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MORSE
Memorial.

WASHINGTON, April 16.-The Hall of the
House Of Representatives was densely
crowded tonight on the occasion of the
memorial services in honor of the late Prof.
Morse. The Speaker of the House pre-
sided, assisted by Vice President Colfax.
The President and cabinet, Judges of the
Supreme Court, together with the Govern
ors of States in person or by proxy, occu-
pied seats on the inner semi-circle, Senators
and representatives occupied the other seats
on the floor. In front of the main gallery
was an oil painting of Prof. Morse. Around
the outer frame Of the portrait was the
legend "What hath God wrought"
The ceremonies were opened with pray
er, when Speaker Blaine delivered brief
Introductory speech. Resolutions appro-
pirate to the occasion read and were sec
Onded in eloquent remarks. Cyrus w.
Field read kilograms from London,
Cairo, Bombay, Batavia, Singapore and
Hong Kong. Dispatches from great num-
Der of American cities were also read.
Fernando Wood, the only present mem
Der Of Congress who voted for the first APP
preparation to aid Morse, gave the legisla-
tive history of the electric magnetic tele-
graph. Music by the Choral Society of Wash
ington. Gen. Garfield followed. Hon. G.
G. Cox, NJ. D., read a series of resolutions
eulogistic of the character of the deceased
as a man and one of the brightest stars in
the armament of ages. Speeches were
also made by Representatives Cox, Voor-
hees and Banks. Benediction by Chaplain
Butler, of the House, closed the exercises
at ii o'clock.
CHICAGO, April 16.-At the Morse me-
mortal tonight, the following sentiments
were given: "Morse with a thread has
bound all nations, earth and sea, and land,
in union with fire from heaven" "Nature
was personifed in Morse, that one touch
Of his will yet make the whole world kin"
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may prescribe, to maintain tobacco ware

may prescribe, to maintain tobacco ware
house.
1t also provides for consolidated tax OF
IS cents on spirits, but abolishes the tax on
sales Of both spirits and tobacco, and abol-
ishes about half the stamps included in
schedule B. The measure makes a reduc-
ton of fifty million dollars from the two
sources or revenue, and provides for
diminution of the force of the internal
revenue service to the extent of one half
the number Of employees and expenses.
Revenue Seizures.
Mr.. Dawes, from the same committee,
reported a bill to regulate the seizure and
examination of invoices, books and papers
in customs and revenue cases.
Mr.. Kerr, to whom the bill had been es-
pecially committed as a member of the
Committee ON Ways and Means, proceeded
to explain it, and said that it was drawn up
mainly in view of petitions extensively
signed by business men in twenty-five
States Of. the Union, and that it was de-
signed to relieve merchants from abuses
which had grown up under the existing
law.
After some further discussion the bill
went over without action until tomorrow,
and without doing any other business of
general interest the House adjourned.
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NEW YORK.
Sabbatariau.

NEW YORK, April 16.-The Annual Con-
ference of the Methodist EpiscO opal Church
held in this city, adopted this morning, res
olutions, that
"Wereas, Communism, the liquor inter
est and kindred influences evidently act on
the idea that the Sabbath is the chief Obsta-
in their path ia this country; and whereas,
Sunday trains are among the most power
full of their aids to remove this obstacle;
and whereas Sunday mails are the main
excuse for Sunday trains:
"Resoved, That as Christian patriots we
hereby protest against Sunday mails as
dangerous alike to our civil and religious
liberty. 49,.
"Resolvad, That we deem this subject OF
such importance as to demand the attention
of the approaching General Conference.
The remainder of the session was de-
voted mainly to the discussion OF tobacco
and its use as detrimental to religious life
Anti-Grant.
A mass meeting of the citizens OF the
Ninth Assembly District, Kings county,
who are in favor of the Cincinnati Conyen'
ton. was held last evening at Styles Hall
Brooklyn, and largely attended.
nu ChsilIH
cave an account of his travels through Nor
way and Sweden before the American Geo
granhical Society tonight. A few remark;
were made by Hiraka, Second Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court OF Japan.
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THE TURF.
A Lively Day at New Orleans.

Fastest Mile of the SeasOn-Frank
Hamilton Beats SaIina.
NEW ORLEANS, April 16.-First race
Dash of one mile, purse seven hundred
dollars, was won by Frank Hampton, beat
ing Frank Ross, Salina, Cape Race, Arizo-
ma, Nathan Oaks, Regulator, Sir Rufus,
Gibralter, Morlacchi, Magnolia, John Nc
Donald and Woodford in the same order.
Time IA; the fastest mile of the season.
Salina was the faVorite, even against the
field. Hampton won by length, Salina a
close third.
Second race, Louisiana stakes for four
year old colts, two mile heats, Club adds
5000. Fourteen enteries; three started:
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Time-3::44!!; $40.
Monarchist was the favorite 500 to $40
against the field. Each heat was won easily
by four lengths. Weather clear and warm,
attendance good, track fine.
Fleetwood.
NEW YORK, April 16.-At the opening
trot at Fleetwood Park yesterday, Lady
Caveu won three out of five heats.
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

The steamer Leslie Combs sunk yester-
day in Kentucky river above Frankfort
one man drowned. Loss $4,000.
Detroit holds meeting tomorrow night
to select delegates to the Cincinnati Con
VentiQn,
The International Sunday Con-
vention gathered at Indianapolis yesterday.
The Radical Reform Legislature al Al
bany threaten, by their delay, to cause
another dead lock in the government OF
New York city.
Henry Ward Beecher and Secretary
Robson dedicated a Seamen's Exchange in
New York yesterday.
President Grant reviewed negro eman-
cipatiOn parade yesterday.
The New York Assembly have passed a
bill authorizing a majority of voters in any
town to forbid the sale of liquors, including
beer and ale.
Hamilton College, at Clinton, New York,
has been closed until May on account of
the presence of smallpox.
The National Printers Union meets in
Richmond June 3.
A petition in bankruptcy has been filed
against the Atlantic Fire Insurance Com
pany in Brooklyn for the non-payment of a
policy of $1,000.
Ohio enacts that counties and towns
may, by two-third vote, build, lease or run
railroads.
A negro in Cairo has been sentenced SO
years for killing man and brother.
A fire at Cleveland, o., yesterday, con-
sumed horses, 2 mules and buggies.
FOREIGN.
The Hungarian Diet was closed yester-
day by Francis Joseph in person.
Yesterday was observed by the Canadians
as thanksgiving day for the recovery OF the
Prince of Wales.
1t is reported that the Pope is about to
fill the vacancies in the College of Cardi-
nails. Archbishop Manning's name is prom
inently mentioned as likely to be among the
new appointments.
A new line ofsteamers from Liverpool to
| New Orleans is proposed.
A few months since, Spain appealed to
the other powers for concerted action in
suppressing the International. A Madrid
dispatch reports the receipt OF favorable re-
| SpOnses.
Theirs writes that he is more anxious
than Victor Emmanuel for the welfare o.
the latter's son Amadeus. f
A London shoemaker killed his foul
children Monday night, and then suicided
|
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ST. LOUIS.
Rev. Stuart Robinson.

ST. LOUIS. April 1G.-The Rev. Stuart
Robinson, of Kentucky, commenced suit
a inst the Democrat to-day for libel in
Connecting his name with report that he
Id been concerned during the war will
the he, distribution in the North of clothing in
facted with contagion, and lays his damage;
at $4,000. The Democrat states that Il
nublisbed the report under misapprehen.
sion and retracted the article next day anc
subsequently printed the Chicago rests re
tractinn of the same statement in full.
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McMINN COuNEY

During the present week we have had the
opportunity of meeting with a good Iaany
citizens from different portions of the COun-
ty, aud are glad to be able TO report the sit
uation as satisfactory. Our people are more
particularly concerned just now in attend
ing to their agricultural and other industries,
but they are not altogether cold and indiff-
erent to POLITICAL affairs, and seem to be
deeply impressed with the necessity for a
thorough change in the policy and admin
stratiOn of the General Government. The
dominant party has grown corrupt and OPP
pressive in the possession of unlimited pow
er through period of ten years, and the
best interests of the country demand that the
bad and reckless men at its head should be
driven out and new era inaugurated,
The period is ripe for a complete political
revolution through the medium of the bal
lOt-box, and no where else are the people
more generally impressed with the fact.
We think our friends in other sections may
safely calculate on favorable account from
McMinn next fall.-Atke1ls Post, April Il.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
New Tax Bill introduced in House.
Its Features Explained by Mr.. Dawes.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-Mr. Cameron
introduced Joint resolution which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions, permitting diplomatic and consular
officers of the United States in France to
accept testimonials from the Emperor OF
Germany for their services to Germany in
France during the war between France and
Germany.
The Chinese Subsidy.
The bill authorizing the establishment of
ocean mail steamship ser vice between the
United States and Australia, was taken up.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, moved to refer
the bill to the Committee on Commerce,
with instructions to report bill directing
Postmaster General to contract with the
lowest responsible bidders for mail steam
ship service, both Atlantic and Pacific.
Mr. Ramsay opposed the motion and ad-
vOcated the bill.
Messrs. Chandler, Buckingham and
Sherman opposed the bill. Messrs. Cole
and Nye favored it.
Mr.. Edmunds from the Committee on
Judiciary, reported bill to provide for the
appointment of a district Judge in each of
the Judicial districts of Mississippi.
The Australian steamship subsidy bill
was further discussed at length, but with
out acting on it the Senate went into exc
cutive session, and soon after adjourned.
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WEALTH LEFT By KING DAVID TO
SOLOMON.

It is recorded In the Bible That Solomon,
King of Israel, inherited more than S00,-
100000 pounds sterling, equal to nearly
four billions Of dollars. The statement is
startEngto eventhOse who believe in the truth
of holy writ, and infidels seize upon the fact
as proof against Gods word. But acaTeful
inquiry into the subject shows this 10 be pos
sible, from the pecuniary history of other
nations at different periods.
In general terms it may be stated that
this vast sum was acquired by his father
David by cOnquestS he made, to which he
added large amount arising from foreign
commerce, domestic trade, tribute paid by
the friendly Princes of Syria, Nislbis, Moab,
Ammon, Idumea, Phenicia, and the ac-
cumulated precious metals of the Israelites
during five previous centuries.
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A REPUBLICAN paper, abiding to the
numerous investigations into Radical official
corruption, says the trouble is that Gratis
are trying rats,and the cats are counted out.
It's nice thing for the rats"
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A four year old son of VIM. Foust, of
Hamilton county, while riding home from
the field behind his larger brother on the
18th inst, met with a serious, if not fatal
accident. As they rode into the barnyard
loose horse and the one the two boys
were riding commenced fighting, when the
little boy was throWnto theground and in the
the melee, received kick ON his left tenn
pie which broke a circular cash in tine skull,
the length and shape of the point of the
horses foot. The part of the skull broken
loose was lifted by the blow, leaving a hor-
rihle wound with the brain visible.
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A horse attached to buggy containing
Mr.. Graham, wife and child, became fright
ened near LOudon, on the 9Th inst, and
precipitated himself, buggy and inmates,
down bluff, some fifty feet, the horse
breaking loose from the buggy and rolling
down the bluff. Mrs. Graham lost her hold
OF her infant, in the fall and it fell some
twenty feet below where the buggy bad
lodged against some timber, and against the
horse, which had also lodged on his back
against sappling, and strange to say the
babe was picked up Tnhurt. Mrs. Graham
was considerably bruised but not otherwise
hurt.
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POLITICAL.
EIIfberaIs

ATcHEsoY, Ks, April 16.-HOn. Samuel
Lappin, Hon. Jacob Weisback, K. NJ. Cox
and Jno. NJ. Harris, four delegates appoint
ed by the Liberal Republican Convention
to the Cincinnati Convention, have written
letters stating the use of their names were
without our knowledge or consent.
The Pennsylvania Campaign.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 16.-At a
meeting of Republican Reformers this eve
ming, resolutions were adopted endorsing
the nomination of Gen. Hartrantt Tor Gov
ernor, and favOring the nomination OF
Grant. A resolution requesting the State
Central Committee to request the delegates
to the National Convention elected at the
late State Convention to resign, was agreed
To
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An Exciting Scene.

Mormon authorities commenced a series
of arrests this afternoon, for refusal to pay
oppressive taxes and licenses. An apostate
Mormon, a merchant named Silver, was
dragged over his counter and through the
streets with all manner of indignity, and
tortured with wire wrist-cufs, to the City
Hall. Great excitement ensued. Hun
dreds flocked to the court room, angry and
determined. Silver was at length released
on recognizances until Monday.
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COTTON was more active in New York
yesterday at 2Ssc for middling.
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TENNESSEE BONDS closed in New York
last evening at 60 for both issues.
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INSURE IN THE
EQUITABLE OF NASHVILLE.

The Company has offices in all of the principal
Towns in the State, where Policies will be issued
at the lowest rates consistent with safety.
mhA eOd3m sp1stp
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Andrew Bishop has been sentenced to the
penitentiary for ten years for stealing g
horse from n. II. Duff Of Loudon county
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NASHVILLE DIRECTORs.

NASHVILLE DIRECTORS.
". W. BERRY, of Berry, DemOvi1e s. Co.
ID. F. CARTER.
r. H. GARDNER, of Gardner, Buckner & Co.
a. G. ADAMS, of Adams, Throne & Co.
ID. WEAVER, Trustee Planters Bank.
j. L. GILBERT, of Gilbert, Parkes & Co.
THOS. ID. FIFE, of Evans, Fife, Porter & Co.
WIN. PHILLIPS, of Phillips, Hooper & Co.
JNO. PORTERFIELD, Cashier Fourth Ma
tiOnal Bank.
ROBT. B. MCLEAN, of Mclean s. Co.
B. S. RHEA, of Rhea, Smith & Co.
JNO. F. WIRELESS, of McAlister s. Wheless.
FELHE EQUITABLE" INSURES DWELLING
Il Houses and Furniture, Barns, Stores and Mer-
chandise, Mills and Factories, Academies, Church.
es and SehOOlhOuses. Its funds are securely in
vested in interest bearing and dividend paying
stocks and bonds 1t holds no bills receivable for
moneys loaned on personal security. The Stock
holders are Citizens Of Tennessee, widely known
for their integrity, business capacity, and high
financial standing. The Equitable offers you re-
liable indemnity, security and integrity, and be-
ing a home company, owned and managed by
your friends and neghbOrs, 1t is entitled to your
confidence and patronage.
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Fifty-fye Magnolia trees have been set
out at the Fair Grounds at Jackson.
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GOLD is more active and firmer in New
York, closing yesterday at Ill.
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UTAH.
A RuIIsRun Disaster.

SALT LAKE, April 16.-The telegraphic
announcement of the Supreme Court de-
cision in the Englehart case this morning
created great sensation The Gentiles
and Liberals for time scarcely credited
the despatch, but finally recognized that
they had sustained a serious repulse, or IS
some express it Bull Run disaster. Their
hopes now rest on the VOORHEES, bill and
failure of admission as State.
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The Tax Bill.

Mr.. Dawes, from the Committee on
Ways and Means, reported bill to reduce
duties on imports and internal tax. Re-
ferred to Committee of the Whole and
made the special order for Tuesday next
from day to day until disposed of.
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II EGI3EER !
Aiso REMIND Yaua FRIENDS 70 DO 50
fou have only To-day and Satur
day Left to do ID in-Only Two Days.

In the above We have said pretty near
Ill tina: need be said to anybody who
don't need guardian, The simple re-
minder that g now is the accepted time.
now is the day Of salvation" ought to be
enough hint to the most sluggish and
heavy headed. Don't wait for the rush
for yeu may get ''shut out," as the
turfnen say. You, whose names are not
on the poll lists. go and register now
N. B.-District Attorney Patterson in
forms US that the Registration closes at
sGrdolcn oa Saturday, ard not on No,sday
Hurry up. or oTerbolrl yoa go!
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REPUBLICAN VOTERS
Keep These Sayings i'm Mind !

In reply to the demagosues and hypo-
critics who are repeating the long since
| exploded lies invented by Carl Schurz
and reiterated by the soreheads who
feasted themselves upon ISLANDERS and
malisnities at Cincinnati, let our Repub-
lican friends call to mind the practical
magnanimities of their party and of their
Presidential candidate: and when oppor-
tunity is presented for its quotation, let
them repeat this resolution from the plat
form adopted by the Soldiers and Sal
lors' Convention at Pittsburg:
We cherish no spirit of revenget toward our fell
low citizens of the South. The maSnanimity of
our late Command Rim Chief on the field of Ap-
pomattox was = sufficient pledge of the Union
army that the bloody ehasln of the war was
closed, and with malice toward none, but - with
charity for all. We extend the right hand of fel-
lowship to all those who accept in good faith the
Insults of the war. and who will extend to every
American citizen, Of whatever race or color, the
rights which are solelnnly guaranteed by the
Constitution of the United States, and the laws
made in pursuance theNof.
And let these terse and telling words
uttered by President Grant in his last
message to Congress not be fogotten:
would sum up the policy of the Administra-
ton To be . thorough enforcement Of every law;
faithful collection OF the tax provided for;
economy in the disbursements of the same. and
a prompt payment of the debt of the nation;
REDUCTION OF taxes rapidly as the requirements
of the country Will admit; reduction Of taxation
and tariff TO be- So arranged to afford the great
is: rebef To the greatest number; honest and fair
dealings with all other people. TO the end that
war. with all its blighting consequences, may be
avoided, without surrendt ring any right OF OblI-
CATION due to the United States; q Reform in the
treatment Of the Indians. and the whole civil
service of the country: and finslly, in securing
pure, untrammeled ballot, WHERE every man en-
titled to cast vote may do Just once at each
election. without fear OF moltstation proscrip-
tion on account of his political faith nativity
color. L. S. GRANT.
You want no better or more complete
and satisfactory answer to every charge
brought against the Administration and
its supporters than is contained in the
foregoing. Keep these sayings in mind
until shutdown of election day
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A VERY SERIOUS DISASTER.

The Interruption caused to the pas
sage of trains over the Virginia and
Truckee Railway by the burning of the
American Flat tunnel is the most serious
and damaging disaster-speaking in a
business sense-that has ever occurred to
chat undertaking since its commence
ment, except, perhaps, the washing out
and carrying away of parts of the line
last Winter. This interruption comes in
favorable weather, it is true, and seems
likely to involve much less Of disaster
than if it had taken place later in the sea-
son; but this sudden cutting off of the
wood and timber supply of the up trains
aud the ore supply of the down, must,
unavoidabiy, cause great deal OF in
convenience, expense and loss, not only
to the Railway Company, but to the mill
and mine owners who have come to be
dependent upon the facilities of the road
for the constant and pressing needs of
transportation involved in the successful
prosecution of their business. 1t INST
be remembered that all, or nearly all the
mills that are employed in working the
ores from the Crown Point and Belcher
mines are situated upon the line of this
railway; and while it is quite possible
thing for the mill proprietors and mine
owners to again have resort to their old
mule and OK team freightings, the inter
ruption is still a very serious one to them,
TO say nothing of the expense and annoy
ance which will be felt by miscellaneous
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Shippers end the business community
generally. This breaking Of the line will
be but brief interruption. We may be
sure; for Superintendent Yerington never
let's any obstacles stand long in his way;
and when the connections are again per-
fected We shall come to appreciate the
worth of our hitherto undervalued rail-
way conveniences