sebforbfnqrarir. f KBFOKD, PA., KM PAT, PEC. 3, 1869. MEETING OF CONGRESS. The meeting of Congress cn Monday next naturally turns the public attention toward Washington. Members are daily arriving and preparing themselves for work. The Committee of Ways and Means have already bad an informal meeting, with a view to preparing a report of their investigations and observations during the recess. A dis position is shown to largely increase the free list, in the modified tariff to be recommend ed by the Committee, admitting*free many articles not produced by us, which now pay heavy duties. Many important questions will come up early in the session that will command the attention of the whole coun try and require the most judicious Legisla tion. The Cuban question will be strongly urged at the very beginning, and Congress will no doubt be obliged to take action. The sympathy of the country is with the Cubans undoubtedly, but whether the Government can give them any aid without gross violation of the neutrality laws, must be carefully considered, unless we determine to make law for ourselves in regard to matters on this continent. Important modifications in the laws for collecting revenue upon whiskey will be urged with all the money and influence of the ring, and it will be a difficult matter for the moetcaretu! legislator to determine whether the proposed changes arc calculated to facilitate fraud or to pro mote the efficiency of the Revenue Depart ment. Tbe proposed Reciprocity Treaty with Canada will also require attention, though the fact that tbe President oppose# it may cause a quick disposal of it. The treaty with Denmark for the bay of Sauiana will again come up for settlement and it 3 ratification be strongly urged by well feed Counsel, who will patriotically urge its ne cessity as a safeguard to our commercial in terests in the gulf. Tbe currency question will be a difficult one in which widely d - verse views and interests will make the task of harmonizing them and the public inter ests a labor of more than ordinary magni tude. The Reconstruction measures and the admission of the States still unrepre sented will demand early attention and call forth no small amount of areiinonious dis cession. These are but a few of the more important questions calling for the immedi ate attention of Congress, but sufficient to indicate that there is a large amount of most important work before the nation's legislators and that the session is likely to be not only a busy but a long one. CUBA AND THE SPANISH GIN BOATS. The Cuban situation has at last become decidedly interesting. Some thirty gunboats have lately been building in New York un der Spanish orders and are now almost ready for delivery. Crews are already in New York to man them as soon as com pleted. A few days ago they were taken in custody by the United States Marshal on the charge that they were to be used against a friendly power. A hearing in the case has lieen appointed for the 14th ol December iu tbe United States court. In the meantime a considerable Spanish fleet has been order ed to New York and the President has or dered a member of our own war vessels to that point. So it will be observed that any Spanish bluster is likely to be promptly met in such away as to prevent anything like a show of foTce or intimidation on the part of the Spanish Admiral, Dalcampo, command ing tbe fleet. It is a significant fact that the appointment of the hearing in the courts will not occur until eight days after the meeting of Congress. The scntfment of the country is overwhelmingly in sympa thy with Cuba, and Congress is not likely to be uninfluenced by public sentiment. It is also most likely that the question of tbe re tention of tbe gunboats will be one of the first questions brought to the attentiou of Congress. Under the cireumstauces the Cuban question becomes at once one of the very first importance. Tbcugh the osten sible charge is that the gunboats are intend ed to make war upon Peru, no doubt ex ists anywhere that they are really held in behalf of Cuba. It is doubtful if the gun boats can be bold by our government under European rulings of international law, but these rulings are all in favor of despotisms and tyrranr.ies. From many quarters we have calls for American rulings in accor dance with the famous Monroe doctrine and in opposition to European domination of this coutiucut. If the administration has any intention to inaugurate a new policy there is now a splcneid opportunity afford ed, though wc are inclined to tbe opinion that the guuboats will eventually be re leased without giving rise to any interna tional difficulty. A SHIP CANAL FOR PANAMA. The completion of the Suez canal has again called public attention to the necessi ty for a ship canal acro?B the Istmus of Pan uma. It is not as much a necessity as the Suez canal for the reason that the.e is al ready a railroad from Aspinwall on the Car ribbean sea to Panama on the Pacific coast, as weli as our great Pacific road across the continent; thus we have two railroads from ocean to ocean while Euro]* had none. Notwithstanding this fact, however, a canal across the isthmus of Panama will be of as to tlie commerce of tlio world as that of Sutz. The dangers and delays of rounding Cape Horn being greater than at Good Hope. The distance in this case will be only half as great as at Suez, being only fifty miles. The railroad from Aspinwall to Panama is in reality only for ty-nine utiles in length. Another advan tage of the Panama canal would be the pos session of good harbors on both coasts, while Suez is at the txj c-nse of constructing arti ficial ones, brum the interest at present felt in the work, there is but little doubt but that in a short time the work will be uuder taken by American capitalists and vigorous ly prosecuted to an early completion. With ship canals at Suez and Panama the voyage round the world would be shortened one half and the dangers and risks would be lessened in an even greater proportion. As any such cana! must necessarily be under American control, we hope to see American enterprise and capital enter upon the work at an early day. THE latest Southern news indicates that tbe South is rapidly increasing in prosperi ty and wealth. Her cotton crop will reach about 300,000,600, *lso 000,000 worth of which will be exported. Tbe nc-ws from the state fairs, in various Southern states also indicate a promising degree of prosperity. Peace and liberal laws will soon renovate the whole South. THE Greensburg Herald is advocating the creation of the office of Additional Law Judge for that district. The press of busi ness is too heavy for one Judge. There arc at present over two hundred cases on the docket awaiting tria'. We hope tbe Legis lature will come to their relief. GOLD closed in New York on Tuesday the 29th at 3,30 P. M. at $1,221 THE people of Huntingdon it seems want a new jail. In view of the recent murders in that county, they certainly need a strong as will as a capacious building for the safe keeping of criminals. THE latest news from Cuba reports 60,- 000 Cubans in arras against Spanish oppres sion and that the number would soon be doubled if they could be supplied with arms. 1 It is evident that tbe insurrection is still far from being crushed. AN extensive meteoric shower was ob served by Commander Gibson at the Pensa cola Navy Yard on tbe mornings of the 13th and 14th of November. Tbe meteors were most numerous and brilliant from one o'- clock to daylight The uumbors varied from two to twenty c-r thirty per minute. THE reduction of our foreign indebted ness, resulting from balances of trade against us, is rapidly going on, thanks to our pro tective policy. The export of the cotton crop will more than balance our excess of imports and leave us a credit, wbicb will turn gold toward us instead of from us as has been the rule for a long time. This is the true secret of the gold decline, and we owe it all to our protective tariff. No peo ple can long be prosperous who buy more than they can sell. Common sense is bet ter than any free trade theory that was ever iuvented. No better proof is needed of a b —j c. ——-l than freedom from debt and money in your pocket. This is a tangible sort of evidence that all caji understand and appreciate. FREE BANKING. —The latest reports from Washington indicate that Secretary Bout well will recommend the gradual withdrawal of the uotes of the National Banks and the substitution of a free banking law, for all parties, upon bonds bearing a four percent, gold interest. The question, as to whether the hanks shall issue notes, or whether the government shall take charge of the circu lation and issue only gteenbabks, is still un der consideration. We heartily endorse any movement to give us a good, uniform currency that shall be available in every part of our country. No measure likely to come before the coming session of Congress will contribute more to the public prosperity. Next in order will bo a large increase of currency. It is absolutely necessary for the business of the country. SOME of the School authorities at Wash ington, a few days ago, intending to remove the colored children from the public schools, found themselves in a sad quandary. They wete unable to assort the scholars, it being impossible in some instances to distinguish the black or negro children from theii white companions. Things certainly are badly mixed but then the chivalry themselves are responsible, so they must not complain. It is too late now; second thoughts are of no avail. Apropos to the above it is announced that the brother-in law of tho Minister Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Portu gal was to have been married to the daugh ter of a well known negro caterer and res taurant keeper in Washington, on Thursday. Well may the chivalry stand aghast at the results of their own rash example. THE Free Traders have been making a good deal of noise of late. In the W est, in particular, have they been active. Here has Profes-or Perry done his heaviest work. One would think that all this amounted to a popular movement, and that the people were inclined towards free trade. Far from it The thing is a job, from beginning to end. By paying money very liberally a few leading papers in the West have been se cured. If it is disgraceful to American journalism, such is the fact nevertheless. The securing of these presses was "the con dition precedent." Then came Professor Perry, the mere theorist—thin and weak at that. Preaching free trade he soon awak ened a public opinion which forced the New York Post, the central organ of the import ing interest to take the back track and de clare for a revenue tariff. Professor Perry was forced to abandon free trade, and qual ify his'arguments so as to assent to a tariff that will raise as much revenue as the pres ent one. So, considering the cost, the cam paign of the importers has not been success ful by a good deal. A large amount of money has been as good as lost. A great noise has been made, but as the machinery becomes exposed nobody will be afraid. If anything has been really effected, a strong er sentiment in favor of American Labor and Capital has been aroused. It is their j turn now.— Pittsburgh (Vnmerciaf. | THE STATE TREASUREKSUII*. The Bellefonte Republican says: "There is one important office at its (tho Legi-la tures,) disposal, on account of the respomi bility of the the officer. We mean, of cour-e, the State Treasurership. It will be ab-o'utely necessary for it to select for this position, a man who has the financial ca paei'y, and the honesty of purpose, to do what is right—a man who will stop up all | the leaks (if any are to be found), and who will so disburse the public fuuds that the pulse of (his mighty Commonwealth shall beat with regularity, and the people, there fore willingly pay over their taxes, having the consciousness that every dollar is legiti- Dafely used for the benefit of the State. From present indications there is a wide spread desire for a new man. Several names have been mentioned in connection with the office, but from what we can learn, George F. Huff, of Greeosburg, Westmoreland county, is the most formidable candidate. Seme of our exchanges speak favorably of biai, and many of the leading men in diffe rent parts of the State, who have wakened up to the importance of having a good man, are laboring for his election, and above all, the people everywhere, who know him, are very anxious for him to be the coming man. Mr. Huff is a successful Banker and an ex cellent financier—a man of undoubted integ rity, standing in his own community, and in all circles in which he moves, above sus piclon. He is also a life-long Republican, and one of the most efficient workers in the party. He is not an office seeker, but his name was first suggested by one of tbe most sa gacious leaders of the party iD the State, who remarked before he was thought of as a candidate, 'if you want an honest and able man for State Treasurer, that man is Geo. F. Huff. II the office is tendered to him he will accept of it, and fill it faithfully and well. We hope that our Legislature will rise superior to the "petty rings" that infest Ilanihfcurg about the first of January, and elect Mr. Huff to this office." Minnesota Election. ST. PAUL. NOV. 27.— The official returns of the gubernatorial election in tl is State give Austin (radical), 27,520; Otis (demo crat), 25,365; Cobb jtemperance), 1.751. ' Austin's plurality over Otis, 2,105; majority j over both candidatea, 404. THE Winnipeg insurrection will, it is thought, die out with an explanation to the half-breeds by the government. The Income Tax. Commissioner Delatw trill Recommend a Continuance. Washington, Nov. 2.3.—1t has trans pired that Commissioner Delano favors the re enactment of the Income tax, which ex pires by limitation on Juno 30th next, and if he shall refer to the subject at all in his forthcoming report, it will tie to recommend the continuance of that tax. He believes that ultimately the tax on incomes, whisky, and tobacco should form the basis of tbe cn tire income from internal revenue, for the support of the Government, and this being established, taxes on other articles to a large exteut can be dispensed with. CALIFORNIA. Explosion of a Po oder Mill—Tito Men Killed and Several Wounded. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27.—The Grant Powder Mills, situated near this city, ex ploded last night Two white men wore killed and one wounded, and eight China men were injured. The building was blown to pieces, and tbe glass in neighboring houses shattered. The shock of the explo sion was lelt for a great distance. Dr. Cusemans. a chemist, and the super intendant of the work- was instantly killed, his body being fearfully multilated. The cause of this disaster is unknown. A largo quantity ot nitro glycerine, the principal in gredient of the Grant powder, was stored in the building. THE NEW DOMINION. ANTT-CONEEOEBATION. ST. JOHN, N. 8., NOV. 27. —In New foundland the elections have resulted even more favorably to the anti confederates than ill Qisi lOpvirittL Full ictuius ftiuw IWCll ty-one anti confederates and nice confeder ates elected. THE INSURRECTION IN WINNEPEU. OTTAWA, NOV. 27. —The government has received despatches from Hon. M. McDou gall relative to the Wianepeg insurrection, which confirm the reports rlready received. McDougall expresses his belief that the agi tation will die out as soon as the proper ex planations are made to the half-breeds. CUBAN NEWS. Itie Report that anie! McFarland, member of the Bar. the same man who attempted to take Rich ardson's life last winter on Amity street. The cause of the two attempts made by McFarland upon Richardson's life was the alleged improper intimacy existing between Mrs. McFarland and the victim. Mrs. Mc- Farland has been for vears striving to obtain a divorce from her husband, and according to a letter written by Richardson to the Tribune, a few months ago, he (Richardson i intended to marry her in the event of her obtaining a divorce. The unfortunate affair is known to but lew in this city, so retired have been all the witnesses of the affair. McFarland came to tho Tribune office about an hour before Richardson appeared, and remained in conversation with a clerk behind a desk until his victim had reached the middle of the room, when he rapidly drew a pistol and fired, the ball taking effect in Richard son's abdomen. McFarland then made his escapp. McFarland was standing behind the conuter when Richardson came in, and the latter was standing outside of the counter talking with a friend, when McFarland started towards him. The counter being between them, and when within four or five feet of him, drew a revolver and shot him in the abdomen, the bail going through him. The wound is considered dangerous, al though he may recover. At last accounts he was quite easy and comfortable. He is at the Astor House. Mr Richardson is now quietly sleeping at the Astor House under the influence of opiates. Dr. Sayres and the other surgeons in charge have hopes of his recovery, though he nas been spitting blood. The ball took a course directly baekwrrd, and though ex plortations have been made it has not been discovered. It ia supposed it penetrated the stomach near its iliac termination. The spinal column does not appear to have been wounded at all. McFarland, who shot Ricardson, was ar rested 00 the corner of Sixteenth street and Irvin place, and was taken to the room of the wounded man, who fully identified him as his assassin. Ilesniuptlon of Specie Payment*. It is reported that Secretary Bootwell has decided to submit, at an early day, proba bly in his annual report, the following pro gramme For a return to specie payments, to the consideration of Congress: First. National Banks to receive their notes for greenbacks by July 1, 1870. Second. The Government to redeem its greenbacks in gold, after January 1, 1871. Third. Free Banking for all parties upon bonds bearing interest at four per cent, in gold. Fourth. This point is not quite settled, and there are several divisions in regard to the question whether the bunks shall be per milled to issue notes as now, or whether the United States shall take charge of all circu lation by the issue of greenbacks, on a plan somewhat similar to that of the Bank of England. It is, however, understood that no greenbacks of a smaller denomination than $5 or $lO will be issued. The free banking clause of this programme, which finds great favor among those who have been permitted to see it, was inserted to sat isfy the Western States where the greatest obstacles to a resumption of specie payments now exist. Wiscoverics in the Northwest—A Large Lake Revealed. A party of geological surveyors have been engaged the past season in exploring tho vast country north of Lake Superior, and have brought to light some exceedingly valuable and interesting facts. Tho most important discovery, perhaps, yet made, is that Lake Neepignon, which is put down on the ordinary maps as a small nond or not put down at all, is a lake as large as Lake Ontario; that it is broad and shallow, and filled with islands, snd should be classeti among the largest inland bodies of water on our continent. The common ignorance on the subject is due to the selfish opposition to investiga tion of that great monopoly, the Hudson Bay Company, which for so many years controlled this entire portion of the British possessions. The association feared that the extent and value of the lands under their power, if known, might create en.y. and cause thorn injury. In conseauence of this fear, they deliberately falsified their maps and charts, and not only in the rase of the Neepignon, but in many other in stances, have made important suppressions and falsifications. It is hardly to be questioned that an ex ploration of this country, which is as mich a terra incognita as Central Africa, woald lead to the discovery of valuable mineral resources, and perhaps to deposits of pre cious stones, the less valuable of which arc even now found abundantly on the shore of the great lake, Big Sea Water, as it was poetically termed by the aborigines. The Spanish (•L.uboats-Foinial Demand lor their Surrender. The* Spanish Government has made a formal demand on the United States for the surrender of the thirty gunboats recently built at New York and at Mystic, Connecti cut. for the Spanish navy. Simultaneous with the demand the agents of Spain have recruited for the vessels, and officers for them have just arrived. The vessels are all now complete and ready for sea, except their at mament, which is understood to be in readiness for shipment. The Govern ment holds the demand for the surrender of the vessels under advisement, and, iu the meantime, the Attorney General has in structed District Attorney Pierrepout to libel them at once. Libels have been pre pared. in accordance with these instructions, and the vessels will be seized by the United States Marshal and held subject to the ad judication of the Admiralty Court. Admiral Godan. Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy-yard, who has had nominal custody of them, has been directed by the Secretary of the Navy to surrender them to the Marshal. This action relieves the Ad ministration of any responsibility for their retention, and the right to clear them will be adjudicated by the proper legal author ity' The libels are duplicated. There are two affidavits, one charging that they are inten ded for use against the llepublic of Peru, with which we are at peace, and the other that thc> are intended for use against a people with which the United States are at peace, to wit, the people of Cuba. This raises a new point in international law, and if favorably considered by the courts will much simplify the question of Cuban recog nition. The statute of 1816 makes it an offense to fit out vessels agaiost any foreign Prince or State, or any colony, district or people with which the United States are at peace. The question now is, are the Cuban revolution ists a people in the sense contemplated by this statute? Defalcation in the Second National Hank 01 Cleveland. A letter from an officer in the Second Na tional Bank, of Cleveland, Ohio, states that that bank will lose very largely by the de falcation of its eashier, who recently com mitted suicide. Over four hundred thou sand dollars of capital and deposits have been sunk, and inroads made upon the spe cial deposits in tin boxes, &c., in the bank vaults, which may amount to over two hundred thousund. These special deposits were taken out and sold at various times to bridge over the de ceased cashier's accounts with the baDk. In a letter he left for the directors, he told them that they had lost their mouey and he had lost his life. That be bad played bis hand, had 10.-t and should pay the forfeit. He cautioned theni about ever putting so much temptation in the way of any future cashier, and stated that the bank examiner, sent out by the Comptroller, was useles that when he made one examination of his book's accounts there was a defalcation of: over $200,000, and the last time he exam ined and pronounced it all right there, was about half a million bhort. The directors have decided to make good tlie losses of the special depositors, and to do this will probably make the total losses ol the bank over §600,000. Its original capi tal was §600,000, its surplus, $155,000, and it bad just called in §400,000 more, less the -arplus. to makelts total capital $1,000,000 Its stockholders are mostly wealthy met and can stand the loss. Chief Justice Carttcr, had $6600 of tin stock since the commencement of the bank, and had just paid in his increase to make it SIO,OOO, one half of which is consequently swept away. The Vice President, Mr. Ilul hurt, has resigned his position, but (he bank will, however, replenish their capita, to go ahead. Emigration to the South. The New Orleans Price Current, in in article on the necessity of labor on the plan tations, says: If the proper exertions had been made by individuals and associations of planters, it is more than probable that the result ere this would have been far different. True it is that the better class of emigrants woiii scorn all offers, having the means to carry t hem wherever they should choose to g,. There are thousands, however, who are ui able to come from want of money, and if agents were sent directly to them, with pov er to pay their passage here and guarariUa them employment at good wages iur two >r three years, they would mo6t willingly corns. Our planters propose to do this very thiig for Chinamen, but have never tried it wiili the European. The white laborer is more independent, and would not long work for others, but a new supply could be brougit over every season, and the country filled up with an active, industrious, homogeneous race. A high rate of wages will draw labor un less counteracted by some powerful disturb ing cause. The good demand for the great staples of the South renders the labors of the husbandman very remunerative, while on the other hand the production of cereals in the West has been extended so far as to reduce the profits within narrow limits. The natural tendency of events, then is to wards an emigration Southward : Land too has become quite valuable in those districts of the West most accessible to a market, and every league the settler advances west ward increases the cost of transportation, and consequently lessens the value of his produce. The low prices now prevailing for grain, as we have stated on a former occasion, will ultimately prove a blessing to the South. We make these latter suggestions, however, pot with a view to check efforts towards the introduction of European immigrants, for we need all that can be had. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. JAY GOULD ban resigned the receivership of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad. GOVERNOR CURTIN was presented to the Emperor of Russia as United States Min ister on October 28. THE House Sub Committee on Foreign Affairs will not report on the I'a rag nay an difficulties until after the holidays. THE result of the Newfoundland elections is the election of twenty-one Anti Con federate and nine Confederates. IN an affray with knives, between a planter of Joe Johnson county, Arkansas, and his throe negro laborers, the latter were killed. Johnson, the planter, will recover, though wounded in twenty places. As evidence that American ideas are get ting foothold in Italy, a correspondent cites the fact that American rocking chairs are now in high favor, though when fir.-t intro duced by American families they were looked upon by the natives as something ridiculous. You never saw such a happy lot of peo ple as we had here yesterday, said a land lady in Indiana to a newly arrived guest; "there were thirteen couples of 'em," "What! thirteen couples just married?" "Oh, no, sir; thirteen couples just divorc ed." THE principal objection in England to a law compelling all children to attend school is, that if they leave off work for that pur pose they will starve. M ages are so low that parents arp compelled to rely on the wages of children of tender years for the support of the family. ONE thousand skilled German laborers recently arrived in New Orleans on the way to the Teche Couutry and other parts of Louisiana. They were transported from various parts of Illinois to New Orleans at an expense of twelve dollars each, not in cluding meals, which cost fifty cents a day. The laborers found plenty of work and high wages. Du PAGE county, Illinois, is in a state of anarchy. In consequence of a division on the county seat question, feeling runs high, the people of one section threatening the other with mob violence. The excitement is represented as fearful, so that the lives and property of citizens are in jeopardy, and it is feared that before the matter is ended soldiers will have to be called out to pre serve order. THE mildness of the winter in Louisiana, so far, has proved a great annoyance to hunters and lovers of wild game. But few ducks have been seen or killed, while the smaller fry of the feathered tribe are remark ably scatce. Iu New Orleans there have been few wild ducks in market this season worth buying, and not more than eight or ten days of weather cold enough to make fires agreeable. THE ST. THOMAS TREATY.— The failure of the Senate to confirm the treaty for the cession of tho Island of St. Thomas to the United States, is exciting invidious com ments in Copenhagen, where it is asserted that the ratification of the Alaska treaty was procured under the compulsion of Rus sia, hut the Denmark is imultcd because she is weak. 1 uless a formal request is made to extend the time of the ratification, it is belt, ved that the treaty will he formal ly and publicly annulled by the King and the Rigsrag, on the ground that the United States failed to fulfill the stipulations. THE ANCIENTS AND THE MODERNS. —In the year ITTU the English Parliament enact ed thai "Whoever should lead into matri monial bonds any male subject of his Majes ty, by means of rouge or powders, per fumes, essences, artificial teeth, false hair, Spanish cotton, iron corsets, crinolines, high-heeled shoes, or false calves, should he prosecuted for sorcery, and the marriage declared null and void. " The Parliament of 1770 was very ungailant, to say the least of it. But it is a question whether there is not quite as much nqpessity in these- mod ern times for such a law as there was in the ancient days. A GENTLEMAN who attended S'ainte- Beuve's funeral writes: "Among the dis tinguished ladles present I observed George Sand rapidly falling into the very yellow leaf ; l'roudhon's widow, very-delicate ; and Mute. Ratazzi, who is to be met everywhere. The terrible Raspail was arm-in arm with his son, a venerable figure, with flowing white locks, reminding one of Douglas Jer rold ; Dumas, father and son—the former promising to live 100 years, but the son fitted to occupy the cast-off (.'armolite garments of his friend Father llyacinthe ; Dr. Ricord, fat and heavy with the vestige of his last laugh, &c." WE notice in the English papers the re port of the trial of a man employed iu a warehouse, for stealing one apple. He was duly convicted and mulcted in the sum of five shillings for the offense. The magis trate, in passing sentence, said that this proceeding had become absolutely necessary in defense of the rights of more than one person interested. The property was freight, in charge of common carriers, and if every porter, warehouseman and drayman helped himself, though each only to a sin gle apple, the "shrinkage" was something very considerable. The transporters being liable for the loss, sought a preventive in the arrest of the first man against whom they could clearly prove the theft. RICH MEN aud great men seem to be cursed through their progeny as frequently now as in the past. A short time ago Cor nelius Yanderbilt, Jr., grandson of the affluent Commodore, offered a check for fifteen thousand dollars, in payment for goods purchased, on a bauk in which he had no money, and got the Hon. Horace Greeley to indorse the paper. Mr. Greeley will have to pay the amount, it is said, and will lose it; all, as this young sprig of New York ar istocracy has contracted debts to the amount ; of $300,000, and Commodore Yanderbilt! says he will not be responsible. Yonng Yanderbilt has just been bailed out of jail j by one of his creditors, who thinks he has ! lost enough by the misbehavior of the youth, without paying his board in prison. THE METHODIST BOOK CONCERN. —The Book Committee of this establishment, after a careful investigation lasting over two weeks, has arrived at the following judg ment in reference to the alleged losses and frauds connected with the business, to wit: First, that the last exhibit of the agents is a true and reliable statement of the financial responsibility and solvency of the Book Con cern. Second, That though the agents have bought paper and other materials through middlemen, yet the concern has not suffered anv serious loss by such mode of making purchases. Third, That their lias been great mismanagement in the bindery, and that serious losses have occurred there in. Fourth, That the general management of the business, in all matters involving the credit and integrity of the Book Concern, is such as to meet the approval of the commit tee and command the confidence of the com munity. The report is signed by the twelve members of the committee. THE London News, in noticing the work ingmen's houses erected in London through the munificence of the late Mr. Peabody, says: "The first block of buildings erected by Mr. Peabody's money was opened in 1864 in Spitalfields, and since then other blocks have been l-uilt in Chelsea, Bermond sey, Islington and Sbadwell. They are not intended for habitual paupers, but like Miss Burdett Coutt's dwellings are designed for workingmen and their families, especial ly for those who have been crowded out of their old homes by the recent metropolitan alterations, 'these buildings,' said a well informed writer, a short time ago, "occupy 166,931 square feet, and at present there are 680 persons enjoyiug the benefits of com fortable houses, at a cost ranging from two shillings and sixpence to five shillings per week, according to the class of the appart mcnts; five shillings giving three good rooms, in a house drained, ventilated, with water supplies, and dust regularly removed, with baths and laundries, wringing machines and drying-rooms, and with gass free of cost. Every kitchen is provided with cupboards, an oven and a boiler ; aud the families being selected upon the principle of excluding all persons of known immoral conduct and in tern perate habits, parents are able to enjoy the sight of their children's sports, no long er in the pent-up alleys and dangerous streets, but in ample and airy spaces which form the play grounds." The tenants of these buildings are, with but rare excep tions, remarkable for their decent and or derly conduct. SOME weeks ago the Emperor of Russia, in a fit of hypochondriasis, refused food for three days, and serious apprehensions were felt that bis hypoehondriosis would pass into insanity. Similar attacks are said to have occurred at various times during tho last two years. (ECUMENICAL. —The exact meaning of this word has recently In come the .subject of dis pute The general idea prevails that ascum enfcal simply signifies "general." The word, however, is derived from the Greek noun oikoumcne, meaning the "inhabited world," which was used by the ancient Helleoes to designate their portion of the earth, as opposed to hurharian lands. Later it became the appellation of the "Roman Empire," aud persons who adhere to the primitive meanings of words, and will oot admit secondary senses, contend that an oecumenical council- cannot now he held. The first councils, it is contended, were meetings of the bishop of the Roman Em pire, aud were presided over by the reigning emperor or his representative. In the New Testament, "oikouraense" is employed to denote the "Kingdom of Christ, and in this sense may be appropriately applied to a con sultation of the entire household of faith. NOBLES LIKE OTHER FOLKS. —They have a very brusque way of criticising pub lic officers in the New Dominion journals, and editors there are evidently no respecters of persons. One of the Canadian newspa pers exposes the social life of the augu>t premier of the Colonial Government, Sir John A. McDonald, in a style which indi cates that even knighthood aud the flowing bowl may exist upon familiar footing, and King Alcohol s.-ems to have rendered thi* noble auxiliary of Queen Victoria some thing less than the equal of common folks. At a rce< nt dejeuner gkxn in honor of Prince Arthur, the "hunotable gentleman at the head of the g err.moot" manifested his affections lor hisprimitive Mother Earth more than once, and "went to grass" so fixedly, that the servants hud to convey biui home, an almost inanimate lump of human ity, as limber as a rag._ At another time Sir John was so intoxicated that, "after spilling several glasses of wine over the gentleman seated near hint, and staggering to his legs at inopportune moments, to fran tically shake his glass, and articulating a feeble hooray, without specifying what the demonstration or the hooray might be in tended to signify, he was conveyed to his lodgings in a hack. It is argued that such a man is not fit to be entrusted with the conduct of affairs, although every one be lieves that when Sir John is sober there is no more able man in the Dominion. THE JAPANESE IN CALIFOLNIA. —The agent of the Japanese colony says wc may be assured that the colony has t laDted it self here and means to stay. The balance of the colony he expected soon from Japan. Now, by the last steamer, there arrived thirteen men. women and children. This same g'earner brings us one of the most ex perienced agriculturists of Japan, sent over by Eugene Van Heed, to study what plants could be sent here with profit. He is hunt ing up rice to make immediate experiments in its cultivation. He brings 4iX*t chestnut trees and a bushel of seeds of the same tree. This invoice is for sale and distribution. We are not at liberty to say much in ad vance, but this is sure, that a great many Japanese people, stimulated by letters from the Aidzu colony now here and by other means, have resolved to leave their country', ; and make their permanent home in Califor nia. They are intent upon introducing new agricultural industries and upon becoming citizens of the country. Arrangements are perfected to keep thc-ni out of the hands of the land speculators, so that class of peo ple may as w
tn fifty to one hundred per cent. more matter than any similar periodical issued in 'he English language. Critical Xotice? of the Press The most popular Monthly in the World.— Sew York Observer. We must refer in terms of eulogy to the high tone and varied excellence of HARPERS MAGA —a journal with a monthly circulation of about 120,000 copies—in whose pages are to be found some of the choicest light and general reading of the day. We speak of this work as an evidence of the culture of the American people; and the p>pu!artty it has acquired is merited. Each number contains fully 144 pages of reading matter, appropriable illustrated with good wood cuts ; and it combines in itself the ra.>y monthly and the more philosophical quarterly, blended with the best features of tbe daily journal. It has great power in the dissemination of a love of pure literature.—TßUßXEß'S Guide to American Literature, London. .-t It is one of the wonders of journalism—the edi torial management of HARPER'S. * * * All the periodicals which the Harpers publish are aliuos> ; ideally well edited.— The Xaiion X. Y. We can account for its success only by the j simple fact that it meets precisely the popular ; taste, furnishing a variety of pleasing and in structive reading for all.— Zion's He: aid Boston. SUBSCRIPTION.—IB7O. TERMS: HARPER'S MAGAZINE, one year $4 00 Ah Extra Copy of either the MAGAZINE WEEK IV, or UAZAR will be supplied gratis for every Club of FIVE StTBRCRIDERS at $4 00 sack, in one remittance ; or Six Copies for S2O 00, without ex tra Copy. Subscription F< HARPER'S MAGAZINE WEEKLY, and BAZAR, to one address for one year , $lO 00 or, two of Harper's Periodicals, fo one address for one year, $7 00. Back N umbers can be supplied at any timo. A Complete Set of HARPER'S MAGAZINE, now comprising 30 Volumes, in neat cloth binding, will be sent by express, freight at expense of purchaser, for $2 25 r.er volume. Sinuk vuluuiat. by mail, postpaid, S3 00. Cloth cases, for bind ing, 58 cents, by mail, postpaid. The postage on HARPER'S MAGAZINE IS 24 cents a year, which mad be paid at the subscri ber's post office. Address, HARPER A BROTHERS, 29oct iNew York. LAW IIE NC E D. D IET ZkC O. IMPORTERS A DEALERS IN N OTIO N S, FANCY GOODS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, , &c., &c. 308 IV. RAI.TI.MORE STREET, Between Howard and Liberty, loct3m BALTIMORE. piCKLING & FAMILY VINEGAR, Superior White Wine A Cider Vinegar, of FIXE FLAVOR, STRENGTH AND PI'BITT. For sale by G. R. OSTEIt A CO. 20aug3tn EMIKE TO BOOK AGENTS. L Wo will send a handsome prospectus of our NEW ILLUSTRATED FAMILY BIBLE, to any Book agent, free of charge. Address, NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.. 12nov4w Philadelphia, Pa, ARCHITECTURE. General and detailed plans and drawings, for churches and other publio building, private resi dences Ac., furnished short notice and at rea sonable prices. C. N. HICKOK. 29janly Bedford, Pa. EIORTY THOUSAND CASES OF GOODS I were shipped from our bouse in One Year to families, clubs, and merchants, in every part of the country, from Maine to California, amount ing in value to over ONE MILLION DOLLARS Our facilities for transacting this immense busi ness are better than over before. We have agents in all the principal cities to purchase goods from the Manufoetures, Importers, and others, f . Cash, and ofteD at an immense sacrifice from the original cost of production. Our stock consists, in part, of the following goods:— Shawls, Blanket a. Quill*, Cotton*. Gingham*, fire** Good*, Table Linen. Towels, Hoeirry Glove*, Shirt*, Coreet it, rfo, &r. .Silver. Plated Ware, Spoons plated on Nir.krl Silver, Dessert Fork*, five bottled phticd Cotton, Britlannia Ware, Clan Ware, Table and Pork't Cul'r ry, in greut variety. Elegant French ami German Fancy Goode, Beautiful Photograph Album*, the newest and choicest styles in Morrocco and Vilvet Bindings, Wo r roc CO Travelling Bag*, Handkerchief on-' tjlove Boxen, Ac. Gold and Plated Jewelry, of the newest style,, We have also made arrangements with souie of the leading Publishing Houses, that will enable us to sell the standard and latest works of pope lar authors at about one-half tbe regular pr. such as Bvaoa, MOOBB, B' UK.H, MJLTO*. AND TES xTSon's WORKS, in full Guilt and Cloth bind, ings,—and hundreds of other. Ti ewe and eyerything else for ONE DOLLAR FOR KACII ARTICLE. We do not offer a single article of merchandise, that can be sold by regular dealers at our price. We do not ask you to buy goods from u unle we can sell them cheaper than you can obtain tbcui in any other way,—while the greater part of our goods are sold at abont ONE-HALF THE REGULAR RATES. We want good reliable agonss in every part of tbe Country. By employing your spare lime to form oinbs and sending us orders, you can obtain tbe most liberal commissions, either in Cash or Htrektuuii.-c, and all goods sent by us will be a' represented, and we guarar tec satisfaction to every one dealing with our house. As the Holidays are coming, we are making special arrangements to supply every one who reads our adt.utisenieuls, with the most hand some and useful Holiday preents that can be thought of or wished for. aod to enable them to procure them cheaply and expeditiously, we will give to any ODC who will become our agent. One lltindretl free Tiefcets, enumerating some of the many different arti-.e.- from which you can make your select! n- of Holidav presents. For returning full clubs from these free tickets, accompanied by the cash, we will give the same extra premiums that we now give, just the ?am as if you had paid 10 cents for each one of your Tickets. We wish you to understand that not any other firm ,o the business can compete with os iu any way whatever. As this free ticket is only good for the Holidays, you must send in your orders before the 2<>tU of January, 187 U. In every order amounting to over SSO, accom panied by theeaeh, the Agent may retain $2.00, and in every order o( over SIOO, $2,00 may ho re tained to FAY THE EXPRESS CHARGES. This offer is more especcialiy to assist Ager.* in the Western and Southern States, Lut u.. .\ to all customers. COMMISSIONS. Ajreots will he paid ten per cent, in Cnah or Mcrchandi.-o, when they FILL UP THKIK ENTIRE < LUB, tor which below we give a partial List of Commission j FOR AN ORDER OF S3O, from a club ot Thirty, wre will pay the Agent, as commission, 28 yards Brown or Bleached Sheeting, Good Dress Pattern, Wool Square Shawl, Frettch Casiuiero Pants and Vest Partem. Fine Large White Counterpane, etc., etc., or $3.00 in cash. FOR AN ORDER OF SSO, from a club of Fifty, we will pay the Agent, as Commission, 45 yds. Sheet ing, One pair heavy Wool Blankets, Poplin Dress pattern, Handsome wool Square Shawl, Silver- Case Watch, etc., etc., or $5.00 in cash. FOE AN OKUER OF SIOO, from a Club of One Hundred, we will pay the Agent, as commission, 100 yds. good yard-wide Sheeting, Cohi-Silver Hunting Case Watch, Kich Long Wool Shawl, Suit of ail Wool French Casimere. etc., or $lO in cash. We do not employ any Travelling Agents, and customers should not pay money to persons pur porting to be our agents unUvs personally ac 'l>*aintrd. 6EXD MONEY ALWAYS BY REGISTERED LETTERS. For farther particulars send far Catalogue?, DARKER & CO., 98 A 190 SUMMER ST., BOSTON, MASS. loctty THE ONLY RELIABLE CURE? FOR DYSPEPSIA in the KNOWN WORLD. DR. WISHAKT'S GREAT AMERICAS DYSPEP SIA PILLS and PIKE TREE TAR CORDIAL are a positive and infallible cure for dyspepsia in its most aggravated form, and no matter of how long standing. TLey penetrate to the secret abode of this terrible disease, and exterminate it, root and branch torever. They alleviate more agony and silent suf fering than tongue can tell. They are noted for curing the most desper ate and hopeless cases, when every known means fail to afford relief. No form ot dyspepsia or indigestion can resist their penetrating power. ' DR. WISH ART'S PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL. It is the vital principal of the Pine Tree, obtained by a peculiar process in the distilla tion of the tar, by which its highest medical properties are retained. It invigorates the digestive organs and restores the appetite. It strengthens the debilitated system. It purifies and enriches the blood, and expels from the system the corruption which scrofu lar breeds on tbe lungs. It dissolves the mucus or phlegm which stops the air pas sage of tbe lungs. Its healiDg principle acts upon the irritated surface of the luDgs and throat, penetrating to each deceased part, re lieving pain and subdning inflamation. It is the result of years of study and experiment, and it is offered to the afflicted with positive assurance of its power to core the following diseases, it the patient has not too long de layed a resort to the means of cure ; Consumption of tbe Longs. Cough Sore Throat, Bronchitis', Licer Complaint, Blind and Bleeding Piles. Asthama, Whoop ing Cough, JJipthe ria, 4c. A medical expert, holding honorable col legiate diplomas, devotes his entire time to the examination ot patients at the office par lors. Associated with him are three consult ing physicians of acknowledged eminence, whose services are given to the public FREE OF CHARGE. This opportunity is offered by no other in stitution in the country. Letters from any part of the country, ask ing advice, will be promptly and gratuitously responded to. Where conveuient, remit tances should take the shape of DRAFTS <>R POST-OFFICE ORDERS. Price of Wishart's .Imterican Dyspepsia Pills, $1 a box. Sent by mail on receipt of price. Price of Wisharts Pine Tree Tar Cordial, SI.OO a bottle, or sll per doxen. Sent by express. All communications should be addressed I, Q. ( WISH ART, M. D. NO. 232 NORTH SECOND STREET, 22oct3m PHILADELPHIA. \V ANTED— T • Agents, Teachers, Students, Clergymen, Fanners and daughters, and all to sell BEFORE THE FOOTLIGHTS and BEM.VD THE SCENTS OLIVE "LOG VN TnE GREAT REFORMER OF THE STAGE, who having abandoned stage life, now exhibits in vivid colors the whole show world Before and Behind the Scent*. Being Truthful, Moral, an 1 High-toned, as well as Sensational, Rich anl Racy, it outsells all other books. Beautiful,y illustrated with 40 spirited engravings, 21 full page cuts, 650 pages, on rose-tinted paper. Greatest inducements yet offered. Prospectus, Sample Copy, Boxes, and Stationary, tree, tor U-ireular, explaining, address immediately. PAUMEI.EE A CO., Publishers, either at Phila delphia, Pa., Cincinnati, Ohio, or Middletoo, Conn. 29oet5w "RJX) WHOM IT MAY CONCERN " I hereby inform everybody and all tbeir rela tions that I have deemed it expedient to curtail the prices of everything in my line of business- FREBU OYSTERS u'wavs on hand at 30 cents per plate. The best READING ALE only Five Cents per glass, Fancy French and Ameri can Candies, Nuts, Cigars, and everything per taining to a first class establishment, I will sell at very low figures. Call and be convinced of the facts. A- B- CARN. Bedford, Sept. 24:3 m I WAS cured of Deafnoss and Catarrh by a sim ple remedy and will Amd tbe reeeipt Iree. MRS. M. C. LEGGET, Hoboken, N. J -12nov4w MARRIAGE CKRTIFCATES.— on hand ant for sale at the Inquirer office, a Sue nient of Marriage Certificates. Clergymen anu Justices should have them. HARPER'S WEEKLY, HARPER'S BAZAR FRANK LESLIE, CHIMNEY CORNER and all other Illustrated papers for sale at tno Inquirer Book Store. " EVERYBODY can be accommodated with WALL PAPER at the Inquirer Book Store