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AXIIRDAY, PEBNI742IY. 12, 1243
THE Mgt RAILROAD BILL.
Bowie days ago the Ibusoof Hepre-sen.
tatives at Harrisburg ;aired a Free Rail•
road bill. It is a good one—liberal in
spitit,vettuardmit terms. The Senate
also, has a Free bill—en eacel
. lent one—thongh' e prefer that of the
House. When the bill reached
the fianate, a moil wed made to substi
•,,
Into the Senate WI r it; and this mo
_
uon, Still pending, come up again
tomorrow night. It probablethe sob.
DLitt:alone:ay to
This Makes 'it im to under
stand the Math dirt/maces between the
two. The Renate bill provides that
books
for subscription to stock shall be
kept 'Open till the wholi capital shall be
subsCribed—the stock being equal to at
least ten thousand a mile. The erect of
this provision - is manifest. Ho charter
can be issued until ten thousand dollars
a mile on the line contemplated
shall be pledged. Another clause re.
i uncle the amount that may be borrow
' id In any cue to a snm equal to the
capital paid up. The effect of this, al
_ so, is apporent. One half the money to
build any Hoe of railroad under this bill
mast be raised by subscription. In all
other, particulars the Senate bill is as
good as the Hosts . 13111.:-Olte earnest
friends of Freedom in Railroad Budd
lug being judges.
That there are pree , ical difficulties In
.tie way of framing an equitable Free
Thillroad Low every man knows who luo,
folly 'considered the matter In detail. It
is easy to affirm that all pamens who de
_sire to invest Moo aya Minato& railwap
- stall have an equal and free chance; but
when the rights of mating corpontion4
of individual holders of real estate, and
of the public plurally come to be con
sidered, thinsmities of opinion are edict
.. ted among man who am anxious to at
tain a. common end. Hence, we have
not seen proper to denounce the Legis-
Laura, or either branch thereof, in ad
vance of ultimate - action. It is much
sorer to wait„ see what Is done, and for
what mations, than to start prematurely
and without valid octadom
Tits Pilaideatial campaign may soon
be regarded u open, and - the Republi
can should at once set Windt about to
do rehab:Tex good he can in the cause
We itnoir of no better way to make
Totes than by ealucatutg the people up
tq the proper Mande* no that they may
tow how to discriminate at the ballot
box In faros of the party hating the
.Meat Interest in the : welfare of the
country, and holding prteu:lplat not at
rariauce with the faun- Idea of a
liepahlican form of liknernatant. The
boot channels through which to reach
the nuns and, to spread beton them
the lire tunes of the hour, are well inn
- ducted end )011,naly witted newspapers.
They ens the educator, of the people,
and when popish , directed. one lournal
Wendy- . aroomplishes mons good and
effective service than could a thousand
clamp Orators or zealous canvassers. In
view of Mil fact, all earnest laborers to
the great political principles held by the
'Republican party should lxedir them
- tetras to increase the 'circeiatlon of lose
joarnala in their districts, ea_thit no
man in his ignorance will be entrapped
into the support of mem and meatunts
- antegonisili to the beet interests of the
coentry. i •
The Pittsburgh Weekly Ctaxgrrs,
the largest, • cheitgort and best weekly
lournal in the Commonwealth, and the
leading Republican - paper of Western
Pennsylvania, is placed within lies reach
of all, and if ctn. friends will co operate,
It will ba enabled to accomplish much
good work In tke presidential cedavaso
Aside from Its high political character, it
L a lite, gouippy, and readable newt
paper, which will commend itself to the
Intalligeot fanner, Merchant or mechan
ic, Ike prospectus in another column.
"Tien Genres wants the opinion of
the Per; upon the recent deeisiona of
the Supreme Court. We km not been
addicted to the bed habit of tho Guirrru,
in reviewing the decisions of the Su
preme' Coat. acupt them u
binning upenulL"—Pur.
Timm why hare yen been hammering
away for months past-at Coagreu for
conforming its action to the deetaion of
the !Upraise coint In the Rhode laknt
cats--sait at the Supreme Court for riot
reversing that decision, and sitting up
a sew precedent unheard df is tke jade
print:ape of this oenntryt
Taxan seems to bo some misappre
heation at Harrbburg, and, perhaps,
elsewhere, ea to cam aoceptanoe of Mr.
Zattere's et:tarsi:Mu of Mr. Ormuz
CO3NV.LL, In the matter of the Petro
lean inspeetoribip bill. We, therefore,
desire to say, that we accept Mr. Se
mmes explanation as fully exculpating
Mr. Cowards, though we do not recant
or modify any one of oar denuncia—
tioriz•tifiks bill itself, or of the swindle
which the oencostors thereof Intended
to aomuspllsh by means of it.
Tao Expansionists are likely to have
their way, et lout.; to some extant, In
Congress, Westein business will do
t:Auld more currency, and the politic
ians hardly dare refuse, pending the
Presidential electiOn, whatever their
-personal conviction may hi Indeed, it
is in, easential idea in repntelortatlve
goventments that the will of the people
sball be executed.
Tax Wk about trying 0111 . 2. Glum
for insubordination fa all moonshine.
He was not made fiscrerary of War by
mama of being • soldier, but because be
was s citizen, ud eminently fit for the
position. The Mace le randy • doll
one, and bill vary rarely, and only far
brief periods, been Mild by imilviduals
unseated with the army.
Ma Mum a amvome to came Pres
ident dolottaa to collect Ida bill of
cirtl,ooo &plant/is Brittshillosemostat,
which he elabris as damages for his ar
rest. Getting that amount, is that easy
tray, Would be a Meespeadation. lisay
'men would like to be at ones a
mouth regularly for a good deal leas
Iz IS lILIZIre 1112004 h, 1131d117 the Cif
contetenees, that the President should
elms blow at Cleaeral Geary, bat he
miscelcabited tries be thought 11 rent.
„Ida to sake I,k art'. eres
. Ate.iiersi iitetreeelet for Use scatreabb
. • , teeet - ot his refill.
14i•-Legbilaine Ilt ddigne 01111.
u scutalte Amps py eat
24 th or Math, *deli is tii day
Iliad um by Ute Sada.
..7exmc BANTA
At Lut session of the Legislature
of Pennsylvania slaw was passed to tax
stock to Rational Banks in the hands of
holders thereof. To this end a corps of
special Assessors were created, and au
thorized to pocket seven per cent. of ill
the moneys raised in this manner, in ,
compensation for services not extending
beyond a few hot:altos days. While the
idea of taxing this capital was Just and
proper, the manner of carrying it into
erect was a job, though not of large pro.
portions. At the present 'session of the
Legielatune, it is to be hoped, the whole
system of taxing banks will be remodel
ed to meet the requirements of the case,
as developed ty the fullest considera
tion.
There can be no question but capital,
whether in the form of bank and rail
way shares, or in government bonds
ought to be liable to assessment for pub.
Ile purposes to as full an extent as other
descriptions of property. The exemp
tion of capital, invested in these shapes,
has gone so far as to compel a discussion
which will oot cease, but grow more
I earnest, until a change that! be made
! remedying the existing evil. Nor can it
be doubted that Bank Officers . are con
vinced that the general system 'under
which they are doing baseness. can only
be permanently maintained by the adop
tion of such provisions of law as will
subject banking aspics! to tui beery rate s
of taxation as are laid upon capital em
ployed in other pursuits.
The forty-fret section os the Ant of
Coagreas of 1864, regulating National
Banks, expressly prohibits taxing, for
Stabs and local purposes, either the
tranchiSei;owpital or earm age of - those
institute:ins; and the obvious import and
effect of the section has been sustained
by decisions in both Federal and State
Courts. Bat the same section author.
tees taxing shares of stock in National
Banks In the hands of the individual
hollers thereof, tho same as other prop.
etty, subject
to three limitations:
1. The rate moot not be greater tLan
on other moneyed capital In the State.
This Is abuidantly liberal in Pennsyl
vania, for moneys at interest are now
taxed, In none e the counties less than
three or four per cent, and In some of
them seven or eight per cent.
• 2; That the taxes shall be Imposed by
State authority, at the place wheze lb,
particular bank is located, an I not elec
where.
That the rate shall not exceed that
ripen sham la State batiks.
Tne first attempt in this . State, at tax
ing National Blake, failed because
aimed •at their business. The second
attempt, that of 1266, failed for this rea
sous-lat. Timone per cent. lesied 1110
held to be In excess of that legally pay
able on other capital for State object,
alone; and, 2i. Because it was laid 0. ,
tie banks directly, and not on the indi
vidual holders of the shares.
The act-of - 1867 is objectionable no'.
aimply because the assessing is made a
job for the benefit of lucky politicians,
bat also because it does not make the
stock taxable for county and local par
roses, It is farther faulty; In the fact i!
does not subject shares In State Banks to
the Basle measure of taxation as sham
in National Bunks. .Moneys at intermt
see taxable for all purposes; sad, as we
recently explained, in some maritime the
assessummte absolutely reach $67 on each
$l,OOO, or $7 more than the whole lawfu,
interest received. Nor is this the wore:
of It. If a nun sells realestate on time,
taking any form of security, that securi
ty is liable to taxation at these rates,
while the property conveyed is liable the
same as any other houses and lands;
thus titling the: same property twice
(We mune:nark in pluming that the law
taxing money at intermit, as it stands., to
on infamy that the Legudatare ought to
=kis haste aid cornet.)
The tax on State Banks Is on the par
value of the. shares, regardless of ite
market value while the tax on National
Banks -Is on the actual value of the
shams, whatever it may be. It Ls a point
to be considered, moreover. how Pr the
disthistionsseade in taxing Dacia In the .
two sorts of Banks, invalidate any of
the evils.
Another point in which question May
possibly arise might u well be looked at
in this connection. The 41st, sea
tion of the National law declares
• "That nothing in this act shall be con
strued to prevent all the shares In nny a:.
veld ARKICatiO/11L, held by any person
or body corporate from being inelad
ed in this valuation of the personal
property of such perm or corpora
tion In the amassment of taste imposed
by order at State authority, at tha plots
when such bank is totaled, and not els. ,
alum"
The State law of 18.67 provides, the'
taxes on shares of stock in Nations'
Banks shalt for assessed at tits plow of
residence of itockhorderi.
There is ►manliest dimpsney in .these
two Provision; which the courts may
find a way to reconcile if a cue should
arise calling for a solution, though we
think that La this great violence would
have to be done to ono or both the pro
visions. A bill is now under consider.
alien in Congress which provides that
stock in National Banks maybe toed at
the place of residence of the respective
Stockholm; provided they reside in
the State In which the book is iocsted,
snd with which they are connected. It
!his bill should become a law, es we
ptesumeit will, it will measurably rem•
edy the discrepancy referred to.
An the laws now are lands end tene
ments are exempted from assessment+
for State purposes, but carry • by far the.
larger part of the local burdens, while
capital Invested in banks, railways, in
surance and amanfactnring companies
contributes moat of the proceeds requir
ed for State tees under tote arrangement.
More than half of the income of the
State Is collected in Philadelphla
There is no vital objection to the con
tinuance of this rule provided the actual
burdens of each of these forms of prop
erty are Substantial equalized. It would,
indeed, be more satisfactory to many
minds it'll kinds of property should be
made liable to the. tame levies and In
the same proportions; but there are
practical difficulties in the way.
hitherto it has been found ditheult, it
not impossible, to make capital in the
form of money pay its proportion of
taxes, while real estate .11 palpable and
cannot be concealed. The result 11 that
capitalists who are beat able to contrib
ute to the support of goiernment pay
ratably to their means less than men in
more moderate circemstaucea: d.l3bor
er, mechameor tradesman, who has a
house, shop or store cannot escape the
tax-gatherer, while his rich neighbor
nay have tenser even hundreds of thous
ands of dollars invested that the existence
Of them =apt be readily ascertained.
greet equity is scarcely attainable, nor
hilt desired by , persons who take com
prehensive views of taxation. What is
essential Is that,substantial justice be
done. ;
It will doubtless be found lospouible
to dispense with the State tax on real
property unless the to on bank shares
shall be rendered &sellable. • If it should
become necessary to restore the State
tax on lands a thorough scrutiny of all
parts of the existing eystest will be de
mandwfand enforced; and the result of
this will be that atoney capital will not
escape as easily as under the proposition
to mate it pay one per cent.
—The Commission sppotatedto nein
the tax laws, went expected to report a
bill covering this matter; but theft re;
part, as tar as published, does not con.
Yin It, though the table of contents does.
It is probable a supplenurntal report will
Itzszkez , of the l'hiledeloble newspe ,
pert denounce the.Petroleiun Inepector.
skip ia poet. elm= smug, es tend
ing to demi snide Lone that cat, to Raw
York. The marvel lentthat they can
al:in kbut that they MEd commence
sonar.
PRESIDENTIAL.
The MistsMr' Democrat, which has
hitherto oppatad the nomination of
General GLUM to the Presidency by the
Republican National Convention, has
changed its tone, and now, not re:or,
tautly consents, but warmly eiponws his
claims to the candidacy. It say':
.when General Grant's nominetion for
the Presidency wet urged on the ground of
expediency taen ly, we earneittly
W opposed
It. The Itenot ord to
linv a victo r y bi perty s can
by a
acrifice of principles.
When his noutination war urged because it
would pleue those uncertain •ouls whose
lack of real convictions of any kind makes
them of no ns•soettnsr party. we opposed
it. Ito party can afford to boy teemmare
animas the cost of disgusting or Mallelirt
ening faithful friend.
"But circumstance. us...bused. Chinas
that otecnred Grant's fidelity have rolled
away. We find tnat the um, though hid
den, was weedily shining. lila nomination
L no longer urged for the sake of exped
iency only. We no longer are told that his
nun, will bring to Our - ltanaard thou
whoee ur-ession were weakness. General
Omni In being placed, at events untold, In
such a position u to command the - hearty
clpport of Nose ho light for principles
one: Gin nomination le now urged on the
ground that he repreeents, more truly than
any other possible candidate, the radical
element of the Republbsan party."
So the Republican ranks close op.
There is no longer any question or hes
itancy alto who shall bold the rat
place on the Republican ticket. The
debate L 3 confined exclusively to the en
!colon of the best man, all things con
sidered, for the second place.
The Republicans of New York, in
their Stave Convention, expressed a de
cided preference for Gov. FUTON. Re
hoe proved himself a tine man and an
able administrator, and if this prefer
ence abould be ratified at Chicago there
would be no holding back from accept
ing the cnolce, by Republicans any
where.
In Pennsylvania three names have
been presented. for the vice.preaidential
honors—those of GEARY, ounTnt and
Claim. Alike estimable in privite life,
and richly endowed by nature and CnIC.
rience for atheist awfulness, they . have
each special and distinct claims upon the
public confidenco and span the support
f the Republican party. Bence it is
difilcult to institute a comparison be
tweee them. Each has filled the .pecti.
:tar situsUons to which destiny aid the
voice of the people esaigndd him, and
filled them well.
Gov. GEAST is the only one of the
three with a military record behindhim.
This Is moat brilliant—honorable
tohtm
,elf as his services were eminently um-
MI to the nstion. It `was this record
that drew towards him two years ago
the Fympathies of the people of his
native State, and - secured his elevation
to the gubernatorial chair. In the can
vase he developed unexpected oratorical
dowers, and dealt with intricate ques
tions of national concernment with the
. ongenc7 and power of an experienced
datesmu—showing that in hie medita
tions, - whether of the Study or the field,
he bad mastered problems of deepe4t
duildcanee. In his administration of
the affair* of the Commonwealth, he has
,43 enlarged his reputation uto create a
Aesoand for his promotion to the broader
field of nations] service.
Mr. A. G. CITIMLN has entirely dlt.
fereut antecedents. A lawyer by pm.
esaion, he has been many years in the
aril service of the Commonwealth. It
wee his lot, and the happiness of the
peep a, to be in the subcraational chair
when the Rebellion broke out. Trestle,-
' quent popular erator soon disclosed en.
puler eapa:ltles for administration; for
aroutiog the people; for enlisting popu
lar confidence; and for concentrating all
;h' remoras* at command upon a single
object. Not only in Pennsylvania, but
throughout the Union, was his nodding
plume, like that• of Ifaysniz, recog
nized in the van of . the contest. Upon
it rose and felt the hopes and expecta
tions of our people. No loyal heartwill
ever forget the magic of that plume, or
fail to recognize the tones of that superb
voice that in many a great emergency
wan worth ten thousand men.
Mr. Gnaw has never been identified
with State politics or administration.
Cast, almost in his youth, into the as,
done au* at Washington, he rose to
the Speakership of the House of Repre
sentatives. Solid and luminous rather
than dashing and brilliant, his career
makes its appeal to the judgments n
etted of the enthimiasms of his fellow cit
izens. Clear-sighted, substantial, true to
his cosmic:Gone as the north star to the
pole, there never has a shadow of doubt
or uncertainty rested upon his character
or conduct
Upon which of these three the choice
of the State Convention will fall, it Is
not easy to forecast. Nor is this neces
sary to the purpose before us. Tea con
test between the respective supporters
of these distinguished men is not seri
nitonious, bat evinces a spirit of chiral•
root rivalry which augurs well for the
harmony of the navy. Upon whichey
er of them the chance rosy fall, it will
be worthily bestowed, and if that choice
shall be retitled at Chicago there will
be no hesitancy among the Republicar.a
of Pennsylvania in accepting it ass de
cision inevitable between conflicting
claims where the balance was no nice u
to leave the result to Forthee.
Barony avouches that General Mc
extua..us is to succeed Mr. Avon as
Minister to London, provided this Senate
hill conseqt. The retiring Minister is
regarded in Europe as perhaps the
ablest representative this country has
over had: Hts career has been pre-emi
nently succeuful. Illustiicue by birth,
attainments and services, he will • wry
into retirement not only the respect of
his country, bet the regards of all abroad
with whom he has come into social or
official contact. His prospective MO
ceasor Ii conspicnons for failure. In the
chaos of affairs, by accidental or fortui
tous circumstances, elevated to a high
and responsible rank for which neither
experience or genius fitted him, ha
proved an architect of disaster, beyond
parallel In history., Found wanting in
his chosen profession, for which he has
capachle., If for anything, it le now se
riously proposed to start him on a fresh'
career, requiring peculiar natural apti.
mules as well as special training, the
possession of which he hu never indica.
;ed. This may be taken as a gad exam
ple of party intatuat on.* •
Were such uniformity has the remit
followed, that as 10011 as a man has been
convicted of counterfeiting the national
currency the public has conedentry look
ad for his speedy pardon by President
Johnson. And this expectation hu not
been disapnointed. Almost every offen
der of this clue has been set at - liberty,
to renew his crimes. The whole num
ber thus treated 'approsthes one hun
dred. Is it sympathy that moves the
President to this reckless clemency?
Oi do considerations, not of weakness,
but of a still more ilagrant character,
control him?
p—Thruldnes Stevens, in an interview
with a correspondent, stated that be
considered Ms President liable to im,
peacbment, and that. he (Stevens) was
not disappointed in the vote in Com
mittee, by which his reeciutions were
tabled, as his long experience enabled
him to know every coward In Congress.
When the vote had been declared on the
question in Committee, Mr. Stevens
said: "The Republican party has been
killed by the action of is Committee,
at the instance of General Grant and his
friends. • I have found that for the last
two or three days the men who shout
the loudest and throw their hats the
highest for U.S. Grant have been using
every...set - Ron to demoralise Mr. Bing
ham and the other members of the Com
mittee, who were supposed to favor im
peachment. Grant has been using
his influence everywhere to defeat the
scheme. and that AndterwJohneen has to
thank W h ite Oat be remains undisturbed
in the House. I have been in
public! life for fertY res%•ored.though
do not pretend to any glit prophecy,
have seldom been mistake nln toy pre
-
I diatom. Itch Tea that to-day's cow
ardly tuition wL.I oast us ..Ifew York,
Pennsylvania, Oble and probably three
ar four more of the Northern Snstee"
—Advice from Hayti =am that Sol
naves hadquartars• are now at Grand
Itialeao. Ms chief army wan deflated
bisgum Mow rated:ion the fro:War. Gam
committedmicida, and Clan. Nord
has inearnd the =barn= of Ptondant
&Maas, who dap:trod him of kis rank
and Imam .
PITTSBURGH WEEKLY GAZETTE : SATURDAY; FEBRUARt 22 1868
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Revival poweirirevalls In almost every
part of the country. Our secular as
well as religions exchanges, frequently
contain items of this character, in view
of the public interest In such intelli
gence: In the immediate bounds of our
circulation, covering a large district
of country, the work bf revival obtained
in most of the churches.. Doubtless the
largely increased spirit of union-among
Christians generally, and branches of
denominations with the same cardinal
doctrines and mode of government in
particular, has given an impetus to the
work. Among the chief features of
these union meetings and conventions
Is, the united cry to God for the descent
of the Holy Spirit upon the people.
And it is note-worthy, too, that the sub
jects of these revivals are mainly adult
male. and frequently the heads of fami•
hes. We And that many of our church
es-in the Westerzi-part. of this State; as
well as In Ohio, and West Virginia, ly
ing contigious thereto,- base been unusu
ally favored with a work of grace.' In
the Presbyterian churches at Rimers
burgh, Murrayaville, New Castle and
Mercer, In this Stale, it has prospered,
also at Alliance, Ohio. The same happy
condition exists in the Baptist church at
Fayetteville, in one of the eastern coun
ties of this State. During the course of
an eleven wenha' meetinie in that church
nearly one hundred persons professed
Christ Reference was made some days
since to the tixtenswe revival in the
Evangelical-Lutheran :Church at Johns
town, and ale+ to the highly spiritual
condition of other churches ia that
place. Since then we learn by the
• Christian Advocate that over one
hundred and thirty have united with the
Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. A.
if. Thomas, pastor, at Johnstown. The
Greensburg Herald says fifty two con-
Versions have matured in the 31. E.
Church at Ligonier, Pa, during the
past three week& Good news Liao
comes from Clarion of a meeting In the
church of that body. Our own city to
also being favored with the s istvlog dis
plays of God's power. Meetings for
prayer and conference are being held
nightly in many of the churches, and not
without good results. The soon-day
prayer mating and special services at
the Academy of MUSIC' on Sunday after.
noon, and at night In the Theatre, in
connection with services In public halls,
are all contributing their part to encour
age the work of revival. .
It is gratifying to note that the Herald
of Peara, recently started in Chicago,
besides advocating the peculiar princi
ples and practices of the Orthodox.
Friends, will promote revivals of re•
Sunday schools, the circulation
of Sibley and tracts: poison reform,.
etc. hitherto the Quakers have resist
ed all the attempts to incorporate these
methods of religious acts, but this papa
favors the adoption of means employed
by earnest-minded Criticises of even
renal. denominations. Toe New York
Independent says at a general meeting
of Friends In Chicago, the meeting was
regularly organizul with cacao, and
opened by reading the scriptur.s. It Is
believed one of the first steps In the new
reform will be the employment of sal
aried ministers.
The German branch of the New York
Christian Asso'clation have established a
free eating Cits, at No. 60 Ludlow
street. Five hundred and fifty persons
were fed daily last week.
A remarkable revival of religion has
been in progress to the M. E. Chord.,
at Orange, New Jersey, the Rev. Dr.
DashieL pastor. The work le 'chiefly
among young men and heads of
Dr Dashiel stated, some evenings
since that fifteen husbands bad been con
verted in answer to the prayers of plena
wives: - - One of these said recently that
she bad been praying and. waking for
this result for fifteen years.
number of Infant baptisms in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, caring last
year; was 49,658, the largest ever re
ported, presenting also the largest an
nual increase. •
The Bs lfpfres Tolincope thinks the
custom of some congregations of sing
ing during the taking of the collection,
la not proper, as they interfere with each
other. It says terne brethren are so ab
sorbed on their elegiog during collet
don, with their eyes closed, they could
not see the basket as it was pined.
The New York Independent contains
foil column editorial on the Bishops of the
Methodist Eoiscored Church. Coming
from a source from which that praise
would be limit expected, its views of the
general character of the Board are worth:
re-producing. Looking at the picture of
the Bishops, it says, there are few
men in the United States to whom more
power is entrusted—power, but not
emolument . ; for their position is the
farthest removed from dignified leisure.
Referring to the circular form of like
nesses, it says, like every thing in Meth
odist economy, the Bishops revolve they
are one wheel of a vast system of wheels;
and if they exert their power in bidding
others to remove, there are none upon
whom the hardens of the itinerant sys
tem fall so heavily as upon themselves.
City missionary work in New York city
is assaming greater prominence la the
leading churches of that city than ever
before. Thu need for this kind of labor
became so apparent, that the churches
were forced to take hold of it. The
good results of only a brief time shows
that the field is worth cultivating, and
promises a plentifal herrest. By this
means the churches will not only be the
gainers, but society at large will feel its
healthy pulsations. The. Episcopal
Church Missionary Society in the city and
Diocese of New York, organixid one
year elm hae constant remands for an
extension of the field and work engaging
their care. Some idea of the work may
be found from the feet that the central
mission at the Church of the Epiphany,
Stanton street, is occupied by two cler.
gymen, one physician, three Bible wo
men and one German layman, who find
ample employment among the poor and
suffering of that part of the city. Re
ligious services are also 'applied by this
Society to the Protestant troops on Gov
ernor's
and David Islands; and at Fort
Schuyler, while aid is also extended to
feeble rural parishes.
Complaint wis made at the Presbyte-
flan Extension Meeting, held in New
York city lately, that one great hind
rance to the multiplication of Presby
terian churches in that city and immedi
ate neighborhood is, the rich are so
wedded to mute and comfort, that they
refuse to stay out in plain congregations
or go out into unassuming colonies
Many of the millionaires congregate to
gether, making same churches plethoric
with wealth, and leaving others pulsa
tes' with poverty. Dr. Prime, of, the
Observer, presented this dill enlty with
great farce.
A meeting was held at Newark,
N. 3:, not long mince, says a correspon
dent of the Presbyterian, to , endorse the
movement of the Mayor In enforcing
the Sunday laws. To the surprise of the
meeting, and to the sorrow of the min
istry, the Rev. Dr. Poor plead the Ger
man privileges and rights to espy
themselves, according to laderhind cus
tom. Rather poor argument--"they'
lave shed their blood for Ws country,
and have become citizens," therefore
they should enjoy the Sabbath as they
had been taught, sod not be forced to
keep it. • • --:- I
Quite an latarering meeting was keld
La Wallington Olty some thee dace ia
Garley's Church, oa Wulf of the
Soothers worst the /Useticaa That
Society. 'Elea. 3. K. Moorhead, our
rereeestattre Oonsress, wedded.
Soutar Mimi ant anural members of
As Bowe were present. A liberal
The emus] meeting of tie Cassrege
ticmal Ammodstiez of Chattskee of West
ern Penneylvania, which hei jut been
held at the Plymouth Church, on Hand
street, wu very Interesting and will
be long remembered vilth pleasure by all
who attended. This issociatiou is corn
posed of some twelve Congregational
Churches, with their pastors, each
Church being entitled to seed three del
egates to the stated meetings, while the
Asiociation has no control over the dlb
ferent churches - represented, yet the in
fluence exerted upon each is. very mark
ed and happy. Questions regarding the
Congregational polity, and what are the
obstacles In the way of revivals of reli
gion, ae., were earnestly and ably die
cussed. The devotional exercises of the
meeting were very interesting and lea
der, manifesting the pretience of the -
Holy Spirit moving upon all hearts.
EATEHN ROUSE OF' BEFOGS:.
The officers of the House of Refuge
have made their fourteenth annual re
port, and it is one of unusual interest.
We find, in referring to the report of the
Treasurer, that the expenditures last
year were $4,023 lees than the income,
which was $81,990.74. Of this money
nearly fourteen thousand dffilats went
for salaries; between eleven and twelve
thousand for repairs, which were neces
envy; twenty-nine thousand for supplies,
sixteen, thousand for loans, and the' re
mainder for vu-tons smaller expenses.
At the openieg of the year 1867 there
were 255 Mina ea, 89 of whom were cal.
ored; 130 were discharged during the
year; 125 were received; and there are
now 241 in the asylum; 32 of whom are
colored; 188 boys and 33 girls. Of thine
received daring the year, 80 are from
Allegheny county; 5 returned volunta
rily; 4 are from Beaver county, and the
zest are from the various counties of
this district]
Since the epenieg of the inuitutton
there Lave been 1,033 inmates; 1,874
boys and 550 girls. Of these'l,376 were
from Allegheny county, The offence
for which moot of them were committed
was incorrigibility; but there were also
400 for larceny, 243 fur vagrancy, 12G
for vicious conduct, 67 for prostitution,
11 for intemperance, .5 for burglary, 3
for assault and battery, 8 tor
horse steeling; each for er
son, embezzling, forgery, rape,
attempt to commilt rape; end one each
for attempted suicide, attempted bur
glary, letup:menu, and passing coun
terfeit mommy, thus showing an incon
gruous' and sickening array of crime,'
from whiett l et Is wontrerful the surienni
tendent has been able to bring such or
der, precision and virtue, although the
tamales are under •phyaieel eubjection.
The final dlepositien of such °treaders
is rather of Interest; 62.5 of them have
been released on parole ; 476 more in
dentured, 260 returned to thetr friends,
60 escaped, 2 of the bus became nueoe,
and one of the eels married, 34 died, 27
enlisted, 18 more sent to the almshouse,
11l became of age and were therefore
disclaimed, 5 were bike]: Oat on writs of
habeas corpus, and 110 were discharged
as unfit subjects, 362 of them were for
eigner, and 1,571 were Americans, the
greater number of whom were bens in
Penneylvanla, Ohio end Virginia.
The greatest number was committed
at the age of (omen ; more above that
age then below IL
82,128,52 was received for the work
of toe toys during the year 1567. De.
ducting coat of material and overaeer's
salary. The net proceed, of this labor I —Hen• Samuel Hutehine, of Water.
was 003,13 ford, Erie county, died teat Saturday,
The girls were jut as industrious as ‘ ' a g ed ni. Y ears
the boys, though their work]. not valued , —The Celenshia counts- Democrat in
in the report; but 2,000 stockings were no friend of nler gl , whom it calla
darned, 9,000 shirts repaired, FA shirt. "the bloodhounds of Zion.
were made. act ,„ jacket .
Lod 800
punt . —The citizens of Califoruia, or. the
Moraingahcie river, h tie formed a liter.
were made, and a large number of ether
garments, sheets, towels; etc, were cry eociety, which is fleurishing.
made and repaired, besides washing, —The Block. Swan I. giving concerts
Ironing, and general house work. in the eastern part of the State. When
The health the institution hen hoeu last beard front she 11 ni at Norristown:.
remarkably good. There has never been —oo Wednesda y "ening neat' Wed
.a epidemic to the ht,o‘e. Five deaths ton ie to wale at Titusville., an honor
occurred aeriea ie.e year, all or which he properly thinks Pittsburgh is
s e ,
contracted befere going into the asylum. too unappreciative to receive. j
The schools have been remarkably one —Mr' Adam Hoch, of KittantoSi, an
aged sad respected citizen of that place,
casual, and because solidly most ofaged ,
the poplin deed very suddenly on Suede,. morning
while in the act of stirring the tire.
There is a library in the Institation,
It is said that the lours by the bum
coneisting of 1,100 volume ',177 of which
were received daring 1b67. Besides Mg of Wayne 11'1"4 Eric, aye going
to sae the city for douse., became
this there Is a upstate library of 2eo
volume, for the use
of the girl,. The there was no water in the reservoirs
reports of alt t h e calker. arehi g hlysot - I C. F. Walker, a farmer reele r .:
terertori, and the
prosperous
menage _
n kr Bentord'a cloth, bomenet county,
has just received five /beep of the In
n:esti of such inatitution as this is al
. the :anted() breed, for which ho paid $2OO
ways a subject of congratulation,
Mercury cow down to twenty-two
number of otalserie is redtheed and good
degre s below zero, on the eat anat., in
citizen* are multiplied thereby.
- Cletrireld, but he found it at/ odd that
ee came up again. Why shouldn't
Alaska be admitted after that?
snuff boy, eon of Mr. Jacob
qualp, of Greenfield, fell through a hole
its We ae on the Monongahela river, a
fog Jaya ago, and was drowned. The
eady wes tound a sew hours afterwards .
I —A strarge and fatal Mame In raging
among tne cattle an acme parts of the
State. The /mummer Spectator saes
[Win that neighborhood it is particle
lerly virulent, 1210111.101.1101: ono township
where twelve Mad of cattle have died,
and that all the rest of the herd, some
twenty in number, ere suffering from it.
—Thu burgess of New teutle has pro. 1
hibited the sale of what me mils vicious
newerapere meaning the dieguttrig I
spawn of the anima:et:du oelatiag in the I
rotten males of mme wadies, and Isselarl
ouslwretches m some of the ewer°
cities This action on the part of the
worthy Chief Magistrate of New Castle
is timely and commendable,
..The ladles of the Oil City Episcopal
congregation are to have a promenade
festleal. Pictures are to Le awarded
severally to the prettiest, the wittiest,
the pleasantest, and time roost amiable
ladies present. A first class chance is
afforded fur some of our young ladies to
take a trip to the oil regions end furnish
their picture galleries at the same time.
-Armes Johnson end Harold, public
spirited citizeua of Cambria, presented
150 books as 011110/1 to the pupils of the
night school in that borough. A very
plasma meeting of the pupils and the
friends of the schcol wen hold, and
speeches and songs were In order, when
the fall of a stove pipe gave rise to Puck
a pan c that fearful tuella were antici
pated. Providentially, however, the
Memo was emptied without accident.,
-Afire occurred on Monday last in
Litalortevre, resulting In the destruction
oC R wnslderablo amount of Tenable
property, !inhaling the McClelland
House, the office of L. D. Beall, Esq., a
dwelling house, a barber shop, and a
store. A large amount of Whitley was
distributed among the firemen after
their efforts bad been successes],
arid a free fight resulted. The Goziutof
Livitrty thus reports it
- They at and At,
—Ann 10300.0 1111111 bit.
Ana strategies In the mod,
Until the around,
Yee mites around.
Was Itivered with their blood.
I=
The Washington C - ArenfeZe, in speak
ing of the proposedziatlenil monument
to be erected at the Capitol, In memory
of Ammo:ism LIPCOLN, St a cost sp
proximating three hundred thousand
dollars, my.:
"The monument Is [ designed to cona•
men:write the Signing of the Deelaritien
of Emenelpation. It le proposed- that
the vedette! be of granite, and tiguren
breeze. The whole structorfr Is to be'
sixty feet high, enrenotinted by thirty-'
five-toloaral figures, its construction
triangular, the base of which admits
three groups, presenting slavery. The
first (to the right) presents slavery in its
most abject state, as when brought to
this country . h ere we behold the nude
slave, deprived of all which tends to
elate - the level with any spirit of pride
or iedependenee, gilled by the yoke of
slavery. The second represents a less
abject Matte. The alive . here In parity
clad, more enlightened, end hence, re.
alizlng his bondage, startles with a love
of freedom. The third (trebled) is the
ransomed slave, redeemed from bondage
by the blood of Liberty, who, hiving
strack off hie shackle., holds them
triumphantly aloft. The alive to pictur
ed gratefully bowing at her feet. Be
tween these groups are three bac relief,.
First represents the drink on Port Sum.
ter. The other two present the Senate
and Reuscamendlng, the Constitution.
The recond story, first group, reVreeente
the members of the Cabinet in cent:tell,
as though In consultation. Bete, le here
pictured desponding; while Seward
points towards [ Europe, as though Cu.
planing the importance of the act. The
second group, the orincipel leaders of
the emancipation cause. The third, the
fell of Richmond and surrender of Lee.
The crowning figure Is the President in
the act or signing the proclamation. At
hie feet aro Liberty and Justice; while
behind sits Time, watching the hour
glass ' mimioned, es it were, from Hem.
en. At the bane of then steps leading
from the centre structure are represent
ed
the leading commanders of the army
and navy.
LITERARY NEWS.
—Frank Leslie, It Is stated,. has offer
ed Rayne Rend e eery large price fora
romance for Ins Illustrated News.
—A. new dramatic paper has been
started in New York by Patti Nicholson,
the dramatic cirtic of the Woad. The
new paper is called Town and Coon,
try.
—Mr. Payne Collier has reprinted, for
private circulation, a volume containing
some twenty-dye of the broadside hoick
letter ballad; with fac similice of the
original woodcuts.
—Earl Ravel has written, and will
loon "A letter to the Right Men.
Chichester reticent, M. P., on the State
of Ireland," a document which will be
read with great interest.
• —Edmund Kirke, it le raid, heathen.
Boned llterature end settled down to
commercial budness to New York; liter
ature would not outer any itthis naps
were true.
—George Augustus dale has been de' ,
voting soma of his taus to the .45ensa.
tional Ait and Literature," a thing
which he knows nothing about, at lout
one realm no senaUon whatever from
the perusal of Ids hooka:
—Mr. W. L . O'Neil Donal, le the
author of a • volume sniffled "Ireland
and ha Agitators," which Alois hick
graphical twileee if some of the most
turbulent men the world star sew, from
Lig Boma' who fought a duel In bli
errentislatk year, fatting in a chair,
dotes to the propane Ulm. melodist of
ammo Bally Bias, who foasht (*tutees
deals dazing mina election at Ootk.
1. INDUSTRIAL.
building in England. was never
widall before. r•hips can bo built for
less than fort' ears Rust.
—,The Workingmen's party of Balti
more is organizing vigorously and bids
fair to become a power in the Monumen-_
tal city.
—All the orkmen of one of the
Wooneoeget 3 , 111$ haveloined the, etrik•
ere, but the re son hu not yet been an
noaneed. •
—There w.. a slight decrease in the
proddrtiun o "petroleum I•ht month, the
average dail production having been
ten Omani six hundred barrels. .
" —The raj ea of last summer resulted
is a lows of over one million of doitera
to tie working
. men of Chicago, of
whofia 'AMU are now cut of employ—
ment.
—Two hundred operatives., principally
skilhid work people, have been thrown
out of employment by the stoppage of
the Ttelkmau mine, Di Lake Village, New
Hampshire.
—qa,momi . passengers were carried
over': the railroads 'of Massachusetts
duri4 the year 1367: During the five
yearo. ending, December, 1367, there
weret9B.3l-1,1114 passeugets. •
New • Tink gentleman Las offered
to luirine of twenty wen tp,taie
000,00 of tbe stock of The Erie Hoed,
provided Vanderbilt will consent to con
trol the administration. •
--The Commercial Convention in
Boston adopted a resoluthm in favor of
inviting the "importation of laborors"
to this country instead of Importing the
products of their • lahor.
—Dariug•the flee years of the exist
enee of , the underground railway in
Looter, it his carried eou.e eighty mil
lionelni paw:tigers, tit an 6110'20 rpeed
visiateen miles an hour, without I.Mng
a single life or Waring a passenger.
—The different railways which have
plaemipostoftlec curs on their lions, have
throOgh a delegation, applied to the
Congressional Committee on Postofficee
for more compensation, Ls at the present
raimitlicy find it Impossible to run these
cars Without loss.,
—Toe Joul l neymen shoemakers had a
mass ,meeting last week in New York.-
Sp:t i thes were made in English, Ger
man and and resolutions Were
passed pretesting against the proposed
twenty per cent. redbetion ofti:e prescnt
wage's, and preparations made for r.
strike if necessary.
—'(da Tuesday of last. week an iron
Cincinnati advertised for four
workmen in their line of business. yere
thahl)ve hundred men applied for the
positein before ten o'clock thst morning,
and the nuieber had then to she
thnus—
snd liefore the close of tbo
. itay, a faCt
which shows what an unusual slumber
of men are now., unemeloyed in large
—"l.:striding iu the memorably bard
wlnter of 1851- '55 deinitutiou was never
cigsneral In this city as et present,"
my, the New York Erenirl Yost, and
reports from various benevolent indivtd
oats nod 11,XittiCR, speak of tire most ex
tzsordinsry orlystious endured, sod of
the urn arsheled onralmrs of Americans
fonOtt reedy. Mechanics rightly reek
shatter ed.the station Looses, a thing un
hnorra before lathe mamas of the police.
STATE NEWS
F . OIL NEWS,
I
—The!production of the Thileute 44-
trlct is filling of rapidly, and few new
wells 114 , , going down. Tho property in
the vicinity of Petroleum Centre, how
ever, Is Ibtirm Very steadily developed
end In prying rmanthies.
—The stock of ell in the entire Penn.
'sylvenia Oil Regions .was stated to be
fire hundred and forty therm:rad barrels,
on the 7th Inst. This Includes all in
tanks or In the hands of . pnxittcen, ope
rators or brUkers.'
—During the month of Janne27, 4885, -
theri . Were 6,770, 607 gslkaui of oil ship
ped from the various ports of the United
States, being an increase of 2,289,747
gallons op the same month In 1867.
—Don tankage to the capacity of none
two Ituadred And 110110.11ty eve ihoo3llla
barrels, is now being erected at various
pohetenlong the Allegheny river and
Oil °nick. •
—Brpm Januar! Ut to the 6th of Pet.
ruary, 63 6U barrels ofall et era shipped
ever the Oil Crook &groat:
4 r - ' PERSONAL
—John 11 Breckinridge is in Spda.
confirmation by the &a
ide is, when the least !a said, doubtful.
—General Banjul : is still very ill, but
lopes are expressed of his speedy re
povery.
—Thomas Hitchcock, andnot Dana, is
the principal leader writer of the New
York Sun.
—Doan Platt, the politician. is the
New ;York correspondent of the Quoin
.
atti Commercial.
—Generals Sickles and Cochrane are
engaged in stomping New liampsitire
for the Repubilcans.
—Hoe. Reuben A. Charman hes been
confirmed - as Chief .Tnetice of the Su.
prelim Court of Massachusetts.
—Queen Victoria haegreat Nth in the
soporific effects of her new book; she
has sent a copy of it to every hospital in
6cotland..
—The reception of Secretary Welles
on last Tueedly evening was very nu.
oterously attended, and in point of num
bers,' at least, a gtund success
—The President has still chances
enough frir a re nomination to render it
Politic for a large number of lords and
place-hunters to frequent his receptions.
I—Doctor Alexis' Caswell, who for
thirty.six years fired the chairs of Philos.
t?phy and Astronomy in Brown Culver
! lity,-liss been elected President of the ,
Institution.
i
1 —Mosby ' the Miamians guerilla cap.
• I
min,ds busily engaged, as agent of the
Gaited !Rates Emigration Company, in
• importing a foreign population for the
State of Virginia.
—Miss Hartle succeeded so well as a
iLbetitote in the part of Lucia, in Paris
tideently, when Patu was taken suddenly
, that a repetition wan demanded, and
flatti is horribly jealous.
—General Lee has had presented to
him by an admiring Virginians, " the
those magnificent hat over seen In Alec.
aiidria, broad brimmed, highcrowned
felt, elegantly trimmed."
I—On Saturday evening last the dinner
phrty of Secretary Seward was especially
hellbent. Minister Thornton and
1
h beV
e al other memberaof the Corps Diplo
'tierce were among the guests,.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson bas a high
os mina of Charlea Stunuer , he soya 3
nt he."tas the whitest soul of any man
I eve, knew" and praise from each' a
Sir Hubert Stanley Is praise indeed.
dGeneral M'Ciellan sod Geo. Ticket
ullsl are each spoken of as the well,
it i l.fle immediate sneceasot to Charles
raicis Adams, who la by all odds the
aidest diplomat la the service of the goy-
Cr n Tain nt i
deßOuve, the eminent Fteriell
author has been very seriously 111, but
isi now to the delight of his Wends and
the i y eneral public, fast recovering, a
~
a feint which he eretllta to the use of
h meopathy.
i—Gen. Kilpatrick, familiarly known
114 "cla Kilieavalry," is spoken of as the
next Republican candidate_ for Governor
ot 'New . Jersey. Re will return from
3 nth Aeneris in May, and will stump
the State aunt fall. ...
Hilusan Dania the fair fieshractress
wino used tote known asmieot the Dwain
sisters but now stars it Moue, 'has had
caurnhusbands than any other woman
od the American stage, excepting of
cumin the versatile Menke.
t—.llltien Postmaster General Randall
giVetUa "blow out" all of the Wiscon
sin delegates attend. It inn good thing
for poor Congressmen to have a pet Cab- .
inet Minister from their State. • •
i r -A grand banquet It to be .giverito
Admiral Farragut by the Italian °Ululate
at Florence. We hope the Admiral
nada has quote to Isis taste fur they seem
tot e ' an Ungettaway from able as fate, in
Macaw.
Itistort expreesce herself as
rptite determined to take her abode In
this c,oontryonaking New York her per
iminent home. She is now at lista
mnrak but whether she will accept the
rildtation or We Emperor Of limn is
not known. ,
old woman hu Just died in the
.111 nm of La Salpetriere at the age of
one hundred and lone years. She was •
vitudime In her youth, and accompan
md the wades of. Napoleon. She wont
though the Russian campaign and tlipar..
.d i at ,Waterloo.
i—Three brothers named Hatch are said
to,rank among the first greatest advert
thUrsof the world. One is the Secrete.
ryorthe Wilcox & Gibbs' Sewing Ma
chine:Company ; another, the manager
oil the Fairbanks' Scale Company; and
the third Is the junior partner in the
banking house of Flek k Hutch, New
York.
. .
Processor 'Wheatstone is about to
be . :raised to the peerage in England, he
already possesses the degrees of D. C. L.
moil V. L.. D. cantered by the Univer
-616 of Oxford and Cambridge and is
corresponding member of ill the gob:tri
p-is scientific Societies In the world. lie
I
is ho' inventor of the Concertina, the
rescope'and the Solar Clock, and was
ih originator of the submarine tele.
gr ph.
EPHEMERIS
7 Wiscrinaln has abolished Kerosene
irclm railway esra.
. .
L—, TILS best way to get down from a
rliurch steeple is given by a eotempon
wry` in one word—Perspire:
l—Conaccticut used to Lave bluo laws,
asi every one knows ; now it has blue
blids as tbo Itartford Post tells us.
l--Women ore allowed to practice law
lei KAU BS., but thus far they haven't done
so , though &few of them preach it.
—hogs and hominy are Bald to be
Very sesrce to the South. IYe believe
pobably that 'hominy is, but have our
doubts about the hogs.
Eugenie bat bad so many American
friends that alto has become tiaselonatel)
Al n
fond of shopping, evict+ which generally
e late In perfection only In American
of lea. ' I
—California Las en eight hour bill.
Man deco won au elephant in a lot
tery..:Calitornia and the man resemble
ouch other in not knowing what to du
with their prize..
,
I—rho Beaton Journal says that Mr.
lyells'e Grail Johnson letter reminds it
of the
. Datchuma's answer when naked
4100z:don, "I clinks vat you — slinks.
Vat you clinks ? eh l"
!—A S'oronto paper perpetrated "quiet
boll retently when it said that small
pox was raging feufully In all classes
in that city, and that but very few peo
ple wen:inseam of the fact.
—The Passamaquaddy Indlansare not
so liberal as they might be with their
officials; they pay their Governor EA a
year, a sum on which ho ta'not likely to
live notously or to save much for the
fUture:
—lt - General Grant drinks, and ore
shan't commit oursolveson the qiteation,
even tho moat coppery sheets admit that
It is done in a genteel Land !,expenalve
manner. Tho Boston Post says that he
tines it only wbon champagne cocktails
are abundant. ,
I—General Sheridan denies thit he Is
to be married, and we really do not be.
Sere that any one toowi more about it,
or can be more interested : in It personally
titan be Is., Bat the Noir York papers
ailsert that he is to be Married, and so
We have another fine quill= of veracity..
I— nut Canard steamer on width Mr.
Train went to Queenstoin made so quick
I passage that his agent gent ova on a
steamer of a rival line, iseural, days bo
ffins, had barely time tontake the proper
aitangements for his arrest and G. 7.
nearly lost the eclat he went over for.
—Mr. Zogens Haywood is only twen
ti-two years old, yet', he owns fifty
4Ousand acres of land in Illinois and
twelve thousand in Nebraska. the es
tates egad In else some principalities.
and wiry's* fa size that One. which was
oifered
,try the emperor of Austria to
Napoleon, when bit ague*, u a bribe
or a sop to ids ambition:
FAH 1, GiliDEri !MD 110USE110.LD.
European rare.* and Varna al*
Since IS-15 there has been a decreaSe in
both - the rural population and.the isTum
berofpropriemrsin Great Britain. The
number of voters, who_ register on ac—
count of property is very seriously in
mtnizhed during thd last thirty years,
the total number of voters of that class
being something less than four hundred
thousand in 1004. This state of affairs
contrasts wonder fully with that of Fr a nce
where there are 4,0'00,000 proprietors,
(in 'England there are not 40,000,) in a
population of '27,000,000. The various
revolutions have so divided the owner
ship of France that there are very few
large land holders such or are common in
England, the average farm is but twen
ty-seven scree. Tic whole urea of
France is about 103,000.000 of acres, but
19,000,000 acres of which are %mete and
mountains; more than one-bolt of the
whole areala arable land, and the rest is
meadow land, vineyards, orchards and
forest. Since 1700 the ;crop of wheat in
France has been increased from 9 to 13
bushels per acre and is still progressive.
By reclamation of ground cud educated
culture the produce of wheat nod (seta
has been doubled, and the sansei wheat
crop Jens alsout 100,000 bushels m-orc
than that ni the Einitc.i States.
• The cattle r-f France within the last
bitty years have increased from six On.fa
half millions to more than ten mullions.
The'' sheep have increased seine three
milldna in the same time, and now num
ber 93,291,000: The sole,: are estima
ted at about 5,000,000. Besides ell this
France ships annually to . England large
amounts of egg=, fruit, butter an &wine.
'Ma great prosperity of r4ricultural
.Franca in s: ite or the disnsh - cus p5llOl
- revolution 3 h, fay; Prof. nailer,
mainly owing to the existence of the
paaanut populeson. Sfr. Fisher ascribes
the progress, health and vigor of.the
French peasstits,,who consume remarka
blyllittle anim 1 loo!, to "she life-giving
properties of ti• air cheap ordinary wine."
Sacial wine isl i roeurs,d for five cents a
bottle, consia!li of pure juice, and, noth
ing eau improve it in cheapness or tabor,
In Iliollaivi farms rarely exceed fifty
acre.; a but Holland sustains comfortably
'a porn:ld:ion of [hien and a half million,
within an area of octet minion acres;
and-M. 1062 bad some fifteen hundred
thoufAcd horses and cattle, nearly a
milhnq sheep, nud twenty-_ e ven tun.
sired thocannil swiss. She' exhorts an—
nually from Rotterdam to Es gl-ohd more
than ,165,090 head of - cattle, which Is
about bail of all that is imported into
Great Britain.
The Eoii i6light and sandy
being mostly teelaimsd horn the ocean,
yet it holds $2.;0,000,e00 of the
Austnan itialional debt ..ed rolece nearly
ennu . h grain for Pa orrn cousureptlon.
The atera-z,e tiea Lf farm 4 in SNitz
erland i twelve ticre.e, the whole
population of the country, is not no much
ss that of Lendoe sail yet there arc
War.; frecholderd in Switz erland than
to he whole of England.
-''he - average, farm in Erlgium is but
7 nerve Led yet it is probably the meet
TrOVirrs): l B region of Europe, Its Oze Is
nbo , ,t !bat of sachus ette and COnaCC•
ticut united; ice end le light yet it has a
poptil.t.loll of 400 to the equare mile
about one fifth cf whom are proprietors.
I=
=
Now that we have long awnings nod
plenty of time to' write, let me say a low
brief words to my rioter Lic,usekeepers
respecting the Kotl'huu Oardeu, which
has so Mien been referred to by the
editor, l terms which have elicited at
least a portion of the attention hepsd
for. Ime very sure that if wives were
to present the care to their husbands in
more earnestness than - they are areas
towed to du, we should see more ex
tensive and abundant vegetable endue
puss near our tiwosings. In. looking
about us, in Ms community, how few
really good gardens meet our eye? How
few enjoy through" the reason as they
I could and should, the foie fresh vegeta
' Sten which are w /lastly to he prodti.cd?
Why should not every , household have
lettuce and radishes until the hot suns
, mor days cut then short? Pro,, of three
! orfour varietica ripening, one crop after
another, until we are tired of them.
Also, beans, carrots, and especially core.
I Of dila latter, by planting the earliest
: kind, following it with the StowellEver
green, making our planting of the for•
lac; and four of the latter, at intermis
sions of ten to twelve days, we can have
sweet corn every daly until frost. So
with fruits. I enanit'nut love u husband
who would not provide for his family a
variety of the best fruits. In every gar
den should be found strawberries, rasp
berries', blachberries,..cnirants, goose
berries, pears and cherries: If ourlorda
who core for the comfort of their fami
lies and for their own reputation, would
only think that these things can he pro
vided, m a little expense, they would
certainly not allow next spring to pass
without giving their besets and bands in
accomplishing tt. , How much we ere
indebted to the editor of the Teter,raph
for his constant tfrarttl to inopresd all
these things urou our minds, I am not
prepanidto estimate; but I can truly say
that these efforts years ego, mode a revo
lution In the home comforts of at least
Ong I.IOCiEREL.PaIt.
Viedlug Stork from Nlnek•
Many farmers, who make stock rain
lug special filature in their agricul
tural eperations, Bse 'frequently de
ficient to barn accomodationa, berme
are compelled to resort to the - stacklcir
process. Stacks properly made, keep
hay with very little damage from the
elements, but when they are located, as
is flttillettly the case, its the meadows
where the crass is cut, a considerable
loss necesssrily results both in feed and
maeure. The loss is predicated on the
stinnositi'm that these stacks are led cut
in the meadows or fields where they are
built. In this case considerable hey Is
blown otl and lost by high winds; it is
less satisfyffig to the cattle when they
are compelled to teed while exposed to
the wintry blast. Besides the droppings
from the stock will, in a majority of
cases,: he deposited in seine out of - the
way place where they have sought shel
ter, and not readily reclaimed for use
the following spring,. 'To prevent this
expense endless, it is only necessary to
provide sufficient yarding room in the
vicinity of the hare to accommodate the
stock. Feed from the barn first sill
room is made for more hay. Throw in'
a snick and feed. until room is made for
another one. In Ids way the stock will
have the advantage 4 , r the shelter sop.
plied by.the barns and Elicits; will cat
lets and waste less, while the manure
made wilt be deposited in a compass to
Ma/UP as not to involve the necessity of
losing tench or soy of It. This winter
'removal of hay misfit be wholly OM,
sled by properly adjusting the stacks
emus the barn and yard. at the time of
harvesting the crop. Much labor would
he saved in this way, while supplying a
grateful sereen to the stock from this
storms and beating winds of winter.
Finally, the practice of stacking hay
to mvulows - stal feeding it out There; is
a great detriment should there chance to
occur a sudden thaw, as the cattle will
he sure to poach upthe turf; destroying
the continuity and - velvety manliness of
the surface at the rueadow--dituinishing
the succeeding cror, and Itnpeding the
lab:r of harveating.--BurialTeis Parker.
- 150 CONOUESS ST, BOBTON,
August 10, ISO?.
Mr. B. Fletcher—Dear Sir: I have
Just rend in the Termer, your letter to
Mr. Brown regarding Mr. 31etcall's
method of curing hay . In- the employ
ment uY limo and salt. 1 was very bipy
when you called at our counting room,
I failed to learn the' true import or na—
ture 'of your inquirler. It is evident
considerable interest will be awakened
in this *abject, and therefore I beaten to
present to your readers, a chemical view
of the matter, which I trust is reliable.
If the quantities of salt end quick
lime mentioned by Mr. Metcalf were
mixed together,, and sprinkled with
water, double decoMposition would re-
Milt, and ea Mae soda and ehioricte of
ea/cit/I yrould be formed. A mutual
destruction takes place btween thelime
and edit, and birth is given to these new
bodies. . Caustic soda would be very
hurtful-to animals, even irafforded in
small quantities. It fe-n powerful caus
tic irritant, Chloride of Calcium is s
deliquescent salt used in'the arts, and in
medicine.' IThla also, verild undoubted
ly be tutrutful to animals. If no [inkier
chemical elianges resulted, Mr. Metcalf's
lime and salt mixture upon bay would
certainly prove an unhappy. discovery.
Bat the two new bodice tend strongly
towards further changes; the caustic soda
has a poWerb/ stipeUte for carbonic odd
which It duds in the air diffused through
the hay; • union Is formed, and - carbon,.
aloof. soda results. Bat tills is not ail.
Carbonate of midi and chloride or
um cannot remain a•pli?, ' lte—they rub
together, exchange ingvgdientn and lo
we get back to Bali 114 common salt
and hard, insoluble nate of lime
nankin io "Mr. Metcalfg,hoymow after
the play of chemical - afOities ia fairly
over.
It Is presnmed.that Boland tali mix—
ed and strewn upon mdiat hay, would
be influenced cloemicsilf,An a way shod
hi. to that which takes Place when they
are mixed and sprinkledtWith water. It
Is possible, a body of ha4being porous,
it
unequal s:fusion of the , ' ?Donate of so
da and chloride of caleliitn occurs from
a point where they are r .lbrmed, so that
they. do not unite. In t*ut case carbon
ate of soda and chloride,-of calcium re
main in the hay insteadiOf salt and car ,
bonate of lime. It i-3 notiprobable, hove
ever, that dedomposidein stops short of
the ultimate resalts, saWlind choa.
With this view, no adiantages res ill
from mixing lime withlait in curing
hay, ns the production orchalk (carbon.
ate Of lime) in connectleti wits the salt,
affords no additional presltrvattye agent.
All the gases Involved gi'n the changes
are used In the new bodies formed, so
that no agent of this natilre is set free,
to act as an antiseptic destroyer of
ferment. Illy treated4lyin this way
would bo harmless to aelna•ls, as salt'
and chalk are perfeOly — Innocuous.;
Very truly yours.—Jos. :.$. Nichols, in.
New IN+9l4nd Parmei.
statde-liednihr.
. This • iv an advantagSpn two prowl.
smut ways.. The benefit the stock re
ceives from the soft, (I& bed, and the
manure it makes for the;ilimaller fruits,
such as strawberries, raspberries add
blackberries; including ithe grape and
other productions. It ik the vegetable
manure in the litter that' Oefo this. Saw
illla is eminently otter - for this, but it
must be dry when use.. Leaves are,
perhaps, better rdll. Thhie are already
dry; an is straw and chilnshavings, and
so forth. The product itsia combination
of animal and vegetable!Anannte--what
is generally needed. The proportion
fan be made to; sult3requirementa.
Straw has an oblectiop, et It makes
"long mennrc," and reituires time to
rut, unless ploughed ortijkr. 43awdust,
leaves and chaff, as wig! as shavings,
may be used as a top drasing at once,
and as a mulch also, or,;•,kktter, harrow
ed into the soil. .As a litlip-drefuslng for
meadows or pastures of islursc there la
nothing that is better, esaatialty if pen
milted to rot first. ft:via form a heap
that inmost convenient Od most prat
able to take from and • apply to-raspber
ries, mid work into the WU with culti
vator or harrow for stra*berries, espe
cially tbo. Wilson. Thk, requires just
such treatment. Then MIT grapevines—
what a fine ready heap ik'makea to take
from fur IL mulch or to wdik into the soli
a little! We know good it who do
this. We have har a' Aide of it our
selves. Once fairly estig it will never
be abandoned. it,
A hint la ariAaloc
,
Mr. Torr, the wellkr are bteeder of
Short tiara cattle and Ltlcester sheep,
in the course of some i...lmarks at his
letting of the latter, tou4bing on breed.
lag in general, he said way to
ewublisti uniformity of Emily likeness
is to begin by patunglkil best male to
tba br at female, and to .isht the best to
the best ;" seconsUy,"noiZo put opposite
characters together, or thsiltralts of both
wilt lost; bat if any fiesb character , ..
Idle is required to be liiiparted to the
issue or present stoclo.animals, this
;nest tie done by degree; fig by that
erect selection which wtiqyleld a little
more woo!, or size and itnbstanse, the
first year, and a little more and more
the second and third gthierations, and
so on."
=I
Gaorge B. Hawley, ralen's Falls,
writes the Ifesunger of dtiat place con—
cerning a small experiment to poultry
raising daring the past se,Sson. His ac..
eount embraces ten months , ending
January 31st, 1867. He paild for stock.
lipanith and Heehws, $3405'; feed, ten
months,. $10,20; advertisement, $1.50.
Total cost, $46,85. j He t4nld 14 dozen
eggs, at $2 per dozen, §2B ; chickens
raised, $7. premium ortepoultry, $6 ;
stock.on !Lod.. Frbrnarijl 1867, $84,65.
fotal credit, $15,65. lipt balance in
favor of the Ilene tor , ten months
$29,80.
Tonna is a haunted beast, in Clay
township, on the Colnnidius turnpike,
about a mile from the city . ; Many and
veriest are the stories ofighostly carol
toils held nightlrivithin to walls, and
the fact that no one came Induced to
live therein, though the house is a good
' one andthe location desirable, is strong
evidence that somethluggunearthly ea
going on about the premises. What pe.
tallier style of ghost it is thet holds forth
we are not informed, ttibtliiitt "raiding"
.memo to 00 'Rs plincipsll accomplish.
meat. We are told thrAi it ttrastles"
with any mortal having - the temerity to
sleep in the• house, is tie:hitch trials of
strength, Iris needless, toisy, flesh and
t i
blood illS ariably go tfigrajt, - I wonld be
Interesting to know whet{* th favorite
"hold" of this shadowy itkat but the
persons who have tried lids is II seem
not to have any recolleetihn iii this
ti,re
gard. It is raid the hottie an grounds
Will be given to any pe.nuM ire -of nut
who wilt occupy them, bUtillo 00 seems
disposed to keep house ilYit ghosts—
esplcially the 'tramline kind
The house is a large brioj., boat fifty
yards from the turnpike, :Istithl line old
trees in front, and the grersiris are roll
lug and beautiful, but an tar of neglect
teems to rest on the , place: fi The staring
windows, with the EllnligAlt ilitreamipg.
into the vacant rooms, aryest the atten
tion Lithe passerby, emit , : suggest the
0 . ,
lints of Hooch 4
, t
i . , - ..
"not over alt them hang a fltr.-
:Imam of mystery the sptr t daunted,
Which sold as plain as srlstSmr in the ear—
The place is haunted.. il .
At night, It is mid, the rooms are brit.
Sealy. lighted, and figiies are seen
too slug about as if the hOpse ns regu
larly occupied . - Some hav seen ghost
like figures on the premisee, a d others
again, have "castled" wli thien, and
been thrown higher than ii*lle. If any
of cur readers are ificredithins, let them
take possession, and try tlie:lr chill with
the ghostly wrestler.i.,-Portsmourd
- - •
—The Washington Cbustinitionet. Mien
toile • the Pine wince on Gelneral Butler:
Daring the reading of Dickens, on
Tuesday night, at Carroll MD, a eel twl
donee occurrrd there tbat tlii-ned quite a
titter, if not a Much, on G4iteral Butler.
It occurred daring the roping or de.
seripilon of "Bob Sawyer's party at trio
lodgings," from Piekivick4u the quar
rel scene • between Noddy', and Gunter.
"I request that you'll lIVOr me 'with
your card, sir," said Mr. Neddy."- •
do nothing of the kiaq, air," refill,
ed Mr. Ginter..
"Why, not stet" Noddy,
"Because you'll stick it till "over- your
chimney peace, and dlude;yo - ar visitors
into the false belief that a gehtleman has
been to Nee you, air," re pliodiMr. Gunter.
"Sir, a frien d of mine &fall wait on
you in the morning," said S oddy.
"Sir, I'm very much olekted to you
for the caution. and I'll leai4s reirtleuktr
titres:oomi with the serve to lock up
the animus," replied Mr. Gunter... •
Previous to this the hero etrort Maher
woo all atteution,withoutettiitched uoc.k; -
es Menge fearful of Being nialrgle word,
but when. it ;mule to thelipoona, hie
head Lobbed down like a terrapin's he
ingJerked into Be shell, and an unmis
takable titter and smile atßut over the
audience, as though the Keit,* reference
wee very opropox . ,!4.4
—.lu Switzerland, at Nettislia - lel, there
Is an observatory .orgonithri on an ax
e:teazle° sad° 'and provided with the
very guest instruments. .taides purely
tolenti6o results. it renders iginionsetter
vice to chronometer tnakersidiyensbliog
theme to produce sratchef:mhich are
every day becoming more tkerfect. This
is important to the bratich of t lndttstry In
question, which can only eilst by tvn
stant improvement. Prizoirr aro given
to makers whose watches i approach as
nearly as possible to perfection. To give
an thee of the wonderful precision that
has lain obtained in this bfanele of
• dustry, marine - el:dor:l,3mA' ter lately
totted gave the mean Varlatiera from nay
to day, In two menthe' trieF, two. 0.164.
Common watches become rriore perfeet
every - year. In. 'sixty-soli4i watches
rested Simla 1866 the mean NA-lotion was
'only threaquartersof n twootTO intwanty
fa ur hours. In 1862, the mash variation
ire, sec. 1.61; ISIZ,L 1186 1664. 1.27; nal
0.18;1866,0.84 On more thatiihreaqtair
ters of. the chronometers observed in
1866 tho mean • variation wet lean than
half a ascend. These praeViral results
show the ituportarwe ot suth observa
tions as those of NeurchateL
—A strange circumstance 10 . mm:annon
with the llnglish expedition to Abys
sinia noir- itheorbs the attention of vet
erinary surgeons In Europe. Vl:arriving
at Abdals, the casalry. Darla. and tlIali•
port mules wore taken with a madden
(noose, whlcirthe Chief pliyitTialan of the
expeditionary corpa aseertaito hays its
seat in the heart., lito far ityhas proved.
incurable. Oat of four hittidnel and
seventy-fire horses land e. 4 at Zon
ally, October Z, ono huxulredand tweatv
died, and forty. had to be felt behind.
About two hundred and flltY4nulte had
fallen victims to thocUsease. :This leaves
about one-third of the Yarignard dis
mounted. The !Wives assert that that
region is mortal to horsas:4ey nem
bring horses there. .
—At.. Wilmington. Del.,": Thursday
night, a number or persona were burled
beneath the mine or a fallieg:tndl at the
Are. One, white luau .and fear smote
were taker' from the rattle 144 mangled
condition, and It la thought wilt die.
Large mbers at hum woe at vete
on the lu ruins to ?soarer Other bodies. - ; It
is feared tenor brae* -" ire* candled.
Manta was; confined to- thin braidings
mentioned in the dletah o( - .:ThFltdaY
night. Loa ibesd 1"- = - -
. . . ,
WAEigINGTON.
t EV TdeSMIYA 10 Ids ritubsrot 0.U.3
WASIIINGTON, FeAbl.try 14,t1563.
LEGAL TENDER QUL4TI6 I TiIS $U
17=1:12=2
Attorney General Stanbery, 'lit the
Supremo Court of the United States, to
t
tiny read a letter from the 'Secretary of.
the Treasury, addressed to him, stating
in effect that that Department under
stood the question of the constitutionali
ty of the legal tender act had arisen at
this term, iu several cases between pri
vate portico, and that they hat been dis
cussed and were under advisement. As
the government had nol opportunity to
present an argument to 'support of the
law, and as a deep interest was felt on
the subject be the government and coun
try at large, it was hoped the Attorney
General would ask and Obtain, leave to
prevent en argument in support of the
law before the eases which Mei been dhs
cussed 'Mould be decided by the Court.
The Attorney General said that owing
to his multilanous legal dates ho feared
ho would be unable to prepare an argue
merit during the pre and term, and there
fore desired that the Court would not de
liver its opinion en they cases omit the
next term.
The Court" took the mutter under ad
visement.
One of the eases alluded to Involves
purely a question - of 'ordinary debt,
whether a party has n right to ills:barge
an obligation in legal tender. Another
ease, argued by Sonators Jobnsonand
Williams, presents the question whether
a debtor cm pay his taxes . in legal ten
dere, the State of Or )4012 baring declared
all its taxes should 1M pahl In 'gold. And
the third see, organ! by 3lessrs. Car
lisle and Well; Is from • California,
which ban a statute tleobtring all fiduci
ary tares ithall be paid only to
ITHIVDEI`ARTMENT FOR OEN. 911cI111N
The following order hos boon promul
gated : .
,
Ileadquarters of
,lhe. Army, dcljWant
General's r t gice, IVasAingdon D. C.,
Feb. 14th,.1863—fieneral: orden{No. 10..
The foliar:lug ordem raB publialied for
information and guidance of non
corned:
L. ecutive Mansion, Trienngton, D. C.,
Feb 18th, 1549. Cien—You will please
loose an order creating ,
Military
shin to be called the Military Division of
the Atlantic., to be compsised of- the -De
partment of the Lakes, the Deparslnent
of , the East, and the Department of
Washington, and to be Commanded by
Lieutenant General: W. F. Sherman,
with his Headquarters at Washington.
Until further orders trent the President,
you will assign no °Meer to the perma
nent command of the Militnry Division
of Missouri. Rispeetfully yours( .
[Signet) AnDitvw JOHNSON.
General U. S. Grant, Commanding arm
ies of the -United -Stales, Wanking-.
1.011, D. C.
ounce TO SIIERIDA.rt
The following was Issued Irian the Ad
jutant General's offloa.
Major-General P. , .ll.ls3heridan. the
senior °Steer to the Military ' Divl
sion of the •lissoisil, will temporarily
perform the duties of Coulmandee of the
Military Division of the slissonri In ad
dition to Ids dudes of Department Com
menders _
By command of General Grant.
[Signed] E. D. ToWNIUCND.
• Assistant adjutant-General.
Wasurno - rox, February 15, IBM
01UNT-MAZICOCH VOItRESPONDZIICZ.
In the House to-day the Speaker sub
mitted the following: •
In compliance with a resolution of the
'house of February 14:13, l&H, I have
the ho tor to transmit herewith copies of
the correspondence between General Han-
Cock and myself relative to the removal,
by General Hancock, of the Councilmen
In the city of New Orleans.
. Very respectfully, I . •
Your obedient servant,
U. S. ODANT, General. •
Telegram received at Washington, Feb
roars. 7, ISA:from the headquarters of
the Filth Military District.:
Nnw OBLEAMI, February-7, Mt.:-
General U. S. Grant: I have removed
nine member. of the City Council, two
white and coven colored, for contempt of
orders of the military commander,
_ln
proceeding to an election for a Recorder
for the Second District, and which is..an
elective office, under the laws by the
people and not by the Council. 'The at
tempt to hold the sald election was made
while was absent is Texas, Maths
Council were referred to General Sheri-'
dan'e order forbidding the election until
reconstruction was completed, without
the authorityof the commanding general.
Nevertheless, these members Toted foran
immediate election, and the prided was
carried. The olection was about to be
completed, when one or two members,
more timid than the rest, left, and broke
the quorum. , A. map in point is General
Mower's Breda' order of October 15,
1107, removing tho Jeffernon City Conn•
ell for a like offense. My action in this
matter was in accordance with the power
granted by the Reeonstrurtionact, which
allows District Commanders to stumend
or remove persons from office, and pro
vide from time to time for the perform
ance of duties of persons removed, by ap•
pointment t Wnertamo S. HA3IXICIE,
Maj. Gen. U.S.A.
WASHINOToIv FeC. 8, . 1143.--MaJor
General W. S. Hancock, New Orleans:
Suspend your order removing City Coun
oils of New Orleans until-lull report
reasons Ia sent. Answer by math
U. S. GRANT, Gerlero..
By telegram received at Washington
D. C., 9 a. it., February 11, 1989:
Now °ALBAN., LA., 21'.10 I'. at., Feb. 9,
1588.—General U. - 8. Grunt, 'Command
ing Armies of United Statest.-Your dis
patch of the Sib of February. directing
me to suspend- my order N0..29, of the
:th' of "Decembir, removing certain
members of the City Council of New Ore,
loans, until n full report of the rations
therefor shall basest was received 10 a.
Id. to-day. I request you may re.
consider your action, and any order kr
• the premises ballot suspended mitilyou
have hare the full report of the reason'
calted for by you. I telegraphed- you at
the Moment the order was Issued, giving
as full a _statement of my reasons for
acting as I, thought could be. Made.
referred you-to the order of Gen. Sheri.
den forbreling elections, .ivldah you
have on 11 a at your headquarters, and
stated tha the City Council had been
previouslOotilled of this order by me.
I also referred von to an order or Gem
Mower, issued In ; October, which
set forth a parallel case, and which yon
have on file. -In abut case an appeal was
tartan to you for- rednitetement of. Lite
Connell rouaoved by .general Mower,
which appeal you have' not sustained.
The present case was In defiance of that
example of General Sheridan's order
and my owe letter, cautioning the Conn
ell to desist In the election, and forward
ed to you a printed copy. Jan. M. It was
also illegal under the law by which
rheyeltdMed to net. / was'astontabed at
the action of the Council, and 'could not
account far It except by the, fact .that .
theY bad been instigated to do :it by 'de
signing men who believed if I dared to
make these removals it would end In my
own removal, and they would be probee.
ted at any rate. My self-respect iss,Com
mender of this District made It absolute,
Iy necessary that I ahould take somma-:
ry measures, regardless of censequencets
with which partnxins might threaten met
do not know what fuller report could
tio furnished in this case, for , lll the pa- : '.
per, explaining my action have been
soul to you. Toenspend my order would
I be to destroy my usefulness here, and in
such an event, a amine of what! consider .
due to me and my position ,in this mat
ter, would necessitate a respectful re
quest to; be relieved from My 'present
oommand. Although I have been here
aoventyelays, this le thesecond mouton
I I have taken on my own resptinalbdity.
to make a removal—the first one two
I days previous to 'this - both for -grave
causes, reported to you In detail by tale
graph; and while I fully recognize the
powers of the GeOnsieln-Ctilettodisap-,
prove my action, I respectfully' request
that 418 I have noted upon a full knowl
edge of recta, the General-in-Chlef May
delay his action until be can inform mo
what further papers or - Information he
may desire In eddition to what has been
furnished; for a fullunderstanding of the
ease under consideration. My action In
tie premlScii was based upon the first
1 4 3 . wiettr . ntary Moe
7 I ;wait yTertrurectipfyn A ct,
1.5311.11 g the order. • •
_ .
W. S. llAacocg, Maj. Gen. Corn.
Waarfinogrott, Feb. 10.—Mai. Gea.
S. Ilancong, low Orleans: It your
order removing City Councils hasbeen
executed and the note appointees are In,
yol .. need not fi u.pend orders, as direchar,
8. S..oaatve, General...
NEW Oftverns; Feb..-11.-Gen. 11. S
Grant, commanding U. S. Army: _ 7 / 1 11 e
change lu the City Councils was an.rf.
cornplished fact when your dispatch tpf
February Pth was received. Several of
the appointee. bad already filed copies of
their oaths of office. In my selections I
have appointed the best men to otilee,
without regard to their political aer.ti
menta. All must take the requiretionth.
, The.changewill beotimmenseadvnxitag
to the city, as the poor, of whiettalle of
is principally.6noposet i , are depandtia,
upon public confidence. _
WINFIELD S. lIANCODI,
314. Gen. 17.41.; A. ,
,
rtiv,GroAt v :
The fracdoual currency printed for
week amounts to MAW. shipped $184,-
Lea. National Bank noble -
810, amount In circulatien 8 200 ,0b7"02 1 0:
the Treasurer holds in bonds es security
therefor $341,319,800, and for deposits of
mobilo money C 37,877,050.. Fractional .
currency redeemed and destroyed dar
ing the week 0597,700. Internet Ber4mue
remittal for the week $1,452,M7
gate fort:Lead year to date 5 1 2.040,
report of the number. of °mom
thitersjurgers and persons condemned
for perjury and embezzlement, has been
prepared at the . Attorney ecooeraPs of
show that the number of cemuterfeitere
and poisons convicted of paaatng corm
ter:felt money, who bgre been pardoned.
I. about one hundr; the member of in
&Meals convicted.. of So:glees about
twenty-live. One or two appear In the
Usk- of pard that „were ccutyjcted, of.
perjury. .The h ons.
umber of such criminals •
who have received Examtilve elpirteney
upwards of ahundred.