4111111intivev. CABLISLE, PA. TBmSDAT, FFAtUUAJirXT, IST. I MEWS IB BRIEF. —Chicago boasts nearly *J,OOO bar rooms. —Wisconsin belles go lo balls on snow shoes; —Tho vnhio of horses exported from England last year was nearly a million of dollars^ -For stealing n straw hat a San Francisco boy got 3 years and 3 months. —Flour Is selling at TetTorsoavnie, Texas, at i'i'i and $3O per barrel. — l Tho’opizootlc Is In Nevada, and spreading southward. —Hanging Committees are called "String Bands" In Kansas. -rA. Kansas dentist offers to exchange teeth for all kinds of country produce. Baltimore has a now secrel society, tin*- l\ nights of (lie Golden Eagle," •Tons of hogs frozen to death in ihc North west, are being converted Into .soap. —lowa will burn ♦■.OCO.CUubusbcls »l corn this winter. —A Georgia burglar broke into the State pris on and robbed one of the inmates. —A now phrenology Is out which tolls charac ter by the way you shut a door. Tho town of .Sargent, In Kansas, had three murders before It was ten days old. —Quo hundred and six divorces wore granted In .Connecticut last year. . —board In tho Nebraska Slate penilchihuy U Mo a a cck, lodging include I. —A .hardy kind of grasshopper has appeared I,a Vermont, —Extensive sponge beds have been discovered otrthe California const. —A Fiitney (VI.) huly, aged walk* four miles to church every Sunday. —ilctllenl reports say that. i neuu'mll-m biju>. been steadily increasing within 5 year*. . —They make small-pox un excuse lor prohlb* mug public worship at Mr. yic’ lltni, Ky. -The Bonding Aider Is salt! to he tin- oMo.M Herman newspaper In the country. —Murderers mo admitted to bull iu some parts tit lowa, but chicken thieves me hunt; on sight. —Michigan, produced ll s pairs of twins last —Dorsey, tho new Senator from Arkansas, is ojiiy 30. —A Boston man la under arrest, charged with ■ Mealing Sooo worth of lumber from the Coliseilm. —Worms with wide whisker# aro lying In wait lor the coming vegetable In Virginia. —At Newark, Ohio, a boy 6l fourteen is under in vest for the attempted murder of his sister. —The French census enumerates 31,580 more married men than married women. How ? —Members of Congress, it is said, may hereaf ter be honest through fear, If not from choice. —Quincy,Til., ground 557.000 bushels of wheat la ,1872 (worth sl,-1(tf,550) Into 221,750 barrels of tiour. —lt is said that the greatest consumption of intoxicating liquors is among-inhabltants of i he Temperate Zone. —A monument is lo be raised to Hannah Do - Un, at Ware, N. H», beciiii.se she once killed nlm* Indians. —lt tms been suggested Unit the name of tbe national capital ho changed to White Wnshlng- —Uough has disappointed his audiences so many times this winter that tln>y are now dis appointing him. -Ex-Senator Doolittle Is giving religions,lec uircs in Chicago, where nobody else has been able to do much in that line. —The records of the Jowa Land Othre show mat 220,fi50 acres of. landliave been disposed of in that Stale during the last year. —Nearly all the Presbj ter.lan pastors In Ar kansas are accustomed to preach separately to the children of their congregations. —A. boy at Leavenworth, Ind., ha* been disfig ured for life by rats that attacked him in hi* bed.. —A Kentucky colored girl leu years old, and weighing 217 pounds, was lately suffocated by her own fat. —Susan B.Amluny promises to tell lu her next lecture why she never married. llc wit} guess beforehand. —An Infant rhud of Mi. James Wood, of Lan ditburg, S. V., died lust week from the bile of a rat. indicted while it was sleeping In Us cradle. —A post mortem examination revealed thirty two large nails In the stomach of an lowa horse Hint died of the epizooty. -Ex-Senator BucKiilew denies that ho has been appointed attorney for the Lehigh Valley Itailroad Company at a liberal salary. —A wagon load of honey was retailed u.t Wi nona, Minn., last week, at twelve nml a half cents a pound. —A Muscatine, lowa,- fisherman lately look iltteeh barrels of fish from the Mississippi in one day. —Tlie amount of money on deposit In the ten savings banks of San Francisco Is reported at' *r2,4&vas. —Weal Newbury, Conn , has two cats with six feet apiece- It Is not staled whether they can yowl in two yards at once. —OlosS barrels are to lie used fur the transpor tation of petroleum in order to save the heavy loss from evaporation in ordinary packages. —General Jackson first Introduced the use of cotton fur breast works, ft is used for that. purpose still. —The peoplojof t'hlli udqpt prayer as an inex pensive substitute for vaccination and otner prevehtatives of small pox. —An American'minister in London lately economized himself tu death, leaving a fortune of SODO.OW, -The death is tyinouuced o 1 one of the oldest veterans of the Greek war of liberation—Major Johannes Pappalexopulo. —An Illinois tavern keeper has a black list containing the names of seventy-five customers to whom he is forbidden to sell. —A Pennsylvania restaimmtor, who Is run ning an opposition establishment, found a $3OO pearl In an oystor recently. —A boy eight years old was lately oaten up by hugs while on his way to school In Huntington, In d. —A Colorado onion, measuring twenty inches in circumference and weighing two pounds and five ounces, is on exhibition at Lawrence, Kan. —A Connecticut debating society is going to decide whether .this la the coldest season on record, —The rivers la the northern purl of maine are frozen solid down to the bottom, and the people are blasting for flail. —A bill making profane swearing a penal of lenco has been Introduced Into the Georgia Legislature. —The Cleveland woman who drew tho $20,000 prize In the Harmony .Society Lottery, paid 5100 of it recently lor getting drunk. —Hecrolary Buuiwoll has revoked hla order calling lu the 3-2u'«. It will be reissued next month. —The negroes o/ Washington are holding meetings tu favor of the Cuban cause and the emancipation oi Cuban Slaves. —Evans, known as tho Northwoocl, N, 11., murderer, bus made a statement to sheriff Drew, of Exeter, N. H., In winch he admits kill ing six persons—four gfrls, a boy and a woman, —Tho MothocUHts ale divided lute tweuty niuo denominations, olt-vou of thvue dlvinlous tire In this oouutiy. They aggregate lif.li'Jl miu isteia ami T.WllMliil memhere. Thu union of Idle vint uody In urged In thin iiud other countries. —lt Is elated that John W. Young, one of the luvcrlto and must hin,lueb---llko of flritdiuiu Young's none, now haul on railroad business, has dlvoicod tivo of his three wives and Will hereafter reside In Philadelphia. —Two sisters, who were married a few years ago at the same tdaee by the same clerg> man, now simultaneously apply for divorces in bos ton, on the around that both their husbands have run away wnh other women. —A little girl named bessie Cole was found on the door-step of a school house at Peekskllt, ft. Y., with her arms and legs frozen. The poor child on reaching school was too benumbed with cold tuopen the door or make her pres t-uee known to those within. The Delaware fruit growers held a meeting ut Dover ou the IHth lust, at which It was re united that the peach trees were very badly in jured by the frost, except In lower Kent and down the Peninsula. —John C. Hheafer, aged 10 years, was shot aiip seriously wounded htsr-woek by ,Wni. Barker, aged 10 years, in the parlor of a public house In Now Y'ork, while viewing with oilier hoys some fancy dogs. —Monday looming about seven o’clock a wreck occured hclow I.eumun Place, Pennsyl vania rnllrogd. one height train ran into another and an engine was disabled and a ca boose and ope car wreelied. No ~n , - injured. REPORT OF THE POLAND COMMITTEE. On our first page will bo found tho main features of tho Report of tho spo oial committee of tho House, raised to inquire into tho alleged bribery of members of Congress through the machinery of tho Credit Mohilier. Tho Report is not a fair oho by any means, mid is made more in tho interest of crime than in tho interest of justice. It limls Ames aiid Brooks guilty, hut applies tho whitewash brush to a dozen of others who aro moro guilty than either Ames or Brooks. Tho testimo ny against Dawes, Garfield, Bingham, Scofield, Hooper and Kelley,.all mem bers of tho House, and all prominent Radical party leaders, was as positive as positive could he. To attempt to whitewash those men, thou, and to cover up and palliato'lheir crime, is an outrage upon decency and justice, and discreditable to Judge Poland, the chairman of tho investigating commit- , too. ' , ■ ” Judgo Poland is himself a strong partisan, and no doubt lie felt that the exposures.made before ids committee, were calculated not only to ruin Ilia guilty men exposed, but the Radical party also, of whichlhoy aro the load ers. A desire to save his party, then, induced Judge Poland to screen guilt. But the people of all parties have made up their verdict, aud they pronounce the men whose names wo have men tioned; GUILTY, Aud who are theso guilty men who have been voting mil lions of acres ot the people's lands to rich corporations for pay? Colfax is the Vice President, Wilson is the Vice President-elect, HnrJan isaU. S. Sena tor, and editor of Grant’s Washington organ, Patterson,Allison and Logan are Senators, Dawes is’ chairman of tho Ways aud Means committee in the House, Garfield is chairman on Appro priations, Bingham is chairman' of the Judiciary, Scofield is chairman of the Naval committee, Hooper is chairman on Banking and Currency, and Kelley is on several of, the most important committees iu the House, It will he seen Unit they are all men of ability, and who stand at the very head and front ,of tho Ropuhlicau-Credit-Mobi lier party. They are the. leaders, tho representative men of their party. Now, these facts being established, we a'sk honest Republicans whether they will.continue to give countenance and support to a party whose leaders are shown to be corrupt to the core? These leaders would sell their country —they have already sold millions of acres—for money. We warn the peo ple to beware I Our country aud its institutions are iu danger. Wo are the most disgraced nation on the face of the earth. The professions of Radical leaders from the first were false and deceptive, and were made the better lo enable them to steal.. The late rebel lion could have been avoided, but grasping politicians wanted to rob the people, and hence they wanted war. The war could have been brought to a close inside of two years, hut it was continued to the end of four years pur posely, aud for speculative purposes. Had Stanton been hanged when lie betrayed M’Clellan, he would have re ceived the fate that a traitor deserved, but, lie was not oven censured ; indeed he was applauded for his treason. But his conscience smote him, and after mouths of excrutialing suffering, ho became ids own executioner. The war cost six limes what it should have cost, for tlie reason that for every dollar legitimately spent five dollars’were sto len by just such men as are now under disgrace. Let the people, reflect I. They have been nursing vipers. Their moans have been stolen by hundreds of" mil. lions by a set of scoundrels who preach ed up “ loyalty” and religion for the purpose of attracting attention from their depredations upon the treasury. We rcfieat, let the people reflect. CALDWELL OUSTED, Caldwell of Kansas, will, wo suppose, bo voted out of tho,Senate. The influ ence of Grant is favorable to the Sena tor, and if this influence is used with energy, Caldwell may retain bis seat. He is regarded as tho right hand man of the administration in the Senate, and next to Sherman, (who .received $lO,OOO to vote away the public lands to rich rail-roads,| lias bad a powerful in iiuenee with Grant. But to the report of the Senate committeo. The report of the Senate committeo on privileges and elections on the Caldwell case concludes as follows: Taking the testimony altogether, tho committee cannot doubt that money was paid to some members ol the leg islature for their votes, and money promised to others which was not paid and offered to others who did not ac cept it. , By the constitution each bouse of congress is made the judge of the elec tions, returns and qualifications of its members. If a person defiled to the Senate has not the constitutional quali fications. or if the election is invalid by reason of fraud and corruption, the jurisdiction to examine and determine is expressly vested in the Senate. An other clause of the constitution author izes tho Senate to expel a member by a two-thuds vote. The causes for which a Senator may be expelled are not limited or defined, but rest in the sound discretion of the Senate. ■ It has been a subject ol dis cussion in the committee whether the offenses of which they believe Mr. Caldwell to have been guilty should he punished by expulsion, or go to tile validity of his election, and a majority are of the opinion that they go to the validity of his election arid had the elfcet to make it void. Wherefore the committeo recom mend to the Senate the adoption of the following resolution ; Hesolved, That Alexander Caldwell was nut duly and legally elected to a seat tu the Senate of the United Stales by tile legislature of the Stale of Kan sas. Vico, I’rc.-idcnt Col fax anil Vice President-elect Wilson, Inul the hnfzcn iinputloiico to lecture before the Young Men’.s Christian Association of Philiw dolphin recently, despite their connec tion with Hie infamous Credit Mobilier robbery. Not satisfied with their ex posed crimes these worthies would “steal the livery of heaven to servo the devil in.”— Kc. Colfax ami Wilson, notwithstanding their brazen impudence, are not as cen surable as are the oiiicers of the Young Men’s Christian Association of Phila delphia, who invited them to bo pres ent at their meeting. It really looks ns if this Association was to ho used to bolster up the ruined reputations of men, who, if justice could overtake them, would bo in t.io penitentiary.— Not much wonder that Infidelity is on the increase in our country, when we teo our religious organizations used by„ domugogues nod thieves to hol-der up their infamous eharnelers, NO INCREASE IN SALARIES, We aro glad to find that Butler’s bill, . for increasing the salary of the Presi dent to $50,000 a year, that ol Congress lo $B,OOO, aud certain oilier officials in proportion meets with some opposi tion. Tho opposition .will increase as the measure is investigated. There is no necessity of this increase. Tho pay of members of. Congress is now $5,000, and the proposition is to nearly double it. This is ask id on the grounds that tho pay is not siilliciont to meet ex penses and compensate them for their timThis excuse is all bosh. If they paid $BO a week for hoard, all the year round—and many of them do not do that, it would leave $-1000 a year to go upon. But as n general tiling the two Houses of Congress arc not in session i over ten months in tlie two years, not i one hall the time. The present pay sufficed when war prices were charged for every thing, and ii cost move for living and clothing than now. Not one third of the members of Congress can make $5OOO a year at home, at any occupation they engage in; To go to Congress on tins pay is a perfect streak, of good luck to modern Congressmen. Wo admit that most men who-go to Congress contract expensive habits, but it can hardly be expected that the peo ple . should furnish them means to gratify their luxurious tastes. There is no lack of candidates at $5OOO a year; and the doctrine that higer pay pro cures a bottcr.class of public servants is not warranted by the facts, fertile men \re now send to Congress are not the equals of those who served ou $8 a day. Sending men to Congress appears to be only tho stepping stone to handsome speculations, judging from the history of the Credit Mohilier and other inves tigations. Congressmen, who are paid $5OOO a year, to he shown how to make an honest penny, should not only ho satisfied with their compensation, but very thankful to hoot that the people put them into the way of mending their fortunes without expense’ to themselves. The sa pie reasons, substantially .argue against an increase of the President’s salary. The present salary is large enough. It amounts to $7O a day, with nearly all the servant hire, house rent and fuel found by the government. It has supported all former Presidents in honor and dignity, when prices were higher than now—and some of them saved part of their salary. If a Presi dent is disposed to be extravagant It is not reasonable that the people should meet all his expenses. Like Congress men gome ol our later Presidents have found the office a stepping stone to pri vate fortune; and the present incum bent is not so hard pushed as to require his salary to be doubled. There is no possible danger of the wolf ever ap proaching his door. The Presidential office should he maintained as one of honor, exclusively, and not of profit; and whenever the candidate for this exalted position is led to inquire "what will it pay?” both the office and the officer are degraded. If mercenary motives cannot be kept out of Congress let us at all events keep them away from the White House. LOUISIANA, “ Tlie president of tlie Senate shall in the presence of Hie -entile and House of Representatives open all the certifi cates, and the Votes shall be counted.” So says the Constitution ; but not so said tho Senate the other day in regard to the vole of Louisiana. It has been asked, and wo think very pertinently, did not the Slate of Louisi ana vote? The Senate admits it did not vote for Grant and Wilson; but did it vote for no one? There was the certificate under its own Great Seal— the only way a State signs its name or attests its public documents. Suppose there were allegations of irregularity, who,made Congress a ruler and a judge over sovereign states ? If such power is lodged in Congress it must be by virtue of some clause in the Constitu tion ; wo have searched that instru-, meat in vain for it. If the certificate of Louisiana can be ignored and the Great Seal of that State spat upon, then may a dying Congress in the last throes of its existence, reject just such votes as may be necessary in order to elect the minority candidates. There is a time when discussion must cease and decis ion become final. In the case in hand, .that period had arrived when the Gov ernor had affixed the Seal of the State to the certificate. There was no legal authority to go behind that. If the Governor erred, he was responsible to the State, not to Congress, for his error. Any such rule ns the one adopted at Washington a few days ago, places tho choice of tho States in the hands of Congress. In such case the voting by tho people is an idle and unmeaning folly. Happily the rejection of the vole of Louisiana worked no difference in the result. Had it done so. tho raisoiablo frauds who rule us would have been held to a terrible responsibility. ■ Spain a Rbpl'bi.ic.— King Amade us, on Wednesday of last week, abdi cated the Spanish throne, and the Cortes at once resolved to establish a Republic. So far (hero has beon no disorder. In Ids message of abdication the King stated that he had maturely considered the step lie was about to take, and hud firmly resolved upon it. Whoa he ac cepted the crown, he did so under the belief .that the loyalty of the people who had called him would compensate for Hie inexperience which he brought to ids task. Ho found that heroin lie was deceived. If tho enemies who hud besot hi path hud been foreigners ho would no have taken the course now deform ined upon; but they aro Spaniards. By them Spain lias been kept in perpetual disquiet. All ins eliorts to quiet her or put an end to the intrigues which w’oro tho source of tier agitation had proved unavailing. It was not enough that ho had a partisan support. He had no wish to remain on the throno as the king of a party. He therefore an nounced ids abdication on behalf of idinsulf and his heirs. Co I, fax’s “explanation” is almost universally disbelieved. Ho deserves nocredon ;o. If now appears that Ids first donial in Ids speech at South Bend was a crafty equivocation—a lie, in the sense In which ho meant it to be re ceived by tho public- CREDIT MOBILIER I Colfax and Company in Pillory, On Inal Tuesday Oakes Amos was again' on (he witness stand before (bo investi gating committee to 101 l what be knew about the “ truly loil" Senators and Rep resentatives speculating in Credit Mold lior stock. In (he meantime ho had found bis little memorandum book, which was produced and rend. It made a profound ; sensation* It fixes tho guilt of tbc ac cused parties without doubt. The follow ing Is the substance of Mr. Ames’ testi mony, with the facts the book reveals: The first entry was then 1 rend ns fol lows— It was dated Tuesday, January 14, 18G8: “ Henry Wilson, to credit by cash, $7O, on account of Credit Mobiller stock of America." Then followed an entry under date of February 10 : “Paid Henry Wilson $584." I Under the date of June 22, 1868, a Male i merit appears of Henry Wilson’s account j showing $1,200 in Union PnciliC Bail road bonds, $950 in Cedar Rapids bonds, a calculation of interest and check for $723 given to him. Tho witness then turned to January 11, 18(38, and read as follows: Mr. Dawes, Credit Mobiller of America, January 11, $800; January 14, $225; total. $1,035." Witness, in explanation of the entry, said the 51,035 was the par value of the stock and interest on it up to that time; this sum whs paid to Mr. Dawes. Tho wiluess then turned to the leaf in the hack of tho book, and the entry without date under the head of “cash accounts," was “H. L. Dawes, by cash, $1,086j; amount due on bond, $1,000; bond, Cre dit Mobiller, $1,000; Union Pacillc, Sl -000." In explanation of this Mr. Ames slated that Mr. Dawes took tho bond and paid the difference between tho 80 per cent, dividend and its value. Witness then turned to the date.of Thursday, March 3, 1808, and read as follows: “Re ceived of Schuyler Colfax, check lor bal ance, $534.72." The next entry was, a check on tho Sergeant-at-Arms for $l2OO, given to Mr. Colfax, but the date not given. Then the following: “Colfax, twenty shares Credit Mobiller; cost, $2,000 ; seven mouths ten days’ interest, $8(3.78; total, $2,086.72; less SOper cent, bonds at $97, $1,552; paid March 5, $584.72; $2,000 Union Pacific stock, $2,- 0(30 Credit Mobiller stock." Witness next produced an original statement, showing a calculation of amounts due on’ thirty shares, twenty shares and ten shales. There were no names on it, but he testified that either it or a copy was ■shown-to each one of the gentlemen for whom he held the stock in trust. All names on me book having a cross mark ufilxed were settled with. • ■ The next eutiy was in June, 1808 : “Deposited with the Sergeant-at Arms $10,000." Q.—Have you an entry .in this or any other book in reference to Mr. Colfax? A..—l have. Judge Poland—Well, let us see it. . Mr. Ames —Let us got through this book first. Judge Poland—No ; we must aeeMhe entry. Mr. Ames produced tho book and read as follows: “Friday, January 22, 18G9. —Paid to S. Colfax $00.75 lor interest on $1,500 certi catesU. P.R. R.” Witness testified, that the certificates alluded to were dividends on Credit Mo biller slock, and tbe money w&s paid her* in Washington. Q.—Have you been able to find any receipts signed by Mr. Colfax? A.—X have not found any yet, but have search ed carefully. The witness then read an entry from the dale of January 29, 1808, showing that he received $780.50 in money and coupons of Cedar Rapids Railroad bonds to be invested in Credit Mobilier stock ; look the coupons as money, and made the investment February 1, 1868; deliv ered to G. W. Scofield certificate No. 346 for ten shares of Credit Mobilier slock bought for his account; February 9,1868, reached Waahingtonpdelivered to G. W. tfc> field one bond, $l,OOO, and ten shares stock, $1,000; received.of G. W. Scofield, for balance due on bond over dividend, $195.33; April 24.1808, received of W. B. Allison $271, balance due on stock sold him. Tnen followed a statement in fig ures showing the value of a $l,OOO, bond, &u. Tbe next entry was in relerouce to James F. Wilson, showing s32d paid him, and the calculation above, referred to. Witness next road the entries in the case of Mr. Patterson, copies of which and receipts were before tne committee a lew days since. He next exhibited the statement in the case of Mr. Bingham, which agreed with the figures submitted by that gentlemen. Has hud no settle ment with Mr. Garfield nor Mr. Kelley; read the entries in their cases and testi fied that he paid each of them $320 ; hue no reference on his memorandum book, in reference to Speaker Blaine. In sel tliug with Mr. Puiuier, gave him a check received from Mr. Bartlett for a Cedar Rapids bond; had settled with a Mr. Bogan and give him a check. There Is no possible way for these wor thies to wriggle themselves out of this disagreeable business. Tbe only defence that Mr. Colfax made to tbe charge was, that he bad received, about this time, a $l,OOO greenback, from a friend as a present, which was part of tbe $1,200 he deposited in bunk. A'spe cial telegram to Forney’s Press says : '• Colfaxs’ explanation is voted too thin, and when he had concluded a gen eral smile of incredulity pas-ed over the countenances of the spectators. Instead of helping hiu case, it is the general im pression tnat ne Injured it.” • The Archives ' Abolished, It may not be amiss to state that the Hon. George H. Anderson, of Pitts burgh, Speaker of the Senate, has car ried out a determination formed before he took the chair, viz: of abolishing the “archives.” To the uninitiated a word of explanation is necessary.— Heretofore it has been the custom of the Librarian of the Senate to provide something for the thirsty members, which was not only dispensed in the rooms adjacent to the chamber, but finally found a hiding place in the lit tle room back of the Speaker’s desk, and hero many of the members were wont to make frequent trips, net only in hours but out of hours of session. To the more temperate men in the Senate, the “archives” have long been an eyesore, and last year an attempt was made to do away with the obnox ious arrange ment. It worked well for awhile, but finally the pressure became too heavy, and the “bottle” was lully and completely restored. And now, if you will return to the report of ex penditures for last session, you will discover that the “archives” cost the Slato something like $1,200 for the ses sion. Speaker Anderson having de cided to abolish the institution, notified tho Librarian of his intentions, and in formed him that no appropriation should be made to pay the expense of tho same. This proved a “squelcher,” to tho infinite disgust of several of the members, who openly denounced Mr. Anderson. The Librarian is relieved by tho order, hut tho supply might have been lessened to a considerable extent, had ho been so disposed. A X'oou man in Washington was ar rested and shut up the other day for stealing a soup bone worth fifteen cents to keep Ills, family from starving. He had seen better times, and his family was found to bo in a wretched condi tion.— JSx, Serves him right. Why didn’t lie imitate Radical members of Congress, and steal tens of thousands ? Then lie would have boon considered smart, anil his arrest would not have boon thought of. SAVED BY FOUR VOTES ! A SAItJIOW ESCAPE YOU COTI'AX! The Sensation Yesterday hi the national JTottse of Jlejtreseniattves— ATis JFernando T Toodf Deni, of 2iew York, moves a Jtesolti' tton fqr the Impeachment of the Vice Presi dent--Question of Accepting it nega tived by Yean 10S to Sags 101)—The Tabors of the Wilson Credit Jfohlller Committee Tin-' {shed. Special to Forney’s Press. Washington, Feb. 20,1873. The sensation in the House to-day was the resolution offered by Fernando Wood, pointing to the impeachment of Vice President Colfax. While the yens «and nays wore being called, a consultation was hold on the Republican side of the House, whereat It was agreed, if possible, to defeat Mr. Wood’s resolution, and then to introduce another to the same effect, without mentioning the name.of the f Vice President. The vote, however, was I so close (hut this proposition came near being defeated.- Had the Democrats polled their eutircstrengtb, or had alt tho members implicated in the Credit Mobi ller business refrained from voting, Mr. Wood’s resolution would have been a dopted. Through the absence of several Democrats, and the voles of General Gar field and Mr. Dawes, the resolution was rejected. The votes of General Butler, General Farnsworth, and other Republi cans In favor of the resolution Is indica tive of the course they will pursue next Tuesday when the resolution of the Po laud committee cornea up for considera tion. From the action of to day it Is clear that with a Cull house tho resolution of the committee will either be defeated, or else amended so as to include forex pulsion all the members Implicated in the Credit Mobiller affair. Of course on, (bat occasion the latter will not vote, which will leave a preponderance on the aide of the Democrats and, Republicans who are opposed to making scapegoats of Ames and Brooks. Immediately after the defeat of Wood’s resolution, one of similar import was offered by Mr. Tyner; of Indiana, and adopted by tho House. Without, mentioning any names, it is plain that the case of Vice President Col- Uix la tho only one that can be passed upon by the Judiciary Committee, ns ho is tho only officer of (he Government im plicated who cannot be dealt with as a member either-of the Senate or the House. The Vice President was conaid erably surprised at the large vote, given for Wood’s resolution. His friends ex pected that it would be strictly a parly vote, and. when they found it so close they deemed it best to pass a general res olution. It iV understood that many more Republicans would have voted for Wood’s resolution had tho bouse been officially in possession of all the facts in Colfax’s case. Some of the testimony most damaging to him has been taken since the Poland committee submitted its report. When this is presented the whole matter will be turned ever to the Judiciary Committee for action. THE SCENE IN THE HOUSE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OFFERING 01‘ THE RESO- LUTION. The following was the resolution of Mr. Wood; Resolved , That the testimony reported to the House by the select committee ap pointed under the resolution ol December 3, 1872, for the investigation of charges of bribery in influencing members of the House ot Representatives, be referred to the Judiciary Committee, with instruc tions to report articles of impeachment against Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of tbe United States, if in its judgment there is evidence implicating lhat officer and warranting im{ e ichment. The resolution having been read,"Mr. Sargent, of California, moved to lay it on the table. Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, called for the yeas and nays. Mr. Tyner, of Indiana, raised the ques tion of consideration. The speaker, In reply to various ques tions, slated that, under tbe forty-first rule, a member bad a right to have the question submitted to the House, when on,e proposition or motion is made, whether it will be now considered.. That question had been raised, and it was for the House to.say whether the impeach ment resolution would now be considered. The question was taken, and it was de cided In the negative—yeas 105, nays 100 —so tbe House relused to consider (Uh resolution. The. Democrats all voted for the resolution, ami all tbe Republicans against it, except Beatty of Ohio, Butler of Massachusetts. Farnsworth of Illinois, Porter of Virginia, Stevenson of Ohio, and Smith of Vermont. There was a great deal of excitement as the vote progressed, and groups of members gathered around Banks, of Mas sachusetts, whose vote against consider ing the resolution seemed to disappoint members on the Democratic side. His expiauutiou was that Colfax had testified yesteiduy, and that he [Banks] hud not heard or read that testimony and could not, therefore, Vote on the resolution. Mr. Tyner, of Indiana, then otlered a resolution, which wan adopted, referring the tesllmouy taken before the Poland committee to the Judiciary Committee, with iuotrucilons to inquire whether anything in such testimony warrants ar ticles of. Impeachment of any officer of trie United States mil a member of the House, or makes it proper that further investigation should be ordered, in this case, STILL ANOTHER. Proposed Impeachment of Judge Sherman, The next probable victim of his own rascality is Hon. Charles T. Sherman, Judge of tho United States Courts for the Northern District of Ohio, and a brother of Senator John Sherman, of that State, and of Gen. VV, T. Sherman, commanding tho United States Army. A Washington dispatch says that the Ways and Means Committee recently “decided to report to the House the evidence taken in tho Colgate investi gation, at least so much os refers to Judge Sherman, with a recommenda tion that it bo referred to the Judiciary Committee, with a view to his im peachment, if necessary. The commit tee unanimously exonerated the clerk, Mr. Bassett, from tire charges brought against him by Mr. Colgate.” Tho circu instances of the case areas follows: Judge Sherman is, like his brother John a shining light in the Radical party in Ohio. He holds a responsible and honorable position in Ids native State, with a liberal salary, but not withstanding this fact, he descended to the sale of his personal influence in lobbying bills through Congress. A bill aas before that body to secure the ref peal of the tax on borrowed capital.— Tne Now York Slock Exchange was deeply interested in this Dili, and as Judge Sherman’s brother John is chair man of the Finance Committee ol the Senate, the Judge was induced to use his powers of persuasion in that direc tion to have the bill repealed, with the understanding that lie should be well paid for ids services. The tax was re pealed, and the Judge claimed $lO,OOO as Ids reward, staling that the result was, in Ids opinion, due to tho discus sions raised and tho influences used by him. His letters demanding pay wore read before the committee. His de mand for money was resisted by the Now York Stock Exchange, and he lost tho money along with hia reputa tion. An exposure more disgraceful to the character of tho American Judiciary lias uuvor been made. A Federal Judge abandons ids olUuial duties and makes a contract to influence the Secretary of the Treasury, and his own brother, the chairman of the Senate Hnance Com miltie, to secure tho removal of a lax in which he has no interest. It is to be Imped that ho will be promptly im peached and removed from Hie olflclul position he has so foully disgraced. LOCAL ITEMS. Busy—Our auctioneers; Easter falls on April, 13th Farmers will commence moving in about a mouth. ’ Let snow-balling on the streets be pro diluted. Our police should attend to it. The “raarketliou.se dog" continues to inhabit that place, regardless of tbe ex treme cold weather. A great many carpenters are lying idle just now, waiting for spring work to commence. When you pay an account lake a re ceipt in full, and you will never be trou bled paying It the second time. • An exchange says the hair of drygoods foreheads will he pasted down lower limn usual next, month. Rev. Father Burlando died at tho Catholic parsonage in Emmittsbu.rg, Adams county, on Sunday week. There are quite a number of persons indebted to us for subscription and Job work. We would bo much obliged if they would make payment. Some ouo has suggested that .a mail might make a fortune by introducing deaf and dumb barbers. * Are rattans necessary in schools? Certainly they are. Do unto others as others have done unto you. We know plenty, of people who will tell you on the slightest provocation— Well, there ain’t been no such winter as this for thirty years. Either the man lied who said the backbone of winter was broken last week, or else the old gentleman has got it sot. There bos already fallen this winter about elghly-two inches of snow. 80. says one who took the pleasure of meas uring it. A great many potatoes, it is said, have been frozen during the recent cold snap. A man out of employment says his didn’t freeze, for the reason that lie had none. Every business man should have a full stock oi letter and bill heads. You can got them printed at this office. A hran new “circus” ia being organ ized at Williamsport, preparatory to tak ing tbe road in the. feipring. On one-third of tbe days in last Janu ary, it either showered, snowed or storm ed in some style—and some ilays per formed all tliree together. . Stopfer, of the Middletown Journal , is guilty of the following original idea : “Women talk less in February than In any olher month of the year.” We return thanks to our friend, Mr. Leonard Gutshall, of North Middleton township, for presenting us with a gal lon of seperior cider. The other day we received a note from a mau who called us a Doctor; but tbe “Dr.” was at the wrong end of the name. A successful merchant, upon being questioned as to the reason of bis suc cess, replied: “At night I score my mind, and during the day 1 mind my store, and always advertise.” Court.—An adjourned Court for the trial of civil cases, will commence on the 10th proximo, and continue two weeks. The business of the Courts of this District has been oppressive for sev eral months past. The Job Printing Office of Mr. Samuel Elliott, in this place, will be disposed of at public sale, the 28th lost. This is a chance for some printer who has laid by something for a rainy day. Ex-Sheriff J. T. Rippey, of Shlp peusburg, has been elected steward of the Cumberland Valley State Normal School. Our member of the Constitutional Convention, Mr. Wherry, will accept our thanks for copies of the debates of tbe Convention. Sqm’S folks are commencing to take votes on the question of license where ever a crowd congregates. We will this week gain over twelve minutes of daylight over last week. At least Bear’s Almanac says so. The Local Option fight is becoming decidedly interesting, aud In the course of another week, from present indlcu- Mons, both sides of the controversy will have reached a fever heat. Tub many personal friends of Ex-Dep uty Sheriff A. R. Bowman will regret to learn that ho is seriously ill of fever at his residence In Mechaniesburg. Os Friday evening last, the Presby terian church at Newport held a festival which realized them quite a handsome' sum of money. Local. Option.—ln regard to Local Option our columns are open to commu nications pro and non. Both sides are entitled to a hearing. Communications must be short and written on one side of the paper only. The members of the Constitutional Convention have accepted on invitation to vlaii the Eastern Penitentiary in a a body. We should be sorry to see them go there singly. Fact.—One of the reasons why so ma ny of our young women are so bleached and wan-looking Is because they are foolish enough to spend the best portion of each day in half-darkened parlors, it being unfashionable to allow the health ful light of the sun to penetrate those generally unwholesome apartments. Pkoposed Dodoe.—lt is already sug gested that wnerover, under the Local Option law, licenses are prohibited by the people, the restaurant keepers can sell whisky sandwiches as edibles.— Tuese will be made up of a layer of wa ter sandwiched between two layers of whisky. Postal Law Passed.— An Important bill, of not only local, but general inter est, passed the House ol Representatives at Wash ington, on last Wednesday, without a division. It provides that after the flrst ol July next, all postage on let ters shall be charged at the rate ot two cents for each half ouuoe or fraction thereof, from this expected book, maga zine and manuscripts, and corrected proofs passing between authors and pub lishers, ami also correspondence on pos tal cards. Weekly newspapers within the respective counties where the same are printed aud published, may pass through the mails free of postage, apd magazine and newspaper rauuuscrfpla arodeolbred to belong to the third class of mailable matter. As au important Item to tho craft tlyi oouutry oyer, there Is inserted a provision that newspaper exchangee are not be interfered with. See Register’s notices in another column AT this writing, Tuesday noon, the weather has somewhat moderated.’ Tub trains on the Cumberland Valley rail-road were on regular time yesterday. Read tbe article entitled tbe “Credit Modeller, ” on the first page of to-day’s Issue. The trains on the Cumberland Valley rail-road were considerably delayed on Monday. Since our last issue the roofs of seve ral more stables caved in. Snow was the'eause. Sunday night Inst was one of the obi dent experienced in this section this win ter. On Wednesday'lnst a wagon loaded with straw, upset in the vicinity of tb 0 ‘Market House. Mr. John Keep, Register, uml D. W. Worst, Prothonotary, contemplate mov ing to town on tbe first of April. The Shiromanatowu, band paid our town a visit on Saturday evening and serenaded a number of our citizens. The next annual couyeiillon gf the Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and Cum berland district of P. O. S. of A. will be held in Mecbanicsburg, on Feb. Z 2, 1874. Henry Snyder, of Newville, bus been elected President of the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank of Shippensburg, vice Hon. Henry Ruby, resigned. The boys of Mr. James R. Walker, in Frankford township, shot and killed fifty two rabbits during the season, — Cotton-tails must be plenty in that.neck o’, woods. The snow-drift was general through this Valley on Sunday and Monday. Portions of the roads leading from town to the country had to be shoveled to ren ■ der them passable. The Commissioners of Cumberland and York counties offer proposals for the erection of a bridge over Yellow Breeches Creek, at Anderson’s fording, near Lis burn. See adv, in another column. The locomotive "Laurel/ 1 employed on the South Mountain raP-road, has recently been repaired and painted She made a trip through town on Satur day and presented a fine appearance. The New Orleans Minstrel troupe, performed to full bouses in Rheem’s Hall, on Monday and Tuesday evenings. They are perfect gentlemen and ladies, Urst-class actors, and we wish them suc cess wherever they go. Personal.— Mr. Harry C. Shuster, a typo, formerly of this place, but now a resident of Lock Haven, Clinton county, paid our town a visit on Saturday. Mr. .Curtis Wise, also a typo, arrived in town one day last week. From present appearances not many persons in this neck o’ woods will " get up with the headache in the morning,” after the first of April next, although the license men are confident they can carry the county by a few hundred majority, Health Officer Wmi Lytle, la now engaged in distributing circulars relative to the act passed by the Legislature some weeks since, in regard to the prevention and spread of small pox. Hereafter there will be no excuse for our citizens not ta king precautionary measures against the disease. In Town.—Our genial friend, Captain Singlser, editor of the Herald , published at Yankton, Dakota Territory, paid us a short visit on Monday. The Caplin is in excellent health .and spirits, and ex presses himself well satisfied with his new home., It will always give us plea sure to hear of bis success. We are now prepared to execute horse bills in the latest style of the art, and at lower prices than they can be had atony other establishment in the county.— Owners of horses can- save money by calling at this office before,goiug else where. Bills printed in one, two, three four, or more colors, if desired. Pull it Down; —We have frequently refered to the rickety condition of an old log stable, situated on Bedford street, between Louther and North, but of no avail. The stable is now in a very dan gerous condition, and liable to fall at any moment. Tf the owner will not have it torn down, let the authorities pull it doiun* The Trustees of the State Normal School, nearShippeuaburg, have decided to fresco their Cbapol. The work has been placed in the hands of our towns man, Mr. Wm. Elmer, whose proficiency in this beautsful art is so well known in this community, that nothing in the way of praise or commendation need be said by us. The work will be commenced at once. On Friday evening several persons of Ihe African persuasion held what pur ported to be a theatrical performauco in Rheem’s Hall. Tickets were sold, and a number of white citizens admitted. Dur ing the performance one of the number throw several small torpedoes upon the stage, when a general light ensued. We were unable to learn which party came off second-best, but presume from the appearance of the physiognomies of sev eral of the white fellows the next morn - ing, they got the " worstof the bargain.” The New York Star, published iu the oily of New York,is one of the beat pa pers published la the above city. Its col umns are filled daily with the latest.for elgn aud home news, and Its editorial department is conducted with ability. The subscription price of the daily is twelve cents per week, or, six dollars per year. A Sunday edition Is also published, which is worth twice the .price of subscription. Subscribe for both. Address, The Star, New York city, License.— Several counties held elec tions last week on the question of Local Option : Lycoming goes against license by 300. Northumberland goes far license by 350. Blair against lioeuse by 0,500. Centre goes against license by 850, Schuylkill goes for license by 4,000. Warren ogalnst license by 1,000. Wyoming for license by "00. iAirest for license by 300 Jefferson for license by 100. Cameron against lioeuse by 300. Oue-hull Indiana against license by 700. Berks for license by 2,200, Ueport or THE Bo A KB O ;Hd - Carlisle, Feb.' 25, lS7a.-Thc Heullh Imve tbe pleasure In re of un now oases of small-pox or vn/ 1 , 11 ’I’' 1 ’' for the pant week, and but f ew J " " 111 town, and they ready to be disehnr 'V" soon as they comply with the ,*Z" lions of the Board as to cleaning disinfecting. John Campus . - Brest. Board ol At a meeting of the Pennsvi. ■ Historical Society, held in PUiladelDlT on Monday evening, the Secretary*. , ft letter from Ur. Cook, of Carlisle ™ nounoing the death of a late memiT James Hamilton, Esq., of that ni Mr. Hamilton leaves a bequest of 4a’ to the publication fund of the HlstorlVl Society, rcai Death op Major Joseph Tapoe On Wednesday morning, the lOtliYn-T Major Joseph Trego, a quiet and trusivo oltlzsu of Carlisle, died at bis w' ideuco, on West South .street. Thod" ceased had been for many years suffering from an inveterate cancer in the fee an I from the effects of which terrible diaea. he Anally died. Mr. Trego, although tor a number of years a citizen of Carlisle formerly resided near Mount Book. His remains were taken to NcwvlHe. He was nbout'7s years of ege. Dvsert, No. i Main street, Car lisle, continues to keep his store well supplied with boots, shoes, slippers and everything pertaining to a first’ class boot and shoo establishment. His shelves are always well mied, and the quality of his goods always first class He is now having made up in his own shop, superior fine gent’s boots, which he will be able to sell at from $7 to $lO City and factory work at correspond ingly,low figures. Give him a cal), ami take a look at his beautiful goods, even if you don’t want to buy. ; n . Fatad Accident. —On Wednesday, ■the 10th tnst., George' HenryTntc, a young man who was raised, in the fami ly of James B. Weakley, in South Mid dleton township, while assisting iu threshing, and'in taking back the straw in the mow, stepped off the mow across the thresher on a pile of sheaves, teas slat the,young man who was handling the sheaves. In going back he sprang over the table on the top of the cylinder and hr'oke through a board. Standing upright, he. was injured terribly about the feet, the flesh from the knee don h was also horribly torn. There were no bones , broken, and no reaction look place. Dra. Zitzer and KiefTor, of Car lisle, and Drs. Lauman and Plank, m Mt. Holly, were summoned. They had no hope from the first. He only lived fourteen hours, till death relieved' hira of hie sufferings. He was I, veil and re spected by the family, and by all who knew him. The lad was formerly from Heidieeburg, Adame county, where Ids mother resides. The remains were in terred in the cemetery af Gettysburg, on Saturday last. His age was 17 years, 5 months and 5 days. ■Tribute of Respect.—At a regular meeting of Conodoguinet Tribe, No. IDS, I. O. R. M., held in their wigwam on the Clh hist,, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, It has pleased the Great Spirit to call to the Happy Hunting Grounds, our beloved brother, Charles F. Zitzer; aud, Whereas, Acknowledging the just rul ing of that Supremo Being, iu whose hands nil power doth' exist. Therefore, Resolved; Thatiu the death of brother Zitzer. we loose a true and faithful mem ber aud adherent to our Order, ami, bow ing, to the will of God, we deeply feel bin loss. Mesolved, That the sympathies of this Tribe are with the family of the deceas ed, and that we will do all iu our power to ameliorate the loss. h’esolued, That the wigwam be draped in mourning for thirty days, and that the usual mourning badge be worn by the chief of the tribe for the same period. JReaolved, 'I bat these resolutions be published In the Carlisle papers, and a copy be handed to ihe widow of the de ceased. . W. J. Weakley, John Faheb, C. C. Fa-Bek,. C.onamittee. The Season of Lent commenced yes terday, February 2G, (Ash Wednesday.). Bishop Wood has issued the following rules for the observation of ibis period: First. All tbe faithful who have com pleted their twenty-tiratyear are bound lo observe the fast of Lent, unless for legitimate reasons. Second. One meal a day is only allow* ed, except on Sundays; Third. This, meal is not tobe taken until about noon. Fourth. Oo those days on which per mission is granted to eat meat; both meat and fish are not to be used at the same meal, even by way of condiment. Filth. A collation or partial meal Is al lowed in the evening. The general prac tice nf pious Christians limits its quality to (be fourth part of an ordinary meal. Sixth. Bread, butier, cheese, fruits of all kinds, vegetables and fish are. permitted at the collation. Milk and eggs are prohibited. Seventh. Custom has made it lawful to drink in the moruinv some warm liquid, such, as tec and coffee, or thin chocolate made with water. Eighth. Necessity and custom have authorized the usu of lard Instead of bat ter, iu preparing fish, vegetables, &c. Ninth. Toe following persons aie not. bound to observe the fast, viz: All un der twenty-one years of age; the sick; pregnant women, and those giving suck to infants; those who are obliged to do hard work; and all who through weak ness canuot fast without injury to their health. Tenth. By dispensation the use of flesh meat will be allowed at any time on Sun days, and once a day on Mondays, Tues d »ysj Thursdays and Saturdays, with the exception of Holy Thursday and the second and last Saturday of Lent. Eleventh. Persons exempted from the obligation of fasting by age or laborious occupation, ore not restricted to the use of meat atone meal only on those days on which its use is granted by dispensa tion. Accident-— On Sunday last, about 2} o'clock, says the Meohanicsbnrg Inde pendent and Journal, Mrs. Moyer, resid ing in Silver Spring township, heard a noise, and supposed it to be the falling of a tree, but a few minutes later she no ticed that the roof of Aaron Moyer’s barn had fallen in, supposed to have beou caused by the weight of the snow which was on it. At the time of the fall, two beys were in the barn engaged in some sport, the one a son of Mr. Moyer, the other next to youngest sou of Bob Mark ley. It appears that the former was near the feed hole, while the latter was back In the mow, and when the roof fell U came ao'quick that it gave too little warn ing for the. one in the mow to make the feed hole, and he was caught under the roof, while the one at the feed hole left himself arop and landed in the lower apartment of the barn. The news soon spread, and in about five minutes several of the neighbors were on the spot. After shoveling snow, tearing up shingles an sawing a lathe off, they pulled the oy out unhurt. It is wonderful that he was liol Injuied, for ho was wedged In sp tight that lie could not turn. Mr. Moye Hern the loss, ns his barn la pretty we demoralized,
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