=Oa intelligtsca. WEPNESDAY; MAY . 1; 18870 To the Demoorsey_of the te City and County • CI Lauener. In pursuance of authority given the un dersigned at a meeting of the County COMmittee, held 'on Monday, April 15th you are requested to assemble in the several Wards of the city and bor oughs, and in the to‘vnships of the county, on SATURDAY, the llth day . of MAY, 1867, to elect not less than three nor more than five delegates, to represent such distfict in a general County Convention, to be held on WEDNESDAY, the 15Th day of MAY, at 11 o'clock, at Fulton Hnll, in the city of Lancaster, for the purpose of elect ing six delegates to represent the De. mocracy of the county of Lancaster in the State Convention, to be held itt HARRISBURG on the SECOND TUESDAY in JUNE NEXT; and for the further purpose, if deemed advisable, of electing twelve delegates to meet in Mass Convention at Harrisburg, ou a day to be fixed by the Chairman of the State Central Committee. The several Districts will each nominate one person to serve as a member of the County Committee for the ensuing political year, and will also elect a President and Secretary of the District organization, who will appoint an Executive Com mittee of one in each sub-division,— These names should be placed upon the credentials of the delegates to the County , Convention. The most active and efficient men should be chosen. The County Committee will meet pursu nut to adjournment, at the usual place, of WEnsESDAY, MAY 15, at 10 A. M. .A. J. ST I.INMAN, CIIBIIIIEIII 13..1. 14.1cGRANN,'Sttretary. • Thad. Stevens on Wilson's Promises. The following was telegraphed to all the principal daily papers by the as sociated press : WASHINCITON, April The health of Thaddeus Stevens is much improved and he expeets t t leave here for Pennsylvania next week. He to day wrote a letter for publication, taking for his sithject the fol.: lowing extract, from a notice of Senator Henry Wilson's recent speech near -Hamp ton thauls. lle (Wilson) said there would be no impediment. to Southern representa tion in Congress if they elect Union loon, and closed his remarks by toying that he "would leave Virginia with lite full con 'fiction that a Republican I;overnor, Legis- Oature, and two Senators would be elect ed." Mr. Stevens continents on this as " NVAmniNtertiN, April 27, " rt. It:firma: Snell articles /AS this are calculated to do mulch harm. 'l'lley throw obstacles in the way of future revonstrue -1 ion, bring quoted 1111 1 1 relied on as pledge!, liy the lintaililktin party. I nitwit trouble arose frtNiiHill 100140 and in tl.-tinge expressions contained in a bill which was reported by the Reconstruction conimitteti of the Thirty-ninth Congress, though never passed. It wits perverted by tit: ion and folly into all argument against the whole party and Congress., "'this generally arises from the careless- He:/14 411 . the 1111011.01'Si ; sona•t isles, doubtless, Trout the inadvertence of ;he speaker. Milli should malt . e promises lOr the party. Ity what authority does any tine say Hatt Ity the election of legal kleloglites they Will IKit - 111116110a ? ii)' 101111 auttlority say (hut Virginia will elect t‘vo loyal Senators, while in truth there is no Virginia? V 1 itch is to be done by the people and tiny Itepresentative, or K t inattir, or State can he recognized. Who atitheriitid any orator to say there would 111, Ito 115 ill 1111011101' ? These things are too tlippantly said. I thMk they had butter be gravely pondered. Who tititlitirized to travel the country and peddle out amnesty? "1 would s ay to the most guilty, 'expect punishment and then quietude, but first a mild confiscation to pay those who have knee robbed by disloyal num.' T1..5, ter ,!'1,11c5, :111111111 1 1u 0111 y, perhaps. 'l'll.l n DEL'S ST EN' EN S." The above letter furnishes another example of the perfidy of the Republi can leaders. It informs us that the pledges of lime Military Reconstruction Law were made to be broken, and that compliance with the humiliating pro visions of the Act will not restore the Southern States to the Union. " is to he done " before Senators and ltel resentatives can be received from the South. Much has been done in the overthrow of civil liberty and govern- !tient, the appointment of vice-regal satraps, the exultation of the 'legit) and the degradation of the white, at the Smith, but it is not yet enough. Not enough for 7,1(30c-dukes like Sickles, Sheridan and Scofield, to issue ukases abrogating laws for the collection of debts, to depose and appoint Attorneys- General and Mayors, to dictate who shall vote and who shall not, to set up military commissions in contempt of the Supreme Court, and threaten edi tors for exercising freedom of the press. Not enough to enfranchise negroes and disfranchise whites, and make both colors the vassals of a creature with the domestic antecedents of the Lord-Lieu tenant of the Carolinas. Notwithstand- ing the express promise of Congress that, after tfie South hail eaten this dirt, sottic of its whites shall have the seine privileges as negroes, Stevens informs us that more conditions will be imposed and exacted: " I would .say to the most guilty, ex• peel, punishment and then quietude, but first a mild confiscation." The most guilty- - where all were equally so! Expect pdnishment, as if it had not ykt, (ton) nienced. Slavery is no punish• ment for whites! There is, if possible, but one !greater—Extermination. And as profound quietude is to follow, we presume that this is the punishment intended. "But first a mild confis cation," a gentle flaying alive, then the capital punishMent ,of treason for the most guilty, to wit, the whole pc) illation, and afterwards rest. P, whom ? Probably the execution( This al melons sentence is the nat expression of the black heart of its au thor. Stung to fury by the recollection that he secured no position in Congress until the talent of the South had AVitil draWli, he seeks physical vengeance upon those with whom he ;coup not cope in debate, and tries to prolong the exclusion from the National Legislature of those lie personally hates and fears. Citizens of Lancaster, on Friday next you will have an opportunity to respond at the polls to the sentiments of this i famous letter. Do you wish the Sou to be first humiliated and betrayed afte wards? Are you for a Mild eontiseatiot •xtermittatiott and then quietude? If not, repudiate the doctrine al the polls. It is fortunate that your election follows so closely upon the publication of the views or this Representative, who does not represent you. It enables the home of Thaddeus Stevens promptly to re move any suspicion that its people sym pathize with him. Let Democrats and Conservatives see to it that our goodly City is vindicated from any trace of fel lowship with Stevens in his plea for con fiscation, punishment and quietude at the South. Wou!Wilt Die for Spite The St. Louis Trines says Thad. Ste vens, thinking that he was dying a few days ago, and desiring that his depart ure from this vale of tears should be in keeping with his acts while in it, made a last request of the Senate that they should reject the nomination of the revenue collector of his district. The Senate, desiring that he should cease talking "and go on with his dying," positively refused to 'accede to his re quest, whereupon Thaddeus, to spite them, recovered immediately from his illness. Col. I. K. McClure Col. A. K. McClure, the well-known and able editor of the Charubersburg _Repository, intends making a tour to the foot of the Rocky Mountains during the summer. He will write up his trip for the New York Tribune. We ha:e no doubt the letters of Col. McClure will be read with marked interest, "Official larewell•to Col. Forney." Forney's "two newspapers, both daily," inform — the public that the Clerks under him in the Senate, to gether with the workmen in his Wash. Ington printing office, andseveral thou san.d niggers, who'are lying around loose about the National Capital, hav ing learned that he was about to sail for Europe," waited upon him at his resi dence on Monday afternoon and even ing, "for the purpose of bidding him farewell and wishing him a safe and speedy return." The affair was done up artistically, and so arranged as to consume as much time as possible, and give it the appearanceof a "big thing." First came the well-fed attaches from the Senate, their jaws dripping with the grease of the treasury platters they had just finished licking. Their spokes man was Major McDonald, who ad dressed Colonel Forney in a set speech, which evidently was "got up regard less of expense." The Colonel replied in his usual bombastic style, and un bosomed himself of a greatdeal of cheap patriotic sentiment. After these patriotic suckers of treas ury pap had got through with their expression of — mutual admiration, re gard, confidence, affection, love, &c., &c., and each and every one of his vis itors had taken Col. Forney by the hand and bidden him a tearful farewell, they "retired in good order," and the first act of the farce ended. After " music by the orchestra" and "drinks all round" by the " star " per former and the "scene shifters," the second act opened at nine o'clock, when the employees of the Chronicle ollice appealed on the stage. Their spokesman blarneyed Forney awhile, and Iforuey blarneyed them, and after a big drink and a dreadfully affecting farewell, in which whisky and salt water flowed profusely, the curtain fell on aet Then Nape the niggers "to the num ber of several thousand," somewhere about the witching hour when Diggers are apt to go around on hunt of 'coons or chickens. One of them, as we are. able to state ou the authority of "two newspapers, both daily, read an able address to Col. Forney, who responded in a speech of over an hour, which, we have the same authority for saying, "was received with much enthusiasm by the immense assemblage." The third act ended, but the "show" was not over. "The colored troops fought bravely," and a second delega tion of them, which had been held in reserve, "called and serenaded Col. For ney, who responded briefly." The hair of the dog is said to be a cure for his bite, and possibly, on the same princi ple, this second delegation of sweet scented Africans was brought in to dis infect Col. Forney's apartments after the visit of the first! The report of this grand affair in the " two dailies" would be perfect if it were illustrated by a cut of a conceited fellow " blowing his own horn" at a tremen dous rate. Will the " two newspapers, both daily," favor us with an account of the leave-taking at the "lively" establish ment in Philadelphia" There the Colonel might say with more sincerity than he said of "ourbeloved country" in his Washington speech. My heart, an tramel led, stilt returns to thee." Au Revoir 'Twos noised abroad that Wei' the sea , J. W. F. would hie, And so his numerous sable friends Called round to say "good bye." Willi loud harms the night was rent, While John was there to see : I wonder how he luge's the scent f" Says Mrs. Smith, says site. \Ve clip the above stanza from the Sunday rcury, and take occasion to give its editctrial fraternity a word of warning. \Ve have no doubt the Mrs. Smith referred to is the tan-colored termagant who presides over the do mestic arrangement of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens. Have the editors of the Sun da y Mereury forgotten our account of a visit she once paid to this office': Do they not remember that she threatened to cowhide the editor of this paper for remarks not lullf so offensive? Are they not aware that the telegraphic de spatches in the very same issue of their paper announce that Mr. Stevens is so far recovered in health that he expects to leave for Philadelphia iu a day or two. \Ve advise our friends of the Ater enry to keep a sharp watch upon the hotel registers, and to make a trip to the country for a few days, immediately af ter the arrival of our Congressman in the Quaker city. By so doing they may escape the cowhiding which they richly merit. The names of ladies should not be used in improper connections, and any woman with a particle of self-re spect, be she white, black or tan-colored, could not help feeling herself grossly insulted by being thus publicly coupled with John W. Forney. The offence of the Mercury "is rank and smells to Heaven" Says Mrs. Smith, says slip Judge Sharswood a Candidate Among the many distinguished legal gentlemen put forward by the two par ties in this State as candidates for the exalted position of Judge of the Su preme Court, we name stands out in bold relief. It is universally admitted that Judge Sharswood, of Philadelphia, is in all respects the best man yet men tioned by either party. He is known to every lawyer in Pennsylvania, if not personally, through the numerous works which he has edited and anno tated. All regard him as one of the ablest jurists of modern times. The people of Philadelphia paid him the highest compliment which could be be stowed upon any man by unanimously re-electing him Judge in 1861. They know his peculiar fitness for the bench by experience, while the whole bar of the State is quite as fully convinced of his superior qualifications. Judge Sharswood does not seek a nomination. He has not solicited it. Believing!' that the office should seek the man and not the man the office, he declines to make the slightest personal effort to secure support. But we learn it from the most undoubted and unques tionable authority that he will accept the nomination should it be tendered to him. He feels that he would not be at liberty to refuse to permit the use of his name p should his fellow-citizens of Pennsylimnia see fit to put him forward as a candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court. The announcement of the willingness of Judge Sharswood to allow the use of, his name we regard as settling the question as to who will be the candidate of the Democratic party. He will cer: tainly be nominated on the second, if not on the first ballot. Many most ex cellent and able lawyers have been named in connection with the office, but so general has been the expression of preference for Judge Sharswood that we feel safe in saying that his nomina tion may now be regarded as a fixed fact. And there is no man in the State to whose claims all competing candi dates would sogracefully and so willing ly yield the preference. It is possible and we suppose certain that the Republicans will put up a can didate in opposition to Judge Shifts wood, but we should not be surprised to find many of the best men among them supporting him. His pre-emi nent abilities as a Judge, and hls high character as a man, will commend him to the people almost without respect to party. • Great GlVE.Enterprlse. We leant from the Philadelphia Frees that a Gift Enterprise is on the tads, which will surpass anything of the kind ever before dreamed of in the United States. The' Press says: ; ./t is well known that all efforts to obtain voluntary subscriptions sufficient to erect a Soldiers' Home have been without avail. In furtherance of the object, however, the Legislature of Pennsylvania have passed an act dated March 6, 1867, creating a cor poration with'an efficient board of super visors, who have the power to distribute to the holders of certificates a large number of immensely valuable gifts, consisting of diamonds, pearls, emeralds, rubies, &c., purchased from citizens of the Southern Suites during the rebellion, and which articles will soon be exhibiled in this city. By this scheme it is confi dently anticipated a large fund will be created towards the erecuon of the Home. A great feature of the affair consists in the fact that every purchaser of these cer tificates becomes a contributor to this Na tional Home fund, and at the same time has a direct interest in the distribution of the rare gems mentioned above. The de tails of the entire scheme will be conducted in a perfectly fair and honorable manner. The Press does not favor its readers with a list of the " rare gems" to be dis tributed, but we doubt not that among them will be found the following articles, which, it is well known, were "pur chased from citizens of the Southern States during the rebellion :" One hundred dozen silver spoons, with the " mark of the Beast" on the handle, purchased at New Orleans by General Butler. A pearl Necklace, presented by a " likely" young freedwoman to an officer of the Freedman's Bureau, on his taking an affectionate leave of her. A magnificent silver Salver, Pitcher and Wine Castor, purchased by General Banks out of the profits ,of his Red River Cotton Stealing Expedition. A Theological Library, consisting of several thousand volumes by the best authors, and supposed to have been the property of Rev. Dr. Bachman, of South Carolina, though his receipt is not in . possession of the 'Puritan divine who has generously donated the Library for the purpose above stated. A Communion Service, over one lion dred yearmold and of exquisite work mauship,_Jobtaiued from the colored janitor of a church iu Savannah, iu the absence of the pastor. A full set of Masonic Jewels, procured from the Lodge of which Wade Hamp ton was W. M., when Wade was among the missing. A Sevres Porcelain Dinner Set, with the initials F. F. V., obtained at a de serted mansion in the neighborhood of the Dutch Gap Canal. A Grover & Baker Sewing Machine, once the property of a poor Southern Searustiess ; donated by the wife of a rich Radical Congressman. One.hundred Pianos, all styles—rose wood and mahogany, round cornered and square, carved legs and plain—col lected from various parts of the South -laud sent North at the expense of the government; generously donated by wives of the army contractors who gathered them up. ' Ten thousand yards of Axminster, Brussels, Tapestry, Turkish, Persian, Ingrain, Three-ply and. Rag Carpeting, gashered up all over Dixie and regret fully contributed by pious and benevo. lent ladies who could not make them fit their own rooms. Several hundred elegant and costly Mirrors, which once reflected the fair faces of Southern maids and matrons— thrown out of use in Connecticut since the late election, because the sight of them conjured up mclancholy reflec tions. A large lot of bronze and silver Can delabra, Chandeliers, &c., which once gave light in Southern homes where gaunt famine now sits in darkness. One thousand Ladies' Gold Watches, with broken chains, torn from the per sons of their owners, and contributed by the wives of army- Chaplains who obtained them in exchange for "confis cated" tobacco, 6:c. A large collection of gold and silver eoin (now very rare), and silver plate, dug up by officers in whose hands the shovel was mightier than the sword. A miscellaneous and magnificent as .sortment of diamond necklaces, brace lets, breastpins, ear and finger rings, SL . c., torn from the persons of Southern ladies and since displayed in Northern ball-rooms; but now turned over to this benevolent object by their " awakened " owners on account of the prevalence of religious revivals in New England. One of the identical Swords fabri cated out of the Saw of one of the mills on the Santee, for the use of Marion's Partisan Rangers in the Revolution, captured by a a. tachment of the color ed troops who fought bravely, from a small white boy supposed to be a de scendant of one of Mariou's men. Au earthen domestic utensil, (name unknown,) of unique design• and ele gant workmanship, with a handle " all on one side, like the handle of a jug," captured from Jeff. Davis' chamber maid by Billy Wilson's Zouaves, and appropriated to the use of the invalid ed members of the regiment—now the property of the Union League of Phil adelphia, who value it highly on ac count of the ass-ociatious connected with it, and which, in their estima tion, throw an odor of sanctity over it. We doubt not we will be able to add largely to our list of " rare gems pur chased from citizens of the Southern States during the rebellion " as soon as the catalogue is published. Anything which we can do to advertise this great gift enterprise shall be done free of charge. A Word to Bondholders Speaking of tt probable effect negro staring, I 'on the financial in terests of the country, Henry Clay Dean recently said: I could wish bondholders no worse luck than to fall into the hands of negroes, who want cheap food and raiment, who will vote down tariffs and [fixes. Then what becomes of the public debt? There is a pregnant meaning to those few words which holders of bonds would do well to ponder carefully. With the incorporation of the vast mass of igno rant negroes among the voters of this country, there will be serious danger Of repudiation, whenever at a time of financial depression the burthen of tax ation shall press heavily upon the poorer classes. It cannot be expected that the negroes will be restrained by any fas tidious sense of honor from voting to 'shift the burthens of the government from their shottlders. The cry of cheap clothing and cheap goods in general will be what they will listen to most eagerly. Let the bondholders seriously reflect upon the effect which unrestrict ed negro suffrage will have upon these curities. For Judge Sharswood A large and enthusiastic Democratic Convention assembled in Bedford on Monday night last. Speeches were made by B. F. Myers, Esq., the talented editor of the Gazette, by 0. P. Shannon Esq., and by others. An admirable series of resolutions were adopted, among which was one instructing the delegates to the State Convention to cast their votes for Hon. George Shorewood, of Phila delphia, as the candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court. Calling Names Wendell Phillips lectured, the other night, in Brooklyn. He called Wilson a trimmer; Greeley a respectable and sometimes romantic ass ; Seward a trembling jelly; Johnson a traitor; Fes senden a Scotch terrier ; and charged Grant with the New Orleans "massacre" and the failure of impeachment. What a fellow to tall names he is, to be sure! One - Vaaie - of Olin& No one can glance over the columns of any. daily paper published in the. North'without being convinced that a carnival of crime •is prevailing among us. The most horrible murders; the most revolting rapes; seductions with out number; elopements of faithless wives innumerable; divorcecases of the most disgusting . character; open and shameless adulteries ; the beating, starv ing, maiming and murdering of child ren ; parricides ; suicides ; infanticides, and crimes napieless and numberless, crowd the columns of our newspapers. Gamblers, burglars, swindlers, profes sional thieves, pick-pockets and prosti tutes make up a considerable proportion of the population of our cities. There is a prevalent laxity GI morality, a dis regard of honor, a departure from de cency, an abandonment of the virtues and a prevalence orall the vices, which is positively alarming. Never was crime so universal, so bold in its demeanor, so successful and so little liable to punish ment, as with us in these degenerate days. This condition of affairs is no doubt partly the direct effect of the war, which has bequeathed to us an army of crimi nals. • But there is another cause which we are sure is most potent and pernici ous. The example set by Radical mem bers of Congress, Legislators, and other officials, has had a most deleterious in fluence. When it Is well known that Congressmen, Senators of the United States, members of State Legislatures, and others high in the ranks of pre tended loyalty, take bribes and steal, is it to be wondered at that some men should be found ready to commit murder for money, or that thieves, bur glars, swindlers and pickpockets should swarm throughout theca the gamblers and keepe prostitution grow rich off the ill-gotten gains of Congressmen and Legislators, is it strange t hat others should be drawn into the vicious circle of their influence? When scarcely a week passes.without the exposure of the libidinous rascality of some war preacher, is it strange tha adulterers and seducers of female inno cence should abound? To the dominant faction In the North, the "God and morality " party, and to the pernicious example set by its corrupt leaders, is a large proportion of the crime in the country to be directly traced. The fountains of public morality have been corrupted by these men, and the terrible condition of affairs which now prevails is the legitimate fruit of seed sown by them. The Prospect of War In Europe The aspect of affairs in Europe is de cidedly threatening. Bismarck shows no sign of backing down from the position he has assumed, and both France and Prussia are said to beactively preparing for war. Napoleon says he intended to have respect to the terms of the treaty which Prussia holds to exclude him from perfecting the purchase of Lux emburg. He also declares that he always kept in view not only the consent of Holland but the wishes of the inhabi tants of Luxemburg, who were to be allowed to decide by universal suffrage whether they should be sold to France or joined to the North German Con federacy. By these conditions France is still willing to abide, and to examine the matter in concert with the other great powers of Europe. The popular demand in Prussia seems to be for the retention of Luxemburg as a German possession, but there are indications that Bismarck will not be given any great amount of money with which to go to war. The French will no doubt enthusiastically join iu the strife, con ceiving that the national honor is in• volved, if Prussia should push matters too far.. Bismarck refuses to submit the question to the great powers in the shape suggested by Napoleon, and the whole tenor of late advices indicates no settlement except through a resort to arms. Prussia will find in the French a different antagouast from Austria. Whether this country is to be disas trously affected by the struggle, if war should ensue, will depend much upon the magnitude and the duration of the contest. Corruption In our Legislative Bddies. Never in the history of any country were legislative_h dies so corrupt and venal as they are in tin' ed States to-day. Since the advent of the Radi cals to power all sense of public honesty seems to have been lost. In the lower House of Congress, in the Senate, in each branch of the different Northern State legislatures, everywhere in short, bribery and corruption have come to be the order of the day. So common has it grown to be that it is regarded as a matter of course. People have ceased to wonder at it ; and by the re-election of men known to be dishonest and mer cenary have seemed to sanction it. Radical newspapers - admit that mem bers of Congress belonging to their party are perfectly venal ; they charge their own men in the United States Senate with being corrupt and merce nary; and acknowledge that the State Legislatures which have been under their control have disgraced the several States in which they have been assem bled. How completely rotten must a party be when it is compelled to make such au exhibition of its corruption. It cannot be long before the people will have their eyes opened. They can_ not and will not sustain such a debauch ed political organization. The masses are honest, and they will yet brand offl. cial dishonesty with the stigma of dis grace which should attach to it. In this State and elsewhere the Dein ocratic members of Congress and of the State Legislature have, as a general rule, been men of pure character. We must see to it that none but such are nominated for office. Let the Demo crats of Pennsylvania, i,u the coming elections, put forward their very best and most reputable men foroffice. This should be done in every county in the State, whether we are in the majority or the minority. Let us present the same contrast to our opponents in the future which we did in the past. We cannot afford to send any man to the Legislature who is not honest above suspicion. We must see to it that uo one is put in public position who might be induced to commit an act which would cast a stain upon the party. We must prove to the people of Pennsylvania that there is no truth in the allegation which is sometimes made, that all parties are equally corrupt. It has not been true in the past. The Democratic party has always required that its candidates for office should come before the people with clean hands. The times demand that there shall be nu lowering of its high standard of public morality. Let it be seen to then, that all nominees for public position In the coming election he men of the purest character. Such a Course will place our opponents in an odious light, and will add greatly to our strength throughout the State. General McCausland The rebel General McCausland, who burned Chambersburg by order of Gen eral Early, is now residing at his home in Mason county, West Virginia. A Virginia exchange says, he has been favored by General Grant with a letter which exempts him from any danger of imprisonment or trial for the Chambers burg affair, and he has every assurance of protection from the authorities of the State of West Virginia. ""rhe We have already given a brief synopsis of the appropriations made by the Legisla ture for the year commencing June Ist, 1867, but the following more extended summary, which we find in the Patriot and Union, will be • scanned with interest by. every tax payer. It is compiled from the report as agreed upon by the Joint Committee of Conference: GOVHFI-NOEL. S. W. Geary salary Additional, prior to June, 1867 Private Secretary Dunglison Extra clerk, 5125 per month Messenger Telegrams postsge, stationery Re-arranging Executive thambei Extension of Mansion Executive Department.— . SECRETARY OF STATE, Frank Jordan salary ..... ...... Additional, prior to Jane, 1887 Dept. Sec. from 1886 Cuief Clerk, $1,600, add $2OO Mil. Clerk, 81,200, add 8200 Coin. Clerk, 81,200, add $2OO 3 Trans. Clerks, $1,200, add I=o 2 Clerks, 81,260, add $2OO Messenger Blank Postage book s telegrams, freight Stationery Fire and lights Cleaning offices Miscellaneous State Department. AUDITOR GENERAL. John F. Hartranit, salary S 2,000 Additional 300 Chief Clerk, 81,700, add 8100 1,800 3 Clerks, at 81,500 4,500 4 Clerks, at 81,400 5 600 2 " " 81,300 0 800 Messenger X BOO - Watchman, 8800, and same for '66 1,600 Postage and telegrams 750 Stationery 500 Fuel 150 Miscellaneous 200 Auditor lieu. Dept. SURVEYOR GENERAL. J. M. Campbell, salary Additional Chief c,:erk Eight clerks, each $1,400 Five temp. clerks, each 81,200, add MO. Messenger Postage Stationery Cleaning office and miscellaneous Fuel Refloorlug office Surveyor of State line Surveyor General's Dept ATTORNEY GENERAL B. H. Brewster Clerk Contingent expenses Painting, papering, refuniishing. Index to private laws Attorney General's Dept STATE TREASURER. W. H. Kemble C,tief clerk, SI,BOU, add $2OO Three clerks, each 81,400 One clerk To clerks, for sinking fund Messenger Watehman—s6oo—same for Sf ll Postage and telegrams. . Stationery, &c ............... ............ Express charges Fuel and ........... ............. Miscellaneous Treasury Dept ADJUTANT GENERAL. A. 1.. Russell ASslstalit., J. C. Harvey... A.... Chief Clerk Two Clerks Supt. State arsenal Ntessenger Postage, telegrams, express Blank". books Stationery Light, cleaning office, ,te Miscellaneous For disbursements as ex-officio Pay master General Adjutant General's Department, TRANSPORTATION DEPAT.TMENT, H. H. Gregg, June Ist to Dec. Ist 81,000 Chief Clerk, to Dec. Ist 700 Messenger, do lal Stationery, postage, fuel, &c 150 For disinterring and transportation of deceased soldiers 5,01. X.) Transportation Department 57,000 [On Dec. Ist, 1807, the duties of the de partment, are to devolve upon the Adjutant General.] SCHOOL DEPARTMENT J. P. W lekersltain „salary Deputy C. R. Coburn One Clerk Two Clerks, each 81,405 2,800 Messenger 900 Engraving andprinting warrants 270 Repairing and furnishing 2,900 stationery and blank books 300 Postage, telegrams, expressage 1,000 Cleaning and miscellaneous Sue Distributing forms, reports, Sc 600 Publishing reports, &c..,.. 2 000 Traveling expenses ~ - p• 5110 For support of Common Schools 365,800 School Department [ln this fund are included $ll,OOO for State Normal Schools; $l,lOO to Lincoln Colored Institute; so,poo to 3d District Normal school ; and to committee of inspection of Normal schools.] SOLDIERS' ORPIIANS Superintendent s salary Unice clerk Inspector and examiner Female assistant inspector Postage and telegrams Stationery and blank books Printing Advertising Transferring pupils Funeral expenses Traveling expenses For the support of the Schools soldiers' Orphan Department STATE LIBRARY. Librarian, Wien Forney 51,000 Assistant, George H. Morgan (lust year) 820 For purchasing books 1,10) For exchange of law books 1,000 Freight, postage, cleaning, dic 500 Binding For finishing Library State Library JUDGES Judges of Supreme Court ($5,500) Judges of District Court and or Com mon Pleas of Philadelphia ($5,000) 35,000 Fame tor Allegheny ($5,000) 35,000 Judge Pearson (12th district) for in creased labor in Corn. civil cases In Dauphin, for two years 7,600 Judges of Common Pleas, each $3,500...... 115,0110 clay Associate Judges, $5 per ay 50,000 Judiciary Superintendent, Office rent Printing, folding, stitching, State Printing PENSIONS AND GRATUITIES, For pensions andgratuities.* 37,000 Soldiers' Home, Philadelphia 5000 Pittsburg Soldiers' San. Home 15,000 Deaf and Dumb Institute 35,002 Blind Institute 33,000 Western Pennsylvania Hospital 50,080 Do do do...salaries. 15,000 State Lunatic Asylum, Harrisburg 26,0110 Training School for Feeble-minded Children, Media, Del.—last year 1?2,333 Eastern Penitentiary—salaries ' 13,800 Do do do 4,000 Western Penitentiary do 20,800 Do do Library House of Refuge, Philadelphia Do Pittsburg Northern Home for Friendless Chirm. Gettysburg Battlefield Monument As. sociation St. Paul's Orphan Asylum, Pittsburg.... 8,000 Antietam National Cemetery 3,000 Marine Hospital at Erie 10,000 Polytechnic College ......... ...... ............ ....... 5,000 Pensions and gratuities [ , The act of March 30, 1566, entitled " An act to provide for the payment of gratuities and annuities to the soldiers of the war of 1812, and to their widows," is repealed by the 12th section of the Appropriation bill.] [tsso extra for each pupil for 1867—pupils not to exceed 60,] MISCELLANEOUS. Interest on funded debt For insanity commission Packine laws end journals For water for Capitol For ga.s—lla,t year) Supt. Public Buildings Three assistant watchmen, S9UO each.. Repairs to grounds, wages, die Winding and repairing clock George Bergner, for " 'Legislative Re cord," Sib per page—about Bergner, 7 extra nos., $25 Bergner, Index ...... ............ ......... ..... Harrisburg Fire Companies . Transcribing for Committee Ways and Means 80 Transcribing for Corn. Finance._ ...... Clerk Board of Claims 1,40 U Messenger SW Military State Agency at Washington 12,000 St. Paul's Me. Church, for tents 1,2(X) Running ineredian Line of Dauphin county Repairs to dwelling of Keeper of Powder Magazine, Philadelphia For portrait of Geary Cornplanter Corn. Sinking Fund, each 8300 Tin roof for Capitol Jacob Kennedy, for prayers Rev. E. L. Bally, for prayers John C. Sturdeyant, clerk Corruption Committee Eight Legislative Reportersaextra;B2oo each Interest and Miscellaneous THE LEGISLATURE. Pay and mileage of members, clerks and officers, stationery, dee [Under this appropriation it is provided that each member shall receive $3OO extra, making the salary $l,OOO. The Chief and Assistant Clerks of both branches, and twelve or fifteen transcribing clerks, (whose salaries range from $l,OOO to $1,700,) are to get'2so and $l5O extra, and ten days' extra pay. The Chief Clerk of the Senate and House are to have $2OO each for indexing the journals, and for miscellaneous ex penses during the recess, $2OO each ; which makes the salaries of those clerks over $2,500 a year. Pesters and folders are to receive the same pay as assistant doorkeep ers. Jno. A, Smut], for services as assistant clerk, $1,000; the same additional compen sation allowed to the other clerks, and $2OO for taking care of archives. [This is a supernumerary office.] - For the pages (about twenty) $1,50 per day for each and $3O extra. Firemen and cleaners to have the same compensation assistant doorkeep ers—about sBoo—and extras, All other officers except the chief, assistant and trans cribing clerks, are to get $4OO extra, and the women who clean the balls $2O extra, Each of the eight reporters are to have $350 extra. For packing, distributing any payment of express charges on Record, the clerk of the Senate is to have $3OO and the clerk of the House $500; and for doing. the same with other mail matter, the Senate clerk to have $BOO and the House clerk $350. Jacob Styer, as Senate Librarian, same as transcribing clerk with extras; extra service, $75 ; keep ing Senate archives, $200; fitting up liber- ary 1150, and other "serviosa," $250. Wil liam L. Cooper, for services rendered the House, same pay and extras of a transcri bing clerk, mac.] =CAPITULATION. Executive Department. $ 26,500 Btote" ...... .... .. :........... 21,975 'AML Gen's 20,900 Bury. Gtm's " DOM Atty Gen's •• 8,1(1) Treasury " ...... ....... ........... 13,150 Adjutant Gen's " 27,010 Transportation " .. ..—.... ..... . ...... 7,000 Common - Sottool " ... .. . .... . ..... .... • 530,615 Sold. Orphans " . 357,950 State Library 20,220 Judiciary 200,100 Public Printing 3.5,890 Pensions and Gratuities 333,515 Interest on Funded Debt. ..... ......... ...... 1,806,134 Miscellaneous. ......... r r 60,030 Legislature...—. ........ ...... ..... ....... ........ .... 265,000 • .S 5,000 00 2,000 TOO 1000 15,900 Total Appropriations . Reverend " Fugitives from Labor." The New York correspondent of one of our exchanges gives the following account of a disease which has broken out among the clergy of that city : I regret to say that nearly two-thirds of the clergy of New York are just now suffer ing from severe attacks of sore throat, or bronchial affections, for which the doctors say there is no remedy save in a voyage across the Atlantic, and a sojourn of a week or two at the Paris exposition. Vestry men are run down with applications for the necessary two months' leave, while finance committees are daily put to their wilt to raise the wind in order to defray Rev. Mr. So So's traveling expenses hither and thither. The sermons, of late, have been very dreary, owing to this state of things, and I suppose there is no remedy for it, but that they should all go, leaving us " miserable sinners" to look after ourselves, here at home, during the hot weather, as best we may. The Cunard steamer that sailed to-day had no fewer thausix of these sore-throated gentlemen on board, while by the packets to sail next Saturday, I am in formed that double that number will go. We do not read that Paul, or Peter, or An drew, or James, or John, or any of the rest of the apostles, were ever troubled with bronchial affections in the spring of the year. They did a good deal of travelling, to be sure, but it wasn't to see the world's fairs, and the expenses were totally defray ed by themselves. 500 1,800 11,2b0 - ,000 900 400 500 150 150 500 200 An Attempt to Force Negroes Into tue Free Schools of Philadelphia. Toe Philadelphia Evening Gazette gives the following account of an attempt to force negroes into one of the Free Schools of that city Yesterday, so good authority Informs us, just as the clock struck nine, and the pupils of an uptown school, with shining faces, took their seats at their desks, and were preparing for the studies of the day, the door of the division room nearest the entrance stair way was thrown open by a lean, dyspep tic man, and clouds, eight or ten in number, came into the room to take the brightness out of those shining faces. The pickanlnnies grinned from ear to ear, revealing their ivories like a full moon the tombstones of a country hillside churchyard, and some of them not yet quite in the door, danced "Juba" on the lauding—all from the glad ness they felt at the prospect of learning the " Aby-sees wid de wits coil un." The lean man, with sepulchral gravity, desired the teacher to assign the itlnocents in his train desirable places in the room, as an experi --b—as to whether negro pies, could 7n as rapidly, and prove them ti other ways better than the itch, and other white children. the—ah—re—ah—sponsibility—ah. quadrupedante—(but we forgot the sounding Latin couplet) would well have expressed the uproar that succeeded this announcement. Sonic of the bolder of the pupils rushed for the door with amazing swiftness, and if the lean man and the clouds had: notdispersed themselves, ebony would have been dowd—stairs or on the floor. The teacher was confused—bewil dered. As a last resort directors, or other directors, if ou information be correct, were sent tor, an a pow-wow indulged in over the blackne- ~ The Democrats opposed the innovation to a man, and many—much obliged to you, gentlemen—of the Republi cans. At last the clouds scurried out again, but not until indignant mothers with their shawls wrapped around their beads, or got up in the highest style of toilet art, and sturdy fathers begrimed with toil, stained with ink or flecked with cotton, had assem bled around the school, like a besieging army. Thus the matter rests at present. We have not been advised what the next move will be. 53700 2,000 ,200 1,300 4(X) 000 1,01 X) 400 300 100 000 1,710 1,400 2 400 1,000 91.0 Disease Among Hogs and Sheep In the West. Letters received by Isaac Newton, Com missioner of Agriculture, within the past few days, state that disease prevails to a considerable extent among the hogs and sheep in Minnesota, lowa and other portions of the Western States, and that, owing to the scarcity of grain for fodder, the horned cattle are (lying in greater numbers than usual. The principal diseases reported are the hog cholera, for which a successful remedy is in use, and a new distemper, known as the "sheep dropsy." The latter disease causes the sheep to swell, which soon results in death, and when tapped as much as a quart of water runs from the ani mal. No remedy ha_syet been discovered for this last disease. $1,500 1,200 1,500 1,000 300 M r. Newton, the commissioner of agricul ture, is daily sending to the South seeds and cereals, in accordance with the provisions of the recent law transferring $50,000 from the funds of the freedmen's bureau to aid in relieving the general destitution of garden and farm seeds in the South, to give to that region new and improved varieties, and thus help to:avert a famine in the immediate future. Individual requests for small par cels, it is stated, are also regarded, and the distribution is thus made as general and equal as possible. The quantity of seeds at the disposal of the commissioner, however, will fall far short of the demand upon him and of the great expectatiotions of the people, who little realize the extent and destitution of the country to be supplied. A Wonderful Gun Norman Wiard has made a proposal to the War Department to construct an 8-inch rifle which shall stand all the following tests, or be considered a failure: He will fire sixty pounds of powder and a four hun dred pound shot. Then twenty rounds with thirty pounds of powder and a two hundred poundshot. Then he will explode a shell at the bottom of the bore; then a shell in succession at successive distances toward the muzzle. Then he will simulta neously explode the bore filled with shells; and, finally, will fire thirty pounds of powder behind a shell so fixed in the bore as not to be forced out by firing off the charge. The cost of the gun, mounted, to be $3,000. A circular bas been issued by the surgeon general of the United States army, calling the attention of the medical staff to the ap prehended approach of the cholera, order ing increased watchfulness and cure, and enjoining cleanliness, temperance and every hygienic precaution. In several cities we hear of measures being taken to meet this dangerous foe, and now they are preparing for it in the army.: Accounts from Rio Janeiro state that the cholera has broken out in a virulent from in the southern pro vince of Rio Grande. Betweeen the 9th and 14th of March, one hundred and forty-three deaths occurred in the little capital of Rio Grande de Sul. z..1,b00,1 -11 17,1 1,300 bOO ~0 0 I,_oo 2,700 1,,000 12., Our New Acquisition Notwithstanding the fretful tone of some of the English journals in commenting on Our late treaty with Russia,and the suggestion of one of those papers that the " transaction is one full of direct hostility," our Government has within the assurance that the British government is not at all annoyed in con sequence of the treaty, but, on the contrary, is entire satisfied with the transaction, and assured that our Government made the treaty with Russia in no unfriendly spirit towards England. In fact, it is gathered from high authority that the English government can be easily reconciled to a parting with the Canticles and other British possessions in North America whenever those provinces shall themselves make manifest their desire to separate from the mother country, whether for the purpose of annexation with the United States or for setting up an independent government for themselves. An inquest was yesterday held bv Coro ner Schirmer, at the Nineteenth 1- s recinct Station House, on the body of a male in fant that was found on a pile of stones at the corner of Forty fourth street and Second avenue. The body was so decomposed that the cause of death could not be ascertained. An inquest was held by the same Coroner, at the Seventeenth Precinct Station House, on the body of an unknown female infant, found by Officer Smith in an ash-barrel in Seventh street. There were no marks of violence on the body, and death was proba bly occasioned by exposure and neglect. An inquest was also held by the same Coro ner, at the Twentieth Precinct Station House, on the body of au unknown male infant, found on Tuesday night lying on the walk in Thirty-sixth street, near Tenth avenue. Dr. Leo found that the infant had been strangled, the imprint of fingers being plainly visible upon the neck of the child. A woman named Eliza McKee was arrested on suspicion of having placed the child where found, but the evidence elicited was not sufficient to warrant her detention, and she was accordingly discharged by the Coro ner.—New York Tribune. BEM A Melancholy Case The Fishkill Standard states that the old est daughter of U. B. Beebee, editor of the Banner of Liberty, formerly of Midditown, Orange county, but now published in New York, committed suicide on Saturday, by shooting herself with a pistol. She had been engaged to be married to a young man, but her father placed her in a lunatio asylum to break up the match. The officers of the asylum, finding that she was not insane, let her go home. She was to take charge of a school on Monday, but lettruipg of the marriage of the gentleirtatt to whom she bad been engaged, deliberately shot herself. 83,689,849 I=! . N ews Items.. Two hundred and forty-one patents will be issued for the week ending May 17. The Treasury Department is still In re ceipt :of conscience money, $3,500. having been received from Cincinnati on Saturday. Gov 4 Patton, of Alabama, was so ill on Thursday last as to be linable to attend to business or even to leave his privato room. General Ord has detailed army officers to take the place of State officers removed by him in Arkansas. Numerous suits are being brought against General McDowell, by parties in California, for imprisonment during the war. A banking house at Brunswick, Me., was robbed of $2OOO on Saturday night. The robbers have not been arrested. Minnesota is jilting up with emigrants, and the St. Paul Pioneer saye that soon the tide will run up to a thousand a day. Fifteen stores, including nearly the whole business portion of Brenham, Texas, were burned on the 24th. Navigation on Lake Erie is fully open. There were six arrivals of propellers at Buf falo on Saturday, and four departures. Gen. Ewell is farming most successfully near Spring Hill, Tenn. He has a thousand head or stock, and the best wheat and grass in the neighborhood. A prize tight occurred at Fort Leo Satur day morning, between Jos. Denin and Chas. McCusick. The fight lasted an hour. The former was winner. Abel Bennett, Republican, was elected Mayor of Binghamton, N. Y., yesterday, by 139 majority—a loss of 124 since the pre vious election. Attorney General Stanbery has prepared an opinion as to who are entitled to vote under the Reconstruction act, which will be read to the Cabinet to-day. The Postmaster General has finally de cided to appoint special agents to take charge of post-oces left vacant by the failure of the Senate to confirm nominations. At Wilmington, Del., Pusey Smith, pro prietor of the Indian Queen Hotel, was stabbed to death by Joseph Pratt in a bed room at the latter's house. Six thousand dogs have been killed in Chicago since the dog war commenced, and the daily slaughter will add largely to that number. McCall, the thieving Treasurer of Santa Clara county, Cal., has been arrested in Ne vada, and $lB,OOO of the c.ainty funds re covered. It was decided In the Supreme Court of the United States that the City of Philadel phia, being a manufacturer of gas, must pay tax on that article the saute us private parties. The Supreme Court has decided in the Massachusetts liquor cases that payment internal revenue taxes is no protection t( dealers in articles the sale of which is pro bibbed by State law Paper pipes and cisterns have been used in London with perfectsuccess for several months. They are prepared in some man ner, so that they are perfect non-conductors of heat, and the water in them never freezes. The following words are attributed to Marshal Niel, Minister of War: " Let me know the day when the Emperor Napoleon wishes to have rive hundred thousand men on the Eastern frontier, and they shall be there." Hon. 0. H. Browning, Secretary of the Interior, is still in a dangerous condition. On Friday ho was said to be improving, but he has since taken a relapse, which has caused great physical prostration. lie is suffering with the bilious eholic. The story of the Selma, Ala., Bank rob bery turns out a ruse to cover an extensive swindle. The Bank was cleaned out by cotton speculations. The Government loses $70,000 deposited by the Collector of Taxes. Arrests have been made. George Peabody has made another-dona tion. On Thursday last, while in this city, be placed in the hands of Messrs. Corcoran S Riggs, $15,000 for the establishment of a circulating library in the neighboring city of Georgetown. A Mississippi paper states that Col. Scott, one of the prisoners sent to the Dry Tortu gas, passed Holly Springs in that State re cently. He reports the treatment the prisoners undergo to be of a very barbarous nature. They are flogged fur the least in discretion, and otherwisecruol ly dealt with. The repairs on the theatre in which the late President Lincoln was assassinated, and which was purchased by the Govern ment to be used as a medical museum, have been completed, and the Surgeon General's office, with the museum, have been de posited there. There is an ancient Indian engaged iu catching mpskrats, the skins of which he sells in Windsor, Canada. His name is Mon-o-mo-no ; he is about ninety years old, and says he was with Tecumseh during his battles, and was at Fort Mackinaw when it was taken by the British. A desperate affray occurred recently be tween the freedmen employed on the farm of Col. Adam Heath, near Smithfield, N. C., in which firearms were used extensively, resulting in the death of two of the com batants. Several of the surviving party have been arrested, and lodged in Smith field jail. The Weeling intelligencer gives the fol lowing interesting piece of information: " We are told that no less than seventeen weddings took place in this city last Thurs day. Thirty marriage licenses had been issued from the Recorder's office since the first of the present month up to yesterday, seven of them during the present week." The corner stone of a magnificent Jewish Temple was laid in:Louisville, Wednesday, with imposing ceremonies, attended by an enormous crowd of spectators. The corner stone had beside the Jewish date, " Anno Domino, 1867," an acknowledgement of the Christian Era. Rabbi Wise, of Cincinnati, was the orator of the occasion. It is stated that the case of Surratt, is not under the control of the Administration. When Surratt arrived here in a vessel he was transferred from the custody of the Federal officers to the charge of the Marshal of the District of Columbia, and is now held by that officer solely under the control of the Supreme Court of the district. When the trial shall take place is exclusively within the direction of that Court. It was lately rumored in Paris that Eu genie bad been made ill, by the publication of a pamphlet, assuming to state facts of her early history which the Imperial lady would have everybody else forget, if she cannot help remembering them herself. Of course the book will be suppressed in Europe, but why does not some enterprising publisher procure "advance sheets and get out a cheap American edition? tinder a law of the State an experimental railway track on the elevated principle, is to be constructed for half a mile in Green wich street, New York. Should it prove successful in the estimation of commission ers the company are authorized to extend the track to Harlem. The power is station ary engines under ground. The first half mile is to be built iu one year, and the line to Harlem—if at all—in five years. A St. Louis letter says: " Merchants still declare this to be the dullest season tier many a year. The wholesale houses have none of them done their usual amount of trade. The Southern trade bubble has well nigh played out ; in fact, all failures of the season are mainly attributable to Southern trade. The Montana trade and North Mis souri traffic has been unusually brisk, but the last boat for the mountains leaves next week, so this will soon be over. A large meeting of whites and negroes has been held in Columbia, S. C., at which Governor Orr and others spoke. Governor Orr advised the freedmen to stand upon the National Union platform. Ile was follow ed by Rev. Henry M. Turner, a colored clergyman of Washington, in a conserva tive speech. Resolutions were adopted de claring for free schools for both races, and a revision of the civil and criminal laws of the State. It is stated that the case of Surratt is not under the control of the Administration. When Surratt arrived here in vessel he was transferred from the custody of the Federal officers to the charge of the Marshal of the District Columbia, and is now held by that officer solely under the control of the Su premo Court of the district. When the trial shall take place is exclusively within the discretion of that Court. A wedding at St. Paul's Church, in Chicago, was singularly frustrated on Thursday evening. The bride, with her friends, went to the church at the appointed hour, and waited a long while, but no bride groom arrived. She was finally borne to her home in a nearly insane condition. The bridegroom, named Thompson, left his place of business in good time to prepare for the wadding, since which he has not been heard of. Mrs. Nancy Rotch died at New Bedford, Mass., on Thursday last, in the ninety-first year of her age. She was the widow of Francis Rotch, Esq., one of the owners of the ship Dartmouth, cele Mateo as the vessel which brought into Boston harbor the tea— the " poisonous herb" which so excited the wrath of good people of the then colony, and which the "Fifty Mohawks," known as the " Boston Tea Party," in the year 1773, threw into the salt water. A letter dated Paris, April 12th, says: Yesterday, the Emperor reviewed the troops now in Paris, and distributed decorations and military medals to officers, under-offi cers and soldiers. lie looks pale and care worn; they continue to say he Is not well. The Prince Imperial is really still very feeble, though improving; he has gone through a painful surgical operation, and it is reported that his leg still requires splints. The Empress is seriously unhappy over the prolonged ailment of the Prince Imperial. On Thursday evening last, at the Church of the Ascension, in New York, Mr. Am brose C. Kingsland, Tr., son of ex-:Mayor Kingsland, was married to Miss Catharine, daughter of Wm. H. Aspinwall, Esq. This was one of the mo i st brilliant weddings of Ibe season, Tbe raceptian took place Friday evening, at the residence ofthe bride's father, eorner of University place and Tenth street. The doors were canopied to the curb stone, while rich carpets protected the feet of the 'fair ones as they descended frqen tip car riage, • Stine Heron. . • Ligiitfi I ;Aida Weefeid Union tele graph office at Kittanning during the late storm and destroyed the magnet. :The once famous Coquette Well, on the !gbert Farm, Oil Creels, continues to yield two hundred barrels per day. The Commissioners of Luzerne county have entered into a contract for theerection of a Penitentiary in that county, for the sum of $189,575. A temperance convention will be held in Altoona, under the auspices of the Pennsyl yenta State Temperance Union, on Thurs day, May 2d. The post•office at Lockhaven, in Clinton county, was robbed on Friday night. All the letters were torn open and scattered around the office. Firewood sells for $45 per cord in Virginia City, Nevada. Chinamen who pick up faggots sell them in bundles at $2 each. One bundle will make about three fillings for an ordinary box stove. The soil of Camp Curtin, at Harrisburg, memorable as the field of warlike prepara tions during the rebellion, is now being turned up by the plow and the peaceful farmer. The Westmoreland County Soldiers' Mon umental Association have a fund amount ing to $1,282 05, on which $ll4 07 Interest has accrued. In addition to this cute, It is said the borough of Greensburg had sub scribed $l,OOO. J. MoD, Sharpe, Esq., ofttliamberaburg, had his pocket-book, containing ono hun dred and ihirty dollars, stolen from him last Thursday, by a client who was visiting his office. Mr. Sharpe has turned prosecutor in stead of counsel for defense in this case. Mrs. Baboc, of Petroleum Center, was severely burned on Wednesday night, 17th, by the use of crude oil for fuel. The can exploded, saturating her clothes with the burning fluid, and burning her so fright• fully that her life is despaired of. The Alvord House, at Meredith, near 'Titusville, was destroyed by tire at two o'clock ou Sunday morning. Two guests, Walter 13ragley and Charles Oyer, were seriously burned before they effected their escape. Loss, $6,000; insurance in .Etna, $1,2.0. Richard Edwards and Thomas Lewis, of Pottsville, who were burned by the ex plosion at West West, un Tuesday of last week . , are recovering. The body of Wut• kins, the missing man, has not been found, and probably will not be until the water is all pumped from the mine. It is pos sible that he was entirely consumed by the tire. A daughter of Joshua Siess, (tanner) in Fairfield, York county, ageti about three years was drowned in one of the vats in the tan yard, on Saturday'afternoon last. At tention was attracted to a bonnet floating 00 the water, and on searching the body ot the child was found in the vat. It is supposed she was playing In the yard and fell in the vat, no person being present. The borough of Hollidaysburg seems to be prospering in the way of improvements. The Leader says: The surveys for the water works has been commenced. The new seminary building Is also going for ward, and our Catholic friends have com menced a large building near St. Mary's Academy, which Is to be used as a boys' school. Scores of new buildings are going up and old ones aro being rejuvenated. The store and dwelling of D. Murphy, at Kane, Erie county, was totally destroyed by tire on Sunday morning lust, at 3 o'clock. Mr. Murphy had barely time to get his wife and children outof the building before the flames took full possession. All the goods in his store and his furniture were consumed with the buildings. Ilk loss was 89,000. lie was insured in the I artford,,lor $5,000. A mad dog was shot on Friday of last week, ill Locust Valley, Schuylkill coun ty, by Mr. Jeremiah Messersehmidt. He bad done a great dual of damage before being killed, Starting from Mahanoy City, he run a course through Mahunoy and Rush townships, Tamaqua and Tus carora, biting a large number of dogs, hogs and eat tie, and doing more damage than all the dogs in the county are worth. On Thursday of last week, Valentine Itudrian, aged twenty-seven years, was standing on a lump of coal or rock, at the mouth of the slope at Potts' Mines, at Lo cust dale, near Ashland, Schuylkill county when the lump slipped and fell Into the slope, and Rodrian was precipitated to the bottom, a distance of several hundred feet, and instantly killed, Ile leaves a wife and one child. lie was a returned soldier. Two men bad been killed previously by falling down this slope. On Thursday a man named Samuel Borst, a pilot on the Susquehanna river, had his leg crushed whilst attempting to snub a raft at Highspire. It appears taut the rope with which he was snubbing the raft got entangled in his leg, and almost severed his foot. , 'Dr. Rutherford, of this city, and Dr. George Mlith, of Middletown, were called on and amputated Mr. Horst's foot. At last accounts the sufferer was not expected to live. Mr. Horst lived in York county, at the headiof Coridwago Fulls, and has a wife and several children. The wife 01 Mr. Joseph Harman, residing on the York pike, in Mouutpleasant town ship, York county, was found drowned in a rain vessel, on Monday night. Mrs. H. had been for 8011113 time laboring under great depression of spirits-80 much so us to cause apprehension on the part of her friends. During Monday night she was missed from her bed, after she had retired, and upon searching for her she was found lying head foremost in a rain vessel near the house, into which she had either fallen or thrown herself. Life was extinct. A few nights ago, a party 8f men went to the premises of ohn Uhlenborgh, Hur mcny township, Forest county, and two of them entered the house. While one threw Mr. Uhlenborgh (who is some seventy years of age) on the bed, and bandaged his eyes, the other nude the old lady got a lamp, and started to hunt for treasure. Mrs. Uhlenborgh slipped out, and got the assist ance of some neighbors, but on reaching the house again, they found that the rogues had departed with over $3,000. Among the witnesses in the Crawford County Court, on Friday, wore a largo num ber of patriarchs, among them Alexander Power, aged 61; Kennedy Davis ' 62; John W. Howe, 66; John McFarland, 66; .1. Camplield, 70; David Dick, 71; John Dick, 73; Samuel Beatty, 76 ; Joseph Dickson, 77 ; John Lupher, 78; John D. Gibson, 78; Jno. 11. Mattocks, 79; Richard Dennis, SO ; Jas. Davis, 81. The average of their ages is over 72 years, and most of these gentlemen of the olden time are very hearty and vigor ous, and from appearances are good for it score of years longer. Messrs. Howe and Dick are ex-Congressmen. Two persons were killed by lightning in Fayette county on Monday. Noah Arm strong, of Perry township, aged forty-six years, was instantly killed while chopping wood in front of his residence. His cousin, Henry Armstrong, residing at Cookstown, was struck about the same time and instantly killed. The Uniontown Standard says : The storm did not extend to this place, but there was a sudden change at the time from warm to rather cold weather.— Yesterday_the tops of the mountains were covered with snow, contrasting rather strongly and unpleasantly with the bloom of the peach, plum and cherry, and the • green of wheat fields and the valley around us. Official Vote of Connecticut The following is the official vote cast at the recent Connecticut election, as compared with the vote of the previous year: Hawley (R.) English (I).) 46,683 47,7U9 ...... 43,974 43,433 Increased vote How the People are Bobbed The Cameron Legislature, which has just adjourned, gave evidence of the boldest system of robbery that has ever been per petrated upon any body of people. The modus operandi of pocket-plckihg, high way robbery, burglary, garroting, COWlN eating postage Fe amps, .tc., is in every re spect commendable when compared with. the manner in which Republican legisla tors filched the hard earnings of our tax payers from the Treasury. lu one in stance, George De Haven, Jr., Repre sentative from Philadelphia, brought Lis son here—a mere child—had him sworn in as an officer, and sent him off to school the next day. The boy was never on duty a single day—in truth, he did not return until the day previous to the adjournment, when he came to draw $9OO of the people's money ! Senator George Connell, reputed Le be worth $'220,000, also brought lais sou here (as he has for four or fivesessions past), to be a recipient of some of the stealings. Young Connell was aworu in, and the last that was seen or him in this vicinity was at the Goldsboro' prize tight, on the day Geary was inaugurated, until April 9th, when lie too came in for his gobble! Sen ator Graham brought his son here, and had him sworn in as a cleric, but, to his credit he it said, lie remained at his post and ren dered the State some service. We do not advert to these facts withal view of awaken ing a spirit of resistance to such infamous transactions—because the people still love patience passionately—but simply to show the inconsistency of Deacon Bergner's de fence and laudation of Cameron's honest Legislature..—Harrisburg Patriot cis Legislative Corruption The Journal of Commerce, dwelling, on the corruptions of the New York radical Legislature, notes the suggestive fact that " whatever may be the truth respecting these charges, the Legislature, is so dead to a sense of honor that no etjort is made to vindicate itself and Wand the accusers." The inference is obvious—hut what an in ference it is! By way of bolstering some of the members, however, a list of what pur ports to be the honest members 01 the Legislature is published , but Mr. Thnrlow Weed, in the New York Commercial, with more force than courtesy, declares the wri ter of the letter is either a knave or a f 00l What a precious set Malay of thes9 legisla tors must be?
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