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LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. OLEANINfiS FROM MANY POINTS. Important Happening*. Both Home and Foreign, Briefly Told. Newsy Southern Notes. Tlio Populists of Louisiaua have nominated A. A. Booth, of Now Orleans, for governor. Ex-Govornor Burnett Oibbs, of Texas, who lias been a Democrat, ha <gone oi-ot* fit 4lk<* V ?u& wu iuu * Sixteen vessels of various nationalities are loading at Mobile, A In., the Jurgost number in her history. Ex-Senator Butler of South Carolina, has been ongaged by the Cramps, ship-builders, as their uttorney. The Chattanooga. Tonn., Press has suspended publication. Its withdrawal from the Held of journalism leaves but one ltepublican afternoon daily sopth of the Ohio River. Tho Carthage, N. C., Blade tells of a Moore county hog so big it could not bo weighed. That is almost as big ns those recently published by tinCharleston, B. C., News and Courier. Mrs. Cornelia Seibeles, of Augusta, Ga., has been found wandering about the streets of Loudon insane, with $1,000 in her possession. She want to Germany last November with tho hope of recovering $50,000,000 as an heir of the great Seibeles estate. Tho Maryland House of Delogates passed a resolution strongly endorsing the Monroe Doctrino and expressing I gratification nt the "appointment of two of our most highly respected citizens us members of the recently appointed Venezuelan commission." Two white boys, James Kelly and Will Roach, were arrested near Ringold, Ga., Friday for the murderous attempt to wreck the Washington ves- 1 tibuled train on the Southern Railway last December at Cleveland, Teuu. The youths hail been reading stories of train robberies. The grand jury at Chattanooga, Tenn., have returned an indictment against David L. Snodgrass, chief justice of Tennessee, for felonious assaidt. The return is the outcome of the judge's assault in Congressman Brown's oflice on attorney John R. Beaslev, who is still confined to his room with a fractured arm. Gen. J. B.Gordon, commanding the Union Confederate Veterans Association, has designated Friday, May 1, as Memorial Festival day. The day is set ajmrt for the use of the women of the Houth in raising funds for the battle abbey towards the construction of which Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss has contributed $100,000. Mr. Rouss Contributed the amount with the protean tl?III. .11. 410rt OHO ,1.1 lit* ruined by t Lie Confederate Veterans' A ssociation. Northern Newt* Notes. A niece of Thomas A. Hendricks has been licensed to practice law. Now York city has raised $40,000 to secure the holding of the next national Democratic convention there. Rev. Dr. Charles II. Purkhurst says he is in favor of opening respectable saloons during certain hours on Sunday. Robbers blew open the safe of the Dank of Fayette at Fayette, O., Tuesday night. They got between $H,000 and $15,000. Sinee a board of pardons wns established in Ohio, the number of pardons grauted has been reduced from D per cent, to It percent. Pat Calhoun recently netted $100,000 by consolidating the Pittsburg street railways. Here's Southern brains imported to Pennsylvania. It is reported that the Pullman company has yielded to pressure to some extent, ami concluded to make a 2"> per cent, reduction in the price of upper berths. Martha Myers, former keeper of a disreputable house in Philadelphia, testified before the,Senate Investigating Committee that she had paid money to policemen lor protection. Mr. Partridg" an ex-minister to Venezuela and trusted agent of the State Department, will probably be clerk to the Venezulan commission. He is u nephew of Senator I'roetor, a lid n I'cptiblic.iu. Secretary Herbert delivered au address in New York at the Celebration <>f Jackson Day, the ISth anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, by the Business Men's Democratic Associati >11 of that city. At New York on Thursday United r States District Attorney McBarlane filed a bill of complaint in the United States Circuit Court in the name of the United States against the thirty-two railroad companies e instituting the foiut Tariff Association and has given notice that they will, on January 17th, n ake a motion to restrain them from operating under their agreement. I-***Washington. In accordance with the joint resold tion of Congress, Secretary Herbert on Thursday, immediately upon his return from New* York, accepted the rani Katalulin in behalf of the government. At the close of business on Wednesday the National Treasury gidd reserve ' htood at S57,H2d,22 I. The withdrawals at New York amounted to $120,000 of which $20,000 was in bars and $100,000 in coin. Approximate estimates of the gold and Silver output of the United States for 1805 have been reported to the Director of the Mint. The total is $56,041,000 of gold and01,000,000 line 1 ounces of silver. The Director of the Mint thinks this a little high. The general pension bill for the year emliug .Tune ."10, 1807, as reported to the House Thursday by Mr. Blue, of Kansns, curries au appropriation of $141,825,820, being $58,750 below the estimate aud $"5,750 less tkau the appropriation for the current fiscal year - ? Foreign. The English Evangelical All&nce opeuod a weuk'n session of pru'Or for peace ia Louden on Weducday in concert with the United Evangelical Alliance. THE STRlifH 0.[ COTTON. ? GRGATKR NOW THAN IT HAS KKE.V S1NCK 181KJ. (teniarkeOlc Statistical Position of the 1 Staple as Set F'orth in a Circular uf Cat ham. Alexander & Co. I The following circular wasfuruishod j the News and Courier for publication; New York, Jau. 4, 18(J(?. Dear Sir;?We have the pleasure to submit for your iuformution the following comparative position of coti ton and prices on January 3 for the i past two years: 1396. 1895. I Total visible supply iu United 8tat?^, Europe and at sea 1.093,920 4,872.522 I Cotton marketed to date 5,004,471 7,098,637 Total exports 2.233,615 3,003,610 Htook iu United States ports 1,100,641 1,304,503 Stock in Liverpool (all kinds 1.059,000 1.211,000 Afloat for Eurone (American) ! 499,000 813.000 Middling uplands in New York 8 5-160 5 11-16 Middling uplands in Liverpool i;>< 1 3 l-32d From this statement the total visible supply of cotton iu the world is 778,602 hales less than last year, 521,242 hales less than in 1894 and 319,207 hales less than in 1893. The amount of cotton that has been marketed of this year's crop is 2,094,100 bales less than last year, 570,045 bales less than iu 1894 and 145,263 bales more than iu 1893. The exports this year are 1,370,091 bales less than last year, 583,083 bales less than in 1894, and 139,756 bales less than in 1893. The stock iu United States ports is 203,859 bales Ichs than last year, 196, 182 bales loss than in 1894 and 85,085 bales less than iu 1893. The following was the price of cotton for future delivery iu New York, bales middling, on January 3 of each year : 1896. 1395. 1894. 1892. January deliverv 7.98 5.46 7.7s 9.52 February delivery 8.03 5.47 7.84 9.64 March delivery 8.10 5.51 7.93 9.75 April delivery 8.15 5.58 8.02 9.85 May delivery" 8.20 5.61 8.10 9.94 Juno delivery 8.24 5.65 8.18 10.02 July delivery .8.27 5.70 8.25 10.07 August delivery 8.23 f>.75 8.30 10.10 The once of cotton is now 2.59 ! cent* dearer than lust year. 0.17 cents clearer than in 1894, and 1.05 cents cheaper than in 1893 lor March contracts. The amount of cotton that has been marketed from September 1st to JanI nary 1 (four months) for the cotton ! years mentioned below was as follows : , 1890, 1,931,870 bales; 1895, 0,994,073 ' bales; 1891, 5,100,092 bales; 1893, 4,790,455 bales. The amount, therefore, that has eonie into sight this year to January 1st is 2,002,803 bales less than last year, 531,222 hales less i than in 1891 and 111,115 bales more j than in 1893. I The average percentage f the total I crop marketed by January i for the I past ten years lias been *5. 12 per cent. ! and it the t,931.87<? bales that has eomo into sight to January 1 should prove to he 72. 12 per cent, of this crop the actual total crop lor 1895-'90 would be 0,810,093 bales. Our advices from all the Southern States continue to report rapid shipment of cotton to market, and that the amount remaining in the hands of planters, is less than for many years at like date. Since November 30, the date of our Inst circular letter, the price of cotton has declined about 00 points, nearly half of which has been recovered. In fact of the apprehension of war with England, which caused a panic | iitut nenvy depreciation iit securities of j all kinds, and other adverse iullncuccs, v. e think the price of cotton held up remarkably well. Nothing but n widespread opinion that cotton was cheap at current prices and the inherent strength of its statistical position could have supported it. against the violent disturbances in the monetary world. Holiday receipts were unexpectedly large and thai alone I might haw induced more than half of I the decline that occurred. The holders of cotton have cause to | eoiigratulafti themselves on the way it has stood the storm, and now that : Americans far and wide have voiced i their endorsement of the President's : patriotic and dignified message, und ! the recent scare in speculative uiul | financial circles seems to have been ' without any adequate cause, the iudiI cations are that prices for cotton and business generally wiil improve materially with the new year. Latham, Alexander & Co. (tone in for Repairs. The battleship Texas has been sent to Norfolk, Va., where sho will bo examined bv a board of survey to ascertain the extent and cost of the icve. airy repairs to put her in t?on<l condition lor service. She will tlivn bo pi t 'oil out oi eotnmission, Icr ollb'ers and if -.v a- i ri.' d to other vessels and tli" reI pairs begun. rtali, including ihe improvements made by the Movmons, is worth S'.'J,-; 775.U79. . 1 \ ) THK FIF"*" FOURTH ?:OMi?KSS., A Synor43 ?'tlie I'roceodiogs of Both Hnusne. THK HXXATE. was a fair attendance of Senator* on iptvA(lay, nud the (jailories were well lihed. rse Him.so bond Mil was reported, with ? ubatitute. A joint resolution was introduced authorising (ion. Casey ;iii charge of the new library building) to contra t r.?r work yet to bo done, eo its to bave the won: com ply toil within a year from thin time aud . witbiu the appropriation made forth* purpose. A r".solution was also offered nud referred to the library committee lor the purchase, at $250, of a portrait of the iato Allen O. Thurtuan, now hanging >u the room of the Senate judiciary com in it too. At tlio request of Mr. Eikins. his resolution requiring United States bonds to bo issued after public advertisement was referred to the 11nnnco committee. Mr. Chandler introduced n popular loan bill and proceeded to explain it. Sir. Allen, Populist, of Nebraska, offered a resolution for tuo appointment of a committee of live Senators to inquire whether thenis and has Ihjoii for the last two and a half years, a republican form of government in the SUite of Alabama; whether there was fraud, force, intimidation orother unfairness iu the elections of members of the Legislature and of members of Congress. The resolution offered by Mr. Sherman, on December 31st, declaring that the use of the gold reserve to supply deficiencies is of doubtful legality and greatly injurious to the public credit, and that a sum of not loss than ?100,000,000 in gold coin or bullion should be r" stored to the Treasury and segregated from all other funds, was taken up, and Mr. Vest. Democrat, of Missouri, addressed the Senate upon it. lie made a vehement argument egaiust the gold standard au?l national banks. Vest's speech consumed the remainder of the time of the session. The session of the Senate Wednesday occupied loss than an hour's time?the rest of the afternoon belug given up to the caucus of llopublican Senators to ngreo upon a lino of action on the House tariff I>111. The culy incident of note during the fifteen minutes of the session were these: The swearing in of Senator Woloott, Kepublio.au, of Colorado, for his new term; the reporting of nu important bill from tho committee on naval affairs lor me eniisimcm 01 uuumonni men ior mo Divvy, and the notice of Mr. Butler, Populist, of North Carolina, of amendments to the House bond bill, with the free coinage substitute. The amendments propose to prohibit any issue of United States bonds without the authority of Congress and to require the payment of greenbacks, Treasury notes and the interest and principal of bonds in either gold or silver, but in the cheaper of those metals. Henator Pritchard introdu ;ed a bill in the Senate Thursday to have Levi Jones, late l'.rst lieutenant of Company 1J, Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry, receive pay and allowance from the 1st ol October, 1HGM. to tlie 1st of May, 18G4: also a bill for the relief of Matthew N. and John N. Loary, simular to Itopresentativo Settle's. He presented the petition of Arthur Green to 1m; allowed arrears of pension. Senator Tillman presented the same resolutions from various Charleston bodies in favor of the coast defence bill as were presented by Representative Elliott ia the House on Wednesday. After a short executive session the Senate adjourned for the day. After the transaction of some routino m oft ling busiuass Friday, Mr. Pritchard. of North Carolina, nddrossed the Senate in advocacy of an amendment intended to be offered by him to the emergency tariff bill. The amendment is to impose or iucroose duties on clays >r earths, lime, marble and stone and their muuufaeturcs, chromic ore, iron ore, timber and lumber, leaf tobacco, live animals and agricultural products. Mr. Hill replied to Sir. Pritchard's speech, although he did not, he said, intend to open up a tariff discussion. It was somewhat difficult for this Congress to gratify the people of North Carolina. That State had sent recently t > the Senate two distinguished gen tleimm elected, substantially, at the same time. I>y tho sumo body, and !>y the satno combination. One of thotn, Mr. lJiitler, in his speech tho other day lmd arraigned the Democratic party for' being false to its pledges on tarilT reform, and had given that as liis reason for leaving the Democratic party and joiuiug the Populists. Now came the other end of the combination, and said the people of North Carolina were extreme high protectionists and wanted the reenactiueut of the MoKinley law. lie ^Mt\ lliil) did not know how both of these Senators could be gratified. |Laughter.| Mr. White, of California, addressed the Si mate in advocacy of his own and Senator Hill's resolutions to amend the rules so as to establish the cloture system. Tho House bond bill, with its free silver .substitute was then taken up and discussed, hut no action was taken. Mr. Morgan. a member of the committee on foreign relations offered the following conei:rrcut resoultion and had it referred to that committee. -Resolved by tho Senate, the House of ltepr '.sciitatives concurring. That the | people of the United States of America. ! through their ropresentati.es in Congress . assembled, convey to tho President ami | people of the Republic of Transvaal, their j earnest congratulations upon their mi I 'os.- m establishing free reprt seniative ! government, republican in form an 1 in i their opposition to any for dgn power that d"tiies to them the full enjoyment of thi.se | rightful liberties. Tho people of America having realised, through the favor of the (iod of nations, the blessings of government based upon tho consent of the governed, entertain wit h confidence the leasing hope and belief that the principles of self-government will be securely established through the influeneo of the republic of Prance, in Colonies, and of the Republic of Liberia and the Transvaal, founded by the people in Africa, and that those republicans will foster and give firm support to the peaceful progress of Christian civilization in the new ami vast field now being opened to tlio eommereo and institutions of all the nations of the earth throughout that groat continent; ami that the President of the Cnited States is requested to communicate this action to the Pr-siilent of tho Republic of Trail <vai?l." The I Senate then adjourned until Men Inc. : TUK HOUSE. Tho House on Monday adopted a ,,.int re-o. ..ion <i|.niji; on;. I, n i.son, <?I \t . Va.. i u:"!nher of the ! ??:?n! of rodents of the Smithsonian Institute ia pi ire of Henry Coppe, deceased. Tim prill' ipal f ..tar r ' lit" pror"e lintfs of tho House Tuesday was a hre"/y liehnte over tli * appointnii'i t of -i'" i.il I'lnphy e. rce >mmended hy tin- nnm i: on a 'omits. Tim ; . o; t submitted I y Mr. Ahlri h. Ifcpuhlicait. oi Illinois, chairman. provided for tho ap?? infill -lit two now p'.oyos i:. li. .! > .ri;o,.p,t|j vi.-ioji, one of win an Inn! I?r"n dis 'iiai'K1' I aflor a M'rvii'" >; noarly a score of yenr.-. This roport li'inl t a lively debate, nil it was adopted. I'pon ' li nv.iinmcndutioa of th" tl; rl"i'ks nrovid oil tor in tli" legislative anpr ipriation till! lor tho riirri'iit year ivi'iv apportioned to tin' following i oniinitti'i'.i Hanking ami eurreii y, coinage, weights ami nr'n.-nii's-. riluratnm. enrolled hills, invalid pen.don.- (additional), inning! ation and naturalization. irrigation of nriil lands, labor, library, militia, mini's and mining, 1 "m-i(l<* railroads, patents, pensions. private land claim1, printing. railI ways and am.Is, reform in tho eh ii serve-.' ami territories. An additional clerk was alio authorized lor em li of tin* committee's on ' military affairs. naval affairs and inter-State | anil foreign commerce. t'pon the iinaiiitnotia j report of tho eominittee on the jndieiary that there was no douht of tin* eleetion of Mr. Alien us a ri'presi nthtive from the Statu ol Utah, that gent Ionian was sworn in. Several resolutions of hiipiiry were agreed to, one of them asking the Attorney (!uii"itil what had h 'l'ii done hy him towards enforcing th" anti-trusl law of lH'.iO, and what additiomil legislation. il any, is de-irablo a,nl necessary to I roteet the people Irom tin* operations of trade, trnsl- and conspiracies. Iloiisi* adjourned, niter a .statement i.y M r. Henderson, Iowa, that t ho eoinmilti'i* on rules would he ready to renort W'ednosilny. tin Wednesday in the House hy unanimous consent a joint resolution offered by Mr.i I Spalding, Republican, of Michigan, woe read and referred to the committee on foreign affairs. It provides for the erection into the , State of Hawaii of the territory commonly known as tbo Sandwich Islands, with the consent of the people thereof. It carries an appropriation of * 100,000 to pay the expenses of the negotiations preliminary to the constitution of the State. Tho committee on rules uot being ready to report, tho House adjourned for the day. For some reason, not apparent on the surface, the House eauetn on rules did not Thursday report the el a iges it proposed to make in tho <-odo of the Fifty-first Congress uudor which the Houso has so far been operating, althi ug i thoir work is completed aud is in print, oir. Henderson, Republican, of Illinois, gave notice that he would make tha mnnrf *T- til... 11 l.ll ... vmv ?\|/viv A- i *U(?J t illi Aii UUj lkUJ'UUUUUi, KJk Kansas, reported tho general pension appropriation bill for tho your ending Juno 30th, 1807. and gave notico that ho would call It up after tho report of tho committee ou rules had been disposed of. The following concurrent resolution was offered by Sir. Livingston, of Georgia, and referred to tho committee on forelgu affairs : "That the President of the United States is hereby requested to forthwith ascertain whether Great Britain is advancing her outposts ou the territory in dispute between her Colony of British Guiana and the republic of Venezuela, or is re-iuforciug posts heretofore established, with troops, police or ordinance, and should the President bocomo cognizant of the fact that a British military or police force is advancing to invade or ro-lnforce, or since tho 17th day of December hist, has invaded, orre-infor posts formerly occupied within said disputed territory, he demand the immediate withdrawal of said soldiers and the reduction of the police force in said territory to uot a greater number than occupied the British ' outposts on the aforesaid 17th day of December, 181)5." On Friday, Mr. Henderson. Bepubnean, of Iowa, reported the changes in the rules recommended by tiie committee on rules and the House pto 'ceded to consider them seriatim. The session was quite a lively one. Mr. Crisp was the champion of the Democrats. No other business was transacted In the House, as tho body did uot finish the consideration of the report of tho coinmiLco on rules. In the House on Saturday the discussion of the report of the committee on rules was continued. Mr. Curtis wanted to substitute written resolutions for the usual memorial services, hut tin* He-use voteddown his proposition. CLEVELAND^ TO CAFFERY. rillO I'KKSIDKXT WRITES ON THE BOND ISSUE. The Highly Honorable Motives Actuation the A ministration in Ncgot :?>g t i?e Sale of lionds. * Si'uator t'a.V?ry, )* Lousiaua, lias inado public a letter ->f the President to him, which, had opportunity presented since Monday, ho would have incorporated in remarks which he intended to make in tho Senate on the bond bill. It rca-.ls: Exk<ttivk Mansion*. 1 Washington, IX C., > Jan. 5ih 181)6. ) My Dear Senator: 1 have read today in the Congressional Record the debate in tho Senate on Friday concerning the liuuneial situation and bond is.-ties. T am amazed at tho intolerance that leads even oxeited partisanship t<> adopt, as a basis of attack, rh unfeuud"d ;c,<,usaiii.us and assertions of a maliciously mendacious and sensational newspaper. No banker or lluuncicr nor any other human being has been invited to visit Washington for the purpose of arranging in any way or manner for t!i" disposition of bo.els iu meet the present or future needs of the gold res -rve. No arrangement of any kind has hcea made for the disposition of .- te-ii bonds to any syndicate or inrough any ageney or any syndicate. No assurance of such a disposal of bonds has been directly or indirectly givn t?> any person. In point of fact a decided leaning towards a popular loan and advertising lor bids has been plainly exhibited on the part of the administration at all times when the subject was under discussion. Those charged with the responsibility of maintaining our gold reserve, so far as exchange renders it possible, hnvo anxiously conferred with each other, and, as occasion permitted, with those having Knowledge of ilnnm-inl a (fairs aud present monetary eou?lit ions, to tha bust and most favorable iik'uii.s ol soiling bonds for .gold. Tho unusual importance of a successful result, if the attempt is again mad", ought to bo apparent to every A:neri"iin citizen who bestows upon t!ie -ubjeet a ntomeut's pntriotie thought. 1'he Hoe rotary of the Treasury, from tho l!r?l moment that the necessity of another sale of l.'.adsseemed to bo appronehiug, destred to oli'er them, if issued to the people, by puolj ud vertisoment if they could in us bo sue.-e.-siull}' disposed of. Afler full consideration lie eauio to the conclusion, with which 1 billy agree, that tho amount of gold in tho reserve, being now 000,000 more tliau it was m February last, when a sale ol bonds was made to a syndicate, and other conditions differing from those then existing, justily us in offering tho bonds now about to lie i.-sued lor sale by popular subscription. This is the entire matter; and all these particulars could have been easily obtained by any member of the senate by simply inquiring. li air. Morgan, or any one olse, reasoning troin his own standpoint, brought himself to the belief that that tho government wot !d at length bo constrained to again sell bonds to a syndicate, f suppose ho would have a per!'- right, if ho otiose, to tako such steps as soem-'d to him to put himself in condition to negotiate. f expect an issue of bonds will bo advertised (or sale to-morrow, and that bids will be invited not only for those now allowed by law but lor such other ami different bonds as t' ingress may nuthorrvduringthe pendency i l the advertiscnvnt. .\>'t luiMiig had an ore er! ..nit to ennfe with you i:. person i!i- | recent session | ?i ongross began. and notion.g your par .. ipatiou in the dei.a; ., ; !; -tl'n i ay, I have thought u not ami"- t.? p ,t you in possession ? ! . a* fuels information 1. -r 'in contained. Your.-; very truly, ilm vi.u i "'ii >n. I>i :ia!d-on ( utl'erv. i:?:m ri?- ; X. NY." TIIK WIDOW liKIS IT. Mrs. llell Nominated for librarian Over All lln> b'alr Misses. 'flu' tlftli. six, seventh unci eighth ballots f(?r Librnsian were tak ui in tlu> Mississippi Legislature on I'riil?\ night, most of the fair candidates withdrawing aft >r t!i? first three of tho ballots. Pandemonium reigned supreme. The eighth ballot resulted: Mrs. llell t'O, Miss I'iunkett si. Mrs. IJell is a widow with four little children ard has been an employe of the p<v-t<d11ce at > -'> per month the past two years. She is a sister-in-law of Captain Cha-. A. I.yerlv, a wealthy riti/.m: of Chattanooga, Tenn. Trolley Mail Car*. Mail wagons are to disappear f* :n Now York City after March 1, the tro.lyy care doing the service. SOUTHERN PLANTERS 0 n PRESIDENT LANK CALLS THEM t TOGETHER. c rj Ho Saya That By Reducing tlia N Cotton Production Thoy Can . Raise the Price 25 Per Cent. fi # t President Hector D. Lane, of tho American 1 Cotton a rowers' Protoctivo Association, has ^ i-jsued a circular to tho cotton growers and handlers throughout tho South asking goneral attendance at u meeting at Memphis on January 21. Tho mooting is to take action ^ regarding tho acreage of tho crop for tho ^ present year. Mr. Lano'sassociation helped the cotton planters last year by bringing about a considerable reduction of acreage ^ and a consequent increoso in tho price of the staple. As is indicated in his letter Mr. Lane c believes that similar coucerted action this n yoar will result in similar benefit to tho ^ growers. The following is tho text of Mr. Lano's letter: i mu. lane's addiiess. , Aiietlme has arrived when next year's 1 acreage in cotton should receive your most J serious consideration. Our enemies, the ^ cottou "bears," are anticipating matters by industriously circulating roports-that it is the ? intention of the cotton growers to enormously I increase the cotton acreage and double tho t uso of commercial fertilizers tho coming sea- j son, which will result in tho production of a crop of from ten to twelve million bales. ' Information comes from Texas that Now r Orleans " I oars" are reporting that Texas will (] plant lo four million bales. Those reports are circulated to induce tho Southern people to sell tho balance of this small crop at pres- I ent low llgures. t According to official data America has ex- j ported to Europe one million three hundred and twenty-three thousand balei less than I last year. The Northern mills have taken a four hundred and fifty thousand bales less g than last year. Stocks of cotton at American ports and in- f terior towns are about the same us last year, ^ but as tho season progresses the stocks at the e ports will daily grow less as compared with t last year. . On tho other hand, the mills of England, 1 Americu and the continent are running full * time, und if they keep up tho present con- f sumption until next Septomber they will need , all of our cotton; they cannot wait for tho next crop. 1 What then prevents your obtaining re- 6 munerntive prices for the remaining portion i of this eropV This is easily answered. The speculative "bears" of New Orleans, Now York and Liv- I erpool. They are thoroughly indifferent to i your cordition, and reckon littlo of your ( welfare. They would be giad to see cotton . selling at four cents, and would contribute ' their aid in pressing it down to the lowest I point, regardless of the destitution and sor- 1 row that would ensue throughout the South under such conditions. IN THE POWF.B OF DE3?OT3. The Southern planter lias the power to do- ' nose these reckless despots and wholesale ' despoilers of our prosperity. Destroy the i annual surplus, their able coadjutor, by u judicious decrease of acreage, and these gentlemen will be out of a job. Plant only a moderate crop and you will be better off with a seven to a seven and a half million bale crop, selling at ten to eleven cents, than a ten million bale crop selling ac live to six cents. Do not bo led into the error that you can deceive the great firm that buys your product. They have their agents in every town and village; they ure ever scrutinizing your actions and know more in regard to" the general acreage than you can possibly llnd out yourselves. ( Conceiving this to be a matter of paramount importance t') the material interests of the South and being impressed that this 1 ! question in its most comprehensive form ( should bo considered gravely, 1 therefore deem it advisable that the cotton growers meet in convention, that we may formulate and adopt sonic intelligent rule of action i through which we muv be enabled to combat ( theso agencies whoso pernicious methods are so destructive to our prosperity. ALL COTTON MEN INVITED. < On account of its general accessibility, I dereby name Memphis as the place and I Tuesday, January the 21st, as the time of 1 meeting. , I earnestly invito all classes of our citizens that aro directly interested in protecting the 1 values of our main commodity, cotton, to ] join with us in our deliberations. The iuvi- ( tntion is extended to all ngiioulturnl so- , cieties, Alliances, Granges, Cotton Exchanges, commission merchants, factors, associations, 1 etc. < The movement is strictly non-political, hut 1 essentially industrial; therefore uo man should say us uay on account of political afllliatious. I respectfully invoke (ho aid of the press, lieeognizing the demand for heroic action and the disaster that is to follow without it, I appeal to all patriotic people to join in this atriiotrlo #,? onin n.'i twit,, nnr nn<?.l.. <V, .?> n "" rVV|'"' V?? ? bondage that is us oppressive) anil ignominious ns was over Inflicted by the Czar upon a serfdom. No longer can wo llvo prosperously and happily under so tyrnnnieal a system. The demand of the occasion is for lionest, earnest men, who liavo the intelligence to appreciate prevailing conditions anil the courage to take up arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing them end them. I romuin, sincerely yours, Hr.croR D. Lank, President American Cotton Growers' Protective Association. Semite Confirmations. The Senate in executive session Thursday continued the following nominations Emery ! ". i'.-s!, <<f Georgia, t ? be First Commissioner of tlio General Land Olllee; Joseph Outbuaite. <.f Ohio Uicniber of tlie Je.ard of (>r.i111:111< and l'ortili< ati ius. < o i.-til- s. 'J', t, of T< vas, at ?I.irtini'iue. Owen M -<iarr, of Tciiimsscc, at < leliflU go -; Sllliue. j(. Itogrr-. colli elor f Interna I r< \ < i.o , . ,t !i di.-t ri.-t of Nor! Ii Carolina. Collector of customs s. It. Iliugin, .-1 r:i ?! .,!ri'-t ?> Maryland Surveyor ? ( eiis'emis d. il. :il Nii.-livilli", *!*<*!:ii. ll'i'i'ivi'r of |?iil?li<- moneys f. s. I>i.\on, Nat liitorlifIjoiii-i.inii. l'o.-t master, Lontsi.in::, Lou S? Fourtenev, Fusion. - mm i Great Itrltaln W HI Not Yield. Tli i London Times in an editorial warns I again (ho raited States ' that whether we have trow I des in Kuropo or Afri a, or not, we will not vienl on the Venezuela ipiestion. We lin\e in-ioll 'd notioily, lull if we ate eom|h lleii to light we ,-dinil l>e ready to guard i what i' worth lighting lor." Itiisps I>11 nraven. Tin* St. .TMiles Gazette referring to the I hurried departure ?>f Ford L?unraven from the tailed Slat s, -avs: ' Lord llunraveii, | instead of 1 aviiig. -in.:,Id hav i faced tlio ' judgement of tie1 e w 1i ; \a -lit Glim lil;e j an English at! ; i New Yort?, wh?wn j alone in i"i: eete In'ii iralile from either party roitld m'> >|i;ai- . i made.' '11; St ariis! ant'; rilie . la Gu'iYiv nj>? tiipnl a woiin l".l > . e;:- t ! ?y. an I sen epeed hi: ; by e.i ;;-. ciai'liai to Lie iir.prisouuienl in ivaua V THE POLIi TAX AND SCHOOLS. I L Decision of General Interest Throughout the State. Below is a synopsis of the. decision >f the State Supreme Oourt in the aatter of the poll tax school fnnd <j*esion raised by the school distriot of tho city of Columbia through John P. rhomas, Jr., Esq> The matter involves a considerable amount of money in 3ichknd county, and no doubt in a food many others, for tho oustom ?f he tax department hns been knocked nto a cocked hat, and the money will io longer go into the ordinary county and. Th? miirt anvi in RiilmtflnnA'. WW? ? ?- ? ?WW?WW. Thin was aa act of tho board of chool commissioners of the city of Columbia vs. L. B. Folk, county treasirer, praying for a writ of mandamus equiring tho treasurer to hold certain noney received by him as poll taxos to he credit of tho school district of tho ity of Columbia and report tho same is a collection of poll taxes to tho board >f commissioners of the school district >f Columbia and that ho shall pay out ho sumo upon tho warrant of tho said >ourd of school commissioners. Tho facts out of which tho controversy arises do not seem to bo disputed ind aro as follows : On tho 31st of December, 1894, tho timo limited for ho payment of taxes without penalty, evied for the fiscal year 1893-'94, hero were a large number of persons esidiug within tho limits ot tho school listrict of tho city of Columbia who uado default in the payment of their >oll taxos. Thoreupon tho county reasurcr made lists of such defaulting ax-payers, adding tho penalty of 15 >er cent, on the poll tax duo by each, is proscribed by law and placed tho amo in tho hands of the two trial I ustices for tho city of Columbia? ' L'radowell and Troy?together with ittidavits that tho persons therein inmed had rnado default in payment of heir poll taxes. In a few instances varrants were issued against tho deaulting tax-payers, charging them vith misdemeanor under the provis ons of Section 377 of tho criminal .tatutcs as revised in 1893. In those stances where the parties wero tried, convicted and lined, the lines wero >uid over to tho county treasurer as required by Section 890 of the revised itatutes, for county purposes. For ;ho lines thus paid over tho county ;reasurcr, tho relators mako no claim,, jecause at that timo the act of 1894, ippr opiating such linos to school purposes had not been x>as&od, end hcnco mder tho law as it stood tho county treasurer was justiliod in holding tho same for county purposes generally. But in a large majority of instances tho defaulting tax-payers pnid their poll taxes with the penalty added to the trial justices without having been tried or convicted and without being lined for the misdemeanor in failiug to pay their poll taxes, and the controversy is as to tho moneys thus collected by the trial justices aud paid over to the county treasurer, that ofliccrclaiming that such moneys are applicable to county purposes generally. whilo tho relators claim that such moneys being the poll tuxes voluntarily paid by the defaulting tux-payers exclusively for school purposes and should bo so held by the county treasurer. Inasmuch, as one of the conceded facts in tho case is that when a-defaulting taxpayer made tho payment to tho trial justice, ho wus given a receipt on a blank prepared by tho comptroller general and delivered to tho county treasurer and by him delivered to tho trial justices, specifying that tho money paid was for a poll tax with tho penalty added, wo do not seo how it can bo questioned that such money was the proceeds of the j>oll tax, and as such by tho express terms of tho Constitution as well as by the terms of the statutes under which such tax was levied, exclusively applicable to school purposes. This money certainly did not arise from lines imposed by tho trial justices for tho parties paying it, never arrested, tried or convicted for a misdemeanor for not paying their poll tax, and therefore wero not and could not have been fines. It is contended, however, that after the expiration of tho time nllotcd for tho paymout of tho j>oll tax, the county treasurer has no authority to collect tho same, and can only prosecute tho defendant for a misdemenor, and if tho treasurer cunnot collect it himself, neither a trial justice nor any other person could act as his agent in tho a - J. ^ VUliVVUUU VI it. T? u t'UllUUl Ul'Cl'pi this view. The object of nil tax laws is to securo the colletion of the tuxes imposed by lawful authority?nutl if such luwa coutaiu provisions for enforcing the payment of taxes it by no means follows that the collecting ollieer is forbidden to receive the taxes ami penalties thereon after the tiut ) limited for their payment without r sorting to the stringent remedies provided for enforcing the pas meet of taxes. Such a view would sueritico s distance to mere form. Tito end desired is the collection of tuxes and if a defaulting taxpuyer defaults voluntarily to oomo forward and pay his taxes with all penalties ami legitimate costs ad led beforo the strinpnt remedies provided to enforce payment si all be put into operation, v.o m e n > reason why the same may not lie re ctivcd by the officer charged w 11! 1 th > collection thereof. Hut bo this us it inuv, the fact remains in tin*, can- th"t here is ft sum of money in the hands of the county treasurer arising frcni poll taxes j>ai<l by defaulting t .x payers and for which they I10J.1 receipts: and there can bo no quest u> i under the constitution as well as i it > tliat such inoney is oxelu*.o o n; picable to school purposes an the.- i purposes it must be ni>plic<i 'i'ho judgment of tlio eon i - t h .t a writ of mandamus do issue prayed for in tho petition.