pTMILISHED IN 1786. Vittentatt (gazette. CITY ITEMS. To our Ctty Subscriber', Antea are making some changes on ear rout.. In the two einem ■od etetnlty, ■ number of our anheeilberii may tali to realise the paper. If any imet; 'wittiest , * Us address at this office, the gaper will be regularly Rayed tereaftar. Neutral Sulphite of Lime, - preserving ela4. For isle by Marie. Supor, lOruallb, Umber M POVL and St. OW: otroeto, rittainugh. Giod Value - SPeelai BOSOM. In Dry Goods, ort rhsaorth itaat °mar AS Youth and Market streets. • O. HAlcsopr Lair 81. BRO. • A BeOran of Health. TAO good Chiogeot this world hare each the, 4 PPotated =Utica. It L the toltalon of HOSTETTER'S STOILAOII HITr l'ilultOpreven: azidroffores great •artaty of atl- Moots. Tor twelve years its success as • protective and a renedylior hero without cheek or drawback. It is Acts:live erasers. of ithis fact., that the enleacy of the article as a epee.tc for dyspepsia, biliousness, .constrpatloe, nervousness, general debility, and latetmrttent fevSts,has never been questioned. es progrpotilice or Its Infallibutty to such cases. the statements of Phblic men whose names are fa as household words, have from time to time been given to the world. 11 Its ter:nation In not founded to facts, then truth .is a Shade*, and the utterances of coos:den tious salaam are °tin° more value tton oaths." And wlat is Its Seputation I Lot the progress of its isles seswer jthe laqatry. Where twenty ellozins bottles of .ffostetter's Hitters wtrs sold Is / 655 i.Ane hundred &Lien are disposed of now. °Plaid public opinion be more sigulfic *oily es pressed than by its Unparalleled Increase 01 eon imiSptionl It stems Imposalole. Thepreparatton hae been imltsted. Where are the Imitators 1 "Where 1" To the •limbo'. of thing. lost on earth they are all either gone or going. Peace be With them. itoFtetter% Bitters Are geld arholeaete and ratan at vary low rates _et Fleming's Drell and Patent Medians Depot, No. 84 Market street, corner of the Named, near Peurtb street. Elude& Prices. Ail demean!, as Well as other gasket o! Dry Goode, led at Eastern Priem oa the north east earner of liourth tutplarket streets Q. Etaffeen Ltva tt 800. Special, ?twitch to the Ladles Remember for • good Merino, Wool Domaine, -Cashmere, Coburg or Alpaca Lreia, go to Dunlop, Luker Co's, for they haves splendid assortment of Ike sbeye named goods, and tasselling at great -bawl/IEOIIIO very complete stock of Ladles, lame and Children% Furs, which thej are sell ing at IMS ptines than any other house In the - Sy. Semen-be? thaplace L ins Federal street, Allegheny. Fer.the Largest As d most complete Cock of genuine Detre, Pat ent Methane', gLarnmery, Bair OW and Po mades, Combs, Halißruahes, Tooth finuMes and Pure Liquors of CI ' demi Iptions, for medicinal purposes, go to Jcieeph Fleming , . Drug and Pat ent Mencius Lepel, No. be Market .trees, al prices lower than elsewhere In the city. Thomas W. Parry & Co., State Hordes.. an 4 Dealers in &manna Slate or 'Tierlouli colon. Wan at Aneraelen 'Langan's. !near the Water Works. I'lltsburzle. Staideneo. No. 78 Ma street. Orders, promptly attended to. All wore worrnrktod WSW!! Drool. Repalneo Awn at the charnel notice. ro abuse for repairs, -provided the no , es not &Mind after it 10 put on. Board - of Health Our eitloana need to t be alarmed about the -dialers. 'viten our Board of health has eueh a -.l.arge.forinno employed In their "mum and as personal clinollnoss I. recommenced. sawyer's Barber Toilet Soap Abe very thing to offset it. Only ED rents a cake. Its Philosophy ' SOrodont Lan nonacid. Sozodont is an entlpo tKscent. Sorodont Is A tonic. Sorodont Is All vegetable and entirely - tiarmiesc.Lbincy it c ion mica the teethlrom ►cctons concretions, stops tee de -composition of their sidistanee. sweetens tact :breath, stimulates the gums, Anal; tho safest and best !imperation of its class In calmence. For Fine Faehlonable Ladles' Fure. Go to the fashionable and. extensive list, Gant and Lattice' Fur Houma of Win..Fteinlng, No 122 Wood a: rect. Hudson Bap Sable, Mtn k Seale, German Fitch, Sibeiien Squirrel, Water Mink in Cayce, Eugenie Collie., Muff., Cuffs, Learns, Fut Hoods, wadies' Skating Ceps,Genia' Fur O.P. Collars and Gloves. For bargains, so to Woo. tag Wood street Our Army and Nary Victorious rease.olsea more relent supreme ! The grand cen t= of attract.tonat the present time Is :drain. tack's Shoe Store, No. 92 Federal street. He sells the best, the cheapest and the neatest Ulla; boats, shwa and galt . grs, for all ages and both sexes. of 'any Heim West Of tle mountains. Olve friend Rae a ult. Remember 92, Federal street. Carpenter Jobbing Shop ILairtny returned alter an absence of three years In the army, I bare re-opened my chop for all sorts of jobbing In the carpenter Una, at the old stood, 'Virgin Alley, between Smithfield street and Cherry Alley: Orders solicited and promptly attended to. TO nr.evr. Dress Cood epeclal Pulalos for the Boll3aw Conte and .see them, on the north-east conker of Fourth and market streets. Good song), newly, butter notch or Evert°a tan, cocoa nut candy, rose, lemon, pine apple, vanilla and mountain tea candy and tarries. Gaol plums, Epos, raisins, dates and currants, at No. 212 Federal street. A call is solicited. noalsr 011.0. Sntras. Neutral Sax'mite of Lime For preserving cider. For sale by °nears Super Druggsto corner of Penn and 4E. Clair streets Pitubtuib. Extracts teeth Inlthahlt pain, and exchan;es" thr 441 one'(pr ten dollars 3 set. Csa :O. 21.3 Pella Neutral Sulphite of Lime For preeening cider. Igor sale by Charles Super. Vraggisc, corner of Peso and St. (lair Erects, Pittsburgh. Ilia Opened, Clan nest osothieg House, at at Fifth street, vraers •e Offer i 20,000 worth of clothing regardless of at Oak Hall. Ito& im Filler!, Celebrated Cold Pens. au Fazes, for este. Stymie, Senor es . 4:e4-1w street A Collision Between our Forces and the ! • French Barely Averted. , BRAZOS O.II2iTILOO. 81211fillY, Nov, 19, 1885. A remarkable circumstance occurred yesterday morning on the borders'. It appears the steamer 'Taralca, bound from here to Brownsville, was caog p htln the late storm and blown on the Mee k shore, at the month of the Rio Grands, at 3 o'elpck yesterday. It being nticertaln ea to , the probability of vetting the steamer off, it Ma determlntsl to laud the hummers and baggage. Gen'.. N. T. Clark wan on board, as well as a rinrober of other officers,. and a squad of sol dierawito had charge of some prisoners en route to Brownsville. The guard woo ordered to land with their prisoners, which they did, sod, of sxmrse, retained their arms. The Imperial Coat i:nudes t et Bagdad protested agsinet the laud , bait? armed men upon Mexican soil Cram the Argerlean side, when Gun. Clark at once ordered •thelOne Hundred and Eighteenth IT. S. C. L to move, across the river from Clarksville. Before the ,regiment was brought over, ho verer, the Commandant had subsided, and acquiesced In tbenrder of things; and the troops were not re- Vain,. the . • 'lid commandant persisted In his worse. ihn;‘"ball" would now be going on at the Rio Grande; as It Is, It cannot be long ere every eye pitibeturned Menke-ward. „ . • • ~:. . -----,.....- ..• - Ulghway Robbery at Olt Clty. • OW. Cam Dec. 5.-43aturday aboat noon Mr. AM Itioerintendent of the Ocean 011 Comps by,irldrie on his way to Titusville, was waylaid anOroblied of *4,200 la money, and $lO,OOO In 'cheeks.. Two persons fired at him, one bell Taash3g through his band and the other, which ~w rasiabsitdat hts heart font:motel' struck bin 'itatoi'lbus.shvibg kallfe. One of the robbers lbw gmocked blm off hie horse wither club and beim him until he was insensible. No clue line penises discovered of the, guilty parties. Kentaicky Legtalazure: . idirraarrnat.•Dee. n.—The Frankfort; Kea- Ab.ki on organized geaterday by Lhe 41t0 on of riarrison Taylor, Speaker of the aitzge; And Thomas, Clerk. THE lAILY. Report of the Poettaseter-General The following is on abstract of the most Im portant parts of the report of the Postoffi e Department : . The revenues of this department for the year endidg June 30, 1885, were 514.5.50,154 70, ani the expenditures 613,094,72 S 28, leaylng a sur plus of 8861,430 42. The estimated expend!. turea for the year ending June 30, 1867, are $18,678,000. The revenues are estimated at 017,476,543, leavings deficiency of $1,207,457. For thin deficiency no special appropriation will be required, so the standing appropriations for the last three yearn, under acts of March 3 1847, And March 5, 1451, amounting to 6.2,100,- , 000, are unexpended. The exunber or - postace stamps leaned du• ing theyear, was 3,07,419,455, representing 612,500,787 50; stamped envelopes, 25,040,425, representing 8724,135 00; stomped wrappers, 1,165,7.50, representing 82,3.515 00; mattlng In all $12,847,437 50—an increase of 61,073,108 over the previous year. The amount sold was 812,359,727 3.5. being $1,623,- 138 27 more than the previous rear. The introduc ion of stamped envelopes bear ing a request for the r. turn to the writers of no el:bated letters has considerably Increased the sale of envelopes, and is believed to have di minished the returns to the Dead Letter office. • To encourage the purchase of rep.; rnoelopes, the law should be changed 60 as to allow the return of such letters to the writers free of past. age. AB stained envelopes are cancelled by use, and there:ore safer against fraud than those w.th stamia attached, It Is submitted whether the Postmaster GI neral should not be authorized In his diteretion to furnish them ■s the sepa-ate stamps are now, without reference to the cost of manufacture. Apptoded bertid lea 'tabular rstement ex hibiting ttle anitual receipts sod exp-odltriret of this department from Ja.ciary 1, IS3I, to Jiro 1865. The results are as follows : Aggregate rtzelpts 6100 311.594 17 Aggregate exptmditures ........ 244,748,8131 19 1160/ ... 44.436.997 12 A mraglng as follow.: Itt.ceinta, $5,806.141 87 per annum ; ex{ eue.lturra. 094.17 U 45 ler annum; dencit. $1,2- 4 A,0:2S Gi po•-anr_t, u. Tn. ail Fervlce in op,raLlun on 304.11. Jan:. isns, emnrseed 4,012 mince, of the 65;CICg . length of 142 340 miles costing 06.245,884, (ex elusive of commugption to route and other agents, am - routing to 1536,502 75 ) Railroad, 23,401 mike, coating.... $9,706 431 Steamboat, 13 083 miles, coating.. . 359 593 Celerity, &c.. 106,851 miles costing 3,179,865 The aggregate miles of transportation were 57,903.494. Railer ad 23,037 534 Steam boat 2,444095 Celerity, &c. 31,461,430 The coat per mile, for transportation by rail road was 111,1' cett4; steamboat, l 4 cents; celerity, &c., 10 cents. The increased length of routes was 3,108 miles, of teansportatlon, 1.678,137 taller; and of cost, 3428015. For other details of the contract ser vice see Appendix. Railway poet olßcea have been established on several leading railroads, and arrangements are in progress for their introduction oti other lines, The result, solar, enworages the hope that the eyeteco. by accelerating the traneralselon of cor rerponduice, end lessening the number of die tritmUng °theta, will be of permanent advant age to the postal interests of the country. The Lumber of routes ordered into operation In States lately In rebellion Is 241; fleet!. length 18,840 k miler; and compensative 9721,049, a reduction, compared with 'former costa of ear vice in those B:ate!, of 8381,109 per annum. The general results of the torelga service are OS foliose.: The aggregate pestegiv, sea, Inland, and for eign, 'upon the correspondence exchanged with foreign countries, amounted to 01.819,935 501 of which amount 81,449,530 76 accrued on the maila exchanged with Great Britain. France, Bremen, Hamieu-,.. , and B e lgium; 5375197 06 on the malls exchlinged with the Beitish North American Provinces; and 195,200 74 on the mails transmitted to and from the West Indies, Central and South America, Tho amounts of United States postage, sea and hind. were: Oa the correspondence ax cliangtd, with Great Britain and the continent of Europe, $573126 S 1; 'rho British No - t.li American Provinces, $161:455 23; And en Went Indies, Central and S 'Loh American mails. 593 - 5015 74. Total., 5&17,542 23. The coat 14 the C uited States trans-Atlantic ECIVICC performed by s:csmahips r.:c.dving the /sea oestage only wa, $402 473 har Thu Lumber of ps..at Whet% established o 30. k Jute. I 565, It cludine as-peaded offl ;es in south ern S arts, was as Bc4; numb&r subject ys ao poll:aloes t e Preeldrot , 7113; by the Post. waster Gen OS. I 70. • Nowoffiees t,teOlisticd Lbe pear. 5q6, often dleioc to ued, C. 82; elleoges of (Ism, sod sue', {4L-0. Tre number of the late di:lnal Brett 6. :a 600.. of whicu 1,051 wele reopmed 00 N0V:1111.1" 15,1665. ' luc,Sor f route 5ge.12,11 , 57; aggregate cam yea Lation, $229.55. Numb -:r of local aguals, 51; aggr, ga:e comp.. avu, :30 . 919. Number of special ag, ov ; 33; aggregate comPeatatam, 182,780. lineuter of baggage msstera, 110; n;g , .g.te eowlearo ;nu, $O,OOO. Number of poem/ re'lway G 4, aggregate eJmpnalsa tioo, #75,000. Toe 1'; ee-d-lirtry sy.stem has been di3ea.v.la ed at 22 of tea en 2411 •r faces, and la aoar ta oitereaian la 45 of tee priampal cltice. Tae number of curies employed watt 757, at as ag gregate eatepearallun of £443,664 51. 7he number of Mad letters received, exam ined and dispmed of wee 4,343a,0 , 7 an In•xeasc of i. , 59,263 over th,previnue year. Tbe number of ordinary dead letter; returned to the writer! was 1,15:n,5tr. , , and the number - - pn not della., d R 45 21 , 7,:30.1, being ahmt d 3 cent of the n hole, Of those not delivered, less than 4 per cent were refused by the writers In the last report the atteutlon of Coug-ess was called to the expedl.cy of restoring pre paid letters to tte owners free of pwtne. The measure Is again commended, with the addition al supposition that le ters be forwarded, at the request of the party addressed, from one past oilier to anokher Lou: extra charm:. Tte Sumter of letters conveyed in the mails during lout is estanated at 467,591,600. Of these 4,: - .X.5.V7 were returned to the Dead Let ter office. Deductin; 44.,1 letters returned 10 A riters, cr held a, valuable, the total another loet or destroyed was 1.:,d1d,1 - 24, or one in every two hundred maiica fur 1,1, (10.561011 and de llt cry. Tne nnmb•.r of portul mon,y-order cirt:es la 419, iaclnd n, those in the Paeltic B:ve, and T , :rltoths, and some pnuclual ,111 •ea to the Sunthtra St=tes. Prd,rs have trees 1451,1 toe putung Into urer=uan fift7-dve aidltionll The otimtAr of mooey orf era Issuni florin? the year ans 1:77, of the vathe of $1,374- 122 62. 'lnn utontxr paid yen, 711,57.5, of the ?slue 61,h91, 92 22. Add amount nmaid tnPUMOssra, $21,721 t 44; mooning' In al!. 61,":::,- 7, end. Amount oatatnadlith NO 545 41. 1 au max, beam amolist of money ordern is 'cheep may be Jadictoenly encresseel to F. 3.), asd tic restrlctien to sums not lens than o:ee dollar removed, retaining the present minimum fee. The law would or farther Imp7ored by ex:nad ir g the time within which the order may be raid to 'lx mootta, toe peri,l now ail° wed. of ninety days, being too limited for the occuses•y cwres• poederre between distant points. Balances were doe from a nitherll en at the outbreak of the rebellion amounting to 361,027 57, few of which have been paid,— Skase are being employed, tarnagh courts and other egeoeice, to collect the amounts oat to the zoverrmitit. The e:oting of the star broutht with It the latetEalty of restoring the :rots! Cefidc, , , In the ,anthem. Stater. No time was Int to enria4 to the CILIZtna of those Staten all the faothies which they were In condition to accept. Anticipating that the revenues tram alai as-- vlce In the sonth wend be rot acme time can na:stably lees than they were previous to the wat, the necessity of reduced rates of comae.- segos. and In many instances of redacal cor nice, was obvious. This rt , tuired new eisesitlea- Lions Of ratts of payment to rail and water, and modification's of pay and service on land routed. nsiderchle rtdections havo been made in the maximum compensation to these classes of see s Ice. Although the service has been restored In ach of the Southern States, it is not so C. ,5- oral as the Department hat desire I and the wants of the elite _no require, because of the difficulty of procuring co. tractors and poetic 13- tern who eon take the oath preacrllted by the acts of July 2. 1062. and March 3, 1553, re.plir g uniform loyalty to the go•ernment during the r-bellion as the condition of holdlu; clia .e and 'or the conYcylno of the malls. Amorg the many remarkable -facts illustrat ing the progress of the people of the loyal States during the rebellion, In almost every tie• partment of material development and social advancement, having no precedent to history, and confounding the predictions of all haring little faith In the vitality of free institntloos and the resources of a free people, that of the In crease of postal correspondence, its shown by the posted revenues, is not the lout interesting and suggestive. The maximal* annual receipts of this department pxovlous to the rebellion from all the States was $ 8 , 3 18,007.40. which was exceeded In the gam of $6,039.001.30 by the receipts of the last year from the loyal States alone. • The revendes daring tke pest four years alconniea to 946,459,022 97, an average of 911.- 614.309 74 pa' annum. Compared with the re aims of the four yenre immediatety preceding which amounted to 1639.3 2: ,040 73, the annuli average Increase at revenue .was 13,533,945 66, which has not resulted . fmin any considerable anditions to the service, the ratio of receipts to expenditures having been larger than, with few exceptions, at nay previous period. THE LATESTNEWS 1 BY TELEGRAPH. Our Special Dispatches. FROM WASHINGTON WAR DEPARTMENT REPORTi. Their Surreptitious Publication. HOW THE MESSAGE WAS HECiITED Opinions of Both Parties cbc.. dba.. 030. :rectal flap/44h to tho Pittsburgh Churls. • WA SINGSON, Dec. 5 The following correspondence, held with the Stcretery of War on the of December, will ea plain Itself. There was a wide spread appre• heneion of come dishonorable breach of cacti &tee In the publication of General Grant's re port and that of the Secretary, such as has Mace actually occurred. la order to be prepared for such a contingency, Mr. L. 1.. Cronns, of the New York runes, for himself and the other hon orable members of the press, addcossed to Mr. Renton the following: We understand that the conditions of fob. fishing your report and General Grant's are that tin s are ant to be printed until sent to Congress.. ri we are ric ht swill-you please give us written asEnratee to that Effect We have reason to believe that the condition will be strictly:enforced Very Itespeclfully, yours. L. L. CHOUTd. Mr. Stanton retnrued the letter with the fOl - endorsement: The abate are the assurances and conditions on which alote the reports of the Secretary of War and lick Gen. Grant have Wien furnished to any person or Dress whatever. Any publica tion before the reports are sent to congress, would be a breach of good habit by the party making each publication, and would be treated., accordingly. E. M. 5TITros, beeretary of War Yo ut correspondent deems oo other explains tlon necessary lo the premises, and leaves It to 'ourselves to characterise the pub lication made under these circumstances as It deserves. COY NE - IMM O Tal MC 4106 The ecmments on the meseage may be expressed In the frztpicetly recurring phrase, "Well, Its a tolerable good message; batter a good deal than we had terse. to expect." The Democrats make no sp.:eta] objections as yet, at d the Unionist. are cautious in expres sing then:Nei...a, except as above hinted. C spicnous radicals, however, freely criticise its assuming that the whole work of reorganixa• ti• n has been accomplished, with the single et reption of paesing upou the legality of eke:ions of Congressmen. FROM WASHINGTON Payment of Januar/ Coupons—Yellow Never Reported on the ••Stonewall••— Nrontler Smuggling—Another Dodge Detected—Counterfeit Fractional Cur rency—Supreme Court of the United 'totes—The Late Judge Caton—Pacific Railroad—Laud Odice Returns, &c. New Yaws, Dec. s.—Tbe Tribune's Wa.:u. ',oglor.t /Tidal say., The lovment of the .; an- Lary coop°na will be anticipated. owing to A ;sri:e Lire u mu!nticn 0.12 is the 'Tres ILe diwablea eoltlitle in the Tari.Jua depart. mewls of the Goverment will petition Coogre_ss to ellow them some of the homades paid others of their elicw not in the Govelntirmt employ. Quite a ...aloe leaf occasioned la W ash irgtoe yesterday by a repert of the prevalenm of the yellow fever on board the Stonewall. She Lssltem towed Into the stream. and Is brine rbaracd preparatory to the admlnaion of Ins, The Commislnner of Customs is nun•lnced from the character of the reports which he as dally receiving from the Cana 'lan frontier, that hit action lu employing ream e detectives a la diclous, and will he of great bench in the en poeure and arrest of the females who lance re cently been In contraband trade between the Canada and United States line: so but one ..rosees now whom twenty e.•ru.ssed before, and the mervhants along the border see pccled of taring form, ly be.n enzagel le the contraband trade, are clueing their stores and ie.ling out. Anrthrr emtiggling dodge has Just been do leveed. An nausea! numb, ofcoffi is has beta brought across the thee, of late, for Interment no the American ride. Last week, the Called titatts Revenue officer isstet,d on seeing the curl Fe. after the call, was landed, against the eZ.FerSe prote c ts or ire cricket relatirell. when Instead of a defunct bn.dy, the col( a was found II Jed scab outtly el he. Twoj. r crr.t. of all fra - 1101161 CUITI3OI re eirrd at the Trveaavy la e , act ,f,t. Tula cowls to the 1).-;:artmer.t 'rem bank-re and ot.a• ere, deemed experts lu J2o,:r.g nion^y, aal lx, per (I'LL.c art. g the t g.vre 9o.rce idea of the of gas akia.l of tuft iLlog. The hapretue Court u, t et wily• ts- Cmy, al the J s Ixtot p - escut. Th-y stied in • body to the White li on 1 ; their reap( , is t ts• l'r,sJdnot, ad) 1aru,....1 1::1 to- tnorrow, Whso they writ cuter U,hirl Cho uslui ff of the Vent. ' LE. Durant, the Vice Erssidem and gel, Al menage, of the CaPai Par it. lti..rowl..s boa is WapbingtOn, tnakleg arraneeruents for toe exsrn Mat ion awl ace r anee Ly the government cou in eolone, 6 of the Seat ton, mil. of the 1./010 line. Since the dr:ask:l of the President appr vieg the amended isention of the hue, the work has progreracd very rapidly. The limn' Washington special contains the Mimi leg: A motion non been called la the Su reme Court, by A. H. Garland, Esq., of A tic nn fee. to be permitted to practice In court wlthout taking the oath as prescribed by the ac's of C in grate of July 1, IlaG2, aid January 24, 1965. Tue mothm will be argued probably oa Wednes day. l'ireetiv after the adjournment of the Su titanic Court of Ibe Uultei States yesterday, a meeting of the:members of Inc bar of the court was CO4rtied for the 1 , U.1050 of paying proper eix Ct to lice memory of the late J tinge Cstrun, a ho died since the acjaurainent of Ll:tycoon last Judie Biaelt, formerly Attorney Geu• presided, and eb.rprint speeches were made lico. Caleb Coshing. lion. atontgomery flair, mad other,. A committee was appointed to draft rceolullens txpreeelve of the sense of Ice meeting. The resointions were prepared and adopted and the committee desired to pre sett a copy thereof to the court to-day to taa Oared nu the journal. The Ilfrald's Wablilurton special Bays : The Get era! Land Office rerel•al yestercia V the fol. lowing returns for coil anita of pualte lands during the month 01 October, at Marysville, ColLfOnlia, amounting to Hearty Steen thousand dotter,, necompsn'ed with the actual acttlannut on 1 OW eerc6 under the homestead law, to the same month. A t Vancouver's, Washington Territory, nearly 4,50') acres were taken up fur actual settlement, together with 1 , 15/1 sate amounting to $2,370. The Land 0111, at lowa reports the settlement tinier the homestead law of nearly 1,000 acres of public lauds with cash rem ipta fur $2,160. The Wdria's Washington special says : The Joint Commioclon to Celtic the claims of the United Mates and the Government of C,Aurn bin, have bed submitted to them 110 M BOVCOLT cases. The Commission bare passixl upon a large number of the most Important. The Commission adjourned yesterday until Nfonday next, in crder to pass on the remainder that have been submitted. Preston King's Eztate--Cbolers Preyea- Hon In New York Nirw Yong. Deo. S.—Surrogate Tacker, has received official Information from the Surro gate of Bt. Lawrence county, that letters of Ad ministration hare been granted upon the estate of Hoz. Prune' Sing. Through fear of the cholera, a thorough san itary survey of 11l parts oldie city will be coin menced Immediately. Railroad Collhlol Naw Toni, Dee. 5.—A oalibilon oecerred last evening between the exprese nod freight trate of the forlorn Railroad atm the city railroad of the Third Avenue Railway, by which one pas tel:Ter in the city train was Instantly killed end a number seirethil itibtred. PITTSBURGH GAZETTE. PITTSBURGH. WEDNESDAY, . DECEMBER 5,71866 XXXIXth CONGRESS--FIRST SESSIOIN WASIIINOTON, Dec. 5. SENATE—The Senate met at 1:101t1, with Pres cient pro, tem. Mr. Foster, la the Chair. A message was received from the House an nouncing Its organization, and requesting a committee to act with one of its appointment to wait upon thd President for Its message. A message was also received them the Ito Ise announcing the passage of the Ifouse joint reuolu• Lion for a Committee of fifteen on Reconstruc tion. Mr. Wade malted to take np the last resolu tion. Mr. Saulsbury moved to refer the resolution to t L e Cemmittre en Judiciary. Mr. Johnson objected to the introdacti on of the resolution. The Toole:Ion was then ordered to lie over. Mr. Grimes efferrd a resolution for the sil l-oh:am( ut of a committee of two to act with the Home committee In waiting upon the P.-esl dent. Mr. e‘hermati lntmd or ed a hPI for the survey and ante of the mineral lends of the United States. Mr Cowan presented the credentials of Messrs. Alcorn and Shark-v, ecnators elect from Miss isaippl, which was ordered to lay upon the to. ble for further or' lon, Mr Fool offered a rt solution from the leg !stature of Vermont, In favor of equal rights in reconstructed States. The Senate thee, on melon of Mr. Sherman, took a recess tilt c ne o'clock. On re assembling. Mr. Doolittle then moved that en the House tummht, e for welting on the President was not reedy, the n mess be intended unit two o'clock. Atter recess Mr. Sherman Introduced a bill for the Fume,' and sale of the mineral lands of the Utited Stater. Ordered to be priatet. The hr. leaves the prima bleak, but provides that actual residents and occupants shall be allowed to purchase the lands at the Lattimore. rate. Stewart offered a bill to define the 1 eictlon of tbe circuit and dtstrtet carte to the Sates of Nevada and 'info]. M. I own° pressrai d the credentbila of Wil liam L. Shark, y and James L. :acorn Senator dal from the state of Muudisippi. Kr. Cowan. said "I am tent ucted by these gentlemen toogar these credo:aisle. without saying anything abut than. I therefore ask that they may lay on the table and wait the father action of ail' hod% •" Mr. Sumner: `•That'. right.'• Mr. Fort offered a resolution from the legit latnreof Vermont In favor of equal rights to the lately rebellious slates. I Wend La be prlu. ted. Mr. Doolittle introduced a bill in relation to the qualificathats of Jurors In certain eases, pro. iding that in trials for treason or high misde meanors committed against the United States, by organized military force. no Juror shall be adJushred Incompetent by reason of hoeing formed or expressed an opinion upon the ral , t or Innocence of the occulted, based upon public rumor, statements In the public Journal or the common history of the times, providing, ho will, notwithstanding, Impartially try the ac cused. Slr. Morrill Introduced• a bill repealing all laws In farce In the District of Colombia wisLeh make any dutlnction in regard to color and pro hibiting the authorities of Washington eat Georgetown sad the Levy Goan of Ike oonnty of Washington from enacting In future, any law or ordinance that shall not effect alike ail persona of whatever race or color. Toe section takes aloollar salon respecting several Terrltco ilea of the Unltal States. Any offlmr violating such provision Is liable to a line of tiro hundred dollars, and Imprisonment for not less than sic manila ocr mare than twelve. At two o'clock the Senate again erne to or der. The President's menace was receved and read by the cemetery of the Senate, John C. Forney. At the conelualon of it., reading, on trositon of Mr. Anthony. five thousand entice of the mes sage. and documents, wore ordered to be prin. ted. On motion of Mr. DouiCtie, the Seusta ad journed at 8:4, I'. M. Itoymoci prssented the memo riel of ID. Dance contesting the west or Janice Bre ohs, it New York. The House then proceeded t, 14c eloc'lon of a Chaplain. E.,. Bryoton, Coogreysta,a allot, woe dectrd. On 1110t11,11 of Mr. Jenks, a stealal committee on a uniform bankrupt law was appanted. Mr. Randall, of Pentellrania, offered a reso lullha that it, iniereat and prlnfflpal of the debt created during the ril,hion, ought to be promptly paid. The resaintion was adopto.l. The message of the President Ifni reterrdd to the Commtil.e• of the w hot., no the littie of the l'biou. The .lu-st on of orii,ting fifty thousand sates co; its eta. refer: ^,l to the CJMnlttea on Print.ng. rro 1.130(109 of Mr. C inCin. a wet s