_ 74'"c '"1111iTTIN T G;DOX, ,' e hesiTayimorning Feb, 2,30870 it: . ._• •.-. . . . . WA; Q ` .11IIG.11".liINi1SAY't EDITORS. •C " :t •• '! • Lh.(l3.)l.llc.:l4,2:ynt•_.nunibcr rof 05M251,Ccip.of.c11,11,Ptiff1;11)Vqr tke cowitt. Aancolisar - s" should ?villein:l)6: ;Editorial - Brevities, ceotaipieti6s : .no w being 'avatieeTteitut lby tirxperte. Sc mach for specie. .- • - • g' i'ehT'skin Congritii:oi srdP . Giotb licit share !1ALA1.8R!9.9 .dear-Legisia tliveilWortieß . . E1 ,. .1+ - )ti - 1.•; VI OM ?ri { tti'dt 3Yef."l?fficiallyrecOknize - . 1 Mewing hot .shot among ts' 43td bborrt subjects. , ....! . • • , j ; ,.M.tlie§qnate x gon4a,,.§entitoi. petition fOr the nbol itionthi3 franking privilege mean .(iirkirthirtpsix feet in length. pp laska j i g of i ttle United . gtiitea,,di,f.hV.A pay 3yali, After co)lcct ihg'lNatortka. from djfforent sou'rees; t o \yds .§;5.1.7;p39. •;: / ,„ojzio;p pr!n,tsF ) tbn IJarrisburg printers' banquet reeentik,.got'„off,the following Comrnonwe'alth WriigyriktPiineYftiorit'Which h'tt..A4' take teggo - Yis".' l ' l " •.":,*, ?: Tni lYitorno instead of being ti3t•l tne re I td The reOu c e l d `Witti's'a'cttiimb i ~fi e bttifor t I 621'0; to thoso<,,:: ~ 05•4111 oecupred' 49..8ps ,09.4.)iar andilventilatidh there, is,. the, more togethei stnte of a fra hy . 4.?71:e. rteriit get u$ ini imgratoll scheme and . furnish eellarites transportatiorr to. a, western Gov. Giany , is the`target for Demi,- cratie parierOmllets for vmajcipg the. romarli , that ho couldnq dance because' Wore too full of bUlletlible's.'il'f those heroic stapat : lieii - ig ealO‘Vs Could' only say 4aSt; much' for themselves _it woulil be faigly.more to their. - credit, andnheY:woabi'show their good sense by nee.liblAiag li . b6il . iii''Of• ' ot!ibi• good , TaisfortliMi tO=MMil ill s 151 (I'4 :41'0 - c; 136 u 115"6"j nfeuL•topucil 'e,os,rc; n . .. of ti.tol. - !e in 1) f4gi,11013 left Pennsylvania Railroad Report, The annual meeting of the share holders of the Pcnn'a. Railyphd Co., occurred on Tuesday last phis. From rho Presielent?;`l.report we extract tli l -efoilowirig, arrihriving special interest:to:this regioif, •;, ; "Upon the main -line of Year rail way and iiiibranches',. the 'Movement of anthracite coal is yet inconsidera ble, whilst the transportation of the bitirminerus':-Ints•—been - large—fur. the. ma ufg.qtmv•PC-gas-tQc, La9ter:n- cities a nil • thirothee liu'rpOsseS 'already' - Men • honed-.t -This material exists in inex . haturtibleAtrantities along, the whole lino i youi , railway fr=om the summit of.th e-A lleg h ny--to-Ate— we st ern -ter-- minus, and-,in the Broad, Moun tain (alrdtikly ektensiVely-`tre:Veldped) !loath of lAnntiugdon„ . ,A,hranelhfrom ,the Maia l line,atTyrone,il.9 the, ; tovin of Clearfield, cute.the.Allegligny eoal field, and, upon .this, is now ear ,riect.on.to a large I.c,xtent,, whilst. an .other branch also ,ex,tends .frorn,.the ;Same point; to, ; Lee'lr, Haven 9,a the. Sus qu'uhannu . river. Ifroar. Altoona a branch,extends, to of. and Newry, a ,distanc,e of. nine ,miles.: The last two .mentioned, in.c,onnectiOn with a portion of the„;main, line, traverse the valley, at the,base of the Allegheny ,Mountains „tor, seventy miles, corn ; neracing,ou the West, ,branch : of the ;Susquehanna river, and afford, ample - .Opportunities ; to deVelop this , whole regtou by,short.runeh ilmis into, ; the cqui ,their i sum mit .wherover In this ; valley ; and., in , the mountains-and yalleys i that-1)e;,on 41,s east;ernhofual.;there ; is an tibu,adance of,pre nasily, mined and of a quality that, will make, the _best quality, of iron -already,celebrated for its strength, itnif ,fonnd.superiorio,arry_pther mannfantare_ of ; oat - work,. The ,proxi mity / of these:orcs to ,coai and• lime kone gives to this ,region advantages for the.manufacture,of iron, in all its varieties and ,uses, a claim equal if not superior to that of ,any,other-- 7 which Oven tagcs,wilf,dophtless be ltnprov• ed ; by papitalisto,,und.thes r .largely in crease the population upon, ypar : ,lino and iy, local. tralfis.l 77: tbe,tnnat reliable. :- , The canal is-,nominally ciivnert.by,a distinct cOhpany; Hie' Railroad " con- Froll)tigit'ari 'o'wner of The,folloWthg'extract re ferorieflY:tfl • t!• , The nterest•lield.'hy;this company in the Pennsylvania Canal Company isrbteadily‘lmpr'eving..;in. value, sand When!the onlargement!is - coinplete 'it will.hecomen.a: profitable addition :to your. in'vbstinerits in;other works,:dts ookt standsrupon;,your.booki at $1,J91,- The.eoal:trafficibf .thisceompany is gradually asSumitig lurge,proportionS, anlialreudy.giveSAo your , railway a eonstant:busifiess at,ratestliat , yield a very small profit pp,r.ton' • but on th .large! amount, transported (2,329;358 tons).tilenet revenue from it is of eon "siderab,le•importanCe. 'pcilie,r of the .0.2;1i - iv:my in re , kard tolodtil'fOight is thus spoken Th'proltis:been nau,oh,tomiilaint by 4lie,p,uhp,O-in"pont3equence of, the high ; mad(f: by . m any ; „t;ail way cofnp!qlies forsho i rtthan'long distam (rS.„,„. i l.u„tkis i .,pol,ioy,,ta a, limited, do gree,Atieso_comfMninS .for:obioust yea-. sons, a j ustied,;:.4tit , in ~ many cageo.lllB.,Araptice,,tias, been carried to an,, tiff, OblpTp riSptj all if has 4 - covorne,4, ecirujianY' is, to any iUterinedia t o e !pm . l4, a „o,9ter, rate„ihag ~ T,NiliFed` to - One'at,,,a latger,',distanoe. ,;.Yoder, I;qle; , it i lie,li AN: think entirely, 'dl 001)h, vekage the, 4:0) 064 i ? usi)ali P, RM. t. s6 .Pcr , 'O l . l - 1 1T 3 OPL'Y vc irICY- bur P 9 ° ,egt4 „ The PennsifVthliti bosupa, Aims organiie'd mainlyw,it ,ytew, ti - .); ; ,f)r,bmote„iho cummerciar and manii-, ftleturing,int4eSti3 Of'the,oilY delphia atid the. interiof of the 'State and its Management :has kept those, objents_stemlily in view.. trai_Tlip' 15th: AMetOmebt thO beiieftt",of 1164n:16'1 having passed', it is thought that,the: next., thing will be the 16th. amendment for the :benefit of women. "Howeii , er, one'ladfwritee to the New YOrk Tribune that if Rich an a,mendpient is passed,. without ing :first.,submitted to Abe people it will , bein outrage, and , ,adds': "The sinall; distintified minority ' have not the i31344W'0f aTright;:al force upon uss a measure which the most of us heart ily and earnestly detest If the men onlY •stand faithfulyand firmly re to lef'di lib‘drAgged into a :work for', wbicti wp Irp wholly unfitted by ,nature,, ; .944ca Opp, I tastes, _ the blessing Otrthe majority . / ef i Lthe.."fair' seiv wily rdstlipoif theta."' i • t.' There 1,17118 a• meeting', held., in 'Betershurg, ; the••othor day; to ,nominaterli , eandidate for Judge, and ,arnong,ithose'present-was one:of Lee's vgteranr+.l find mentitig _was a .large one, , artdiit,•_!_wit's found ;necessary • to thake*.the voters stand in lino to. count beingdabmewhat: ir- Vegetal.; onii , oh•the,tellers:-eried out, "righttdress;?- wheretipon 'our , Veteran' eicelttimed, 'iLonk heiorMister,iif nyoul arcrgoargfin start! another war :you !fflustteountiiiteeouLlo Pve.hadiienongli of;thrtt, , ‘sort I tof • thing -s'!, and•••svith q Spring •to.th xdar, , be •miade I don bki; quick timei`away.•:tor. bis)fhome; •and• thuit one ,vote was lostyr.l ! • f• . TBE„ startling,,intelligeneo ; comes, fronyealifornia that-there Is a' secret 'eathAidunci•orgithNation - leii'stenee . in tAidt ;§t4tis; 'object ie to ex- • terminate th'ere . ,are 89,500 , ec these :0 1 1iaeso,rata, 9 1 a- ( the Pacific - boiler, ~their extermination will be ds big a' job 'ea Whipping' the' r'obobi in throe inenths.' .. • - .:-.ITEnitAsKA ratified - the XVtli'amend: inii j nVon i Priday. This completes the work. Thirty States litiVo - now rati• fled op . gplpiiClrpOnt,rknd fivo rejected it: Genii. in NeW YOrk on Saturday, closed-dt 1181, the lest fi,gt it has touched since tbehattle, of #ntietatu !in Septernher i AM:- • , .. • California has 40,000 itidians. THE Bnma IN COMMON SCHOOLS.— Tlio Catholics in Cincinnati, as well as in other parts of the. United States, have bcjn trying,.to_ haye the Bible exclud'edifrom the.liubliu •schools of that, On Tuesday lust, Judges 'lltegun and Stoier,pf Superior Court delivered their 'opinion and de piSi'iiii;"on' an application to dissolve an injunction heretofore granted to restrain the operation of resolutions of the - School.:Beard;':denlariii`g - ':tliat' , ;thole - riding of the Bible and religious exercises should not be permitted in ,the Sokoto. -Judge Ragan held:- that the Proliiiiions braid •Coluititution :re cognize the 'religion of and: acknoWledgel that.-ritligion ;and morality are necessary co:good :ga ernment; that the State uses:religion as a rndans.to'promote;:good• govern meat, and therefe'lle , pie*:XClusiiine"eif all religie4,instruction,WomAliehpub lio-schools is Toil trary..' to, ,tiio l previa: ions of. the. Bill of Rights. 'Judge Storer concurred in'these , vieWs, and the injunction was rondo per'pet'ual Judg' e.Tafft, tEss,eniod and held that the Board had acted ,within 1 its ,legal powerf At the conclusiOn of his opin ion, he inaintain'ed that . "tho'BOard of Education, have simply aimed to 'free rho common.,sehools from any' just conscientious 'objection by confining thesis to secular' instructions and' indr til and . intellectual . training. Under circUnistanecS, Nis: not only just„hut, •under the Constitution of Ohio; a duty which they could not omit without violating the rights of those Who iione'eientiottely- object to the practice under the old rule ,of the Board." , . The counsel for the defendant any they,will carry: the case to •.the Su• proms Court , . . The President's views of Taxation. WAI'IIINGTON ) Feb. 17.—.Tw0 motif, hers of the Mays and Moans .Compait• tooliati some talk last ,evoning „with the President, and. the remarks made weroo be reported to ,the full :corn. mittee, lie said that last fall ,ho was of opinion_ that.wo would do better , to go on rapidly as possible in ; buying up and cancelling our bonds, so as to reduce our (jobt,„and room - wended - that we hold our tax and tariff rates gerfarally at the .present tigures, so as,to InOe a", large, surplps for, use by the ,Secretary of tbo ; Tress, ury. in ,cutting down the indebtedness, lie,,hadthought, a good. deal ,about this matter, ho continued, and had somewhat changcd r bis opinions as -to the pnliCy .t.h.at,should, be pursued. Ile tyrielittisfieil that it. would bp, , ,better for the icopotry to have - ,a reduction• cf, taxation, that the icople,w.erc anximin for,i t; an d,tbat Congress could not well do less than meet this expectation..in. his:opinion we might melco.. a ,reduc- Lion of twenty millions in the; receipts from intern.nl revenue, and ho would very, : readily.sign bills look.ing,to, such, a•reduction ,pas,sed, by Congress.- Th Something was,said.about •the Fund ing bill now before tlie„l - Sonitte, and ho reinarked"that he hiniself wns riot so confident up : sothe 15erSonsiseem to he that we can negotiate . a par loan at tour and alialE or five per, *IL. in teseatziat might be w6l1.•to: pass -the billy buLhe•odoubtcti • if: wo.•could_ do much under.itthis-,yeanil I,„:HURRYGRAPHS. MEM Miss Sueaq ; l3_ ./i.n,t ; borly,,cele:byated ber,,scrm-c:,entebary,.laati Tuesday:o%7mi, ipg. k §4,eis a jolly,,old maid ,of „fifty years, and seems to.fecl,prciud,ef,it: India-rubber .waterproofs. have-been supplanted by an artiele , ..Seet fislLLerCed,,which can be made impel,: 'leas to rain. , . n •,.: ; bill' has: been t icidneed'' in' . the Ohio illbu'Se of Representatired protilb! iting the 'reading Of tbd•Bible"or; sing ing, hymn's or pshiinti, in pnblip•isehbiits; rtib libr'ciit 'fine in beriieno may ' o usea to mend rubber This ebnieht will 'firmly faster on 'a rubber„ patch, •,.f,, ~ 'Serl.orllamlin,heing,requested to, `some letters, received, the, placed a three ccint'stamp on, each and. returned them to the persons who Suit th'e ~,liere is a drout in,-the.southern portiQn• of: California: ' , The cattle in Tulare,and Banta Barbara counties are anti new settlers are• seeking, other locations. Without liberal rains immense loss must, result to stock and farming interests in• that section. ' , The . : numerous -deluded , ' , FAnierichn. heirs'3/ to'lEnglish estatea, who "are constabilyibeing ,, fleoced by lawyers would save their money if •they wore aware that an alien cannot bo an:heir in England, where - there - is no will, andl that' be- cannot' take real'? estate even , if left to , hirn , :• •1 'ln ennsepiened cif 'Cho arreaf'of IthelhkfOrf, his partisans barricaded' several streets in Paris, pillaged Vail otiA'aFrdories, and repulsed n. body 'of the lailie,a; but wero at length tiiirrie"byithe"Military. For a ivhilo' a' fdVolhyon' •'was "inninOnt,'liti' quiet biia'boon'reatoted, arid no serious out ' *Atiohigan,,;thisa, of sued 'Oa o')ap,of 20 For b!',o - 011 ,of likhaving,proniiSed ntarry. Icer it suit cif 'elotLick ,nrbigied(e Pro- • t;'ided',!,wt(en tro i'ep`adiht.cd, - The suit of clothes failed, but ).ho ;suit 'at ,lick bi:Ou . gbt.' tr altar,. aOV.V.the - contest ,betteen'Cuphl:and; epPidity came to, snittthle clothes. • The , last . span of, the, Ohio :river, U)opip ;Anti w,as,.repo,aily point plototl,;:.The.longth of ti),o 17 , ridgo, ox- oluskvp of,,approachps, ts,,one, miloj .It has,twojnain spans of three , liundred and ; seventy foot, and.!anothor,of,four hundred toot, and tt.,ilraw ovor the channel,,,: The time occupied in ifs construction was two years and a half. It will, be ,ready , for ?the passage ,01, trains in ihroo or four days. t A petition Wns ineenly,circßiatell in West tnordland oanntY, keying 'Oa court tii giant, i that t - nAr liridgo lie over` SeWiekly ThoTourt granted' the br'deVoinl'pnt I,hrev-ithartere of:the expiiise on the Ootnity; and the other, ,rynar%er , int the 'petitioners), $6.75 enob,-who now think-it-doee not pay to sign petitions. . . Another Earthquake in Californiai SAN b'a.mqclScO, Feb - . 17.—Another earthqualco,'Aisited this city today, causing•thwhotels'and buildings to be vacated_ instantly.; The streets wore filled With people before - Aho shock lia,d hdritly.ceasdd.. Vortunately.it occur ted-ntSbut the time - ot, recess -in the -public schools, and intin - yof - the chil dren were out in the yards In the schools wh4v;• , Were...in session the teachers managed to keep the children 'under,- control,--although in . the young misses The_ Custom Rouse was uninjured; but was soon etylptlied of ,its occupants. crablisira ckbYttim October - shock 41_80rue of,the older buildings--were widened a little, but no material,dam,- age . • ' • the, Were : bOAng (We, )1'61414;6m Stretit,l3uptist Church hao_onda nee. At 'the first;rnble'th ' it jia - e•tbr - and' Oon'- gregatiOn.rashed„fgr, the doors; sever al 1411e:it'fabsted,' . 1iut, one was;. seri dusli'irifured. "The! . old - frame, build ings on thO'WhaFvesswayttf and.oraOk ed.but the'l . vatirS in the., bay showed no unusual commotion.:, The:sbock 'was quite keaV:at . I_ 3 9'talnma, causing the, people 'to vacate, ttio brick build ings. The weather -n and warm at the time of the shook: • It is "iaining this - eVpaing, „ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. • ' CLOTHING. STORE. FOR SALE • 'Phis establishment is in- •the • went - room of 'Messrs. Fisher k Son's bulk - ling iu ,the Dianiend, is a most ilesitable'locatiOnTor'a good Met chant Taller. Parties wishing.,to mitclia.se the entire 'deck de well 16 catl'iaan, as the establbtliment now en joys a good custom and ready muilb trade. The stock has been greatly,t educed by recent soles and the remainder sill be' d isposed el; wholesale at great bar grins so the prom whir amends moving east utter tire first of Atoll, A quantity of • . , READY MADE .C.I,OTAING, - HATS, CAPS, . . ~ • ; FURNISKILN'G„OOO,DS,,&C. • ly,,ii,a•ttisposeil - AT - iugrioN EVERY SATURDAY until sal dont.. Also—For eulO, ti good second hand Muni,. Eob.23.tf. - 1)-furroiv sijtcOONNIELL„ FURNITURE - LWAREROORIS, 809 MARKET STEET, :Worth Side, • ' PHILADELPHIA:' 4'l;l4itC;lll,, FURNITURE,' • Of pie Latest Styles and' boat manufacture; „ FEATHER BIDS' and IiTATTRESSES:-. 1 7 ) *SALE - ' " AT ' : • MILL . CREEK FURNACE.. be sold' at public"' gale `• of lilill Creek Furnace,- . * " '" Ott Sattli•cleith".2ll4 . r4 "P. 5 .,th,'1157,6; The folloying,neyeen'al properl.y,to %Oki, HORSES, HOITS: . BROOD MARES,. Wagons, Forks, Shovels largo for of Harness, ChainsoVre bank ..riud itirnnict Tools, double and 'eittlii'Trces; srilddd iigdhist] Oahu!. Thrashing Maellin6 Winnowing M:11; irheef barroira, filling barfrows;picks, wagbirspiikes in the , • rough; a Athoiee:l6t