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uzHE MERCHANTs OF RIcHM0Nn

4 VIII ind II tn t,rir interest so advertise In
tue MILF CHRONICLES. published N Nit H.
Cahweil c unity, n. q. lisa l. We psp~r, with a
larg- crcuia ION In county N { trades in rtch-
moud, and as an Advertising medium Ia The rich
valley or the Dan It has no superior.
TEl:Ns: SAME OF ether pspsrs IL the up-eepnt,y.
yvh
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
-~s---~~~~-~~~"~s~~~~~~-~--~ ~~~~~~e~~~~~~~~~~~~
D0MESTIO INSURANCE.
CHARTERED FEBRUARY %, 1850.
THE INSURANCE AND SAVINGS COMPANY
~a OF VIRGINIA. 'a1s' q.
Invested Capitalize. ZOO oeo.
Issues policss to cover ell
FIRE AND MARINE RISKS r,
on the mort advantageous terms. and offers all The
Inducements connected with
sea AHoME COMPANY !.
OF UNDoUBTED ABILITY AND SAFETY.
ASSETS EMPLOYED HERE FOB THE
81 BENEFIT OF INSURERS.

WILLIAM F. BUTLER would inform
w his friends that he IS now General Can
vassing Agent for The PIEDMONT LIFE IN
sUHAN,E COMPANY. He thanks the public
for The kind patronage bestowed on his past busi-
ness career and asks in his new employment
their continued confidence and assistance rs well
to adva1ce his own interest as to stop sending
money off for Life Insurance which can as safely
and more wisely be kept IN our midst with 1.-The
Piedmont" which Is solvent as any, and rapidly
gaining ground on all companies. NH 6-2w
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WOOD AND COAL.

1I00D, WOOD! WOODi!!-THE
IA o,CuvspEsT ~ THE CI1Y.-Why will
w. rs high price for wood when they can
rsp9es So cheap at hEski ssUNDkRs,s ,ss,s yard yard:
). he my and sep the wood, and am sure you
&C: rISRatsx per cord; OK at IS. SO per
I'll h2 2.l,rs,ed snywhere IN the city.
as; as;'s7Iset;sT ~ !. pis. HsNRY .sAuNnEEs.
yTgRACITE COAL, BEST RED ASH,
aaSers aaTrx HiLL COAL, direct from mines:
S,.,ySTss, coal, a No. / article; sSf
sSmKE. sofl and hard; -.a -
Mop oak and pine. -
,,feTed nTe is to be had y. lowest ratts2S ,,,-
corner Ninth street aud Basin. n
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BOOKS AND sTATsONE BY.

TO B0Ok-BUYERS.-We issue monthly
l CATALOGUE OF NEW WORKS, with
81. hiadnr. and price. + teachers we have
priced CatWl' que # sChool-bDoks for mer-
caAgts schopl-OOUk catalogue. with wholesale
g-..ss. To ali buOk buyers We Offer at low prices
Al,r.c -'oCk oc EtW and CID BOOKS ia all the
apartments or literature.
RANDOLPH & ENGLISH,
Mhls 1913 Main street
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AGAIN REDUCED.
COAL AND WOOD.
AZ LOW AS THE LOWEST.

,u,.o to-day sncther reduction in the price Of
and WOpl, and challenge comparison as
coz "Isli;y aud che2pness OF the fuel which i
ds.!yytTT s.!yytTTsxec.TE, ;,Ssc.TE CLOVER HILL LUMP,
IN LOVER HILL, and HaIL COAL, now
hAm,rd Also. OAK AND PINE WOOD, OAK
y G,I,g11TPiNE WOOD CHA RLES II. PAGE, Id
AHp fuel dealer. Ninttesnt and Cary
a. and nevrntn xnd GraCe streets. \
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~ E. KLOEBER, DENTIST, in Mzx@
TEETH at TWENTY DOLLARS per set. Per-
feet at and durability warranted. Call and see
specimens OF the'worf. rss .s@ q E,tEs.}
Particular attention devoted to filing and pre-
serving the teeth.
Teeth extracted without pain.
Dental rooms .so2 Brosd street. ,,rgrj ia cS
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MIDLOTHIAN COAL.
NIOOD. WOOn. WOOD.-I am selling

WOOD, WOOD, W0OD.-I am selling
" SEASONED OAK at a6 and PINE at ss,
D. 1ycrcd or IS and A. IN the yard. VIII sell In
See IN the lower corner or Libby Building;
t)oh-ya-d by the side OF the same, between Twen-
.t:a ana Twenty-frst streets. The wood-yard
gs'.s open on bOjn Cary and Dock. Orders left
v.aC. J. SINTOS, No. l.S5 Main street, or with
CURTIS Il PARKER, on Eighteenth street be.
tween Msin and Cary, will be promptly filed.
al w. 6. NEI.MS.
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TOUND, ON THE NIGHT OF THE 18TH
or March BREAsTPIN. The owner can
get 1t by applying to WILLIAM UkRANGE,
at third police station, aid paying for this adysr-
tisement. NH la-lt+
EIVE DOLLARS REWARD. .-EA
T. Strayed from my house, on the corner Cf.0.IA.
Foushee and Franklin streets, u small kEls CIV.
The above reward will be paid upon her delivery
to me. tmh ls-tkl 4. j. NONiF.
I OST.-Notice is hereby given that ap-
H. picatiou will be made To the second auditor
OF virgiuia for tue renewal OF the following Chk-
TIFi ATtS 0i lost stock Of The state nf Virginia
standing on the books or n ses oud Auditor III the
name Of j. A. Ful,ettou-siz., No. ASA for s!0s
No. 3 7ss, for S20e; 70. AIDS for 8lotthe same
having been destroyed by fire in April 1876.
j. ls-Fsm W. J. SCOTT, Administrator.
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mARTNE TNTELLIGEN,C;E;.

MINIATURE ALMANAC, MARCH 10, 1882
Sun rises. e.0a Moon seta..... 1L12
Sun sets. ..6.5s High tide, A. NJ. 800
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EOR RENT, that desirable GRAN-0
A. ITF-FRONT STOKE,Ho. 2lo seventeenth -
street. between Grace and Broad. A room on tho
south side and another in the resr, alarge porch,
had. apply at once to s-- -.
mi u. L ".
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EOR RENT, Q, neat and comfortable a
D. BRICK DWELLING at the corner ofN32
Fifth and Baker streets, containing ave ToofaR !:
gas aud city water on the premises kitchen with
Two rooms Possession st once. Apply to
NH l6-st J.iL. APPERSOF.
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N,OR RENT. DWELLING and KITCH. -

EOR RENT, DWELLING and KITCH-G
T. EN-, and other out-houses conuectedlE1
dem about sixty rods from Kliby's station, on the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railrosd,
where the cars stop daily morning and evening"
The dwelling Is in perfect order containing threo
large rooms and passage. \ ernls NIGHT Dol.
LARS per month, with fre-wood FOR tenant Id.
cluded. Apply to L. II. VINCENT, !at Ashland.
NH 8-eOd2Mk
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ChlCago MarkeK.

By Telegraph CHICAGO. Jan. % :
EASTERN ExcHANeE--Firmer at par sell
ing and lilo of buying. 81 Eaanaa Ia
extra. isif
WHKAr-Act1ve and excited and Ia1zc
higher: sales OF No. 4 at 81 1891 22lz; Ne. 2
opened at 81 l51z, advanced TO 81 l61<, sub
sequently became easier and closed at 81
l554 sales since Change at 81 l55z. a.aE
CoRN-Active and hrms H9lxc higher; I;
rejected kiln dried az 54c; new 535<g5454c,
closing at 54119541zc for new; sales NO. at
6S1ac, seller last half OF April. and at 70c,
buyer May: new 545zc, seller last half OF
February, and $40. seller February.
OATS "A ctive and 1Sc higher sales No. 2
az 4S1zc for No. 2: sales at 4s5zc, seller and
buyer this month. fHst Fl-Ha 81 e
RYE-More active and 1SQlc higher: sales
No. J. at u 1901 l711S; No. at 81 rs, closing
at 81 l61&0gl IL for No. 1. s1fsH
BARLEY-MoFe active and EaRs. hfQI1er.l
sales No. 2 at 81 74aI 78 and rejected 81 48t1
%, closing with buyers at 81 1901 ~ for
No. 2. E M f8F III
HIGawIE6s-Dull, depressed and nomt-i
PRovIsioNs-Active; Mess Pork opened
excited and 50955c higher; sales at go co.
seller February and March, and $50 Is.
seller all Februry: clear Pork s32.
BULK MEATs-Steady and firm at 1870
for rough sides, I2z9I2Zc for shoulders;
hams firm at l61z@171zc for sweet picked
and l51<c for green. H htNa
LARD-Opened weak, subsequentlyl be-
came firm, with sales at Ice foI steam.
DRESSED HOGS-ActiVe and steadv at 80
@sl3, closing at sl2 25aI2 rs for common to
ordinary, and Sl2 509sl3 for good TO ch0Ice,l
dividing on DO: live nrm and active and
lO9l5c h1gheri sales at 50 6059 90 tor COM
mon and SlO@Sll for fair to good packing.
BEEF CArTI.E-Quiet and tame; S6(93 S79<
Tor lair 70 medium, and S797 l21z for good
steers. 1,.f = sats a BN
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NEW YoRK, January 22.-The jury
In the case of Blaisdell, Eekel, and
McLaren, who have been on trial in
the United States Circuit Court for
the past few days, on a charge of de-
frauding the internal revenue, this
afternoon rendered a verdict of guilty.
The prisoners were remanded for sem
tence. sss5 ss,...I
The Times reports that Secretary
Seward has lately been arranging his
affairs for an extended tour Of travel,
which he proposes beginning on the
expiration of his term of office. The
journey will be across the continent
to California, and thence through the
Republics of South America.
The Board of Health yesterday
afternoon elected DR.. Elisha Harris
Sanitary Superintendent, in place of
DIR. Dalton, who lately resigned.
The London shipping Gazette of
the 9th inst, says the brig Hannibal,
from Boston, spoke the bark Ameri-
ca, bound for New York, on the Both
of December, Ia latitude 420 43
north, longitude 30o 2 west. with 80
of the shipwrecked crew and passen-
gers of the steamer Hibernia on
board. The account of Captain Gyles
is circumstantial, and there seems no
doubt that another of the boats that
left the i'll. fated steamer has been
fallen in with, and the sufferers. res
cued. The New York Herald, lin.
copying the above expresses the belief
that, Notwithstanding the statement
per cable to the contrary, all the pas
sengers and crew of the Hibernia are
safe.
The America, which left Bremen
November 2lst, has not reached New
York.
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Cincinnati Markat.

By Telegraph CINoTETATT. Jan. q.
FLOUR--Dull; family, 81 0507 rs. Ifia
WHEAT-Duli; No. 2, 81 20; No. /. 81 rs
CoRE- Dull and prices lower: sales OF
ear at 64a65c- asanrs III
+ OATS nchanged and quiet. f4as
CoTToN-Is held at 29c, but no sales over
2Ssze. sr ~ ITlET4 = =
WHIsKY-Rather dull at $50. .Hs
PROVISIONS Generally firmer, and prices
a shade In favor Of sellers, though the de-
mand ls not active, but fair. Mess PORK
sold AZ 30. Bulk Meats, i25@g9l3c for shouI-
ders, l5c for sides, 1870 for clear rib sides,
and l812c for clear sides, with a fair de-
mand; Bacon hrm, and in fair demand !:
shoulders 44c, clear rib sides lie, and clear
l754c- sugar cured hams 1SaiSLc
LARD-Heid firmly, bat the demand is
only moderate; sales at l9IS@195z, though
tL rs mostly held at 2Oc
BgTTER-Duli, and the supply large at
Eads-Declinedt to 22s2sc. ana the market
CHEEsE-Scarce aud firm at I9Iza22e.l + 81
OI1s-Ltnseed oil. quiet but firm at 81 OF !;
lard oil firm, and the demand exceeds the
supply at 81 609I IS.
34(938c.
EXCHANGE - Advanced 10 par buying,
and - premium selling. hHr I5la-sH'l
6OLD-l3514 buying. -
MoNEY-The market Is easier at 89l0 per
cent. ail4stlll8 fIl-E = : g
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HAVANA.
Vessel SeIzed-EnfOrclng Passport
Regulations. Efss zsse esF

/ HAVANA, Jan. 22.-The Govern
ment authorities have seized the
coasting vessel Seiz, from Hermanas,
on suspicion Of carrying supplies for
the rebels.
The Spanish officials here are en-
forcing the regulations concerning
passports, with great stringency. Pas
sengers without passports are prohib-
tied from embarking or landing
Travellers by steamers from United
States ports arc much annoyed by the
delay caused By these precautions.
They have sometimes been obliged to
wait over five hours after the steam
er's arrival before permitted to land.
The Banco Del Comereio has re-
sumed payment. Sugar frmer; No.
II, ST reals.
The revolutionary leaders having
decided to move westward, deceived
Count Valmesada by opposing his
march with small force, while their
main body commenced to move toward
this city. 1t is reported that the Gov
ernment has received a dispatch stat
ing that the rebel Gen. Queda, with a
large force, has arrived in the vicinity
of Villa Clara, and that the steamers
have been engaged to bring back the
force of Count Valmesada.
HAVANA, Jan. 22.-The Insurgents
have been repulsed In an attempt to
burn the city of Manzillo.
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st. Louis Market.
By Telegraph ST. Lo

By Telegraph ST. LOUIS, JAM ".
ToBAcco--Steady aud unchanged. si r
COTToN-NOthlng doing. ff Ffzt
HEMP-Quiet; sales of undressed at 81 Is
al p F1lITF 80 8
FLOUR Fine and low supeIfine dull and
SOc 10 yer. other grades unchanged; only
limited demand, and the market is veyy
quiet. n. aEH
WHEAT-There is no market, and prices
are entirely nominal
GoRN- Qulet; small sales of choice white
at 70lg72c. f-Il - =
OATs-Ffrm and unchanged; sales at so
e162c ~ III 7 = 'fT-Fff p = p
BARLEY Quiet but steady; prime Iowa
Spring, Sl 20; choice, &2.
RYE-Firm at 81 301l 30.
4 PORK--Yery stiff aud higher. sales Mt SD
0s3D % Tor mess. F 4. 57F lIa3t-s.t
BULK M EArs-Higher and very firm /;
packed city shoulders I3c, clear rib sides mt
!5S4c, clear sides at 1870 loose, shoulders at
l25zc, clear sides I61xc.
BACoN-Has further advanced; shoulders
l44gl41zc, CLEAR ril1 l751c, clear I75<aI8c.
LARD is held a trifle higher, but not
much doing. 81
( WHISKY-Dull at 95c. lf sat RttEA
HOES II lgher, very few arriving; sales
at siOtGl0 75 gross.
CATrLE-steaAiy. with light shipping
demand; prices ranging from g 60g7 80 for
NSAAAAACA " CAoAccs .ss7 Il
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New Orleans Market.

BY Telegraph.I NEW oRLEAaSs. Jan. q.
CorroN- Receipts to-day, 1902 bales; of
the week rs, 40 bales; ieC ports to-day, $3.50
bales; OF the week, 10 Great Britain, S.9S5
bales; TO the Continent, 1852 bal6B; coast
wise, ,4l2 bales; stock In market, 120, 90
bales sales To-day 1850 bales; Of the week,
2.,aO bales; market opened active and ad :
vanced A@1zc, but relapsed and closed dull
at yesterdayss rates; middlthg &c.
GOLD-AL 1861. la-tl6
EXCHANGE STERLING I4S; comnl eFclal at
l4z9I471zs N. Y. Sight &c discount.
SUGAR-ACtiYe: common 1O1zMI05<c I;
prime lzs4gl31zc; yellow clarified l49l454c.
MOLASSES-ActiVe: common at 60aGlc,
prime at 676S69c, choice 7Ia72c.
fLoUR-ftrmer; suDerf1ne at IS 7516 %,
double extra 81 25, treble extra 81 5098 90.
CoRH-Scarce; white and yellow Soc.
OATS-Ffrmer at 676g7Uc.s
BRAN-AdVanced To 81 10. 3 H
HAY-Qulet; prime S24.
PORK-Firmer at S3l 30.
BAooN-ki m; shoulders 15xc, clear rib
1S1Zc, clear sides ISc.
LARD-Is in active demand; tierces 2O1zc,
keg 22tzc.
WHIsxY-Active; rectifIed 95c@sI o.
CoFFEE-FIfm; fair at l41zgl51zc, prime
161z9l714c.
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TELEGRANET s0MMA.Y.


Gold closed In New York. yesterday, at
1879.
Gen. Sherman has been quite i'll for sew
eral days past.
The steamship ArizonIa. from Panama,
brings S5S2. .4l9 in treasure.
Four prisoners. one a murderer. escaped
from the Panama jail on the 9th.
General Grant viii receive the citizens
Of Baltimore to-day at Barnum's Hotel.
The insurgents in Cuba have met a de-
feat in their efforts to burn the city OF
Manziilo.
In the Florida Legislature there was no
elect on OF Senator on Thursday. Bribery
and corruption il charged, and influences
are being exerted to prevent an election.
A bill has passed the South Carolina
Senate increasing the salaries of the SUI
preme Judges to s., 500, and Circuit Judges
TO $1,000.
John c. Braine. formerly of the rebel
navy. who has been confined in the Brook
Iyn County Jail, for two years, viii be re-
leased under the Presidents Amnesty
Proclamation.
On Wednesday the Brooklyn Fire Conn
missfoncrs disbanGed three engine eompa-
nies. four hose companies and one hook
and ladder company. a
The steamships Arizona, from Aspin-
wall, Kangaroo, fro m Llverpool, and south
America, from RIO Janeiro, arrived at
New York yesteidi y morning.
The MIkado of Japan has issued proc
lamation announcing that peace reigns
throughout the mnd.
The coal miners on the Pan Handle and
trsI for.
higher wages. They demand an advance
OF one cent per busheI FOR digging coal.
The miners on the Pennsylvania Road are
expected 10 strike.
The Central Pacific Railroad has been
completed twenty-one miles beyond Elks,
lsl miles east Of Sacramento, and within
$50 miles OF the head Of Salt Lake. Track
is being laid at the rate of two miles per
day.
The st. LOUIS merchants held a meeting
on Thursday night to consider the freight
question. 1t was shown that railroads
were discriminating against st. Louis in
favor of Cincinnati, Chi cago, and other
cities. An association was formed To or
gan1ze to remove the unjust diserimina-
ton. EsM
The st. Louis ReplsbI lean wants Congress
to thoroughly Investigate the statement
relative to Gen. Sheridan's recent battles
with the Indians. -
E. W. Wise, photographer, of Hanni-
bal. Missouri, has Esen arrested for coun-
terfeiting postal eptTency.
The Paraguayans have met with an
overwhelming defeat at the hands of the
allies. The allied fleet was, at last accounts,
on its way TO AscenciOn.
Alta session OF the American branch. f
the Universal Peace Union, resolution
was passed that all idea of punishment
should be done away with, as at war with
the law OF love.
Count Welewski has been selected to
convey the Protocols of the Paris Con-
ference 10 the Government at Athens. He
is TO walt five days for an answer.
Mrs. TwiteheIi, who has been on trial for
murder in Philadelphia, has been dis
charged The prosecution abandoned the
ease, and the Judge Instructed the jury to
bring in a verdict OF not guilty.
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ST. LOUIS.
Arrival of Railroad Men = Fire at
AtchISOn, Kansas.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 22-Jay Gould.
Hugh Rindle, b. w. Blanchard and
w. r. Barr, of New York; 4. d.
Rucher, of Meadville, Penn; John
M. Osborn. Of Urbana, Ohio; A. j.
Davis and E. S. Spencer, of Chicago,
most of whom are connected with the
Erie Railroad. arrived here to-day.
1t is understood they have come here
to arrange for uniform passenger and
freight tariff, and to provide for other
matters of mutual interest.
George Allen was arraigned In the
Criminal Court to-day on the charge
of robbing and intent to kill Josiah
Cross, messenger of the Adams Ex-
press, on the 14th OF August last.
The amount taken from Cross was
over $4,000.
The furniture manufaetory of Fl
Z. Nickerson & Co.. in Atchison
Kansas. was burned last night. Loss
So, 900; INSURED In the Enterprise o
Cincinnati for 5000.
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The WheIan Case Again.

TORONTO, January 22.-The Whe-
Lam case was to-day before the Fall
Court Of Error and Appeal. The
Judges stood four to six against
granting a new trial.
The prisoners counsel applied for
leave to appeal to the Privy Council
of England, aud after consultation
the Court decided it had no right or
power to grant the leave.
The prisoner was ordered TO be
sent to the Ottowa Jail and, so, far as
the Canadian Courts are concerned,
the law will take its course. IF re-
prieve is not granted, Whelan will be
executed February n@AskkA
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CHICAGO.
Suicide Of a Young Lady - School
Building Dedicated-YOHng Lady
Drowned while SKATING = Lynch
Law Threatened Miller, the MUIR
/ dereF.

CHICAGO, January. 22.-At Dandy,
Illinois, twenty-three miles distant,
last evening Hannah Waidman, a
wealthy farmers handsome daughter,
sixteen years of age, was killed by
throwing herself under a moving
train on the Northwestern Railroad (;
cause, her parents refusal to let her
marry young man.
The demand for seats at Parepa' s
opera performance, is so great this
morning, that one thousand dollars
worth were taken before noon. The
performance being given in the Young
Mems Christian Association Hall,
draws out the religious classes.
The new Clark School Building,
erected at cost of seventy thousand
dollars, to seat one thousand pupils.
was dedicated this afternoon.
Carrie Clark, aged nineteen wears.
was drowned while skating ON Fox
River, two miles above EIpin- Tlli-
nois, last night. The body was re-
covered.
The attempts to lynch Miller. the
murderer, in Prairie-du-Chien. Wis
consin, yesterday, failed. A mob Of
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Kansss Legislature.

TOPEKA. Kansas, January o.
The Legislature to-day passed reso-
lutions asking that the Usage Treaty
be amended so as togiye the sixteenth
and thirty sixth sections to schools.
This amended treaty will be satisfac-
tory to the people of Kansas, and
they will rej0ice at the speedy re-
moval of the Usage Indians to the
Indian Territory.
Sui. has been commenced in, the
District Court of .Frarklin COuuty
by @. q. Hutchison against Rev.
Robt. Atkinson, Treasurer of the OF
tawa Indian University, for $36, 600.
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New York Dry GOOds Markef.

Bv Teisgraph.l NEW YORR, JAN o.
There is but little stir as yet in this de-
partment of trade, but prices are firm for
all staple Cotton goods, and an Improved
inquiry would readily carry the prices OF
te various styles to higher attitude.
Heavy Brown SheetlngS command 1910
l7c. Printing Cloths are held at 9lzc; sold
largely ahead. Prints are in moderate re-
quest at I31z4l41zc for best makes Pacifics; /;
zoe; do. Serges 2214c; do. q colOred Ala
pIceas 25c t
Imported Carpets have advanced Zoe per
y ard, and CTosby's best veIvets now bring
s s., but the best Lowell and Hartford B.
ptys are reduced In price l5e per yard, and
now sell at 81 80. .E
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LETTER.
Brief Summary OF the Proceedings
OF the Legislature-The Senatorial
Auddie-It Ahs0Pbs All Else-Fail-
uFes In Commercial Circles.
INDIANApoI.Is. Jan. 22.

INDIANAPOLIS, 81 an. Il.
Editors Journal:
Legislation 10 both Houses drags
slowly along. in consequence Of the
excitement about the Senatorial ques-
ton, and but little of general import
ance has yet been done in either
House.
In the Senate, yesterday, Reynolds
presented a memorial for g mineralo-
gieai survey of the State, which was
referred to an appropriate committee.
Mr. Jaquess, from the Committee on
County and Township Business. re
turned the Appraisers of Real Estate
Bill rs. 81, with cert ain amendments,
and recommended its passage. A mes
sage from the Governor, embodying
a report of his reprieVes and pardons,
n report cf drifts in White River
where the canal crosses it. and a re.
port of the National Cemetery at New
Albany were read by the Secretary.
Quite number of bills were returned
to the Senate, and among them was
one by Mr.. Hand, in relation to
Judges salaries.
A concurrent resolution from the
money to the Harrisons of Pike Coun-
ty for money spent in procuring the
release Of Daniel Harrison, which
was adopted.
In the House memorial from the
State Board of Agriculture, for aid
IN publishing 10000 copies of their
annual report, and calling attention
to The importance, of a geological sur.
Of Eh, f1fa 70 Al,
Committee on Agriculture.
House Bill 81, for the republication
Of Blacklord's Reports, was returned
by Mr.. Osborn, from the Committe,
on Judiciary, with certain amend
ments, and its passage recommended
In the House as in the Senate. the
greater part of the time was taken III
IN Offering resolutions, returning bills
&C., the details of which would no
be important to your readers.
The confidence game IS still playe'
at and about the Union Depot, whel
the operators can find a victim. Yes
terday man by the name Phillege
got fleeced of what cash he had o
hand.
indianapolis does not present I
very busy aspect in commercial
point Of view at present. If grea
speculations have been made the
have been in political and not com
mercial circles.
The police Investigating court i
this city is still in progress. Niue
complaint has been made against pc
hcemen for extorting money fror
persons who nave been 80 unfortu
nate as to be robbed, and who al
piled to these officers for the recover
Of money and property stolen. Wh.
VIII come of 1t all it is hard to tel
1t may have a tendency to make th:
body of men a little more efieien
If so, an investigating court woul
not be a bad idea in Evansville.
@ K j. w.