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the Governor to inform the Legis-
lature as to whether certain railroad
companies had complied with the pro-
visions of the act ''to define the powers and
duties Of State Directors in the railroads of
the State" Laid over.
by Mr.. Thomas-A bill for the benefit of
w. Z. Owens. Passed.
By Mr.. Cheatham-A bill to amend an
act incorporating the New Orleans and
Ohio Railroad Company. Passed
By Mr.. Mason-A bill to change the
lines between the counties of Giles and
Lawrence. Passed.
By Mr.. Spears-A bill to regulate rules
of evidence in civil cases. Passed.
BUSINESS CALLED UP.
Senate bill for the benefit of State and
county fairs was taken up and passed sec
Ond reading.
Senate bill to incorporate the Tennessee
Navigation, immigration and Manufactur-
ing Company, was called up and passed
first reading.
Senate bill to amend the law concerning
forcible entry and detainer was called up
and passed second reading
House bill to amend the revenue laws in
reference to privileges without licenses
was called up and passed second reading.
RESOLUTIONS TAKEN UP.
House resolution providing for the ap-
pointment of a commission to digest
common school system, was taken up and
rejected.
House resolution providing for adjourn
ment sine die on the 18th of February, was
taken up. After some discussion,
Mr.. Cheatham moved to lay the resolu-
ton on the table. Carried-ayes, 45
noes, II.
House resolution providing for the ap-
pointment of committee looking to the
payment of the laborers on the Nashville
and Northwestern Railroad, for services
rendered while the road was in the hands
of receiver, was taken up.
Messrs Caldwell, Fleming, White and
others advocated the resolution. 1t was
finally referred to joint committee, com
posed of the Judiciary Committee of both
Houses.
'JERUsALEM SMITH.
House resolution requesting our Con-
gressmen to vote for the repeal of TIE law
authorizing the franking privilege was
taken up.
Mr. Caldwell offered an amendment re-
questing our Congressman to use their in
fuence in defeating the bill introduced by
Roderick Random Butler, looking to the
territorializing Of Tennessee. Adopted.
Mr. Fleming offered an amendment CEN
surfing the so-called Congressman, w. J.
Smith, for furnishing his frank to members
of the General Assembly for their use in
sending out documents to their constitu-
eBts.
Mr.. Chcatham hoped this amendment
would be adopted, SO that the country could
know the sort of man this w. j. Smith
was.
NJ Caldwell offered an amendment to the
amendment, which was accepted, that
Smiths conduct merits the serious atten-
ton of Congress.
The amendment was adopted. The reso-
luton as amended was then adopted.
Adjourned until II o'clock Monday morn
ing
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ENGLAND.
On American Democrac,

VII DcInOCtACI.
LONDON, Feb. 5.-The Times has EDITOR.
ais on American legislators and legislation,
wherein it comments on the composition
and peculiarities of the House Of the United
States Congress. The writer attributes the
faults in American legislation to the utter
absence of ability in the House of Repre-
sentatives, and natural sequence to the
popular elections. The Senate, however,
is better, the Times thinks, because its
members are otherwise chosen.
Bessimer
The manufacturers here are preparing to
take advantage of the expiration In March
next, of the Bessimer steel patents.
The Irish Question.
The Saturday ReCieaD predicts that the
Irish land question and bill for regulating
the ballot and diffusion ofeducation, will
engross the attention of Parliament at the
coming session.
A Geographic Nfuss,
Extraordinary scenes are occurring at
telegraph offices throughout England.
The dissatisfaction is general, and com
plants of delay and error have been greatly
multiplied since the new arrangement went
into effect in this city particularly. Crowds
of people surround the offices and there is
the utmost confusion.
Freedom of Education.
The movement for the abolition of the
University tests has been renewed vigor-
ously. A large meeting was held at Ply
mouth last evening, and resolutions look
ing to that end we're unanimously adopted.
Meetings are to be held elsewhere.
IndO-Chinesc.
The Pail Mall Gazette protests against
the interruption of the Indo-C Chinese trade
which in its opinion is contemplated.
American Credit
There has recently been an improved de-
mand for American bonds, both Federal
and State.
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DAYToS, Ohio, has got street railway,
and the reporter of one of the papers
there relates the following, Incidental
thereto: A farmer from Perry township,
who doesn't read the papers, and had
never seen or heard of street railway,
when on his way to the city, yesterday,
for the first time in three months, dis
covered a portion of one of the iron rails
of the street railway, where the snow had
melted and disclosed it to plain view, al
the western terminus, and he straightway
alightcd from his wagon and endeavOred
to secure it. Somebody's lost his bar OF
iron - exclaimed the farmer, as he caught
hold of it; "and the burned things frozC
mighty fast, tool" His efforts were
futile, for he couldn't bulge the bar
Just then, man came along and in
formed the venerable fossil that it was {
rail of the street railway, and reached
from that point to the EXTREMIST east enc
of Dayton, and that he'd better let it lay
there. And he druV on.
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TENNESSEE.

Interesting Facts about the sETabIe
Eand.''
To the Editors of tho Cincinnati Enquirer:
BRADoN's KNOBS, Jan. "a. 1970.-A-
low me, through your columns, to an
swer numerous inquiries which | receive
by every mail in regard to the Cumber-
land Mountain land, timber, minerals,
etc. The mountain land IS the stable
land" of Tennessee. When you strike
the foot of the mountain you will ascend
for two miles a serpentine road, thereby
Obyiating or avoiding many of the
sleeps. A good team will haul twenty
bushels of corn upthe mountain when the
roads are good, which is most of the
year, and when you arrive at the top you
strike the table-land, which is gently I'M
dulating, as level as Ohio, or more so,
and much more level than the small val
leys. This table varies from twenty to
forty miles east to west, and hundreds of
miles from northeast to southwest. The
soil is a yellowish and red clay, mixed
with sand-the finest meadow land in the
State. Vegetables grow much finer here
than in the valleys; also, oats and rye,
barley, and | believe, wheat will far eX-
Gel the valleys when Northern men go
to farming after their old fashion. Here
fruit grows to perfection, and when the
Cincinnati Railroad is finished to Chatta-
nooga this mountain will require more
trains to carry its peaches and berries
North, and its apples South, than South
ern Illinois does Then here are i'm
mcnse coal fields, of which the valleys
are destitute. The cattle and hogs are
principally driven to the mountains to
get fat by fall, when they are ready for
shipping. Then here Georgia and those
cotton countries will look for their supply
of forage, opening an immense trade for
the railroad.
The timber here is red oak, black oak,
white oak, post oak, Spanish oak and
chestnut oak; also, chestnut and some
poplar, and pine in places. This table
was one vast prairie when the Indians oc-
cupied this country, since which the tim
Der has grown. The valley farmers
drive their cattle here to summer, set fire
to the forest leaves and grass, which is
abundant, thereby injuring much of the
timber. Land is selling from 81 to So per
acre. A person can get good titles by
getting man versed in the business to
assist him. The old inhabitants have
been very careless about getting their
deeds and having them recorded. Hoping
this will answer many letters, | remain,
G. L. KELLOGG.
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HALIFAX.


HALIFAX, Feb. 5.-The papers report
that at a meeting held at Mergormarsla,
in Pictou county, resolution was passed
declaring the Confederation a failure and
urging the local legislature to move for
annexation to the United States.
A union association has been formed in
Prince Edwards Island Hon. L. H. Hori-
land, NJ T., has been chosen President,
and Hon. James Pope and Hon. William
Head Vice Presidents. The object of the
society is to forward the cause of confede-
ration
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PHILADELPHIA.


New YORK, Feb. "a remarkable cleri-
cal scandal, is reported in the Philadel-
phia papers, the delinquent is a Chatholic
Priest, name unknown, and the victim of
his wiles was a Miss Louisa Daber, who
has suddenly and mysteriously disappeared.
Rev Mr.. Hortley, Of Second Reformed
Church, has received 4 letter from Miss
Daber in which she states that she is con-
fined in the cell Of Catholic church, and
that she is to be sent TO a Nunnery in Mil
waukee. The affair creates much excite
ment in religious circles, in Quaker City.
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GEORGIA.
200 Miles of "A whisky Raid,

WASHINGTON, Feb. Internal Reven-
ne Detective Cowhan reports to Commits
sioner Delano, under date Augusta, Ga.
Jan. 81, a very successful raid on the
fourth district Of Georgia. Eighteen illicit
stills were captured and a number Of men
engaged in running them. The distance
travelled was over 700 miles.
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he Spanish Succession.
WASHINGTON.


Chinese PROCLAIM alton.
AsHNGroN, Feb. 5.-The President
wi on Monday issue proclamation of
rafcation of the treaty between the
Uned States and China, giving fall text OF
thesame.
DescrtoFS, Bounty.
tsn- Butler, as Chairman of the National
As,um of disabled soldiers, some time
ag6made application for bounty due soldiers
wb had deserted during the rebellion
amounting to 81, 10000
The Treasurer refused to turn over the
money on the ground that the bounty was
noidUe until the expiration of the term of
service, and that men had deserted, and
thur terms had not expired. This de-
olson has been affirmed by the Attorney
General, and hence the money will not be
tuned over.
Spelling RObesOn,s Plans.
Tie House Naval Committee hope to be
ableto agree on measure satisfactory to
botA staff and line officers. They are op-
posed TO the bill proposed by Secretary
Robson. Neither staff nor line officers
will get all they wished.
Grant Still Obstinate.
President Grant is decidedly opposed to
appointing man from the Southern Cir
cult on the Supreme Bench. An effort is
being made to secure the appointment of
James Wilson, of Iowa, to whom the
President offered several places in his Cab
met.
The Mississippi Lcyccs.
The Senate Committee on Commerce
met to-day, and considered among other
things, the levees of the Mississippi, and
finally determined, and referred the matter
to subcommittee consisting of Messr5
Buckingham and Kellogg.
Ewing 60 be Recalled.
There is no doubt that Minister Hugh
Ewing will be recalled from the Hague.
His friends have ceased their efforts for his
retention.
Died.
Representative Hoge, of Toledo, died to-
night at . o'clock, of pneumonia.
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Don PIATT says: 81 was in love once
with a fat girl. She was very fesby.
She was enormous, but the course of my
true love came to grief. l was sitting
with her in the dim twilight one evening.
| was sentimental; l said many soft
things; l. embraced part of her. She
seemed distant. She frequently turned
her lovely head from me. At last l
thought heard the murElur of voices on
the other side. l arose and walked
round; and then l found another fellow
counting her on the left flank. / was in
dignant, and upbraided her for her treach-
cry in thus concealing from me another
love. She laughed at my conceit, as if
she were not big enough to havetwo lovers
at once.
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RieII's Compromise.

Eiel moved that twenty representatives
be elected by the English people of Red
River to meet twenty representatives to be
elected by the French population on the
9th ult, at the courthouse, for the pur-
porse of considering the subject of legisla-
tive commissioners and deciding what
would be the best course for the welfare of
the country.
The motion carried, and committee
was then appointed to apportion the Eng
glish representatives. The result is not
yet known.
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MISSOURI.


ST LOUIS, Feb. 5.-In a street quarrel
in st. Joseph, Mo, night before last, be-
tween several parties, Michael Culligan was
shot by man named Church, and died
soon after. Church, who is a conductor
on the St Joseph and Council Bluff Rail
road, gave himself up and was committed.
Culigan was a roustabout on the river, and
a UlqrrelSOme man
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IRELAND,
The Land Tenure,

LONDON, Feb. Sit is reported the
Cabinet have settled upon the land bill for
Ireland. The new bill proposes to give
security of tenure by confirming and as
surfing the same rights to tenants as are
held under the last customs of the province
of Ulster. 1t refers disputes concerning
the improvement of land by tenants and
amount of rent, to a tribunal with power
of summary jurisdiction.
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"WHAT have you got that's gooGf"
said hungry traveller, as he seated him
self at dinner table in Salt Lake City.
"Oh, we've got roast beef, corn beef,
roast mutton, boiled, fried ham and broiled
curlewl"
"What is curlcw2" said the stranger.
"Curlew! why curlew is bird some
thing like a snipe."
"Could it fly?"
"Yes.n
"Did it have wings!"
eyes"
''Thcn l don't want any curlew in
mine; anything that had wings and could
fly, and didn't leave this damned country;
| don't want for dinner"
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THE duelomania in Paris is now so
great that the slightest prOvOcatiOn is made
a pretext for sending a challenge. The
other day two members of the Imperial
Club left the Theatre des Italiens, where
Becthovcn's ''Fidelio" had just been per-
formed. "Really," said one of them, 81
cannot see why this chaos of chromatic
dissonance should be pronounced a mas
terpiece.n ''Sir," exclaimed another
member of the club, who was standing
close by, and who was an ardent admircr
of Beethoven's genius, ''yOu do not know
how to appreciate 'Ffdelio." NextmOrn-
ing the admirer of Beethoven received q
challenge; and on the following day a
sword was run through his shoulder.
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RUFUS CHOATE was the worst pennman
ever connected with the Boston bar. He
could not deciphcr his own manuscript,
and made it ont only by recalling the
sense of the subject-matter in hand. After
his death his friends could make little or
no use of the manuscript-matter which
lie left, and TO this circumstance is mainly
due the fact that no complete volume of
his life, writings, etc, have yet been
published.
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HOUSE.
The House met for general discussion,
Mr.. Loughridge in the chair, and about
thirty members present.
General DEssOyaIIy.
Mr.. Sargent made speech in vindica-
ton of a remark of his in recent discus
sion on the general disloyalty of the Demo-
cratic party. The other speakers were Mr..
Packard, of Indiana, in support of the
policy of the Republican party Mr.. Shell
don, of Louisiana, on finance; Mr.. Lyner,
on the abolition of the ranking privilege;
Mr.. Biggs, on general politics, and Mr.
Lawrence, on the modes of paying pen
sions
The House then adjourned
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Vendetta.

an old feud existing between Sinclair
and Jackson Hursts on'one side and Joseph
Fry. Caleb Jones and others on the OppO-
site side, eliminated on Tuesday last, at
Rushville, Mo-, in the death of the two
former An alteration occurred at a store.
The Hursts walked ont and were assaled
with stones, one of which struck jackson
Hurst on the head, knocking him insensi-
ble. Joseph Fry then struck Sinclair
Hurst with piece Of scantling, crushing
his skull. He also dealt jackson Hurst 9
similar blow while lying insensible, ter.
ribly fracturing his skull. The testimony
at the inquest showed the Hursts were
drunk, had been very quaTelsome and hac
really been the assailing party.
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TALLAHASSEE.


TALLAHASSEE, Feb. The impeacb-
ment of Gov. Reid was killed in the House
last night, 10y the adoption of the minority
report, by a revote of 80 to 81.
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WINNIPEG.
A Man with a Mission.

CHICAGO, Feb. 4.-The Red River Men
Mutton gives a long account of the meet
ing held at Fl Garry on Jan. 2I., adj
dressed by Donald q. Smith, who explained
his mission and the policy of the Canadian
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SPAIN.
The Coming Mnn.

MADRID, Feb. BIT is reported that
Duke Montpensier's candidature for the
throne of Spain Will be altogether aban-
doned. Prince George, Catholic, thirty
seven years of age, son of the King of
Saxony, is now talked of in some quarters,
while others propose Prince Charles of
Prussia.
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HAYTI.


PUERTO CABE1Lo, Jan. 24.-The revolu-
ton is spreading. President Moragues has
taken the field in person. The banished
Dominicans have arrived here.
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WILMINGTON.
ATotaI SbfpvrcCk.

WuNuNGToN, n. c. Feb. 5.-The
schooner Eleanor from Baltimore was wreck
ed near Fort Fisher, the entire crew, five
men, are supposed to be lost.
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INDIANAPOLIS.


INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 5.-The boiler in
Sinker q Co. S Western Machine Works ex.
ploded this morning. Patrick Lynch, en-
gineer. was very badly injured. Two OF
three other employees were slightly in,
iured
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NEW ORLEANS.


NEW ORLEANS, Feb. "a convention Of
the conductors Of Conservative newspapers
of Louisiana is called to meet here on the
2Sth Of February.
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SAN DOMINGO.


San DOMINGO, Jan. 2O.-The revolution
lists, headed 10y Pumental, are marching
northwest. They have captured Guaya
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GEORGE Sands not a handsome woman,
but she has strong, magnetic features, a
broad, square forehead, with the percep-
tive and analytic faculties very largely de
veloped. The lips are neither firm nor de-
cisive, but curved with the least bit of
cynical smile, as If the woman were
ashamed of the world, yet loves it. She
keeps out of Paris as much as possible.
One may often meet her, when she is in
Paris, travelling about on foot, with a half,
| faded bonnet covering her noble head, but
with step as firm and elastic as when
| she was twenty.
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LADY JANE GREY was Queen of Eng
land for only ten days. 1t happened in
this way. Lady Jane was the daughter OF
the Duke of Suffolk and Lady Frances
Brandon. She was born in 1897, and she
possessed great beauty and talents. At
is she was married TO Lord GUilford
Dudley. Edward VI was persuaded by
Lady James friends TO make adeed of set
Element, leaving the crown to Lady Jane,
and setting aside Mary and Elizabeth and
Mary, Queen of Scots. On the death OF
Edward, Lady Jane was proclaimed
Queen, and up to this time was ignorant
Of the conspiracy. The English rallied tC
the support of Mary, who became Queer
after the defeat of Lady James friends,
BY Mary's warrant, she and her husband
Dudley, were executed.
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The Cj0itta Catt0ljca, published here,
has remarkable article, entitled Les
MOVIES Politiques ct lie Concile. After
referring to menaces against the Ecumenical
councils establishing DEGREES contrary to
modern ideas, it says the bishops despise
menaces. If governments make laws atv
rance with the DEGREES of the Council, the
subject will not be held to observe them,
and to exact obedience to such laws would
be odious tyranny. If governments an
tagonize the Church and the State, they
must expect a terrible revolution to over
throw them. France alone has been true
to tho Concordat. The Council will bear
this in mind.
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The Church Embellishments.

The clerical estimates passed the Cortes
yesterday evening after a strenuous oppo-
sitinn
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CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Yesterday the
Senate adjourned over to Monday.
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TIE Philadelphia Age relates that
when President Andrew Jackson was told
that Purser Randolph, who was dismissed
from the navy for defalCatiOn, had been
arrested for his assault upon him, he ex-
claimed: eyes, and / greatly regret it,
and have ordered his release. If l had
not been interfered with, | would have
punished the scoundrel on the spot.
do not want the aid of the law to protect
me, or redress my wrongs. My dear
mother, God bless her, when l was boy,
gave me this piece of advice, Never to
sue for SANDER, indict for assault and bat,
terry, or permit a personal assault to &C
UNPUBLISHED on the spot and God knows
have most religiously adhered to il
throughout my life;" and dashing long
stemmed white clay pipe, which he had
been smoking, on the mantel-pieCe, by
which he was crectly standing, he broke
| ii into atoms.
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THERE is a famous Bohemian phrase
which is perpetually being thrown in the
teeth of Czechs who deny that their Ian
ruace is cacophonous. 1t is as follows A.:
7.StTez past slUz kirk, and is always
found convincing.
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ROME.
Petitions and Doctrine.

ROME, Feb. Another session Of the
Ecumenical Council was held yesterday.
The Archbishop of Turin, celebrated the
mass, and five fathers delivered addresses.
The Committee on PostulGtG meets once
a week.
The Committee De Eide has completed
q proat mart of its work
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WHEELING.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

WHEELING. Feb. The Senate last
evening, by vote Of II to 6, concurred in
the House resolution for the impeachment
of Judge Nat. Harrison, Of the Seventh
Judicial District
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ST. THOMAS.
Conc 20 get His Rum.

ST. THOMAS, Feb. 5.-Gen. Luperon has
passed through st. Thomas en- route to ia
maica.
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DIR. Holloway advertised six hundred
thousand dollars worth last year.
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FRANCE.
Twelve Persons Buried Alive.

MARsEILLEs, Feb. 5.-Great excitement
was occasioned in this city this morning by
the falling of two houses. Twelve persons
were buried in the ruins 1t is thought
that they were not all killed. Two bodies
have been recovered from the debris