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FULL POCKETS.
GOOD Prospects for the south

A Georgia paper says that many of the
farmers or that State have now stored away in
their money boxes all the way from $1,000 to
5000 and $4,000, the proceeds of last years
crops. This Is more money than they have seen
for long time, and they begin to feel rich
already.
These GeOrsia farmers have simply foretaste
of what awaits all the Southern hushandmen
under the tree system of labor which has been
brought about by the war, and in very few
years at the longest they Will come to aeknow-
ledge the benedcence of the change. Lands
which have been abandoned and overgroWn with
brush wood after their surface has been worn out,
will once more be brought under tillage and pe
made to yield bountitul crops. Much OF the
labor on large plantations formerly performed
| by blacks will now be done by mechanical
| Implements. The hitherto insurmount-
able barrier OF ,tSV sl4SerV hsyiag been SG
| laboreIs will scatter through the Southern
| States The appearance oil Immigrants and tie
| increase of population will create demand for
land, and steadily enhance us price IN the mar,
| ket. The 8 lutbern farmers wlli no longer have
10 teed and Clotbe young, old. lndrm, ana SICK
| negroes, aud maintain the aole'0odled during
| the interregnums between the planu9g sea
| sons. Tne freedmen will be compelled to
| look after themselves, and their conse-
ouent increased manual labor will be so
| much addition to the material prosperity
of the sopth. phe SOS'neIn gI,b Sronss Tbe
| days of The cotton fac'ors, who have In years
| gone by obtained the lions share or the crops,
are already numbered. Planters hereafter WIN
| themselves receive the full value OF their pro-
| 1ncts instead of being compelled to divide with
middIemen. New railtoads, already planned,
or in process OF construction all over the South,
will place The husoanamen IN SIan,caSl0S nin
| 10 their very doors. There ls no limit to the
| prosperity aud development whlca are vouch-
saled the agricultural Interests OF the south
i renressed and kept them down Is removed
Il NJ Y Commercial Advertiser,
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FROM TENNESSEE.
Enrolment Ofthe Miiitia-HOrribIe Tra-
gedy at a Marriage CeremOny-FOrrest
pjvpa nm POlifies.


gedy at a Marriage eCeremOny--FOrrest
gives up Politics.
Special Despatch TO The Evening Telegraph.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feo. 1.-The militia or.
dered out by the proclamation of Governor
Brownlow is being slowly organized. But sixty
men, armed and equipped, have as yet arrived
at the general rendezvous in this city. A
regiment from East Tennessee will arrive during
the coming week. Each Of the counties threat.
ened with martial law has sent deeg alton to
the General commanding and to the Exec alive
to make representations and promises that will
save them from violence from State militia.
young man at Connersville, in Giles county,
Tenn on Thursday evening, while standing on
the floor in the act of being married, was shot
down by the brother of his bride. He fell in the
arms of the devoted girl, who, assisted by
friends, conveyed him to a bed, when, at her
request, the marriage ceremony was finished;
she exclaiming that she had rather mourn
dead husband than dead lover. In few
minutes the newly made husband expired. The
murderer escaped.
General Forrest has made arrangements to
assume the building OF the Selma road. He
says he will never more appear in politics.
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PHILADELPHIA Trade Report.

MONDAY, Feb. 1.-Cloverseed is in good de-
mand. and 200 bushels sold at SO 25G995o per
"a pounds. Timothy Is held at S375@4; and
Flaxseed at s28O@2'85.
The Flour market is very dull and prices favor
buyers. About 500 bushels were taken by the
home consumers In lots at 81 76C0525 for sinner.
fine; $57596.25 for extras; s7(9T5O for Iowa Wis.
consin, and Minnesota extra family; $550e9i0.6o
for Pennsylvania and Ohio do do; and slIal8
for fancy brands. according to quality. : rive
Flour sells at $7@76O per barrel. Nothing doing
In Corn Meal. s
The demand for Wheat is confined to prime
lots for the supply of the wants OF the local
millers. Sales of red at 81 5569l75 amber at
$l90@2; and white at 80 l0D2'35. Rye Ia steady
at 81 5S@l,60 per bushel for western. Corn Is
quiet al weak. Sales of 1000 bushels new
yellow at S6@SSc., and new white at 82@8jo. Oats
attract but little attention; sales of 5000 bushels
Western at 72@75c. Nothing doing in Barley or
Malt
Bsrk-The stock is light, and No. l Quercitron
commands S45 per ton.
Wnisky-Weste Is dull at 9Scs@l per gallUn
duty paid, in wood and iron bound packages.
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Terrible Disasters-A Connecticut
Town Inundated Fifteen Per.
sons DrOwned-FOur Men
Killed in Troy, N. Y.
AFFAIRS IN TENNESSEE.
Financial and Commercial
FROM CONNECTICUT.
Terrible Calamity-Rising of the Dan
bury Rivera Town Inundated-Fif-
teen Lives Lost.

Terrible eCalamity-Rising of the Dam
bury Rivera Town Inundated-Fif-
teen Lives Lost.
Special Despatch 60 The EUe'st,l0 Tele graph
BETHEL, Conn.,, Feb. l.--InformaLion reached
here this morniug from Danbury, Connecticut,
TO the effect that the Cohansie dam at that
place gave way during last evening, and swept
several bridges and houses away. Several per.
sons are reported drowned, but the full extent
of the damage is not yet known.
tsEooND SPECIAL DESPATCH !
BETHEL, Conn, Feb 1.-The damage to life
and property at Danbury last night by the
freshet in the Danbury river, was very extern
sive. The Cohanzie dam broke away first, and
the water rushed down and broke the other
dams in the same stream, and kept on increas
ing in volume and power until it reached the
town, where it swept away several dwelling
houses and bridges. Fifteen lives were lost by
drowning and the intense cold. Up to this hour
eleven bodies have been found. Four persons
are missing. Three were standing on one OF
the bridges, watching the water as it rushed
down, but before they could reach the shore
the bridge upon which they were standing Was
carried away and they were all drowned. A
lady becoming terrified at the freshet, was
drowned by imprudentIy attem pting to leave
her house while it was surrounded by water
and huge cakes of ice.
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EUROPEAN ARMAMENTS.
The Armies and War Material OF the
Continental Powers.

A military correspondent OF the London
Times opportuneIy estimates the number and
efficiency OF the various continental armies.
The events of 1866 set aside the old theory OF
war. Reconstruction 40 0rigine became a
necessity for every army IN Europe except that
of Prussia. No State has neglected this work,
and all the stronger nations have pressed 1t
forward as rapidly as possible. 1t would be
idle to deny that at the present moment the
general result Is OF special Importance. The
correspondent of the Times estimates shat Two
of the European States are thoroughly prepared
for war, with splendid armies and ABUNDANT
1lGteriei; the rest are more or less IN arrear'
France could put into the held fully halt NIL
lion OF men, armed with breech-loadera, Whlcn,
without being perfect, are decidedly superior 10
the Prussian needle-gnn. Behind this great
army Is vast array OF reserves, more or less
carefully equipped. making altogether million
com mbatanis. The latest improvements IN or
ganiZatlon have been carefully attended to.
The French artillery is good. The Prussians
have greatly improved, too. But The infautry
lighting is sbll open to some faults, Which nave
been avoided by tho French. The PEusslan
cavalry and artillery are not all that they ME hi
be, the latter being in particular inditerently
handled. In 1866 Che Austrian artillery proved
decidedly superior. Prussias great, strength
| lies in her Infantry, which has on Its side al
the prestige OF recent successes, rs we'll as con
| fdence and experience in its weapon. Tue
| South German armies, too, would be at the
| command of Prussia in case OF war, though
| their movements are GLOW and their efficiency
somewhat below tho average. They number
! 200. 000 on paper. The North German Coniede-
| Iacy ls inferior In numeucal torce to France
| bat the difference in the field would be practI-
4 caily small.
| Two great powers, then, are ready for the
combat, having command Of men, money, an(
the spirit OF autagOnistic races. Ths rest OF thu
| European nations are unprepared for grea
| struggle. Austria is behind, but Is yet NOR
| formidable than In 1885, Tue new organixatio,
gives a peace strength Of $50 900. aregular arm,
for war q mSlndins tue ot TessESes sGS oc7
bes,des the Laudsturn, not yet co Dplete
orsSSised. Esi % The seid arsilery did right well i
and has needed es. no .S,aSasS'; SsSSsss TS
\ were not employed to the extent or Il
the manner they ought to have been, an
probably would be now. Breech leaders M hav N.'
been Unfinished to the troops, ana the arr
| now In use wall be replaced shortly
better one. A few Year, ot peac
would bring Austria once more to the IRON
Russia is still further behind. She PROCESSES :
have a force OF million and half OF all arm
but this 10 pen and'Lnk estimate. IL Is eertal
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Markets by Telegraph.

BALTIMORE Feb. L--SottOn. In tne absence of
caole advices is nom ally unchanged. Flour quiet
Rnd inactive Wheat firm; ssles prime red at S53l
(123a Corn firm; prime white. s7dsSc; yellow, 800
Sc. Oats firm AZ 7oG175c. Rye trm at 81 5sgal 90.
clear do. isSG,sXc; shouldeis. I.iIGSi5sIca Hs%,
2Oc. Lar firm Nj 2lc.
nEw YORK, Feb l-stocks unsettled and feverish.
Chicago and Rock Island. lSUh heading. 961S; Ceye-
land and Toledo, lO9h: Cl-vels and Pittsbarg,
tral, lleH; Michigan Sontnern, sS1s New York Gen
trail l26 Illinois Central 1885: Cumberland preferred
1885, Missouri S. s7 52Os ls62 ls<; do 1884, iosj do
1866. MA; do: l0Sa' lo40s, 1857. Gold. lS6j.
MopsY, per cent EXCHANGE. 100.
Erie Railroad stock will not be called at tho Ss0ck
Board hereafter. that Company havIag failed 20
register their transfers as required.
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ENGLAND.
The Alabama Treaty.
l0ndon Times. Jan. 10.

PfOIn the London Times Jan, ~.
Considerable importance must be attached TO
the manner in which the various claims are
submitted to the commission. Ii an unlimited
investigation were to be held in each case we
should have the prospect OF an interminabe
series OF trials for damages, and the labors of
the commissioners might never be concluded.
Accordingly, It has been wisely determined that
the commis sioners shall form their decisions
uoon such evidence and information only as
shall be furnished by the two governments. Every
under this authority they will, however, be
bound to receive, and also, If required, to hear
one person on each side, as the counsellor or
agent of such Government. Here again, when
we remember the many points Mr.. Seward has
brought forward at various times, this may
seem somewhat too elastic permission; yet 1t
would, no doubt, have been difficult TO refuse
TO either Government the power OF submitting
any Information they may think relevant TO
their case. The evidence and the documents
thus authenticated by the two Govern
sure condensed and arranged. Though
the commissioners will be bound to pe:use it,
they will not be bound TO treat 1t all as rele-
want; and 1t is not perhaps unreasonable to
eSpect that they viii have succeeded in decd.
ing upon every claim within the two years
within which, by the terms OF the convention,
they are required to conclude their laoors
All claims are to be presented within six
months from the day of their first meeting,
except IN special cases, for which three months
more may be allowed. Compensations are all
to be paid Wlthln egnteen montus OF Tue ue-
cison. It only remains to mention that the
two parties make a solemn declaration that
the proceedings of the commission shall be
considered final settlement of all claims since
1853.
such. we believe, are the main outlines of
this convention. Even if it should be less sue
cessful than we anticipate, 1t Will remain as
an indIsputable monument OF the readiness OF
the British government to make every possible
concession, not only to international oblga-
tions, but to the susceptibllities OF high
spirited people. Further than this 1t Is impos-
sible for us 10 go; but impartial opinion will,
we are onddent, acknowledge We have here
offered all that equity can demand; and we are
equally confident that the United States Senate
is incapable of demanding more. We shall
await with interest the discussion OF the con-
vention by the legislative bodies of the two
countries.
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loses an opportunity of acknowledging the
source from which his power sprang; aud In the
speech OF yesterday he Telterates once more his
confidence tn the sincere exercise OF universal
sutirage.o Even the btterest opponents OF the
imperial dynasty admit that the principle Of
universal suffrage has obtained permanent
hold on the French; and with that principle the
empire is popularity identified. To our critical
EDglish taste, there may seem somethinaSof
hyperbole in the. assertion that "the
masses are staunCh in their faith as in their
affection, and II noble passions are able to rouse
them, sOphism and calumny scarcely rufhe their
surface" But TO French audience such
statement carries with 1t no flavor OF exsggera-
ton; and the practical truth of the declaration,
that the masses are still constant in their at.
tacbment to the empire and ndille rent to the
attacks by which it is assailed, is a matter not
of opinion but OF fact,
The London Standard OF the same date
observes;-Wha! the Emperor says about the
military resources of France Is certainly not
without Its Importance, he says that the
constant object OF his Efforts Is attained, that
the military resources OF France are henCetor-
ward upon a level with her destiny in the world
"a sort OF truism which has usually found its
chief veri6CalOn In the overthrow OF small
States whose military resources were exactly on
a level with their helplessness, and proved
quite &C nlOrmab,e with the destiny OF subiuga-
tlOp. But il the Bmperors language IS not
particularly happy or full OF meaning, there is
no denying or disregafding the importance OF
his statements that the armaments OF France are
rendered perfect, that her arsenalS and maya
zines are hled, her reserves exercised, her
Garde Mobile in course OF organization, her aeet
transformed and her strcngnolds IN good coudi.
tion. Whether this development OF the power
of France was, as the Emperor says, necessary,
is question upon which we will not, OF course,
enter; but the Emperor, we may be sure, has
not exaggerated in this description Of the
military resources of tue empires; and the Berlin
War Office, which boasts of being able to call
million OF men to arms by a short telegram, and
is fond of talking as If General Won Moltke had
alfpa0V manned Out advance uDOn Paris.
will do well to keep in mind the assurance the
Emperor gives that France is quite ready for
war, aud will not be caught mapping in 1869 as
in 1866.
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Were TheY EnIse2

Don Piatt. writing from Washington, says;-
The opinion is very general here that these two
sensational documents, lately printed In the
Baltimore American, are iorgeries. VIII
answer for the one testified TO by McPhail.
McPhail is an old acquaintance OF ours, and II
would not do for his attorney TO call for General
scbenck, or any OF his staff, were that former
agent of detectives to have his character In
question.
But aside from this, the evidence on the face
Of the paper is conclusive. One cannot realize
that so fearful q crime was committed by such
the conspirators 10 be. If these papers were In
the possession OF loyal men, whv were they not
produced before this and II In the hands OF the
enemy, why are they brought out nowf
The whole affair is wrapped In q profound
mystery, and Will not be cleared up by such
clumsy rogues as the authors or author OF these
pretended confessions,
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DEFEATED.
Flank Movement by the PennsyI iva
mia Railroad Directors.

The Pittsburg Commercial of Saturday morn
ing states:-
with the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
Company, effected a lease of the Columbus,
Chicago, and Indiana Central Railroad, thereby
securing the trade OF st. Louis, indianapolis,
and Chicago, and dealing heavy blow to the
Pennsylvania Railroad and connections west
of this CITY, The terms of the lease were liberal
indeed, Characteristic OF the princely munld-
cence of the gentlemen who manage and
manipulate Erie Railroad stock in New York.
The lessees, among other things, were to pay
the interest on the funded deot OF some $20,:
900 and dividends to the stockholders, and
fulfil all the contracts of the Columbus Chicago.
and Indiana Central Railroad Company with
other railroad companies.
This bargain was considered as a fact accom-
piishea, and Jay Gould, President, ot Erie, and
his party were raidiUg through the West and
Southwest in search of new helds OF operation
and new tIiumphs OF railroad genius, awaiting
the, as q matter OF course, confirmation OF their
lease by the stockholders o! the Columbus, CHI
cago and Indiana Central Railroad Company.
Yesterday these stockholders met at bus,
and when the lease was submitted aud their
assent asked, they not only refused to ratity and
confirm 1t, but rejected it. and 10 the great sur
prise and disgust of the friends OF Erie, ratified
and confirmed lease of their road TO the
PlttsbuIg, Cincinnati, and st. Louis Rnl way
Company, in the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
paDy's interest.
Tie terms of the new lease are we learn, fair
and equitable, and insure their tul6lment in
good taItb. Thls treatment OF the New 1orKers
by the people of the West would certainly midi
cate want of confidence In handing over their
property to be managed according 10 the rules
of Wall street 6nancieriug and jpbbiug.
This counter.blow by the Pennsylvania Rail.
road interest has greatly demoTalized the
magnificent railroad projects OF the Erie, aud a.
the bght on this line is ended bV the Plttsbnrg,
Cincinnati, aud 81. Louis Railroad Company
taking immediate possession, the friends oi
Erien retire deiea'ed and disoonsolate from
what they exoec ed would be q field aud
enterprise of some glory and much profit to
themselves
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FROM NEW YORK.
Erie Stocks Thrown Out of the Reg ul ar
Hoard.

Special DeSpatch TO The Evening Telegraph.
New YORK, Feb. lin consequence Of the
Erie Railway officials not registering the stock
of the road as decided necessary by the regular
stock board several days since, this morning
the entire Erie stock was thrown ont OF the
regular board, and there was no call by the
shares. 1t is anticipated the open board will
to-day also refuse TO recognize sales or pur.
chases of Erie until the matter is satisfactorily
arranged.
Terrible eAecident-Three Men KILLED and
Five Severely Injured.
Despatch TO ute Associated Press.
Troy, Feb. lat a dock blasting on the
Lebanon Springs Railroad, in the town of South
Petersburg, Rensselaer, county. on Saturday
morning, three men named John Corners and
q. r. Webster, of Syracuse, and William Clay
ton, were killed, aud FIVE others injured, by the
premature explosion of nitr oglycerine. Of the
injured, John O'Neal cannot possibly survive.
The killed were horribly mutilated, their limbs
being blown oG and their bodies rendered
almost Hnrecognizable.
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that only part of the army has riHed field
guns and breech-loading small arms; and with
out these modern necessities for war II would
be madness to take the field against trained
European troops. Italy has $4,000 regulars
of the Government and the fiehtiness of the
people, the Italian army is of less value In
calculations than any other in Europe, except
Spain. As to Turkey, she has got an English.
man TO take charge of her fleet; when she does
the same with her army, there will be some
interest in counting its numbers, The writer
sums up, that II France and Prussia would
strict offensive and defensive alliance, there
would be little fear of war for some years. I'm
fortunately, neither OF these contingencies is
probable at present.
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FINANCE AND ooMMzRoH,
orTr0E OF rHn EVENING TnLreaArH.,.
EnndAU 1nnn ~

MONDAY, Feb. l. 1899.
The Stock market opened very dull this morn.
ing, and prices generally were weak and mn.
settled. Government securities we're q fraetIor,
lower. 1884 was bid for l0-40s: III for Ga Of
1881; 119 for '62 620s; 1904 Tor 6l 20e IIO2 for
'65 620s; 10ea for July '65 6.20s; lOes for 'o7
520s: and 100 for '68 500.
City loans were unchanged. The new issue
old at 1C0t, and old do, at 81.
Railroad shares were inactive. Reading sold
at 4S0l4S 3l!l00 decline oi d; Pennsy ivania
Railroad at 674 no change: ana MlnehllI AT So,
no change. 124 was bid Tor Camden and Amboy;
68 for Nolristown; 33 for North Pennsylvania:
66A for Lehigh Valley; 800 for Elmira com.
mon; 40 for Elmira preferred "a Tor Cata Yisea
preferred; and 26 Tor Philadelphia and Erie.
City Passenger Rail way shares were firmly
held. Hestonvie sold at ll5, a slight advance;
46 was bid for Second aUd Thrl; 18 lor Thir-
teenth and Fifteenth; 80 tor Green aud Coates;
GO for Tenth and Eleventh; q for Girard Col
lege; and 355 for Filth aud Sixth.
Bank shares were in good demand for in vest
ment at full prices. Farmers and Meehanics
sold at 1891, no change; t57k was bid for Pm la
delphia; 81 for Commercial; 3lk Tor Mech anicJ;
log for SouthVa 81 tor peun Township; 5S for
Glrard Is for Wtslern: 735 'Or CITY; 63 Tor Com
mODwealth ano 1913 for Central National.
In Canal shares there was very little move
ment. Lehigh Navigation sold az 81 1043Ia, no
change. 10 was bld Tor Schnylklil NavlgaJion
common; 2Os for preferred do; 81 for Morris
Canal preferred; aud 125 tor Sus luchauna Canal.
PHILADELPHIA BTOCk kkOHAN6E SALEs TU-DAY
Reported by De Haven s BrO so. AZ y. Third street.
BEFORE BOARDS.
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Latest News from naltimore.
,psotai Dsspatoh @ 2ne Rventr,a 7slenraph

Spectdl DeSpItch 20 Ine BUenlfIO IeLeDraph.
BALTIMORE, FEB. 1.-Miss Worthington, OF
Baltimore county, in coming to this city tew
days ago, had her pocket picked of nearly nine
hundred dollars.
A large number of Baltimore EOights Tenn
plar will attend the Knights Templar's levee in
Washington tomorrow evening
zebulon Walters, for sixty three years clerk
in the Bank of Baltimore, died on Saturday, in
his eighty-ffth year.