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SENATE STANDING GONNHIFR

JUDICIARY-Mr. Taylor, chairman. Y.
Catchings, Reynolds, Johnston. Moro, ~ II
and Everett. n
FINANCE-Mr. Graham, chairman y.
Allen, McCaskill, Smith and Garter
AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE AND MIN
TUREs-Mr. Mcneil, chairmaA. Mqss,. ~
colt, Hooker, Griffin and Stewart (coII
EDUCATION Mr.. Foote, chairman ps,
Catchings, Sims, Smith, and WhiteIcoi
Pubic Works : Mr.. Garter, cb,brv
Messrs. Thompson and Shirley Ccor.
PRINTING = Mr.. FitzGerald cbsi,.,,
Messrs. Barry, Oldham, Johnston and Mr.
RAILRoADs-Mr Furlong, chairman y,s,
Allen, Foote, Nc Caskill and Tuttle.
CLAIMS - Mr.. Metts, chairman Nsr
Graham, Thompson, Smith and Fewel
MILITIA-Mr. Furlong, chairman; Naa
Mendenhall and Hooker.
FEDERAL RELATIONS - Mr.. CatLts
chairman; Messrs. Fewell, Thornton In
erett and Tuttle.
COUNTIES AND COUNTY BOUYDARH-E
McCaskill, chairman; Messrs. Garter, Ha
er, FitzGerald and Smith.
PENITENTIARY AND PRIsOYs-Mr Aa
chairman; Messrs. Callicott McCaskl Il
tie, Terry and Mcneil.
HUMANE AND BENEVOLENT IXsTIrIH1
Mr.. Johnston, chairman; Messrs, BE
Thornton, Furlong and Everett.
PUBLIC LANDs-Mr. Oldham, chalIG
Messrs. Metts and Griffin.
CoRPoRATIoNs-M Chalmers, chsirE
Messrs. Barry, Thompson, Griffin and Hll
(col.)
COMMITTEES ON ENGROssED BLB-E
Mendenhall, chairman; Messrs. TQltR .
Thompson.
Senate .BOint COMMITTEES
EXECUTIVE CONTINGENT FUND-Nr R'
chairman; Messrs. Metts and McClWe,
ENROLLED BILLs-Mr. Hooker chaIITi
Messrs. Carter and Pratt.
STATE UNIvERs1TIEs-Mr. Thompson A
man, Messrs. Callicott, Griffin and Chala
REGISTRATION AND ELECTIoN-Mr keyAs
chairman; Messrs. Catchlngs lAsl%
Pratt and Barry. ,.
UNFINISHED business MI, Menu'--
chairman; Messrs. Oldham and McVIuS
BANKS AND BANKING-Mr.S Stone, eAall-
Messrs. Hooker and Steward.
CONTINGENT ExPEXsEs-Mr. McNsA~ ~
man Messrs. FitzGerald and WhIe
IMMIGRATIoN-Mr. Johnston, cAa''
Messrs. Terry and Tuttle.
LIBRARY-Mr. Thompson, chairman A"'
Oldham and FurlOng.
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HOUSE-EIGHTIETH DAY.

TUESDAY, April IL, 1875
Mr.. Speaker Street in the chair. Present
70, absent 81.
Mr.. Guyton.s resolution, offered yester-
day, limiting speeches to five minutes on all
measures except passage of bills, and then
to ten minutes, was adopted.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
BY Mr. Guthrie To incorporate Lafay-
ette Grange. No. 43; referred :.
BY Mr.. Hicks: Supplemental to the Con-
gressional District act; it provides for
transferring Yazoo county from the 9Th
District to the 4th District; referred.
BY Mr. Boyd: To amend the charter of
French Camp; referred.
By Mr.. shelby To revise and amend the
charter of the Prentiss and Bogue Phalia
Railroads referred.
By Mr.. Lester: A petition of Yalobusha
Grange, No. 20, for the repeal of the Acri-
cultural Lien law; referred.
BY Mr.. Powell: To give Assessors further
time TO make out and return assessment
rolls; referred.
By Mr.. Rowan: Supplemental to the
Court District bill; lies over.
Mr.. Nelson, chairman, reported the fol-
lowing important bills to be acted upon,
viz: Penitentiary, appropriation, revenue
and for fixing the time for holding courts.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
Mr.. Rogers in the chair.
Three relief bills were considered. and
upon return to the r.
-1@ HOUSE
they were severally considered and indefi-
nitely postponed, viz: III. B. for the relief of
A. Ell. Bosk, administrator of e. T. Bosk. de-
ceased; IL. b. for the relief of VIM. H
johnson, and 5. &. for the relief of Samuel
Groddy.
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WE breathe freer. The Pacific Rail
road bill has been laid aside for the pres
ent session of Congress. Let the decks
be cleared for the Presidential fight. Next
year will be splendid time for taking
hold of the Pacific Railroad matter.
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STATE Warrants at this time last year
were selling at 79 to so cents on the dol
lar. To-day they are quoted at 80 to 81
cents, and we have heard of one sale at
913 cents. So much for Democratic
administration.
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Gov. STONE has appointed for Trus-
tees of the State Normal School at Holly
Springs Gen. w. S. Featherston, Jas. I.
FAINT, Esq, Senator Albright, (col. } and
E. T. Hatch.
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Gov. Ames and his accomplished wife
came last Tuesday to our town, and re-
turned IN the evening to New Orleans,
where they will remain for some weeks,
and then perhaps go North to visit
friends, ard attend the Centennial. Bay
st. Louis Herald.
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In an interview with Haralson, col
ored Congressman from Alabama, Gen.
Grant declared for Conkling for Pres-
dent. Bad for the Mortonites.
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LETTERS have come pouring in upon
us from the taxpayers responding to
what We have said upon the reduction of
taxes Softly, friends, there is no use.
Taxes will be reduced. This is not the
Legislature to go back on its pledges.
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IHE Senate Penitentiary bill has
passed the House with amendments. Ii
leases the convicts four years to respon.
slble parties, free of cost to the State.
and will lift a heavy burden from the
shoulders of the taxpayers.
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WHITLEY, formerly chief of the Sc
cret service, in testifying about the much
talked-ofsafe burglary conspiracy of two
years ago, charged Babcock with COM
plicity in the plot, and related incidents
from which the Presidents knowledge of
it would be a necessary inference.
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THE death of A. r. Stewart, the
merchant prince, will create profound
sensation in commercial circles. He was
the possessor of millions, but his death is
a yerifcation Of the sentiment so we'll
expressed by the Latin poet. Pale
death comes alike to the mansion of the
rich and the hovel of the poor.
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The Senate Penitentiary Leasing bill
has passed the House with amendments.
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TRAIN No. 2 connects at Hana0iIu I"uIgry
Ian, from points South Thereon D. ~ Al Leg
at Guthrie with st. L. & ): b. ny, 4 BrsS
juno. with Knoxville and Klcn KlcnlIVTT R. =
at Cincinnati June. with b., !. Ill vith !.
the North and East; at LoulsEliri ir,ritb O. :
Ry. and j., NJ. & l. r. K. for 'n' -
and West ~ s,il
TRAIN No. a connects at HualDoiIaS als iISuhr,
Ian, from points South thereof ~ Ry, ~
at Mckenzie, with n, Z. y Oil = 81 / 5 !
Southeast; at Guthrie, with t1e from ron G's,
Ry. at Glasgow juno, to Iana.moth ana naoth CaFF.
at Cave City, to and from y n"1nHfo for th'|
Louisville, with L. c. q L. H. w. /,
and East. :. W
TRAIN No. 6 connects at Mch'A
G. s. st. L. Ry., for the Southe"s.
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THE excursion train for Wesson Mills
leaves at II o'clock NJ. to-day.
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TEE REVENUE BILL.

The revenue bill, which was under con-
sideration yesterday, was again taken up,
aud occupied the attention of the Senate for
two or three hours, and finally passed.
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sen NATE-EIGHTY FIRST DAY.

TUESDAY, April II, 1876.
Mr.. President Sims in the chair. Absent
s. Leave of absence was granted to Mr..
CatchiuoS
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THE General Revenue bill has, after a
careful consideration, passed the Senate
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COMMENTING on the New Hampshire
and Connecticut elections, the New
York Tribune says, with truth, that
"the Presidential contest is not to be de-
cided this year by the skirmishes which
occur before the parties have set their
leaders in the field The candidates are to
be the platforms, and till the candidates
are up, the field shows little but chaos. :"
The Vicksburg Herald's " solution of
the puzzle" will be found in another col
umn. We had been charitable enough
to suppose that higher motive than a
mere desire to " bring the negroes to
their senses" prompted Mr.. Musgrove
and other Republicans who aided in
achieving the " White League victory :"
Gas the Mortonites call iO last year, but
who, since the election, without wait
ing for its fruits, have jumped to the
head of the Radical column without a
formal goodbye to their late Democr attic
allies. Seeing that they have parted
company with their associates in that
wonderful victory, without assigning a
single motive, or finding the least fault
with their administrative policy, we
are beginning to think that the Herald
is half right in its theory of the eccen-
tricities of the new Radical head-centres.
Now, the question is, do the colored
Republicans intend to be led in that
way? Do they intend to repay the de-
sertlon of Musgrove and company from
their ranks to the White Leaguers in
1919, by following their lead like obedient
spanieis in 1876? What says Carter !?
What says Hill? What say all the col
ored Republican voters, who have con-
stituted four hundred and ninety-nine
out of every five hundred Republican
voters?
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Pullman Palace o"'

Without change, are run aI
Louisville and Nash' .ss
gomery, Mobile, Ne" as.
Chattanooga Afia
con, Jacksonviiie' =.
Memphis and ih'
Rock, ArlSan
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HO! for w esson.
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LOUISVILLE
AND
GREAT sOUTHEE'
RAILROAD LINE

CoND'sD TINE TBLEi No. No; /,
'excSuDl
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LAWS BY APPROVAL.
ExECuTIYE SESSION.

The Senate has confirmed the following
TRUSTEES DEAF AND DUMB -ASYLUM.-G
D. SidWaY, L. L. Saunders.
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III. G. MYERS, Secretary
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T. NJ. BELL, Sec'y.
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SENATE.
.uDLIc PRINTING.

Mr.. Anthony from the Committee on
Printing, reported back two resolutions in
relation to printing gdebates, and asked TO
be discharged from further consideration
He also submitted the following as q
report OF the committee on the subject:
Rcso!red, That the proceedings and de-
bates should be printed in the Record as
actually delivered.
Mr.. Window introduced bill for es'
tablishing the Territory OF Pembina. Re-
fcrred.
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West Va. Annual Conferenee.
SECOND DAY, March 10, 1876,


The Conference met at Q o'clock. Dc.
votional service was conducted by &.
Martin.
The Bishop presented communication
from Allegheny College, which was refer
red to the Committee on Education.
The report OF the Treasurer OF the
West Va. Educational Society was pre-
senled, and also referred TO the same
committee.
A resolution was introduced, signed by
J. r. Thompson, E. W. Ryan, G. L. Man
chester, l.. II. Jordan and W. G. SnOd-
grass, that the ensuing General Conference
be memorializcd TO make the office Of
Presiding Elder elective.
On motion Of DR.. A. Martin, the reso-
luton was made the order Of the day, at
10 o'clock a. NJ. on Saturday.
The rules.of the last Conference were
adopted for the government OF the present
session.
An invitation was received for the Con-
ference to visit the Children's Home in
this city. The Conference, on motion, re-
solved to accept the invitation to visit
the Home during the session.
A communication was presented from
the Freedman's Aid Society, and referred
10 the committee on that subject
The 10th question OF the general min.
utes was taken up, "the examination OF
effective elders" Samuel Steel, Presid.
ing Elder OF the MorGAntown District,
gave an account OF the district over which
he presided, representing the gratifying
progress OF the good work. Over eight
hundred persons were reported as hRv-
ing been converted during the past year,
Edward W. Ryan, Benz. Ison, Jesse F.
SnodgrasS,W Sharpe, John W. Hess
W; c. snodgraSs, James J. Dolliver,
James A. Fullerton, James NJ. Warden
C. G. Griffith, ]. Trippctt, ". E. Rippey
WIN. II. Young, J. 4. Kibbc, John G.
Weaver, Alex. Martin and F. W. Wood
were examined and passed.
F.Ball, Presiding Elder Of tho Wheel.
ing District, represented that district
The financial and spiritual condition oi
the church were represented rs in O
healthy condition, though no general re,
vival had occurred in the city for eight
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Sr. Louis, March lG.-The Kansas City
Price Current tomorrow will publish a
letter from a prominent cattle trader and
banker Of Kansas, giving as accurate in.
formation Of the cattle drive from Texas
the coming season as can be obtained.
The letter is from San Antonia, Texas,
and gives the names of the owners and the
number Of cattle in each herd, footing up
in the aggregate 25s,OOO head. This does
not include cattle which have been win.
tered in the Indian Territory. About
one.third Of the whole number will be
contract cattle and one-half stock cattle.
The most Of this drive will be concen.
trated in Kansas between Dodge City and
Ellis, so that advantage may be taken OF
the rates over either the Kansas Pacific
or Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail
mad .... ....
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observation-disclosures.

QUEENSTOWN, March 1G.-The skip
Eumenides, commanded by Captain
Baird, from Port Royal, s. c., for Green
wich, capsized on the IL OF March. The
Second Mate and seven Of the crew have
arrived at this port, and the remainder
Of the crew and Captain, thirteen in all
were drowned.
LIVERPOOL, March 16-The ship Gerta
commanded by Captain MacCordy, from
San Francisco, November. 25th, arrived
here to-day. She brings . portion Of the
crew Of the ship Great Britain, command
ed by Captain Chilcott, from Doboy
January 25th, for this port, which was
abandoned at sea in sinking condition
Eleven Of the crew OF the Great Britiar
were drowned and twenty-four died from
exposure.
The Great Britain encountered terrible
weather and became water logged. Or
the Sd Of March the Captains two son.
died from privation. The Captain and Il
men took to a boat and soon suffered ter
ribly from hunger. Three Of the mcr
died, and the survivors were forced to eaI
portions Of the remains Of their comrades
10 keep from starving. On the l1th o
March they were rescued in the last stat'
Of femaciatfon. La E... .,
LIVERPOOL, March 1G.-The steamship
Siberia, from Boston, has arrived. -
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 16.-The new
stock Of Consolidated Virginia, 8 to l
will be issued tomorrow.
Springbok and Foster will run a four
mile race at Sacramento, April 22d, fol
$1,000; half forfeit. "
The steamer Gnlic sailed for Yokoha
ma to-day, with Norman Wizard among
her passengers.
In the Spaulding court-martial, the
managers OF the Bank.of British Colum.
bia and the Swiss American Bank identi
fed number OF forged certificates as
having been presented by Spauldingt tc
them for payment, and, pronounced by
him to be genuine, but payment was. de-
clined on account!of lack Of funds. The
trial is proceeding very slowly, and buI
few points Of interest have been thus far
elected.
AT the sale Of delinquent stock of the
Bank Of California yesterday eleven
shares were sold, the buyer taking the
stock and paying the assessment. ,j,
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,;,no h". boor , lind of patron Saint
- "~orr ,ho Ea.,orr NIotbodist brotbten,
;no, I;Lo,v N .,ond higb horo,f,or In
g., 10 i i,l,O,v 10 I,s removed from his
n"So.,o, I IN tho .,rc,uorv nltove,bcr. 7,
ps"D''" . .L". .ho olJ nnt,i0rcb oovo tho
ISs n'a'S TLa",a";o.I S somir,rv s950 ooo and
'bo INV M;aSIo,oSn Wesley University 500.
"So @ HI, aroo, ,;horoI;tv VIVA bcroldrd
Wv ts.,I ~ al onon.i ,ho ovos of IN.
,a' ann'"s.,," ""a %,'r; ,,;"''s ",' dnnoon. M
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LOCAL CHURCH NEws.-Five persons
have been added to the membership OF
the Disciples Church, Centre Wheeling,
during the revival that is still going on
under the auspices OF Elder Jabez Hall,
Of Cleveland, Ohio.
Elder Roger, Of Upshur county, made
an amusing speech in the Conference yes
terday. He told the brethren that he was
a, son OF the early patriarchs of that
mountainous country-that he himself
had been up as high and down as low as
any man in West Virginia-had stood on
mountains SO high that the crows were
obliged to rest three times before they
could reach the top, and had also
traverscd the lowliest wales Of the valleys.
0Eight persons united with the Presby.
terian Church at Bridgeport last week.
Elder Myers, Of West Liberty, in this
county, has been holding revival at the
Disciples Church Of Smithfeld, Ohio, and
announces six additions TO the church.
A district ministerial and Missionary
meeting" is to be held Mt Smithfeld on
the 2Sd of May.
The NJ. E. Church at St. Clairsvillc il
arranging for Centennial tea party.
Rev swaney, pastor Of the Presbyterian
Church at Unionport, Jefferson county
Ohio writes TO the PcsbEerian Bannel
that the late revival in his Church more
than doubled the membership, that il
from twenty-iour to fifty.One. lie says
he conducted the meetings all himself ex
cept that Rev. Grimes (steubenvillC
Grimcs) preached three times, and that
no noise, no oimpassiOned appeals, and nc
attempt to alright were employedto ac
complish the result.
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POLITICALNOTES.

New YORK, March 1G.-The Demo
cratic State Convention will be held in
Utica on the 26th Of April. Governor
Tilden's friends wanted It to be held in
Albany few weeks earlier.
RHODE ISLAND DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION,
PROVIDENCE, March 16.-The Demo.
cratic State Convention to-day nominated
Gen. George Lewis Cooke for Governor
Bibba o. Slocum, Lieut.. Governor; John
s. Price, Secretary Of State; Oscar s
Lapham, Attorney General; Wm. P.
Couldon, Treasurer.
RALEIGH, N. G., March l6.-The Dem
ocratic State Convention will meet here
on the 14th Of June.
w. R. Cox, chairman Of the State DEM
ocratic Executive Committee, was arrest
ed to-day, charged with conspiracy to de-
priye R. N. Warment Of his seat in the
late Constitutional Convention.
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Heavy Gale.

CINCINNATI, O.. March 1G.-Quite q
gale passed over the city about noon TO-.
day, blowing cif the roofs Of number of
houses. No casualties reported. Dam
age not ascertained as yet.
The damage by the gale to-day in this
city is estimated at $4,000 or $4,000,
caused chiefly by the unroofng Of build
ings. Reports from country polntE mem
ton similar disasters at Xenia, Spring
field, Delaware, Wooster, Zanesyille,
Marietta, Ironton and Athens, Ohio
Richmond, Indiana, and other points, but
no loss Of life is reported. The storm
was widespread, and accompanied by
rain, hail and lightning.
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Last night the marks indicated l3 feet
10 inches, and stationary.
The Mallie Ragon left for Pittsburgh
at Z A. NJ.
The Emma Graham passed down in
the morning en- route for Cincinnati.
The Courier departed for Parkersbnrg
at noon. The Express will be to-dAys
The towboat John Gilmore passed
down at 2 p. N. with coal.
The Star Of the West laid over here
yesterday for the purpose Of putting IN
CRATE bars, and lost one trip,
The Isaac Keeter passed up with the
dredge boat Ohio in tow.
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RIockadeti and Abandoned.

OMAHA, March 1G.-Telegrams from
the west say all trains on the mountain
division Of the Union Pacific road to-day
were abandoned on account Of the snow
blockade between Green river and Evans.
ton. Several freight trains were showed
in on Cres,on Hill between Bitter creek
and Raivline, and everything has been
blocked all day. Large forces Of men
with snow plows will start from Bitter
creek in tue morning to try to get
through. 1t is still showing and drifting.
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THE Hon. Charles James Faulkner is
not the man to lose an opportunity. He
ia a candidate for the U. S. Senate and
makes no concealment Of the fact. And
even II ho were inclined to conceal il!
such letter as the following to the editor
Of the Wheeling Register would tell the
tale OF itself:
DEAR 81 have received several
letters from the constituents Of my friend
and colleague, Benjamin Wilson, Of the
First Congressional district Of West Vir-
ginia, in which they have apologized for
calling sundry matters to my attention,
because Of the illness Of my colleague.
Let me assure the people Of his district
that no such apologies are necessary. II
will give me sincere pleasure TO attend to
all local and personal matters ot his con-
stituents during the continuance oil his
illness, and hope all who reside in his
district will call freely upon me for the
performance OF any representative duty
which they would otherwise expect from
him, during the time that he is unable to
do so himself. Very truly yours,
CHAs. ]. FAULKNER.
After this letter it would seem almost
ungrateful for the representatives from
the First District in the Legislature tc
refuse to vote for Mr.. Faulkner for Sens.
tor,
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FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLAND.
Prof. SilIimnn and En-

Prof. Silliman and Emma Mine.
LONDON, March 16.-The Horn in re.
ferring to Prof. Silliman's recent ncgato.
ry letter, says: The Professor is wrong
in stating that no such telegram was
ever sent, for the original telegram is in
the Emma Mine office with the stamp
showing its receipt on the 9th OF April,
1872. The telegram begins thus: Very
great improvements since the last report
FINANCIAL.
Mark, Fisher & Sons, WOODEN cloth
manufacturers, Of Haddels6ed, Yorkshire
and Montreal, have failed, liabilities
G4600O.
QUEEN VICTORIA TO VISIT THE CONTINENT.
LONDON, March 1G.-A Berlin special
says private villa has been engaged for
Queen Victoria at Baden Baden during
her sojourn there. She will travel in
cognito. 1t Is stated that she will as.
sumo the title OF the Countess OF Rose
nan. II is not expected that she will
stay at Baden Baden longer than week,
after which II Is understood she will pro-
ceed TO Coburg and spend an equal time
at the court OF her brother.in'law, the
reigning Duke.
THE STORM.
The weather is hardly settled yet,
though it has greatly moderated. From
all parts Of the country come DEATHS Of
destruction by the gale. The rivers Cher
we'll, Tame and others have overtlowed the
country for miles around.
NAIL SERVICE.
In the House Of Commons tonight the
Postmaster General stated that it was the
intention OF the Department after the
present year to make arrangements for
the conveyance OF tho mails to America
similar to those adopted by the United
States, viz, to make no contract, butsend
the mails by vessels whose efficiency is
proved, and pay according to weight.
ROYAL TITLES,
In the House OF Commons to.uight
motion was made togo into Committee
on the Royal Titles bill. Marquis, Of
Harrington moved an amendment that
while willing to consider the measure en-
abling the Queen to make an addition to
her titles, the House considers it mex
pedient to impair the dignity Of the
crown by assumption of the title OF En-
press. ....
The Marquis supported his motion in
speech conciliatory in tone. He said
he offered the amendment with reluc.
tance. Ae admitted that it was impossi
Bile for the Government to have forescen
the opposition which the measure had
provoked. He challenged the Govern
ment to'show any good reason why the
title Of Empress was preferable to that OF
Queen. He repeated the argument that
the bill was slight TO the other colonies.
The Chancellor OF the Exchcquer de-
Tended the title OF Empress US accurately
representing the relations OF the Queen
to india.
Tha debate lasted seven hours and was
excited and acrimonious. Sir William
Harcoutt and Messrs. Forester and Duff
opposed the bill and Mr.. Roebnck and
Lord Ilcho supported it. Finally Mar
quis Harlington's amendment was reject
ed and the motion for going into committee
on the bill was adopted by vote Of S05
to 200,