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LITTLE Rock, ARK, January pa mys.
terious explosion occurred this morning at
the residence Of United States District
Judge, II. O.. Caldwell, which came near
terminating seriously. The Judge was Sit
ting in his library near the FIRE, when he
observed small package containg white
powder on the mantle piece, aud after
carelessly examining 1t tossed 1t into the
fire, when a terrific explosion Immediately
followed, throwing the Judge violently
across the room, breaking the furniture and
doing other damage. Observation-Disclosures.
cd in and discovered the Judge lying in.
sensible on the floor with the tiesh torn
from both arms up 10 the elbow and his
hair and whlskers entirely scorched of.
Medical assistance was at once summoned
and the Judge restored 10 consciousness
He can give no explanation Of the affair
The physicians pronounce his injuries o
tho most serious nature.
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waItinr on WheelInr.

Warrington, Pa, RePoEterot yesterday,
For some time past Mr.. Boyd has had a
gang Of from forty to sixty laborers at work,
east Of Washington, preparing the way for
the engineers to make estimates prepare
tory to letting contracts for finishing the
tunnel through Brady's Hill. This is about
complete and the engineers are now at
work preparing the estimates. Acorps Of
engineers is also at work, between this
place and Wheeling, surveying the road
bed and making estimates for . double
track, Asthe preliminary work is aboni
done. east OF town, the force has been tenn
porafily withdrawn until tho contracts
shall be let The future progress oil the
work will depend, to o considerable ex'
| tent upon the action taken by the people
Of Wheeling, in afording facilities to g
J through that city.
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Freight Raies rast.

CHICAGO, January 25.-Commissioner
Midgely issues the usual table Of rates to
apply after February lst, from southwest
ern points on shipments carried by all rail
routes through to It's destination from St.
Joseph, Atchison, Leayenworth and Kan
sas City to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York or Boston, to East ST. Louis, Alton,
East Hannibal, Keokuk, Quincy, &c, tist
class, Soc; second class, 5eIc; third class,
SIC; fourth class, l7lc; seventh class, zoe;
eighth class, l7c. To Chicago, 70, 90, As,
q, "a and %. To Toledo, 99l, 81, B2, 4Ig,
S0and Csc. In the case Of articles of classes
not named above, rates quoted within the
table OF ratcs will apply on the seaboatd as
wellas on local shipments.
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VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
No Auditor Elected Yet-RIddIeberEer
Debt BllI Passed.

RlcHNoSD, Va, January 25.-At one
o'clock the President pro ten, of the Senate
announced that the hour had come for pro.
ceeding with the joint and continuing or.
ders which had for its object the election OIL
an Auditor of Public Accounts and othcl
officers.
Mr.. Thurman.ED Dem.), offered a resolu.
ton "That it isthe sense Of the Senate thai
there is no joint order, the only one before
that body having been broken yesterday
by adjournment Of the Senate.
This was ruled out of order. An appeal
was taken, and debate followed lasting
two hous, which was participated
in by the leading Senators Of both
sides. A vote was finally taken ON the an.
peal and resulted in the decision OF tie
Chair being reversed. (2l TO Is. -Four
Of the Readtusters who bolted yesterday
again voted with the Democrats. The
Riddleberger debt bill then passed without
debate, yeas q, nays l6.
Inthe Senate the resolution by Mr.. Rid.
dleberger was adopted appointing Com.
mittee to investigate the charge Of making
attempts 10 influence members by corrupt
means.
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LAWYER sCOVILLE
Feels Deprsssed-AIIeEed Grounds for n
New Trial.

:
New Trial.
Special Dispatch 10 the IntellIgencer.
WARRINGTON, January 25.-Lawyer sco-
vile was very much depressed tonight.
The reaction resulting from the conclusion
OF case in which, for weeks past, he
has played such an important part
was plainly perceptible on his careworn
features. He said: 81 shall make an argu-
ment in favor Of new trial next Saturday,
but l have little hope Of the prayer being
granted. The Judges to whom we
must appeal are prejudiced by public
sentiment against the prisoner, and there
is not much doubt but that Guiteau will be
hung l will be assisted in my argument
for a new trial by Mr.. Merrick, who
will speak on the question Of jurisdiction.
We will maintain that the court erred
in its charge to the jury by making a
statement which never should have been
made to a jury. We will Rllege that the
jury was tampered with, and ! can prove
that they had access to the newspapers.
Another point in favor Of u new trials that
the court declined to receive certain
material testimony for the defense, and re-
ceived improper evidence for the prosecu-
ton. Also that new evidence for the
defence has been obtained that was not adj
mitted on the first trial. Mr.. Scoville
believes that Judge Cox's charge caused
the jury to find for the prosecution, other
wise he thinks there would have been a
disagreement He will call upon the pris-
oner at the Jail tomorrow.
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CIaFtson Poiior's Pnnerai.

EEw YoRK, January 25,-The funeral Of
Clarkson N. Potter took place to-day from
Grace Church. II was attended by many
representative citizens, among whom were
Ex-Governor Morgan, John Jay, ex.I.ieu.
tenant Governor Dorsheimer, Roscoe Conk-
ling, Bishop Potter and Rev. D. Potter,
Cyrus w. Field, Pref Doremus, ex-senator
Ecclessein, Collector. Robertson, ex.Goyer-
nor Hoffman, Royal Phelps, Peter Cooper,
Abram S. Hewitt and General Asplnwall.
The services were conducted by Bishop
Littlejohn. The pall-bearets were jas. n.
Brown, Judge Samuel Blatchiord, Stephen
T. West, John N. Whiting, John b, Brow.
nell, Francis Bacon, Adrian Iselin and
Robert G. Fisher. Theremains were taken
to Schenectady for interinent.
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or else answer to the people in the coming
canvass this year The Jlllteacy Of our
State has paramount claims on Legislative
attention-at least to the extent Of nOtrob.
bing It's school fund.
The census returns will show pretty
clearly that illiteracy In the different States
varies in proportion to the amount Of mon
ey spent for educational purposes. 1t up
pears that among the larger appropriations
are those Of New York, sO,6T5,V02; Penn
sylvania, s7,04O,ll6i illinois, s6,7S5,47s;
Ohio, s6,7l4,0S8; Massachusetts,, SI,S79, ,2sG.
Among the smaller appropriations are ethose
Of Florida, SlO4,5SO; Arkansas, Sls9,0sO;
North Carolina, sSl4, ,7lOi Mississippi, 1884,
100; South Carolina, SAO,1lO, In these
ten States the percentage Of illiteracy Is as
follows
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CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS.
Hunts RetiremSnt-ResOlu.IOus orr
speet to the Memory or Cnrnentey.

Hunts Resolutions ORE.
speet to the Memory or Carpenter.
WARRINGTON, D. O., January 25.-In the
House to-day the Senate bill permitting
Associate Justice Ward Hunt, Of the U. s.
Supreme Court, to retire was taken from
the Speakers table for present considera.
ton. Mr.. Reed explained the provisions
OF the bill, and then yielded the floor to
Air. Townsend Qll.) who opposed 1t, first,
because it would set a dangerous prece-
dent and second, because he regarded it
as rejecting upon the high tribunal OF the
House which also opposed the bill.
Mfr. Robinson N. " suggested that II
the bill were referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee some plan might be agreed to by
which Sustice Jwayne could be restored 10
the bench.
Mr.. Reagan opposed the bill as tending
to build up privileged class.
Mr.. Hammond advocated the bill.
MIR. Singleton opposed the measure. He
believed man fitted 10 occupy position
on the Supreme Bench would hold on to
his office until he was pensioned.
MIR. McMlllen took the same ground.
Mr.. Speer defended Justice Hunt from
the criticisms made upon him.
Mr.. Holman opposed the bill on the
ground that it was piece Of favoritism
which should not be permitted in q repub-
lican government.
After some further discussion the bill
DaHsnd Yeas 1877 nava 90
A majority Of the Republicans voted in
the affirmative and the body Of Democrats
in the negative.
Business was then suspended and the
House paid a tribute Of respect to the
memory oil the late Senator Matthew II.
Carpenter.
In the Senate to-day, Immediately after
the reading OF the journal, Mr.. Cameron, OF
Wisconsin, submitted resolutions COM
memorative to- the late Senator Carpenter, as
follows
ResOlred, That the Senate has heard with
profound sorrow of the death OF Hon. Mat
thew II. Carpenter, late United States Sem
ator from the State OF Wisconsin, and ex-
tends to his afflicted family sincere sym.
pathy and coincidence in their bereaye-
ment.
Resotred, That as IN additional mark OF
respect for the memory Of Mr.. Carpenter,
the regular business OF the Senate be now
suspended in order that his former asso-
ciates OF this body may pay afitting tribute
to his memory.
Re'olred, That the Secretary Of the Senate
be ordered to transmit to the family OF the
deceased and also to the Governor Of Wis.
conein certified copy Of these resolutions,
with q statement of the action OF the Sen.
ate therein.
Resotued, That the Secretary of the Sem
ate communicate these resolutions to the
House Of Representatives.
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wATKlNs.FERGUsoN SENSATION.
watkins on the Stand-IIe Makes an As
founding Confession.

touuuIuk kNoulehhlpus
Special Dispatch to the IntellIgeuces.
TOLEDO, January 25.-A big sensation
was caused in the police court this after
noon in the Touring mill incendiary case,
Watkins, one OF the partners in the mill,
was put on the stand and made full con-
fession OF his knowledge Of the affair. He
swore that Ferguson had talked to him sew
eral times about firing the mill, urging that
it could be done without discovery. Wat
kins claims that he never consented to this,
Ferguson seemed anxious to dispose Of his
interest in the mill and move away from
Toledo. On the afternoon before the FIRE
Ferguson told Watkins that he had deter
mined to burn the mill that night. He
told his plans, which was to take waste
cotton from the engine room and start Q
FIRE or two on the floor under the elevator
Immediately after starting the fire, Fergu
son came to the witness and said: "Pvt
done it" Watkins seems to have beer
under the influence Of Ferguson in somt
peculiar manner. The whole afternoon
and evening was taken up in the exami
nation of Watkins, who was on the stand
at the adjournment of Court, at 10 O'Clock
tonight,
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accord, and all the evidence substnntiatet
the assumption that revenge aud morbid
desire for notoriety actuated the prisoner
Judge Porter turned 10 the discussion o.
the direct issue Of the case as to whether OF
not the prisoner was insane on the I'd o.
July. The prisoner himself, he said, doel
not claim to be insane.
Guiteau-I amt now, but ] was on the
Cd Of July and for thirty days previous
Transitory mania; that's what 1 claim.
Replying to this claim, Judge Porter
pointed out It's absurdity; that like flash
OF lightning all his insanity should vanish
in an instant; that II should envelope him
completely day after day for the purposes
Of murder that II still clnng 10 him after
the first shot was fired and only left him
after he saw his victim sinking helpless to
the ground, and then It was instantly
worked off and lett him a perfectly sane
man.
Guiteau-Well, transitory mania was the
plea that SiCkles got off on, and you were
on the prosecution OF the case and got
beaten on the very same doctrine you are
trying to fool this Jury on.
Judge ter closed bis remarks as follow:
"Gentlemen-The time has come when
| must close. The Government has pre-.
sented It's case before you, and We have en-
deaRored 10 discharge our duty to the best
Of our ability. His Honor has endeayored
TO discharge his. know you will be faith
iul to your oaths and discharge yours-so
dicharge II that by your action at least, po.
litical assassination shall find no grounda
tomake It itaprecedent hereafter. He who has
ordained that human life shall be shielded
by human law from human crime, presides
over your deliberations, and the verdict
which shall be given or withheld to-day,
will be recorded where We all have to ap-
pear. ] trust that the verdict will be
prompt That 1t will represent the majesty
OF the law, your integrity and the honor Of
the country, and that this trial, which has
so deeply interested all nations Of the earth,
may result in warning oreaCh all landsJ
that political murder shall not be used
as a means Of promoting party ends or
political revolutions. trust that the time
shall come, in consequence OF the attention
that shall be called to conscientious grow
ing out Of this trial, when, by an inter
national Arrangement between the various
governments, the law shall be so strength
ened that political assassins shall find
no refuge on the face Of the earth.
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TTIEREare 592,GGl white people in West
Virginia, and 25,S96 Colored people. OF
the whites there are 75,237 over 10 years
otage who cannot write and OF the colored
people 10 l39 In other words, i2 per cent
oi tue white people cannot write, and SO
per cent OF the COlOred people. This is an
astounding record, but bad as it is, the
other Southern States are generally in
Worse condition.-HanIaS City Journal:
Yes, our record is bad, but perhaps, like
poverty, not disgrace under the cfrcum-
stances West Virginia is q victim Of
slavery OF Eastern Virginia ideas in regard
to blood, family, and poor white trash.
Like the blacks, the masses OF the white
people were emancipated by the war. Up
10 the war We were under the heel OF the
BOurbOns who held with Mason, Hunter
and Wise that mere sesvitude on the part
Of tie masses was normal condition not
to be amcliorated by intelligence. They
held with Chestnut, a blooded Senator from
South Carolina, that the laboring masses
were the natural "mudsills" Ofsocioty, and
that these bottom logs must forever lie close
to the ground and be mere groundlings for
the benefit Of the supestructure in the
shape OF \ privileged class. Therefore
there was no public school system, and
west Virginia grew up in Egyptian dark.
ness, without intelligence, enterprise or
thrift The results are before US to-day.
with au area Of $4,000 square miles we
nave a population Of only 20 to the square
mile aud Of these over 5000 whites and
over 10000 cOlored cannot write their own
names.
We charge this aIIup to the pro,slavery
Democracy who were the lOes Of the mas.
's' the foes to their enlightenment, and
the foes to their prosperity. The Republi.
can party gave West Virginia her school
system and new birth under freedom,
iais is a star in the Republican diadem
10a' will never grow dim, but that will be
aVerAblc guiding star Of Bethlehem to the
yoa'h OF West Virginia who are to come
alter US, One reason why We 50 strenu
CAIy insisted last winter that the wes
Virginia Legislature should repair tn,
wrong done to the schools of the State b,
using the school funds without interest
was because the schools were thereb
robbed Of portion Of the distribuabl
tuad that enabled them to exist in an q!
'ec'iSe condition. And we shall insist thu
'ne present Legislature make good the il
'e'e'' that Is still in arrears 10 the schoOll
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TExAsADyIoEs.
Eseape Of PrfsOners-A Ilraee Of Charae
teFlEtle ShoOtlDE AftAlrs.

terlitie Shooting Atn.lrs.
ST. LOUIS, January 25.-Texas adyices
report that ave prisoners escaped from the
Dallas Jail at daylight yesterday by digging
a hole through the wall with two large
bowie knives, passed into the cell while tho
guards were asleep. Three were United
States prisoners, viz: j. NJ. Manning and
James WelCht notorious scounterieiters, and
James Tyler, member Of the notorious
Sam Bass gang Of train robbers. The two
others were State prisoners. There were
eleH0n men In the cell and about forty Ia
the jail. The guards awoke and stopped
the sixth man as he was leaving. None
have been recaptured.
At Caldwell Ben Hunt shot and killed
James A. Leach, merchant, Hunt has
surrendered. Leach was a. man OF family,
y is charged that he had sednced Tclniiye
Of Hunts who had given birth to a child.
Constable All Gee sEos DR.. Muller, d
dentist, twice at the town Of Washington,
near Bernham. Muller died ibis morning.
The parties had some difficulty about two
months ago. Gee has been arrested,
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VOLUME xxX.--NUMBER 1873.

on exceptions. The law gives the deien.
dant four days 10 file motion and the
reasons fora new trial, and Il Is customary
Tor the court to sit some day to hear the
argument thereon.
Should this motion be overruled the dc.
tendant will appeal 10 the general term,
and under the law the defendant Is entitl.
ed to a suspension Of the sentence till after
the next general term, not exceeding
thirty days. The January term Il now In
session and the case cannot 10 there, but
will be appealable to the April term. Its
the custom Of the April term to run until
September, taking Q recess over July and
August but should It close by the latter
part oi May, then, II the iidgmens Is
affirmed, the execution might take place in
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NV YoHE, January 2s-NEF4Ls Manufactured
copper dnll new theathlng sc; Ingot Lake S1ilr
Iron strong; Scotch 81 0lA2s 50; American "a 1
az o k9Sa sheetings GOALS % naill cut, $50;
.Trusytl1E, January 26.-ol opened At Eyte.
nents q, 81 barrels chSren lOIsis barrels M fuss
Ptrts1uEoH, january 2S.- Petroleum ycry aciiya.
logs; closed At si44Sc; refined 7c for Philldsiphia
CINCINNATI, January 2S.-HoEs active and ann.
eesnIaaa aaa lght . 25Ae 65 packing and bItehefs
teelai y. Eecelpu 1900 head; shipments go Head.
INV YQRK, January D. -Noofs-F Faiflv heia ana
ia good demand domestic heecS ba5i ;nIiis,i Nv
}sci unwaShed saa2ic; TexaI IlGgic, ''se ~
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FIRE RECORD.

ST. LOUIS, January 25.-Wm. Klemeyers
extensive brewery, corner Of Market and
Eighteenth streets, took fire at 1880 this
morning, and at this writing, 2 a. w., !the
malt house, large four.story buildinp Il
nearly destroyed, The iremen have tbe
flames pretty well under control, and the
probabilities are that only the malt house
will be burned. The loss cannot be ascef.
tanned tonight. -
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One FIag, ono Natlon antl ono MIfe.

PITTsBURGH, January 25.-over three
hundred names, including some Of the
best men in the two cities, have signed q
call for meeting to be held tomorrow to
protest against polygamous Mormonisln,
The call sets forth that the government Of
the nation cannot tolerate the existence in
its midst Of such fragrant violations OF one
of the laws upon which the safety Of the
nation is based.
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Providence, r. l., January 25.-C Chafee,
trustee and assignee Of the A. & w.
Ssprague Manufacturing Company, received
from Wm, II. Hopkins and one hundred
and fifty associates the offer Of $1,000, 1000
for the entire property in his hands. He
has accepted the offer, subject to the APP
proyal Of the court.
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MeetInE of western Iron AssocIatlon.

PrTTSBuRoH January PA special and
largely attended meeting Of the Western
Iron Association was held here at noon To-
day. The principal business before the
Association was the consideration OF the
advisability of advancing the card rate.
The matter was discussed ut some length,
but Notwithstanding healthy trade and Il
heavy demand was reported, Il was deemed
best not to interfere with the present rates,
and the card was reaftirmed.
The question Of the Mckinley tariff bill,
now before Congress, also received atten-
ton, and memorial was adopted iayoring
its early passage.
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CINCINNATI, January 25-The news Of
Guiteau's conviction calls out the liyeliest
expressions OF satisfaction wherever it has
been heard. Thanks be to the Deity,n
was the exclamation Of one business man
when he heard the news. One strong ele-
ment OF satisfaction was found in the
PFomPtness Of the jury, and as one man
aptly said: "The Jury has acquitted itself.l
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ConIeernlfon oran Epi,copnI Bl.I,op.

PrrTsBuRGH, January 25.-The consecra-
ton Of Rev. Courtlandt Whitehead, d. d.,
as bishop Of the Pittsburgh diocese OF the
Episcopal church, took place this morning
in Trinity church. The ceremony was
very impressive and was witnessed by a
large uRmber OF people The Right Rev.
William Bacon Stioeps, OF Pennsylvania,
was consecrating Bishop, and Bishops Ar.
thur, OF Cleveland, and Scarborough, Of
New jersey, presentors,
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Internn1Innsi MA. r...,.

New YoRE, January PA cablegram
from Sir Henry Hahord announces that the
British accept the American conditions ior
the international rifle mach at Wfmble.
ton, but that the return match must remain
an open question.
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Why arc you out Of sorts, never able to toll
folks that you are wellH Ten to one ips ali
caused In the fist place by habitual constina.
ton, which no doubt finally caused 10
ranged kidneys and liver. The sure cure foe
constipation Is the celebrated Kidney.Wort
Il Is also specific remedy for all kidney and
liver diseases Thousands are cured by it
every month. Try II at once. .-Jolsllo BIads.
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Nen.nnpnr Intnre.t Enls

PtTTsDuRoH, January 25.--The one.fourth
interest Of John W. Pittock deceased, in
the Pittsburgh Evening and Sunday Leader.
was sold at public auction this morning for
S45,500. The surviving partners are the
purchasers, ~
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Ths thing desired ioundat list. Ask Drug.
gtsts for Rough on Rats Itelears out fats.
mice, reaches, flies, bedBugS. 15c boxes.
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RocHEsrER, n. Y; January 25.-Four
hundred lasters struck for an advance Of 25
per cent in wages Two thousand men are
thrown out OF employment.