trzws -or! ALL NAT/ONO. --Nevadsos lookin. , to Utah for 0 ' —Ohio has about five thousand paupers !! ' Wheal fields, are looking finely. 1 _ —Minnesota shipped 28,000 deer. east last year. n .—Sentucky ships blooded horses to Scotland. —Postal cards have just been in trodnecd. into rrance. , —The alligators in the bayous of F! arida are thawing, oat. —A bill . of, tv;enti• eight exceptions Las been prvsente lin the Stokeicase. , ---Tbe col.' ,: weigher - has been severe t i on iron bridges fp Earistis.. I. . . ' • —The Fr inch Assembly has made si _ intoxication al cnatoffence. t , —!‘Gone Avhere the ground-hog a vinc th - is an India.napolis phrase. • ... ' ••• t —A ne - orchestra, with_ 1000 yerfamienF, is •d i be started in London. , --12selaht• has commenced the sale C' / f railroad tic'. cis throngh y to Galveston. 1 L-Arrieri an sleighs are fashionable .. in Lithe. , I .1 • - =Brookyn and Albany are discus- slag the misc. boot question. ... _ , A ser •eani of police blacked a ,-, , ni at (fi . 1 ' , .pt o i rk: wager et 81. - • , - —All Aiericau miser -in London ' has bat as die 'Km 'want, and left a fortune of ' V. , 1 - 20,000. , . . 1 _ - • —lowa i to have a complete census , of its populati ,n; productionS, etc., taken dur jug tit:_ present Year, i • —The .pproximate value of the ovo-,1, wheat a id, g old produced ..in California last year 9 as 31 50,000. • , —Of th $110,000,000 invested in the c,ial Misi ess in the United States . ; i'ernisyl; vr.ia lias -i';',. 900,000. --Tile ] P ince of Wales will attend' • ..,,-. : 4 , :;;:i:,- I f NY,,ierina Exhibition as Chairman , r i lie 111itisi conituii,ion. ...Titck l Cross Gazette states that a re,ap.,:;.,:: id t ltTurLish military force to 100,- 0 .0 rue:! b ias 1 , :ehdetinttdy decided 'i ro n. 1 -?: —Thai s: one-cutters of I /rgmia are tr.ipg iy, iee , :: c; tbe,nassa g e of a law 'forbvid ii,:g ti,.toki.-.,. h r/-f their mole to convicts. , —.-Tfani 'CIS are seance in Brazil. •. re v ( n , tint- a 'vi s and board is the worth of tlic it bare; • —The b n:ded debt of Louisville is - . . , .. - „4:n.: - a.i - ; end - 1.:48 been 'increased during the ~, a st tear $ : 27 0(20. i . i —Colon -1 Joseph Seldom, of, Nor , f1.,,.1,:,E,:b. ti th, so.n chairman of the Iteptib de; n Si,..tr. C tiduittcc of Connecticut. k =The republican Convention of i'oLics-tilclltl..'elpiEli a les/di:lion opposing any Inert a...- r•tn:it• pay of Congressmen. —Mr. linover, the new senate 1 - .T, , nrn,,ri0.., i,•:•, , i,i to be in sympathy With the L.ii.erd li' l i-• ,;leans_ and democrats. —The I wa Senate has voted to , 1 -, the el: `;;is of railroad companies for irr.n-spLrii ng assen g crs,to 3} cents a mile. ---The onsideration of the Anti- ' L• , , bill by tilin_lqactinsetts Senate has been po,tp/ined ii ail Wednesday, the 12th, at the l'f•l'li nt ~fits iiplgq/Cl;ags • .. - -The people of Philadelphia are itishil. g gr,a efibrt 1:to prevent the Union Pas setig/ r, Itailivay Conipan ? 's laying additional trael,s•on IllarlAt stiect. , —An at empt ds said to be on loot in•,i'da-yland t , prodlise a "corner on on•oysters." In ii.li now, there mi g ht h e a ch a n ce fo r an t.!;:i.?. r:i. ,- • , ; 1.1. e * SChalsgt.,. • . --They claim to have a man in the Al.W.wis Di g sliiture. %%hese eloquence is like s,: i ni.l J ,-...1 1. '1....gi,:1t,-.--,: usually, prefer it 1 . . , - 17:;(T1 i•Lattt Connnittee on the ~ t1:1,-..-1,, , , , :1,-• :•-ti,: t ai I'm will probably have the ma,,, i - t:Hd4 1 i'.,-,::,-i/h_i i••ion for four o r fi ve 1. 0., , 1 -,--1_ tie Austrian Ninister of •1. - ?,, ‘, cdki , els mied a ererbt Milan additional ,: l ip : non -.WI of the Vienn4i International 1,1 . . ' ' —6,ttrilltl.ll ..i writing a novel „t tb. , :' , .` `.ll - : , P o , ii., lit I".iris.” it is believed 1 , 1,:,11iis tif'fe iEe., - 0h•!11110 rertres to the ex-Erup ' / • :,..-. , I the , t l'i ; 7 XII. ..---S,«- .) V; i': 031Clerful, are the ways .; '. , !:•...-01-,: il, 1,;,,,:, .1 pair of boots cot Just.' ' ; A - ! a•' , 4.'1 , .('S an,d to raise the pa.atoes ;•;.-i: : , -,4 • • -: n:.,. pat,' of boot , . --: ..1. \V steret woman Whipped a .• ;,, , 1:,, 4:: ,'1:11i1 her husband. and ,vas ar -1 - , c' ar.;llr,: , -,i I^r i' and the huslirthd. the , ~; 1 ! , , t• wi , note. r , li• , /•/1 to pay the fine i ' - - .1 , 1 Ty, lipii:::polis man who paid ! , ,, , ,li, r a `71.1r: :lnil on Wednesda,y, and ,:old ill , ~ i,.:, Lk • 1;741 (tin on Thursday - , thou g ht ho ' ~ 1.,: t d !er , , 1,, ! , :gh business for the weak. —The lit/111th Herabl claims that 'her^ :Ink:Meiji. irin rates m that city, and less snore: in tbf, :1..3. ton in 11 try other city of sim ilar s::.- in 111/ Union. --._k B'lgiail publisher has in - press a boot, pi•rnrir , inOlo giro the letters received I y the I;ra:iii Dalt(•Ale.sis from ladies durin g 1, , i i. ,j ,c.rn in tbis conutry.. - - ---C'apt.a•n Jack and other members !. -:„,: Me,l,s• ribe have been indicted for mur ,lcr i-i `holir, t degri e by thek•grand jury of J,• , pc;,„Tnitii., treg government • t —Se'veral printers , , , -.• 1 .1-, ~-,-epaly xcf2sed from servin g on a jury in . tl ashiz • -e,t-M, i' n the g round that their services „ 'e:'+ ~ f ? .pc c:i:.." importance to the government. ---4 stala ecinventioh of saloon ; -- !,/.,1•••re4 'A-if! be 1i4.1d at Columbus, Ohio, on the dlth inl., , bor the / purpose of considerin g ;.,eres for L!roteeliP,r; their ink:TOP. ! . —The': offie:: , -seekers and jobbers :ii t'.e11 1, ,1 ..4 1 legi - dritrive are quarreling with I; -vvr7:l.r 0)01:1 his appointments. Their - r, i.d,. Lie riot' ratisfactorily considered. —A consignment of twelve wild sin hi ‘ s frolu Illinois- been received at San rai.i•i- , 0. 1 liev r ail be it-id to stock the '', a, t: in '1 4 n1 , 11 , :i1.1-mcda - and Marin CQUIIiiCS. -- - -llessrs. • George L. Bishop, I'r«34 rick Trai,ls tmd Leopold Sam den; have ern pppf,i t itr d CMTlTlli , SiOttClei from the of Emigration to vit the Vienna • I • Ife port,' just pill lished, of the , 6 of fexaa, thaws that the State nov.ham (ne'ilmolsand and eighty-thr( e miles rkilway, and enongll new reads urojeeod to' make its area a verylspidves wel). —ln New Of, fhe large number- of Cgrr4 5 Who are I . lLafgratiLV . Virginia planters rant the L4 . gi.la'tnre,t . make it a punishab le off. nce for foreign agents to induce the !abet.- 4 , g e!aQt:es tro_leave.. thefitate. —A till l irroynnt trio, two women num, h:tee lteen traveling in, the sonth, rmendinz ;tq curd Qpizootie by the "laying on or hapd,;." They rr.e" on a Kentucky mule 111 " . \ . ih.`r J v r: 1, 1 the firm hmi sinee disiolred. —The Portland, Me., churches hm , ve 10 , 1)4/1 the plan of having Contributions iflten up inicnvel:kpeg lift in the.pews on a pre y; Sundt':. We I , l.ooli:the the stamps are the ,:;;nun time. ~ • --A cdung man, who was arrested 1., rni , :!:i:lcd'n b , tr,it the other day, Trua ali,)nt •:—..ir. theity for ft,1500,000, nntill ho heard t::, re. tx; , .( :ily itinil in the treastqy, then he ~ :•.,..!-, • 1 .1 !.-r 4,71 2i7, S cf liccr,i Ar ng . the artirlps ' from IL "Aipc.rier. obe ( xlVibited. at the Vienna Exposi -4,..n 1 , ;; Iv;; or h!al-li wila.,t tha largest ever , v7i„ -ix if:ft in' diameter and eighteen feet , v.1ii...11 %vat, colt in Iliisotfri, awl weighs ICnnsas Independent of the - 1;:1, in,t ad, says : Tv.o companies of clicctaw who w, re m pursuit of a nuMber of thievos On Friday xrcrions, • c:iptnred ~%t-en. and on Saturdav morning, after h01d .,t1,7n C;1..„,j1, SIVA of them. ---,The British 'government has be :in thU eonArnetion of an iron-dad broadside to 1 e.}:ad tile Superb, which• will be of %num , u> t.i:te, and will be defended by armor iof grontpr7tlLimesa than any need for it ,- , 41 of similar description. „The importations of marhie at tits port of New York during 1872, were a follow,: 9511 blocks of Carrara marble; Meatus hag? 26'. 4 ,905 cubic feet : 296 blocks of colored marble measuring 9323 Fubic feet. and 6277 of building stone, measuring 95,861 feet. —The San Francisco Pullehn thinks that in a very few Years the Pacify Coast more than 16 . 0,000.(i00 bushels of annum, and says that bqide and /ki::-/.r product of the coast, at Ss,o l .oyrei,arinuy_lly. trill Sink 'into —T.td •' ; trlr Yd.() L ' ut if u..t, at • !,1 f . ;Mt . , . • rr.1. , -.lltlff-cl ' ill .tee - cg . 3Ul.try, rig iCti 4 tie 'Jr y e a r l y ' fadfoidraporitt EDITORS t H. 0. GOODRICH. S. W. ALVORD. Tome% Thursday, Feb. 20,1873. TEE NEW COUNTY inquiry We referred last week to the at tempt, on the part of PETER HERDIC, to erect a new county out of parts of Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan and Tioga, in opposition to the wishes of a large majority of the voters of the several counties to be affected. Since then we have learned the following facts in regard to the matter The movement: is earnestly opposed by the Members and Senators from this and the Tioga Distriot, and one of the Members from the Lycoming and Sullivan District. Under ordinary circumstances this fati would be suf ficient to defeat the bill, but BERnic's peculiar method of , convincing Mem bers has been _ plied with all the " roosters " in both Houses, and thd wishes of Members whose constitn l ants alone are to be - affected by it; are not consulted. Advocates of the bill openly confess that Illanne using money, and that the same means would have tole employed in order_to defeat him. We do not be lieve this class td be in the majority in the Legislature, and have strong holies that the _bill may be defeated, although it seems to be settled that the Rouse Committee will re r port it affirmatively. In a future issue eve propose. to publish the names of some of the Members in favor' of the scheme, with their own reaq9ns for supporting it. if the people of the several.counties we shall mention le turn the Jruldses to . the next session, we shall loose confidence in their in tegrity and patriotism. The Tioga COnnty = Agitator, - in speaking ucon the new county pro ect, says :. MIN:if:QUA COUNTY.—Last- Tuesday Mr. Brockway, of Cottanbia county, read in placein The House of Repre sentatives a bill to erect a new Conn ty to be called Minnequa from parts of Tioga, Bradford, Sullivan and Ly coming counties. So far as this county is concerned, the bill provides for cutting off about one-third of Liberty township by a north and south line rcinning about .half a mile cast of the Block House, the whole of Union, and about the eastern third of Ward, leaving Fall Brook still in Tioga county. This : , is Herdic's scheme, an& we Understand he is sanguine of carrying it through the Legislature, but we doubt his ability to do so. It is certain-to encounter the opposition-of the representatives of Tioga i Bradford, and we believe of both The other counties affected by it. Peter's: peculiar tactics may ena ble him to carry his bill through the House over the heads of these able and inilnential men, bht we shall be-' IleTe it only when we see it done. Whether it succeeds or not, we be lieve it to be a project simply for the benefit of Peter Herdic and the Rail road, and to be opposed to the last ing interest:49f a - vast majority of the pepplO of th 6" counties affected. We had supposed that the coun tics named in this 11;1 had represeu tatives in the House fully competent to look after' the local interests of all their constituents, and we are still sure of their ability to do so, That being the case, we don't Understand .why_this Mr. Brockway, coming from a county not at all affected by •the hill, should take upon himself the task of introducing it. If he is in the habit of 'attending to his, neigh bors' bnsiiress in this style, it is to be feared that the interests of Columbia county - may suffer from neglect. TIIE MORMOSS On Friday last, President GRANT sent a message to Congress, calling attention to the condition a affairs in Utah, and appealing for such leg islation as will prevent the crisis cer tain to result if action is not imme diately taken. The United States courts in Utah are practically-pow erless against the Mormon leaders, and thedawe are every day treated with contempt. The President asks . in effect that jurors in the Federal courts -be chosen in such a' manner as to tike their selection out of the hands 'of the Mormon authorities ; thaL the United States district attor ney be made the prosecuting officer in Territorial cases as well as those of the United States, and -that the TerritOrial probate courts be . itrohib- iced from exercising either chancery or common law jnrisdiction. He mends a vigorous and radical pOlicy, and the people will support hike in it. TUE CASE GY REV. W. A. KERa.— Rev. W. A. KERR, pastor of a Presby terian Church in Williamsport, 'wail reeently charged with visiting- a house of ill-fame and other immoral conduct. A trial beforethe'Presber ty, occupying several days, resulted in a verdict of not guilty; but the ev idence was of 'such a character as to induce the court to . suspend him. from the ministry for a time. Mr. Kunz has again been tried be fore the Presberty for unfaithfulness as _a husband, and falsehood, on charges preferred by his wife. -The trial was concluded on Friday last, and resulted as follows : For sustaining charges, the rote wastwenty-one ; not sustained, sev en ; sustained in part, one. In ac cordance with the rote, a - minute was adopted. deposing Mr. Kerr fiom the gospel ministry and from the communion of the church. No tice-was given' that an appeal would be taken to the Synod of Harrisburg: ter. It • ii l / 4 'very evident that the President isrkeeping a sharp lookout for the hordes of claimants who are now _prowling around the national treasitry.e has vetoed two bills, II which fixes a-rule of action that will prevent se res of others oflike char acter from being sent tq him. There is no doubt' that a regular, organiza tion exists in the South, the object of :,ich is to trump up claims agabibt the -- :int..ql 4 for Fussc.-:i ilurinethe liun. Thu lieek.s!,ity - for putting a linal o btop to tiio measure- is i_ol -I.4...rative. fritz maLLara. The Constitntinnal Convention is ottupted very finely at present in discussing refortn in our_ method of voting. - Various propositions have been submitted, _and the oomoiittai, have reported in favor IA an - bpedi ballot, or something-equivalent to it. It is proposed that every voter,before depositing his . vote, shall endorse his name upon it, as a. means of identification, in case of alleged frauds, and hat the vote be num 1' :tiered by the election board. While all admit that gross frauds are now perpetrated in the large cities tinder our present sr:tem of Voting, we do not believe . the proposed change would remedy the evil, but it would do away entirely with the object of a ballot, the right of every voter to ex press his preference for men and measures at the ballot-box without fear of molestation from those who may have power to bim injure in per son or property, on account of his political opinions. We shall heartily rejoice at any action of tho Conven tion, looking :toward the purification Qt the ballot-be.; which does not in- . rfere with the most sacred rights of the voters, but we believe the remedy proposed by the committee of the ,Constitutional Convention faulty and unwise. While dissenting fr.:sm the views of one -of our Mem bers, 3lr. PAtTolt, on this subject, wiE: give his remarks on, the bill, made on Friday last: • Mr: Patton, of Bradford, said that as the proposed new modo.of voting Was substantial y' iu accordance with a resolution prevented by him at the Ilarrisburg.Bo3goD, he fel: call upon to adrePatc the committee's report. Ilia tmn resclutim4 recommended the open ballot only, while the committee bad reported to Dave the open or secret ballot optional with the voter. However just and polite it may Lave been originally, the object of secret vot i,g, repri - I=FAited by the 'closed ballot, had been defeatet:: itr mod in practice in cense- tineLce of the difference in the style of print and paper nsecl fir the different parties in. their tickets,. This doctinction enabled election offi cers through thetetaic to keep the ruu of votes. on each side ; and' the di-traction was kept up by the pliticiati. in older to detect the voters who, from consciention , convictions, violated' party discipline. he regarded secret voting a. 4 in many in- affording a cover 'for falsehood and f he was willing that thusewho from habit-preferred it should still have it. Under the new nt -dead of the secret ballot being virtuni:v - •as had heel , argued, no one hi:: the • . ofilces would be able to tell Lim- m'' , v• and t'Le., , e ( 411. cers meld be sw. :a to As to having the names of vet. s wri %pun their tickets and the number '.f the made to corr.:- spond with the ::umber ~, p osite the name of the voter on the illy ibis would be an incentive to the ;:oting to s , quire an educa tion, and even i•lnt:.= l".rn to read and write. The posble, tempoi•ry disfranchise, meat of a few u- :thy men may not have had the benefit of an education wouldbe than counterba:auced by t'o...brmetit* to re..4 - nitt . from making c :ecation, it: r. ;muted sense, am electorial quorl , 'Ation. 1., r...:arel to a voter's nano being w:;tten by tm , ,tl . , r. the speaker ' said he would .v!.l his I.l:•hiketion to the better judgment of the committee, as only a small claps would be affected , , and it would serve as en additional , protection against the raid of the "staffer." Commenting upon the substitution of 'votes by election ptlicerivan the interest of a particu lar candidate. as destroymk the cardinal princi ple of the omnipotence of majotities, on which our - Republic rested, the'speaker said thatlin der the new mode the tally list would show at once what 111311 . 6 vote had been abstracted from the box and supplied by a substitution. Thu names 'of the voters of the• abstracted tickets would have to be rarged upon the sub fstil'uted to „ire them the app-.p- duce of being genuine, and in all. such cases the forgeries could be proved by the vot4ra if lint by the election clerks. Be side; this, the f.rgers wonbi not h aye time to forge any con,iderable number of names and uniul.m.rs upon the tickets, as forgery in seer essarily a very slaw operation. In contested riectiolm their, endorsements on the tiel4ets would gr , ally' facilitate the identification of each •.0*: , It wont-1 to a mews alsmi of fle!'2etia.: t , ers.)n.s -bribed t swear to hay i:;l.; voted diff-iently fr.cm the way in winch -they did ‘ute. thc, , e endorsements this can at 1 is 11ra d:,;:e, rritld the toast hazard f tecti.,n, because the panted ticl-,e;s o 1 accb party tie all alike.with out anything, up ti,, distinguish one fromanother, and no man can swear to the tick, t be voted." =IMMO THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESI DENT. - The joint conimittee of Congress called upon Prelaident GRANT and Vice Preiclent Wit.RoN on Friday morning, laet, and read them the fol lowing lettere, rfficially notifying them of their election : LkaTT.II TO P iii.SIOLST GILUST NVAsuvic,,Nolc, Feb. 15, 1372. Ste : \V have been' ir:pointed a. committee of the Senate and House of Ruprez , eutatives to notify yeti that 'on - Wednesday, the twelfth the Vice President acting as President of the Senate, in the presence of both Houses opened and counted the votes of the electors of the United States for President and Vies President of the United States. By the count it was ascertained and declared that yen were duly elected President !or the term of four years, from and after the rout tit day of March next. - Iu performing this dri;y we take occasion to lender yon our hearty congratulations for the minent civil and military services you have had, the good fortune to render to the States, and, to express opr confident hope that your administration durfing the term for which you are now elected, sil lpromote ,the peace, honor and prosperity of all the people of the United States, without respect to section or party air', F•ium Tomv SuEnaras, On behalf of Senate.. H. L. D.a•wrs, • BreK, On behalf o(iHonse of Representatives The President thanked the coin . - mittee for their attention, and said he accepted . the aide; and would endeavor in the fatur.! as in the past to discharge the duties entrusted to him by the people to the best of his = The committeecalled on the Vice r President elect, a , a read him a let terZsimilar to tha addressed to the President, informing him of his elec tion and concluding as follows : " We tal, , ‘ this occasion, while performing this official duty, to congratulate you on the high honor c:onterred upon you by the people of the United' States. You have long been ILliorahly it11.4-utitied with the legislative brunch of the government, dui lug a period of tmexamplefl difficulty. We are sane we ,statt) the universal feeling of the respective houses t v which we belong, when we assure you of their sincure reApvet and hearty g 0 ,41 I\it.s - oN thanked the commit . - tee for their congratulations and for their assurances of the good will of both houses of Congress. He grate fully accepted the high trust confid ed to him by the people, of the United States, and said he Should strive to discharge the duties of the position- assigned him with zeal, delity and impartiality. tfe.express ed, too, the hope .that the coming four years would be consecrated by those entrusted with power, to the peace, unity and development of the country, and that those in every de partment of the government might retire at the close of their official ca reer- with the consciousness of duties well done .and with the approval o their countrymen. floa. A diwtatrous flood TVII.B experi eneed llonorigahela ricer at Pittsburg Olt 3louday.' The water rule fact.: Two lives were los!, and u large moldier of boats; and barges ilestroyed. Allow simmida c The' eommitteeted to in vestigate the ehargiskagsbet Senator ilium:cm. of IfJuiskss ) hir concluded their labors tOd nt 2e a*eport. We hsvepot ezimidiods4 _ the evidence &KO in' tie ease, - bat - : - hale no doubt 'the report is in accordance with the facts. The 'fee' iilt of the in vestigation enionraging sign that there is , still some integrity among our public men. •.Indeed, we believe the largo majority' of them are honest.. The fact that a bon. partisan committee of the Senate re- Ports that a member securing his seat Iby corrupt means is not legally elected, augurs well for the future, and will exert a wholesome influ ence. We hope the committee's , re port will be promptly endorsed by the Senate: The i•epOtt concltides as follows : Taking the testimony altogether, the Committee cannot doubt that money was paid to some members of the Legislature for their votes, and money promised to others which was not paid, and offered to others who did tkot accept it. By the con stitution each house of Congress is made the judge of the elections, re turns and qualification of its mein bers. If a person elected to the Senate has .not the constitutional qualifications, or if the election is had by reason of fraud, or corrup tion; the jurisdiction to, examine and determine is expressly vested in the Senate. Another clause of the- con stitution anthcirizes the Senate to expel a member by a two-thirds vote. The causes for which a Sena tor may he expelled are not limited or defined, but rest in thu sound clis, detion of the Sendte: • It has been a subject of discussion in the committee - whether the offenj ces, of i‘rhich they believe Caldwe4 to lriv&been guilty, should be pniti,- ished by expulsion .or. go to the validity of his election, and'a majori ty are of the opinion that theygo to the validity of his election, and has the. effect to make it void, wherefore the committee recommend to the Senate the adoption of the following resolution : Res9.!re;l, Ah•xtinder Caldwell was nut duly and legally eleated to e. Eei.t iu the tieDatP attic Unittql States by the i&gistatme of the State, In conclusion, Um committee re marked that ..vhile Mr. Caldwell did things toward his election which cannot be* tole:rated by the -Senate, they believe that he ivas as much sited against as sinning. He was 110ViCeIu piCtif.'S and evidently in the hands of Men wild cnt:ouraged him in the tt-at Senatorial elections in Kansas were carried by money SPAIN —President GET lost no time in meoLibiz,ibi; the clew ilepUblie of Eton: D. E. SICKELS, the United States Alliiihter_to Spain, coiled upon SENoit , 'Flour.nis on Fri day last, and addressed him as fol lows : Pur,u..ut t, orde-rm from my Goverimaent, salute dour Excd!miry upon the establh , hment of the rcpubiic Snail]. The wi+dom -and dignity with which the change of g o v e r n ment was frected is a happy an,pice ~ 1 a glorious future for Spit,. The United Staten,- occupying a largo Cont' ueut eivihzed be BpaniAi 3.1h1 ca„- net contemplate unmoved the rpectiele of the empire of kerdtnand and l=abel) t transformed into a republic. The Amyl - Ina •,••• imititing Li , e clam* and erfteblishing pre polity and poser upon solid !amidst one. lii exprt - t4ing to your Exec-Ile:ley the ft:mut good coshed of President Graht, and r...cOgruz ing your authority, I a , compli: h the moAt ag,reeable .luty of my mission to flits noble and generous cr•untry, I:=G Seaor Figuerns, in reply to Mr. Sickles, said his kfrce, responsibility would overwhelm him mare it not f such mumPufs pr,soit, when- yon eo elorriently convey the ruluist voice of the American pe,ple in blessing and acclaitumg the a4lvent of the. Republic which moderwe enc•rfy reh:cve.l au l prii.leixe Wiil preserve. It the UnitedSt.,t,s i indebtedto Spain for the diKeuterer cf the American c intent, Spain k indebted t, the U.lited. States for the founder of the nen , !leis.' order. Spain Rdl remember the tvdrthy example Ed her by the United -States. Congress has not yet acknowl edged the Republic, bu,t we trust such action may not long be delayed. NEWSPAPER REPORTERS. It is not generally known that two thirds of the reports of 'public oc - ea-. sious throughout the country, which appear in the city papers, are written in - the editorial room instead of by " our special correspondent.' The Harrisburg Slate Journal says - : "Of this character we may point to the report of the proceedings on the 'religions services held in the Presby terian church, during the obsequies attending the burial of the late Gov. GEABY, and which appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer of yesterday. The following is . a specimen of the .correctness of the Inquirer's closely observant correspondent : The church was appropriately draped, day" light %vas excluded, and the dim light from the chandeliers gave a weird aspect to the scene that heightened its solemnity. The church was not " appropriate ly draped," " daylight was." not " ex cluded," because it was the only light shed upon flie solemn scene, and there was no " dim light from the chandeliers," because there is not , a single chandelier in the church. But this is not all of the fancy work of this flighty correspondent. Here is another specimen : At the conclusion of the hymn the benedic tion was pronounced, and while the choir ren aered a go:emu chant, the fatuity of the do ceased took a last' lingering look at the features of the deceasciL • Thera , was no , benediction, the choir did udt render a solemn chant. This is all mere invention, in charac ter with too much of_ the same urder which the people arc giVen for late news by the metropolitan press. MIL The conviction, of atrace of gamblers for keeping a gaming house, and their expulsion from the councils of Philadelphia, is an event looking to reform in such disgraces. For years the Democracy of a New York district kept a noted gaiader in Con gress, who, while he occupied his seat, was in partnership with a gain bling hell in Washington city. Phi ladelphia councils and courts have set the country an example in tliis connection which we hope to see sternly emulated. • Mir A Washington dispatch states that Vice President CoLrAx has not'. Lied the Credit Diobilier committee that he has dibcovered another draft fuvone thousand dollars payable to his order, by GEORGE F. Nttsarrr. CIONGREM; 011 xsrortoernt~ : .r - UOBB. . The ibilawint. are the prin . *al' points in the bill • ititrocliml in the" United 111144iis &tints • - Offisruder Amami' to 4 estr pTr : o* Of In" toxicatlng ors - - • Be It enacted, &c., That it shall be u n l awful for any persottor persons, by agent or other wise, to sell in any. quantity intoxicating lio uors to be drank in, upon or about the bmld ing or premisecishirro sold, or to sell snob in toxicating liquors to be drank in any adjoining room. building or premises, or other pisee or public resort connected with said bui ding. Sac. 2. That it shall be unlatch: for as or persons,by agent or otherolse, to sell World:ding drinks. to mhiors, unless upon the written .order of their parents, guardians or famil,y physieian. BEE. W. That it shalt Be . firslaWhit in, Tier sons, by agent or otherwise,. to sell intoxi cating liquors to persons intoxicated, or who aro in the habit of gettiug intoxicated. Sic. 4. •,That all places where intoxicating liquors areeold In violation of this act shall be taken, held and declared to be .common I,tii. sauces, and.all taverns, eating houses, cellars, or other places of public resort where intoxi cating liquors are sold in violation of this set, snail he shut up and abated as public nuisanc es upon the conviction of the keeper thereof, who shall be punished as hereafter provided. Six. b. That it shall be utaLswfalt r any per son to get intoxicated, and every person found in a state of intoxication shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined In toe sum of ,five dollars sal pay the &iota of prosecution. • • Sic. O. That every person who shall, by the sale of intoxicating liquors contrary to this act, cease the intoxication of any other person, shall be liable for and compelled to pay a rea sonable compensation to any person who may take charge of arid prolide for such into:heated person, and one dollar per day in addition thereto for every day such intoxicated .person shah be kept in consequence of such intoxica tion, which sums may be recovered in a civil action before' any justice of the peace or any Court having jurisdiction thereof. The set . / enth %canon give% every wife, child,_parent, guardisu or other person injured iu person cr property or means of support, by auy intoxi cated person, or in consequence of the intoxi cation, habitual or othei wise, of anypereons, a right of action against any person who bhall.br sothog liquors contrary to this act, have caused said intoxication, for all damages actually Ins isioed, as well as exemplary damages ; such knits to bo brought in any of t i ne Courts of the United States having jur i sdiction thf , reof. The eighth section declares that the .Druvisiona o the first and fourth scctoos of this act 81141 not extend to the sale of nine triannfsetared o the pure juice of the grap.-, cr beer, ale or ei der. The alai' rectiou - provi4ei peaaltiea as fu °yrs : For a N%olation of tho cf the drat, second mid third t‘i °horn., a tine of trot., i 5 to sst), or imprisonment from ten to thirty da:.•, or both, together with costa f proiectitil, and fur violation of the fourth cezii,u a tine of from $5O to $lOO, or imprisonni.nt from 1 lUrO to fifty ilt*s, ar both * %Ala And bunnies* ti!at.-Fm to be 'kept shot until k .uf 11000 is given ggditi..t the iiitgre viola*:o.i lot the law. Other ..ections of tit* hill **r :tide that nil the pron , entions thorcluider sisal! he eon:mu:et:ft tuid , !r the name of the United State 3, ::rider rit compitint, under oath before a Justice °Mi.! Peace yr AL..Jr, wl.wreuplEr wanauts is , ne 1%7 thi, the pArti, , off:na ing. 4.44.- • - STORES GRAIi IT,I) A S Fit OF PRO CEEDINGS. Writ of Error AIII-osved with a Stay of Ems-ration of Sentence until Deetslon of the t7rnrral 'rcrns Is Obtained. titer Your, Feb. 15.—Judge Davis today rendered_ , his decision Ju the motion to graut Stokes a stay of pro-' ccadiugs, by granting the motion. Judge Davis concluded his opinion as follows : "Some of the 'excep tions taken upon this trial are frive lous,but all are not so. The excep tion which seemed the greatest was to the conclusion of the charge which implied malice and threw the burden of proof upon accused. This opinion is sound, and under the common law, but is open tp doubt 'under' the statute defining murder. Under it no legal implication of feloniens in ttntion can arise so as to throw up on the accused the burden of prov ing his innocence." Several cases were cited,to prove the point that express malice must be proved. The opinion concludes • • s follows • " It is neither necessary nor proper that I should form 4:ir express any positive opinion upon these ques tions. It is enough that../ cannot sa2i that my mind is free from grave doubts. I .give this conclusion in this casa with regret, but having reached it I shall perform, the duty that springs from it with no hesita tion. The writ of error is allowed • with a stay of the execntiontof the scivence until tic decision of the General Term." , : IMPORTANT TO DENTISTS- The following is a copy of _a bill now before the Statei Legislature An act to improve and ref/Mato the prjeticc of Dentistry in the State or Pennaytranis. - Storms 1. Be it enacted, Sc., - Tbat, it stall be unlawful for any person to practice dentistry in the §:tate of PeunsylvauLt for compensation unless such person Las reetived a diploma from c reputable dental college, duly incor porated under the laws of this or some other of the United States, or Las obtained' ,a cebid cate of qualification is-fled by the Pennsylva nia Dental Association. as hereinafter pro vided, or has Leen iu rt pulable dental practice fur ten or more consecutive Nears in Ptate : Provided, That nothing in this-seetlon shall apply to per. ,