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rho Er.nI,Iir Express Robbery.

W.B. Woods, charged with robbing the
avorass Office Of which he had charge, at
Franklin. Kentucky. several months since
was indicted last week by the Grand Jury.
His bro,her-in-law DIR. Gillespie, was re-
leased from custody.
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Those Gates.

The new gates and splendid stone star
cases at the entrances tothe capitol grounds
are RAPIDLY approaching completion, ana
are maryels of fine Workmanship.
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DIED.

CARTER-At his residence in Nashville, after
prOtraeted illness, DANIEL +. CARTEE, In the
Goth year Of his age.
His funeral will take place at the First Pres
byterian Church on THURSDAY, March y, at
O'Clock. Divine services by Rev. I. a. HOyt
and Rev. Frank ID. Moore.
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Snnth Cherry street.

4 large force Of street hands IS now en-
Gagged in raising the grade on South Cherry
street. in the vicinity Of the Decatur depot.
This is an improvement which was very
-,,,,,.I, NODDED
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Inc,nre pnsfnoned.

VIM. II. Longmire and Squire u HuIs'
were Yesterday commissioned as iiaSiS-
trates for Union county.
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DR.. Munsey has addressed letter to a
friend. stating that on account Of Ill heaitil
he will not be able 70 deliver ms proposed
Iacturp in this city on the 18th inst.
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6undHieS.

SFEDs-Market flctuating. We quote:
Red clover S6a6.25; sapling $500; timothy
81 90; red top 81 .9561.5O; blue grass Si;3G
orchard grass $500; Hungarian Sl.5O; Mis-
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Nn,ionaI RanLs I'm rennessee.

The following is the condition of the ma
tional banks in Tennessee on the 10Th OF
December, 1873, as reported by the Comp
troller OF the Currency:
rTApTrrTrrG
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NashYlIIe anu CnaIOalIIOO IRaaI1I O711 OOllVIsi
90 TS...................
:" %.
Nashville and Chattanooga and St Louis
Railroad. lst mortgage, -...-.-.........
Nashville and Decatur Railroad bonds, sec
oud mortgage, 6s.....-....--..'-......'
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Eire Alarm.


The fire bells rang about ten O'Clock We:
terday morning, but it proved to he ialS
alarm.
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See Third Page.
- ahrarfisernen1s.

For the main portion Of our local news
this morning, see third page.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-11

TIE number Of officers Of foreign birth
in our regular army is Phi. Of these ireland
claims the majority over any, 90; Germany
ranks next. 45; while England has ten less
than the latter figure. OF those who have
risen from the ranks, los are Americans; Il
Irish. and % Germans. Thus is the ma
iority of meritOriOus enlisted ''regulars, OF
American birth, contrary to the generally
received opinion.
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st. Charles Hotel, newly refsted with
ladies' and gentlemen's water closets in
the house, Market street, near the Square,
Nashville, Tenn. ]. NJ. Armstrong, pro-
prietor. Single meals, 80 cents. Board
and lodging per day, 500. jams 3m
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Blank q ) indicates no report; cipher (O) sSz
tiOnary minus q tendency To fall; plus ~ ter =
dency 10 rise. A. @. FORD, Observer.
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NashyiIIe FIour AND Grnin Narkef.

fine 500; Xxx $3.50; xxx $3.50; choice
family SST5d9.00.
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CITY NOTICES.

Cheap Rents and No Bad Debts.-I am
still selling Hats and Gents Furnishing
Goods from . TO so per cent below cost.
New Goods received daily, which / am
selling from 10 to % per cent less than
usual prices. Benson, the Halter, No. 125
Church street, Battle House. milo If
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After the first of March we shall dis
continue all accounts and sell our goods
strictly for cash without exception. Man
love, Richards & MeadOrs. feb24 If
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Dasly Rsport Of Stage Of Water, wiA CAa5lc>s n
the "a HoaTs ending 5 p. II. March 10, 1874.
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The man who sat down on the spur OF
the moment has not done SO since.
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NEW YORK, March 10 Business was
moderately active with commission houses
to-day but jobbing branches show CONT
uuOus improvement. Cotton goods are
weak and have dropping tendency. Best
standard makes are reduced TO 13sc.
American prints are down 20 9sc in first
hands. Percales are in brisk demand.
Hosiery and shawls are in steady demand.
Domestic and foreign dress fabrics are sell
ing freely. Wooden goods are quiet.
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MEMPHIS, March TO, = FIOnr-marKeI
steady and demand fair at Sj.50a9.25.
Corn-demand good at full prices, Is &c.
Oats duh but unchanged. Mess pork ad-
vanced with fan demand to SlS.25a1G.j0.
Lard quiet and unchanged. Bacon-an
advance Is asked but none obtained.
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Twenty dollars wiz make any old
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine new at
120 Church street. milo q
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MARKET REPORT.

MEMPHIS, January 22.-Flour quiet and
unchanged. Corn meal 8 40. Corn
market bare. Osts-smAll offerings at 81
Hay dull. Bran 1871. Lard unchanged
and firm. Bulk meats quiet. shoulder
si@6s; clear si@si
New ORLEANS, January 22.-Lsrd
good demand and scarce at 9(GSl; ksg 10
Sugar dull and lower; inferior 4SG5J
common oa9i; fair 6l@Gi; good to fully
fair 7@7!; prime to choice 7l9sii others
unchanged.
CINcISSATI, January % Flour quiet
Wheat quiet at 4S(9i SO. Corn dull
606s3. Oats quiet. Rye quiet. Barley
firm; No 2 fall l 40. Butter and cheese
firm. Eggs dull and lower Ats. Pork
firm at Is oo@l5 IS. Lard quiet and
firm; steam 9; kettle 9s@9i. Bulk meats
steady; shoulders 0s@6i; clear rib side,
Il cash; sales Of 1000 lbs, buyer March
81; clear 8. Bacon scarce and firm,
shoulders y; clear rib sE6sii clear sIa0
Hogs dull aud lower.
ST. LOUIS, January 9'-Flour-lower
grades scarce and in demand nj s OO(a,
6 90; other grades dull, Wheat dull and
unchanged; No 2spring ! rs; No red
fall offered at Gb cash, 63 bid No 3
offered at ! 40, 43 bid Corn in better
demand; No , mixed 60@6Ui. Oats in
better demand aud firm; Noe mixed A
@44I. Barley steady and firm. Rye in.
active at s3@si. Pork firm Ut 10 oO6
Is %, Green meats quiet; shoulders 81
clear rib u clear ~; hams 81. Dry salt
meats sti8, Bacon Grmi jobbing and or.
dor lots sold as follows: shoulders "a ;
clear rib 81 clear o. Lard firm prime
steam sy. Whisky unsettled st 9e@97.
CHICAGO, January z2.-Flour dull and
nominal, buyers and sellers apart. Wheat
steaty, No l spring, 23i, No?,~i g23
cash; l 23i bid February; No 3, LIE
Corn, quiet weak and lower, No 2 mixed.
57ic cash. bsjc February; new No .
mixed Ole. Oats STEADY. No 2,4lSc cash,
42c February. Rye quiet, No 2, 776,79c.
Barley, demand active and advanced. No
9 fall 52Gl 81, No 3, ! 32G1l 40, nc.
cordigg 70 location Whiskey dull and
a shade lower, 95Ac Pork dull aud de.
clined, cash nominal II O0Sl4 10; March
IL 6o@N rs; closing dull at inside quo.
tationS. Lard, opened dull md lower.
closed steady At 8 90 cssh, Q oo(s,s Ob
Tsb,ysry. 0 80 March. Bulk meats sIe,Sv
'''n IT. CINCINNATI a, 10y
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Probabilities.

WAsHINdTos, Jan. 22.-Probabill,iss-
For New England and thence westward
over the northern portion Of tho Middle
states, cloudy weather with rain and con
tlnusd hi Oh temperature and falling bar.
ometer during a portion of the day the
wind will increasing in force.
For Lake region, cloudy weather with
rain or snow during tho night folio owed
by rising barometer, lower temperature
and northerly TO wetierly winds.
For the Northwest partly cloudy and
continued cold weather with snow in the
For the Ohio valley and thsncs south
ward to the Gulf, variable winds with
areas OF rain and lower temperature by
Friday night,
For southern portion Ct the Middle
states and thence southwark 10 Florida,
''f-N t~~~,ye.
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CHAMPION GAS WORKS.
missouri Republican

From present Developments near Mat
toon, it looks o. IL Illinois has enough ma
tural gas power 70 supply ell the needful
light and heat, and throw her coal field,
away. Mr.. Champion was boring tor
water, and got tired of tho place he had
sunk his drills. He Withdrew them and
up rushed stream of carburet.ed hydro.
gen gas with roar that could DO heard
hundreds Of ysrds, and a tmell that was
not suggestive II the otto OF roses
or tue balm Of u thousand TOW
er. The stream Of unplehssn,ness poured
on, and Champion begun to think about
pulling up stakes and moving away from
the mAlodorous spot Of earth. Before ne
committed this rash act the thong ht struck
him that the gas nigh. be utilized. !.
had now been belching forth ito nastiness
for several days, and he went near enough
TO apply q whisp Of lighted straw 20 the
spout. There was a very lively explosion
and sheets 81 IRE seemed to cover
the very heavens The Jet OF gas
continued to throw up a column of
hre thirty feet high. II was whit,
clear light and left no smoke or odor. He
bad bit It, He had gas works pot up i'm
medistely, ard fixtures in his house. He
conducted ths gas 10 all his rooms for
lighting purposes and TO his stores and
| are-places for heating Then he applied
!. the match aud bad q grand illumins,on.
=
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From Toledo.

TOLEDO ONO, January 22.-Jessup W
Scott, one Of the Oldest and most highly
esteemed citizens of the Mama Valley
died ut bis residence IN this city this after.
noon. He established the first newspape,
published in the valley, and at later pc
rlod WI" one of tho proprietors Of the
Blade. Hs contributed much "a tho col.
umns OF homo papers and standasd peri.
odicals, and was the author of the
pamphlet entitled "The Future Great Cit,
OF the World He was seyenty-ave year,
old
David Higgins, who was judge of Tie
court OF common pleas In this district from
1880 to 1884, and has held n clerkship a,
Washington since 1888, died Ia that city Z
short time since. lie was eighty-four
years old,
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From San Francisco.
THE BHIP PANTHER,

SAN Francisco, January 22.-A tsle
gram from Port Townsend, w. T., an,
nounces the total loss of the ship Panther
Capt. &. w. Bolet, with all on board
The Panther was destined for San Fran.
CISCO she had sailed from Namaimo, w
T., on Saturday last in tow of the steam
tug Golisth. When 80 miles from hel
starting point she encountered = terrific
gale which drove her upon the rocks q,
Lilly point in Georgia bay. Ths Goliath
unable 90 render her any assistance, sub
ssquently repaired to Port Townsend and
dispatched the sad news. At the time Of
the fatal occurrence, twenty-three persons
including the captain and his wife were
on board. The Partners cargo consisted
of l,ToO tons of coal.
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THE CAIRO DAILY BULLETIN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 49, 1874

for the Gun, moon OF stars, turns
Up his enlightened nose Of
coal wood and kerosene, and
sene, and has no gouging gas bills 10 pay
to some blosted corporation st the end OF
every month. Now no contsmpiates be-
coming q corporation himself, and light
ing the town Of Nation. Lately q neigh
Dor of Mr.. Champion, Mr.. Dole, COM
menced boring, and he has just struck gas
on his place. Now Champion and Dole
are talking OF com bining thor gas power
and ligh ting Illinois ss far 40 the supply
will go. There appears to be no doubt
that the state has enough ready made
light and heat In her bosom 20 illuminate
and warm her for ages to come. She may
we'll claim to have the Champion gas
works.
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PIrTRBuR0, January 22.-River about
on = stand, with thirteen fee. two inches
VIcKTBUnG, Jsnuary 52.-Down-
Shannon. No boats usp. Cool and rain.
ing all day. River risin.
MEMPHIS, January 22.-Wes,her cool
and rainy. River declining. No arrivals
or departures except local packets.
NEW OoLEASs, January 22.-Arrived-
Great Republic, Lempbi,. DEPARTED
John Kilgour, Cincinnsii; Glencoe, ST
n rTni:: Belle Lee, Memphis; Mary Miller,
w hite river.
LOUISVILLE, Janusry River fallen
inohes in the last "a hours. Marks
showed 10 feet inches in the canal feet
inches in the pass. Arrived-Jhippers
Own. Departed-Mary Houston, New
Orleans; Shippers Own, Nashville.
CIscISsATL January 22.-Arrived-
Andes, " hosling; Ben Franklin, Mem.
phis: Paragon, New Orleans. Departed
Andy Baum, M,mphm; Chss b Church
and Sam Hale, New Orleans. River
rising.
NASHVILLE, January s2.-River still
falling with 20 feet inches on shoal..
1t has been raining here all afternoon.
Arrived - Lawrence, Cincinnati; b II
Cook, Paducah Ella Hughes, Upper
Cumberland. No departures.
EVANSVILLE, January %. - Weather
cloudy; raincd ali day, but clearing up
at dark. Mercury 81 to 4s and falling.
River risen feet. Port list Up-Fslls
Pilot, Arkansas Belle, Mary Ament.
Down - Thos Sherlock, Morning Star.
Business light
LITTLE Rock, January ~. departed
Hattie, Pine Bluff; Dugan, Memphis, and
Cherokee, Fort Smith. River rising fast.
II rose feet to-day and now stands feet
by the eusge. There has been heavy rain
for tho past "a hours, and the small streams
are overiowing.
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CONPULSORI EDUCATION IN
ILLINOIS.

The Iliisois House Of Representatives
By svots Of lightweight yeas to forty
Tires nays, has lpasssd the compulsory
sdusstion bill which provides that chill
drsu between the ages Of nine and fourteen
ysArs shall be sent to school At leAs, three
months Ia the year, of which six weeks
shsll b consecutive that they shsll 10
ssaght vsadiag writing, English grsmmsr,
geography and Arithmetic; the school d..
rsstos ihAn supply books, and the over
ssAs Of the psor, clothes, 70 INDECENT chill .
tssn; and the directors shall prosecute
parents md guardians who fail 10 send
thsis children 70 school, and that they
nsy b Ansd from oas ~ i've dollars .
week during thirteen weeks.
Whsa The Senate passes the bill, q,
there h .o:doubt It will, school director,
ga evsssssss of the poor will hsvs new
duties 70 perform. School directors vii
have 70 keep sharp eye on all the chill
dses Of their school districts and see tina
- shistlsss parents Of children be,wse,
- age Of six and fourteen ars evAdin
Sks Law; The wsrdsobes Of children VIII
80 psesly clad and out Of school will Law
- y lsspssssd By the ovsrseers Of til
psss, whsss ds.y Il will b 20 tear dow
the veil Of pride which the rOvsr.y-strick
. ssms times, IN this land Of the fire.
cd q 1sPubiicaa equality, sndesvor +.
throw around the wrstchsdnsss Of thei
private life, and In the name Of progress
ed Asnssi!y. compel them 70 become tn
ohjsots Of the charity OF the state.
Uslss Ne compulsory education bill
he slsts assumes the guardianship Of al
- "J--s III : al
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THE LATEST.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE AND
SENATE YESTERDAY.
SENATOR DAVIS NEW CURRENCY
BILL.
THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH SCHEME.
CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE AT GIN.
CINNATI.
TELEGRAPHIC MARKET AND RIVER
REPORTS.
"
SENATOR DAVIS NEW CURRENCY
BILL.
THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH SCHEME.
From Washington.
A Ew DILL,

WAsHISoroS, January 22.-The fol-
lowing is the text Of bill repor ted to-
day by Senator Davis from the committee
on ways and means:
WHEREAS, The existing uncertainty as
10 whether the amount of legal tender
notes now authorized by law TO Be kept in
general circulation 10 1856, 0OI, 900 or $400,.
000, 900 10 calulatsd to derangs the business
Of the country and unsettle values, there
fore
De IL enacted, That the provisions Of
the law existing prior to the passags Of
the oct approved April II, 1866, entitled
IAN oct to amsnd m act ~ provide ways
and means TO support the government
approved March Sd, 1865, be and the same
are hereby declared TO be- in force, SO ~ to
suthorizs the amount Of $500, 600, 900 of
legal tender notes Of the United States to
b. kept In general circulation, and tho 10.
tai amount Of United States legal tender
notes issued or 10 be issued shall never e.
coed $500, 900.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
The Senate committee on commerce to.
day agreed to report hAvorably on the
West bill, giving tho secretary Of war full
| control over the channel Of the Missis
"pp' ''vo', -.~.. a.Oab'ns Wy VIC y"i.os
States government is in pro
gress. Tbs bill authorizes hin
to prescribe binding regulations
any violationof which will DO punishabl,
by the United States courts.
Senator West, of Louisiana, Senator
Window, of Minnesota, and Representa-
tive Steward, of Missouri, appeared DO
fore the committee and explained tho ne,
cessisy Of onscting the bill. They stated
that the
TowBoAT ASSOCIATION
of New Orleans,in order to secure tho con
tinuance of their present monopoly, are in
the habit Of sinking vessels and otherwise
blockading the bar 60 ss to imped, and
sometimes wholly stop the work Of eIca.
ton.
PROTEST.
There was . protest presented in the
House to-day protes! Of the General
Ahuinh NouuSii VI bnc Auuibu country,
organized under the treaty of 1906, agsins
the establishment OF a territorial govern.
ment in that country.
THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH SCHEME
The committee on pos..otlices and post
roads Of the Senate held another meeting
to-day to hear the continuation of Mr.
osson's argument ssainst the postal tele-
graph scheme. lie spoke until the ad-
tournament of the committee, which IN eets
again tomorrow, TO hear still further from
Mr.. Orion. q. &. Hubbard, OF Mass, who
is a friend of the proposed measure was
present taking notes, and will probsD by 70.
plyto Orion.
The CURRENCY VUEsTfoS,
Mr.. Ferry, Of Michigan, for the pur
pose of obtaining q vote on the question
Of increasing the currency, and IN orde,
to relieve the pressing wants OF business
has waived the remainder Of his resolu
ton, but ne soon as the question Of incrsss,
is disposed OF no will press TO a vote tn,
other provisions Of his resolution.
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A CLAIMANT FOR THE BRITISH
CROWN.

tLondon Cor. Cincinnati Commercially
Here 10 . circular, Just out, admonish-
ing us that another claimant has appeared,
the estate In this case being only the
crown of England. Thomas Frederick
George Guelph, Of 4 Thornhill Crescent,
Bainsbury, London, proolsims his ability
and resolution TO prove that he 10 Duke
Of York. rightful and lawful descendant
by the legal marriage between: George
the Third and Hannah Lightfoot, and On.
titled to the Arms Of Hanover and the
Dragon of Wales, land that tho so.called
Prince Of Wales 10 only entitled 10 the
Arms Of Saxe-Coburg-the Arms that
were bis fathers" Tom (as we call him
for shorty writes: my mothers father
(the Rev. David Dawes, who WAS q strict
Protestant minister, and the last male dos.
csndent Of Llswsllyn, the King OF W ales),
after having been dead many years, was
accommodated by priest on Palm Sun.
day, in the year 1879, at st. Adams,
Brooke street, Hoiborn, X. c." This 10
mysterious, but looks a. IL Tom l. had
two strings to that bow with which he 10
TO shoot the golden apple from Albert's
head. But the Tichborne trial must en-
courage him. How much will il cost to
prove that he is not the son of George
III and Hannah Lightfoot2 II is old
how long that pretty it'll. Quakere.s
Hannah hsunts the royal house. Poor
King George when he INDUCED in thu.
hirtation could have had little idea that il
would give rise to two Parliamentary de-
bates and two costly trials, with no end to
scandals. IL is said that Queen Victoria
has not been so gay since her husbands
death as on the day when she
heard Of the death OF Mrs. Rives-ths
old lady who, until three years ago, sat
by her nreless hearth umbling over the
papers which lin her belief and tha, of
some OF the best lawyers in England) en-
titled her TO the crown and now Han
nah, so repeatedly laid TO rest starts up
In \ new kvatir.
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II . message TO the house Of rspresen.
tsavss, Governor Bsvsridss asks thst
body 70 make an appropriation Of seven
Sleassnd, eight hundred and forty-two DOL
lafs - he Antistam National Gem etery, in
ssspoass 70 . memorial OF It's board Of
trustees. The Cemetery 10 TO cost one
Ausdssd thoussnd dollars and the amount
named above 10 the assessment of Illinois
Ix,spt Delaware, Illinois 10 the only stats
which he's ses paid it, quota. On Monday
the house refused 10 vote FOR the appro.
prissioa. Thi vas done On the score Of
economy. We suppose But to be saving
In ~ msstss Of grave stones tor her dead
soldier y csrsfslnsss 10 regard to tho
spissss whisA the people Of the state will
scarcely appreciate.
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From Pittsburg.
DESTITUTE woBISGMEN

PTTsBURo, January ga meeting OF
citizens called ty the committee Of tho
city council was held at the city hall to-
night TO devise ways and means for the
relief Of the destitute workmen in this
city. Er-Mayor Mccarthy presided. A
slight spers Of internstionSlism was de-
veloped which caused considerable con fus.
ion and met but with little favor. A few
parties present made contributions, but
owing 30 such small number being pres.
Ont it was thought best to adjourn until
Saturday night when further steps will DO
taken in the matter.
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ton Of freishtstd passengers, and 10 gen.
eral what regulations arc necessary 10 PRO.
mote tho efficiency Of railroad interests Of
commerce and the con vsn,encs and sstc.y
Of the travelling public.
Mr.: Morton said on Tuesday mex. no
would take . short time to express his
views on the subject
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From Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, January 81. - This
morning Judge Caldwalder concluded to
allow vote tor o COMMITTEES Of the cred
itors of Jay Cooke & Co., to be resumed
the same as il there had been an adjourn
ment. Accordingly . meeting Of the
creditors will DO held this afternoon, to
give all the creditors who have not voted
an opportunity to vote for the trustees
and committee under the AID section of
the bakrupt act.
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From New York.

Nxw YORK, January, az, lsI4.-A
rnss,ing of the presidents ofthe different
coal companies here, agreed as follows.
For this year trade is to commence on the
LIST of March at an average advance Of
per ton will be afterwards advanced each
month 10 the end Of the season ON tho fol-
lowing scale; April &c, May and June
i0c, and July, August, September, Oc,o-
Dor and November 10.
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From lu11lanapOiis.

IsprASAPoLIs, January PA meeting
of tho stockholders Of The Logansport,
Charlottesville and Sauth western railrosd
was held at CrAwfordsvills, indiana, yes
terday. A board Of directors was elected
and the following officers were elected by
the new board: 5. D. Schuylsr. presidents
D. d. Dykeman, vice-president and Jas.
II. Paris, Secretary.