tkiford ggah s. 0. CHMlliCli t ZDITOIf. Towanda, Pa., Jan. 27, Mu Mn now one of the statements of a veritable s t nd intelligent correspondent at Washington is to the - effect that General GARFIELD has not - tendered any of the portfolios of the Secretaries to be ap pointed by him to any man. This seems the most likely story we have yet hard in this connection. MR. Senmonerr, a member of the New York Assembly, _introduced a bill Thum; day making the cmsolidation.of telegraph companies etiutvalent 'to a forfeiture of their charter. That is a good idea, and one which has been effectively embodied in our own statute-booka. But ,31r. Scnnommt is a little late. Tile only party inTennsylvania which is united just now is the NatioLakGreen: back-Labor. it casts its Single 'vote in theALegislature with distressing unanim ity for the lion. lIRSRY CARY BAIRD for Senator: The only bad, thing about Mr. BAIRD is that he belies and unlimited flood of paper money iblessing, the . na tional bank - System a c urse, and Specie re sumption a snare and a delusion. - there is any one thing more than an other to be hoped and expected from the administration of President GARFIELD, and the Republican Congress by which it will be sustained, it certainly lb a cessa tion of that - peculiar currency tinkering , which has been the special plague of the country for so long a time, and which the Democrats and Greenbackers seek to make the pertivnent affliction of tbd nation. A!: ounce bottle filled .with laudanum was found secreted in one of the stock ings of GEORGE SulTit, who with Mrs. Mit.t.Eat i • is ,confined 'in the tycoming county jail under the sentence , of death for the murder of Mrs. MILLER'S hus band: • The Sheriff bad been notified of SmITIeS intention to escape the gallows by self murder by a fellow prisoner, and thorough search being ynade, , the poison was discovered. Am, the _prominent butter dealers and • oornrniEsion merchants on Soutlr Water street, Chicago, have si),necl an agreement not to sell Or deal in any imita tion of butter, either as'butter or under .its real name. This action became neces sary, as •sonic firms doing the largest -ex p rto trade in 4 butter in the country have found that reports of adulteration and fraudulent butter' were' having a marked injuribus effect, upon their foreign trade. COLONEL ROEEICT Bou.mo, a leading Virginia Republican, sayS that readjusters gave, the colored voters thou sands of electoral ticketi, bearing the names of tho icadjuster 'HANCOCK elect . ors and the darkies voted them thinking they ire re. voting for G A W.: r ELD, because the Republican - Congressionsl candidate's name was printed on them. These tick, ets, rays ~were circulated at nearly every. voting precinct in the State. MONT(10)11:RY county has thirteen creameries within her bOrders operated by - stock companies, with au aggregate capital of . $37,1'33, besides several others owned and: operated by 'individuals or firms with alarge amount of money in vested` in the business. - Bucks county contains twenty-two similar enterprises, . with a total. capital of 148,1.42. Cheese and butter iire - both manufactured at these establishments, which have all .springitito existence within the past two years, Democrats hive just found out that Mr. -111siteE is the legally elected representative from the Second Congres sional district of Florida, and they have voted in favor of allowing him to take the Feat whic - lt belongs to him. This is a very . cheap piece of magnanimity which will de'ceive no one, and the purpose of which is perfectly plain: Mr.' BzsitEE has no better title to his - seat now than ho had two years ago, 'and had the Democrats been sufficiently conscientious, his claims _would -then have been recognized and honored: - TUAT is a harsh and very derogating epithet which is applied to delegate CAN NON, of Utah, whd is_called a "polygamic fefon." It is very bad for a man to find out after a long service in Congress that he is an alien and was never naturalized, because it raises the presumption that he has for years been a conscious fraud, and imposter. But to call him a "polygamic felon,' with a reasonable supposition that both ,the law and the facts will.sustain tho epithet, is decidedly about as bad an expression as could be applied to a man. JEREMIAH BENNETT, the pioneer rail road man of Indiata,„died at Shelbyville last Friday, aged_ eighty-two years. 11. was-a native of Cumberland county, New Jettey, and *lint, to Indiana in 1832. s There he planned and helped to build a wooden railroad, the first ever built, west of the mountains. On July 4, 1834, the road was - completed, .being,,two miles long, and the old wooden cat drawn by horses made its first trip. Mr. BENNETT, was engineer, conductor and brakeman all combined. This road was the one which led eventually to the construction of the C. 1., St. I:. and C. Road. MIL SPRINGER'S resolution looking to ward the assumption by the Federal gov ernment of the telegraph service has been favorably reported The step koposed is one not to be lightly taken. It would be very mach better if the public could be provided with telegraphic facilities . which it needs at a reasonable tariff by the operation of private enterprise. Yet if the existing monopoly cannot be broken down in any other way, itorilt be neces sary for Congress to interfere in the man ner suggested, and follow the example of England, taking the matter into Its own bands. Cheap telegraphy is a necessity of the day, and - by this,aneans'or by that people are bound to have it. PAILVERB, are congratulating them selves, while they are forced to endure the rigors of a cold winter, that there will be conipeniation next summer for the enormous piles of snow which cover the face of the countrithis winter. These will replenish the streams and springs on which the tiller of the soil depends for his supply of water. Last summer, there was a general drouth ; the coming RlM me, whatever may be its lack of rain, cannot affect the huge supply which matt ing snows-Twill drive into the bowels of the earth; to be digested there into draughts of health and refreshment from -every spring of our region. So much for ,the effects of a winter of , snow on the water supply of the coming summer. Tax Washington gositips love to report the quarrels of prominent men, When there is a scarcity of this stock in the • market, they invent quarrels. Thus no. He was nerver'cutt more out of the whole cloth than that whiclitays the superanu , sted justice SWATNE, of the United States Supreme Court. has, declared that* will not resign his position till the OATES administration goes out, in order that Serstmsv MAT-mews may not be appoint ed in his place. Such a palpable false hood should be disbelieved as soon as stated. The beat evidence of its lzOing a falsehood will probably be furnished this month, by justice SvrAysit's resignation and STANLEY MATSUIEWS' appointment, The • rumor now is in Washington that this is the course decided upon. THE gruwth of a manufacturing interest in the Smith is a healthy and hopeful sign. A diversifitd industry is as valuable for Gcot.gia and So n th Carolins t :as for Pennsylvania and lassachusetts The cotton manufacture o Georgia shows by the present CensaWawincrease of 135 per cent. over that of 1870. The ifs - Crease in 3la4sachusetts for ;be same time is but 70 .per cent. The cotton mills of Georgia now employ 6,678 hands and have 200,074 spindles. They consumed: last year. 67,- 874 bales of cotton, against 24,269 iii:lB7o, There is no reason why cotton shnuld. not be manufactured where it is grown, to an extent at least to supply the local market. The lung, hot summers of Georgia are uot'favorable to continuous work in cot ton mills ; and o n that account at least!the Northern manufacturer will always have a eonsiderablej advantage over 'Southern competition in the general market: TIIE election of JAMES G. FAIR to the United States Senate from Nevada calls attention to the fact that the wealthy ele ments of society in this country are,ob }taining a large representation in that The disposition on the part of the people, to allow moneyed interests to use thenr4t the polls is becoming alarming., It is not a good reason to vote -against a man because he.is rich. But if he is only rich, and does not possess the knowled, culture and eloquence essential to the creditable representation of a State in: the , Senate, he ought not to be - elected. The Senate has not yet become whatt lively cotemperity, we think theilr&klyn Ea gle, calls a "bureau of millionaires," but it . is advancing. m that direction. The fault. lies with the peOple. They are allowing this thing to be done with the power in 'their hand's to prevent it. If they permit this thing to go on until it develops into the misfortunes n aristoc- . racy of wealth in power alivais inflicts on a people, they will pay a natural penalty for,their relaxation of vigilance. ' E DEMOCI . ISIC OBJECT It is impossible to put but one in terpretation upon the passage of the refunding bill, because its'torms, end the utterances of WOOD and RAN rum. for the Democrats, and WEAv El. BI AND,and others for the Green backers, admit of but one interpre tation. It is an assault upon nation al tkreilit under. cover , of refunding the maturing debt. It . proposes to float a loam of $400,000,000 repre sented by 3 per cent. short term bonds, and to ensure the placing of the bonds compels the national banks to deposit them to secure their cir- culating notes. But thc.conditions imposed upon,the hanks are so much in the nature of •an outrage that the effect of the bill would be a steady contraction of the currency until it shotild reach ‘ at least $200.000 1 000. Nobody believes that the business o the country would bear such a con• traction as that without entailing disaster. By the law 43(1874 the circulation . of the banks was mule to accommo date itself to the active demand for miiney. At certain seasons ref 111,6 year the demand for monerfalls'bff, very considerably, for reasons quite obvions. The act of 187.1 . authorizes the banks to retire a portion of the .volume of their not at any time upon depositing in the •Treasury l a like amount of greenbacks? This e - ables the hanks to decrease theit e -- penses so - fir as the tax on *cilia tion is concerned, and since the de- . posit of_Vi and 4 per cent. bonds the banks have,depended upon this relief to avert positive loss. The law has been highly • commended by financial ,men, not only here, Imiteverywhere; because it gives just that to the currency which responds . to the laws of trade. But the refunding bill repeal 4 the act of 1874 in this partic.ula'r, 4 and compels the banks to redeem their notes as they can, get : posiession of them, or' not at all. The effect of this repeal would be to keep ths circulation pretty nearly at its maximum without- referencej to the effective demand for money, and to keep the burden of the tax steadily on the banks withouVrefer ence tolhe business of • the , country. The national binking system is the best-e_ver devised, here or else where; and is'so regarded 'among the ablest financiers the world over. 'lt is in no sense a monopoly, because any five men can organize a national bank anywhere, upon appliCation and the deposit of bonds to secure circu lation./ It is a system of free bank ing, but unlike the old system it re quires the absolute, security of note holders., It is a system or banking in which every dollar issued is Tepee, sei3ted by $l.lO deposited in the IT. S. Treasury. Hence it is as safe as a coin circulation, or absolutely safe. The function of banks, when legiti mate, is to distribute the currency. We could not distribute the currency direct from the Treasury if we want ed-to do that, but it, would be neces sary to create depositories in every vill , ge where now there is a bank, and at considerable cost ° and risk. Had the Democrats set out openly to destroy the national banks they could not have devised a better plan to effect their purpose than the refund ing bill. - It strikes at the root of national credit by rendering the re- 1 fiinding of the maturing debt uncer t3in, and in attacking tbe banks it atrikes.at one of the most, potent agencies by which . ..national credit, has been maintained, .We cannot reascluebly . doubt that the refMidlog bill was frained'Ui destmoY the bank* its a mist . step to the reiratuguratiou Pf a - ildidl* banking arsielnliOna as: that which.: itausied ;the dreadful 601- la of 1857'. • -Thatandene,y to mad tipeeigatiou 'is very marked at - this time. • The aorta '-toieonsolidii i te railway systems and ielegrapli . dines, and the mania for constructing railroads,: which be gin at_prosE . tective centres of popula : tioti and lead . nowhere, have experi enced a 'marked revival of late. These 'reckless enterprises, cannot be prosecuted without money. The national binha are too wise to im peril their esistertee by joining ,in such schemes. hence they must be destroyed; and in their place it is in tended to create such banks as those which disgraced Penn3ylvania . and the West 1/A 1857, *banks. without a dollar - of real capital and altogether irresponsible: The peOple do not de; sire Such a destructive ilarige as that. j They do not desire any change what k ever unless it, be for the better. The - - Democratic object-id-tido, simply be cause rule is denied .the Democratic. party. Rule-is Denied that party be cause it never ruled wisely. No man can stuid up and mention "a single line-of policy ever originated _and' carried out by that party of which it is not to-day ashamed. The people t id .o not trust is ' Its leiviers are reels less men like: FERI , FAN'DO: WOOD, or political shams S. J. RANDALL, orchronic frau4 l , like' WM. A. WAL LA'CE. The refUriding bill isa . fair sample of Democrat c capacity. - That, is, the capacity to destroy, and the incapacity to build util: • • THE' FIGHT FOR titigrATou ;ere has-been but little.changuin.tbe aspect of the struggle for Unkte4 -StitAs Senator'since biir last isSue. 'The Senate and House: have met in-joint conyeirtion each day and ballottcd. The ballots tak en up to Tuesday evening were as fol 104 :. lid. Vt. h. 4th. 81h. tith. 7th. 80. 95 91 85 89 71 73.,,(80 Scl 56 ,52 54 ..82 49 , • 47 92 93 ;"92 •92 * 4 Cl 16 .82 1111 4 2 1 4 24r 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 . . 4 3 EIECIE El= Wallace EZOIN Snowden = ll:ewster Baird MEIRIMIII Anew Ilewit: Curtin. MEI Glilallan MEM On Monday afternoon a cauens of the GnoW men was held at which fifty-thi ea members were present. • Senator GEORGE V. LA . WISENCE, of Washington County, presideiiii 7 -.and - Representative I. V. -ilitowN, - of Erie,.was secretary. On as- , sinning the:_' - iChair Senator LAWRENCE stated that the meeting was for the pur, poselof-fa'cilitating the election of a Unit ed States Senator, and, if possible; break hill up die Present .dead-lock. • With a view to effecting that it was proposed to submit a nuinber of names to . the other side from which a: compromise' candidate might be seleeted.l Among. those name d and who failed tO obtain the necessary two4hirds vote were Jour CESSNA, Sena tor DAVIESri. LOUDON SNOWDEN, GLE:4= NI W. ScoviELD, and Speaker- Htwlrr: A committee, consisting of Senator DA- N7ES, of Bradford, and Representatives NILES,. of Tiotra, and ROBERTA, of Mont gomery, was appointed to report the ac tion of the meeting to Chairman M.c.NEtt. of the regular caucus, and, of possible, obtain an sutler fromh im to be acted upon at anoth r -meeting to beheld Tues -1 day morning at nihelo'c ock. The com mittOb met iunedi tely after abjourn ment and prepared the following commu nication : - HAM - USDVita, Pa., January 4. To Mt L.n. Hog Chairman of thi Ztc- Imblican Cancui el the Senate and House of /Representative - We, the undersigned, have be . enappointeid a com mittee to Inform you, and through y Oil the friends of- Henry W. Oliver, .1 r., that.the.ltepublican Sena tors and Itepre.entatives who declined to participate in the puma will unite with you and th e friends of Mr. Oliver on the clectiou,of any of the following named - gentleinen—to with : ChM ro be A. .tiw, treorge Sidra& Wayne• MacVeagl t , . Thomas N. Bayne, Joseph Wharton, John Stew rt, Charles S.. Wolfe, and wo-re - siketfully solicit siztur meepers; Lion in the election orsomc one of the number to the office of United States Senator. This communication was '-'siihmitted to, Senator MeNEtt.i. by Mr. DAVIES; who reqUested an answer .by nine o'clock Tuesday morning. This action of the an ti-caucus people prOduced- excitement. Jest_what action was taken by , the sup porters of Mr. OLivpu with reference to the conimunicatioti from Mr. Gnow'm friends, we have not learned at the time of:going to pies this, Wednesday, even ing: • As the ballot taken in. the joint con vention on Tuesday afternoon, did not differ materially from those that have preceeded it, it is.fair to presume that the proposition for a coinprotaiso had been re jected hy,Mr. OuvEß's friends. • . Oun Senators in Congress do not intend to allow any vote to be taken on i the ques- . tion of Senator Kr.mooo's seat, unless BUTLER and lisiirros, of South Caroli na, BROWN, of Georgia, PENDLETON, of Ohio, and the other Democrats Who have agreed to vote - with the Republicans, can be depended on to stick to 'their -Pledge. SALISBURY, of Delaware, is very foolish to press this matter at this time. With ManoNE, of Virginia, the Republicans can control the next Senate; even without KELLOGO*VOte. They can, b'y methods wellicnow_i2 in' psrliamentary practice,. prevent a - Vote " being taken this session that would be adverse to KELLOGG. But even if KELLOOO should be Unseated, that event would be followed by such an over ! hauling of Democratic credentials that would astonish. our Senatorial friend from Delaware.' "Let the gentleman on the other side," said the lath Senator CRON. LER, of Michigan, "show ni how to va cate seats:in this body if they dare." We hardly think it will be allowed, Sven if theydare. EDWARD A. BOTHER'S, the comedian, Is dead, after having occupied for many years a prominent position before the Oro ple of the two continents, and haVing in spired more laughter, perhaps, than any other man'of his time. His talents were great and versatile, his performances 214 plate with' originality, and the practical jokes in which he delighted were of a boisterous but not malicious nature. His death will be sincerely mourned by thous. ands to whom he has given pleasure. Orin of the most,prosperous and prom ising of recently-established American in dustries ie r the manufacture of silk. Dur ing.the pat year the production of silk fabrics exceeded thirt y million dolbus in value, and it is steadily increasing all the time. Not only is the gdalitY or the , do -medic - fabric improving, 'but the preju es against it in Ivor of foiolgo is being broken down. " Hos. A. It. 11. STVAEFis believes 'that the !Rai Is WWI° per its Osbts, end inottlito *Attie kali a/420"000itt tbe*ge ot,fostleseent. isibubli4 'Kiwis"; If liblbollt w • lend the auto it largos $l/0.10000. BM _the MAIM ;Pree..*: It re: nudes for a Waebh2gteeteerreependect of the Chicago Mils to Amore, OM 13em= tor 11tutrice has joined Senator Ceitsaost to elect Mr. 11. lY Oursit to the Semite. Tire usual proposal to mak...Philadel phia the capitol of.the State and the seat of its legislation has been again• brought forward, not, however, with say . greatly improved prospect of mots& HARRISBURG LETTER. Special Correspwlents Oi Tea UMPOSTXII. HARRISBURG, Jan. 22, 1:':1.---The tAeg islative au&Senitorial ball of this week opened on ?donday evening with a brief session of the House, at which no bus'. 'MSS of 'special Interest was ' transacted, Ondethe meeting of the Democratic cau cus to nominate a candidate for !Jolted States Senator. The caucus met in the State Library after the .House adjourned, about 8 o'clock, when 12 Senators and 78 unimbers of , the House responded to the call. An oyganization was effected by electing 13enator Wolverton, of Northum berland county, chairman, and Senator Groff arid Representatives Rhoads and Cassidy secretaries, When Senator Hall, of Elk county, moved to proceed to the nomination of a candidate for United States Senator, Senator Gordon, of PhDs- . delphia, indicate& a disposition to go slow, with a view- to taking advantage of the trouble among the Republicans ; but after a brief discussion the motion of kren ator Hall prevailed. A number of Candi 'dates were the 6 placed in nomination and a ballot taken, with the following resulps William A. Wallace, Q 5 ; Char. It: Buck alew, 5 ; W. R,Corbett, 3 ; Samuel Hep burn, 2 ; It. L. Johnson, 1.; Charles E. B4le,- t ; John Handly, 4. Mr: Wallace was;loclared the nomiriee, wheti the cau cus giourue4, to-meet at the call of- the chair. On Tuesdsy morning atilt o'clock both branches of the Legislature . assembled with an air of having nothin gin the ry of legislation to do, all interest appealing to settle in'the Beriatorship, the battle for which was to formally open in . the afternoon. _ln the • House the speaker announced that ho hasigned Warrants for new elec tions in the districts, which .N. Boyd, of 3lontgomery, and J. C. Whaley, of Clinton, had been elected, but.whohad =3 i 1 since the election died. The date is fixed on the 3d Tuesday Of February, the day oT the spring election. The Senate was called: to order by Lieu tenant Governor Stone, with a full attend ants. of Senators, who listened reverently to the beautiful andjmpressive prayer of the 'chaplain, Rev. Irvine. Several peti tions were presentedking for legislation on the liquor question. A bill was intro aced relating to insolvent. traders and Abe administration of their estates. This :;is a bankrupt act,. prepared, under the di rection of the Board of Trade of Philadel phia, and approved'by the Law issocia tion_of that city. Also, an act ex t ending the time for the completion of railroads in which $300,000 have already been ex pended, but,to avoid speCial legislation it was made to apply to all railroads in the State that are uncompleted. ' Resolutions were passed upon the death of Senator Paulson, of 'Allegheny, and eulogies. by his successor, Senator New myer, and several other Senators,' when the Senate,a4journed until 13 o'clock` . in the afternoOn. At 3 o'clock-Lieutenant Governor Stone called-the Senate to order, and in a few moments the -first and..only ballot of the day for as ' proceeded with; re-' suiting as follows : Oliver, 20---Messrs. -Aniholt, Boggs, Cooper, Grady, Greer, Herr, Jones, Keef er, Lantz, M'Kight, Mylin, New ell, Newmyer, Norris, Reybuni; Roberts, Royer, Smith, Upperman. Wallace received 16—Messrs. Alexan der, Beidelman, Cochran, Craig, Gordon, Groff, Hall, Hereter, llolbe s n, Laird, Millenry, Nelson; Ross, Schnatterly, Shearer, Wolverton. ' • . Grow received 12 votes—Messrs. Da vies, Emery, Everhart, :Kauffman, Lnw rence, Lee, M'Cracken, Seamans, Sill, Smiley, Stewart, Thomas. • • Agnew received 1 vote—Re. Parker. The Senate then adjourned. The House convened promptly at 3' o'clock. , The members' 'seats were' all filled, ' and all the places available, for spectators were occupied by deeply' in terested •people of both sexes. The roll of members was called and all responded. A_ number of names of gentlemen who had been nominated its a matter of compli ment were then '4ithdrawn. The roll call then proceeded as followit 'The following'voted for Relay W. Oli ver, Republican:: Messrs:Baldwin, Bell, Benedict, Billingsley, Boyce, Brown W.- C., Burchfield, Campbell A. 8.,. Chad wick, Clark, Colborn, Courtney, Davis, Deverens, Edwards, Eshelman, _Flinn 'William, Grench, Garrett, Gelman, Gin grich, Graham, Hall', Harvey, Hazlett, Hill, Holman, Hoofnagle, Rohn, Rulings, Kneass, - Knowland, Long, %fans-, field, !iteration TLC., M'Clarran, M'Clee ry, M'Coy, Mier, Mitchell, Molineaux,- Moore, Morrison j. W., Myers L. N., Myers S. 8., Nebinger, Nesbit; Parkhill, Patterson,, Peoples, Pollock, Potneroy, Port, Reynolds Jno. A, Rice,, Ringgold, Romig, Seely, Seidel .1. 8., Server, Slack, ISnader, Sender, Spence, Steen, Stewart, Thompson A. F., Thompson - Lee, Town, Voegtly, Nrodges, Walker, Yarger, Howit AV. T. DAviitg, W. IL RositHTB. H. NICHOLS, ...Committee. SE The folloWing voted for Hon. Galush& ! .Independent . Republican : Messrs. .13raham, Britton, Brown Isaac 8., Derickson, Ellis, Emery, George, Hardison, Hayes, Hierliby,lfillis, Boyer, Hungerford, Landis, La n Touche, Love land, Lowing, Maelay, Mapes, Marsh, M'Dowell,. ' M'Ree, Millbam, Montgomery, Morrison, Ellis, Neil, Nile* Pearce, Perry, Phillips Thomas, Potts, Reynolds W. N., Roberts, Silvetthorn, Stubbs, TapAga' rt„ Tailor, Tubbs, Tyler, Wayne, White; Wilion,Wolfe-44. The following voted for William A. Wallace, Democrat : Means. Ackerman, , Ackley, Aziermin, Bierly, . Blackford, Boland, Boyle. Brant, Brower, Brown J. L., Bruner Buttannore, Ciunpbell Cassidy, COolbangh, Donahoe Wm., Don ahue John, Drum, Elliot, Erdman, Eves, Pounce, Fenlen),Flynn James,Fry, Furth, Gerstner, Gephirt, Hackett, Hamm, gins, Jamison, Judge, . I CeneY,Pdttle?. Lerch, Liggett, Lockwood,Lorab;Mackin, Macßeynolds, Marshall James 8., Martin,, M'Cachsan, M'Cloakey, M'Nultr, M'Ear lan, Milliken, Murray, 'Keeley, Newbalter, Noble, O'Neil John, O'Neill Patrick, Pe terson, Phillips ly, Rhoads, Hiegel, Robinson, Scanlan, Schlichni,' Scholl, Sae' Charles A;, Sie gir, Snyder, Staler, Storm, Vanderslice„ Wagner, - WestfaU, -Wiest, lifonsidler, Woodruff, Zero, -7f. • • !MEM= MERMMMiSM 111 r. tindliiiiitioted *413001* , di &War; Kr: Istr Yoted for MscVea ardidi*Oted HOW , CO* BO* DuriaSS** l o l 4 6l t7'Per 64 Cii :4l -4 maintain * i4 - -tim voted PO****l ilk:ltalie wee eft The only 1210 *OW4in4 4l: •ib4l pat were made, br Bes!7.'wbo asked and obtahied - leAve is Ble their seeseee for vottug as ukr did. ,R The speaker then.announced that Hen ry W. Oliver; Jr., had ' motifs& 75 Sotes; wm4m 4. wins «, 77 votes, "dohs A. Grow '44 votes, B." 11; Brewster . 1 Vote, Wayne IteeVeagh .1 vote - and it. t Baird 1 vote, and that no person having received. "majority of all , the votes cait, the hid would be noted on the Journal; thereupon Mr. Previa" arose =and mired 'that as William. A. Widisoe - had received more y.tes than any other candidate - he be de dared elected unanimously. [Loud laugh ter and applause.] s - The' House then idfourned. Thus ended the first day's efforts .at making a United States Senator. J On - Ntedneadly the hoists met at 11 o'clock a. 31., and after fixing a session for Thursday, January 27, at 0 o'clock, to . eulogize the ; deceased memhers above noied, took a recess until 1,1:55. A few moments before 12 x. the Sena tors were escorted to theta of the .House by a committee of that bed*, when the joint contention to. ballot for Senator was called to order. Lieutenant Governor Stone then announced the Occasion that had brought their together, and. directed that the journals'of the Senate and House of the preiions day be read.l It appear ing from the jorfrnals that the same per son had not received a majority of all the votes cast in each branch voting separate - ly, Gov. Stone announced nod when the joint conv,ention,proceed' ed to a first ballot, which resulted exactly as did that of the previous day, as follows : IL W. Oliver, jr., 05 ; W: A.•Wallsee, 93 ; G. A. Grow, 50 ; B. 11. Brewster, 1 ; Wayne IlacVeagh4 ; C. Baird, . 1; Daniel Agnew, 1... . • . A 'second ballot was liadwith a like re sulk-when the joint-convention adjourned until Thursday at 12 In the Senate on Wednesday the stand ing committees as arranged' by/President pro tetn. Newell were announced. Sena tor Davies hs'ehairman - of the committee on retrenchment and reform, and a mem ber_of the comtnittees on judiciary getter -01 (of which he was ehairmaint the last session), public printing and library. Senator Grady offered a resolution pro viditig" for the appointment Of a committee of flve to examine the laws of the State in regard to fire and life insurance, and draft a bill to regulate existing evils. The res olution was adopted. - . On motion of Senator Cooper the Pres ident pro tem. was placed on the commit tees of finance, railroads, municipal affairs and corporations. Senator M'Neill presented a bill allow ing saving banki to consolidate. Senator Hall presented a bill relating to waste in oil wells during legal contro versies over their ownership. " Senator Wolverton presented a bill •to fix salaries of Judges of Stipreme Cmirt also to appropriate s3,ooofor a monument over the grave of Goy. Simon Snyder. • Senator Norris presented an act relating to. the , military of the State. The Chair appointed Messrs. Grady, Rayburn, Greer, Cochran and Craig ais the committee on insurance , created by Mr. Grady's resolution. Adjourned. The proceedings in the Senate on Thurs day previous to the meeting of .the joint convention were brief and not of special importance. Several bills were introduc ed, which Will' be noted hereafter as pro gress is made with them. The chief clerkwas authorized to pre pare a skeleton map of Pennsylvania for apportionment purposes. - An afternoon seasic/ of the Senate as devoted to the consideration of resolntiona. on the death.ot senator Elliott, of Phila delphia, and the pronouncing of 'eulogies . upon that gentlemen. The session of the House on Mhursday before the meeting Of the convention was' consumed in announcing the' standing committees. • The House and Senate then went into joint convention, Lieuteruant Governor Stone in the chair, and proceeded to bal lot for United States Senator, there hav ing been no choice on the - day previous. Th# vote stood : Wallace, 92 ; Oliver, 91; Grow, 53; Snowden, 2; Brewster, 1; Mac- Veagh, 1; Baird, 1; Agnew, 1. Senator Boggs was paired with Law rence and Senator Royer with, Wolverton. Hobe and Clark, orPhilachdphia,loted for A. Louden Snowden. Messrs. Herr and Mapes moved to pro ceed to a second ballot, which resulted as follows : Oliver, 88 ; Wallace 92 ; Grow, 54; Snowdeb, MacVeagh, 1;- Hoyt, 2; Baird, 1; Agnew, 1; Brewster, 1. Montgomery, of Mereer, and Seely, of Lucerne, voted for Hoyt. ; Toxin, , Hazlett, Parke arid Yarger, of PhiladelPhis, voted for Snowden. These were - the only changes from the previous vote. - . In the House on Friday morning; be fore the joint convention, over one hun dred bills were introduced, which wiffre ceiire >proper attention as they come up' for consideration. . In the Senate at the same time, among this bills introduced was one fixing the regular session, of the Suprime Court in . Philadelphia. • The joint converitlon was egain called to order promptly at 12 o'clock M., when the fifth ballot for Senator was had, re sulting : Oliver, 89 ; Wallace, 8V;-Grow, 52; Baird, 1 ; Agnew, 1; Hewit, 1; Mac- Veagh, 2 ; Snowden, 1--total, "84;' seven gentlemen having pared off. On the an nouncement of this ballot the convention adjourned to meet today at 12 sr. The sessions of both Senate and House this morning previous to the , convention were of short duration, and very litthr business - was attended to; quite a miniber •of Senators, and Representatives having pared bet; were absent. At 12 o'clocik the convention was 'called to order,' when the sixth ballot for &inter was taken, as fol lows,: Oliver, 71; Wallace, 68; Gioir, 49; Remit,: 2 ; MacVeagh, 2 ; Snowden, 1 ; Curtin; 1; Agnew; 1; Wolfe, 1--total, 196, This came, out as on the day before, Fri day, except . that Mr. Bierly changed from Wallace to Curtin; Mr. J. B. Seidel from Oliver to - liewit,' and 14 Woodruff from Wallace to Wolfe. The Greenback , party being Omit Henry Carey Baird recei ved no votes. If those pared and absent had been present- and voted the ballot would bare stood : Oliver, 944.. 5 .Wa11ace,. .91 ; -Grow, 53 ; Merit, 3 ; Mai„Yeagh,•-2; Cur tin,. 1; Baird, 1;' Agnew, 1; Snowden u l ; Wolfe, 1-;-•total; 248. On the announcement of this ballot the convention 1141141104 to meet on Monday at -12-e'elockst.,,:whe voting will be resumed, and continue, in aocordance with the 'law goverain,g the election oft Sena -tors, every le lattve day until acme per son Is choseti tosuccead Idr, Wallace. _ Cuasswatook Wi _STATE NEWS,;± • • . amoeba* StateCo* . , WO:A iineitron'thi itiat* ll o ll oo o . 4.3l64 ; '- . ?atei*Sari'llairst. user riot, hisharh - taratit 4:filth* bcpar'iiio,3l 7 - _•:"—BeaveicotiiitybiLsboeianialisl l toni,the Mender and was thrown fartherest from the track, a distance of abbut four rods, while the express car in which the metisenger rode was next to it. The postal car contained four clerks. It almost instantly took ! fire and burned with great rapidity ; the oil lamps used probably exploded, and their infianimable contents came in contact with ,the fire in the stove. Every man' in this car, four in all, were burned . to it crisp. The remains of one -man who had weighed over 200 pounds were gathered up 'and deposited in a small box. Henry C. Brewer, of Elmira, the' iaessenger, was in the express car. Efforts were at once made to relieve hid by break-, ing a hole in a side door. He man aged' to get his, head thrdugh this bole, but his legs were fastened in side by the piled up inais cif, express matter. The train men made great efforts to pull him out,,but the flames drove them away. It was noticed _that his hair and whisker* had been burned off. He put his hand up to his eyes and, receding; disappeared In the fiaiires. The postal-car victims must have perished very quickly, as not a sound came from the wreck to denote-their presence.. The names of the dead are: 'Joseph Reidinger, mail ageat, and Henry C.*Brewerfexpress agent, of Elmira ; mail-agents- Sevbolt, of Mount Hope, and Ingraham, of Bing hamton, and mail-weigher Fox; of! New-York. - The remains were taken to Owego, where an inquest Was held on Monday and Tuesday. - A number of passengers were more or less bruised and cut,, but none , were seriously injured.. All of :the mail matter in the postal car was de stroyed, as was the express matter in the express car. Nearly all of ..the , baggage waslsaved. r . As soon as .possible after the acci dent, telegrams were sent to Oiego and Elmira for assistance, and Su= perintendent Cable, as soon as possi ble, ordered an engine from Waverly to go,to the scene and drasi back‘the cars remaining on the track , from the fire to prevent them burning. Engi neer Fuller ran the enging backwards at ,the rate of sixty miles per hour, and saved the six Pullmans and one day coach' by hauling them over the ties. They:mete all somewhat scorch ' ed, and the rescued day coach , con siderably 9:lamed. The Owego fire department under 'Chief Purple bad been summoned and were soon ac vompanying a wrecking train from Owego, while rindmaster. W. B. COf fin had made nt. a wrecking-train at 'Elmira by order of the •Superintend ent, and they reached the scene . Of disaster about, sa. m. • . The„force from the wrecking trains made expeditious work in bringing as much order as possible but of cha os. Superintendent Cable being self possessed and . deliberate in every or der given, :exercised the utmost good judgment in directing the forces and putting the track in condition for trams, 3 4, and 5, to run with as .lit. tle;delay as tangible. U. S Express . Superintendent Mitchell was on hand and by the Assistance of agents Scott, Harris and Corps, of Owego, enocalded inesebsg,l4 Muth pre matter and_egdnablea entntited to their trinapnrtation as cold ;to ex pected under the cheummenc% about $16,900 woith of andtild-coin vas pond - from the express , safe and packages of Ws, of which will be in condition to be renognieed by theltreeenry Department and wilt be refunded. • Baran. Six Faanasoo, Jan. 23.—The *amer Oceanic brings dispatches from Slutnghai. to December 3) and Yokohama to January 8. 'The lowing from the latter place is of in "lnd twelve months from the date of the order. given for its eon-. structioni the first division, twenty three miles, of the railroad in Yeso, the northernisland of Japan, was. opened to traffic, and trains are now run daily at a profit. The line is froni Otartmaiharbor, on the west coast, via Lappard, the capital,to the west coast, via L Papparo, the 'capital, to the Paroni coal fields. It cost $20,- ooa per mile, which includes rolling _stock, motive power, machinery for I terminal repair .shops, etc. The En glish Huai ...built between Tokio. and Yokohama cost nearly $200,000 per mile, and it took five years to com plete eightee.n miles. The japanese officials are greatly encouraged by the prospett of an American system, of rapid transportation. This is the American railroad in Alga, and was constructed nnder the direction of Joseph M. Crawford, a gennsyl -Iranian, all of whose assistants ,are Americans." A Fall Throaga as lr.levalar Plt... WILLIAMSPORT, January 24.-4., terrible zecident occurred to-day at 4 the large furniture ware-houie of A. H. Heilman it Co. in this' city. A man named Howe ll, engaged on the third' floor, who was in the act of', placitg a dressing-case on the eleva tor, forgot that it was open, and with the piece of furniture in his hands he stepped backward in the pit and fell a distance of thirty-five feet. In the ' descent it is supposed be turned coin- , pletely around and landed on his - feet, breaking the bone of tholeft leg Abovo the ankle and_ sending it • through his boot. The other leg was also broken, and he was seriously in jured about head and 'shoulders and probably internally, as he he is A heavy man and must have struck the ground with great force. He was picked up as soon: as possible and taken to his home where physicians were summoned, but it is feared that - his injuries may prove fatal -- on Ac count of his age, which is about six ty-five • Deal at 111: SCRANTON, January 23. — 7 Daniel O'Brien ' familiarly known as " Uncle Dan," who settled' in this valley when Sertntoh was but a hamlet, died yes terday- at the Poor House. By well authenticated data it is learned that he was 111 years of age. Forty yeats ago he was - a well-to-do resideht of this locality and up to 1870 was a drayman. On account of his age he was then obliged to give up-all work and a, few years ago was admitted to the Poor House.- He was a well-pre served old man - and after his admis sion to the Almshouse paid occasion al visits - to this city to meet -his ac quaintances. He had a remarkable memory and never tired of relating incidents of the revolution; in Ireland in 179r . 3 and was - anxious tb_liKelong enough to participate in a fight, for her freedom. - Always /attired 'in a blue coat, he created conside ra ble in terest rhener:ei he came to the city by reason of his odd app earance and sprightly step. . : _ • Cleopatra's Needle. , NEW'YORK Jan. 22.—The Alex andria, obelisk *as placed—over a pedeital in - Central ParOciray, be 7 tween ,000 and 10,600 people wit nessing the, operation. Among ,thisse present were Secretary' of the ,Naiky Goff, Secretary Evarts, members of the Park''Commission,' CollectOr Merrit and 'representatives of the Masonic fraternity. A guard of sail ors and marines from the Navy-yarl headed by the Marine Band formed a cordon around. the 'monolith. A few minutes after noon Lieutenant CoMmander- Gorringe gave the sig nal, and the pillar was quickly raised from a horizental" to a.perpendicular position, amidst the enthusiasm of the spectators: Timm; were no for mal ceremonies. Themonolith s ls to be lowered tight - inches before it fairly rests on the pedestal. Taus Nike. e4o;000m0cr. NEW HAVEN, c 'Conn., an. 21. J - Roellof Von Barea, aged thirty-live, a - Hollander, who has resided. in New .Haven with his.wife and child for six' months, has falleit'heir to twenty-five to,forty million' dollars by the death of his great,/ grand uncle atißotter dam. Von Baren says that he was 'formerly a Catholic priest, but after= yards 'renounced that faith, and in an altercation - --over- the matter killed a in selrdefence. Under the advice of the authorities he went to London, married an English wo man, and lived under the name o: Johan Spier, the name he retained in . this country. He has) lived here mainly on charity. Heavy Wall of snow fat New 0 rlear NEW OBLIANs, Jan. 23.—At 11 A. it. there was a slight sprinkling of snow, which 'continued at intervals until 31 o'clock, at' which hour the... snow-fall - became rapid,. continuing until 5 P. covering houie-tops, wooden crossings and unfrequented streets.to the depth of about a n . inch. u a The mercury is dos : nto 86° mt. iV is growing colder. The snow=fall 0)7 day was the heaviest here for fifteen. years. ' - litraik OIL DENVER, COI". 'ctn. days ago. the Grand Canon. Coal Company struck oil . at - -a depth of 1445 feet near Canon City. Boring had to be stopped until a pump could be put in. ":The well now yields from nye to eight barrels of oil per clay,. and it is thought: that by boring it deeper it will yield a greatly increas. ed volume.. Large Robbery. , • • CHICAGO, .lan.-24..=—At . seven last night three masked burglars entered , the office of- the. South -Chicago Iron and * Steel Works. gagged the janitor, , , named Brooks, burst the safe, stole $l,OOO in gold, $l5O in coin and $9,- 000'in bills. ' Mr. Brooks' statement as above WAS deemed suspicious and . he was arrested. . I. Hotel Dfal Moons Itunkid. Naw YORK, January. 23 —A fire broke out in the dining room of the Metropolitan Hotel at 5:30 (Meek this morning, destroying the interior, The damage by fire was confined to the dining rcom, which was regardel u the finest ill the contry. II