding them TO
recognize Stanton as Secretary of War
until his status in that department is
It IS said similar orders have
been issued to other Executive Depart
ments.
The bill TO restrain the Secretary of
the Treasury from contracting the circu-
has passed the Senate, with four
dissenting voices. The House bill aus
ponds the power of the Secretary to con-
tract, and the Senate bill repeals the
section Of the law under which this
exists. The Senate bill now goes
20 the House as amended.
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FROa NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, January I7.-Thesteamel
Au~strslasian from Liverpool and Queens
town the jth, reports that she saw on
January the S.h a burning ship. She
could not ascertain her name, but there
was nobody on beard.
Judge Blackford today dismissed the
Ii0els agsirs5 the steamers City of Paris,
Manhattan and others, on the ground
that The act of Congress relative to
carvings an excess OF passengers, applied
only TO sailing vessels
John jacob AstOr died to-day, in the
siXty-sixth year of his age.
Gen. J. B. Magruder, late Of the Con-
federste States Army, voluntarily took
the oath Of allegiance TO the Government
to-day in the United States Circuit Court.
NEW YORK, January l7.-COtton, fully
DC higher sales, 1000 bales upiands,
lie. Rice, firm Carolina, IG(9IIc.
Coffee, steady. Cdbs sugar, 1lf9II5c.
MoIasses, quiet but steady. Flour. dull
and a shade easier. Wheat, dull. Corn,
dull and lower, 81 2591 %.
NEW YORK, January Money, very
easy call loans, 5@6 sterling, dull aud
unchanged gold, 3sI@Sss new Ten
nessees, COT Missouris, 100.
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FROM GEORGIA.

AUGUSTA, GA, January 1.-THE cor.
r~espOndence between Gen. Meade and
Gov. Jenkins is published. Gen. Meade
considers that the ordinance passed bv
the Atlanta Convention to levy and col
iect a specific tax defTaying its expenses.
and requiring the Treasurer of Georgia to
advance $4,000, to be replaced when the
specific tax is collected as an ~appropria-
ton made by law, in the sense used bv
the Georgia constitution, which provides
that no money shall be drawn from he
treasury except by appropriation made
by Law. Meade therefore requests Gov
Jenkins to issue 3 warrant on the Treasp-
rer for the amount called ( II by the Con-
ventiOn. He further says that be is
clearly Of the opinion that the Conven-
ton is authorized by the reconstruction
acts to exercise such Iegalized power
as may be necessary for it to discharge
the duties imposed upon it by said acts.
He cites as a precedent for his action
aud support the Reconstruction Conven-
ton appropriations made by the Consti-
t%utional Convention in 1866. and con
cludes by asking the cooperation of the
Executive Department in the perform
ance of the difficult and embarrassing
duties devolving upon him.
Gov. jenkins, after meeting The sub
stance Of Meade's communication, SAYS
that after 3 careful consideration Of the
whole subject, and with the c~learest con-
victioDs Of duty, he declines to comply
with Meade's request, and thus states his
reasons for refusing it at some length
1. He considers the question as arising
under the Constitution of Georgia.
in '65, and under the
Constitution of the United States
both Of which he has sworn to preserve
and defend. No appropriation
having been made by the Legislature,
and the Convention not having been
called ia Rccordance with the Constitu
but by Congress, cannot by its
act, appropriate money from the
Treasury Of Georgia, and cannot confer
)n its agents any larger powers than are
possessed by it and be does not consider
he ordinance OF the Convention as made
~ law.
2. There is nothing In the reconnrue.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
Night Dispatches.
TO PPEAL
ARKANSAS.
RADICAL STATE CONVENTION.
RADICAL CONGRESSIONAL
CONVENTION.
Natives ana IUpOTiati0ns DI1er
RADICAL STATE CONVENTION.
ana ImpOr,a,iOns Differ
Little Rock and Fort
Smith Railroad.

Special Dispatch TO Memphis Appeal
LITTLE Rock, January a. seven pm
The Radical State Convention, on the
18th, nominated for Governor, Gen.
Powell Clayton Lieutenant Governor,
James NJ. Johnson, Of Madison; Audi.
tor, James r. Berry Secretary of State,
R. I. ]. White; Treasurer, Henry Page
Supreme Judges Lafayette Gregg,
John Mcclure, James Thomas Elliott
School Commissioner, Rev. w. H.
Gillian.
The Convention adopted a platform
favoring immediate reconstruction on
the Congressional plan, uniform taxa,
ton, the repeal of the special tax on
cotton, free schools, and adjourned sine
die amid great confusion and bad feeling
between native aud imported loyalisls.
The Radical Congressional Convention
nominated Jos. Kinds, Of Pulaski, to
Congress for the Second District.
In the Constitutional Convention, Cy-
pert closed the debate yesterday with a
splendid argument in favor of the adop-
ton Of the present State Constitution.
The vote upon its adoption to day was
ayes 10, nays SO.
Kinds resolution to m-emoIialize Con-
gress to remove the disabilities Of citizens
aiding reconstruction, WAS renewed, and
passed to day.
Merrick, Of Lafayette, was qualified
without credentials.
The resolution to appoint three com.
missioners to inquire into the condition
Of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Rail.
road, with power to compel the atten.
dance of witnesses, and report to the
next Legislature, after considerable de-
bate as to the rights Of the Convention to
consider such questions, was referred 70
Committee on Internal Improve
Adjourned till 10 o'clock to morrow
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FROM WAsHIyGToy

WASHINGTON, January IZ-Tha Sp
preme Court was crowded this a f~-srro1,
with many of the most distin0nis6sj
members OF the bar, now in 49,
eon, 20 near argument connected with
ease $50, or parte, VIM. II. McCardle an
SPpesi from the Circuit Court of tbo
united States for the Southern Djstriot
VI mississippi. 1t will be remembereJ
that McCardle was ousted and iDonriS
oned by order Of Gen. Ord, and ordsra5
20 be tried by q military commsssion ON
the charge OF hindering reconstrnction
0y certain publications in a paner et
V~icksburg, Of which he is editor IT,
accused was held to bail to await furtber
proceedings, in the sum of $1,000
Inc motion argued to-day was az 70
giving an early hearing to all the min.
eiples involved. Senator Trumbuli a..
peared for the Military authorities IL
eontended that this was nor IN anv
sense a political question, nor was Il Of
such 8 criminal character as REQUIRED the
Court to give it preference. Besides, The
accused being now at liberty. thongb
under trial, is suffering no grievous haTd.
Judge Black took issue win
Trumbull, aud argued that the Interests
not only Of McCardle but all the oTti1sns
Of the United States, were involved in
the question, aud he insisted that fha
of 3 citizen was the most precious
Of all blessings. He did not ask ap early
confederation Of the case as a fsyor hit
70 q mstteE Of justice.
Iadgs sharksy briefly showed the Inn.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE.

HOtEE-
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE Speaker
| announced hat the regular business in
order during the morning hour would be
the call of the Committees for reports d
q private character.
On the motion of Butler, the Senate's
amendment to the deficiency bill was
referred to the Committee on Appropri-
atoms.
Several private bills were then passed,
and IN the motion OF Washburne, OF
Illinois, it was ordered that the session
to- morrow should be for general debate.
Bingham suggested, and 1t was agreed
to, that the debate on the reconstruction
bill should 90 on TODAY, and that the
subject might also be discussed to-mOr-
row and that the previous question
shall be considered, as seconded, on
Monday, at the afternoon hour.
Schenck, from the Committee on WAYS
and Means, reported back q substitute
for the anti-COptractiOn bill, with a
recommendation that it be now con-
cured in. He proceeded to explain the
difference between the proposition of the
House and the Senate, saying The Senate
substitute accomplished, but by q vague
phraseOlOgy, what the House bill accom-
plished in q plain, direct and unmis-
taxable manner, and thstthe Committee
on Ways and Means was unanimous in
recommending a nOn-concurrenee in the
Senate's amendment. The amendment
was non-concurred in and goes back to
the Senate. H.a rara
The House at half-past n resumed
the consideration of the bill reported
from the Committee on Reconstruction,
and on which Boutwell, was entitled to
the floor; he, however, yielded twenty
minutes to Garfield, who addressed the
House in advocacy of the bill.
Prime, from the Committee on Freed
mems Affairs, reported a bill to provide
for the sale of certain lands and lots on
the Sea Islands Of Beaufort District, s.
C.; after which the House adjourned.
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THE PRESIDENT Ann ST,u,

The impression now is, Mr. Iobna-
will nOt recognize Mr.. Stanton In -.
official capacity, but transact All bnsine:y
pertaining TO the War DanartmHs
through the headquarters OF the srn.Iae
and officer in command, and in no $3.50
will any order issued by Stanton ba
rec )gnized As official. 1t does not annsor
that Gen. Grant had any Consultative
with the President relative 10 VIII
action should be taken in case the senate
should refuse to sustain S~tsnton's sus-
pension.
The foregoing was telegrsphed TO the
Associated Press. It shows that Grant
is in the conspiracy TO battle and embar.
rass the President as much as possible
A special to the St. Louis Republican
gives the particulars of Stantou's re-
sumption:
TIE keys OF the S~ecretary's private
ROOM, ia the Wal Department, were
handed TO Mr.. Stanton at 10 o'clock. and
he took quiet possession, remaining there
until 4 O'Clock PM, his usual hour for
closing his days labor. He drew psy.
10 the meantime, TO the amount of nearly
$1,000 for the time during which be has
been suspended. He was visited, al IL
O'Clock, by Gen. Grant, who remained
ia conference with him for nearly an
hour. He had interviews with other
parties during the day, and ia the even
ing issued an order to the employees OF
the Department, informing them that
be was again at the head Of affairs.
At the Cabinet meeting to-day, the
l4th, MI. Stanton was not present, and
probably will not be present at any future
meetings, as the President has more than
once expressed his determination to this
effect.
A petition in the House Of Represent.
atives was signed by every Republican
member, asking Mr.. Stanton 20 remain
ID the Wa office, and not to resign.
Bishop Simpson and Gems. Pope and
Howard called at the War Department
turing ID day . congratulated Mr..
STATION On bis ~restoEstionl and the Radi,
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PRINCIPLEs GOvERNING THE CON
DBer Or TBE APPEAI.
A EOVERNhkNr Of WhILe men f0T
IN nra M nnlIlLnaI

NNhAkNAhN u nAAAG A4EA - VIZ
men; and no political m-isoegenauon.
LOYALTY 10 the Union ofthes STATES: FIDEL-
rrY to the Constitution in its true extent and
meaning Obedience TO and maintenance OF
AL law, State and National, cOnsttutlonaDy
enacted.
RESISTANCE to Tyranny, Usurpauon and OP-
preston, OF one man or many; and TO ali en-
croachments upon the rights OF freemcn or OF
States. OF upon the just and Constitutional
prerozatives or any Department Of the State
or National Governments
No -EsrABLrsHMENTs OF Military despotisms,
no e~nthreuinE Of martial law, no suspension
ofthe writ OF Habeas Corpus, no staying OF cit
liens by Military Commission. no Interference
with the Courts. no ett7es De eaehet In time OF
pesce.
STRICT sUBoRDINATIoS OF the Military 70 the
Civil Power.
No STANDING ARMIES OF States in time OF
peace
RESTORATION OF d~isfranchised citizens to al
rights and privileges OF which they have been
disseized; no prosecutions or disqualiheations
FOR political opinions; for The PAST, oblivion
OF offences: for the PRESENT and FUrUEEi
USIoN, PEACE, A and ORDER.
PERPETUAL ASSURANCE TO all freemen Of
African race, ofau the CIVIL rights OF neemen
No REGULATION, by State or Nation, Of any
honest and lawful debt,
No REVIVAL OF old party differences; but q
Mo OF all Conservative men, OF al former
parties, who revere the Constitution. to restore
the old landmarks OF the Government.
NJ LEGISLATION 20 plumber one portion Of
the country for the profit Of another portion.
WHATEvER is JUST; whatever is RIGHT;
whatever Is Of GOOD REPUTE and worthy OF
the descendants OF EDglIsh frsemeD.
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LONDON, January 17.-Information
from TenerifFe states that a violent bur
ricane occurred there recently. Houses
were ~uuro0fsd, and ships driven ashore
and demolished. Loss not known.
The Turkish Government Is seeking TO
raise s. loan in this market, the proceeds
whereof are to be applied to improving
navigation at the month Of the Danube.
Advices from Hong Kong aud Shaug
hal state that another battle had been
fought between the Rebels and Imperial
lists 1t Shin Tang, and the I~mperialists
under Eos Tai were again defeated.
Cork, January IA vial of Greek
fire was thrown, yesterday, at one of the
witnesses for the Government in the
Fenian trials here, but the material failed
to ignite.
DUBLIN, January Il, y P. M.-At the
examination of Lennon yesterday Ser
ggant Kelly, the survivor of the two po-
l!cemen who were shot at, and a womsu
swore they fully recognized the prisoner
as the man who fired the pistol shots
which wounded one policeman and killed
the other.
FLORENCE, January 17.-Sale of ecc.e-
siastical estates so far has proved very
productive.
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WllLAtee,a Hnla

ID virtue OF a deed OF trust made 70 me Inv
ID John II. Peterson, and recorded IN fbe Ra@-
istsr's office OF Shelby county, In book No ID
part Ist, pages 47B, ~ and AIS. I viii ssIJ To 49,
highest bidder for cash, the following deserissJ
Lot or tract OF land, lying in Shelby co,nr1
Tennessee, about three quarters OF a mile f-og,
Court square, to wit: be4ng part OF Connie -
No. 80 on the north side Of the RaIeigh -c.S
commencing on the west side OF an aIlsS aSon,
49, eight feet wide, running thence west viii
said Ral.igh road (e) eighty-thl ee jeet: fhspS.
north with the plank fenc now IN e. ~
about ~ nYs hundred feet, mrzs or less 10
the back OF said fence theree sast xifh said
back fence (s3l Gig ty-three fset - ~ - s1cs
nov On ssia LOT thence on q line Win said
east fence toOl ave hundred feet. more or less.
TO the beginning. Equity OF rejenption TO this
property II waived, and title to the snuae be-
only.
Place Of sals-sOutheast eornsr Of Court
square.
Ierms-Cash.
Time or sale MONDAY, February y. 1853.
There Is situated on this lot an elegant Oct
with four rooms and servants loom ami
kitchen, and other necesr AIRY imBsOvemenfs-
iai6 ids s. n. DuESCONH. Trugfsau
AYsn-ng Ledger copy.
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-
portahce Of the course suggested by
Judge Black.
Mr.. Hues, appearing for the Govern
ment, opposed the motion for an early
trial, and the Court took the matter IN.
der advisement.
Egbert III. Gonden was confirmed yes
terdsy by the Senate as United States
Attorney for the Southern District Of
Alabama, In place OF Martin, removed.
Martin, It will be reeoileeted, is the man
who recently shot Judge Bnsteed.
The Committed on Ways aud Means
adopted this morning in the Committee
the following resolution, "in order to
! guide the Committee in the amendments
TO the Internal Revenue laws "
Resolved, That % IL the sense of this
I committee that SIO0, coo, 600 be considered
as the AMOUNT necessary to be obtained
] from the internal revenue taxes, and the
same shall as far as practicable be cOllec-
ted from, first, distilled spirits and fer
mented liquors. Second, tobacco n
manufactures Of tobacco. Third, by
! stamps. Fourth, by special taxes. Sixth,
by dividends. Seventh, for luxuries and
a~musemeuts. Eighth, banks and rail-
roads. Ninth, gross receipts. Tenth,
legacies and SUGGESTIONS, having the
lowest possible sum to be collected from
industrial pursuits, or renewing Inat ciass
of interests entirely.
The State Department has received a
| dispatch from San Francisco stating that
an assay Of gold from Alaska, gives 5000
per tOn
General Sewell, Assistant Inspector
I General, reports under date of Vicks-
burg, January, s, that ar unsettled state
Of affairs exist, with great destitution,
but no starvation, and that comparatively
few plantations will be worked during
the ensuing year, though more atten-
ton will be paid 70 the cereals. Few
contracts are as Yet being made
with the negroes, and he could
find no evidence of the truth of the as
sertion that the planters are determined
by a concerted action, to force the ne
groes to work for lower wages. He
thinks it will be necessary for the Gov
eminent to issue a limited number Of
Fatlous in The river districts 0 fLoaisisna,
Mississippi and Arkansas; but in the
interior there is little apprehension Of
suffering. He gives the report that an
agent of the Bureau at Lake Providence,
Louisiana, had absoonded with 5000,
deposited with him by the negroes and
concludes by saying that there never a as
a time when the Bureau was more needed
than at present.
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THE MEMPHIS APPEAL, NOW IN IT.

THE MEMPHIS APPEAL, NOW IN IL
Twehty-Ninth Year, is offered 70 the reading
public OF Tennessee, Mississippi. Arkansas and
Alabama. 1t Is believed, with superior induce.
msnta 10 any tina have ever been pre-
Sehted 70 Us numerous and rapidly IN
creaSinz patrons. The stagnauon in hnan-
claI movements, the almost total cessation OF
trade, the paralysis in agricultural operations
and the anomalous condition OF political
affairs, instead OF counssHlng TO inaotlon and
discouraging enterprise anil energy, should
arouse our people to redouble their exertlons,
to extend their enterprise, and to rely with
greater confidence and higher resolve upon
their own indomitabIs and u-nquenehabIe
courage snd purpose. II there ever was a Time
when the people should be
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Attnchnaent Hmff.

Law Court Of Memphis.
CLERK's OFFICE, January -, 1858.
samuel Perkins, Plaintiff, VS. J. s. Jaqu=Es
- Jaque S and Jaquess, p~artaers doing
usiD under The name and style OF Iaquess
Brothers, Defendants.
A FEIDAVIT for attachment having been
IA made IN this case in pursuance or Sectisn
34o5 OF the Code OF Tennessee, and attachment
having been issued and returned by the proper
officer levied, ETC." on the property OF The
defendants J. 5. JGquess, Jaquoss and
- Jaquess. partners doing business under the
name and style OF Jaquess brothers
It is theref re ordered, that 50 d defendants
appear az the Courthouse in the city OF Mem
PMS, Tenn, on or before the second Monday in
February next, and defend this fuit, or the
same will be taken tor confes ed as to said de-
PENDANTS and The case set for hearing ex parte,
and that a COPY Of this order be published once
a week for four consecutive week. In The daily
JOHN DONOVAN, Clerk.
A COPY: b. Is. CAPEB8, d. o.
Wilson & Beard. attorneys for plaintiff.
ala Iu~uaU
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ton acts which saddles the Treasury with
the cost Of The novel enterprise the Con
vention Is engaged in. They provide
that the Convention shall levy q tax for
the express purpose Of defraying the ex-
penses Of the Convention.
8. Apart from the constitutional prin-
eiples involved, the liabilities Of the
STATE which are now pressing upon the
Treasury, would not warrant him IN
authorizing the Treasurer to advance the
money TO the Convention.
Meade receives the communication Of
Gov. Jenkins with profound regret, and
says he considers his action an impede
ment TO reconstruction, and does not feel
called upon to answer his arguments, and
removes him from Office as Governor Of
Georgia with regret, entertaining for
MIN high personal respect, rs both are
acting from q conscientious sense Of duty.