into' Mournal. . PA. CTEIRDAV, IPIEURVARIN Is. 1tt:4119 COAL, IRQN 170 . 'OIL, , us b.algsOW' AND 114Mital. - Ile Great Work on our National:Resources. MMEMWM==M U•rl, P:mralos“ to Ito 111' OM= al 4,1 t xlaustive 01,1110 •11 . 034. ^ . Mal ar nom: unitor ottr rabowtsatkut. Led tier that de..errs •V by J{U Ulten VIA 11,1, 11,;• Mix!, nay.: e awl el.Letoolve vultanu the materials e,n,l ~ ,1“.1 avert , demtred. • • • 1,1‘• •11.4- be ,altl Nat . .... bare nn.ianvle weal: ID tbto rountry thmuodtly calectlaled to •ttord the got, and Inx, worker all the lam:Dation he e't It 0.1. dip'. laitb his Du.lneea.” dr,l nt arty r.lbso•teal, aid 4 . 4.41 . e( I I.a int! t t Ill' eTpnare. grill be publlabecl Inc • 41. :SO Cloth t Varliey $lO. r .•gr Irer by taMlit nu fl.cript - ItENJ 101 N IttriN VV. Plobliatrr 4 1 .4 '1 . SPECIAL NOT ICE . - 7 We will be grei.l obliged to OEC persons to whop we baresent Wits for sdverdshig sod sub- acriptinn if they will promptly . rtiip — iynd and atmd US 4 6t- .11tit 4111.'119: I'en..OI4I.ILLIC(W. inp tbetriselcfs to be intltbk.4' to.u6 for out.- •trriptieu, niiil each one camiee, by lookilig 4 . the printtd 0;31(44 hiaregier, will do Jayof rby tending us s, . aain'sa tilst,We the amr,iunt they owe..-• With, the eipensei ' lbt Pape; '.ab wDicti , ate hII casli bills,' to tie set• couir3ettel, it Imikea it , necesi, more than ever, to aid h our twiny fiend, to h i prompt in their payments. The • Ftl.i.s doe bres - ' 1 - one m•iy stem small and o no great secant to them, butc,in the ak iire.ate they amount to considerable, and, sufficient to enal7li: ai to be primrit in oar I . I usiness trar.ssetinns withsn , bera.. • e are trying to publistia first class new,- I,per at the smallest cost lo . out subscribers, stud we hope our friends will facilitate and .urourare our eff , rtq by a piompt reepouse 11, Tekille=l Dr Charles H. Haeseler's Mir 1100 h, ACROSS THE. ATLANTIC, 1 1 REMIUM FOR SUBSCRIBERS MINERS iiOURNAL. - I -4 t le oiler !halm:re ma): tnalre'fit an induce eirt per:3,lll;r. interest I hemselyes iti ex tit•mling the circulation if the Mishits' du-a -lit., we have completed- irrangemints by wslich we are enable I to older this very iu tet wine, volume TO a premiere Many person of. 'curing torillkk ,1111:1 V- 11(119VRIIIEK9 1.1 the MINER,. r, and who sendhe .nwney• for the save to Aar rilldtte,' with. the na.mes, - For Clime * 4:ubccriptious nun Si es—i .:volitine.. For ..criptirni% rind $l3 73—tS vol wit 4•,. Coal Statistical Register I'(91 ISC9 l'hi• t'A )I' ituildet is teker rettly, and will be 1 the t'll'f'tw-ine mire.; ( St(etir (unit, tree •'lO en!. enpit., • dry copie9, tl.l tio 3 (PI " pin, I 1448, rhi itsl IN It is worth di.ttli:e the money, and ought In be read by ivory npinureetnrer, coal land owbes„ and ell.tliose shim mica re cheap fuel. Toe Cost Ststistirs wbiehltre the only otticiet. i,u.l;tirthe c sunity, and the valuable .It in t. , ttitisticia, it worth double the scat *eked.' ',." , en.1 in } our .. - . -- THE . TARIFF . PETITION,. ~ We wit' eerkl off this Pet' inn on Tnesiiiy ~..1 - .- e - iN-K.f.. All 11,0=.e t Ipiciue licyingswith ninths httaviled.will plenie head thew, in' in the the%ntimt•, With the natnei they contain, oFIV ,Uko Iµt 0. I'l,lll neglect TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS. 111 , ..91 - • t3lie plsoe.n Fri,ley next, itepublictins neg'.ect these elections,' c.deitiering them as of bat little importance. It is a mistake. 4'hey 'are of, importance if wnys-:—never nw.re thsn thha yem . s when., Uettry I.a - al . l h• adopted by Abe Legi,•tature, which will r. +olio good election •otlicers to administer, and a titrerMir's election in to be held. W • thi•rel!t . e. ur;e•rlit:publicans tbrongfiont .th • e on•y to attend to this election, , andy , elec their very beet men 'for judges and inspec tors of election boards. Also, tb make go sQlection3 for SA smsorr, enpervienrs, setar rerinii 'find nn , l i ton:, GEN'. 11A1 , 411CK will not be a,difdilate f. Ithy c;vil ( , tirce wbile be retell pe • In Tire Untied States Supitre Conti has a tameti.the right of the State , of Oregon ccmpel the payment of tares in gold and si vcr, according to its NW. • • • L1:15,,Z11N has a it?rnagll debt. of ,vo . . P“tteville under the very - fitpliciat : Conntil s i ' mtna-pment of the past tew years, has no le el ettielness,. and has not had for several ye s.: - Tau L-4ale Tcruperance,C,lnveirion at il r- . risbaret on the. _'td of this-month. will &la anticiptle3,. be 'a:grated affair. :.Eifensive• r ran4ent Intl have been made to accommed le delegates from all the ancieties.. . . . . hes signed the following ate _ the Legislature, of interest . to Jchoylkill • Olnnty ' . • )3,,n0n hill No. !S. in art to extend tge prorlodon , of .C.O reigan, In roonts In Lurerne ccinnty. splaked dm; of Apr 9. A. 0.. 1,0, to lb. cotuai . of wan , ' pi an arcident. on the Lackafiardis i nd illp„ - nr.sbar4 litilroad on tbe rati inst., Mon. tiiensha ..V.9row was injured but not ainiT l ir onsly: 'Menu in' whicblbe wakaitting, • tiii:lien dawn an embankment ten fee in 14Ight, :and made a 'eomplete /avail:die. ...• ''ire stove broke from its. fastenings and set the car an tire: ,Mi. OrPw was warming his 10t at the steve,randrri l ro ' ha narw oseal J Ir.m . tr , ing fsti4 burned. his Clothing 1, nearly burned !torn his person. ' _\. COAL RAILROADEL - It l 9 BOUM • ,that since the "Testing of the Albany ..116cistelitinna .11tileld, the price of Albany has been redured to s3.per • huts. DGml.. • "Auottiek,il.umration ot We imPortunp consumers ot the protected•Throngh Itsiiway from the Seboyili,ll OAF Regii the tra.erA t t New York Bny : . Buil. onkt tLe reduction in pike still - nituked, ana•the extra cost riow p tardt.nt 3 monopoly ior-tiau Cup, will remain in the pocteta ot th. tIIIIICTS. As [Afj.w Jpe,eott tcpassing the. f- ha ha 4 set left of.his l'residential nardonil3g counterfeiter., mail robhees a revenue swindlers. It Is wry: r 1.1 . this man who' has assisted to rob the ath " al treasury of milllonsof dollen by Ir -in office dishonest men, In!Mposltlon 1 ',rarest. of Commissioner. Rollins. tit Id these things in the last boureinf 61s hi - Administration. Let 61m dnish - .toning - Dr. 3lodd and'spangler, tb ass -Rios of President Vooob2, end be wi ail aphis Presidential career appmprtatqly. • Toa friend : we - aro indebted for •a 03 The .aloraws' Jot:sear. bearing date. etc isao. Thai wee ail itteond sr of ' publication by the present...enior p t Then arid now—whit a contrast! alp' page of our paper now would coat alit braced hitbetentire paper then. en had, 250 eubieribers ; the rattail w • worth. t ibout i 3 00: and a man s't With oar assistance, printed the pet we can Ref hold:of • erMT at the tint Mras :..t r raNAt., published in 1824, we Ira rep 'l.sh it entire. If any of our friends can .i.t us in procuring a copy we shall elm bligetions to them: ' 1: SITED STATIVI DCHT.—TtIe het )6 ' M the United States debt 'bows sit hag of $15.498,466 83. The - semi-au est paid indents:TT assonnied to 704 This Is a better elh bit than Arai would be made. The whole debt $2, •AIL,Gr.s ot which $2,107,85060 - interest; and $42:4, W 1,720 bears no • Tue Costmoa, Sciosofs or ..Son'ittZtif. C .usis.L=To Ilrin. D. A.. Nice we are indeL ,-... T tr ",,i a copy of the Ile - port of the Super:ln ..., ''''intif- COMM= Schools of l'ennsylvanis to the year i nding June 1, 1a6:3. From it ',w. c'esn thed•ollowing interesting 'facts in •ts: :::,:ctio'n wittithe schools in : ibis County"' '1'....- v due of sebOol property.' . ixt Sebuyl -1 kil , as.catimated by the - directors, is • $443, • 4 , being the third in rattle Of th e counties of it. State. We are led only by,,Alleghecy fiii Philadelphia: , The county which: cornea rie t idler us Is Lancaster, $263,190. perks is. Y. itt7G,soo. 'Phis‘fact speaks well tor, the character 'of our school buildings.' There isho more cenveoient, well built and well ventilated . public school building- it the Staty, than the ,FeMale Grum - mar School .Iduilling In this Borotigh. -- , • • : Plisvions : tejP-68, - tbere were in thil County thiet4.4listritts, I'Ve4l Brunswick, • Upper Ms .)„,) _hint ngO and West Penn (all strongly sham- Dem tie;) which refused to pot the corn. noon I system Into operatiOn.. These di:Sri ts however, having repented of their, fol 1 •4 n :refusing (sine aional facilities to their chUd en. s and having complied wills the pro visit . re re visit . ) of the Act ot the Legislature to no t -accepting school districts, are noisren tilled r the genuine* . avritided to accepting . - districts by the State. W - r-lii Betutrisielt has i i been 1 7 . d In fiddition to Its , apprOPflation for 1868. $.l 5 G SR. L, pet Mahantongo *ill le ontitl ' to et.:13v70 and West 'Penn to - fiti73, 9s, in addition to the ipprnoriation for 1569 whlc is nearly twice as much as that of pre - i n oedin years, as soon as the law is tally corn, plied 'th. .4. ''• - • . .• it I with great satisfaction we stale that We b ye ' not now a single( non-accepting st:hno " district in Schuylkill County, - while we re rat, to Ivan that our neighboring coati iv, ".‘f orthumberiand, loss four, 'Cameron, ackslon, Little Itialianoy and Washington. te l i 'rho istricta named, if they persist in refus i egl - put schools into', operation tinder, the sys , will lose in addition to the large-tip' prop lotion for the current yeay, the follow ing onnts :—Cameron, $347- 7:1; Jackson. $6. - .1 11 0-i ; • Little - ,llnahanoy,.' ii;2 .. G9 80, and ..-NVas agtou, $623 01. ' 4 . . . ; The number of pereitaitent certiticates it An • ted in Schuylkill County prior to November,. 1, It 6 , was - 8. ' -' .. .. 'r e salary of the Buperintendent of this Clo nty is $:•isoo ; of his Astlitant, $7,00, . Th highest salary-paid la the State to a Su per ntendent. IS $l7OO in Liricaiter;-theloty estj $ , .1..0 in Forest. ; • . • The Report ol . Jerise 'Newlin, EN., Super /. • int rident of tiffs County, we have not room tor this week, but, we will publish it in our rit. !.• , 1 • N ISIPORTANT BILL -Xl'. Nit, represen-. ice kohe Legislature from Ibis Courtly, a introduced into the II ouse tsbili eatitled, o act for the batter rrgultitiod and ventil on of mines; and for the proteciloti of the es of the miners in the County of Schityl . . . We have not seen the bill in detail and t. erefore cannot speak of its merits pi-de nieritt. But it is a bill of such importance to the interests of all engaged directly in the businete of mining, that it should be trained Nt . r dth care, and in fact before It is acted upon II naliNit should be submitted to those of our etiienOwho are direetlf interested iu its pm i , i.nut, nu that the rights of all may be care -- folly guarded. .We believe that the time Is la pldly approaching, If it has not already-ar -1 teed, when a mine inspector will be requir !t. to see . tlatit mines are properly_veutilated esi otherwise secured from accidents.- ,The bi,ll presented by lltr. Nice may be, all iti,ht-in Its pmvisioas, hut we think it oughf nbe laid before - the -people of'this County or their Inspection, and we hope a copy will - c se n t bele for publication. -- : • . Formerly when we had Repnbliran repre .4mtatives In the Legislature from this horn y, every local bill . of general importance ,to he people, was s ent borne f r publication, but of lite years Since we have been repre sented by Democratic' members, it has be come a Custom - more honored in the breach than . the observance. -- The fact is thist our liTilliatures some sessions back have been abeorrupt, that_tbeir endeavor has been not to let the peoplet.ulw the nature of the bills before them, bd to keep them as much ds wesible concealed. from public inspection until they have been everted into laws. : • 1. We hope the bill introdneo by Dlr. Nice in . referenee to the better ventilation, etc., of our mines, will not , have the same history at ; tattled to its carper in the Lecisliouret, • Toe rem‘ini of Mrs. .Surratt executed for .being concerned In the murder of President. Lincoln, have been disinterred in Washing ton,- and buried in Mount Olivet z Cemetery. It is stated that the collie, wheb lifted, was toterrble condition, spa when opened the remains' were found. to'he in an excellent state 'of ptescrvatiin. The face, thought 'black ; was Yet perfect in feature, and The whole body compact and firm Thep.lreas lookedwell, and the gaiter shoes appteared to be pot the least soiled: Upon the day of her execution her daughter' ' 'Annie, .who visi ted her; took.framberbonnet a steel arrow .antlatuck it upon her Mother's dress close up_ to the neck, which remained where if bad ... been placed by"the daughter. The bottle, with .the came Of hire..Surratt written up° a piece of parchment within, wee also in the . &On. ' ..1 . , . . IMNIORATION INTO THE UNITED STATES.— The numbe.r of immigrants who arriredost the port.of New York, In 1868, was 213,686 Ot this number 101,989, came from Germany; 47,571 from Ireland, 29,065 from England and 14,520 from Scotland.. From other coun tries, having 'large populations, the rate of emigration has shown no considerable change from former years: The emigrants from France numbering only 2811, and from; tte great Ituseisn empire only if Sweden however, an exception, as it shows, an in crease in the number of Ha emigrants ove r the average of previous years. The returns of the destination of the immi grants who arrived het year, show the great Western States are the favorite localities se .lected for settlement. the namber that went to Illinois being 14,d..n, while Wisconsin, Ohio, lowa, Minnesota and Michigan rank next in number. Tan following from the Protectionist is trae to the letter : •. Tie Free Trader• Ainewered Our Free Trade opponents are very fond of on& Wig the example of England, and asserting that the has tasted the protective policy and &ban-. Armed It as utterly useless ' This we positively deny, and eased that ate protects her thiramt and commerce by legislative enactments more then any other nation on the globe. She =Wares ha. steamship lines, and thereby opens tip new market, Ps her man nfacturea English Free Trade is a misnomer. It me MI simply Cheap food for her impoverished labor ; end, by the meths • of cheap food and pauper la bor, the home to keep the markets of-the =tire weld under control. Ail her conceasione on the tariff on imports sr e made with this sole view, because .she can no longed retain her mennfacturing aupeurthey with- Cot cheap food-for her labor. • . .. • Oar mishit= are entirely dissimilar . We export food. . Bile most import food . • - ISA history of manufacturing enterprises in the Old World, and Great Britian especially, o conclusively shows that in their earliest eager g they were fostered end protected by the Govern ments of their countries •, and iii lea the been nolnception to the, g e e ,, al this respect, neither will the be when the time arrives th at, she can with benefit to balifiern Leta dispethe with a protection • deo* Mew " Deeds for the development of her. ffellnterital • remaarees. • It is to some extent true a few - of the older and over-populated nano of the wOrld have been great - 10Y disp•••44 • high= o tectire tariff became they had senturlee of experbthee. td snell the 111,421- mom amount of merchenchee at the minimum 'menet of cost ; bat, is order to effect this, labor st Wes reduced to that barely afforded the es . secaseariee of life the mechanic and hie fan.. gy. In our vast,' fertile, and alt Felt only Pante ' s ly developed oceintiy, with twentieth emu of pra ege and woodland , bet rich mines, sad her ous tide of factoriesi,and Work-shope," we etffl th have tv• Mom for hell the working potione of the eff etiind declining ;shwa of The labor . er, farther, miner, or mechanic, on Matter what, his birth or rebirths. can Ind to Amities a ream ea &ember for - hie labors that no oilier tuition Ur the . • el world tan give:. •. • • Wfirwhoold we seek to dotage . Ibis cot:oink:to 1 • ,of affairs 7 We hive not yet reached that point iittained by other intim:o446es they dispensed with protect-. . tve tariffs - •' When we have, we shill prohibit, na in litany other things, follow' their exampbs. - --- , WAGE, Q Eaoc►en,-The following is en g entheatic schednle of the avenge' wages r * Told to skilled worltaien to lisachestr, EI2P • lend. Tbe - rstes In other tesoufacttuln towns of the kLugdom are anbstaothaly ebb: Ilsr: TIN wags are for sweet (1' 57 1 110 . 1 A work: 1 Moen asufereeters... Tamers and borers.., Pastern uniu . ;;....: ... Ompersmitns ~. Planers ,Slotten and shapers.. Besse moulders iron m0u1der5.......... Ordinary smiths Boileriudths ll33ollerinakati. .... v . Mutters Tie!Der, .. Strikers.. t. I troducm4 4 lie B a tita ag billteirlir aial" t bi 78 / 1 1dirlirlilindallial. fee.theD°4 2 7 Of SehtlYik9 l CIOCD7 to au tor itteiT I - ~ • ♦Ocarederos oaths Voidi 24014 mot is tbo fonodas : ; loam Manor Joodot.F.Atit adobarat Itelbeltdadds do dtboadoo Ontdoilariabok• doh. wade st odd *add Oat do Vold Onftria Imo ad Cod fibs. w oho induce *orig. OW tog t a d: add at tbe shads tlodt Ono . • Ockts; PEN, PART .AND SCISSORS. ; garllinose steak to Montreal. sir Virginia bas 4.44bantruplet.' • rrJlore err !hake shocks out West.. warsCniragn by been glean tl5 Indiana. . eiror Wt. i• raging at Milton, Pa. Enint. Engeni. e. still lisodsonvi. otebornigrente at New York, in Mt 213,nif, ; are - nt 1.4.1 I wnpntaenew , worth 'l5O each arrlt is thn tittle troubles that Meet out the lludilo churches ere esperiencing a great glary Mum, the NN'ytaliiiighin -mordent's, is Means. rie-Ea-OrovernoHlabbarS, of Maier, dial cm : LTA lindai.. baker has the approtolats name of Ovens. Iretiai - of the 2.6C3 New Yotk policemen, Lint :ift died last year - r WA. cricket match on ice wee played in Phil adsioria on Tuesday riffrThe' first Pennerlyenia ' CJII train ha. r,eachetf2neente s N.-Y: ggssteriog is coming. Snmebndy bee seen the wilt reele tiring northward. • WWtu. Plater, eked 17 years, of flamburg, died .n ldenly a few - nielit• since. gieGrent is the entjeet cif an article In the lest number of the Edinburgh Revisit. sisi-Dr. Patera, rector of Trinity Chords, dred on Saturday, of email-V.l oil commands from 10 50 to $C '75 at the vrlncipal t.iots the nil regions. IFS - Dr Heckel, the Paria'an sculls', willed his corp.,'" ecience, end forbade • fimeral. •- rw,N.,rrietown ie mating great preparation@ celebration of.Washingtoti'm birthday. • ear his said that the income of ktre. Lincoln trout icer huaband's erustruis about 41'000 a year: wr 41 Newfoundland dog committed' ankh% in New -York by leaping from a third-story window- Wilt. James Archibald herb ere etmeen Pres ident of the Lackawana and Blonmatinrg railrbed. ' WA New Ycrkerr 4nsvnied himself-from abed 'Post because his wife wouldn't mend hie attick koP. 4. ; grMrs. Leonud. an Means women, in jail et Flint, Mitt!, burned herself to death cm Friday aig he wTve namber of “Roe Murphy Claims" nn ' file, in WesLingurn, ii• 20,176; amounting to 81,- 0..311,0m. sr A woman gouged out another woman's eve inCincionatl last week, and .was fined two dol lars twit. WA. lidding tosicithis has been Pot in a Po chesterprinting oftice which folds 219_00 mown, in an boor. , • !WPM, *dins of the Hamburg Herald ha i r teen a velocipede, and thereupon is velocipeded Into eedaelee. WAD Ohio farmer. aged 71), having' attempt. eat to marry a girl of 16, his children had him ar• tented for insanity. . AP"Two men in Dubois county; hid. remedy swapped wives, one paying the other three bosh. gas. of corn to boot. . __Ard"Oeraki Eaton, the murder's...of Timothy fOette, will be ex-cnted in Philadelphia on itioraday, Feb. 25. " . WA velocipede has appeared in end the citizens there hays taken to preliminary practice on alli bonier. WThe Supreme Court of. Perumplvailia has decided that the seller is obliged to make a deed • end furnish theetampa. i • genie Westerman Iron Company, of Sharon; have discovered I - valuable prows for thelmantt factor...Of Rome& ism. • . ilre"Five thon•and &Alarm worth of camellia were thrown at Patti, in bouquets, at one Perfos mance in St. Petersburg. eirietatiTede randy is now sold. The'kmann facturer finds it necessary to give notes; that it iiw not worked by the feet. •wir Watertatirn, Wisconsin, presents ler the .!Champiouship" a man who has bad a live snake in his stomach for 11l years. i 'WThe new Garensor Genefal - of Catislde has said that herwill use his infthence , to hive the Oapital tranifetred to Planned. s?Weather pmptiets say the mono hate built their nestanut td the open sit, stoelargent there. from a short winter arid early spring.,l • WA Hommel despatch says that enra! well known romans have left Canada for thel United States, fearing . revelations by Whalen. erCaltfornta's population is only' on fonrth female. In beside there are eight men to one vomit', and in Colorado twenty to One. I' -' • welt to eoumated that there are „nearly thirty 'don:aunt young men in Batton under marriage encasement*, waiting for better-time.. a/Mr. .I.the • Mellen, of Reading; egad 70 year"; formerlv- in the iron' business, committed enicide on-Monday, by ahnoting.himeelf,r /WA lad of fifteen years., CM of Mr. David Scott, woe drowned while skating on Shiver's pond. Ilridgebego, N. J„ on the sth inst.l ii rl.e oodlen deaths of the cattle at Fishtail Plains, N. Y., are pow ascertained to lot a o been minted by powon. 'Four of the cattle d Ed. , se - A Chinese, named Ilotigkee, left el Pram* turn, no Thursday, for'bla Dative land, after. swindling San Francisco merchemb out of 110 (so, • Without counting the ICathechilas, there are in Paris abbut one hundred and ilftY Israel. iies„whose 'combined fortunes ; amount to about r $2OO. 4.0,000 ; serliansu give coal . companies the Tight to oilier tinder cities on condition that the, pay -a I-parlor of k cent royalty for each bothers - if coal, to he paid to the city.. • afirAhaarierus once.htotered.his queen to spell "oyster" with two letters. She declined to try ; when lie petulantly bxelslined : "Oh I why, Esther r—(oioster —you pheerve ) teirThe great sacnreitio weetward er the Chinn Peelle Railroad will probably b in June or Joiy, and will condst of one thousand goads, bestowed in forty•two splendid cars, now being built. jerk R chmond gentleman was awe bed the at li•r night to tiod • bouncing baby on is door step with it note requesting bins to "be a omther" to the child. He is doing as well as Wel= with bottle. ' Ite - The aggregate sales of Catlin .4', Co., dry genie merchants, of New York, doting lontl, were pi 0,000,000. The sales of A T. Stewart, Mem , ding only the wholeederdepartment, were 130,- 000.000. se - The [mint district at Ninth andlChestout streets, Philadelphia, is being rebuilt r . pelly. A little while and no one would anspect the terride character of the ordeal through which the beau. tlful oroPortY Psined• ~ Ellen Doyle, aged fourteen, hat been ar rested at lancatter, Pa., for having eat end time* attempted to set tire to the Children's Home at that place, of which she was an imitate. Stu , ctudestred tier Roth' eirMr. C. C.-Donohoe, of Titnovil!s;, who was fearfully injured by the railroad acn..l4tit at Port bat year, has *tied the New York and Railroad Company for $lOO.OOO damsels, and the dompany wants to gel elf by paying him 1.000 , tairAnna Swan, thee Nova Scotia giabt lady, is shout to 4 vied England. Miss Artna,l although nut twenty-one yearn old, stands alsont nine feat high, and the pimposea to astonish the ritizses Londe!, by holding a few public levees in that city.' ilfewAt Hannibal, 'Mo., on Saturday, a man mimed Ile trier,. murdered his daughter, aged fe 13, cot bet body asunder, and taking mit her heart, drank the blood. When asked why he'did the horrible act, he gave snch answers as showed him to be laboring under religions insanity... OW-Everything in lichee costumes now - seem to he. made of three materials—Vellet, velveteen and heavy poplin. Silks were never less worn, oldie merince seem lobate become wholly Obso lete. Black Astrachan fur, for croaks and tacks, is more, generally worn than we have' ver known •it to he. ' 1 tar Toriteboll. the murderer of . hit' tahther law. Ilse. Hill, has keen eentenced no be hong, hi. • ife has learn afquitted. meet log at the Prison after her acquittal is cud . have been an unpleasant one. • irt:ritchell is hoofed op ageinstentire despair by the prospect id a writ of error to the Supreme Onntt. : WPscifie railroad towns rise end fat' feat Two years - ago Meadow Lake had a ruenicipal government, a daily paper, istock andieichange board, two theatres, thirteen hotels, thernerons I itores; reventy.five hat.rooms, and many other places oientertunment. This winter the popula• non, all told, isthirtvdive. A building that coot Wad Wad sold for $73 recently. • • FORTIETII CONGRESS. - THIRD RESMOIS.. • • In the Renate, Friday, •ta we introduced amendatory of an act granting lands to lowa and Minnesota. An order was adopted hat the Sen. ate deli evening sessions to comfit r the condi. - tntional amendpedt. A bill passel relative to the I :edition of the provisions of entraditlon treaties. The 'remainder of the day an] •rereniug was ept•nt in discussing the constitniional amend. med. Lo the Hones a Intl rased graitlng relief to 000se Admiral Farrago' and the cturi;stai with him at the passage of the forts below New Orleans. Also s number of tither private, bills. The Army rip' propriation bill was endow 'dsbar/ion. In the Senate, on. Saturday. Mr. Morgan pre. sensed the resolutions of the New fork Chamber of Commerce against secret gold sales. The bill to repeal the Ts nitre of Office act Was Thicriesed. ; e h, th., s t odrazs amendment, mid 'amendment' were offered to the latter. Mr. 41111CIDild ordered • a . I nine resolution providing t Ale votes of the State of Georgia for President and Tice Presi dent shall not, beret:feted the same se than of other States, wi • motion that "Were the rotes presented, d c„, In the Zone Mr. limper motted a bill nom abs Wariond Seem Cain - =Mee to, prevent the further leeresee of the public debt, which wee ordered to be minted and recommitted. - The Army Approptiation bill we" considered. and an amendment fie large retinas' tombs the army was armed by ..Gertield. In the Senate on Mimi* , n tier ef Peed° reilroadidlle were adversely. lies . wa ger' introduced A to Mare 'popyrights for painting and statuary moileds.l Mr. - 15ilain, from the Military Cotonslttes, 'spited adverse ly pn the bill's relation to the gradeiof General end Lieutenant General and Admiral. Mr. Ed munds resolution in rejtard to the electoral vote Of Georgie wu agreed to. TM' Coustltntlocal emeodment was discussed, and consilered in evening seeefon.. In t h e Houle bllli were Introduced by Mr.' Eliot to protect the far' trade of Maas ; by Mr. Ward, firing the time for electing Itepreeentativee In Ooturnisa, and arninelatory of the rintirelsza den law ; by Mr •Barnee, for ezehange of gold fog demand notes and to reline the sale of 'old; by Mr. Brooks, to encourage steamship buiding ; by Seise and Miller, amendments to the Motion ; by Messrs. Baker sad Kerr, amen. datory of the lit. Jaen introduced and niteredibe previous question ue • resolution to prevent farther sales of public nods ercept under Ito Homestead him etc., but the morning hour erphing, it went over until licit Monday. Mr. lithenct's minion to suspend the rules and consider the Semite amendments to the C opp er Tariff bill, mime tip in order, and T ee agreed to—yeas 118, nays 48. . Mr. &hunk declined to_allow disci:union on wa s bill Ind moved th e question., This scomtled and (tie 111. as amended ty..tbe Sedate, passed by. a vote of 112 to 56. It now gore tb the President. The Arley Aptsomistion bill- as considered. The Senate reenlatim. relative ta the canning the electoral *Me of Georgia ' nes concurred , under a impulsion or the relest. I ' ' • • The Monday evening seen= of the Senate was anitioned thonothimt Use alghf, sad hominated only hail' an hour before thane" for the regular session on Tuesday, deltas heist kept upon the, =d ComaltateMelatOnsdneet. Whoathe ressegudded at lIIXM matiesday,_tdlis Tare reported for the relief of certain drafte d , men and ttag bOll/Iliel to oohed soldiery .who ta ted sr' slung : The aooa 4se ton of the Amendment was rammed, And:passed finally, so amended es to include Mr. Motion's prop:MOO; Riving (Smarm power to poussitis the mode of choosing Presidential electors. The Amendment, which Morita to the Bones - for tioncurreoce, pro. lads say direinetkin in ere:tieing the trainman or holding offien to the Stine ok acootmt o goes, coke, nainity, peewit , quallleatian or [The llowing Sets onthe Anointment was 400 nr 111. The fo Republleam voted i no—Anthany of Rhode Mud, °NUN. of Oregon, Grimes calory Edmunds dr Timm; and Fowler of Teenotass, In ips . Mem, thil bill dor a tamed •trom Vaaluseton Soliow loot watt r ki , Sh. 4 Judd. on behalf of the Committee on sod Curs npn, seeds statement of the i dnana UN/ Ware. PrOPUld tb 111904% sedtt vs. agreed to melee thior aspens on Saturday, The Election Conunittee, in thetas. of Chaves vs. ostose, of Mew Menne, renorted that (Masse, the contestant wee entitled to the sea. Mr. Kel ly tntardesed a bill to sweeten nollections of par pongee tame by State authority. The Army Ap.. =bailins considered, end also the Ta me bill, the latter M evening session. Pitt Wout. 10. to We 2Cs to 51s ... tea to an Ins to 541 SIC 10 33i its • to . 111 16 Zi .. 10 att .- Ern • . Wis w Ege . 3% • THE COAL TRADE. sc,to4o, 3?I , Ise to 24 IBS 'to 211 r.arreur g pelorfas? 13,1114.0. Tuy. quantity sent by lieihnsd this week is 47,500 18. avant 35,390, yec thi lo .4 pending week last yew. • The' Wadi lave gone to wort in the Mah sekey itegion it its Vim basted by Ur op amok sad they wUI be *we, froek tha prawns laniestlens at the tads. g thy se not renal ataator Whit Musics la mew to secure to Baorythill County her peak* et the trade to Der pawl position In Mallon TAE MINERS.?---JOUR to the markets at New York- . The trade looks more discOmaging now than ft didliis time lag year, in consequence of the 'seta' Oplie Penieylvania COSI Company. If coatis forced into themarket now, pri ces will go beloW a remuneralig Point, and' the operat ors must workto some extent In order to p tcplze their collieries for tbk yearki business. I The:oply hope - now, appears .. .to tie In ob . : taming Ili:Protective Tariff froni the present , or new Congress, which will assemb'e, after the 4th of of Muth, so u to stimulate Our , domestic industry, and thus create a demand for all the coal that can be produced, other. wise the trade is likely io drag again, 'Skit did last year, and may result in another stop page to extricate it from its difficulties. The trade elms up this week as follows, oommired with last ye-s : • • • jr TOTIL V 1 .211. I --. PRURIttI3:439.. 173,517 41.5tdi 37 1. 7 :4 4 4.175 L V.l R R139.344,' 343,449 37,87.1, 13,35vL N. R.l' 1,9.7' 14.041 jt.461 . 9•...,4.41 • ;4414 o: mia t gm , t,,,tr,g• 179,441 Nth'' 4;31, 41.5141 •,72.2 • .4,721 2.1:5 Penn C 9,34 , 11, SI 446 13,41 , ..7,441 . 24.415 4414301415' 1.51 f. 3G 1?0' 7.651 ?rename tot 1,127, 4.7 3.344 2,12: Mort Mt; • 471 t .1.. L. V. 443..44,2 3.1.)44 3 . 444 Winelitia: 917. 1,.11.• • 4 • 8 Top. N 11,211 C.„ . .3•3 344977, 1,tir , ,u14 171.22:0 1,1 ,, ...••• 044 •-- I }1.;:1 4 .” 190444 increase so tar this yiar is 119,844 tons,' against 277,04 i. bins hilt Year:. The Reading Railroad. was 86,192 tons ahead of 186 T lut year. ,This year It i 5,4,175 tptis behind last year.. Can't some-of the writers of the mo ney artirdee In the city papers quote this u another argument why the stock of the Heeding ought to rise ? Perhaps they would prefer this statement to the one we requested them to publish, showing that fei the last three years, the . revenue had largely ,le-, Mined, while the' expenses had largely in creased ; and although they paid stock divi dends, thus increasing the capital about three 'millions of dollars more, ilia :vele furred to absorb also urisiards of half a million lam of their sinking fund. Nearly the whole th a money, was squandered in_ foolish pr. - jecti, which will not yield them one rbal of additional revenue. bay will atisolulely.add t.):. their annual expenses. This: comps• . ny is doomed, unless they change their man 'gement ; . iind the ireition is beginning to be asked by knowing ones, whether those who control It are sane. • - Ous . Pittsdelphls correspondent ' *Otto as follows:' •••' , ..The low view at whteh coatis aelltuirat New Tort waapellat another redaction In pekes, and red ettotatkwe weeedtagly. • There are a few ceders for small 1042. at swat kinds of coal. It it deitrable that the prices : of tolls should be fixed as early r DOB sthle, to enable Schuylkill &alert, to know what tib do. Contraels sr* betng suds at New York, we ]caret by the mud companies who control the prhes of the coal, and If mt actlou to taken fit time. we -will be cut oat •of many cedes when the trade open* next month. '. It Is theteTore very 'important to the &hop,. kati trade that the rates abuhl be dthd Tue iir... - 1294,..-74c want all of our citi= xens to diecusathe anhject Of the ,proposed Through Tratili Road, as they will roon be, called upon . to We pima begirtat home, it we expect hi:6*am abroad:. aud , all dor clergies ought to be directed not in' ma k,Og other invtatrntirs, hut' to protect;tbuae already made. kiiery citizen lathe County, a :Mb:rested, whether he is enir,ged di ieetty. in the Coal . TraLle or not. Talk now, 'and be ready to act-when called L Id. TILACC COAL CILIII`ANT•I . I deretand that the, act applied for ihis °nips ny , entitles Them to hold coal land Add bylld a road about twenty miles to Hazleton, and gives It the privilege of mining and selling et.al, and also transporting the nine to mare !Let.' The State is *heady sulheienflyl9used with such coMpaniec'and we hope the I.ki islature will.kill it..;\ti a bete no 'cipe,tiotis -to their huilaing, the road.',snd itniirov rag eoliferiev, but they ought not:ro have mining privileges, or•thiprivilege of buying or sel ling coal in•Compethion They cannot exist togetherone or the other must go down. This Is not: only, the experience of dila, but all other 'coun tries.- Our individual operators ought , to oppos(it immediately—it is another enter • • prising wedge. : , • The coal trade is 'eery unsettled. The coal in t'he bands of the dealers ahrdad generally cost them more thin they are retailing itat The moderst Is - weather hae cheekedennatnitp- thin alwi to some extent, so that the marker, generally' appears to be fairly suppligd. The last Auction Niles reduced prices gonsiders 7 bly, and in order to still further .rednee prices, the f'ennsylyania'yoal Company is sued a circular, thittil Feb.s. 1 . 10, atrding that they would in all'firbbability: be iirepar cal to ship goal from Newburgh by the irsf of March, and offer to furnish coal lig a period of . ore -month after the opening of navigation at that point, at the following rates • • ," Lump...ton 22}0 . lbs Btomr rt Grate Egg ..... Stove Freight to New York 70 cents, These pricea are fir cash, end the Company reserve , the right to advance these rates at 'any time, except upon contracts made prior to the ad vance. The' tendency of this notice is tol reduce pri6es':to this point as son as they commence shipping—fir that 'will be the effect, even if it is intended as some floe to accomplish another object. :This move, to gether with_ the Auctioh Bale' which wilt soon follow, will in all probability ember rasa the trade ,ngain, at a time, when It is Important to the consumers! as ,well as operators, that there should be I demand for coarin the early part of the season at fair rates, go as to secure a full supply_ for the wants of the community. : It Is eery tiapor tacit that the trade Should be kept regular throughout the year n , and thus prevent suck an advance in prices as took place last. Fall,. and taxed consumers so heavtlfwithotit suti. stantially benetiaing the' producers. Theri is no branch , of basinesa injured ito much as the coal trade by the flactuationi arid stop pages that occur so trequently,,arid we .had hoped that all engaged In the trade had learned sufficient Wisdom to prei;ent Inch a policy, totally 'uncalled for in .our so early in the and knowing too that dealers who havOlitheks on hand, must tut: ter severely : in Ansequence. We are in favor of reduclia the price of fuel as low as It can be aifotde4L.ind to accomplish that, object, we are endeavoring to`chespen trans: , portatlon, as the mining of coat i , cannot be. cheapened below a certain polar( If prices are towed too low by such a !policy, and those engaged in the business receive no re-, maneration for their product must any length of time, and stoppages must Jake from arty cause whatever, It generally recoils on the consumers by running up prices to a high figure, and In the end they lose more than they pined, as was the cue during last , Fall and this winter. ' circular, whatever may be the pki t in issuing It, fixes the state of the trade, un less it is witlAret . ro, and both operators and carrying companies may as well mate. ar rangements to conform to circumstances. Coal mining companies have never succee ded In any country In competition, wtt6 fp dividual enterprise, except where they could secure a perfect monopoly of the business. In England they all failid,l and We believe tbereare none engaged In mining now under acts of incorporation. The improvements are generally made by the owners of 91eN1`, and themleased to Individuate or firms: In this country they have all filled where inlk tidos' Tntsrprise has entered into Consnetl - With them, and always will,taU in the contest. The coal companies In the Luzenie Region have-not only the privilege of g coal; but the mining, baying. and selling of the same. Through these privileges,* they have completely* destroyed individual enterprise, so far Nibs innithortltios of coal is concerned, and by' these means' dictate their o:rfprices -for octal attheldli mouth. Tor