Proceedings of Congress. WASHINGTON, March 29 In the U. S. Senate, Mr. Chandler. from the Commerce Committee, reported the bill for the better security of life on steam vessels. Mr. Conkling introduced a bill to prevent election frauds, which was referred. Mr. Sherman; from the Finance Committee, reported a bill continuing the present in come lax during 1870, and providing for an income tax of three per cent. after this year. On motion of Mr. Sherman, the regular calender of resolutions was passed over, and the resolution discharging the Judiciary Committee front the considera tion of the Texas bill was adopted. The bill was then read, and the proviso declar ing that the act shall not affect the condi tions tinder which Texas was annexed being stricken on t,'it was passed by a party vote.. After an executive session of two hours, the bill allowing the United States Judge for Eastern Texas to resign was passed, and Deficiency bill was reported. Adjourned. In the House, Mr. Paine, front the Mee thin Committee, reported adversely on the claim of Mr. Sogar to a seat as Representa tive at largo from Virginia. Mr. Cessna, from the saute committee, reported that Caleb N. Taylor is entitled to the seat from the Fifth Pennsylvania District, instead of Reading, the sitting member. Mr. Logan made a'personal explanation," criticising (ten. Sherman's letter on the Army bill. He said that the bill had been submitted to Generals Belknap and Sherman, and that .Sherman made hut leofii objections and Belknap one, and the tatter's suggestion was placed in the bill as ant amendment.— (ten. Sherman's objection "was to the nuts ter out of general officers, and another which he ( Logan) would Ilia mention. - On motion of Mr. Schenck, it was ordered that general debate on the tariff Hose next day an hour :mil a half after going hit, Clin, mitten of the Whole. The 'louse then went into Committee, and debate on the tariff was resumed and continued in evening session. \ VEDN 1,.% V, Marv!! 30 In the U. S. Senate, Mr. Schure intro duced a bill fixing the first 'Tuesday in No vember as the day Or electing Itepresen tatives to Congress, thrinighout theyountry. The joint Pesolution for a 1.1/111111 - tee on Inslian Affairs NV:l...considered. 'The Of (leneral A 1111, 1,41111. of :N1 F. Sllllllll'l*, the 11• I 1;111 Went inln PXol•lliiVe three hours afterwards adjourned. 11l the Ifottst , Mr. Hand:ill illll , red joint resolutions of respect the memory .lajur U crest Thottni4, :Nit.. !Miler, front the Iteconstruetion 10111nnttec, reported the bill to admit Texas, which was con, urred in by a party Vote, ;11111 0111 to till M r. Lalior, repotted II hill lt, Vstaltii,di a nati ,, iial which was p,a pollrd until 1111 mrond Tlll-11.Iy 11l 11101. lerrw 1111. Mr. .\ melt, from till , same Committee, re ported a hill miming the otliee eilticatiim, ill the Interior Department, the "Bureau of Education," transferring iL 1111.. X - 110[1.1.1 I'llllll. of 1110 I'reetintert's Bureau, discontinuing the latter 1111r,o1. (Sills worn introduced bvMr. Morrell, to alil,llll the lows;lultcul and NI Mann:nil the internal revenue laws. NI ~r-f0r1.1..1 fo r1 . 1 ..1 a resolutiml, NVhieh was referred, re liairing the Seeretary of the Treasury to accept the most advantageous hills for gold, and prohibiting purchases of bonds beyond the amount authorized klt the sinking I'llllll. A message ‘vas reech'ed from the President, annotitiving the 1.:0i1 . ..HM1 111 Th, ('ill eenlll bill till. I 11,11.1. "I'll rlonl v, March 31. In tit- I. t-',..: , ,kmate Mr. l'attr,nn intro tltivell a bill e...t.11/11 , 11ing a National I 11,,ti- Into nl .\ :11 r. role a bill, providing Inr wail ,erviee Zealund, l.redi•thtials Mnrgan 11,n611,1 :Mil P. \t'. Flanigan, ti,•lnttors ,•1,•,•1 from Texas, were presented, :tint thit,4 , gentlemen 1, ore ,Nt•iklll in. The 1 lons° resolution re,t,eet for (len - Oral Till/Ill:IS 11, rellelll'eel in. A bill retired army officers In he a,tigne.l In dal y at the SoillierS . .111/1111'. I'. Sall till'ere.l 1 1,1/11Itil the .-teilrelilty ntl State In 4,11.1111111 . 1- l•llte lbr late ni r.tlitleal ion 401 e Filtrentli Amendment lly the several states, bin Mt- Jortion ‘, as matte, and it laid over. 1 tll 111,1- IMIt lot r. the was. - ntrtil•tett to consider • the t•Sitedieney of n Hurvey G. ascertain the I.r,•tieabillty it I,nununie:li ill between 010 Jalllt, and 811.1.\01.1. rivet.. and l Mio river. The ruse la Sell:Ilia-Hoc!. A 116.,, Missis,,ippi, was discussed, pending which the Sona.te In the I 1ta1.., the hill discontinuing the .I , reeiltnett's Inireau, nod trat,lerring it, unexpended hind, to the 8111,11111/I Ed.,- I considered, :11111 tt 111,/tiMI tnutble it mean dereated yeas 13, nays !lg. I dark, Conner, Degener and 11..111 ire. 1 . 1,111 NVel, ,worii in and tank seats, after opposition hy' r. !biller:ma of hers ( the 1 tentot• ratie member, tat t h e ground that he had whip ped negro sniffier., \Own a elltltaill in till. 11.1 . 111)'. CIO. Tile Tariff bill was t•mtsidered in I lonitoiltet., Mr. Sellout.): advocating and oxitkining 11. 211 r. introdueed a bill lc, mnorp.nalr the Irish I ',lonization Seek. ty. filed WASIIIN , r , .N, April I lu the ruittl Sla, Scuato, Mr. ()Obt,rti prosoutcd the lot.lithat .d* 11. It. thr,pat uccuilicd hyScruttc,r(lillwrt, 141 , 1”rida. It Tva.rt•l'errctl Et, the.lndiciary r. CaN,orl . \• prcsented reso- Illtil,llS 01 : OW ralif"ritia I.t.gislaturc,asking the ab o litkmu tif the inc,aue tax. Mr. Mor t.al int n•dut-ed a hill to ettr.Freo the provi shins Itr th, I ilir. nth An,tultriont. 'rho oa,” “I' Scuat, , r ricct .‘IIII.S, issis,ippi, s ta1:4.11 111 , PlitJ11 SUM rep,rt ,ilthe Judiciary Cifintilittve that led ,1:w U111111,1(41 by striking nut the " thus doolaring him and teas 11,...,1 ;to atucuded--veas 10, nays .\ ut,,ltus the nays is t•rt• l'ar pent.or, Ettinutuk, Pratt, Schurz, TI'IIIIII.IIII, Tllllllllllll, 11:1111111 , 11 tutu J.llll - it. lily !mired .it, St•tuttur AMPS tans thou ",‘ "11l ill. Atli.ifirttod until :\ .. • In the I Imtse, M r. Ilruurtt intr.diteed a joint res.ltitimt anth.rizing the appoint ment by t he Seerclary .I • the Treasury, of an agent to mak • inquiry into the loa , ihility relatitms with the Canada,. Iteh•rred to the Cmit itieret• ( . .intilitice. 'rho Tariff bill W:0101111. sidered in I u rerun lf . e.r the Windt . , and the dmr it hen it int. elrect sCas Illakk . tine clflltqc,ht.l . ll4 . Xl. Till . ,erti,,ti relating In tea being i'eaulted, .Me. I,hughridge 1.4,011 to :1111011d Inc admitting free of ditty tea initt.rtell in .kitirrican vessels .r foreign vessels tinder reciprocity treaties. \Vith.ut tlisp.sing 1.11,1111( . 1101110111, tint C4 , 1111110.(e0 rose, and 111, , 51.11111, , bill antliorizing the er . ctimt "r a bridge 010 Delall'are RV:IS emietirred In. An evening ..essiton teas held 1 . ..• tleb.tto only. jl'.t~utsn rut April '2. Th, S. n,t. in nay.iun. In Iho 110,, n bill 11 :15 paNSI.II (4) the vsl of N. IV. I'arl<er his ri!Jits as disc overt, Itvoi 1 , 1:111115 ill the I'acitir. Bills were introduccd by NU.. Potter, tor ills redemption or hronzr and nickel coins in sllms 111 . $2.",; awl by Nlr. Butler, of fur the collection or debt.. duo tilt. 1 ioverninent by Southern Itailroads. 'nulll'bill NV:I. c,llSicil•l'l . ll ill I'.lllllllillt, of :11111 alllOlllllllOlll, plianging the 1111 tie, 1111 1,1 anti Coln, 5V(.1 . 1 , rojected,leav ing the duty on lea 211 :11111 ,111 . 4.1ree, 1.. When the sugar clan., IVa. reaehod the onlinittet , rose, and the Ilon , e adjourned. WASIIINIITII . S I April In the S. Senate, the If'eorgia bill was taken up, Mr. Stv, art 111,,Ved tic strike out the Bingham :intendment, and Mr. \ Vilson oilered an :intendment extending the present Legislature f.r tsvo years from its reorganization. Without disposing, of the matter, the Senate adjourned. In the House, Mr. Heaton introduced a bill appoint ing the ths•t ion of I 'inigressmett 1.11 the Tuesday :liter the first Monday in Noventher, 1 , 12, and every second year thereafter. The rules Ivere suspended, and the bill passed by a cote of 111 to •10. Mr. Maynard ',anal nevi] a resolution, diroeting the Secretary 4,1 . the Navy to halllll.o iuln the particulars of the 'sinking of the hicida, with a vies' to ascertain the re .sponsihility therefor. :11r. Schenck sug gested a nwdilionlion, sic a 1 to eX(011(1 the inquil;y (u the rind not of the captain of the ISontlmy, wlirh wa.,11,1.1111,1. cool the res osution, a, toishrli.ti, ailoptcd. Mr. Julian introduced a hill to protect settlers al the puhlic Ennis. Mr. Porter ollered a reiolution reciting the municipal troubles in Itichniond, fuel directing, the Iteciffi struction rommitten to inquire into the facts, full report, what legislation is twres sary to pat down the rebellion, rind main .tain the authority of the National I fiiverft client in Virginia. 'rho resolution was withdrawn. The Tariff bill Iv:is considered. Pending action on .the sugar clauses, the adjourned. The e I.egi~ll lore. Tit I'ltsD,lfV, Alltrell 31 In the Senate a jointszesolution was re ported front the Committee protesting against :in air-line railroad through this State, to connect Washington and New York. The Sinking Fund bill was then 'taken up, discussed, and finally passed. Among the bills introduced was one re garding the erection of public building,s on Penn Square. In the I loose, it number of bills were in trodlleetl and :Lvprepriately referred. Joint resolutions of re,peet to the illentery of Major general Thomas were adopted. Ad journed. lIMEIMMI In the Senate, 11111011 g the bills reported was one urging Ontgress to abolish \Vest• Point. The Governor vetoed the act rela tive to the will of Mrs. Bum Adjourned. In the I louse, a bill was passed authoriz ing the Governor to appoint inspectors of leaf tobacco. Adjourned. MON"DAY, April 4. • In the Senate the House bill incorpora ting the International Steamship Company wasjpostponed for the present. The allowing certain railway companies in Philadelphia to extend their tracks was passed. A number of House bills wore reported on favorably. The Penn Square building act, after being amended, was passed. Adjourned. In the House, the bill repealing the de linquent tax bill was reported on nega ti velY. The consideration of the Metropol itan Police bill was objected to and went over. The Senate bill in reference to the Public buildings was passed. Adjourned. A train on the Mississippi Central Railroad broke through a trestle bridge *mar Ricketts' Station on Friday even ing. The engine, baggage car, and one passenger car were smashed, and Mayo ral persuns . were severely injured. The Funding Bill and the National Bank It is said the Senate Funding bill is in danger in the House of Representatives, and that Mr. Boutwell begins to despair of its passage. The powerful national bank lobby proves too strong for the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Sherman, the Senate andthe House itself. This is what we' have been saying all along. We have maintained that the national bank organizations, which we have designated as a dangerous monopoly, would prove stronger than either Congress or the administration. The Funding bill, we admit, is an impracticable measure, and there aro many objections to it; but the hostility of the banks has nothing to do with the public welfare. They oppose it simply because it would take away from them a portion of their enormous profits. In funding the debt at a lower rate of interest the bill provides that the national banks shall exchange their old bonds, which they pledge with the Treasury Department as a basis of their circulation, for the new reduced per cents—that is, instead of drawing six per cent. on these security bonds they would draw on an average four and a half per cent. Now, considering that this per centage on their bonds, or, what amounts to the same thing, the profits on their circulating currency secured by the bonds, is a clean gift from the government, the claim of these banks is very Shylock-like. The government has bean foolish enough to give them, without any consideration, about eighteen millions a year in gold; and now, when it proposes to cut down the gratuity to thirteen or fourteen millions a year, for the purpose of reducing the interest on the debt and the burden of taxation, they cry out for the original bond and fur the last cent of that bond. It appears that the struggle between the Committee of Ways and Means and the Committee 011 Banking and Currency of the thins° to get possession and central of the Funding bill was the work of the national bank lobby. The Cemmittee on flanking and Currency was their committee; but though they failed to have the bill referred to it, they are just as powerful and as successful, it seems, with the Committee of Ways and Means. The fact is, they are stronger than any committee or Congress itself. If we see this io the beginning, and while the hanks have only three hundred millions of circulating currency, what nosy we 1,1,01'114111011d the WllOl,. circulation of the country be 111 their !iambi and their capital be nearly trebled? The inal banks would becorto , the k irtual government of the republic. --.V. Y. Herald. Divorces Made Easy lit Mossochosetts. The Boston Ilottso of Representatives have just passed a bill which is Massachu setts all over. It provides as follows: "A divorce may be granted upon the pe tition of husband or wife when they have lived apart for ii veyears consemitively prior to tiling the libel; or upon desertion for three years, for cruelty Or negleet to support, :till flit - three years' separation of parties pre viously divoreed trout lied and 'hoard under the lay,. lit all cases of divorce front mat rimony arising tinder this :let, where a devil or written ao'reenielit id' separati o n exists, the court shall give effect to the same if lade ill contemplation of a divorce from the bonds of matrimony, and in all such cases the osort shall !mike such decrees re specting alimony and idlewanctis is, having regard to the cireuinstanees of the parties,' shall appear just and reasonable. The most important feature is that it proposes to al low either of the diVoreed parties to Marry again, • if the other were dead." again, as The bill is pressed on strange grounds.-- A Mr. Sw cetscr, of Imwel I, said— " It seas a wrong and injustice to compel l parties to live separately ton years before they could be divorced. Ili, culled the at tention of the I louse to Om Fact that every other tom of the New England Statics 'tad already amended their laws ,sii that either ‘,% Nor dirorred prlrlic.irqn nertrry ',gain. IL was a step toward improventent of public illorAls. The trouble Willi regard to the illat,ter mute is that a party having once committed a crime by violation of laws ill regard to the married state, is compelled to live fr'a lung time in s u ch a way that he 1)1 - she has no chance to repent." This logic is W 111,1! that , the fart stated as • to " every other N sc England State. - One of the worst features of tliu disellssion was that " a clergyman for forty-live years^ advocated its passage,{ We need ;nit say it I passed almost illianiinolisly, all alitell !twills being voted down. THEI. RI EMI' :MURDERER tetta Mal or the Nu rtlereror a Catholic =i2====l The Itollofffiltaine Re/dub/wan ::oth ult. says:— . . John l'owers, who murdered the Catho lic priest, in this Wave, last November, W:1,1 tried lwfore the Common Pleas Court last Monday. 'rho trial occupied the Court all (lay, Monday, and early Tuesday morn ing the jury retired. After being out. ome fifteen minutes they returned a verdict of "not guilty." 4111 the ground or insanity. Rey. Mr. Barton testified that Powers V:1110 to his study iu the Congregational church at Sandusky, and said he wanted to hay,. :h. conversation with the minister; appeared to be greatly exercised in mind , stated his troubles ; said he was supernat urally turned into a statue in Galveston ;trul was imprisoned; said the Prince M . the Klngdont of Ileaven had set him fee; said his mission was to liberate the I;ov erninent from tlur calamities that were about to come upon the country. Ills con. versation was unintelligible to witness, and he felt :timid of the man and consequently did not cross him. lle said more, about the Catholic Clitir,h hieing engaged in oon spira'y. All this about a week or ten days before . witness heard of the murder. W it- NOSS thought then that he was a poor crazy start mid not a responsiblQ being. John C. Layden testified that he had a con versation with Powers on the sth of Novem ber, at the depot in Sandusky. Powers said he was g,Mig to Bellefontaine to shoot the Catholic priest; and after he did, lie would he released. Ile said he would not shoot a priest in Sandusky, for he would be lynch ed; but he had friends in Ilellfinitaine who would protect him. 'Witness called the attention of the City Marshal to Powers, but the Marshal only' thought him drunk. NVitness thought him in earnest but not. drunk. Dr. 1'11,,,t) ',aid lic ro the prisoner itionninatti3v. \Sir.Lilit hnd nod ezamincd the pris inner vullicientlr to form a iiiinclusion titriiwlit he saw of insanity. Captain Foster, of Chicago, in his depo sition, said that Powers had been on his vessel three years; that he was known in Ituffalo and everywhere as " Crazy Jack ;" that he was crazy on religion; said that I bid was a woman and the Goddess of Lib erty was t/oil ; hated the Jews intensely, anti wanted to go to Jerusalem to kill all of them ; wanted to take hisown once; imagined he had a big Ily in his stomach, and much more of the same kind. As Powers had not been a resident of the State a year, he cannot be sent to the In sane Asylum under existing laws, and ap plication has been made to the Legislature bur the passage of a special act to suit the =ID A Practical Joke on City Connell• Mayor Fox and the Colored People. All Fouls' I lay has come and gone again. Its advent .was welcomed Ly the juvenile eontintinity, who likewise regretted its de parture. Stove-pipe hats, charged with cobble-stones, were set about fur the Un suspecting to try their kicking qualities 'won, to their ellagrin awl If) the , :unuse ment of the jokers. Nlysterions-looking puck ages were distributed to be picked up bythe unintiated,who,on investigating their coments, were mortified to discover a de funct "4,111 Si,- Pieces of coin nailed to the pavement Were eagerly picked at to the merriment of those who Were eolcbrating the lay. Coat tails were decorated with newspapers aml advertising cards to the delight imth old and young, and thousands of little lingers were pointed in :i direction where nothing was to be seen, accompanied with a hearty laugh at the expense of the duped smut the lamiliar phrase of "April Fool." Decidedly the best sell :trail Wiei 1111- 1101111,111ellt Of the mass meeting ofeolered people in Independence Square in femora the rat i ficatien of the Fifteenth amendment. Councils, at their meeting an Thursday re ceived a communica Sohntion, signed :ihn Charles, chairman of the committee op the eelebration,requesting the use of the Square'. Supposing it to Ito genuine, Councils read ily granted the request, :toi the resolution was handed to Mayor Fox, who promptly :Mixed his signature thereto, No hour wens designated for the meeting, but it was whispered about that it would occur at ten o'clock in the morning. Chief Mulholland detailed a large force of policemen to preserve order at the meet ing, tool had them divided into two squads, one at the Central Station as a reserve, the other in Independence Hall. By ten o'clock I two hundred colored people and half as many Whites congregated near the rear steps of the ball and anxiously awaited the open ing of the meeting. As no platform had been erected and to all appearances no pro parations made, it was hinted that John Charles who asked for the square was a myth and the resolution was intended as a first of April joke. The chief looked at the thing in that light and withdrew the police form, All day long, however, there wits a eoutinuous stream of colored men, Wellleil and children passing in and out of the square, inquiring when the meeting would take place, only to be told that the an nouncement was a huge April delph /a Post. A most heart-rending calamity recently befell the family of Mr. Franklin, at Little York, Washington county, resulting in the death of Mrs. Franklin. The particulars, as we learn them, aro about as follows: Mrs. Franklin's health was poor, and she had for some time been subject to fits or convulsions. A few days ago, while nurs ing her child near the 'fire, Mrs. F. was seized with a lit and fell upon the coals, carrying with her the child. All the persons about the house were out in the yard at the time Mrs. F. was attack ed, and when they re-entered the building she had been so terribly burned that she was insensible. Singular as it may seem, the child, which she held in her arms, es caped without the slightest injury, Upon examination of Mrs Iranklin's in juries it was found necessary to amputate one of her legs, and the operation 'was skill fully performed by Dr. Simonson, of NeW Philadelphia. But the nervous system of the poor woman was so shattered that it was impossible to rally it, and she died the next day in the greatest agony. —New Albany Ledger. A Fraud in the Itegislatnre From the extreme easeand rapidity with which all sorts of schemes are urged through the Legiilature, it might have been supposed that there would be no ne cessity for any of the Philadelphia thimble riggers to resort to sleight-of-hand tricks to slip into the hands of the Governor bills which have never gone through the formal process of legislation. But such is, never theless, the case. Whether from inherent knavery, the pure pleasure of cheating, or the actual impossibility of passing the measure, a bill has received the certificate of the speakers of the two Houses and the signature of the Governor, without eOer having paessed either branch of the Legislature. Mr. Elliott, of Phil adelphia, on Monday night, explained that on the 28th of February he had intro duced a bill enabling the councils of the city to better secure the collection of outstand ing taxes. This bill passed the House, and was sent to the Senate, where it was passed with a slight amendment. On its return to the House it was passed finally, and was supposed to have been sent to the Governor. But quite a different bill which had never been before either branch of the Legislature came back with the executive approval. A changeling had been put into the cradle altogether different in form and feature from the true child. Instead of authorizing the councils of Philadelphia to secure the collection of outstanding taxes, the bill empowers the City Receiver, who holds his office for two years, to appoint a Collector of Taxes who shall continue in office for three years, receiving a compensation of five per cent. on all his collections. Mr. Elliottldescribes it SS a measure to take money from the Treasury of Philadelphia instead of putting it in. This is the fraud which will give some Philadelphia legislator another claim to public admiration when its author shall be discovered. Mr. Elliott says that a tran scribing clerk told him that there was some mystery about the matter. That clerk should bo required to explain. There is no doubt that the bill if it had been far worse, could by proper management have passed the House, but the genius of this statement disdained the slow and ordinary processes of legislation when it was so easy to substitute his bill liar one that eel al ready been passed. There was a bit of scandal in the early part of the session about a certain statesman front Philadel phia, who substituted two names in the list of radical caucus nominees for officers of the llouse, and had them elected before the trick was discovered. This trilling inci dent may furnish a clue to the discovery of the party guilty of substituting the bogus bill. The acts so much resemble each other that they stay both be tracc,i to the same brilliant origin.—Petriot. =III The 6,lto‘ving ,x,rre-spiontloto, expl:kins itself: Ptn I..tia:i.prr lA, MarVil IS7O. r. Vanderbilt, Rob, Preridedd .Your Y,,k ',drat alai ItuKam, River Railroad: DEAR Si a: I enclose, a Copy Ma petition which has already been signed 6y the offi cers of railroads that have laid inure than three-fifths of all the steel rails of WIIII•11 the Itailr0:11i 'ominksioners of Massachusetts were able to obtain returns, as lit Wished in their report of February 12, I• 070. Ac cording to careful estimates front other available sources the same companies are consumers of a majority or all the steel rails that have been laid and are being im ported into the United States. I trust that you trill appreciate the advantage of SUS tairlillg: the bottle competition, its the only defence upon which dependence ran he played to secure our railroad compani,s against the extortions of Mreign manufac turers. I earnestly hotle that yon will sign the enclosed petition and return it to me at your earliest convenience, in order that it !nay be forwarded to Washington at the proper time. Yours truly. S. M. Fm. - rox. No. 12.5 South Fifth street, Phira. Veto York Central and Hudson Ricer B. R. co,, President's (tilled, 111 West Thir teenth Iletween .Vieth its," Tenth .1 re uc4. NEW YoICII, .Marcli 24, IS71) S. Nl.llon, I:, q., Philmlclphia, Silt: I ant in receipt oryour letter enclosing a copy of a petition to Congress asking that instead of the present ad valo rem duty oil steel rails a specific duty of two cents per pound be levied, anti re questing our official signature thereto. I tail readily conceive the benefits which would accrue to American steel-makers in the event of an increase of duty as petition et' for, but in what manner the railroads or the country aro to be enriched I must confess I am at a loss to dis cover. Thirty-three out of the thirty six of the signatures to the petition are well-known representatives of leading railroads, a majority of them being located in or running through Pennsylvania ; and, were they given unofficially, I would con clude their principal interest was centered ill the steel works, and not in the railroads which they represent. You urge the advan tage of sustaining the home competition as the only defence upon which dependence call be placed to secure our railroad com panies against the extortions of foreign man - ufaeturers. ItYe are decidedly in favor of sus taining competition; not home tsimpetition alone, but both home and foreign, and do not propose tel advocate any measure Which will prevent it or place us in the hands of extortionists, who would undoubt edly be as inexorable in their demands as fitreign manufacturers would be were the same protection given them. A monopoly in the production of steel rails, the value and importance of which to railroads has been thoroughly demonstrated, would of ten ,s,muut us to take an inferior arti cle at any prier) the monopolists !night chose to put upon it. We would not have you believe that we are adverse to patrol icing our awn manufaetu res. We only desire to be allowed to purchase from •horn we can get the best article at the 'west price, and in my judgment these nportant considerations (~111 only he at tined by keeping up a vigorous competi ion. As an argument of the justice of the etitiom it is claimed that the signers there o represent railroade that have laid more ban three-fifths of all the steel rails used n this country. In order to correct any wrong impressions that might obtain on this point by reason of the position we take, We desire to say that we alone have.used on the railroads represented by us (the New York Central, Hudson River, and New York and Harlem) fully ono-lifth of all the steel rails laid down, and one-third of the steel rails imported to this country. We were among the first in this country to adopt steel instead of iron rails, and intend continuing so to do as rapidly as the earn ings and price will warrant. With respect, I ant yours truly, CURNELIUS VANDERBILT, President. The Itlehrardnon Tragedy—Trial of Mc IMIZIE! Sew Ilona, April ht.—Before flint' o . Clock his !northing several hundred people as anbled in the corridors of the Curt of -eneral Sessions, awititing the cOnllllolloo went of the NicFariand trial. The doors were unlocked soon after eleven ~'clock, when the Recorder entered and took his seat. It is thought that a jury will not be obtained for two days, although a panel. of six hundred and 111'6' petit jurors have been sunnnoned. abs lino of defence is still kept a profound secret by the prisoner's counsel. When Mr. McFarland passed into the Court room the anxiety to see him by the crowd was intense. Ile looked fresher and younger than he did at the time he shot It icletrdson. A Ihnited number of spectators only were 'untied to the Court room. Au immense owd had to bo driven from tins building tho police. Mr. lqinFarland took n seat in the Court OM, and glanced around him with a one on his face. _Beside him sat his lit- o son and his rnuaccl, lion. Eldridgo N. .serry, lion. (hones S. Spencer and .lohn lraham, Esq. The press is largely represented by edit ;re as well a.9_mperters. The Grand Jury NV 11-4 charged for the errn by Recorder i they re fired. Recorder to District AD, rhey—.l re pa ready to proceed? District Attorney—We arr. Mr. Spencer—M o also arc ready. Mr. tirahani, the senior counsel for the defence, called the attention of the Court to SCIIIIC legal points regarding the seler tion of triers. The selection of a jury was then emu enced. Tho first man was a German, ho spoke imperfect English. Rejected. The second had formed no opinion, but Iris answers he designated the deed as a into. This was objected to by Mr. (ira- ham, overruled by tho Court, and excep tion taken. His examination was then re sullied. lie had often been to Mr. Froth ingham's church; thought ho Frothing ham) had not dune wrung in marrying Richardson. Continual objections to his being a jury man wero made by Mr. Graham. At 2.15 P. M., Daniel E. Van Valken burgh was accepted as a juror. A number of others were objected to and excused. A summary of the day's business is thin: About 175 of the panel were called, of whom a little under ono-third answered. Six jurors were obtained, but one was subsequently excused, leaving but five. The del;enco used three of their peremptory challenges. The empaneling of the Jury proceeds to morrow. The Avondale Relief Fund Mr. 11. Gaylord,troasurer of the Avondale Fund for the Relief of Widows and Orphans, reports that the amount of contributions received up to the 24th inst., was $139,226.33; amount of interest accrued, $1,568 28, mak ing a total of $140,794 61. Of this sum, $64,- 765 67 has been 'invested in railroad and United States bonds; $52,000 deposited on call in five banks at 5 and 6 per cent inter est, $22,142 36 has been paid to widows and children, and $1,886 58 remains in the hands of the treasurer. The Association is incor porated, and the Directors and Treasurer servo without compensation. The Assist ant Treasurer and Secretary are allowed a small compensation. The plan is to pny $l6 67 per month to each widow, and $8 33 to each boy under 14, and girl under 16 years of age. Pension to Soldiers 0(1812 The Committee on Pension, had under consideration the bill giving the usual pen sions to the survivors and widows of sol diers of the war of 1812. They made an amendment allowing the pension to those only who are dependent on others for sup port. They will at their nest meeting agree upon a bill, and report it to the House. Death of General George K. Thom". - - General George H. Thomas, commander of the Division of the Pacific, died yester day in San Francisco, of apoplexy. General Thomas was born in Southampton county, Virginia, on the 31st of July, 1816. He entered the West Point Academy in July 1836, graduated in June, 1840, and was made a second lieutenant of artillery. He served in the Florida war and in the war with Mexico. He was with General Taylor at Corpus Christi in July, 1845, and served through all the battles of Taylor's campaign. He was breveted as major for his gallant canduct at Buena Vista. After performing a variety of other service, he was ordered, with a battalion of artillery, to Fort Yuma, California, in 1854, and, some years after wards, was engaged against the Indians of the Southwest, where he was wounded. When the Rebellion occurred, Major Thomas did not "go with his State," but stood by his country's flag. He served as Lieutenant Colonel, and commanded a brigade in General Patterson's army, - ..in August, 1861. He was afterwards sent to Kentucky and Tennessee, where he render ed good service. In April, 1862, having been made a Major General of volunteers, he commanded the right wing of the Army of the Tennessee, and took part in the siege of Corinth. In November, he was placed in command of the centre of the Army of the Cumberland, in which position he did splendid service at Stone River, Chattanoo go, and Chicamauga, and was made Briga dier General in the regular army after Chicamauga. He won new laurels by the rapture of Orchard K.lob, and the celebra ted charge up Missi^n Ridge, in Nov., 1863. In May, 1864, Genie . "homers was placed in command of t litre of Sherman's army, and took • .ve part in all the im portant events ii march to Atlanta.— When Sherman . Atlanta and took up his " march to • he sea," Thomas was or dered to watch the Rebel General I and lure him westNu ard. After winning a vic tory at Franklin, Tenn., in December, ho retired to Nashville, where his masterly strategy resulted in the utter route and de feat of flood. This victory practically ended the rebellion in the West, disappointing and demoralizing the rebels, who had look ed to Nashville and the expected eicleat mmr Thomas, to compensate in part at least, for their previous defeats in the West and fir Sherman's "march to the sea." fn .I:unu ISIM, Thomas was created a Major General in the regular army, and wa_s appointed commander of the Military Division composed of Tennessee, Ken tucky, ( leorgia and Alabama. In he was assigned to the command of the Division of the Pacific, which position he occupied at tho Limo of his death. Gmeral Thomas, who, many think, ought to have been made Lieutenant General, was free from political aspirations, and sought only to do his duty as a soldier. I low faithfully he did this, the world well knows. Ile was a true and a thorough sol dier, and, while a strict disciplinarian, he was greatly beloved by the army, front Generals down to privates, the latter de signating hint as "Pap Thomas." As a wan he was no less respected titan as a sol dier. Ilk death is a sore stroke to a host of heart-warm friends in various parts 01 the country, and with far wore truth than usual ill still Vanes, we can say that the na tion Illannln his loss.—Day. Adoption of Prompt "fensuren for the (fescue of the I oiled Stoles Cam- mil... The New Itmurree lion Formidable. Poicr-Av-Pasha, March 23.—N0 time has been lost in taking measures to obtain the release of Mr. Weiner, United States Consul, lately seized by the Rebel General Jacquet, and held as a hostage. On the ar rival here of the steamer l'etion from Jer emie, bringing the news of Mr. Weiner having fallen into the hands of Jacquet, the f loverninent immediately resolved upon a vigorous course of action to rescue him, and at the same time compel the Pie quote to surrender. 'lwo Haytian steamers have accordingly been dispatched to the South, and (fen. Brice has been reinforced and ordered, in the event of the insurgents not promptly laying down their anus, and accepting the amnesty offered them by the Government, to prosecute hostilities against them with the utmost vigor. At the same time, as Mr. Weiner was acting consul for England and IFranee as well as for the U. States, the representatiTes of the three powers in Port-au-Prince determined after consultation, to second the demand of the flaytian Government for that gentleman's release, and a British war steamer, the Niube, has accompanied the Potion and the Pcquod, to assist in bringing Jacquet to his senses. This imposing display of force will probably have the desired effect in making Jacquet give up Mr. Weiner, but it is very doubtful whether it will succeed equally - well in compelling the Picquets to surrender. The new rebellion is much more formidable than it was at first believ ed to be. 'Jacquet is a savage mountaineer, strong willed and brave, and bent upon avenging Salnave's execution. lie has laid his plans so well, that already he is receiv ing supplies and ammunition from abroad, and three English schooners have been captured within a very short time for hav ing on board munitions of war and pro visions for the rebels. Fifteenth Amendment Ratification Position of New York mad Indiana Spvcial Despatch to tho Balthnore Sun WAstri:CfiTON, April 3.—The President's special message and Secretary Fish's proc lamation on the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment are still on the Speaker's table in the House, but a motion will be made this week to refer them both to the Judiciary Committee, with instructions to send for persons and papers to ascertain if the ratification by Indiana was legal and prop er, and to investigate the question of the right of the State of New York to withdraw its ratification. Notwithstanding that the Secretary of the State of Indiana has certi tied to the State Department here that the ratification of that Legislature was proper, it is asserted by the Indiana members that the Republican Hoverter of Indiana looks upon it as illegal, and declares that it was done by less than a quorum of the Legisla ture. Although a Republican member made the motion of reference the other day, it is understood that new tactics have been agreed on and that the Radicals in the House will oppose an investigation. Heavy Damagea Agahod a Railroad Com puny. In the case before the Supreme Court at Chicago, of Asbury F. Fawnicett and Jacob Ilankerd against the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Company, the jury last week returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, rind assessed their damages nt 338,200, the full amount claimed. It seems that in the spring of 101,3, the plain tiffs, being live-stock dealers in Chicago, and having heavy government contracts for furnishing cattle for the eastern army, the railroad company, through its agent, agreed, in consideration that they would ship their stock over its road, to refund, as drawbacks, a stun of money equal to the amount allowed on the shipments by the Pennsylvania Central and Northern Central Railroad Companies. The plai nti Ifs claim ed that during the years 1063, 1864 and 1065 they shipped over defendant's road 44,720,- 000 pounds of fat cattle, upon' which they sought to recover drawback.—Chicuyo Times. Vincent Colyer has written a letter to the President, stating that the recent bombard ment of the Indian village at Wrangel, in Alaska, by the United :.iitates troops sta tioned there, was the result of a "wanton and unjustifiable killing of an Indian by Lieut. 'Loucks, the second officer in com mand of the post." It appears that Loucks went out at midnight with twenty arintd men to arrest the Indian -for a slight offence, entered his house, and after cutting him in the head with a sabre, though little or no resistance was made, ordered him to be shot. This aroused the whole Indian village, and a white man was killed by a cousin of the dead Indian in retaliation.— Nex t day the village was bombarded from '2 o'clock in the afternoon until dark. Mr. Colyer quotes official reports to show the shocking abuses practised 111,011 these In dians. A dispatch from South Pass City, 'Wyo ming Territory, reports the killing on March 31st of sic men, tire of them belong ing to a prospecting party, by the Indians, near Atlantic City. Four more are missing and supposed to be murdered. The stage coach due at South Pass City on Saturday afternoon, had not arrived yesterday, and was believed to have been captured by In dians, a large party of savages having been seen going towards the stage route on the Ist. The coach contained Paymaster Gen eral Alvord, Russell and four soldiers. The Indians concerned in the above outrages were supposed to be friendly. Senntor Lowry on the Murder of Mrs In a remarkable speech on the subject, Senator Lowry spoke as follows in regard to the execution of Mrs. Surratt: As an atonement for the wrongs of the South, the groat men of the North at Washington put to death by strangulation an old, respectable, religious, Catholic mother who will go down in history a vic tim of injustice. This woman's execution was a monstrosity that history will point at as "judicial murder." She was tried by a militarY tribunal when she was not subject to military duty and executed with indecent haste by the order of Andy John son, (and his cabinet did not attempt to stay his hand,) in violation of all law and all conscience. I wash my hands of her blood, for I appealed for hor life and declared "she was not a subject to military duty, she had no epaulets upon her shoulders„she had no spurs upon her boots, and could be tried legally only by a civil court," and I believed, and so express myself, that no civil tribunal would convict tier upon such testimony and hang her by any court where the Lord's Prayer was read. The Cool Strike—No Probability of a Compromise. POTTSVILLE, April 2.—Almost all the col liers this andMahanoy region have stopped work on account of the refusal of the miners to accept the new basis offered by the operators. Some places are work ing at present, but no work will be per tutted after to-day. A number of young and unmarried men leaving and seeking work in the adjoining regions. The operators express themselves deter mined to stand by their resolutions in re gard to the prices to be paid for labor adopt ed at the meeting held there on the'lsth The strike promises to be a long one, should both operators and men continue firm, as from present indications they will. LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPIL Connecticut Election HARTFORD, April 4.—The Hon. Lafay ette S. Foster, once acting Vice President of the United States, is elected a represent ative from Norwich. He will probably be elected Speaker of the House. The follow ing returns are compared with the vote for Governor in 1868, when English had 1763 majority. Jewell, R. English, D Bristol, 392 401 ' Sunbury, 175 165 New Britian, 709 733 Granby, 181 156 Berlin, 7.36 l9O Canton, 273 162 Wethersfield, 251 103 Manchester, 386 233 East Hartford, 316 280 Farmington, 222 200 Hartford, 2,850 3,407 Hawley, R. English, D 392. 445 lztt 19d Bristol, Sunbury, 738 -2.3 292 302 Lai New Biltian, Granby, Berlin, Canton, Wethersfield, Manchester, 412 East Hartford, 355 Farmington, 422 Hartford, 2,916 - - STANFORD, April 4.—The Democratic majority is 170 in Greenwich. In 1068 the Democrats had 263 majority. In Stamford the vote is very close. A gang from the New York Americus Club, headed by Eugene Darn in, worked in Greedwich all day for Woodward, the Ring candidate for Senator. NORWALK, April 4.—Returns indicate the election of Hoyt, the Democratic candi date for Senator, though Woodward rune far ahead of his ticket. So far as heard front three Democratic and three Republi can Assemblymen are elected. Demo cratic Representatives, fur the tirst time in twelve years, have been elected in Stam ford, Olmstead getting 146 majority, anti Reeler 114. lIARTFonD, 1 A. 1%1., April s,—Englisb, for is 110 doubt eloeted. Ohio Munk.lrml Election.; CINCINNATI, April s.—The returns of the Municipal Elections throughout the State aro nearly complete. At Columbus, the Republicans reversed the majority and elected six out of nine Councilmen. At Lima, the Vote uvas close, the Democrats, however, carried the township. Sidney went Republican by a paid majority.— Peck, Republican candidate for Congress, had MOO majority from three townships. 'The Election Judges of Lima refused the negro vote in the latter part of the day, but before closing the polls, withdrew the ob jections. At Mansfield, the Independent Ticket obtained a majority. Crestline elec ted a Reform Ticket. Opposition to the negro vote was manifested here also, but the votes were finally accepted. Defiance shows a Democratic gain, but Peck, for Congress, has a majority. Ilamilton wont largely Democratic. At Mansfield the ne gro vote was not allowed by the Democrat ic Judges. Dayton WWI (carried by the Democrats; only part of the negro vote polled. At Massilon the Republicans de, !bated the Independent Ticket. Alliance turned in a Democratic majority, but the Republican vote carried the county. Woos ter is close, and the only point where the negro vote was not straight Republican. Cleveland, Loudonville and Delphis are all Democratic. The Republican vote re duced by the negro votes, makes it appa rently a Democratic gain throughout the State. Proclamation by tile Governor of lilt B:ust:FIELD, 111., April —lb Pal mer has issued his proclamation reciting the adoption of the lath Amendment, con cluding as follows: " Now, therefore, I, John M. Palmer, Governor of the State of Illinois, by virtue of law, do hereby proclaim and certify that the amendment aforesaid has become valid to all intents and purposes, as a part of the Constitution of the United States, and is thereby the supreme law of the land, and as such should be honored and obeyed by the people of the State of Illinois." El= Cttu•.uio, April s.—The remains of lien. Thomas arrived here tins afternoon, and Wero net at the depot by the military and the citizens. The Mtge in the city are :it half mast, and many !Muses are draped in mounting. A Dark Pleture—But In It Not n Troth ful One? The Rev. W. 'l'. Clark, has painted a dark picture of the Moral Situation; but who will say that the shades aro too deep, or its outlines too bold? To enable our readers to judge for themselves we quote the fol lowing passage: "The reaction of the war on the taste, habits, ambitions and morals of our people has proved damaging. The old fink:. of things has been broken up. The leaders of other days have been left behind, if not forgotten. ('lasses are dissolycd. ideas and usages which hail become familiar are thrown aside. New men, new customs, new notions are in the ascendant. The low have been lilted up. Followers have be come leaders. Beggars of yesterday are millionaires to-day, and set the fashion for whoever is foolish enough to follow their had. To get money, and to spend it in luxury, display, and dissipation, tit, the ruling passions of the day. Such :in in tense and insane rush and struggle for wealth, such ruinous extravagat WO of ex penditure, stlch a delirium for the fluttering fripperies of fashion, this country has lever witnessed before. And, alas, let on iy taste, refinement, purity and piety have suffered unspeakabledetriment and diminution, but even honesty-the only firm basis of com mercial prosperity, the only sure support of social order, the essential ounlition of individual and national well-being—has given way before the steady sapping and 1 mining of immoral customs and the fatal strain of a false ambition. Speculation— ! the popular name for gambling on the street and at the boards—is trenching in on the line oflegitimate business and eating out the heart of honorable enterprise. Frauds and villainies deserving the severest =punishment are perpetrated almost openly and confessed without shame. Scarcely an article of food, but is nauseous with adul terations. Coffee is made of stale ship I tread and oil nuts, milk is thick with disease, and wine is a compound of drugs and 111 I la- "Our streets and public places are full Of intemperance, and not only do younginen find old fall before it by the hundred, but even boys and women wear its fire blush on their cheeks, anti reel and totter under its influence on the sidewalk. f :ambling is a business tarried on less publicly, but scarcely less extensively than many hon orable avocations, and thegam biers include every class, front the boy of fifteen to the roue of sixty. Indeed, every vice or, the black catalogue of transgression has more than doubled in volume and in vie time within a dozen years, and our young men, the pride and hope of the nation, fall before the subtle destroyers faster than they fell during the Southern campaigns. Mar riages are dim Homes are break ing up. Amusements are vitiated with vulgarity. Echoes of profanity till the air. The streets are mined with pitfalls of vice, and eriines are so frequent that they have ceased to shock or even to startle us; indeed, we expect an account of a wholesale robbery, divorce case and murder as spice for our breakfast. Nanny of our judges seem to imagine that itlis their business to protect criminals from justice, and perse cute prosecutors-and punish witnesses un til they are afraid to testify in court. Many of our cities are at the mercy of banditti who plunder by ordinance and pick pock- eta by tax. The lobby is the most Isover ful branch of the Legislature, and almost any measure can be moneyed into law.— Ilan' of the revenue officers are suspected of peculation, and lit is estimated that a single interest defrauded the Government out of half a million dollars last year. The Mvernor of the leading State in the Union was unquestionably elected by fraudulent votes, and the 'repeaters' drop thfough the rents in our rotten courts like canary seed through acoal =l2 The winter of 1740 is described in an old book quoted by a German paper as very terrible. This work, "Brake's Content ment in God," thus speaks of it: "An un heard of frcst seized with extraordinary severity on the world and the elements, so that it is scarcely possible to number or re late the many strange occurences that took place through its violence. Men felt so op pressed that days passed unheeded. One would, and could hardly speak; one sat and thought, yet could not think ; if any one spoke a word it was with a hard set face.— Many hens and ducks, even the cattle in the stalls, died of cold; the trees split asun der. Not only beer but wine in cellars froze. Deeply sunken wells were covered with impenetrable ice. Crows and other birds fell to the ground frozen in their flight. No bread was eatable, for it was as cold and as hard as a stone." Brooke fur ther relates that this extraordinary winter was followed by an equally uncommon spring. In May no sign of verdure was yet to be seen ; it was still cold in July, and vegetation was then still further hindered by drought. The harvest was nut over till late in the autumn, and by the middle of October the frost returned before the fruit in the gardens had time to ripen. Another F.arthquake—llo Damage but Intense Ezeitement—The Golden Gate Disaster. SAN FRANCISCO, April 2.—At 11:50 a. m. yesterday a sharp earthquake occurred here. Its duratiom was six seconds. There was no damage to life, limb or prop erty, but there was intense excitement for a few moments. All animals were terribly frightened, and several runaways resulted. The City Hall, where court was in session, the Merchants' Exchange, the Mercantile Library, the Custom House and other public buildings were instantly vacated, and a great panic was created in the hotels. The streets swarmed with people in a mo ment. It was raining at the time. Prior to the shock the barometer was observed to fall very rapidly. SAN FRANCISCO, April 3.—The steamer Fictelika arrived here to-day from Santa Barbara, bringing the passengers with all their baggage and treasure saved from. the wreck of the steamer Golden Gate. The steamer Seranac had visited the scene of the disaster. Local intelligence. OBITUART.—We regret to announce the death of the venerable and Rev. J. J. Stripe, of the Lutheran Church, so long and so well, and so favorably known, not only to our own immediate commumitY, but to the people of the entire county. He died of heart disease at his residence in Centre Square, this city, on Monday after. noon about 51 o'clock. He had been in his usual good health, until the last few days when having contracted a cold, he was confined to the house. Just before his death, he was sitting in his chair, and said to his wife "I feel considerable pain about my chest," and so saying laid his head against the back of the chair and died with out a struggle or a groan. Mr. Striae was in his 78th year, and had been in the Christian Ministry 55 years, having studied theology in Reading, with the distinguished Rev.lir.G.H. E. M uhlen berg, then Pastor of the Trinity Lutheran Church. He preached altogether in the German language, and has had charge of congregations in Elizabethtown, Stras burg, Millersville, ROhrerstown, Conestoga Centre, Washington Borough, Safe Harbor and tither parts of the county. He was uni versally beloved for his kindness of heart, and for his forbearing, forgiving and ix-m -ediatory manners. He rarely, if ever, en tered into the contentions and bickerings that too often mark the course of public men.' 717 172 2-10 2213 "Farfrom the madding crowd's ignoble strife His sober wishes never learned to stray; Along the calm sequestered vale of life Ho kept the even tenor of his way." • At the time of his death, he was, with one exception, the oldest minister in the East ern Synod of Pennsylvania. IMring his ministry he has united in marriage Maim five thousand couples; loss baptized over ono thousand persons ; and has officiated at about one thousand funerals—in several instances having married and buried the grand-parents, parents and children of the same families. Ile will be buried on Thurs day afternoon at '2l o'clock. Loent. M ISCEL LA N Y.—The Inquirer says that Rev. A. K. Kauffman, a resident of Wa-shington Borough, this county, for a number of years, and formerly a local preacher in the M. E. Chureh, lint inure recently a minister of the United Brethren, is about to leave that place for the purpose of preaching the gospel in Northumber land county.' The Rev Dr. flans, Reetor of the lie formed Church at Norristown, will deliver the annual address before the Literary So cieties of Franklin and Marshall College, this city, at the voining July. lienrvSiple, his son John, and the mem liers ,if his family, started on board a raft of lumber from Wi liamsport, on Friday morning, the 15th ult. lie and sun bring ing the raft alone the entire route, arrived at Columbia, iin Monday evening, the 27th. The stage of water being in a good i•ondi [ion fur running, but th6 - storm on Sitter day and Sellll.llV being unfavorable fur railing, impeded. their progress, hence the length of time fur not arriving sooner. The raft seats consigned to J. L. Shuman, lum ber dealer at Washington borough. Rev. W. L. Gray, of the Methodist E. Church, is Presiding Elder for the South Philadelphia District, which embraces among other churches, Sale I larhor, Mount Nebo, Fulton, .tc. Rev. Joseph Castle, is Presiding Elder of Central Philadelphia District, which takes in, among other charges, Enterprise and Strasburg. Rev. 11. rattison is the Presiding Elder of the Harrisburg District, of which Lancaster city, Mount Joy, Columbia, Marietta, Bainbridge and Falmouth form a part.— The Committee of the Sunday Schools sug gested holding conventions once a year within conference bounds. The Presiding Elders of each District constitute a Com mittee to make arrangements for holding a Convention during Ulu year. The Vice President is required to arrange fur the Anniversary at the next Conference. Rev. C. F. Turner was elected Vice President for next year. Prof. Daniel Wulf, of Franklin and Mar shall College, has received a call front the Reformed Church Congregation, Belle fonte, Centre county, this State. The Maricnisn says that Charles IT. Britton, of Marietta, has preserved In al cohol, an eight-legged kitten ; the lower extremities of this freak of nature present, perfectly, the appearance of two kittens, whilst front the trunk upwards there is only one, with a perfectly footed head. It lived only a few hours. having been killed by the old eat. The Wrightsville Moe says "water was let into the Susquehanna and - Tide Water Canals on Thursday, :Ind everything is now in readiness for a general resumption of navigation, but there will not lie much done ler a week or ten days. Some boatmen have gone after their crafts, where they put them into "winter quarters" last fall. ACC I D EN TS. —The Inquirer states that on Friday, the '_.sth ult., Mr. Galloway, resid ing near steelville, cut his foot badly with an axe. An artery was severed, as well as several small blood vessels. The wound was dressed by Dr. J. W. Houston. On the SUMO evening, a child of George F. Baker, residing in Steelville, itecidently tell in the head-race of the will. When found, it appeared to be lifeless, but prompt medical treatment tieing obtained, it was restored to consciousness. De. 1l UUSI.OII also attended this case. lluNct I 1 tmski.r.—The Express stales Hutt a nom, named John liarris, living near Landisville in East llemptield town ship, committed suicide yesterday fore noon, by hanging. lle went to Benjamin Lung's whose place is close to where the deceased lived, in the morning to burn a kiln of lime, but none of the persons who were to assist him making, their appearance, on account of the unt'avorable state of the weather, he started off. Harris was altout thirty-eight years of age, and leaves a wife and live children. It is supposed that thecause for the commissien Mthe rash act was imaginary pecuniary embarrass ments. vorre spondent of the inquirer writing from Nine Points, this county, says: Broom-corn has not received the cultiva tion anti attention which its importance in the family of domestic plants, and the high price which it commands, entitles it to. To most farmers it is a crop about which they have little experience and information; and now, that its cultivation is beginning to be regarded profitable, many inquiries are made concerning it. The best seed ( . o , llles front the \Vest. As regards its cul tivation that is about the same irs other corn ; the only differenou is, it must be planted thicker. MallUfaeturers like the brush line,and consequently the torn ought to be planted pretty thick in the row, and cut off before it is fully ripe, about the be ginning of September ; then the brush will have a uniform color, which is very de sirable, as brooms of a uniform greenish color will command a higher price in the city. A good acre unit bring front live hundred to a thousand pounds of brush, which brings now in Philadelphia twentr cents per pound, or four hundred dollars per tun. Broom-corn is now the most profitable crop that the farmer can raise. A CouNTERFEIT BoNli.—A sl,ol.lllcoun terfeit U. S. live-twenty bond, No. 15,590, third series, 1000, was offered on Friday at the counter of Reed, Nlcli rann S. Co., with a request to have it exchanged for two $5OO ton-forties. The counterfeit is well execu ted, particularly the coupons, and calcula ted to deceive even experts. Mr. Reed suspecting that all was not right, required the stranger who offered it to bring some person to identify hint. lie at once left, promising to bring his father, but of course he has not since returned. A police officer was sentJQr, but the stranger disappeared in the Ile was a slim man of medium height, with light hair and beard. NEn ItO K n unk nowt' negro man was found dead on the Pennsylvania Railroad track on Thursday, between Co lumbia and Mountville, with his head hor ribly crushed and almost severed from his body. lle had doubtless been run over by a train of cars. His remains were taken to Columbia, where a Coroner's inquest will be held on them. E WEATIIER.—Ever since the Mat of the present month we have had very disa greeable weather, which culminated last evening in a regular snow storm. The snow fell to the depth of three inches, and has resulted in rendering the streets very sloppy, and pedestrianism quite unpleas ant. The country roads, which some days ago were becoming tolerably good, have again been rendered bad by the late heavy rains, and our country friends, driving to town to finish up the "business of the first," find the journey a tedious one. OXFORD AND PEACH BOTTOM R. H.—The Oxford Press states that Mr, Hood and his corps of Engineers are now surveying eastward from the Susquehanna on the Ox ford and Peach Bottom Railroad on what is called the Southern Route. Having ar rived at Donnell's Summit on the Penn Hill and Lancaster road, in Fulton town ship, on Saturday evening the 213th. The route, as far as surveyed, was pronounced entirely practicable and the grade in get ting out from the river, via Peter's creek, easy. They expect to cross at Reas ford ing and connect with the P. and B. C. R. R. near Nottingham station, this week. A sumnEn of the farmers in the southern part of the county have already sown their oats; others are busily engaged in plowing their fields preparatory for sowing. Much ground intended to be planted in corn was plowed during the warm weather of Janu ary. The wheat fields look well, and the public roads, until recently so terribly bad, are now becoming quite good. A NEGRO OUTRAGE.—Thursday a negro attempted to violate the person of a young white woman, a domestic in the family of Mr. Jacob Newcomer, of West Hempfield twp. The black villain tore almost all the clothing from the woman's body. Her screams and struggles induced him to beat a retreat, and ho has not yet been appre hended. MT. JOY ITLIIS.—From the Herald On Sunday, the 27th ult., the violent sterna damaged considerable property in this section. The roof was blown off of the Cedar Fltll Seminary, with a loss to the property of over four hundred dollars, and also part of the roof of Peter Gish's barn, near town. Several trees were blown over in the borough and quite' a number of fences. CONESTOGA TOWN.SILIP ITEMS—MESSRS. EDITORS :—A little boy, but 8 years of age, rescued two other children from drowning on Thursday, the 17th inst. Such brave and heroic conduct as this little boy dis played is seldom equalled by one so young. Three little boys aged respectively 3, 6 and 8 years, the first, a son of Mr. Wm. Ram sey, of Bnrkholder's Ferry, in this town ship, and the other two, sons of Mr. Raw • lins McClune, who resides near the Ferry, were on the river in a skiff, when the skiff upset, throwing the three children into the water. The oldest boy was a good swimmer, but the other two could not swim at all. When the boat upset it remained bottom up on the rock that caused it to upset. The little hero of 8 years of age, first got his brother of 6 years upon the bottom of the boat, and then went atter the 3 year old boy, whom the current had already carried some dis tance off, and succeeded in reaching him in time, and also in getting him to Warfel's Island, where he laid him on the shore, un til he swam to the boat and brought his brother also safely to the shore. Ile then carried the little boy to the residence of Mr. Jacob Warfel, about 460 yards distant, where he was soon restored to conscious ness ' • and all three are as well as if they had not received such a cold bath, and made such a marrow escape from drowning. The negroes of "Nigger Hollow" have formed themselves into a league, holding meetings weekly. The Chief Marshal elect of the parade, which is to form a part of the celebration ratifying the Fifteenth Amend ment at Columbia, who is a native of the "Hollow," organized the League and had some resolutions passed which he had brought from Columbia. Speeches (II were made by a number of the sable ora tors, and arrangements were made to pro ceed to Columbia to take part in the mtifiention jubilee, their Radical lirethrei (white) of Columbia having promised to bear the expenses and to furnish the pro visions, fur which the owners of poultry in this neighborhood thank them very heart ily. A ginger-rake colored Demosthenes said there were ti "colored voters" in this township, of whom 20 were "colored Re publicans and 5 Nigger Democrats," but bref de Lawil" he continued, " dar war etm cum in dis eltnin, and now dar tun only 4 Nigger Demacrals.” A few of the more respectable negroes refuse to attend their meetings or join their league, hence they are denounced as Nuuvr Democrats. Wild geese passed over this way lust week on their urney to the Northern Lakes, and black-birds in largo numbers and souse wild pigeons were about; the robins made their appearance some time ago, while—which is very singular—we saw blue-birds during the whole winter, at short intervals; wo also saw a blue-jay on the. 11 rst of Jan nary. . . Some of the farmers were plowing during the latter part of last week for oats, the ground having been in good condition.— The equinoctial storm on Saturday night and Sunday tries very severe here. S. POLICE MATTEIe4.--Considering the number of persons on our streets yesterday the city was quite free front disorder, •and but le,' arrests Were Made. (Ole verdant Voting countrymen Was silly enough t, lose his money and watch by engaging in play with a professional gambler, and was mean enough to "squeal" when he lost. Alder man Fisher fined both parties for gambling, and compelled the professor to disgorge.-- A few other arrests were made and tines imposed—principally of mellow-gated and limber-legged votaries of tangle-foot. Lure LEoisr,,vrioN.—We learn trues the Topic that the following legislation, relating to Lancaster county, wits had yesterday, in the State Senate : . _ House bill to incorporate the Lancaster and New Danville Turnpike Hnad Com pany. Passed. House bill for the improvement of the public roads in Lancaster county. Passed. House bill authorizing :old requiring School Directors of Upper Leacock town ship, Lancaster county, to assess and col lect special tax to refund to certain persons money paid for bounty purposes. ACCIDENT.—A young Mall, aged, 25 years. named Jbseph Dellet, f o rmerly of this oily, but recently residing in Reading where he has a wife and child, met with quite a serious accident on the Reading and Columbia railroad at Litiz, Wednesday be tween 11 and 12 o'clock in the forenoon.— Mr. Dellet was in the employ of the Com pany as fiag-man, and was standing on a ear at the Coal Shutes of Messrs. Reed and Bomberger, when the track on the shone gave way and precipitated the car on which Mr. D. was standing to the ground terribly crushing his leg and necessitating its amputation just below the knee. :dr. Dellet was brought to this city on a special train and MIS conveyed to the residence of his mother, Mrs. Susan Dellet, at the cor ner of Prince and Lemon streets. The leg was amputated by Dr. Ilenry Muhlenburg, and the patient is doing as well as can lie expected. La no E correspondent of the Express writes front the Gap that one Mille largest cows ever taken to the Philadelphia market was sold at the Avenue Drove Yards on Monday the 28th. This animal was sold to P. M. Eaby by John Ilunsh berger for $2lO. She weighed 2100 lbs. The same paper states that John Bell, re siding at Marietta, on Monday, the 28th, killed two wild geese at one shot, on the Susquehanna river, near Marietta. The birds secured were the only ones in the vicinity at that. time. A 101 ITTED. —Captain William Thomas, formerly or Fulton township, this county, wa, admitted to practice law in the several courts of the county on Wednesday, thi nd inst. We understand that Capt. 'l'. passed a creditable examination ; he ha our best wishes for his suceess in his chosen profession. A VALUABLE 11m - ism—The horse " owned by Mr. Abraham Iliest and, or this pity, was sold on Friday to Mr. Robert Robinson, of Brooklyn, New York, for two thousand dollars. Harry is a dark bay, eight years old, and has trotted a mile in 2:40. Ile has been in possession of Mr. Ilinstand for the past three years. WiLsos: SF:wiNr: AlAcir si,"l„. , No. lil North queen street. [ - ('opy from Original - in our Possessiond VCns(II stiroN, AELreli IS7O. Ste Please hand the wHEELER 1 Wit,- SUS Af;ENT that note I signed against their machine and oblige me, as it is not correct. PHOEBE ANN mAitTIN. S. 11.—Thy , above shows cern - elusively 110 low an agent will stoop, amt by false represen tations, paying cash, Ac., succeeds in getting a card against a Heal and lunch sriperiar Sewing Machine, THE WHEELER LS: IV Tanners likseECT.—At a stated meeting of Kosciusko Lodge, No. 371, 1. O. oft). F., held Saturday evening, March 211111, the following resolutions In regard to the death of Brother 11. W. Jones were adopted: Wit kakAs It tins pleased the All-wise and Supreme 13eLng, the Creator and preserver of all things, to remove from our midst by death, our worthy, esteemed and beloved Brother 11. W. Jones. Therefore be it Resolml, That in the death of liro..Tones we sinevrely and deeply deplore the loss which has been sustained by the brotherhood, that by this dispensation of Divine Providence we have lost a valuable and substantial Brother— .•.-. - . _ . Resofred, That We deeply sympathize will the parents, relatives and friends of our Broth er In thin their sad bereavement. Resolved, That our Lodge be leaped In mourn Mg for the spare of thlrty days, and that th brothers wear the usual badge of !Mourning to t he same spare of time. Resrdve,l, That In teillmony of the respect w • hear to Ms memory,as a welt tiled and devot“ friend, associate and Brother these resolution be prlntml in ono ur Inure of the County papers and that a cope of the same be forwarded t. the parents of the deeelltied. 11. o.—p. EIIiFINNEMAN, I'. O,—W. A. CRAWFoRD, (0N LAO. (''ummlttry SPECIAL NOTICES aa-Derninesa, Blindness and Catarrl rented with the utmost s access. by J. Isaacs, IT 1 , and Professor of likenses of the Eye and Ear, (Id sPodanin In the ISlislical College of Pennsylvania, I years experience. (formerly of Leyden, I I (Aland.) N, not Arch Street. Phila. Testimonials Gan he seen his office. The medical faculty are Invited to 000,11 pony their patienta, as he has no socrels In his prai lire. Arlillcinl eyes inserted without pain. No dims( for examination. march :ICI, 011- Pimplen on the Fare For Conietionett, Black-worms or End, Pintpl Eruptions and Blotched clisilguration4 011 the Car Porry's Cometione and Pimply Route(ly, sold all Druggists. ACT To Remove Moth Patches. Freckles and Tan from th o face, use PERRY 'S MOTIP AND FRECKLE LOTION. The only reliable and harmless remedy. Prepared by Dr. 13. C. Perry. ra 'lt.. S. Y. Sold by all DrogrOlds- 01,033510-13 Air Avoid Quack A victim of early indiscretion, csing nervous d Witty, premature decay, Ac., hav au ing tried In vat every advertised remedy, has ditictiver,l n simp means of self cure, which he will send free to his Iv low oofTerenm. Address J. 11. lIEF7VES, 87 No.B.Bau St., New York 4w - The Rice Divorce Suit for Fraud In age. is causing great excitement In Boston. It should warn young men not to marry In haste. Rice Is but Le, his bride 31'. He swears that she made him believe she wus but his own age, by using Magnolia Balm upon her face, neck and hands. Poor youth. He probably found her elbows weren't quite so sort and pretty Ought Hagan to be Indicted ? We know of many similar cures. This Balm gives a most won derful pearly and natural complexion, to which we don't object. We like pretty women. To finish the Picture, they should use Lyon's Kathalron upon the hair. With pearly chin. rosy cheeks, and soft, lux uriant tresses, they became irresistible. Sr Pulmonary Consumption Is rubbed or its b• ror. The Phrenlx Pectoral ban cured many can and ban given happy relief In many cm., DE 41118 tarlitnzy.. -Suddenly, on the 4th Inst., lit this city, Rev. J. J. Stri no, In tile 7sth year of Us age. The relativet and friends of the family are rispect fully Invited to attend the funeral from his lute reel dence In Centre Square, on Thursday, the 701 Inst., at 2.4; P. M. 6gedFitANKFORT.-.on the 34 Imt., Eleunora Frankfort., 72 prang. EllßENlntnto.-On the 'nth Inst., In title city, Mrs. Anna Ettrenfrled, aged an years and 4 mantles. WITIVEIL-On the :9th inst., to this city, A. M. Vir ginia, eldest daughter MM. It. and Anna M. Wittver, aged 25 year!. 3 months and 7 day. krzona.—On the Mat Inst., In this city, at II o'clock, A. M. Mrs. Elizabeth Metzger, wife Or John Metzger, Sr., rn the 80th year beher age. MCN n p.-94 Feb. 57 fr at the ma Oence RurriBo4 Graham, la Hart towns , Mrs. Spun? mcNabb, aged 70 years, 7 months and day.. HZIIB. —On the 2/.1 that., at li.alungn, Minnie, young. cat daughter nr .4ohn and Mary E. Herr, aged a months. WCIELLOnEr.—on the Ittl InaL, by the ituv. J. J, Strife, Jamb WI. to Ll=le Lorey, both of ItCultor two, WOLYNli*B.l.oEll—CAnn.—OrNanday, January 3o MO, at the re•adence 01 the bride's parpte• I.t aree uro more townsiap, by the Rev. Thom. iteileY, K. Wolfersharger to Kate ('. Carr, both o Lancaster county. MARKETS PhtladelPitla Grain Market. PIIILADELPELIA. April s.—The Flour market Is quiet, and priers particularly of the medium and low gmdee favor buyers; there is very little demand exoept from home consumers who purchased sallibla In lots at S-1.211,gEt-LSO for Superfine; 5ta1y44.75 for Extras; 5,5 for low grades, up to SW /51°r choice lowa, Wigeon ln and Minnesota - Eatra Family; $.7164.5.fiVi (or Penn's do do; 5.5...544i for Indiana and Ohio do do. and Sil.,47.s4l.karfrancy Brands accord- Ina to quality. Rye Flour may the acup-el nt $4.5001.42‘..; per bbl. Corn Meal is firmer. There lea firm feelingrmer. Ms, be' Wheat mark °' for prime lore, which are I,n .elcmand, but In feiror descriptions are reorlated; sales of 1,5000 bus. Penna. Red at 51.MC41...25,neci choke Bola ware at $l.BB. Rey sells to a small way at 61,,n for Penna. Corn is scarce and in demand at frill priees: sales of 3,0.10 bus. Yellow In the cars and from stare at $1.0601.06. Oats are strange, and 4,500 bus. Pec.u . 's-reold at 51Q6 . 2e. OW bus bus. Canada Barley sold No sales were reported In Malt. In the absence of sates we quote No, r quer citron Bark at $l7 per ton. _ , Whiskey has wiraneed ; holden: are ntte-/ tsf Fitoek Plarketx. DE HAVEN S. alto, DAME EMS, Aorll 5. Pecue........................ ................. s 19111'n ally Erie. ............. ............... ¶ll.lOO . . . ............. .... ............... ... I.i. S. gei 1881_ I I:1 , 34o1 II - Cr.ll) Dial. 11.0 t.9110n ; liti , ,iiolo:l " - ntai, July lot) 107 %. iv ~, - - lltti7 , . Ditt't 100 .19 , .1 00 ~ 10-10.1..104P,,,1g.,1004 Currency tts 11:: @ALP, Gold __.....111. Union Pacitle R. R, lot M. Ronan_ ....Sin (A\so Central Racine It. Ft __9 . 3) 4,44:10 Union Pacific Land U rout Bonds., :3 0 i... 741. Philadelphia Cattle Maalg.,rl ttt BEEF I'ArTLE-IVere it demand II .s.'et talt all I.lvanet• of about per It•; atom!? 1.,40.1 head arrive!? and snit? at 1n5.110 ,t• for extra Frl.soo I vatna and Western steers: n, , ,i0.4e fur alit , tt , gond do.. and tkar, , 7 e per ror et\tllhit , n. as to quality. 'rule IntlinN lag are Ilit . pact tars of liv 'ale,: Item!. 52 Owen Smith, 1 . .0m - tter county, h i gross. 45 A. Christy At Bro., Mlcstern, 14.4101, brass. Dennis a. Smith, gross. -13 ti Daettgler Mel leese, Western. 7l r m gross. 51 P. NleFlllen, I.anclu4t et- comity, :0,019', gross. 2.; Ph. Hathaway, Laneaster connl gross. 10 James S. Kirk, Chester tsilinly, ri,.loe, gross. 10 11. F. Me 1 ,111.01, Lauessler oninty, gross. W 3111.111., gross. Cs`l E. S. Nlcl , lllen, T.anear.t.., county, 9(/14.'.e, Knee , . 111 Ituelunttn, Lancaster ...only, 211 M B dr • fltr Weslcrn, gross. 91 Mooney In Miller, Wester., 7. 45 Thomas Mooney 41: 13.1 rt her, Lailent.ll.l . 25 li:Chtirin, Chester nut:0417.84a 94,c, gross. I:4U John Smith At llntahler, /11,11caNtcc run ay, 01,9 , 4ie, gross. 3.4 J. & 1,. Frank, Lancaster 4,unty, V e 4.9 e, gross. 20 Gus, Schomberger 1.11 raster eti., 0!4:,e, gross. 70 Hope I.amtaster cutuity, SoC9t 45 11. g' ;' ° l -8 0 ' 21 . 114, Western, 7 1 .; , 0 , 11Oe, ge9os. 211 .1. Clemson, Lancaster en, gross. 10 Ellren et:Co., Lancaster co., Aw.n. 2 .1. Chrlhl v, Lancaster eo., 'o,li/115 1 ,C 3.1) 111111111114 & Alexandor, riloslor co., B l .:r,Bross. 11.1 Choster en_ 8: 1 ,i/. 1 49 1 .le, 15 1.. llorno, ire! eta, gross. Iitff=MSZEMIESIEZZII 15 John 3. Rowland, Cliestei cu , timOr. gicoss. Cows—Were unchanged; 150 head i 0 for springers, and Silo u per head for COW tad calf. sheep—Were in fair demand at an advant , ; „ion head sold at thedliliireld yards at 7. 0 4.9, , ,,c air lA, gross, as to condition. llogs—Were higher: 2,snt Iliad sold nt the lifferent yards at 512.50.31:f0r slop, and .14 per 100 lbs., net, for corn fits!. Lancaster Household Market- LA seAsfku, Saturday, April '2. Butter V. pound :. - .,0 , Ine Lard, " 15t.: . ..)e Eggs - 0. dozen '2oo )22e Beef by the quarter, front . lilt , ;Ile " hlnd 12f al:le Pork by the quarter .15 ,, ll'e Chickens, (live, 1+ pair 7.14 , 01.00 (cleaned) - 0 pair 90r , a1.0n Veal Cutlets, I , pound 17a Pic Lamb, IS,a.'..Nk• Sausages .., 2042;g• Beef cuts, - 25 c. Pork Stark, ":2c Potatoes, '0 bushel 504.101 i• " T. perk Pk. Sweet Potatoes, , t , S:peek .tie Turnips - 0 ‘,.1 peek • t;o0 Se Onions, ' " I SotY_lle Apples, ' " 1•2425 c Nl , Inter Beans,•p quart ilk. Buckwheat Elmira , ' quarter I '"ird,Lsa Cabbage, 'B head fadl de New 01111, V bushel use Outs, i; hag 1.51) Apple !Sutter, 'p pint 2014'2",e 01 crock I '"iw.1.50 LANCASTER (; RAIN MA RE rr, MnN DA MARen IS7o.—Fliffir and I:rain market dull: Family Flour 'l4 bbl R 5 25 Extra " 4 .WI Superfine " " 4 ittl White Wheat 1 bus 1 :111 Hod 1 13 Rye `p.) bus 113 Corn " 03 Oats " 50 Whiskey - F 1 gal 115 cloverseed - 0 bus 7 30 NEW ADVERTISEMESTS USTATE OF JENIiINS, r, Into tlt-Fttitott t wp. tiet..tl.—Losttera hada snentary on salt! estate Slaving been arstnted to the undersigned, sill persons indebted 111 sold decedent arc requested to Mai, 1111111,i Late Sll - and those havlllu claims or slottlands agaln.t the estate of said slecedisnt, tti snake Icnown the same to Illto without 110111 y. I NS, Executor s al;-edwIl‘ residing In ,1111 township. EISTATE OFJACOB DELLINGER. LATE. EJ uC Manor twp dee'd.—Letters testamen tary on sold estat e having bek•la gratiletl to the undersigned, all persons indebted thereto are requested to !nuke immediate settlement, and those having claims or denuutda against the saute, will present them without delay to the undersigned residing In said township. CLEO S. MANN, Executor. STATE OF JOHN N. H ACK ER. LATE lA' of 1M17., Warwick t wp., ters oradmlnlstrat lon on Sala I,tati, having been granted to the undersigned, all persons In debted thereto arc requested to make dial, payment, and those having claims or .letnands against the same wlll present them for sot dement to the undersigned. lIIIARL.yrrE HACKER, 14111011,1,r .I. U . 4El'l I 0. l• Mt. Joy t wp., Lancaster co. W. 1.. ❑Y..\ it. WH. 1 CHILDREN'S ROY s AND YOUTH'S CLOTHING EMPORIUM ! EAST KING STREET, 11=1 A varlety of beautiful patterns yonstantly nn hand. NVe Intend to Shake this a speelalty. Agetley for the Statcn Dvelug F:Ntal)- 11s1 nt, ntie It( the nlttest und bust In Iln votintry. ladles' Dresses, Cashmere, Broche, \Void, Crape, and all other shawls: (lent COlllB, PIIION MA liloVeS, dyed, cleaned and refinished in the hest manner. rh - f - Clothing repaired 11.11 , i renovated with neatness and dispatch. ttp2-lincl,tw HILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE 11 ENTRA RA I I.RoA On and after MONO:\ V. APRIL 1,1 , 70,1,11ns will run an follows: Leave Philadelphia, from Dep./ or I'. U.& 11. it. it., earner Broad street and Waahhigton RVOIIIII., MI==EMM=MI , .. . . . For Oxford, at 7 .k. M. 4:30 . P. M. and . I'. M. For Chadd'n Ford and Chest., i'rr7k 11. It., at 7 A. M., 17 A. M., .7A) P. M., 1:30 P. M., and 7 I'. M. Train (raving Philatlrlphla at 7 A. M. con neets at Port Deposit with train fir Baltimore Trait. leaving tixford nt 015 A. NI., and 111,111 g Port Deposit at 9:25 A. M., eonneet nt l'hatiti's Ford Junction with the Wilmington and Reading ItAliroati. Trains for Philadelphia leave Port Deposit at 9:::5 A. M., and 1:::5 P. M., on arrival of trains from Hai tlinore. Oxford at Otai A. M., 10:25 A. M. and 5:30 P. M. Chadd's Ford a t 7,20 A. M., 12:14) M., 1:30 I', Si., 4.15 I'. M. and hilt I'. M. Trains leave Baltimore for all stallorm an the P. S 13. C. R. It. at 7:30 A. M., and 2:15 I'. M. Passengers arc allowed to take wearing ap parel only as baggage, and the Company wlti not tie responsible for an amount exceeding one hundred dollars, unless a special contract Is made for the 811111 e. =MM= W ISTAR'S BALSAIII WILD CHERRY. F~ pit COU(I ITS, COLDS INPIKENZA,(%)SRF,4IIInN This well-known remedy I lees not try np a Cough, and leave the rause behind,lll k the ease with most preparations: hut It loo,ens and cleanses the lungs, and allays irritation, t hue removing (hr rause of the complaint. SKTII W. FOWLER & SON, Proprietors, Boston. Sold by druggists and dealers In medicines generally. In7-lydeod&w BROWN'S TROCHES. ACOUGH. COLD OR MORE THROAT reguiries Immediate rate Hon, as neglect often results In an Incurable AriV t p Lung Disease, 8 174 jocii iA L Brown's Bronchial Troches cy will most Invariably give Instant 030 ,, relief. For !MON CHITIS, ASTH MA, CATARRH, CONSUMP- IVE and TIIRCIAT DISEASES, they have a soothing effect. ELINUEBS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS uric them to clear and strengthen the voice. Owing to the goad reputation and popularity of the Troches, many wont/Beta and cheap MUM- Boas are offered which are good/°r nothing. Be Cure 1.0 OBTAIN the true. BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES. niEl BOLD EVERYWHERE. Unathiw Jr ADVERTISEMENTS 5100 B R ) y r I. tl T l 0 1 71 echgo i n °p Ortlf e NT S Y up i r l em Court of thpUnt Usti States alt soldiers no en 11.hyl before ntly -'d, ISM, for the term of three years, awl were honorably dhwharged for disability before serving Iwo j.rars are now to one handruf dollars bounty. This ap plies to the men of. the Penn/wit:unto Reserve Volunterr Corp... Men volunteering from other state' , of the Unto!, heFtatt, July' Li6l, ore also :r.pt hied. For prompt attention apply to JAMES BLANK. U. N. Claim Agent, a6-thrl4 56 East King st„ Lancaster, Pa. T P R IVATE SALE.--THE voussicni. AHEIL offers at private wale, thtlevaluable Farm. coot/41111w.: Tx, 4 . 4.4,Es OF LAND, situate tulles north of Point of Eslclis, ad joining the lands of 44. W. Snootier, this. late Cluiries E. TIIOITIRA, deed. Curtis ()still?, and others, on the 1044111,44111,1 g from Tramelgtown to Llcksv About 15 a,res of valuable wood land. the latianco under cult ivaßon and hcavi. ly limed. The imp:ovemoots consist of 0 comfortabl.• two-story los 1,,011.4er-ktnarttot l House, I Tenant Houses, ;Moat flar rucks and House, Blacksmith Shop, Stables, Corn House, Wagon Shed, Smoky /CO Hou neeessary outbuildings; a Young Orchard 1,1,1 se, 'and San? e Peaches, Apples and Pears. The subscriber will nt privitto sale, Mountain hot No. 3, containing 14% Acres, this lot is situate in the Sugar Loaf Mountain convenient to the aforesaid Farm, and acres Bible fur wagons. 'For further partleufsrs cci on the subscriber living on the farm. a5-tf w I OTHO THOMAS. EPORT OF THE CONDITION OF TH E Lantsister County National Hank at the close at business January . 21til, IS7O RISOURCI , 24. JJ mtns and 1)11:counts $449,6(t2 42 1 , . S. liouds tsl secure eirctllitt ion 205,0110 al S. Itoluis on InLial 4,650 nn lieserveng'ts.. 011,8112 19 Due Cr,, , other Nal lona! !Sank, ... :to,liol Il Due fro'n• ut her Banks and Bankers. WI Ir.! n king Lionm, 1:2,1;11 Iry llil 11, ,nrrout 3tl (211,11 0111 1,.:41ing ,1:1111114 11 11 link of Ist Banks ....... .• . 2,Ki2 th) Fraellonnl cnl-reit•-y N lek- el.•••• Specie . Legal Tender Note, ...... .-,- Thr,...• per ~ill. c,rlifloates . . _. Capital Stnek paid in TPI,OOO 10 ,orpltui Fund Oto InNenunt, Exchange and I nivrent ... 111.31.5 1(7 Profit and 1,1. s 5,301 57 Nininnul Ilk ciruaThilluiloun•land'l4. ..0,(1000M1 rilAtio '' 5,5:11 (NJ Intl i v 11100) Deposits .• .... 3111,1135 00 1111.• la NatInIIIII 111111 i, 10,1/01 75 DM, to WIWI' Rank, anti Brokers 7:10 11 Stale rd Prlovrfil r .log i 1, Omni./ 1, \‘'. 1.. Politt•r, 'a•ltter, of Lalleltster I. , ltlonal Mod:. do solemnly Nwtstr that (Int 5. slat i•no•ol 14 troy to t Ito IteNt ol III) 11,t11,1gt• ht•ltt.f. NV. 1,. PP:Ill.:It, Nhlvr. ~orn In.fort , Me this 314 L Lai tri Mr rs• 11, 1,70, .I.\i'Olt D. Notary Ptll,ll‘ curt 0:1. .\'1. , 1: \ L.kNDIS. LEVI tirrz, DENJAMIN LUND, Directors. It .4 A' Is: ERS O FFICE OF FISK & BANKERS AND MALERS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, Fel , rtmry 1501, The remarkable success which attended our negotiation of the Loans of the CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY and the i WESTERN l'A FIC R R AILOAD COMPANY, and the popu ty and credit which these Loans have ma tallied in the markets, both In this country and Europe, have shown that the First Mortgage Bonds of wisely-located and honorably-managed Rai I roads areprompt ly recognized and readily taken as the moot suitable, safe, and advantageous form of in vestment, yielding it more liberal income than con hereafter be derived from Government thmds, anti available to take their place, Assured that, in the selection and negotia tion of superior Railroad Loans, we aro meet ing a great piddle want, and rendering a vale ble service—bolt to the holders of Capital and to those great National works of internal Im provement whose Intrinsic merit and subsLan- Oat character entitle them to the use Of Capital and the confidence of investors—wo flaw Offer Wi Lil special contidenee and satisfaction the EC= Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company The Chemalicake and Ohio Railroad, connect ing the Atlantic coast end the magnificent harbors of the Chesapeake Bey with the Ohio River at a point of reliable navigation, and thus, with the entire Railroad system and water transportation of the great Went and Southwest forms the additional East and Went Trunk Line, no imperatively demand ed for the neemnmodation of the Immense and rapidly-growing transportation between the Atlantic nealmard and Europe on the one band and the great producing regions of the 01110 and Missinsippl Valleys on the other. ,The Importance of thin Road as a new outlet fr ttttt the Went to the Sea otattniffen It Into one of national connequeneo, nod In- Mares 101 l an extensive thorough bottle from the dap of Its completion ; while, lu the develop mentottheeeienslveagrlculturaland mineral resources of Virginia and ‘t r e.t Virginia, It posseesi e, along, Its own Ilse, the elements of a large and profitable Meal burin... Thus the great Intereeni. both general and local, which demand the eompletion of the Ulf 1.1.4 A PEAR E AND 1)1111) RAILROAD to the Ohio River, ;Lltord the surest guarantee u Its ...clu: and value, and render it the moat Important and hohmtantial Railroad en• terarbto now In ',rage,. In thin Conn try. Its superiority as on Knot and West route, and the promise of an Immense and profitable trade awaiting Its completion, have drawn to it the attention and co•operation of prominent. Capitalists and Railroad men of thin City of sound Judgment and known integrity, whose connection with it, together with that of emi nent citizens and businessmen of Virginia and West Virginia, lnoureil an energetic, hon orable, and moceeomful runuagemeot. The head in completed and in operation from Richmond to the celebrated White Sulphur Springs of West Virginia, 2'27 miles, anti there remain but '.303 miles (now partially construct ed) to be completed, to carry it to the proposed terminus on the Ohio river at, or near, the mouth of the Big Sandy river, lue miles above Cincinnati, told :tie nil lex below Pittsburgh. Lines are now projected or In progress through Ohio and Kentucky to this point, which will connect the Chesapeake and with the entire Railroad systems of the West and Southwest, and with the Pacific Railroad. Its valuable franchises and superior advant ages will place the CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RA ILI - WAD COMPANY among the richest and most powerful and trustworthy corporations of the country; and there exist. a present value, In completed road and work done, equal to the entire amount of the mort &Mir, The details of the Loan have been arranged with special reference to the wants of all classes of investors, and combine the various features or cooveo loony, safety, and protection against loss or fraud. The Bonds are In denornlnatlonn of 81000, 8300, and $lOO. TM*. will he !waled as Cbupon Bonds. payable 10 //corm., and may be held In that tuba or The Bond may be registered In the name or the owner, with the coupons remaining paya ble to bearer at Melted, theprincipol being then transferable only on the hooka of the Company. unless remoiltpied to bearer; or The mu pong may be detached and cancelled, the Road made a permanent Registered Bond, transferable Intl S on the hooks of the Company and the I ntereKt made payable only to the reg istered nattier or his attorney.: The three chooses will be known respectively Int. " Coapou Benda payable to Bear- 21. " Registered Bolide with Coupotui attached." 3d. •• Registered Bonds with Coupons detached;• and should be no designated by Correspondents In specifying the class of Bond. desired. They have thirty yearn to run from Janu ary ICU, with Interest at xlz per cont. per annum from November 1,18 W. PUINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN GOLD IN TILE CITY or NEW YORK. The interest is payable In HAT and NOVKII BEn, that it may take the place of that of the earlier issues of Five-Twenties, and snit the convenience of our friends who already hold Central:and Western Pacltle Bonds, with In• threat payable In January and July, and who may desire, In making additional Investments, to have their interest receivable at different seasons of the year. The Loan is secured by e mortgage upon the entire Line of Road from Richmond to the Ohio River, with the equipment and all other prop erty anti appurtenances connected therewith. A Stet KINO FUND OF SiCO,OOOIPER ANNUM IN pROVIDED NUR TIIE REDEMPTION OF TDB 11uN UY, Tu TAKE EFFECT UNE YEAR AFTER TUN COMPLETION OF TILE lioA D. The mortgage in for Sls,nuU,ooo, of which 52,. Olie,ooo will be reserved and held for trust for the redemption of outstanding Bonds of the Virginia Cl•nlrul Railroad Cbmpony, now merged in the ell c.SAPEAKE AND 01110. Of the remaining 813,000,000, a suufficient amount will be sold to complete the road to the Ohio river, perfect and Improve the portion now In operation, and thoroughly equip the whole for a large and active traffic. The present price is 00 and accrued interest. A Loan no amply secured, so carefully guard ed, and so certain hereafter to command a prominent place lunong the favorite securities in - the markets, both of this Country and Eu rope, will be at once appreciated and quickly absorbed. Very respectfully, FISK A; HATCH, Bankers. P. 9.—We have issued pamPilleta contacting full particulars, statistical details, maps, etc, which will be furnished upon application. 40j- We buy and sell Government Bonds, and, receive the accounts of 13anka, Bankers, Cot poratlons, and others, subject to check at sight ud allow Into rest:onLdally.ealances... =EI BEM= f =-2tmdiip.
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