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SATURDAY, MAKC1I 2, 18C9.
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KW'DRKae.-e-Uav log procured a general j
outfit for this offico daring the P week, I
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dreii oa the lCHh f April, and bo otherwise
improved. The jobbing department has
lMtrMa furnlihed with the latest Improved
material, which will enable us to do work
equal to city work and at reasonable rates
These improvements will cost us a great
deal of money, and we lwpo, tbcrefore, that
those ttko have cot yet settled their accounts
. lth us, wiU do so without delay.
We return ouf sincere thanks to those who
hare lent us new subscribers. We bop
ethers will follow their eiaraple and eiert
themselves In oof behalf, and send us sub'
ecribers and Job work.
The bill to ropral the Tenure of-offic
act was reported in the Senate on Wednes
day, from ths Committee on the Judiciary,
with an amendment in the nature of a cub'
stitute. The amendment is designed to
relieve the President from the obligation to
give reasons for suspensions from office;
thus removing such objections as have been
taken to the Tenure of oOlce act on practical
grounds. It also relieves the Senate from
the impossible duty of considering such
reasons. The Senate retains power under
it to reinstate officers who bare been remov
cd by aonxoncurlrg in t ueh removals. Theie
are some of the leading points of the report
that was accepted by the Scaatc. It is
eteted to le entirely satisfactory to Presi
dent Orant, who said that he did not ask a
complete repeal, and who chiefly desires to
reform the public service by removing unGt
men.. The fate of the measure In the Iiouse
i problematical. There was an almost un
animous rote there in favor of repeal. But
it it plain that with so few days rcmalcing
fur the session, repeal cannot be accomplish'
ed. The House is likely to agree to the
Senate bill with the amendment, and leave
the question of repeal to another session.
Eixrt Z. Moons baa been appointed
Collector of the Customs of Philadelphia.
Mr. Marks, owing to the stroug opposition
to him, resigned before entering upon the
dnties of the office. Mr. Moore was former
ly Treasurer of the State, and has, from the
formation of the party, been an out and out
and active Republican.
Tni Aoriccltrists. The Harriaburg
EtaU Guard, in speaking of the Agricultu
rists, says, Uhe assemblage of practical
agriculturists which took place in the Iiouse
of Representatives on Wednesday, is well
worthy of a favorable notice, for the reason
that those who composed that body repre
nented a class which has to long been neg
lected by the press, Congress and State
Legislatures. This country is now in a
condition to command for the agriculturist
the very largest chare of consideration, be
cause, to a great extent, from the fruits of
bis toil and the improvement of his pursuit
the Government must look for its lurgest
share of revenues. Titers is no use longer
denying this fact, and the sooner, therefore,
those lu authority turn their ettcution to
seeking ways and mcars whereby and
wherewith to encourage thu farmer, tb
more reliable will become the public credit
aad the general prosperity.
Seme of tha most intelligent and liiflucn-
ui r.,.,-. i r..i..ni!. r .l.i.rr.t... !
.... .i.u.v.- . -""aJ ..v.- w.
to tha convention men who are used to
ttolding the handles of a plow, and under
stand all about farming as a productive
business and a source of wealth. The deli
berations of sush a body ut this time arc
worth; of all the atteutiou which the public
at large can give them as well as all thu
space we can spare to set forth their pro
ceedings." Tn CoirsTiTrTioNAi, Amicndmi'-kt. The
Legislature of Delaware and Kentucky have
l course rejected lue,
; Fifth Article of thu
Had they done otu
National Constitution
rrwise we should have beau apprehensive
tnat some great evil was auoui to oeiau tue
country.
The Georgia Legislature whose legality j
was nercr ett&bUshed, utter ratifting the
Amendment and then reconsidering it, has j
finally failed to ratify so far as the Senate is j
concerned, while the house has ajjain ratirUd. :
As Congress wilt doubtless provide a Pro-.
visional government again for that recalcit- j
raut State, the present action of thu Legis- :
lature is of no effect. j
tbe bourn uuroiiua brgtaiuturo us ratiu i
ed.
Tha Pennsylvania T.rgUUtura has ratified
The New York sK4ltJr9 u,l ratified.
Tbe Massachusetts Legislature has ratified.
These make fourteen in all in the affirma
tive against two in the n.g&tire.
In all there art thirty seven States, and it
witi require twtnty eigbt to ratify to carry
tha Amendment. Of thesu the following
twenty five will certainly ratify :
Alabama, Arkansas. Florida, Illinois, In
diana, Iowa.Kaaaaa, Louisiana, Maine, Mas
sachusetts, Miciiigao, Minnesota, Missouri,
NaUaska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New
York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, Ten net see, Vermont,
Wast Virgicla, and Wisconsin. The three
votes necessary Xa carry the Amendment
meat be got from Connecticut. Ohio, Vir
ginia, Mississippi, Georgia and Texas.
Tbe Democracy In Indiana ara generally
nominating tbe legislative bolttrs for re slec
tion.
Laicaiter has decided to hr her boys'
anU girls' Wga achuoie hereafter ia separata
buildings.
The Democratic papers exhibit great glee
over the pretended riucoveiy that General
Loristreel waa onea indicted lor sa-.Jg-ling.
The Induction of General Grant Into tha
Presidential chair was celebrated i a betweea
eighty aud ninety plaaaa ia Germaav- Ihe
bst posts of the lertliwlaod recited poem
oj the-oecaaioii.
Cbkap laxn. A tract of load la Logan
aad srtjaoeat couaties, In West Vuglme,
roctainip; M.G00 arras, hoe bus a aold for
33 reote par acre. ' The land ie of the Aaast
quality, hsavUy 'irsd(4 soma i it
lain.
Kidies has a pwptjUtlot -of atwtf si0'
POO. It has 660 milae of raiirn4 is at the
opare'.ioa. 1bi are puiliahed ia 'te
E.aUtfia dt;iy aod fifty occs; . Tl
tua'-e has a decs of $i,C V0..
x. mDn, i
The IeKlw f ItobcIUom. j
lliltoa Heed bland vrss formerly osraed!
by uenerai bmutook, mo targes naTeowirar
la the country, end nnt of the very wealth
licit men at the South, lie owned twelve
hundred slaves. Ilie plsntetions were itn
mense in extent ; bis income was enoewoao.
The fanuiy consisted of himself, a wife. a
eon and daughter in law, and an aniarried
son. Tuet cn loved every loiarvi tnev
lived in grand at jle ; the aoni had been
carefully trained and educated; the family
knew only the highest aocicty of Europe
sou tnis coanirr. nir came: ie udioi
! forces obtained possession of tbo Island $ the
Healirooks lied in terror to cnarieston, leav
ing all their slaves except a few body ser
vants, and even moat of their household
property, to the tender mercies of the Fed
eral troop. The. Seabrooks soon found
themselves ia a state of destition ia Charles
ton. The fall was too great for the old man
to bear. lie died within a few mouths
broken hearted. The married aon joined
the rebel army, and soon followed his ven
erable father to the grave. The unmarried
son pinched along la destitution for some
years ; how he lived none knew, but he is
now a driver on one of the Charleston street
cars, under the direction of a Celtic conduc
tor, lie eaye he is learning business, is con
tent to commence at the foot of the ladder,
and means to work up. Success to aim in
the brave effort I The venerable mother,
Mrs. Seabrook, and her bereaved daughter-in-law,
hare been for some time and are
now inmates of the Charleston almshouse t
Aaotber illustration. Tucro is . the rich
Ludy's Island. It was owned by the Capers
very wealthy. One recently died in want
at Charleston another, and the last of that
proud family, is now in the Charleston
almshouse) Verily, the retributions for
rebellion hsveVcen terrible.
ticneral John A. Knwllne.
Major General John A. Rawlins, the ew
Secretary of War, was born in Jo Davles
countv, Illinois, February 13, 1831, and was
reared as a farmer and a charcoal-burner,
which occupation he followed .till 1854,
when be went to Galena, Illinois, studied
law and was admitted to the bar in 1E53.
lie at once commenced practice, and con
tinued to devote his attention to the law
until the breaking out of the war. On
receiving the news of the Bull Run disaster
be engaged la raising troops, and on the
15th of September following went into the
service on the staff of General Grant during
one of the early months of the war for the
Union, lie stood by his chief from the be
ginning to the end. lie heard the first gun
Cred at Belmont and the last at Appomat
tox. Since Lee's surrender, he has been
stationed at Washington as Chief of Stuff
of the Army of the United States. By pro
fession he is a lawyer. In politics ho was
formerly a Douglas Democrat, but ever
since the tiring upon Suuiptcr he has been
an earnest Republican. Throughout the
rebellion bis services to the General in-Chief
and to the causo of the Union were of the
highest order.
Tlte Enjtliitti Press on tinant'a
Inaugural.
The English papers last received abound
in comments on President Grant's Inaugural.
The London Timet gives a very favorable
review, and concludes : "In the principles
Gen. Grant enunciates throughout this doc
ument, briefly as they are- expressed, we ace
hopes of a beneficial and honorable career.
The Start opinion is equally favorable. Even
the Prcsident'a referenee to the Alabama
question is regarded as much more generous
than might have been apprehended. It says:
"All that we know of Ins character and an
tecedents justifies the belief that bis councils,
now that be is elevated to power, will be
those of wisdom and moderation. His
programme is an eminently pacific one. The
warlike spirit has no place in it." The
Xna says the address has been received on
tbit side of the Atlantic "which a good deal
of interest snd satisfaction." adding: "The
world hits of lato been go accustomed to hear
from the occupant of the White Iiouse the
language of political partzianship, that it is
refreshing to read the address of a President
who belongs to and represents the whole
people rather than noy section of it." The
Fall Mall Gazette admits that the President's
"foreign policy is unexceptiouable so far as
words go."
Cosqiiksr, on the third of the month, pas
ed a most important Bounty bill. It will
i be seen that its provisions apply very I arcs
, il nrnvicinna ....
ly to the rcunsvlvania volunteer regiments,
and for the benefit of the members of those
old organir.stionc and their widows and
orphans we print at length. Itia as follows:
He it-enucted by the Senate axJ Houa nt I
I Itepretentatitei. or the United Stale of America
it longret a$cmtiicj, I hat when a soldier s
discharge states that ho ie discharged by
reason of "expiration ol term of service," he
shall be held to have completed tho full
term of his enlistment, and entitled to
bounty accordingly..
Sec. 2. 4nif be it farthtr enaeted. That the
nmuw, unuiir vuiiurcu. ur p.ireu'.s. m iue
order named, of any soldier who shall have
died, after being honorably discharged from
t lie military service of the
United States,
the additional
snail ti- entitled to receive
bounty to which rucb soldier would be
rntitted if living, under tho provisions of
the twelfth and thirteenth sections of au
act entitled "An act making appropriations
for sundry civil expenses of the Goversment
for the year endiug June thirty, eighteen
hundred aud sixty seven, and for o'her
purposes," approved July twenty-eight,
eighteen hundred and sixty. six, and the
said provisions of so.id act shall be so con-
strued.
fete. 3. AniU it further enacted. That all
claims for tha additional bounties granted
! in sections 13 and 13 of tbs act of July 28,
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a-iv-., a.ic, tun uiii UJ 4kmj uv,
be adjusted and scttlod by the accounting
ofiicers of tho Treasury, under the provisions
of said act ; and all such claims as may on
the first of May be reuiainius in the office of
! the Paymaster General unsettled, shall be
transited .to the Second Auditor of the
Treasury for settlement.
Sec. 4. And be it fteHtttr tnscted. That all
c'aiuis for bounty uueW tbe provisions of
the act cited in tha foregoing section shall
bo vcid, unless presented in due form prior
to the 1st day of December, 1860.
Tew Uerali f lclth alwaya deserves
well of the cause of physiological and hy
gienic reform, and in this number, is even
more suggestive In its admoaitioas than
usual. Tha following santeace on 'The
Early cars of the Lungs" contains a whole
some rebuke to manv a self indulgent pater
familias, aud may b recommeaded to other
intrusive vagabonds who smoke on other
people's premises without leave. "Children
suouui never be aiiowsa to remain in a
room where people are smoking. I have
known maay children ruined by breathing
day after day tbe vile smoke of the father's
cigar and a mother's pipe. If a parent Ie
so very Ignorant of tbe laws of Ufa as to
smoke where young einidrea live, ue u a
barberies indeed." "Eating and Drinking
I Oemoettoa," by tue ltev O. a. frothing-
ham, places tbe ect of taking food on the
i men croona at religious fluty, uia re
marks on this polot are perhaps too etroag
tor weak stomachs. "Epictetue, tha Greek
morailat, whose w isdom might be atndlcd
lo e vantage by a great many Christians,
-wrote this sentence 'Why, wbea eating, do
woe tot remember who yon ara that eat t
Who it la yoa feed! Do toij kaow
that yosj ara nourishing a god I At every
teasel, tear in tnied thers s:a t ' e g.sts tj
tt fed, a bo ly eat a Sijl.'
nmm Ysa lw
We greet with hearty satisfaction the ap
pointment of Miss Elisa Viva Lew, ae post,
mistress of Richmond, Virginia. A special
order of the President confers this well
deserved honor upon her. And there are
thousands of onr soldieie now scattered
throughout tha land who wilt approve the
geaeroae act of their late leader, viewing in
the appointment, a recognition of their own
sufferings, as well of the pitying tenderness
and self sacrificing loyalty of a noble woman.
Mise Van Lew was a resident of the city
of Richmond, rcaiuinir in an elegant man
sion oa what is known as Church Hill, when
tha rebellion broke out. Thoroughly loyal
at heart, she early found a way to make her
self known to the "Yanks" who were con
fined in tobacco whorehouses of that city,
after tho disastcrous battle of Bull Run.
Books and comforts weie sent to the starv
ing captives, while Captain Todd (a brntlicr
of Mrs. Lincoln) was commandant of Wis
prisons. But that worthy gobbled Bp every
thing of tho kind, and vented his rage in
drunken curses on the giver, and those te
whom they were sent. But where there ie
a will, there is a way, and woman's wit will
alwaya find it. Nothing daunted by her first
failure. Miss Vsn Lew offered rooms in her
house to Captain Gibbs, tho successor of
Todd. Uudcr tnls cover sue couiu ana nm
exercise a degree of hospitality to the pri
soners. In the way of books, provisions and
clothing. Gibbs was an old soldier and a ;
kindlv man. thouitu in many respects a se- ;
vers disciplinarian'. Evidently, he winked
at the acts of the lady beneath whose roof
be was sheltered. Her kindnesses were
many, and were continued, when It was pos
eible, through tha war. Tho writer ia In
debted to her for comforts that were not
only substantial, and helped to ward off the
effects of rebel starvation ety! cruelty, but
lor the still more exquisite comfort of know
ing that, even where the rebel flag waved,
tho Union had tried and trusty friends. Said
this lady, on the day when we left liichinoud
for the North, as she pointed to the stars aod
bars that waved above the Capital at Rich
mond, when the at called Confederate Con
gress wae In session, "I would gladly see
rav home laid in ruins, If I could once more
see the Government of the United States
restored here. Tell your friends at the North
that there are some of us left elill who pray
day and night, that the stars and atripes
may take the place of that rag of relniltionr
It was through the kindness of Miss Van
Lew that a home was offered to Ilnu. Calvin
Husnn, of Rochester, a few days previous to
Ids death. The rebel authorities kept this
distinguished gentleman confined lu the
room where nearly a hundred officers passed
their days and nights where the Boise
mat's by ibem, and by 500 private soldiers
in the rooms above, was incecsant and hard
to be borne by a well man until delirium
had set in from typhoid t'evcr. Then they
yielded a reluctant consent to the entreaties
of his faithful friend and fellow-prisoner,
Hon. Alfred Ely. of Rochester, and allowed
the invitation of Miss Van Lew to be accept
ed. There Mr. Ely closed his friend's eyes;
from this hospitable mansion, followed by
two of his late fellow prisoners, under con
federate guards, and the family of the host,
the body was carried to the cemetery ; in a
.grave, in the burial plot of the Van Lewe, it
was laid to rest until it should be claimed
by kindred ; and waiting until the grave
was filled, the banda of the loyal lady plant
ed a roso bush on the mound that covered
one who hsd been "only a Yankee prisoner."
But neither time nor space will suffice to
repeat the good deeds of this friend of the
Union that have come within our ken. It is
enough to say that their name is legion.
Such devotion of loyalty was rare during the
war, and deserves to be recognized and re
warded. It is a rratsful tribute that every
soldier will appreciate. And the women of
the nation w-id rejoice th.it the President
has, by this act, championed the true doc
trine of woman's rights. Troy Time.
Postaoz STAnre or Kew Demons. In
formation has been received by the Post
master here from the Finance Office of the
Department in Washington, that at an early
dav, in the regular course of business, the
Department will issue to postmasters postage
stamps of new designs.
The description of the new etamps la as
follows :
0ntc4nt. Head of Franklin, looking to the
left, aurrounded by a circle ; U. 8. Postage
at top, one cent at bottom, with tho numeral
1 in a smalt oval between the words. Color :
Roman Ochre.
TV Centi. Post horse and rider, facing
to left, surrounded by ornamental scroll
work : United States Postaeo at top, two
cel bottom, with numeral 2 between
the words. Color : Light Brouzo.
Three Cent. Locomotive, heading to tbe
right, surrounded by ornamental acroll
work ; United States Postage at top, three
cents at bottom, with numeral 3 in a shield
betweea the words. Color: Imperial Ul
tramarine, (Blue.)
Six Centt. Head of Washington, three
quarter face, looking to right : frame square,
U. S. In nppcr left and right corners of frame
respectively ; the word Postage in upper
bar of frame ; ai a cents in lower, and tbe
numeral 6 betweea the words ; and United
8tates on each side. Cefor j Imperial Ul
tramarine, (Blue.)
Ten Cent. Shield, on which is resting
an esgle with outspread wings ; csgla look
ing to left ; United States Postage in upper
section of shield ; numersl 10 ia lower ; the
words ten cents in a scroll at bottom. Tbo
whole design surmounted by 13 stars arrang
ed in a sumi circle. Color ; Orsnge.
Tirclce Cent. Ocean steamship, surroun
ded by ornamental scroll work ; United
States Postage at top : twelve rente at bot
tom, with numeral 13 betweea the words.
Color : Milon (ireen.
Fifteen Cent. Landing of Columbus,
ornamental aad scroll work at top and
bottom ; U. 8. Postage at top, fifteen aente
at the bottom, with numeral 1$ aaderneath.
CoUri picture Prussian Blue; scroll and
ornamental work Pale India Red.
Twenty fovr Cents. Declaration of Inde
pendente ; ornamental and ecroll work at
top aud bottom ; U. 8. aurrounded by oral
at upper, left aad right corners respectively;
the word Poetage between the two : Twenty
four cents in scroll at bottom, with numeral
24 underneath Color : the pictare Purple
Lake ; scroll and ornamental work Light
Milori Green.
Thirty Centi. Eagle, facing to left with
outspread wings, rvsng on shield, with
flags grouped on cither side. The words
. t. 8. Postage in upper aeetioa of shield ;
the uuuieral 30 ia lower ; the worda thirty
ceuta across the bottom. Thirteen Stars,
arrangsd in semi circle, at top of design,
Colore ; Aoffie and Wuoia, Carmine : r iogt,
Blue.
J'Wj Ci. Ilead ol Lincoln, la an.
oval, three-quarter face looking to right,
surrounded by ornamental and euro 11 work ;
aumerala 00 at each of tbo tipper eornere :
U. 8. PosUe at top of oval ; ninety and
cants la scroll at lower left and right aornsrs
of oval, respectively ; U. 8. at lower left and
right careers of stamp, respectively. Colore :
aorimit ia Black : surrounding oiaaoMalaJ
aad scroll work Carmine.
It ia estimated that tba snow in Tusker
man's ravine, ia tha Waiie mountains, ia at
toast a thousand feet deep. Ropes are eater'
tamed of a aujaifieesl snow arch there
Beat sum user.
Ths Pesciog Esgle says the bocine; pros
f ects of f-.o t:'jj .'.... Caasierj tb.a far
Frwawmt. Durtnf tlte) week ending I
March tOth, 1869, there baa been received
at the Printing Bureau of the Treasury from
the Department 1398,000, in fractional cur
rency. The shipeeewte for tbe same period have
been : National banks and otber, 1283,009 ;
Assistant U. S. Treasurer at Philadelphia,
300,00X United States Treasurer, New
York, $300,000, Total, $688,009.
The Treasurer of the United States holds
In trust at this dato, ia Government secari
tles for circulating notes of National banka,
$342,600,300, and for deposits of pablie
mooeye, $33,716,350; making a total of
$37.1,406,500.
National bank currency Issued during the
week, $100,800; total issued to date, $313,
801,736. From this is to be deducted the
following amounts, via: mutilated bills re
turned, $12,480,674; and for notes of insol
vent banks redeemed by tbe United States
Treaaurer,$l,03S,221; leaving in actual cir.
culation at this date, $209,854,840.
The amount of tractional currency re
deemed aa4 destroyed durieg the week was
$431,92I.7.
Freak or an Iksakb Woman. On
Thursday last white Court Was In eession.
an insane woman living In tbe neighborhood
of Crcssona, named Esther Berger, who
happened to be present, aod who has been
for some years, elemented oa the subject of
a legacy which she imaclnes waa left to her
by her father, rushed upon the judgee' plat
form and seized Judge Heilner by tbe shoul
dcr, exclaiming that she wanted the ten
thousand dollars due her. She then pro
ceeded to the chair of Judge Ryon, and
seizing bim by tbe coat tore it. The con
stables then removed her. For the moment
the scene created quite an excitement ia the
court room. Minert Journal.
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It is bow believed that Congress will sot
adjourn before tue middle of April.
Secretary Borie is about to greatly
strengthen our naval force is tbe West-
Indies. It aeeds it.
Tbe President's family moved into the
Executive Mansion on Friday last, though
tue ediuce has not wholly been renovated.
Although the dentists of Japan have ad
vanced so for as to procure eete of artificial
teeth fitted to tbe irregularities of the gume
and palate, and aupported by atmospheric
pressure, they extract teeth in a most uncivil
izcd wsy, by pulling them out with tbe
fingers, after having loosened them by blows
with a mallet.
Ea-Goveraor Gilpisu of Colorado, has
written and argued that, under the Rocky
Mountains are solid masses or gold or meat
culablo magnitude and weight. The cele
brated western scholar. Mr. Catlin, has just
communicated to the world his belief that
a great river, "larger than the Mississippi,"
flows under the Rocky Mountains, cd he is
about to submit tbe evidence which he has
collected in favor of thia starting hypothesis.
Tbe river will provo very eonveoiont for
transporting tha masses of gold, when
lounu.
J'rom Washing-l.
Washington, March 23. The Senate
Committee to day agreud to report in favor
ot the prompt connrmatioa or lienrr D,
Moore for Collector of the Port of Philadel
phia.
Thia nomination will be called np and
acted on to-morrow. Mr. Moore will proba
bly be confirmed unanimously.
The Senate Caucus Committee called up
on the President, this evening, and after con
sultation with him they left, satisfied that
Mr. Conkling's modification of the Tenure
of Office bill will I perfectly satiaf.irtry
to tbe President, and ii .fill accordingly bo
reported to the caucus to morrow morning,
and ascd before 'tho Senate adjourns. The
President was in the very beet spirits, and
those who have supposed that he would
insist on an entire repeal, w ill be as much
dissppointed as thosaaJiohsrve been hoping
for an open rupture between the President
unci the Senate, although there has been a
very strenuous opposition iu the House to
auything but absolute repeat, enough is
known to warrant the belief that the House
will agree to the Senate, s modification, and
that au adjournment can now be had ia the
course of a week or ten days.
The Reconstruction Committee agreed, to
day, to report Mrliutler's bill providing a
Provisional government for Mississippi. It
calls the old Constitutional Convention into
existence for sixty days, and empowers it to
appoint the Provisional Governor, w ho shall
have power to appoint all offjeera necessary
to conduct the election. Tbe Convention is
to submit the Constitution heretofore made
to the people, with such amendments as
they may agree opon for ratification.
Any person attempting to Interfere in any
manner with the rights of persons at the
polio, or to break up meetings called for
poli'ical discussion, am to be imprisoned for
three years and fined three hundred dollars,
betides paying costs of prosecution.
The President has power to remove the
Provisional Governor at pleasure.
Tbe Constitution, when ratified, is to be
submitted to Congress for approval.
The chances are against its passage at this
session, as Congress w ill not remain hers
long enough to mature legislatioa for the
Rebel States.
Tbe I'lMsscca. FnTorable. CmeU
torn.
It is stated on semi-official authority that
tbe financial condition of the Treasury, at
tbe close of -the present fiscal year, will be
more favorable than was anticipated. The
receipts from customs promise to exceed
those of any one year in the history of tbe
Government. They will reach without
doubt (it ia said) $100,000,000, which is
$30,000,000 ia excess of ths estimates; aud
it is not Impossible that they may even reach
the high figure of $200,000,000. The inter
nal revenue receipts to tbe present time are
in excess of $100,000,000. Tho remaining
three snd a half months will cover the great
er portion of the Income tax and the special
taxes wbieh fall dua May 1. aad which w ill
augment tbe receipts to $150,000,000, and
possibly to $160,000,060. This will be lul
ly p to Commissioner Wells' estimate for
the Internal revenue, and if the latter figure
is reached it will be considerably ia excess
of it.
From Eds America.
New Toms. Much 23.-The Brazllliaa
Timos, of Feb. 22. received by che steam
ship Merrimac. mentious the arrival of
aeveral generals from tha scat of war, af
flioted with" disease or wounds. An expe
dition Into the country from Assuucionuad
returned with lOOOstarvlns Paraeuavaaa.
Lnpca was still ie the mountains, and
Minister McMakoei wae still with hi in.
Ths Paraguayans who remained when the
army left were asaaaaoreed by scouting
partiee or Lopes e army.
Tbe cholera prevails throofhout tho
whole country.
Tbe Imaxlada had bcea ordered back up
tbe river.
Baroa Moons' bank ia Montevidoe had
failed, aod a temporary suspension by the
otber bank there caused considerable mone
tary excitement .
Several bridges aod much other property
around Pemamjiue had been swept away
by a suddea rise of the river.
There has been a severe dronjM lu the
interior, and the inhabitants are flying to
tbe aescoatt for food and water, aud large
numbers or cattle are dying.
A e.e.ej w:rs aa
Taacsl.
tVossa Ottbst.
Rata. March 18. Tho Insurgents un
der Aguilera and Marine! have defeated Lo
pes at Maysri, killing three hundred men.
Marroal was wounded. Ixipes retreated to
Bantiagn.
A wounded volunteer reports that tha
Spanish general Latoaa was defeated at Vil
la Clara on March 0. It will take ten thou
sand men to restore railroad communication
with that place.
1 be Bremen on a plantation Bear Puerto
Principe reports thst the wswnea atxt chil
dren era leaving that elty to Join the Insur
gents, ana tba Spanish general Isce baa
warnea tnem to return or they wtu be liable
to the penalties of military law.
A vague rumor ie widely circulated that
tho Insurgen'.j, in combination with some
monitors, have captured Santiago de Cuba,
nRKTiTiEt.
Got.o has been discovered la Bureau coun
ty, Illiuois.
IwTitoTitn Implements of Lurtrlary are an
nounced in California.
Tub school property in this State Is esti
mated at over iw,uuu,uuo
A Ksntucei parent kceue bie daughter
chained to prevent her marrying the wrong
tellow.
A Kentucky law prohibits ths marriage
or Drst cousius.
New York uses nine million eggs a week
The deaths in Philadelphia last week
cumbered 277.
Kansas is going more extensively into
grspe culture.
Wisconsin proposes to abolish tbe grsnd
jury system.
Alexander Von Humboldt is said to
have died very poor.
Tbe Paris Monitcur has an article on
"Field Marshal Grant."
Four women are returned ae'eshtpbuildcre''
in the Vermont census.
Noah L. Jeffries has resigned as Register
or toe Lntteu Estates treasury .
Passenger trains commenced crossing the
new bridge at Coiamiila,on Thursday week
Tbe President waa visited on Saturday by
a delegation ol tue veterans or ibis.
The. Grand Army of tee Republic meets
in convention in Cincinnati in May
A French millionaire has just ciieu who
made bis fortune ty selling fish bait,
A bankrupt individual in Chicago, named
William Williams, is calted a "deficiency
bill.
Grass is six inches high in some parts of
tsaiiioroia, ana snow is sixteen inches deep
in other parts
The Newark Courier thinks the whole
velociped subject is being rapidly propelled
into tue ground
It is getting common with the Baptists to
wsrm tbe water in which candidates are to
be immersed.
73,000 in specie arrived at New York
from Englaud on the SOtb iust.
General Samuel Fessenden, father of Sen
ator Fessendoo.died on Saturday night, 20th
lust.
The body of a murdered man was found
In the Schuylkill, near Reading, ou Friday
evening, lUth inst.
The nitro glycerine seized in New Tork
recently, appears to have been consigned to
an agent of the United Etatce Governmtut
at Savanuah.
$1,500,000 has been sent mm Cuba to
private banker in New York, the interest of
the money to be devoted to the sick and
wounded of the Cuban patriot army.
The colored people of Washington are
making arranucments to celebrate, on au
extensive scale, the anniversary of the aboli
tion or slavery iu the District ot Columbia.
Au exchange says A. J. don't like Grant's
inaugural, and thinks he would veto it if be
could.
More wheat has been sown in Tennessee
than ever before, and it looks as well as pos
sible.
A man has Wen lynched iu Colorado on
suspicion ol having stolen two hundred and
fifty dollars.
Lemon juice is said to be a specific fur
ncuralgie.
The prohibitory liquor law is now strictly
enforced in Maine.
General Grant's inaugural has been trans
latcd into Russian, for the St. Petersburg
and Moscow papers.
Better that no. dog should be permitted
to live than that one human being should
die of hydrophobia.
It is rumored that Rev. Petroleum V.
Nasby, postmaster at the Confederate
Cross roads, is to be transferred to the post
office at Toledo.
Hon. James Guthrie, Secretary of the
Treasury under President Pierce, died oa
Saturday at Louisville.
Mrs. Lydia Bccchcr, mother of Henry
Ward Beecber, died in Brooklyn on Satur
day, aged eighty years.
At the insuguration ball, part of the
amusement was week females in tight dresses
fsiuting every five minutes.
The Secretary of the Interior has appoin
ted Col. W. V. Forbes as Pension agent at
Philadelphia, vice E. W. C. Greene.
Prince Amadeus; of Italy, is said to be
badly henpecked. His wile often slaps bis
face in the presence of tbe servants.
It is an invariable custom ta present the
doorkeeper of the Indiana Senate with a
suit of clothes at the end of each session.
For the positions of the collector of the
port, naval officer, postmaster and marshal
of Baltimore, there are fifty applicaats.
Tin is said to be often adulterated with
lead, which renders the vessete made of it
very deleterious lor cookiog purposes.
Ilolmcsburg, Bucks county, claims the
oldest gristmill ia the State, it having
been built ia 1670.
Tbe Batler Herald advocates the election
of State Treasurer by tbe people instead of
the Legislature.
At Girardvllle, Schnylkill county, recent
ly, a coek light led to a general males, ia
which three men were seriously wonaded
with fire-arms.
$10,000 in specie was shipped to Europe
from New Yorh, on Tuesdsy. m
The Union Pacific Railroad has comment'
ed carrying passengers and mails ta Ogdea,
1034 B.iles west of omaha.
1 A white woman named Mabb, was mur
dered by a negro at Saratoga, N. Y., oa
Monday. The murderer gave himself up.
Bisnop Amcs, of tbe Methodist church
declared in a conference held at Alexeadria,
Vs., that tobacco wae doing mora harm to
tha church than whisky.
Snow. Tbe depth of snow it) the Maine
woods ts said to be sevea feet a level.
aad the Bangor M'kig says some or tbe
gange af lUQibcrsaca, ia starting to come
out, have found it necessary to pat their
horses upon large eleds, ) be drawa over
the drifts by men upon anew shoes. This
indicates snow enough to satlsy any one
who ts not inordinately snd uaaaturally
foud of tue article ; but turn fiom tha woods
ui Jiaioe aad Uke a peep iutu Tuckermaa's
isviue la the White Mountains, ana tool
upon snow a thousand feet deepthere's a
depth f snow worth talking about, beside
whirH tha Viia' wias J. vl s tUJ iss!j
uinTunet.
A movement is on foot In St. Louis to
call a convention of all the Irish rellgtoes
and beaeveletat societies in the Veiled
States.
Advices from General Custer have bee
received I they are dated the Oth Inst., and
represent the gallant cavalryman as at li
berty and chasing the Indians.
On Monday nlirht the polico of Richmond,
Va., arrested Governor Wells, II. G. Bond
end L. E. Dudley, on tbe charge of per
loiutag a letter from tha Post Office.
Twenty of Brieham Youca'a wtveo ar
rived at Council Bluffs, Iowa on Tuesday,
on a visit to their friends ia that city and
Omaha. They will come as far east u
Weablcgtmv ' ,
The sprouts of the potato Contain aa al
kaloid termed by chemists eolanint, which
is very poisonous if taken into the. sj stem.
This does not xtt lu the tubers, unless
they are exposed to the light and air, which
sometimes occurs from the accidental remo
val of tho earth in cultivation. A potato
that shows a blackish-green tint on one side
should never bo cooked for the table or fed
to stock.
A few davs since a daughter of a gentle
man in Peoria, 111., swallowed a glass button.
It lodged ia her throat," and she began to
choke and was unable to maka known her
trouble. Her aunt, who happened to be In
the rom, saw at once that ahe waa choking
and that prompt action was neceassry. She
seixed the little girl by the feet and held
her bead downwards, directing another
chill to pound the back of tbo ono ahe
held. The prompt action was successful,
the button waa removed, aud the life of the
child saved.
Th Ravtiho Skssoh ia near at Band.
The fiiiftman'e Journal of the l?th shjs thst
notwithstanding the extreme cold the latter
part of last week, the liver continues at a
ver.v fair rafting stage. A number of rafts
have already been put into the water and
are ready to atart ou their way to market.
Should the weather be auspicious, rafting in
will commence in good earnest now. So
you down tbe river customers look out for
tie raftsmen and tbe stuff that carries thesu.
Mr. George Tlall, Jr , living near Deer
field, Michigan, recently lost several sherp
which were killed and eaten, and he endeav
ored in vain to tliecover the depredator.
SusDectioK his hoes, which were iu the same
. .... , . , . . .
enclosure, he shut them up, but obtained no
relief. At last he cuUL'lifhis five year old
colt In the act of killing and dvvuuiiug one
of his sheep.
Oroasizatioh or Voixsteku FonrEi.
Gradually, but thoroughly, the Adjutant i
General's Department is proceeding in the
work of orzunizinR the militia forces of the :
State; and we anticipate, Irom what has
already been done, that it w ill require but
a short time to secure a large aud ellicicnt
volunteer army, which will be a credit to
Pennsylvania, by always being in a condi
tion for immediate service to the national
government. Au entire regiment at Phil
adelphia, called the Fritz's Guard, one
company at Reading, ono at Easton, two at
Scran ton, and one at Hurrisbuig have just
been armed by the Adjutant General. It is
understood at tho Department that in many
parts of the State activo efforts are being
made to get up similar orgaulzatinus, so
that; as we have already written, Pennsyl
vania will soon have a thoroughly ergnrliscd
and splentlidlv equipped volunteer Army.
llurruburj StitU Guard.
The rapidity with winch rxANTATto Bittiiis
bave beoome a boaxehold neceiily thpui,hoiit tbe
oiTilised nations, is without a parallel in the huv.rr
of Ih-a world . Over Ave million bolt lee were ld in
twdlre monlbf, aad the domnuil is dally Increuing.
Kieaaad poor. youiiR and old, ladien, phriiciam and
elerrymen, had that ilreTivre drooping ipiriu, lends
etreaatb to the lytteae, vigor to the iniod. sad if rs-
beaded naiare'i rreat reelorer. It ii compounded
of theehoiseal roou and berbe. theeolrbraled Caliia-
ym ar Peruvian Barb. ot , all pteeerired in pure ot.
Croil Rum. Ilie sold by all reepettable dealers in
every town, parish, village and hamlet through
North and South America, Luropo, aud all the III nude
of the Ocean.
MaexoLtA WTaa. Superior to tha beet im
ported German Cologne, and sold at half the prise.
Ma. Jacos EnssTi Sir: I cannot refrain from
expressing my entire confidence in the turatire
powers of vour 'Celebrated Hitter Cordial.' I ad
aniawuted' it to my ehild eighteen months old, tor
Bowel Complaint; to any neighbors' shildrea for
painf in tbe atomach and other ailment ;-to my adult
friends for Diarrhoea, witb aetnnUhftig eures. I waa
dreadfully paralysed, and for two years suflered
severely wllb Kbeuinatiam. Alter uung all the
talked of earea without relief, and beeocuing satia
ted that the kidneys iathe eeatre from wbieh Itheu
anatUin emanates. "l made a firm aland acaintl all
liquors, particularly malt, and ucd yonr renowned
Hero or imter .oruiai exeiuaiTeij , in i, ,
bare bad ro Ithiulitm duriug lbs Winter last
Vast, aetnithttandineiui severity and many changes
Your truly, P. HlNnlLEkJu.
tyRead SHEETZ'b standing advertisement in
another column.
Dr. Sago's Catarrh Remedy if warranted to euro
Catarrh in its worst forms and stages. The moat
painful saaea era speedily relieved by it, and stop
page, ofleaaive diac-hargc). and tainted breath all
yield ta its wonderful turatire powurs. "Cold in
the head," ditlineee and tbin watery discharges ara
removed, tbo head eleared, tbs air passages opened,
and relief and comfort afforded by its ua. It eon
tains no strong irritating, poiunous nr eauatie drugs,
bent by mall on reeeipt of sixty eente. Addrees, K.
V. Tiaaca, M. 1 . buffalo, N. Y. Fur sale by moat
Druggists everywhere.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
inrORTA.W TO fAUMIItS.
SEED OAT The subscribers bsve tha pleasure
ta Inform alt whom it may interest, that they
are prepared to fnrniih tbe Black Oats, from Prince
Edward Ialand. British America, which bare been
imported expressly for seed. Ikeee Oat are cele
brated for their superior quality, aud great weight,
40 pauadiper busbel. snuchtbatwe raiae la Pena
sylvaaia, does not exceed M, snd of tbe last orop U
poena. They will be sold ia substantial sack,
containing two bushel each weighing W powuis at
fa 00 par sack.
Perseaa visaing ta obtain this Oats will Bless
Usee ibelr aiders at our few re. We bar aU on
baad all kinds of fresh (tardea deeds from Laa
strath's Garden, in e.ttanlitieianit purchaser
JO MARRLh CO.,
Market 6t , euubury F
March 17, Wt.it.
1115
IIOUP tflilRTN.
1115
WM. T. HOPKINS
lias JUmevad his MatafaeUryJand 8alesomite
Ko. ll!5 CUESTWUT ITRIKT, FUILADBLPUIA.
Where his "Own Make" of Champion Hoop Skirts,
especially adapted to first-clew Wholesale aud
Ketetl lrad, will be found to rmbraoa th meat e
tensive aesorlment la th Union, and ail the latest
and an oat desirable Stria. bap, l.ogtb and
Bisse, J, I, U, U yards roaad, of Flaia sad tiered J
Haters Walk tag fckwts, Reception Trail, ., A.,
loaeLhsr with "er ataely different varieties of
Alls aad Children s KkirW, all of whlbr .
matryef sty!, satoh, lightness, lastkity, daraouf
ty aad real Caapass, ar aoeqaaled by any oUiot
good ia th saaraea, aad ar w err an tad aa ry
reapeet. Bkirts made a erdtr. Altered aad &
paired Wholesale and Ilatail.
Full lines of Low Priced Eastern Hade Skirls, It
f prinaa. IS teat , K Upringa, 4 Cent ; 24 tepnnga,
Cents; SOfepciage.e Coots ; iS Springs, J Cauls.
COMiTa ! bOKSKTti 1 ' CORSsUS ! I I T differ.
t striae aud prMM, from li Ceats to Sa.oe,
braeiag R. Wariley. "Beekel," -GIoto Fitting."
atadaaa Fee's CoeeelEiirt Supporters, Mrs. Moody's
Pata 4adf-aeViwstwc Akdnssiaal" Conors, ffrasieh.
Bagltsk sat Iomsn UenaV-saada Cora as, and
ntapjliea www aouieii nwurmmmiw v. hi
su par lor Freach I'aUra f 04. il Coeaala, "Clear t
Oww Mk," s which liiTh mit attentaaa. I
Coaapl saaartmept of Ladles' Cades arsaaula,
l. hoarfa '
SbNERAs, 4UtT far tha lAKTftAaf
f AKTOM f AUILK ftWINO M ACUINU. e pa
rlor to say ether before tbs poblie. Fm-wa af
I he )T. t Maabaa, Fru V ah, are botag
givea away t east saslamars. la wrder to get them
uudai, ry pexsoa aa wast e4 arstahss ta
ear Ii, shoul ex BUB uxsa4aaVar parekas
t e'-sawbsta. Call e sb4 fas Mralasa, at aaj
huufaeM4KaerMas.t'3 lUiUeiaA-.
rk-,w u i. scrsisi
Uwskr '.-lce
l.xDonsr.n ito.i
ot tan
ST. LOUIS, VANDALIA AM
nAUTE RAILROAD C
At W and ACCRIED INTKRf
Then B0XI)9 ara for KlooOtach
first aaortgiit of only I2,(M) per aj
pertv ao4 fianhiM of tba Company
on thf 1st dny of January, 1897. Oou pi
pi) bU oo Un 1st day of January auj .
yr.
Tat pavwmt of prlnolpal an4 Inter.
THER etCtaLD by tas todortem.ut
r
TBI TERRA HAUTE AND IXDI
AAILROAU CO.
TH COLUMBUS, CHICAGO AND
CENTRAL RAILWAY CO.
THS PITTSBCR8. CISCIXNATI
L0DI8 RAILWAY CO.
Indorsement of ths two laet-Dau
Biea belaj sjusraatecd by
The) HennxylTaaln Katlr
,',ir?,.tln whi,h ib Bo'
riRBTLIErfliliaacilMlong. MtenJ
Terra fl.ul. an J ladiaaapolis Railroad
Haute, lo St. Louis, and forme tbn I ml r.
completed link in tha 8HORTKST I.I
Li0U73.10 PHILADELPHIA I
YORK. Iu Immediate onoatruction aod
VS ?rld.i Sot in eoutract betwoen
SYLVAMA RAILROAD COMPAS
CoapaaiM above-named, wbieh eontt
that it shall always be operated in the Jo
f tbe direot line between fit. Louis and t
SEVENTY MILKS of tha road are el
ed, aad it ts confidently expected th.it the
LINK Willi, oetukD h& trafA
IN 1 870.
Tha Iron raitt tot tba eutire lenglh oftb
beeo parebased, aad suffloieut for 100 m
eu
Tha Bonds san be had on application t
DE HAVEN t
And Peeler ia OoTernmeat PeaarillM,
No. 40 Moaih Tlilrtl Mre
PHILADELPHIA. l
Tcsn fully recommend the above Bond
lirsble security,
x, v , ,c J- EDO ah tho;
Marsh 27, IS0.
NEW MUSIC STOIi
MASSElt & 1IIL1
MMU ItV, IKV.a,.,
HAVK jut opened for fain fhioker
Dnrno'l Celebrated Pianos. Tho C
Piano ia well known a haTing received t
testimonial at the Paris Exposition.
Aim. Mhsod A llamlln'e culehmtnil Dm,...
Bwvia, n iui Pluto ina nair
0uillirt) Ban(, ( AeaorJeoiis
El, I. :.. i . . ... A
cloth iealj
da
l lano sorer, clnin and e-uilt inlir,.;.,..
Munie. Fine Chrotoo Pnintings. Enrivir
and oolored. Picture frames. Moulding
and Kuilt. AIo. jlejuj for picturo frames
Merch 20, lbCfl.
FOR SALE
THE YALCAI1LK
House and It
Corner of Fourth A Tenn Sts . SfNIlfP,
Will be tM' on reasonable tcnui nnj ,
putable title given. Apply to
KM L WIL
Bunbury. March 20, ISC).
FOR Is ALE!
f M. BARTHOLOMEW odors for ralo bi
e) , Stock of Uood nt aot, on rrainnnhlo i
Tbe Qcods are all new and in new ooudiiioo
March 20, H'.I 3t
ORPHANS' COURT S.
Pt'KSUANT to an ordei of iho Orphans'
Northumberland county, will bo mid t:
enlo. at tho puhlu houeo of Au?im(u V
lenrgetown.ua BA il'hlMY. the lUih day of .1
lS'.ll, lbs following reul eatnte, to n it :
All that certain pivoe or tract of land.
Lower Mahanoy tonngliip, county of XortI!
land, and Stale of rinnKvlvaiiin." hoitmlui n
I icribed aa lolluws : On the north I t lan.lt i
i"ner;on tbe oast by Inndi or Mrs S.r. nh r
00 ,hJ ,"'ut' ' '"'"' la:i I.oi.icr, nv
"Mt by laaae of riimon Leeker, c mm.iiru j
;wcu.t7 "'ore or Us.. whereon t. ci
Log lloute and other outbuildings. Lute th i:
of John Dauny.deceaeed.
Sele to eotnmenoo at 1 1 o'clook. A. M., of r.i
when ths condition! will be inn le known hy
JIKNKY KEKSTKTTKH A-t
By order of tha Court. .1. I.sisknhi.., (Jl k, '
tiunbury. March 20, lar.y .
$4,500,000"
kicve-n IVr Cent. .01.1 IIO
TUIRTR YEAR3 TO RUN',
isit'gp ar
The lakc asaprrlor A .Hiaais'a.
Hirer BCnili-ontl Company.
THEY ARK A FIRST MORTGAGE SIX1-
pi'NO bond, free of unitku tri-ATEs
Seoured by l,fS2,00fl acre of clioico l.nn i
the Railroad, its Rolling stock aud the Fram
I of tbe Company, for fuio
At OS anil 1 I r.HI'.-ir.
.Vlelding In Currency, NEARLY TEN
CENT INTEREST.
TV" wilt take Governments or oilier Securltl'
full market price, in exchange fr tliu liom'
Pamphlets and full iiiforointinn. and liuitda fun
edoa application by marl, or in person.
IE 1IAVEX A BROTHER.
Banltrt A Pealere in Guiermnt.rit Secui-
Gold, .
No 40 South Third Slrrrt,
niiLAPELrniA "t
March W. WV.
TIIE GREAT
ZINGARI BITTER:
A SAFE BLOOD PIRIFIEU,
A SPLENDID TONIC,
A rLEASANT EF.VERAt.
A CERTAIN" CURE "
AND
rUEVENTlVE OF DISEASES.
Th ZlNllARl BITTERS are sompnunilcd (re
a presoripliea of the celebrated Egyptian phyicu
Dr. Cheopsa, aba, after years at trial and exprr
meet, discovered the Zinganni Urh mo
remarkable vegetsbre production, the earth, pctbap
ha srsr yielded -certainly the uioat td'-etive in tL
cureef disaas. It, ia tembiualinn with the otht
valuable propertiee of which th ZINGARI Ml
TEKS Is oomaosoat, will ear.
lTsp'sla, Fsvar aad Ago, Bilious Fever, CMf
Colds, Bronebitia, Consumption in its 4t
stage, Flatuleney, Mervous Debility,
Female Complaints, "Ueuoje
Usm, Dyieutery, Acute,
and Chrome Diarrhoea,
, I'bolere Morbus Chol
. I - ra, Typhoid and Ty
pbus Fever, Yel
low Ferer, bor
f ul.lUnoa,nf
th Kidnys,
Uebltaal,
Costtre-
aoss.
4., Ac"
la tba PrerenUon snd Cure nf the above disease,
it has never bo kuowa to full, aa thoufandf of our
Biost proiuioeat eilisens throughout all part" ol ihe
oounlry. will testify. Let the afflictet 'end I T a
Ircular oontaining tostimoniala and ecrtioratea o.'
Uios who hava be a ard after their rases bars
bea piueaad apolas by our Lett ibwi.-iaun
FriaiplDopot,
F. RATHER CO .
- - Ka 1 1 Front St . Thiladell y -fcZCOMMKKDED
BY
Is Oev. Dsrid It- Partwr, of rtanrylrsais.
Kefcart J. Flaber.
It oa.
Edward Morbecaoa.
I .ni K.KV"'
Boa
eo. naa. aaeetieisj.
aal th.
ir.83 ?oa eiftcrtAHe-
Marc . SS -ly.
TO EUILrEKS.
SOW 01ass aa4 auldi Barda-ar, s tb
Qmat frtee
eorsvwssi f la raUrsad, Marb'' '