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Baer Correspondence Between Messrs. News items, l Congressional.
Rothschild, August Belmont and the• WABS/NoTor?, Feb. 5.
wounds,
Bueteed has recovered from his
State Treasurer of Pennsylvania on the a, and is again holding court in Mo- In the U. S. Senate yesterday,the bill to
Payment of the State Wok In Cur
rency. bile. protect witnesses was
_passed. The reEiolu-
The following correspondence explains I Street-car robberies are becoming alarm- I tion, asking the President to furnish copies
of instructions given to Generals Pope and
itself: fairly frequent in Chicago.
NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 1858. . The rebel General Longetreet was at Meade, with the Cabinet proceedings on the
same subject, was reconsidered, and that
7o the Treasurer of the State of Pennsylva- : General Grant's reception on Wednesday, part relating to the Cabinet was struck out.
Ma .• The cattle disease is prevalent in Bel- The resolution was then adopted. Mr. Pat-
We have received from Messrs. N. M. glum.. terson's supplementary Tenure of Office
.Rothschild & Sons, of London, $190,886.10 Two-thirds of the houses inlßrooklyn,:N. bill was considered. The Reconstruction
Pennsylvania State five per cent. stock, Y., are said to be boardinghouses. bill was debated.
which we send to Philadelphia for redemp- In the House, the bill to re ate the cus-
There were 2593 marriages in St. Louis
lion, to be followed in a few days by a i tody and expenditure of public moneys was
further lot of $lOO,OOO. during 1867.
I reported and ordered to be printed and re-
Besides these, Messrs. Rothschild hold A delegation of Cornplanter Indians are committed. Mr. Maynard. of Tenn. offer
about $200,000 n.ore of stock already over- lin Harrisburg seeking legislation concern- ed a resolution, which was referred, denier
due and becoming due this year. Theseing their tribe. t ing it inexpedient to regulate import duties
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gentlemen again complain of the injustice A store and dwelling in Belfast,Me., were by treaty. Mr. Logan of Hi., asked leave
of the action of the Stale of Pennsylvania, ! burned, and a woman, 80 years of age, per- to offer a bill taxing United States bonds two
in forcing its creditors to accept payment ! lobed in the flames. per cent., but objection was made. The Ci
in a depreciated currency, and have in- 1 The Kansas Senate has passed a bill al- tizens' Protection bill was discussed. The
structed us to receive payment only under lowing women and negroes to practice as bill forfeiting Southern railroad lands was
protest, as heretofore. lawyers in the Courts. considered. Executive communications
They would, however, prefer to hold the
An heiress of Quincy, 111., forced to marry were received, among them one from the
stock, if an arrangement could be made l • • - Secretary of War, transmitting correspon
against her will, has run awayand lowed a
with your Slate for a continuation of the I - deuce between the President and General
ballet company.
loan, and will only accept payment now if I Grant, and on motion it was ordered to be
compelled to do so by a discontinuance of . The report of the Patti-faux marriage is printed and referred to the Reconstruction
the interest. We have written to the Far- revived, the day being fixed about two Committee. On motion of Mr. Stevens, of .-
mere and Mechanics' National Bank of 1 months hence. Pa., the Senate bill removing the political Run-
Philadelphia to 'confer with you on this i A young woman in Bangor, .Me., has I disabilities of Ex-Gov. Patton wasreferred. _
subject before accepting payment, and we , died of arsenic eating, done to beautify her The Southern Railroad Lands bill was ,r..
beg you will give this matter your seriouscomplexion. again considered, but the House adjourned '
consideration and let us know whether an I .
The Georgia Convention has passql an without finally acting upon it.
• ordinance annulling all debts contrftcted . WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.
is possible. Hoping soon to hear from you,
we remain yours, respectfully, prior to the close of the rebellion. i In the U. S. Senate,
passed authorizing
ll yesterday, a resolu-
Secretary of-War to empt . y
council to
H
corn-
AOt'sr BELMONT A CO. l General Grant, it is reported, looks hag-
tion
gard and unhappy on account of his rinnisiumo, Jan. 30, 1868. plicated cares. ; tuewas reported and
defend Generals Meade and Roger or other
officers proceeded against because of the
Mews ' Au g n3t Belmont 4. co., -Yew York: Three thousand dollars have been can-
GENTLEMEN—In reply to your noteof the . Reconstruction acts. On motion of Mr.
tributed by the parishes of Quebec towards
28th, I beg to say that no arrangement can an apa .ouaves.
the Canadi P 1 7 • ' Pessenden, the Judiciary Committee were
be made by which the Messrs. Rothschild directed to inquire into the expediency of
can retain the old loan (now overdue) and
, A 1.14 chess match, by telegraph, between the repealing or changing the act of February,
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continue to draw interest on it. ' clubs of Detroit and Cincinnati, has been 1863, providing for tilling vacancies in the You state that should no arrangement be ' arranged and will soon commence' Executive Department. Mr. Henderson, of
made you will be compelled to accept pay- ! The Homeopathic Medical Society of St. : Mo., introduced a bill amendatory of the
ment under protest. To this we have not ! Louis proposes to establish a college for the Agricultural College act, which Was re
the slightest objection. Your complaints . education of females in their school of medi- ' ferred. The Reconstruction question was
about the injustice of our not paying you one. ' debated. The House bill forfeiting Southern
in gold may seem just to ydn, but to us they ! railroad lands was referred. Mr. Patterson,
seem ridiculous.
!
from the Retrenchment Committee, repor-
I have no doubt Messrs. August Belmont 1 ted a substitute for supplementary Tenure
at Co., had many:, liabilities out, when the ' of office bill. Adjourned.
legal tender act was passed, which became . In the. House, Mr. 13eatty, member elect
due after gold lied risen to a premium of front Ohio, was sworn in. A bill was re
eighty. I have not yet heard of their con- ported and recommitted, providing for a
science compelling them to pay in gold in- railroad from Washington to connect with
stead of the legal tender. We are willing the Northern Central Railroad. The Senate
to give you the pound of flesh, but not one I bill for the protection of witnesses was re
drop of Christian blood. Respectfully. ferred. The bill forfeiting Southern railroad
W. H. KEMBLE, State Treasurer. lands granted by act of Congress, was
passed—yeas 86, nays 72. The Citizens'
,• Protection bill was considered. The Senate
ol resolution, providing counsel for General
Y Meade and others, was concurred in. The
Military Academy Appropriation bill was
considered in Committee of the Whole,
Adjourned.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 18138.
SIR: I have to lick nowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 30th ult., addressed to my
house, in reply to our application on behalf
01 Messrs. N. M. Rothschild al Sous, of
London, who had instructed us to receive
payment of the Pennsylvania State stock
now due, under protest, in case the State
should not pay the principal in coin, and in
ClOll3 no arrangement could be effected hav
ing in view it continuation of the interest
and an extension of the time of redeniri inn
of the capital.
Messrs. Rothschild act in this matter as
trustees of the holders of the debentures of
the late United States Bank of Pennsyl
vania, residing in I . 3iigland and On the Con
tinent of Europe. You scent so Wl'll ae
fluidram] with. the 11111t111,1111 ll'lllUiartiollB of
States and individuals that you must know
that by these debentures It u nilreils of widows
and orplianti have been reduced to beggary.
I , 3lessrs. Rothschild, in trying to save for
their constituents all they con out of the
wreck, have made through my house an
application, which they as well as 1 110e111
Just and I.lllliliillle,llllli tillsllllplielitioll tees
I/111.110 ht 111:0111q0011,11111t1 VeSpoetilli 111111111er.
flu sodoing Itin.ll.ellll,l have evinced
111111 W proof, il' :my was wanted, of their
strict and 11 1 /111/rltlllo aporeeiation tho
.I,ll l .r A tion,, ,K,1111,,,i by them as trustees for
the innocent holders of the wont ilisastrors
security over ueOoliutwl ily their flutist', a
lOgOtilllloll 11,11 1 11 principally 1111011 the
faith of the Slab , of Penns y lvania - lied its
groat banking institution.
Your referentse to the liabilities of iiiy
house, contracted it COlll 111111 11,1S111,
you to have 1 / 1 1 1 1 11 paid 111 11111'11111,y, is :in
impertinent es it is entree iu point of fact.
August Itelniont have IleVer (11,11110(1
to meet any demand for the payment. in
VOW of any liability contracted by them in
coin, before or since the legal tender act.
If they had adopted the vourse towards
their creditors which you propose to take
on behalf of the State of rellllVlVallia to
wards her un fort u mite creditors represented
by the Messrs. Ifothschild there might have
been crude 1 1 X1 . 11,11 1 rot' t Ito lack ~r courtesy
which you 1111V0 exhibited in your letter to
them.
In conclusion, I take this (pportunity to
express my regret that the to or Penn
sylvania should hav» for its Treasurer it
person who could so far tlisgriteu the State
he assumes to ruprrseut, t h u dig
nity of the office he holds, its to reply to it
c i v il ',Nine,: isminiumention it a manner
which toast raise the blush i t'shiunu ou the
cheek ()I' every citizen of that groat soil
honorell State. your shirt serVaill,
\ru~•sr I~I :I.IIu\7•
. .
11' I I' SLIM' Trees
ere' of The Stele of Pennsylvenin, 'Jerrie
burg.
For the Ilfielllgencer
TmvNsiiip, February Ii
\ltivtls. Riotous : In 111, , present alarm
ing crisis, in the history of our country,
when we are evidently drifting into mili
tary despon.un, is it not high time air every
lover of his mentry's wel hire to be up and
doing? I Ills it come to this that the great
American pi(ople, and especially Ulu great
old Democratic pi.irty, who have always
heretofore watched the liberties of their
country with n, jealous eye, have become
so unconcerned or so degenerate as now to
eland with 1011101 M i nim, indifferent. to the
daring and revolutionary Its of those des
perate men who, unfortunately, have the
control of the legislative branch of our tiov
crnment, and who are openly and avowed
ly tearing down the main ot . our po
litical fabric, undermining: the bulwarks of
our safety, and Infringing upon the Con
stitutional prerogatives of the co-ordinate
Launches of our lioveriumuit V Should not
the toesin of 111.11.01 wail its re
verberations strike terror to the hearts of
those daring men who in dragging the
.country down to the verge or ruin?
We have hinted our suslitcl(ins to Con
(servative Republicale) long ago, that all
Was not right, but it the time being; they
,quieted our apprehensions hy telling is that
the Repnblican party, although unani
mously opposed to slavery, would never
tviltingly consent to the political equality
(of their own and the African race.
But now what do we behold V We behold
the leading men of dint party, striving to
place the balance of the political power of
the country in the halide, of tine blacks, by
permitting them to elect members of Con
gress and Presidential elector:, front at
least eleven States of the [Mon, to the ex
clusion of the sons ol those men who fought
In the battles of the American Revolution!
Alas! has the spirit of Seventy-Six depart
ed forever? Where ere the sons of those
:patriotic men, who rushed to 111(3 capital of
Pennsylvania, in the wind: '• of 1s:10, to res
cue their liberties l'oon the grasp of the
usurper?
it Revue:clear that the present programme
is but a counterpart 111 the schemes which
were platted immediately preceding the
Duel:shot war, with but one material ex
ucption, which Was, that the election at that
time was admitted to have been held in
:vide and under the Constitution, while the
present plan is declared to he outside; the
object at that tittle was to admit spurious
members, sufficient to Wake tip a TlOl . lllll
in the liousc Representative, which was
to declare the election of I:manlier Porter
illegal, and cimscrineutly Hillier would hold
over until his successor Was duly qualified,
and according to lit it circular (issued
to their friends) they declared that they
would treat the election at though it had
aim been held, and in that attitmle abide the
result. Their whole project at . the present
time is to 111:11111hkettIre as Wally logos
.01eCIAM'a/ Voles alit it the black element as
will enable them to hold the supremacy and
.elect their candidate Mr President.
But will the people of the great Central
.titates of the l nion—the people of Now
York, Pennsylvania and they
submit to Lnre their 101,0 lu the Electoral
College overbalanced by the votes of bogus
tilectors rem eleven I horn States, man
ufactured to order for the occasion, and
debited into the college by the 111111thillati0118
,Of deidgming mon, through the instrnmen-
Linty of the colored vote? No, they never
can, they never long, will ,11hIllit to such
an atrocious outrage. Time serving office
seekers and unscrupulous politicians will,
of course, pull tip iu the harllOSS_ at the
eraekof the driver's whip, lind there are
Rummands !Ind tens of thousands of honest.
Republicans, who will never willingly con-
Held lltitt the uncient land inarkm of tau Con
stltutlon shall be illegally and forcibly set
.aside or violated with Impunity. I, W.
TrUhl 1111 1,1 runt
lloorgp Fritnolm Train ;nada n spauch In
13omtan, nno night racanily, In which ho
411,4140(AM thi, "groat rotleunt" tlin
fullowlug sitylu:
''The moment It 111011 goes into Trammel
laughter) for the Whim House, us Urittit
tuts been milieu liu outline
Tho billeu•liolitorP4 IVO now idler him like
pilot Mill 111'Wu'It shark, UMW. ut the build
4/1 . OW army was safe, but Grout for Preni•
dent is the most gigantic sell over It off
on an intelligent people, [Laughter, 01 and
dissontd Whenever l flout 111111, 1 hove
the Inclination to may, 'General, 1 I/you:11y
lava /111111.1teS US all you know . ,'
[Laughter.] The dress-elrcle may be fooled
with lily heud•slialcing business, under the
proverb that 'young people should he
soon and not heard,' but the pit re
members the other proverb, ' that
gravity is a mysterious earring() of
the body to cover up the defoutn of the
mind.' [Laughter and applause,] The man
who was a generation [dunning a sidewalk
from his pigeon house at Galena to the rail
way depot, will never be President of the
United States, [Loud laughter.] Bennett
only praises him to kill him, us he did Mc-
Clellan, and when he became Secretary of
War, to help Johnson elide Stanton over
bla back Into the ditch, [laughter], the cork
was out et the bottle, and out came the pol
itic:dans aiming ut the White House. Judge
Sancho Poore, at Barcelona, sagely re
marked that the higher the witness climbed,
the macro he shows his eatesmanehip.
4Loud laughter.] Grunt's mums is famous
on aooount of his wonderful facility for ma
•cadamicing thyrtiad from Washington to
&‘condw li Anna of. American chi
'aetalilliamiation], and for hie daily die
vacua tO,!Stanton, ' send down 20,000 more
m oo to start another graveyard l [Senn-
Sotdally, I Ilke the General, but I
ogallOt Tote for Washburner
THE LANCASTER WEE - KLY INTELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1868.
About t,iiCO destitute negroes were fed by
the Freedmen's Bureau in North Carolina
during the rnolath of December, - and the
number has been increasing since.
The North Carolina Convention voted
down a resolution declaring negroes and
persons unable to read or write ineligible
to the office of Uovernor.
A riot, lasting several hours, occurr,ed
last Monday at Fayetteville, Tenn. It grew
out of the antics of a drunkard. One man
was killed, and several others were injured.
The ( :rand Jury of Blair county last week
presented the county jail in Hollidaysburg
as a nuisance, and totally unlit for the pur
pose for whMh it was designed.
Patti wins recently taken suddenly ill in
Paris, and Miss Harris sang the part ol
Lucia with such effect that a repetition has
been called Mr.
Bradley, the negro leader of the Georgia
]tadicals, and a member of their Constitu
tional Convention, is an ex-convict of the
Sing-Sing (New York) State Prison.
A man named Campbell, charged with
seduction. was shot in the Court room at
Salt Lake l'Uy, on Tuesday, by the father
of his victim.
The North Carolina Convention has pass.
ed a tax bill to provide for the payment Of
inembers, and has asked Gen. Can by to sits
polliNaiOS of property under execution.
The Democracy of Tionesta, Venango
county, elected their burgess and town
council on Monday—the first victory since
the town has been a borough.
Mrs. MeHooty, the mother of fourteen
children, committed suicide at Newport, N.
11., last week, by hacking herself with an
axe and then cutting her throat with a razor.
Col. Edward Maynard, United States
consul at Turks Island, and the eldest son
of II orace Maynard, of Tennessee, died at
Turks Island on the 10th of January.
The bills repealing the cotton tux, author
izing the sale or iron clads, and providing
Mr a whisky meter ,forinnission have been
signed by the President.
A caucus of the Denifieratic members of
the New Jersey Legislature has adopted a
resolution recommending ex °rumor Joel .
Parker for President. WASIIINI , TON, Feb, S.
In the I% S. Senate, yesterday, Mr. Ferry,
1 London, some philanthropists whose
of Connecticut, introduced a bill which was
desire to alleviate suffering is praiseworthy,
referred, supplementary to the Bankrupt
have opened a fair to raisemonl , y for the
, Act. Mr. Patterson's Supplementary Ten •
reliend the numerous starving do.fzi said to
tire of Office bill was passed; vets :I'', nays
be in that city.
9. Mr. Henderson, of Mo., introduced a
The Baltimore Newspapers announce that bill creating an Indian Department, which
the line of steamers proposed to sail between was referred. Mr. Sherman gave notice
that port and Bremen, by way of South- that he would call up his Funding bill, on
ampton, will begin their regblar trips on Thursday.
March Pith. In tile House, a bill was passed, restoring
Rev. Bevy 11. Paddock, of Ifetriot, Mich., to the market the even-numbered sections
was on Monday elected by the Protestant of land along the Pacific railroads. The Le-
Episcopal Bishops in Convention at St. gislative, Executivoand Judicial appropria-
John's Chapel, iu New York, as the Mis- tions were considered. On motion, the Se
sionary Bishop of Oregon. cretary of the Treasury was directed to fur-
The feorgla Convention has been in Nes- !fish a statement of the trade with Canada
sion over thirty days, at a cost of not less since the repeal of reciprocity, and the ar
than one hundred thousand dollars, and rangements for fishing and navigation in
has not yet begun to approach the duty Canadian waters, The Pension Appropria
marked out for its performance. lion bill, and the bill regulating the custody
The New York papers record the death
and expenditure of public moneys were re
of A. M. Cocoons, formerly president of the ported and laid aside for consideration.
WAsmiNcrrox, Feb. 10.
Art Union Association. It is said he was •
The C. • Senate was not fn session on
the first man whw l introduced the minutiae- ,
aturuay.
lure of kerosene in this country.
n the House, the day was given to speech-
There are one thousand and forty-three es on the finances and politics. Among
convicts in the Illinois State penitentiary. the speakers was Mr. Hunter, of Indiana,
That institution is now earning about two whosaid the Domocratsfavored repudiation,
hundred (balms a day over and above ex- and who recommended thatthe Five-twenty
penses.
bonds be paid in greenbacks, or made ex-
Poor Ca rlotta, by order of her physicians, changeable into long bonds taxed one per
is now undergoing a system of mental cent.
shocks. Startling intelligence, which here
tofore was carefully kept from her, is Ilos l / 4 '
brekon to her abrubtly, and she really
scents to improve under the treatment,
The Mobile (Ala.) Times says In several
of the conventions now in session, the negro
members have shown themselves better
behaved than their white associates, pro
bably from the fact of their having been
raised among gentlemen.
Itarpoot is in Asia, on the spot which,
according to some authorities, once was the
Garden of Eden. There the women do all
the work excepting the knitting, which is
kindly perffirmcd by their lords.
The New York Cnamber of Commerce
protests against the reduction of the Ameri
can dollar to the standard of the French
live-franc-piece, without a saving' clause In
favor of existing contracts.
A. F. Fawcett, the recent owner of " Dex
ter," has bought the celebrated trotting
horse " Bashaw, jun.," pn'ying for him
ttll all per pound. " Bashaw " weighed 1,010
pounds, and sold, therelbre, for $15,000.
The hardware store of Lialdemand Co„
in Montreal, Canada, took lire Thursday
night and was totally destroyed. Several
explosions of gunpowder took place, and
three firemen were severely injured. In
sured for $12,000.
Robert Nicol, proprietor of Nicol's Hotel,
at Susquehanna Depot, Scranton, commit
ted suicide on Thursday, January 30th,
by cutting his throat with a butcher knife.
His :Mancha atliurs had got into a bad
state, Mt: property being in the sheriff's
hands.
A medal cast in 1759 from the lead used
to rivet the chains of prisoners confined in
the Hostile, is soon to be sold at Paris. It
bears on one Side a rude representation of
the taking of the Hostile, and on the obverse
an inscription stating the former use of the
metal of which it is composed.
'Phe distress in eastern Prussia is very
great and one village is named, where, out
of a population of eighty, but six bud work;
in none of the houles was there any food,
but very little furdlture, and although the
thermometer stood at 26 degrees, below zero,
only two houses had any lire.
An accident occurred on Wednesday
night to the stock express train on the Erie
Bailway near Liale's,Eddy, Delaware divi
sion, by which the train was upset anti set
on tire, burning to death a boy named
Reardon, of Brooklyn and severely burning
and otherwise injuring Thomas Fitzgib
bons, of Binghamton.
• The finest portrait over painted of Queen
Victoria was pointed by our distinguished
American artist, Sully. This beautiful
work of art was painted for the St. George's
Society„ and represents the young, girlish
sovereign In her royal robes, and by a
happy thought he embellished the stops to
the throne with a trailing wreath of roses,
as indicating the hopes of youth. She was
unmarried at the time tie portrait was
!minted.
't'he Rev. W. C. Hoyt, Secretary of the
Central Centenary Committee, publishes a
summary of the Centenary contributions of
the Methodist Episcopal Cpurch. The con
tributions for connectional and local objects
are embraced in the returns. The Central
Illinois, Detroit, East Genesee, and Minne
sota Conferences have not yet reported.
The Philadelphia and M lehlgan Conference
reports are incomplete. And yet the figures
have already reached the largo total of near
eight and a quarter millions.
Fourteen camels, rained In Texas, have
arrived at Indianola, to be shipped to New
York, and placed In the Central Park In that
city. Somuyearm ago, It will be remeinbured,
IL lot of camels were Imported by the War
Department for nee In transportation of
supplies across Mu desert regions of New
Mexico ; and the lot above referred to came
from that stook, having boon raised in
Camp Verde, Texas.
Moine !dun of the consionption or fish to
London will ho gained by the shandies
published for 18110, during NI/11kb year 1,225
millions of fruoh herrings; 04 'millions fiat
fish; US millions of solos; ono•half million
cod llsh ; 10 millions of sea Cols; 27, millions
or muekorol, etc., were used, 13esides 400
millions or oysters ; 114 millions of lobsters,
ole. Of dried lish, 107 millions of herring,
and 22 millions of cod wore zonsurnod.
At Mound City, Illinois, there are eight
monitors laid up ; and as the' care or them
Is rather a costly and troublesome Job, It
proposed to oxonyato a basin, at a cost of
sloo,ooo, in which they may be allowed to
rot or rust without further expense, There
Is not a chance in a thodsand that river
Iron elude will be needed again, and the
butter way to get rid of our present stook
entirely, Is by breaking thorn up, If pur
chasers for thom, us they lie, can not be
found.
The Japanese aro graciously subrnitilng
themselves to a slow but sure process of
civilization. Steam is about to penetrate
that mysterious country, and soon railroad
and steamboat explosions and catastrophes
will be as fashionable there as here, A
steam carriage for common roads has lately
been built in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is
now en route for Japan. The peguliarity
consists in having the tires for the wheels
made of India rubber, each being five
inches thick and two feet broad. These tires
spread over the ground like an elephant's
foot, stones and other obstructions sinking
into them.
WASIIINUTON, Feb. 7.
In the U. S. Senate, yesterday, a memo
rial was presented from the Arkansas Con
vention, asking power to appoint new State
officers. The funding bills introduced by
Messrs. Sherman and Henderson were re
ported from the Finance Committee, with
a substitute providing for a forty-year live
per cent. consul. A petition was presented
from destitute colored people of North Caro
lina, asking that they be sent to Libera.
The Reconstruction question was debated.
The bill providing for representation at the
Maritime Exposition at Havre was passed,
with an amendment excluding attendant
expense. Adjourned.
In the House, the Citizens' Protection bill
was considered, and Mr. Boyer, of Penna.
gave notice of a substitute, simply declar
ing that naturalized citizens are entitled to
the saine protection as native born in like
ircumstandes, and directing the President
to inform Congress of any breach of such
principle. 'l'lle Army Appropriation bill
was reported. It appropriates $33,000,000,
HMI nudes a provision forhi gradual re
duction of the army. The Military
Academy, and Legislative and Executive
appropriation bills were considered. An
autentlna•nt to the Military Academy bill,
looking to the exclusion of colored cadets,
was rejected, and the bill was passed. The
House adjourned, pending the considera
tion of the Executive and Legislative Ap
propriation bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.
In the U. S. Senate, yesterday, a number
of penslau bills from the House were refer
red. Mr. Henderson, of Mo.. introduced a
bill providing reservations for Indians, and
distributing the surplus of condemned pro
, perty among them, which was referred.
Messrs. Harlan, of lowa, and Tipton, of
Neb., spoke in support of the reconstruction
measures. After an executive session, the
Senate adjourned.
In the House, bills were introduced as
follows : By Mr. Peters, of Me., to allow
defendants in criminal cases to testify in
their own behalf in U. S. Courts, in States
where such is allowed In the courts there
of ; by Messrs. Garfield, of Ohio, Poland,
of Vermont, and Miller, of Penna., relat
ing to the finances; by Mr. Butler, of Mass.,
in relation to suits for captured property;
by Mr. Hooper, of Mass.tchusetts, provid
ing for exportation of spirits in bond;
by Mr. Churchill, of New York, substitu
ting specific:for ad valorem duties on lum
ber and wood manufactures ; by Mr. O'Neil,
of Penna., providing for inspection ofsteam
boat boilers; and by Mr. Miller, of Penn
sylvania, looking to additional reconstruc
tion legislation. All these bills were refer
red. On motion of Mr. Donnelly, of Minne
sota, the State Department was directed to
furnish information in the case of Antonio
Pelletier, an American citizen, who was im
prisoned and had his property confiscated
in Hayti. Various Executive communica
tions were received. Mr. Stevens, of Penn
sylvania, moved that the impeachment tes
timony taken by the Judiciary be referred
to the Reconstruction Committee. The reso
lution was adopted, after being amended
at the suggestion of Mr. Brooks, of New
York, so as to call for the additional letter
of the President to Gen. Grant. The Legis
lative appropriations were considered, and
the House soon after adjourned.
Proceedlows of the Legislature,
HARRISBURG, Feb. 5.
SENATE.—In the Senate yesterday, not
much business of public Importance was
transacted.
Mr. Beck, of Lycoining culled up an act
relative to insurance companies, as follows :
" that all the provisions of the law of April
127, 1857 (rd)owing suits to be brought against
agents of companies In any county), shall
apply to life and accident insurance com
panies." Passed.
Mr. Fisher, of Lancaster, extending the
time for completing the Columbia and Or
torero Railroad to six years. Passed. Ad
ourned.
In the House the morning session was
apent In the consideration of private bills.
Au evening session was held at which the
tree railroad law was discussed, the bobate
assuming a vary wide latitude. Mr.
Jencks, in opening ono of his speeches,
openly and earnestly denounced the lan
guage used as such as might have been
heard in the lowest brothels. He pro
nounced it unworthy of legislators and of
the Intelligence of the country, and deliver
ed a scathing rebuke for its use. Finally,
after numberless personalities, and a con
tinued discussion having no bearing on the
Immediate subject before the House, the
Speaker announced that lie would no
longer tolerate the course the debate had
taken, whereupon the discussion of the
legitimate subject was resumed.
11AltIlltillIJR0 Feb. ti,
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SENATE.—The special committee has re
ported favorably on the act regarding the
use of Penn Square, A bill was introduced
relative to the assessment of taxes, which
was referred to the Judiciary Local Com
mittee, an was also a bill relative to import
ud grain, etc. An act was offered by Mr.
Wallace malting it unlawful to tax moneys
at interest, or stocks for county, munialpal,
or school purposes, at a higher rate than
three•tantlim per cont, of the assessed value;
referred to the Mimeo Committee. Ad
journed.
110 USE.—The special order IVO/4 WO COlf ,
sidoration pi' resolutions proposing certain
amendments to the constitution, restricting
the pay of memboro of the Legislature to
8700, and conferring the right to vote to such
froomen, without regard to color, as can
road the Constitution of the State, John
Hickman, the author otitho resolutions, led
off in a long speech in favor of negro suff
rage. Mr. Junks replied in an able spooch
and was followed on the same side by Mr.
Heise.
HARRISBURG, Feb. 7.
SBN ATE. —lll Senate yesterday an excited
debate occurred in ,regard to the Pittsburg
papers, several Senators denouncing them
as unreliable and abusive. The charter of
the Washington Library Company of Phil
adelphia was repealed. IMr. Billingfelt
an act to incorporate the Delaware and
Lancaster Railroad Company, capital stock
$1,000,000, with the right to build a railroad
from a point on the Delaware river near
Point Pleasant, in Bucks county, via
county line, Phoenixville, Pughtown, Mor
gantown, Churobtown_, and New Rolland,
to a point at or near Lancaster City, with
the right to bridge the Delaware. Bills
worn introduced remitting penalties charged
by the State against the different counties,
and authorizing interested parties to tes
tify in civil suit.
In the Rouse, bills authorizing assessors
to supply omissions of taxable real estate
in assessments, and relating to volunteers'
bounties wore passed. The Senate resolu
tions endorsing Secretary Stanton were re
ferred ; also the resolutionsagainst the pur
chase of additional territory. The bills re-
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pealing the Sunday law and modifying . the , A * me . we THE ICE MS THE SITSQIIEHANNA.-We THE GREAT TOPIC OF THE DAP 18 the healing
Uglier law were considered. Resolutions pat gutentg",„4,. have been informed by a gentleman from of afflicted persons by the laying on of hands,
providing for adjournment on March 10, the southern part of the county that an 1m- as practiced by Drs. Monroe et Haseenplug now
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and ask/ ng congress to demand the release Imanse body of ice has been formed on the operating in this city. We have given from
REGISTER OF SALES for which bills have : Susquehanna by the late intensely cold time to time accounts of many remarkable
of politecal prisoners in England were i
passed. printed at the office of the INTELLIGENeen, weather, and that at several points along cares th ey h ave pereermed since their arrival
Haniusnume, Feb. 8, and which are advertised in this paper :. the river parties have been =mil* On toot ,at Reese's City Rotel in Lancaster; to-day we
and even with horses and sleighs. At Havre . can give a few more as reported to us. lix. A.
SENATE.-The senate was not in session , Farm Stock, p.c.:l:L=l; H o rexi r o g ic: ,
yesterday.
Tomllson, deed. In Lancaster twp., de Grace, where the river empties into the .
J. Bockell, of this city, who was very hard of
HousE.-An act incorporating the North ' near Lancaster city Feb. 15th , Chesapeake Bay, horses and sleighs have h
j wiring, called slew days ago upon thesee natty
Pennsylvania Railway Company was in- I Household and Kitchen Furniture of been crossing in safety for some time. It Is I
celebrated physicians,and after ashen com
e 15th to be hoped that no sudden change of the
. I saltation and but one treatment had his lost
Schuylkill water. An act extending the Stoc f . e . yar e. d.3.... . _ . „ 1 , weather
trodneed, as was also one relative to the
5i Jam1i e f e 1Zic h k f M. , .... e _.......—........„. Ke11y
at
St will cause this immense body or
hearieg restored as well as ever it was. Mr.
"" ice to be hastily broken up, for in such cases
Heckel' vouches hinaseetfor this statement.
time for the completion of the AttlebOrOngh Fat m Stock, Implementa, Household
Railroad was passed. A resolution was., and Kitchen Furniture, M Mahlon , the current of the river is not sufficient to
passed requesting the State Treasurer to Fox, in Sadsbury township, near carr y the masses of i ce t h roug h t h e n a r row , Miss Anna Rill, Cady who hadsuffered irons
report the number and names of th e p res i_ s Christiana
„,...
... _ o 17th parts of the stream. The ice then becomes Chronic Ritenmatiamfor flyeyears,after being
Personal Property of Phoebe Ann
Johns Lancaster city, Win. A. Fier- gorged, the huge masses are forced on top ! ender their treatment, can now walk with
.• p .m of each other, and obstructing the passage i freedom, and considers herself almost or quite
dent judges of the various courts, with their
respective salaries and theamount received ton. athe e n e etrater
by each last year. Adjourned. to Monday . Farm Stock and Implements of Mrs, of the water they cause the river to over- !as well as well as ever, •
evening. C. E. Clark, in Drumore twp........._... - Istin flow, and are themselves driven with itn- , These statements and miraculous cures
manse force on its shores and islands. It . which they have performed, ought to be cheer-
In HAPPISBURG, Feb. 11. Real Mate of Sarah' Volgt, deed, at
Solomon Sprecher's Hotel, City of
.. is , h is in this way that so many bridges have I Log news to the afflicted, as there are many in
the Peansylvama Senate, yesterday, Lancaster
I
various M
cal bills were introduced. In the Farm Stock and implements of Pen. been swept away on the Susquehanna, and
House, a bill was reported granting pen- rangton Moore, in Coleraine twp.. so much damage done to the warehouses . this community no doubt who still need their ,s services. They should embrace the present
sions to soldiers of 1812. Bills were intro- near Kirkwood " 20th and other buildings, which are necessarily ,
opportunity afforded them for relief, as Drs.
dated establishing a House ofeCorrection ; Real.Ea y te of
Wm. llebecca M. Eckman,
N. Galbraith, Admi n- built close to its shores, 1
• Monroe and Hassenplug will remain hereof:ay
repealing the act increasing the fees of the deed, istrator, in Colerain twp., near --
Clerk of Quarter Sessions, and imposing a Kirkwood e 20 , 5 „ THE WEATHEIti-The weather fur a i until the first of March, owing to engagements'
penalty for locking the doors . of railway Farm Stock, Implements, etc., of W. a week past has been remarable for its cold- elsewhere They should therefore call at once I
cars and lighting the cars with explosive N. Knox in Paradise township, near ness, and the sleighing for its continued I upon ' \these pyslcians while the chance is
fluids. Williamstown
20t°
excellence. The roads have been in an ad- offered: -
Personal Property of Nancy McComs " mirable condition for all kinds of convey
"Oul THAT WILL BE Joie/rust" When man
sey. Startle township •' 20th
antes on runners, and those who are the
; wanbilenwaomtrieirei th ou ro to w l • = 4 PlEl oo c rn i t4B, o
ii„l,,,,e;ednoeirsg,e't,
getting Farm Sock, Implements and House-
Character of the South Crirollna Black
hold Furniture of Wm. Reed, near happy possessors of a good horse and sleigh
Crook.
Smyrna •• 21st are making the best possible use of them. ! out of order ° , tak
Correspondence of the World.] Farm Stock and Implements of J. H. ,
, s The sky during the past few days has been . Dyspeptic, Nervous Jaundiced II 'p' Ado ped, low .
CHARLESTON, S. C., Jan. 30. Hensel, Drumore twp - .•-'-' • invested with a sombre hue; the sun seems Spirited, Weak, or a' e you sick saidon't know
The negro convention has been in session Personal Property of Jobu Hoffman, •
here tor two weeks. It is a remarkable East Hempneld twp .. ;td to want his usual power, while frost and 1
w se hi ea c t h eils we
cuyoduweit4Wuer
great
satisfaction
ecramended to try the Plantation Bitters,
Household and Kitchen Furniture of snow, for the present at least, enjoy cona
body. The negro delegates are in the ma-
Mary J. Harpol, in Upper Leacock plate sovereignty over Nature. The poor We success. Delleate ' F
jority, a number of them from the Northern township
g. Their cet i tu _ Bitters. The sale is perfectly
" '-' 2l of our city suffer most keenly from the cold
Habits, Lawyers.and persalon.rs'oTSManZ
States, and those whose antecedents are Real Estate and Personal Property of
•biting winds, which even pierce through our Habits, are particularly benefited by these
known are decidedly disreputable cbarac- Henry Shopf, dee'd., Manor twp..... -21 th
warm comfortable clothin d
tern. The presiding officer is a white man, The extensive Farm Stock, Imple
ments, etc., sy Sarah J. Eckert, at . _ lion, however, is unknown to the majority ,
who first saw the light in the Charleston
M•G.:Nokia WATER 1 a dell b
sg tful toilet. ar,
Spriegwell 31111 s, in Paradise tw0.... " Soth of our citixens , who bent upon the pursuit uci '
jail, and there are other white members ,
file Farm Stock, consisting of thor - e-superlor to Cologne and ut half the price
of business or pleasure pass thoughtlessly s e t, is 0
who have had considerable acquaintance ough-bred animals, Farm Wagons,
-wd a w
by them. These who would meet with vice
with bars and grates. The papers here 1e- etc.. or B. J. McGrann, in Manhelm
port the proceedings daily, made up li p near Lancaster city - e.,,,5, and its consequences, poverty and stiffer- ' LADIES who are suffering from certain com
Fa t r ° m w tlee l s' and Implements of Chris. - ing, should visit the alms house and the plaints, knownonly
principally of " points ill , . order' and
~ , t ofemales, ehoultiatonce
Clan B. Hess, West Lampeter twp.... " 26th 1 prison, which at this season of the year are
wordy discussions, through all of which Personal Property ofJno. Moore, dee'd crowded with the degraded and abandoned . get Dr. Velpau 8 .1. emale Pills. They produce a
it is impossible to see anything of . In Cecil county, Md
" 2th I of both
sexes and all as•es The lesson most charming effect. Sold byall •
Druggists.
a constitution. The members have voted Real Estate of John Williams, dech.,
themselves deuce dollars per diem, and Personal In Bait township . _..... . . ....... .'e; 1
i ' taught b such a scenewould make the A GREAT MEDR - Popular-POpttlar beyond belief
Property of Polly Foltz, most dissatisfied Y. cCatietlt With their .
twenty cents mileage ; and as they eat in widow, in the Village of Peters- lion, and lead them to be thankful (hat condi- will become Rowbotlumes Life Drops. The
the market and roost promiscuously among ! burg
“ 27 •0 . their lots are not cast, very invention of the age, their introduction
their colored friends, their daily expenses ' Farm Stock and Implementsol David I'will work a change in the entire system of me
can scarcely exceed fifty cents. Their Rambo, near Coehranville SI tr. 2,1 t "Where Misery moans; dicine. No more cholera and complaints of
special tax bill to raise the funds for theirof Wm. Ray, deed ,
Personal property d i , .. , Where sickness pleas; where thirst sad ban-
Eden twp., Geo. Marks , a rain st re Rh I gar burn ; the stomach and bowels, It cures the worst
eno tl , :on o d im wm d en re- ..
• And poor misfortune feels the lash of vice." cases when all other medicines have failed
own pay will take about one dollar and Farm Stock, Implements, Household
(went five cents out of every $lOO worth . and Kitchen Furniture ofIL E. Haub
Sold by all druggists.
of property in the State, and this bill , near Quarryville, Drumore twp " sth SPECIAL SESSION Os' COURT.--A special
I
General Canby will no doubt enforce. God Stock and Farm Implements of Dr. J.
to d w ee .s d i4 near QuarryWe,
.. • meeting of Quarter Sessions was held this ' -
I Lir . umo u re b, Ith morning to hear all applications for new
help the white inhabitants of this country! '
Last year the taxes could not be paid, and
, 1 Farm Stock, Implements, etc., of T. tavern licenses, and also those licenses fir -- -_
are not yet paid, and this year brings its ' NV. Henderson, Esq., in Salisbury old tavern stands which were disputed.
Aidi- To Marry or Not to Marry
own burden, with this enormous Conven- township, near the White Horse The case of a boy named Henry Manning,
WRY
lion tax superadded. And the tax-payers 1 ' Household " 6th . twelve years of age, the son of William serious Reflections ror Young Men, In Essays of
' Manning of Mount Joy, was disposed of, the lloweramssociation, et; the ehysiologleil Errors,
ehold Goods and Furniture of
are not represented in this Convention-
Thos. W. Henderson, Esq., in Salts
were studiously kept outside the ring-re- bury township, near the White It seems that the boy is a very bad ono and Abuses and Diseiwes induced byignorauceorNature's
gard the whole proceeding as a tyrannical Horse Tavern .. 11th cannot be governed by his parents. He set Laws, In the first age or man, bent In sealed letter
and monstrous outrage, and are required to --- ' fire last summer to a barn belonging to Mr. envelopes, Ironer charge. Adess Dm 2. SKILL'S
pay the expenses. SALE Brete.-Any of our patrons in the ' Hershey, by which it was entirely destroy- . HOUGHTON, Howard Assoc d iat r ion.
, Philadelphia.
Among the most mouthy and officious of county can order sale bills by letter, and ed. He was detected in the act of firing a jail 31 3md,tw
the white delegates are C. C. Brown, an ex- have them sent by the next mail. Our j o b buildin g in Mount Joy the other day, which ,g -To Farmers and Plantere.-TheStib•
Confederate cavalry Captain, who, for for-, office is one of the most complete in the . led to his arrest. These facts being clearly scriber offers for sale "AM tous or
gory aud•otber offences, was court-martialed State, and our rates are its low as any other proven, the Court committed hint to the DOUBLE REFINED POUDRETTE
and dismissed the service; F. J. Moses, Jr., . in the city, House of Refuge. of lie Lodi Manufactiylng Company, made from the
a little Uriala steep who was blatant for se- -.--
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HANDSOME COUNTRY RESIDCE AND night soil, blood, bones, offal and dead animals of
cession, and was private secretary to Gov- Luce e SCAIMARY.-Eli tI. Schwartz, Newyork c i t . ty, p f r o i r co w a rt l l l ti v h the company have exchi.
a graduate of Franklin and Marshall Col- IMPROVEMENTS.-Mr, David Si.. Mayer of
ernor Pickens, and as his aid raised the
' loge of this city, and a lawyer 01 Allen- Manheim township, has built for himself stun
i li n W tr INTY-EIGHT DOLLARS Peet TON,
rebel flag on Poet Sumter after the fight
was over and Anderson had left, and was town, Pa., was admitted last week to prat- during the past season, Oil his farm near DeLivered on board or curs or boat at Philadelphia Ilr
this city, one of the hundsomest ant most ihr WEIGHT to say high.prlced superphosphate ill
siarramed by the Company to be rig ml WaloßT
and, as . lice as an Attorney at Law lit the several'
enrolling officer during the war;
the Mercury says, aided the rebellion in courts of lierks county.
-A number of shares of the Union:Nit- convenient:and substantlal residences that market. The result, on Corn, Cotton, Tobacco and
can be found in the county. grata have been astonishing the past season. It Ina
every way, only wisely keeping out of the ,
' [tonal Bank of Mount Joy was recently Mr. Mayer has seta good example to our tures the crop from tea days to Va.(' weeks earlier,
light. As he followed the Pickens then it is
sold by the administrator of John Kline, wealthy and well-to-do farmers and others, sad doubles the crop.
not strange that he should folios,' the pick
deceased, for $52.50 and $51.50 per share, in uniting in his residence all the convert i -
known Pampi p il l e a t st s e v r ith .. e d ert r i a ti r eat e t r S , 02 , 1:3 a o tl y r o c r i v ti
i. o f r or NLe . l . l
urge still. Of these and others the Mercury !
s
gives biographical sketches, which, it Is -The First National Bank of Downing- ences and comforts of a home, together with
town, Pa., has gone into voluntary liquida• beauty of design and appearance. ran, seta 'roe to mutate a m ppl . y , ing by letter or other
said, are to be issued hereafter in pamphlet '
' don, and the First National Bank of noney- Mee, to PAUL POHL, .1 R.,
In many Instances convenience only, and aft, r. am 6 130Sullth Wharves, Philadelphia.
form. Whittimore, a Massachusetts man,
brook, Pa., has been organized in Its place. In others appearances only, at a sacrifice of
Is the live gorilla of the concern, and bas
-John Eckert, of Paradise township was comfort, are consulted; but Sir. Mayer lias, ca- Great Care Taken with the Hewing
made more money out of the negroes than
I kicked some days ago In the forehead 'by a in his house, united comfort and convene-
JONES' ONE PRICEI CLOTHING.
~
OLD ESTABLISHED STORE,
-but all In the name of Ilia new gospel. I mule, and rendered Insensible for a few
any cotton or rico planter probably ever did
ante with durability and beauty. All in
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' hours,
-Harry Myers, at Shober's Eagle Hotel,l ne BASKET STREET, ONE noon ABOVE SIXTH,
such us contemplete building. will do well busluess on the One Price Syst m, and we be
all his place is hard to be excelled, and For many years this Establishment has done
Decline of Native Population.
. to examine It.
One of the most curious facts disclosed lu offers a reward of $lO for the finding and re. neve we are the only Clothing house In the
the discussions of Social Science Associa- turn of is gold chain lost by him on Friday. Much credit is due to Mr. Henry C. Sell- cLty .. tl e t a a r t . s e tr d ic a tt r y; a u d t l r a i e t f o o n s t , o4 i l i t o lt i t i p w ri e n a c r ittle. r. N . V , 7
nor of this city, under whose supervision '
dons was contained In a paper read by Dr. , - Balloted Monthly for March contains .
Nathan Allen before the American Associa- , the usual amount of choice and interesting the building was erected, for the good qua!• e t f, for good taste inselecting good styles r and
ity of the work and the successful manner for having all of ourgmods.
substantial materials, and not less Ltriportaut,
non convened at Boston. It is that the na• reading matter. It is one of the cheapest
published. To be had at our In which the design, drawn by Samuel _
rive popuhition of Massachusetts is dying , magazines
EXTRA WELL MADE.
by addressing Elliott, Sloan, was carried out. We employ the best talent for Cutters, and
out, and that but for immigration and its book 'Sores, or
'sutural increase, a calculation could be ' Themes and Talbot, the publishers, lions- Wm. L. Peeper, Esq., has also commenced our Goods are of both kinds-Fashionable and
Plain-so that all y tastes can be Hutted. The
made of the number of years in which that ton, Mass, improving sad beautifying, his farm and prices are the ver lowest, as any one by a
State would be entirely depopulated. It is __ mansion on the Marietta Turnpike, near moment's thought compete, or otherwise we
mentioned that whereas in 1765 nearly one IMPORTANT RAILROAD ENTERPRIsE.- this city. . could not meet the competition ot our neigh
bors, for as no deductions are ever made, we
half of the population of Massachusetts was . A bill providing for the construction of u
under fifteen years of age not more than ' new railroad, which will add much to the TILE FIRE ON SATURDAY.-On Saturday must put our prices down to the lowest ilgure,
so as to givo to our customera all the advan•
one-fifth of it is under tha ' t age at the pre- ' prosperity of our city, was introduced into afternoon a fire occurred in a two-story Lazes we promise.
sent time. The average number of children the Senate by Hon. E. Billingfelt on the oth frame building in Peacock alley, between The people may depend, this Is the true plan
in American families is stated to be only lost. The proposed road will leave the Lemon end .lames streets. The house is upoiiiwnichto do business, and many a dollar
about one•third that of foreign born families. Delaware river at Point Pleasant in Bucks occupied by Mr. Kerchesner, and belongs can be staved
to Clothing buyers by keeping In
The infant mortality is us great in the rural ' county, and will pass through Pughtown, to Jacob B. Amwake, Esq. The lire was mind
districts as in the cities, only about three- ' Morgantown, Phamixville, Churchtown caused by the heat of a stove, and was firstJONES' ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE;
ARKET STREET,
fifthe of those who are porn in either arriv• 1 and New Holland to a point at or near this ' discovered between the laths and the weath- of on the Corner but ono Door above S i l y x .. th,
bag at adult life, It Is not surprising that . city. The corporation is to commence con• or-boarding of the house,where it burnt out mar 12
these statements of Dr, Allele have startled , strutting the road within two years, and It ' considerable of the wood work. The Wash-
Massachusetts, but as the Irish and Ger- ' has the right, with the consent of the Legis- ington Fire Company with their engine .
ems PER DAY.
mans make very valuable accessions to the luture of New Jersey, to construct a bridge were soon at the fire alter its discovery, and
sr A a r e t i lL g ean i l 3 ,e u d . i . M .. t . t.l . e
e l tv ° lP 'e la r t a .a a n ie d ; ll Lo on ct or tl at t e d
native people, and their continued immi- over the Delaware river. The Importance succeeded in a very short space of time to T
gration and healthful increase will prevent .of this railroad to our city and county can- completely extinguish the flames ; fortu- Steady exiiployment the year'round. No capi:
the State from becoming a wilderness, there , not lee ever-estimated. It will bring into nately the house suffered no materiel in-
tal required. Address,
is no cause for despondency as tolls future.-- . the Markets of the great commercial isle- Jury REEVES S CO.,
No. 78 Nassau street,
Baltimore Sun • fro ohs of New York the rich agricultural July 13 tiw 28 New York.
JOSEPHINE, lir iNIUHLIIACThe Muhl
and mineral products of a portion of our
........._ - bath well sustains her high fame in this -
State, which hue hitherto suffered greatly
.
. .
now historical romance. Indeed, we hardly
Latest by Telegraph ! , for want of proper facilities for trade and
_ travel. The citizens of Lancaster oity and know whether we ought not to drop the --
word romance, and call it plain history at lleeeen-Amenouse.-On the nth bariL, by Rev,
county should render every assistance in ,
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once,-...----
It reads like a history; it is made upEckert, Mr. James SI. Beller to Miss
, their power
In
the enterprise, and all money of
i Althonse, both of Quarryville, this
known facts; its:heroines and its heroes •' , ; lB l'mna
Congressional.
expended toward aiding the constructions of county.
wereonce flesh and blood, and not all the
WASHINOToN, Feb. 11. the railroad will be returned ten-fold in the . Jones-Coekeree-On Owed Mat., at Coop-
Muhlbath could invent a more wonderful er's Hotel, by the Rev J. J. Strine Henry
SENATE.-Mr. Davis proceeded to address advancement of the city anti county in MI- series of events then befel the sweet young Johns to Miss Elizabeth Conklin, both or West
the Senate on the supplementary recoil- . provements and wealth.
creole who shed the only soft human light Homptleld. .
struction bill.
BISHOP-LINDEOWTH.-On the tith lost., at
that gleamed across the pat e
pathway of Napo-
Mr. Wiley, from the Committee on I'n[- el
-AI LIMA li TO PEACHI3OTTOM. -A rail- Honing's Hotel, by the same, B. F. Bishop to
loon. The book is called " The Empress
ents,. reported, without amendment, a bill road from Hanover Junction on the North- . Miss B. E. Lin demnth, both of W
eat Donegal.
Josephine," but it far less concerns her his- . ' M011.2 4 -Siwurz.-On the 4th inst., at Greta
requiring persons applying for patents to ern Central Railway, to Peaehbottotn Ferry,
tory and character as the sharer of a throne, er's Hotel, by the Rev. W. T. Gerhard, Addison
give public notice of the same, is in contempletion Tim total length of
' than as the sovereign mistress of one Way- Molia, of Petersburg, to Sarah Shultz, of Rothe-
Ilouse.-Mr. leuutrump, of Ohio, pre- 1 the road will he about '25 miles, and the
svard heart, the only woman whom Napo- ' ill° .
sented is petition praying Congress to au- i distance between York and PeRehbOUOM SNYDER-STRORL.-011 the Rh beet., at r the
loon ever loved, and his cold macritice of
thorize the issuing of legal-(ender notes , by this route about .i 3 miles. The country
whom brought down upon him the terrible . s eeti e ttfe l if e est b Zlins s ol l l 3 :l 2 o e i.ilis N, Yffle S . liyde to
sufficient to pay the bonds of the United . thrpugh which it would pass Is rich, popu- penalty of his subjugatien and solitary Reen-Aeares.-On the 6th inst., by the
States. Referred to the Committee on Ways Imes and productive, and there is no reason death.
This 'Teat story of actual life, the same, at the bride's house, In Walnut street,
and Means. . why it should not pay. The southern see-
most marvellous i 'h
pet 'traps to be Muni. in all Francis Ruth, Jr., to Elvira Ayers, both of
Mr. Windom, being dissatisfied with the tiou of Lancaster county would furnish it ,
result of the drawing for seats yesterday, with a large amount of trade and travel, the annuls of courts, is told in a manner Lancaster City,
tried to get in, as a privileged question, a . We hope it may be speedily constructed , worthy of the theme by the famous German j ''''''''''
resolution for a new draw, but did not Nile- In our opinion the managers of the North-
novelist. It is more of a love-tale than
(Ted. ern Central Railway would find it to he ;t some of her other books, and shows her to
The House then proceeded to the consider- paying investment. great advantage as a delicate analyst of the -
grand passion, The pictures, we predict
ation of the bill reported from the Com- . ----a--
mittee on Foreign Affairs, concerning the ANOTHER PREsENTATION BY FIREMEN, will command general admiration. They
rights ofAmerican citizens in foreign States. --Oil last Wednesday evening a com are not behind the best of those which irrad
e isle the dulness of Cho English magazines.
The Speaker laid before the House a mes- mittee of the "Liberty Steam Fire Co., No,
sagefrom the President, transmitting a copy ,5, of Reading," arrived in this city, for the Gaston Fay is the artist. He is art A meri
of his last letter to General Grant, in com- purpose of presenting to the American Fire can we understand, and we hail his appear
,pliance with the resolution adopted yeller- I Co., No. b, of Lancaster, a set of fire horns, "inc us a promised relief from the long
: as a testimonial of regard for the hospita. nof artistic mediocrity. For a realize-
On - of
the dolcc far moldy.,
du &
motion of Mr. Books, the letter was ' ty extended by the members of the Amerl-
Lion e
read at length. It is moderate in tune and , can to the Liberty during their visit to our the delicious Josephine at Martinique, and commend us to
argumentative in style, though rather long. ' city on the occasion of the great parade for maidenly sweetness, to Ilortense lean
a einst the garden fence.
The President reminds the General that, last October. Thecormnitteeof the Liberty, in - s g'
according to his own showing, he had not . consisting of E. A. Mass, Esq., Wm. Ma-
COLUMI3IA ITENI,.-We clip the following
only concealed from the President his de- ! guire atidJohn Weitzel, Assistant Engineer
from the Herald.
sign circumventing him, but had been in- ' of the Reading Fire Department, were met
duced to suppose that he would carry out at the dspot by a committee of the Anieri-is about 12
The ice on the d Susquohanna .
Ids purpose to keep Mr. Stanton out of can, and escorted to the American Engineour iron
inches thick an .We notice that ot . .
office. He also says that he knows of no - House, where the company was assembled. masters are hauling ore across with six
law that would have been violated if Grant E. A. Mass, Esq., having been introduced, mule teams.
had resigned the office of Secretary of War:, presented, in a neat speech, a set of horns, The work on the Coal Chutes of the Read-
Its conclusion is in these words: Without , consisting of a inagnificeet silver parade , ing 1t Columbia R. R. Co., is rapidly pro
further comment upon the insubordinate horn and two brass service horns. S. le gressing. It will be ready for operation by
attitude which you have assumed, I ern at . Itathvon, Esq., received the gift in an ap- the time navigation opens,
a loss to know how you can relieve your- ' propriate speech on behalf of the Amore- The annual election for Directors of the
self in obedience to the orders of the Pres- can, After the presentation, the American Columbia Insurance Company, was held on
ident, who is made by the Constitution the escorted their guests to the hotel of Jon. Monday last, at which time the following
Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Sprecher, where a magnificent collation persons were elected for three years :
Navy, and therefore is the official superior , was spread by " minehost "of the Leopard, Robert Crane, Amos S. Green, Samuel
as well of the General of the Army as of who, ea passant, always does such things ' F. Eberlein, William Patton, Nicholas Mc
the Secretary of War, tip in a style unequalled in Lancaster.- Donald, leendrich, Henr G. Minnich.
The communication from the President After the substanuals were disposed of, y
Mr. F. C. Aarms, Assist. Engineer of
is accompanied by notes from Secretary's j complimentary toasts were offered and re-
Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad, left
Seward, McCulloch, Wells, Browning, and 1 sponded to by Messrs. Mass, Maguire and .
this place on Friday last, in charge of two
Postmaster General Randall, which were I Weitzel, of the Liberty, and Messrs. Am- of
, corps engineers; or o purpose ~
read by the Clerk. , wag, Evans, White and Rathvon, of the
ing the location of said road. On Monday
American. The Glee Club of the American
last they had reached the bluffs at Turkey
discoursed some excellent music during the , Hill. From thence down to leitz's Eddy,
entertainment. At a late hour the party I
, a distance of eighteen miles, the work lies
dispersed, having spent an exceedingly
. through one continuous bluff of rocks. In
pleasant craning. The parade born is of
silver, and is is magnificent piece of work- ! many places the rocks are perpf.ndicular,
ranging from fifty to ono hundred feet ill
manship, exceeding in style and beauty heighteand the only way LW ;get around
'Anythin g of the kind hitherto in Lances-
ter, whilst the service horns are neatly and them
is by the aid of the Ice, this being the
substantially inado. reason that the engineers started out at this
season of the year. In the vicinity of the
I high rocks rope ladders will have to be used
to enable them to take the cross sections,
which operation Is performed at every hun•
drod feet in distance.
From Washington.
WAsHtNOTON, Feb. IL—Some of the
newspapers err In stating that the Supreme
Court has dismissed the IslcArdle case. The
opinion which was delivered yesterday was
in support of the order heretofore dLstniss
ing fur want of political jurisdiction.
The Georgia and Mississippi bills filed at
the December term of 1866, praying the in-
terposition of the Court to restrain the mili
tary authorities from carrying into execu-
MANHEI3I AFFAIRS.—From the Man ,
tton certain pens of the reconstruction acts. . helm Sent.c/
The Court has not yet pronounced an Preaching in the' Lutheran Church, In
opinion on the motion to dismiss the Mc- this place, to-morrow (Saturday) evening,
Ardio case for want of Jurisdiction. Yes- rat half past six o'clock, by the Rev. Mr,
torday, after the Georgia and Mississippi, Knight, of Wrightsville, Pa.
case had. been disposed of. Judge Black Rev. J. Zern will also preach his fare
filed a now bill In behalf of the State of ' well sermon, in the German language, on
Georgia, against Generals Grant, Meade, Thursday evening next, in the Evangelical
Rimer, et al., it is understood that this bill Church in this place,
seeks to avoid all the difficulties encoun- On Thursday evening next, at seven
tored in the former requirements, and 1 o'clock the Rev, T. B. Barker, of Lancaster
wit tithe
rise distinctly a question n
injunction
to to !city, will preach In the Episcopal Church In
protect this, if payed for. The time for I this plops,
bearing the argument Is not determined The Protracted Meeting, which has been
upon. The Kentucky delegation have re- going on for the last three weeks in the
ceived a telegram stating that Senator Evangelical Church, was brought to a close
Guthrie, of that State, has resigned his seat on Tuesday evening. Wo understand that
ten convert sduring the meeting.
In thewere made
S. Senate.. .
David Snickler charged with 111-treat.
From Europe—Per Cable. went and using threatening language to-
LONDON, Feb. 11—Forenoon.—To-da wards his wife, was brought before Squire
Danner a few days ego, who in default of
bonds are quiet at 711 ; at 13s ; Erie ball committed him to Prison'
at , 17.4
Pants, Fob, 11—Foronoon.—The Bourse
is strong; routes advancing,
LivintrooL, February 11—A. hl.—Cotton
opens limner and advanced I.lod. Sales of
10,000 bales uplands at 81d., and Orleans at
mid.; others steady.
LONDON, Feb. 11—Afternoon.—Bonds
firmer at 711; Erie at 471.
Ltvxtu , oor,, Feb. 11.—Cotton bubyant.
Uplands at tld. on the spot, and SI (1. to ar.
rive,
liuuneliestor utilities aro favorable. The
market for yarn fabrics Ix firmer and higher.
ISroadstuffs aro gonivally Ilrtn.
California Wheat at 15s. 10(1,
Oats ut no. 10d.
Pork nt 725. 6d.
Bacon at 38s. Dd.
Tallow ut 425, lid,
ANTWERP, Fob.ll.—Petroluum firmer.
Death of Ste David Brewster
LONDON, Feb. 11.—Sir David Brewster,
the celebrated English physician and dis
tinguished scientific discoverer and author,
died last evening at the advanced age t,f
87 years.
The British iron-clad ship-of-war Her
cules, said to bo the largest in the world,
has bison successfully launched at Chatham
dock yard.
Distilleries Seised
BOSTON, Fob. 11.—The New York Rove.
nuo Ott ere seized two distillerlem, and the
whiskey ring is greatly agitated.
Death of Professor Richardson.
ROOICESTER, N. Y., Feb. 11.—Profossor
Richardson, of the University of Ronhester,
died to-dny.
A Man Carrion Away by the Ice.
PLYMOUTH, MASS, Feb. U.—Private
O'Regan, of 00.0, U. H. Artillery, while at
tempting to pass from here to Fort Andrew
was carried In the bay by drift loe and
periehed. He belonged in Roxbury.
LOWER END ITERII.—Wo find tho follow
ing brief items, pertaining to the lower end
of Lancaster County, In the Oxford Prexv of
this week
'rho millc holm of Jacob J. Brown, In
Colorain twp., Lancastor county, was rob
hod of two hams, it sbouldor and other
plows of moat, on tho owning of the 28th
ult, 'The thieves woro board by Mrs,
who ran out to give tho alarm, but they ran
past boy with the moat in bogs upon thoir
shoulders, Thoy woro black mon.
Levi Kirk Intends to rebuild the store at
Kirk's Mills, Lancaster county, as soon as
possible in the spring, to bo occupied by
Wrn. P. Hokum Mr. Maims was unable
to opon the safe taken from tho ruins of the
old store utter the fire, and was obliged to
take It to the manufacturers in Philadel
phia. On being opened tho books and
papers wore found considerably discolored,
but legible, and a roll of bank notes was
slightly damaged.
MAsornc.—A new Masonic Lodge wee
organized at Waynesburg, Chester county,
on last Wednesday, the Bth inst. The ded
ication ceremonies were conducted by D. G.
M. Gregg, of Chester. George Shaffner,
Esq., was elected the fi rst Worshipful
Muster. The lodge is to be called Howell
Lodge, A. Y. M.
TAVERN LICENEIEN.—The following per
sons were granted tavern licensee on yes
terday: Clay township, George W. Stein
metz; Providence township, Daniel F.
Lefovro ; Upper Leaoock township, Sam'i
Groff, Jr., (a license for an Eating House.)
A license for a tavern was not granted to
Robert Souleby, of Marble township.
Tho following applications are continued
for consideration at April Quarter Sessions ;
Paradise township, George May ; Columbia
borough, Harmon Weigand ; Lancaster
City, First Ward, George H. Erisman.
All other licensee were acted upon at the
last term of Quarter amnions.
THE LITTLE CORPORAL, for February, Is
a very fine number. The Publisher otters
most beautiful premiums, and unusual in.
ducements to raise Clubs.—Terms, One
Dollar a year. A sample copy will be sent
free to any one who applies for it during
February. Address, Alfred 1. Sewell,
Publisher, Chicago, Illinois.
A NEW CO UNTY.—Tbe citizens of Waynes
burg, Chester county, are anxious for the
formation of a new county, to be composed
of parts of Borks, Lancaster and Chester
counties. It Is intended to make Waynes
burg tho county seat; It Is thought that the
Legislature will favor the project.
WRIGHTSVILLE NEIVI4.—We clip the fol
lowing Items from the Wrightsville ,s'tur:
It appears to bo a settled question that the
Bridge Company will commence vigorous
operations in the spring for the construction
et a briclike at this place ncrosm the Susque•
Lonna. ,Ir. Ilird, Chief Engineer of the
Bridge Company, Is our authority lbr
stating that the building of the Bridge will
he rapidly prosecuted, as moon as the 11 VOI'
Is CI oar of ice.
A untied. In now on foot to conotruct o
new radrood through tho townohipm In tho
lower end of York county. If ouccemotui it
will odd much to tho woolth ond importance
of thlm portion of tho county. The proponod
rood in to run from Poach Bottom through
tho lower distriuto and connect with the
Northern Central Railway nt the llonover
Junction, .
F1(031 the Marictimn wo copy the tbllow
ing:
At the lute election for Bunk Dim:ton of
our bank, the following gentlemen wore
elected, being the old Board: John Hol
linger, Presldedt t Abraham Collins, Barr
Spangler, John Musser; B. F. Ltiestand,
Henry Hiestand, A. H. Musselman, James
NI °Milroy, S. F„ Eagle. Thirty-three shares
of this stock, belonging to the estate or
John Kline, deceased, was sold of public
sale on Saturday last, and brought from
$153 to $l7O por share.
A N NAT larrmi E-11011.41X was perpetrated by
Tom Idooro, whodiaving stolen a look of hair
from a lady's noad,on being requested to make
restitution, gave vont thus :
On one solo condition, love, I might be led
With this beautiful ringlet to part—
I would gladly relinquish the lock of your
head,
Could I gain but the kcy to your heart.
We have no Mo(o)re on this head, but could
ray
1 11 i r l e tt t EV i gErE n Al r ' concerning the
PerN w e/ o 6' d r e fS ,
which the key of success has co firmly locked
in the good graces of the American Pablic,that
it would not - be surprising to find that Messrs.
BTUA.A.T, PitTERWN &CO., the. manufactur•
ere, making overtures to pay off the national
debt. We certainly owe them a debt of grafi•
tude for their timely presentation of so excel.
lent *Uwe.
For pate by Geo. Id. Steinman & CO., Welt
King Urea, Lancaster.
,Wirtrial Boma.
viarriageo.
ilatio.
HAMBRIGIIT.-011 the 4th Inst., Anna M.,
daughter or the late William and Catharine
Hambright, aged 10 years, 2 months and 25
days.
• •Lotco.—On the Sib inst., In this city, Willie
Baker, eon of Charles E. and Jane P. Long,
aged 2 years and 3 months.
BLACK.—On the 3d Inst., in this city, Samuel
S., son of James and Mary Jane Black, aged 9
months and 21 days.
Nuriceu.
Ph Had el phia drain:Market
PHILADELPHIA, February 11.—Petroleum Is
nominal at 15@15%c for Crude; of Relined In
Bond 0,000 bbla sold at 2.13.5@2,1c.; the latter
figure for buyers' option all the month.
The Flour market Is Inactive; small sales at
87.50(0.45 for Superfine; 138.7540.2.5 for Extras;
810®11.75 for Northwestern Extra, and .51161)12.2c
for Pa. and Ohio do. do.
Rye Flour sells at 88.50.
Prices of Cornmeal are nominal.
Wheat is limited; email sales of Red at 82.30
@2.55, and White at 82.80@3.20.
1.000 bus Rye sold at 81.00@k1.12.
Oats are In good request, and 4,000 bus Pu.
sold at 73(4,76c.
Corn is held firmly, with sales of 2,000 bus,
new Yellow at $1.22, now held higher.
Provisions are advancinai sales of Mess Pork
at $23.55; Beef Hams at $32.e0 ; Hams in pickle
at 14X(M43(,; Shoulders In salt at 9W6)10c., and
Lard at 1.1"„@13c.
New York Market
•
Naw Toni, Feb. 11.—Cotton is arm at Dl l 4@
F c.
lour la steady.
Wheat Is quiet but steady.
Corn Is firmer but lower; mixed Western at
$1.27Q1.19 for new, and 81.132 for old.
Outs Is firmer at 81@&1 1 ,4,e.
Pork Is !Irmo!.; Mess at $22.5.0.
Lard firm et 1440150.
Whiskey
Baltlmorel Market
BALTLItuRA, Feb. 11.—Cotton is steady at Mc.
Flour is dull and nominally unchanged.
Wheat dull.
Corn is firmer; sales of 'white and yellow at
$1.2.0.
Oats active and No higher; sales at 78@80c.
Rye le tirm at 81.60(W1.115.
Cloverseed unchanged.
?Shoulders at 11%c.
Rib Sides at 11.4; Clear Rib Sides at 12c.
!Moak Marker.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb: 11
Stocks quiet,
Penn's 6xtre
Philadelphia and Erie
;m
Heading 17yr
Penn'a Railroad 55
Gold
Exchange par.
NNW YORK, Feb. 11
Stocks active,
Chicago and Rock Island
Reading
Erie
Canton Co
Cleveland and Pittsburg 4 1
Cleveland and Toledo iii,r 8
Pittsburg and Fort Wayne a /01A.
Michigan.llentral MP%
Michigan southern
;1 . 9 . w ork Conyal I:P'
11111301 n control
Cumberland. Proforred,
Vlrglulatle
Mlnmourl On
11 talmon Itivur 10I,X
140
U. N. 5.20 n 1802 111 N
(In
1.10 Doll I
I ON ,
1805 0011
Now Inane 1004
Ton-Fort len 10.;
Novon•Thlrtlem 107%
Molloy at 3 Der cont.
Gold %
Howling 142
Exchange.. 1(0;4
Phllndolphln enttle Market
MONDAY, February 10—EvOning,
❑Lof cattle worn in dainund Ulla week, and
map; were fully 3e,,e lb higher. About 1,61.0
bead arrived and bold at t a e Avenue Drove
Yard at 10%4011N0 for extra Pennsylvania and
Weatorn attain, for fair to good do, and
kt73,4 4 u lb grown, lot common ow to quality, The
znarket cloned vary firm within the above
range of pigeon. Thu following are the panic:it
larei of tile halm
LI Owe u Smith, Western, il(010c grins.
15 A. Christy .t Bro., Western, 8(081,0 gross.
10e 1 , . Mennen, Laneaster county, SOlue,gross.
lee P. Hathaway, Lancaster couuty,ll%oloo,gr.
73 J. B. Kirk, Chester county, saley.o, groan.
1) B. Mennen, Lancaster co., lkollNe, gross.
U 3 James Morale!), Lancaster co., SMV,c, gr.
o Ullman & Bachman, lALI2, CO„ 0d6104, or,
Martin Fuller a Co., Lancaster co, 10 , 4'04v
81 Mooney & Smith, Lancaster co, 8.01 a, gross , '
47 T. Moonoy.di Bro., Weston., 7440, gross.
80 H. Chain, Western 8(d0 gross,
2W John Omith &Bro.. Western, 84103 , ef1, gross,
80 L. Burk, Western, 03 oa, gross.
83 Frank leahamburg, Western, &No, gross,
76 Hope & CO., Chester, 11010c, groso.
/0 Blum a Co., Pennsylvania, 51478, gross.
858. Branson, Chester, 709 ( c , , gross.
56 Ben. Hood, Chester, 7010 , gross.
15 Chandler & Alexander, 0 ester co., 70120 gr
40 Kenl hie & Wallace, Chester 00., 7010 e, gross
87 Jetties null, Western, 7705 e, gross.
11 John Kelly, Western, 04:07e,
Pi John Y. Latta, Lancaster 00., 84610A0, gross.
/5 M. 13. Parr, Western, 841i7A0, gross.
40 J. Beldomndge, Lancaster oo.,11)(410A0. gr.
Hops were In demand at o.l2ll4lVOlllice Of $lll 100
Ibis; 26110 head sold at the different yards at $l2
COMM /00Ita net,
Sheep were alio in fair demand at an ad
vance s 0,000 head sold at asno yi lb pool, ea to
condltiOni
Cowl Were UnOhinted_ M§ head_ sold at
liabofdlor eprinpro, atid Inlia 1114440 r cow
and 01111.
•
• Laticaater Household Market.
Larreasraa, Saturday, Feb. B.
Butter, IS gam; o e.
d 020 — " -1
''' .• V 11 ' -28 , 430 c.
1 °k ens. ilves) V Pair 50®750.
Do. c a ear ma t , ip pair ....... ........L0001.20
Turkeys, " piece 1 50@i2.50
Geese; e ..
-- 1.00@1.20
Lamb, ? le rdklte.
Sausages, ? it,....._ 114)20r.
Potatoes, V bushel 1.:00
Do. " I peek 20023 c.
ORION " Peek 30035 C.
ew Corn ?bushel LOOOl.lO
Old
—.1.200425
Cabbage " head-____ 13@lee.
Onions, " 5i peek----____ 12.@)1b0
New Oats ? bag
eloc•2.10
Apt , Sutter, V pint........ ...... .. ........ I E 25e.
Turnips, V brothel...—. ........ _ .... _ ...... 30@i0o.
LANCASTER GRAIN MARKET, MoN D AY
FEBRUARY 10th, 1868.—Market firm:
Family dour, "0 bar $ll 00
Extra d0.......d0 10 00
Superfine ..do do 9 25
Wheat (whi 11 te) bus.... 260
Wheat (red) do 2 3.5
Rye 0 1 40
Corn ts (new) .. ... 1 00
Oa
Whiskey
Dm drtrtiottnent3.
- Do lIBIJC SALE OF 60 lIITTLF—si.—TILE
subscriber wlll sell at public sale, on FRI
DAY, FEBRLIAI-LY 14th, at the Lancaster Stock
Yard, 110 head of choice three-year old 1111.7 LES,
from northern Illinois.
Four months crealr wlll bo glveu.
Sale to commence at I o'clock ou said
day. feb ltdaw• 13ERNA.1113 Fl.l Y.
UNION T HE SPOKE FACTORY IS PRE
pared to furnisu the best quality of DRY
SPORES of all alzos.
Also, all kinds of RENT . 3 . 11.11 , 1 - of all al.,
always on hand, and will be made to order.
Jan tapldedv
Corner of Water and Lemon streets,
Near 13aumgardner's Coal Yard
TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.—
Proposals for buildings hall for Wa.ahltig
ton Lodge No. 156, A. Y. M., will lie received
until the 7th day of March next, at 2 o'clibek
P. M.
All materials and work to be performed by
the contractor. Plan and specifications of the
building may be seen, and all information
given by either of the undersigned.
.TAMES H. CAIN.
CLARKSON JEFFERIS,
I. W. TOWSON,i
Committee.
feb 12 4tW
KOR SALE—AN ELEGANT PRIVATE.
REDENCE.—THREE-STORY }RICK
PU ELLING and extensive back building,
containing sixteen rooms. with all the modern
improvements, furnace, heaters, ranges, gas,
bath-rooms, &c., :all lu complete order; lot it
by 245 feet in North Duke street • It Is one of
the best locations In this city, he house is
well furnished and will be soitl with or with
out the furniture. Inquire or
- THEO. W. HERR,
Real Estate and Collection Agent,
No. :; North Duke street, Lancaster, Pa.
feb 11
NOTICE IN BAIVIIRUP ICY.
LANCASTKU, Feb. 11th,
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That ou the
10th day of FEBRUARY, A. I)., ISIS, a Warrant.
In Bankruptcy was Issued against. the estate of
Patricia H. Reynolds, of Strasburg LOW nelrp,
In the County of Lancaster, anal state of Penn
sylvania, who alas been sill edged a Bankrupt
on Ills own Petition; that that paymeuth ut
any debts and delivery of any property belong
log to such Bankrupt, to him, or for Ilk use,
and the transfer of any properly by him are
forbidden by law. That it meeting of the cred I
tors of the said Bankrupt, to prove their debts
and choose one or more assignees of Ills estate,
will be held at the Court of Bankruptcy, to be
holden at the office of the Register in Bank•
ruptcy, No. ti South queen street, In L.io City
of Lancaster, Pa., before Alnus tilgyznalcer,
Em., Register, nu the :Ind day of March, A, D.,
labs, at 11 o'clock, A. M.
JOS. GA INTNER,
Dep. Marshal title District, Pa., as Mcasonger.
feh 12 awe
EIARMEItIC MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
—The members of the Farmers' Mutual
Insurance Company are hereby notified that a
tax of one-tenth of one per cent, on one dollar
on the thousand of tile amount insured, has
been levied by the Directors, to pay for the
losses sustained by Abraham Rohrer, Henry
Keesey, Samuel L. Leman and others. Full
duplicates will be kept by John Johns, 11l the
Register's orrice, in the City of Lancaster; by
Peter Johns, Treasurer, at his residence In kln!
Lampeler township, and by John Strohm, sec
retary, at his residence lu Providence
from the 17th day or FEBRUARY until the
28th day of MARCH, where any bur
of the Company can pay his ur her tax during
that period.
A partial duplicate will he kept by Christian
Johns, In Earl township, where member, re.
aiding In the townships of Earl, East, Earl
West Earl, Salisbury, Brecknock, Crcruarvon,
and Ephrata, can pay their quota or tax dur
ing the above perloi. Another partial dupli
cate will be kept by John H. Zeller, In 14pri ng
vine, where members residing In the town
ships of East and West Donegal, Conoy, Rapho
and Mt. Joy, can pay their quota of tax during
the above period. Another partial duplicate
will be kept byJoseph Eagle, Esq., at his store,
in Mt. Nebo, In Hurtle twp., where member.
residing In Martic township can inry their
quota of tax during the above mentioned
period.
Thom,. who do not pay within the time alto •e
prescribed, will he charged ten per cent. add
• tonal to pay the expense of collection.
By order of the Board of Directors.
PETER .1011.1 CH,
Treasurer.
feb /- awe]
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0 .,4•V
... ••• 4. 4 6 a
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THE UREAT PRIZE!
EXPOSITION ENIVEINELLE, 1 , 67.
HE HOWE MACHINE COMPANY
A warded oucrlEighly-ttro Competitor,
THE LIIGLIEST PREMIUM,
The Only r. I . OBS of the Legion of Honor
GOLD MEDAL
given to A3IE:au:AN Senvurin MAcirirlits, per
Imperial Decree. published in the Moniteur
Universe!" (Official Journal of the French
.Ernpire), Tuesday, lid July, 1507, in these words:
( Fabricante de Machines a
ELIAs Howe , Jn. y condre ea posers t.
Manufacturer of Sewlni
O
Machinex, Exhibitor.
SIBLEY A: STOOPS,
No. 'X SOUTH EIGHTH ST .,
_PHILADELPHIA,
Agents for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Dela.
ware, and West Virginia.
C. FATE,
A&ent 'or Lancaster county,
No. 23A Ntrtia Queen street.
T RUSTEE'S SAI.I
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By virtue of a Decree of the Clrellit Court for
Washington county, sitting an it Court of
Equity, the undersigned appointed Trustee for
the sale of the real estate oh John D. WhiLers,
late of said county, dee'd, WIIi Hell at pulille
sale, In trout of the Court House In Ilitgers
town, on
TUEADAY, MARCH :in Ises,
at 10 o'clock, A. M. all the real estate of which
the late John N. Winters, was seized and pm,
sooned in Washington county,eornilstlmg of a
No. I FARM OF Ll:ilk:is/I,INR LAND,
CONTAINING 1011,'I ACRES AND DI PERCH EN,
situated near CILVCLOWn, ill Washington coml.
ty, and adjoining the totals of Daniel Huyett.
T here is a wall of neve,fulllng water upon t h e
farm, close to the house, and a stream ot run
ning water flowing through the barn yard.
There Is also a thriving
CHOICE SELECTED FRUIT UPON TIIIC FA 101
Thu Improvements Upon Wild farm, Qumilst of
,
2 D %VELUM/ HOUsES,
SMOKE HOUSE, BLACKSMITH SHOP, 0000
13Alt.s, WAUWV SHED,
with a vary complete and excellent granary
attached, and another necessary outbuildings,
The growing crops will tiu reserved.
At the Name time and place, I will also sell a
lot of
containing overt ACIMS, adjoining the lands
of John Diamond and others, also belonging
to the late John D. Winters, upon which there
is a growth of young and thrlitr chestnut tint.
her.
TERMS Or IiALE, ax prescribed by the lies
eree.—One-thlrd 01 the purchane money to be
paid In hand on the day of sale or oil Um mild
entlon thereof, and the residue In two equal an
nual Instalments, wan Interest thereon from
the day of sale, the purchaser to give ills notes
with a surety or I teethes, to he approved by
maid Trustee for the deferred payinenn, On the
payment of the whole pUrchnnu money and not
before. the Truntoo by u. good and nuMolent
deed to be accented by 111,11, 10111 convoy the
property tn the purchaser,
Posacsslon alven on April 1.4 110 x I.
HEN Ill' 1.1, II I; ETT,
Trustee.
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VALUAIII.E LANDS AND 11111,IN Eon
MALE,—'I n 0 milloncrlburmons Trundmix, will
Mill at private Halo TWO TltAt.frei OP LAND,
with !Ain't. Ilurroveininnts, lying on Door (:00011,
/Milord county, Md., nix mllcx from licl Air,
and VII inllca from Baltimore.
Tract No, I, Containing lOe AUILESof In'i
RATI, Ultinll.X. LAND, of will Oil about
110 Aurca Ins under cultivation, having Omni
limed and boned; thin budulcu is In wood, with
Mauldin Imo of Ciountnut slid oilier Umber,
'flora hi an Arum.) Orchard and 01 on, F rni It
TM.. 'filth property IN Improved hi it
LARUE niuNE
covered with slate. In good repair, mid now
doing a good tumble.. There ix Kin., a new
HAW, which will cut from 1,500 to I,oeo teat of
Oak Lumber per day, with an abundance of
logs always at the mill. There In also on thin
property a large niTON l 9 Iit,VEL.I.INU 11OLNE,
STORE IRJCSE, BARN, ICE HOUSE , SMOKE 110 LISE, InTABLE, and other
out-door buildings. Thin property offer,.
luduconienin en 11 manufacturing place not
oftou met with. The Milln art nit tatted at the
dam, and the water-power incapable of driving
machinery equal to a hundred horse-power.
The location P. favorable to the carrying on of
Flour, Paper Bark or any other manufueturing
buelnenaandthe water is unfailing,
Tract No. 2. Thin property contain,. lea
ACRES OF LAND, adjoining Tract No. I.
There la about IXI Acres cleared land, most of It
under cultivation, and having boon timed, note
producing good crops; the balance IN in wood,
f hero Is also a young Apple Orchard of well
mileated fruit, besides other fruit trees. This
Waco Is further Improved tiy a now FRAME
DNVELLIN(i HOUSE, Itlz9U feet, with black
Good Spring near the door, a large
Barn, and other out-door conveniences.
Thole lands have been recently. sorveyod,
and plats of them can be aeon by applying to
the subscribers. Torma cagy
'
J.S:PRESTON,
Einmorton P. 0, Narford oonnty,
N, Any parties wlaning to see this prop
eftytelil be oonvr ma t l id i rma roinZdgewood Station,
on tem Siladelp Wilmington and Balti
more Ra il road or_ _ ng J. &P/iXbTON,
itramortal P. 11,1SernOrd county: kid.
fib 11.. StWeOweltd.
Bay Adunitstments.
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I.—They arc Instr . ;tame.
"As purely literary works these historical
romances possess a high degree of Ine, It. They
read like genuine histories."—Cittholie World.
"They are correct des'criptions of the conu•
tries and the people described."—Herold.
11.—They arc Enlerlaining.
We regard these books ns a [mini; the hes;
and most entertaining novels of the day. -
Opringlield Republican.
The reader Is ILL once fascinated and 11,11,1
spell-hound until the volume is completed. - -
ore Freer,
"'hero is no dull chapter lu Ution
Herald_
111.—They 'ire .Minors r, ho Mcs.
No one can peruse thrill without conced wb
the author's great skill In grasping and dellno•
ating the characters Wll !eh figure conspleuoth.-
ly In them.
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The study which enables the author to de
on accurately the emotions and incen
tives to action wit km moved in 011 a n d women
et a Past age roust he close and untiring, and
Louisa IthalibaCh SLUM,* in all of her works it
perfection which carries the reader into tilt
very presence of the character. represented."
—Syracuse Journal.
Ir.—They are It.forically Cbrrect.
•' Historically correct, toad as entertaining atN
many of the volumes if fir Walter seett. - -
/ t or:widener, Herald.
"Louisa Al trill bitch must have carefully and
dilligently studied the secret histories of the
times and cowl tries of which situ wriies, nud
her trail: is done well tad effectively."—lier
ceder 6ry.
"No historical Novelist has labored so faith
fully :old ,ocee,o4ohy to reproduce a complete
picture or past times ;mil events:' , —
iferitht.
V.—Thry n r Oriqinrit.
"It has agreeably surprised readers to lied
loss writer with such constructive geulai nod
Uowledge of character its I.OIIL.
" Each succeeding novel adds to Mr, :dump
reputation as it wraer 01 Ultitoric tel
I'l. Thr, . t i Inmgi,nation.
'• She in nut only the edilltul Jalucr, but a
nent-handed art Inin."—Clirithim d'aii
. "rhere In holdom any natal UI ag alter elfeih,
but IL is really wonderful how Mundt
manngeN to NeNtaln and 11112E01140 the
1111 , 1211d.“—Cily RCP,
"The word-painting of' the au there. IN inuvh
more effective than tau bent ellorin el the en
gra ver.--.llii/{O/
11 —They cunntin Anecdotes.) (.11,
'•ScottkiL litst“rs . olrered no fresher and moro
rom alit ic material to Ilhe lIIDOC Nvorlthig Mund
of SI r Walter Scott, than she limbs In the usual•.
of toe UOIMRLICMII . I.B."—EI•CtIing Garen,
"There aye not to he found au,' whet. , la
Malian annals, unused, such magnificent, such
superabundant materials for rOIIIIIIICI., tla elm;
tile chronicles of the Prussian and Austrian
courts ill tilt, lath century. lly their dress,
their mauner•, their modes or thought, then
language, they are almost as much separated
from as as If they had llv ed one thousand
years lIVO."—ObSC,Cr.
I ' !!/ - Thrg if . ll 116.•111 H.llf/S, 111111
" We learn from her not only now Frederik:::
WlWarn and Prederlek the areal, Joseph the
Second, Voltaire, Itotooteitti, Siren Trencir, the
Em preen Cal Hamm, walked arid talked In
Melt . ',mud refer, nut how they tele,iored tacit
:cur, !lifted, 11.1 i Look lea."—Heiri.liee.
"1 he choice of her subJects exttllels het
genius. She taken the Into of Fred, cult the
tirtikit, Joseph toe Stmend, for example, and
upon I he background of facts
sirs or the periods afrord, , he embroiders the
bright and sombre co , ors, the light and , htli•
of her tleLlon, with the skill 01 a ekillkql
artlnt."—Tlan Actule.
IX ; —Thc Style in barreling.
'rho ntyle of Ulu Writer, mr per.l3 , pe".plen,
I Y. and vlegrume, In mornetning gre,dly to ho
commended. 11 Is free train ludtattorni, 101111-
nernims, mad tricks of every kind."—T h.
A eyes.
" The tranalaLlons du J«Alee to (lie vivid,
piquant style or tho origial; and r+tor 1.1
Mi/ or MOVOIIII3III and ero n wrical with Itiatr y
ue
and entertaining Incldent."—l/w
Post.
“The Interest of the book dOO , l nut not jr
upon Its characters nor Its Incident nor yet
ou Its charming niy le. but In Its general har
mony of cumposltlon.''—Dog
X.—Evrrybody i 3 lic¢ding Thrn,
"Our people seem to have stopped reading
French novels, and English works ire
cum
pinlned of us dull. Miss Muldbach precisely
suplies the public WWII..
T he novels of Clara Mundt are being read
by every 000."—Tinw.r.
Itiach'ti novels have a world•wldo rope
fatten, and are read With avidity, an fast lei Is
need Irons the press."—,Sprinwlent Lepubl,al4.
"They are winning a Wide and ueservetl
popularity lu this country."—Vaie Juunirtl.
Sil.Elt.hur of the Novak coot frau by mall to
any address on receipt of price
fob
DUILILICMALE.••O7Ii WEDNESDA FEU
-1 'WARY lath, will be sold at public s4le,
on the farm of litrell AL lire's, In Manholin
teen„ on the Chile turnpike, 2 index from thin
city, 5 extra line HOMES, I tine COLT, 2 yews
old; Unite MILK COWS, 1 ISULL, 5 111,11 , hatti,
extra breed •, IU line SHEEP, Noutialownn and
Spaulah; 1 breeding SOW, and nevetal others
Also, 2 large funning Wagons, one cello broad
and one with narrow wheel/4; I covered Wagon,
Truck Wagon, 1 Cart, nearly new; 1 two•heat •
ed Carriage, 1 Wheelbarrow, 1 Sleigh,. Also , 1,
?lowa, Harrows 1 Drill with the latent In,
provements, 1 Threanlng Machine of the best
kind, 1 Mount Joy Keeper, 2 nets of Huy Lad•
dors 1 Wind Mill, entirely new; 1 llay Cotter,
Corn Sheller, noes of (1011111 U and
and single; 1 act of Cart Harness 17 Cow Chains,
It Horne Halters, and a great many other anti
el, a Lou numeroun to MOO tiou.i
Also, at the hall. time, U Lords of Oak Wood,
and it tot of building Lumber; Hay by the ton.
Sale will commence at 12 o'clock. Credit wl lI
he given fur eight months.
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