Lancaster 3ntelligencer. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1871 Salutatory from the Agricultural Editor of the Intelligencer. In taking charge of this department of the INTEimokscnn, we will intro duce ourselves to our readers by a few words of explanation in regard to the object of a regular agricultural depart ment, and the manner in which we in tend to conduct it. A large portion of the readers of the WEnnlx Isl'Er,mokNcEn. are engaged in agricultural pursuits, for whose es pecial benefit this column will hereafter be regularly continued. TO all such we Intend to make this department alone worth several times the entire subscrip tion price of the paper, There are many journals, both monthly and weekly, de voted entirely to agriculture, horticul ture, stock-breeding, .le., which have been of vast benefit to those en gaged In these branches of industry.— While there are many farmers who re ceive one or more such journals, there are still very many more who do not, but who do receive a newspaper. All such would be reached by an agricul tural department in the county news papers. .Nearly all agrieultund journals de vote the larger portion of their space to pulling the stock of favorite breeders, and to lengthy articles on floriculture, and other subjects of no interest and little practical benefit to many farmers. Now, we do not desire to be understood as speaking disparagingly of these jour nals, but on the contrary we would re commend to every farmer to subscribe Mr one or several of the best, as they are really valuable. But what we mean Is, that as farmers are a class that have very little time to idle and col mush to devote to reading during the busy sea sari ; they Want is short practical articles on subjects connected with their occupation, tool they have not time to go over all the matter in half a dozen weekly and monthly journals and glean that which may he of practical benefit to them. That is just what we intend to do for them. Receiving a large num ber, including all the leading journals in the country on agriculture, horticul ture, stud:-breeding, bee-keeping, &c., we will be enabled to give the readers of the I Nmbi,o;i:sckit the most valua ble and practical matter contained in journals that would cost them aconsider aides= of money, and which they could nut Mid 111(15 to read, or even look Ihrovh iNcupt, in the Whiter. We shall select principally such articles as will interest the general class of farmers, and occa sionally articles relating to the garden, the small-fruit garden, the apiary, im proved breeds of cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry', the household, useful recipes, &e. We ,hall also endeavor to give some original articles, nut only front our own pen but from practical fanners, who may have something of interest to eoininunioate to their fellow-farmers. And we invite any farmer who knows anything tuna would interest others, to inform us; whether it relates to the manner of planting any kind 01 crops, or their cultivation, harvesting or gather ing, the inallagenients of stock, or any thing else that may be of practical value to farmers. And let no one be IleielTCll froni ad dressing us on :teeount of his not beho iwcuslonied to writing for the papers What ivy and if they at not in proper shape for pullieation, NV Will IT-arr'tiu... , :e thew. All writers wit please sign their full names. Nome will, however, not be published rrr Ire Ile fie 'lll, is. I..i.l:trit S1'1;1.1,111 Our Agricultural Editor Air. 'lrich Strickler, of l'oticsloga ( l eillre, has been selected by us to edit the Agricultural I)epartment of the I N. TEI,1,11: I.:NCI:L. .1 tat tie to outr many readers among the fanners or Lancaster minify, and other parts of l'etinsyß•ania deniands that we should nial:e our paper or praeti,,Li v:thit• tolhent. \\W :ire un able to attend to this mailer properly in the midst of our oilier duties, and we have employed one who is entirely com petent. I\lr. Strickler is an excellent writer, and has furnished the I NT1:1.1.1- 1111111t.nals valuable arti cles, some of w h ich have . , been extensively copied. 11e introduces liiniself to our readers, and trill be cor dially welcomed, espevially by those who are interested in agricultural pur suits which form the chief industry of this great county and of ilw State of The French '1•1I t•lrc•lion which has just taken place in Fiance has resulted in the L)ver wheltning defeat Of the Itepublican party. 'Pile failure of the provisional gL,verninent to check the :alt . :wee of the Herman armies would, of itself, have made it Linimpt:lar with the oases who regard success :Ls the only evidence of capacity to govern. It is nnfortunat: that the attempt to establish a Iteptibli: (vas outdo under such adverse circuit: stances. The returns from the Provinces show that the Orleauists ;old the Bon:wart- ISES NOM greatly outnumber the Repub licans ill the Assembly which is to de termine the future of the nation. The clergy in the rural districts were all against the leaders of the Republican pane, regarding them as inlitlels and denouncing them as enemies of all re ligion,' They no doubt favored the Em pire, and it is possible that the I lona partists may be able to show more strength than the supporters of the Or cans family. 'rule Republicans will be least numerous in the Assembly,but they will hold the balance of power between the two monarchical parties. It is scarcely possible that the Repub licans call be induced to side with Na poleon. In his proclamation from Wilhelmshohe he denounces them in bitter terms, and he will no doubt pun ish their leaders if he should be re stored to power. With the Orleanists the kepublicans could no doubt make an honorable compromise, by which they would secure a written constitu tion liberal in its provisions. The fact that Louis Phillipe reigned for eighteen years under such a system, would no doubt incline the Orleanists to make concessions freely if they should be framed in a spirit of moderation. A felt• days will determine the result. They will be days full of anxiety to the people of France. It k to he hoped, whatever else may befal, t Ind the cold blooded usurper who led France into the vortex of ruin, may not be permitted to crawl back to the throne he never h id any right to occupy. TwEsTy thousand copies of a book containing the eulogistic speeches of Congressmen over John Covode have been ordered to be printed. NN'e believe the ordipate charge for printing such documents is about one dollar a copy. Twenty thousand dollars is a little too much money to be taken from the tax payers for such a purpose. We would suggest that the resolution be amended so as to provide for sending out what is loft of the " investigation report" of the deceased. We understand there are several thousand volumes still stowed away in the crypts of the Capitol. DIE Canadian papers of the various political parties unite in expressing sat isfaction at the appointment of the joint commission to nettle the dillbrences be tween England and the United States. They disclaim any wish for annexation, but desire to be " our good neighbors," as in the past. IN the Senate of Kansas on Friday a bill was passed giving persons the right to sue for damages any one selling them liquor, and also to sue the owner of the building in which liquor is sold. THE LANCASTER WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1871. A Partisan Apportionment or None. The Beaver Radical, edited by Mr. Quay, is recognized in Republican cir cles as the private and confidential organ of Simon Cameron. Through its col umns he issues his orders to his adhe rents, and his commands are at once obeyed with alacrity. When the Beaver Radical speaks, all the newspapers in the State which are run in Cameron's interest take up the cry. Through this confidential organ the chieftain of 4_,0-chiel chiel has just Issued an order to his clan. We find the following copied, with ap proving comments, into the .F.'.faiilitcr this morning: Pennsylvania is Republican. She has testified her faith by varying majorities for three years past. We are entitled to a Re publican apportionment—an apportion ment which will make the Senate and I louse both certainly Republican. It is not necessary,nor perhaps polite,that we should seek an overwhelming majority in either branch. The attempt to do this in 'G4 has brought about a state of affairs which has given the Senate to the Democracy, and makes it necessary to got rid of the present bill lest a worse thing overtake us In Octo ber. But a fair and a fairly Republican bill we should have or none. The Constitution of the State of Penn sylvania imperatively demands, that once in seven years an apportionment shall be made for the election of mem bers of the Legislature; and this appor tionment can only be In accordance with the fundamental law of the State when 1111!Mbers are, in the language of the Constitution, "distributed equally, throughout (lie State, in proportion to the number, of taxable inhabituntn in the dip _fere nt Marts thereof." In the past Radical lembers of the Legislature have viola ted their oaths of office by making ap portionments not in accordance with the explicit directions of the Constitu tion, and, now, the organ of Simon Cameron boldly demands that the out rage shall be repeated. The meaning of the paragraph w h MI we have quoted Is plain. It is an order from the chief if the ring, addressed to the Republican najority in the I louse, directing them 0 vote down any fair apportionment All which may be presented. It is not true that " Pennsylvania is Republican." 'rile State was so evenly divided at the elections of 1569 and 'in, that neither party could claim much ad vantage. If reports, which come to us from:well in formedltepuhlican sources are to be believed, Geary was counted into °Mee in certain wards in the city of Philadelphia, and Packer cheated out of the election. Last fall the vote on Congressmen showed a clear Demo cratic majority. But the question as to which party has a majority on the popu lar vote in the State has nothing to do with the apportionment. The members of the Legislature have a plain and a specific duty to perform in reilitrd to this important matter, and they will not be keeping. inviolate their oaths or otrice,i they undertake to district the Slate it such a manner as to make the Ilex Legislature either certainly Itepublim or certainly Democratic. The demand of the ill is helm lent in the extreme. Is is tin key-note o a contemplated violation of the letter uul spirit of tile l'olistitution of th The faction, of which it is the notith-piece, desire no Constitutional 'eform. They wish to prevent the or ire of State Treasurer from being made leetive; and will be found in opposi ion to any fair bill which may be 'resented, either for railing a Constitn ional Convention or for apportioning he State. Nothing will satisfy them but ,tielt an apportionment as kill cure them certain control of the State Legislature for the next SeVeil year , . If they call not get that, and with it a chance to ply their in bu.iness of corrupting legislation anti plundering the people, they will have nothing will allow the session to pass without complying with the ronluirenients or the constitution. Fortunately the Democratic majority in the Senate has power to check the designs of these political desperadoes. The Senate can refuse to adjourn, or to pass the appropriation bill until a fair apportiontnent ismade. Senator Buck alew has been engaged in the prepara tion of an apportionment bill, and it is his intention to make it perfectly fair and just to every section of the Com monwealth. The responsibility of re- jetting such a bill will be thrown upon the Radical majority in the House; and that party will be forced to answer to the people if the exceedingly improper advice of the Deaver Thedieut is follow ed. The Democrats do 1101 demand a Democratic apportionment. They will be satisfied with a bill distributing mem bers "equally throughout the State, in proportion to the number of taxable in habitants in the dill'erent parts thereof," leaving parties to take care of them selves. They are willing to take any fair apportionment bill, and will go be fore the people on principle, trusting to that to;secure a majority in future Legis latures, and not to an unjust gerryman der. How the Presidential Barber Is Paid. We lied the following conno nle tine in the 'Washington P‘driot: Edik• of the harlot: Speaking of expla n ations, would it nut la proper to have an explanation as to the tie imitation of Charles Lemos, ostensibly em . played as clerk in the Treasury Department at: 1,200 per annum,but who performs duty at. the Executive n 1.11,4011 as Who does he shave? As the Presidenr.• Nate requires no razor, is this 14,11Vellie1114 provided Mr the military slaty at the peo ple's expense? Yours, Cuaitisrry, We would infer from the above that Charles is one of the Ili groes who have been made clerks in the different de partments under Ilrant. 'Po pension a barber upon the government, and to secure the services of a tonsorial pro fessor for hi,4 relations at the expense of the tax-payers of the country, would only be of a piece with the well estab lished character of Ulysses. 'Pile man who would parcel out Cabinet appoint ments and other high ollices among those who gave him money, would be capable of naming a negro for a clerk ship,and allowing him to draw a salary of for shaving his friends and dressing the hair of his Iwiusehold. Kno«'•\othlngisw In Is.i3 Senator Wilson put in a word tilt ' Native' Americanism at the I: now- Nothing ratification meeting held at Boston, the ;10th (ll' June, 1555, an nouncing a principle to which his party is still devoted. Ile said : " When the last bondman can stand up and say' I am it man, a brother, an American, aye a Na(irc then and not till then, will the agitation o the slavery question cease in this re public!" Ti I E German newspaper press in this country bitterly contrast Grant's ex pressions of sympathy with their cause with the constant supply of arms to France. They estimate that the export of arms to France from different ports of the United States has amounted to 500,0110 rifles and muskets, 50,000,000 cartridges, 75 cannon, fi Gaffing batter ies and 2500 pistols. While Grant was talking about German unity, Sherman was selling rifles to the French. The Germans would have preferred fewer expressions of friendship towards them selves, and fewer muskets for their enemy. A LETTER from Harrisburg to the Beaver Radical says that one of the sub ordinate ofcers•of the House is worth some $400,000 in real and personal estate in Pittsburgh. That Radical official must be even greedier than Grant. Tit I.: members of the joint commission to settle disputes between this country and England have been confirmed by the Senate. AMONG the victims of the Railroad massacre at Hamburg, New York, was W. C. Curry, Esq., cashier of the Sec ond National Bank of Erie. His body as not been recovered. The CITII Code The laws of a State should be guarded with the greatest care. Under our sys.. tem ofjurisprudence statutes are brought under the scrutiny of courts of last re sort, and out of a complicated syritem a structure is finally reared, which Is based on reason and rendered symmetrical by such changes as are suggested by the judgment of well-trained lawyers and learned judges. When the whole civil law of this great Commonwealth was committed to three men for supervision they were charged with a most grave and responsible duty. Those who were selected for the task ought to have been the ripest lawyers of the State. That they were not so is the fault of the Gov ernor who named the Commissioners. We need not repeat now what we have before said in reference to them—suffice It to say that the legal fraternity was sadly disappointed at the selection. The lawyers of Pennsylvania had little con fidence in the commission, and did not look for such a report a s would command the confidence of the pro fession. It Is doubtful Ivliether any three men could have been selected who would have proved competent to the task. The commission ought to have been larger, so that the labor might have been divided, and each member given no more work than he could do in the most careful manner. The Commissioners have prepared a report which Is open to very many grave objections, and a cursory review of it is sufficient to convince any well-read lawyer that its endorsement by the Leg islature would be a public misfortune. On Saturday last a meeting of the bar of Philadelphia was held, at which the following resolutions were adopted : Re.volved, That in the opinion of this meeting, the civil code reported by the Coinmissioners should not be adopted, un • tit oppertunity has been afforded the public and the profession to thoroughly and care fully examine it and to make known their OpiniOllS in regard to it. Br.rolisl, That a Committee of seventeen be appointed to examine fuel ismsider the revised statutes submitted to the Legisla ture by tile Commissioners, and it in their judgment it shall be expedient to prepare a memorial to the Legislature respecting thorn. Rexu/rvii, That said Committee la, au thorized and requested to invite the co operation of the members or the bar in other counties for the purpose of seen ring advised and deliberate action by the Legislature upon this important subject, and to take such other action 115 Ala] I be deemed limes• nary and proper. 'the Legislature being thus put upon its guard it k to be hoped 110 attempt will be made to force through the adop tion of the report of the Commissioners at the present session. Let the whole matter go over, or let a competent com- Inittee of learned lawyers be selected t( revise the work presented. Only in some such way can a civil code be prepared which Will meet the wants of the pro- I 4 ession and of the people. How a Negro Not a Seat In Congress. For "ways that are dark" . commend us to the Radical politicians of Snail Carolina. fader negro rule in that badly reconstructed State the art of cheating at elections has been carried to the highest point of perfection. In the Second Congressional District R. C. Dc Large, Radical negro, was returned as elected over C. C. Bowen, Radical white. Bowen has contested the seat, and an investigation into the manner in which the election was conducted has brought to light some ugly facts. Some fifty respectable witnesses testified that they prepared ballots with the name of C. I. Bowen for Congress, and marked then, so as to enable them to be recog nized. The ballots were preserved ac cording to law, and an examination of the contents of the ballot-box showed that, in every case, the marked ballots which hail been cast l'or Powell were changed, by substituting the name of De barge for that of Bowen. 'That beats all the dodges which have been adopted in Philadelphia or N etc York. The election officers in South Caro`ina have a cheaper way of carrying elections than having repeaters. Bowen is now under indictment for bigamy, and be tween him and the negro who holds the seat, which was secured by such open and wholesale frauds, there is little choice Still the lesson taught by the develop ments in this ease will not move to be without its value. It shows how wretch ed is the system which has grown up in the South where the negroes outnumber the whites. It gives the people of the North a true conception of the beauties of reconstruction. CCSSII a's Connection with the Chorpei lug Fraud. Thestammeringspeech made by John 'essna, in explanation of his connection with the Chorpenning fraud, has com pletely failed to convince any one of his innocence. Even thestrongest Radical newspapers are compelled to admit that the attempted defeneeM" the little trick ster is tantamount to a confession of his guilt. The of this city, which refused to believe the charges as at first made, admits now that Cessna has been convicted out of his own mouth. The Philadelphia Tbyrupli says: Mr. t'essint has at last made an expla nation or hi:, action in till, Chorpenning claim ease. I lie story will ul • course lie ac cepted for its full face value, but we hope that Pennsylvania will not send many more members or i'iingress who are so " over-zealous " or "confiding," as to pre sent resolutions which are officially eon ...trued to require the payment of nearly :3500,000 of the public money ou ,Id and poorly founded claims, and which direct Postimister Generals to ignore evidence fa vorable to the government. 'The Philadelphia dip/. says, it is possible that some people may regard this explanation as satislltotory, but there are a great many others who will look at it iu a dillerent light altogether." The question of Mr. Cessnals guilt or innocence is one which coin erns this community. Ile is President of the Board of Trustees of Franklin and Marshall College. That is a position which none but a perfectly pure man should be permitted to Jill, and the character of the institution will neces sarily suffer if Mr. Cesstm should be con tinued in tail,: TILE act abolishing the iron-clad test oath has become a law,under the clause of the Constitution which provides that bills not vetoed or signed within ten days shall become laws. Grant haul not the moral courage to veto the bill,though possessed of the vindictive feeling which led him to refuse it his signature. Ile showed both malice and cowardice in taking the ,course he did. It is now reported that prominent. Re publican politicians are urging the President to send a message to Congress, recommending a total repeal of the test-oath. This dodge has been started, no doubt, with the design of inducing (;rant to make such a show of magna nimity as wouldgive him some chance of carrying some of the Southern States in the next Presidential election. The President is said to be inclined to take the advice of his friends, and it is possi ble that such a message may make its appearance. The Income Tax 'rite income tax will not be repealed by the present Congress. A motion to go into Committee of the Whole, in or der to take up the bill, was negatived by a vote of 107 nays to 103 ayes. This is looked upon as a test vote in the House and as expressing the sense of that body. The true reason for the retention of this unconstitutional, unjust and inquisito rial tax is, that the Radical members of Congress desire to continue in office the swarm of officials engaged in collecting it. It is admitted that the money re ceived from this sourie is just aboutsuf ficient .to may salaries and other ex penses ; but, so long as a few millions can be wrung from the tax-payers and distributed among a set of political fa vorites, the present Con dress will find excuses for continuing the system. 'The next Congress will make short work of the income tax, and, it is to be hoped, of many other abuses which have been fostered and protected. The Banquet at the Water Works Our young and vigorous Mayor failed to recover toe stolen bonds of Lancaster City, which had passed into the hands of a New York lawyer, but his trip to the great metropolis In his official ca pacity was not without its fruits. While in New York he pi ingled freely with the fat aldermen Who act the part of city fathers in Gotham, and took lessons from them which he resolved to prac tice upon. Accordingly, he had scarcely laid aside his carpet-bag and taken time to kiss his wife and pat his children on the head, until he might have been found with pen in hand vigorously preparing a special message to City Councils. In that document lie cordially invited them to visit the City Mill for the purpose of inspecting the Water Works. It was at once understood by the uninitiated that this was to be neither a dry walk nor a cold-eater entertainment. So the kind invitation of the Mayor was promptly accepted, and a day appointed for the trip. As the long line of omnibuses, con tairting the portly forms of our City Fathers and the Invited guests, drove through our streets the urchins looked on In wonder and admiration, and even the tax-payers, whose only share In the delights of the occasion was their in alienable right to foot the bill, smiled complacently. With marked dignity each member of Council sat bolt up right, and It was evident that they rel ished the excitement which was created by the procession. Those who are mar ried had notified their wives that they Intendedto dine at the city's expense that day, and the bachelor members had contented themselves with a lunch at some restaurant or a hasty plate of soup at their boarding houses. The feast provided for the occasion would not com pare with the banquets given by the Lord Mayor of London, where turtle soup is served by the barrel and each guest swallows two bottles of port ; or with the gorgeous entertainments got ten up by order of the Mayor and Alder men of the great metropolis of this coun try, where bills of fare are printed on satin and all manner of costly French dishes and wines served up, but that it was a good feed is shown by the ///c/i/t, given by our local reporter elsewhere. The Mayor naturally desired to have the City Fathers in good humor, and he rightly judged that the best way to in sure such a result was to ask them to dine at the expense of the city. The shortest road to the heart of most men is through theirstomachs. Many wives understand that, and our young and vigorous Mayor was not unmindful of the fact. Plenty of good liquor was pro vided to wash down the viands, and, though some straight-laced temperance reformers may object, it must be re membered that things not otherwise attractive often assume a roseate hue when seen through a glass of wine or a bumper of old brandy. We think the Mayor displayed great sagacity- ill hav ing the Water Works inspected imme diately after the members had washed down their oysters and roast beef with generous libations of line liquors. Our local reporter has done justice to the occasion. lie lays before our read ers a full and accurate account of all that was said and done. The dinner was a decided success, the Mayor's speech was in his happiest vein, and the occasion (Ole of general good feeling and great hilarity. The new wheel moved with considerable smoothness under a seven foot head of water, :tint the pump did still better when attached to the powerful old steam engine which the Expo .10 has so often denounced as an enormous consumer of coal. 'these things the members of Council saw, but as all this, With the exception of the working of the engine, has been duly reported in the INTEI.I.IGENcy they learned nothing new. What Councils ought to know, what the tax payers of the city are all interested in knowing, is whether the new I leyelin Water Wheel will supply the city with the amount of water stipulated for in the contraet,when the head is only live feet instead of nearly seven. If it does that it is in accordance with the con tract, and, until it does that the builder is not entitled to receive one cent, and all the money which has been paid him has been wrongfully drawn from the City Treasury. 'fire new wheel has never been subjected to a proper test, but the probabilities are that Councils will be asked to take it off the hands of the contractor without that, and to pay all his heavy charges for extra work done and extra expenses incurred. The Water Committee made the omtract, and they should be held responsible for its exact and complete fulfilment. When the members of that Committee make a proper report to Councils the subject will come before the two branches, but until that is done Councils have nothing to do with the acceptance or rejection of the new machinery. The Public Printing The Legislature lan not been able to fix upon a method for letting the public printing. A bill proposing that it be given to a responsible party, to be done at the prevailing rates of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, was defeated in the Sen ate, where it originated. It was very properly argued that the terms of such a contract would be found to be entirely too indefinite. What is needed is such a bill as will effectually prevent frauds and overcharges in the future. That a bill can be framed which will cover all the printing done by the State, giving to the printer a fair price for all work done, and preventing him from cheat ing the State is certain. It will require some skill to perfect such an act, but we suppose there is enough intelli gence in the Senate to meet all the re quirements of theoccasion. If the Sen ators can not perfect the details of such a bill let them call in the aid of some honest job printer of experience. There are plenty of linen in the business who could draw up a schedule in a (lay from which a;bill could be framed which would cover every item of printing and protect the State from any extortion. Now is the time to perfect a law which will meet the requirements of the case, and do away with all the abuses which have sprung up in the department of State printing. Tut: Senate of New York has directed an investigation to lie made in regard to to the condition of the bridge at New Hamburg, where the terrible accident on the Hudson River Railroad occurred. It is to be hoped that this will lead to some legislation by which other Legis latures may take pattern. The Legisla ture of Pennsylvania stands in need of some such example. We respectfully suggest,that this terrific slaughter of hu man life has furnished a text which can be used to advantage by those who ad vocate the repeal of the infamous calam ity act, now on our statute books,which sets such a paltry price upo i the limb and lives of our citizens. Change In the Cabinet. A Washington telegram announces that Ackerman is to retire at once from the Cabinet. The ream= for this is said to be his complete inability to discharge aright the duties of the office. He is unfamiliar with the law governing im portant cases now before the Supreme Court, in which the government has an interest and incapable of managing them. It is believed that other changes will be made immmediately after the 4th of March. THE Pennsylvania Railroad is just now trying to secure certain privileges from the Virginia Legislature, and the feeling against it In different parts of the State is very strong. An immense meeting was held in Norfolk on Mon day night, at which resolutions were unanimously passed requesting the Legislature to refuse the grants solicited by the Pennsylvania Central. The Alabama Claims to be Adyeded at The reports which have prevailed In regard to the willingness of England to adjust the Alabama claims prove to be correct. Within the space of eight days all the preliminaries have been arranged for the meeting at Washington of a "high joint commission" to determine not only the Alabama claims, but the fishery quarrel and all outstanding causes of dispute between our govern ment and that of Great Britain. The Commissioners have been named, and men competent to discharge the high duties devolved upon them have been selected by each nation. The Pres ident has appointed, on the part of the United States, Secretary Fish, General Schenck, Justice Nelson, E. It. Hoar and Senator \N - illiams.— Under the administration of Washing ton, John Jay, then Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was sent as Minister to France and negotiated the celebrated " Jay Treaty." So there is precedent for the selection of a Judge of the Su preme Court to act in the capacity of a diplomatist. Senator Williams, of Or egon, retires on the 4th of March to make way for his Democratic successor, and the commission will not be like- to get to work before lie is at leisure to attend to his new duties. The com mission on the part of the United States hi a strong one, and it is to be hoped the members will come to the discharge their duties in an unprejudiced and con_ ciliatory mood. The Commissioners appointed by the English Government are distinguished gentlemen. The following is the list: Earl De Uray, Prof. Montague Boynard, Sir Edward Thornton, Sir John McDon ald and Sir John Rose. The Secretary of the commission will be Lord Tenter den. These gentlemen will be endowed with plenary power on the part of their government, and will come prepared to adjust all outstanding claims and all existing causes of dissatisfaction. It is sincerely to be hoped that all may go smoothly, and that the speedy arrange ment of the preliminaries may be the prelude to a prompt adjustment of all difficulties. It is our interest, and it should be our pleasure, to be mum the best of terms with England. The Prison Bill As will be seen by our report of leg islative proceedings, a bill has passed the Lower llouse taking away from the Prison Inspectors the appointment of the Keeper of that institution, and mak ing the office elective biennially. The salary of the Keeper is to be i 41,500 a year, besides house-rent, fuel, &e. That s Snow more than the sum mentioned in the bill as originally drawn. This in crease was made at the suggestion of Mr. IZentoell I, who does not seem to keep up the pretense to economy which distinguished hint heretofore. It may be he considers that his public career is about to close. Legisla tors do sometimes become very lavish in the distribution of the people's money under such circumstances. The bill provides that purchases for the prison are to be made by the Inspectors. We hope that clause has been carefully guarded. If it has not we may be pes tered with a whole gang of petty specu lators in supplies, and the new state of all'airs about the prison would be infin itely worse than the old. We will be better abi, to judge of the merits of the hill when we sec a copy of it, as amend ed and passed by the House. Let our '7;enators see to it that it contains ample guarantees agaiusL4peculation and pecu lation on the part of the Inspectors. THE anxiety in regard to the safety of the ,;. , :an Domingo Commissioners is in creasing. Inquiries Lace been made at all points Within reach of the telegraph operators at Ifavana, but nothing call be heard of the Tennessee. She is a new ship of large tonnage, admirably constructed and well-manned. I t is now , twenty-four days since she look her de parture, and she ought to have made the passage in six or seven days. Ar rangements had been made to send news of her arrival to Ilavana at once. That souse serious accident must have happened is regarded as certain, but it is hopedand believed as yet that nothing more serious titan a break in the steam machinery has occurred. Each passing hour renders the anxiety which is wide ly felt more intense. THE bill chartering the American Steamship Company passed the House with a clause exempting all its bonds and effects from taxation forever. It has been signed by the 17overnor and is now a law. This is another specimen of im proper legislation. Such companies have no more right to be exempt from taxation than any others and no corpor ation has rights in that respect superior to any individual. In this, as in other matters at Harrisburg, the corrupting power of the Pennsylvania Railroad proved omnipotent. THE bill introduced into the Legisla ture, changing the day for the meeting of Return Judges from Friday to Thurs. day, is proper in every respect. When important State elections are close the temptations to alter returns are very strong. If the Judges meet earlier the opportunities for cheating will be mate rially lessened. The bill ought to pass without objection, as no valid reason can be urged against it. ( ;RANT has managed to get (Aran elec tioneering speech in the message which he sent to Congress recommending an increase itt the salaries of our Minister and Secretary of Legation at Berlin.— The New York lriLuiu fails to sue how the importance of this mission can be magnified in the eyes of the Germans hy adding to its cost to this country. Ihe Teibiew forgets that Brant esti mates everything according to its money value. ==! wild Cale of unusually large di mensions have been killed 'in . \ dams county this winter. Several persons in Titusville, Penn. have been poisoned, none fatally, by drinking water from a well into which ;Ismail quantity of white lead had fallen. Many blast furnaces in this Stale are putting out their linen on account ot inability to get coal, owing to the sus pension of labor at the collieries. The ladies of Newisirt, ferry county, intend bottling a mush and milk festi val on Valentine's eve, for the benefit of the Presbyterian church. At Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon, Ralph Culberton, engineer for Graff, Bennett .V Co., was caught by a revolv ing tly-wheel, and was instantly killed, having his head torn from his body. The deaths in Philadelphia last week 1111111bered 27.5, being 37 less than during the previous week. Consumption caused 47 deaths, and inflammation of the lungs 2:5. Mr. Solomon Ulsafer of North Union township, Schuylkill county, while driving a team attached to a sled, was thrown out headforemost, in conse quence of the sled coming in contact with a stump, and killed instantly. A babe \Vile smothered to death in a sleigh, in Westmoreland county, last week, it havihg been wrapped up too carefully and placed under the ['robe in the lap of its mother. The father was driving, anti the grief of the parents can be imagined. In Lewistown, on Sunday week, Bev. J. Brown, of the Lutheran church de nounced the Alice Gilmore Female Minstrels as a low, vulgar, indecent concern, whereupon one of the show men who was in church, jumped up and declared himself to be a church member, and the company not only decent, but highly moral in all its appointments. A hubbub ensued, which resulted next day in a crowded house for theminstrels. The last issue of the Perry county Democrat contains the following in its obituary column : Near leheshurg, in the 22d ult., Mmulle BOW. er, daughter of :Solomon and Katie Bower. aged 0 days. On the 22d, Bertle, daughter of the same, aged 10 days. On the 25th, Nlnna, daughter of the same, aged 12 days. Dear Maudle was the first to go, Then Bertle left this world of woe, And last of all, sweet Ninna died— 'l hew triplets now Ile side by;slde. News Items. Ralph Waldo Emerson Is aged GS. The Tidioute oil region turns out 870 barrels of petroleum a day. Virginia is to establish a State Inebri- ate Asylum at Richmond. Massachusetts legislators are accused of quoting Latin in debate. Henry Van Meter, colored, died yes terday at Bangor, Me., aged 110. They have had a tliu nder storm among the Berkshire hills in Massachusetts. The restless Rochefort has started an other paper in Paris. Ninety-six out of every hundred Prus sian soldiers upon the average are able to read and write. The next best thing to paying a pastor a large salary, is to pay him his small one promptly. The .Adelphi, burned in Boston on Sunday night, was the 'fifth theatre in that city destroyed by fire. Irma de Murska wants to sing 100 nights in America for SWO,OOO, and it is feared that want will be her master. A ma' in Mississippi recently killed his bootmaker because his boots were not finished at the time specified. A Chinese thief, having stolen a mis sionary's watch, brought it back the next day to be shown how to wind it up. A San Francisco despatch reports the discovery of "an Immensely rich silver mine," near Prescott, Arizona. The expenditures of England for India are about as mysterious as the expendi tures of the l'nited States for the In dians. Eight desperate characters, confined for capital offences, broke from Russell county jail, (leorgia, last week, and made good their escape. At Newburyport, Mass., yesterday, Leonard Choate was sentenced to im prisonment for life for numerous incen diary acts. Two young girls were buried in Brook lyn, on Wednesday, who had been burned to death by a lamp explosion do Sunday night. A Postmaster in IV isivirsin does not know what to do with a letter addressed to "the most honest wheat-buyer In It is officially announced that only two passengers out of the ninety mil lion carried were killed on the 1 , rench railways last year. Signor Blitz' book, giving reminis cences of It is long and eventful career, Is expected to be published early In Ali order from Washington has been received at the Boston Navy Yard, to prepare the C. S. steamer Worcester to take a cargo of provisions to France. Signor Itagioli, director of the first Italian opera in this country, and father of the late Mrs. General Sickles, died at New York, on Saturday, aged 74. Peter Cooper has given $lOO,OOO to the Trustees of Cooper Institute for a refer ence library, and has promised $50,000 more for a Mechanics' Library. The present Czar Alexander is said to have a reverence amounting to supersti tion for his father Nicholas, who the son believes was directed by - I leaven in all his undertakings. An old lady in Savannah, not long sinee, believing that she had not long to live, made her own grave-clothes and packed them away carefully in her trunk to await her appointed time. A tight occurred at Au burn dale,Mass., on Saturday between several men, and one of them was k 110Cned down on the railroad track and instantly killed by a passing train. The rope store of Charles Berry, at Wheeling, West Virginia, was burned, on Saturday night. John Kelm, pro prietor of Kelm's hotel, and Joseph Sheffer, his ostler, were killed by falling walls. Theodore l I. Thomas was arrested in Harrisburg on Saturday, charged with forging the name of Uncle Jacob Zieg ler, Clerk of the Senate, to a cheek for In default of bail, he was commit ted for trial. The finely dressed gentlemen who had been lurking around Shippensburg for some days, were arrested on Satur day, and on an examination of their satchels being made, a number of burg lars' tools were discovered. The sunken locomotive at New Ilam burg has been raised sufficiently to show the Mot-boon!, but no bodies are visible. The gearings all show that she was re versed. A diver has been sent for to Poughkeepsie who will make another search for bodies. Two steamers laden With prOViSiOTIS for France sailed from New York on Saturday. A. 'l'. Stewart is to send out a vessel this week with . - w)0 barrels of flour, his own gilt: The French relief fund at Boston now amounts to :•.:4;7,000, and at New Yvrk to .i.,51),000. Tie steamer Judge Wheeler exploded her boilers and was burned and sunk at Bell's Landing, on the Mississippi yes terday morning. Two deck hands, ('on'. Hogan and Thos. Welsh, and a third person, whose name is unknown, were killed. The captain and two others were injured, the captain seriously. A colored man named Robinson post ed himself outside of a church, in Green wood, Hamilton county, Ohio, on Mon day night, and tired among the congre gation as they came out, severely wounding three men and a woman. He was armed with a carbine and was se cured with difficulty. 'tine explanation is that he was infuriated by jealousy. The:case of Representative Bowen, charged with bigamy, came before the Criminal Court of the District of Columbia yesterday. The Chief Clerk of the Circuit Court in Florida testified that he married Mr. Ifowen and Mrs. Parke in Tallahassee under a State law passed in Isis, giving Probate Judges the right to solemnize marriages. A marifte reporter of the Associated l'ress writes front Aspinwall in regard to the Atrato ship canal route across the Isthmus, discovered by Commodore Sel fridge, that "only one of his men got across to the Gulf of San Miguel, over the old route of Lieut. Strain's expedi tion, some years ago, by the Atroto river." He adds that Selfridge found the pass three hundred feet high at the lowest point, and that the distance across is one hundred and thirty miles, most of which is very low swamp land. The Loral Option Low The following is the Local Option Law, which the temperance men are now urging our Legislature to pass. SEcTioN 1. /le d cletr(rd, dr., That at the next annual municipal election in ev ery ward, borough anti township in the Commonwealth, :hid at the annual muni cipal election every third year thereafter, in every such ward, borough and township, it shall lie the duty of the inspectors and judges of election in said wards, boroughs anti townships, to receive tickets, either written or printed, from the legal voters of said ward, borough and township, labelled on the out "license," and on the in side, " fur license,.. or " against license,' . anti to deposit said tickets in a box provided Gtr that purpose by said inspectors and judges, as is required by law in of other tickets received at said election, and 1113 tickets so received shall be counted and a return of the same made to the clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessionsolthe county in which such wards, boroughs and town ships are situated, duly certified as is re quired by law, which cortilieittes shall be laid before the judges of the said court at the first nhTting of said court after such election shall be held, and shall be tiled with the other records of said court; and it shall be the duty of the inavors of cities and of the constables of boroughs and town ships, or of any other linker whose duty shall be to perform suet' service, to give due public notice of such special election above provided for. three weeks previous to the thee of holding the next annual municipal election in every such ward, borough or township, and also three weeks before the annual municipal election every third year thereafter. :Ski, That in reviewing and counting, and in making returns of the voles cast, the inspectors, judges and clerks of said election shall be governed loy the laws of this Commonwealth regulating general elections, and all the penalties of said elec tion laws aro hereby extended to and shall apply to the voters, inspectors, judges and clerks voting at and attending upon the election held under the provisions of this act. Stir. Wherever, by the returns of elec tion in any ward, borough or township aforesaid, it shall appear that there is a ma jority against license, it shall not be lawful for any license to issue for the sale of spir ituous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquors in said ward, borough or township at any time thereafter, until at an election as above, provided a majority shall vote in favor of license. Six. 4. Any person who shall hereafter be convicted of selling, or offering for sale in this Commonwealth, any intoxicating liquors, spirituous, vinous or malt, with out a license, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars, and confinement in the work-house or county jail, for six months for the first offence; for the second and each subsequent offence, a fine of one hundred dollars, and confinement in the work-house or county jail, one year : Pro vidol, That it shall not be unlawful for the owners of vineyards to sell, on their own premises, wine of their own manufacture, in quantities not less than one gallon, to be removed and not drank on thepremises. Destructive Conflagration POET JEnv.ts, N. V., Feb. 14.—A fire here this morning, on Pike street, burned May's building, occupied by May, tobac co-dealer; Charles, grocer; Sudderly, mil liner; and May, photographer. Hunt's building, adjoining, occupied by Vail Brothers, books and stationery, and Hunt, druggist, was badly damaged. Total, $2O - insu red. The Terrible Accident on the Iludvon River Railroad. Further Particulars of the tragedy Horrible Scene* List of Killed and Wounded Nrw HAMBURG, Feb. 7.-11 A. M.—Up to this time sixteen bodies have been recov ered, including two children. All the re mains will be forwarded to Poughkeepsie immediately. Experienced undertakers are in charge. Sleeping car conductor Vosburgh's body has been found, and the list of his passen gers found ou him, but only gives the sur names, which are as follows: Lowell, Fowler, Pease, Cary, Sorhish, Germanuel, Naucrede, Rosenthal. Forbush-11 in all. This list tallies with the number pro nounced missing by conductor Charles Cossune. He said ho had 65 sleeping-car tickets. All the holders have responded but seven. A former Hudson River Rail road engineer, named Edward Bartlett, is among the missing. Ile was riding in the baggage-car. As fast as the bodies are raised to thesur face they are placed In a baggage-car,where a lire Is kept going so as to thaw tho cloth ing In order that search may be made for anything which may lead to identification. One lady was found with a babe in her arms. All three of the destroyed cars were Wag ner cars; the statement that they were Pullman cars Is Incorrect. It is impossible to give full names as yet, except that of Dr. Nancrede, of New York, whose head was partially burned. The following is adescri ption of the bodies found up to noon to-day : The first man, dressed in a black suit, white shirt, laced shoes, gold studs, and black necktie; fot tures of a JON", aboutithirtv-live years of age, and of medium size. l''ound lying on his face, hands extended on each side; back of the head burned to a crust, hi his pocket was a silver watch and by his side WON a black morocco traveling bag. This man had a Roman nose, dark hair and eyes, moustache and goatee. The second man found near him w 11.4 also evidently a Jow, dressed in black, vest but toning close tip to and around the throat, about 45 years of age, dark hair and side whiskers; about 5 feet 4 inches high ; gold watch in pocket. Also lying on his face and had his head burned fearfully. Stangu lation had been added to the tortures of burning, drowning, and living crushed to death, as his appearance with his tongue thrust Out indicated. A mother, with two children in her arms, was found lying upon her back. II er lace presented only a surface of a black grin ning skull. She wore a black al pant dress, with the buttons from the top to the bottom; black and white skirt, laced morocco bouts, gold sleeve-buttons, with black design ; three gold rings on the third finger of the left hand, one of thelll very narrow. Over her shoulders rested a blue and white worsted breakfast shawl. The oldest child, a girl of six years, wore a red merino dress, black alpaca suck, embroidered white stockings, button boots, plain ring on the third finger of the right hand. The other child was sixteen months old, find dressed in flannel, with a cotton over-dress. The next body found was that of a man aged about as, wearing a linen undershirt and pants, blue stockings, .Übert and plain black necktie. Ills lace was blis tered frightfully by tire, and his beard and moustache, which were nearly black, are crisped to the roots. Nose largo and prom inent, forehead recedes. This man is about 5 feet 10 inches in height, and built com pactly. Ile war in the sleeping car when the accident occurred, and the only clue to his identification is a tard upon which k printed, "Austria, fferman-American. and European Commission House, N 0.37 l'ark Row ; subscribed, Nathan Bustin Rollin, German.'"lhis cant Was found bot weer the waist of the victim's under-pants and his shirt. Ills hands and teeth were tightly clenched, and his whole appearance be tokened agony and horror. The next body found was that of a WI, man wearing a black silk dress, new kid boots, gold chain, lace sleeve-cuits. and linen collar ; face charred by violent names, and bruised by a fall or blows. Identified as that of Mrs. Pearce, who belongs to a respectable family in Buffalo. Men are busily employed drawing away the half-burned rafters and stringers of the ill-fated bridge. The ice surrounding the vale of death is thronged with the inhabit ants of the village, whose dismay and ex pressions of awe and pity cannot be ado mately described. The baggage-car, whieli has been employed as a temporary morgue, contains a spectacle most appalling. Nineteen bodies have been recovered, fourteen of whom are those of passengers, including three children, and live em ployees of the road. The search will H. ( . 01'- 01111 Ni. COMIC/Ile, Roche, Brien and Prince, mem bers of the Assembly, have telegraphed from New Hamburg that they are delayed by the railroad accident there. It is presumable that no members of the Legislature were on the destroyed car, which was a Bunk, sleeping ear. The following is as complete a list of the victims as call now lie given: William F. Pease and wife!: C. Benedict, editor of the Cleveland 11,01; It. A. tail lett, of Buffalo; Rev. Morrill Fowler, Wi f. and three i•hildren, who were en route to Salt Lake City; Dr. S. Nlancreile, of New York; 1,. A. • Root, George F. Thompson, of No. I Wail street, New York ; .Dunes Stafford, of New York; David Simmons, engineer of the express train ; Lawrence Mooney, brakeman; Peter Yoshi' rgh, con ductor of the Buffalo sleeping ear; Joseph Vosburgh, colored porter of the sleeping car. There are three boilitis e hick eel remain unrecognized, and one of them eannot I/115- sibly be identified. The:boily of the engineer Simmons, lots not yet been found. The friends of the victims are arriving front all quarters, and are conducted to the undertaker's rooms, on Main street, where the bodies are located. A vast throng is congregated in front of the building en deavoring to get a look inside. No more bodies have been found up to this hour —ii P. M. A laborer, from Iftfilson, had both his legs crushed at the ruins this after noon by timbers falling on him. It is thought he will die. The, death list by this accident will foot up fifteen passengers and five railroad hands. The in q uest will probably commence to-morrow. The report that Clinton Page was ill! tit the Vietilits happily proves untrue. A Leap for Liberty "Curley" I hurls, a notorious rough of Philadelphia, was arrested a day or two since in Pittsburgh to answer for a mur derous assault made seine time SilllT upon ono Hughey Dougherty, in Philadelphia. The Chief of Police of the latter city, with several assistants, went On to Pittsluirgh to take charge of Harris, chartering a spe cial locomotive at Altoona to take them to their destination in time to defeat a scheme by which Harris sought to escape under a writ of habea.l co,/!a<s. They got to Pitts burgh on Thursday morning while the hearing upon the writ was taking plave, and upon their testinrny ll:Lrris was re manded into custody. When in the custody of the Chief, De tective I iordon, high Constable Nutt, and Special 011itter McCarty, "Curley" was hurried to an eastern-bound express train due in this city at 3:10 o'clock this morning, which came rushing here at the rate of thirty miles an hour. 'That" Gurley" should not escape after the great task of arresting him, the officers took turns in guarding him ; and from what we are about M relate, reader will discover how just tine smalest evasion of a duty will often work an almost irreparable evil. Detective t Mrdon, 4,5 the route from Harrisburg to this city, kept wateh upon Mr. Ilarris, and, for the tturpose of placing his escape beyond a peradventure, put one of the steel bracelets upon his right wrist and the other upon the loft wrist of the prisoner. When about twenty•tive miles iron this rite I;ordon was relieved by Me- Carty, who was instructed to use the hand cuffs in like manner. lint, probably deem ing this a useless preeaution, since the tridn was flying at a terrine speed, he Mimed the handcuffs on both the wrists of '• Corley." As they were rounding 0 curve, a lea miles west of Paoli, "Curley" arose and went toward the closet, without arousing any suspicion. At that moment the sway ing of the etiach throw open the doer, I{lol 'quick as thought" the prisoner rushed out upon the platform and jumped from the train. At this desperate marocnere the of ficers, for a moniont, sat stupefied. McCar ty broke the silent., by hurrying, out upon the platform. Ile looked Wyk, but looked into an inky darkness, and then ejaculated "lle's gone!" The train was stopped no quickly as possible, but not until it had gone more than a mile from the spot where "Curley " had made his terrific leap. The dejected officers hurried back in the dark neis,c.asting on either side of the track eager, searching glances, to discover, as they per haps surmised, the mangled body of the daring fugitive. As they went stumbling along, one of them kicked something soft. Ile stooped down to feel it. Pimlico ! it was nothing but McCarty's hat, that hail blown on' when he leaned out from the plat form to discover the prisoner. They hunt ed a long, long while, but found no "Cur ley," and finally the Chief had to leave his three assiAtants to continue the search,while he went to the nearest telegraph station and sent out messages to have all the roads guarded and extra precautions taken, and then took the first train to the city. It is not likely that he managed to get under the steps of the platform, and when the train stopped he let himself to the ground, and thus baffled the "lynx-eyed" detectives.—PluTa. Evening Teleyradh. Fire in Buck,. Connly--Two Children DUYI.E.STOWN, Feb. 10.—A tire, attended with loss of life, occurred in Northampton township, about half-past twelve o'clock this morning, and is the theme of general conversation here. It seems that shortly after midnight, of Thursday, a lire was dis covered in the tenant-house owned by Dr. Connell, situated near the Bridgeton pike, Northampton township, Bucks county, and all attempts to check the progress of the flames proved fruitless. The names of the occupants are not known. The wife barely escaped with her life, so rapid was the progress of the flames. She and her two children were in bed at the time. Bewil dered and almost frantic, she rushed from the apartment only to encounter the flames, which were crackling and belching forth in almost every part of the house. She ran down the flight of stairs through the flames, not, however, without sustaining serious injuries. Her two children perish ed in the flames, although every exertion was made to rescue them. The Alsbnmis Claims So be Speedily The Fishery Quarrels to be Adjusted The Speech of queen Victoria and a Missage from President Grant. Cominimioners Appointed by Both Gov ==l Losnmr, Feb. 9.—Earl Do Groy will sail for Washington to-morrow, as President of the Commission appointed to settle the Al abama Claims. The Queen opened the session of the I louses of Pwliament to-day, in person.— The Lords and Commons mustered in full force, and there was a large attendance of spectators. The usual military and civic display was made. The weather was tine, and a great crowd of people witnessed the procession. Los nos, Feb. S.—The following are the most important topics touched upon in the Queen's Speech to Parliament to-day: At different times several questions of importance have arisen which have not yet been adjusted, and which materially affect the relations betLLeen the United States and the Territories and people of British North Aznerica ; one of them in particular, which concerns the fisheries, calls for an early settlement, lest the pos sible indiscretion of Individuals should Im pair the neighborly understanding which It is on all grounds so desirable to cher ish and maintain. I have therefore engaged in an amicable eommunleation with the President of the United States in order to determine the :Host convenient tootle of treatment for these matters. I have suggested the ap. pointment or a joint commission, and I have agreed to a proposal of the President, that this commission shall be authorized, at the same time and In the same manner, to resume the consideration or the American claim growing out or the circumstance of the late war. This arrangement will, by common consent, Include all claims for compensation which have been or may be made by each government,or by Its citizens upon the other. WAstIINOTOS, Feb. U. —Conflicting state ments having, from time to time, bison re cently tousle euncerning the question of the fisheries and the Alabama Claims, the real 'condition of the ease Was not known Mashie or official circles until toolay,w hen the President sit tangled to the Senate a con lidenti al message covering recent, corres pondence in relation to them ; and nomi nating Secretary Fish, Minister Schenck, Judge Nelson,and Attorney -t funeral I loar, and Senator Williams as ConittlisnlOners on the part of the United States, to act, in conjunction with a like commission from a; rout Britain fur the purposes mentioned in the correspondence. The executive au thorities knew early this morning that the Queen of England would state its her speech to the Parliament that she had engaged in an amicable communieation with the Presi dent of the United StitteS, and suggested the appointment of a joint commission. The private Secretary sir ad, President • delivered the letter's message and enclos ures to the Senate at half-past two o'clock this I'. M., when a motion Wits made by Senator 'Morton, and immediately agreed to, that the Senate proceed to the eollsidera- Lion of executive innionosa. 'rho siosainisinta having been read, Senator Sumner opposed the immediate confirmation of the Commis sioners. Ile thought it Was better to let the subject go over until thin dnellinentsshoUld be printed and the Senate have time for ex • sunination. Its this Senator Davis concur red. Thu dolute took a tcidu range, involving imr diplomatic relations, the powers of the President, and the merits or tlio plan pro posed for the illiillStllll,llt. 111 pending iluo.s• tions lietwi.sm the two votilitries. The Senate adjourned, after a session nt tsvo hours and a half, without coining to a conclusion, hut will resume the vinislileru- Lion Or tilt allbjea to-niorro‘v. I=l =CCM= =2112321 Oprnio, of the• French Akrembly A Versailles despatch states that a grand triumphal march of the I;ertnaii armies through Paris has been arranged Mr the 2241 inst., a few days :titer their entry into Paris. The line of march is lint definitely ascer tained, but it is understood that it has already been agreed 'AVM. The Windt) t;ernian truly M investment will lurtici pare iu tlikaugust procession. The course trill proliabl,y lead through the principal thoroughfares of the city, the A ermine rilliperalricti tuul Rue I:ividi on the line of march, and pasks ing beneath the magnificent structure of Arc du Triomphe. Airing the lino of the ronto trill he sit tinned del:011111HO, nut troops In keep the line Of march clear ofnbstaeles and imped iment-. The 'much over, the troops will probably assemble at the Tuileries, where they will probably lie reviewed by the leaders. Al ter the review has been voncluded, nothing further in the wa_v of demonstration is an ticipated. Btu:Dl:Aux, la,--At the preparatory sitting of the French National Assembly, to-day, about three hundred deputies were present. The session was formally opened, ;trill the secretaries appointed, LONDON, Feb. has been ascertained that only ! , S lives were lost on the French transport Lecerf,w reek ed off Cape Lallogne. 1,,13 Ems, Feb. 13. --A despatch from Par is says two hundred candidates for the Assenthly were balloted i.el at the election in that city, and that the counting -of the votes is therefore very slow. It with thought the votes are so scattered among the various candidates that the delegation from the Capital is not full, and that a moo mid election will have to be held. 'rho Orloanists are confident that the Count de l'aris will be King of Fi aura in a few weeks. If the terms of peals determined upon by Bismarck, and confidentially c oinnitinkst ted to has re, are not agreed Upon by the Assembly, hostilities will be renewed Im mediately upon the expiration or the ar mistice. Vigorous proceedings will be adopted with Paris in the matter of secur ing pledges for war indemnity. It is be lieved the latter will be fixed at least milliards, but concessions from other points are anticipated. All the troops before Paris have boon fully reinforced to the utmost war stret.gth, and many have re eiVed new uniforms to enter Paris, and are looking as smart :Ls if they were on church parade at Potsdam. Should peace be proclaimed, all the hand wehr regiments of infantry reserve, cavalry and artillery, will ho immediately sent Lome and broken up. Tin; Troops of the line will remain in the annexed provinces and such Istria of Vrance its aro Lo Ire retained till the war indemnity isflak!. The garrisons of filrtresses in .klsace and Lorraine will nsinire about sixty thousand A Proclamation from Napoleon Fob. following k translation or the proclanmtion addressed by the Emperor Naia)le(al to the Electors of Franoi.: Nl'll.ll Ebm,uu u v., February Betrayed by fortune, I have kept since my captivity in profound silence, which is misfortune's mourning. As long MS the armies confronted each other I abstained from arm• steps or words capable of causing party discussions; but I earl no long, remain silent before my country's Incas ters without appearing insensible of its sutrerings. When I was made a prisoner I 4 . 011111 out treat for peace because my NI:4- ,11116011 K would appear to have been dictat oil by personal, 0011SillOratillilS. I left the Regent to decide whether iL was to the in terest of the nation to continue the strug gle. NothwitlisLmiling the unparalleled reverses, Prance was tilialliallloll, her stronghold unreduced, a few departments invaded, and Paris in a state of defence.-- The extent ”r her misfortunes might possibly have been limited, but while attention was directed to her enemies an insurrection arose at Paris, the seat of the Representatives Wail Vililattai, the safe ty of the EllipresN WAS threatened, and the Empire, which had been three times a, claimed by the people, WILY overthrown and abandoned. !stilling my presenti ments, I exclaimed, " What !natters my dynasty if the conntry is saved !" Instead of priaeStillg iwaiwit, the violation of my right, I hoped or the success or the defime,, ,11111 admired the patream devotion or the children of France. Now, when the struggle is mnspended, :mil all reason able ilianee of victmy has dlSitillatilloll, is the time to roll hi account the usurpers for bloodshed and roil and squandered resourees. It is impossible to abandon the destinies of France to an Of, authorized government which N 11 . 41 left no authority enmnating Iron universal suf frage. triter, confidence, and a solid peace are only recoverable when the peo ple are:consulted respecting the govern ment most capable of repairing the disa.s ters ti the country. It is essential that France should be united in her wishes,— For myself, bruised by injustice and bitter deceptions, I do not know or claim my re peatedly confirmed right. There is no room for personal ambition. But, till the people are regularly assembled and express their will, it is my duty to say that sill acts are illegitimate. There is otily one govern ment, in which resides the national sover eignty, able to heal the wounds, to bring hope to the lireSillOS, to re-open the pro faned churches for prayers, and to restore industry, concord, and peace. Great Fire at Thum Penumylvunin—For ty Building% Burned. ELM a RA, February 0. —A great tire occur red in the village of Tioga, Pa., twenty-live miles south of Corning, on the Blossburg Railroad, at an early hour this morning. The lire broke out botwoon twelve and one o'clock, and spread very rapidly and with great fury, until nearly the entire village was destroyed. About forty buildings were burned, including 0110 bank, two churches, hotels, and a large number of stores and residences. The loss is estima ted at $150,000; insurance only $50,000. Among the large losers are the follow ing; C. Z. Baldwin A Co., two stores, stock, $25,000; insurance, $12,000; James Fish's store and stock, $8000; I'. S. Lille, store and stock, $2,000; H. E. Smith S Son, store and stock, $5000; H. 11. Borden, store and stock, $7,500 ; Wick A. Farr, store and stock, $12,(00; 11. Caulkins, $4000; Seymour A Hum phreys, $4,000; A. C. A J. S. Bush, $0,000; the Hazlett House, $6,000; E. O. Smith's Hotel, $4,000; Paul Kraizer,' $2,500; Vanor strund aC Place, $2,800; C. Fish A Co., $2,000; Prulen & Humphreys, $1,000; Methodist church, $4,000; Episcopal church, $5,000: Frank Adams, $2,000; F. E. Smith's law oflice,s2,ooo; Johnston & Lowell, $1000; Ward LS: Manard, $1000; and E. C. Fish, $2,000. Congressional rrocecdings. TuFsnAY, Fob. 7 In the United States Senate, Mr. Camer on, from the Foreign Committee, reported the House bill for the Centennial Celebra tion in Philadelphia, with an amendment, providing that the Government shall be at no expense for too same. Mr. Sherman, from the Finance Committee reported ad versely to Mr. Sumner's bill to promote a return to specie payments. Mr. Conk ling introduced a bill supplementary to the suffrage net. The House joint reso lution repealing the joint resolution of July 15, IS7O, authorizing the Postmaster-Gene ral to adjust the Chorpennlng claim, was passed. The Air Line Railroad bill coaling up as linlinislitsl business, a motion to post pone was lost by two votes. It was subse quently laid aside, however, to consider private claim bills. The !louse amendment to the resolution r,,r the conveyance of sup plies to Europe was cote-erred In. Mes sages Were received (rule the President, Vetoing the bill tar the relierof certain con tractors, and recommending that the ni Is aloft to Berlin lie ready lirst-class lourned. In the House, r. Cessna made a personal explanation regarding his connection with the Chorponning claim. Mr. Ci urn, trout the Committee on Ex penditugia, reported a bill to prevent the re-01)(43111g of adjusted accounts or claims, whleh 1111,041. A report on the West Polut Cadet troubles WILY made by Mr. Asper, and its considera tion wits postponed until the 11th. Mr. Dimmer, from the Ways and Means Coin • native, reported the bi I repealing the ill eolllll nix, Mid asked that It hal Math) the special order for the tali, but Mr. Nlityntird objected. Thu bill establishing a national system or education was considered. The Deficiency bill, appropriating 5111,e77,L'1.i, was reported and made the order din the itah. Adjourned NVF:I.NEsDAY, Fut). S In the S. Senate, the 11011:01 1111101d -111(.11l to tilt. re.olutlon for payment or ow expenses or t h e :4outhorll Outrage Commit • lee W 11.4 cont.tirrod In. Mr. Trumbull, Iron' the Judiciary Committee. reported favorably a joint resolution prescribing an oath to be taken by 11. 11. M. Miller, as Senator elect front Georgia. NI r. Anthony Introduced IL bill to punish bribery at l'residential electilllls. Mr. 11'illiitins pre sented a resolution of the Oregon Login litturu rejecting the Fifteenth Amendment. The resolution denies the right of Congress to Interfere with the suffrage within that State, and alleges that the amendment Ix being forced 111(011 the state., by 010 11111 of bayonets. It (vas laid upon the titbit.. Mr. l'oole presented 11 reinonstranee from ...outlined electors" of Lou Third North Carolina District, against the removal of the disabilities of Senator-elect Vance, and Itepr °soli tati vo•elliet \Viable] I. It govt. rise to some debate, ND . . Thurman calling at tention to the fact that many of the signit• Litres were ill the !MW lit tt its riling, and Itr. Casserly discovering among them "the venerated name or St. Jinni tie, Es mtg..- list." Finally, the subject. went over at the expiration of the morning hour After con • shimmy some District of Columbia busi ness, Ole lenule went iota liCl.l•lll.iVe adjourned. In the (louse, Jlr. SconelJ, Intel the Ni,. val l'ontinittco, reported a bill for re moval ,It the itro“kiy., Navy Yard, which was discussed until the expiration i.f the morning 111,111'. Thu bill appropriating Sliiti,ooo for the defence of the 'l'exas fron tier, was considered and tabled. 'rho Na tional Education bill was considered. NI r. otchani oljered a substitute for the hill re moving the Itrookly it Navy Turd. It pro vides tor a board to inquire into OW oxpr- Jienty of removal, and if expedient, lit ro touuneud plat, near the city 1,1 0 Vow era: as a now silo. Conference commit tees (von , itopointeil 1111 010 and Pension bilk. Adjourned. =MIMEO Its the Visited Stales tonal',, the bill to secure payment it wages lu.ennuat 111 rnso of wrecks was reported adversely. :%1 r. Tl'lllllllllll 1111.V011 10 1111(0 11111.111. 1111. 011111 10 be taken by Sem:nnr rlrot Or 1100rgill, 111111 it \rt.s agreed to consider it on Nlontlay. 1111 k v.ere hy Mr. Chandler ii, Iles, tie 11, Letter SI . 1 • 1/r9ty 1,1 . 1101 011 ',Wain eels 1,; r. 10 11111011.1 1110110 t regulating the carriage of passengers in vessels; and Mr. to provide Mr payment id' In ternal Itevenne , ;ollectors appointed 111111, 110. ttcl 0 1 . 1,02, W1140.e terms expired by constitutional limitation at the hoginiiing of the next SOOOlllll of Congress. The Leg islative ppropriation bill was considered. .\ tier an execistive session, the Seieste ad journed. Its the I louse Itichard 11. Whiteley, Men, ber 1.11,1 treat the :second Grorgut Dist, n I, was sworn iu. Mr. I(1.1,114, moved to go into l'idlidlitll - 11 of the With 1111. Vit,W of reaching the bill repealing. the in come tax. Iter snub disc iission as 014.11 T td2,i1111,4, Ilia 111011011 W.V. 11,1 .101)0.14 I wing 1113, and the nays 11151. Nlessrs. Itandall, Myers and tI Nrlll voted in the allirniatiN'O. The Vl.ll, W11,11•011.0.1err.1111041 ml the sentiment the llous., in t marl to the repeal of the 111001111. lull. 7111. 11111 to remove the Itrnoklysi Navy Yard was dis cussed, stud Mistily went over 1111111 Tlll,- (lay next.. On motion cif Nlyers, the Foreign l'ominittets were instrisetisi to con sider the expediency of making the St. Petersburg 111110.0.01 a tirst-class 11111'. The NILVIII Appropriation hill was 1.01041111,141. TllO 11001110 f Mr. 1 0. 1 ;.:111111 Nwas1111111.111101•11, and alter the 114. slogie.,, the House sel • journed. lIIIIII=IIIIIIII In the United St.fles Senate Mr. Cragiii, from the Naval Committee, reported the tell to regulate rank in the navy, Ph% Pomeroy, from the Centruitter. en Public Lands, reported, with an amendment, the House bill, allowing alt 111111a111111{111twrior section or (iovorninoot hind to soldiers lir the lulu war. The Senate %vent inn , Exec utive amnion t the 11.0, wore ?e-ripeirisi, arid r. :timbal intro duced a bill, which wan referred, placing the Berlin 111114,110 n on an equal flooding with these of ',umbel 111111 Paris. Ile 1044 , uttered a resolution, directing tiled udiviary Committee to consider the expediency legislation, Li, secure to the colored people of Kentucky, arid other Staten, the right to testify in State Courts. The death of Itep romentative Covodo was I{llllo{llll'ell, /1101 reeves was taken until evening. AL the evening session, the Legislative and Indian A pproprisition bills were considered. In the I louse, it resolution or tho To,:tv Legislature, asking aid for the Southern Railroad, was presented. authorizing payment by the Treasury or cheeks under ,1 , 51111, which letcl'lme•n lost or destroyed, WAN reported rind passed. NI r. Stark weather, frem the Naval Committee, reported n hill for the reinstatement of Wm. 1.. 11anscorn, late naval constructor. .A sharp debate followed. Mr. Banks as serted that Admiral Porter had " trumped up charges against l larmaini, " and said " that in the opinion of the people of the rountry, Ilarisconi was my 1411perlor in replailLlMl to Porter. an the I{llol4lo .101111 wits lii 1.11(1 traitor .1 relit, " If eels,' einem red the "burr:molten " of the Navy lieptirt• merit (not reflecting ripen the Secretary), ice responsible for the endangering of three hundred liven in the Tennessee, whieli naval engineers wore now saying w,ts 1111- SloltWOrtil V. 111essrs. :Sargent, I bale and Farnswiii - th defended Porter and the Navy Department, and Ni r. Strvenn said the 'Feu nesse() Ivan a new vessel. Flintily, the bill passed by a vote of 143 to 117, and 14111, to 010 President. The bill for enlistment of Sri additional Me/1.111011 at Annapolis, and the Naval Appropriation bill were passed. A con ferenee report on the bill, to pension soldiers of 1512, Wl4l concurred in. Ad journed. SATrici,v, l'Eltitr.kiti 11, 1'%71 In 010 S. Senate, NI r. Vickers, Irmo the Committee or 03111111(!ref . , reported a Lo prevent obstructions In our intviga•' blc VVater,l; nlso, one relating to I•Xil.or tation is.trolenni. Mr. Sherman intro duced a bill Ashok . Coniniercial Company," with $10,10 , 1,000 "to carry on t•llinnior , ial business between the I:nited States, China and Japan, and engage in 'addle works in the last named countries." The Great Salt I.ake and (*od or:1,10 River Itailroad Company lull was considered. A hill introduced, inv.., porating the New York, A lexionli is and Washington Steamship Ad journed. In the .1 louse, Mr. Starl:‘yeatlier Intro duced a bill amendatory or the Patent laws. The Senate bill I'm the sale or useless Mili tary reservations was panned, with amend • merits. r. Armstrong introduced a joint resolution declaring (hat here tiler no In dian tribe Shall Ire reeognized ILsun Mile. pendent treaty power, and thataill,lntriwts with them shall In, 4tlbject, 1 'ong ress iunxl approval. Bills were passed extending the operation or the land laws to A la.ska, and authorizing the sale of timber lands in I 'al ifornia, niregon and Washington '('err dory Adjourned =I! lit the I". S. Senate. Mr. Thurman prn• setae(' resat talons of the ( Mk, Legislate against the pit.ssage of any more land grant bills. 'the flow., amendments to the bill Our the sale or useless military reservations were concurred in. The Gull and Austra lian Steamship bills were, on motion of Messrs. Kellogg and Casserly, aide the special business of the (lay alter fon r o'clock. The joint resolution preseri king an oath to no taken by Senator-elect M tiler, of Georgia, was passed by a vote of 2.4 yeas to 20 nays. The Gnu . suta,n,thip 1,111 sous then taken up a.s unfinished business, and the Senate adjourned. In the House a bill was introduced by VI r. Cobb, of N. C., for the appointment of a Commissioner in each county or the States of Arkansas, Alabama, I leorgia, Florida, Mississippi,North Carelina,South I larolina, Ten nesSee, Texas, Virginia and Kentucky, to take cognizance of the Ku-Klux out rages. It Was referred to the Reconstruc tion Committee. Mr. Ingersoll rooted a suspension of the rules, that the Air Line Railroad bill might be taken op, but his , motion failed for want of the necessary two-thirds Mr. Sargent presented ni let• for from the Secretary of the Navy, tiuutting that his Department has no fear for the Tennessee. and that nothing nay be heard or her until the arrival of the Tybee at New York. Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, as a question of privi lege offered a resolution deelaring that "a number of certain women," (referring to the female suffragists), had taken posses sion of the room of the Committee on Edu cation, and directing the Speaker to remove them. The Speaker, however, decided that no question of privilege was Involved. The bill amendatory of the Suffrage Enforce ment act was, on motion of Mr. Itingliain, made the special order for the 15th. Mr. Cox Introduced a bill to provide additional mail service to Brazil, remarking that its object was to supply cheap coffee without cost to the Government, and that there was no subsidy in it. A communication was received from the President stating that the military aid at the election in California in
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