Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1879-01-03

              COLUMBUS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1879. VOL. XL. NO. 3. SIEBERT & LILLEY, BY TELEGRAPH I . I j A N K BOOK TO THE OHIO STATE JOURNAL. ! r i MANUPACTUEEEB, y Printers, Biudew, Stationers and Lc-1 gal Blank PnbUNbera. GARFIELD. A TOM. UHK 0 , ' Ready Made Blank Boohs Kept constantly ou hand. KOOK BINDINO Of every description, by the Edition or Single Volume. 4lra House IliiilUiiiK (Up Stalra). Hi4 ly . "attorneys. E. L. SIcCTOE, Attox'iioy - at Law, ROOM NO St, McflTNE BLOCK, (Corner ot High anil Gay Sis.,) ,. " , qo3tm : ' Colmnbus, O. E. C. BIUGGS, , " Attorney tit - Law, ' 23 E. State St., - COLUMBUS, o., ' (FirBt building went of City Hall.) A. E. C IU.IGHTON, Attorney m at " liaw, : 14 Pioner Blork, . COLUMBUS. Collections promptly attended to. myll dw ly Hokaoj! Wilson. J. J. Stoddart. ; WILSOIV & STODDART, "Attorneys at - Ijaw. OMcoNo. C H. High Ml. jy'Stim Isaiah Pillars. Rodney Foos. PIIXAKCi A FOOS, Attorneys - -t XjarWt Romn No. 5, Pioneer Block, Ieb9dtfw4t COLUMBUS, O. Celebration of Resutuptiou at Chicago. An Address Before the Honest Money League. A Review oi the Mistake of 1805. Clear Discussion of the National (tank Question. The Self-Adjustlng Principle of Our Currency System. read like prophecy. At first, hi policy was generally approved. In December, 1800, the House ot AVpressniauves, witn but nix dissenting votes, pledged itself to early resumption by reducing the surplus volume ot currency, r.ariy in w , a bill was prepared which armed the Secretary with the requisite authority. But before the debate closed, many began to shrink from the responsibility of apply ing so heroic a remedy, though approving resumption, nnj. admitting the necessity of reducing the volume of currency, they hesitated to adopt any measure which would reduce prices and for the time being check the activity of trade. The dangers of inaction and de- lav were clearly oointed out in debate. The citizens of Chicago are not likely to forget the clearness and boldness with which the Hon. John Wentworth. then a member of the House, predicted the evils which inaction in timid and half Jway measures would involve, Late in the session, the bill was passed lv a close vote; but the powers conferred upon the Secretary were 10 restricted that before the remedy could be fairly applied, the era of wild speculation had begun, and the current was soon too strong to here'; atrictcd. In lessthan two years, Congress' measure all this vast business and to determine in advance just how much currency Is needed to transact it? To propose it is to ask Impossibilities; and yet, by the operation of laws higher and mora potent man nnman legisiauuu, an wis is silently and perfectly accomplished. Millions of men, acting without concert, each working for his own interest in obedience to the great law of demand and supply, house, clothe, leea ana transport the people of the United States, and carry on their manifold enterprises with perfect harmony and regularity. Any attempt of Congress to adjust the volume of currency to the wants of trade by arbitrary legislation is doomed to certain and disastrous failure. The national banking system is that part of our financial machinery by which the volume of paper currency may increase or diminish in obedience to the laws oftrade. If the volume becomes ex- cessiyj their notes are returned to the banks to be issued again when increasing business requires them. The abolition of the National Banks moans the destruction of this indispensable self-adjusting principle of our currency Bystcm. '. Surely, intelligent men do not suppose we can get on without a banking system UIKret High, Pearl and Chapol Ms. C0IY1LY, FRANCISCO & CO. H'BUSHKRH AND rjlOl-RIKTnilS. A. w. riuNciseo, Uenornl Manager;" Chicago, Jan. 2. General Jumes A. Garfield, who for the boat few days has been the guest of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and haB been visiting Racine, at the invitation of prominent business men of that city, was invited by the Hon est Money League to deliver an address to-night on the occasion of the meeting to celebrate the resumption of specie paymentR. The weather was intensely cold this evening, the thermometer rung-ing eighteen to twenty degrees below zero; but despite this unpropitious fact Farwell Hall was coiufortobly filled with business men, who listened carefully to the address. Mr. Garfield won introduced by Judge D. L. Shorcy, and his speech was frequently and heartily applauded.The late hour at which a copy of the speech was received renders it embarrass ing to give General Garfield's speech in full, but we give material extracts cover ing the most important points: Mn. Chairman and Fellow-Citizens: The resumption of Bpecie payments closes the most memorable epoch of our history, since tITe birth of the Union. Eighteen hundred sixty-one and eighteen hundred seventy-nine urc the opposite shores of that turbulent sea, whose Btorms so seriously threatened, with shipwreck, the prosperity, the honor and the life of the Nation. But the Ifcrrors and dangers of the middle passage have, at last, been mastered; and, out of the night and tempest, the Rcpublichas landed on the shore of thiB new year, bringing with it union and liberty, honor and peace. We have met to-night to celebrate the close of the war. Battles are never the end of war; for the dead must be buried and the cost of the conflict must be paid J lie union men ot eighteen hundecd the whole war over-riding the President, nrohibiteu the'1 of some kind. The bank is the chief in- further retirenieiH of United States notes; strument of modern exchange. It is as and all attempts to resume specie pay- necessary to trade as tne railroad is to ments and return to solid values, were, transportation. It brings the borrower for the time, virtually abandoned. ; and lender together, and renders available for the uses ot industry, the loanable capi- kesumption act of 1875. tal ol the community, ninety per cent. Fi ri ii oi u u r irttue in carneu uu uy menus ui our years ago Congress buw another "V", ,f, . , ' . f, oppor un. y to place the country again on , k d co,mcrcia, bm and onl a stable foundation. The law of 184 , " ' ' , " ., ' , ;, "xed the date when the promise of the .Fchan A FRIGID FREAKS. The Cold Wave All Along the . TLlne. The Mercury Bumping the Bottom of the Thermometer. Furious Winds and Heavy Fall of Show. aihoad Trains Blocked andAbandoned. Cleveland. 8plal to the Olilo State Journal. Cleveland, umo, Jan. 2. It com menced blowing, snowing and growing very cold this afternoon. At 6 o clock to-night the mercury indicated seven degrees below zero No snow or wind to night; clear and' oold. No interruption of street car fraH. Railroads clear of snnw. Detroit. Special totlio Ohio Slate Journal., Detroit, Mich., Jan. 3 12:03 a. in.- The cold wave Blruek this city about noon yellow fever, and observation during the past tour years in this city and in rensu- :ola in 18,4. Dr. Samuel Choppin, President of the Board of Health, read the same paiier which he read before the Public Health Association in Richmond, and comment ed on the subject, insisting hat the first cases of yellow fever in this city 1878 were Purser Clark and Second Engineer Elliott, of the Emily B. Souder, both of whom died. Clark boast-. ed that he had beaten the quarantine physician, and been allowed to come to the city. In his remarks Dr. Choppin said the bouder came here with a clean bill ol health. Only one vessel had come with other than a clean bill of health. It mattered not how much sickness there was in port. United States Consuls almost invariably issue clean bills of health to vessels. Dr. Choppin is still on the stand, all the members of the Board of Health present. , CRIME AND CASUALTY. GLITTERING GOLD. A Quiet Ketuiu to ltasis. a Solid Greenbacks as Good as Gold and More Convenient. ring currency. At the Custom Hnnsp duties are being paid in greenbacks. There is no flurry at the bankH, and no general or even perceptible inquiry for coin over the counters. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Jun 2. Kesuuii.timi ol specie payments in this city caused no Btir whatever. Inquiry at prominent banks showed the demand for gold up to noon to-day very limited. At the office of the Assistant Treasurer gold is not being paid out except for interest and Government obligations, the whole business of at the res,lnlP'iu for the preseut being centered ui new lurKi rinclunatl. Cincinnati, Jan. 2 The day of re sumption passed off without a feature to marls its history in this city, save that the United States Depository paid greenbacks instead of gold for interest on coupons falling due. Among the hanks General Rejoicing Over the Happy ?nea,te, "ll1ow atf a"y ou? P'800 w1? uif.7- 497.50, while many of them had no call IJllllWtUlUll, Uiiin'eredttiitedly Large "Go" of the Four Per Cents. A $10,000 Package Stolen From the Government Printing Office. Limited Demand for Coin New York Sub-Treasury. (ieiieral and Secretary Sherman Leave to Attend Their Brother's Funeral. More Gold Going into the Banks Than Coming Out, for gold. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY. A RARE CHANCE. Studer's Columbus and the Weekly Ohio State Journal (with " Almanao and Fire side Companion ") one year fur Two Dollars and Twenty-five Cents, Note As the nubllshors of Hie Ohio State jovnNAL oougni an ot tne edition mat reuiaineu sixtv-onc enlisted lor Zrrr.rSra.lS.r::,, f Th served on the fleldof battle until .Seud In your names before It la too late. TruHcatim for the Lomr Lule Region and the Ohio Valley Hisiny barometer, coldtn-westerly winde, and clear weather. Resumption goes on without a ruffle. The universal testimony is that the people don't wanttho coin when they l-nnw that they can get it. The cold wave has den and terrific force struck with sud- Our dispatches redeemed. tlln liat Hnn want .lnnrn in minun.U they served in the field of legislation, and" at the ballot box, until the last slave was free and the last of the seceding States reentered the circle of the Union; they served in the public councils until the perils ot our foreign relations were ended by honorable arbitration; they have served during the fierce trials of the public faith: and thev will not be mustered nut until the equal rights of all citizens are acknowledged and secured; until the pension of the lust disabled soldier of the Union is faithfully paid, and the last war obligation 01 the uovernment is honorably give some interesting matter 111 this connection, which you can read after you have wanned up. If the resumption now declared by law uc maintained against all assaults then indeed, so tar as our finances are con cerned, the war for the Union is ended victory is complete. Will our great sovereign, the people ot all these States, make the decree irrever sible ! Will resumption be maintained, Believiug that, in the long run, the ma tured and deliberate judgment of this nation is honeBt and intelligent, 1 an swer, ' ves, it will be maintained; and tor two reasons, rust, because national A dispatch from Newburyport, Massachusetts, briefly announces the death of Hon. Caleb C'ushinjf, one of the most distinguished lawyers of this country. Mr. Gushing wna born in Salisbury, Essex county, Massachusetts, January 17. 1S00. He graduated at honesty, good government, and the pros- Harvard College, where he was after- Pm'V au 01lr t,C0Ple ' na 'V "! it. The defense of these positions will be the theme of this address. ar should be redeemed. It wns a great act of National faith, too long delayed, but made doubly necessary by the sufferings of our people. The effort to keep .1.! 1 t ... huh promise mis ueeii neiL-ei retiiaieu in every stage. Orators, in Congress and out of Congress, have demonstrated, to their own satislaction, that resumption was impossible. Cobbett, the great F.iipjish pamphleteer, declared, in 1810, that resumption in England was impossi ble; ond he publicly oltered himself to be broiled on a gridiron on the day when cash payments should be resumed. For years he kept the picture of a gridiron at the head of his paper, to remind his commerce. The vast mass 01 deposits and bank credits is now subjected to searching National inspection. If the power to issue notes be taken from the hanks they will have no inducement to remain under such scrutiny. We shall go back to the wretched Hystem ot state DunkB and private broker shops, and create three hundred and twenty millions more of paper currency, which will escape all taxation. to-day, and the thermometer went down ten degrees in two hours. During the corpse ay it has sunk from fifteen degrees self iii to the town officials, and nbnve zero In twelve be niv. nnil nt mid- "'""B '"' igbt the weather department reports it it fifteen below. , , Mlltvftukcp. Special to tho Ohio State Journal. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 31 :35 A. M. The temperature began falling at G p. m. Wednesday, and fell rapidly up to eight FOREIGN. Finnneiiil Work In ilront Britain. London, Jan. 2. Busineas failures in readers of his propheoy. We, too, have QteAl Brit'ain nn( ScotlBna d,lrig 1878 our gridiron prophets; but all their pre dictions have tailed. Against determined opposition and re peated prophecicB of evil, Resumption lias come; and it has come to Btay. As I said in the outset, it will stay, because it were 15.059, of which 2.C43 were in finan cial and wholesale and manufacturing branches of trade. The increase is 4,037 failures last year over the preceding year. Bullion in the Hank of England in- eased 635,000 the paBt week. The yesterday morning, when the mercury by William Chartman and family, col- stood 19 below, and ranged between that oral. Mrs. Chartman, in utlempting to and 14" below during tho day, a lgb asiee uug ci.i.u, iht c,o n, ,gcaug,.t , . , . .. , . lire and belore assistance coulil be render- nortnwesi winu prevailing, m u mis oll was ,,,.1. Umm and it is feared tght it is lb" below. Keports Irom the the bums will prove fatal. nterior of this State show colder weather, ought to stay and because we are able to prol)nrtion of banU re9ervc to ability j maintain it. In anticipation of its com ing, the business of the country has grad ually adjusted itself to the coin standard. Every legitimate enterprise will be benefited by resumption, and all classos of the community will rejoice in it, except the gotd-guniblers and their associates, whose crolt it has destroyed; and except, also, those political prophets, whoso occupation iH gone, by the explosion of their theories and the failure of their predic tions. how resumption may he defeated. But we must not assume that all dan ger is passed. Resumption can be defeated in one of two ways: First, by great and unexpected calamity, like war, or the general lailure ot our trops, which should turn the balance ot trade against ns; or, 28 7-10 per cent. Bullion gone into bank on balance to-day 84,000. The Miners' Leagues of South York shire and North Derbyshire aro unani mous for resisting the proposed reduction ol wages. West Yorkshire mines will Biinnnrt the resistance. the Amalgamated riocietv ol Muti neers, which opposes any increase 01 hours of labor, has. according to the last annual report, a quarter of a million pounds sterling on hand. This Union numerically and financially leads all other trades unions of the Kingdom. Australian Newu. San Francisco. Jan. 2. The steamer Australian arrived to-night, with Sydney dates to December 0. The Minister of Public Works recom mends nTtensinns nf rnilwnvs nf the second, by the hostile legislation of Con- col0ny, increasing them by a thousand gress. The probability of the former is niiles. too remote to be seriously considered; the Tim Government has assumed control langer of the latter must be prevented by nf the nrnnosed international exhibition me intelligence unit vigiiaiu-c 01 uiu peo- 0t lailt. the mercury standing 20 to 30 below ;liiring the day. Boston. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Boston, Mass., Jan. 2. Heavy snow has been falling in this city all day, but owing to a warm temperature there Iiob been but little accumulation in the streets, At seven oclock in the evening snow censed falling, the temperature growing rapidly colder, and a strong northwest wind has been blowing, increasing in vio lence as the night advances, BfeinphlB. Special to the Ohio Ulate Journal, pie. Though the opposition to resumption has shown great strength irt Congress, even down to a Yery.recieut.date, yt, now that par has been reached, I do not be lieve it will be longer assailed by direct legislation, ihe mstinctolsell-preservation will probably lead politicians to abandon such ellbrts. The real danger lies in indirect assaults, which may be made in several ways. If the expenditures of the Ouvernment should be increased by large appropriations for the various schemes which are urged upon Congress, so as to produce a deficit in the revenues, rather than levy additional taxes. Congress will be tempted to iBsue more greenbacks, and carry expansion to The Australian cricketers received an enthusiastic welcome at Sydney on their return, The strike of the sailors continues at Sydney, The men demand the dismissal of Chinese Tn Queensland fiftv-five members of Parliament are elected, thirty of whom are Oppositions, The Emperor Npeuks, Bkhlin, Jan. 2. Emperor William, in receiving the Ministers vesterdny, said he was not fatigued by attention to public allairs, although he bas not yet regained his loriner elasticity, "ihcpuiniui im- Eressions of the year have been softened v manv uroofs of lovaltv." The Em peror said that the efforts of the Ministry wards tutor; studied law at Cambridge and onmienced practice at New buryport in 1S22; served in the State Legislature in 1S25 and During the seventeen years of siispeu sion the payment of every debt inflicted a 1820; visited Europe in 1829, and wrote wrong, cither upon the creditor or the "Reminiscences of Spain" and "Review debtor; and thus the whole machinery of f ii.,. T,i.: . 4,, tv.,. " ...i credit was converted into an engine of of the. Revo utmn m France; served in.19tice ThU wi,i always happen when in the Legislature again 111 1S33 and the two functions of currency are of line- 1834; was Representative in Congress o,,1!l value. from 1835 to 1818; was Commissioner the mistake ok 1805. and Envoy to China under President The first great opportunity for putting ,r..i 1 ... : , an end to these evils occurred soon after ij.ei, una ..eguiuneu uu important nf .., prn.biv n. n0 u point at which resu.npiiou v.u ureas. ;0 combat t, dn , the uown. tvigorous economy, aint a permsi- , bi b, not without results, but ent maintainance of revenue sufficient for ,,. ... ., . ... ', . . , f ,1 iilvii lull uiivnr iuiini 1,1111 uk uui-iicu r'f." it r' ; ;i v; "m object, ,;, ,li?niinn' Tho Pope-Tlie Duke. n. n.,r,w London, Jan. 2,-A Rome dispatch savs the rope will shortly notily tier- The most dangerous, indirect assault many of his readiness to consent to a upon resumption is the attempt to auol- compromise in regard to the appointment ish the national bunks ond substitute ad- of the German clergy. ditional greenbacks in place of banknotes. A Copenhagen dispatch states that This ettort will call to its support the rrussia has strongly expressed her dis sentiment which, to some extent, prevails pleasure at the Duke of Cumberland'! against moneyed corporations. Should prolonged residence in Denmark. The the attempt succeed, it will inevitably re sult in suspension of Bpecie payments. While the Treasury, aided by the banks, can now easily maintain at par the out standing volume ot greenbacks, resump tion would unquestionably breakdown, Duke 1 eaves Copenhagen Saturday France v. Tania. Paris. Jan. 2. The La France states the ultimatum was dispatched to the Bey of Tunis Saturday. The German Consul treaty; was again sent Legislature ill 1X10; in made Colonel of a Massachusetts reg- to the other time in our historv was the per 1S47 was capita average of private indebtedness so small as in IBlju. I'nvate debts Had been nnhl Mwlenreeititan nanac tilt, l Inv.rn. imeiit for the Mexican war, and was ment had become the great borrower; and afterward appointed Brigadier General; hod loaned nearly all the surplus capital wrb elected to the Legislature for the of the country. ,. . ,.. , . ,r. Two millions of hardy, enterprising fifth tune 111 I80II, and 111 1851 was men had just been mustered out of the made ii.fusticc of the upreiue Court of lately hostile armies, and wero ready the State. He wns Attorney General again to become producers of wealth, it 1 v, -, , tj. 1 ' t, was a matter of the utmost importance under 1 resident Pierce, and was after- that thc fruit, of their ,ahor soM bp wardagaiueicctedtotheLegislatiire. He sale when earned, and that ventures in was President of the Charleston Con- business should he made as free as posBi- ,,-, men t 10-0 I,.,,., , hie from violent artificial fluctuations, veution 111 1800. In 18,3 he wasnoni- Tie vulume of onrrency then 0UtB(aniling mated for Chief Justice of the Su- was nearly four limes as great as had ever preine Court of the United States, but existed at any one time before the war. withdrawn, and in 1 874 was appointed It "mounted to nearly eiglit hundred , - , millions 01 paper ouiiguiions, 111 various I eilinobni nirv In Hlnnn n f i.. .1 ...;.i. .1 i:... .t 1 1 1 J .. 1 iitriiiH. i'iiiim UOlYII, 11 , ., , , ; . .TI..J ,1 . , - :, ,1 1 1 ' 1 at mills reiiiseu lu cuiiiueiiuitce uie uvy we volume were increased niiee iiiuuiieu , ... .,;, 1 irnn m n ' 1 has been instructed to further the wishes of the French Government. The La Liberte says the conflict between France Minister position which he recently vacated. forms, endowed with the quality of legal tender. Even in tho midst ot the war, this volume was known to be far too great Niwi niR.i k vtar'n i.i mi lor tnianciiil satcty. tint on the return To ii..- Editor oi ii, Ohio si.ue .i.mrimi! ol peace, when the tjovernment ceased to CtRCI.EVlLI.E,0, Jan. 2.-Our Probate J n rc' consumer, and the payments ., .. . . . , . . . from the treasury were reduced sixty per "u " """" " " cent. 111 a single year, it wbb almost uni- holidays has brought forth. versally admitted that the volume of cur-Sol. Hall our Sol has to succumb to rency was greatly in excess of the legiti-,1,.. f..:.. ...., t w...,i.:....i..., ri u mate wonts of business. . ,, , . 1 , , . Under!the combined influence of this neue, mm uisrrieu tie was nisi evening. e,lia,lwl volume o denrecinted cnrrell Noah Weaver and Miss Victoria Stem cy, and thc enormous expenditures of the a'Va nnnll.n,. nttn .,f ll.r. anmn 1,..! .! ... ... .. a.v... ... tub ii,. imtiiic. vjuvci luiieiii, i, leen nan linen u an UVUI and Swartz and Miss Julia Knrh swelled age nf ninety per cent, above those of the list to-day, and still many to 1859-61. They could not continue to rise chronicle. without great danger to trade, and still Jtev. vt uiioiii nciiiuti.e, ol the Trinity greater danger to the interests ot labor, Lutheran Church, went south to day for We had a Burplus revenuo of a hundred hifl health. The young people of his millions per annum, and were abundant-charge gladdened his purse with u liberal ly able to retire, gradually, the excess of hand for the journey. legal-tender notes, and thus bring the The First Baptist Subbulh School coin- business, of the country Bafely down from menced the new year with a jollification the dangerous height to which war anil and a treat for the little ones. The inflation had carried it. chun h was handsomely and tastefully Congress should not havecompelled the decorated with evergreens etc., and a retil new and aspiring industries of peace to good time they hod of it. put to sea in a crazy craft which was all The press got it last evening, too. The -sail ond no anchor. The Government had whole force of the Union and Herald itself produced the condition in which office was taken to Phil. Warner's and re- business wan placed; and to withdraw galed with an oyster supper by the editor from its interference, to undo the mis- ond publisher, Mr. Samuel Mai-field, Jr, chief it had caused by allowing busmen Isaiah Hain and Lady, of New York, to be governed by the natural laws of are with us again. trade, was the immediate and imperative i. i. u illicit unci urine come nack duty ol congress. Monday evening. This situation and twenty millions. We must debate the bank question with our eyes open to the certainty of this result. And this ought to be decisive against the measure. nut uesiues uesiroyiiig resumption, it would be a most radical and langerous revolution in our sys tem of Government. During the period ot war and reconstruction, many good and Tunis will soon be settled by diplo matic means. Newu from Ynkoob. London, Jan. 2. A dispatch from Cal cutto says news from Cubul is to the effect people were alarmed at tho tendency to that Yakoob Kohn required his officers centralize power at Washington; bit the proposition we arc now considering would result in a centralization of power without a parallel in our history. Before the war, except for the purpose of furnishing small change in the form of subsidiary and token coinage, it was never so much as suggested that the Government hail any right to become the proprietory man facttirer of money. It was thc acknowl edged duty of Congress to declare the value of coins and to coin the bullion of private citizens which might be brought to the mint for that purpose; but it had no authority to determine the volume of currency or to regulate its distribution. t he substitution ot greenbacks tor ra tional bank notes is proposed on the theory that the treasury should be converted into a work shop for the manufacture and sale of money: that not only its quality but its quantity and distribution shall de pend Bolely upon the will ol Uongress. To force a citizen into the army, and put him in the front of battle without his navla vemiiM DavlH, with Only One Killed. Special to the Ohio State Journal, Newark, O., Jan. 2. The facts in re gard to the Shawnee murder Davis kill ing unw puns uui tlllisiy; jiinu tv. Davis meandered to the residence of David Davis on the afternoon of the trage dy. David took exceptions to John R.'s way in mixing m lamily mutters; too much intimacy ou the part ot John with the spouse ot David. David, in conse ciuence, made use ol h there, anil converted Nl. I.OIliN. New York. , "L IjOiis, Jan. J. Itestiinptioil so far New York, Jan. 2,-To-day is ;. "entirely successiui in ftt. Louis, it not venter's day" in Wall street, and the Gen- 6 l""""." f,I'l,,, ln, ""K: eral Government, New York Oilv Banks, '"K ur. "?' B mm insurance companies, railroad nhd other u,""y 'T? btmi P""1 ""' corporations emphasized the New Year ml",!i,i'' to llo,so 11111 currency has been by Jioying in gold to all who desired, the " semi-annual interest and declared divi- t levoluinl. dend. It is noteworthy that a decided Cleveland, Jan. 2. Between our and nrefci-ence. is triven tn t'ho Minor ,..,,. v five hundred dollars in gold have been ;JV,!n l,n mi It is more convenient to handle and just paid out by banki. to-day. In nearly every issnotgun men unci M converti),i omi accel)ti,ble. Of $25,- case the gold wai wanted no a novelty, I : " ii, 000 received at the Custom House up to customers generally preferring tn take r....i ,i uuu received ui me iiisiom House up "I"" S''v '"- ,, ; ,,v,P,lt f ,i,iPa ,i,0 i,ii. - currency, m uuw 1 t , . ,, , n, tit U..R Kieeiiuiiuivn, mill m me nuu-x reinjury uu I , to that hour, only 2,500 m legal-tenders ri'r. Paul, Minn., Jan. 2. The citizens nf Situwtiee en masse regret that the gun, a double-barreled all'air, did not shunt to tile rear as well as to the front. Probably Futully llunieil. Special to the Ohio State .lourtiul. Clitci.EVlLLE, 0 Jan. 2. About 8:30 yesterday morning an alarm of fire was sounded and the tire was found to be a house in thc lower end of town occupied Banks unid had been exchanged for gold. Treasurer out small amounts of gold on checks, etc. llillhousc was prepared to meet a proba- No excitement, customers preferring pa- uie riisii ior gum. jjui ine tieuianu was per except lor purposes ol curiosity. very iigui, wniie ri many instances green backs were prcierred. The first demand was for $210, but not onotlier dollar gold was paid out for a half hour. Within that time there were a half dozen annli cants for sums less than $50, but as no payments are made under that amount, they were refused. National Bank bills were also ollcred, but wero not taken, only legal tenders being exchangeable. pings are iiying everywhere because ot resumption, I.oiilHvllle. Louisville, Jan. 2. Kcsinnnt on oc casions no change or special comment whatever in hanking or business circles here, Ciilirurnlii ami vlu t'nlll'iirnin, San Franc isco. Cat... Jan. 2. The Brit ish bark Warwickshire, which arrived yesterday from Manilla, reports the Brit ish bark Allen was wrecked on the island let there i'b nothing ai the ' lunsiowa, one of the Soochov group. . I 1 l .1 1. rv ... . ... n.wl It IV Q,...,..tl . 1.M1...1 . .. I ueen inane ut me Hiiu-jueuHliry to payout ' 1 nJ11 neic nineii vi-sieuiuj university ol er- , , i i , , , . m, . . tiie explosion of tfiant nowder. in the IVeMleni Associated Press Telograina. The Mm. Cobb Trial Norwich, Conn., Jan. 2. At the trial of Mrs. Cobb to-dav Prof. Riulolphe A nnitenou e t l inc t. ntversi y o. , er- 1(, f , . fe j T, mont, testified lie had assisted Prof, f . 0f . ioreinus in an urn two exueniueuiriiinon ,i tn yz ..,.. l, i,. ,!,.. i . kL.ini;i. uiiu lunntu ui in i j uc ttivnrt rin every Btep taken by Prof. Dor had not a shadow ol noma died of urr.cnioal poisoning, and he fully Treasury, hanks, nor at any of the Ex- November 2, while on her voyage from -i , ' .i , . . nvi. ... t- . mi.. ... ... - ... i cuaiiges to miiKe tne ouy uinerent irom Aon.w m ivoue. tne c:rew were saveu. the ordinary dull day. special arrange- ana remain on the island. ments, sufficient to meet any demand, had Virginia dispatch: W. M. Solomon t expect- Occidental tunnel. A Los Angele dispatch Bavs nlaccr gold was uiscovcreu in Alvera street yestcr- believed that Mrs. llattte UiBliop, an an alysis of whose body he had also aided, died from thc same cause. Pro!. Mauuiel W. Johnson, of Yale College, was thc next witness. He had been a teacher for twenty vears, and of late had ne endorsed i,1IsjnclWi Reports from the leading hanks day. A claim was located at once. win ins. tie a ,lat ()ie lul01mt ,j com:n(. Arrived Steamer Australia, from 8yd- ut mat youo iUo ,1C111 is n tlan t llmollllt eo. ney, via Honolulu, bringing British .inn ne limy jn-ont Neitiir ,), n domestic or mail. Santa Barbara disnatch: About 9 n. m in the midst of a storm of wind and rain ai... t.,., r.. o ti. . n,i, pout special attention to poisons, lie irii,i, -a... f. ...I , v. .,,..,. . uon, ,,,.- .; took a sudden chapge last night, after o the amomlt 0, arsenic im, i (-midnight, and has hourly grown colder teen or twenty pounds of the body, was until at this writing, 10 o'clock at night, prool ol the administration ol poisoiiom the thermometer indicates fifteen degrees. M0"- He believed that some pevsous ing out. Neither bunks in domestic or foreign transactions, nor foreign bankers, nor even sneculators. make nnv difference to-tlav between gold and legal tender and a tornado struck the city from the south National Bank noteB. In the gold room 'eat, and occupying a narrow path, tore dealings in gold have given way to deal- inrougn several oiocks, unrooting and mgB in United Mtatea bonds, the latter be- mowing uown nouses and outbuildings, ing all the business now clone m that ha 1. aim uprooting irees. w ni. lioss was kill- General llillhousc. United States sub- ed by a falling chimney. About ninety Treasurer, states that resumption, bo far feet of the steamer wharf was carried as the working ol his onice was con- uwai, and still falling. To-day has been the coldest of the season. St. Paul. Special to the Ohio State Journal. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 2. The ther mometer last night reached twenty-six delreps belnw zero. To-dav has been the - I 1M 1UIIVIT.I P .Inn V Mum-lit llnttui coldest of the season'. At uo time flaring Coi,,(,.. jm(,B Davis was arrested he the day has the lriMoifty stood aboe zero. I to-day by the hberift of this county on a capias issued bv the uircuit Uourt ot Ala- con county, on suits brought by persons alleging talse imprisonment against Uavis in having detained them while on a raid cerned, had been attended by the most gratiiymg success, and that there up- migni iukc, unuer certain cireu.n i.tiices, - -, . , , , . . . He "..., .i.,r" :.. ........ " . ' as much as five grains of arsenic, wos not willing to assert that Professor Doremus's method was wrong, but it was not the one which he used, and which was supported by the best authorities. Adjourned. Collector ItiiviM Arrested. Nashville, Jan. 2. Special Deputy Western Associated Press Telegrams. St. Loiiln and Around. St. Louis. Jan. 2 To-day was the coldest of the Beosou.the mercury ranging over vear nf,0 jjavis procured a writ irom o- to iu- dciow zero, auu sun sum- o labeas corpus, which having been heard by Judge John Baxter, of the United Slates Circuit Court, Davis was placed in custody of the United States Marshal, with the privilege of going where he pleased on the bond already given. Davis says that lg to-mgiit. Disnatches from Western Missouri, Kansas, and Central and Southern Illi nois note extremely cold weather, the mercury everywhere in those regions being several degrees below zero. In some places it fell to more than 20 be low, and two or three deaths by freezing are reported. .levviuiiu. Cleveland, Jan. 2. The weather is very cold. At bix o'clock 7 below zero. A driving snow storm in the alternonn. the night is clear and cold. All ran- ments thereof in exchange for paper be ing very insignificant. Up to 2 o'clock the sub-lreasury had received over $500,-000 in gold, in exchange for which was issued legal tenders and certificates ot deposit, while on the other hand it was estimated that the disbursements of coin nf the dav would not amount to over sieri.ooo. . (the Chamber ot Conunerco to-day airhpted resolutions lelicttating the com nihility upon resumption, congratulating Secretary Sherman for the success of his policy, recognizing the orlion of the city anks in co-operating with the Treasury, and thanking Cungress for the establishment of a National banking law. A resolution was also adopted calling upon Congress to avert the dancer attending the adoption ot stiver as a measure ot values. bv amending the existing law so as to f.'.4i... .1. iY :..i -i .i. ;i..-- inuiiei me iniiiieu eonuiue 01 me silver WASHINGTON. Another Profitable Purchase of Silver Bullion. PUBLIC DEBT 1'IOUHBs, ETC. Washington, Jan. 2. The debt state ment shows on increase of the debt for December of $1,233,785, and the following balances in the Treasury : Coin, $2''4,- 805,477; currency, $4,515,550; currency held tor redemption of (factional currency, $10,000,000; specie deposits for redemption of certificates of deposit, $34,-615,000; coin and silver certificates, $24,- UiO.SdO; outstanding legal tenders, J34U,-081,010; fractional currency, $10,108,164. comparisons, 1878 v. 1879. Following is a comparison of the con dition of the Treasury January 1, 1878, aniuanuary i, it): BALANCES. 1373. 1379. Currency S,4U8,8tl 8 4,515,ti3ll special lunu lor retl'p'n ol frac. eurrencv .. Special deposit ol legal tenners tor redeniprn ol cerl'l's ot denoslt... Coin Coin and silver ccri'l's... Coin less coin and silver certillcates Outstaiulintr celled h'ds.. Other outstanding coin linhllities Outst'd'g legal tenders.. Outst'd's" true, currency Outst'd'g silver coin.'..... total ucoi lens ensti in 10,01X1,000 10,000,090 32,8HO,(IO0 1:10,918,405 8:1,42-1,000 ioo,0fi;i,r,o5 20,745,U0 3,007,340 840,943,770 17,764,103 S3,0:U,434 31,515,00(1 224,865,477 24,070,830 200,788,047 21,718,700 4,024,257 340,081,010 10,108,154 80,031,857 Treasurv 2.015.955.442 2.028.048.111 Increase of deht for Dec. . 71,023 1,233,7 Reduction ol debt sinc JulV 1 Market value ot gold... inporis ior tue twelve mos. ending Nov. 30.. Exports for the twelve inos. ending nor. 30.. 14,202,780 102.87 1,198,720 100 482,202,984 430,001,998 roads clear of snow. Passenger trains pending conflict oi jurisdiction between iruui nut; 10 live uoun iuic. Aiie pun- aenger troin due here at 7 p. m. left Buf- lalo five liours late. . 1 he lake hliore have abandoned all freights east of here. Three trains of stock were sent to Paines- ville to unload and wait until the yards are clear in Butlalo. iiiiauiu, Buffalo, Jan. 2. The wind is blowing Fire Record New Orleans, Jan. 2, A fire at Farm ersville, La., destroyed four buildings Judge J. E. Trimble's law ollice, witli t portion ol his valuable library; J. V, YV nile s storehouse and Huberts build ing, occupied by A. T. Lott. and the va cantoffi 'C of W. A. Darbv. Loss; about $10,000; insurance 4,000. J'.ixiin, ILL., Jan. z. A tire tins morn ing broke out in Town's block, cornej' ai Cbuuigo Htveet ami Fountain square, which spread to stcinwtz iv i odson s ilrv goods store, and, aided by the high wind, swept the entire south side of Chicago street, causing a total loss estimated at $100,000; insurance, $75,000. IJmncy, Jan. 2. The new hirst pres bvterinn Church of this city, iust com pleted, caught fire- at 9 o'clock to-night anil was conipletley destroyed. Loss u0,- 000; insured for $20,000. Thechurch was to be dedicated next Snntlnv. The fire caught from the heating apparrtus, uhicaoo, Jan. i. the IribuncsEvara-ton, Illinois, special savs. A 9 o'clock to-night Uemmtcr Ha wai without nnv iliatmetL.n l.i,i..n ...,l.l be on tire and burned to the ground in a pape,., ' short time, all efforts to save it being uu- Atthe Slock Exchange the gold de- ""'"'"e-mYT . ,,. "V"' """'"; narlmt.nl wa nbnlUhcl .ml nnv nnntn. $3,000. This building 18 the theological timisforcoldforhidiieninlhefnt'iire. of a large number of Methodist Thi nftornnnn il,o nnhl ,i:,,i tt,i.;ni, f,, ministers of the Northwest, being :,. i .i . . ------ n ...... , 1, p IT..U. me oiaie auu reucrui conns ub to qucs- bo many years has indicated the changes i"i-n.-.u oinn-iuj tions growing out of thc enforcement of j B0ld premium, was token down. The Tribune says the sub-Treasury has AiKlltlonnl from Nln rliliiu. ceased to keep coin and currency nt- CmcAno, Jan. 2. Lieutenant-General while on the raid mentioned they had dollar and its use as legal tender, exnected an attack from moonshiners. I rVnii .Inn 5ai,i,0tjw v.,rir who, as he believed, nad sent down tour Clearing House clearings were couduc otl ""IK"1 -uenipsicr nan was uiscovcreu to men tu iukc in ineir siiuaiiou nun aci ac cordingly. He had therefore held them as a matter of sutcty to himsell and men until the following morning. Great in terest is felt throughout Tennessee in the revenue laws A Bail "Out" ol' II, Dubtoue, Jan. 2. This afternoon ten convicts in the penitentiary broke out of the stone cutters Bhed and made a des- counts separate, and therefore will make Sheridan is in receipt of a report from no daily reports ol the amount ot coin tieneral liiooon in reply to the request paid out lor interest und called bonds ol .VoretarvNrhurz lor detailed intorma- perate effort for liberty, thc yard being and received for customs. tion regarding the charges of misinan- enelrtseil nnlv liv a bonrd alnrkndo One 1 At the Sllb-Treosurv tn-ilav men wlin aircmcnt. etc.. nf ilia lndinn llnrpnn. a gale, and a light tall ol snow to-dny convict was shot dead bv a truant, nnoth- presented gold certificates answered the General Gibbon mentions a number of has drifted badly. Trains on the Buffalo, r H)lot through the bowels and will die. clerk's question, "Gold or greenbacks?'' points and cases in support of the charge, new torn auu reimsyivuuiu ruiiruuu are The remainder escaped trom thc vard. with "greenbacks ore good enough ior but says the great mass til details is at-again stabled at Ebeuezer, and on the Two were shot by guards, both dropping me," or "give me bills." "What do 1 ready on file at General Sheridan's head- BllHalO and Southwestern at lUnia. .Fas- :,l. hrnlron leo-s. Five others were soon want of fold?" One German nnid. "TVllla nnartel'S. and accessible tn the Soproiurv seugers ure inning reiuge nolo ine iiiiciue recaptured, John Donohue, a three year bilisi uo yon want me to lug coin ol the interior, lie disclainiB having at cold in farm hotlse in the vicinity. inn from Scott connlv. he.ine-thoonlv one around?" The clerk said, two hours after tacked thc Secretary, but savs he felt im- and soldiers to swear on the Koran to stand bv him. but finally withheld their pay they generally declined to become sc- ruriity lor the fidelity. Shore Ali'g Promlne. London, Jan. 2. A Calcutta dispatch says that before leaving Cobnl Shero Ali wrote to thc Viceroy ol India stating that he would return to Afghanistan after laying his case before the Congress ut St. Petersburg. i'hllilron Burned to Ileal h. Teetervii.le, Ont., Jan. 2. -The house of Robert Baine, Brandy Creek river, burnt to-day. Two young children, alone in the building, burned to dcalh. Explosion on Ship-board. London, Jan. 2. By an explosion of mammoth gun on the man-of-war Thunderer, the vessel's turret was destroyed; seven men killed and forty wounded. MoucnfeTa Dentil Wurrunt. Madrid, Jan. 2. After a long Cabinet Trains are reported abandoned on the Lake Shore road, east of Cleveland. It iB growing very cold now; only, a few degrees above zero. fiOiiifivllle. Louisville, Jon. 2. A remarkable change of the weather here in the last twenty-four hours, the mercury falling thirty-one degrees, .navigation is entire Iv snstiended. The Golden Rule has ar rived from New Orleans, after roughing it through the ice, and is the only boat which has thus largot through. Watertowu. Watertown, N. Y., Jan. 2. Another great snow storm. High wind prevailed all day along nearly the entire lengtn.oi now nt liberty. CARBON HILL. Kurrow Eican? from Arsenic-Other New Year'H Ileins. Special to the Ohio State Journal. he had begun paying gold out, "Nobody wants it. ne nave received enormous quantities of gold certificates, and every one of the messengers demanded either noteB of larger denominations r Clearing House certificates." there wob a little division nf opinion on the subject polled to denounce a pernicious system. Carbon Hill, Jan. 2. Yesterday about of gold as a working medium of cx- two o'c ock Fred Blosser. a cnrpcnter.cre- change at par, unci several bankers m- M nlunl Bciiclil AftiNocinllon. Special to the Qtiio State .loui-iinl. Westervili.e, Jan. 2. The Trustees of the People's Mutual Benefit Asxociu tion adjourned their session to-day. All of the old officers were re-elected. But 623,010,013 73tl,971,;SJ PREPARING THE PAPERS. The few copying clerks of the Attorney General's office have been busily engaged tor several weeks past in copying reports of United States Marshals, District Attorneys and others in South Carolina and Louisiana in regard to alleged Southern outrages. The copies were made to be transmitted to the Senate in reply to a resolution of that body und adopted December 9, on motion of Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, calling upon the Presideut for "copies of reports of United States Marshals and other officials, and such other correspondence as he may have relative to the recent election in the Slates of South Carolina-and Louisiana." Since the adjournment of Congress for the holidays, the Teller Investigating couimittee having passed a resolution calling upon the President and Attorney General for information upon the same subject, the Attorney General will probably forward to the Teller committee copies already made to be sent in response to thc Senate resolution. coleman's case. Judge Blatchford to-day, in the United States Circuit Court, rendered a decision in the case of Coleman, arising out of not- (iraJisMtimi papers of 1808. CokanfrM came up before him ou habeas corniM. He decides that the c.iiiipljinl nnd Warrant on which the arrest was mad, ik-fcotive, its it simply charged the use of the certificate naturalization unlawfully issued, witu- ont stating the particulars in which it was unlawful, or facts that made it so. He also decides that Coleman was duly and legally admitted to citizenship, and that the legality of his admission was not invalidate by any act which occurred ither prior or subsequent to nis admis sion. As he wos legally admitted it was proper to give him a certificate of citizenship, and that certificate was not unlaw fully issued or mane, uoieman, mere-fore, was discharged. THE FOUR PER CENTS. Subscriptions to the four per cent, loan to-day $8,590,150. The above is the largest amount ever received in one day, $3,000,000 being the greatest Bum ever fltibscribed in a single ay heretofore, i tie large amouut iun- scribed for to-day is probably on account of the recent circular of the Secretary of the Treasury, allowing commissions on subscriptions for said bonds. ANOTHER I'ACKAQE STOLEN. To-day between eleven and one o'clock a thief entered the Government printing office, and watching hin opportunity took irom lite sale oi mo uisDiirsing ciern a package of currency containing $10,000 .mended tor paying otl the employes ami for the purchase of material, and made his escape without observation. Detectives were immediately put to work and it is thought the money will Boon be re covered. consent, waa thought by manv a violent council to-day, the King reluctantly sign-invasion of private rights: but 'Congress to ed Moncasi'B death warrant. The execu- Anybody who loves rabbit can satisfy their appetite at a small figure now, as loads of them ore offered for sole. A. R. Von Cleat, S. Marficld, Jr. and C. J. Deloplnne are looking over the Auditor's accounts for ,1878, as perappointment, was clearly and ably portrayed by Secretary McCulloch, in his annual report of December, 1805. He demonstrated the fact that we then stood at the parting of the ways, that one path if followed with wisdom and courage, would 'lead down from the dangerous lipinrllln nf wnr nriena In tlte anfo loval nf MrB. ChlirleB M. Zillk lltlll children nl' I flnlnl Vnlliea nnn atnntlv Im.lnflw. that thn Waverly, sjient New Ycor's in this city, other would lead through increased spectre almost forgot to mention, after illation .and still greater expansion of their supper, the typos of the Union and credits, to inevitable and measureless dis-Herald presented a gold pen and holder aster. to Mr. Marlield os their appreciation for Studied by the light of subsequent ox-post favors, pcrience, the Secretary's warnings now assume the power, or depress all prices, to change the value ot every purchase, nnd of every private contract, would be a usurpation of power the most despotic ond dangerous ever proposed to Ameri cans. CURRENCY TO MEET THE WANTS OF TRADE. We are told that the people demand a volume of currency sufficient for the wonts of trade. So they do. But what man or sot of men is wise enough to measure these wants, and declare the exact volume of currency that will meet them Suppose a hundred wise men of New tion will be fixed for Saturday morning. Maine's Legislature nt It, Augusta. Me., Jan. 2. Thc Legislative committee on Gubernatorial Votes hove examined the returns of the September election, and will report to-morrow. The term of office of Governor Connor ex pired Wednesday, and by the provisions of the constitution the President nf the Senate, J. Manchester Haynes, is and will continue to be acting Governor until the new Governor is elected. The Democrats and Greenbackers held a caucus to-night with closed doors. In secret session it York should take the contract of hous- was voted, without a dissenting voice, to ing, clothing, feeding and supplying the send to the Senate the names ol Gorcelon wants oi tne million people who live on Manhattan Inland. Remember that all nations are placed under contribution to snnnlv that citv. The shins nf every sen arc landing at her docks tne products of every clime. Railway trains from every quarter of the Union are pouring in their contrioiiiioiis, miiuuusoi people in various parts of the world are at work ere sting the merchandise) which the city needs, and Smith. In that case the election of Gorcelon is assured, SI. Louis t'onvealed Araln, St. Louis, Jan. 2. Another very cold wave came down from the Northwest last night nnd lowered the temperature some torty or more degrees during the night. At 0 o'clock this morning the mercury marked six degrees below zero, and 3xr Tur.,n ",c",nely although it is clear, with bright sunshine, I1UIH1ITUH Ol MIUUNailUrl Ol nCT t . a! 7 fn xt own peop e are busy preparing hese pro- , . Ferries continue to ducts for her use, Is it possible to con- :, ,t. :,.. ...i ' ceivethat tho wit of man is able to de vise any artificial system by which the infinite daily wants of New Y'ork shall be accurately measured and constantly and promptly supplied? Extend the run opposite the city, and the harbor is kept clear ot ice. Tho Fc Books to be Opened, New York, Jan. 2. Tho Supreme court lias granted a mandamus com right this morning. He hod been quar reling pretty much all day with his wife, the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensbi.'rg 1,11,1 il 19 supposed took the arseuic to railroad. Eighteen inches of snow now. scare ner. Railroad cuts are full and trains all aboil- Bill Stoneburner tried to amuse liiin- doned. self New Year's morning by whipping Mb Sirln(Hld, ftniv dnnaliter. aged about fourteen, but Sprinofield. ILL., Jan. 2. The mer- wns foiled bv some of the neighbors inter- cury thiB morning at' 7 o'clock marked fering. He then took a hatchet and was twenty tiegrees ueiow ero. it is lepimeu 1 auoiil to chop down a neighbor s house, to the State Board of Agriculture that but the owner soon nut a stop to this, and nut treeB, and peach trees especially, he came to tho conclusion it wasn't New have been greatly injured in this vicinity. Year's if he couldn't have a little fun Fiptrolf. Quite a merry party from here went to IYktroit. Jan. 2. The weather has Nelsonville New Year s Eve, to attend a auain become very cold, the thermometer mite society given by the Methodist ? -,ii. .i.!-. 1...1 ri..,i, .1 1 .l:.!.,'! i 1.....1, Ol 1U O CIUCIL UClllg lUUlUl-U ueion eiu Ri hi. i.mi..-, mm iimn i .i and steadily falling. T rains in the north- until ute next year ated unite a stir in our village by taking 1 -ireusitry goiu balances two deaths have occurred 111 tho Associa , , , . , .. would immediately increase instead of tion since the beginning, which is an 1111 t,u ne sam, noose 01 arsenic. Aitociorwas decroaing. One Natiouol Bank sent paralleled record, showing great care in called, and for a while it seemed as though $100,000 in gold to the sub-Treasury, the kind of inctuliera received, und the he would not get over it, but he is all some men auom tne moid room, tne most risks assumed. 01 wuuse lives iiuvu oeen luenuueu with the traffic, looked Very milch discouraged. The scene was almost laughable os men who hod interested a hope that there might he a small specu lativo or at least a loon market after to day, sat ond gazed at the word "Par," which stood on the blackboard in thc largest letters that that faithful conveyer ol iniormution would hold. 1 he great event ol resumption was eclebroted ot 10 o'clock this morning bv a salute at the tsavy lard, and as the hist Blinking IIiiuhp Fulls. Wilkesbarre, Pa January 2 The bonking house of Bennett & Company made an assignment this morning. The cause alleged is present inability of the forty fort Coal Company, Kivcrsiile Coal Company, J. H. Swayer and others to meet their obligations. 1 tie linn confident its creditors will be paid in full, Colorado I.eirlNlnture, Tlpvvrn .Tnn 9 Thn Pnlnrndn Stnto gun Bounded, the American flag was flung Legislature completed its organization to-day. Hon. James 1'. .Maxwell, 0 Houltler,.was elected fresident pro tein ern and western porta of the State ore badlv delayed on account ot snow drilts, Oswevo, Oswego. N. Y.. Jon. 2. The storm which commenced to-day has increased in violence and all railroads leading to this city are again blockaded, 110 attempt be ing made to-night to start trains, Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Jan. 2. Tho weather has been growing cold Bince last midnight, iti,le on address, in which he said he had anil at eleven to-night the mercury 011 the endeavored to form a Labor party Work and cold weather in abundance at present. IJrlm (Jreelllmck ttasp. Boston, Jan. 2. About a hundred delegates of the Greenback party from several New hngland states, met here to-day. A resolution lavormg limning some Greenback organization, in which all the New England Slates shall he rep resented, was adopted. Wendell Phillips hill tops marked from 9 to 12 below zero and still falling. Nontrenl. Montreal, Jan. S. A terrible snow storm prevailed all day, and trains from all points ore delayed. New York. The committee reported tho following plan of organization: That a committee of bne from each Congressional district be appointed, who, togettter with the Chair man and secretary ol Stale Central Committees, shall constitute an Executive Committee of the Union; olso, that the to the breeze from oil tho Government buildings. WnihliiKton. Washington, Jan. 2. Treasurer Gil- fillttn late this afternoon received the following dispatch from Assistant Treas urer tiillhousc at New York: "A large proportion of gold checks has been paid in United States notes to-day at the request of thc holders." lite nmnnnt ot interest paid at the Treasury, in this citv to-day was $22,000, all of which was pafd with legal tender notes except 'j,Klil, lor which holders ot coupons asked and received coin checks 011 New York. The holders oi coupons hove heretofore received colli for them. but to-dav for the first time they had to take legal lenders or a coin check on New York. Many accepted legal ten tiers, though not without some growlini and others, as above mentioned, demand- Senator Kunzi Streeter, of Boulder conn ty, Speaker ot the House. 1 he tTOvemor messoge will be submitted to-morrow, Funeral ol' Nr. Mnckey. Philadelphia, Jan. 2. The fnnera services of the late Robert W. Mackey took place at Ins residence this alternoon, the remains will he taken tn rillKhur this afternoon. Bay Slate (Jovoruor Sworn. Boston, Jan. 2. Governor Talbot wos inaugurated to-dav. His luessngc show that the funded debt of the State is $33, 020,404. There is now no temporal' loan. Fltxtihii rorler Aanlii West Point, Jan. 2. The Hoard nf I ptirv resumed the investigation of tli ed the coin checks. Secretary Sherman I'll 7. 10 lilt I'orler case to-dav. was in his olhco until 4 oclock, and ap peared to be in excellent spirits. Annul- Madiinic Anderson' Ureal Feet New York, Jan. 2-M.dniglit.-The ",lme of "ttreenback-Labor Party of New tr o( leifKnmls received by "him were New YoiiK,Jan.2.-Madame Anderson mercury has fallen twenty-five degrees since 0 0 clock, and still declining, -v five degrees above zero. Yankton.' Y'ankton, D. T., Jan. 2. The mercury went down to twenty-five degrees below zero last night the coldest since laov:. St. Paul. St. Paul, Jan. 2. Various thermome ters registered twenty-six to thirty de grees below zero last night. clock to-night. England " shall be given to the orgnnizii- .,... ..,. , ,i. pri,si,iM,t. mmM .i..,,., r,,,,,,,'),,!,,.! l.'r liuo'th '..nmier mile at 10 A resolution was adopted that the jiortt- moiiut issue in the ttrecnbaek-Labor movement is the immediate substitution of greenbacks for Notional Hank currency Adjourned. Ken York'n Failures In IH1H, New York, Jan. 2. During the post year nine hundred and seventeen failures were reported in this city, with liabilities of 03,958,403 ond assets at $18,095,531 This exceeds the record of any former scheme till it shall embrace the whole manding County Clerk Gumbleton to Utiion, with its forty-five millions of peo- throw open the Fee books of his office for pie. is any Congress wise enough to I tho inspection of the Bar Association. one from Assistant Treasurer llillhouse, received curly ill the day, to the ellect that the amount of gold demanded for United States notes was insignificant. Just before the close of the ollice one from Assistant Treasurer llillhousc, giv ing the amount disbursed ns $130,000 and receipts $-100,000, was received and read Willi much gratiiicaiion. ChlenKO. Chicago, j tin. !!. there is little in Chicago financial circles to mark the ud- A lie pi uieipiu On Monday, at Turkey Point, Texas, a worthless while scoundrel named Kogtin and a stranger decoyed a colored mon named .Moses Sample into the woods, where they tried to make him confess to stealing 11 horse. Failing in this they hung him till he was nearly dead, when they let him down and shot him. Fa gun lias beeu arrested, but the strangerescaped. Tuesday, Yollow Fever Coaiinlaxlon New Orleans. Jan. 2. The Yellow v... I,i n Inivm nnmW ;,,,nh,lv din. in vent of rcBiimntinn day. Thc principal At Jacksonville, Illinois, Fever Commission continue their invcBti- "the repenl of the bankrupt act. ' event of Importance ut the sub-Treasury while its mother was out of the room, a gation. Among the witnesses before them has been the largely increased demand seven-niouths-old child of William Led- to-day was Dr. William Martin, assistant Caleb ( uniting Dead. for four per cent. Governments. The de- ford, Jr., crawled into the fire and was so surgeon of the United States Navy, who Newburyport, Jan. 2 Caleb Ciiahiiig mand for gold is confined to a very few seriously burned that it died Wednesday gave lut experience in the treatment ot died to-night. I coses, the majority ot applicants preier-1 morning in extreme ogony, the tobacco tax. The tax on tobacco declined during December $49,315 compared With the corresponding month oi 1877. ThiB IB attributed tn the agitation ot the tax question. Notwithstanding this decrease, there was a net gain on the first Bix months ol the present year ol $!ir,4iu compared with the corresponding period the previous hscal year. Austria's monetary unit. A circular issued by the Treasury De partment to-day makes the eight tloriu gold piece the monetary unit of Austria instead nf thc silver florin, as heretofore. This will put an end to the trouble for Borne nine existing oy which Aiisuiau imports oppeor to have been considerably overvalued. AN ORDER FOR TnK STANDARDS. Orders for thirty-two thousand stand ard silver dollars were received at the Treasury Department to-day. They wilt be delivered free of cost under the cir cular which went into effect yesterday. silver bullion purchase. The Secretory of the Treasury to-day pun-hated 400,000 ounces nf silver bullion ot satisfactory prices. The number of bidders was not so large ns usual, but the quantities ollcred were greater than in previous bids. TO MEET THE NEEDS. To meet th" inconvenience to merchants caused by the discontinuance of issuing coin certificates, it has been determined to issue such certificates for the special purpose of paying customs duties until Con-gresB can act upon the matter. TAKING THEIR INTEREST. The interest on registered bondn falling due vesterdny, is being poid at the Treasury Department to-day, a majority of the holders of cheeks taking legal tenders in preference tu coin checks. TO BURY THEIR DEAD. Secretary and Menernl Sherman leave to-night for Cleveland to attend the funeral of their brother, Judge Sherman. SECRETARY Sl'lH'RZ CHARGING UP. Secretory Schitrz will reply to General Sheridan iu a few days. Burglars entered tho insurance office of J. & W. L. Lodwick, Portsmouth, Tuesday night, getting some $40. Thev also tampered with the safe in the Times office, containing several' hundred dollars, nut are supposed to have got nothing there. Two brothers, named John and Levi Mootie, living 111 Greenfield, quarreled Tuesday, and the latter cut the former a fearful gash across the stomach with a knife, The wound may prove fatal. II