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WASHINGTON.
Sornc Oueer Ntnmns.

WASHINGTON, Dec. lS-The Postofice
Department has made its selections Of de-
signs for the new series of stamps: One
cent, Franklin; 2 cents, jackson, 3 cents,
Washington; 6 cents Lincoln; 10 cent,
jefferson; y cents, Clay; u cents, Web
ster; "a cents, Scott; 50 cents Hamilton;
10 cents, o. H. Perry.
The Remanding OF Georgia. .
The Senate Judiciary have agreed upon
the bill proving for the reassembling Of
the Georgia Legislature, the exclusion Of
members ineligible under the fourteenth
amendment, and the reseating of the here
tofore excluded colored members of the
Legislature. To be provisional until the
United States Senators and Representative
are admitted to Congress.
Butler Takes GrccIey's Advice.
Mr.. Butler remarked in the House to-
day that as soon as the pressing business
could be disposed of, the Reconstruction
Committee would consider and probably
report bill for the removal of the disa-
bilities from all who participated in the re-
bellion.
Rumorcd Murder.
An official letter to Commissioner Della
no, from Tallahassee, of the 6th inst, sIys
rumor is circulating that Assistant Asses
sor Town, Of Mariana, jackson county,
w6s murdered on the night Of Dec. 4,
while on his way from Mariana to Apalach-
icola.
Important Supreme Court DecisiOn--
Hank Tax Constitutional
In the Supreme Court the case Of Resscie,
the Cashier of the Bank of Bangor, VS..
Jeremiah Finn, Collector, came up. The
general question to be considered was,
whether or not the tax of 10 per cent on
State Banks, or National Banks paying out
notes Of individual or State Banks used for
circulation, is repugnant to the Constitu-
ton. The Chief Justice in his opinion,
said:
This question cannot be determined by
the Court. The Judicial cannot prescribe
TO the Legislative department OF the govern
ment limitations on the exercise Of &C
knowledged powers. The responsibility Of
legislation is not to the courts, but to the
people having, IN the exercise Of constr
tutional power, undertaken to provide
q currency for the whole country. It can't
be questioned that Congress may constitu-
tionally secure the benefit of it to the pub
lie by appropriate legislation. To this end
Congress has denied the quality of legal
tender to foreign coins and has providedby
law against impositions of counterfeit and
base coin upon the community. To the
same end Congress may discourage, by
suitable enactment, the circulation, as
money, of any notes not issued under its
own authority. Without this power, IN
deed. its atte mpt to secure grand and
uniform currency, for the country must be
futile viewed in this light as well as in the
other. AS duty on contracts or property,
We cannot doubt the consistency of the tax
under consideration. The three questions
certified from the Circuit Court Of the
district of Maine must, therefore, be an
swercd aiirmativcly. The questions are,
first, whether the second clause of the 9th
section of the act Of Congress Of July, 1866,
under which the tax was Collecred, Is
saiid and constitutional law. The other
tao questions were differently in form.
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GEORGIA
20 lrn,n unmc fnrNcN,-

NV York, Dec. l3.-The IribVacS At
Ianta GA dispatches say that the Demo
cratic papers throughout the State are
unanimous in denouncing the letter and
statements of Tiff as being entirely unau-
thorized by the Democratic party. They
are a unit in opposing the reseatng Of ne
Croes. The expulsion Of members dis
qualified by the Fourteenth Amendment,
and strenuouslv urge the defeat of the
Fifteenth Amendment
Tho Republicans heartily Indorse the
Presidents recommendation, and the peo,
pie generally look for and will acqulesce II
prompt action by Congress-
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sunday-schoOI Concert.

The Elm Street (Methodist) Church Sun
day-School will give two concerts on the
evenings of Thursday and Friday, 18th and
18th inst, at that church, the proceeds for
the benefit of the school. The exercises
will be varied and interpreted with
speeches and dialogues. The school will
be assisted by the choir of the church.
From the rehearsals already had, which
have been witnessed by some Of our most
competent judges, the entertainment
promises TO be one of the best of the kind
ever presented to the Nashville public.
The object is altogether II commendablt
one, and all who desire to spend pleasant
evenings should attend
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THE COURTS.
Suprenle EOurI.

NASHVILLE, Dec 10, 1S69.-Court met
this day pursuant to adjournment, all the
Judges being present.
lesson & Danger Is. W. d. Robertson,
Deputy Sheriff ByJudge McClaine. Re
versed and dismissed
A. A. Pearson Us G. w. Blackburn ct
ais. By Judge Andrews. Affirmed and
dismissed.
1t was this morning announced by the
Court that no causes, except those remain
ing on the Equity docket of the 9th Circuit,
would be called until after the holidays.
Court adjourned until tomorrow morn
ing, l o'clock. j. G.. FRAZER.
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IRELAND.
The English Cabinet Scared.

ut AAsh SLpAAAtA NNtAACOH
LoNroN, Dec. l3-Eve.-Her Majesty s
Ministers held three Cabinet meetings dur
ing the last week. The present critical
condition of public affairs in Ireland, with
the state of the Island generally, was con
sidered and debated at each.
The Bloody TiPPs.
At the last meeting it was resolved to
proclaim the county of Tipperary in the
Province of Munster, with portions of the
county and city of Londonderry in Ulster
as being in a state of instruction, as de-
scribed in the late act of Parliament, pro-
viding therefor, and so empowering them
to act
More RedCOatS.
Five thousand additional troops will be
dispatched Immediately to Ireland, raising
the total force of the regular army there to
about 80, 600 men. This is to meet the
emergency at present
HabeaS Corpus under the British
Constitution.
On the assembling of Parliament, on the
10th Of Januaay, bill will be Immediate
" introduced to empower the government
to suspend the act Of hH5CaS corpus in Ire
land by an executive order, not waiting for
an act of the Legislature, when it is deemed
necessary for the public safety to do SO.
49,
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Recorders Court.

The cases before this court yesterday
morning were by no means important,
though, as usual, more numerous on Mon
day mornings than any other. The fol-
lowing is the list:
Ann Rabbit, drunkenness, SIS and cost;
WOrkhouse.
N. J. Murphy, acting policeman; dis
charged.
King Tucker, assault and battery; 50.
Isaac Finley, using abusive language +;
s. and cost
Reney Webster, colored, drunkenness
and keeping disorderly house; SO and
cost
Thomas Yenable, solored, assault and
battery; s..
VIM. Carr, disorderly conduct; So
A. W West, drawing pistol - and
cost.
George Bolton, colored, assault and bat
terry SO.
Alex. Elkns, assault and battery; s.
and cost.
Jim Brown, assault and battery So and
cost.
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AnuSenentS.

The Academy of Music presents the
only amusement now afforded in the city.
It's attractions continue undiminished.
The New Theatre viii reopen on
Thursday night under the management Of
Mr.. Willy, with the Dalton as the leading
star. Skiff and Gaylord's Minstrels ap-
pear Thursday night.
The MiltOnian Tableau ON Monday
nirht
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Gen. Sherman has been elected a mem
Der of the London Army and Navy Club,
a distinction which, we believe, has never
before been conferred on an American
officer. The organization embraces nearly
all the distinguished men in the military
service of Great Britain, and accordingly
presents a rare gathering of choice spirits
Their meetings in London are best des-
cribed by our popular Characterization of
''gay and festive" and are hilarious TO an
extent well calculated to excite the emu
lation of all participants at alumni ami
vCrsary dinners in this country.
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ANTI-PAPAL.
Dead Failure.

NAPLES, Dee. l3-The council OF De
lists or anti-Papal radical Assembling,
which met here on the 9th inst, has turned
out dead failure.
The proposition in favor Of another
French occupation of Rome, and cndors
ing to some extent the last one, met with
serious opposition in the Assemblagc.
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FRANCE
Deficit,

PAEls, Dec l3.-Thc annual report Of
NJ Magec, Minister of Finance, is pub
lished. The deficits in the Budgets of 1869,
1869 and 1870 will be met by the surplus
Budget for 1871, which will be sufficient
without counting on any increase in the
revenues. The condition of the national
finances is satisfactory.
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CHICAGO.
The End.

CmcAGu, Dec. 81. +. Purck,
the Journal clerk in the State Savings
Bank, committed suicide in house Of i'll
tame this morning, by shooting himself
through the heart
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improvement ON the Public Square

Improvement ON the Public Square,
The front walls of the building No. II,
on the Public Square near the City Hotel,
is being torn away preparatory to the i'm
provement and erection of large, capaci.
Gus and frst-class business house, of di.
mansions competing with the magnificent
buildings surrounding it. The Public
Square is really being very much improved
on all sides, and will, ere a great while,
present an attractive appearance that vii
compare favorably with any similar
thoroughfare in the entire country. The
spirit Of Improvement of most healthfu
character is abroad and progressive in om
midst, notwithstanding the embarrassed
condition of the CITY finances.
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Oar Book Table.
PROMETHEUs IN ATLANTIS.


This Is the title of well bound and ele-
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lift 1t purports to be biography and
philosophy. 1t is gotten up in the best
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had time to investigate. The language,
though sometimes vague and obscure, is that
of one who has evidently thought much,
and thought deeply. The work, as its
title indicates, IS a singular one, to say the
least of it.
LIS BusEEABLLs.
This work, the most famous of all Victor
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II is a library edition, the two volumes
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THE WOMAN WHO DARED.
From W. T. Berry & Co. we have this
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casual glance at its pages we are impressed
with the notion that it is one Of the most
interesting epics of the times. Published
by Roberts Brothers, Boston.
MADAME swETCRINEs WRITINGS
To the same enterprising firm we are in
debted for this inimitable work, edited by
Count De Falloux and translated by H.
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works that has issued from the press for
many day. Madame Swetchine was a
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and women of that hostile period between
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Meeting of Police commissioners.

The newly elected Police Commissioners
met yesterday as 10 o'clock, at the May
or's Office. They were in session until .
o'clock in the afternoon. They were duly
qualified and entered upon the duties Of
their office. The time of session was
principally occupied in examining into the
qualifications of applicants. All the present
active and efficient force applied to be re-
tanned except two, who were, as they al
ways are, on duty. There was a large
number of applicants on the outside of the
present acting force. The force under the
retrenchment system, inaugurated by the
city government, will be reduced. This
has been decided upon, hard as the neces-
sity may be.
The Commissioners adjourned without
making the permanent appointments, but
they will meet again ats o'clock this morn
ing, and the organization will, We presume,
be effected. Whatever may be the result,
the Commissioners are made Of that kind
of material that assures us of the fact
that they have the best interests of the city
at heart The action of the Commissioners
to-day Will be looked for with high de-
gree of interest.
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CHEYENNE
CEtizeneSses.

CuRYESyE, \. T., Dec. Il&.-Gov
Campbell yesterday approved Of the fc
male suffrage bin.
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Perc Hyacinthe has written letter
from New York to Emile de GiraTdiD, in
which he says: 81 offer up prayers that
the cause of liberty may triumph and
bear fruit in Europe as it does in this
noble country. That, with the triumph
and fruitfulness of Christianity, is the
sole safety of the present, the sole hope of
the future. / congratulate you, Mon
sieur, on the talent you apply to the ser
vice of the first of these causes, and on
the respect which, lacking faith, you &C
cord the second.
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EeIiCitOuS.

The local editor of a Columbia, Miss. }
paper having recently got married, a con
temporary says: MAY his father-ln-laW
die rich, and enable poor Stevens to retlre
from the printing business and set up
cake shop at railway station.
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An unsophisticated German mother
selected Susan 3. Anthony from a rail-
car full Of women 10 take temporary
charge of baby, and that heroic female
actually accepted and sternly performed
she arluols task imposed upon her.
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Major Anthony Porter, for many years
President of the Bank of the State of
Georgia, died in Savannah on the LIST inst,
at the advanced age of eighty years. He
had been in feeble health for over a year.
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spanish Congress SUI

After the introduction of a number of
bills and resolutions, one by Mr.. Carpen-
ter, declaring that the Spanish gunboats
should not be allowed to leave, Mr.. Drake
took the floor and read a long argument in
support of his bill, denying jurisdiction to
the Supreme Court in cases involving the
consttutionality of the acts of Congress.
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Senator Fcnton, who has been in Paris,
is not in good health, and in consequence
his return to the United States has been
delayed. He was expected to leave for
home about The 10Th of December
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BcrthOld Auerbach's new novel will b5
published simultaneously in eight Ian
guages.
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Mr. Loomis, of New Haven, Conn,
has presented to the New Haven Colony
Historical Society, a piano manufactured
by an Italian firm in London in 1856, and
claimed TO be the oldest in the United
States.
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Jenny Lind has been singing in her
husbands Oruorio of Ruth, al Dresden.
The critics say: Madame Iind-Gold-
schmidt's singing was simply wonderful,
The perfection of phrasing; and the same
earnest, heartfelt expression as of wore,
the voice very little impaired 10y the long
rest. with thethrush-lkc huskincss (always
in her voice., only alittlc more pronounced
suficcd 10 raise the enthusiasm of the
audience NJ Der efforts TO the highest
pitch.
4 forthcoming number of Packard s
lfoutH2y will contain an article from Or
phcus {. Kerr (Nr NcwclD about the
true life of Adah Isaac Menkcn, as seen
bv one who knew her most intimately.
NIr. Newell was one Of the many hus.
bands Of the McnkCn.
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and KELLY,
SUMMER STREET,

ARE NOW OPENING
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MONDAY, Dec. 13-The Senate was
called to order at II A. NJ, by Mr.. Morris,
Speaker pro TEN, quorum answering to
theirnames.
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POPIins al 25 cents, worth 80 cents.
POPIins at BY cents, worth rs cents.
Plaid MerinOs at s7K cents, worth
10 cents.
CoIored AIPacas at 3TK cents, worth
rs cents.
Rich Silks at sI.5O, worth So.
BrOcade silks at 80, worth %.
Plaid CIOakings, reduced prices
Black Cloth CIOaks, marked down.
BrOche ShayVis, marked down.
Black Silks, very cheap.
Black AIPacas, very cheap.
Rich FurS, marked down
ChIIdren's CIOaks, very cheap.
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PARAGUAY.
SurCCAS of the Allies.

New York, Dec. ia courier from
Paraguay which arrived at Valparaiso, Nov.
-. brings the report that Lopez on his flight
to the Bolivian frontier committed great
atrocities At San Estaridas he discovered
a revolution among his followers and
caused 100 of them to be shot. His forces
were reduced TO 200 ill-conditioned men
with twelve pieces OF artillery, drawn by
hand. His army chest is plentifully pro
vided with the sInews of war, he having
m his train twelve carts loaded with
money.
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BARGAINS! BARGAINS!!
THE GREAT CLOSING OUT SALES.

Just bought in New York at
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RatIEiCatOTy,

The Secretary of State submitted areport
Of the States that have ratified the fifteenth
amendment, Missouri and Kansas being
defective North Carolina, West Virginia,
Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Maine, Louisiana,
Michigan. South Carolina, Pennsylvania,
Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois,
Indiana, New Hampshire, Nevada, Vir-
ginia.
Congressional APPOrtiOnmcnt.
The Census bill was taken mp, and
amendments offered looking to the earlier
superintendent of representatives than con-
templated in the bill, but without dispos-
ing of the question the House adjourned.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE,

WARRINGTON, Lee. 1o--4ne JuuIcldIy
Committees report for the reconstruction
Of Georgia was presented.
SeIf-Funding.
Mr.. Corbett introduced a bill to fund
the maturing debt of the United States by
a selt-funding bond. Appropriately re-
ferred.
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HOUSE or EsEPREsENTATgvLs

MONDAY, Dec. 13.-The House was
called to order al 1850 o'clock, Speaker
Perkins in the chair.
BONDS ISSUED.
The following communication from Sec
rotary Fletcher was read:
In compliance with House resolution
No. 147, requesting the Secretary of State
ito furnish the House with the number
and amount of bonds issued to any and
all railroads since the eth of September
last, have the honor 10 submit the fol.
lowing:
The Tennessee and Pacific Railroad has
received SS5 bonds, $685., coo.
Southwestern Railroad, 81 bonds, $780,.
OOO. A. J. FLETCHER,
Co,ro+ar,y Of Gtoga
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Mr.. Cubbins presented petition from
the hackmen of Memphis, asking reduc'
ton of the tax imposed upon them. Re
ferred to the Committee on Finance and
Ways and Means.
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By Mr. Cheatham--A bill to preserve
the credit of the State.
Section l. That the bonds of the State
shall be issued to pay the interest on the
bonded debt of the State that may be due
up to the 1st of July, 1870, said bonds to
be 81, 900 six per cent. coupon bonds, TO
be dated July /, 1870, and payable thirty
years after date, and to be redeemed at the
pleasure of the State after three years
Sec. 2. That the faith of the State is
hereby pledged to give priority in the pay
ment of the interest on these bonds, over
any other bonds of the State, out of the in
terests to be paid by railroads, any out of
any monev in the Treasury applicable TO
interest.
Sec. 3. That the notes of the Bank Of
Tennessee, issued prior to the 9th of May,
1861, shall be receivable at the Treasury of
the State, and by all tax collectors and 9th
er public officers, in payment for one-half
of the taxes and dues, under the revenue
laws Of the State. The other half to be
paid in United States currency, and said
notes shall be receivable at the Treasury
for any interest due from railruads, before
the lst of July, 1869.
Passed, and one hundred copies ordered
printed.
By Mr. Lackey-A bill to change the
line between the counties Of Haywood and
Lauderdale. Passed.
By Mr.. Steele-A bill TO provide for the
erection and government of county work,
houses and lessen the number Of convict'
for the penitentiary. Passed.
By Mr.. McElwee-A bill providing fol
the management of the penitentiary. i
provides that the penitentiary shall be man
aged and governed as provided in the Code
under the title of ''Penitentiary, articles
,, 3, 4, and 6, ssections 5,43G to 5,45!
inclusive, and repealilg all laws on the sub
ject subsequently adopted. Passed.
By Mr.. Yoakum-A bill to change the
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1@-The Postofice
Department has made its selections of de-
signs for the new series Of stamps: One
cent Franklin; cents, jackson, 3 cents
Washington; 6 cents, Lincoln; 10 cent,
jefferson; y cents, Clay; u cents, Web
ster; "a cents, Scott; IS cents Hamilton;
30 cents. O. II. Perry.
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HOUSE.

The following bills were introduced and
referred:
To amend the Currency act
To abolish the franking privilege.
To provide a free system of national
banking.
To repeal the act of 1865, extend
ing of the jurisdiction of the United
States District Court to certain cases on
lakes and nayigable waters connected
Herewith.
To provide for the construction of the
Niagara ship canal.
Also joint resolution for the admission
of Virginia as pending in the Reconstruc-
ton COMMITTEES.
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Having employed Mr.. D. J. ScAELA
Cater. will guarantee all Foods 70 1t psrfses-
IL satisfactory.