Iliil NEWS PROM ALL NATIONS. ME • Rollin,—Lediaa disti'oguiabed 'Frenelmsi, is des& ' I —Gan. Sheridan and staff arrived tt 'Sew Orleans satuN*F• N --Serious troble is expected at the coal mines in Ohio county, Kentucky. —Green peas, grown in the Open air, bavPappeared in the Savannah market. , —Canadians own 6,683 vessels•of ur various kinds, ineennriog 1,073.718 tons. ' —Dann Piatt, of Wli;+i - singig:n, s belitvvr iv spirits. • --1-itEx-Senator Motgau tas the tnisoion M Itassit. ----They buy cattle in Oregon- - for Sas anl:a balf cente a pound, ' _ - Galifoxnia has a tiewsp.aimr r.ott-d the Pojaconiqn, snd G•larado “ce kuov!Ll a+ ILe Trinidadian. -;-For The firbt time this winter ee H9dson ricer at •Piingbkee.tisle is frozen uv„er. 1 —Wm. Thomas. ji.; was killed in Philadelphia on . ; Wedneadav afternoor', its a saloon tight! Whiskey =did —Count Von Arcata has mipealed -tcy- the Hammergericht at Berlin from the sen tence in his caae. ' I —President Grant and Cabinet paid their' respects to King Kalahari& at; hit quarars at the Arlington last Wednesday.: —lt is thOnght that the WiSCOillitl Legislature will repeal the railway law regu lating tarifts, - passed last winter. ' -.Morrissey is • getting ready, in Wasbington; for the Democratic msjorit'y in Congress. He is opening a faro butt. bill was introduced in the House last week to_ reduce letter postage to one cent .—Jtidge Alifain Martin, the oldest member of the Montgomery, Ms., bar, died in that city on Friday night. z —King Alfonso leas nranted corn plete umneaty to all-Carhatp, and be bag receiv ed the blessing he ssked'of the Pope. very heavi , fall of snow took 'Once in - tho northtru pirtfranca on vkitlnt.sday. ' _ InterioF, Department will' hold t. public pompetitire examination for vacancies in th 4 PAlent Office, beginning on tlll7.ltti of Jarman.; —Prince Alfonso, son of ex Queen a l. bola o: Spann, has been proqlsimed Slog, recor,,,mr.ed by. the army. pt the North ard C,nter._ the village or Sheridan, t)rtg a, they utilize thechurch on with day. tZt fug put the nests and using the floor fur cr,,,qet ground. -11arble men now make email T.anl , toll(3: h. j,he quantity, with the epitaph • .:re.,;ly c , itt; " 1 1)hitit knnw it %lot loadel" They re~a a t.,l*Aiiittot the name and age. SeveralOitors and reporters of the I :efunct paper.the Republic, have brought t , ,r the recovery of unpaid salaries. Thus ere I:4)nblie9 sometimes ungrateful. likbathi and North Carolina !,4ve ta'.f.n ioepa lbo's.iuz, to a speedy and alloatment_of all ciaimes against --Garibaldi has declined with 1111:11. , the ;0 - Ant from the Italian parliament. ch 3 d pletetl colidttion of the national puree 'Jim to this patriotiz denial. - —General Burnside s friends think thcy , hare new a certainty or electing him to the Mired States senate Rhea the Bode lelana legislature aarembles. received from the Direct 1 - loft.' States Cable fleet state that the steam -ha, Faraday exiled from St. John, N. F., n • slay t.) commetice.the re-laying of the ' —The erlnv of the brig Breeltlesby, arrived at Liverpool from Gatvekon on .1 he 15th ult, bare been sentenced to impris-' 1t -rt for terms ranging from six t, eight. or '- : —An aillieted young lady in New whore father is lying on hie dying bed, rit __toe te.bionable aper to know what it •!Itl 1 b prbper for her to wear for mourning. —There is a sugar refinery, in St. during s tbia. year, has .consumed -11ily-tgreemillion of pomade of raw sugar. It •:)aa Bold retintNi Amior during , the same time ti 113 (if ijAHVY/0.; dressmaker in . .Neri .York had t.L•artt fever in s her house, aid sent home a Cirer:: to a lady,' whoce two. children took the .and. dia. There ii probably no Feli,o more coiatageons than scarlet lever. =When a Louisville dry 'goods store 11. robbed, the proprietor pays the Courier. .16,1.1::' 11 a donar and a half to,ropOrt the Item oudsr a Yead liko this: "Burglars of Joocl --A. man Who has voted and paid Nii - rwich, Conn., for forty, veai , has jng thrlqgli'a new anrvay, that be ont.itie thP :rporation. He is •an as= Man. —London has a "practical instruct; - ,:r la le.ggary" in the frl'Satiof Prof. Rotator, who :urtheh a eoge taaght Ottead . ;tile - blind. t children of unhealthy appearance, and hen tecessoriets. - 7 1.1.thinistet who.camc into onhiaren ibirrtg a sudden shower r‘.queiited_ 'another to pre - 4 1 :, fv,r him, as he *As very wet. "No," othL r, "preach youriell; your; will be 1 ~•;:igh la the pulpit." . • . '• ; circulation of th& 80,1,11 Nib* Library for the pat seven months has been 368 2.87, -at increase of 87,000 over :be setae perael Lau year. TUere are how 270,04-8 volumes in the library. ; - • —GeV. Hartranft has signed the death warraut of Fred. Heidenblut, found Rqrift of murder, in Philadelphia, recently. The execution will take placeim 'Wednesday, Jinni:try 20, 1875. - —Edson A. Sible, of Harrisburg, was .hot and killed, on Sstnrday, in Cambria . coticity. by • Phi.lip Lehr. They were wrrh a pai-iy hunting de-r. Lehr shot at pheasant, auflAs: , e Or the scot penetrated Sible heart. I.liseph B. Conrad, of Bernville, was nominated by the 'Democrats of Berks county, on Saturday, to All the legislative repri'Fccitation "from that comity in which 'a occured trirungh the death of Dr. Tatilurr. —Xalskana is now I in. Boston . which is the esetern limit oE.hls wanderings. He will go to Nisgirs F Ils. - Cleveland, Chi esgo, St. Locus and tdence•back to San Franc:sea. Ile expecte to - ieacti Honolulu by the tatddt , rt Febresrv. • --Ex-Uovernor Saynioar, Chief Just.e, Churcb,flenry•ltichmond and Governor rii(!eu are all said to favor the election of Francis Kerma to•the . United 'States Peint o 11.- Tura% demc.erscy are behind Kerwin and d'io put him through. —The Louisville :Courier-Journal whis:irrs a borible suspicion alit the"Lafevatte % , hit,o," recently: prewentoil to. Mr. O'car Do 1.-ifaptte in the name of oar government, is Het the veritah r le souvenir &h en by Washing t . young woman, Wary Watson, died the other day in the Honse of Correcttun !t, Westmutister, London; from mental suffer ing caused by the disgrace of tieing in niso,•. she wee received_ there' in December, 1872, hat int.-, been cntivicted of larctny and sentenced to 3-eireqmprt-onment. --Petition friu the, Nationaf Tent peis-Ec•ysuciety end other it:tapere:lce weenie -,:aten.h'snd churches, representing over 300 h• 00 t..itlolier4,- wire preheated iu . the House :art "l'; o:•,!hy asking tor the early passage Of the to provide for a coma:doe:on of inqairy c.rIL , C 1 . 1,.ivg the alcobohe liquor tridlic, which the Senate . last sestrion. A policeman in Richmond, Va., bis club-orer the bead ors oolored in. ::c.(.111 who restated wheb,stiout to be arrest- Jis r nn•wwful trespass. At hip examination loath:it, house be was asked whether the ipcii.,emsn shtick biro, to which be replied, `I.No, fish 1" much to the chagrin of the vflicer j is queptiou. - —ln Woreester, the, other day, - Mr. Rogers and his wife were opposing candi date, ter the School txommittee in the Second ward. Dir. Rogers was nomiosted by the citizens and )Lot. gets by theludepett g ote. She best blmi two to one, and served him . ' ht. A man that runs La offogo against his w ife is s ' rut)]. . —A railroad" .train in. Michigan Lic,ke down recently, e..d the peneogeri al:Uhttd. Among thum - vcas an al gentligtav, *he :to fill up the tune. wandered off to td.i. cent house, There he encounters* ea Old &no os bts, wltan l a ts 4 psis l o t at g ig a i eguatagelis .."11 XititdfotdXtOttei Towanda, Thursday, ',Tan. 7; 187 5. ZDITORs 0. GOODRICH. THE LEGISLITtE E Both houses of 'h.• : tire met on Toes : Eo: ' 4nd It.:l . iiinistered the ova ;4 tit .utike the • flew Lieut. Gt,veru..r.- Mr. LAT _ _Rvsitu.Eantrr :.•::a rt, Le...; Ciark, a: richly -i.uerited ati honest, Liitliftil, 'at ucKni cal officer awl a conaist,ii, can.. The House was oripmiz,4-(1. by the election of Anal! WooLcie.rt. 'r greatest confusion prevailesl 141110%g the :hungry, cormorants who have been occupying private stations P..7.r the past fifteen years. The conten tion was so bitter that blows were resorted to by prominent Democrats. The only successful man among the. score of 'applicants from this county for some position in the House, was Mr. lax SMITE, of Minnequa, who is a fellow after Maj TEnnv's awn &art,' as well as being a blatant advocate of division. Ho is a man of but, little or no influenc4. - PETER demanded his appointment, and such ' faithful and effective workers as-Col. McKE.A.N, Capt. AMES, S. C. ADAMS, and C.'T. iIrzTQN are compelled to stand aside. IMAM SIP GEMRITT SMITH One by one the great leaders of that movement •w4ch reaulted iu 'Proclaiming liberty throughout all the' land unto all the inhabitants thereof," are being gathered to their last resting- places. - But a short lime ago it was HORiCE GREELEY. 'then CIiiRLEI fining and noW GEUBITX Sutra has gonti on the returnless voyage. From the earliest, inception of the anti-slavery move ment until the triumphant suppres sion of the rebellion and the conse quent abolition of, slavery, ho was the steady, nn neared aud unco:a- promising friend of liberty, and the enemy of every form of human slaver : . Differing from many of the great leaders of th It movement, notably with those opposed to politi cal action, as Gerirasex, WENDELL , Pamirs- and Othere, Le always co ogerated with them iu every measure calculated to bring about- the great object for which they were -s..rug gling. Inheriting vast wealth, he nsed it most unselfishly for the advameement of all measures calculat ed to improve and benefit the race. 'No man was more thoroughly inde pendent, and no one lever employed more completely the .confideuce of those who knew him. In 185:1, not withstanding he ‘vas opposed to both the leading political parties, and held the most , extreme; radical views en the slavery question, he was taken up as an, indapanclent candi date for Congress by the people of his district, and 'elected by a large majority. He resigned, howei - er ; before the expiration of . his term, having no taste for public life. Mr. Sutra : was also proininent in the woman's rights movement, was an advocate of liquor prohibition, prison reform and all kindred schemes for bet'ering the condition of mankind.. Few men have lived a more useful •or blameless life; and few leave the world with more pro found regrets from so wide :a circle of friends and,acquaintances. THE NEW EULL The new finance bill which .we published last week, and which passed the Senate before the adjournment of Congress; is exciting 'a good deal of discuasiou all over the country.; receiving . the general 'appro - fal of fair_- minded men. Thongh not what is asked for, ;by the advocates of immediate resump tion, it has the adiantage of adopt ing a fixed policy in relation to that matter, which A' itself will' go far bard producing the conditions that will render rceamption prac ticable. In relation to the feature of free banking incorporated into the, bill of—which we have already spoken, an exchange very justly says : Under the provisions of the act to secure the resumption of specie pay ments which we publish in full to day, as it passed the Senate, and as it will Substantially become a law, every individual or association can become bankers under the national banking act, without regard to the amount of capital contributed. This is as it should be, for banking, like every other legitimate business, should be opened to all who may wish to engage in it, subject to -the restrictions which the government has found necessary to incorporate in ,he system for the protection of ,the public. No system of banking has ever been used in this country at all comparable to the national bank. log act, and the main objection urged against it, which will now be remov- ed, was its restriction .within certain limits, beyond which banks could not: be organized. Under this system there can be no loss to the note hol der, so' long as the government itself is good for its liabilitieuand we nave recently seen the nntislitif spectacle of notes on broken banks selling at a premium of four per cent, abbve par. Under the old State bank system, notes that were par hear would have to be sold at a - discount within the limits of this state; but now we have a currency of equal ,value in every State of,. the Union. Then why Should not banking under this ,system be as free as air, and be allowed to expand until the law of supply and demand will check its farther extension, just as any other business will regulate itself when it is overdone ? Tim dozen or eo of faithful Demo brats who were positively pledged a Owe by Major TEBBS, 4o not Pow think him the bigla•totid i honorable tondos= they proisiged 40 Mesa Wore ilittdralita.LErrEß. It is a noteworthy fact Chat within it month from thejime of the &dap fiat of the preseut Constitution of P.-onsylvania by a majority of 141,- 000, a bill was presented by Senator Ratan direetir.g the appointment of a commission to revise a Constitutiob hen scarcely a year;old. Mr.Riitan'e bill passed and the clmniiesioners; appointed under the Act have had several meetings in this city—their; fast meeting was held during the lII' week in December. I regret this' I cannot fully inform your reader,. what this revisory board propose doing, ea the member with whom conversed, While generally garrulous, is as reticent upon this subject as a first class statesman. S. W. 41..V.0.11b " As this revisory board had no hand in making the new constitution they propose showing what a great loam he commonwealth sustained in , ex carding them from the constitution convention, by the masterly ca,Kuner in which they, by their criticism of the instrument, will demonktrate the. dangerous thing the new constitutioq is. Thus far the commissioners have literally done nothing towards giv' ing us an amended constitution, and while they generally agree as to how much better the instrument would have been bad they aided in its constructicn, yet it now and then occurs to them what an unreasonable people do not concur with 'Senator Rutan that the. Constitution !should b 4 condemned, or its practical work legs impaire.i until a fair trial has been given it. • The New Year opens auspiciously }or the Centennial cause The dB cual acceptance by Great Britian of the invitation extended by the gov erneiblit, of the United States to take part in the Internitional Exhibition has given very great satiifaction to the gentlemen who arm laboring en in dustriously to make the event a ELIO -4CA3811 worthy the oceavion, as well es of the people in whose iotere3t they :ire foiling so assiduously : while the whiresi - is•itted to the people of New York, and signed by so many of the representative men of that Stati., has given ',the inottilidrs of the Ccn• remind Board of Finance unbounded gratification and has greatly encour aged them in thiir labors, - I regard the acceptance by Great Britain as determining the slatni of our Exhibition so far - as Euro-i.c: - concerned; and I look upon the action taken by New York last week as resiilvingLa , . the national char acter of the Exhibition shall be. England will put France, Germany, SWedan, Italy and the other nations of Europe upon their rai:ttle; and New York now .decides that she will compete for the supremacy in the matter of industrial exhibits with ail the other States of the Nation- At the 'Vienna Exhibition of 1873, there were about 800 exhibitors from Great Britain.- From the informa tion I have gatliered'from gentlemen who have recently returned to this city from England, and from the London press, I am led to believe that there will be over 2 000 exhibi tors from Great, Britian at the 'Amen exhibition. About three months ago an inter nal revenue detective while perambri 'sting around among the gin shop in tnelower section of oar city ,scented the aroma of boiling molasses; fol lowing the scent with the correatness of a thorough bred, he brought up in the rum shop of Hugh M'Cartney, in whose cellar, be found molasses still, running off about four . barrels of.whisky per day. The following day ll'Cartney was brought before the U. S. Commissioner and held - for his appearance at the nest term of the U. S. Court. In the house With M'Cartuey re sided a Mr. James Degan and his wife Rose. James was a seafaring man and was on the high seas when M'Cartney's place, woe seized. As the detective had a sure thing on M'- Cartney, the latter in order to save iiimself, attempted to put the detec-. Itive away by charging him with the Itheft of a roll of money, which hap to be lying around lcose; the [charge' was made before an accom modating alderman who held the detective for his appearance -before the Session Court. At the prelimin ary hearing Ron} Degan swore she saw the detective take the money. When the case came before the grand jury, the bill charging the detective .vith theft wad ignored.. A few days thereafter Mr. Degan came home and learning of the part taken by his wife, it is said he bela-' bored he in true marine style, and to completto the pnnithment of Rose, she was tried, convicted and senten ced to an imprisonment for one year for, perjury. A few-days ago, Degan returned from another trip from "cross the ocean, and finding his wife in prison charged M'Cartney with being the author of all his troubles Words soon came -to blowa and in the melee M'Cartney shot Degan in the arm, which was Shuttered so badly--it.had to be amputated. Iu the meantime M'Cartney bad been committed to await - the results of Degan's injuries. Between his- at tempt to kill Degan and defraud the government, M.'Cartney is likely •to spend the rest of his life in Cherry Hill, and losse his three-story brick tavern with its still in the cellar. The catholic priest J. W. Gerae man who recently violated his vow of celibacy by marrying the pretty or ganist of his church, and who i>z the agitation incident to a change so n c tilical in the lire of a . celibate neg lected to properly debit and credit the amount of funds placed in his hands by his parishioners. has been held for trial by jury, by Judge Fin letter who heard his case on habeas corpus. The prosecution charge Gerdeman with having embezzled $B2 000 of the money deposited with for the erection of the church of 'which be was pastor, the defence deny embez zlement and claim that whatevek de ficiency exists, is the amotiut due the ex-priest for his services. I ant of opinion that Gerdeman will never be convicted of high larceny. I *as informed by a distinguished gentleman, residing in the central put t of the State, who was on here a few days ago, that the present occu pation of country people is in shav ing each others notes, an occupation that has the advantage of giving con stant employment to those engaged in it. Pins.apn.ratOan. e. is TIIE NEW CONSTITUTION TiiE NATION ' S JUBILEE. COUPLICVEED CASE CLERGYMAN ' S DEFECTION TILE DIFTEBENC2. Here in this city every other man is chidly engaged in contemplating his CAM g.reatness and seriously cou t~:dering just which public of ice will be most honored, by his accej tatiOe. niedlees tot me to obitlye that arkskimis IN tottelie 111 het% ing an inexbancitible anbject for nied- • . . it ion. The publishers of our bright little' Evening Se(tr have bilo tried and ac quitted of the ebeiree.Of libel in their having priblisbett.s. statement last July in which •alkt.r. Joseph Calvert; who bait an Oa of Button Joe, .was made io,appear its being somehow, in some way, trtzed up in the abduction of Charley 13,ie-s'. "Batton Joe" wet not in.tbat job 'but no one on the jary'conld- be made to believe that , loe'..Slar libelled . him; prompt acquittal of Messrs. Scno•.l & Blakeley. William lforau, tie pot, rut i Publisher of the, Pabaue less fortunate than the S'ar e• qt. he was tried and ponvicted., : ef libel htig Mr.,*Clee. B. Hall, ,a member of City Councils of; having realized a, large, sum from a lottery, and of hav ing Made money surreptitioUsly as a eonncilwan. Aloran had another 'charge of libel agaiuSt him by another conaciltuata namtdrSlaek. whom Me ! , e.taged vi ith having picked the the warble statue of George '4lt...d.iligion of a silver stinff-bot tie grand Jury ignored the last in d:e' meet, hat sentence awaits Moran epee the lint conviction. The Germans in: this city propose tnkipg g - ood care of the poor from flidertand. ) .' Over two hundred faMiliea and 2,000 children are to be cared 14 this winter, by the Germaq I SOciety" of Philadelphia. The distribution of bread, and other neceasaries.of life, given to the poor, takes plane daily. One day .1 liiery stable man informs the Mayor that he will distribute . 1,000 loaves of bread and 500 lbs of beef. to the pout . of - the city; then Homy Disstou H it Sons give public notice of their in tention tp deal out 300 quarts of chicken s.. Tip aud 500 loaves of bread, , i niton an avi4ogo no less than . 4 2,- 000 loares . pf bread are given away each day by liberal hearted men who de , ire to: hay - .! their charity made puithe. total number of deaths in this ciy- during the year 1874 is 15,393. During the year_lB73 the deaths numbered 16 736. The principal vacate ni death was cousumption of the lungs, tim number of deaths from that disease amounted— t 1.2 164 dar ing year 1874, while there were to 009 death frein c,f the luogB. • CorisidPring th;tt we have Dr. Jayne's - Expectorant establishment tight in oar midst and that. Si.tliet;ek's pnienmie s)raps is alio made hers• regard this death s:ateeuent as th; most solemn and convincing evidence thatTatent medicines will not cure consumption. .• - During the year 1874,0ur citizens used 14 492,359 0.56 gallium of water. The quaboity of Whisky Las not Jet been measured.. This is an average of 52 gallous.per diem fur each reel d3ut wan, woman and child in our city. It w&, except the politicians, "Wash. and be clean " does not apply to. Pniladelpbians. 10%7 emigrant passengers were linded in this city during .1874, and 1.119 arrivals of foreign, coastwise vessels reached our. wharves daring the year. 'Otte losses by fire itmotMted to $741.608 during the, year as! against, $938 450 for the preivious year. Dr. Weevil whose leg was incon veniently in the way of a pistol ball tired at him by Mr. Hanson, is likely t - o go 'where the women cease from troubling," . and whore pistolsare not' used by demonstrative husbands upon family physicians who, like Weevil,-after prescribing for madam's ailments accent an' invitation to take a look at mmllllll'B new bed room fur nature. It is ,new about a month Mince I mentioned the shooting Of Dr. - Weevil, and his physicians in forms me that abscesses having form ed:around the Stump of his amputa fed leg, Mrs. Hinson is likely to lose the services of her physician alto gether, and the company of her hus band.fcir along time. J.W.F. FROM The Capitol Unaswilli quirt—Sing Kalakana —The (-I , ,d•mnial Tea Party Democratic Jubilee,. ar i d Candidates for the Speaker's Chair-tt Rebel S id ors asking admission to the Soldiers Home-4061;s of CO nress, and the Committees on,thoAppropriataons - Me nerd Finance bill, an : i large discharge of Female Employes at the' Treasury Depart men t. , - WASIII:*0::, Jan. /, 1873 It may . be safely asserted that at no time since` the close of the war have there been so few visitors and so little stir at the Capital as now. The assembling of CongresJ failed to bring with it the 'usual influx of strangers, and asta consequence there is a very notable absence of the bustle and excitement which we have at this time been accustoined to witness. Whatever may be the cause of the nonappearance of our fashionable friends—whether it be from a spasm of economy or from, a low condition of finaacea or not,—the result is, that so far the winter has been unusually quiet, doll, and uninteresting. At the Capitol, the galleries and recep tion rooms of both House and Senate have been less crowded. The streets and avenues have not'been thronged with their usual number of fashiona ble promenaders and elegant - turn outs, while receptions and parties have been few and far, between. It must not be supposed, however, that we have been entirely without excitement. Dnr:ng the month, we I have been favoredykith several sensa • tions,. not the least among which was the arrival among us of a genuine live King, the first, it is said, that has ever done himself the honor making our shores a voluntary visit, as well as. the first officially recog nized by the Government. Alt ho' not one of those high and -mighty potentates that rule by divine right and the grace of God, his appearance at the Capital was sufficient to create quite a fever of excitement. Every body seemed desirous of having a look at the King. Parties were made and receptions given for the special benefit of his dusky Majesty and suite; who in return, at the grand parlors of the Arlitigton, received and entertained with right-royal splendor and munificence. Wines of the rarest quality, it is. said,' flowed in generous streams, while"his tables groaned with an abundance of the best and richest of vinds, not for getting, we suppose, to include, by way of variety, a few dishes of cold baked missionary as a matter of • t course. The visit of Kalakana, the 'Xing of the Sandwich Islands, although of 'short duration, was most opportune and fortunate, as it afforded the fashionable part of our community an excellent opportunity for airing its gay plumage and °training a free lamb. it being the first serisation cf the- season, as a consequence the rooms of His Highness were almost constantly crowded by the wealth, beauty, fashion aed -shoddy of the cat,y. Although the King, as well as kW) members If hie attite, were lieu twee to ON hied sattant. _ still, it appears hey kept their heads " level," and Diane rosily friends by the plain and enaffeeted manner in which they at [all times conducted' themselves. and by the unostenta tious manner in which, all :privies wese received who tavomi theta with a cad' Very sirany- of our office trolAsrA. who hOld poiltiorta of tindcli less imports:ace, attempt to assume at all lira a, inn social as well as offi u.,tl capicity, a far greater amount of . _ fait. as we bath the Centennial Tea ('arty, given it the rotunda of the Capitol, over hieh there• was no .-rett.il areonnt II display as well tui a .leoil deal- of jeelnasy and ill-feeling. t I hough the ostensible object of the party was to aid, by the sale of a quantity of cheap teacups and Batt cars at big piiices, the Centennial tiroject of 187 k, the real purpose, it appeared, was to haven fashiona ble gathering and a good time. , A ood deal of wrangling was indulged i - n, and considerable ill-nature want Noted by thosej who had the matter in charge; yetithe same did not pre vent, for two successive evenings, a large turn-out lot those whb love to see their names places conspicuously in print, as well as those who are generally content to .keep more or less in the bark ground. . The mom -1 blage on both evenings was large: and was what' is generally - termed. brilliant. The President and other dignetaries of the GoVIRLIMBI4 were present. The King of the Caunibal Mewls was on hand. Senators and Represeutaf ivs with 'their wives, members of the Diplothatic Corps, Army and NaVy officers, members of the Press, ini great Lumbers, _were alto there, croarding and packier , " the great balls and corridors of the Ca pitol bailding to their utonost capacity. .-The sum realized, we learn, was about ten thousand dollars; but how much, if any of ir; will reach the Centennial fund, after paying the contingent expensee, , remains to be twem Bat no matter. Who would'ot willingly plank (lop his two do lure end a-half for ,a cup of tea when poured ont, %ivit li a smile at; sweet us that of angels; by the beautiful ladies who presided at the tables? - The privilege of retaining, as a inelneuto of the occatenn, the cup and saucer, was alsa something that seemed to be „really prizedby the excited indiviil L mils who rushed out their money Although th I re was nothing about either the en or winter that might no called rem rkable—the cup only having what purported to be a fee simile of the autograph of the truth ful George printed upon its side, stir mounted by thirteen stare,—yet great numbers of hem were 'carried away for the pnrpose, we suppose, of add ing to the irriamentation of parlor mantles. Taken altogether, it was a glorious time beeer than a Fourth of July, .a State sociable, or a Sunday School celebrstion. -In the language of the boy w o spent his last Shilling, :" 'T was brigit, 't was heaveuly; lie- 't is passed." The residence of the Hon. Fer nando Wood; was made lively, a few evenings ago' by the select number of the faithfrcl, who, by special invi tation, were gathered within its ele gaut walls, t. l participate in a grand jollification over the recent Successes of the Demolcratie party. Invitations to the feast, which, with great car=., had been Previously prepared and which for sotue days bad been her 'Oiled through the press, were ex tended prieCipally to the members of Congress, through whom the Hon. Fernando a the next session is ex -petting to c 1 imb into the Speakers' Chair. It as a jubilee to which the , great unwashed were ,not bidden. A.lthongh ft+ years the acknowledged headquerters of the Democratic clans, none Were invited to enter that palatial residence who did not, in some way, ,assess the power of aid ing that gentleman in his, political aapiratious,lover which he, at present, appears to be a good deal exercised. Warmed b 4 he invigorating quali ties of the good cheer of the Honor able host, well as by the little ray of sunshine, which so suddenly and unexpectedly burst upon the party, the gloom and despondency which for fifteen longyears had been gath ering -upon their brows,, , gradually wore away , The . congratulations which at first were of a rather mod est character, through a- cet taro agency of :illiquid nature finally cul minated inl: a high-toned, grandly eloquent priw-wow of the first water.' It was ScarCely fair that - the blowers' and strikera of the party shonldSave been compelled-to stand aloof ou an' occasion like this, with their nostrite constantly assailed by the delicipns aroma that ascended from the wine cups and the flesh pots, that they were not allowed to approach. But ' this was tin aristocratic feast, and one which Contained within ' itself a double purpose. Aethongh it is pretty generally conceded that Mr. Wood has the in side track for the Speakership of the next l'ongress, yet oke will have op: -posed to him several candidates pos sessed of 4ict, experience, and con fessed ability. '-His notorious advo cagy and acceptance of the obnoxious salary-grab, will donbtlees• be urged strongly against him by those of his opponents whose skirts happen to be free from that stain. This, together with his well known connexion with the corruptions of the ring govern ment of the city of New York, will be obstacles in his pathway thathe will find difficult to surmount. In the event of his SUCCESS, how will the stump orators of the 'party look in attempting to rally the millions of ve.oulanryiof the country at the next , Presidential campaign with the shout and battle cry of ',retrench ment and reform," under the leader 'ship of a Speaker who is the very type and embodiment of all they hold up to the public for their virtuons scorn andlcontlerunation I But. with all this inly ow, with all his political sins, and With all the objections that may be brought to bear against him, i from the gentleman's well known tact and skill in preliminary manipu lations . it will be found, when the struggle takes place, that this pol ished, hoary-headed old vampire, having made himself 'master of the situation, viil carry oft the -coveted SHINGION • prize. I Tly arrival in Washington at the iegin,iegof the session of a newly elecmd Democratic member of con gress from Indiana, who supposed himself elicted to the present session, would loot: - as if the next Congress would not e be remarkable for tLe in telligence ;of some of its members; at least. Whether such was - a fact or not, we, of coarse, are unable to say; bat, if . so, it evinced no greater haws to get installed into office than did the ex rebel soldiers of the. South. who, innnediately after the election last fall, Made application for admis sion to t 6 S Adiers"Houte. Should he Deamiwatic party succeed in 1876 ilk obtaining control id the gotern went, thO Uaion whiten, who are al* hwaliworriminorli el **gm =MI ilii ernment that they became maimed and crippled for life.to preserve, may expect companions ,whose presence will not awaken the ;most . pleasant reeolleetiona , Either :the abandon- i went of the Soldiert?•Amylums, by taihng to make the necessary appro. priations foc, theitioPpoet,orthe pen sioning of rebel soldiers will certain ly be among the f i rst acts of legisla tion demanded by the South. Congress, as usual ; is at preamt enjoying its holiday. trirkey. During the recess, however,. the several com mittees on -Appropriations do not Rem to be disposed to 'remain idle. The estimates for the next fiscal year will be so nearly ready when Con gress_ meets that it may proceed at once to their consideration. It is nuderstoOcl that the estimates, as cpinicg from the hands of the coin inittees, wilt be sottiething.like twen ty five millions 1F s than wcro the appropriations of" the last session. The new. Financ© bill pas.ed by the Semite for the redemption of greenliacka iii .coin does not appear to snit the New . ILTr.k etoek-jobbing epecelaters, who evidently desire no settlemlina. of. the finance question, this session. Neither, does it appear to suit the Democrac y, who, howling and' barking for hard currency, dare . not vote for the passage of a bill re turning to specie payment.. By the action of the Democrats inthe Sen ate, it will be seen that the 'Repabli• cans of the House must tats the re ,itponsibility. of adopting or rejecting the bill.k There is lint tittle doubt entertained with regard to its pas sage ; and s as "the Deniecrats will wake it—partisan opposition to the bill, this will be the issue on which the Republican party will go to the people. If labor shrinks in value, let property shrink also; wages have b,ceu reduced from tune to time since the panic, but reuts end the prices of sab4istence have remained at War .rices. If by returning to specie payments thAre is any more trouble to come, let it fall upon those who are bt-st able to bear it. Tht) shrink age of values, has already done the l'iboring classes all rho injury that it can do. 3' labor shrinks in value, let property shriek .in, proportion. The removal of the Itiven tie Stamp prinqg to New York City, , has caused a large-dismissal of clerks awl -mployes from the Treasury Depart ment: On Christmaa'day sonic four handred; mostly' females, received ' , nooice that their services were no -longer required The deprssion of spirits : caused 'by this heavy,redue-, tien dcies • not seena - to be confined alone to the unfortunates, who awoke from their._ Christmas pleasure to re ceive notification_ of the deprival of their means oe74, .! 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