(rDeadforti cporter. E. 0. GOODRICH, EDITOR. Towanda, Pa., Thursday, June 12, 1879 nosoniniG TUE' CONFEDERATE DE.I D. At Winehester, Virginia, on Fri day -last, the unveiling of : 1 tt two:Mon ments took plaCe, Fithi posing cer emonies; iiithe presence )f thonsarnhi lot people, and with addresse'S frOni Senators of the' United States and Governors and distilugnished military mea. In the National Cemetery at that place rests the ashesof 'five thou- . sand Union soldiers, Who fell gal lantly defending the flag of our cotin 'trythe staalry emblem that floats in 'proud triumph over the land, and under whose protecting folds in every quarter of -Vhe - globe the -American citiz l eu 'finds! safjty. ' But it wa&-not to honor the memory of 'these patri otic martyrs that this ceremony was . performed. it was not to-testifyre gard for their meni - ory, or to com memorate their achievements, that the monument§ were raised, but to inark with popular approbation the. treason which-phi/ird the inqion into fratri e-nllya war, and °titre& on the altar of the country the lives of the noble niefi who sleep in the ground hallow ed and conseerated by their ashes. That the memory of the Confederate 7 soldit.r fshould he revered by those of b:ood awl kind rell,that his achieve- Ment , Sh0:31(1 * lle recorded and per-' I,2tuated by those who thought zind a :ted ;I.s he LI, Cullllot. YeasonaWy .h;- 4 . ,n-;;;: - 1'tl. hut. th._:.,•nliiil..rits ex prk2.--,-.1 nn Mlle occasion, if they were 1 ili . I:t.lcrlinr of settled and fixed det,•rminntion. In-ay and apprell(-n, , d(tn It is n ~ssary recoil the steps which but, certainlj- led to the l:!oody (-tru(27le between the Stnte , t of the Vnion, when brother met I;•,..otlic , r•',on the battlefield, for the inere , j, tyro in Our history will re u err. - ber• that it War; to extend the rea of htiniall slaver}:, a!141 strength • 1. and perpetuate. the insti ',;itibn. which way the of nil t1•00;,les woe-. ( fp•NY pa- Nof ca. aC,lUieiec.l r nica.,:urc forced :pon ±li ro I , v the solid South; ho 4 w insult is added• to injury and borne e, Thiry vatic:lee : how Sol c , i.i,romisc:= and ooinpacts wtiri! brol,.: l ;:n;l`fet aside a.t the dictation aF the ol;:arehy : when Litc mor:11 seut . .ineni. of 1.1 1 4, fro u ni e n Lhe. NOiti ns::cittql lf , Wild de •nanded tthat tile n , urVitions of the Lower should iitop, the leaders of that unholy oligzirchy, flushed with heir triumph and mist:6ollg the for 'oeal'alice.of the North for eow a nli e e. iHott , :ht to ov . iTthron the government diot,le.tlit‘ Union' of th State,:. re,llessly into Retellion, Ilicy fired .ipon the flag and plunged, nati..wn into w fur the constun r:ation of plans and the f ,upport of S deserved, a- they =I theleinul , atn,n, of the civi -1 wo;•Id. 'Phi , war Altql, tiestine.l to 1).1, in ;In- restoration of tin? N. , ,ltional j0..1."; v. :o' viinficathig the st.- I , !(n.oiry of the ~ .;;;ovk.rninent. for a whilt• .t suenn::l ;4i 1 1( .1 ii .,, ntl gencro,ity extelp,ol to coniFtered WaS W0',11 , 1 hear good fruits . in the, ~n'ol'll W if he perniriOn, kloctit its 11:,11 been wocul c:ause ot ail that a i,iliL of coy - f t ...Meru:Ll feeling woulil That. 'l,l l , victorious antholi- Vic beyolnl:,11 preeedelit, ; who wen , inourning over t;:i' :i; :int-id:ices in the lionsellohl. 1.:11,-114t • ' hy the 111VC(1 011 C; ,1011)illg ;;. Sc,..tnern giiiv(•s, the' victim.; of ',la OM :- i ~.::•i t. i , ; S•': l"Cif '.. u'?%l, 54::.: wilL.ln j.O :o- it —.k ;a :111(1 it . ); I,t_ . : lniliPi• O . ; 1:11C Vit:( l l . l 4, ll' 11 1 11) , :' ilut stern !well apprecifitoi. of this imph - asaiit 'rho ~ .- T eeches ,111.1,urte . n. (.I . oc Con fed- OM ti . v n Congres,i -I.l:e_piatforni, -how the change. I:ts laken rew years, odr ihe time If i as F.(J'4te .I:try uttt.r . 1% hat liar bk•vii c0nt..;.11Z.,1 (..;:usk“; ut Ile' dhoti J.^ didunticil, icipal actor , eulogized, and iii„rp,3sition to put tliein upon the •auiv lvvil With the Union soldiers u 3 to h0ut.,41; of their motives NEE -:lCredrit,is O the C:Oirw lit wltfeh tl t ,.y Were ,-:,raged, tidy' well is itc 11. e. :.tlention waken the appteliert,lori of the patriot. It would z.--eein from the tone of ail the'speeches of, tl tl out-poktin heticrates, that thougle-defeated, the " Lost Cause " is yet to triumph. that.the meat of the ductrine.ii for which they . fought is certain and not far clistant and that that cause was it just allll . holy out: and those Who fell defend ing it martyr , -.ad hcrdef, worthy of undyin! The treason which shocked the world with its enormity is lautltd to the sloes, the pat:iutism which rallied loyal !waits to the sup port- of the, Union belittled and scorned . . There uan be but one end- ing to all this!, crest • r i - ,fus'tian and. laincondw, told- We all - n,. • ',...1‘11. uNpet that the .luminceriag sihrit.uf 1.1,e: South IS aceolapanied purpose and de• tenninntion knows A ,- ) bounds iiii. is iiiipiiiii!iit of ehrveks.. For'get.- 1 Ling the "past, the indiiea ions nmv Arc tliat the , 10,:trinei, of St: it." - Ri?ii, t,s ire to he , It;iongleAl and u4ahlisbe 3, .tit;; i-zricii -:ir,ne siviii coloclthat et , (li tat e. "huily iiiiii•pv:ifiviitt. :Old y 1- preine„ the hated Union can be legal ly dissolved, upon the Slightest pre text, by those who sought by force of arms in vain to. overthrow and de= stroy .the government. LEGINLATIVE ConiturrioN The' report of the WOLFE Riot Bribery investigating Committ i ee,, inculpated three members 'of the Legislature, 1N10:;:31'S. • r ETROFF and cmtmaii En, (Republicans.,) and . Grown P. SMITH, (Democrat,) having been guilty of corrupt solici tation of other members in favor of thjbill', and also involved in the same charge. others not members of the Legislature. The' motion to ex pel was finally pressed to a cote, , against the strenuous ojiposition of, the friends of the accused, an 4. re suited in the ease of PETROFF, in• t - 18 members voting for lad expaon, while i 0 voted against it. The reso lution to expel, GEonGe, F. Smrrn was defeated by ii vote of 89 yeas to 79 nays. Of the s 9 v eas'44; are wi a . oerats Und 43 Republica is. The vpto to expel W. F. RumilEnuElt was more decided for expulsion, the vote standing 104 yeas to Gb nays. The number of votes required-to expel a member is 134. On all these resolutions the three Members from this county voted for, expulsion. The resolution' expell ing - mil Eau Ell was oiferedl Genera l l MANIA., who support l ed it in a powerful speech. The House having failed to.txpel the. inapated menibers, p , s'sed a resoluthu for the appointment of committee to prosecute certain per sons in the Dauphin County Courts. This ended a 'subj;:et, so far as the Leg-,P.atreconcerned. which has nought mucti scandal and great dis- • grace both upon the Legis atm e and the reputation of the Commonwealth. It remains to be seen what_ action eon be taken by the members who cOmpo-t- the Committee, -or wlwther any imnishinent can he inured Ott to the alleged offenders. •It is to be hoped that the matter will be judi cially investigated, and that the alle , rations of improper solf;:it: , tions and attempts at corruption shall be proven, ur disproved, ,to vintheav the character or the Statefor integ rity or justice. We must, confe s s that the whole matter has an unsav ory and offelmive odor. There could be an honest difference of opinion as to the merits of the proposed meas ure of relief for thy taxpayers at l'itt , bur.. if there was an at tempt 1.41 pass the bill thriingh the use of corrupt and improper means, there can be no honest difference of opiiii . on, as to the censure or punish ment which should 'be meted out to the Intilty. So far as we can judge, the . friends of t 1) bill, blundered- sadly, iii their 'schemes tol promote its sue-. cess. Instead of - placing their de mands upon the score of justice and legal responsibility so far as the Stale wa- concerned, they, set about .accomplishing their 011 k-et by means whi c h t o the last were ol.jection able .and calcidated to give rise cis the, eery disreputable occurrenceswhielt naturally took The iarge aincunt of damages :in‘olved, .was calculated excite the cupidity of the roosters " in the Legislature, and to awaken suspicion that iw proper means might be employed. 1 lint the management of the friends of the bill was injudicious and open . to suspicion there can lie no dispute. while on the other hand, .its option , cuts were not disposed to award to it the merits it justly deserved. Then too. there something repug nant to evelry upright and liberal mind. in ,:this employment of detec tive, and Ties, particularly where tie spy is 4 in, tuber of the begisla tir-e, who -et ks confidence to betray fellow-mcMher and blacken his !,.pinati4m.: There does not seem to have been aut very definite in «irruption attempted in connec tion with this bill. It was apparent ly, SO far is proven, the loose ond general vim versation of men who either wanted to receive or refu: , e -If then was a plan to buy the pa,sage of the bill through the Legislature; the ',aria's having it in hand were appreatice,i, not journey men. and lit,tehed the job awfully. We give the implicated outsiders credit for more -skill and shrewdness in this particular direction than "as display e d. • V the foi rin.,..)rt that. Wt. trust that the matter may be sifted to tilt' , very bottom: Whoever may be guilty, either in or out of the I,4islature, if they are .amenable to this laws, its severest penalties should visit thew. This much h . , due for the vindication of the cliarwter of the People of the State, and I as an es, ample• and warning for the future. Wf! point with pride to the record made liy -our Representatives, and to the fact that in this, as in all other logislative action; their conduct i; above the suspicion of being etl by any other ecurdileration than that of the public welfare. THE tb.struction of Pardee Hall, Lafayette College. is a calamity Nvllich can be remedied by the generosity of the triondi of that institution, though the boolis and 'scientific instruments destroyel can hardly be replaced. The' fire is ••• u pposetl to have oro- - nated .from spontaneous combustion of some of the chemicals'. Thy Hail 1 %vas thi2 gift of Auto l'AithEi., and Leust, nearly $.3: - 14, 4 +00 -. the insurance amounted to $129,000.. At a nuicting l a the citizen; of Easton, it w as r .,..- 501v...t1 t f ,o coMrnence the work of re- Intritling, mai an appeal vvill he iSSIIOII to tip. . frieralF, of 1.44/ycW College, r.+l to the eh:ail:tidy disposed, for MO iii the iimh.lt atiing. • GENERAL T/IOMAS . EIVINiI was nom inated for Governor of Ohio, in the Demo:ratic State Convention that itssembled in Columbus, - onWednes-' day. The nominee may be a . fair specimen of • the soil, money element of his party in that • section, but he a ill hardly suit those who cling with tiy <1440 of tenacity to the ancient tradition'of the party. klis•saccion was inteded to catch the vott t is of the Greenbackers, with whom he& rea'ly been more in unison in the present se.ssion or . Congress ; than with the - Democracy ;- and yet npox l th e very same day, the Ohio Greenlia&:. ele - - ment, not accepting the compliment tendered in the spirit in which it was given, held a convention of their own and nominated another .military standard bearer in the person of GENERAL A: SAt7No'Ens . PLITT ; thus distinctly affirming: that theY would fight out the political battle, on their own hook. . There was a little un pleasantness, liowcA•er, among a por tion of the delegfitton and as a result there Will be another Convaition held at Toledo, on the 17th inst. reen back and one Dem - ocratic-G reenback . U übernatorial as pirants in the .field, it must be admit ted that the soft money clement ;should be ably represented in that State, but it is also evidentlhat there are ju=t two too many engaged in the unlimited currency candidacy for husiness to thrive. In the mean time, it is clear that-out of the nearly 900-, 000 votes of the state that LIOn. CHARLES the Republican candidate, will, without extra trouble, secure . a very majority THE Democrats in Vongress have been, eaueuSsing again, to endeavor to find somF way out of the unpleas ant dilemma into which they had been brought by their. Unwise leaders. The programme agreed Upon is sub ntially.that proposed some days ago brsome of the party leaders ; and. o far as the arMy is concerned,. it presents the old issue-in substan tially the old shape. The money for the maintenance of the army will be vot-d, but there will 'be a prohibition agaiiist the use . Of 'any of it for the equipment, !transportation or main tenance of troops employed to do police duty at the polls. As for the supervisors curl deputy marshals, no appropriation will be Made for them, and they will not be mentioned. The end, however,_'will he, that they will be obliged to make the mtLlessary provisions for the support ofl all the branches of the government, and ad journ,laving wrought all. the damage , to the Democratic party it was possi ble for bad legislation to effect. M. nE LE!SEI'S, who originated and successfully-completed the. !!...:tiez Ca nal:has now undertaken to build the canal across the 'lsthmus of Panama; connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is asserted that the nee ._ essary funds ale already secured, and that fligring *ill be begun on the first lay of January. l . ). The first issue of , tock I,e for : fo.,000,0, 1 0; and the ,ptobable cost will . exceed that amount. It -is an immense on• dertaking, but if completed will un iluestionably prove piWA:A . I4c to the stockholders. • THE eorrespordent of a Democratic paper writing from - Jackson, 'Miss., says; " your readi. , r; are well aware, there is really no Ilepubliean party organized in Mississippi at the present And yet in that State, in I -72, the • Reijublicans polled -2,17!) ; and in li•Aitl tiny polled 71%1 vote, heating the Dem orratie eantliilale more than two to one. Can there he . any ihnibt why there is no ileptililican of ISE3 LOII:q.INA 1 berg Itioking round for some time for a plausible excuse to repudiate the larger part of he'r d.eht, turf now qlte thinks she foend one. Con-:olidat(A seven per cent. I , onds are oi:tstanding to the amount Of 5 . '1 . 2. 1 "ill 1 )0();itnii it is pro posed to wipe out two-thirds of this sum. bee.anse the constitutionfd amendment of I'=7 4. which pledged its payment, was never pyomulgated. Gazdie and 111 , 11. 1 iP is crrati -110,4 to he able to state that the com mittee appointed to confer i i i vith the IVilliamsport bondholder:: 4or the purpose of effecting a compromise, and therefore ending this costly and imoyiiig l i tigati en, is rec4iving many offers of acceptance ~f the proptisl- Lions submitted, and feel-great!y eni couraged:in their effort's. :MAJOR SA. MI:Ell, Philadelphia, has been appointed by Governor Ho IT 111: 4 1112Ct0i* and exam iner of the soldierS: Orph i ans' schools for the Commonwealth, arid notwith standing the Legislature have refused this year 'to appropriate any money as ' compensation, Major BACUTELL has consented to discharge . the.duties of the office. - flows in Blair county, the Repub licans lia,ve been trying the Crawford county 4 , tem for some years. At the late prithary election the total rote cash- was 791 more than were (riven for lforr last fall. But being thoroughly dtsg,te,tedwith the Craw ford county plan at cheating made easy, the-voters decided to abtiliSh it. Tut: Dubuque .Tc/egra'ph, a Demo cratic paper, admits that thousands of honest, earnest Democrats are leav ing the party, and charges that the Democratic members. of - Congress have broken faith Avith the people who elected them. SIN6LETON VAN BUREN, a grind son (-,r President, VAN Iltunns, - die( Nvw York on Monday 1a:4.• LITTER ?&O PEILIDELPHIC PUIL ALL L dutle . l t, IV9 The god ship Constitution, popularly known as "Old Iron:sides," arrived here last week, having been nearly five mouths in crossing the_, ocean. She left Havre early in January with the American hibits front the Paris Exposition. Before she. had Preccded tar she ran aground, which neeessilatediber putting bib, Ports mouth- for au examination. It being I;Puld that na clawitgo had been sustain ed,, she pro ceded to her voyage, but only a few days later she encountered a terri ble storm in the Bay of Biscay, in which she lost her . reddei. Repairs were exe._ cuted at Lisbon, from whence she sailed on April 11th for'New York. She had on bisnil about 1)50 pack:: ges 4of exhibits. was a hazardous eXpet irucnt for the old vessel, and it is probably her last, as.slie will be laid up and used as a receiving vessel. Williain W. Longstrelh,.a director and ex-President of the Lehigh Nancy Hail. r o ad Company, died Wednesday morning. at his rcsids nee, 2017, Chesbnit street, his seventy-seventh year. His death was caused by general The &nth of Ida wife, which occurred on Sunday last, is thought to liaitcued his demise. During General Grant's • stay in- Cm stantiatiple Le wa invited by the Suit= of 'Turkey to Nil 4 his extensive stud of bursas, comprising about shiteetchundred bead Ed* put est Arabian blood. After the . visit his Imperial Highness ordered that the two best horSes of the stud should be selected as a present to the Gettaal . , and they were shipped with great care .till board of the Not man Monarch, which ar rived at New Haven, Connecticut, on Sunday afternoon. The horses were de livened to Major John Lovett, of this city, who was authorized by General E.- P. Ilealc, Ex-Minister to Austria, to whom they were shipped, totillic char;;O of them until orders were givel for their Acacia vent disposal. Major Lovett arrived -in this city on Monday ,night with his pre cious fivit:Lt, and att:pnee repaired to Slit - - folk Park, where tile hotsus will .he tent rarily quartered: Nutwithst;uulintt the careful and expli cit manner in . which Judge Packer's will 184iS drawn a COlhruv , :rsy likely to arise, regardim one of its provisions. The' cause of the difficulty is a bequest of tho to the. Trustees of Washington Col t lege, Lexington, Vitglaia, and he idirodit reds a Isnui of 9: i ' WO I,l ' that. College held by himto lie cancelled, making the le.gai cy S:i,oooii What was fornynly known a j i the " Waidtington College," 110\l' noted asTlte Washington and Lee Univer 'sity', but that institution i:, nut and never was indebted to Judge Packer. But has-_ ing been hnewn as The Waslingtm: Col lege before its Icceut change of name, and there being !lowlier Wat•hington Col lego'at that place, naturally elriais the le gaCy. Just bete oceinsi:! ti.e niNtahh, The Judge did hold a bond of the Virginia State 111.ilit:Lry Institute—a bent of —by which the .Jude identifies the lege -in Lis will. As,he did not hold a bond ft)r Wa,hington College, and as there is no Washington College to-day, tho M:ln agers of thehtary institute say the legacy was certainly intended ftr • A l'icAelit tlizmolor storm on 'Thursday night was acompabied with ha;l, which . eansed considerable damage to the grow._ ieg 'crepe in the neighlN wing colintid.. Tlie loss, however. is c. , Amtet hi:lanced fry ft um drought. The first peaches of the season arrived "last 'week from Georgia, and sold for L4.50a crate. They are the size of a large marble, and about as hard. - The Camden and atlantic tailmA ('on; parry celebrated the twenty-lifth an niversary of its 4 , i , c11:11 , 4 Thursday, by conveying a large wamber of invited guests to the " City by the :iea." Atlan tic City has become the favorite resort of Philadelphians, notAnily during the heat ed term, but munhers of people visit it thn 'sinter months, fo e the invig,- rating and healthful sea air. The run made in 9 0 1. minute::, and business men re side there during the sui%iner, making the trip da4 . To those NVIIO intend visiting the sea-shore, either in search of health or for pleasure, Atlantic, City offers in dueenitnts nut excelled by any similar re sort. Dr. Maury, a well-known .airm:con of this city, died on Wedneaday erecting at his res,denec, Walnut Ftreet, in tl:c year of Itis age. Ifis death was enti r scd c:,ngesuoi: of the lungs. Di:. Maury NS:),S r 'l.Oll ft) , 111.1 JVlrt`rSoll. Clint.ge Medical I lospit al, and held ti, s:ono posi tion in the He. 11,:d an excellent reputation Lih) si elan, and an - hp:nen:4C practice. flis l w iCc died about fwo months since. 11. C. Whitaker, who lately ticenpied the IlErw:r;:;1 k now the pnb li,:lTr of a nr!wspaper at N. J. On the. 4th Master Fra!4:.: son, had Ids fingers no severely bear:lA(A in a nw(h.n press thrit two of thcro' to be amputat-‘24. A cigar straw.; kin.r.od a tiro •and rna gr d damages, on Sat:111 1 0y, by being thrown into the getter at , Nufth Ninth sti - cet - , which is aa ail store, the re fuse oil having - taken lire, and Ila Shed and ;n loss the yard to the store, ti:led with oil.; find burning fluid. It made things lively fur a time, but the" firemen sAion subdued it, not %%ilk water, but c ith dirt from :in adjoining r ,:11 , 1C11. • Eilwaid Parr. who b. wary in his daughter a :1;ort time sinc••., was on E•iturday found guilty of maider iu the first. degree. The evidence diselosol a mass of lantality, crime and incest on the part of the. offender, ...vho exhibited nether signs signs ofsysikuess or 6mitri 1. ion. Pranklin It. Goiven, csident of the Reading Railroad, sailed for Europe yes terday. It is unilerstoA that his mission is to obtain the consent, of the English stoelthohler's of the load to the leasing of the Central Railroad of New Je ts this is'i2fiected, the , iteadin:; will rnitroi, about fifty pet teat. of the anthracite coal business, and he sill be in a position to iarrange with the. Baltimore and Ohio rot another through line between Baltimore and New York. '• The recent action of the Beading Rail road in getting pessemion of the Bound Brook route to New York., and the ar rangements fur starting their trains front the Niut.h tittect, depot, has stirred np the Pennsylvania urtnagers, and it is un deretoed that the latter einhpany, who own property at the corner of Fifteenth and Filbert efrects, is negotiating - for ad ground, with the view of estalt- Ealing it:: passenger depot, at the named. Josepli W. Cake, ,luring; tttt term of Andrew johnsm, was Collector of Cui tom::.tt this 1,/pri! . ' /fled at Sunbury, on June Ist, aged 72 jean, The Valley Forge 31cohnial Asi-ocia tion; added by the liberal and piddle spir ited citizens of Ea-tern Pennsylvatila, - having purchased the AVashing,ton lead tinartvrs :obi grounds 'at Valley Forge, piopo-e 11, Il4:atiter...thcni a, a sacral mt. mortal for pH time to come to the great and heroic men who'patiently endured . the perils of a long and bloody Revolution: to secure independence and peace, on Thursday, the lgth-instant, the 101st an niversary of the evacuation .of this histo rical encampment. The oration` delivered by lion. Thomas P. Bayard, Of Delaware: • Parr was found guilty of murder in the first cle2ree, and was brought into Court Monday afternoon, and-received his• sen tence of death. 4 most extraordinary and exciting scene then occurred. The doomcd•nrin, who had hitherto. not dis .played any renting, was taken with con vulsions, and removed-to a room in the C4iurt house. Physicians were quickly in atteutlance, who decided that he had taken strychnine, and the' most sPeedy and vigorous means were employed to counteract the eincts of the violent poi son, and save his life for the gallows. lie fought desptrrately against the attempt to save his life, and finally, at 5 o'clock, Tuesday morning, all the remedies em ployed proiing unsuccessful died, having suffered intense agctuies. 7110 X nAnnzstunG. Sic Correspwidenco , W t 11.3 Ittroicrtat ITAnutsuutto, -- June 7, 16711.--In the Senate on Monday'evening, the 2nd inst., a conamunitartionlAltlell had been looked for with sonic anxiety for. several days was received front A uditor-Geueral Schell, in relation to tho finances of the State. After eXplaining that absmce from the city preveuted him answering sooner, and giving an extract from a report submitted by him to the House some four months ago, he c. o as follows : " It will be observed that the difference of i222,0N.1it1 in the deficiency for .19, between the estitrte of the State Tre usurer and that i Of tl is department, is an i innaterial one, and can be easilypx,plained as a mere dif .ference of oviw:on al to the probability of cert 4 items of revenue out expenditure Lein„ retain sl or rejected by the Legisht tnre." A large numbet of -bilis passed first reading. - In tl.c House, 00 Monday a supplement to an net to legulabs the execution and tralisfer of motes given fur patent. rights-, derlaring the true intent and....ti caning thereof, Was paq.ed finally. 'Bills direct ing- the printing and distribution of the reports:Of the Commissioners of the geo h., ; ,..ieal survey, and •prpriding for the printing - of copies of Vie 'general laws, were passed :Mani. Thc..Senate on Tuesday mottling pro ceeded to select persons' to con:tante the " reit - m:ol'g board " to onuit the vote for Stat.:: Treasurer next. year. Mr. LattuAt named. Messr::- (fa,r.zam and 'toyer, Mr, Selmatterly - named 31i. Clarhe, , and _Mr. Itoss named Mt. (...raig. The four gentle men nomin)b d wen: elected, .kite Itepti:l - i4,nen,liy Noting for .74,,,, 5 r5. Car 4ani Wii Royjr, and the Deim,erafis fox Chi:he and -Craig. .In the afternoon a lengthy &hate ensued on the pi-01,05ition -to tax oil, which was drfeated—yeas 1- - ., nays 'A. At the evening tession, I route ',iiipr ,riding for the iiropa . ;:ation of fish wa. Nssed finally. I:1 I lit• HOUSC 4'l; . 1 . 11CF(13 . y morning, the .:;1 a bill app,iipriating,:i:;,ooo to the Home for Friemiless Children, in Wifl ianisport., was taken up and pietsed after which .31r. Wolfe submitted meamble and resolution, in substance finding. Emile, J. Petrolf, member of the House from the Fifth Oh,triet of Phila &%lphi, guilty of bribery and expelling tuna the Ilouse. The debate w a s long and exciting. On the vote being taken, the reFolution to expel, which re quirod a two-third vote, Wam defeated— yeas nays NS. The Inembo.s from Bradford all voted in the idlirmative. On balloting for member:, to c,,mp,se the I,,tard to open and count 1,14;.: I ittlN. ft,r 7'.1 v:Tn.asluvr, MQ:ssrs. NM, ;:tichvil; I. Smith. I.i ciitnl.- and Bradford were elected. , . In the Senate to Wednesday, the 4th inst., the c:raiddetation of the revenue bill cl : IV:C.1111g „as prt.ice:..ded with. when Mr. Ermentrout neo.-ed tee t into committcr of the' whole for the Firpose of oiTerirg an amendment compellimf; Pennsylvania companies to lay a tax on premiumsd'olleeted ont of ns well as in the, State. The ntotion war agreed to and the amendment inserte.l. [The section as amended provide!! for a sotth-ment by which the .State has to reecive.:'! , ' N,ooo liiigation e.onstderatiaitof the exemp tion of hk,ine insurance from tax on prem-, isei collected in other Sfai.c.s after July 1, If- , :•itf.l The bill was passed finally—yeas nays 15. Senator Davii!ii veted iu the mat re. At the alto; noon FA:SAOII the following fioaFe were ems r.l lira'ly: Providimg• fot the ,el.ietien e.fa site ,:m1 efectirat of 3 hospital for rersotis. to be I••catcd itt the 'counties of Schtylhin. C;trivnt, Dauphin, Novt!runt- Iwil.i•iil !Ird. Columbia, to li t calli , l the: 1 -0 ••'....-ho:v,•itld for injwa.d and. 11,.1i 'lt tl)` filltb!.le]ti• .<“,1) region find for the in:lna. , ,,lnent of the same, and mithing, an anin,, , ,,Hatipti thraefor : con-it commissi.raers to build hridges or to furniA to iney to aid in builihng l,ridir the erecting of Nvottl,l require more expense than it is reasonable for .)1:0 two adjoining covra : ships to bear, in csii-s where the eount:.- commiSsioners do lilt diem it m i dvisible to enter inch bridges on record as comity Itridges. - lii the lliimq• WeiThesiloy a using, 3lr. Sherwood, of Nortliiinthei.lamh off'et•- cd a resolution. similar to the use by e in the Petrolf expeli ing I ;porgy F. Smith, of i"1:1;i , n ;ff . UP: cOliStituthin the act of 1.-.7 1, .and deehlring his ;want. The ( I .;sci“.;s!on Uccepie,l all of the . morn in:r and a p .rt.fon of the after noon session, ana I , n the vote living taken resuitctl— )il,-. nays two-thirds not -voting itrthe a Ilirma;ive, tlin3 resolution was not :ulopied. Tills.' case being thus disposed if, Mr. Madill, of Bradfo t rd, °flexed a Prewroble and resolution to expel Wni.F.ltuniberger, of Armstiong county. I:: opening 111 r.:marks on III:: resobilinn, Mr. • 111.11:1 ,teclated th• not_Lavo nee:: eo:.:poliLd tnelcriaiie t::::•lisagreratil.::lnty the :nee: hers or the committee hail aetel properly. Ile ne i. .• jas:ly stet.' 1•1, e:c.tinenis en Dcyl: eont,e, who. r, mea n er t l .c the inve‘tigatinft I onn inittee. shlae.l a report I:Whip:AIN; errlnll/ nem:- her: , ::f the II: lc - wien: tie tetuirt ra rn 1.•!. Inv - House look pronALI InT In dere u,lLog and es. enicntint: tie vciy men he i.lhor of tt," c..,nmatee fu Inentpating. Ito :10. elareit. nonni I have . lost my right :out !Lan !la,. •Igaeil that rep:ll. Leif liing o ',II 111 v genlierivr: N lie heereii I 1 . the:time, an wonld I laay.• had ice longue turn O , IA WWI Its I.wly a:„d thrown to the dogs than to have old. after MVOS:, r.liar ' the ge.!filiera:la hint MN tieilr.y.'7 It v.:, an unplen:iant :In::: for hire. to otter re:::::11 Tpuhilon h:r any wan. yet hellitt linty Le teat 4411:IN: 10 dpi It. The people t 9— rir. - .1 '.et: lI e Lreti.i.tore pn: . ... or all Ito cor rupt 1nnit , 11 , ,.. A . 0 . ! they tteirall Inal It. hr .purged. Ile linogoing tr.: , :nleaver to dcri , lr .1,n..1ty tat'olily a, to the itterli..of the ptitillyan party, of whirl' hitt.elf . and the arra: VII V11.1"e. Inetut,en:, ruuht trot prei-vrvel ire i.auct Ity of oar f.aghtlattir., clams we ha] Lotter hand aver our InlYter to ~11113 party Who rail I.veti it invlolat, rtltattattry always gathitr, artvitat ilc alit.,rt,tirat e , -1,;(t ft',1‘..41,a; iov , alto ?t•ti ..ta.P4; lot torn 0p1 , ,1,61i :Lott out diay coi.r.t.latentv li , .1.01 a plain quty to th:s cotrupt rlng that 10 , 1!ut the ktil, „I CIL ti.trarti,l,. :tad tlantaithiv F very t...att,i Ingt , litor rim? It, piaay I y :11.1111 fr,ht thy, halts: ity one tit t:.eta tuna tIltYlhot••il .to t..ttlta-y - Ira,:: tin ::14401i I. 51.1,t If ,. Ult. 110!IiIelii Lv v tor at i t ,iyt. p I ht:u re , • , •11, llit• I.llltti 1: , 31::- I, r , :t'T (rout I..ltont of, las heart, vet if hy gulity of tine , Itarv, Icon],', ter-Iv, hail share of pent.,] tuytit fir We Iltaftl I.ll:are ry In• Ilt.Cllll ,illl !W. noir. et Lien, e.,it vlCted Mr. Ettitthyrtter Was not ratevadlittyit. 1: provaa llr.tt It, ha. y tainted thy .1 :11.• 1 , 1.11 , 1'110A to , „:„) ut It allow corruptpractice to wield an Influence In onr, ',ogle!atom, then In natnelet us do away with the Legislature. Any Judo on the elsencli, would nay to the Jury that if they believed either • Ketithleo3llreilltorn, itumbergor himself; they !Oust, convict Itumbergur. F.verything proved be. yowl doubt that Ituinberger WM gutty. lie did not hellevo that the report should have been rot:- nut d to Futrorr, Fwi.ll and Itutulterger. Tnoto Wolo othorn 10.041104 oats lit tills hall whom? con. adores wood Foutettual trott4le them, for they wigtql ItAve the toluiclotutte•e , that thity hail morally lteljt(te , l thetureweit. Aye 1 there went mutt , guilty tows then . Ft.troit. - Sizattli owl It timber,et,.l.la. ;hey hail not tlot eisttl.nott to melthowletlge thole .tr the it. pot( Iran Enriy lo.3.,uttirtr , t It.f gturfott3 ids. oly (1.01.., then the SCN•li'r it rll•-t :nut away 111.‘ Note( It ul l toe (Or the p.,(4tie,, are, In the entio r rlty, ..1.4 II lira guilty' tone. Ito; s will hold ti,evottutal4 , . , . Ekon:o are 1.. 11., trupolly, we ;Ira In the ed.. omit). in uttatr. Then , to a eourt Oki ll ~11! %, ble 24b h 1 14;0 teT carr.i..l ite • Vtg ,,11, 1: , 11111.3ipt, taut the 1w.1 , 101e will bw j 3 tied j !try.. • I.et us hot( well to tow actions. 'Mr. - Davis, of Philadelphia, folkiwed in eloquent and feeling appeal in favor .o r Mr. Ilumbez-ger, whom,: TM said, ho had knownpersomilly for forty yews: At the ecinclusion of the debate the veto was taken, and resulted—yeas 104 (till less than tvt o-this da), to 4;0 liar:7'llw Br:0j . ford members voted for expulsion all the time. In the Senate on Thursday morning,. iesolutions were adopted directing the appoin`nr nt of • committees to prepare a revenue bill to be presented to .the next Legislature; and to collect and present facts in connection with the establishment of :Industrial schools ; authorizing the t;overnor to uppointa cemmission of !inn: persons, learned •in the law, who shall consider and frame an insolvency law for presentation •to the next Legislature. House bill . to prevent burning bf the woods in any of the counties was finally passed. The Veto of the Mexican Yeterait bill was received and sustained—yeas 10, nays 15. At the afternoon session ; the following among other bills passed finally : To protect children from neglect-and cru elty, and relating to their employment, protection and adoption-; making an ap propriation for the support of the Venn sylvania institu' it'll for the instruction 'of the blind, and to the Pennsylvania Work ing Home for Blind Men; authorizing the burgess and town council of the several boroaglis of this eciumonwealth to cot:- stir:et sewers in any street, lane sir alley tlict vitt, and to assess and c.o‘lekit the i•+,.-4 and Px pilire thereof; to it:gel:de the-man ufactnre and sale ofcsnnmereial fertilizers: making an app epriatini• for menial 5C11111.14 for the years lAzzi ening the first Monday in June, I::iTti and 1 0 ; to per mit the prosecutor or prosecutors to testi fy in_enscs forcible elitry detainer; making :in applopi latien to the - State hos pital for the insane for the sentliciastein district provillin4 fur the suit:lllk mark ing grave of Gieleri.l Anthony. Wayne, at Erie, Pa., :old Plaiting ail ap propriation thierefoi ; ,fur the protection 'of the fishing interests of the State ;. pro tiding for the printing of the tun ::l taws. The repirt'of the committee iifnenferente en the general -revenue bill was adopted. The bill as it is estimated, will inereie-ii the revenues of the State In the ~t i mottling, Mr. o; , *ored a pre amhle and re , olation, 'tin; suFstance oT ahiih as 'that Wm. II K,1111 , 1e, Chas. B. Salta, of Philadelphia , . jesse li. Craw - ford, Assistant Saperintendent of lb 1.111. rounds, of Mau eounty; A. W. Leisen. rim:, of Mauch Chunk, find Christian Long, .of Cumbei land. having violated the article of the constitution d. -lining and preseribing punishment for corrupt solicitation of niettiliers, they slninia pituished,and that Messrs. M' Wolfe, Coll:torn, James Neill, Mapes. l). L. Sherwood, -liaekett, Bradford, Kirk and White he constituted a commit. tee of the Ihinse proceedings against them, and that the Attorney-(;cacti,! he l'Uti nest vd to lend them such aid as they may need in con ducting said prosecution. ,After an ex citing debate and tire voting down of an amendment to refer the- matter to tin. Attorney General, the te , olution v. as adopted wiLhout a vision, the edi of the evious 4t 1..•f0:e that haviag been s‘istamed---,1.-;i:lo, nays 39. t the aftertio,in session the following House. hills were then I?inised : stlpplement t' act -in egaid to the boundary nionum•nts on tie line lietn,een Pennsylvania mid 'New York, Mid appr.)- priating money for e:intinuing tine pro- . 1, Lin - ins of the said act : provirlirig for the bet ter security of life and limb in eases of tires in hotels and Oiler ; pre- Vent ing the appointment of yt.rsons to the shales of hank' stock in this Com monwealth, rind to provide for the a s;e,s ment tia•ref.af and r.rn trio. ,if taxes there on ; actions for to be con»nenced in . cerfain eases bef‘ire recovery in eiectiliont. The session of the House On Thursday evefilin:i., like that the Senate. ran into Friday ne'irnit!: e :ti•lent! •.`w,- .an sit providim , for it's ~ n iinitance of the edue.,tion and ol•ph;in.: of the rkr( :1 , 4t ., 1 :-4 , 1 , 1i0ns and F:ltiors, and Us' destitute eliddren,f lue-rinatiently soidicis ,tad rcurrcd in. 'tin) : int: to t iti and plank r.,u is ; anti:prizing appeals to he in equity c , 4ses here rpeeitil or preliminary injuitet,irM refused ; supplement to an Oct to plovide for the di % eMlin of emit:ties of !his Common wealti , , a l T rot ed April_ 17, 1 , 7 s : 'providing f o r the payment of the extienses of the inaug uration of the Ow:cruel. The proceed - i-n-is in boil: the Senate ;mil flutist.. nn Friday were siMiLir to those on tho elOsing (133 s of the session for many years. Sihet tea.F.ets, rohl tcatclies , gohi mounted gavek canes. :Toone, cle. , v...(nc pret- o :ited 'to Ihe officc s rci-olutioui. 4 speeches, ar.ci :dl the mutual admiration perform:tilers, %%halh have g•ro , .vn monotonous to one )vho has wit m i.sed them for tmenty years or mo:o„.werc iudulgea in-to the ftille,t. ex tent, aril: every!. o.ly Nei Med 113,1)iiy. Its the . Senate, liuu..lohn Latmor, can from Philadelphia, Wao electcd • dent pn, ;km. The Legislature ail jounicil a !';tae after o•clock oo Friday, :tail the 11111(14 aintE.ed statel-me2l.l , tive gone CONGF.ESS Enda,: :—ln t!:e Senate, i long debate took :place .on the Caucus .Inry bill; Senator Edmonds itnalpi ed it at knfrili and crushingly; the Demovrats tried to have it recom mitted for amendment, thins altering their flans entirely: in the course of the debate Mr. Thurman and Mr. Voorhees were both tin own into a eiit rage by Mr. Conkling awl Mr: ;✓ .the Pcpublican strategy compelled the Senate to refuse to re commit the bill and to pas: , it by a party vote in its 'present vicious ray. In the lione. the Postal bill }.'as de bated at much length, the tight bei ng chiefly on the letter•carrier system; some iniscellanewis Imsines-; v: n 6 transacted. Stg . ,/r.triq The ;: eliate was not in ses.sion on Saturday. The lioti,e pai,sed the joint resoluti,,n approving of the issue of rations to the yellow incur i•.niferers lar.t year, anil then took . up 1.10. 2 Lin to intreasethe appro p: I :11.{101. , tirr the postal - , ervieo: there way 1.4.) an inerea:ie a the pay of the letter-carriers, Nit the in crease was voted, and a substitute . for the• bill, containing that provi sion vat's passed. ..1/o,iday:—ln the Senate, a num ber of new bills were -introduced, in cluding_ one for the payment of the $lOO pension Of the . late General Shiehli.to his family, and another to exempt vessels on the internal waters of the United State. 4. from customs fees, ete. ; .there was very little busi ness before the Senate; the attempt to call up.the resolution to discharge. the Finance' Committee from. further consideratiOn of the Warner bill fail• eel, and Mr. Harr;s, . f of Tennessee, - then made a speceh o;: the employ - - anent of the Army.. n the House a large number of new lam, and resole thins were.introduced and referred ; Mr. Atkins then introduced a substi tute- for the Legislative, Executive and Judicial bill, wits it any politi cal clause 4 in it •, the rules welc sus pended and the bill was siSsed, with only twenty-one roes in the negative; Mr. - Ryan of Kansas, Moved to sus pend the rules and the Clymer Army bill, hut on motion Of Mr. At-' kins the "louse adjourned instead. STATE NEWS, UNION Deposit Furnace', Dauphin cowl th will resume this.sununer. Wow: at the Keystone Rridge Works, Danville now gocs'on day and night.- NiiAnt.y-all the. furnaceb the Iliekory irkai wor:s, near Erie, are in op- . peration. Jir is proposol to convert the now un used Larracks at Caeli Vie, into an Indian Ser,ool of Instiuction. - ' • TnEta: are now forty-eight colte-o-vens in successful . operation Amor,' and men are at work building fifty-two inure. :stEw blown cry for the' -prinufacture of iron by the A rues process will be start ed at once in Titusville and fifty ha l ide, employed. )In. 11. P, Gutsn, of Wilthunspori. Las rewired orders f..r" 4.10,000 brick : , fol. building porloges in that city during the Stllloll4%'. - Tun pros - lie.:As for startin , 4 up the g.hui!,l v..orks l'Olef , wttt am growin4 einist Qt 1y brighter. Tit , wuiks the eo-operafriNe :s was killed and John Frocl in.hred by au - explo...ion of gas in 111,7 hoar 14.tts ton. on hitrsday afternoon. N. G. lit-:1•4,r. an a l. Henry Grebe' were iro ur ed.. - _.o. e former fatally—by the pri;- nn;turo exr?o,don of n Motitgttelet-y county nid.iy. l3pKitcz Colliery, at Par son:, oicsio , i by the Valley Ct ,d Co., iv ,, ttniod iperation, on T1,11:-:day, after two years itlleneas. It entioloyt. , Iluti men and tifvs.- Xtmtailt SuArrENtroWct, who was to have been hanged at Leb.tanni Thursday has . been reprieved by the Governor for thirty (I.tys, to alhrw of the consitleratitqt of his case by the Board, of l'ardous. Di;.\ t 0 ,"., the man Isho put tiomi tho llyst oil invalid, hi:, limbs hcing wiLlK:red, to static{ upon ii:s feet. I a. letter writ t.:ti hto t.o a w.iittlivit ie. in Tit.!tv:ll?, Le says he lop*, eir to relieve hie.t of I; sillt;•riug:+„ • flotmit-r acc