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DECISION In TIE CIVIL RIGHTS
BILL CASE-THE INDICTMENT
OUASHED.

Judge ITlgg announced yesterday
morning that he had concluded to allow
the motion made by tae defendants coun-
sci, that the indictment be quashed. He
could not construe this act as intending to
protect the social rights of individuals;
or that it was an offence for onetO inter
fere with such rights, punishable with
fine and imprisonment. Without deter
mining the many technical objections
urged against this Indictment in the srgu-
ment of counsel, be would hold that
when the act declared that no person
should deprive any citizen OF any right
secured under its provisions, "under
of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation,
or custom to the contrary nOtwithstand-
ing" it evidently referred to the law of
q State, municipal corporation, or of
some other power capable of prescribing
and enforcing rule of conduct, whether
you call it lalO, statute, ordnance,
regulation or custom. II could not
apply to the regulation or custom of a
Railroad company or any other private
corporation, which only acted under
chartered limits, and had no power to
bind any one by law in conflict with
the law of the land.
If these parties had violated the con-
tract rights of this ticket holder, the
courts will assess damages against them
for whatever loss they may prove before
the jury had been sustained.
He would sustain the motion, quash the
Indictment and discharge the defendants.
The many friends of Major Compton
aad his associates viii be rejoiced TO hear
that they have been relieved from the
charge of crime, wherein they considered
that they had but discharged their duty
to the railroad and to the public.
PrescriPtEoniss for the Dispensary.
The Dispensary Committee Of the City
Council yesterday appointed Mr. Emmett
Poole ss pTescriptioDist fox the City Dis
pensary, and hs viii today enter upon
bis duties. An experienced prescEiptionIsi
and in al respects a most worthy gentle
man, sfr. Poole VIII in The accuzacy and
fidelity with which he perfortna bis duties
give ihs committed the bes. passible as
sursnee that theix conf,lsncs has eeeu
f - ~. I.esfoEe1
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TENNEssEs BONDS closed in New York
last evening at 67t for both the old and
new issues.
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II will be seen that the difference is in
favor of the Decatur line to all the above
points; and even to Macon and Savannah
the distance in favor of the Chattanooga
road is not more than from so TO 100
miles, which is nothing in freight com
petition in long distances, as the route
from Charleston to Louisville via Balti-
more is several hundred miles further,
and several days longer than via Nash
vile, and yet we see it enables Louisville
to get freights brought right by Nash
vile over the Chattanooga Railroad at
cheaper rate than Nashville, though l85
miles further from Charleston. Can our
business men fail to see the advantages of
the proposed lease after carefully exam
lining the above figures. MERCHANTS.
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CorToN was dull in Nsw York yesterday
at 14sc for middling.
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EVANSVILLE.

Ansther Norsnsrn Conaeeston
EVANSVILLE, IED., May 1.-The cleo
<;f.a to-day decided bY ! ASS majority %
A b5<albe stock u the Lake tgals-
hla and soushwesisFn ~ q
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CUBA


A Novel Use fo the swoEssf , sssipe
HAVANA, May 1sES q:ssFTl Ness
Saturday ia the |hall Of Che snnfs5:e .,1'a'
Court, during Which 'Fa5ee Ssskss s'a!''
ned the face IN Tedee Vas1uer Qn,sI',
whe, tho Ia,,s sslenEed him. kA'z
mort .,er-1 ~. ,@s' 5;hl duel Ntta
rsser.lss DaI sD y sscsi~'Sa -
.nF sli.,Is
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THB CITY.
Express Favor
Ternperanca Lectnre.

We are indebted to the Southern Ex
press 90. for late Memphis papers.
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the authorities.
IssY Deliberating on Surrender
Provincial Elections.
VERSAILLES, May Fort Issy was
yesterday summoned to surrender by a
flag of truce from the lines of the Yer
ssilles army. The Comm unist garrison
in reply, asked for time to deliberate,
which was accorded. Negotiations will
recO mmence to-day.
A large number of troops moved
toward Paris to-day as reinf0rcements of
the army.
The editors of all the moderate jour
nails in Paris have been ordered 10 be
prosecuted by the Commune, and are
leaving the city as rapidly as possible.
Private telegrsphing in Paris is again
entirely suspended.
Rossell, in accepting the insurgent min
istry of war, said he shall have need of the
absolute co operation of the Commune
troops and the people of Paris.
Republican candidates were chosen at
| the elections in Lille. The provincial
elections in all parts of France have re-
suited in the choice of Conservative Re-
publicans.
A Terrific Fire In Paris Sunday
Night
PPRIs, May Firing last night was
fearful and apparently utterly reckless.
Nothing to compare with it has occurred
since the commencement of the civil war.
The city is greatly excited and alarmed,
and groups of frightened people are col
lected in almost every street and avenuel
discussing the state of affairs. Genera
| Okolowitz's wound is very severe one
and his recovery doubtful
The Masonic Delegation.
| The delegates from the Mas onic lodges
of Paris have returned from Versailles
unable to accomplish anything. They
report that Theirs expresses the opinion
that peaceable arrangement with the
Paris Commune is impossible.
ISsy Refuses 10 Surrender.
VERSAILLES, May 1, P. M.-Tho ne
gotiations for the surrender of Fort d'Issy
failed. The bombardment was recon-
Inenecd and IS NOW very violent.
lsefa - fiae iffsteir ssazses5 - 70 ~
iz l.,-4sn ]. 4,
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A Masonic procession half mile long
passed through the streets to day and
planted their banners on the Iamparts un.
der heavy fire. All the lodges OF the
order in Paris were represented. Several
Masons were wounded while on the
walls.
VERSAILLES, April 29.-Three delegates
from the Masonic fraternity of Paris
came into the lines opposite Maillot gate.
They were received by the commanding
officers and conducted to this place.
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The Coming Election.

Its evident nom the tone of their meetiny Is
that the democrats have strong hopes Of success
IN the coming territorial election; and ii is time
that the republican managers should look about
thf m 70 see what these hopes are founded upon.
N 'he enoeavor to harmonic all the elements
q me republican party some ipjudicious things
nave been said in public speeches, and some
concessions made 20 the ''black Sheep i'm
Iracticsbles, and ultrsists of the party that in
the opinion OF their opponents will ALLEVIATE
enough OF the conservative republicans TO give
them Cthe demOcTats) an easy victory.
Let the republicans look to this matter in
season if they hope to win.
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Political Strategy I'm Arkansas

SenstOr-eleCt Clayton, of Arkansas. was
elected Governor last fall, and a man named
johnson Lieutenant Governor. The legislature
was republican in both branches, and CLAYTON.
IN January, was elected United States Senator
from the 9TH OF March. johnson, about this
lime, developed democratic proclivities, and
being the heir presumptive to the OF ce OF Gov
ernor, carried with him a number of republican
members of the legislature, who proposed, un-
der the new Governor, to rule the State. The
first step was TO impeach Clayton, which was
done, and the case came before the State Senate
for trial about the first of March Just at this time
the Governor made treaty with them. He re-
signed As Senator. and -. 10 impeachment was
'nuf'"n. Having done this, he next trested
with johnson separately and appointed him Sec
Rotary or State, whereupon johnson resigned Is
Lieut.. Governor. and entered upon his duties
By the time this was concluded, the Legislature.
under the law, was required to elect Q United
States Senator TO Ill the vacancy caused BY
ClaSton's resignation, whereupon Clayton has
been elected As his own successor. johnson, who
has ceased to be Lieutenant Governor, is now to
be excluded from the ONCE OF Secretary Of
State, on the ground that the State constitution
prohibits an executive officer from holding any
other Office during the term for which he Was
elected. The president Of the Senate, q repub-
lican named Hsdley, will succeed as Governor
CLAYTON has triumphed, and johnson receives
no sympathy from either party.
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MEMS CANDIDATE.

Mr. A. i. MUD is noinirsted By the Democrat
ana Conservative young men Cf the Thirteenth Dis.
trlct 10 represent them in the Legislative Assembly
sueJect to action of primary meeting to be held
April 4:h. n,bI7 2,s
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You can't eat enough in one week to last a
whole year, and you can't advertise on tia,
plan either.
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In lS65 the Democratic State Central Com
mittse Of Connecticut published long address
bitterly opposing negro suffrage. In the pres
ent campaign the Republican papers are max
ing political capital for their own party by re-
Publishing IL.
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InPRACHnKST BUsIs kss.-The trial OF Gov.
erpor Holden on the impeachment articles
before the North Carolina Senate will probably
clofe to-day, and the verdict will Be rendered
nsxt week. Next Tuesday 10 set for the I'm.
mencement OF the Impeachment trial Of David
Butler, Governor OF Nebraska
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A bill now before the Wisconsin Assembly
provides that whenever eleven jurors, i'm
pAIelled 10 try any criminal case or civil sc-
ton, shall agree upon . verdict, such agree
N emit, duly announced in court, Sd all De taken
and he'd to be the verdictof the whole jury.
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~sPkCIAL RELIGIOUS SIRVICEs
LINCOLN HALL
NOV SAbBAIa AffERnOON, $40
uVn VIhCthT COLLYEB aud others, will
Address the Meeting
ALSO,
IN PROF. PRATry TENT.
corner Pennsylvania and 18Th street,
at 7:SO d. m
=. Under the AUSPICES OF the
Ioung Mems Christian Association

nF WI WOULD GALL KsPEOIAL ALIEN
NR utn Ton e The PATENT ELIOTRIC OLOOK
elseenes o n BELL The Simplicity and com Iete
n ltS.s wnsre II hs; been used for years. as
fashioned wire Bell "s"e' '"on 'he o'o
AZ ne Electrician and Workmen have bsen brou sbt
ea S nom Europe so - to secure thorough work
"A simple touch knob Is sum ient to Indicate
me wants OF the occupant Of o room and by the at
McMent OF cord conveyed TO the bed an inyaIjd
San,oy sifsht touch. call from any part of the
fH1 fLECTBIC CLOCK. One regulator will
run any number Of Clocks in q city, BY which the
expense an tronble Of attention Is avoided
TIKI kLECTRlO BURGLAR ALARM-Imme-
emte nouee given OF entrapce by door or window of
any pnl!dInE renders II invaluable for PRIVATE
KEsIDtnCEs, BANKS and PUBLIC BULB.
iN0s Cutting the wire will not prev en-, the alarm
Our Instrument Is most simple, and costs ifty per
cent less than the old invention ~
ne Uom pany viii also furnish Magnetic Electric
Ielegraphs. working without battery, very usesuI
matt unents for commune alton between reside
and tusiness establishments.
IN the United States
Letters should be addressed to W. WALL Presi-
dent, Room No. 2, shepherds Building, 9U-1.
Ptnnsytv ania aver ne, Washington. D. o., VIII, re
the working Of the Instruments may be seen
NH -lawH
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k>04 BxMT-TArse-story BRiOk ROUSE, essht
rooms, NO. 81 q strest, between North Cep{roi
snd LIST street,. Fear OF the 9overursu. Prinrine
VSnice; Int u Dsr mouth. inquire Il p. LEA
A'uskta o0<' pc33-k
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FOR sALE-Ap e,ee ant iot4of FURNITURT for
sale 81 No. $40. q street, between AZ and Al
stseets. Inquire on the premises. mhi3 ST.
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so....d 70 AL 5sa
On fosDth f'sSFf FsIFS nv F:s
nTA ssIIAIke MEErIsG OF O0LUnBIA
T III be held il the 0ouneit Chamber. City HaII
IL SHxs. = f GiSSssaErr, Rec Sac.
0SIs F-MkTfOP0LIs LODGE No
9sst pIjoHMe NJ, and ntnbers are reausst,d 70
s9s funeral d JOAN Pr 70 s''I By
UGGfhIlkS s EsfkkYT u Pfks ..siIi
BIeaeh TO MORROW in Masonic Temple. corner
IN IN ana .tTeets, at II q N. aud TDr m. s-ats
Hee. Inc pubic are inviiedto hear him. IT.
~NOTICE-Ihe Democratic aud con.s,v.,ive
ff HIM R R.inIIsi s.S .ls ss
6Gs -S H sr a1rlh 2a 81,
nFlO faMAGEsENU ENOAMPMENT,
are requested 70 meet At their Hal AT ID oInh "a
~ mNh hoN, tsuDdsy the 18th instant. 10 az
tne sunera oil our late brother, p. o. Z. Ohm
ID. CARDIGAN, Scribe pro ts,n
1TEEiNNETEESPH DISTRICT REPUBLT
~ CbN CLUB "a meeting of the Club will he
6 neg W IN ssheJl hSqse stree. and ftber creet
MI EVENlNG. March 9lst AT ia CLOCK.
- Sst'enaaace Is requested. BIZ order OF the
mls-2t [Chron.I VIM. HENDLEY, Secretary.
1FM AGIsTRATEs NOTICE = The under
Seventh street TO No. Ii25 Seventh sire 4 betgeen
and VI !: where members of the bar and Others
uNInS SIiolal business may find him bet vean tba
hours 81 = a. m. and O'Clock .. m. Residence 2O3
Ioiher OF oh and streets northwest
MP - WILLIAM THOMPSON,
HFhtogNG LADY, DIAL.
lned 70 teach Spencerian Permsrship pIain
s nna ornamental, viii give PRIVATE LESSONS
ms TO classes in families aud private schools
vii rte letters and do copy g. or viii keep a set
e, DOCKS. ADDRESS M. &. B.. 1923 5th street
Business College; p. h. SpeEeer, Cleveland Ohio 1t
III MAs9NlC. The members of HIRAM
~ LOD6n, No. 10, y. IA. M are lctified "a
meet etthefr Hall, corner 18th strest and PannsvI
vaDia avenue, on SUNDAY 18th inst At oeIosL
lor the purpose OF attending the funeral Of
tnefr late Brother AQBILLA K ARyOIp
brethren Of sister Lodses are fraterhsily invited
20 attend. By order ofthe W. M 0U
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BOARDING..

ELIeIBLE AND COMFORTABLE ROOMS.
can be had At No. 1915 I street on ressnn h'a
terms Also. Table Boarders accommod sted Sse =, ~
lkSSIn S GtA 80 bSARD, WITH PLEASANT
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,treet. Good location and acosssibis. mhsS " W
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w beng oreanised ct Dr.. Ooul6eids AcadSmy
10. A.: Ten - Des quarter q ten weeks, In
49, sAvnnss H. y vsshins . joia vfn Dlsss. lsys
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japanese Silks. 81 to 81 laI<; Black siIk, q, a.
70 $50: Silk Poplins, 81; Plaid and Plain Dress
Goeos Tor Ladies suits Ri ack Alpaca, Is, 30 49, 10
stock Mourning Goods White Piques Is to Is cts ;
PeIcelss ainsooks, Victoria Lawns. Swisses a ar
towels, &C cloths Cassimeres, Linen Drills, Got
tonades Tor Men and Boys wear, cheap; large stock
Cettons. at wholesale prices
RSONE PRICE ONLY
hogan WYLIE,
mhlSu lOlS and 1O20 tn st,aat n w
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II ALE we tx.
all fashionable HEAD-DRRSSES. IN be fnnnS a, thu
Store and Factory OF PHTIipp i at 'uo
importer OF uman Hair and Ladies' airdresser
sos Sth street N. W., near the Avenue.
N. B.-Ladies should not mistake our ooods n,
inc kept by certain dealers not BELONGING to tbs
nade. Persons giving o. a call Will be able to
Juoko. ml3-St-
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-28

Wooster, Ohio, has been the scene of some
alleged spiritual manifestations, that have ex-
cited the wonder of a great many credulous
spectators. A family named Hoffman were APP
parently the victims of the spirits, whose malice
or caprice manifested itself in unusually eccen-
trio forms. The mysterious noises and rappings
common to all such exhibitions, were heard
about the house at irregular intervals, and writ
ten communications, ostensibly from the world
OF spirits, were dropped here and there by I'M
seen hands, especially when visitors were present
but the peculiar and favorte exploit of these
mischievous spirits, was to hide or destroy the
clothes and bedding of the family. Articles Of
this kind were constantly missed, and, after
long search, were found secreted in all sorts of
unlikely places about the house and out-build-
lngs, and were often cut into strips as if by some
sharp instrument. The fame of these doings
went abroad through all that region, and multi
tudes fiocked 10 the house to see for them
selves the mysterious operations. All seemed
to be convinced that, whatever the agency at
work, its operations were unexplained and mex.
plicable. They went prepared to indulge in the
luxury Of simple wonder, and TO resent any at.
tempt to explain the occurrences on common
sense principles. They gazed stupidity about,
swallowed all that was told them and all that
they thought they saw, and went away firmly
convinced that they had the evidence of their
senses for the existence of maryels for which
philosophy could assign no cause. One news
paper reporter, protesting Incredibly, asked the
spirits to prove their power by cutting his cloth
ing. Before he left the house he was gratfed
by finding his hat and handkerchief slit into
nbbons. This satisfied him, and he departed a
thorough convert to the spiritual theory of the
phenomena.
Nearly all the newspapers in the state, and
many beyond its limits, published long &C.
counts Of the strange transactions in the HofE
pan family, and laid great stress upon the re
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MARRIED WITHOUT KNOWING IT.-A Mr..
Thomas Cooper, an Englishman, has published
an account of his travels in Thibet, which he
visited disguised as a Chinaman. Among his
stories is the following:
He was just hating for breakfast, after leav-
ing the Thibetan town of Bathang, when group
of young girls, gayly dressed and decked with
garlands of flowers, came out of a grove and
surrounded him, some of them holding his mule,
while Others assisted him to alight. He was
then led into grove, where he found feast be-
ing prepared, and after he had eaten and smoked
his pipe, the girls came up to him again, quill
ing along in their midst pretty girl Of sixteen,
attired in a silk dress, and adorned with gar
lands of flowers" 81 had already noticed, ;" MIR.
Cooper continues, "this girl sitting apart from
the Others during the meal, and was very much
astonished when she was reluctantly dragged up
to me, and made to seat herself by my side; and
my astonishment was considerably heightened
when the rest of the girls began to dance around
us in a circle, singing and throwing their gar
lands over myself and my companion" The
meaning of this performance was, however, soon
made clear to Mr.. Cooper. He had been mar
ried without knowing it. At first he tried to es-
cape the liability entailed upon him; but such
an cutlery was made by all the people around
that he was forced to carry off his bride. He
managed to get rid of her before very long by
transferring her to one of her relations but even
that was not treated as dissolution of the mar
rage. On his way back he was Joined one day
by Thibetan dame, of about thirty years old,
who announced herself as his wife's mother, and
said she had come, with the consent of her hus-
band, to supply her daughters place We can
well imagine Mr.. Cooper's surprise at meeting
with this novel proposal on the part of his moth
er-in-law.