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' I jk. i t " ..... J. $7.00 a Year. THE LEGISLATURE. UKSl.TIE OF IItOtKEIIX;. i Ton tii iiuv.-KnfnrIa' Jan.'lH. . !' RalSjh Observer, Shortened. . SEN ATE. ; . jjj .Mr Orihond : A petition from 'citi zens of (freei) county, asking the passage of a law providing for an annuity for Cal vin Forest and other soldiers of North' Carolina who lost their eye sight while in the service of' the Confederate States. "By Mr. Alexander: A' petition from the Concord Presbytery asking the Legis lature to pass a law prohibiting the run ning of railroad trains on the Sabbath day. Referred to the Committee on Prop osition and Grierances. s Upon motion of Mr. Caldwell, the Sen ate ratified the aotion of the committee. : i- RyMr.Ormond, a resolution in favor of the North Carolina soldiers who lost their epe-sight while in the service of the Confederate States. (The resolution pro vides that they shall receive the sum of 7..) Referred to the Committee or. pro positions and Grievances, i Ry Mr. McEachan, a resolution in favor of North Carolina soldiers who lost their eye-sight while in the Confederate service. Referred to the Committee on Propositions and Grievances. i Ry Mr. Robinson, a bill to regulate in certain respects the computation of the degree of kinship, which person's may in termarry. Referred to the JudiciaryGom mittee. ' "" j Ry Mr. Caldwell, a bill to allow sher iffs and tax collectors to collect arrears of taxes due them up to the ."list of Decem ber, 1879. . V V A bill to le entitled an act to incorpor ate the Renncttsville and Hamlet Railroad (?omdany passed its second reading. .Mr. Bryan, of Pender, and Mr. Eaves was announced as being" confined to their rooms by sickness. - The President announced the "following hills as having passed the General Assem bly and been duly ratified : i The fill in regard to raising a joint select committee to investigate the affairs of the Western North Carolina Railroad and the Western Insane Asylum, i A bill to regulate the pay of the officers f the General Assembly. (The bill pro vides that the principal and assistant clerks of the General Assembly shall each receive five dollars per diem And mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile from, their homes to and from the capitol ; and that the Enrollingiand Engrossing clerks, Door keepers and Assistant .Doorkeepers shall each receive four dollars per day and mile age at the rate of ten cents per mile from their homes to and from the capitol.) i The bill entitled an act -to regulate the holding of the terms of Cumberland Supe rior Court. (The bill abolishes the Jan. te,rm of that court.) HOUSE. Ry Mr. BrowV of Mecklenburg : From the Methodist; Episcopal Church and N. C. Presbyterian Synod, in regard to stop ping the running of Sunday trains, 'lie gave notice of a bill on the subject. In ternal Improvements. i Ry Mr. Olivet : To prevent trains from running on the . Sabbath. Internal Im provements. -- k Ry the same : Asking prohibition of sale of liquor in two miles of Pine Grove Methodist Church. Robeson county. Pro positions and Grievances, i Ry Mr. Moring : From Concord Presby tery, in regard to Sunday trains. Inter nal Improvements. i By Mr. Norment : To inquire into the right of Mr. A. C. Meares to a seat in the I louse. Calendar. By Mr. Brown of Mecklenburg:. To by prevent desecration of the Sabbath trains. Internal Improvement's. Ry Mr. Lamb : To prevent obstruction of streams in Pupltn county. Propositions and Grievances. i On motion of Mr, Lockhart the rules were suspended and II. B. 62 was taken, up. 1 The bill changes the time of holding Superior Courts in the Fourth Judicial District. There was considerable debate on the bill by -.Messrs. Blocker, Nprmentr Holt, Lockhart and Leach. Further con sideration of the question was postponed sand the bill made the special order for next Wednesday. '. i- On motion of Mr. Norment, the resolu tion in reference to the right of A. C. i Meares to a seat was taken up, but on mo tion of Mr. Richardson, of Columbus, was postponed until Monday at noon. nd miade the speeial order.! II. R. 10, to amend sections 4 and 7. chapter 87, 1ft regand to divorces. Made the special order for Wednesday at I o'clock. '" ! Mr. Holt moved to reconsider the vote i by which 11. B. 62, in relation to courts, i was postponed until I Wednesday, and i ottered a substit ute. Motion to reconsider I was carried. Messrs. Richardson of Colum bus, Blocker; Turner aud Vaughan spoke ion the bill. J The bill, with its various i amendments. passeiT its third reading, t II. R. 7 was taken up. It relates to the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace iii minor offences. It passed both readings. By leave, Mr. Carter introduced a bill in relatjion to t lie extension of the II. and A.!AirLine to Charlotte, i On motion'of Mr. Rrown, of Mecklen- r burg, the bill was taken up. It was, how ever, maile special order for next Wednes day, at 12 o'clock. ! On motion of Mr. Anderson, H. B. in I regard to the crime of incest! was taken i up, and with some amendments passed i both readings. I .. The following were announced as the committee : On Western N. C. R. R Mesrs. Berry and Cobb. i Arrest of Sifpisel Duellists. i R. II. Glass, Jr., one of the publishers of the Petersburg (Ya.,) Postt and Col. tV.-E. Ilinton, of the same city, Thursday, : on the supposition that they were about to leave the State with the intention of fight- ! ing a duel. After hearing all the testi mony in the case, t he Mayor discharged i the accused Upon the ground that the evi- i dence was insufficient to justify him in binding them ovtr to keep the peace. The supposed intended duel originated from a re- . port that Mr. Glass was about to puoiisu an abusive card in reference to Capt Ilin ton. growing out of things . said by him Uiinton) during the late -political cam,- Paign not at all laudatory of Messrs. Glass I & Bon and their paper. ' Hampton on the Situation Xeu-s and Courier, Shortened. Governor Hampton had along talk with a correspondent of the Columbia ' Rcqister the other day. and, in answer to questions put to him, gave his views upon several matters of considerable importance. 'Governor Hampton declares himself a hard-money man of the strictest sect, but was in favor of growing up to the resump tion. In his opinion sudden resumption cost the people, too much! Governor Hampton wants no' other financial institu tion than State Ranks. The repeal of the tax on the issue of State Banks will leave the road open. . Governor Hampton is confident that the Democracy can win in 1880, and proposes " Constitutiona I 'rule, Self-government, "and No Sectionalism" as the platform. It is strong enough, and looks broad enough. The Democracy will not, how ever, be able, if they are wijling, to dodge the financial question. i We agree with Governor Hampton that "it is no Democracy at all hat is not as "wide as the whple country," and that sectional Democracy "ought to mean "certain defeat." The practical 'difficulty is that there are different interests and different feelings in different parts of the country. While the West if for soft money and the East is for hard-money, how can sectionalism be gotten rid of? What Governor . Hampton says about the State debt is tis Sensible "as true. We are "too poor not to protect our credit I even from scandal," and "We should, not add to our troVoles the influence of eom j mercial men against us in our final strug gle for righteous government and home rule." It is cheaper to be honest than dis- honest, and Governor Hampton sees plain i ly that this is the case. The truth is that, 1- in State' affairs as in National affairs, ( the Democracy are timid when they touch. I financial question. Few of them have the I courage to tell the people that high taxes with high credit are better forthc people it 1 - l M '1 t . ran man low taxes wnn iow ;creuit. i hey are, therefore, at the mercy of demagogues who threaten to bolt from the party, or do some other terrible 4hing. if they be not humored. Governor Hampton admits that there were "irregularities" in our Democratic household at the late election. There is ;no reason why the admission should not be made. Convention of Notiierii Settlers. Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 17, 1879. To Northern Born Residents of the South and Ex-Members of the Federal Army Residents in the Southern States: ' At the convention, of Northern settlers in the South held in Charlotte, N. C, Jan. lf, 1879. it was unanimously resolved that Northern born residents of the South and ex-membets of the Federal army resident in the Southern States meet in convention at i'theA county seats of their respective counties on the 15th day of February, 1879, to consider upon the preparation for publi cation through the press of the United States and otherwise of a paper setting forth the soil, elimate, prices, ease of mak ing a living and social treatment of the in dividual Northern man in the Southern States ; that these couventions be hold regardless of party politics and that the same be excluded as well as all vexed questions ; that reports of their proceed ings be signed by the members attending and the same sent to N. Dumont, at Charlotte, N. C. ; , and further, that these several county conventions on February lo, 1879, select delegates to State conven tiohs to be held at the capitol of their respective States to consider the same matters, March. 1, 1879, which State con ventions shall also send reports of their proceedings as above and shall also ap point ten delegates from each of the Southern States to attend a general con vention to consider the same matters, to be holden at Charlotte, N. 0., July 4, 1879, at noon, to which time thiveonven tion shall adjourn. ' ; Will the persons coining witljin the purview f the above resolutions please convene in accordance with it? . N. Dl MOXT, President of Convention.8 Mmiliglit. It is supposed tha Caleb Cussing left $1, 000,000 property. Tissue-paper ballots, according to the Indianapolis Sentinel, Avere first used by the Republicans of Indiana hi 1864. General Shields will have been in the Senate from three different States when he takes his seat next March from Missouri. . Mr. R. Ten Broeck will hereafter j live in Europe.. All the racing cups that he won in England have been sold, with many other curiosities. - j Detroit Free Press : "Hjalrilar Hjorth Boyesen hopes to get us to pronounce his name Yalmar Yorth Boye-sen, but wej'll sjee hjim in TTjalifax first." The King- of Portugal lias put aside his translation of "Othello"' and is busying himself with the '-Merchant of Yen ice." His translation of- "Hamlet has already met with success. . j the principal German sinsing societies of New York, who design holding a grand lodge of sorrow in .honor of Bayard Taylor on the arrival of his remains in that cfty, have engaged the great hall of the Assem bly Rooms, which will be draped in black A dirge Mill be sung by the united so cieties. I ' The Chaiwl Hill Ledoir lean.s that President Battle and General Hoke have prepared a charter of the State Univer sity railroad company. No aid- is asked of the State, except one hundred convicts, who rtre to be boarded clothed.' aud guard ed by the company. 'Members oC the Leg islature to whom the subject has teen mentioned, think there - will be no excep tion to the bill. The road is to be; run from Chapel Hill, or some point in its vi cinity, to some point on "the N. C. R. R. or the R. A. and Airline railroad. Wb.et.h-: er the terminus will be Hillsboro, Univer sity Station, Durham, Morrisville, Apex, dr Carey, will depend on the liberality of the citizens of those points. The j road will be narrow or broad guage, according to the decisipn of the directors. The company is autnorizeu to go xo worK as spoq as $10,000 is snbscribed to the capi lal stock. WILMINGTON, N. A I XIFORW MILITIA. Provisions pi the 'ew Billi Representatives of the militia organiza tions of the leading States met in New York on Friday to take steps to procure the passage ,by Congress of a law to re organize the militia throughout the coun try. The draft of the proposed militia law was presented and adopted. It pro vides that the system of organization shall conform as much as possible to that ofthe regular army. The appropriation made by Congress to the States shall be used for purchasing fatigue uniforms, and no part of it shall be expended in the pur chase of full dress. An appropriation of $1)00,000 is to be asked for to purchase, arms and munitions. Annual inspections are to be made for the purpose of ascer taining the actual number of men enrolled and ready for duty in the different States. Each State receiving a quota of the ap propriation shall be required to maintain at least one rifle range. The Secretary of War is authorized to offer certain prizes to be shot for by the State teams of the uniformed militia. Upon the application of any regimental brigade or division commander of any State the Governor may apply to the Secretary of War to as sign an officer of the army to act as adju tant, &c, to such forces, such officers to be commissioned during their time of service, in the militia of the States to which they may be detailed. Officers of militia, while serving on boards, &c, to receive the pay of their rank, ' not exceeding the rank of colonel in the army, together with mileage at the usual rates. There shall beat least one annual encampment of -the militia of forces while undep canvas not to exceed $Uper man per day. At 3 o'clock the convention went in a body to the residence of Colonel William C. Church at Irving place and Seventeenth street, where they were entertained at itincneon ana mei oincers oi tne r irst Uivi sion who were not delegates to the conven tion.. At 5 o'clock the delegates were back and busy in deliberation, and on mo tion of General Johnstone Jones, of North Carolina, it was resolved : That this convention organize itself as a national association to represent the ac tive militia of the several States and ad vance its interests, and that a committee of three be appointed by the Chair to draft a constitution and bylaws, to be submitted to the next meeting of the association. General Johnstone Jones,-Major Hep burn, of Pennsylvania, and General Win- gate, ot New York, were made the com mittee. - . 'j Yotes of thanks were passed to the Seventh Regiment and to Captain Rob bins for a display of the rifle range under the armory and an explanation of the sys tem of rifle practice. Geueral Walker, of Rhode Island, moved the thanks of the convention to the National Guard of the State of New York for "its soldiery greet ing, uniform courtesy and hospitality to the members of this convention." On motion of General Frank Reeder, of Pennsylvaniaj an Executive committee of one delegate from each State was chosen to carry on the work of the convention during recess.. The list as far &s prepared stood: . Maine, General Joshua L. Chamberlain; New Hempshire, Colonjel J. M. Patterson; Vermont, General James S. Peck; Massa chusetts, General J. Hunt Berry; Rhode Island, General Win. R. Walker; Con necticut, Colonel Wm. R. Tubbs; New York, General Wingate; New Jersey, General Wm. S. Stryker; Pennsylvania, General Frauk R,eeder; Virginia, Colonel Bradley T. Johnson; West Virginia, Adju tant General E. L. Wood; North Carolina, General Basil T. Manly; South Carolina, General B H. Rutledge; Georgia, General E. P. Alexander; Florida, General Frank lin Jordan. Akbama; General - Burton D. Pry; .Mississippi, tJetiefal Stephen I). Lee; Louisiana General Wm' JJJ Behanf Texas, General,. John G. Walker; Tennessee; Gen eral Charles D. Porter; Ohi6,: General Luther-M. Meilly; Indiana, General W. Russ; Illinois, Captain J. S. Loomis; Michigan, General Lewis; Minnesota, General E. M. Van Klee; Iowa, General V. Mount: Missouri, Colonel C. W. Squires; Arkansas, General James Fagan; California, Colonel W. R. Smedberg. Captain Roberts was appointed Idaho, General Harry S. Brownson for for the Dakota and. Colonel J G. Moore for District of Columbia. General Heath, of Michigan, General Moise, of South Carolina, and Lieutenant Hammond, of Colorado, were made a spe cial committee to visit Washington and urge the passage of the convention's bill: On motion of General Beauregard a vote of thanks was given to General Hancock for the reception offered the convention . at Governor's Island, and on motion of Gen eral Maury, of Louisiana, he, with Colo nel Peck, of Vermont, and Colopel Rod ney C. Ward, of Brooklyn, N. Y.. was made a committee to propose a plan of in struction for militia officers. The convention will meat at St. Louis. September 30. , The Virginia Debt. . Xorfolk Virginian The proposition on the part of the Leg islature to meet, the representative of our State conference i a step in the right di rection, which we trust may result in a compromise, that if not entirety satisfacto ry, will at least settle this vexed and vex ing subject. Its-agitation has done more injury to Viringia and her credit in the eves of the world than all the losses of the war or the striugency of the last few years-. For the first time in her history Virginia has been suspected of a lack of inclination to treat her creditors fairly. The action of the Legislature, tardy and ungraceful as it is, is still better late than never, and it is to be hoped that if our creditors accept our invitation, that they-will be met in at least a more courte ous spirit than has hitherto been manifest ed towards them by the Readjusters. Charlotte Observer : In consequence of ; the accident at the Polkton trestles, re , ported yesterday morning, e Carolina ; Central nassflnorpr train was delaved i vesterday. It had not arrived at a late i n - i i 4. : u 4. hot imvi non t tti UUU1 lilSL 11 1 " 11 I . I IIC tai 11101"-" track had to be left standing on the trestle. One of the wheels was, fpund to be broken hen the train stopped, but whether this was the cause or effect of tlte run off has not yet been determined. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1879 SUN TELEGRAMS EARLY AND MIDNIGHT REPORTS. AT THE FEDERAL C APITAL. Democratic Caucus Klm u ucIh' Bill to be Opposed. i Washington; January 20. Sexatk. Messrs Conkling and Kernan presented a preamble and resolution of the New York Legislature, opposing the passage of the bill to reorganize? the army, or at least that portion of the bill relating to the ordnance department of United States arsenals ami ordnance stores. Laid on the table, the bill having been reported to the Senate. j ;The Democratic Senators held a caucus this morning to consider what course to pursue on the resolution of Senator Ed munds, now pending in the Senate, in re- lation to the enforcenent of the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, and to protect all citizens in the exercise of all rights "secured by laws passed for that purpose, etc . 1 The Democratic Senators agreed upon a substitute for the above named resolution, to be offered when it shall be taken up for consideration in the Senate. While, in this substitute, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the Constitu tion to be of binding force and validity, they regard Senator Edmunds' resolution as proposing legislative in conflict with de cisions of the Supreme Court of the Unit ed States, particularly in the Cruikshank case, regarding those amendments, and they quote from-the dicta of the court to sustain the ground which will be taken in the substitute, that the United States has no citizens distinctively its own; that the Constitution does not confer the right to vote on anyone, but simply confers the right of freedom from any discrimination on account of race, color, or previous con dition; and that regulation of suffrage be longs exclusively to the several States. The meeting of the Senate Privilege and Elections Committee which' was called for the purpose of acting on the Corbin and Rutler contest to-day, did not take place, there being less ,than a quorum present. None of the Democratic mem bers of the committee were present, on account of a party caucus on' the Edmunds resolution. Mr. Cockrell introduced a bill to pro vide a uniform national currency and to retire the notes of national banks, and prohibit their incorporation aud their is suance of notes, -to utilize silver and silver coin and to provide for the reissue of coin apd bullion certificates to provide for the redemption and payment of the bonds of the United States, and" to issue bonds bearing a lower rate of interest, and to pro vide for the expansion and contraction of paper currency to meet the business in terests of the country. It was tabled at the request of Mr. Ooekerell, who desires to speak in favor of the measure. The financial bill introduced in the Sen ate by Mr. Cockrell, provides among Qther things, for the retirement and cancellation of all outstanding legal tenders and nation al bank notes,: and issue in their place Treasury notes, redeemable in coin at the pleasure of thcUnited States, and "receiv able in payment, of all government dues and demands, except such obligations as are expressly payable in coin by the stat ute, and it is also proposed to make these new notes interchangeable with the stand ard silver dollars, and to require the Secre tary et the Treasury to paj7 out silver dol lars in the redemption of government bonds in the exercise of his rightful option for the benefit of the people. Mr. Morgan presented a series of reso lutions expressive of the views of Sena tors upon the constitutional amendments as agreed upon in caucus this morning, which was laid on the table for the .present. i The following, reported by Mr. Morgan in the Senate, are the full resolutions agreed upon by the Democratic caucus : 1st. Resolved, That in the judgnieut of the Senate the 13th, 14th and 15th amend ments to the Constitution of tne United States are as valid-. and binding as any other part of the Constitution that the people of the United States have a common interest in the enforcement of the whole Constitution in every State aud in the territories of the United States, and that it is alike the right and duty of the United States, so far as power has been delegated to them, to enforce said amendments, and to protect every citizen in the exercise of all rights thereby secured. ; 2d Resolved. That the -Government of; the United States and Governments of the ', several States are distinct, and each citi-; zen of its own, who owed allegiance, and j whose risrhts within its iurisdiction it might protect.that the Government of the-United States is one of the delegated powers alone. Its authorit is deprived and limited by the Constitution to all powers not granted to it by that instrument nor prohibited iby it to States,, are reserved to States 1 re spectively or to people, and that no right can be acquired under the Constitution or j-ccured by this law of the United States, except such as the Government of the United States has authority to grant or secure. 3 Resolved. That the Constitution of the United States has not conferred the right .'of suffrage 'upon anyone, and the United States have no voters of their own creation in the States, but the fifteenth amendment-of the Constitution has invest ed the citizens of the United States with a new constitutional right, which is exemp tion from discrimination in the exercise of of the election franchise on account of j race, color or previous condition of servi . tude: and it is within the jurisdiction of the government of the United States, : which Congress may exact by appropriate ! legislation, to prevent the denial or ; abridgement by a State of the right of a Citizen to vote, when such denial or abridgement is on account of race or color, i Or previous condition of servitude. 4. Resolved, That even if such right to vote is derived or abridged bv conduct of such persons who are not so acting by authority of and in obedience to the laws j a at e jurisdiction. io puuu f ' -tV . . aum cuuuuul is iii - tut? otitic a. vi "-v' " and not in that of the wnrornmcnt of the United tates. ----- The Senate resumed the consideration pf ihe' bil to amend the patent laws, The resolution referring to the qnesticu of the electoral frauds will be reported to morrow. Its reading was called for to-day. It recites that certain alleged telegrams in cipher have been published, indicating that attempts were made after the Presidential eleption of 18TG, to influence by money or othr fraudulent methods, the vote of the electors, or the action of the canvassing of ficers in Florida. South Carolina aad Oregon, It therefore, directs the commit tee" on the investigation of election frauds, to inquire into the same, and into any other matter connected with such election, which in its judgment may be proper, with power to send for persons arid papers and report at any time, and also appropriating $10,000 for the purpose of defraying, ex penses. " -' In the executive session of the Senate this afternoon Mr. Edmunds delivered a speech in advocacy of a resolution sub mitted by him. which provides for ter mipating so much of the treaty of Wash ington as relates to the fisheries by giving the notice required by its provision. The resolution was referred to the Committee on ; Foreign Relations. According to present appearance it will be adopted by the Senate without opposition, and the President will promptly thereafter give the required notice to Great Britain. The House passed a bill providing for a settlement of out-standing claims against the District of Columbia. Mr. Springer introduced a bill to secure to the people in every Statean equal and just representation. He presented in con nection with the bill, a statement showing that tinder it. there would have been elect ed at the last November election, from the South, 34 Republicans instead of 6, or a Republican gain of 2, while the Demo crats would have realized a like gain in the North and that the general result wohld have been the same, but that the Republican minorities at the South and Democratic minorities at the North would hafe been equally represented in Congress, and that the Jour millions of colored popu lation could control the election of twentv- tw'tb members in the following States Alabama, 3 ; Arkansas, 1 ; Georgia, 3; Louisiana, 2 ; Mississippi, 2 ; North Caro ling, 3 ; South Corolina, 2 ; Tennessee,' 2 ; Texas, 2, and Virginia, 2- In the Supreme Coiirt J. Detreville vs. Rqbt. Small, suit to recover possession of land in Reaufort. county, sold for taxes during the war by the United States Dis trict Commissioner. The Court sustains judgment of the law tribunal by holding that the act of Congress under which the land was sold is not unconseit'ational ; that the tax sale certificates are themselves presumptive evidence of all the antece dent facts essential to their validity, and that they can be oyerthrown only by shbwing that the property which they con vey was not subject to tax; that taxes upon it had been paid previous to the sale or that it had been redeemed. In the prpsejit case, no evidence is offered suf ficient to rebut the presumptive regularity and validity of the tax sale certificates, ami the judgdment of the Circuit Courtis therefore confirmed. Justice Strong delivered his opinion, Justice Field dissenting. It is stated that this decision will quiet the titles to more than 2,000 pieces of property in South Carolina. Tiie French Situation. Versailles, Jan. 20. The public gal- leries and lobbies of the Home are densely crowded. It is stated the Right has re solved to abstain from voting. The Left Centre is disposed to support the Cabinet. Tne Kepubficans, Union and extreme .Lett will probably vote against the ministry. The Republican Left has prepared two or ders of the da v, one expressing confidence in the ministry to be brought forward if the declarations of M. Defaure are satisfac torv. and the other expressing a want of. confidence should the ministerial statement appear insufficient. These orders are in trusted to Jules Ferry, The feeling among the Republican maiority is a wish to sup port the ministry if the declaration is suf ficient. All fhe ministers who breakfasted to day with Mr. Dufaure asserted that Mr. Dpfaure is disposed to admit the justice of the demands of the Republicans in rela- , tion to the changes m the magisterial and administration staff. JYkrsailles, Jan. 20 During the sus pension of the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, the government effected a com promise with the Left, thus securing a majority for the ministry. In consequence of! the compromise Jules Lerry offered his motion expri-sring confidence in the gov ernment, which was adopted bv a vote of 223 to 121. English Labor Troubles. (London, Jan. 20. The North Wales Miners' Association has resolved to vote h to every member of the union who de sires to emigrate o America and 14 tof every one who desires to emigrate to Australia. Notices were posted on Saturday by the iron ship build ing yards and foundries in Liverpool, and the district around, of a redaction in wages of h per cent, after the 31st of January. At a meeting ot the Great Northern Railway employes, held in London, to-day, Sunday, the men pledged themselves to oppose any reduction of wages. The de cision of the directors will be announced on Tuesday. 'Six cotton mills at Preston,runningl83, 144 spindles, have given notice of a reduc-' tion in wages of five to ten per cent. . The American Hebrew Union, m Cincinnati. January 20. The exetF t i ve board of the American Hebrew Union Congregations convened here to-day. Fifteen congregations joined the union in the last six months. - After farther business, it was ! Resolved, That the board of delegates on civil and religious rights be instructed to take into consideration the feasibility of active' co-operation with sijgter Societies iri Europe for the purpose ofencoraging the purpsuit of agriculture among the Jews, and the settlement in this country of such as are willing to devote them selves to that pursuit in laod3 in the West and Souths - , - v- ! The uext meeting will e held m ,New York in Jly, 18 9- 5 The Xew Yorh Senator bJp. ; Ai baxv, Jan. 20, The Kepablican cjiKUS to-night nnanimously nominated Roscoe Conkling for the Senate. The DetiKcratk' cancu5 is i?j secret session. in I Captnre of Desperate ttoonshin. ers. Cix Jan. from Elizabethtown savs- 'Ti.a J. raiders under Capt. Adair returned last night, bringing seven moonshiners of the most dangerous , character. TheV were captured on Otter creek, Laire county and had lond defied the authorities. The officers attacked themstill hdnse Salurdav night, capturing four men. Thev found two stills in operation and destroyed the material. These parties have long been the terror of the country, and boldlv defied the officers. Cierman Socialism. Beklix, Jan. 20. The Socialist organ, Freiclieit, published in London by Jona than Most, has been finally and absolutely forbidden admission in Germany; The Berlin Post says that Prince Bis marck is preparing to submit to the Fed eral Council a law for the regulation of railway tariffs. Bheslau, Jan. 20. The police, have prohibited the collection of contributions of money soliciued by Socialist leaders, and have arrested one man for soliciting in violation of the prohibition. -- - A Statesman in Trouble. Springfield, Mass., Jan. 17. John F. Arnold, of North Adams, the National candidate for Lieutenant-Governor at the last election, has been indicted by the grand jury at Pittsfield for obtaining money under false pretenses, and will be tried next week. The complainant, John Hanley, for a long time an employe of Ar nold, had saved some $5,000 which Arnold borrowed from time to time, giving, it is .charged, worthless securities. Hanley is now old and destitute From Flori da . Jacksonville, January 20. Lieut Governor Hull gave bond in the sum of $3,000 to appear from, day to day at the United States Circuit Court. His case will probably be tried this week. In the Circuit Court , the case ol the mvassing board of r Brevard county, charged with making false returns in the late Congressional election, was begun. Several precinct inspectors testified to the alteration and forgery of certificates of election made by them. For Fooling with a I'. S. Marshal. Baltimore, Jan. 20. In the United States Circuit Court, to-day. Judge Bond presiding, William Robinson, judge ef election in the Fifteeuth "Ward at the late Congressional- election, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with having assaulted and hindered Deputy United States Marshal "White in the discharge of his duty He was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and four months' imprisonment'in the city jail. The Plague in Astrachaii. London, Jan. 20. The divergence le tween the official and private intelligence, respecting the extent of the plague in As trakhan, continues however, in asserting that the epidemic is" dimimsning, and lat terly that it is increasing. One hundred and twenty thousand pounds offish, and a large quantity of pro visibn, have been burned at the town, of Tearitzin on the river Volga, to prevent the spread of contagion. All the Way from Afghanistan. Lqndon, Jan. 20.--A dispatch from Candahar of the 10th inst. says : " Major St. John, of the British Army, was firpd upon in the streets by a fanatical natiyc. He was unharmed. The man was arrested. A lieutenant of the Royal Artillery was severely, and two other persons belonging to the British force in Candahar slightly, stabbed by a religious zealot, who will be hanged to-morrow." Murder and lijnch Law. Richmond, Va Jan. 20. John S. Lacey, of 'New Kent county, was murdered Taesday night near Tunstall's station, on the Richmond and York river railroad. Two negroes and a boy weae arrested. The boy staled that the negroes committed the crime, which they afterwards confessed. An unsuccessful attempt was made to lynch the negroes, who are in custody at I alleyville. Germany and Samoa, Berlin, Jan. 20. The North German Gazette denies the sensational report rela tive to Germany's action toward the Sa moa Islands, stating that Germany will merely keep a sufficient naval force in the neighborhood to retain possession of two small ports on the Island of Upola, which she seized and will hold as a pledge unt,l Samoa grants Germany her treaty rights. What a Broken Bail Did. Cinciknati, O., January 20.-Thefrull-man car on train No. 4, Ohio and Missis sippi Railroad due here this morning, was thrown from the track by a broken rail near a gravel pit seventeen miles from L T V Vnthan Ol -ew xujr, hril1ftr dislocated, and Mack bnerry, of Vm Vnrt sustained a simple fracture of the right leg. No others injured. umjlvanla Criminal Matter- HarIwsbcrg. Fa., January 20. The r ;Csm."o:arrants for the exe- iivon B. Savre. I'miaaei- anA tlpPlciah Shafer-.of Franklin Willi. - - . r, Tf m nrr1rprs. The exeeution to vdavs hence. The Gov- prnnr has also sisned the commutation o I tie death sentence of Blairus Pestona to imprisonment for life. A Marshal's Imprisonment. 43 t n TTnitd States Mar- shal Turner, is in jail, here for contempt in v.,. nwipr tn retnrn to tne City Court the ballot boxes and ballots of the November election, which were re quired for evidence before me Grand Jury. Judge Bruce has issued a writ of habeas corpus for ihe release of Turner. ai The Boss r the Buljars. TiasovA, Jan. 20. The -mb,y Bulgarian notables.which was to have mei at this place on the 18th inst, to elect a Prince, has been postponed to the 2oM i or 27tb. Thedeputnew here think that Prince Alexander, of Battenburg, Ul be elected as ruler of the Bulgarians. 5 ?CentR & P.rS Marine Disaster. tiiEtx,sTowx. Jan. 20. The Hrith steamer Oberon. from New Orleans, lv. cember 30, for Liverpool, weut ashore in White Ray. inside this harbor last night while entering, without her propellenwhi. l. she had lost. The crew was saved. A southeast gale is' blowing. '! ' v" "' " ' Ba Indiana KeuatorsliiuM IxmNAroLis. Jan. 40.- The Detnoi rat io caucus to-night nominated D. W. Vor hees for Senator for the long term. For the short term, George W. Julian. The Republicans nominated Ben Harrison for the long-term: and IT Hi-iA s iVi-tn for the f hort term. Hill Hunted. Pnn .v deli hi a'. Jan. 20. A fire at th. woollen! mills of. John Rrown fc Sons. Eighth aud Tasker street, destroyed even-. tnitig, leaving only the bare wall loss on (the building and machinery mated it a quarter of a million but covjered bv insurance. Tli is csti dollars. A Dying Declaration P - ittsburo, Jan. 20 Nicholas Jacobv. wno was Shot in the street whilo accompa- jius "p wire nome eariv I nursiiay morn ing, died yesterday. He" made a dving de claration, stating that Frank Sinai, a for mer lover of his wife, was the murderer. The Creek Frontier. Atuejs, Ja!,. 20 Mukhta I'aeha "has decided on Janina as the meeting place of. the frontier commission. The Greok dele gates will be instructed To insist on the cession of Janina. Trial of (ilasjow Bank llireetorw. Edinburgh, Jan. 20. The trial r the directors of the City of Glasgow Bank is proceeding to-day. The prisoners an charged with fraud, theft and emlez7.1 ment. The court-room is doiis'elv crowded. Shorter Telegram;. Admiral Touchard, of Tan's, is dead.' A dispatch to the i 'on rier.JouiiK.il states that the whole business port ion of A Henri lie, Ky., burned Saturday.. Matthew T. Rennan, a well known New York politician, is dead. He had filled , several important municipal offices. A fireman named Williams, on the Ches apeake & Ohio Railroad, while oiling an engine, fell and was run over. Thewhoh train passed. over him. A special to the Macon Telcirah nol Messenger says : A fire in Tallahassee Fla.,deStryed the Episcopal church, rectory and school house, Loss 8,000. Theljreak in the-direct cable, which (. curred on the 4th inst., has been located in water from 20 to 25 fathoms leep, about, six miles from Torbay. Arrangements an progressing to repair it. OCapt. George Prince, an old resideurt of Bath, Maine; was. arrested on the charge, of obtaining a large amount of money fron the pension office on fictitious names, and. which is alleged has been goinon for some years. ' . 1 A Berlin correspondent. tb the Man hes ter Guardian says : Prince Bismark has written and causod to be publishad, a let ter appealing to the agricultural communi ty of Germany, to afford him their wanted I and vigorous support in his work of fiscal. reform. On The War Path. Jtaleuh iVcf, of iSi'iiihtiji A deputy sherifTs movements yesterday ' were so much more eccentric and rapid than ordinary, as to attract the attention of a News reporter. Investigation reveal ed the fact that he was on the warpath after some prominent parties. It was dis covered that warrants had been issued for Gen. R. M. Henry, Gen. M. S. Littlcfield, Geo. W. Swepson, Col. S. McD. Tate, and Major W. A Smith. These were issued by Justice Wesley Whitakcr, upon the affidavit of Josiah Turner. Of all the parties wanted only , General Henry was found, and he was taken be for the justice and gave bail to ap pear. The affidavit for the warrant was general in its . nature, charging tlw first four parties named with having come to this city about October 15th, 1808. and in two hour after they were shut up in it room, with having subscribed the follow ing sums: Littlefield, $1,000,000; Col.' Tate about $500,000; Gen. Henry and Robert Swepson, $292,000. That James C. Turner, Chief Engineer .W. X. C put up the road, and Col. Tat and Gen.Xif tlefield took the contract to build the Western road. That Swepaon then made a ceriincaie inai w,wj,ow huu ucru subscribed by solvent 8ubscriler8 and. five per cent, paid to him. Henry and Swepson presented the certificate to Governor Ilolden, who refused to act on it until ihe Board of Internal. Improvements should consider the matler. There being no board, one was impiovisril for the occasion. Colonel William A. Smith and General Henry were appointed and accepted or recommended the certifi cate, upon which the Governor ordered the treasurer to issue the bonds. The law required that $2,000,000, on the part of in dividuals niutt be subscribed and five per cent, paid in, and the .whole line oi ruf be under contract before the State wonht issue $4,000,000 of bonds. The same matter was oroug. r -f . ti.. - r- a, mst. Whether it will amount to anything or will nrely be releizated to the limbo of such thing?, a!--ready nmly fall, iinto.be seen The X fa giten to the public to Took at . or hegh at, as they please. J Lincolntpu Progre:. In the lower oart of this county last, Saturday night, a White roan named Joseph Jeffries was on t hanting fpossam, in company with brother and a man named Rufas Lowe, and as the crowd had been imbibing freely Joseph became toe drunk to walk and laid down. His comrades built a fire around bira to keep him from freezing while they continued to prosecute the hunt. When ther returned a ghastly spectacle met their gaze, and all that was left of Joseph Jeffries wa3 his lifeless body burnt almost beyond recognition.' He leaves a wife and three children to mourn his untimely end, !