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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1668
:We print on the inside pages of thiss-morA r
ines GAZETTE: Second page—The , Internal
lax Bill, in . full,, with list of free- goods,
shionable 21a. Third page--. Financial
and _Ricer News, lmportsi, Railway Time
Tabks, Sixth page-4 7 Pinance:: and
Trade, 'Home .Harkets, Harketi by Tele—
graph, An interesting correspondence between
the late Bishop Hopkins , and Rev. Dr. Page,
Miscellaneous. . .
GOLD close
1381.
yesterday in New York at
GOOD MANY people at Washington, and
,
probably else Where, believe that the Bar,-
MONT bondholding wing of the Democracy
made a square purchase of enough votes, in
their. National Executive Committee, to en
sure the selection of New York for the-Seg
sion of Prusidential Convention.
FAST urox the heels of the not over
decorous funeral ceremonies with which the
"bend-barons" have shovelled the dirt over
the late Mr. PENDLETON, follows their an
nouncement of SEYMOUR and .11Erinnrciis
as the ticket which the party are expected to
votc; . for. The New York Convention is
likely to be a, very, tame affair, the throat
cutting roving all been done in advance.
IT IS CONCEDED by all candid men at
Washington - that Gen. BUTLER'S opening
argument for the Impeachment , on 3lOnday
was an effort ••of., remarkable ability in the
statement of facts and of unanswerable logic
in its deductions. Although its great length
and the unattractive style of the delivery
were calculated to weaken the effect of any
ordinary argument, yet, in spite of these,
he held the Senate and the entire audience
in deep, unbroken silence for three hours, a
silence interrupted only by frequent evi
dences of sensation among the counsel for
the accused. _These gentlemen made copiL .
ous notes ; evidently finding full occupation
in observing all that should. require a reply.
This
_fact conveyS the Clearest proof of the
damaging effect of his argument.
TILE REFORSI OF TILE IRISH . CHURCH was
brought up for discussion in the English .
Commons on Monday, as heretofore ap
pointed. Mr. GL ADsToNE very heartily ad
vocated the entire repeal of all acts making
that Church a State establishment, while
Lord STANLEY moved the postponement of
the question to another session, in order to
admit a report from the Commissior, to
which the affairs of that. Church have already
been referred. The debate was at last ad
journed indefinitely, without any decisive
action. The tone ofthis telegraphic report,
as a whole, does not afford any encourage
ment for the belief that the unison of Church
and State will soon be abandoned as a po
litical principle'or a proper development of
Christian progress in any portion of the
-British Empire.
THE TRIAL.
The Managers of Impeachment pro
ceeded yesterday with , the- introduction of
testimony, much of which was of a docu
-inentjify character, followed by the - oral ex
amination of witnesses: We publish else
where,".a full report. The trial will proba
bly continue throughout this month. The
design . of protracting it by .a call for distant
witnesses, of-which the President's counsel
are accused, will be defeated, it is under
stood, by the Managers, who propose to ad
mit all that such witnesses are expected to
prove.
THE INTERNAL TAX BILL.
We give much space to the ,list' of "free
goods" relieved from the internal' tax after
the Ist of April. We reprint the 'entire list
on an inside 'page of this paper, and
mend it 'to our readers as well worthy ''of an
examination. The bill itself, .which has
been so long under discussion between the
two Houses, has been adopted finally, upon
the recommendation of a second. Committee
of Conference, with some slight amend
ments, principally - relating- to the ; whisky
tax. Its full text as amended is not yet at
hand, but the telegraph has given us the
substance . of the amendments; which are
duly noted in the proper Otte..
THE FREE RAILROAD BILL DEAD.
On Monday the, tomahawk of Governor
GEARY smote to death the Free Railroad
Bill recently passed both branches of
the ,Legislature. The announcement of this
fact excited in us no surprise, for - authentic
reports had previously reached us from Har
risburg that such was his intention.
The Governor was - singularly lucky in
the fanits he discovered in the bill--1. That
it was so stringent in its provisions as not to
.niteet the requirements of the People; 2.. That
it was sl liberal in its terms as to be offen
shie to existing Railway Monopolies. - This
is'not the - exact manner in which he formu-
lates his objeptions;,but when divested 6f all
rhetorical arnbiquitiesohis is the precise
meaning his language 'conveys. Thus it
will,be seen that the pennsylvania Railroad
Company.and ;lie Pittsburgh Commercial—.
the big and the little in opposition to this
till—severally find their gratification in What
the ciovernor has done.. . •
• The Railway COrporations _ : ca r e d, not a
, . _ ,
button by what reasons the Governor:lpol.
fled his refusd to sign the bill. What they
wanted was the veto of it; - and their 'desire
has been realized. All thoughtful and gen-
. . . .
MEM
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uine friends of freedom in railroad build.
ings deplore the action of the Governor in .
this matter.
In the House, upon the reading of the
veto, Mr. JENKS brought forward his origi
nal Free Railroad Bill, and it was at'once
passed, under a suspension of the rules, as it
was once before., He ,stated that.the Gov
ernor would sign it, if it should be passed:
Wliat the Senate will do with it remains to
be !seen. It refused to accept Mr. JEICKS'S
Uill ; but it may recede in view of the al
tered circumstances of the position. The
session is near its close, and the Governor's
veto wa4 delayed, we presume, unavoidably,
to the last day allowed by the Constitution.
Still, u'e trust the Seat ill promptly pass
the bill.
DIXMONT-ONCE MORE.
Yesterday, we mentioned the intention of
many members of the Legislature to incor
porate into the appropriation now asked for'
Dixmont Hospital a provision securing to
the Commonwealth a representation in the
management of that Institution proportion
ate to its contributiona ; and this intention
we approved. At the same time we sug
gested that pme , leal difficulties would be en
countered in adjusting the details of this ar
rangement. The chief
.of the difficulties
arises out of the fact that a nUmberpf benev
olent gentlemen have acquired rights, as
managers by contributing to its revenues,
and to increase the Managers on behalf , of
the State ratably would-expand the Bbard
intoa-aravill mass meeting.. It will be found,
- Ththe end, that co-operative action on the
part of these individual contributors and the
State will be requisite in order to establish
a satisfactory basis for concurrence between
public and private beneficence.
In the same
. article we estimated the
'Moneys contributed ~ Ithe , State to the.
Hospital,lnclusive of the appropriation now .
asked,
,at $1,000,090. In this we did not
.
aim. at being precise, but to initkearoughap-:
proximation. It seems we overstated ma
terially the aggrezate contributions of the
Commonwealth. Up to the present time
the appropriations by the Legislature, for the
erection and furnishing of the new house,
have amounted to $335,913.50. In addition"
$6,000 have been given to erect a dwelling
house for the Superintendent, but not yet
used;' $12,000 have been given to cover de= i
ficit on public patients; $97,428 to pay sala
ries and wages, since 1857, a period of
twelve years; and $30,000 for salaries and
the introduction of water into the old Ninth
ward hospital, and fitting it specially for the
insane, making an aggregate of $481,341.50.
The new house cost, up to January 1,1868,
.$370,435:84; of which $325,013.50. have
been furnished from the public treasu
ry;
showing that $34,522.34 were
.derived
from private sources. . .
This statement does not include the cost
of the site, about three hundred acres in ex
tent of yaluable land, proximate to Pitts
burgh; which was paid for by private bene
factions.
The $1.00,000 now asked for. will not com
plete the. East wing. Indeed, one-half of,
that sum is specifically designated as appli
cable to other objects, leaving $50.000 only
'to go towards the completion of the
.12uild
ing, which will do
, no more than carry up
the walls and . put on the roof, Making the
Appropriation of at least $50,000' more ne
xessary beforelhe wing will be ready for
occupancy-. This will carry the total of
State contributions up to Say, $630,000, in
stead of a mullion, as we stated.
This, aggregate, is_ not all ehargable
to Dixmont `Hospital, but covers the ap
propriatiens made to the Ninth - Ward es
tablishment. It also covers the salaries of
officers and wages, of employes at Dix-mont
and the Department for the Insane at the
Ninth Ward Hospital since 1852.
Now, we thought and still think, - that the
State; contributing to this magnitude,' ought
to lie potentially represented in the Board of
Managers; not, by any means, to the exclu
sion of individual donors, but ratably to
them. The Institution is of mixed charac- .
ter—Partly public arid partly private; and
this fact the State is jest as much bound to
recognize as the individuali who have added
to the endowment.
Therels 'another thought in this connec
tion which is of consequence. The gentle
men I,r'ho are now Managers by personal
cOntributiOns,. will natuiaily pass away in
the course of
_comparatively a few years..
Their places may be supplied by other con
tribUtors possessing equal liberality and,
disinterestedness. But a time may possibly
come.when men of a very different sort will
perceive an opportunity to obtain the con-..
trol of the house, for unworthy ends, by
contribtiting to its hinds, expecting to in
demnify themselves afterwards by - a rnisap- -
plication of the trust. This consideration
points to the need there is for the existing
Management to 'adopt precautions against
such a possibility. The measure we urge
would effectually guard against such a result.
From our knowledge of the men most
prominent in the'maxingemeut—from their
sagacity, probity and straight-forwardness
—we.are satisfied they 'see the liability to
this contingency, and will heartily assent to
the arrangement pro_posed. _
On the other luui; the State ought not to
take the House altogether out of the cate
gory of a Private Establishment. Individ
ual contributions purchased the kirge domain
and have helped to build the Hospital. An
expectation, not devoidof foundation, exists
in well-informed circles sthat the Hospital
will ultimately, and before many years, re
ceive increased private benefactions.
The Idanagars now hold in trust $30,000,
the procaeds of which' are devoted to sup,
plying the poor of Pittsburgh- and vicinity
with coal, and hopes are entertained that
this sum will be'doubled within a short pa.'
riod.
In view,-therefore, of all the facts, as they
appear to us; we urge the :Legislature to
Make the appropriationnoy4niked,but con
,
ditioned on the right-of ..such representation
of ihe COrtunmieeidth in the Board of
Management as shall at any time, hereafter
be thought just and: expedient,
Even if the new house at Wilkesbarre, or
somewhere in that vicinity, shaß be decided
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vr a a ;
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PITTSBURGH G'AZETTk'
IMMIZEI
.upon, the completion (ikf Dixmont is impera
tively demanded, and with the least possible
delay. With the west mini in uee the pres
sure upon 'the house is not permanently
abated. PreviOusly the Avards werc neces
sarily so crowded as to render it impossible
to take such care of , many of the inmates as
was desirable, and,with the natural Increase
the other wing will be' required before it can
possibly be finished. -,
A TRIBUNAL. DEGRADED
The shithieftil c
distintion of having de
livered
. •
the first stump-speech` Which has
ever been heard froth-the - bench of the Su
preme Court of the United; States, belongs
to the ~Lvenerable" Judge
high functionary, on Monday, sitting in his
official, robes on the justice -seat of the high
est tribunal in the land,—in 'ii • temple dedi
cated to the severe majesty-, the reticent
dignity, the stern impartiality of the law, a
temple consecrated by JA.f, .liimisnAt4
&roar and a long line of.juriSts the most
eminent for their wisdom and unbending
devotion to the severest -interpretation of
right—in such a forum, surrounded
by his associates, this Judge has dared' to
disaird all the precedents of eighty years,
and to pronounce against a co-ordinate de
partment of the- Government a phillippic
worthy only 'of . the hustings: Of .this re
markable exhibition of partizan raneor and
extra judicial spleen, we have the following
repOrt in yesterday's Pittsburgh Post
After •• coll&tuy between Chief Justiee.
_EuI4,BE, Justice FIELD and Judge BLACE,
the venerable Judge GRIER Said he desired
to submit the following paper,. viz:
Ex parte, Wm. H. McArdle. The case!
was fully argued in the beginning of this
month. It is a case which involveS not only
the liberty and rights of the appellants in
this case, but of millions of- our fellow
citizens. The country has aright to ex
pect that it would receive the uninediate
and solemn attention of the Court. Br the
postponement of this case,_this Court will
subject themselves, whether justly or un
justly, to the imputation that we have
evaded the performance of a duty imposed I
upon us by the Constitution, and waiting
for legislative interposition to supersede
our action and relieve us from our respon
sibility. I can only say, pullet haec op pro
brine dici et Thou potui.sc repdti, which liter
ally translated is, "I am ashamed 'such an
opprobrium should be cast upon the Court I
and that it cannot be refuted.''
We have no . hesitation ln • characterising
this ex-pule statement, by Judge Gruen,
as an altogether unnecessary, impertinent
and unjustifiable assault upon Congress,-
which has exercised only its lawful discre
tion in divesting the Court of a. power very
recently conferred, and which there Were
very good reasons for believing. was likely
to be abused. It is also a retlection.Upon
Lis brother Judges, alike undignified and
unjust, since h arraigns them as lacking in
judicial independence or any suitable re
card for their duty. It is also, 'in fine, the
ebullition of :I politician foiled in an intrigue,
father than the ;gra y e and measured discharge
of a strict legal duty.
Until this scene two days since disgraced
the Supreme tribunal, dishonoring the
Judi
ciary, and•at one blow smiting down fatally
and forever. the popular respect, we have
for eighty years reposed an unshaken con
fidence in its dignitieddisregnrd of passing
events in the world without its walls. But
it seems that. Justice is no longer with blind
ed eyes to hold evenly the scales between its
suitors. The historic: bandage is torn off
and she looks with eyes greedy with desire
or angry with rage at suitors who are now
to be taught that they must come to her
shrine not with empty hands, pleading'only
the law, but armed it may be With bribes or
commended by partizan sympathy. Judge
GRIER, a Pennsylvanian we regret to add,
has the unenviable distit.ction of thus de
stroying the traditions of ages, sanctioned as
they are by the approving consent of the
most advanced civilization of to-day, and of
degrading the highest Conrt of the Republic
into a mere political arena. He has taken
the Short but aecisive Step and the worst
. results may 'now legitimately follow.
This attack upon Congress is not a judg
ment, not even a dictum; it is simply a po
litical harangue; which would have exactly
fitted the lips Of ELDRIDOE, BROOKS or
GARRETT Davls„ lie has . opened a door
which can never again bd closed, or if
closed could the people be made to believe
it. How long will it be before other Judges
will' follow his example, and the bench be:
dishonored by a partizan debate? Let us
thank those of his associates *whose higher
regard for official dignity forbade them to
express their disapproval of his utterances
then. But such forbearanceis not always to
be counted on: Bad examples areirresistibly ,
contagious. Judge Gittun or his imitators
will provoke dissent and retort. When will
that thing end?. Where can it end, except
in the irreparable disgrace of a tribunal
which; so degraded, were better to be des
troyed.
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THE ACTION' of the House relative to Ma
barna, on Saturday last, meets the very
general • concurrence of the Republican
press, and - ft is likely to prove satisfactory
to the whole country. To the loyal popula
tion of that State it will be•speciaily accepta
ble, since their civil administration Is to be,
immediately and completely, although pro
visionally, placed in the hands of State offi
cers of their own choice, While it also re
quirei another trial of strength between the
loyal and rebel classes of their people, and
holds the federal relations of the State in sus
pense until it shall be clearly and ex
actly known where the majority 'stands.
The rebels must retrace every step of the
last twelve Months, before they can hope to
enjoy again any practical relations to a Fed
eral existence. They need no: longer hope
to make their restoration a step towards the
reduction of the State once more to the rebel
rule. The loyal apprehension on this point
half been well-grounded, but, under the new
bill, no longer exists. We trust that the
Senate will concur in it with. the least:pos
sible delay. , •
.=—At the close of the present session of the
State Legislature the terms of Messrs.
Browne, Connell, Cowles, Landon, MC-
Conaughy, ,Ridgway,, Shoemaker, White
and. Graham, Republican Senatois, expire,
as do the terms of Messrs. Glatz and • Wal
lace, who are Democrats.
Fon PUBLISH:MO certain statements, from
its Washington correspondent, G. Toww
smsD, which are alleged to be libellou.S.-iu
their character, legal proceed:trigs have been
commenced by Senator WADE against the
Cleveland Leader. Our cotemporary's ap
prehensions that the Senator is proposing to
mount "an autocratic throne" should be en
tirely relieved by- this proof that the would-be
autocrat is still content with the ordinary re
dress of John Doe and Richard Roe.
THE CLERK of the House of Representa
tives, Hon:Edward S. McPherson, is thus
spoken of by d Washington correspondent
for a Western journal: -
He is a small, or rather a slim man, of
florid complexion and-light auburn hair, an
tditorat Gettysbutg, Pennsylvania, and an
ex-member of the House of Representatives.
His newspaper is stoutly Republican, but he
never uses it in other interests than thoie of
the principles of his party. McPherson
keeps his place by his own manliness, and
the Representatives are almost` ignorant that
he has a paper at all. Mr. Meheison is a
literary man of great industry, , haying com
piled several large books upon the war and
MESSRS: EDITOREI - GAzETTE—A recent
communication published in one of ourlcitY
papers intimates that it is doubtful whether
or not thellon. James L. Graham will be
a candidate for re-election to the office of
State Senator. lam authorized to state that
Mr. Graham, in compliance with the solici
tation of numerous personal and political
friends, has consented to he a candidate for
the nomination. He has served his district
and the State distinguished honor,
great ability and sterling integrity, _and is
deserving It unanimous re-nomination as a
just recognition of faithful public Services,
fearlessly, earnestly and heartily rendered.
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The President's Counsel.
Jerry Black and his client, the Chief Mag
istrate, aretriendsno more. I knew a good
while ago that when Black got credit for
writing Johnson's vetoes, he. bad reached a
dangerous eminence.,, JOhnson began to
dislike him out of jealousy:. Black capped
the - climax of hate by borrowing an epithet
from Ben Wade and calling Johnson a d- , --d
fool. Therefore the lion of the tribe of. David
does not sit amongst the attorneys. The
loSs is only Johnson'i, for Black is at once
the most eloquent and the most practical of
great attorneys—a man of no record in the
cause of freedom, but illustrious in the la*.
He is a hill, grizzle-haired, big-nostriled,
long -nosed man, who smokes perpetUally,
except when he chews. „.• Being of a nerve
lymphatic habit, he sits down with
his hat on . around the hotel - 1 par
lors, and rolls great clouds of meditative
smoke, seldom conversing with any one,
and then in a Diogenes-like way. In the
Supreme Court lie has a spittoon set the
iiiiddle of the floor, and walking wand
down be . talks with the precision of an
Elizabetbian dramatist, spitting as straight
as asyllogiSin all the time.' The power of
his argument is measured by the number of
spittoons he tills: A small and easily sur
mountable case takes two spittoons, a good
tough argument requires four; for treat
Teat of legal , gymnastics he requires as ninny
us nine successive spittoons of the silte of
those great stone or India-rubber cities., In
the MeArdle case this great expectoraCfpnist
is said to have spit even full . eighteen `lases.
opposing
had leached the seventeenth the
opposing counsel whispered:• "We' are
gone up; he has another spittoon in rose ye."
, Jerry Black and. Lynchburg tobac re
versed the 3lcArdle decision. 'Little did
Raleigh think, When he made this teed
i
digestible, how he: was - affecting the esti
pies of a race and aiding a far future rebel-,
lion ! _
Black was one of the Cabinet officers of
Buchanan, who kept his credit for loyalty.
In ISOI he is said to have been so poor ‘ that
he could not pay ;a hotel bill at Harrisburg.
He _went down to Little York, his home
stead, and quartering his family as best he
might, came to Wnshington to resume his
practice. It is said to amount to one hun
dred thousand dollars a year. IHe is not a
frugal man, neither profligate. i.
A living skeleton, a miniature' man, a
symmetrical dwarf, is Mr. Evarts; now head
and front of Johnson's defence. He has a
high, fine head set on his shoulders ; spine
and spindles like a bulb on a saracen tower.
When he leans forward you can see the frail
ness of back; hollow and lean-ribbed; his
legs are so slight that his trowsers hang like
a Mexican'S ; delicate as a consumptive's is
his frame and his eye of that brilliant
beauty which consumptives have. - But
when he ristS to plead, out of his girl'S body
comes a voice clear, nesical and strong, say
ing sentences that 'seem almost carved of
marble. He appeals to the grade of high
principles, all hts argument seemingly ad
dressed to mind of-Justice ilself. His
fine broW arid smooth, interestinm b face stand"
out.very white and noble: It is like a dying
man's plea, so • spent seems nature, so con
centrated the mind. Before his appeal mean
motives and the perjured wish feel them
selves in all their baseness. Mr. Everts is a
little like Alexander H. Stephens in his in
valid appearance. Socially he is a delightful
person. In, this triallte seems to have taken
the chief place as pleader. In politics he is
a Republican.—G. A. T., Cleveland Leader.
The Deniocratie Election Frauds in Penn
sylvaula.
~"
. Our readers are :mare that a contested
election is in progress before a Conunittee
of the Senate of PennsylvUnia, hi which
, enormous frauds were proved to have been
perpetrated by the Democratic party.
A witness who disclosed his knowledge
before the committee, was assassinated, and
the . Legisidtare- have offered a reward of
$3,000 for the appreherittion of the murdereof extraordinary charnel r
.
i
Another feature ,
was disclosed by the evidence• before tl e
committee during the present week. .
Michael O'Meara had testified to hisknow
ledge of the distribution of-large numbers of
fraudulent naturalization' papers, and had
said that $6OO had been given him by a
Catholic priest to leave - the State and not
testify. This statement was scarcely credi
ted, but the priest alluded to was himself
brought before the .Committee and admitted
its truth. We give his testimony. It is as
-follows :• ' • .•• -_•-. .....•
Rev. Thomas Tracy sworn—l am the
priest hi chargeof the cengregation at Clear
field ;-I did, pay Michael Q'Meara $5OO be
fore this investigation commenced; it was
in his own house at. Clearfield, hi the eve
• ning, about a week before the trial ; in con
sideration cf it he was to leave ; the State,
and to remain absent for three months ; Mr.
Borman, the boss of Collins on the railroad,
gave - me the money to give . him for that
purpose; I had conversations with the man
who gave me the money; no other party
had knoWledge or.the transtittlen that' I
know of ; I had correspondence with Mr.
Wallace on the silMeet of getting him to
leave the - State ; liinderstand thaflie this to
remain-oat until after this trial should cease;
he is the only person that'kneW 'of the tran
saction that I am - aware of;. he was• the only
one that gave , me any money, or authorized
me, to give Any • he Said, as regards „bizese/f,
beWould not give any, as it was not nem.
sary ; I saw 0 Gormon within two weeks,
at Clearfield ; I know James Collins; have
seen him about two months ago ; I do not
know 'from whom themoney came that
Gormon paid me ; the Mr. Wallace I men
tioned was Seuator Wallace, the Chairman
of the Democratic State Central Committee."
Murder did its work against one witness.
Bribery failed 88 against the other. Heaven
help our friends in this senatorial district,
who have such agencies contending against
them.—Plaid. Bulletin.
Eclipse of the Sun.
The totial eclipse of the sun which is to
• ti.ke place! on the 18th of August next, will
present such a 'wag. duration of darkness
that astronomers are anticipating. it with
unusual interest: From near Aden, the
central Übe of the eclipse extends to the
Southern coast of NeW Guinea, crossing Hin
dostan, the Bay of, Bengal, the Malayan
peninsulal3nd the Gulf of Siam on the way;
and at certain places on this line the dura
tion•of total darkness will be 6 deg. 46 min.
At the date in question, the moon will be
not more than six hours from its perigree,
while the sun will be not fathom its apogee;
a twofold condition which increases the ap
parent 'diameter of the sun nearly at its
smallest. Hence the prolonged darkness.
As such a chance occurs rarely, a strong de
sire exists to make the most of it in endeav
ors to solve certdin highly important ques
tions in physical science. M. leverrier, of
the Imperial Observatory, at Paris, recom
mends that sonic of the French ships •in the
Gulf of Siam should be employed in. search
ing fora suitable place on the Eastern side
of the -Malayan peninsula for a complete
series of observations. The' English as
tronomers are also making preparations for
observations in the track of the eclipse.
TEACHER'S INSTITUTE.
Second Day—Morning Session.
h ioc
. The Is iation met and was called to
order by he Chsirman. Prayer by ProL
Chamber in. Music by the choir.
On moti n of Mr. .T. P. Andrews, a Com=
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mittee of one teacher from each district
was appointed, to report the names and at
tendance . (if teachers from their respective
districts. - -
l • Report on Written Arithmetic was next
1n ' order. In 'the absence of Prof. Logan,
McCrilim presented the subject. 'He.
I said that the arrangement of a - Written
Arithmetic was of considerable importance.
• On the arrangement of the fundamental
rules there was little or no difference, but
in regard to the other topids there was quite
a difference of opinion. The speaker held
that as fractions were an expression of
division they should occupy the next place
, following. Square and cube root should
be so placed that they may ;subse
quently, in the advancement of the study.
of the branch so frequently used, as to ren
der them sufficiently familiar to the mind
of.the pupil that they may permanently
remain. The speaker then presented his
method 'of teaching numeration and nota
tion to begimiers. Also a short method of
performing addition. Considerable discus
sion followed by Messrs. Lucky, Kelly,
Jones and Squires. , - •
Debate followed. Question—Should the
minimum legal school term be increased to
nine months? Mr A. D. Glenn spoke in
the affirmative and Mr. Montgomery in the
negative. In general discussion Prof. Burt
spoke.
Music—" Shout for our Banner."
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Leeture by HeV. Dr. Sproull, of Alleghe
ny. Subiect—"How should the education
of youth be conducted so as to accomplish
its object ?". He considered first, the object
of education; second, the conditions; third,
the agencies., Man should be educated in
telligently, socially, physically and relig
iously. • The tenelier should be exemplary
in cl&mliness ' morality and religion, The
school room should be wellventilated, kept
clean, comfortably seated, and in all points
arranged with reference to comfort and con
venience.
Improvements in vencies; bpoks • partic
ularly have been improved. Grammars,
geographies, arithmetics have been all well
improved. The Doctor thought, however,
that the supplanting of the Biblsbyreading
boOks of human composition .was injudi
cious and wrong.
Adjourned till 2 r. x.
AFTERIN.:O ..." SESSION.
The Institute was c t
alled to order by the
the. Chairman, who stated that the first
buainess in order was tho election of an
Examining Committee on Permanent Cer
tificates.
Mr. Mcerum, in behalf of the ticket on
which his name appeared as a candidate,
said that his ticket was not in favor of a
rigid examination, as was intimated by the
opposite party.
Mr. Burt, who favored the opposite ticket,
took the floor and spoke at some length.
He accused his opponents with' dishonesty
of purpose.
Mr. still then took the floor, when a most
disgraceful scene ensued. A general con
fusion was kept up throughout the Hall,
solely for the purpose of ."choking".the
speaker off, and we regret to say that not
few of the female teachers engaged in it;
but it was doubtless instigated by the rnales,
as the sound of the. "brogans" stamping
upon the floor wa,s the signal for comnienc,
ing the confusion. The speaker said that
the assertions made by Mr. Burt were wil
fully false ' after which the confusion be.;
came so intense that it was impossible for
him to ptoceed.
A resolution having been adopted to pro
ceed with the election,. the balloting com
menced.
The candidates were as follows: Profs,
Geo. J. ,Luckey, G. N. Monroe, Robt. H. Ket
ly, J. F. 'Meelymonds and W. A. Johnson,
whO composed what they term a liberal
ticket.
The oppositiOn ticket was Messrs. C. A.
Chemberlain, E. M. Still, J. M. Logan, J.
Allen McCruni and 4. F. Gamber,
• The ballotting was concluded at four
o'clock, when . the polls wore closed and the
Institute called to order, with Mr. Luckey
in the chair, who stated that he thought • it
better not to continue with the regular et !
ercises, and the Institute would stand ad
journed until the opening of 'the evening
session. -
EIrENINO SESSION.
The Institude convened at 7 o'clock, and
was called to order by the Chairman, who
announced the result of, the election for
Examining Committee which was had
during the afternoon session: The vote was
as follows : C. A. Chamberlain, 177; E. M.
Still, 170; J. M. Logan, 174; J. Allan.
MeCrum, 175; B. F. Gamber,l73; Geo. J.
Lucky, 265; Ge0. , 11. Munro, 27; Robert H.
Kelly, 267; J. F. MeClymonds, 288; W. A.
Johnson, 269. ,
Rev. Thomas K. Beecher delivered a lec
ture before the Institute. Subject: "A Search
for Summer; or, what I sawin South Amer
ica " occupied the remainder of the
session..:..
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The following is the programme of exer
cises for to-day:
dforning Sesion—Prayer; Report on Men
tal 'Arithmetic, W. A. Johnson; General
Discussion; Lecture--" The Mud Sill Prin
ciple of all right Teaching,v Rev. Robert
McMillan. Recess. Music; Debate—Would
a thorough knowledge of the, science of
Phrenology aid the Teacher in;his work ?
affirmative, J. N. Conroy; negative, John
Morrow; General Discussion; Decture, Rev.
T..IC: Becher.
Afternoon Sessian--Music; Report on
Rhetoric, Miss Mary C. Hays; Essay—The
Infinity of the Animal Kingdom, Miss Hat;
tie' McCain. Reece& Lecture, Rev. John
Douglas, D.D.; Mualc. • .
Evening Sessions tunic. 'Debate—Should
Military Spirit and Military Drill bs encepr
sgsd, in our Publiellchoeist Affirmative,
A. Chamberlain ; ' negative, S.'Cltel_Pbeill
General •Discinvikini,Lectrire," Rev. '
KerrfAint*ers to Queries; Metrical Critique,
Miss JennierElmith.
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Real Elitite Transfers. —
The e
IL following deeds were admitted of r 4
, .-
cord by Smvely, Esq., Recorder, Moni
day, March 30, 1868:
'Peoples National Bank of Pittsburgh to
Henry Lloyd and George Black, March
18th, 1868, lot on Fourth street, near,
Wood, sixty by seventy-three feet .11
•Robert Ashworth's administrators to Cath-1
:trine McCauley, June 14th, 1866, lot on
the Perrysville plank road, twenty by
ninety feet $lOO
Henry Floyd and George Black to the Safe'
Deposit Company of Pittsburgh,• March
/Bth, 1868, lot on the north side of Fourth
street, near Wood, thirty-s_x by seventy-1
three feet • $20,0001
James C. Hu ff man to Christopher H. Tape, I
March 27th, 1868, tract ofland in Jefter
son townthip, containing ninety-four
acres $8,600
James Graham to Alex. M. Watson,. Sept.
27th, 1864, lots Nos. 14 to 18, inclusive in
Grahamsville, Ross township, containing
thirty-four. acres $8,893
Mount Union Cemetery of Allegheny coun
ty to Joseph • Icirkpatricl4 Jan. Ist, 1867,
three lots in Manchesteri 76 by 88 feet
I $760
Joseph M. Gazzam to Wm.! Leech, March
21,,1868, lot No. 496 in Gazzarn's plan of
lots on Aliquippa street, 25Iby 84 feet:.sl2s
Alexander Boyd to Alexander Ross, March
28, 1868, lot on Federalstreet, Second
ward, Allegheny, 17 by 551feet........53,600
William Green, Jr., Administrator of Wm.
Green, Sr., to Alex. M. Watson, Jan. 9,
1861, tract of land in McCandle.sis town
ship, containing 187 acres 4 l' rood and 27
"perches. - ' $8,748
David Gibson to Robert S. Terra, March 24,
1868, tract of land in Robinson township,
• containing 31 ages and 156,perche5..56,075
Patrick Hughes to John P. 1-reisel, Noy. 30,
1867, lot on Carson street, fast Birming
ham, 24 by 120 feet 52,000
James Graham to Alexander M. Watson,
October 29 2 1864, lot No. 13 in the plan of
Grahamsyille, Ross township, containing
3 acres and 1 perch $5OO
Ethalinda Smith to Alexander Ross, March
20, 1868, lot No. 21 in Fleming's plan of
lots on Sandusky street, Allegheny, 20
by 90 feet $1,700
Andrew D. Smith to Heney W. Read,
March 28, 1868, lot in Elizbeth Court,
First ward, Allegheny, 20 by 110 feet..sBoo
David Ewart to Philip Swanderman, June
(3, 1867, tract of land in Marshall town
ship, containing 103 acres and 131, perches
$8,500
James Wright to Robert •Watson, _Sr.,'
March 19;1868, lots No. 1 and 2 in Scott's
plan of lots in Lawrenceville,fronting on
the Greensburg turnpike, 40 by 100 feet.
3,00111
Jonathan Gallagher to Alex. M. Watson,
September 27, 1886, lot No. 13 in the plan
of Grahamswille, Ross township, contain
ing 3 acres $1,500
Wm. J. Marion to James Leitch, March 27;
1868, lot on Tremont street, Allegheny
city, 15 by 151 feet $750
Wm. Mackeown to Theodore H. Nevin, et
al., March 30, 1868, lot on Market street,
Pittsburgh, 35 by 56 feet, with buildings
-17,000
James P. Park to Alex. M. Watson, April
2, 1866, lot in Ross township, containing
3 acres - 1,500
Alex. Rerrr to A. Dempster,pfarch 25, 1868,
lots No. 7 and 8 in the plan of
containing 4 acres and 15 perches • ;3640
Officers Elected.---At a quarterly election
of Pittsburgh Division, No. 42, S. of T., held
March 31st, 1868, the following officers wore
elected: W. P.; Henry Miner; W. A., Otis
B. Childs; R. S., Charles P. Duff; A. R. S.,*
John D. MeFaden; F. S., B. A. Stoney;
Treasurer, Thomas Steel; Chaplain, Alex.
Clark; Con., F. A. McDevitt; A. Com, Robt.
D. King, I. S., John Doherty; J. Peter
Storm. Lady Officers: Ist PP A., Lou.
Childs; 2d L. A., Kate Bailey; 3d L. A.,
Maria Rinehart; Lady Con., "Wattle Liggett.
Lady. Sen„ Mrs. A. Q. Casselberry.
TravelObstructed.—Monday night tunnel
No. 42, on the Pittsburgh, Columbus and
Cincinnati Railroad, six miles east of Den
niston's Station, caved in, completely
blockading the,rond at that point. A dis
patch received in this city yesterday morn
ing states that it will require forty-eight
hours to remove the obstruction.
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