ret-a Die net a ssx. EFT Sfi POT-- THE CaMBRIA . EBENSBURC, PA., FRIDAY, FEB'Y 1, 1873. A HR30LITTION offered in tbe House at Ilartisbure on Monday Ust, to make tie local option bill the special order for next ! Tuesday, was defeated by a vote of 3 . to 70 uava. Tin? vote in favor of tho ' resolution is about the same that nai givm for the bill at the last session, when it a as defcaUid. J Tub House of Heprcaenta'.ives at Wash ington on Monday passed a resolution against government snbsidies to railroads by the dtcisive rote of 174 to 85, our mem ber. Gen. Jacob M.Campbell, voting with the majerity. It is said, boweier, at Washington that the fiiends of the Texas Pacifio railroad, not at all discouraged by tbe Tote, will press their project with in i eased energy aDd a determination to win. As act has been introduced into tbe Legislature to establish uniform fee bills io couutits not exceeding 150,000, of which the Huntingdon QUlt Las this to aiy : ' We have read It carefully, and can tea little la It that merits approval. WbiitMniK't the fees are equitable and Jilft.a lure majority f thetn wuu Id tie cruelly unjust to the officer. 'J be ft bill now In force In a fair on If not abated, but tne proposed bill is so manifestly unjust to Sheriffs. Prothnnotaries. Urg inters, ann particularly to Justices nf the I'ruce and ( onstablea, tbst we can ace little In It thnt is Sood- The bad so Inrtfely predominates that it serves to b defeated as s whole." A toti was reached on Fridsy last In th Senate of the United States on the res olution introduced by Stanley Matthews, -which declares that tbe restoration of the silver riollar.nf 412$ grains as a legal tender io the payment of all debts, public and pri vate, "is not in violation of the public faith, r in dergoalion of the right! of the public 0rtditor$.,t Tbe Toto stood 43 yeas to 22 Bays. The vote in favor of the resolution embraced 24 Democrats aud 19 Republi cans, and the rote against it 7 Democrats and 15 Republicans. The Bland silver bill, which is a practical enforcement of the Matthews' resolution, was then taken up and is still under discussion. Taa Harrisburg correspondent ef the Philadelphia Jleeord states that Mayer, Speaker Of the House, has two sons on its pay roll one as jaultor and the other as a page and that Sbutlock, Chief Clerk, has also put a son on his pay roll as a page. These are scandalous instances of nepotism, bat the Speaker and the Clerk are only fol lowing the example set them by Grant, who appointed all hi own and bis wife's relations to office. It was one of the most odious features of Grant's Presidency, and Mayer and Shorlock deserve the severest enunciation for having introduced the en torn inro the Legislature and quartered their sons on the State treasury. s si s Thi join! resolution offered in the nouse several days ago by Mr. Long, of Allegheny eounty, for tho appointment of a commit tee to investigate the Pittsburgh riots last July, and defeated at that time, was re eonsideied on Friday last and adopted af ter having been amended. It is also made the duty of the committee to Inquire by hat authoiity the troops of the Slate were called out, for what purpose, and the eonduct of the eame. No member of the e remittee can be appointed from Alleghe ny eounty nor from any county In which tiots tok place. The expenses of the in vestigation are not to exceed f 2,000, nor can the committee consame more than twenty days time in pei forming its woik. if this committee cau propctly discharge the weighty busiuess entiusted to it and make a report within the time to which it is limited, it will be a great disappoint ment to the Legislature. Tit Matthews 'silver resolution, the passage of which by the Senate on Friday last is noticed elsewhere, was taken up in the Uouse on Monday and agreed to by a vole of 187 yeas to 79 nays, being 27 votes less than a full house. Thete is said to be a growing opluiou at Washington that Hayes will allow the silver bill, after it bas passed the Senate, which it cettaiuly will, to become a law by the expiration of the ten days' limit. This opinion is bused on the fact that the vote in both houses of Congress demonstra e the desire of the people iu favor of the bill. There is just a bare possibility that Mr. Hayes may adopt the course suggested, but as he is known te be opposed to the bill in the shape in which it passed tbe House, and as he is a pretty stubborn man, all the chances are thai be willexetcise bis veto power and throw the responsibility for the passage of j tne uiana Dill on Congress. ALTnoccn it seems to be pretty certain that terms of peace have been virtually concluded between the Grand Duke Nich olas and the Tntkish Commissioners, thus ending the most bmtal and inhuman war f the present century, nothing definite or reliable has been mad" public of their pre cise nature. There have been various and conflicting speculations in reference to them, but they were not positively known In London on Wednesday evening. If tbey prove tobe what Ihev are represented, Turkey will not in the future possess any territory north of the Balkan mountains, and in Armenia will lose Batonmon the Black Sea, as well as Frieronm and Kara, nnless within a specified time she pays to Russia a war indemnity of one hundred mil'ions of dollar, w hich, from ber wretch ed financial condition, the nill not likely be aide vry soon to do. There are other stipulations, but the full particulars must be waited for. It has Wen just seven months since the Russian army crossed the Dnulte and actual hostilities commenced, and what has the harvest been? Probably three hundred thonsand dead men from birttn -vid -Ii Mia onu fourth of that nun her disabled for life flourish inr vil- Srvti.icsaioa-.'ioa. n fertile provinces dilj iaulAte. SasUIs-rjir. ! The ease of tbe State of Louisiana , against J. Madison Wells, Anderson, Caa tanave and Kenner, tbe Returning Board, j eame befoie Judge Whitaker'e Court in I New Ot leans for triaJ on Fiiday last. A motion was made by their counsel to transfer the cane to tbe United States Cir cuit Court, which fa presided over by the notations Judge Billings, and after the motion had been fully argued by counsel " b,,,h Ride8 U owrrnllcd by tbe Court. Other effort to delay tbe tiial were made, but without success, aud on Saturday when the names of the four de- - ' fendanis were callud in Court to answer there was no response. The Attorney Genera then moved that the bail of the accused be forfeited and process issued for their arrest, which was granted. In the meantime Wells and his colleagues bad taken refuge in the Custom House, under the delusion that the Sheriff had no right to enter it to execute tbe process of a State Court, and when the Sheriff went there for that purpose he was refused ad mission by the Deputy Collector. After much altercation, the Sheriff was arrested by a Deputy United States Marshal aud takeu befote United States Commissioner Iaue, who released him. Tbe Attorney General then telegraphed to Washington, and late at ulght an answer was received from the Attorney General of the United Slates iustruc.ing the U. S. Marshal not to iuteifere with the execution of the writs of the Slate Court. The Sheriffthen went to the Custom House and finding Anderson, Cassanave and Keuuer in the Collector's office, arrested them and took them to the city prison. Wells was not in the Custom House when bis colleagues were arrested. On Monday the case was again called, and as Wells, the chief criminal, who would have been tiied first, had not been attested, his whereabouts even yet being I unknown, Anderson was put upon his trial I after his counsel had asked for a change of veuue on the ground of prejudice against him, which was refused by the Court. These conspirators against the purity of lie ballot-box have learned that Giant is not President, nor is George II. Williams Attorney Geueral, and that United States troops will not now be used for the protec tion of crimiuals who seek safely iu the New Ot leans Custom House. General Devens, the Attorney General of the Uni ted State s.deeerves great credit for prompt ly instructing the government marsha. that he had no right to iuteifere with the sheriff in executing the process of the State Court. The time for experiments of that lawleits character passed away when Giant's official term expired. Ir the true test of oratory is the effect produced by a speaker upon his audience, Daniel W. Voorbees is the most eloquent man who ever delivered a eueech in the - Senate of the United States. Mr. Voor- j bees, duiing a former somewhat lengthy ' service as a member of the lower branch of Congress, firmly established his reputa tion as an able.accomplished and impressive speaker, but in a recent speech iu the Sen ate be eclipsed himself aud cast the great est of all bis previous efforts completely in the shade. He is a devout -worshipper of the greenback idol, and lately delivered an elaborate aud carefully prepared addiess on the financial policy of the government, a dty and threndbaio subject one not cal culated to inspire a man with "thoughts that breathe and woids that burn" and yet so deeply pathetic was the appeal of the Indiana Senator iu favor of tbe unnum bered blessings of a greenback currency that a reliable coriespoudent of a city pa per avers that 'a numbr of penom.tn the galleriei ere to orercome that they could not keep back the Uar$." Praise so extrav agant was uever before bestowed upon an American Senator, and the tall and com manding form of Voorbees on the floor of the Senate pouring forth a resistless tor rent of eloquence in defence of legal-tender notes, while strong men in the galleries were overcome and bathed in tears, must i have presented a 6oeue long to be remem bered, and one that was worthy of the pen cil of our greatest artist. On important ! occasions Daniel Webster was supremely aud grandly eloquent, and bis memorable reply to Hayne in the Senate in 1830, on the heresy of nullification, and in defence of the unlou of the States, is regarded as one of the finest specimens of manly aud mpassioned oratory in the English lao Iguagw. Yet, ahbough the Sauate hung witb laptuie aud delight upon his match less eloquence and his patt iotic sentiments, no tears were shed in the galleries such as gushed forth when Vootbees pronounced his brilliant eulogium on the virtues and glories of greenbacks. Iu view of the marvellous triumph of Mr. Voorbees with treasury notes for his theme, who can esti mate the effect his wonderful eloquence would produce upon crowded and sympa thet'c galleries, if his subject was glitter ing and precious gold, the current coin throughout the Chiistian aud the heathen world ? The Philadelphia Timet almanao for 1878 is a great improvement on ita piede eessor, and is literally ovet flawing witb useful information, political, statistical and otherwise. It contains a digest of the lection laws of the Stale ; the official vote of each county in the Sta e at the last elec tion, as well aa the vote for county ofScete at the same election ; the vote at the Pres idential election in each State ; rates of postage ; names of the officers of the Fed eral, Sate aud Territorial governments; lists of the membetsof Congress, membets of the State Legislature, judges of the diffeieut State courts and their districts, besides many other things of equal inter est. It ia invaluable for purposes of refer ence and no man should be without it. Pi ice ouly 25 ceuls. Joes Milder, Esq., of Chester county, fonneily Postmaster of Philadelphia, Chaiimanof the Democratic Slate Com mittee in 1874, andjrecently appointed Cahier of the Treasury by Col. Noyes, died at the University Hoanital. Phild..!. pbt. on Wedutsday iuoiniuff. of stone in the bladder. " ,D Our tt'onhiftgtvn Letter. , Washington. D. C. Jan. 28, 1878. IS THE BEKATB 1 Mr. Beck offered a concurrent resolution that the Secietary f the Treasury be pro hibited and directed to ceaee the purchase of any more bonds for the reduction of the piincipal of the national debt, the same not being due yet tor annte eight years, and that the commitee in Congress having snch mailers in charge be instructed to make no provision by appropriation look ing to tbe payment of any money whatever therefor. This resolution will doubtless prevail, and will have the effect to stop the payment of the principal of the public debt j . . . r ......... 1 and keen the bulk of money iu this country, which will of necessity make money matteis much easier than at present, and guarantee muni copulation of monev in this country to relieve the present mercantile as well as ; Iiluir vtirm tlKIleS WHICH It Will III O- ' vent John Sherman from caiying out any further bis erratic Guaucial policy at the cost to tbe people of the present utter des titution aud financial ruin Mr. Jones, of Florida, addresser! Hie ! Senate udoii the Matthews silver resolu tion, contending that as the constitution j vested Congress witb tbe absolute power ; of legulatiug tbe coinage of money, no one mau or body of men who happened to loan money to the Government could exact pay ment of their bonds in any kind of money except that which was eon tt acted for; and as tbe silver dollar was good enouch for the bondholders to buy our bonds with, it was o nor pnoni'li for '.he Government to j redeem ihe bonds with fiom them ; and tbe j time has come when they should be made to take silver or nothing. All Iheweek has been spent in discussions on silver except when temporarily interrupt ed by the regular business, the arguments, both pro and con. being directed towards Mr. Matthews's silver resolution, the silver bill proper of Mr. Bland having Lot yet come before the Senate for action. Mr Thurman made a very able and ear nest argument in favor of the silver bill, and doubtless made converts of some few who were wavering. His argument was listened to with intense inteiest by all who were fortunate enouirh to Kain admission. Erety vote is engeily watched, and when he announced thai he would give the silver i in lit vii . the news was receiven wun considerable applause, as Mr. Thntmau is a new convert. I bis causea tlij moneyeJ aristocrats to '"look down in tbe mouth," as they have betu worsted all through the week by tbe argument of the silver men. As usual Sunstroke Blaine, in bis speech presenting the statU3 of ex-Gov. King, of Maine, to the Government, to be placed iu the Sta uan Hall, resorted to his low, in. suiting and personally abuive course, and it teally seems as though he cannot open his mouth without displaying all the char acteristics of the blnckguatd. Histauntiug i and cutting allusions to the conduct of j Massachusetts iu tbe war of 1812 was en- j tirely uncalled for, and caused both Sen- ' atots Davis and Hoar to rise and reply in defense of their State and deny his asner- j tions with considerable emphasis. Tbe scene w-aa quite exciting, and as Blaine I can talk louder and faster than both of the j Senators together, he had them at an ad- j vantage, although tbe Senators had much the best of the argument. IN THE HOUSE Mr. Riddle offeted a bill to reduce taxes, such as internal revenue and tariff, until such t eduction should equal tbe amount which has been paid towaidn the liquidation of the principal of the public debt by John Sherman and his predecessors a self im posed task which was wholly unauthorized, 1 . i j ..... j. r ... i M l" """"" .'""' J"'1,B V uome anu inn action io ine ocuiciarj ci. Ml, has been the great cause of tlie iiresent diHtreasful condition of tbe country, as tbe ; funds of tbe nation have been paid to the bloated bondholders, thereby depriving the masses of their use. Another clans of the ' bill suspend tbe "sinking fund,'' which will prevent the Secretary of tbe Treasury j from any further cutting down of the pub- j He debt by starving the people. A i evolution was in circulation in both Houses, among Senatois and Member, ' pledging the signers to vote for and advo- i cate the resolutions adop ed at tbe caucus of the "silver men" hereinafter given in this letter, and many were the signatures readily obtained, showing the immense pop ularity of the measures of the silver men and the hearty support given their cause iu both Houses of Congress. The House, like the Senate, spent the ' remainder of the week in unimportant ; measuiesol Dotli public and private neces sity. the PirvEn cirrus held bv the advocates of th Bla.irl .il.r ! . ... . . . " mo uui ink inr (ii ween csi nuiisneo. n reg ular organized movement to push their measute through the Senate at an early day. Many able speeches were made, among which we note that of Mr. Buckner, who went so far as not only to favor the - rat . repeal oi the resumption act and remone- tizatitui of silver, but Sttongly advocated ! !!e.ubrt,M the U. S I reasury. and abolishing Nation- i ai nan notes,. huh last proposition j j quite an animated debate sprang up and ' ! coiiiiuued for an hour or more, lien But- j i ler fired ofT nun if tlwwa lv;t. a . t.. i i ... - - - v. . '--v. vi itn9 lie 1 1 r, 11,111 t ! in his hat for some time in Btrong ad vocacv f , . . . c "'K auvovacy ... uuiii ,fi me i,wo him propositions. jic j Mahon, of Oliio, and Townsend, of Illinois, i were equally bitter in their denunciations ! of the National Banking system, w hile Mr. j Rragg. of Wisconsin, fully agreed with his colleagues. Mr. Fort, of Illinois, whilst ; he was opposed to the National Banks, thought it best not to hazard the silver i bill and the repeal of the i csn nipt ion act ! by interjecting any new element the break - ing up of the National Banks into the . question, as it was easier to bicak a bundle I of slicks by breaking one at a time. At the conclusion of the discussion it was unanimously resolved that the organization should be confined to the remonet izatioti of the silver dollar and tbe repeal of ihe resumption ac, leaving the National Banks to be looked after at some time not in the remote future. The great speech of Ihe caucus, however, was that of Ben. Butler, which occupied twenty-five minu'es and contained the most radical suggestions, prominent among which was that ir the silver bill passed both Houses by a respect able majority, and if Mr. Hayes should dare to veto the will of the people, it would become the duty of the lower House to at tach the silver bill and retaal of the re sumption act on to all appiopriaticns Tor money, and then it would have to go thiough and become a law, or the bloated bondholders would not get even as much as the inteiest on their bonds. Aferfurt b ei desultory remaiksthe caucus adjourned to meet again upon the call of its chairman. STARLET MATTHEWS' SILVER RESOLUTION, declaring the light of the Government to pay the principal and interest of its bonds in silver, was ealled up in ihe Senate. Any number of amendments were oftered and as often voted down by large niajotj. ties. The lesolution itself was then taken up and passed by a vote of 43 yeas to 22 nays. THE STRAMROAT BILL was further discussed in the House, at the conclusion or which it was passed without opjiosition. DISTILLED SriltlTS. The bill extending the time for the wi:h drawal of distilled spiiita fiom bod till July 1, 1878. K5cnpies the attention of tbe Moo- as the nexi iminitant public mea uit on tbe calendar. THE LABOR QUESTION. A secret organization of the laboring men, having fur its object the controlling of national politics, held a session here last week, which continued for two days. Every exertion has been resorted to to keep fts pi feedings sli icily private, but we have fouid out enough, Through our inquisitorial nose, to warrant ns in saying that a daily watch upon the action of Senators and Members is to be kept in alt matters effect ing legislation in the inteiest of the labor ing classes. Such infot mat ion in to be ued. at the time for making nomination for Congress, in nil Congressional districts, as well as in the different Legislatures upon tbe elections of Senators. Several of i s members openly declare that the oigoniz?. tion is now sufficiently strong to enable them to dictate and control both Stale and national politics, and that the labor element will have the balance of power iu the next AN ANALYSIS OF THE SILVER RESOLUTION I l"UPr. TOTE would perl haps be interesting to your many ' id we therefore give it as follows: i votes which were uiven in favor i ! readers, and To tbe 43 votes which were iriven in f:tvnr i of the resolution there must be added the four Sena ors paired w ho would have voted f,,r it. liitflk mill m 'i b a tltAii Vi itit K"7 - To tbe 22 votes given acainst it must be anoea ue iour renaiois pan en wun the above refered to four iu its favor, which will make the opposition 26 votes strong. Mr. Paddwck, who voted against it because, as he s.'iiti, it put the cart before tbe horse, announced that he would vote for the sil ver bill, which makes the silver votes 48 and the opnoait ion one less, to wit : 25 with the - votes. Mr. Windom, ho also voted agaiiut ! the retolution, said it did not indicate bis ' tine vote, meaning thereby that he would vote for the bill ; therefore another vote must be added, making tbe silver vote 4'J. Deducting this last vote from the opposi tion will leave them but 24 votes, "all told." Kellogg, who didn't vote, and is claimed by the silver men aud not claimed by its opponents, toge her with Ingalls, w ho was absent unpaired and who would have voted for it hsd he been present, must be added to the 49 votes for it, which makes just 51 votes for the silver bill. j Should Sharon remain absent the 51 votes i is mote than a "two-i hiids" vote. If he returns he will undoubtedly (owning a ! silver mine) vote for tbe bill, which m;ike j in a full Senate 52 votes, with the opposi j tion having but 24 votes at tbe very best, aud as twice 24 is 48, it will readily be ier j ceived that the result will be tbe passage I of tbe Bland silver bill in the Senate, over Mr. Hayes' veto, should he feel so disposed, j by a majority of four votes over the requir ed "two-Minds tbe vote being as above, 52 for and 24 agaiust. Andekbon. A Sensational Scandal. A Bethlehain (Pa.) dispatch of Jan. 28th tells the following scandalous story of sin, shame and a heaillvss murder : The people of Northampton are exciteil over a scuikIhI that hm endcj in murdei l poan. Actum Hnritioloinew ia a in mi eighty-six jear of tisre, and resi'les near th tmse ot the Hlue llidare, in Moore township, about ten miles norm of this place. lie is a lnun well io Ho in thi world's a-ooiia, and the owner of s-vral lartre farms, t'ntil lately ti in household con sisted ot Ins wife, his widowed (iaiitfhter, Mrs. Houmt, and a hired arii l named Eliz.i Anu ?p iiiffli-r, aed eiKtiteeti years. KiiZii Ann was a comely Hutch jrlrl, and by her wily mxnners cuptivated tho oetoyenar an farmer. The intiniaey bvlwecn the two txi-ame so notorious l h.ti, at I heaa-e of seventy-five, t tie mother whs driven trout home, and went to live with h dmitrhter at Sn irt i ini's Hrulie, on the I.ehnfli. 'the widowed Uuif liter, Mrs. tiouser, was an in valiJ, stifforina- with dropsy. She continued Io live with tier lather aud Ins y oiina charmer after the mot ner had le:t the old hi. me. though not in perlect harmony with the woman who had usurped the place of her motr.er. Mrs. Hurtholomew was taken 111 and died. Then, with indecent Haste, the two anked a iifitfhum inir Justice of the Peace to marry them. Indeed, the couple were in the "Siiiire'a office makina their request when the In per I pricei.iti passed t tie ii oi Neil her the widow er or his servant ifirl attended the Imr.al. The Justice refused to marry the couple, and they returned home. From that day tnry lived to ge! her ho in a married state, hut there wa trou ble iu store tor them. Kelatives protected, and the invalid dnu-hter ret used to reeoiinize. the woman pungler an ttie head of the house. On Tuesday, the 15i h insi., Il,n l holomew and his servant made another in ,n irtkrea hie nt teirpt. This time they applieil to a. S. Duffy, Et-O,.. of ltmh. The ficandal ha I, luiwrttr, spread over I he entire township, and ua-aiti t.iey were unniccifst ul. The woman then declare) t she would no longer li e in t It is dependent way. something definite mut tie d'ne to satisfy her. i Bartholomew a. ve heran ncknow ledited jima; , meut avainst nis property in the stun ot $.jod. - conditioned that ahe live with him throtitrii thu ( remainder of his lite. With this document in her po; 'issesttion. Blip returned as Mrs. Ilutholo- mew t tiy aurerment, and lost notiinein inform- ing Mrs. liouer that now a dhf.irer.t aiate of atfii-s existed; that she was the head of the house and allowed t lie in a I Id fl ve davg in which to leave the preiniccs. The dmiKhter failed to ' leave. and d-fled the w.nnKti who hud tieen nf- stalled in place of her mother. The neiirhhors tearetl troutile. and were scarcely surprised till Wednesday la-l that Mrs. Iluuaer bad died the previous night. Slowly the facts come to light. Mrs. Ifouser was taken more than usually ill on Tuesday last. The woman t'pangler offered her a cup of tea, tint she refused to lake it. Ileiug as sured that it was hKi tnlPss, she finally consent ;. - iij itiiiiiiigtii nr wni a ;tn nc iii'itn f. , daylight the tiody had been removed to a neih ed. Ity inidnlirtit she was a corpse, ltelore Vor' house toVeiher wiih all her worldly ef- a p-tt mortem examination to t hail. Coroner L pier proceeded to the scene and found that Ihe Mineral had let t the house on its way to t the church. The body was being carried into the church when the Counter reached llieie. A conference ensued, and I he corpse was haud- - . , . . ' e1 auihoriin sand the services were permuted lobe proceeded with. A Jury em- paiineled, and einht witnesses were iutnirid I heir testimony was very damagma; to the girl Spaugler. An ttie post mertem had not tcen completed and the case being very important one ihe inquest was adjourned. Since the Laros poisoning, when three peo ple were killed and a whole lainily endanireied. not tun has caused so great a sensation u; this S'-ction as the death of Mrs. ll miser. That aus- t liu . tlcieut evidence will h obtained for the con vict inn of the woman fpmigler. there is hardly a doubt, aod she is now under arrest. Matthews's Resolution. The pre amble and resolution adopted by the U. S. Senate on Fiiday last rend as follows : Whriiias, By the act entitled "An act To strengthen the putdic credit," approved March i IS. 1 '. it was provided and declined that hc j faith of the United States wi.s thereby solernn- ly piedireii to the payment, in coin or its ciiuiv ; alent, of all the interest -hearing- nhl lira lions of J Ibe Unite J Slates, except in cases w here the j law authorizing; the issue of such obturations I had expressly p.ovided that the same mitfht lie I paid in lawful money or ol tier cm reucy than j ifold and silver; and Whkkeas, All the bonds of the United States ! authorized tu tie issued by the act entitled "An act to authorize tne refunding of the national debt," Hpproved July 14. 1870, by the terms of said act ere declared to bv redeemable in coin of the then present standard value, bearing- m ; tei est, paynoic semi annually in such cm ; and j Whkhicas, All bond of the United States j authorized to tie issued under the act entitled "An act to provide tor the resumption of specie i pe.yments," approved January 14. I8T5. are re quired to be descriptive of bonds or the United Mates, described iu the sttdact of Congress, approved July 14. IHT0. entitled "An act to aut horize the rel unding or tbe national debt ;" and Wbkiikas. At the dito of the passu ire of said act of Congress lust aforesaid, to wit. ttie litli day of July. 1S70, the coin of the United States of standard value of that dale, included silver dollars or the weight of 4 1:." grains each, hi declared by the act approved January 18. 137, entit.ed "An act supplemental to the act enti tied an act establishing a mint and regulating the c. insi.r the United States." m hen legal tender or payment, according to their nomimit value, lor any sums whatever : therefore be it Kr.r-d. by the Senate (the House ot Itci.ie setitailves concurring therein), that nil the bonds or the l nited Mutes issued or authorized i Jo be issued under the Slid acts or Congress ! ""rein before welled, are pn.vat.le. principal and Interest, at the option o the government or the United Smiis. in idlver dollars of the coinage or Ihe lulled Statin containing grains each of standard silver, and that to re store to it coinage such silver coins as n if gal tender in payment r said bonds, prineipa! and interest, is not in violation of th-public raitl, credit" dcrotf,,,,no, l'eiglnsor the public Victor Kmmanuel and Napoleon III. ihitm the 9th f Jiionkry, ir year apart. A Slxker Sensation. A dispatch from Rloming!on, Indiana, says : Mr. Thomas Minsball, of Dubuque, Iowa, is in Indiana i looking up evidence in the inteiest of an extraordinary and immense claim against the Government, which be will lay before Congicss in a few days. Mr. Minsball lias been in the vicinity of Viticennes tbe last few days, aud has iu bis possession a deed to the greater poitioti of tbe State of Illi nois, made to bis great gieat urandfather and nineteen others at Fort Gage, iu 1773, by ten Indian chiefs. The d ed is an ancient document, and thesiirnatuiesof the Chiefs, some f whom signed by a cross, and others by the repre sentation of lish, bears' heads, &c, were witnessed by Hugh Lord, "comma-.iding ' the Illinois country" at the time, aud other j officers of the British army at Fort Gae. ! The instrument is very' elaborate, tbe metes and bounds of tbe land conveyed j particularly di hCi ibetl. Tiit r-oiihirlernl ion ! T ' ab,,t tW t0,,S f. RU'lil.tS, Clot h for uicruii-ciiiuia, oxen, sc, eacn article oi c:rernlly set out, and was acknowledged at ' Kaki,sK'. before icanr Imerence, No. j . y . I ub,lc' al,d recoided " record Ifctircll u kl11inia.it I., l.n XT' .3 . . I. .. ... i t- - .v, . ...iuu mm , i j j , . . ! in i.inu ueeueu is in two pieces, one I pjecf ,J""K bove Cairo and comtMisinir the T"u"";," P'- " iiunois, ami me otner is j in an irregular snapr, inking m the western nartof tli- State r. urn Stii-imiKul1 watt o place opposite the mouth of the Missouri river, uo1 a point on Lake Michigan, mar isincago, uemg mentioned. Mr. Minsball has been looking up 1 tie family ever since 1856, having knotledne that such a purchase was made by his great-great grandfather, and now has a family tiee as complete in all its parts as the tree of consanguinity in Blackstoue. He came into possession of the deod by a remarkable accident a short time ago, hav ing found it deposited in a bank as a rare curiosity. He will soon lay the matter be fore Congress, claiming indemnity for tbe land, which the Government deposed of to settlers, and says tbeie can be no doubt of his secuiinir it, a-t he Ii.ih had the opinion of eminent lawyers, Cougiessmbti and Sen ators. A Race with Death. One of the most remark tble trips on recold has just been made on tbe Atchison. Totieka and Santa Fe liiilroad, from Kansas City to the Kocky Mountains. A rich gentleman named W.S. Dunn arrived in Ibis city from the East on Thursday morning, mi his way to visit bis 6ick wile at Mauitoii Springs. Col. On his arrival here he received a telegram slating that his wife was at the point of death, and that she could not live many hours. The husband, who was a middle aged man, evidently a merchant, seemed to be much affected by tbe news, and at once made Miquii ies for a special train. He offered a large sum of money for a special engine to run to Pueblo ahead of the regu lar train, but could not obtain one heie. He took possession of tbe telegraph wiies between here and Topeka, the head quin tets of tbe road, and offered $'350 for a special locomotive to run at special speed acioss tbe plain. His offer .i accepted, and at 3 o'clock on Thuisday afternoon t lie devoted husband stalled frin Topeka on bis break-neck errand of love and duty. Away went the locomotive and car, with its solitary but sorrowing passenger, over the pi ai ties of Kaw valley, down :uto the valley of the Neosho at Emporia, I hen off again over the high divide bet ween thu Ne osho aud Ihe Ai kansas valley, which was leached before night had closed in. Then, after taking water, the impatient husband and bis tireless iron horse started up tbe great Ai kansas valley to the base of the Rocky Mountains. He reached Pueblo, Col., about o'clock on Friday morning, mid then, only wait ing for a locomotive on tho Denver and RioOraude (narrow gauge) to bo got ready, started up to Moniiou, a distance of fifty miles. He reached Matittou at tbe base of Pike's Peak, iu time to see his dying wife, and was well satisfied with the result of his fast trip. The fastest lime made on the route was fifty miles per hour, the av erage time aliout thirty-live miles. It is the fsstes time ever made across the plains from tho Missouri river to tbe Rocky Moun tains. Kansas City Times. A Mim.ionaire PniB3T. Many people who are familiar with tbe vast extent of the Denny estate and have always knoan the family name as one that has ever been among the iuos. potent and most widely known in Pittsburg are not awaie that the only surviving son of the late Mrs. E. F. fienuv is rather Denny, the prefect of the Roman Catholic Chinch of St. Ig natius, alt ached to tbe Loyola College of the Society of Jesuits in Baltimore, who by the provisions of bis mot bet's will j- comes a millionaire. Riches so seldom at- taoh to the clergy that this case will attiact some attentiou. Rev. Hat iiier Denny gets ) his large share of the estate somewhat to I his sin prise, since bis mother could not be- j come leoonciled to his attachment to the Chuich, and more especially to his acceptance of the vows of the Society to of Jesuits. The family, as is known, aie Old School Piesbyteriatts. Father Denny in his youth traveled extensively iu Eorojie and completed his education in Rome, where he acquired the recognition of sev eral Cardinals and the Holy Father him self. Iu Loudon, through the insiiumen talityof his warm personal friend. Cardinal Manning, he enteied the ministry of Home, but was not fully oidaiued a Father of ihe Jesuits until alter the customaiy years of I prepnrati Jti at Woodstock College, in Marr- ll J II- : . m . - aim. lie is a masker ot many languages, and has a wide reputation as an accom plished linguist. Besides all this, be is a thorough scholar in all respects, acultured gentleman and a true, zealous priest of his Cliuich. He is about thirty-three years of ane, and distinguished iu appearance. Pittsburgh Dispatch. A Man with Thiiitt Citildres. The Strohl family, of ibis county, is probably the largest family in the United States. Tbe head of the house is Nicholas Strohl, a Pennsylvania Ueiman, now about 76 years old. Hy three wives be bas had 30 clnldien, 27 of whom are living. His tiist wife presented him witb 8, his second witb 11, and bis third with 11. The youngest child is now 3 years old, and was boru whon its father was 73 years old. Of the 27 children 19 are married, and then fmi lies average about 8 children. Mr. J,n,l Strohl, one of the well known fanners iu the lower end and child of his father'a first wife, has 17 children, aud he is not an old man. He is the father of two pairs of twins, a distinction which his father, Mr. Nicholas Strohl, never attained. f ibe families should gather together I here would be over 200 persons. They nearly all re side in this county. Old Mr. Strohl is still hearty, and bids fair to live many years Mauch Chunk Coal Gazette. There ate now more than 2.000,000 Baptists in this country, ,f Hb.m more than one-tenth of the whole number. 1S . 870, aie in (Je.ngia. Next follows Virginia, with 176.286, then Keniuckv. 156.75)4, and then North Carolina. 136.(j.6. The fifth place in the column is occupied by New Yoik with 100.784. South Carolina. Tenn essee. Mississippi, Missouri ami Ahibama all precede Illinois, the next. Stale of the North. In the former slave States, ioclnd ine tbe District of Columbia aod Indian territory, there are 1.368.158 Baptists, w-bire fm free Ktatee tbere aie Mi,4t8. Ju'e-w unci Otrer JS'vUHgg. Tbe rats in au Ohio barn rose in their might and killed the dog that had been sent in to exterminate them. Four sisters in Vermont were married on the same day recently. This is tbe four-rnnncr of an extensive family. A m:ie belonging to a Mr. Christian, near Fail field, I mi., has given birth to a colt having but three legs. The colt moves with pel feci ease, A man iu Harom, X. H.. has sued tbe dilatory lover of his daughter for 1300 for room rent, fuel aud lights duiiug four year of courtship. A boy of fifteen and a piil of fourteen wete married with the approval of their -a rents, in Rassellville. Ky, 1 hen they weie sent ofl to sepaiate t-chools for thiee years, Stephen Collins and James R. Farmer, of Meicer, convicted of rajie on Anna Rob inson, have been sentenced to the peni'en- spectively. Jin the Hums i.ij ior ue ana two years ana a halt re- Bluebaker, slate picker boss at . - ... ' J imee leet rnn. Me has a w ife and two children and is the smallebt mau in the coal regions John Young, inventor of tbe clothes- wringer, died at Amsterdam, N. Y., recent ly, in poverty. K fold a conditional light to a Boston firm for f 5,000, when he might have realized flOO.OUO. Michael Bit-gin. arrestee not long since for the murder of Patrick Burns iu Schuyl kill county eight years ago, was dischattred on ortiiiiu.ij, u naviiig ueeii tsiiown mat lie was no, me iiigm wnnien. Illnstnous personages a.o rapidly ...,,,mk .e voeeii i me uypstrs rtl.rl it, Mivuiauii.t.i l-.t ..... 1. . . .1 , ......o..,,, .uov nrrn, .n.j ner ie mains, after lying in state for several days, were sent North foi interment. A gill, aged Mf eeu years, named Ida Heist, left her home near Emails, Iebigh county, about three weeks ago, since when nothing has be-n heard of her. It is sup posed that she went to Easton. A woman iu West Winsted, Conn., has lost two brothers by minder and one by drowning, a brother in law by wounds iu battle, a husband by a stroke of apoplexy, and a son in the recent railroad disaster at Tatiffville. r A dispatch from the United States Vice CoiimiI at Shanghai, asking for funds, say au appalling famine is raging t hrough ont four provinces of North China. Nine million jieople are reported destitute. Children ate daily sold iu the matketsfor food. W illiam and oeorge Duncan, brothers, aged 21 and 13, while attempting to ctos i" icihic, iii i on jet vis, r ri iay ai ter msm, broke thiough tbe ice and tbe cur rent carried them dosni the stream. Their oodies had not beeu recovered at latest accounts. When Governor vernor Bedle, was inaiigura- ted Governor ew Jersey, thiee yeas IlkM till. it..a ...... , "! ago, u,e expense to the s,ate was 3.7O0. J1 oiii aiieiioiiiir me IliCucuon 1 'J. Cf 0uv,e,"or McCiellan foots up f.,400. .0 precisely, and he is a military John Anderson, aired seventy five, was found dead on Fiiday in a miserable hovel at Montteal, Canada, his body surrounded 1... . 1 Cl.l. A .... oy raga ami utt-u. AtHlersir.l Had Oen a classmate of Ibe late gieat diy goods prince of New Yoik, A. T. btewart, and wasouce iu good ciicnmstance. There is a spring on the firm of Daniel Cook, of Kittery. Me., oiscoveied tiveyeats ajfo. Whenever a drought becomes so se vere that all the other spiings in the vicin ity fail to yield water, 'his one begins bus iness, and keeps it up until rain enough falls to start the otheis, when it immedi ately knocks off. In the superior court at Pittsficld, Mass., on Satuiday morning, George How ard, a tteitrotiamp, was sentenced to im prisonment for life for commuting an out rageous assault on Mis. Maray, at Otis. The con it also sentenced John Gilbett ...owl-,. u irm inipi isotltllCUl lor as- ...! IV a . t K , J . - 'ii imniiucui, ior as- aauiii K a wniie gut -a yeaia old. - . , . . :.- years old. Matilda Stanley, the queen of a laijre aud wealthy community of gipsies thai i owns a large tract of laud near Dayton, O , i bas just died in the South, wheie he tribe j has been accustomed to go during the i winter months. She was one of the .'hiest irypsies in the country and was recognized ! as liean in authority by all the gypsies in the United States. Julia Segerwald, nged nineteen, died in Philadelphia on.Fiidtiy last, a Dr. Shoe maker giving a certificate of death from pet itot.it is, but on Hunctay il appeared from information received that ber deatli was tne result of an aboition. The police I hereupon attested Dr. Shoemaker, who gave the certifica e of death, and another' doctor named Bloom. Tbe proprietress of : the house in which tbe giil died was also a nested. j The Central Committee of the Red Crescent Society, telegraphs from Cotistan- ' tinot.le that nearly 55,000 refugees, victims 1 of tbe war, almost 'naked and deprived of i the means of support, are flying from the : scene of hostilities, and that small-pox and ' typhus fever have commenced their sava- j ges, amongst them. A scarcity if provi- sions, as a consequence, is threatened iu ' Constantinople, and the situat ion altogeth- 1 er is one thnt appeals to the unbounded '. chanty ot tho woi Id. . The Pennsylvania Editorial Associa tion, at its annual meeting yesterday wei k, adopted a memorial to Congress agaiust Feriy's bill virtually establishing censor ship of the press by requiring the registra tion of newspapers in the Postoffice De partment. The convention also endorsed the action of tbe Pittsburgh press in leU t ion jo a modification of the libal law. D. H. Nieman, of Easton, was chosen Presi dent, aud J. B. Sansom, of Indiana, Vice President of tbe Association. Mr. Jessup, who owned and opeiated a saw mill near South Hannibal, Oswego county, N. Y., met with a terrible death while engaged in sawinir lors at his mill. ir. .Jessup was caught In ll.A 1Ai 1. n which the logs are drawn intrt tl, mill ready Tor sawing, and was carried gradual- I ly up to the bull wheel and the chain' wound repeatedly armmd bis body, slowly - "vin, m lit? was at work at Ibe mill alone, it was some bouts before he was disco vet ed, at which time bis body was zu a terribly mutilated condition. Two shocking accidents occurred early Saturday forenoon on the line of the new water-works, in Baltimore county, Md. James Trape bad just descended to the bottom of a fifty Knit shaft, and while at work there a heavy timber over bead be came detached and fell crashing on him. He was torn and mangled beyond recogni tion, and instantly killed. Almost before bis bony could be temoved, a young man, while preparing to descend another shaft, lost his balance and was hurled into the abyss. He fell sixty feet, and was taken up a mangled corpse. Th stalistirs of Ihe Catholic Church in the United S'atrs for tbe year 1ST8. as compared with 1S77, are given in Sadliei's almanao as follows : Archbishops. 11 ; bishops, 54, a decrease of 2 ; ptiests, 5,5-18, an iuciense of 51 ; chinches, 5,034, an in riease of 342 ; chapels and stations, 1,777, a decrease of t)9 1 : theological seminaries, 21, a ileciease of 13; ecclesiastical students, 2,121. a decrease of 96 ; colleges, 74. at. in dense of 12 ; academies and select schools, 519, a decrease of 21 ; parish schools, 2.13 an increase of 543 ; asvlnms. 248, an in crease of 29 ; hospitals, 102, au inciease of 7. IMI rU(C V 1: 1 U Ml I I 11 17 Hint IA HAalfi A. I. . - Edward J. IIoppins,ontiislalAubut0 2. Y., during the last week for tbe rnnr' Jer of Philip Proudtir. at Mt, Stetlicg July last, was ecqtii ted. and be If au Lour af er tbe veidkt bad been given was tntr lied. Tbe juiy assisted at tbe cere nion as witnesses. Pitmdfit, having seduced H oppin e.Mer, fkd the c umiy, but after, waids returned and jjoing ino the Moie whete Hoe.pius was employed tanntii o. said, "You lived thioufch it, haet.'( j, uvt Hoppins seized a bse bail club am Miu!k Pi oud tit on I be head. Dr. Hugh Prounat uncle of the man killed, and who atteudtd' him, was witness on the tiialaud died sud : denly on Piiday lasr. An outrage that ws perpetrated tt Richmond Inrl., neaily five weeks ago fl(t came to light the o her day. Two voiri men started borne fiom a patty with tw0 msec able young ladies of that city, im instead of taking them home they went to a vacant house, where the ladies ; drucged and outraged. One of the ladies was so badly abused that for a time it wa thought tl,e would di. She has, howrvrr . tecovered. Tbe father or ihe girl bad to be lestrained by fo:ce to keep him from j buntiiiir up the villain and shoot-it g Lim I Tbe matter was hushed up for the time, bri I has since leaked out and is now the t,,,, j talk. Great excitement prevails amor. ; the fiiends of the ladies. On account if ; the standing of the families in societv i names of the paitiee aie for the preset 't ) withheld. I We leain from ft Pl.ila.t.t. i ;. Hecord that two hundred and fifty hibo t mostly hai ing from Pennsv 1 vat ia. 1-f- h t -. i .. . city on .Monday, on the steaus'iip Met ion , l aj.ta.n Aokeis. c- mmander, to af,.i in U.e const i uctiun of the Madeiia and Ma- , moie lJaUiond, iu Brazil. In addition t : l a r ' " uer iiuiiinu iieiglir. the vo'srl to-ik a 11 PA miscellaneous cargo, includinc 500 to s of it on lails. 230 tons of coal, 1,000 barrels f Hour, together with large quant it es c r beef, pork and clothing f,,r the use of tie pioneers who It ft on the Meicrdita. Tl siatner R chnioiid, the tl.itd vesel, w.H arrive in jKiit and commence loading vu February 5, and will sail on the 10th, tak ing out another batch of 5X) laboie s. The cabin nnssenners w i'.l include Mr Thomas Collins atid a nnmherof m 'rcliairs w ho propose to visit Rio Janeiro aud lata in the inteiest of ttsde. Tbe ttue hisiory of the "Colorado ptV lined man," that was exhibited leceutlr, has been made known. It was made at Elkland, a little moi-niaiu town in North ern Pennsylvania, near the New Yotk State line, by Uco. Hull, the maker of li e Caidiff Uia;it. P. T. Barnura became in. teres ed in the scheme, and suprlied t ait j of tbe capital. Tbe figure was taken to Colorado, buried here and fimillv i! M 3 tin in accordance with a carefully arraLirtd j plan. An adroit deception was practised j in regatd to the result of the scientific test, Which, it W .IS olalTIIOlt 11 niD.la f-r .1 st.ne, R round bones, clay, plaster, blood. ; eggs, and other mateiials were i f ... ... ued i i fo.tr.ing tbe iirag. which was '.hen bakrj for weeks ii. o I,;!., 11. .n . ;,..j.i for a long time to deceive the public wiik this pretended petrifaction, and na.1 t.ei t j much time and several thousand d jllais iu cij'ri luteins. Thirty one years ago Johu Tba'.clisr and Ellen Wall were married. Two yean later the gold fever br-'ke out in Australu, and, leaving bin wife and one child, Thatcher departed for that far-off country. For several yeais letters passed bet eta them, but Ihe husband did not meet wiiU tbe anticipated success, and could not er would not send money for the support ef bis wife and child. Finally tbe letten ceased, and for many years uo tidings sers received from him.- In the meantime Mn. Thatcher mat tied Mr. Cot belt Stowell, who died elg-ht months after. After a brief widowhood she married Mi, Jatuet Conwell, who died at tbe end of seven yeais. After an absence of over thirty years, Thatcher returned to this count.-y and went to work at a mill in Saco, Me, and thither his wife, bavin? beard of L't i whereabouts, v.ent and f. i wlie.e!,li..iil ,., ...,1 r..... u;m 11,. j u,e last Suud "'- cm u va '. i v.j aii iu, vs j ,iie Uht Sun.tav of n,r.,..l.,r TIaol,r turned to Piovidencn. and is now liviiff J with tbe wife of his youth, Tbe Governor of the leper set leirstt on Molokai, one of the Sandwich l-lttttk is dead. He was ll. son of an American fatl er aud a Hawaiian mother, and Li name was William P. H.igsdale. He v. until his banishment, tbe lending lnnytl and orator in the kingdom, aud bis itiflr- fcnce was such that, had be so desired. Is might easily have avoided being rt.t tj live among the lepers. He wns Hie flifctu discover the disease in himself, bis atteu- tion be mi? called to the fact Lv the failu:e of a hot lamp chimney to bum his fuet when lie picked it up. tie lninieaiste.T gave the infirm.it i n to tbe anfiorititi. and insisted on being banished to Mol'-Vai. He was soon np.oiutrd Governor of Hi r-ettlemeut, and his rule of the b'OJ len has beeu lemaikably wise aud kind. U married a young w orn mi there, a'id sefn to have tticd to le as happy as pnM:-le. with the ceitainty if eaily death btfc him. A cousin of Queen Kmina, alepu, ia likely to succeed Uacfcdale as Governor. lessr EDITOHH: As we were connected with Dr. QUINCY A. SCOTT'S Dental Establishment! AT IBI TIMS ma CENTENNIAL SPECIMENS Were manufactured, we state pc!tlvely tht tho"" elegant lreutal Speclmena which recivJ to ' PCWTCWMIAI M C fl A I or, fllPI OVA w.r.adsbt nR QUINCY A. SCOTT Am! his assistants. And we lr!r al-o to ' that we have been In manj dental rrice. have seen denllstrv in all Itf pties. but t never saen work turned cut aujwters to ! tbaj made at 2.TK reini Vvcmie, 1'IHSBIKUII, HA. We do not think tt neeestarr, bat wa also"8 ' ndvrsa As a gentleman, upright and honerablt la all eucial and bujinni relations. Pa. JOHN SCOTT. Pa. "W. 11. PF,158 la. JOS. QKAHA.M. JOHN K. AUL. ILL OF 1MTTSBCBOB. TA. RHEUMATIC cr.ofT9UTC.tr finsntoH b t rrmr. J-n Sin 7? Fmi Z rysoLD or all ihiuggists T. w. DICK. Attounkt 4T Lavr. etisburr. Pa. Office'in t ront room oi ' J. Limit' new bufMii.r. Centre stre i. manner of letral business stterrted t"", tnrov.anrt eolieetlons a specialty. l'1-'! r.EO. M. READE. Attorneu-at-l V ptjensburc. Pa. Oftiee nm Cctin irft. tttrtra 4ira ft ora U k street. fl - t-?fc. Ve AwassattarrA irf . -igfr .fei""83' 'hA