Aradfotti gtporter. E. O. 600DRICII, EDITOR. - , Zowaids, Pa.; Tlacrsday, Xarch 27, 1879. TOE ILEUMDS OF TI I E 141111T-PAD: 4 ! 'lt would certainly not be good manners in any man to cheapen the halter with which he was about to be hung. On the other hand the most 'abandoned villain that ever' , swung could have no interest in so conduct ing himself on the scaffold as to add to the odium earned by bis i crimes. If there'is ever. a time when a human being shouldsummon up any trifle of decency and sense of decorum with. which nature has endowed him, it must be when he is about to make,, his exit from the stage of human af4l fairs. Obvious as these facts must appear to the intelligent reader, they do_not seem to have dawned upon the eonsciou , ness of the Democratic leaders. That,, party became drunk With power in December. 1875. ,It has,never draWn a sober breath from that time to this. In truth it must be said that its fit ofibeastly inebrie ty has been cumulative. It entered upon the almost innumerable investi gations which have uniformly result ed in besmirching the Investigators, in' a moment of diAirium. prosecuted those investigations with the insane' fury oil delirium. And, now, when it is about to go D off in a idead-drunk sttipor,ito awak`c - sober, but wretched, am find itself in a hopeless minority, it has called upon the Administration to stand and de liver. When the Democrats in Congress - affixed ,their ultimatum to-the appro priation bills, they took up the role Of the font-pad. It was: as if they had said to the President. "If we cannot rule we can ruin." To fault with this Democratic axiom' would he as absurd as it would-be to censure the swine for wallowing in the mire. Nature always asserts 4- self. Democratic nature asserted it self in Ino,when it attemptd to \ decree the debasement of national ilionor or national death. The lead ers, gave it. out as their ultintatum then that the people must rcnewitheir lease - of power c.r the 'Union would • be rent asunder. It was the close of a long term and a most wicked abuse of power, when the Deinocratic lead ers felt and saw all. the presages of political death, and their demand was,horn of desperation. -Had Me ' people hesitated; had they striven to, put off the evil day by surrendering their prerogative, the republic would have been blain id the house Of its friends, and- the American people w Juld.to-<layliave been led captives, gracing the triumph of the most' ' soulless oligarchy the world ever saw. • To the trmness and Courage, and to the exalted patriotism of the Ameri can people who responded to the in- Solent demand for unconditional sur render, by the election Of ABRAHAM .1,1:11)1,5,,th,e existence of the nation, as a nation, is due. If the people bear this in mind at this second emergency, all will be The pe - ophlOok.to represen tatives in Congress now Nor the dar ing , and firmness exhibited by their i•epresentatives on the eve of the , great rebellion.' They look to the President for the courage and firm ness displayed by L txcomi• during the lung and stormy night of th war. If Re - pul icans in 'Congress !Stand firm, and if the President stands like a rock against the, threatening .sur- geS of revolution, these examples will inspirit and encourage the mass: ' es. ThC . .menaZe of the Democratic leaders must be met and defeated 1)y the pluck of the Republican leadnp. If the Pemocratie Congress i to carry ts threat of blocking the wheels of govCrnment into elfect, Ja . it do 'it, apd take the consegnences. An' intelligcnt 'people Rill fix the re sponsibility where it belongs. The laws for the defcnee of the ballot against the corruption of unscrutitt bons Democrats, must be preserved: The Ili:publican party must take up Le gliertrid give these destructives all tlic tight they have , stomaclis for. There must be no surrender. CARTER HARRISON -was a Demo- • critic member of the Forty-fifth Con gress,-and , the District Atturney at Washington has taken steps to brine before the Grand Jurj the charges that wit#lc acting as chairman of the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service he made out and certified to false pay-rollsLlle is now the Green back nominee for Mayor of Chicago, and the Democratic City Committee on Saturday showed :its hand at re- f9rin by endorsing the nomination Ureenbackers and Democrats unite in the great cause of reform only upon Such patriots as HARRISON'. IT is represented that the Dem ocratic leaders in the House will take measures to secure the regular and constant attendance of the household • of the faithful. There is great fear that the Republican - lninority iritl ) prove troublesome, froin the fact that so many of the majority have just stepped out for . . drink, as to endaa .. ger. thpir used __supremacy. -It 7 • is, proposed to have a cOmmittee who shall tlgke charge of the absentees, and hunt them, up when _ their votes are wanted. . •- stOan open question wheth er it shall be TII:DEN or JEFFERSON Davis In 18i40. Perhaps it will be a little too eai i lyto reward 11 : tvt-but we shall See. •.. IT looks very much' as if Uncle • Oft:ECS bar'! ould be opened. again, very soon. hungry Demo ,rats will please take notice. , W,UAT EIIALL WE DO WITH TUE TRAMP T The tramp is not a new invention, net a plant of modern-growth. lie has not lately been diseovered f like a heavenly body that has been Binding its little ray of light to this earth, and finally renders the astronomer famous who gives it a "local habita t Lion and a nanle." The travelling rnedieant, who humbly sued for cold viet4alit or perchance a night's I,,Ag ing, haa been known to the oldest in- imbiLsnt from the time whence. the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. In earlier times, these ap- peals to the sympathy and the chari- ty of the kindhearted were not una vailing. The housekeeper, in town or country, eCklom turned away, un- fed ;or empty-banded, the stranger cameo his gates asking food or lodging for "sweet charity's sake." I Nor was - the giver untiankfully re- warded—receiving atleast the lead- elt thanks of the recipient. Many of these beneficiaries were perhaps dle, but they were seldom vicious,, and deserved the commiseration and relief so cheerfully given. The commercial revulsion of 1873, prostrating most :of the manufac tures and industries - of the country, threw out of emPloyrnent a vast . number of laborers; and seems to have increased the army of tramps, until they have becOme as the locusts of. Egypt, and quite as .. much of a plague. - They have multiplied, and multiplied, and, cover the face of the country. Where an occasional, wea ry, sore-footed, hungry supplicant linockeil at the_ kitchen - door for re lief-for starvation; a troop of stab wart, insolent yullians come demarid ir= food or shelter, frightening un protected females, and not always re spectful.when the males of the fami ly are present. The name of this tramping army is legion, In win ter they fill the poor houses, and with the early spring 'they . disperse throughout the country, systematic ally pursiiing their. mendicity. - They visit towns in groups, separating and . "workini" the dwfillings thorough ly and by concert. Not often are they criminally disposed, though such conditions of life are gale:Witted to bring out whatever\ is revengeful or vicious. ,Still the tramp of to-day is a nuisance to be abated, and whai to do with him, is a quest' n to be solved by humanitarians, and lich is engaging the attention of leg'sla tors. It is proposed by legislate enactment to cure the evil. We dOubt very much witether laws upon the statute book, however severe may Are the penalties impOsed, can ever cake men industrious, any more than it can force them to be honest. Some of the States have already enacted laws making the tramp a va grant, and, liable to arrest and itn: prisonment, as being without em ployment ,or visible means of sup port. Arid a bill is now pending in the Senate of this State, declaring the tram to be an offender against the peace of the community, liable to arrest, and unless he can show he has a "fried place of residence or lawful occupation in the county or city in which d shall be arrested," he must be adjuked guilty of a mis demeanor, the' "%natty .of which is a term in the county workhouse or jail of not less 'than six nor more th - ari eighteen months. And also that any tramp who shall go into a dwelling house against the will of the owner or occupant thereof, or without has permission, "or shall kindle, any fire on the highway, or on the land of an other; without the owner's consent," shall upon 'conviction be deemed guilty of a 'misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced to undergo an impris onment; by separate or solitary curl finernent at labor for a period not cx- ceeding three, ears. These pgnalties are sufficiently se vere, if enforced, to. abate the evils they are intepdcd to remedy. But the •infliction'of the latter penalty would be revolting to humanity, and_ could not be carried out. The first named penalty would meet all the necessities of the case, but unleSs it frightened the tramp from the bord ers of the Commonwealth (which is very unlikely), he would be still more trouble in "durance vile," than I .when roaming at his own free will over the country. Suppose, flit in 7 stance, that, a tithe of the tramps who visit Bradford, shoiild be arrest ed under the contemplated law? What'could be done with them? • We I h ave no work-house, and Sh'e - riff DEAN'ti-stone castle has_only limited accommodations. We fear that the I law will not answer fora solution of the tramp question, but that we shall IhaVe to - wait until there is a call for the .labor of all the, unemployed, when the ranks of t& Peripatetic mendicants Rill be thinned, though there are doubtless a large p - ropor- Lion who would rather live upon the uncertain charity of the generous than earn Au industrious livelihood by, honest labor. SENATOR JACKSON, of Dushore, who has a habit of saying what he means, and don't understand that word; were meant to hide ideas, very frankly says in reference to the Speakership of the House, that he is very. glad 131.Acknutts didn't get it; the Democratic party - couldn't afford to elect a Southern man Speaker un til after MO. The Senator has hit the nail on the head; the Democracy must make a show of fairness until after the next Presidential election. Should their candidate then tie suer cessful r and the government pass into thAr hands—what then ?, .• THE National Greenback party in Congress is entitled to the ihfant's epitaph—" Since I so soon was done for, I wonder what I was beguktir." Tin sensational, newspapers of the . country have bad ample opportunity for the exhibition of their malicious .and indecentinstincts in the attempt of the. "Widow to levy blackmail from lion. SIMON CAMER7 os. The propensity-to. eater -to the prurient tastes of the community; has found full scope, at the . sar - e time that the desire to traduce and villify a public manAls led to the publica tion of the.. - ininute particulars as to hoer an abandon . ed: Woman sought to ply her vceation 7 " The North Ameri can speaks out truthfully -and feel ingly upon this matter, aiid expresses the sentiments of all right-minded persons, when it .sa.}s "General C;.mcron is a man advanced in years, wed. is entitlA to the protection of his fellox-citiv IP, and c ipecially to be shielded froM the idle jeer of the wicked or the txmilemnatitin of the htnorant, ,who may have no .gleater rears of knoWing his ,cbaracter and his • life than may be gatheyed fr. m the derailed warm ive of - this ?infamous attetnpt to extort money front hint upon a pietence as absurd as it is outt ageous. We presume little upon the probabil ities of justice in b6lieving that General Cameron will he acquitted of, the charge brought-azainst him. In this certainty, which Li no doubt shared by our contem poraries, would it not he fair treatment to a citizen who has distinguished himself and his State by eminent public services, and of whom it has teen the proud boast of his friends for many years. that he could not he accused of personal an mos 7 ity trc n in his most bitter political qua.- `ad, that he should be spared the a ,noy ance Leces. , arily fuliovring the publication Of the falsehoods and indecencies that are the stable stir:lt-in-trade of the class of people to which bin trmnier het ings. Gen eral Cameron is to be, honored for the manly pluck which led hiM to prefer a public defence to a corruptly purchared silence in a rase_ involving his reputation and his future comfort. The world may wisely ktuvw that fact, and be 441.u1 that such vicious assaults :13 that m ule :oy this woman si in , times find adversaries who arc not afraid toMeet them on equal ground." _ Greenback members of Con gress issued an addressed to the Re publican and Democratic members of the Forty-six Congress, in which after setting up the claim , that they hold the balance of power t in nearly all the Northern States, they made the folloWing offer: - "Iterognl4lng the fart that much •wlll depend upon the orgiolzallf.n of the "House for securing Legbiatiois In their behalf, and that the result wilt make up the none In the great struggle 'between the people anti the money power in Irian, prov,se to co-ol..rnto with yon by electing as Speaker either S. S. Cox of New Yore, James Vne)ve, of Contiecticitt. W. ft. Kelly or Heruflick H. Weight of Pentisylvai.ia. Thorns Ewing or ohlo, tireenbury 7.. Font of phiols. WiMani 17. Felton of,Georgla. J - ohn (fright or 11. C. Young it! wilmn t.,y their public!' re cora no the''‘finhaietal qiientionek. Las :-ecured the coofidenee of our cow-II: trellis; or any other meth hcr of the Honor elf romp. tent to con. duet Its hU.ItICSA, who. by isle previous adherence to our Frinciple , ,liA ol e that fit 1 heir behalf lie can rise Wrote former political affiliations." -Stange as itinay seem, neither of the two parties address; seemed in clined to accept the generous offer. And the Nationals were treated as an indefinite, and very upOrtain gum t Ti) iv 1; .1. lal4lng noise 1 Kecounfivo to general report the Democrats have concluded . that the extra session shall be brief, nd to this end. the Army; mil Exec tire Appropriation bills are to be: c sidered, hs formulated by the Forty fifth Congress; in committee of the whole, and hence it is probable that there will be but little debate on these bills and very- few amendments. _So far as is known the Army bill is to y be passed iii such a manner as to be tinobjectionitble to the President, and, the clause repealing the law relating to Federal_ supervisor's of elections is to be left - off of the Legislative and Executive Appropriation bill, because, some of the leaders hay, the supervisors arc not so bad, being divided between' the two great politi cal 'parties.. :The clauses doing away with. Federal marshals ''at elections and abolishing the jurors' test oath will be retained, and the knowing ones think that President If.tvr.s will approve the bills, when presenteeto hind in the modified forms indicated. The law providing for the alppoint inent.of Federal supervisors of dee- - tionS is absolutely necessary. .to keep down fraud, and it ought not - to be okosed. by .any 'honest member of Congress. . THIRTY, thousand applications un der the new pension' ]asv had been • filed at Washington up to the close of business last Saturday, and they are coming in at the rate tit'. about 400 daily.. The whole number es pected is 50,000. When received they are sorted and filed, and on the 25th instant the-work oladjudication was begun. The first * notification that a successful Pensioner will hate of the allowance of his Claim will be the. receipt of a certificate which en titles him to the money, and which he can' then get if it is the Treasury and not otherwise appropriated. The average amount to -be received by .each pensioner under this act is esti mateeat about $9OO. Of the whole number of applicants received, it is thought that only -35,000 will .prove Valid, and to meet these will require about $31,500,000. A NSW tariff schedule has been adcipted by the Canadian Govern taunt anti submitted to the House of Coinmons by the Finance Minister. An increase has been made through out, and the experiment of protect ing home industries bythe prohibi tion of impoSts. from the United States, scans to have been the policy had in view by the Provincial Min istry. _ Suuttonafr. CktArtN, of New Yorit City, has rendered a decision 41..0 Y i virananur Will case, affirming the„ testament and its codicils in every particular. An appeal will, of course, be . takra to the higher Courts, hut they are not likely to reverse the Surreg4te'§ VIERS Wai An opportunity offered to the Democrats in 'Congress to rise above mere partisan behests in the disposition of the Florida contest; but; with the exceptltn of those who were elected as Greenbackers, all vo: tel to seat Mr. lIuI.L as a represen , tative from the "Flowery State," al though they had the dicta of the. Su preme Court of that Commonwealth that Mr. 131sAcr., the Iteublican can didate, was duly electe , This -Ac tion was nothing more nor less than confirmation of an election fraud for party purposes. MR. HAMLIN, Mr. 011ANDLER and I Mr. IL B. ANTIIONY Arc the only members .of the present Congress who were also members of that of '6l; the year of war. Of the 'other members of the fatuous Congress, YGLEE is• president of a Florida rail- road, LYMAN Taumnum. is practicing law in Illinois, II titrAN has retired with a comfortable fortune, CLINOMAN is living quietly, in North Carolina, dLTnan P.''PENJAMIN is a lawyer in London, and JEFFERSON DAVIS is an insurunee'agent in Mississippi. Ir would be gratifying if we could believe that the election of RANDALL for Speaker was an evidence that pa!, triotic and conservative counsels are to influence the action of e.Democracy There was unqu mnably a desire not U.. outrage the . public 'sentiment by the elevation of a, Confederate to the Speakers chair, and - so far as this consideration was shown, we giVe the Democracy credit, but we have no hope that moderation is to prevail. It would be contrary Wall precedent if such should be the arse. TIME is a dispogition . shown by the RANDALL Organs throughoat the State to "set, down" upon Senator WALLACE.. Judging from the decla rations of - the ' RANbiLL branch of the , harmonious Democracy, the Speaker already hasAhe scalp of the Senator hanging in his belt. We haven't much interest in the fight, but judge that the. Senatorial corpse ' will be found to be a lively one when the time comes to resume offensive operations. THE South furnishes thirty of the -forty-three Denioeratic Senators. In distributing the Chairmanships of the twenty-nine regular Senate com mittees, the Cations Committee gives twenty to the south and nine to the rest of the country. The south, therefore, is in a fair way to shape the legislation of the country, so far as the Senate is concerneJ The rep resentatives. of about ten millionsof whites will thus make la,ii?.4'r for over forty millions,of people..:l . 1 e last few some\recog balanc6 of bad gien if his vote THE elements have been . vc‘ry cruel tesbuman life in the past few days. It is`still thOught that nearly 2,000 people were drowned and 8,000 houses destroyed by the flood. that wiped the city of Szegedin out of existence. An avalanche in' the Austrian Tyrol has killed forty peo ple, and sixty have , been drowned by the sinking of the Ilaytien steamer Michel ,by the Bolivar, near St. ,Thonias. elect ion, it he National the present tor standing, • SSAGE _ol' THE feIIESTEENT. following in the President's read in both brancheS. of , n Wednesday: 4zens of the Senate and, ..esentotires :—Tlie 'ongress to make the ration for legislative for the expt•n; ;e*eutive depart ient, 'and . for has made it ,session of 'he esti which :eere ,n g, Congress Pt//0 W ci House of Re ure of the la - se requisite appzigS and judicial purp ses of the\several ments of the govern the suppoit of \ the army . necessary-te calla special the Forty-sixth Colgress, mates of The appropriation were sent 6 Congress by the tars of the Treasury at \ the ope of the last session are renewed, an are herewith• transmitted t2o \ both the Senate and Rouse of Represents. tires. Regretting . the existence of the emergency which requires a`spe cial session of Congress it this time, when it is the general judgment of the country, that the public welfare will be best promoted . by permanency in our .legislation and by peace an . d rest, I commend these few necessary measures to your cOnsiderate atten tion. CSivneci] RUTHERFORD B. IIAYEs Wednesday:-Lin the. Senate, the standing committees were appointed by voteoftbe;Senate; the credentials of Mr. Bell, of New Hampshire, were referred to the Judiciary Committee; the President's message was received ; it was very brief and merely called attention to the estimates for-the Army and the Legislatiye, Excutive and Judicial Appropriation bills; a few of the bills which failed at the last, session were reintroduced, the Burnside bill to reorganize -the Army being among -them ;. charges ,were brought against Senator-Ingalls. _ln . . the House, the President' s message was revived and read ;-it was applaud ed by Republicans; the case' of Mr. Hull, of Florida, was debated at length ; the _Republicans -desired to have the case referred, but they were beaten by. three,' i majority ; fourteen theenbaekers voted with them. . Thursday: The Senate transacted no business, being in sesglon only ten minutes. The House discussed the Ohio cases, and. ordered• an investi gation of the means by which Butter worth and Young were elected, and then adjourned ; .the Republicans favored the investigation. Friday:--In . the Senate, Sir.iMe. Milian introduced a_Constitutional amendment, allowing the President to veto -portions of appropriation bills which may be objectionable to him. A number" of bills were intro duced and referred. Mr. Edmunds called up his resolution limiting the business of. the. Session, and on mo ,tion of Mr. Wallace, it was laid oh the table by a party vote. Mr. Wal lace called up his resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a de tailed statement of theacce' innts,of the Uhited States Marsha ls in New York, Pennsylvania, Obi Massachusetts and 3laryland, fetKexPenses of special deputies during the last elections. Mr. Coukling moved to amend so as to extend the inquiry. to all the saturated with bad, whisky, walked into States, which - was rejected. • He re- the Delaware at Christian streak wharf, newed it as a separate resolution, but a private watchman cruelly interfered providing that - .the'answer to the. and rescued him, so the experiment as to preceding resolution - should not be what effect cold , water would .have Upon deferred by it. The amendment, was his system, has not been fully tried. adopted. After an Executive session Mr. Alexander McClure , the editor of the Senate adjourned. until Monday. the Tina, was married an Thursday last, In the House,Mr.La, :at Ellis, of La at Holy Trinity Church, to Miss Gratz. offered a res olution increasing Lon The evening previoni the bridegroom membership of the committee on Elections from 11 to 16. It was fe . gave a dinner at the Girard House, to a few i ntimate friends with the members of for to the Committee on Rules. Mr; Reagan, of Texas, desired to in- his editorial staff. The sreeches were as troduce several bills, but Mr. Conger usual very felicitous, full - of good wishes objected. Adjourned until Tuesday. to Mr. McClure, in which will join all the readers of the Times, wishing him happi ness in new relations. The harmonious Democracy of this city, while celebrating the success of Randall do riot forgetjo show Their appreciation of Senator Wallace's eftorts • to defeat him. Down at Eighth and South streets where rum slivps arc common, and Dem ocratic votes nutr.crous, there is a banner flying in . the breeze intended to express the joy of the unwashed - over their tri umph at Washington. Among other ju bilant issciiptions, is painted the repre- Bentation of a coffin, beneath which is the significant word -"WALLACE,": "How pleasant it is to see brethren dwell to gether in unity." CONGRESS. LETTER FROM PRILSEELPELi PUILADELiquA, 3lsreh :4, Iftn. h there'no way by which'this pedestri in fever can be abateu? It is spieading over the whulo country, and threatens to togage the attention of conuounities to the utter exclusion of other and better- subjects: The pedestriermes are gather ing up their skiits for renewed exertions, deterinined" that the male sex shall not enjoy a minopoly of the rapid circle, nor indulge alone in miles and. laps. A tour nament is advertised for Concert Ball, in this city. The attractions are Annie Bar- tel, who will undertake the almost sk ep less-task of walking 4,000 quarter miles in as many quarter hours, Xaditue Bran- . . don, who will undertake a six days' walk against time, awl Ida Yemen who pro. pOses to walk 3,000 - quarter miles in 3,000 consecutive quarter hours. These walking matches arc exhibitions of physical endurance and pluck, but they hardly rise above the dignity of a prize fight. Wh. t special pleasure c-in be de rived from the spectaele of a man or wo man corning into the ring, exhausted and footsore, and fighting against pain and fatigue with the dogged resolution of the bull-pup, or the horse which pulls until it drops in the traces, Is difficult to see, but it stems to huve a fascination for thous ands of both sexes, who crowd the pl ices of exhibitions and put money in the pock ets i f tits pr oprietors. They are gotten up by speculators, and should receive the attention of,tlie Society for. the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals. Experience has shown that . they encourage largely drinking and gambling,Y and foster the worst and . most dagerous passions and practices. Another evidence of the improved state of feeling amongst business men and the wealthier classes especially is the decided increase and the demand for renting p: 0- .perties in:the suburban districts. Desir able iroperties have been more sought ter this spring, and command a higher • rent than for 'many years. James Myeri threw a brick through • a window atWattamaker's depot, and when arraigned for the offence he said he was "chuck full of electricity," and had to do it, or "go into a lit." Being evidently deranged, he was placed in charge of the prof er ei sons. Let those laugh who win. Tho rooms of the Americus Club, Broad street, be low Chestnut, and thou, of tho Jeffert-on Association, Broad and Fairmount Ave nue, were brilliantly illuminated Tuesday evening, in honor of the first Democratic Congress since 1861. The' rejoicing De mocracy indulged in music and speeches, and sent congratulations to Congiess. Another victim to the careless use of fire-arms came from the discharge of a toy pistol in the hands `of Joseph Perin, a boy 13 years 'of age, residing at 1,250 North - Fifteenth Street, on Tuesday morning, last. lie was playing ,theatre 'with a.young companion pained 'Vincent Fallon, 11 years of ago, when ho drew a small pistol, pointtd it at Fallon, and ,Pulled the nigger. To his surprhe it was discharged, the ball taking effect on the right side of the neck below the ear, caus ing death in a few minutee. The family of the deceased exonerate Ferrite, know ing the friendship between the be; s. These awful warnings seem to be lost up on the public, and new victims will be fonnd for the careless prison who points deadly weapons in jest, bringing remorse and sorrow by 11.eir thoughtlessness. A crowded theater is not the tutst pleasant nor safest place to be in when an ..alarm, of tire . is raised. The panic created i s s.yery. apt to make a rush and to occasion serious consequences to the audience. Qn Tuesday evening, at the i:hestnut street theater, there was a cry of tire, and smoke poured into the theatre through.the heat ers in the floor of the orchebtia. A gen eral movement was made towards the doors, and for a moment there was great excitement and consternation. An au thoritative voice: called out that there was no danger, and quiet Was mstoied in a few minutes. • As soon as•there was a lull thezexeitement, the "band began to together. ahem were 284 deaths. in the city last week, 27 less than during the week pre vious, and a decrease of 16 fromithe same time in 1878. Of these 133 were males, 151 females, 67 boys, 53 girls, and 59 un der one year of age: The principal caus es of death were : Consumption, 48.; in. ilanimation of the lungs, 34; convulsions, 13 ; debility, 11 ; Bright's disease, 8 ; dis ease of heart, 10, and scarlet fever, 12. The collection of old coin and auto grans isa hobby with many people, and it is said that- the latest collection in America is in the possession Of a Tenth ward druggist. Ills accumulations, the labor of over 30 years, ,are, valued at $15,- 000. Among them is a complete collec tion of of the copperr.ailver and gold is sues of the United StatelY, together with a nearly complete set ()Tithe old colonial coins. Ho has also full letup/autographs of the signers of the DielaA'' ion of Inde pendence, Confederation and Constitu iion, the Congress of 1714, Presidents and Cabinets from George 7ashington,Chief Justices and Associate J'ustices of the Su preme Court, and Revolutionary Gener als. In. addition to these, he has puneer ous signatures of prominent scientists and poets, and writers, both Americnn and foreign.' Ilia collection of old paintings havi - been valued at $25,000, while he has a room full of old books, almanacs and American early imprints, which are con sidered almost priceless. His collection . of army and navy medals is the largest iu thercountry; He is , now_ engaged iu col lecting a series of the signatures of the wives of the Presidents. His • latest ac quisition in this direction is the signature of Rachel Jackson, which is believed to be the only one extant. _ -. • - James Sullivan, • who was thoroughly - The radon League of this city has ten dered General Hoyt the compliment of a formal reception: He has accepted, and name» April 15th as the day. It will un doubtedly be a brilliant affair, as the-Gov ernor has a deserved popularity here; and the League vuatiners know how to honor their guests. The investigation into the oil, men's complaints and the contracts existing be tween the Pennsylvania Railroad C0m0... tiy.; is going on at the Girard nonse, be fore J. B. Sweitzer,. Esq., master and.ex aniintr. There is a to 11 - tendons array •of legal celebrities, and the railroad orliciali aro 'nought upon the stand to prove that the Standard Company has been favored above all competitors in the oil business. The evidence seems to mix matters very thoroagbly; and certainly proves that the art of not telling what you know has been well cultivated. Spca'cr 'Randall is to be tendered a re-. coption on theoceasion Of his return . to this city, in honor of LIS recent success. Lk is to Le met at the depot by delega tions,. with banners, music, etc. . It * lias been Et; long a time since any thing has been heaul from. the "Kcely motor," that it had nearly lwen forgot- ten, but it is now asserted., that the exir. riinent is. successful, and that the new motive poWer has Lien controlled, so that it can be utilized. Strange as it may seem, riotawithstantling - the long &lays awl costly experiments, the stock of the col - lip:my maintains its iirice—in fact can not be pnrcha , aid: The StOckton Hotel at Cape May will be managed during the coining, season, by Chat le Diary, of the Continental Ile wholhas, fur the past two scasony, been the populay landlord of that peat hostelrie by . the sea. What he dues_ nut know of the secret of making his guests :comfortable and happy, is' not worth SEES Vinyl old, New Jersey, 'hero grAres and blackberries are the chief prixitzetionp, is a ternivrance town i t at lelstlias de (lured againit lieeitse a vote of 80 to 42—yet a Vinci ttal person advertises, •IVeung men titted for the pulpit, bar or stage." FROM HARRISBURG. Siumgal Correspondence of the R.EPonTr.:II H.,1:1,8ra6, March 22, 1579 In the House on Monday evening of this week, Mr. Butler, of Chester, called up his resolution offered on the previous Fridlry providing for the appointment of a committee of five for the purpose of in vestigating the present system of furnish ing stationery, etc., and report by•bill o: otherwise such measures as will corre_tt the alleged abuses and corruption in the various departments, in said system. The resolution,-after being amended so as to confine the investigation to the llouse of Representatives and empower the com mittee to send for persons and . papers, was passed unaninionsly.. Au act to eel tree the jurisdiction of justices of the peace, ,hacing . been . made the special order in the House for Mon day evening, was taken up, and passed second reading.. The bill 'increases the jurisdiction of justices to sums not exceeding . $3OO, and authorizes the trial by a jury of six, 'ern pannelled I y any !justice, when demand-, ed by.the defendant. A bill similar to this was killed iu I the Senate at thn iz tast session. A resolution offered by 3lr. WaliC4 oY Delaware, one of the oldest editors in the State, providing for the appointment of, a committee of five to whom all amend ments to the game and fish- liws shall be submitted, and win) slmll prepare and perfect a bill and report the same to the `Rouse, was adopted. • • resolution was adoptecl providing for . • the aim.cmitinent of a Committee of five to inl.stigate the propuse4 transfer of the Reform 44 ....chool of Pennsylvania, at;;Mor \ gaup, near Pittsburg, to the State, and rt,e vested w4lpower to examine witness es under otth and send fur persons and papers, and reportthe result of their in vestigations to the ouse within twenty days. Among the bills *hie passed the Sen ate finally, on Tuesday, w e the follow r • ;onto bill relating to ste ()graphic notes of testimony, exceptions o evi deit, and the rejectionof the saint, :mil the charge of the courts to the jury in .tll. rials of facts. This bid provides tha s lographic notes ,of testimony, .etc., shal , in eases where exceptions are taken be wri ten Q 1.- in long; hand or with :t type-writer during the also that 48 \ soon as practicable after . the trial of any case all the Xstimony . shall be written outs, unless the s enograpbers are excused from to doing by he party interesfed ; also, that in case of be death or sickness of the stenographer .1.1,;• has taken the .‘ i notes,.his sticerssor or some other compe tent.stenographer, to be ap)ttited by the ;court, shalt write . out the.testimony, etc. I tlle second section provides tit*. all the stenographic notes of all testimo not excepted to shall be filed with the ro thondfary, and that such notes shall td:, be written out at the expense of the State or county, unless upon the order of the Court. • An act relating . to costs in criminal cases. This bin provides that the grand jury shall decide whether the county or the prosecutor shall pay the costs in ca= ses of ignored bills of - indictment,- and, that the petit, juiy shall decide in all ea- ses of acquittal whether the county, the proSecutor, or the defendant shall pay. the costs, or whether the same shall be an portioned between the prosecutor and'de -fendant,,Subjcct to the alipruval of the , Court. The provisions of the act aro not applicable to eases exclusively triable / la Courts of Oyer and Terminer. At the morning session of the/llous.e on Tuesday, the 18th inst., the following, •among other bills, passed finally • An act to allow plaintift or defendant to choose referees in cases before Jastioes of the peace, and the manner in which they shall be &mom An act regulating proceedings at law in this - commonwealth. _ - At the afternoon session _the following bill was pissed An act defining and punishing tramps. I This bill provides that any person ar= - rested anti convicted of being a tramp shall be imprisoned at solitary confine- TIIC nt and hard labor for a period of not less than six 'months, and any hanip con victed of trespass, carrying the arms, threatening violence or kindling fire on the highway or upon any one's land, with out the permission of the owner,,sball be imprisoned as above, for three Years. Fe male and male minors, tinder sixteen years of age, blind, deaf and dumb, and maimed or crippled persona, are exeMpt ed from the proirisions of this act. The bill -was discussed at lenah, during both sessions, and , was passed by a vote of 123 to ISO, having since been sent to the Senate for concurrence. 4n act to protect fruit gardens, grow big crops and pain; and punishing tres pass, was also passed finally. • A supplement to the act regulating in terest, which f§rfeits the legal rate and excess, in cases of usury, was, _At:o'i a brief discussion defeated ; yeas 77, nays, &I. • The three committees provided for in' the resolutions , passed on Monday even ing, toted above, were aunounbed in the House on Tuesday, by the Speaker. The most itnportaut of these 'commit tees, that 'to investigate the matter of fur nishing stationery to the House generally but more particularly the, alleged station ery steal of V 23,500, of last session, is composed of the following gentlemen : Messrs. Butler, of - Chester, HeWitt, of Blair, Garitz, of Lancaster, Early, of Elk, and Truly, of Clarion. These gentlemen will doubtless give the matter hisigned them a fair and impartial , investigation, and it may be said that the general, im piession is that inquiring into ahini'es in .this,direction lia;s not been commenced any tog-soon. In the Seaate -Wednesday morning, the lthh inst., the following among other bills, passed finally : Au act repealing an act relating-to the tights of a 'opted children, being a sup plement: to au act relating to certain du ties and rights of. husband and wife and parents and children. . .1 - An act to enable laborers to secure and collect their pay, for work done in and about the.stoeking of saw logs. • An net to create poor districts and to authorize purchase of hinds and erection of buildings to furnish and-give em ployment to the destitute pour and pan pers. • An act to provide for the regulation of mutual fire insurance companies. Titere -was a little flatter 'of excitement at this session of the Senate, about the Philadelphia Recorder bill of last session. A. very brief supplement in reference to the justification of bail bends of liquor selleis befine the Recorder, was passed without attracting any special attention. -A few monmnts after this, Senator Elli ott remarked that a bill had been pasSed relating to Philadelphia; while he was otherwise engaged, to which ho desired to offer some amendments. Breourtesy the vote• by which the bill was passed was reconsidered, when the Senator offered an amendmentallowing bondi to be justi fied before 'any magistrate as well-as-the Recorder, which was unanimously adop ted./ •He then offered a Who. amend raent, which he remark d would not be so unanimously coMsented -.to. It was a proviso to the effect that so Much Of the Recorder bill passed last-session as author ized the.Surm Treasurer to appoint two mercantile appraisers, in conjunction with the Recorder of Philadelphia, be and the same is hereby repealed. This lining toad for information, caused quite a little flurry of excitement, and 'some laughter, while several,Senators objected. Mr. Elliott then made a motive to go into committee of the whole, to enable hint to otter this amendment. After a - brief but somewlhat spirited discussion, in which the Ours° of the.: Democrats in toting for the Recorder bill, last session,. on account of the pataonag(i it gave to a Democratic State Treasurer,l , was referred to, on meal!' of the yeas and nays upon the motien, it was lost, yeas ;Itt, u.ay5..27, and the sub ji,et. was dropped, the bill being laid over to have the ether . trilling amendment primed. The movement of the jollY Senator froni the Sixth District was looleed upon as a good joke. - • ,The afteffooft session of the Senate en Wednettiay, was devoted, in accordance with the previous order, to the considera tion of the Judges' Salary bill. . The S9l - resolved itself into a . committee of the whole to consider amendments which might be offered. . Mr. Everhart, of Ches ter, submitted two amendments Which were adopted, - reducing the salaries .of Common Phtas Judges in the. country dis tricts frem $4,500 6s providettin thehill) to :4,000, and fixing the salaries of. Su p'renic. Court Judges at $.•7,000, -the same compensali9u as is now allowed.' . Mr.-,Seymour, of Tioga,: offered an amendment fixing the salaries of the Corotnon Pleas and Orphans' Court Imiges in Philadelphia and Allegheny, at S.ii 3 OJO, which elicited consielerable diScus shin. 'Messrs. Jones, Grady and Elliott, of Philadelphia, opposed the amendment, contending that the sum of Vi,ooo would be a reduction. Messrs. Davies, • Craig, Seymour, Everhart and Lawrence favored the amandment, contending that the sum of ii 5,000 was an adequate salary,L l and that the difference between the compen sation of Philadelphia and Allegheny and he country judges was great enough.' ''ithoitt, concluding Jim subject, the Sena ' adjoutned. In tbt, l' resolution propriation ' sum-of $l,OOO, t red by the emimi t tlTte alleged aim , \ ts titmery fur the House. Bills on second rcadin e , being in order, the Legislative Salary bill, which allows \ $BOO for a session or ono. In 4er d days, for..the Senators and Represent*ves, and $8 per day after that time, 1;1.4 ri) nu:OJ than fifty days, was taken / up. - The er, N pt quisites of mileage, postage stamps, s a- , tionery, etc., are to be/added to this sal. ary. An amendment making the salary $l2 y r day, without any mileage, per quisites r stealin* previonSly offered, •was voted owryand an Innendment mak ing the act apply to the present legisia_ turn, was als() a Coated by a vote of SO to 100. The SI Alien p. sed second_reaclinz, yeas 101., nays SS. .0 this tote Aless. Hark / ness, Nichols and ladill aro put awn in the affirmative. • . /At the afternoon session o he House on Weihr:sday, ,the act know as the "Pittsburg Riot Bill," was bike up on 1 second reading.. This bill providest, I a comrriission of. three disinterested !per sons shall be appointed by the Governor, to audit and pay all damages caused by goose on Wednesday-morning, a -as passed directin g the Ap onimi.ttee to provide for the to defray expenses incur -to appointed to hives the riots in Suli, 1877, and appropriates . $4,000,000 for the latter purpose. This is one of the in.3st importantmeas- Ules before the legislature, and its Aiscas sion will be lengthy and exciting. Of course them are other counties beside Al legheny, where property was destroyed,. but-the great bulk , of the lostes occurred therd, anl her pe,ple have more at stalm i perhaps, than any other 'county. It is clainv.4l by some that under a local .law passed as an amendment to an omnibus bill, in 1849, that Allegheny county to pay the daniages causei by any riot within her borders, and that there fore she ought to pay these losses. Oa the othek band it is contended; and ap parently with much justice, that the riots of 1877, Were not of a local, or county character, mere disturbances,: to be, put down or quelled by the ordiumi means, but• that the, lawlestuesit a that year amounted to an _insurrection or revolu tion, assuming a State if not a national importance; and that the riflitary force's.' of the - commoniealth, under•orders of the State authorities, having assumed. control of affairs in Pittsburg, and beiat in passessfon' of the city when the prop erty was destroyed, the . State is bnund'to pay the,damage. • It is ton big a question to ba. argued here, and "your utielp" don't propose to tackle it, but.. will con tent himself with noting the progress of the b.li, at present being considered in the Rouse. Much - basUlready been said on both sides, and much remains to be said. The discussion was continued in the House threugh the aftein - :on of Wednelt .day and during both sessions on.-Thurs day, without a vote, and then went over until neat week, when it will be.resumed. The friends of the bill arc very confident that some measure of the ,kind will be passed, and the indidations . seem to favor this idea; None 4.4 1- the naeinbers. from Dradford have, as yet, I believe, aired their eloquence on this Subject. • The Senate eut Thursday, in cominittee of the Whole, resumed the .consideration of the Judges' SaFtry bill, the question . being on the amendment of 31r. t.; y rnopr, fixing - the salary of Phd Welphia and Al legheny Jukes at - This amend- Mont was, after considerable discussion, adopted, much to tho'disgust cf the Phil adelphia Senators: An addition ri amend ment, •airiwing .the Supreme Court Judges, and those of the Country 'dis tricts, fifteen cents. per mi;e, for necessa ry travel, in discharge of their dunes, wai also alopted in committee. of the whole, When the bill was reported back to the Senate, and the report was . then adop- • ted by a vete of 21 to 10, Senator Davies voting iu the. affirmative.' .The bill was then agreed to on third reading,. and laid over for printing and final _,passage; with the salaries- lined fai fellows Jud ges of the Supreme Court Chief Justice and all, r;,900; all Philadelphia and A.)ltglieny Judges,_ ; - e;untry Judges, -- -1,000, the latter and those of the Sui.remo (Aunt tit:get the milege • above indicated. • house bill to prevent fraud and fraudu- lent practices upon or by hotel keepers, etc., was negatively reported in the Sen ate on Thursday. In the Senate on Friday a number of THE I`-'...,anthsonian •Institution report., bills were pa ,sed on secoud and tlist nal- that Pi iiifssor Peters, of (1 ntiin. N. l".. ing, when a few minutes before 12 o'clock, ann ani - i' the discovery by h., im I . •••• d -1 ti%ay in d ~ niu of tar, Le or plan:l4l, ••• the hour of adjourument on Fridays, Sen- it, i f the tenth ini mitaile. in 11 leers ••••• atom Gazzam moved to reconsider the vote .minutes right ascf u• 1 ,n, and 9 dega• s 2.! by which the Judge's Salary bill was pass-1 nnnates n. ,th declination ; the other ,r the eleventh ma_mitible, in 12 limns 1 .1.1 cat third reading. This was tigreeil to-1 11 'innate s light ascension, and 9 tit.-2, + yeas 16, ns.ys 11—only foie more than a I:I: 'intones - ninth decluiatiem ; 111 0,111;!, quorum. 31r, Gazzam then moved to re- i math. commit tile bill to Committee on the Jo- 1 A sTo:411 of the severest natme s•• , , 4 -_ diciary General. on which motion the t over _Memphis just after midnight -at i 1- ~ ,,,a, , ,,,,...., .1 ,1 , .. yeas were 1 1 , nays 7 ; a quorum toil cot- day.: It came from the e mutated thne hours. D p ule,: its y ~ ing, it was lost., the Icrlitning. st..• usk tl4 • 1ieu;,,..:: ' , A motion to adjoinn'fwas made, -the 'LCotton and Woolen 31111 s, situate .1, 'l, • vote upon which was 13 in the atilt in ii,' I southern porvon of the city, whic a Note` ' t R ely e,in s um 41. Thi. se nous 14, o• tiva, to 7 in tl.e negative—still no quorum, I e c l -I. l l l . l 4edat• I ' ..0,0,m, . n emplesli,l a 1 e but the President could have decided the of 121 pct-ms, who a• is thus th l ,,, L , ....' motion earl ied. Ile did not do so, h o w of \yolk. 'rite iii-u: :ate: .1.44 , 41144. s to 1 .: 0 1 ever, bat en'ezta, red a motion :11:141A3 and I ' • , lasi. ccen fruit Ne.w Volk ,Lit, il , seconded by the necessarylhree Seird as., i A Mare:: 2 ' •a, s : Ad to tscloau:t. 11,- 44 fe for a call of the Senate, which resulted in and rive, coildie, , . the yonn_ees: a 1 '•:, 23 Senators auswerm; to their names. ' were - well an llu .1 v 1.4-: •-mulac in Il: : At this time the hour of 12 having al- r i h. me on the East `si,ti , . 4 314•.:41;iy, ;•, • of the child:en ...1,21:i neil, then tit., in. , rived, the orders of the day were called, i The doctor who was call.d. found t! m and the Senate aeijourred until Tuesday I raring i n ‘ e ir i e t, .(e\ e l . n u 11441144.,11..• morning at 11 o'clock, leaviin the motion; tour died. Int their, return nem tic• to recommit still pen , .ing. • This will be 1 fund al,tilt ' 1 the i acca . .. 1,,4:nr . oa ~• , down in' f ull Senate, and and Lo:,v ith h. veil 'I he chill is promptly 1111tCciaown in a t ana I ~,,), ,1,1 , ~, and I ) , •,) ,c,,- 1 i.,.. p al l n ~././ this bill with the salaries as above given, 4 :as% , The monk•r 1 .i, been il 100 ti el at/ will undeubte ily pass tin illy, as so in as ; the i.lti -,... , it trio I'.idid of - Holdtb, .1 : /.1 'V% •••11 ,, ' , I Wl' ,r as , l,lv be in 4•4 • lA' i the order of bills on final passage is I ' '' ^ I ''" ' ' I l• " - ' I the sanita y co aloe nof the 1 oase i'l" .- leaaied. . • 1 pit 4'l4y the fanuly. 0.,1,,,,,,,„..... , /' The nosiness in Vie House on Friday A i , ‘NE F,,,.,,z a well-to f • , .unicr, .... I was generally of a roatine and uninter- 1 ale ut th.l .ceais, rest,: n: atllllt thiie cu!, s esting character. Another investigation I t rom Bohlehem, co•••utoted/smst 1,- was partially arranged for, however. A I 1 1 ', : t I ' :IIII I Timll4r• nll • -t '! -I ' ,l ' ,t. ".• 1• ' S , 111. , :nt" about tlnee ii duct; Thai- 4 resolution was adopted providing for the ~..(1,1 1, ,,,1 1. A m:41 0 1 .;1 11 1 1 .4 b ,410. .c .i< appointment of a committee of live meat- tin, I. ss. This minting he w,i's i• i 1 bars,of the House and time of the Senate, 1.. tizoig in the barn 0 . 1/lii m a, :itest I,- ._.. b .r. dead. Ile had- lastemed the i•, , • to investigate the offieial conduct and ia- •• - • 4 • 4 ,-/ • , a‘.l , l', allf. .11.11111 , C1, 'I OM .1. g1a11.11 . 1. ' tegrity of John Sunderland, Supcnintend i ceased was worth about szirr,ist 1 1 -- cut of the Warren Asylum, now in coarse' terly: Ito has had/much sicken ss o• , . , of erection. .Tolin is charged with mak- futon_ i ,,tart . ( 11 1 .:1Y1 of a :1 , 1 , r. 2 n Ital. , I ing improper use of the fonds apt» opria- i. m . r z i l yic l i t i l t. t ,the de,e•,..sr la ey . e,l up •• . - • 1 1 . r/ erderrog him , :Lisa', t. I' , • ted for the ereetitn of said hospltallind leaves aIN .1A• and four children.. also of the `money derived from Pod oil -A DI-44.4V1CH Dom 3111wis•ilsee s 11 - , and vegetable ..ioduets of the fat in. I dated .11aCeli nth, says.: The ann , i 4- Houseu adjorned until Monday evesings numt at, neon to day of i the sudden i , i ii , 11,VItes. Jayne& Deliovcn, Paola of t. . at 7.30 0'c1064 ' I e It te;ne College- Can. ~ I a feel=,,, of ~ I s.• ~ efow here. At; nine ocli,•11 no, in , u its.• the deceased w is si i tin 2l}" iti 4 \ •'- m. h ea lth a nd conversing nitll.i. ...tad: :t rw Len sadtlenly 1:e exclaim-41, - Help me. please I" then fell buck :leo a dim an eini•chnis anal died - v.itinn WI albums arterw aid. 1)r. Del{ew en was .thoat f a !)• yems , Id, and has, le :n eonns•eted w Ith ILlCine College for th e pest tu 4 nty yea ‘.. The call which he teeenily tee i‘ill fl , 1 , 1 S . . Mat L. ' S 0111 . 1 th llllliddpilia. Le tlt -- el lisql only yes:mild). Ills death 1, at tcamted to over-wort. I A sist.etai, dispatch front Easton s.• - ti.e• town was aroused Finlay mointu: about. t o el,k by a large the in at. s; .a J,, of Flank Do ,telly, lit what is known is IQ: h im...po i t, the head o the Delewoe Canal. A leiek staid", two un,,ccor ,1 dwi limw; and a blarksouth shop - Wile entirel' binned, while , e vehd k m -, , found to be on me were smcd. 'the Is ~I weak was all saturated with 4o d et' This is the second time Mr. 1 . 1,•Iiileill , ,:tables haft 1 1 4.4.•11 destroyed by an inn:,- dial y. The loss which will reach s`..l' ', is coveted by'insurance in the Northa:ui -- ton Mutual. During the excitement lia , the engine rau over one thernan and tie • Lose-ilarrilge over another, botti 11101 Ift lug se:ion sly injured. 'l'lier mum— itC Charles Baehman and John Commo:- r - IN -the Polic i es court gt of Washin,•a. D. C., on Friday last, Patrick 31e's.,`: meta, George LoNcxy -and Jam, :.,- .- grim were arrainged on the chat se of a-- sault and battery up in Miss Ma;; _ t• i Chanuey last Thursday light. Miss CI, 11,- ney,who was at the time under escort ~ .f Mr. John T. Lighter ; -was pioceeding t i her Mare On Capitol Hill, win n the :ac cused, with other peasons, made ail .•-- sault upon the lady and gentleman. - 7.41, Lighter was severely attacked by three of the patties, while edicts seized thecoon:; lady and, throwing her up ,n the g i ven", assaulted her ih the- most outrageous manirr. The young worn( n in 14" in, bet• testimony completely brois dow e, and Was taken sobbing into an adj ic sit ro-an, where site fainted. Thine n ,„ great iudignatiou in the count. 'for prisoners cc ea e, bent 40 jail. • 311 s.•; MA(mr;k MeN MST. of Ifyile .) Park, fell over a cliff .:r. feet high Saturday/Md . was fatally injured.. Tut: body of a man; cut and bruised; has been found in the. river near Lan caster.' _There are many- susineionti tcir cultist:int.:es- which point to a aurdel-. SHERIFF Wtt.t. S, of/ trmstrong county, 'is, again in trouble. -This tine he is char,e, , ed with-forging his mother's name and drawing a ;Monthly pen;ion , which should have gone to her. Atiorr 10 o'clock/ Friday morning a passenger train collided with. a freight tiatit on the Ne%!;t3 . ersey Central railroil, near Nestpiehontng. Pit., . The passenger engine was badly wrecked, and ' seine of the freigbt ea / vs slightly tlittnaged. Her man Itiebt/a Passenger, was= slightly in jured abotit the head. 11. WAVAtibtvs & Co's, bat factory; emploYing about' rp hands, situated at Malibusville; near Reading, was entirely ConSumed by fire WeduCsdaY of last week-. T.tic tire wignated in the drying mom,• /ause. unknown. The loss on machinery and bats is .hetwet n live and eightlimusand dollars, - No insutance,- Tu E Seguin Cottage. -Doylestown, for= mercy the residence of Conimototp U. S. N., but now oWned by 31r. Ayres, of Philadelphia, and at present untenant ed, was totally destroyed by tire at two o'clock Friday morning. It is supposed to have been the work-of an incendiary. The building was fully . insured. - in furniiian 5t,a7 2 THERE is no ,doubt that the animal Masonic Conclave, which will Meet in i Ilentown in May next, will be .one of t e Most imposing demonstrations ever wit essed in • that . city. All the , hotel moth. 's ali-eatly engaged and numerous other 13 nldings are rented for the alcom \ motiation or the visiting Masons: • The prepilvatio s haVe been carried ou on ex tonsivo,scali for some time, and ab nit. three thonktn - Masons arc expected to be present Cron _different pails of the State. z , . A • nist..sTrii.:fren : Allentown- dated March 20 ' rays : Ye:lei:day afternoon between twelve and five i'eloek. Willianl Meitzler,.ag,ecriS, Of Seish ltxville. perks county, about four iMleti non. Alburtis station, East Penna.- milroad \ mutated suicide by haun ' it.g himself to a lifter iri hisson's barn. Ile was.found in al eviim t position. Deputy :Coroner Deury B. Bauer held an inquest, and the yury ndered a verdict of selfrdestruction iky hanging.. Cause melancholy. .. Ci - nwAuo STAVE 1ZE773. Two respected citizens of Ilartsville, Bucks conuts; were arreqed Monday for hiving: counterfeit money in their possession.. It is claimed they bought the stuff as a joko at the Sale of the ass: t.; of a wound-up building assoziation. .NVEII?NO4DAY, afternoon of . la4t- week while men working in a tunnel were driven in the Pottsville .Shatt were pre- Toxin . , a blast; their tools struck a pi‘! o ; from Alto flinty ;rock. igniting a I irg : quantity of Rend Rock . powder. A ter rible explosion followed, instamly James •Nfullierrin and Lewis Murr;ty : Their bodies were mangled in a horrii,:t manner. : W. 11. Muhrray, one of contractors . was so .frightfully iuj. I that his recovery is considered .dockfui. John Rowe& WAS slightly injured, James Smith and Joseph Shum estai.:•i, The men.killed leave families. _ 'Tau dead' toby of Y. W. Wyckoff; ~f AUbill11; N. 4%, was found in the, 1..•:11"rz!, river at Allentown at An early boar the men ning of March 19th'. The was engaged , in selling appl:s and o.i,„ r ploducc,•and has heeri in .• that city Bethlehini for the last few day... It said he was intokicafed, and while in t'.i.; cOndition it is supposcd he fell dow:1 embankment into the river anil drowned. About forty &liars aeveral checks and a golf watch nand upon him. -He wai well kit ex:, 'this vicinity, having, formerly gaged in selling trees. ,1 CO roner's rendered a, verdict of accident;al ing. EX-.GOVERNOR. if A N VT, General Commanding .4 - • State under the'recent reorgitiiiv.:iti..n.) made the felli.iwlt4- Staff app•niitin•-•:-, _Lie Geiirge No. !I, ils+ictintAdjut<ntt-General; I.letit: c:c...••••• Colonel Thayer, insisector ; Colonel - J.' Ewing Mears, riq Chief ;: Major Charles S. Green. (t.i.trt.. r_ master; Maj.)r ..IWin It. Cole, .I.:tron fites, rl e4;strip - }lsjors John' D. Comitcm, Gpie-g.i "W. 31W:1m Ilrown, Wini.un L. areAistablislicd „ GEITEttAL IZZICS. THE Lozin - House, .Patrick I -0 . 41m •,:, t _ prictor, at: Alsegheny was burred Mi l l' . .tth. . The less is 1,k3,000. PATIsn - li O'SHEA, the wall Itn” - ...:1 Cathoik book ',Wisher -of '47 Ilaiv! iy street,- New York has suspended. il.; liabilities are abo It sloo,oeo. . . A DISPATCri nous Kingston, ..r,u na l,• 3 , via Ilattma. - l.nys the .11ritis% stcaln,T .. El.ili‘ar, plying *64 een • Liverpool laf.d Si, Tl.oniss, came jiic,illision w i th . t.i. -, liaPjen steamer Michael. T h,.... Lttter v.... suhk, and sixty persons 04 Load show, - ed. i .• 1 A ti int:Atio struck Milledievillei li-olr i at 't %co.:tit:hick* Saturday. The, oekt , .:: river bridge was totally demolished. 1.', ,, -,:. 'i. yttio. A negro and mules . were Is'ln,d in-the bridge.. Stores were nurnoft4 1.•1 several smali houses blown . doaril• lie • gear-ral damage about the city ..,ann 'nuns tOIS, O °'. I - . I Tntim. l / 4 5 3lolAnotc, a matt n'red fiTly-' five. years, _attempted to drive acrosS- the Erie track ii,r, C. : Arr ,, 1 ,, ,,Z4, W,vdtlemaly after-, noon of last week. - Tice wagon was struck by an eng:ne an-i MeMait,,h ki;led instant, ly, and. Isis nicee, seed fifteen, whii ac compiniio.l him, was so seriously: iniared that she 'expired. 't he horses, were also killed.' A nrsy_vrcu to the St: Louis 'G' ,',e ..Detaocrq: says the town of . Pineville'. :11.. county - seat of MeDintald cou n t y, M iss. cii : h V`aS altliot.t entirely deiaropla by tire i e •fore daylight Ma: els 19th. ciiity 11-1,c0,n;. hu! 1,. TV4, 1 ,,j IleSs iit •••• are said_to have escatied destructioti. The sire is sttppused to haw heel.' the w0k...0 A Goof) TrocsEwl F —The good how- , \vim, ; when she is giving her : house it spring rentiovatintz, should tier in min. that the dear inmates of her house to Ilene precious - 111m many houses: :111 that, their systimi 'jived cleansing . by p , rifying the blood, *,.•g,ulating the stom,. azArl`toweli to preventiand l eine the. di. eases arising from spiing:inalaritrand uI astna, and she must know that there :I nothing that will do it se ;_perfeetly an surely as llop llitters, the Buret and be ef medicines. :See other evlumn.
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