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SATILIU.Y, MARCH 28, 1868
Ve print en theinsidrs pages of ilds morn
let: P4orrix ' Second page—Pedry,
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Byleinitiii, An E zglish view et, f .Intpeack
nient. Third pag Pittsburglv Merkep
tke
irats h,y retegra k,, Finaneiat.Matters in
liem' York, Riser News./ , Sixths page—Fi
• .nanie, asel..Tracle, etroteum Market, Metal,
ifarll4. Iron-and -as quotations, 1.c., i yt:
giieizah:LPage—A cry intercstiq article on
. the Patalt;l4uni Tax, Real Estate Transfers,
Arnirka - in Europe; Miseelicineous items.
h436 . W.c . 105eil in llow YOrk yesterday' at
WAsitnivros
_gossips say sthe 'President
will :StittkePa' a hundred prominent lawyers
of bigh'prcrties, : to testify 'upon the legality
of the termre'-oc••office-13111. • '
Was stated - that a bill extending for ones.
, .
year. he operation 9f ~ , theoroluptary featim . 7
of the -Bankrupt lair, - without the fifty per
cent. restrictionsa it noVir stands in the thirty
third section, has been agreed upon in the
Howe Conunittee, and is expected be
adopted in both Houses.
• m iiti,SatYasltington, that the little
:be'tiveen Mr. JottxsnN's
Secietiri, Sr.i - Ann, and confidential
friend, Judge 131;ACK, is likely to result in
a publitigtieni .by the latter or a review of
fitmArY transactions , ln the State Depart=
ment, with -the promise of "rich _delrelop
ntentgr Since these gentlemen have fallen
nut, we have.faith enough in an old adage
toJtelleye that the public may ultimately be
• • . •
W1T.1.Ae.P.4.11)0n14i.4.1. tell us by what alchemy.
mirth-it/Qs metistvouslimacmg in IM. Was trans - meted
Into ati.' liaeolitestibte' right in' NM 1 The • 'little
jokCrl , . sort +6f , rhanagement in politicS always per
plexes WS.—Ptittebttrrh.Gaselfe s . - in
, •
;'.l!a4.ltihe4gcre,'ff,ei Th i n 4 u t Ari n gn e o ' r l
to
Tailt able to answer en onm huestion. We have -
bbsetved that' joker' sort of mautage;-
inent in politica," esnally becomes perplexing Irben
lhoo.eirlio'clilefly practice It losc.—Cammeretal.
s6,:etA23l , to escape ainanifest dilemma
I,olaing'" the Gaulle, . under_ its present
'manage:tient, ans4emble for its course eight
tailditidg4;,nuder a totally different owner
--but ;shows a want of manliness and hon
.
:qtytlnit ivordd. put even an , ordinary gorilla
Tit, skips look bright.in Connectiout. I
Our Triends cu mnderstanding precisely the
'magnitude of the work before them, do not
'hesitate, to' sPeak encouragingly; and even
-assurance,- of a 'victory to be won.
They are. working - hard, and in the ten days
fret to zap:taw - ill work 'the harder, and such
',Olt; with such intelligence to back them,
-upen.triettraight clear issues of ttational poi
, iticapuctriazdly p , ll to win. There arc no
.40 issue-olit- t nice, Democratic
alodyoAokli EuCh
%goy A4**ltis Muter square up to the
Atiestions of the day,
And We ife 4 -lx!urt'd to wis. if we have fair
:pla i tatpe Connecticut has bemin
(past:years • a•Tavor4e theatre for the eThibi
,tiint of Democratic th'inble-rigittig in the
_ w phnost countless varieties of election frauds
hich some of
i their leaders so well Under-
,
sland, • but'.our, friends have by thia. time
tfoUnfl out what hurt them before, and mean
Joinake a repetition of the game toe den
-germrto be attempted.
•
gmerOmix - the brightest scintillation of
:curb-stonngrtinswbich haslately been tele
grailiecl 'from- the Capitol is the statement
thit-the: 'chief Jtistice, having revised the
Constitution and expunged those provisions
Whicitconfide trials of impeachment to
the Senate, proposes to take upon himself,
being bythegonstitution its presiding
offi
cer, the function of the exclusive decision of
all legal queitions which may be Presented
during.; the . pending . . trial, ,Doubtiess the
Chief • iiiitbe restrained, any
more tban. i . #9, peen,. from entertaining
each :views upon these points as his own
ciiihraelii tit/1y 'lf he sees fit; he
will suggest these.vieWs tothe Senate, and
if the Senate B kWile, :- it :wilt 'adept 'them as
its own. lrrifiLtitegt, wftreporainend ell our
Bopelnian and 4 ,aohnsonian friends to pos
sgisliietr fn patiene& The S t enatewill
try thit ifir.the ;whole and in
detail, in its course Ninl 1144% issue, and is
exotAittit At, PTPlentti. ejifPr itself to. be
T'Afir.11V010110t.4444049F.0 finietions• •
.09P2Antlt*1irit:af.:epinion is • chrystahzing
—fttsi fitOrably around Senator SrEw-
ART'S measure relatiie to ilehainti. This
bliffiriqrsisesvery tieratibly l and &insistently
~ct¢4bf if : slip Preferp. cilik•re
s construction to military control, to gO ,
to
niqrk once mereinregnlar course under the
'aiding -laws of Congress.. Ana she should
1 3 fi r :gisialfrajor this • 9pPortuPity Tee° ll
-
'. ;00 her ' former unwise actioW There ,'
is
-Tittle doubt that ihenisijoritY "thilieiinb
ellititut nienibers' have convinced thennielVes
YPf "ho3.4palicy,• nf any attempt te evereotne
' 4 1 . 4 difficulties Of the question any. Otlier .
• - Arkansas has cho
sen °leg to, stand in her own light , by the
sullen disloyfdty, of her , reported rejection
• of life r lainittect Constitution, let her con
thine so, ,juke as - long as she pleases.
‘,..P114 4114f,le'0:140: whenr.theso. trixecen.
o'6ela wilt thnt
ixintrols.:,l3l6:-Excett
.l7,A4363: 0e;x146, 1 1 4K104.t1e
ibA*l l 4eloko.,Nlll: ,10C44P4rt! it#l4 l il s . y.
riliet than the east-wird tuey
haVe•filled themselveiunder his mischievous
administration, ' •
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RAILWAYS A1411:0•CANA 1 J 8 • IN IPV.N . Iim •
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SYLVANIA..
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We arc indebted• to Auditor general
HARTRAN:FT for, a copy of.his last,
_annual
report upon the Baths and Canals es_
fisting within this Commonwealth. It is a
work of much value, and is prefaced with a
Map, carefully —prepared and 'handsomely
execubed,.so as to exhibit the Coal, Iron and
Qil depirsits, und all the, avendesrof 'and
artincial water communimtion, together
with the connections of • these latter with
similar at in the coterminous States.
According.to the report 'there existed in
this State, at, the clii3e7of the last year; Bev=
enty.eight differentlines of railway, extend;
trig, in the aggregate, as near as can be as
certained, - 3,097 miles.• This is not over,
but uuder tlie actual niunber some
of the companies. fidling tomake-retupas.
then:umber of miles of track owned by them.:
It.must farther be remembered that this ag
gregate only includes the surfacelines, while
many hundrods of miles of railvaly exist un
der ground, in the*gious mining` :districts:
'These seventy-nine ;railways have eiglify!
mine tilfferent branches, of Mere or less
aongth, which swell ranterWly the cora
-1 billed length 'of track, though the precise
figures 'are not given
In constructing these vailMis "rails ay`s
4200,554,476 of Capital' Stock have been
',.paid in, while the Pundedbeht amounts . to
4119,804,106 more; making a grand total of
.$310,918;840, ex - cleSive -"of the Pleating
Debt. F... 7. ' ' _ _
• There-are:3s4 engine houses and shops,
1,958 engines,. 940 first class passenger cars,
•498haggage and express cars, 17,304 freight
cars or ttneks, 32,526 `coal - cars,- 281' iron
laidges, 1;305 wooden bridges, 328 stone
bridges, 1,181 depots and stationi, 612 wood
and watetstations, and real estate held to 1
thereportectilite of 45,804,061:
During the, year • there m•ere transported
392,9644hr0u8+h passengers on main, roads;
10,232,03 iiastiengefiC(all classes;) ' carried
in.ears, 7,550,587 tons of through freight,
and 85,562;319 tons'of Ireight of all Winds.
Of this freight 15,482,140 tons were tuithm
eitd co A 1 '4;931,378 Vint bituminbus coal,
834,624 tons petroleum, 628,779 ton ink
iron, 358,050 tons railway iron, 349,227 tons
ollterlnan or atstizgs, 1,543100 txis., iron
and other, bres; 735,654 tons lime and lime
stone, 1,196,386 tons agricultural products,
1,209,506 tons merehandize, 695,790" tons
952,750batts live stock, 1,246,-
tons of lumber, and 886,085 tons of otli-
er articles.
The receipts of the roads were, in the ag
&-regati., $70;205,868.' • The expenses—main
,taining roads and real estate, $12,317,852;
repairs of machinery $11,099,863; operating
roads $18,725,811; total, V2;432,257. Net
earnings, $37,771,611. t .
-• Of-the 19,232,103' passengers 'transported
19 were killed and 76 injured; of the em
ployes 126 were killed and 215 injured. Of
others, 167 were 'killed and 303 injured.
Total, killed 303 and.4ls injured. . ,
There are thirteen canals, with an aggre
gate length of 9721 miles.. Capital paid in,
$35,257,155; . Funded .Debt, :, 323,956,315;
real held; eicelusive Of canals, $53,950.
Tons transported, 7,626,521. Receipts,
$3,327,920; expenses $1,001,856.
t , Here are _materials for reflection. The
railway interest has become one of the most
important in the Commonwealth,.- not only
in itself, but hi its bearings upon other in
f terests. That railways do their work well is
attested by the remarkable statement that of
.nineteen million, and &quarter of passengers
carried,. shorter' or -longer distances,: last
year, only ten were killed and seventy-six
injured. This is a significant commentary
on the periodic outcries raised against rail
ways as traps on'whicli to' catch - and destroy
people. ' •
The net earnirki-of Ihese-iniprevernents
dO not reach ten:per cent -on the capital 'ln
vosted,- which must make it difficult,. in
many eases; to iiay even Imall` dividendi;ind
yet be dhlato carry something to the sinking
funds for the ultimate cancillation of indebt
edness. A few of the lines, having special
advantages in the sections through which
they rtrn, and in consequent- conunand of
bus . ' 'ld° better; but the most prosperous,
are no ° :,' , I kini* rate of profit constda d
Usual and fair in. various branches of ri -
faettning and Iffieichandizing, or even in
bankin .. This shows that popular clamor
li
abPnt tariffs on railways are yithont
found pn, proceeding solely from the en-,
pidity those who raise._it. Capital invest
ed
ed in ra tea's and canals ought to pay or
dinarily.cts,Well_as capital : invested in .other
purstiit'4 . . If it did all the' railways that aro
needed, : would be . speedily built. The cer
tainty.Of small profits or absolute loss
which lathes" in. Multiplied ' instances to
sucscripti
. ns for stock prevents men from
aiding 61 ._ theie:ltiteifnises.l; 'Hence, the
developnient,of ,the resources of many re
gions. is delayed. yilen the bulk of busi
ilea' Mai ticiopt itition4l;; not Wiitt3q..l l ooa l
views on this point, there will be less cause
forcomplaint oftarcliness in engaging in new
lines ot communication.. , i ~ .- 10.- ~ " r
It deserves noticei , moreo*er, 'that the
larger part of the passengers andfreight
transported arises ficanlOcallntsiness.., Nor
should it escape oliservall'on that winitlare
rated as "through" freight and travel in the
tables, ritid)in 'the fUi*Aniff inti Mary, are
not so in the- sense. of extending beyoncl the
tiomulafica - pf:Ao'coiiiii*!y9ith. By far
the. larger piart of i these*way i :ittle i k ‘ - trinot
in any proper sense be 4noMinata .`.tinr..k" .
lines. They, are pnreTylkicalf but pps'en.
gers and freight passing over the entire
„
ien 9 f r eWr FT reset 4.lown f as "through"
though not carried more that ( fiorif.pn to
ilft 11 0 1e !•' _-- ' '-' "f
f r." `, _ 1 e -
INi Several of the gteattilinit 'lnds - Of'bint...
muMentiortotot-,snly-tn_: nisi - ; but in other
States, the mass of business &Ili' into the
eategorrof "way.?? ~ Malthir an. inve.stiga.
tion, -a, few yesxs ago, upon ;this' headV..we
were surpristAr to find ,tbittMoir 4 1 1 P Erie-
Cana), ,str, 0t , (140_, g 2 1xstween Albany,. and
tni W llc .
fq % u j eAttll 4 ,oftl4otoineg? r begox
i4 4 9 l 4* S tf te
These ,lc *NisidekatlOUs'slot:iiat
,mi'b::' ~ i.fkio
even . t nitfilea
lines e ant ioi'iity dividends of any amounif
or even meet; eipenses, NOthout maintaining
, ,
at least the aver* rates *calling-tat:ea&
the lost. fi;te years, on way buess. Oa
gli ,
- this trade the managers of these lines are in
cohditiOn to demand 'remunerating prices,
and IMMO . rarely . , gone beyond it., As to
busineSS having . choices 'of 'channels; they
have been constrained to accept the unavoid
able competition, and do the best they could
under it. The owners of business having
these choices of lines bare a decided advan
tage and will not fail to use it; but we do
not perceire how railway cOmpaniescan ex
ist if they put down way business to the
same rates as through business. If all tilde
companies were sublect:to one- lesislOive-:
authority; there would be no difficulty, fon
the supreme -porirer could and would. come in
and regulate diseiepancies by annihilating
competition : A.s.this cannot be done so 1911 g,
aathe State gorerametits shall be mainfaitie,
or, at least, so long as those governments_
control the railwaS - s within their respective
limits, we do not see a remedy for- the dis
criminations, in rates of which there is gen
eral grumbling. - -, - , . ~. .
-itailivays have come to be a vast money
interest, in ,the State. It is but a truism to
affirm that] ilit proportion as tiny interest
mounts tow rds being the greatest money in
tercet in a c =unity, it will assert and en
force control'. :This .1' .explains -the power
which rallir ay corporations-actually exertl-
Possibly some folk perceive an efficient rem-,
edy orcounterpoiso for this control. If so,
We confess their perceptions are sharper .
1
than our own.' . I Ten years hence the cmail , ,-
l way system will have expanded Miich be
yond its present enormous dimensions, and
1 as it shall increase thepower of those who
i direct it will inevitably be auamented. Its
power, can only be partially neutraliied by
comptitions between the different lines com
posing it; but then-there-will always remain
essential points on which all-the parts will
certainly be agreed, and for which they will
act unitedly. ' -
• As considerable interest has been showif
in the Legislature on the subject otpaidi:ms,
we trust that the rules - of Bice.llency,
JOHN W. GEAItY, will be strictly. enforce(L
There is no use in having Courts if, after
conviction .the pardon is an easy matter of
obtainment.
~Governor GEsnv has the cori
tidenee alit& people, and higher honors
await himornd - we trust he wilt rigidly ad
.
here to the side of .Public justice and the
rights of the people. - The rules' he issued
on_takiug office are as follows, and meet
universal approval i' "
1. No-pardon will be. granted until notice
of. the application therefor shall have been
given by publication, once a week, for two
consecutive weeks, in a newspaper printed
in the county in which conviction was had.
2. No pardon will be granted - unless no
tice of the appliattion shall have been
given to .the Judge who tried the cause, to
the District Attorney or to the attorney who
prosecuted,-proof of which notice shall he
frimisheao -this Department._ -
• 2' A certified copy . of the whole record,
includink; docket entries, minutes Of courts,
copy of indictment, pleas, and all other pa..
pers on file.•iikthe.court.relating to the case.
A full statement of the rens - ma upon
' which the application is.based, setting forth
all the facts ; the notes 'of 'evidence - taken
on trial ; letters from responsible persons in
I the community where the crime' was com
mitted; a recommendation from the jurors
who sat on the_trial, and if any of them re
fused to recommend a pardon, reasons given
for such refusal ; letters from the District
Attorney, or attorney who tried the case,
and, a letter from the Judge setting fortirlris
`vie - Ws On'thesubject of the application.'
4 , 4. Recommendations ,for. 'pardons for un
expired tenna of sentence, must have a copy .
of : the Whole rnecird; 'as 'betore required.
!Also copy Of commitment; petition' from
prisoner setting forth reasons, and statement •
from'Warden and Inspectors of prison.
5. No personal application will be per
mitted. • • •
• 6. 'All of the above.papers, when submit
ted, must be accompanied by a printed copy
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of the same in pamphlet form, twelve copies
of which must be sent to, this:Department.
If the parties are too pbor the paper book
need not be printed. - -
'7. As these rules are intended to sub
serve the administration of justice they will
be strictly enforced, and relaxed only.when
good reasons shall be furnished for so doing.
TILE PROVIDENCE Journal, a newspaper
'understood to be owned and controlled by ,a
gentleman whose great ability and untar
'fished political and personal integrity have
• ,
•
qualified him most fitly to represent his
State In the American Senate, concludes its
analysis of the President's answer, with the
paragraph annexed . ,
,We mist abstain,
,for want of room, from
ii. - ffiScussion of tho validity of these various
defences. 'lt would not, we think, be diffi
cult to show that they do not constitute a
sufficient answer to the matters charged in
the articles of impeachment; with respect, to
one of them, however it must be, admitted,
a noVelsand most important ignestion has
suddenly arisen in the practical working of
our government under the Federal Consti
tution and this is, whethiir, Supposing an
act .of , Cdbgress to be palpably unconstitu
tional, the President...would not be justified
in disregarding it, andTurther, `whether in
violating alaw 4 dt'ConViresl4 lie kiiiffittiti any
differentposition from a military of
who; • on being tried by a emrt martial for
disobbying the eommandcf a inparlor, will
be entitled, to an acquittal if the Court
should be of opinion that the order, dieglicY
ed was not a "lawful" one.
We: gem the paraigapit-r-not because we
have the slightest, doubt as to the opinions of
either the journalist or the. Senator, upon the
"novel question" which is suggested, or
upon the grave issues at the Capitol, which
Will be ad4uPeated in, the light of palpnble
constitutional dutY, fiut—fiecause stripes
us as, atvery Aiiiet f tsuggestionofthe absurdi
ties into which Sohnson's lino if defence
luutPlunged liim• ,
RENT. IL H. Tx 's% Jr., "having silently
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suffered ' allthat the ecclesiastical authorities
desired.to 'ct',' pow addresses to Bishop
/197rp, f- , uY , favkivErre?noliiitrlince ,
against _ll).!l,'4ignoralmo.up, ceiemenel to ')
which he waiStibjectei, and 'the
.rudeness'
andattempted disg r ace With which the pro
thediiigi weitztatidiieted l : l2l e rowmtiass Milli
l
'review- of the whole matter_ and protesting`
against all the proce9pplf AO . l4*#` the
authority of the triliehal liitlas re*Orul
aPpealr‘rtliiiiiiidatiii4Aient drum Cltril-.7,
tian Church.. ~ - . g, t 4
ram
'4%l".re .4°P. th .9 rn D iI TA a * ,
reported as in hill blossom,' Afle
berries are Promised in three weeks.
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PAnDOFis.
REGULATIONS FOR PARDONS
IMMIM
smidiotrsINTFLLIGENCE.
The recent tiession of the -Pittsburgh An-
Con&rence of the.yethodist Episcopal
Church, was one of more thlin ordinary .
interest to the members of that denomina—
tion, and also in Some respects: to the religi
ons public. genemlly. This Conference of.
ministers was organized about thirty years
ario, and occupied a wider's 6 epe of territory"
than now, and few in num r, has grown to,
be one of'' the largest and most influential in
the Connection, numbering at two hun
dred' ministers on its roll. Among the im
portnnt actions of the body as, the increase
of , districts- from nine to eleven, and the
reconstruction of the wor -is this city and
neighborhood. •ForitaerlY the •eity - and
country work extending i one direction. to
Freeport and Butler, arid' n another `along
the Pennsylvasia railroad to Irwin' station,
was but one d ~.i strict. - Ipow -- the city and
country, within ;t circle of fifty'to.one hun
dred miles, is sub-divided into five districts,
centering in this citr. sy thismeans the city
and eountrYy work is equalized, and the min
itterial power : of these chief , miffisters
will be'felt more sensibly in this place, and,
besides, each chargels,insitred - more of the'
presence of thopreSiding-7elder.than former
ly, at the qiiiirieffi4ittiitions: Lay repre
sentation never assumed the importance be
fore it did ou this occasion, and special ac
tion was taken in view of the early meeting'
of the General Conferenceltt Chicago. The
action of the Conference was highly conser
vative. and falls shOrt of the radical views
entertained in some quarters. The .dele
gates'elected are of the same type and their
views in accordance with the . vote of the
Conference on this question. Questionable
amusements, elsewhere noticed, werelplaced
under ban and condemned in decided. lan
guage. The election of
• Rev. Dr. Nesbit to
the General Conference, by a vote of four
fittlis of the number cast, and , the excellent
report op the fiscal condition of . the Pitts:
burgh Christian Advocate, were complimen
tary •in the highest degree. • This Confer
ence, as well as the Western . Virginia Con
ference, two of the three patronising Con
ferences of the paper, have instructed their
delegates to the General ConferenCe, to vote
for hls re-election, as editor of the Advocate.
These delegates having a majority, - his re
turn to ,the editorial chair for the third
Quadrennial term, without a precedent, is
insured beyond peradventure. Numerous
as the , changes have been in the appoint
ments in the city and immediate -neighbor
hood, we observed that Rev.M. 11. LoCke,
A. M., is returned to Liberty street Church
for the second year, and also Rev. L. F.
Morgan, D. IX, •to Christ Church,
and Rev. Dr. H. 3liller to Smith
field street Church: The Rev. Dr.
Pershing, President of ~ the Pittsburgh
Female College, who has been the• Secretary
of the Conference for twelve ;ears, though
quite a young minister compared with
others in the body, has been honored twice
with an election is.s. Delegate to the General
Conference. Although such names talliev.
Dr. R. S. Foster, of New York City 4 who
received a large vote for Bishop .four -ears
ago, and President Bowman, of the In "ana,
Asbury University, are before the C arch
prominently for the high office of the Epis
copate, yet such are the superior executive
abilities and other qualifications of. President
Pershing, that his name has been favorably
spoken of in connection with - that office.
This, to say the least, is highly creditable to
this worthy minister: •- -
From the full ,reportstof the Zadependent
of the great revival at Westerly, R. 1., under
the labors of Rev. 3. D. Potter, the ;well
known evangelist, we learn that nearly two
hundred were, converted in connection with
his labors oeseverta days. '
The eligant new house of Worship just
erected in, Mercer, Penna., by the
,Second
United Presbyterian eongregation, was form
ally opened for divine services on Sunday,
the 15th inst. The structure is eighty-two
feet in length and forty-sevetirt width. The
services of the day were coniNcted by Drs.
Gmcey and Kerr, of Pittsbnigh. The servi
ces of these divines are reported tip being
deeply interesting. '
~ •
The Anicrion Churchman favors Eyan
gelistic preaching, as a means of licitain.
- ~.• ,
pushing "great good. Itihinks this irorli is
needed in the Episcopal Church, • and urges •
the authorities to organize this department
of workers, as the field is white unto the har
vest. In New England a systematic orgarii
zation has been 'affected under 'the name of
"The , Episcepal Evangelization Society,"
Rev. Dr. Huntingdon, of Boston, President.
Several Bishops have already made arPlich
tion to this Society for Evangelists. -
,A: correspondent of the Catholic, ;writing
froin Meadville,' in , reference to yarietf
`Church matters; alludes` to "a change effected
by means adopted by the pastor, namely; to
stop daheing• at public places... , For: years .
the mania for dandify , seemed to haVe seized
upon, the youngonenlin4 women of the con- I
,
gregation. Frequent sermons were preach
ed,:hut '-,Withoitt annGnETl until at 'length a
- society of the 'Daughters of Mary was formed, ,
;gad one of the - Conditions of membership
was to , avoid all public dances,,;-The. Fe
'Waits enSt. Patrick's day had a grand ball
and tried - txtinduce the girls to be present, •
*rddance, ltuttlfe pastor held a:Olive on
the same evening, and but tivo•girls out of.
seventy Danghters of Mary -Went' tolthe hall
and danced. ~ , • ',.:', ;, .
,_: `,. •-• ,
'The Catholic
. i. in an-editorial , -on - "The
Trials of time HolyT t atlier," ones - that if its
readers , cannoi:add tothenunierical strength
of the, gallant band recruited tosustairi the
• Pok , ; tileYPin':44' the 4. 44 * i l iel il.. lbr " f'
silty-and' prayers:. p;,proposes to Inolish
lite:Muneit Of - :.-clottortititid'On4 contributed.
Facti indicate_ thit:44(eiii o o4itie,': *lug'
their numeritilistreßgth 4 . 0 .nicantl/2e,re'ao
)pd prOportiotiM'eV . Morif ' missionary work;
than any other- bedy ,Otoiiistimo.at: least'
they manifqtmore self.deniai r c and Libor '
among a ohm of ,the44no*Rilhelleving ila :
Bops bit the morld:. - Phi I Rsgratnaug,,,me,
' . ..,STAOhaf !ht.ic3?*. -*el , iioCTOttelOts , "..
-share largely oft4illeintilatmiLlilgt4i4r B ;
'6l2kiffifitusifanii6'phmeirstrfuxithureb ,(
Several evenings 'ago tlie t iiierkbeiPtind
friends of Rev. W. W. Soup. pastor of the
H.
h.
• 4
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.~:"`^?t'.. ~... ...s'.'.. .d. '..x.. N,.:+n~wl?!'.£=.~^.
Vilkinsbur6n M. E. Church, Made a sur
prise vis'it to the parsonage. Their object
even. became manifest *lien Rev. W. H.
Locke,. of this city; presented the parson and
his wife with a _purse containing a roll of
"greenbacks," which, with othervaluablesi
amounted 16 one hundred dollars. .
The Pittsburgh id. E. Conference, at its
late session - hi Greensburg, adopted resolu
tidiis denouncing Church Fairs and Festi
vals as of "doubtful moral tendency;' 4 and
utterly disappro4e of the "lottery schemes
connected with them." One of the resolu
tions affirm tbalthe attendance at improper
plates or amusements, as theatres and cir
cusses, and diversions that cannot be taken
in the name of the Lord Jesus, as dancing
andidle plays, as inconsistent with the plain
Word of God and the Book of Discipline of
the Cburch.
Rev. `.John T. astoby, of the last Senior
Class of the Western Theological Seminary,
Allegheny, has been called to the pastorate
of the Old School Presbyterian Church, at
Petroleum Cetitie. Rev. Samuel Sharp has
also received a unanimous call from the
new Church of the Valley, 'at Wood's Run,
near this city.'
Congregationalism thrives prodigiously
in Brooklyn, New York. There arein that
city fifteen churches, while there are but
two in New. York city, . and one, of these
very feeble. •
- 11'Presbyterian says the Rev. E. M.
Bird; iate of Valatie, 'New York, has l!,ft
the Lutheran and united with the Episcopal
Church. Mr. Bird was the 'predecessor of
Dr. Kmnth at, St. Stephen's Church, and the
chief compiler' of the English Hymn Book .
of the Pennsylvania Synod. At the divis;
ion of the New York Ministerium, he could
neither go into the. General Council, nor re
main in the General Synod, and has now
found a- theolpgipal resting-place in the
Episcopal Church. '
Rev. D. 8.. Bntdford, 'pastor of the First
United Piesbyterian, Church, Chicago, has
received calls from three - 014 School
Presbyterian Churches. •
• The Banner announces that a joint
ineeting of the Presbyterian.churches in this
City will be held at the First Church, Rev. S.
F. Scovel, pastor, on to-morrow evening, to
hear Rev. J. Smithlrays, pastor of the Wal-.
nut Street Presbyterian Chwrch, Louisville,
Ky., who is here collecting funds to aid that
church to meet the heavy expenses incurred
in defending its propetty from those 4o
seek tor carry it into the Southern Church.
.
A Son Kills the Murderer of Ills Fattier.
Sixteen years ago a desperado named
John Pike, living near D,yeusburg, Ky.,
on the Cumberland river, killed, without
provocation, his neighbor named White.
For this he was sent to the penitentiary for
several years. White's son, Samuel, was
~
ten years of age when his father was mur
dered, and ihen vowed that he would kill
Pike whenever he should meet him. _For a
long 'while he did not succeed in doing so.
On Saturday evening, however, Pike took
passage on, the Cumberland steamer Tyrone
tOr Dycusburg, accompanied by his wife and
1 daughter. White was, second engineer of
the boat, and Pike had been warned of the
hitter's threat, but did not heed it. The se—
quel is -thus described by the Nashville
Banner: --
Pike had not been long on the boat . be
fore his presence was discovered by young
White, who determined to at once avenge
the of his parent, and accordingly
watched his opportunity. Before the boat
had started out from the wharf at Paducah,
Pike 'went forward •to the right staircase,
leading to the deck, when he was 'accosted
by White with the words: "You murdered
my father; for that I intend to kill you," at
the same time, drawing and snapping his
pistol. This having .failed, he quickly
• raised a five-eighth inch iron poker, which
he held in one hand, and knocked Pike
` headforemost from the top to the foot of the
steps. Pike had no sooner reached the hot
.tom of the staircase than White, was upon
him, inflicting violent blows with the poker
on bighead, one of which fractured the
skull and exposed the brain. At this junc
ture White was pulled awaj.:by those who
hact been attracted• to the spot, though he
pleaded that he might'be permitted to avenge
the death of his father by killing the mur
derer. So bad was the , character of Pike
that no one seemed disposed to help him up
from where he lay bleeding from five or six
' deeply cut gashes. His wife and
_daughter,
screaming.with grief and terror, went, at
- last, to '.his assistance. The - wounded man
asked his wife to take him up, to the boiler
deck. She replied she could not do so of
herielf, but when she, in an agony of tears,
looked pleadingly around, some gentleman
assisted the miserable man up the steps.
He was laid upon the boiler deck, a pbyst
-1 elan was called, and his wounds dressed.
Pike.was by no means conquered. He
freely confessed to• having killed White's
father, but . swore that it lie lived to get
over his present wounds, that lie would kill
the son also. , White was arreated, taken
into Paducah and fined thirty dollars. Pike
.was put off the boat at his farm; twenty-five
inilles above. The physician stated that
there was no possible chance ter his re
,
llowDeraociatlc Capital Is 'Manufactured.
The Hartford - Times has l ,eemmenced an
other' aeries of contortions over what is
atteinpt to force negro stiffrage
on/ Conneeticut." 'reolindkos of
a little story illustrative of the adroitness
lindcinzining of a Connecticut United States
Senater. , I "
Net about a" ear , ago, while we were in
the midst of the spring campaign, Senator
Dixon aitdonother New England :.' Senator
were; c onversing upon ' the -subject of our
pending election, - Said:Mr. Dixon, "I won't
to g. et somethiout of Sumner to : aay that
will help Eng lish
at home,: and I propose to
make bin,. say. that , ho, 'means to establish
negro suffrage in Connecticut.”; . ' •.
• ”Poli f ',' replied the other, ,"you can't do
that." ' • - • :,, ~., u -
•-; "But I will," said Dixon; , "you see if I
; don't.":' •; • '- ' ~ .. got
• A feW'morients afterward Mr .. - Dixon • t
tlielfloor
a nd commenced a speech. He had •
laid out te groittur shietfdly • and the trap.
Was set with all the ,SPitaterrti 'Chiming.- ' A
running 'debate Alertly', 'opened, -between
hiMaelf. and Sumner, end 41 the' courser of it ,
Ate tra p: vas . sprung, ' Mr.',lBifinliat -milking'
some sort of an, antiwer that just : ' ,sited Mr.
1, Dixon ' s case. Thoopeerli'cleleed suddenly,
.and Mr. Dixou:Niellt tO giitel graph omee.
Before the Senate adjourned, • • returned tO
:bellow; Euglaud4Seriatax= z u, • • ....whom ho
-tied had , the - confersa64ni a n fa .. , . 001 , hi*
tir dißpateit froni,Thatfold,.... . Y .-Sena-.
lei ilmilriitilltikikent, tut I ' 3 lY ille fl in .
&Veit ol'Otc44l3olo+~ '
k nee
cut was tartuidt buMaidin,4 .' .of • :the ,
Time office.—itary'ord Post, Nat* 21.
•
tit
EN
Topics and Gossip at the Capital.
Judge Black's "desertion of the Presi:
dent liCcanse his Altavela - claim was not
protected by sending a man-of-war there,
is _regarded as an, unblushing piece of
bblek-mailing.
When i the Senate retired for delibera
tion on Tuesday; on the extension of time
to the President, Vice President Wade re
mained behind on the &or, conversing
with members of the House, and others.
l'kfr.- Schenck's neer setion in the bill re
pealing the tax on manufactures creates
quite a flutter among the agents of -the
whiskey ring here. It virtually confiscates
all whiskey offered for sale at less than ten
per cent. 'below the cost of production and
the tax. . •
•
Owing to the , extravagimt estimates
made during the war'or the army, there now
remains the sum of 182,876,566 of unex
pended balances; subject to the order of ,
the Secretary., 'Of the one item for “col
lecting, drilling, and organizing volun-,'
tears," there is f)13,757,897 now in the
Treasury. •• ' -
The athletic attendents .that for several '
months have carried Thad 'Stevens to and
fro between his residence and. the Capital
I were startled a few days iigo when, in'
performance 'of their duties, he halted
them, and,' gazing into, each of their up
turned faces, remarked in his quaint style,
"Well, boys, what am Ito ' when you"
are both dead and gone?"
The President's counsel are busily_
gaged in the preparation of the defence,
They have divided the work according to.
the special heads of the defenee, and will
prepare the lists of witnesses on Friday to l
sustain their case.-
The President and his counsel are thor- ,
oughly disgusted with the character of the
replication of the Managers en the part
of the House. They demouncOd - it as a ,
gross insult to them, and saylt Is no reply
at all to the President's answer to the ar
ticle _of impeachinent. •
The Impeachment Managers say that.
they will close the prosecution in four days,
including the examination of witnesses.
Much of their evidence will be ,documen
tary, which is expected to 'be admitted by
the defence without requiring formal
. roof. '
—A Washington: special says the chair
man of the House Postal Committee is au
thorized to report a . bill to ' establish a line
c .
of American steamers between New. York
and European ports.: The .bill authorizes
the government to lend aid, in he way of
subsidy, in the construction of -essels. . .:
Paint for Babies.
A baby was painted over its whole body
with Pain Paint; although five nionths old,
it weighed a third less than at its birth.
She had constantly •worried and cried; no
*ae could tell the cause. It had been treat
ed by physicians in vain. In three minutes
after painting with Pain Pant it, was quiet, "
and has received, a painting every day for
the last ten days by its mother. It isgain
ing rapidly in flesh and spirits, and bids
fair to become a bouncing girl, Pain Paint
reduces inflammation ' removes pain in
stantly, invigorates the whole system,
removes the bad effects produced by, pills,
mercury, atyenne, turpentine, liniments,
and the IlfirCOMC iniluenws ofsoothing gyr
o Pain Paint is sold at all drug stores at 25c
cents, .50 cents, $1 and .55 a bottle. ' Hun
dreds test it free of cost at 170 Chatham
Square, New York, and 622 Arch Street,
Philadelpha, in the Drug Store. Others
fear to test their remedies , in public.
My little Bob,
Ile still will sob,
Another dose I'll give him,
• And alas Bill,
He shall be still/ •
Soothing Syrup, what living.
To feed it poor restless child with, and what
ignorant or heartless mothers.
Pain Paint and Annihilator tested Tree of
charge, at No. 116 Smithfield Street, Pitts
burgh. S. H. Ha.stings, agent.
GOOD HEALTH
IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TILERS' 4 :GS,
1
And to preserve It Is the privileg%e and fix4' of all.
ANTI-DYSPEPTIC AND LIVER PIL S
Are the great severeign, speedy and sure CUM of the
age, for Dyspepsia, either In Its mildest sor orst
stages..and hundreds who havn long suffered under
the infliction; of this most annoying and dangerous
dliease, haVe by the use of this invaluable medicine
been restored io health and the enjoyment of life.
• Is your Liver in a torpid condition, of inaction,
thereby deranging the whble system? '•
DR. SARGENT'S LLyEIc PILLS . •
Will speedily remove the secretions 'and re'storc it
to a healthy. state.
• Are you troubled with of'appetlte; foul stem- •
aeh, eructations of wlud. sick headache and general
derangement of the digestive organs!
•
SARGENT'S I,l,vEr,trxr,is `
Are a sure;- safe. and permanent rettiedy, and by their
mild but certain .action swill cleanse r renovate and
reinvigiarato the system. • • •••
DR. SARGENT'S LIVER PILLS ••stand high as
one of the ettnidard medicines of the) Age. For the
cure Of all.diseases arising iron a disordered:state of
the liver, ai can be . Attested 'by. the' ceitificates of
large numbers . of onr citizens who: have been bene
fited and cured by their use; --• •••
These Pills can beobtained, either Plain or Sugar
Coated, from all Druggigts in the country.
IT IS AMAZING
That the feeble shonld . totter, with-uncertain, steps,
over the
.face of .the earth, In .dasger every day of
falling vic.tlms to thc morbid Influences hy.which
are all surrOunded, when - a - tested and.proyen.Vege
table tonic, capable of, endowing, themwith the'
vigorthey need, is procurahlo in Ir*ery.eitY;Aourn
ra
end settlecrit.. It might reason MY be thought
that after the. twelve.,,years' experleace , which the •
-world has had of HOSPETtEIVOIPPTEIIB,
Would know that Its la to proven diiesse.
season the: anuosphere 7 is - surcharged with
the seeds of intermhients, reraittentS, ihenmatisni,
• pulmonary -disorders, Mamas -.Clininlaints and the
like. Persons whose nervous sgStenti are relaxed
are the iirst to succumb to, these distempers. „trite
up the. physical . energiei
,then potential
;vegetable tonic:: it Is the most powerinl recuPerant
151116 the *ante kingdom has C:vp.r, fielded to yrs.
tlent research. and experiment : it:. :The blind- -
est disciple of thkeld 1e.14t„
admit, that a. tonic arid. alterstli•C., Col :pounded of
approved Herbs .. roots and barks c an ono harm.
while the. testimottrof,thousandS invites a-trial of
its virtues: - V Igor Is the thing must needed lathes°
cases, as well as In/1 - y el u psla"arid nervous affec
tions, and .110STET'Mit'S :BITTERS it. the safest,
surest and most wholesome , strengthening prepare
that that hansse skill bas yet cOnctmted.
Hundreds of Physicians hive :abandoned all rho
L aic Mai receipts and -prestri4c4 tills:harmless tonic
as a preventire ,and cure for all . cases, of : Chills. and
ANOTHER ,CURE DEAFNESS.
I lost my hearing dnring -the last year.. Part of
the time I was total) deaf In Aprilear I
of
,thisy
was induced, from aut adiOrtisement,•.to make a p.
;Mention street, Pit
burgh. , 'After having : tried various, medicines' friMi
doctors; without anytieneilt, I have .been under rir!
'
Ifeyser , litrestment now for nearly two months, and
am entirely iwitored to my-hearing, so that I . can
hear a pia drop. . • - SCANPAN.
=c sd Bluffs, Ntriiiiiwgton Co., Pa,
- -
A
man to-day at lie, if,eySer!Sodlce to in
ibruiham, of a great care made lir hisLtmkbpiic, , or
Ptri.itinikty RzWrOitiirte. - :'• Slit Allege; cures
;aienkde,Yrith ,ilteDoetori-preparatiOni, he'desiri s
it mho distinctly understood Maid griat
cures aid made in Ancordance with Abe getablisied
laws that govern the scieneorof Medicine; In which
helms been ,engagedter-,the past treaty-Ilya - years.
Last week he was also In receipts : 4:lCtter from a
'clargraqiniP pro [ ttrec‘Ata flhia. detailing another
most, wesiderful „ .
I:ol.l79stguli
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