Iffircs IA tie Va. March 24—March 31. HONE. Congress.—ln the Senate the Bills punishing the accessories to certain violations of the currency act, a bill authorizing prepayment of the national debt at six per cent.; the Bill re-organizing the Judical system ; the Bill modifying the Tenure-of-Office Act, authorizing the President to remove bad offi cers in the recess of the Senate and giving him con trol of the Cabinet; the Bill to carry out the re sults of the Convention of Claims with Mexico; con tinuing the present rates of pay for another year and dismissing all officers absent without leave, were Pn'oerl. A conference was ordered on the Tenure of-Office act. In the House the Bill extending the time for cod ifying the U. S. laws to three years, and requiring the Coinrnission to devote their whole time to the work was passed. The Senate Bill modifying the Tenure-of-Office act was rejected. The Reconstruc tion Committee will report a bill to reinstate the colored members of the Georgia Legislature. A res olution to relieve several articles of daily use froin taxation, and to tax U.S. bonds, was tabled 004 to 40). The Committee on Pacific IL Roads was or dered to investigate the issue of bonds for $1,400,000 on the 3d of March for. parts' of the line not yet constructed. The President thinks that the Mississippi . Consti tution should be resubmitted tothe Wilde, giving them a separate vote on the objectionable clauses. Pres. Grant was too ill on Saturday to receive visi tors. On Monday he *nano better and is suffering from Neuralgia. The Depaiiments at Washington employ as clerks many women who are utterly incompetent for their position, but:whom it has been impossible to die miss on account of the outside pressure in their favor. Secretary Rorie will recommend a repeal of the law making eight hours a day's' work in U. S. work-shops. In the Army, unless Congress legislates to the contrary, the war rates of pay will cease, Aug. 20, but Sheridan asks that they be kept as at present. Sheridanfixes the head-quarters of his "Division of the Missouri "at Chicago. Gen. Adelbert Ames has been appointed Assistant Freedman's Bureau Commissioner for Mississippi, and Gen: J.J. Rey nolds Assistant Commissioner for Texas. In New England it proposition made in the Maine Legislature to administer chloroform before bang ing criminals, was resisted because that drug is • dangerous to life. Two women are on the SehoOl Committee of W. Concord, N. H. Boston is to have a great " 'National" Peace Festival, June 6, for which 791 singers (314 sopranos, 220 bassos, 156 tenors and 101 altos) have already volunteered, each paying one dollar for the privilege. It is to be held in a temporary erection in St. James' Park. Martin, the defaulting chashier of the Hide and Leather Bank, whom Johnson pardoned, has been arraigned for embezzlement and fraud. Congress man Dawes declines Juke Hoare's place on the Supreme Court bench.. Of the Hoosac tunnel 9,338 feet have been, and 15,693 feet have to be bored.. The retiring Lowell City Treasurer lost $33 of the city's money in stock speculations. The R. I. Senate postpones the consideration of the XVtb Amend ment till May. The Democrats nominate Lyman Pierce for Governor, and A. K Allen for Lieut. Governor. In a part of the State the children are kept from school by fear of mad-dogs. In the Middle Stater a mass meeting of Cuban sympathizers was presided over by Mayor Hall and addressed by Beecher, and Dana of The Sun. The anti-gambling association has reported 1094 clerks to their employers. Mayor Hall is busy tryihk to break up swindling agencies. The workingmen met at Cooper Institute and voted to support the Printers curiae, and to organize a new political party._ The old Revolutionary burying-ground at Newburg has been dismantled by the farmers, and a subscription is on foot to restore it. Gen. Mc- Clellan declines the Presidency of Union College. 'rhe State prisons cost $500,000 more than their earnings last year. The white newsboys of Brook lyn tried to put a colored one out of their Home and failed. The Camden and AmbOy R. R. will sell tickets to and from Philadelphia for all its through trains hereafter. The Governor of New Jersey sends the XVth Amendment to the Legislature with reasone.why it should not be ratified. JanienkHar per, senior partner of Harper & Bros., died on Sat urday of injuries received in a carriage accident. He and John Harper started the firm in 1816. The proposal to form one State of the Peninsula between Chesapeak and Delaware Bays is endorsed by one branch of the Delaware Legislature. In Pennsylvania the Legislative Committee on the Judgeship election report that Thayer, (Rep.) and not4Greenbank (Derr.), the incumbent, was legally elected. They throw out three Republican and six Democratic precincts for corruption, after bear ing nearly four hundred witnesses. The House concurs with the Senate in ratifying the XVth Amendment. The militia tax is reduced to 50 eta., with 50 cts. penalty for non-payment. A bill Vi keep farmers from using our streets for the sale of truck, &c., has passed the Senate; also, a bill au thorizing St. James' church to sell their property , on Vllth street, and remove. A new R. R. from Ma honing creek on the Allegheny Valley R. R. to Bennett's Branch on the Erie R. R. is under disens eion. Among the "jobs" on hand, besides the Me tropolitan Police Bill, is one for a cattle and weigh ing yard monopoly, and one to give the Recorder and Aldermen power to license taverns. In Philadelphia a Fountain Society has been or ganized to erect street fountains of Virginia granite at a cost of $l5O each, The Board of Health are devising a plan for the cleaning of our streets. The permits for new buildings issued in 1868 numbered, 4,436, of which 13 were churches, 3 chapels, and 10 eohool houses. [ln New York the permits in 1868 were 2,112, of which 15 were churches and 8, school houses.] Ii the South Gov. Wells, of Va., and two other prominent politicians, are .under arrest for stealing a letter from the P.O.'; Gen. Stoneman has remov ed Wells frocom"frice. ; A Savannah Judge decides that negroeti`cannot hold office iii Deorgizi.' The K. K. K. are lynching unionists accused - and in prison for capital offences. In the interior the,Democrats Who resigned from the Legislature to defeat the XVth Amendment,. have been re-elected without much opposition.'The Galena District elects Mr. Waishburne's eucceseor, June Bth. The Minn. Legislature opens the public schools to colored chi.dren. Martial law is at an end in Arkansas. Andrew Johnson soon after reaching Greenville had a stroke of paralysis, from which he is recovering, and will stump Tennessee 'next month. Ex Attr. Gen. Bates died at St. Lpuie, March 25th. He was an Old Whig and had been in Congress, besides holding many State 'offices, when Lincoln took him into hie Cabinet, which he left in 1864. 'The Missouri is thawing. Kansas has a population of 400,000 and owes $1,000,000. The Mo. Test Oath is before the U. S. Su prem e Court. There are signs of another Indian war., Custer is not in, their, bands. On the 24th of March the gap between the two Pacific R. R. lines was only 82 miles. It was 319 miles ou New Year's day.. On the-P:2ole' Coast California exporting out of 4,000,000 sacks of flour, . 1,700p0 of it to England. the Oregon vOlcanos threaten eruption. A discov ery of gold-in Alaska is reported. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1869. FOREIGN In Canada beavv rain-storms have destroyed much property in Nova Scotia. The Hudson's Bay Company is advised by the Home Government to sell out to the Dominion for £300,000. The Gov ernMent of Prince Edward's island has been notifi ed that it cannot negotiate separately for reciprocity with the United States. In Cuba the Spaniards seem to hardly hold their own, and to be adopting a policy of cruelty and ter rorism. The Spanish residents urge Dulce to arm the negroes. The Gov. of Trinidad is charged with playing into the hands of the rebels. Privateers are said to be fitting out on the coast of Florida. More political prisoners have been-banished to the coast of Africa; and Romero, an insurgent General, was shot on the wharf as they went on board.—ln Hayti Salnave is reaping the whirlwind. His finan ces are exhaus.ed and his troops 'mutinous. Gold is at 270 premium. In South America Lopez -is at Parabebi, on -the Tebiguary, fifteen leagues from 'Ascuncion, with 5,000 soldiers and some 30,000 refugees. The Bra zilians were advancing to seizecertain mountain passes which would cut off his retreat. It is said that he wishes to cede the. country to the U. S. The people of AsoUncion petition. Brazil to, establish a. provisional goTerntnent. , In England the steamship lines. which have the contracts will hear of no 'proposals looking to an ocean-penny postage. • The Commons Committee on Mail. Service report agaiust 'sanctioning the con tracts with the Cunard. and Bremen lines. The Irish Church ,Bill passed the second reading -on 'ffrursday morning. at 3 o'clock, A. M., by. a.ma-. jority of 118 -.(368 to 250), and the- Cotnmcinti ad journed till qtpril Ist, amid,great ;popular .enthusi asmi, Forty-six petitions from as many towns ask forlemale suffrage. •Great Britain has. spent:in ten years $87,500.00,1 for - education, of which $35,410,- 000 was Parliamentary grants,and $19,545,000 was . from the - children. In- the Eetablished Church schoOls of England and Wales there was in, 1866 an average attendancd of 1,179,877, being 54 per cent. of .the population. The exporta for 1868 were $897,318,220, a falling off- ot $10,0110,000 in one - year, or- nearly.sso,ooo,ooo .two. The imports were worth $1.087,601,8 . 25,a falling off of $40,000,-. 000. in two.years. The premiums on re-enlistment in the army are to be abolished.. --The . army is .to cost $71.152;000 this year; the -navy $49,982,700: a reduction of $11,928,750.-:.The strike of the cot tou-sPinners, beginning at ..Preston, .-has become general.. Scotland consumed 4,907,701 gallons or whisky in 1868 ; Ireland.4,773,7lthgallonst.i FThirty thousand volunteers.were,-in the ranks st the-great annual review held.this year at Dover. In France several arrests for seditious speechesat.' public meetings have been made. The Corps Leg islatif has voted the army contingent of 100,000 mem and, adjourned till March 314. The Emperor is trying to keep the' people quiet' by; trifling reforms. Le Gaulois says 'Napoleon has 'denia tided of Prussia her reasons tor mobilizing her raids' in her Weet ern provinces. M. de la Valette has lost his wife, a native of Rhode Island. The Mount Ceiba R. R. is blocked up with snow, and one train' has 'been stopped midway. Officers and privates on furlough. are ordered to t -rejoin their' rAinjehts April Ist. The Pope hail- invited the Catholic sovrans to send ecclesiastics to represent them : at the Ecumenical Coundil; ,thereby. retracting .his dangerous antruli precedented step of ignoring them. There is a great increase or crime ip / Southeinfltaly. In Spain the Cortes vote that office-holders be disqualified for seats as-representatives; The Gov-, erpment opposed the motion. 'By the new' COnsti tution Senators are to be elected 'for twelve years. The conscription act prescribes that only as many men as are absolutely needed •shall be impressed.' Miramon (the' Mexican) has been'ettughtlneer Al meria, at the head of a band of Carlists. It is.now regarded ascertain that:the Duke, of Moritpensier, belonging to the Orleans tiraiichLof the Bourbon family, will be next King of Spain. - 111 Greece the'Turkish Ambasakdor has arrived at Athens, and' dompletely . friendly-relationti are re stored.- , . Who Says NO, it Cannot be pone?, I tell you it is false. catarrb can be radically cured. Use-Wolcott's ANNlnniroti.' Pint bottles, $l, in white wrappers, or, ,send to Dr. Wolcott; 170 Chaiharn square, N. 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Whether sub sidles are given to any , other companies or not, the dovernmen will comply with all ifs contracts with the Union Pacific. Railroad Company.. Nearly the whole amount - of bOnds• to which the Cotn ?any will be entitled hate alreadylieen delivered. First Mortgagip Bards AT PAR., By its charter the Comytny to herniated to issue its olio FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS to theSaniii amoont as the overninent Bonds and tie more. ' These Bonds'are a First Mortgage tapoti - the whole road and al Vas equipments. " • ' TITET-11AVEITEIIRTY YEARS TO REIN, AT SIX PER CENT., and boat ' - •' • PRINCIPAL. AND INTEREST. PAYABLE IN GOLD. Such securities are generally valuable in proportion to the length of timettidyArea to-rung The longest six per cent' gold interest bonds of the U. S., (the 11's) Will be due in 12 years, and they are worth 112. If they had SO years to run, they would stand at not less than 125. A perfectly safe First Mortgage Bond like the Union. Yacilicahould apps oath this rate. The demand for European in vestment is already considerable, and on the completion of the work will doubtless carry the price to a large premium. SECURITY OF THE BONDS It needs no argument to show that a First Mortgage of $20,500 per mile upon what for along time must be the only railroad con necting the Atlantic and Pacific States is PIILFICTLY SECURE. The entire amount of the mortgage will be about 130,000,000, and the interest $1.800,000 per annum in gold. The presenrcurrency post of this interest is less than $2,500,000 per annum, while the gross earnings for the year 1868, FROM WAY, BUSINESS only, on AN AVERAGE OF-LESS THAN 700 MILES OF ROAD IN .OPERA.- MN, WERE MORE THAN FIVE MILLION DOLLARS, The details of which are as follows: . From Peisengers ' 21.024,005.97 2,040,283.19 ElEpress ................... • ... 51,423.08 •" .... .... : ....... ..... 136,236.59 ". 'Miscellaneous-- .... . ....... . ... 91,628.2 r " Government tr00p5......... 104,077.77 freight . 449,440,33 " Contractors' men 201,178 09 " materiel-- ........ ........ 968,430.92 This large amount is only an indication of the immense traffic. that must go or rr the through line' in a few months, when the great tide of Pacific coast travel and trade Will begin. It is i esti mated that this business must make the earnings of the road from FIFTEEN TO TWENTY MILLIONS A.'YEAR. AS the supply of these Bonds will soon cease, parties who desire to invest in them will find it for their interestto do Eio at Once. The price for the'present Is par and accrued 'interest from Jae.l, in A NEW PAMPHLET AND MAP was Issued Oct. 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The American—Pays Life Policies to the insured at the age of eighty years. The American—Has no unnecOssary restrictions on travel and residence. • The American—Declares diiidends annually at the end of the first year. . • The American--Pays all losses promptly. Where can you find Greater AD3ANTAGES. HOME Life Insurance Comp'y, 258 Broadway, New York. Assets, $1,500,000 9000 Policies in Force Its Principles, Stability., Mutuality, ' Fidelity. AIiVALIVTAGES. An organization strictly first class. Assets proportioned io actual liabilities, en Isfge as any compan old or new. MI the net profits go to the assured. •' Dividends are declared and paid.annually. . . All its policies are non-forfeiting in.the sense that its members, under any circumstances, get all the. assurances that, they have Orm.third the annual premiums loaned, permanently on its poli cies. Its members are not limited as to residence or. travel. No extra premium is charged therefor or permits required. AIL the forms of Life and Annuity Policies locoed. ARP- The..HOME has declared and paid dividends annually, to it. assured membirs since its organization. Last dividend 40per cent, applied immediately, which is more than 50 per' cent. , four years hence. . , Officers and Directors. WALTER B. GRIFFITH, President. I. ILFROTHINGRAM, Treasurer. GEO. O. RIPLEY, Secretary. ' W. J. COFFIN, Actuary. A. A.LOW A. . Low Broe., 81 Burling Slip, N. Y. I. R. FROTm.NGHAN, Preat. Union Trost Co, N. Y. JJ3. T. STRANAHAN, Prest. Atlantic Dock Co. THOS. MESSENGER. Prest: Brooklyn Bank. SAMUEL SMITH: Bx-Major city of Brooklyn. • HENRY E. PIERREPONT, IFierrepont Place; Brooklyn. A. B. BAYLIS, Broker, New York. PETER 0. CORNELL, Merchant, 80 Wall stmet, N. Y. WALTER & GRIFFITH, President, Brooklyn. JNO. D. COCKS, Preen. Atlantic Lee. Co. • H. B. CLAFLIN,m. B. Ciento & Co., 140 Church street, N. If S. B. 'CRITTENDEN. S. IrChittenden A CO., N.Y. I. E. SOUTHWORTH, Prest. Atlantic Bank. N.Y. 0. DUNNING. Sec. South Brooklyn Savings Institution. O. G. BERGEN:. police Commissioner. LEWIS ROBE OSI.. Roberts & Co., 17 Snug% street, N. Y. JOHN T. MARTIN, 28 Pierrepont street, Brooklyn. JOHN HALSEY,. Haight, Gahm)* Ca; New York. THOS. CARLTON,Methodist Book Booms . ; N. Y. HAROLD DOLLNER; Bonner, Potter & Co., N. Y. A. B. CAFWELL, Attorney and Counsellor, N. Y. NEHEMIAH KNIGHT, ,Hoyt, Sprague d Co., New York. EDWARD A. LAMBERT. Merchant, 45 John street, N.Y. JAMES HOW, Prest Union White Lead Co., Brooklyn. • L:B.WYMAN 'Merchant, 38 Burling Slip, New York GEO. A. JARVIS, ['rest. Lenox Fire Ins. Co., New York. B. E. HOWARD. Howard, Sanger & CO.:, New York. GEO. S. STEPHENSON, Importer,•49 South street, New York 'CRAB. A. ,areTOWNSEN hant, New York. JOB. W. GREENE, J. ne4 Co., N. Y. RUFUS B. GRAVES, 63 Wall street, New York. S. W. FROTHINGHAM, Frothingham A Baylis, N. Y. EDWARD D. DELANO, New York. E. LEWIS, J r ., Valentine & Bergen, Brooklyn. AGENTS EN piraamusine, ESLER & COLTON, Cor. 4th & Library sta. Agents Wanted.. STRICT ECONOMY -IN MANAGEMENT. PROVIDENT LIFE AND TRUST t 0•1 OP PHILADELPHIA. . . OFFICE No. 111 .SOUTH FOURTH STREET Organized to extend the benefits of Life Insurance among member of the Society of Friends. All good risks, of whatever denomination solicited. President, • 'SA/111EL R. SHIPLEY, Vice President, • • ACtuary, WM. C. LONGSTRETH. ROWLAND PARRY. Insurance effected upon all the approved plans at the lowest cost No risks on doubtful or unsound lives taken. Funds invested in first-class securities. Econoniy practiced in all the branches of the business. The advantages are equal to those of any company is the United States. • - june4 ly Family Dry Goods Store FOURTH AND ARCH. EYAE: : :..4....:-..ti.ANDELL, WEED a stock of GOOD DRY GOODS adapted , to the daily wants of every family.: s BEST MUSLIN'S ..LJTO LINENS. UNBRRIJTKINO 1..180S F/dr.E' TABLE LIMEJTS, TICKING*, arino TOWELS. irtirrE GDODS,..KULL LINK. BLACK GOODS, Aix kr,„47,41 - SHAW'S IN PULL irAittc.tr. BEST BLACK SILKS Jir,M) INJItt IMOLE COLORED rourr DR' SOIII. 1i BITB AIf.E:RIAII4/3 .I.N•D'conorrnes. itorkire AND 6FL`OrKS, best (AWN. CLOTHS, CASSIMERBS VESTETOS 03. Nett Goods drily received and disposed of reasonably leb4 JAS. B. RODGERS! gq.,•PRINTEEs. 52 & 54 North Sixth Street. $2,500,000,
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