tittoburgit:6natti. • PW 3IIBI 9 6 ' D la • • in MEM Rya teeteo daDIATION 111171180M413110E11BER 29, 1884, Wtft ainde bted to oso cop; of thi Second Annual 13° I lit ' ESq " Reportfires nnual the tridon League of rinrisirr.VANl.lA LAND SCRIP. 111 c, W. IL- ALpEnc who signs himself c. Agent folf_ the , sale Of the Agricultural jpgd,@celp of. Penn4lrania,” attempt* to answer in the Lidlisdelpila our attkle of Dec.`:l9th.. on the "Behool ....Lana* and {ha 13410,7. ,by Pronouncing _and emy part of It untrue." and then pro- Ceeda to admit tlie 'truth of all and erCry , ._`.lpart_of Our allegailo ns. 'W cdti not know who Mr. Au= maybe; but if ho is no smarter in lien* the Eteliotillanda of of the State Qs/abets in newspaper contno „ -Arersy,-jut As a fair ,soject, for.. the land-, - l elsionleSOrtto *era to lumehini In their jam: -* 'The - male allegistleitser AtUcre went -Vat the general dean:l.-01'AM, iftStfreabili . :, turn was that the. lands' donated. by' Con • gr'solo'thp State should not be. offeredfor eale until sioes_the next Legialahito Atould ,baTo time to act upon the matter;, and that in contravention of this - desire, had . bien been' advertised, and that the scli~me of the - -rand-Pirates to got the Wide' • at a-nominal price under the sale thus ea r , vertised was _frustrated only by the timely sickness of the 'Atidittir Genend. — 'The first of .these 'allegations ALLEN dors not attempt to deny, and the second he answers by saying that the sale was adrer: 'bed Inn Newyork pape;, , and also in onti. paper in each - of the three pities of Philadel phia, Harrisburg and Plttiburgh. ,-- The pa per 'tamed for .llarrisburgla the .'llsrris biirg intfilige!tcer"—it papier that has neer istence, that - We are aware of, and id prob - ably some trifling sheet, chosen because of . . -its obscuri ty. . _tscluding this w llarrt'ibnrg . paper, then, *cl it r ile eans that the as advertised in two paperain !the 'State,-one, fn PhiladelpidiS laid one hrPittsburgh. We-do not say that the papers chosen in those cities for this ad: tertisement areobieure; but we do say that to eonfin r i the advertisement-td those hYcali ties was to adyerUse the sale obscurely. If _there had i s teen any iitirpose to make the eople - ofithe BMW "acqtakintedWitlfth• Met that land, worth a million of dollars w rad be offered for axle for the benefit of he eatiao.,of education, the. fichertfelpetik this Mae:Would lm*e Lemma& as public a. . possible. ..The fact . that it was;bonfined to few papeii itittlirfewioenlitleSjtistijie r s o . -Aruspleknathat - the design was to let as few know of it aarassilile. . .• r Arian' these lands are not, worth I inorelhan - 80185 cents an acre, and that weal fbe average received for all that was sold. ...But he seems to . forget that that la the ic • _iiiteidoxi at bine. • The lei.ds are worth just . 'shat thiry will bring when fairly. put Into market, and onr complaint is that they hero wit bent fairly pot on the marapt., it,hecomes lkoronghly Imori that the hinds are Piesali; we feel satisfied they will. bringsranch hikher mice than his yet been o9ertid3or.:ll4M, But, _whether they will or net, fair play ,ileirutmli that all 'possible ptildielti should ,be given toile tittle. of sale. These lands' wcps dpnapsAtii the State for a ,noble pur pose; and we trust the.l.egislattwo` will see that no ,taint,of.ammigion attache; to the administration of the trust. ; We ,Itaio received from some friend in PLEadel.phia a copy.of'a Memorial toCon . gress on the defects in our present system of recruiting, and stiggesting sundry'changes therein: The main object of the mernorial :.-latsicenta Idle to. abolish the 'prevalent sys , Am:n.ol wertuthig .by means 0f,...10* boun .- Incline:to agree with them . ... The ecerno.riai signed by many of•the dis tioguishcd men-of that city -'2l.:Oajrtein of -obtaining recruits by lrirge Us al linutties. cannot be much longer" kept phi with:too. heavy a hand , on small profieriy-hOlders. • .The main tuggestion •of the memorialists good one„yi,v: . "To divcoursge the buying up of :recruits frcm otttee localities., 'To effect this, the Gotcrumentboanty might'bc restricted to _ those "who receive no local bounty.. Every sub•aistrict . might Iv empowered to claim redit Milts residentS who may.bereafter enlist; no matter to , what place thee may .havo credited %bes - elves. All cmaits for moorel,identa ta would thus be liable to bo COngiess could not doa wiser' thing than to at:ol4.'l3e Put forth to the plan for recruiting Ilawcoca's, new - "corps, to-wit : - It'at eery 'voltinteer 'Shall I. "credited to tht. district in which Ite or iris foray Tide- would effectually 'Uproot the tysitre et local !aunties, be - use vo =teem -could not go .out, of their to enlist, , and there would be no temptation to offer a high price for 'nen outside of the'logaliiy in. . • Whirl they live, It isia 111114: slid ear/. way ofgettiagaTthodillieulty,mul:yretresi' Cowers will adopt ,ii vii-m6ncirailists that the smite ,botintY.Should be s ty* by gperiitnent io dratted men as to volunteers. , it dirt. stult," they ray. ”toree why the :tuan who ..• Chlis44 4 l 4ll 4Out'a aacrifi iresiarded, while the' citizen sAw forced to leave all that he botch (lea'r • sliOuld re , oothhugyin return.-for",, the sacrifice `Yriserhii cenntriktieti or hies. A mod trelelouitty for the drafted man, or soma prenlikos during his absence for those who - Nfty depcaqent upon kim, would deprive "tie:Aran of half its terrors, would cause a muelittiOre general andprompt-resposse to its demandaand Would remove much of the „stigma wtich ,now,separates the conscript - • - fr‘m the 'volunteer.” .Tpers.is a great deal cf three to this; and yet it does not seentiO be fifir to give as Unfelt to the man who Is. ..• .. .....loreettio go-into the; ranks as to the man Who'goeCeifurtiatai.., . . . . '• .finny AitryGo:Vissays: ( !lnConsequente of therecent capture bye , eruisir of a distinguished oilleor of • • Het Majesty's Navy White in command. f a blockade-timber, SeWaril addtessed representations throudit.Lord Lytans to Her Majesty's floyernment which have led to a L.' Isttingent order on the rubjeet. . The ratty haVe caused it • to be notified to the of fleets en&age tl in - th&exeiting and frequent kontable porsulloc r‘ commerce by block . side running that thercannot countenance ...-such an employment or their vacant boom. -• Although all tho officers referred to are on half pay, Uwe.% plainlymost-unbecoming for them, aslong as they drew their half paY;' , .lo engage in acts.which subjected them tO..Pairil and penalties - at the haneof. the aulhoyities.Of., a friendly State, while they, -were the same time-, treating, with con =7- tempt-ilie Qefeen',o prifyclamailon of neutral whirls, binding on all good aubjectabad .repetial claims lo otrienr-stice from officers idler` Majesty's flay: , Tnu - nisi' or SiersitOs.--For gettml loSir,- `,`,011.160 IWO Pillalar-rmilmelltil-tratea of tile 'tees alien of Southern States from the Union' - , Dftael~slpltt'...itSulliCtirolliatilieecaed , December , . Si:Ceded January 9 , Ise ! : ism . • Alabama seceded 7mmary l it 1601. --- Florida; teetded January 11, 1661. " . . Georgia seceded January 19, 1861.- Louisiana toceded January SS, 11;61: - V Texas seceded Maitl - tit, 11. irginia weed 86 ed April PA, IE6I. Month Carolina seceded !lay 91. 1661 Tennessee 'cretin! June 9,1861. . . - . • , , • • ...ft. - re,. . ....---- 4,...••••"•,--,,, u• w.te.•..f. 1 :,•ni..7 • , •••.:;•.'•;..tr...':• - :•" • . , ..".• •••,-1, " ....'".' S.,;"'-1;•-2;',.•-••`-'-""•'10.ir•iy.tcsS-- ..----' - i• ••-•",t•.•'-:•:=,‘WC.• ..7 -idt•'•-•%fi".4;•t;.'-•tAr:4•4•:•"...V•i•Vl:Tet-t2Z-;••..,,Ts"`".''''' ' ....MA . ' .. ..-...' • The Bankreit.lllll. -'11:c bill to provide for & uniform system kankt4tey, *bleb *sic& the Muse of Reinetientativesiat Monday by a majority Of SO innte:beilji the :fienite on Tuesday, 'andNranreferred to the• Judiciary commit tee- ' • - The' bill passedbrtim Rouse appears, 'front a statement bY Mr. Jencken of Rhode Island, who drafted it,,to hare been based upon the insolvency act ofifassachu setts, and is designed to bring the falling debtor and his creditors upon a ground of negotiation and settlement equally benefi cial to bet& Its leading points are let. The discharge of the honest debtor upon the surrender of his property; and 2d, 'Th protectien , of the emitter egaiest the ' frandttlent meetices and recklep tstalliact of his debtor:, The DistriACourts art to be made Courte of Bankruptcy, .nd the bankrupt business, -where there .1.1 no- opposing. interests, Is to ,be transacted by officers to. be celled-regis ' term, s Massachusetts idea, inCorpointed Into the English bankrupt law onset.— When there are opposing* interests, they are to make "Ti the cases for the decisions of the judge. 'llierare tele the hands and • eyes of the tot t, :bat, nro neither , to be clothed witli its power. or its discretion: Reixitring fixed salaries, it will be their _m• 'Serest as well as their duty to 'discourage litigation Creditors are to hare assignees, but the -law ignores the cumbrous ;machinery of ' official assignees, aceounlantk _registry of courts, and accountantsgeneral; ineolven: ' 'cy is a matter.between the haulm:wit and his creditork.arid - tan best be managed by theni under the direction of the Courts. Every question. raised by litigants contesting the bankrupt's discharge Must'be heard and de cided in open court, in which respect this bill differs from other laws: Commlisimiers appointed- by the Supreme Court tire to ec tablish a. code of rules to secure uniforin practice. 'Honest debtors are to receive an allow . sure SO that they may net be turned upon the world without a currepcy-mite, If they have surrendered :their effects for adminia. %ration and distribution Belong their cred it ore.. , rAnother pioyision grres a debtor an op portunity to meet his creditors, and, if they are rathted' of his integrity and ability, to wind up his affuits tinder a trust deed, with the tame effect ash the proceeding had been tonibleb din the court of bhnkruptey. Dress lu Japan The Jalianese women are, in general, much Letter lOoking than the Chinese—the eyes less elongated, and the whole expression of the face more open and free front conning. There, are many, however, whose faces pro- Vidin their Chinese origin, the Offspring, probably, of some of those intermarriages which occasionally take place. Their head dresses and hair, which are objects of espe cial attention, are generally arranged after a very elaborate fashion, and when disposed to their entire satistactioa, are not disturbed again for a dajor two.• The pillow of which they make use is admirably adapted for -keeping the well greased 'and pasted tresses in order. It ismade of wood, and reminded -us, at first sight, of a good sized steremigope. The head rests on a smallroll of linen sir ,paper, like' a sausage in' s ize, which they place at - tbe top,and one.would imagine that a stiff neck next morning mist be the result of such an =refreshing pillow. As we are all, hilwevitr, creatur.es of habit, they most probably prefer that to-which theyy hate al ways been accustomed. The men, like wise, have their head dressed only once in twentj-feur hours, and sometimes at longer . firitervals,, A 'regular Lair dresser arranges \their tread in the morning, invariably select fug the front part of thfihouse-, probably In or- der that th'erindlyidual under his hands may ••be ablelo amnia himself bygazing it the pass,. airs by during' an operation. se tedious and. elahorate. The:entire top of the head, from the • forehead, is always kept shaved , as clean as the faceicif a bearilleis boy, Thereat of the hair, allowed to groWlong,.is saturated With . grease, to which is added a kind-of-gum or paste;„to Male it atilt The locks, thus be daubed, are: en combed miallaroun and tied - at the crown of the head, the :midi sticking together forming a tail piece, which is again doubled babk and lied, plenty - of gem being applied all the time to mate it pliable. When it Is finished, it rests on the centre of the head, a short, suit little tailor knob. The *omen dress very much like the men,with n loose, flowing robe,confined it the waist by a semi. At the back they wear a bundle of cloth silk, the most costly article of their whole attire Every woman, whcther of low -or high-degree, poor`or wealthy;'llwitys, turns . round on pasting another woman; and fixes her oyes on this singular appendage, a scrutiny which ena bles her to judge of the wearer ' s station and Wraith: They redden their lips with a pre lirallon the nave of 'whirl,' ,fs Ity metins of. anotlfef,rnixtrrre, which many a rail themselies of, the,* Fuca olden tinge, t arrearance obwhith striliettine, at tint, ' very t7bien I"rFnners crazed by Suffering. .The 6areili,ott Oticiu) %tulle 1101.410aes 'a letter fmnt a Union officer confined nt CO. lcml4s, : 4 ; in the -course of •waicli h. Tin re are officers among us who. have him two years--many vet- a year. Thy seem, however, - to be o more weary of this eslaenee than we e. I. o hate been pil:-oners only a few months. 1: Is wearbierne to all.. Every day or two e. Imre sozne,rumors of exchange. Often a- we have,. teen deeeited, Mill Hale! will- :log the delusion. - A.few-are partially In.• orilltii.'lmbject —the older prisoner& . liz.ventl. "nen entirely crazy... A. young man, initially insanei often chilli oar eabin,'":ll-. if of Ids place is in the' outsPle... lie commanded a boitery-',.stiljoinitig .m y regiment ettlie time of•ourr capture. Ito real"..ffns Were eapttired before wo were, two with my regtmcnt went ' when it did and -Lieut. Poweliwith them. . This Monting.lizi:cnme in early and'stood in 'the 'Middle of the . 7ooMlll}(ll)TVCii ti ll tile tenet .sloodla&Our eyes. About noon hegart' .. l9, slodped tyilltt' lire, moaned , ' aid spin& We get him out.. and : tete ! the d i onitat ..I.7tinjiir,-While.,.-s talented .man, Ar.loh; had liemune. eitanially deranged, from thinking act Much. • of exchange.ir - ,1 only wonder there are nut IllNl3.;....Our:Golvvmment is denounced' '.14 . ' many for, kivariseg us thus, but rather than . especially that v01i.e402 the proleellonof colored soldiers, 1 aould -choose to remain a" prisoner` yearsioeurne: Yet it milt horrible the very seem, slin'eidell With:then* Mel bayonets armlnil.: l - ' t • • Clean; up therOlialt, Cenvinte t . • An • 16 -I *lal decree lisuelbeen:lsimed,,olOsfirs' certain. convents in plan& It orders that a Catholic 12116111WerieS' and convents;having lea than:eight ;member. , and also - those whose par ticipation In thejate Insurrection was notorious; or has sines been proved, are to be immcillatelY ck sed. The inmates may enter other religions' establishments, or Will be allowed' to go abmad at -tits public Impepse. .The religious establish= scents, which are pot suppressed by this &even,' are forbidden to maintain relationewith either the provincials or generals of their bidet% • The .eontheated property of the MODAIWZIOIS and Con vents will be er.clusivele devoted to ecclesiati tab, educational' and charitable imposes: 'ln pursuance or this decreesirrentpono monasterial and four convents hare been closed on acctmtit of ,not possessing' the . rennialte number of in mates, and thirty-nlne other religions honses on 'account at pirtielpatton • in the Polish insurroc • • , TIM :Sew Orient!, Era says that secordin; to a verdict mdered In the Fruit District Court of New Orleans, a man may, whenever he hi 4 no other way to arouse: himself t throw c ue, , r,ro boy overboard [top 0* steamboat, prevent any of 'his friends from twoeulng the drawing straggler, stand'ntiletly looking on while 11 . 6 goes to the bcittom to rise , no mow, and ix) considered not guilty' , of munleror any other relate. • •- Illebmond A.raln,7l. lull set 'otter routhern papers a roOct eampli•lu takinn bat k sane. of its lies about onrsoldiers. ,It now .sacs of Allanta. , ft tits tilt 'lnformation [bat the 'awellini4-houties in Atlaota 'are in'a much het ter condition than' Was' antielpeted— r tliat , Ulu city park true not converted into et cemetery, - as. bad been reported; ~or were [l.l thinly bilk elm :, flovitteirraletl: . , . (1E244' litnnudoon awl Stoneman are aiming at. 1461 eTiai - of the rebellion In theSouth-westent ;carnet Vl' 'Virginia. , They ire after the salt woike and the trod-works. The machlner; of the IlittUey'hal, at nla aceounts;destroysd.. Unlade ng tins is to the rebela,nlaj be In -fared &VIM tbeorderof Breckinttdze, a few days • NV, on , theautieet of, saving lead. Tax lilloolaCentrtd Railroad le trialdrig an et otktd hay.o46,o24ldia,ViltOrP-Mucwii m spffegtim to Molar. an o etr, as ltitldZ dueetntnt, e 1.000.000 to bond • now Capitol at that •place., The peoole of' Springfield are, In tontegneaco. touch exercised on the subleet. Jealousy In the Seraglio—Fearful Tragedy • In Turkey. A horrible tragedy Is reported in a Coasts a - tlnople letter of the 12th nit. The following are the particulars as thue reported: Djemila Sul tana, the third, daughter of the late-Sultan, now in her twenty-second year, was married to Mat mond debate radii. Ilse position of - a sub ject upon waists the Sultan confers the hand of one of bin thraghters is anything but an enviable !one, as: tie princessea treat the unhappy hus band much In the same way as they- do their ainveei or rather worse, for the latter have not the of appearing inn false 'position. It „lewd' known that tbe hnabanda of the daughters of tic late Sultan—Fatima, Bama and Malaita— have led the moot wretched ofd ves from the arbi trariness and Jealousy of theltwirres. The trage dy which occurred on the 12th Inst. arose from • this cause. - The Sultana Metall; from causes well or Ell tounded,became lesions of ono of her slaves, whom she imagined was regarded with some favor by her hatband. In her highness' rage against the unfortunate girl she ordered one of eunuchs to cut her. head o which was ' done at a.Mroke of his &meter.: Then she de,„ ternalned to extend her revenge to her husband, and oolly. Infected that the girl!, head should be placed under • a cover on the Pasha's dinner table. It is the custom :in Turkey for the male :heads of families .todine apart from their wo i meo. OD the day in question. the Sultana. tad -herself on the diture—..a long 'sofa exte ding :maw theroom—previons to her husban d' en , teripg Vie :dining-room. ..On his artivali 'is eustontary, he .went up to his Imperial age!. and rendered. her the. usual homage. 5 re quested : • bins, to proceed -with:hie • cr. When seated, he called on Alia *eremite res mit to, remove the cover which is thrown' over Metre,' which forms the top of tberable; to his surprise fishy hesitated, and shrank back. The Sultana then called to him to remove IL himself, upbraiding the servants - for their conduct. The unhappy - Pasha, obeying his wife's directions, threw off the cover, and then before him lay the gory bend or the murdered girl. ' Ile reeled and fell back-a corpse. Previous to taking off the 'cheer he bad drunk- some sherbet, and whether thlswae poieoned, as some Imagine, or:that the , shock produced apopiely, has not been :Poor talued,ris no post tuortem examination has been held. It will, of course, be thought that the im peribt murderess was at once seized and pLsCed in the bands of Justice. On the contrary, Diemila Sultana, a pHncoo's of the imperial llLattiy,dsugh. ter of Sultan Abdul Ili edjid, and Circa of the ; reigning Sultan. has up to the present loom rat remained in her hence tuimolesteQ, and the only notice taken of theanatter hi. beta that her Im perial unele it very angry with her. A t.t.soitig r Ilseettalttebutsth.l.k;,.24, 13 NOTICE IS .I.IEItE.BY'OPTEN Agreei t .4.lblyy to Section 2 of the Act of the Generil sembly Of the Comtr.onsrellth. of Pennsylvania,. gratified "An Act en +Ming Banks of the thusmom wealth to PPCOMe AIROCIDeiOII3 for the purpose• of Reeking, under the lows athe United Slides" ap proved the 22d dey of August, A. Is. Itidt tlvit the steerlbilidetti of the Allegheny think, of the pity of Pittsburgh, end comity of Allegheny, hove this Mgr voted to become such on essoetntion, under the "us mo sod title of •.The Allegheny I.fetion3l !link Pittsburgh" nod that its directors Imre preemie. :ed the author ity of the owner* of morn thou tete thirds of the cspitni stool; to make the certincste :full therefor by the lows of the United States. - I. W. COON., el shier. by the steamer Cuba. from Li rex- EW BOOKS. Clloloyal Consul pisa, repo!: Mai our Consul General in Icily ',llihably Fwerard to the Government at Wastungton an accusation against one of our torwuls at a certain point not very far from Timms. The facts of the case are as follow', and Ir trutlifulne - s may be renal upon, niv in fl meta being the gentleman who originally h.thled the complaint tmalmt hint. Thia Con- Is noterionsly dielnyal, and teellned t.) die riay,ibe American ;lag when the 110911 of the rc elce•tlon of Mr. Lincoln reached him. In con- Nemation,yrith this gentleman he heisted that 1 o wouldbare shot "Beast Builer' had ho been In New York uhru that General was In com mand, besides enunciating sentiments not getter ally-rronsidered to be In consonance with any yrry spirit of patriotism. It It said that . cemplaints of a similar character have hither reached Washington,but, for some reason, have net been acted upon. Who the man Is will be made known to the public one of these days.— Cor. Thitadelphia .Press. Allorr the last of August the yellow fever broke out In epidemic form at Galreston. At that time tne population was estimated at from wttio to 1,700 souls, and by the latter part of Oc tub,* when the scourge had almost disappeared, two hundred alp Cy-three parsons had died. PUBLIC XOTICES. lap. PITT TOWNSIIIP.— THIS CITI. TENS of Pttt Township are requested to reed oreFRIDAT EIVENUITI, the 30th inst., at the -OJAI:AND PUBLIO 'SCHOOL HOUSE, to take - tuto consideration the last call of the Presi dent for more troops. . deindt IW' FIRST WARD PITTSIBEROII The Enrolled mea of this Wardre reques ted to meet THIS (Thursday) EVEN&G at 634 &clock, ill the SOH(AD: ROUSE, to revise the Enrollment, and take measures to till the quota Inc the pending ADAMS GETTY, W. B. avisTru, (deflidt) President. •iro-irr-AGSICULTIIRAL.e—THE ANNUAL Electlnn of the ALLEGHENY COUNT' AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, - . be held on IItEDN.MDAT. January 4, 1866, et 11 Wale).* a. lan m.; at No. 68 h larch. A. HERRON. deß3elawtd. Reeottllng Secretary._ ST°43ICHOXPERN'S '.lltilerTh.L- Sloekholrer e . ' 7 U t. th lin e r .PMl7llZ eet ll ‘4I.ZoCTT the ASSOCIATION, will Oa held on - WEDNESDAY, January tt.h. at.lo a. en.. at the rooms, Casette pullets:l, Mak it. S. SCEIOTER, Jn, Clerk. dew - r I:or }Marone, Wrartas PA.,• N0..A1 Fourth St...Pittaburgh, • December trid,l3s4. , litzwriNG Or Te F ►a.J Contributor. to the Douse of Refuge will to, held at the office of the Itualtution,.Ne. Cl I °oath atrect,. Pittaburah, on .110NDAY, the SL ,y of January,ls6s between the hour. of 9 And 12 'elect, to hear the Report of the Board of Bans g,a, and to elect Offloers for the mining you. • deldw .1, IL D. hi-Elagi. Soc rethy. • .lerottasoca Barre (IT PITTNIMM4I, rittaburah,Dee:=.lB64.l • 2 — ,.,,i- , ROTICE.--ROTICE IR lIIERIJIT given. agreeably-to Section:. of the Act of the General Murialy of the Commonwealth of .rwoosylvanke,entitloi,•rAn hot enabling Bang of CA. t.lommonw ealth berome .tasociations for the 2,,0p05e of Ranking under the Laws of the tinted ,tea s " approved the 2hl coy of A. Ir. that the slbehholders of the 3f echa alcolhok .1. Or e thlv day voted.to become auch au &slow fairer', 1.1 that ha Directors have procured the authority. the