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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

WAsHIEGToN, April q.
A number of delegates TO the MethO-
dist General Conference from the West,
South and Southwest, arrived here to-
day on their way to Brooklyn.
At the Metropolitan church to-day,
DR.. Newman baptized a japanese law
student named Cadama, who assumed
the Christian name of John Phillips,
and Mr.. Eddy, rector of the church,
took Cadama into full membership.
Acting Secretary Of the Treasury
Richardson has directed the Assistant
Treasurer in New York to purchase two
million dollars in bonds each Wednes-
day, and sell two million dollars in gold
each Thursday during May-in all ten
million dollars of each.
The Japanese ambassadors last night
gave dinner party at the Arlington
House to thirty guests, including Admit
raj GOldsbOTO, Assistant Secretary of
State HALL Commissioner of Agricul-
ture and Commissioner of Patents Sig
gett; and Minister Mori.
Since the commencement of the pres
ent session of Congress the President has
approved thirty-three bills which origin
ated in the Senate and one hundred and
twenty from the House. Several bills of
a private character were vetoed. One
thousand and forty-five bills have been
introduced in the Senate and two thou
sand five hundred and siXty-nine in the
House, together with one hundred and
forty Joint resolutions. The number of
bills now awaiting the action of the
House is one hundred and thirty-twO, of
which ninety are on the Speaker table
The report of Acknowledgement Viii
liams, in response to a resolution of the
House, gives a detail of the measures
for the enforcement of the kukluX act
in the CarOlinas, and says that all law
less combinations are broken up in Ken
lucky by force of public sentiment and
prompt prosecutions. Still he cannot
say there is as much protection for life
and property as is 1esired. Crime is
fearfully increasing in the Indian cOun-
try, where every effort is being made to
prevent the increasing traffic in spiritu-
Gus liquors, which is one of the chief
causes of the disorders. Life and prop
erty are as secure in Arkansas rs in the
average of States, as also in the thickly
settled portions of Texas, but on the
frontier of the latter State the peo-
pie suffer indescribable woes from reb-
berries and murders. Whole families
are murdered and their cOrpses mutilat-
ed in a manner too hOrrid for mention;
houses are burned; farms destroyed:
cattle driven off; little boys and girls
carried into a captivity worse than
death, and the progress of the country
prevented. But with the influx of inn
migration from Europe and the States
of the Union it cannot be long before
the violence growing out of political
differences and Radical antagonism will
be things of the past.
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Arrt,.I. Of Delsr.le- AZ cinrtnnnrt

CINCINNATI, April zS.-Delegates
have been arriving ali day and tonight,
and though there has been a lull incl
dent 10 the Sabbath, still tonight, the
hotels show unmistakeable evidence of
the approach Of the convention. The
Interest in It's approach exhibits itself in
the discussion Of the merits Of the seve-
raj candidates, it being generally taken
for granted that the convention will
make no nomination
Thirty-live delegates arrived this after
noon frOm Illinois, and are mostly stop
ping at the Burnett House.
Jesse X. Dubois heads a delegation
from bloomington, Illinois, that arrived
this morning. Among the members is
Colonel o. NJ. Hatch, DIR. William
Jayne, brother-in-law to Senator Trum-
bull, and Speed Butler. The number to
arrive from that State is variOusly esti-
mated at from three to five hundred.
A delegation from Wayne county. In
diana, Is here. Among them are Col
0nel Stilweh, A. :. Benson, and Others.
This number viii be increased to-mor-
row. Indiana also reports quite num-
ber Of delegates 10 the Reunion and
Reform Convention. A delegation from
Virginia Is to arrive al the Henry House
An-AAAesAlt- LltfdbE llnIldlclEES No-uaN
state that one hundred and twenty-five
tickets had been sold for Kansas dele
gates, 10 be led by Marcus and Parrot.
The delegation will probably arrive To-
morrow.
A umOr has been circulating to-day
10 the effect that Horace White had re-
ceived a letter from Trumbull, in which
the latter had withdrawn his name as a
candidate before the convention. While
il Is doubtless true that Mr.. White has
letter from Judge Trumbull, still there
is good reason 70 believe that it is not
an unconditional Withdrawal 1t is by
no means sure that his name will not
be submitted to the convention.
A private meeting Of the members Of
the Free Trade Congress, and Others in
the interest Of the revenue reform, was
held to-day. An informal talk was had
with reference to the manner IN which
the revenue question could be disposed
81 in the platform, i'm such a way as to
secure the acquiescence Of the friends
generally Of the new movement. No
definite conclusion was reached save 10 /
appoint a committee TO more fully con-
slider the question.
Fernando Wood, who had engaged 4
rooms at the Carlisle House, has can |
celled the engagement, from which it I.
would appear he was not 10 attend the
convention.
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FROM MEXICO.
The Fight Begun at MatamOraS- The
Insurgents RepOrtedlTwenty.flve
Hundred Strong, Advanc-
ing on the City.
BOmbardment Expected TO-day-Prepa-
ratiOns to Defend the City-Re-
mOTal of NOn-COmbatants.

MATANIoRAs, April 2S.-The revolu-
tionaTy army, said to be twenty-five
hundred strong, with nine pieces of ar
tilery, are close on the city. Fighting
has been going on all day between the
advance guards and General Cortina's
cavalry. A number of prisoners have
been brought in. General EvOllos issued
an order to-day allowing merchants
families and nOn-combatants to leave
the city. Since daylight the road to
Brownsville has been filled with the
inhabitants and their portable effects,
seeking shelter ON the American side.
The National Guard has been placed on
the Notifications and the residents of all
natiOnalities have been enrolled to pa
troll the streets. The fighting force in
the fOrtifcation will amount to two
thousand men, with five hundred pa
trOlmen to keep order within the city
proper. Fences and houses outside of
the Notifications have been burning all
day, and the country for miles around
is being rapidly cleared to prevent the
enemy from obtaining shelter The
bombardment is expected to commence
tomorrow.
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SPAIN.

MADRID, April 28.-An attack of the
insurgents was reported at Lumber.
Many were killed, wounded and taken
prisoners by the government troops.
Catalonia has been declared in a state of
siege. A band of Cariists was defeated
last week at Porteaccle, with a loss of
sixteen killed and thirty wounded.
The insurgents Were dispersed. The
number of submissionists is increasing
The CaTlists are concentrated in consid-
cradle numbers only in Navarro, Guip-
erseco and Biscay. The other provinces
are quiet. The insurgents hold no i'm
portant point, and generally keep to the
mountains. No engagement of any
Importance has taken place. Marshal
IerranO has been sent to Catalonia to
direct operations. He is well acquainted
with the country, and viii take prompt
action for the suppression Of the rising
before the enemy can concentrate. A
telegram announces his safe arrival at
the disturbed districts.
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PACIFIC ITEMS.
Indignation Of the Citizens Of San Fran
cisco in Regard 10 the Goat
Island AffaiF-Gen.
eral News.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2S.-Richard
Inch, Superintendent Of the Ferguson
mines, Araposa, and William Oliver
were drowned in the Mercer river ves-
terday.
The kyger county treasurer Of Walla-
walla, Oregon, has been arrested on sus-
picion Of completely in the recent all
legged robbery Of the county funds.
The report Of the burning in effigy of
Congressman Sargent and Others on
account Of the part taken in the Goat
Island matter, by the citizens of the
Tenth ward, San Francisco, was based
on the published statements of the re-
pOrters Of the city press, who witnessed
the transaction. The agent of the Asso-
ciated Press, not being compelled to
grind anybOdy's ak, and not inventoried
among the minor assets Of any corpora
ton, feels at liberty to continue truthful
reports. The Nel0s this morning, de-
spite the denUnctiOn of Mr.. Sargent
Stanford, the President of the Central
Pacific, publishes a lengthy letter in re-
ply 10 the resolutions Of the committee
Of one hundred, denying in general
terms the charge Of intention Of the
company 10 use Goat Island 10 the
Of San Francisco.
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Those Indirect Damages.

A Times Washington special of Satur-
day says that the sensational dispatches
sent hence recently, regarding the ac-
ton of the Government on the question
of theindirect claims are utterly without
authority and substantially without
truth, as the position of the Government
is unchanged and the claims net with
drawn, and will not be unless England
grants the point which is inserted in the
settlementOf the question involved. The
government has never expected
pecuniary damages, but believes they
had the right to present the question
and have it decided.
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IN ALITTLE Vermont town the Metho-
dist and UniveTsalist COM
bined to build a chapel, which is Occu-
pied in the morning by the former and
the, latter in the evening. A few Sun
days since the Universalist pastOaT sked
the Methodist minister to announce
that the evening discourse would be on
the death of the Devil The sturdy
follower ofJohn Wesley, irritated by this
summary taking off Of a parsonage of
the utmost value for the soaring of sim
ners into sanctity, .reyenged himself by
saying from his pulpit: ''This evening,
my trends, there is to be funeral in
this house. One particular feature
about the service will be that the son
breaches his fathers funeral sermon" ;"
Now the church is closed until the pend
ing lawsuit gives the right to it to one or
the other sect, and the Universalist
clergyman belives that if there is any
man too wicked to be saved it is his
Methodist "brothern
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NOTICE.

T,oR several years past my health induced
r the transfer Of the mGnagement of my
property on Main and Beale streets, into the
hands Of other parties.
but shall continue Major II. L. Guion as my
rental agent, TO whom all applicants are re-
SAMUEL MoMANUs.
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De.,rne1ire rrre nt C1ere,nnn.

CLEVELAND, OHIO, April %. - AT
eleven o'clock tonight destructive fire
broke out on Superior street, near SEN
eca, in the block occupied by William
Kidd, ieweler, whose loss is heavy.
Much damage was done to the adjoin-
ing stores by water. Cobb, Andrews &
Co., booksellers, lose heavily, prinei-
pally by water. 1t is impossible to esti-
mate the loss tonight, but it will proba-
bly, be over thirty thousand dollars. It
is supposed to have been the work of an
incandiarv
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FRANCE.

PARIS, April 2S.-In the Assembly
yesterday motion was introduced by
NJ. JOuber, opposing the abolition Of
the passport system for travellers to and
from England and Belgium, without the
sanction of the Chamber After a de-
bate the motion was put to a vote and
rejected by a considerable majority.
A dispatch from Bayonne reports that
the Spanish telegraph wires are cut, and
that no dispatch has been received since
a late hour last night. The frontier is
vigilantly guarded by French troops.
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The ohio LeeisInture.

COLUMBUS, April 2S.-Orlow L. VOL
colt, of Trumbull county, was yesterday
appointed and confirmed as State Com
missioner of Railroads and Telegraphs.
Two attempts were made yesterday in
the Legislature to pass bills amendatory
of the Adair Liquor law, but were un-
successful. A bill to apportion the
State into Congressional districts be-
came a law yesterday.
In the Senate yesterday, the House
bill enabling railroads to extend branch
es connecting with their main lines, to
any point in county through such lines
may pass, without new charter, has
passed.
The House bill providing that the
standard weight of a bushel of stone coal
shall be eighty pounds avordupois for
bitumous, and seventy pounds for Camel
coal, and shall contain lightweight
cubic inches, was passed.
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NOTICE.
NOTICE.

T DO hereby inform my patrons and the pub
L lie that Louis Witkowsky and solomon
Coleman are no longer in my employ.
1 will also reopen my old stand at 200 Main
reduction in prices.
ann JOSEPH WITKOWSKY.
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PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, April 2S.-The labor troubles
here continue. The builders and mas
ter-masOns have joined the master-car-
penters in the lockout movement.
Thousands of worlingmen are thrown
out Of employment. The discharged
jOuneymen Of all trades have united in
an appeal to the public for support
They discOuntenance the use of force or
threats to prevent Others from working.
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Conference Of the NJ. e. Church.

The General Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, viii commence
its sessions at the Brooklyn Academy of
Music, on Wednesday. The delegates
will be four hundred and eighty-four in
number, representing more than a mil
lion and a-half of followers of Wesley.
AT least eight new Bishops are to be
elected. The Book Concern trouble has
been adjusted, and it is reported that
DR.. Lauhan is to be tried for alleged
scandal
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FIFTY rhousand DOLLARS Lost BY Fire

CLEVELAND, OHIO, April 28-Losses
by fire last night are estimated: Kim
millinery goods, eight to ten thousand
dollars; Bousard & Krigg, jewelry, ten
thousand dollars; Cobb, Andrews d Co.,
eight to ten thousand dollars-all fully
insured; Smithers & Kreckel, bookbind-
ers, lose one thousand dollaTs-insured
for eight hundred dollars; Debker, pho
tographer, six thousand dollars-in-
sured for four thousand dollars; John
sons photograph rooms, entirely de-
strOyed, and loss not known.
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The MethOuist hook CONCERN MIDDLE.
The Methodist Book Committee spent
all day Friday attempting TO harmonic
the majority and minority reports. The
former finds the charge of fraud not sus-
tanned, and the latter asserts that the
gravest allegations are sustained, and
states that the course .sof DR.. Lanahan
is eminently consistent with the bestin-
terests of the Book Concern. It is not
probable that the committee will agree
upon a report to present to the General
Conference next week.
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The long talked of fight between
James Mace and Ned O'Baldwin has at
length been definitely settled. 4 gentle
man well known in sporting circles has
consented to act as stakeholder and has
been accepted by both sides. The fight
will positively take place in Virginia
within sixty days from the signing of
the articles. They are to be drawn up
to-day and submitted to inspection
of the hackers.
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SOUTHERN PUBLISHING CO.,
Publishers Edwards City Directories,
Memphis Office 24S Main street.
Administrators, Executors and
Guardians Settlements.
oouNrY coUnr oLERk,s oFrIen

HiHE following settlements. having been
L filed in my office, will be presented to the
Probate Court OF shelby County for confrma-
ton at the May Term, 1872:
Final settlement of A, ]. White as admins
TRAITOR. of the estate of John W. Wright, de-
ceased.
Final Settlement Of A. ]. Jones as admins
traitor of the estate Of William p. Bradley, de-
ceased.
Settlement of 7. r. Vaughan as admins
traitor of the estate OF $. p. Vaughan, deceased.
settlement OF j. NJ. McKaight as admins
tTdtor OF the estate OF John r. McClanahan, de
ceased.
Finalsettlement Of W. g. Brooks as executor
of the will of j. W. Brooks, deceaseda
Settlement of w. B. Waldran as guardian OF
Miss i. A. StrattOn.
Settlement of NJ. l.. Sale as Administrative of
the estate of +. g. Sale, deceased.
JAMES REILLY, Clerk.
apps By J. II, CULLEN, d. G.
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AfSA8oCEssAe aata NnstEteS EFttAicl@ AflfalflS.
WAsHNGTON, April 2S.-FOr various
reasons which they urge, the Democratic
members Of Congress continue 10 Op-
pose the nomination of Mr.. Adams at
Cincinnati; that is 10 say, that they will
NOT favor the ratification of the nOmi-
nation by the Democratic party. Most
all of them favor Davis and Curtin, on
the ground that such a ticket would tri-
umph in Illinois and Pennsylvania.
If the National Democratic Convention
should meet and indOrse Adams, they
don { go 50 far as TO say that they will
not then support him; but the current
Of Democratic opinion in Congress is
certainly unanimously adverse to
Adams, especially since the publication
of his letter. Colonel Roberts, a MEM
ber from New York and ex-President of
the Fenian Brotherhood, says that
Adams record while in England on the
Fenian question is such as to preclude
every Irish Democrat from voting for
him.
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Is THIS a sermon? Twelve years ago
Hon. f. c. Whipple was a brilliant and
prosperous lawyer in Howell, Michigan.
Last week he died Of intempeTance, and
was buried out of the Masonic charity
fund, from which for some time before
his death he had been supported. Dur
ing this time his beautiful and accom-
plished wife had become insane, and
his four lovely children are penniless
and scattered, no two living together.
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seush Carolsnn ne,-rn,e..

CHARLESTON, April 2S.-The Liberal
Republicans of Columbia held a meet
ing yesterday and elected the following
delegates to the Cincinnati Convention:
w. r. Greenfield, E w. Wheeler,
Shelter.
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scHENcK ro eRANvILLE.

LONDON. Aprll IL 1917.
MY DEAR LORD GRANVILLE received
last night your note, enclosing copy OF the
paper which YOU propose 10 have presented at
Geneva at the same time with your counter
case. I viii hasten to communicate infoTma-
tion of il 10 my Government
Very sincerely,
ISignedl ROBERT &. SCHENCh.
LONDON, April 2S.-The Observer says
that the reply of Secretary Fish to Earl
Granville's note of the Goth of March
will reach Schenck to-day, and the note
viii be handed TO Granville on Monday
or Tuesday. The Observer is informed
that it is a lengthy document while its
tone is very amicable. The position of
the American government in regard to
damages is maintained.
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Too Liberal with His Tongue

Lieutenant Eugene B. Thomas, of the
United States receiving-ship Vermont,
has been arrested and brought before the
civil courts at the suit of James B.
Kane, chaplain of the vessel, for defa-
nation of character.
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Progress of the burroughs Poisoning
Case.

The case of Libby Garrabraut was
continued at Patterson Friday. The
evidence was strongly against the accus-
ed. Professor Doramus, of this city,
testified to having found arsenic in Bur
rough's stomach.
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THE NOTE OF preparation is sounded.
The "base-ball seasonn is approaching
when we are to hear of conquering and
defeated "nines' in all directions. Tele-
grams are to fly over the land announ-
cling along with speeches, accidents,
elections and other great events, the
'seore" of ball players in st. Louis and
Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Cincin-
natl and alls' around the cirele.D
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ALL Paris is at present laughing over
a clever smuggling device which the
vigiiant French octromen have Just de-
tected. The heavy duties on spirits
have of course made the smuggling sis
terhOOd most of the smuggling now-a-
days is by wOmen) doubly eager to bring
into Paris an extra quantity of the
precious liquors, and this they have ac-
complished in most ingenious manner,
namely: by wearing zinc eOrsets rpro-
vided with rotundities which can easily
contain four or five gallons Of brandy.'
For time the trick succeeded admir-
ably, but at length the officers began to
be suspicious of the magnifccntly deye-
lOped busts which contrasted oddly i'm
some of the ladies with the inadequate
neck and faces.p A staff of female
searchers was enrolled, and the cheat
discovered
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DOMESTIC TELEGRAMS.


CHICAGO, April 2S.-The Rev. Arthur
Brooks, a nephew of Wendell Phillips,
to-day preached his opening sermon at
the dedication of the temporary chapel
of st. James's church, one of the oldest
Episcopal organization.
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AT a meeting of prominent Germans,
connected with the new reform move
ment, held last night, Robert B. Rose
velt, presiding chairman, stated that the
enrolment was proceeding rapidly, and
includes Americans, Germans and Irish.
Henry p. Lewis was elected treasurer.
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Only fifteen thousand dollars was
realized from the sale of Helm
bold's store Friday. His debts to news
papers for advertising amount to three
hundred thousand dollars.
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ST. Louis, April 3S.-A large number
Of Kansas delegates TO the Cincinnati
Convention arrived here to-day. Part
Of them left tonight, and the remain
der start tomorrow. Quite number of
ST BOuisiaRs also left tonight, and
great crowds will leave tomorrow and
Tuesday morning.
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The COIOred Methodist Conference in a

The African Methodist Conference
finally adjourned to-day, after a session
of great confusion. Several of the men,
bers got greatly excited, and refused
to heed the Bishops repeated calls to or
der. The cause of the excitement was
the proposal to tax each member one
dollar. One James attempted to speak,
when Brother Jones told him to sit
down, and accused him of being one of
the defaulting agents of the last tax.
Great uprOar ensued, and the lBishOp
threatened to close the proceedings un-
less order was restored.
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GRANNII.LE nd scHENcK.

FOREIGN OFFICE, April ., 1872.
Ny DEAR GENERAL SCHENCE-l have
submitted to the Cabinet a copy Of my
correspondence with YOU and the sub
stance Of our conversation yesterday, on
the question OF Her MajeSty's Government
presenting the cOunteT-caSe to the tribunal OF
Geneva ON the fifteenth Of this month. With
out prejudice to the position which they
maintain as to the motive and extent OF the
claims referred TO that tribunal, enclose a
COPY Of the note which propose TO have pre-
sented at the same time as the counter case.
Yours sincerely,
rSipnedl GRANVILLE.
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RumOrs aud Gossip About the
Great COnYentiOn---M Movements
of Politicians.
What August Belmont and Mont
gOmery Blair Think of the
Prominent Candidates.
Speculation Rife--The Immense
Growth Of the Movement
4 Popular UpheaYal,


WASHINGTON, April 2S.-ThUs far one
hundred and three tickets have been
sold for Cincinnati. Senator Schurz
left for that city yesterday. Senators
FentOn, Trumbull and Upton will fol-
low tomorrow.
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Fhrec More Victims of the scranton
Mine Explosion.

Watkins, Williams and O'Hara, vic
Tins of the recent mine explosion, near
Scranton, have died. Barron and Reed
are in a pTecaTiOus condition.