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New York Dry Goods Market.
New YORK, February Is


Owing 10 the high rate OF freights
still ruling to distant interior points,
buyers are timid and the market con.
tinues extremely languid. All classes Of
goods on sale are confined to the most
pressing wants, and prices in the mean
while rule steady. We quote Cabot A
brown sheetings at 1ltc; Continental @ Of
l2la14ic; D&ightX at 9a11c; Y and W
at l0c; Indian Orchard G at lie; do. W at
l0c; do. L at 0ic; Lyman Z at 19ic; Pep
percll seven.fOurth sheetings Nt 22lc; do
eight.fourths at 25c; do. nine.fourihs at
s7ic; do. ten.iourths at 32ic; ,fourths
at 37ic; Utica 4S.inch at 25c; do. 5S.incll
at 32ic; do. 10.4 ut 47ic; do eleven.
ioarths at 59ic; 12ialSe for best brown
drills. 4f'' .
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(Art 4, Section o. by dividing the whole
white population ofthe State by the mum,
Der Of which the House is to consist, and
rejecting the fraction OF a unit, II any, re.
suling from such division. The whole
white population, (494, ,OsGO divided by 55
gives us seventy.sevon hundred and ten
(771W rs the ratio.
8. For the election Of Delegates, (Art a
Section n every county containing q
white population Of less than half the ratio
of representation for the House Of Dele.
gates, shall, at each apportionment, be at.
tachcd to some contiguous county or coun.
ties to form Delegate District, Calhoun,
Clay, Mcdowell, Peasants, Pocohontas,
Raleigh, Tucker, Webster, and Wyoming,
each contain less than hall the ratio, that
is less than 1856 whites. Each Of them
must bcattached to some contiguous coun-
ty or counties to form a Delegate District.
The Delegate Districts will, therefore, ro-
main as at present, viz; !, Pleasants and
Wood 2. Calhoun and Gilmer; 8. Clay
and Nicholas; A. Pocohontas and Web
ster; 3. Tucker ind Randolph; and 0.
Mcdowell, Raleigh and Wyoming. (Art
A, Section 1O,)
4. Every Delegate District, and county
not included in q Delegate District, shall
be entitled to at least ono Delegate. (Art
4, Section 9.)
5. Dividing the white population Of
every Delegate District, and of every
county not included in Delegate District
by the ratio, (7,7l0 there shall be assigned
to cach>a number equal to the quotient
obtained by this division, rejecting the
fractional remainder. ,(Art 4, Section 9.)
9. Tho additional Delegates necessary
to make up the number of which the
House is to consist THAT is 55,) shall then
be assigned to those Delegate Districts,
and counties not included in a Delegate
District, which would otherwise have the
largest fractions unrepresented. (Art 4,
Section o. - =, ..a# -
Apportioning the representation in the
House Of Delegates according to these
rules, We have the following as the re-
suit: -.a
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NEW YORK CITY.
NEW YORK, February /;

NEW YORK, FcDrunTy To-
The coal miners strike has come to an
end, after coal had been forced up to nine
and ten dollars per ton, retail, in this
city.
The American Merchants Union Ex-
press Company have refused to deliver
packages OF sawdust for counterfeit
green6acks and currency, and swindlers
now say in their circulars "to patronize
some other company, even though you
have to walk 800 miles TO do So" The
United States and Adams Express Com
panics will probably adopt the example
of the American Merchants Union, which
will practically end this system Of ras-
cality.
About five inches of snow fell ycstcr-
day. Sleighing festivities therefore are
resumed, and the perils of navigation
about the metropolis continue.
The United Irishmen OF this city, and
the Celtic Club OF Washington, have sig.
nitled their willingness to cooperate with
the FenIan exiles in advancing the Irish
national interests. The plan Of q con-
vention is not approved Of and 1t Is pro-
posed that tho exiles ut once assume the
dictatorship of such societies us are will
ing 10 unite under their auspices. John
Savage has resigned his position us head
center Of the Fenian brotherhood.
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The city of Baden will erect q monu-
ment in honor OF Gen. Won Werder, whose
defeat of Bourbaki prevented his invasion
of Germany.
The King OF Belgium has given
1O,OOOf towards reyictualing Paris
A war Of words has broken out be-
tween Greece and Turkey in consequence
of Greek troops in pursuit OF brigands
having crossed the Turkish frontier.
There has been food in the Danube
and there Is apprehension of another,
1t has been ascertained that but 0S
lives were lost on the French transport oil
Cape La Hague.
Gen. Sickles has concluded negotiations
with tho Spanish government for q mixed
commission to consider the claims Of
American citizens for injuries by the Span
ish authorities in Cuba
The Prussian CrosS Gdsstte thinks the
result of the French elections indicate q
prolongation of the armisticc and no re-
Of war.
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FROM THE CAPITAL.
A Spicy statement of the Present
Situation.
The Legislature at Work-.The Con-
vention Scheme.-A Judas Want.
ed in the Senate...Paying the
Expenses of the Lobby.

Cotrespoadencs Of he LatGRi0eHoa.
CHARLESTON, February 0.
Things are "workin" down here. Par.
ty Is a great despot, and what, in this
legislature, is called democracy is the very
quintcsencc Of tyranny. Every measure
that comes short of Its demands Is put
upon the rack and drawn out to the re-
quired length, even IL 1t pulls the joints to
pieces; or II too long, has It's legs, so to
speak, sawed of by the knees SO as to fit
II 10 the iron strctcher In such cases made
and provided. Every public officer, no
matter how well qualified, II q Republican,
is 10 have his head chopped of. This is
being done just as fast as the guilotlne
can be worked, The process is just q
Rttle mean sometimes. We had q sample
of the small potato kind the other day in
the Senate. The present law requires tho
Board Of Public Works to appoint, the
first week in January, n board Of dircC-
tory for tho Penitentiary to serve for two
years This was done, us the law provld.
cd, and the present most excellent board
commissioned for the next two years
But the hungry cornorants wanted to get
into tho PenitcntiNry, where they
ought to have been long ago, and
actually hovered around until, with
most indecent hastc, they rushed a bill
through tho Senate requiring the incoming
Governor to appoint an entire now Board
tho very next day after ho comes int
power, and turn out thcprescnt one. Thlt
was done to feather tho nest Of Superln
tcndcnt and have 1t nice and warm for D
certain defdnCt Ohio county Democrat
Col, Curtis Is TO be run down; so, "of
with his head" To bosurO ho Is tho bCst
man In tho State for. the place, but that
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in tho eyes of the dominant party, is
proof strong as Holy Writ that he should
at once be handed over to the execution.
er. The same game is to be played in re.
latiOn to the Hospital at Weston, and all
other State institutions. Verify, 1t Is
good thing that parties sometimes run
mad and boil over. 1t brings healthy
reaction so much the sooner, Go on
the tighter the chains are drawn thesoon,
or they will break; the Democracy can't
run long at the present high pressure rate
without bursting It's boiler.
The Convention bill" was put through
the House under the crack Of the whip.
It was leebly advocated and as feebly re-
sisted. Nobody seemed to care much
about 1t, except the horde Of hungry office
hunters who swarmed and doubled in
upon each In the lObblcs,, A single indie
pendent Democrat, with little backbone,
could have defeated tho whole thing. The
party was literally whipped into the pass
age Of the bill. Ipredictthat not ono man
ia ten who voted for this measure will ever
be returned to the Legislature The peo-
ple are not as big fools Us the fools here
take them to be, The fate ofthis conven.
tion scheme in the Senate is yet in doubt.
The Democratic Senators are shaking in
their boots, as not single petition has
yet been received from any part Of the
State asking for q convention; but tho
voice Of the people from oil quarters Is
unmistakably against It, But the men
who have undertaken to put this
infamous measure through arc Of the bull.
terrier. sort; they have tasted blood, and
don't mean TO DC choked of, The lash
will be piled vigorously, and the thumb.
screws frightened with remOBeless en-
ergy, upon any Democratic Senator who
darcs TO kick In the traces. There must
be twelve votes to pass II In the Senate;
but eleven is the highest count its friends
can yet make. The twelfth man has q
chance TO get his thirty pieces Of silver
the price paid Judas then II he don't,
like his illustrious predecessor, go out and
hang himself, the people will do 1t for
him-politically, l mean. This twelfth
man Is watched. Many leading Confed-
crates arc here, and doing all in their
their power to fire the Democratic heart
In favor Of u Convention They declare
their intention to rip the present Radical
Constitution from stem 10 stern. The
Legislature intends to pay their bills, too,
while here. A bill has already passed to
pay the travelling expenses Of two
Of them, rs well rs their board.
ing and refreshments while
here It's pretended that these gentle.
men were brought here to furnish brains
Tor the Finance Committee on the Vir.
ginia debt question. Nonsense. They
were brought here to furnish brains for
the Democratic caucus. They did It;
then stepped in to the State Treasurer
with an act OF the legislature in their
pockets, demanded their pay, and got It.
All right. Isn't the Democratic platform
retrenchment, and didn't the radicals
leave four hundred thousand dollars in
the treasury for Democrats to divide
among their friends? u
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Sioux Indians Abandoning wild Life
and Taking up HOmesteRds.


Eleven Indians, representing families Of
iOrty.flvC persons, to-day, signed paper
before Acting Governor Bachelor, 70.
nouncing their tribal relations and claim.
ing citizenship, preparatory to filing on
their homesteadS on Big Sioux, north Of
Sioux Falls. This will mike thirty seven
hOmCsteads taken there by tho Indians,
representing nearly two hundred persons
All tho members Ol the Santee Sioux
band were concerned In tho Minnesota
massacre In 1862, The lett their tribe In
Nebraska, twenty-five miles west Of here,
nearly two years ago, and although they
have received no assistance whatever
from the Government IN any form since
then, they have proved sell.suppOrting,
paying debts more proudly than tho
whites, and have proved faithful, law.
abiding citizens, sustaining church and
two or three scOoOls, This step Is the nd.
vance oi the restoration system, and Is
deserving Of encouragement from the
Government 'f
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XLIst CONGRESS.
THIRD SESSION.
SENATE.

fa-l SENATE. fEft 2
WAsuNGToN, February 13.
Mr.. THURMAN presented a resolution Of
the Ohio Legislature, requesting Congress
to pass no more land grants.
Mr.. PoMERoY, from the Committee on
Public Lands, reported the House bill to
enable honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors, their widows, orphans and chill
dren to acquire homesteads on public
lands Of the United States, with amend.
ments striking out the provisions allowing
an assignment Of homestead certificates,
and by emitting the section allowing the
entry Of land by an agent or attorney,
The committee also recommend that the
Commissioner OF the General Land Office
have authority TO make all needtul rrgula.
tions to carry the act into effect, especial.
ly regarding declarations and proofs re.
Quired, I.-.,. ,-
Tho Senate took up the jount reso.
luton prescribing tue, form OF the oath
taken by MILLER, claiming scat in the
Senate from Georgia. After u lengthy
debate the Senate voted on the pending
question, which was a'resolution ordering
the bill 10 o third reading, which resulted
ayes, 2S nays, 90. The bill Yves accord.
ingly read . third time and passed:
The gulf steamship subsidy bill then
came up IN the order Of unfinished busi'
ness, when the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Bills were introduced and rcicrr cd as
follows:
BY Mr.. Conn, of North CaroliRn-To
protect loyal peaCeable citizens and per.
petuate the evidence OF losses sustained
In the rebellion, providing for the appoint.
ment of u commissioner In each county
in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Mississippi and Kentucky, 10 take cog
nisnnce Of all Ku KluX outragcs. The
bill, whiclrwas long ono, was read on
tho demand OF Mr.. NIBLACK.
Mr.. ELDRIDGE moved II bc rejected, and
called Tor the ayes and nays.
The motion was negatiyed, aud tho bill
was then referred.
The reading ol the bill and voting oc.
cupied all the time that was left OF the
morning hour, the object being TO prevent
the air line railroad bill coming before
tue House.
by Mr.. UrsoN-A resolution from the
Ohio Legislature against any further land
grants to railroads.
BY Mr. AspER-To reduce the duty on
imported wool and beaver.
II was moved TO suspend the rules TO
pass bill authorizing the Jackson, Lans.
Ing & Saginaw Railroad Company to
change the northern terminus Of that road
from Traverse Bay 10 the Straits Of
Mackinaw. Agreedto ~ Il
Adjourned.
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Cincinnati Market.
CINCINNATI, February 10.

'-..-s CINCINNATI, February IL.
CoTToN-Dull and dropping middling
at l4sa14ic.
FLouR-Fair advanced; family at
SO 25a8 So
GRAN-Wheat-Fair advanced; red
at 81 33a1 "a. Corn-Advanced; ear at
56a57c. Rye-Quiet and unchanged.
Oats-Fairly advanced, No. lat 5Oa59c.
Barley-Quiet. ..
r GRooER1Es AND otI-Unchanged,
, EGGs-2la22c. q.
| BUTTER AND CHEEsE-Unchanged.
sEEDs-Clover dull and dropping on
arrival at lie; from store ut lilo.
PRovIsIoNs-Pork- and weak at
$29 so, asked. Lard-Quiet and un.
changed; steam at 124c: kettle at 1890.
Bulk Meats-Dull and unsettled, asking
s4alOsc, and 1ltc offered. Bacon-Quiet
and weak; no sales.
WHIsKY-Fair advanced at SIC,
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confldence in waII Street.
New York, February 1S.


The Worlds financial article this A. NJ,
says that the appointment ot the High
Commission by the United States and
Great Britain to settle the Alabama
claims and other questions ut issue be-
tween the two nations, has had the elect
Of giving an improved tone to the conf
dence in financial circles, and that there
Is an abundance Of loanable funds, and
the prospect Of Mr.. Boutwell's receiving
subscriptions to the new loan and carry
ing out his programme Of funding the SEQ
bonds have given ilrmcr stimulus TO
investments in Government bonds and
other tirst.claSs securities. The lmpres.
sion is gaining ground that affairs will
improve, both here and in Europe, and
that capitalists will be more disposed to
make Investments. 10. .Nt "a
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The column headed @Del.p gives the
number of Delegates disregarding frac-
TONS In this way, VIC obtain fllty.two
Delegates, leaving three additional Dele.
gates, to be assigned to the First Delegate
District, Marshall and Preston, they hav.
ing tho largest fractions. Wood and
Peasants will, therefore, be entitled to
three Delegates, Marshall county to two,
and Preston county to two, making up the
number ffty.five.
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philndalnhln nInr.nt.
PmLApELrnlA, Fcbrnary l9.

FLouR-stCady Ohio and Indiana
81 O0a7 70. ,...|
GRAlN-WhCAt-Dull; Indiana red
a 5Oal 90. Rye--$l 90, Corn-Ycllow
iSa7Oc; mixed western, 7Ga77c, Oats
5OaGOC. .H
PRoyIsIoNs--un Unchanged. d
PRTRoLEUN-Crude, iSc, refined, 95c
! WHIsgY-0ic.
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GERMANY.
Prospects Of Peace.
- LONDON, February 10.

gr ~ 5 LONDON, February 10.
A correspondent Of the Times, at Ber'
lin, telegraphs this evening to tho editor
Of that paper that II Is confidently expect.
cd ut head quarters that peace will shortly
be concluded. Nevertheless the military
and financial preparations continue.
The Prussian Parliament has been Osk.
ed to advance tlrty million tlialcrs To the
Empire, which is'to be refunded by tho
Parliament Of Germany.
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Chicago Market.
Cn1nAao. February l3.

: = --------- : OHIuAuVl NVWUNJ IU' =
FIouR-Dull. ii.i. itiilri,tlltf
GRAIN-Whcat, No. 3 spring Chicago
dull, declined 1a14c; closed quiet, 81 93
cash, 81 "a seller March. This afternoon
Tic market Is unchanged. Corn, No. 9
NIichighri quiet; at 57c cash, and 57tc
seller March. This afternoon the market
Is dull. Oats, fair and advanced 4alc;
No. 9 spring closed firm, at 4sa4Sic,
Rye, moro firm, at SOC. ! Barley, No. 3
spring firm NJ Tic. 49,.
lloGs-Dressedh hogs 5a1Oc higher; live,
active and firm, mud 1Oai5C higher 81 90
40 05. h W Z, Lt4t - l- q.
CATTE-Dull; at a 45a4 4OI.
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Minor Telegrnms.

Lisbon advlccs say tho Marquis d 'Avlla
has not yetsuccecdud inthe formation Of
q Portugcsc cabinet,
1t Is reported ut Florence that demon
strations In favor Of the Pope, arc In pre-.
paratlon in various parts Of Europe.
The Italian Parliament has declared tho
libraries and gallaries Of the Vatican tobc
national property. The measure was
objected TO by the Ministry,
The overflow Of the Danhbe inundated
tho suburbs OF Vienna, particularly Leo.
mold Stadt and ROsean
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Baltimore Market.

..s BALTIMORE, February 10.
FLoUR-Firm.
GRAIN-Wheat-Firm; Ohio and In.
diana, 81 55a1 so. Corn-Dull and I'm,
changed. 0ats-Dull at Coo. Rye
Steady ut 0Oca$l 90.
PRovIsIoNs-NIcss Pork, $23 00a23 80.
Bacon-Sides, 12c; clear rib, 12ic; shoul.
dcrs, 1Olc; hams, sugar cured, 17ic. Lard
-13tc.
WnIsKY-O3a04C lf
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Financial and Commercial.
New York Money aud Stock Market.
New York, February 10.

Dizziness is the prevailing feature in all
the markets, though considerable strength
In prices was shown. All coupons in gold
sold between 1114a111!; closing steady
ut the latter price. Loans were made at
from 8 to 8 per cent. Clearances, $51 ,00O,-
900. Governments were steady, but closed
q fraction of from the highest prices Of
the day.
Stocks were dull but strong. The
principal dealings were in Lake Eric, st.
Paul and Northwestern. Central and
Union Pacific bonds were very strong.
Money was easy at 4a5 per cent. State
bonds were dull but steady, except Ten.
nessees, which were strong and actiye.
Sterling and Bankers bills, 1909.
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New York Market.
New York, February 10.

NhM Aohh, EooL"aiy 10
CoTToX-stcady; middling uplands
1910. =.
FLoUR-Dull and unchanged
GRAN-Whcat-Ised amber, Il 5sH
/ 60. ~
PRoyIsIoNs-Beef-Primc mess, SEQ 90
a2S so. Lard-13ta13tc. r. ! , 3
EGGs-Steady at 2sa29c for fresh, 15a
94c for Timed; others unchanged. S.
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Mary Odcn, aged seventeen years,
living In tho family Of Rev. DIR. HendCr.
son, at Lima, Ohio, fell from the top Of
the stairs to tho bottom, with a coal oil
lamp In her hand, Saturday morning, lAll.
Ing on the lamp, which cut her throat
from ear to car, She died In few min.
utes ai(erward.
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STATE -Missouris, ,00i; Ten
ncssces, old, G4!; new, O4i; Virginia, new,
G9; old, G5t; North Carolinas, old, 80;
new, 26.
STocKs-Western Union Telegraph 4Gt;
Adams Express, B7s; Wells, Fargo s Co.,
40; American 45t; United States 43; Pa.
cifc Mail, 43t;New York Central, 94S;
do scrip, 0Oi; Erie, 29i; Harlem, 1870; Read.
ing, 00s; Michiganl Central, 117i; Glove.
land & Pittsburgh, 1914; Northwestern,
7G4; do preferred, s6f; Rock Island, 1911;
New Jersey Central, 1861; ST. Paul, 6Si;
do preferred, 754; Wabash 5ss; do pre-.
ierred, 70; Fort Wayne, O5t; Terre
Haute, 90; Chicago and Alton, III; Ohio
and Mississippi, 3Gi; Cleveland, Columbus
and Cincinnati, sat; Burlington and
Quincy, 1853; Lake Shore, Oii; Illinois
Central, 1873. ...H .I...
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Population of the State.-Apportion-
ment of Delegates.

We have been furnished with the fol.
lowing authentic statement o! the poula.
tion of West Virginia, procured from the
office of the Superintendent of the Cen.
sus at Washington city: t|' |l z.
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FEh CENIs GoNsul'S-CUN
OF MI. BOUTWELL,.
NAV YoRK. FebrnnrY 1A

A dispatch from Washington says that
tho Secretary of the Treasury expresses
great confidence in the full success Of the
new loan, and is In receipt Of assurances
from many financial sources to tho SAME
effect II Is thought should the favor.
able prospects continue, that In less
than one month all classes Of United States
securities will have reached an enhanced
value.
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TnR chief end OF the Radical newspa.
per men just now Is to curse tho Lcgisla-
turc.-GharIestOn Courier.
Which used to be the chief end Of
Democratic newspaper men. "You know
how II is yourself"
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ENGLAND.
Departure of the English Commits.
H.-.I Sioners. k4.. r.. ...

LONDON, Fcbruary13.
The steamship Clba, which sailed from
Liverpool on Saturday, had on board Earl
De Grey, Lord Lcnterden, Montague Ber-
nard and Viscount Goderic, Of the Joint
High Commission, for the settlement Of
the fishery question and Alabama and
other claims OF tho United States upon
Great Britain. Tho commissioners are
accompanied by number of diplomatic
attendants.
Territory, Prussia's Object in tho
4t N War. afs'
Ia LONDON, February 12.
A copy Of the correspondence relating
TO the war to be submitted to Parliament,
shows that Favre's party were always
willing to conclude peace on terms which
would not include the cession OF territory,
and that Germany pursued war for terri.
tory. England has been continually urg.
ing peaceon Favrc's terms. The Orlean.
ISIS are confident that Count dc Paris will
be the King Of France in few weeks,
The English Army.
The government will state that they
will DO able to dispatch 10000 men I'M
medately in case ofwar. 20 Flrf
Vessel Lost in the Indian Ocean.
80 est LONDON, February 10.
A telegram from Isombay says the
steamer Gen. Outram, from Cochin,
bound to Bombay, was foundered In
cyclone in tho Indian Ocean, and fifty.
three lives were lost.