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FINANCIAL.
RICHMoND sToCY EYCHAN5E.
rHURspAY. April 8, 1873.

.i.,S@. ~ g5tt{ THURSDAY. April s, 1879.
GoreTnmerst Seenrittss.--URItede s.Gtes AIS.
stnts Ssenr.ties--Vlrgtnis cotrsois. Sex ed, X
asked: ytrainia copsols- new. 40 bid, AN asked :
Virginia funtiable. 80 bid; Virginia deferred. 2
bid, Sly asked: North CaToina bonds. 2IS BID.
: Ulfp .echrttfes.-Richmond city -S's j. and j..
ldsH bid: Richmond cir, IS. ): anaJ.. l0ss bid.
bid. 90 asked: Petersburg oily 81. 1o7 bid, lI6
asked: Petersburg city s's special tax, and j..
Ss s ss @ sS snG !?
water Us, u. and NJ 10 bid; Frederiessoufg CITY
ase Nd s. io sos sd Ikea Msn'Aes's @
o. gold, H. and n. 80 bid: Virzinla Central Rail-
Central Rallread third mortgage g.. j. aud j.,
moresse Is. j. ans j., los bid. ios asked: VIZ
glnla Central Ratlrrad nonm0rigage Sfs, j. and D.,
lo3 bid: Southsidc Railroad third mortgage pre-
ferred 6'S, J. and j.. 81 bid, 6s asked; RICHMOND
t.. l03 lid; Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac Raiiroad mortgage SIS. J. and j., l03. bid !:
Richmond: tredercssbnrg and not3mnc Railroad
DanvIie Railroad cons ,iidatcd e.. NJ and ~, Sc
bid; Pi'dnont Railroad first mortgage SIS. A. and
Canal Bonds-James River and Kanawla Canal
frst mortgag. G's. II. and N, s bid
Rattroat Stocks.-Chesa@akea and Ohio Railroad.
road. 100 par. &c bid. i24 asked; Richmond. Fred
erlcksburg and Potomac Railroad 6 rer cent. guar
an!eed. 100 par, 794 bid; Richmond. FrederickS-
burg and Poromac Railroad per cant. guaranteed,
100 pr. 02ts bid: Connection Railroad stock. 20
prr, COZ bid Richmond a.,d Darv;!le Railroad, leo
par. 81 Did, So asked; Scabnard aud Roanoke Rail-
road guaranteed. 100 par. 81 BID.
Insurance C0mpnntrs.- Virginia Fire and Ma-
rine. 25 E2r. SO bid, 3S asked: Virginia state.
20 par, 81 bid: Virginia Home. 100 par. 81 hid !:
Merchants and Mechanics, 100 par, 76a cid. So
asked; City, 100 par, 80 bid, S2a asked Granite,
100 par. 7U,s bill. rs asked.
MsccLtaneous.-OM Domnion Steam ,Lip Com
pany, LOG par. 50 bid, 100 asked.
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.ane, French s1@ai.9o = b. roagh. tfSsiass5

s,ane, French. SI9al.3g = ~ rcIgn Il klsttns
frsn. stecI. NaiIs. &c.
g ron American rerned. Otd f,omsfion 70
&c.: Ssgede5. hammered. BIC: hoop. 4fG0 ]: I,1G.
Iron vfrzipfa coaI-bIsst cfafcoaf. g2SAs3Z
warln-blast cfareooi. S2ffdys2S: PeGUsyfstnla 1Is
.lracite. s20Gts22: West Virginia. coze. 81 s1$23
Fafts: Old Dominion. s2.25 pr seg ior stssd.
srd-tnat 10. ten-penav: other sizes extra.
Pionyh- Cuttings: wholesa!e. a.; retail. 40
Zone: Manila. best. 14@ I5c.: ju.e. sdaac.
Kegs: Mixed cotton, 1Ac.: white 2!.IIc.; HocEeus
f@lxc s.,,,-.a
Li1uors. Wines. Rc.
4fe:, Seoscn. best brands. pints f2Rs..2s =
sraadiss: Domestic sl:25Gse: fruit. s1.lea
sl.40: ample new. sl.75Gss2; Old, S2.23GSy:
Virginia pfa:h. i2@$2hu. ~
Ene lIAfsscns: Medium, l.b0a:s2: pure old. %
GS4; Virginia mountain, new, azGS2.sO, .ld
s2.5 0G83.5n and upxaTds. -
Gin: domestic. ID .25Gls2: sn1rorted. 80 q essa
EeD England Rum: s1.50MsI. 50.
Rsctifed Fhis1eVG: Market quiet: proof s1.25.
Lumber. slaves, &c.
Lumber: White oak. 81 2GS1a q 1.Gf10: western
Virginia ropsr. I56a20 = 1000: white ntre.
|1S@s65 u 1000: yellow nine boards. sSRs13;
losi s!0G:sl4. according to lengths. Sl.ny,es-.
Pine. s25oNs5: cypress six-inch. :5G! o.2j
1909. 49, .U.-... : $50 y 49,,
Stores: Whiskey-narrei timber green. 81 sGfo53
LOCO: seasoned. s20GS25 :, 1.ooG, ttoar-bar-s'
tinker. S1tds5 , 1000. Fiour-barreI poles, IS :
orshead-hoo.ss. 7oc. . bundle.
Powder. Shot, &c.
F';ae TOYS Mming. 500. @ss1.z5 D 100 fssZ
P0tcder: s5.75 by tie i've kegs-ess thar E,s
ae2s, 1925 b'ss:in-. 1925 T:3.jo. ~ -'.'.i
Shot: Northern. ;. IS q b,y OF rs Do
GTi7.istcass: ls;ci2l4c. a ID. .s.r..
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Tiawlessncss In Eous.

DEs MoISEs, April "a report from
Davis City, Decatur county, says the citt
zens, in view. Of the IawlessneSs and ion-
series OF crimes committed by a gang oil
desperadoes led by Irving Tucker and one
Tartcr, on Monday banded together, seized
Tucker and hanged him.
Tarter was also captured. lie said lie
was ready to die il he was only allowed &c
kill two citizens named Toplti' and Frisbee
whom he had orudses against. He was
taken from the mob and placed in Jail
The mob then went to ba2nlo, tore down
the house, and destroyed its contents
During this time the friends Of Tucker and
Tarter set fire to the Commercial printing
Office. Much excitement prevails, ant
more trouble is anticipated. e.,
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Che Recent River Convention ut GIN
egnnpfa

ckRHAtts
CINCINNATI, April 81 The committee oil
ten prominent ,rlyer-men appointed by The
recent River Convention TO examine into
Captain Cowdln's plan for the improve.
ment OF rivers, made q report to-day re.
commencing tie adoption. OF the plans pre-.
scented by Captain CowdIn for The recl1m
alton Of overlooked lands in the Mississippi
valleys by artificial outlets for waters at va.
rious POINTS along the line Of the ;Missis-
sippi river, and further recommending tla,
the Convention be held at s.. Louis, and
an excursion. made to New Orleans by Coti-
gress, and Others interested IN cheap trans.
portatiou be invited. ~
The committee also endorse the resoln.
tions passed by the New Orleans CONNER.
cial Convention last December, and respect.
fully request the Governors OF the several
States bordering on the Mississippi river tt
appoint commissioners on behalf OF their re-
spectiye States named in said resolutions,
believing that thereby 4 permanent fountain.
head will be established from which such
special information may be disseminated US
will eventually secure the accomplishment
OF the desired end.
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LICENSE TAXES.
OFFICE OF CITY CoLLEcToR.l
RICIIMpNp. VA. April l. 1878.

OFFICE OF CITY CoLLEcToR.l
RICHMOND. VA. April 1. 1879. !
THIS OFFICE WILL BE OPEN DA1Li
from @ o'clock A. NJ. to O'Clock +. NJ. fl ON the
18th to the 3Oth Of Aprt fer the purpose o1 receiv'
LICENSE TAX
f,om Ill LAWYERS, Doctors. Eenii.ts. Commission
Ne, cI,rts Merchandise Brokers, Stock and Ex-
change Eroaer4, Wholesale and Retail Liqnor-Oeai-
.rI. Ho'tls, Restaurants, Saloons, i'oHrdinG- AM
taifnp {Jouses Aucftoueers. Lumber. Measures.
Archit cts Theatres and Halls; Telegraph, TX
Die<s, and Coal Compaui:s: Mercantile insurance,
Steamboat, Real Estate. Employ rieni, 1lcscl, anu
SEWING. Machine Agents; Bitter Manufacturers
Junk md oyster Dealers, Scarcugers. Photosra-
phers, and all others liable to license tax
Extract from City Ordinance:
- All bills remaining;unpaid on the lst day nf May
a tjpp OF not le than dollar and no more IMAM
dive dollars for each day thereafter will be inpo,ed
= 7I~'-- A. r. WUOnSDS,1
.n1 1,n s.. ~ +.'aas Collector.
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GUAM o..
COLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO.
10 THE PLANTERS AND FARAlERS OF
VIRGINIA

t =-&EICIlMoND, VA, January 27;h, 1870.
We have THIS Jay resigned he agency Tor The sale
of The Pacific Guano Company's brands.
Under 4c crnis Of settlement between theIacihc
Guann Company aud ourselves I'll tic Unsettled bII-
siurss of 1878 including COLI ctons. &C., IS To bt
managed Uy orr successors, NesslS. join :. REESE
4 90. OF baltimore whom We commend To you. be-
iicvne your relations with them Will be boh rlc;.
SAINT and satisfactory. ..,. 80
Frcn, the above card you will please note that the
Agency of tn. Pacific Guann C1l iany VIII be con-
di,cpd hereafter by The UNDERSIGNED from Baltimore
as well as Richmond. The splendid reputation OF
Soluble p cimcGu mo, carlIc! by rs superior excel
rnce and remarkable adaptab:ity IN III" soil of Viz
plnis especially on cotton. corr, aud tobacco, 'rtE
Continue to DC sustained, guarantee being afford
Ell In tie wise management OF the Pacific Guant
COMPANY %hich bias practically nnIniit.t resource
nj 1t; ccnnand-viZ., ample capital tfl.OC0,0u0l
extensive works, most approved machinery lar2t
t,crosts OF phosphate hest scientific ability, 20 I'll
OF which ada q long experience In the business IN
connection with The umicrsi- ed az general agents
dating bacli to 1865. W" Will keep supply oi
Gnano ON hand Il. Norfolk, Portsmouth. Petersburg
anu Richmond.
ia 29-3m Baltimore ana Eich'h"hu.
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,TrLEGRApHIc NEWS
49,, PARTS OF T.sE WORLD.

.,,r,SG SEEM. IN THE HOUSE OF
Il tAssxr.TIr sYEsTERDAf; MIR.
EFrS sre,rsS~, GREAT SPEECH; WILD
s1N, ,,:ss ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE
fri GETS a EASrlNG-TnE AR
s! S:3s'"c CASE Hsronr soOsE nSeu les.
'li> '17 Is ALExANDE,A-A SEVERE TOR
vs ,s A r Brown SUMMIT, NORTH CARO-,
"'' YESTERDAY; ONE BOY KILLED
N" ornrs PERSONS INSURED: GREAT
N"",eerorEoreRTf-DsATH oF'urGE
DI sEsSr OF mAnrrAsD-hoss OF A
IT. IT. WITH coal FROM RICHMOND
w.; PROCEEDINGS OF a MOB N
Ep,',,.,ysrH.LAw AND IT'S RESULTS
~" rrcsNT IlVSR CONVENTION Al
~" ,r>,rI-CuARLES o'CoNon On THE
d>,'...xrr STATE EoNrs-nETTING ON
1 5sz>c ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS II. H0AT-nAcE-
IT, ~,,,r roHE,GN ITEMS, &C.
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LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLAND.

LONDON, April ;.-SIr Stafford NGrtiicote
presented the budget in the House Ct Com
mons tonight. He states that last years
revenue amounted TO ESD, 5000, and the
expenditures to .eSj,i07 800. TIE latter in
cludes The credit for the Zulu war ana the
other supplementary estimates. The cX-
panditurcs for the financial year ending
March 81. 1880, is estimated at .cSi ,I53, 900,
aud the rcTenue at 3,0jj,0GO.
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.
LONpoN, April 3.-Thc Manchester Gual-
dica, in its commercial article, says We'd
ncstay's market was exceedingly Grm.
Some producers asked n Slight further att-
vance, while others held very steadily at
Tuesdays quotations. Private advlces
from Germany report that sriEncrs there
having taken large stocks OF cotton when
prices were low, are now supplying yarn 1T
such rates that the Manchester exporters are
quite unable 10 compete. At the Black
burn market on Wednesday there was il
strong but recent decided advance OF prices.
which checks business considerably"
TIE CAMBRIDGE OXFORD RACE.
70 LONDON, April 3.-The betting on the
race between the Cambridge and Oxford
crews, which. takes place on Saturday. IS
llON hfC " WV vi <Aii S-Nl'It 10
believe that the race will be q mere walk
over.
TIE AFGHAN WAR.
LONDON, April 3.-The British force un-
der CAPTAIN Couch defea:eda body OF 5000
Af9hans, KILN. 400. The British lost 3 oiii-
GERS, and 5 men killed and 81 wounded.
Rene.
THE POPE.
RoHE. April 3.-The Pore has summoned
TO the Vatican several ccclcsias;ics who had
been punished in Germany for attractions
OF the May laws. HIS Holiness desires by
inquiry into various cases to find q line Of
conduct calculated to avoid any conflict
with the law.
Various Foreign Items.
LONDON, April ga Berlin dispatch to
the Times says: Herr WindhoXt's (cleli-
caD interview with Prince Bismarck is tho
principal subject OF conversation and news
paper comment, and has given rise to nu-
ncrous kurmiscS; but the fact that nothing
has been revealed concerning is subject
seems to show that no. tangible result has
been reached"
The Standards Berlin dispatch scouts
the idea that the interview bad2any, bearing
on negotiations between Germany and the
Vatican, and denies that these negotiations
are proceeding slowly. -
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RICHMOND LIVE STOCK MARIlE-

ArEIL. 2.-Priccs tC-:'uy ranged ~ fGll.;ws:
Bccf LdtN'.-Nery Fest. 5.c.: good, 4am5c. :;
mrdiuin or good fair quality, h&iac rough nAtn,
thin .tc"rs. h:l's. ST.. "a, :3ic. Il H.. sro>T
HgS.-NrrY TEST, J'ic.; Rough and 'Slscr GRADES,
iqM &C. q b.. nCt.
SAeep.-Ncry h1s,, 57h5c. medium to soo@.
4Gi4%r. p 10. sro'S.
Miich IN --:21m.Si5 "A head.
Brrl.cai:lc rcctits were light: the advance j.:
medium aud c"tniou ".;,cS WIS rot 81 lnafkt! rs
in the 1r:ttr grade. i.c.t quality ;,lraucrJ H.
I.ccri;,t> 1t -. IS head: sGn.c soil III &c. INT
declined toward th- cio:c. Marker generally hci H.
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NEW YORK TOBACCO MARKET.

slow iuqury siI The xpDrIcrS dong but l!tI". but
prices are Field i!rn Seed-lrafi T. having bat lilc
atcntt,.n, tut irEehl steady. Sales of 500 hcrs-
heals Kennchy leaf ut 29Hr l2!!c.; 80 cases
1877 New Enslanl Ut 12aM.22c.: 80 cases 1877
P"nmsyiHnnia at ln@20c.: SEQ hai's Havana as
SSr.Wtl 10. Quotations for Virginia leaf nre :
Rr'sht WRAPPER. common 10 medium. 1JGc
22r.: good To lu", 2JGE45:.; tine 70 extra fine,
5Gf6 75c.: smokers. lJm25c: danple wrappers,
lGGt2ur.: hugs, common tn good. lease: good 10
fine. aGic.: leaf, coII;noh In good, ga &c.: cool -
tine, So Zoe. huc extra, lCGh Be-; and black wrap
E.rS, l2al Jc.-JoWraui NJ Commerce.
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ssi.Es RrrnRrEn To sElErrArY.

WHEAT - White. 10 hu hels good NJ clio. Red
ITO bushels fair FuItz 1T *1.06; 81 bushels CON-
mon Fultz nj 81 "a bushels good FutZ III Il .0S:
30 bushels common Fml!Z ~ ! Oh: &c bushels good
FuliZ 1T Sl.0S: 81 bushels very good Filliz nn
private terms : so bushels common tuIIZ At 81 81
bushels mixed IL 81 Ia Sd bushels mined atsl
300 hashc's prime Lancaster Gu private it:ms-:o-
tul. Sl2 bushels.
CORN White. 1S6 bushels very good at 49c ::
l34 bushes good AT 1885,; ) | bushels very good
49c.: so L@hc!< IL Sc: 40 Bushels good at
49,: ~ bushels TT 4Sc.: l.oSn bushels prime III
4Sc-oal. l.94S rus:ic.S. le'ioD. 40 nu'hcs prime
OF i7c. Hired. 81 bushels very good ut AZ.
+ OATs.--90 bushels -pry good wluicrat A2c.: lG2
bushels prlnc spring OH private tcrni.-tcta:. 2Sa
bushels,
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Obituary..

BALTIMORE, April 3.-Judgc James \.
Stewart, chief Judge Of the First judicial
circuit, and an associate Judge OF the Court
of Appeals OF this State, diedat his residence
at Cambridge, on the Eastern Shore. this
morning, Of cancer in the face; aged seven
ty-one years. Judge: Stewart was at one
time member OF the State Legislature. and
also OF the Thirty-tfth and Tbirty.sixth
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Tennessee State Bonds.

NEW YORK, April 3.-Charles O'Conor
has written an opinion in favor OF the hold
CTS OF Tennessee State bonds, sustaining The
validity OF their liens upon the principal
railroads in that State.
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The Arlington Suit.

ALEXANDRIA, April 3.-In the United
States Circuit Court to-dGy-beiore judge
nughcs-thc bill OF exceptions in the Ar
Iington case (Lee Us. Ka1fi'man) was sign
ed. and awrit OF error granted 10 the SUI
preme Court OF the United States.
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By Telegraph.

NEW YORK. April -EOon.-Stocks strong. Mo-
rcv on call, per Cent. Exclauee-i.ong. 4S6&;
short, iS7A. State honls dull. Governments firm.
Seen tng.-Money. 1904 per cent. Exchange quiet
aud fra. Governments active; new SIS, 1OaS.
Suites dull. =
| .. . T.. BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, April 3.-Eirlan,a consols. 56;a: Sc
| cOnd series. 40s: naSt-due coupons, Sl5. North
Carolina G's, old. l2t; new, l 1. Bid to-day.
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Eoss Of o. Richmond Schooner.

NANTUCKET, April 3.-The schooner An
drew II. Edwards, OF Philadelphia, from;
Richmond, Va, for Boston with coal, is
ashore ut the west end OF this island. The
crew have been saved, but the vessel will
be 4 total loss.
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Destructive Tornado. in North Caro-

DASvlLLE, VA. April "a severe tor
nado passed over Blown Summit. n. c.,
to-day. Several houses were blown down,
scattering furniture broadcast. One boy
was killed, and many seriously injured by
falling timbers, &c. Great damage was
done in its passage.
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PORT OF RICHMOND, ArGIL 3, Ih7.

PORT or RICHMOND, ArGIL 3, 1879.
.''H ARRIVED.
Steamship Old Dominion. Walker, New YnrF,
hicrclaHd'ac ;ind passengers, q. W. Allen j Co.,
aect.t.
Steamer j. W. ErcrDaS, Carr. T. i'a!rpni1,
merchandise aud Passengers, j. W. EcCarcick .
aren't ..
Steamer Ariel. GiCoId Norfolk. United stat
mai. merchandise, AMI paSsenskrs, l.. Is. Tatun.
agent:
SAILED.
Schooner Governor. Eslou, New York, coal, Cur
ils e Parker.
Schoc acr skylark, Small, Boston, coal, Chesapeake
au0 Ohio Railroad. ...
.CLEARED FOR THIS PORT. at
PHILADELPHIA. April 2.-Steamcr Faplta. Smith
BALTIMORE, April 2.-Schoonrr Alice Curtis
Morris. '.s.' 't
Ey telegraph.
WOODS HOLE, Arril 3.-Arrtgcd: Alfred W.
Fix.
NEW YORK April! 3.-Arrired Frcja, Jc:mond.
Marlborough, Ala, Alexandria. Arrived out:
Odoif. Far Vino, Nicotine. Carm. Emelie, Rollins.
E.niI!c EcbInca. Emil. iiSmcward bound: Gem
ma Wilmington: Mary Jam. Galveston.
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Rhode island.
THE Ell ECTI o y s /.

I - =. y Z, = u = =
PROVIDENCE. RI, April 3.-Block Island
gives Vanzaudt 100; Seear, 14S. Total
vote Of the State Republican, 9,7is; Dem
ocratics 5,5l5; Greenbaek and scattering
III. -. ..-.-- = \ ~ - Il -.
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CONTEMPORARIES, &c.

DURE CASDIES.-I am manufacturing
L daily my inimiiable pure cr,Hhsd sugar CLAk-
IFIED FLINT CANDIES. | make hcrer CAN
DIES for ~holess le purposes than any home in THIS
co.n ry--warranIed perfectly pn:e aGd no sNn'sc-
raiionS. We don't any .Icos crap SUGAR. HST-
aiba-uD:ling but rnre SUGARS; IL j. more nt2oiy
favored. winter. brighter. Grmer, and - Harrahleo
10 stand firm In any climate. :-
LOUIS j. BOSSIErX. Coofeciioner,
a 40 sl4i2 Main street
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Fine. *3.J9GA ;S.75 eurerlinc $4.2JM:4.51; ~
ire. $l.2J: common flI!itr. fh.75 t.sp%y nr.lr
:G.25a 3G.7J; stanton extra. 1875.
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COMMERCIAL.
CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE.

..-. RICHMOND, April 9, 1879.
OFFERINGS REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
WHEAT.-W White, 40 bushels. Red, !, l44 bush
els. 49,.
CORN Unite, l ,94S bushels. feii09o, ga bush
els .MiEsd, "a bushels.
OATs.-2,G9S bushes: Of which lao were. re-
exhibited.
HEANS-4 bushels.
PEAS.-4U bushels.
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RrsfyE&S CHANCES.

business CHA NCE.-Stock. GOOD.
ID VIII am FIX ures Of al fstabl!shed IasiHess
for sale. Amply 10 NJ ktAso 49,.
~ | ) CO. 3mi Esp II. go .lnIM smSL.
CHOOSING OUT AT VERY Low
Z PRICES OF our stock OF CPni FRY, GLASS.
MARE. UASK E,rS. and Bl!Is!ifS. Ia Or tey ioquis
b;,sinr-s 81. EVANS 4 CO., 326 5-oad street.
ia 1S-eod3m
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, .,g4ys ~; ~ y, G;..6@ ,fs&lGai!-;li[y
yaslGH.agGcHiG aIiTsls'i ~ q
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Ethe gentleman remember the record that
he had made in 1868 on an amendment
offered by Mr.. Wilson, OF Iowa, to an at-
preparation bill. proposing to rAyolutionize
the judicial system OF the country; pro-
posing to rob"a cc6"dinate branch OF the
Gayernment; proposing to strip the Su-
preme Court OF the, prerogatrves and the
powers that the Federal Constitution had
clothed it WITH, That amendment had pro.
vidpd that il any circuit OF district court
should dea ARE any act Of Congress to be un-
CONSTITUTE al the Judgment should be car
/ ried UP to tic Supreme Court, and TWO
thirds of the members OF that conrS snouid
mot affirm the Judgment the Same should
be held rsvarScd; and on the cali OF the
yeas and nays the gentleman from OHIO
is found voting Aye The Supreme
Court at tina, time had consisted or eight
members, and by that amendment six were
REQUIRED TO oyerru.e the opinion OF i dis
trict court declaring unconstitutional any
of the ill-advised, hasty. crude, and partl-
san measures OF the Republican party.
Reyolutiou! What wasthere that the party
the gentleman 50 ably led had not done III that
catalogue OF crimes? In his speech OF Sat
Urday the gentleman from Ohio had chai-
lencrd all corners to show a single instance
in the history OF the country where the
consent of the Executive had ever been
cUarced.. He (Mr. Blackburnll accepted
the gage OF battle which the gentleman had
thrown down. He would read from record
and show, him an, instance. On the ID OF
March. 1867, Andrew johnson had signed
an army appropriation bill under protest,
feeling, as be said, constrained to return tile
bill with his signature, but accompanying
It with his protest, Was there no coercion
therey Why, the record was full Of in-
stances He found that in the Thirty
ninth Congress that had occurred which
would never fade from the minds OF
the American people. He referred to
the effort which was made, and which came
so nigh resulting in the successful impeach-
ment OF the Chief Executive Of the country.
The Executive had been impeaehed OF high
crimes and msdemeanors, and OF usurpa-
ton aud of violation OF laws = First. :. In
that he has corruptly used the appointing
power." Had the gentleman from QUO IN;
tended to impeach him for Chat? The gen
tlenan knew that be bud not. Second, ,"ln
that he has corruptly used the pardon!ng
power" Had The gentlenal intended 10
inpeacb him for tharY Everybody knew le
had not. Third, "Iu that he has .corruptiy
Used the veto power" There Was: where
the sting came in. 1t Tns the exercise o!
fiat prer6galiye, 1t was tue employment
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of your desk. It requires practice and
artistic skill, but think one must feel
intense satisfaction to have wrought
patiently and find the result SO very
lovely.
Women complain there are so few av-
enues of labor open to them. Compare
lively speaking there are few, but take
courage. sisters mine, every year sees
more and more doors opened for US and
if we will but learn patiently, and labor
intelligently we need not be crowded to
the wall in our race for life. There will
be thorns in our pathway always. but
we must wear stout hearts as we'll as
strong shoes, and fight to win.
Later.-An interruption kept my let
ter two days, and now l may as we'll
575 persons ait paid admission fees. ARdd
to these the dead heads and we have a
pretty good showing. did intend to
take you through machinery hall, among
the exhibits of farm products and va
rious other places. but will skip it all
and tell you Of other things.
The extreme heat has seemed to bring
forth tragedies. Only a few days ago
Fred Ferriman died of fever, and a few
hours later Lulu George, a smart girl of
nineteen, the promised wife of Fred Fer
riman, put bullet through her lungs.
aimed at her heart, but merciful prov
ldence sent the cruel ball little higher
that the foolish girl might live to repent
her rash act.
To-day, sitting here in our room, one,
two, three pistol shots rang through the
air. Supposing them on the street we
did not stop our writing to investigate.
A few hours later we learned that while
we sat quietly in our room, woman S
life had ebbed quickly away-dead by
her own hand. Nor did she mean to 60
alone on that dark journey, for she had
emptied two chambers of her revolver
before she sent the bullet through her
own brain, one of them taking effect in
the head of the gentleman with whom
she was having an interview. He is
still alive and may recover. She, poor
girl, is lying in the morgue. Curious
eyes will look upon her, but her sealed
lips may never utter their defence.
| had started to write of the cam
paign, but the election will be over be-
fore this reaches my readers, SO will
only add, Yours truly,
TRUFAx.
| 97970f3 n (lof 1870