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nv relations here. I would ntn.
e. oommand . battalion that would
follow and follow, and strike and
strike, then to hang hack while such
roiden moments arc passing. But the
Generai and myself believe that can do
more service in my present place than
in comlnand Of division, though am
aware that it IL . position that promises
better in the way Of promotion OF POpu-
lar credit; but II the inactiOn CONTINUES
long shall ask to be relieved ana sent
somewhere where l can 10 par OF =
working army. But l do hope that you
will soon hear that this sp!endid
army is at least trying to 40 its
part in the great work. II the
War Department has not always
been Just it has certainly been
very indulgent to this army. But l feel
that the time has now come when II
should all W no plea to keep this army
back from the most vigorous activity. i
do hope that no fears Of peace or sub
n,issive terms on the part Of the rebels
will lead the government to delay the
draft and the vigorous prosecution Of the
war. ZyneO Ddn00s ct d0nd (crcnfes.
Let the Nation now display the majesty
of it's pOwcr and the work will be speed
lily ended.
I hope you will pardon this lengthy
letter, but wanted you to know how
the case stands, and was unwilling to
have you think ME satisfied with tie
delays here. With kindest regards, l
am, rs ever, your friend.
J. A. GARFIELD.
TO Hon. S. =. Chase.
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COMBINES AIMS.

1t is scE'i-oi'icia!!y announced.
through OH" O; ex-senator Conkling's
ivient.:. that his Reason for declining
the supreme Court Judse~l,ip was that
hc had retired permanently from poll
t c.. and wanted 10 I"iirical situations,
;n:.;!din" - rtsu;nc .!.r Practice Of tie
legal Profession. When Hn~.,nc Conk-
ling a!au!c's politics it will he time
for PEOPLE to put on their ascension
robes, for tie millennium! will then liz
very near at hand. Ccnki!nS could no
mere live without politics ti.an n fish
could live wi,i:out water. They are the
mans second nature. He takes them
in at the l"'rc$. and could only exist in
their atmosphere. But lis aspirations
are high. He is t" experienced and
sagacious y politician not to have seen
through the petty trick ly which he
WAS I" lc disposed Of by putting him in
that n':'l'sclcum Of 'lightetl hopes, the
supreme Court, and consequently lie
declined the nomination. He is aiming
for something, higher. 1t is not im,,Os-
sihlc that he may even look ~ high a.
the Presidential chair. TO u man Of his
"vcrn,:stcring ambition no position in
the gift Of the people would l,e too lofty.
II. may reckon without his host and
find that he has Overcstin,ated
his own Importance, but. at the same
time. i: there i any =ra,i:n in the E:.-
publican Party they owe him \ debt it
CAN only relay Will, a handsome gift.
The ;act Is Uncomfortable that lad il moi
;",n for C"nk:ing, ai.!es: in All under
han'l WHY ly job" Kelly, Garfield and
Arthur would never nave been elected.
Before he entered into the cammiyn
il had been conducted in the nrx luke
": rim manner. Tie name OF the gallant
Hi.,O.1 WAS one to conj,,re up k,sts If
o.I"w.r<. Then. when disaster stared
Z .m ia the acc, the Repub leans asked
C"hk liz. to aii tiie,sl. Although his no
!i.;ca! ::iila; ions were not with Garfield
he threw a~d. personal fe.lin. for the
sake OF his party. and by his brilliant or
ai"ry and the s',rcwd device OF ,,uial.
ing Grant through the country :,s a sun
l"rtcr o. III. Republican nominees.
sllatrhel victory where defeat seemed
Imminent. IL 10 we'll known how the
man whom he had placed in power re-
N"i him: Garfield j. in his grave. Ros-
coe Conkling lives and he will, unless
:. Ia .'c.! ~ some unprotected accident.
live TO he again great power in the Re-
publican party. To speak OF Roscoe
C"nklin! going out Of politics is to
speak vi the impossible.
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AN EXPLANATION.

We confess experiencing no little sur
prise in not seeing in the Inter No,k'tai"
of the 10th its usual long-w in'led arti-
cles from the two "Times," and in the
absence Of any reference to "uscless
coins" and worthless dollars" We
concluded our contemporary was laying
off to relieve itself Of the overdose of
Stalwart ''crow," it had been compelled
to take on the previous event ~, and
that it would bc all right again when
the Arthur plaster ceased slnarting.
While we may not have been altogether
wrong in our surmises, it seems our CO
temporary has improved its tiNle be-
tween retchings to ascertain the political
complexion of the gentlemen who re-
Gently voted on certain bill in Congress.
We are sorry We have caused our CO.
temporary 50 much trouble in setting
that matter right before the world. 1t
is quite possible the people would have
forever remained in ignorance Of the
name of the gentlemen who east a neg
alive vote upon that measure If We had
not, through . mistake, attached the
wrong list Of names to an article We had
prepared. But we are glad our cotenl-
porary called our attention to the fact
in such polite(: and gentlemanly(?) Ian
guage. We intended to rectify the
matter this morning, but as our cotenl-
porary kindly gave US nearly column
of its space to do it for US We feel reliev-
ed of any further reference to it. AS
our neighbor has given its opinion Of
the MINER will it toll us what it now
thinks of President Arthur and Stall
warts in general and whether it thinks
they have any misunderstanding lying
around loose to give away: In view Of
its Sickened condition. we shall not in
Sis; on an immediate answer.
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TALK UP YOUR CANT.

The following from the San Francisco
Mi.tn0 and Scientific Press OF the llth
inst. Is 90 full of good sound sense that
we Commend it to the readers Of the
MINER with the request that they heed
its advice and "sit right down and send
I'D letter descriptive of the region they
are in"
1t has generally happened that INC
most successful mining camps nave Nvn
the best advertised camps, ~, i"r III,
stance. Lealville, Dvadwood, No%t
River, Tombstone. Bt"iic, Butte. etc. =,
the ,mx,rle in these camps sat still ana
never said Il word about their mines; II
they did not establish, news aNIs 10
disseminate news about them; II they
lid not write about them and talk about
them, and tel! people what they were
and what they were expected IL :c, anu
GENERALLY 'blUw their own horns" then
none of ;],cst. camps would he onc-quar-
ter much dcvc. 3;cd ls they are now:
Mines alone vii! not make s,;cces SUI!
mining camp by any l"cans. we al!
know lots OF places where there IRE good
mines. but n "lu.o,n" has struck them,
aud no atten:ic, is all to- them.
Every mining camp wants cari'"''
and every mining "aH? wsnts-'a!E.
The mines bring the pros! eclors, tue
pro$ycrtors make the talk. the talk
brings the capital. and the c:'l'tal
brings the coin. Then the camp be-
comes Il camp indeed.
The talk hal; been as potent factor
a. the mines, the people or the calh''i-
isis. /! it had not been for that. people
would have gone else where where Il ere
was talk. What 10 the use of good
mines, ii no one knows about them: ~!
what service is :, CAM: that cannot gel
people to examine It's mines:
In fact, We know O: Il number Of in
stances where II ca,ip has been made
tempOra.iIy by talk alone, II" mines
verify the ,wn'c being there. But the
examples serve IL show the truth OF the
argument that talk exercises Il potent
influence il making mining. camps.
Therefore let us hear from you. The
wav to talk to Il good many people at
once 10 tO print what you want to say.
To men in small and large mining
camps everywhere we open our columns
ami extent an invitation tn them to tell
US about their claims and other peoples
claims; their prospects and other poo
ple's prospects; and those ri the camp
generally.
What you find time to write several
tl,ous md people will find plenty Of time
to read. This will create talk and help
your prospect, your mine aud your
e. mp, in the end. When the camp il
mentioned people will know about it.
They Will not suppose, from not having
heard Of it, that the camp was only dis
covered Yesterday. They viii! racOllect
having read in the Mining and Scientific
Prcss what you said about the mines,
the roads, the thinker. the water, the for
nation, the climate and all points which
Won tell us about.
Don't wait then till "Son,e day when
you have time" but sit right down and
send us u letter descriptive Of the region
you are in. Never mind about the
spelling, or the writing, or the gram
mar, We can get plenty of that here.
What we want is the news vi the camp,
and We will put it III shape for pu''lica-
ton. Who speaks first:
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WHAT 10 TO DOlaDq

This Is the question which "Tax-
payer'' asks In . communication that
appears In this Issue Of the MINER.
The time IL at hand when the people Of
this school district should take steps
looking to the erection Of building for
school purposes. The building now oc-
cupied by pupils may not he rented by
the trustees at the expiration Of the
present school term and it l. well
known that the one upon the school
block stands condemned by the public
and will never be- used for = school
building. 1t is suggested that the
building and lot he s.,ld and the pro-
ceeds Of the sale be applied to the erec-
ton OF u new building in Il less densely
populated part o! the city. II the trus-
tees SIC fit to follow this suggestion the
law plainly provides the way in which
it may Ike done. Taxpayer refers to it.
But it seems there Is one very ilnpor-
tant point which he has overlooked. 1t
is true the Trustees may self the schOO,
house and lot ii authorized to do so by
vote vi the district, and they cannot sell
it without that vote. Now the ques-
tim arises should the Trustees call
meeting OF the taxpayers oi the district
to vote upon the simple proposition
whether tI,cy-the trustees-shall sell
it or not, or should they first invite Of
fers AMI after receiving them submit:
the Yuesti ~ tO the voters of the district
with the knowledge Of the amount that
will be paid for the property. 1t is
quite possible Il minority Of the people
would object to parting with the proper
t. ut II certain sum but would sell it
for larger amount. 1t must also I've
remembered that if the District vote to
sell the properly that vote amounts to =
command to the Trustees to sell, re-
CARELESS Of the price which they may
obtain for it. While we believe it would
be quite rs we'll for the District to sell
the property, yet we believe the people
should know what they are going to get
for 1t before they are asked to ii n the
dce,l which conveys it from them, which
signing they do when a majority votes
to sell it. We understand the Trustees
have invited bid, for the property and
received n'ne. They may now meet
with better success should they again
invite them. At all events something
should bc done towards providing school
facilities for the coming term. and no
time should be lost in making prepare
tons to conn Ass that end.
We would DC pleased to hear from the
Taxpayers Of the District upon this mat
ter. 1t is one which vitality affects their
interests. The dcs"late looking build
ing upon the school block is not calcu-
lated to impress n.vorably the new
conner with our intelligence, nor invite
the nIan ri family to settle in our midst.
1t should he torn down and rebuilt, or
sold, aida new building erected. The
matter Is in the hands of the Trustees
and the people. They are the ones to
act. We HAY" simply referred to the
two courses whi"!, may b. taken to sell
the PROPERTY. Whichever one the rco-
pie see proper to pursue will meet the
Endorsement Of the MINER.
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Chicago Notes.

CHICAGO, March 16. - Thirty-six
prominent members Of the board Of
trade have united in proposing a
rule to Le voted on next wce1, that any
officer "r director Of the board who re-
fuses to act on complaint brought before
him Of corner shall be- found guilty Of
l,'alteasance in Office and expelled from
the hoard. This action is rendered nee
cssary by the steady neglect Of the rules
prohibiting corners like the present one
in April wheat.
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Ohio Wants Mason l..->,

WASHINGTON. March 1';.-t'''~ =,
mry at War promises cn',~u: - "''r ="
give the case oI Mason due r"ns'''t"
ion.
Ohio sends the President :! ~ -"
peal for pardon. The court-l,arlial p1o.
ceedlng, have been Received! Ly li't .'""S'
advocate general.
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Mr.. r.. j.. Varlcr. 49,.
tied ni'; ("r"r ~.s;!.s: :.:.f ''.. =
the I!:h'. made. l.; M..:',:..
me l:c;'sc 81 ,!.t III: i'.>,., H.
t'"n IN the Chinese li;, -.
Is spoken ~! is y .,,:l''' :.'.'i ~
,!n''lrl witt, he Did tier. "a
En'cnt. Evidently 81 .>.,'
not III line with he ia't'.,,.. -
whites u; his country. H.; .',:'..' $50
listed in favor OF he i',:t':l.!l ~.
Mr.. Taylor simply rc!",'s"l;!s zee 49,,
lhgs oi u large majority -: "'t'''''
K"puh!irans upon :i.c 't'i"' r",
tinn. as McsSiS Hear i.:''
tdmnnds dn t!,os" OF the "a! -.
the same matter. an,! !'"i!;'' =, Nv,
member, he has not Yet itar'.. - ~; =.
clothe his views ia l.n"ua., ''.;s 80 =
OF more than one construction.
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rARIs, Harch lG.-Eiyht m;,,,o,
'lancs are required to dcfrmv ti,a '. "r
lenses OF the I'unis expediiioH fnr tx, tx,
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Whitewashed NJ Last.

Senator Smith may now be regarded
like Samuel Of Posen, the drummer,
as "the most innocent man in the
wor.l. 1.-THE Senate yesterday adopted
the following:
WHEREAS, The report of the special
committee appointed at the last session of
the Legislature TO investigate charges OF
bribery and corruption against certain
Senators has been filed nnd Is unanimous;
aud, whereas said report shows that al
though the conduct Of Senator l.. L,
Smith regarding any advances or agges-
tions which may have boen made with a
view TO influence his vote on the State
debt settlement was unbecoming him as a
Senator, yet the proof does not show that
he received or was influenced by any
pecuniary or valuable consideration in
giving his vote; therefore hf
Resolved, That Senator L. T. Smith is
hereby declared innocent Of the charge OF
bribery made against him, and he is en-
tirely exonerated from said charges.
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THERE is every reason to believe
thatan effort will be made to secure
another so called settlement Of the
State debt by the present Legislature.
The scheme is on foot, and will almost
surely be developed by the end of the
extra session, if not sooner. Various
hints are given out, and it is evident
that the same old set is at
work. Barrett's resignation was
purpoSely held back fer some
such purpose. The Governor refused
to accept it, knowing that he had been
a plant tool and might be needed
again. The people are not in humor
to accept any settlement this Legisla-
ture might make. 1t has grossly and
shamelessly misrepresented them, be-
trayed its highest trHsts, and broken
the most solemn pledges This is not
the Legislature to settle great ques
ton like this.
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be in charge of the Chinese Minister
NJ Rarl;n
KILLED HIMSELF
while Out ON a Turkey Drive.

A worthy young man, named A. R,
Beckwith, lost his life yesterday forenoon,
about two miles east Of Harrison's station
and seventy miles south of this city, in
Tallahatchie county, Miss.
The young gentleman was busy in q
field, preparing the ground for a crop,
when he saw drove of wild turkeys near.
He went to the house, took Henry rife
and told his sister he would kill her q
turkey for dinner.
Shortly afterward q farmer in an ad-
joining field heard the gun 90 of and saw
the smoke caused by the discharge. Not
seeing the man who fired the gun, he re-
paired to the spot, 10 find BeckWith in the
last agonies ofdeath.
The young man said he had but a few
minutes to talk, as he knew he was dying
and stated that his foot had caught in q
vine, causing him to trip and fall, and the
gun to go off. The bullet entered the
lower part of his stomach, causing death
in ten minutes, and the muzzIe of the gur
was so close that it set fire to his clothing
Beckwith barely had time TO relate how
it happened when be breathed his last. Hi
foot was still hung in the vine when HI
died. The remains Of the unfortunate
victim of this accident we're sent t
Winona, Miss, where his mother resides
| for interment.
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ADDITIONAL COTTON.

The price of cotton was advanced a
noon to-day nc on good ordinary, and 1st
on all other grades. Buyers claim that
even at tho figures quoted, they are una.
bic TO effect purchases. Quotations are
now as follows. Ordinary l6hc, good or.
dinary J. lc, middling l2c, good middling
l21Sc, middling fair 1870.
LIVERPOOL, April l5, 2 p.m.-Ootton
quiet and firm. Uplands, 6 6ll-l6d. Or
leans, 6Jsd; Sales to-day, 5000 bales. Re-
ceipts, 2S,500 bales; American, $3.50
bales. Futures are dull
NEW York, April Is, 1908 p.m.-Cot-
ton quiet and easy. Ordinary, 99-l6c;
good ordinary, 10 15-l6c; low middling,
II lS-l6c; middlipg, 12Ac; good middling,
l2sSc; middling fair, lSSSc; fair, 1S1Sc.
Futures are quiet, at 2 to 4 points below
last evenings closing prices.
NEW ORLEANS, April l5, 11:30 am.
Cotton firm Middling, re. Sales
to-day, 800 bales. Sales yesterday, COCO
bales, Receipts, 64S bales.
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RELTGIOUS NOTICES.

Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Court
street. Services at II am. and 7:45 pm
Rev. H. A. Jones, pastor.
Second Presbyterian Church, corner
Main and Beal streets-Sabbath-sc at
$50 am. service at IL am. and g pm,
by Rev. j. NJ. Rose, pastor.
First Baptist Church, corner Second and
Adams streets-Sunday-school at $50 a.
m; preaching at II am. and 1880 pm, by
the pastor, Rev. r, A, Vcnable.
Linden street Christian Ohurch-Sun-
day-school at Q am; Lord's Supper 1880
am; preaching HOO am. and 1880 pm
Subject Of morning sermon: "The Sig
nihcance Of Baptism Rev. j. NJ. Tribe,
pastor. olelA
First Presbyterian Church, corner OF
Third and Poplar steeets-- The pastor being
at Oxford, Miss, Rev, w. Q. Woodbridge
viii occupy the pulpit At IL am. and
pm.
Central Baptist Church-Sunday-school
at $50. Preaching morning and night,
by the pastor, Rev, IT, J, Rowan.
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Wall Street.

New YoRK, April Is, II a.m.-The
stock market is generally strong
and higher. Western Union, Louisville
81 Nashville and Missouri Pacific are the
most prominent in the advance.
Wheat is 1@l11c higher and quiet, but
very strong.
Money, per cent; prime mercantile
paper, 595H per cent; bar silver, 1l4N
Exchange steady, at SsA for long and s.
for sight. Governments firm and steady
States moderately active and strong
Railroads firm.
Stooks-After II o'clock the market
was dull and generally weak
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A Sketch Ofthe Charge That IL
COmmemOrated in Tenny-
sons Latest Poem.

New York Independent.
Alfred Tennyson's most famous
poem is "The Charge of the Light
Brigade" For pure lyric force it il
unsurpassed in the English or any
other language. We had feared that
in his old age, the Laureate might be
losing the intense vigor of quarter OIL
a century ago; but his magnificent
poem, THE Charge of the Heavy
Brigade" proves that his natural
force is not abated.
The charge of the Three Hundred
Of the Heavy Brigade under Major
General Sir James Y. Scarlett, was as
brilliant and heart stirring a dash as
that of the Light Brigade, and
more fortunate. Moving along the
valley with some seven hundred
troops well within the British lines,
as he supposed, he was astonished
do see a body of 5000 Russian horse
emerge along the top of the ridge, half
mile away. Immediately they bore
down on his squadrons, which were
wi thout support. and which, indeed,
we're so divided that less than 300 of
the Inniskillings and Scots Greys
were at hand. While facing this little
troop about to the left and getting his
men in order, the Russians drew up to
within a few hundred yards and, for
some unaccountable reason, halted,
when General Scarlett ordered his
men to attack, and himself rode for
ward at full pack against the Russian
center. In the movement forward he
got fifty yards in advance of his men,
who were slightly delayed in their
charge up the hill by the ropes of a
camp not yet quite struck. Mounted
on powerful horses, he and his three
attendants, Elliot his aide de. camp, a
trumpeter, aud the gigantic orderly,
Shegog, broke right through the Rus
sian lines, and his 800 followers
Immediately after, did the same. 1t
was impossible by mere impact to beat
a force ten times as large as their own
backwards up the hill, and so they
fought through it, jammed in
the melee ol men and horses saved by
their superior height and reach Of
arm, shifting with one hand and with
the other dragging the riders from
their seats. Then they found the ene-
my faced about to their rear, and
again they fought their way through
back to where they started. Mean
while, the wings Of the Russians,
which had been extended to right and
left and then closed to embrace the
fated British, as in the hug of q bear,
we're now smitten in their rear by the
remainder of the Heavy Brigade,
which had been hurried along to aid
their engulfed comrades Their onset,
added to the confusion already caused,
threw the Russians into utter disor-
der, and they hurried confusedly up
and over the hill. leaving the field in
the hands of the British. Seldom has
an engagement been more exciting
and seldom one better observed than
was this by thousands of English aud
French soldiers, who occupied neigh
boring crests, and whose vision was
not cut of by any smoke Of cannon.
Mr.. Tennyson has done we'll to give
this companion piece to bis other
famous poem, and we are glad to be
FIRST to give it to the American public.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-15

The Redistricting Committee al
Nashville has agreed upon the follow.
ing Congressional Districts:
First-Johnson, Carter, Uniocoi
Washington, Sullivan, Hawkins
Greene, Cooke, Jefferson, Hamblen,
Hancock.
Second-Anderson, Blount, Camp
bell. Claiborne, Knox, Granger, Union
Scott, Morgan, Roane.
Third-London, Monroe, Polk,
Bradley, james, Hamilton, Marion
Sequatchie, Van Buren,, Bledsoo, ,Rhea
Meigs, MeMinn, White, Cumberland
Oyerton, Fentress, Pickett.
Fourth-Clay. Jackson, Putnam
Smith, Macon, Trousdale, DeKalb
Warren, Grundy, Sumner, Wilson.
Fifth-Franklin, Lincoln, Moore
Coffee, Cannon, Bedford, Marshall
Rutherford.
Sixth-Davidson, Robertson, Cheat
ham, Montgomery, Dickson, Houston
Seyenth-Giles, Lawrence, Wayne
Hardin, Maury, Williamson, Lewis
Hickman.
ghth-Hardeman, McNairy, Hen
derson, Decatur, Perry, Carroll, Ben
ton. Humphreys, Henry, Stewart.
Ninth--Weakley, 0bion, Lake, Glib
son, Dyer, Madison, Crockett, Lauder
dale.
Tsnth-Shelby, Upton, Fayette
Haywood.
The Democrats in the COMMITTEES
will make minority report and insis
on changes in all except the first foul
districts. There seems, however, tt
be perfect understanding between
few Democrats and the Republicans
and almost any gerymandering ,schem,
proposed by the latter stands a gool
| chance IN sunnead
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Insane or Drunk.

WnMNGToS, DEL, April l5.-Last
night Charles B. Oblinger, said to be a
merchant of LewisYille, Ohio, while tenn
porarily insane, jumped from railway
train at Newport, this State, and wanderd
into the house of VIM. Hamilton. The
latter supposing the midnight visitor a
burglar, shot him, inAicting dangerous
wound.