El . . . Vittisburgij PUBLD3HED DAILY, BY PENNIMAN, REED it CO., Proprietors. r. n. rev xxs, JOSIAH XiNC; T. r. 1.10!1:STON. . r.111:1:11. Editors and 3innagers. OFFICE SAZETTE BUILDING. NOS. 84 AND sp FIFTH, ST, OFFICIAL PAPER Of Pittsburgh, Allegheny and Allegheny _ County. Termit—PaitY Semt-Weckly., Weekly. One year......e.1.00!0u0 year.r2.so,t,lgh. c0ny....51.50 One month. 75;1:r. mob.. 1.70; 3 copler, each. 1.25 By the week, 15,T hive moo 75 10 " 1.15 (from carrier. I 1 mid One to Agent. Moti;NDAY., MAR CII SO, 1868 We print on the inside pages . of this morn ing's GAZETTE: Second page—Poetry, Ephemeries, Misee,llanco as.. Third page— Financial Matters in New York, ',Rim, : News, Markets by Telegraph, ImportS, byl Railroads, Railway Time Table 6-e. • Sixth Page.;---Finaneeand Trade, Home, Markets. &tench Page—yin interesting and spiey Aori.!.:ll 7 eze . York, and :other reading . matter.. . - Goix , closed in New York on Saturday • at 188-,1-. Oun:FaItRISBURG LETTER,. always Yalu al ie, is this morning more than usually in teresting. It is worth ieading, •if only to see hoW successfully a Democratic election eering aiidge has been foiled,'lind how shal low are tie pretensions'of that party on the Kent of economy and retrenchment. _ . . WE HEARTILY . ENDORSE the eulogy with which our distingutshed fellow citizen, Hon. TnomAsNirna.r.s.ms, is recommeatred by the Harrisluirg Telegraph, for the -highest place in the . legal counells . of the government. At: an carly.day . ive•‘hcipe. to be- able to re print thatirdcle in. Widah.. our cotemporary pays a well merited Aribute to the proles siotalAbility amtsterlin,g patriotisni of the present Representative. from the Twenty ,. ME=i3====l r fiLtT ARKANSAS has adopted her, new Cfiastitution; is so probable that we are almost inclined to announce it as a fact. Alabama is now out of the .woods. Georgia and North Carolina promise their accept ance by.large majorities. And, in the other States, the ',friends of 'the Viden will. find victory the easier since Congress has taught an effectiyelessonjoihell . 'oppOitents. The experience of .A.labaaa will now serve as .4 caution rather than as an encouragement. ..NTpfrt: 2..WATIONAL BANIS ilftTe found it convenient, if not indispensable; to the ac ceptable prosecution of, business; to keep considerable amounts of-money on deposit at one or more commercial centers, to which theiiieSPective vicinages are tributary. This enables them to sell sight drafts to their cus tomers, in sums to suit, and to redeem • their circulatinit notes without subjecting holders who - wish to convert them to' the expense and delay of sending them borne. On the weekly average of these deposits the banks draw interest at a low rate. The Senate shows a disposition to prevent the taking of this interest,--upon. wbat considerations of lilt blic utility we fail to see. Gen. CAmE rum-, actuated by:long experience as a bank er, makes vigorous oppositiO to the 4 - ' • • ON SATITItthLY- the t Cour of ~Quarter Ses sions of this , county made a decision upon the appli9tion of Mr. Vesniiix- - , a• colored gentleman, teacher of a pubie::. - schoo - L in Allegheny; for admission to its bar, on the ground - of 'comity, he haVirig 'formerly been a practitioner in the' Supreme Criurt.,.of New York, and holding certificate' tri.that effect. The application was denied. Judge STOWZ held that the applicant had not brought himself within the rule of corn . ity, and so could - not avail •hiniself of it. He then went on to declare that all •that was said on the matter of color, when this case was first under consideration, Was altogether irrelevant: - thought - and said so at the thne, but, the Judge did not then agree with us In. opinion. We feel complimented that he has, to that - extent, finally , adopted our view of the case. • • Notwithaianding 114s.isS1°.Pgexpression on tha-Part. of judge.S.rowx, his colleague, I Judge : Mr - LTA-7, 5 , sa)ir-props-;.% g,o . ,"outside: of the in j long and turgid disqpisition upon ._the propriety s of blacks parhcipating with whiies „ in mak ing and trilmiriitterinether.lawri. :- Ilemain fahied that blacks and whites ought to be entirely seiirated in self iction,qad'hence would not grant o, application og ; the ground of comity, nor unless compelled by positivelaif,2i4ideli'lii could nafilisitig c tird. Since he feelt l / 4 110,11Ye fkKe‘xotolorly<lie has put his sentiments on record -.4-p? • 2 11: THE TRIAL -TODAY ii(Con today the t r ial 4 1 1 1) 7 1 Ew Jonic Solt . *M coMm,ence.hefore . o. o S e nate. , "Tho Proeeeffiogli vill 1) 9; hilth4edATA4 4 ite4e.` gen, in whose behalf General Bunatt" wili open ttitfetiiefoi , tiiViiedpie, in hrtaigtirakit I °ll , and exhaustive. . Bc . win De followe d, stouot leak althon4h:rietYt,lay,-"b, counsel 'aointsovr, after whieb, , as the 'trial coeds, will come the introduction of - that, evidence, on either gad : 'Upon , the extent• and-iixted , chi] . icicier of this testimony hang all spectilitions as to the probable duration of: the trial: When thk,iladehee A4llllOl, be hi; the' arguments' of towisai up and iuid4119.05,t4e •,, , ?so for submission to the court" cannot probably occupy more &We bein g than'a I reels r fortunately some limit'tolaai fidplrqsical capacity. As to the" probable duration •of the entire pro cee'dingi4 tiveßo7ol, fine um° It = tIrAY a yiigidihf siieofogoil4 l 4 l 3iiii•ia. rybigr4ol to, six ,weeks.' ITO . :oo*.,l ) n4*** - 1 1 1 ',#4lo.•'hl the' wa,tot, imPelwAg°9l4e,§.9tilti sOMPreied ., .. Ntlg that / Weil% I shall proceed with all despatch and from day to day, Sundays excepted, =ail cumpleted. . CUSTODY OF PUBLIC MONEYS. These provisioner: authorities , '•.s 'Will '. as - Mr. Bum., of Philadelphia,' has - brought i sumo control ' of the State affairs, and before the House of Representatives at liar- - i their first • duty will be to . submit a risburg a scheme for creating a, Board of Igain to the people, for its sanction as the Coninfissieners to • take care of !the pitidie 1 pertnanentloreMit law, the same Constitu moneys. Of this Commission the Governor, - I tion which was once approved, but which did not meet the unwise conditions referred Auditor General and State Treasurer are to be members. The:- TreaStifer hi to have ti !=to. When „that Constitution and .accom salary of five thousand dollars a year, and r i panying ordinances shall be adopted, when to lude tie incidental' 0101in-dents:--Dbribt- the Legislature shall have ratified the four less, this - scheme had its origin in the poi I t- teenth amendatory article, .and when Con: lar r iinpressiOn. that State Treasurers, for t gress shall have aceepted the Constitution as years past, have made vast gains by deposit- Republican in form, the . State will : once - ing public Moneys entrusted to their keep- I more find itself re-established in all its fed- Mg in,bants, and diaiving interest, it great- I eral rights. er or less rate, thereupon. - . I This measure saves tile Congressional pol - During or shortly after the Treasurership! icy of reconstruction; it meets the necessities of Mr. MCGri.kw a. law was ,passed topre- of the Union people of Alabama; it strips vent this use of the public funds. This was.! the, presentmilitary protectorate of 1 all its .possible dangers; it abolishes the mischies owing.to the belief that lin had made - tom- I siderable gains by loaning the surplus in his'l--ious creations of ANDREW JOHNSON ; the President and his "policy , : ytulishing to custody- That' law, if we mistalw not, is e f,l,gether from - the sight of a patient and unrepealed, though probably, in point long practice, a dead letter. - State Treasurers 'are' -re•Parisibleler t h e I biotic heart soli, reasons for the hope that safe keeping of all moneys committed to the obqchrit 3- of the Southern night is now 1 cldsing in a bil la a d Cheering daWn. them. Heavy:bondS -- aie - given by'iliera to ; •_ I . : •--4 r.---- make the. Commonwealth secure against loss. How shall a Treasurer keep moneys for winch he is answerable? Shall he keep it in his pocket, or bed-room , burmu, or. office safe, or in .banki`? - . lt is natural for a Treasurer 1.6 keep public moneys as he would keep his own. If, he is. n prudent business man, and has a lark balariee tineinPleYeil, he will deposit it in one or more bants', such as itefinty select, and on the best terms he can make, This, we doubt not, is what all State Treasurers do, law or no ,law. Why _ should 'a law exist to prevent thein from do: ing this? As they and. their bondsmen are liable-to make till losses good, it would seem . to folloW, as' a naturalright, that they should. be at -adopt- such means for sate - keeping as may comport - with their best judg mente it Would benefit the banks:to_ re"quire them to deposit the public moneys there in; if at all, without interest; but W e do not see wherein that arrangement could ad vantagnthn State„ 'According to .the tenor of the existing law this is what Treasurers" , are directed to do in ease they use • banks at ell. :.. ~ r ,,, , .:., -, It it is thought well to - have interest re alized from , deposits of public moneys accrue: to the emolument of the TreasitrY rather than of thiTreasurer, then some coMpetent authority ought to designate what hanks" shall be euiployed,. and on what cork4ition. It wcpld neceasarilyfollow that tip,Treitsus er shOuld to relieved froni reSponsibilities. in case of the failure of n bank or - bank.: holding-such deposits. To put n. Treasurer under constraint, and still hold him answera ble, - would viOlate id , the lentiments, , of equity.' . , - • . Beyondthese several schemes, another is practicable. A Sub-Tremury can he created with one or more Commissiouers,to.preside over it. tinder this scheme the State would provide a place -for the custody 'of the moneys, incur the expense of watching it, • and bear the loss in case of burglary. ' What the Commissioner or Commissioners would be answerable for would be for putting all public moneys coming into their bands into, thin Place, and paying it `ant upon proper vouchers., As the ballances on . hand would remain idie,:no increase would come' from them. This latter system has been tried, and with most , satisfactory results, in Ohio, and has even been applied , to, the, custody of county, funds as well as to those belonging to the State. The Governor is 'empowered, from time to time, as often as he may see proper, to appoint Inspectors - to- overlutul the Sub- Treasury, count the cash, examine the vouchers, go over Alias books, and, do hall o i other acts and things requisite thoroughly; to sift the condition of the establishment, We ate inclined 'to - think tido Is .decidedly the best system yet proposed. But it will be Swell for the Legislature to . consider` the • , whole matter before mucallY ureaking in upon the existing system.. 10. LIGHT i[N,AXABAMA. . . A question of great difficulty to our frlenda in Congress, - -a question in fact second' only in importance to impeachment—has been and in a degree continues to be this :—What shall be Alone with Alabama?. The claims of the loyal population of that State to recog nition, the.obstacles effectively, opposed to restoration by the aucces'sful tactics of her unreconstructed rebels, the clamors with „which her Northern alliei 'have assailed the' 'Policy of Congress as'a failure, the dangers inherent in' any proposition which looks to an indirect abandonment of that "policy by its friends, and the universal wish of all - • , , _ true patriota that :e . .very - State of the talon shall be, as speedily as may be safe, restored to all its practicalrelations,--all these con sideration:46yd iinbainiKed, this qtiestroil with difficulties for which there seemed to be no hope of a successful and lust solution. We have now to thankJudge' Spalding of Ohio, for' presenting a bests' for - the adjust ment of this serious,question which ishon orable, just, constitu.tiopalvapdF practical:, His bill, offered as a substituteen saturdaY, although at first acceptedwith. some _natural reluctance* / 7 ihher gentlemen -of eqittilly distingutshed ability and patriotism; at last thic!floiise by the affirmative yob:g! gyery Reintblictm Member, and has r gone up .s .to the. Benats. ;We are eonfident that it 'Will be approved by .thitil body, PAls!V*,. kimv PererßiblY week closes. The text of the bill is fhlly reported in our dispatertels: , APsweept way thehtigsl, nnoonetitiitibisal -creaticm:of .44 inY rkilicyli ln the shape of civil government, which an. usurping Preiddent - cille,dittio - lAng in nisi Stated reserves to Congress, and VlM gress in MO same bill executes,"*.emuititn tiomiLtbiiistpipAding A, I►PalltrY civil; antlioritrt9o. l 4l:Pe..9PlP,L TileM* o l 2 A gov enunent thtu)esta,pe r tmXll < tre,Upon 'lite Constitution 'and ordlignicesldopted .tbe late 60C 6 4i.1vT0.1 1 ,10/grt t Y chts Voters o,EpnifitifitittirWitfAivntild. iMve ec -63m0184*.i-,40011,0°,1!0 Venl3:a- Item authority , '* ads not been :for-- bidden by an unwise requirement in the reconstruction law, since repealed. PrITSBITRGIT ZETT_ rflt - Y -2 "'tft, - Reit! - 3" , I,Ju 1 t. "7 , THU: - nIcIAT., 'UNCTION of.? Tit E i went, and to liegin it there'. If was abso . sc. ATLI. - - I lately. essential that retrenchment shmild be i The proposition - that the Senate should I established; that the expenditures of the Surrender its constitutional function in ins- 1 State should be - brought within the limit of I peachment trials, anddescend,frorn its high i its menus. We mmt put our feet down judicial prerogatives, to become merely the firmly, hue are .lov:. :nut cut off all tin -1 Oury which receives, from a Chief Justice on I necessary expo s , :. Tile Republicans took -the bench, the law on all !points which may r him 1 at his worci a:.1• the 'reduction Was . "arise whether interlocutory or final, is a made—twenty-six to five. tolerably bold presumption upon the igno. But In ! when, shortly after the Senate ranee °Odle good nature of Senators. Yet I reached the section fixing the pay of the it has been recently propounded by. Mr. Suprerne Judges at $5,500, and a motion JonNsoN's friends, who declare that It was made to increase it to $7,500, and when ' meets...the sanction of Judge . ('lrAsr,.. and of it was earnestly opposed by Mr. Errett and the majority ofchis•fellow judges •of the Su- Mr. Brown, of Northampton, as a willful , . preme Court., waste of the public money, paying to our ' We do not know which is most to be ad- Judges, salaries $1,500 higher than those Mired, the impudence or the absurdity of paid to the Judges of the Supreme Court of this proposition. It is impudent, . because it the United . States, up jumps Mr. Wallace, is ofibred only as a short and . di rect cot to so rampant. just now for retrenchment, and 1 ur.*ed the adontion . of the amendm the complete exclusion of the Senate • from I- ' • - -' e P „ the function, Which, by the Constitution, 1 on $5,500 pez, year, and that it is the duty , reposes in its body alone. • This otter is of i, of-the State to give them enough to enable course made in the. interest of a heped for them to lay up a fortune before they retire. 1 . Mr. Errett urged that if there good rel e ase of the accused through the rulings . reasiiiii WIN 'I for retrenchment any whe're ‘ it\vas of the Court which are anticipated to be 1 good here. The Supreme Court Judges are friendly. It ls absurd, because it divests an I not compelled to live in Philadelphia, they impeachment of all its peculiarrproviLee. its i nre not compelled, either, to set up expel-. i Sive establishments on fashionable streets in 'power - of investigation, its littitUde of spin- ! ' . • - , houses costing ~000 a year rent. nor to ion, its breadth and scope of regard for the li ve in the style of nabobs; and if they highest public interests, its exalted freedom dioose to indulge in this luxurious style, from the miner obligations,which must. con, the State is not compelled to blot the bill. - • • The salary - of ''.) 500 is abundant for any trot a petit jury in the consideration :of - - ''' . '. ' • . Judge content to live in Republican sim offetices which . the law has PreSiselY de- plicity; 'and if Judges have expensive tastes fined. It would grant the whole ituestion— they should gratify them at their own cost. I that impeachment can lie only . for an indict- Mr. Wallace, however, brought up the bulk of his Democratic strength to the sup ! able offense, and would at one breath blow port of this motion; to increase the salary to • • ' aside every consideration of the public. safe- $7.500, and it passed by the following Tot°, . ty, of the national life.. Impeachment is - - Yeas—Messrs. Beck, Burnett. Coleman, the process of peaceful revolution, by w hiei, . Connell, Davis, Fisher, • Glut; Lowry. Mc- Candless, McConaughy t Mclntyre, Nagle, our fathers provided that the' Republic • . Randall, Ridgwa,y, bearight, Stinson, al -1 might free itself front a confessed enemy to lace-17. ' the public peace, without resortin , r to the .21Irys—Messrs. 'Billingfelt, - Brown, (Law-. violent expedient of armed resistance trot. rence,) Brown, (Mercer,) Brown, (North n- ampton,) Cowles,. Errett, Jackson, La forcible expulsion. Yet this proposition don. Linderman, tshoemaker, Stutzman, would submit the question of the guilt or. Tivior, Worthington, Graham, Speaker-14. innocence of an usurping ruler to the dis- It will be seen that every democrat but cretion, not of the highest tribunal of the pco- I three (Jackson, Linderman and . Brown, of -• ' - .Ntirtliamptono voted with Mr. Wallace for ' ple,.but ct a single judge." Admit that one • this donation of $lO,OOO to the Judges of the shall thus interpret the law, and no amount Supreme Court. This, then, is the demo of proof of guilty acts could overbear his cratic idea of Retrenchment-4o take off $3OO decisions. To his integrity;: alone would be front , -n poor clerk and add $lO,OOO to the b salaries of the Supreme Judges. . , entrusted tie peace, the very life of the na- When'the section was reached, fixing thc don. No i•lan lives who should be, or was i salaries of the President Judges throughout ,intended.tobe; exposed to such a temptation: - i the State, Mr. Burnett, (democrat,) moved What the. Constitution means is that, in the to raise their set trie"i: from $3,500 to $4;9 00 , aflinger Mr. i Mr.-, c earn) r.ttc.utioh to this as the le: coming of any mt. emergency of dnng •gitnate result of the ncrease just voted. to . . from an incompetent or an usurping ruler, Vo l e Supreme Court. The Senator from the question of lira,.retentionOf .iiiiiiiisilinr, Clearfield could make eloquent speeches in shall be remitted only to - that tribunal of, favor of reducing clerks' salaries; but lie the people whieWiethe hig lieit &legged rej r. and Isis ... frie . nds on that side of the House ~. I could not resist • the temptation to increase pository of its- so,vereignippWer• bitch is . i the salari"Sof those who already had enough. 'the Senate, and such are the functions i This brought out Mr. .Wallace,., who at which it noW.prOcecds to exercise._ .-. I once took. the back track, and finding-that --- - ,--------imi-.• .--...---- ------- . 1 the adoption of the amendment would-.be a oA: sum of mono} was appropriated, last stinging comment upon his Retrenchment Year, amounting to many thousands of dot- speech, - opposed it. The amendment did lars, in aid • of,a charitable institution in not prevail; and a similar effort to increase one of the wesern,cities of this State, and the salaries of Associate Judgesfirst.to $5OO was shamefully misapplied, not more than . and then to $4OO, also failed. ' halfdt several thousand dollars coming to A -long fight took place on the appropria-.I the object for which the xiholi amount was tion to complete the military history of the appropriated. The reason for this is, that State. The Democrats opposed it, on the to no responsibility is attached the disburse- ,as Mr : . Searight said, that they du , meat, of such funds. rime State receives no ground military history of, the btate. , account of US faithful application, and if; riot N . ant a They:would:gladly, ,lie sold,. wipe out "all the parties into whose . hands it falls, are dishonest, they eau steal what'tifey_want of record of it, And forget that it had ever a ll dishonest, funds, and there IS no power in exis- ken place. ~ The ,appropriation,' however, -tome to call them to trial or punish them was made. Mr. McCandless and Davis, : for the aet."-- 7 State Guard. : Democrats,:did not concur in this .view of We have no idea what .t.charitable insti- • Mr.. &aright's: ' - . . • . tution” is referred to. above,' and sincerely-, • " • 'When the appropriation to Dixmont Hos - • . . . . pital was. up, Mr. Lowry, Dr: Worthington. hope the imputation rests upon a , material and _others,. Without opposing the . appro -1 misapprehension of essential facts; but in. priation - urged the necessity of a Bureau of ' dependently of this case, and upon ' general State'Cliarities, - to examine 'into the man, entorall institutions receiving S tate principles, ice think . public: moneys ought nee' , . , ._ _ - ai,.fluitthe Legislature might have rehable .not to ,be appropriated to private establish- evidence upon which to- base its henefac 7 I ntents, or to any eatablisiaaellia over the Bons.' This discussion was long and, interi, managenient of,which the Commonwealth esting; and the Senate Committee, lately . op 7 . pointed for that purpose, will doubtless re-, not . full sand 'undisputed emi . trol.. Even , , then, a system of rigid accountability "ought I no in favor ot tie establishment of gue i a rtl'' ' I I ' ureau: .., .. - . . ' • . ~ • . to be enforced. •'- . ~. The appropriation of' ten - thousand dot tars to the , Northern, Rome for Friendless . Children, which is regarded as a 'State, and note local charityi.dalled out a long 'debate. . ' MrL:Glati Melted to reduce It to $5,000,' and atriontothers;3lr.Wallaact . urged this re-,. duction 'Strongly. Seveinl , gentlemen I op-I posed this reduction, inch - Ohm Mr: Ver.: thingtorii I ..Mr. ' Lowry; , Mr. 'Fisher, and' others,. all: of whore. spoke' strongly and -ablY; and Mr. Errett, said - he Aheught 'Mr; 'Wallace'it . 'speech , (en' the ground of re trenclinient) would have, been much; Mori." pertinent if made before the , vote was taken on the motion adding. ten thousand dellars to the salary of the Supreme :Judges.-. It seemed queer economy to take fivethougand ' from the:poor orphans; and give double the I amount to Judges already in , the receipt of comfortable -salaries. .The' . - amendment, however; did 'not preVail: - ,--,- -- . •-, , I..' , i' ~., On.thre local charitiee, nal have said,therO was a prolonged skirinieh, but their:di *grit ' through, by a vote of - about trientyAite3O sevOrt,:Mr. Wallace, and another DetaOcrat, andilve 'liepublieans, constituting ilia' Mi. , nor• . en the bilifeame.up;:this.itorning„_" .in t, Its dial, I paSsage,, . it -waLeykkiid, that .M.r4 ' Willaceivas big with a speecliovliich he in tended to use: as .a campaign.;:docuMent, charging. that the bill Was extray , , 2 , . t faits' appropriations, that it -was *se. hy4Tio4:: pubilain legislature, andthat - thitt party, ' ithemibm, 'were responsible for it: I': The, pre ?yionii queetiorWwwliti :consequence, stilled and carried,, ,thnilatithg , off'dilivelooineny epeeelv; Me.yhdhi be idol 4/4314441 0 ; get: in iCiiiiitioa to gO , iiitO )- VOunalttO - -OruisA' Whole for spea4 , , 4unendmenvadas 0) ' re , •:.: duce the appropriations. hoping .:Aci ‘-get a party vote on It, atut make it a part of :his RHODE Isi,arn elects a Governor and Legislature on Wednesday. - Connecticut and Wisconsin rhold elections next week, the firat or'the State and Legislative offices,' and.the secondfor a Chief Justice and As `,societe Judges of the Supreme Court. WE beg the Post to excuse us Observation had induced uppn us tho o; ,impression that "swearing „ was a Democratic accompiish . went i.By Telegraph to the rlttettoph Gazette.) CarcAoo L March 29.—The linseed oil 'works of Guld Brothers ere destroed by tire 'this- mornin. The w establishment was ono of the most extensive in the coun try, having a capacity ;of threo thousand bushels per day" and ohnployibg about forty, men. The loss is variously estimated but 'cannot be less than ie.-quarter of a million dollars. The machinery tdohe was valued at 4100,000. Nine Persons Burned to Death. (By Tolegtopttio the Ilttaburigh 91,„trtt0.3 OTTAWA,' Mardi 28. Th - house of a farmer netted Lialkbert, at Wareham, twen ty-Sve miles from tete, took lire Wednes day night. Mr. LaMbert, with seven of his children and a man servant were burned•to' tdeath:Gl l- 1)41 .f.t. ti;17 1 .1.1" ,- ' - - " "-Eire's* Boston: • ", iinwrozr, March Methodieti .%11100:0;WinIterj#1440 in the Harlan Ailltrieti•and tivo a ldwellings adjoining, weredestroyed by Are this morning. Loss MOOR. • • ;7; • • 6 `4Z" = tinseed . oll VVortlit Destroyed. LETTER FROM 'HARRISBURG. (Speria: Correbpoadence to ritt,..burgll Ctizette.] - . . H.Annisnuno, March:27, 1668. The appropriation bill has been up.in the Senate since Tuesday. havin,,,, ,- occupied three days; morning and afternoon: It Was materially amended, mainly by, increasing the salaries of the Statcfoillcers;,and adding a great - many, small appropriations for local charities. Considerable fight Was made on theSe local charity appropriations, the vote being generally twenty-five to seven; but as it was rendered certain that all these appropri ations would have to be given up, in Com -1 mittee of Conference, if the bill reached , there, the voting of them into the bill wagl more anevidence on the part; of the Senate' of its willingness to grant them, if it could, than a determination to adhere to them. When the appropriations for clerks in the Adjutant General's office were reached, Nr. Wallace made one of his usual speeches, i k . moving tp cut down the salary . fromsl,Bo9 to, SIJIOO. He said that the ,1 ar , was now over, and the heavy labors of he Adjutant GeneraN . office . were alsoover. Now, *therefore, was the time to egin retrench- IZE I campaign documentu ; but the previous rues { tion was too nittch for him. • . p 'lt now - became apparent .that the - demo i crane Senators, tinder the lead of - Mr.' Wal latt—, intended-to vote in a body against the I bill, on the ground of extravagance, and to I try and Make,party capital of it, although neatly every democrat voted for every ap propriation in it, and had thereby made it extravagant. Quite a ntunber of our friends, therefore, determined to break up this scheme, and accordingly, wheal tbe.vote was taken on the bill by yeas and nays, voted with the- democmts; ,thus killing the bill. ,They were resolved that the appropriation ' bill 'should notbe made a subject of Party capital, and let the demotrats takeAlte re sponsibility of letting it stay dead, or resume it by a Motion to reconsider. , .. What the result will be, , it is hard, just . now, to tell. , The bill is dead;unless,a mo tion is made within five days to reconsider: and if this motion is not made a new bill will have to -be framed.---In that, case the final adjournment - will hot come 'before the 'FirSt of May. ' • ALLEGITEICY. Leglslatlvo Jobbing% We have always opposed, -upon the sim plest and plainest - grounds of principle, what is usually and properly characterized as "special legislation." We have held that the existing body of the statute law, in . any of its general -provisions, should be - approached, by way of amendment or re peal, only after the experience of the Courts, the general sentiment of the profession, and the ,Coneurring opinions of citizens, shall have established the propriety of a change. Yet more decidedly,: have we ever disap proved, and felt it our duty to denounce, the of the high law-making prerogative, in! prostituting it to private- special interests. `Whenever welia.*6 observed—and it has been quite too often in Pennsylvania—the influ ence of individuals or :corporations brought to bear upon the State Legislature, to procure, either openly • and, - confessed ly, or under that specious show of vague generality, which is the more usual concomitant of these, attempts at fraud upon the common and equal rights of the entire people of the commonwealth,. we have con sistently and promptly protested. We pro test in the name of the public integrity, of. the settled and well-known principles of the taw, of the Prerogatite of sovereignty which is thus made merehandize and parceled out to the highest bidder. We have pretested that such an abuse of the high trust which - ve have confided to our law-makers only Or the greater good: of the entire people, Should not be permitted to unsettle and shatter tlw very foundations of. private rights and put each .or any of them at the nervy of the profligate legislation niougers whose corruptions. are the "curse of more Capitols than ours. We protest, again, that the laws of our Commonwealth this day recognize and protect not one single right of person, reputation or property which special legislation, if permitted at all, may not snatch for him in a day and for is price. We make no special/charges orcorruption, or of undue indulgence for ,private or spe cial interests, against the present or any Other Legislature of Pennsylvania. Nor do We refer to any specific instances of its disre- Ord of the essential principle of public ice ...cessity which alone justifies any legislation whatever. , For all law, primarily, Infringes upon a greater or less degree of private rights ; but the consideration of the general heeds entities the majority of the people to govern the whole by its enactments. But the evil of which we speak and to whith alone our remarks are now directed, is wide- Spread and, of long-standing. Other States than ours, other Legislatures than that now sitting at our 7Citpitol are . equally, and perhaps more, amenable to this just complaint. We wish we could, ]name a Legislature of any State, •in : any year of the last score, and of whatever ,party, that has been spotlessly free from this : great crime, for crime it is—of legislation-. mongering, cutting off laws by the small to suit private interests and to the damage of other interests bbth private and public: And we trust that the people, of all parties,' will mallt and reinember with its condemnation, that man, be he whOm• he may, who thus forgets his high station and becomes the paid broker of a private intrigue. DISASTROUS FIRE Cibiton Iron Works in Monongahela Bor ough Destroyed 'Loss 6(30.0(0--aver One Hundred Men Thrown Out of Em , ployment. ' • A fire,•more disastrous in its c•Jusequ'eu ("es than any that litis preceded it for a considerable time, occur.red in Monongahela Borough about nine o'clock Saturday night at the extensive nail and sheet iron works of Messrs. Graff, Bermett d: Co., known .as the Clinton Iron „Works, situated nearly opposite the foot of Wood street. 'When the fire was first discovered tho flames had spread over the greater portion of the build lug,. and so rapid was their progress that the entire structure was one sheet of flames be fore any effort could be made to cheek the devouring element. 'fhe alarm was •given from Box 4, at Ferry and Short streets, and several of the fire companies from the city repaired to the scene of conflagration; but owing to the fact that the nearest fire plug was fully a thousand feet distant, and , it of only sufficient capacity to supply one en gine, they could otter but little resistance to the work of destruction. Some of the steamers, after considerable delay, suc ceeded in obtaining EL supply of. water hem the river, of which they made excellent use in preventing the fire from spr•aading to the, adjoining build ings. The 'entire department deserve the highest praise for the energy displayed in endeavoring to - overcome the difficulties. With which they were surrounded to pre vent the. destruction of the contiguous property. Several Members of the Eagle Company escaped Be r ions injury, and per haps inStant'dmith, by the falling of one of., the - huge smoke'stacks while they were directing a stream of water on the burning buildingg The Toss to Graff, Bennett & Cmpany will not fall '•far-short of sixtythousarid dollars, not More than one-half of which, we are informed, is covered by insurance, the prhicipalpart of which is in the follow ing - Companies: ' Manufacturers, Eureka, German llorth American, Pittsburgh, and 'Boatmen's. ' • • ; The building was a frame structure, eigh-t ty by one htindred and thirty feet, and con tainettfortY-three nail,inachines, in. addi tion to rolls, shears, and in fact; all the ma chinery necessary for manufacturing nails from iron in its raw'state :• ' ' • The origin of the fire is a mystery, which can -way be explained by supposing It to haVe been the work of an incendiartr.' The works always stopped at noon on Satulday," when the' tires are all reraived: and on' last. Saturday . 'there was - but one fire intithe 'building during the` day; which vos In' the sibluing room, and" previously the fire *as removed from it at rioimi all the other .fires having' been drovined out the night before. The. , greatest sufferers_ by . the -*disaster will be : the employes, of the establishment, • nearly a hundred of - whom ;will be thrown out of employment for T weeks at, least, and perhaps many of ,them have !trainee .depending.uponAlleir , daily labor for • ) ,stlppnrt,,.. , t•An...e.xeellent neld..le here, , 010Ot4.1fporit , 40 , Woalt philanthropist,., to fAra; l l . s his ficißeAlicam-desireforiinello ra t e aqtreraftpla , ••Tekrq,44 o ifiroP9 3 l4 wants of his fellow men. The building destroyed was erected in Ottober, 1866. The similar structure occupy- -~x,.~: _,,~ ~~~ _ .' ing the ground prt. dons to that tithe wl destroyed: by 'fire in September of that year, The view of the conflagration front the north bank of the river was grand in the extreme, and while the spectator doubtless deprecated the destructiOni he could not but admire the magnificent grandeur of the spectacle. - We learn from a member of the firm that the disaster Will not interfere With their contracts in any way, as they have suf ficient stock On hand to fill all outstanding orders, and that it is their intention to re build immediately. Young : Men's Christian Asseciation-an- • • • tereiting . Meeting The young Men's Christian Association held a regular monthly meeting at their moms Saturday evening . last. • Mr. H. Porter 'presided, with E. T. Cook as seere- • tary. • : • , • • • • Among those in attendance (7.vhich was quitelarge,) we notice& Bey. M. B. Pugh, F. A: Noble, Harry Mcirehouse, and Col. Doty, of Springfield, Ohio: • • Hoff an hour was sPent in devotional ex ercises. • Minutes. of last meeting read, and ap proved. ' • The several committees haying in charge - -the difierent prayer meetings reported con -tinned success, and encouraging prospects. the President's suggestion, Harry . Morehonse, the young English -Evangelist; , Was unanimously elected tohonorary mem bership. . I_ , • Mr. Morehouse being called upon said he could answer a political - question to-night. He had been asked whether an American • Could whip a Britisher, and from practical • experience he could anSwer, yes, for he was a Britisher and they had whipped him, had heaped coals of fire upon hiS 'head and whipped 111111 with kindness and love. He" was glad to see from the large attendance, and the reports which had been received, that the spirit of the Bles•sod Master seemed to be hi. their midst, and urged the necessi ty and duty• of continuance in the good work. They were all ambitiolis, but if thdy looked. at nothing higher than this earth, they might climb the ladder of their ambition to its • topmost round. or scale the mountoin of their . highest hopes; and pluck the flower on its _very summit, and what had they for their toff Nothing but a flower that withers and fades in their grasp. Did they wish their labors to en dure? He would giye them a mofto. It had been read to them to-night: "Preach the 'Word." In all their lives and characters, in their conversation, :lag - and influence,- "Preach the Word.'! In the Market-place, on the crowded streets, or in' the by. Ways of - life, "Preach the. Word." All else would fail, the flowers...of earthly- hope..would fade, the brightest dreamS of earthly glory - would vanish, all that was of .earth would perish; hilt "the Word Of the 'Lord endur, eth forever'., • „ • • - The gentleman proceeded in this Manner for some length of time but want -of space prevents a fuller report. Suffice it to say that! the whole speech was replete :with beauty and sparkled with eloquence. At the conclusion Of Mr. Moorphouse's speech, .shork addresses, breathing. the spirit of an earnest and active ehristianity, were made by Col. Doty and. Rev. F. A. Noble, and at a late hour the - meting adjourned. 33 EDITORS GAZETTE,:- - 1 was surprised to see my name mentioned in your paper of March 27th, in connection with the State Senatorship. I have no desire for office, and, beg leave to ask , that my name shall• not be used in the approaching canvass. •j • • I Respectfully, • March '2B, 1868. :Tom; B. °TARN. Congressional ! EDITORS GAZETTE: Some gentlemen. - -of. great simplicity and political sensitiveness have found fault with the brevity of my "card" in vour paper. Will you please add the formsf--"Before the 'Union RepUblican ConVention." .ours S.NEGLEy.. GOOD lIBALTH IS THE GREATEST OF BLESSINGS ln , l to preserve It Is the I . )eltege . natit ' , lilt.; of ali. DR. SAIMENT'S A.NTI-DYSPErTIC AND LIVERTILLS Are the great severeign, speedy and RII re cure of the age, for Dyspepsia, either In Its mildest or worst stages, and hundreds who have long suffered under the inflictions of this most annoying and dangerous disea4e, have by the use of this invaluable medicate been restoretto health and the enjoyinent•of life. Is your Liverina torpid condition “/f Inaction; thereby deranging the whole ? ' DR. SARGENT'S LILTI;'MLS Will speedily rentore tbe secretions and restore . It to a liealtliy tale. yott troubled witly los4 of appetite, foul stom ach, eructatl.ms of wind, sick Itead:iclitt and general derangenient of the dliosttre orgftus „ , DI:. SAIIGEN'r'S LIVER PILLS Are a sure,- safe and permanent reniedY , and by, their . Mild but certain action :will - eleante, renovate and velnvigorate tire systeni. DR: SARGENT'S LIVER PILLS stand - high as one of the standard medicines of the age: 'For the cure of all diseases arising from a disordered state of 'the liver, at can, be attested by the certificatet of large numbers el a m& eltizenwlio ha ve been bene fited and cured by their use.- ThesiPillacan be - obtained, either Plain - or Sugar Coated, from all Druggists In the conntry. IT IS AMAZING That the feeble should totter, with uncertain steps, Over the face of the earth, in danger every day of falling victims to the Morbid Influences bi which wo are all surrounded. when 'a tested Mid PrOVen arege table tonic, capable of endowing them' with the vigor they need,.is procitrable An every city; town and settlement, It might reasonably be. thought that after the twelve years' experience which.tho world has had of HOSTETTER'S 711TTF11.9,...air. would know that its effect isle prevent dikase.. At this season the atmosphere Is surcharged with the seeds of lutenuitten La, remittents, rheumatism, pulmonary disordem bilious complaints and the like. Persons whose nervous systems are relaxed are the first to succumb to these,distempers.. Brace 'op the physical. atienties then with Hits potential vegetable tonic. It is the most powerfulreguperant which the botaMe kingdom has;ever 'yielded to pa-_ tient. research and experiment. Try it_ :the blind est disciple of the old medical tiostmas will at least admit that a tonic and `alterative; v 011110121104 of approved. herbs. vans and barks .ean'do no ham. while the testimony of thousands Writes a trial of its virtues. - Vigor is the thing most needed in these • cases, - as well as in dyspensia and nervous affec ileum and HOSTETTEIt'd BITTERS is tho safest,- I n i 3 oTtilt l i na° lllll:lll c lt i o n ;el t c r o e n ngti gl in . g Hundreds orphysiciaus•htivo abandoned a l t the officinal receipts and prescribed this harmless tonic SS a preventive and CUM for All cases of Chili and ANOTHER CURE pF. DEAFNESS. I lost my hearing `during the' last '; . Part of the time I was totally, !leaf. ; In Apr l of,this year „t , 'was induced, 'foam an adrertisemeut,', to make ap. plication to Dn. llmvintit. llicl[Pean !street; Plits! . . burgh. After having trie!kirarlous medicines from doctors, without any benoilt. Iliavo,beeu under Dr. Reyser s treatment now for neitlytwa Months, and am entirely restored to my hearing; no that I can hear a . pla drop ; 101IN-11.CANI.AN, Coal Itinlfe. Washingtoyk Pa. AX7IIIEX•CIME, . A lean; called to-day at Ecyaera ore G) in form.huai ouzo m l 4 7i. ll " l .liN9CF* 9 l or - - P . utatortAßT Reareitanvx. , ; Wesel:eines arc madewlthlhe - Docuire preparations, tie desire' =: tato be dtatlectly uadergtood that:most of 14a:ineat, - eprea.o accordance ;with 0, ratoblished laws that govern the seletted Jot medicine in .whlch he has bees engaged thr the Oat, trenty4liti years t! Last elf, he was ;,1# F ecelp f r f !ett4r pan, / .vieriymai In ' the, State of Ohis 4 t.,"0.94 .viot4er ,niostyiondtrtal cure.. BEY RESIDENT .08NSULTIN18,01.4.1 DICE FOR LUNG EIAMISATIONS AND TREAT MENT OF CHRONIC DISEASES, No. no PENN STREET, FROM 9 A. M. UNTIL BP. IL C•P mmm 8 123 IMI ...
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