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Show UK VISUAL. Washington Intelligence. Washington, 19. A convention of delegates representing the interests of tho agricultural and Yiorticultural society, soci-ety, and the agricultural eolleges of the United States, will meet horo on Thursday, Thurs-day, February loth, to confer on sub-, jeets of national interest. j Kimball, head f the tobacco division of tho internal revenue department, has prepared a paper for the information of j ,the cemmitteo of ways and means, esti-' esti-' mating the number of tobacco consumers consum-ers in tho United Statos al 8,000,000,1 who each consume eleven pounds, four-; teen ounces of tobacco and 107 cigars' annually. He says a tax of four cents a pound on Iho salo of leaf, and a thorough thor-ough collection of tho lax, would produce pro-duce a revenue of So.000,000. Washington, 19. A number of cases of small-pox ore reported in the city. The election committee of the house, by a vofo of nine to two, decided the contested election ca?e from Pennsylvania, Pennsylva-nia, Cessna, Itepublicau, against Aley-ora, Aley-ora, Democrat, iu favor of Meyers. The houso is discussing tho olection case of Bat03 against Edwards, .Republican from Arkansas. The argument was commenced to-day before tho house judiciary committoe, in tho caso of tbo patents lor tho lands and bonds issued botweon the central branch ot tho U. P. At. It. and AAanniual and St. Joe. It. It. About a million acres and a largo amount of subsidy bonds aro involved in tbo controversoy. Tho houso committee to investigate the trouble in Louisiana, have decided to postpono their visilto !New Orleans lor tho present. The Indian appropriation bill, which appropriates about o.OOU.OuO, will be reported next week. It is reported that Tweed will bo in Wa-binclon iu a few days on important business, tho nature of which is secret. Destructive, Fire. Charleston, S. C, 19. By a lire last night, in tho village of Abbeville, the court house, all the hotels, and the business busi-ness square were destroyed. New York Mutter. New York, 19. In the custom housn investigation to-day a loiter was reeoived from ex-appraiser Palmer, denying certain cer-tain testimony given by Spencer. Tomorrow To-morrow night tlio fomiiiitiee adjourns t.i Washington. Cliai l t nble tic 4 iirst. Baltimore. Vj. The will of lha late Alatidi:r Larmun contains the following follow-ing he.Uo.-!; to charitable institutions of ilu city. To tho Blind asylum, y"0,- "M; to'the Bhiiii.-ro orphan a-ylum, iho -g"d Women's home, the Aged Men's homo, the Union orphan asylum, the Church house and Iniirruary, the homo for the friendless, St Paul's orphan u'.vlum, Mount Hope retreat, the Manual Manu-al Labor school for bo-3, tho Homo so- iol v, the 1'foi a - sociati'n and the Maryland Stale Jiible society, S10.M ru h. V. H. Senator Elected. Aiiii;ip.li', 19. Geo. R. Dennis was in-day elected I'. S. senator to u erred Vicker-. .More of Aleili. St. Louis, 9. Tho chief clerk of the ' ! lower houso of the legislature received i a telegram to-day from admiral Pos-skit. Pos-skit. Haling that that the Grand Duke Alexis would, in accordance with the invitation dUnded him by the legislature, legisla-ture, vi-it dt-tlerson city on Tuesday nert, and remain from 10 a.m. till p.m. Custom llot.tr 11 tt 1 4, At ion. New York, 1 j. W, AL Stocking, of , I.eet & Stocking was eT&rrjir.sd to-dav. lie teU?4tbMWTjiH .), 1 J-it1'J 'at Willard's hotel, Washington, and Lindsay told him Grinnejl was get. in:: up a cartage bureau in New York, and with his inthnnce ho ought to get it. : lie obtained about thirty letters from ;enHtrs and others, and got the bureau at ?j.0i9 a vear as superintendent, and held it until th secretary abolished it. Almost immediately after he joined Led and went into the general order ' busines. To ilayard "Colonel Lee, and I got into partnership through friendship friend-ship for each other. Grinnell said he would like lo do somolhing for us, and gave us a part 01 the general order busi- , nesi and afierwards the whole' By Cas-crly "How did you succeed in getting so many letters from scna-', tors '" Answer "1 got Ihem by my own influence." I Question "Was not the general or-1 der one of the prizes in politics that' most influential peoplo here were con-1 tending for '.''' Answer "So 1 understood.'' under-stood.'' "Was it not strange thai Grinnell ; should volunteer to give the general or-! der9 to you ? ' "I don't know." "Did you ever hear of external influence influ-ence brought to bear on him?" "No." To Bayard "No one has any interest in our business now but Leet and myself. my-self. 1 have only bowing acquaintance with Gen. Porter. 1 had no letter from him coining on here." A motion lo adjourn to-morrow to meet in Washington was lo?t, and-the committee com-mittee will continue their labors nexl week. j-A j-A ScDhlbla measure. Columbua, 0., 19. In the house today to-day a bill passed to admit, as eompo-tant eompo-tant jurors, parsons who may have read newspaper accounts of criminal cases on which they proposed to sit as jurors. The Louisiana Muddle. New Orleans, 19. The muddle continues. con-tinues. The Warmothite senate has no quorum, and ihe house has passed a resolution re-solution expelling the; absent members by a vote of 4$ to 6. Trial for Murder. Brookvllle, Ind., 19. The new trial of McDonald Check, for the murder of his father-in-law, near Lawrence, is now in progress and excites little interest. inter-est. Dr. Ivyle, the most important witness wit-ness and tho only person who" saw the shooting, excepl Check aod his accomplice, accom-plice, will be examined to-morrow. The Wharton Case. Annapolis, 19. In tho Wharton case to-day, Steele closed the argument for the defence. U timed to Utalli. . Albany, 19. The hotel at Howes' cave was burnod this morning. Two inmates wero burned to death, and a man was burned so ho cannot recover. Loss $27,000. Monetary ami Stuck. New York, 19. Money easy; sold strong; sterling 9.J; governments quiet and lirm; stocks irregular, but eiosoi steady. Pacific Mail sold up to 59J; and closed at oS'.j- W. U. T., 7; Ouick-silver, Ouick-silver, y7i; W. P., 07. London, 19. Console, 02 5-S. Paris, 19. Rentes, 60f. o5c. The specie in tho bank of Franco has increased in-creased 3,2o0,000 francs. |