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The Senate, concurred in the House reso lution reealiing•frora the Governor the bill ..autherizhig the Auditer General todellVet; to.thb retroleunt Bank of .Titusville United States bonds:deposited as security for cir culation The bill inecirp?rating the PennsYlVank - 14;press company, J. L. Cameron and oth erkeerperators, passed finally. Aponte bill for Inspection of Gas passed tnally, amended forl'hiltidelphia and Alle ghenY. :Adjourned. - AFTEItNOON SESSION . ..Tlte Railroad bill palsied finally as it came the House, ihe State: not being liable for any damages.. • 4-1 Senate bill authorising .railroad and city railWaY einnpanies to determine' the num ber of directors, not less than , three nor. • more than twenty, passed the second read Authorizing railroad companies leasing or using othei`railroada to provide for the par:dent of lienathereon, passed finally. ModlOing -revenues, set apart for the Sinking Fond by act . approved April 22, 1858, which takes from the Sinking Fund all revenue derived from licenses on tav erns, retailers and collateral inheritance tax, and applied it to ordinary expenses of of government, and repeals the tax on per . sonalproperty and on officesitrades, occu • pations and professions. The first section, ...providing for imAring the transfer, and the second, repealing taxes, were both defeated, and the third section, authoiizing the Audi tor General to re-open and re-settle ac counts with cOtinties, passed 'finally. Aipus It E 91' E.PRESEIiTATIVES. „ , The bill ceding to the "United states pos ., session of ,the _Gettyabnrg Cemetery, re ported for#l tlit;TudiOztry (General) Coin . mittee : Nris ,Pitaei4 After transaCting, 'hUsincas unimpor tant to Western. Pennsylytmia, the House adjourned till ifternoon. , * " AFTERNOON SESSION. ' - • _The inenrporating_ the Philadelphia and Delaware '''Railroad passed second reading. • The following bills were passed finally; 41tliflmrsing•-33enjazteulf••grow, of Wash ington county, fol_rnoneys expended in re crulting and conveying , volunteers in New Brighton 'and Pittsbhigh during the late • . Equalizing bounty taxes in Fallowfield, Washington county. • Relieving 'John Smith, SchOOlDirector of _Washington county, -for moneys of which lte lAA robbed. Relieving Hannah - Day of Somersel township, Washington county, widow of • Daniel - Day, &Adler of:1812. Repealing the fifth section of an act sup , . _ pleinentary to act incorporating Freeport borough. - • ' , Incorporating the Johnstown and Somer set Railroad from'Solinatewli to Somerset, capital one million'dollais. Authorizing the Commissioners afGreene couiity to revise and equalize . township as , segments. 1 Authorizing the laying of - pipe across the Allegheny river, at the mouth of Big Scrub grass creek, for transporting oil. incorporating the, New Alexandria Male and Female Colige, Westmoreland coun ty. Authorizing the School Directors of West Brownsville, Washington county, to se.neertale'sehogkliroPerty. ', Authorizing the' School Board of West Brownsville to.beriow money for' building purposes. A: „supplement to acts 'authorizing the' School Board of the,Seventh ward,Pitts , 'burgh,- to borrow Money, fixing the amount at $60,000. - - - - ‘ Repealing the act attaching land of Elisha - Robinson ; senior, lyingin Allegheny town aliiii,'Butrer county, to Hovey School Dis trict, Ferry tocanship, :strong county. - Prohibiting fishing with seine or nets in 'steams, : lakes or reservoirs of Crawford county ,end prohibitingrsons owning or ----'4x - introll.thg oil. refineries or - gas works from „ramping oil or • other refuse matter into French or canals in said county.: Mr. $41411, of Alleg,heny, read in place a I.l4ll'.4tleSilte • fo: onnied. Gas ' Companies in Alle ghouypotmty, which divides the county • ••inteftistil4sfor the Several gas companies. ' "Aikl 4.. ...t'.:s f - ^.:7..7.': - .*.... - L. --.0.-- ____ ....PlEmPinp, .., ..7 - ...7:: -. ~ 4 , ......."...._, . Ariet t io : , pf Alleged Ku-litax-Klaa.--Judi . ~ .elid War... Arrest of Judge Waldron by 01rderaf4ildgf? Hunter... - ' (By Telegraphto tt!e , rittsburgh Gazete.3 • Mixritis, April: , 7.—llia 00110 made .t, descent on Ferguson's Hell pro,Beale street, Monday night, and eaPtured some'twenty persons, mostly . haply on a 'harp of being ^'ORtr-Klnx-Klan7' - On the person of one waalalica4 a document purporting to be the , constittitkpn of the order; putting forth that 1 the object.was to protect.people mthe South from the bands of: robbers and murderers . , i -, 'now .preying ort them'dveri to the last resort, assassination,'; and , pledging , themselves to allow nothing to , divert them from this eiteet*::-Allsmi; thS caPlureaiWero a lot of masks arid a a idl. A boy claimed they • were ,s, number. of members otthe Peldb l .ol ' • ' ' the'Scitith Baseltall'Clis, had `no connee tion with the Klan, ,and knew nothing of the papers found; that it was a plot against them. They were then taken to the South em station hottse; and kept till two d'eloCk this morning, when thg,.wero all =condi . tionanyrelesteed , .., ~.Ag 1 . . ~..Judge Waldts2n,:of thel9.*cfpal Court, • ' ' wAsitriellted'On an attachment issued by , • Judge Huhto4 of the. Criminal Court ?last' . ,mph ",for 1 urdziwAy,,Werferitig ...witit his, e.r...i c ol i tr i n bi t i v i n g fkumijkil thr•hial Messrs. i 0 r giallawitydr,vOlimpbell '• - off. t it *alanclie,' imprisoned by Judge 111)._ 30 cm ' tempt: Judge Waldron ga, MY' Plrill'i 4 mat thi,V.liolOth„to er the ~'it is alddite.miN in turn arrest Bunter tns 4 .. :soticitt. l- i . ' . FORTIETH CONGRESS. Colored_Citizens Asking Govern- ment., Aid. in , Emigrating to iiberia-Tlistriit "of Coltunbia Matters, A.e, At; .', ' [By Telegraph to the fittaburgh Gazette.) WAtiatrmi , foii, April 7, 1868. • SENATE. . - , -_ The -CHAIR laid before Ithb Senate a .. memorial of the Legislature of Montana, . . forapryin fa grant of land for - educational , . - and agricultural purposes. Referred.. ' Mr. JOHNSON presented' the petition of , , two or three thousand colored citizens of. . South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, ask ing. , . the Government to aid - them in emi t grating to Liberia. He said that some four , thonsand.inore had authorized their' Ague tures, and the petition _sot forth they Could no , t•hope to overcome the social inequality inseparable from their- condition,' and that they therefore desired to'go to a-republic of their own. race, fairly established and promising great proaperty and all the ad-, vantages of civilization r in a , suitable soli- Mate. ~ Referied to ' _ the; Cernmitt,ioe on Fi naiace:" '"- - ' - . • On notion of Mr. HOWE, to-morrow, af ter one'o'clock, was set apart for .the con sideration of bills reported from the Cord mittee on ClairnsZ • ' • Mr. TRUMBULL, from the' Committee I on Judiciary, offered an amendment to the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Ap pmpriation Bill. Referred -to Committee on Appropriations. Mr. RSEY offered a resolution in structing the Committee on Pensions . to , bring in a ill to so amend the pension laws m t' Ek, that the rriage of a deceased soldier's widow shall no longer work a forfeiture of her pension which was adopted, Mr. HARLAN called up the bill in rela tion to the charter.of the city of Washing ton. ' • Mr. SUMNER offered an amendment, as an additional seetion, makin,g it the duty of the Board of Aldermen and Councilmen to meet in joint Convention on the first of the month following its passage, and select by ballot mill:officers now appointed by , J the Mayor who are - to hold office one year. Mr. JOHNSON inquired the object of the amendment. Mr. SUMNER replied - by reading the resolutions adopted_by.th Common Coun cil. He said it was well known that the action of the-Mayor was hostile to colored men. He hoped to have the support of the Senator from Maryland. Mr. JOHNSON opposed . giving . colored men offices for which they were incompe tent. Mr. DAVIS would vote for no proposition to place negroes over white men. - After further :discussion the proviso. to allow the 'Convention to abolish certain offices and decrease salaries, was stricken out. . • SeverSl Senators condemned it as author izing the exercise of legislative functions by the Convention. Mr. BUCKALEW moved to strike out the - authorizaticon of the Common Coition. and Mayor to chwie a Treigurer on joint ballot. Lost. Mr. SUMNER'Slamendment was agreed to-29 to 16. .____ Mr. SHERMAN offered an amendment allowing the CoMmon Council to provide for paving, grading, planting, ac., streets bran assessment ,on adjacent property. Rejected. After debate the bill passed-36 to 9. On motion of Mr. TRUMBULL, the bill to remove political- disabilitieslrom R. F. Butler, of Tennessee, was recommitted to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. - MORRILL, of Maine, called up the navy appropriation, bill and the debate on the propriety of the reduction of the navy was continued. Mr. CONKLING'S amendment to reduce the number of seamen to 7,500 was finally rejected. . MORRILL, of Maine, from the Com mittee on Appropriations, reported, with 'amendments, a bill making appropriations for the contingent expenses of the Senate; amounting to $115,000, including $lO,OOO for the expenses of the impeachment. The Senate went into Executive session at 4.30 and soon after adjourned. • VIRGINIA The New Governor Sworn In.. By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.] ' Ilicitmowo, April 7.—Hon. H. If. Wells, of Alexandria, this morning took the - •-oath of office as Geyernor , of Virginia, and .en tered upon the duties of the office. After Governor Wells had taken the oath of office to-day, lie accepted an-invitation to visit the Converktion.2: - .ltidketruderwood introduced him and endorsed his political views. Governor Wells made a short ad-, dress. _ Se said for the short time he would - hold office he would endeavor to prauurte', the prosperity, of all the people and try and promote harmonY in the Republican party, as the only organization through which that prosperity could ever ' come. A: resolution ;efforts' by a colored mem ber prohibiting the Legislature from estab 7 lishing any system of separate schools for the' two Tares was discussed all day. The black delegates urged it with heat, one , or two threatening to oppose the adoption of the constitution if this was not incorporated. , -At the Cincinnati municipal election on Monday the vote polled was 23,627; against 28,804. at . the ,Oubernatorlal' election last fall. -Tins Reptiblinana elected the Judge of the Superior Court. Clerk of ,t4e Court, - Trustees of Water Works, and Di rector of City Infirmary.. The Deinocrats elected . the.tity Pormviissioners and Wharf Master. The' highest' Republican majority was one thousand tool ninety-iseven, and the lowest thirty-Elm - emend the Democratic majorities were , one hundred and eighty seven, and two hundred and nlgiftr. The two Democrats elect were supported by the Workingmen's party. ''The Workingmen's ticket received an average vote 'of about six hundred, The Republican majority in the city. last October was two thousand one hundred and thirty-eight. - —Lewis V. BogY,'a prominent Democrat of St. Louis, and late Commissioner of Xn dian, Alfaire; in a letter' responding to an invitation to address the Democracy of Calloway county, advocates the nomination of. General Prank P. Blair, Jr;.for Presl -dent; and John'''. Hoffman,of New York, for Vice, President. Mr. ,Digy argues that levthe Rittlicabi will - rely upon the regular army for a candidate, .the Democracy- - must loolt to the volunteer fciree, only for a Rader .1310 for ..landatunee in combatting dicalism-in the coming eleption.c osolggitithe seine jpoli to he, heyradoitt: •1 4 L'wnri;.'end that men, idetilided with! the army, cr•knoww" supporters 9f, the war, 1 1Q 3 ntre4 far 8404 aWerit, • • o - A4Adtdoes' dram Ahruitdbup e to thaloth ult. l !4ditethbithe eta su tt.u.u dibtalSr Overflowed U P lnreast= e drivt!g l e thr roefa tbr9ken -1 4 65l i et ':§ 14 /IrOng - 4ther vessel*, ere'vristied ashore and greatly' danuaod. • • - """' PITTSBURG:If. 117,PN . EPAY,,,..8111L: 8, _lBOB. SECOND EDITION. FOUR crcLoci.c. A. M. THE CAPITAL.- Nominations by the President General Hancock -9 s Stall Officers , —Cabinet Meeting—Monument Contributions--Gold and !Mier in Montana. i• - (BiTelegraph to the Plttsbatei Gazette. WASHINGTON April 7, 1868. NOMINATIONS BY TEIE PRESIDENT. The President to-day seht a 'number of noadnations to the - Senate; - *blab were principally military. Among the civilians were IL IL CoChrate, Assessor of the Gth DlAtfict,, Kentuelty; and p.,. Windstandt, - .lessor of thb 2d s Digtriet , Indiana. STAFF OFFICERS Captain Charles G. Cox, of ,the Tenth In fantry, and. Captain Robert Chandler, of the Thirteenth Infantry, have been ordered to report to General - Hancock for duty on his staff. Gen. Hancock will establish per manent headquarters in this city to-mor _ GOLD AND,HILVER IN MONTANA The Auditor of Montana writes to John T. Bruce, now, in this city, under dato of March' 6th: that 'owing to the increased • inaclain9rytmd :discovery- of mew gold and silver . fields in that territory; the yield of these metals will-be ten times more than last year. • .MO'SITMENT CONTRIIIUTION Gen. Spinner; Who is Treasurer of the NAtional :Lincoln Monument Association, received yesterday morning wletter from :AUSthf, Nevada, containing one hundred, dollars in aid of the proposed monument hi this city. visrfoita AT THE-W - 11!TE HOUSE. Among the visitors to the President dur ing tho forenoon were Lieut. Gen . . Sherman and Collector Smythe of New York: • GARDEN'S AT MILITARY POSTS Gon. Grant has issued a general order for the cultivation of vegetable gardens at:mil itary posts for the use of the army. CABINET MEETING The usual Cabinet meeting was held this Morning. Adjutant General Tluinias was . present - NEW ORLEA_N. • - Mayor and Chief of 'rake sit!Loogerhends Democratic Copypption. • • . C'94'"refeiripb to thl! rittsburgli Gazerte.2 NEW ORLEANS, April 7.--A - 11'6ider issued some days ago by Chief of :Police William son-to one of his ;Lieutenants • relatiVe to the disposition of the police force, was sus pended by Mayor Heath. Williamson pro teSted in.a camotio letter, closing as follows: "If tb'obr . who areVersonally. IntOcAttijil. the great political contest now 'pendlVglie-' sire to manipulate a portion or all of the po lice force of this city for their own purposes, they will find an — insurmountable obstacle in their way in the deter mination of this office to _ confine the cperations of the police force to its logiti yrutto functions, and . it. is believed that not Only the law but the will of the people will sustain this -action." Mayor. Heath ipre ferred a ,charge of,tilsobeaience of orders, itiscilenea' to Ms - strlierkir officer, and con duct unbecoming an officer and a gentle man. . At an eitra meeting of the'r:!aardik - Police Comniissioners on Saturday evening, a summons was issued to' -Williamson to answer on the 9th, of April, and he was sus pended. from 'exercising the duties of his• office until further. orders. Gen Buchanan has set aside this suspen sion and ordered Williamson to continue in the discharge of, the .duties. of Chief of Pollee, until further orders from -head= 1 quartera sth Military District. Both Heath - andWillianison were appoin ted by Gen, Sheridan. At the Democratic Parochial Convention, on Saturday night, a full parish and muni cipal ticket was nominated and resolutions . aftpte.d.recittesting•the %State Central Com mittee again to place before _the • people nominees for State offices lately, retired py th&eoininitteo, and -fill - vacancieif frem declension and other causes; and.also a res lution requiring all candidates to pledge • themselves to oppose the Constitution. MN. EUROPE. Farragut at Sicily--German Em igration to America—President ,E]mguay Assassinated. !CB* Tereirapli too k Attsburah 61,iette.i ITALY. . ,; • ,WA.RRAGUT AT SIOILO:. 'FLORENCE, ; April 7.--Admiral Farragnt has gone from Naples to Sicily. A dispatch from Messina announces his arrival. GERMANY. _ EMIGRATION TO UNITED. STATED. "‘ Bnumuu, April 7. 7 —The . .tides 'or emigre praserit spring for the United States has commenced with inereased,VOlr time. It is estimated that upwards of sew en thousand emigrants have left Germany during the past week for;American Rckr;--, &WWI AMERICA: . . , ASSASSINATION 'in TIII .I.IIM.SIDENT:.• OF ITRAGUAY. Losuow, April 7.—Three days later dates . % are received from Montevideo via Rio Ja niers state that the report of, the aesiuisina tion ofilen:Ploiez,Presideit of Urstrug:lY• is confirmed. He was murdered in ;Mon; tevideo shortly aft& his return froidr the allied camp on the Rio Parina. lEffs-stio cessor had taken his'aeat.`Vitliaut opposi tion, and the city and State remained tran s ull. . .- FINANCIAL: Milli COINBIERCIAIw.: 1. QUEENSTOWN, April 7.—The steinnadri City of Baltimore ? from New York, arriTed thhat‘m.. , ~. ~, ,, 54;•,, i .„ . -•-; ••• , ' LONDON, April 7—Evening.—Consolsclos - : ed steady at 93,4®93%; U.S. bonds, 72 1 4i*. Central, 94; Xxin, 48%. --.- % Fninition . r," ' Aprli - '7—Ercuing.- 2,20 bonds are steady at 75,4&75g. -ArrINTESP;AprLi 7.:-Evennig.7-yetroleurn is held at 42,Lfranc5...,,i.-- , '714 - 7030;M7 11 ..,71 - iirir,7; =-- EtTenin Cotton elosed,st iwith ca slight advance it trade; repoyts are still unlviltaalAk IF .10,000UgNrcailittlh'41ofn t 6 r"=u" 'Ming Up lan ds, 1214012 X _I, l i g Ism& , readsWO allied quiN and, I 4 Corn, hoWeVarldealined Bd., quoted at'(. ; ;Meat. llis1100:1fOr Midlibrnfa white, : 01. „its..scl.• for 149,12-JialWanheexrefin I t i 65.: i6itsopits...4sF,T:. ?ens; ".44784;i . „, 'ftiltrditiffeltd*Sitt*O3r;, VOA; ' ."' f l, 4p•Appti r dri:Ulat Os.; Chemoh ,t B ot o.ork t , 1 , .04:1 • - ilirm; TalloWV7l ll 4l Fretroleum ls.- s• Spirts t " e ro eum, Mt.. , EiCATINION. , . . A. ~• . ~ ... ..,',. nation. of WArtylOcCee—The - As- Bassin,- Unknown.-Great Excitement-- Fenian Outbreak Imminent. _ 7_'r .-A. , . ..... . 03etettriluu taliiii`litsairebClaie . tte.l OTT. a.w , April ~7.—At half-past two •O'eli4ktliiirruirningD'Arey • McGee was shot dead by, an unknown assassin as he was en tering the house' - where he' lodged, on .Sparka street.—,Thebelipassed thioughMr. 'McGee'ilieadaridliadied in the door which he opened. • A son ofthelaildhidy catrieUp soon after and fouridthe,bedy,on the.pave .k He saWirie, person in the' neighbor .hocidlieatd•no footsteps. • The aSscitailn must: have beembehind the fence of a vacant let • oOpOsite, or• made a very hasty retreat. McGee h'adjust-left the Parliament House. The brains protruded and the sidewalk Was covered with blood, indicating that the weapon was held close to the head. There are no traces of the as sassin. ' • . Another dispatch says: The supposed as sassiii of McGee is from New York. Some say , :tbe' • assassination was the work of Fernans. An Ottawa special says the excitement is ncreasing. A private meeting of the Min sters was held, in connection with the ending members of-the two Houses. It is 'intimated that factS have been presented tr , them showing ,the , existence of a secret society of desperadoes, sworn to summarily . put 'out of the way; all members of-Parlia ment broadly anti-Fenian in sentimept. Information is Also' in the possession of members that a grand Fenian outbreak throughout the Dominion is imminent. In this, it is-stated, in addition to Fonians, there will be engaged ninny Canadians who are dissatisfied. with the Government on general grounds. It has been ascertained by the authorities that the murdererof McGee is a New York Fenian, who Is said to have been detailed by the secret society for the purpase, the, duty having been decided by drawing lots. It is rumored that a French revolutionary society hi the lower province is acting in concert with the Fenians. Throats of retaliation upon all known Fe nians are openly made by members of the British party, and it is feared that other assassinations will follow. -LATER . PARTICULAR4—LARGE REWARDS OFFERED FOE THE ASSASSIN OTTAWA, April 7.—The as.sr , sination of lion, Thomas D'Arcy McGee excites unit vernal horror here and throughont the country. The authorities have taken every' means in their : power tcr . seture the your,' dererstid a number of arrests have been ma;d6,Thut , as yet no defihite clue has been obtained. An inquest was opened - :at .ten o'clock this morning, , but adjourned, with out taking evidence, until seven this'eVen ing. The Jurytnen, in the meantime at 'tended the House of Commons-ina body 'to hear eulogies on the deceased. The gov 7 ernment of Canada offer $5,000, the govern ment of Ontario and 'Quebec $5,000 and the Mayor of Ottawa $5,000 reward for the appre hension of the guilty parties. The authorities at all voints:have been directed to use their best diligence in hunting up the murderer and to arrest all suspicious persons. 13usi ..neseiie almo.etr e entirely. suspended and flags . are - - flying at 'half-Mast."Preparations are making for the removal of the body to Montreal to-morrow. All the meniberii of . the Cabinot are taking deep interest in the matte'. Great crowds * are in the streets, and expressions of - sympathy with the de ceased are loud and frequent. . In the House, last night, a couple of hours before the assassination, Mr. McGee delivered a speech On the position, of Nova Scotia. It is said to have been 'the most eloquent effort of his,whole life. , , The House. of Cominene :metthree o'clock to-day. Onthe opening ii ff the doors Sir John A. MacDonald rose, and,. on moving adjournment for Easter reeoss, al ' ludeilto the recent dreadful assassination; by which a member o' the House had been cut down in the zeneth of, his refni tation. Sir John A. MacDonald's . voice was scarcely audible from emotion, as lie warmly eulogized . the de ceased, and spoke. of the legacy left by him to his country inhis widow and fam-. ily. Mr. M'Kenzie followed in a very. I oquent address, in which he paid 'a . high tribute to the decease& Hon. Mr. Cartier also paid a hearty and eloquent tribute to the deceased states man. A number of other members ad dressed the house in the same strain. • An adjournment then tookplare at ceur o'clock The. galleriewirereilenSe thronged, and members and spectators alike wore frequently elected to tears. ELECTIONS YESTERDAY ( Er Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) MILWAUKEE, April 7.—Returns up to 11 o'clock indicate the election of L. S. Dixon, Republican, for Chief Justice, and Byron Paine for Associate Justice, by between• 3,000 and 4,000 majority. Milwaukee City is 'Democratic by about 2,500 majority. Edward O'Neil was elected Mayor over John Plankerton. K./unsex, Wis., April 7-- . -At the Munici parelection ._to4ayi,...Daxid Atwood, Repull. licaur wai elected, Mayor by eightmajority, a Republican gain of over 300. C4lo:lB§l4.W.igls 7.—Theodore Ru dolf, Democrat,'wes elected Mayor to-day, by 100 r[l4ority. •` . Airr.wAturre, Midnight, April 7.7-Cop plete returns of this, city,,.with_ one ward estimated, gives o'46ll,,Democrat, for May or, - -2,2oWmajokitY.• ''T h e= Republican lose three Aldermen and i . lve Councilmen; and elect but one MeMbei oLf Coninnn Council' out of twenty-seven. The Meagre returns received from,yarious part soft lis State to' this hour ao not mater ally - change the fe • - - • 11 2 : • - . • , . . Lus,VertwonTm•Aprit 7: 7 -Thoyote at the municipal election to T de,,Y Xii.nOt yet counted, hut it'll' conceded Morehead, Demociat; is elected over' nthenyillepttplicen, by from foalto seven hundred majority.. • .• . • DiMI;WA. Sl. P,A111.., April ..7.—=Dp,; Stewart,' Wippb Ican 3s elOotealitayor. by 800 major ,ity—tho flret ,119publidalk Mayor in. , seven -7, • ST,: L LAB:'" 181521 ' • ' . Herat •of the. City Election. ... ,; - , .• ..s. t By Telegraph ththeVittsbargtitt I,2 aratta 1 .3 --,,, .I, ST.,POPASt April 7.li i pernpletii returns Of the eity'election today indicate thotfol lowhlg reT;i l 4. Of nine :School Plreotoral the Democrats have five. Of twelve Aldermen the Democrats have elected six, Radio*: ~,five . tied ,one. ' 1 Ohs the general ' ' ticket, for: .I . ltreet Railroad - Cotuldhadoiter r Abe ' tett& I . (01,:ereetoCiltitiCL'amaidate*' froinlWO I.to three . hrindre#_ • .planty. 1 1 ' l l7lO I Park eittidalli&.. I/ .s. ,thabi, anitijob I ( trealt-oarricid. ,Thogueption - f they.: it birOftriii &iiiibil Whirs in b . -., ot ! - A sin Via._ e i . , 404 tills the next loneralieleatiOUP ‘tflarthe , 01i. 1 11 1 .. cl ot ' .011047=git. ,firav lk :Will prove correct, Xsidiellsteletilt, Dem- I iXtrats ten. , —Thirty-two vessels are in cour•te of con struction at Quebec. • —The Republican majority in Arkansas amounts to very nearly 3,000. —A mutiny wasquelled in Brooklyn on Monday by. the Harbor police. ~ • A Severe gale and snow storm prevailed at Vertlarid, Maine, yesterday. --drhere le net 'a quorum of the Hour of. Representatives in Washington. • -v-Marchll7 Galveston had_ the beaViest mail eh - ark - I:wn in.that small seaport • The Cincinnati Fertilizing company Vail on Saturday enjoin'ed as' a nuisance. , '—Advices front Hayti state there is a :proposition in.,Htryti. to declare Solnave dic tator. • —The steamship St. Laurent, from Brest March Otli, arrived at New York yesterday evening. . - _ —Bishop Ilawkes of Missouri is down with paralysis and Bishop Vail is doing his work for him. —Competition has brought down *tele graph fates from $1,75t0 $1 between Toledo and 'New York. —The steamship Sea Gull, due last Tues day from Charleston at Baltlmbre, has not been heard from. ,--fibs Cleveland strike is ended. The hands haying all fallen in with terms of the 'railway companies, —Col. E. D. Brigham; President of the Metropolitan Railroad, died on Monday at Charleston, Mass. • —Gabriel & Co's., carriage factory, at Cleveland, ,Ohio, 'IV ILS burned on Monday night. Loss $27,000. —S. T.- Rink, Rep., has been elected Mayor of Calais, Maine, by three hundred and fifty-two majority. - - —The fruit in the neighlyarhood of Mans field, Ohlo,'has escaped thus far from any injury from the frost. - —Surveys . for the proposed Chicago, Dan-, ville and Vincennes railroad will bo begun from Chicago this week. —General Reynolds has appointed quite a number of State officials in Texas on the recommendation of Gov. Pease. - -At Concord, N. 11., about nine inches of snow fell yesterday, and the storm con tinued with great fury last night. —Abram B. Weaver, Democrat, has - been: chosen Superintendent , of public instruc tion by'tbe , New YOrk 'Legislature. , •-:-The'eonvicts pardoned out of the Mary land Penitentiary by Governor Swann have all been required to leave the State. , • Counsel for the President do not think the trial will continue beyond next Mon day week, and may end before that. —Gen. Carl Schurz hils arrived at his home in St. Louis after a, long absence in Europe and electioneering in the east. —The three incendiaries who have been troubling Buffalo for six months past have been arrested and are now safe in gaol.. -T . _ —Zion Evangelical Lutheran church at Syracuse, New York, was burned Monday morning. Loss $15,001.4 instiredlor 410,000. —Louis Gardner, Gernitin, aged twenty one years, was murdered Monday night,. in a .salcion. l -ln_ New: York, try an unknown x~►xsAs. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. —By the ex,plosion of musket - cartridg es in a junk:store; on Water street, Now York, yesterday, two workmen were badly burned. —Evansville, Ind., has elected a Demo cratic Mayor, also a Democratic Council. The contest'was exciting, but turned main ly on local -issues. , . —Throe.tireS in aS litany different - parts of New York on, 'Monday only involved a loss of some 6£3,500, most of which fell on insurance companies. —Leander Dolan .and Robert Walker; working in ,a chemical factory'at. Brooklyn, Newrierk, died on Monday from inhaling the fumes of ammonia. . —A fITIQ brig of four hundred andninety tons wialaunchedin Baltimore on-Satnr day evening; another one has been com menced at the same yard. . —The Italtimere city markets Ure . Very: much better stocked than any time ,'sific& midwinter, the roads being in better condi-, lion for market wagons to traverse. —A man named Patrick , Donahue has been arrested at Greenpoint for the mur der of a fellow Irishman. named John Kee -11814 in Morris county, N. J., in 1861. . —By the . fall of a new frame building, corner of 21st st. 'and sth avenue, Brook lyn, yesterday; two , men. named Rudolph Pack and joseph Freischwere killed. , —The Michigan Central Railway Com pany, . hiiS reduced the price of through tickets from Chicago to New-York $5,00. Formerly it was $25,00 now it is $20,00. —The number of schools in Washington City is- forty-eight, and - in Georgetown eight, with a total of 3,137 pupils. There are fourteen night schools, with 500 scholars. --A workman in a coal mine near Peoria, Ili., used a stronger blast than was necessa ry, and an explosion which tore every rib from his spine was the result. He died a horrible death. —The eightieth anniversary of the And, white settlement in Ohio,, . at, - ,Marietta, ,was celebrated' at. Cincinnati yesterday byquite • a number of pioneers from Indiana, 'Ohio and Kentucky. , . . • ,;- r Tho statement.that,Chief Justice Chase wrote the artiele for the, National 'car on the powers of tluiPresiding officer of the Senate during impeachment, is author-' -natively denied. dames Antigun, a boy of fourteen, our rendered ininsolf at :New, York yester day 'as 'the murderer of Lonis Gartner. 'He asserts ` - that* Gartner -as," intoxicated and assaulted him' first. - , rr • I In thelibel ease of Jas. W. Currimings the' NC* York. "Herald, the''Supreme Court has'dismissed the appeal. , l . The:coriik 'plainant vnis . Conimissaryln therebel army, and damagewwerehtidnt $200,000; • ,--k Washington speOlal , soya Gen. Grant positively refused to interfere 'in the mat ter of- the removal of Governor Pierpoint of Virginia, wad telegraphed to Gen:. Schofield to curry s hisnrder appointing .Wells into effe . the Idift-- ssippi Convention yester day a reicantion... ; was ; introduced. and re- I Airrettotlie proper Committee, prohibiting any, person,from , holdingoffice whO ever held office: or voltMtarily bore arms pia aid of rebellleu. , ' . , neeigesterday, at Citicinntip; 'of t 'eightieth a versary of the Pioneers' ef weed effverypeasantly.'Speeches wet° made- .I:py 'Got. V&A' Ex-Gov. Cox, 'snit many prominentt eitiatidni:The pro. ) geiangeofthe day teririhiatedlvith &grand. rlelkatizight.L , ;11 ; .- t cl; f.I ; t•-• examinallon Of 84)4e - ref rectoreef, thiliErbiltaiirmidid' 4 lvitifsConteinpt, .101CourkiltUttonvegusadthe dasire bf.tEm Wish - gtaitadueextificatea,'Nviitr ficiPetol6;VlACVaktNeWafOxk: before tne est*, the. iptaW,beinst golo4lo it..,Pti;AMni si qt 4 4 l ,4 Cofra: Par th • e • • ;. „ .... 1, ;r:o —An Omattairpecaiiays: Reliable gence from Larainie states that the Indians " 84. are burning ranches between Laramie ad. Fetterman. After - burning Horse Sh . : • ranehe. they pursued seven Ranchem: ..., 1 . when a desperate tight ensued, in which ' i.. three Ranchemen and five Indians "Kerb ' killed. A number of the latter Wei wounded.. . • . —T. B. Blackstoneand John B. Drake f Chicago. and Jas. P. Garner of -Now Yoik have been elqated Direetors of the Chicago and Alton Railroad CoMpany, The 'Snit two of these gentlemenhavealready served' inthe board. - d Widener—On Friday. last ;Ili old woman nan W was murdered in Elgin conntt; . Illinois, by a man John Ferris by nank , who had quarreled with hen son. Tile -murder was a plaid cold-blOoded one; arid the perpetrator is now in jail. oil i At the election in Cleveland, Ohio, ..o Monday, the Republican gain was over e thousand. Nineteen out of thirty Coune - t tl. men are Republiemis. At Sandusky .. e Democratic ticket. waselected by an aV. r age majority of two hundred. , • . • —Advices from Jamaica to the VA s . to that two men-of-war, fully fitted out with the necessary munitions of war to maker, a naval experiment, returnedfrom a six ni race at sea. They were the wooden epr- ' vette Jason, carrying seventeen guns, and the steam ircin corvette Favorite, carrying .. ten guns. The Favorite beat her coin` eta-• tor one mile and a half. , . ... 0 . A fire yesterdayniormag .m einemj at; destroyed-a portion of a three story dwoll - on Clark street,:..w.dit of ,tree man; loss $3OOO. . ..' . ~.., ~- .i; - ' •'. !,, ' THE COURTS.,. _. _ United states District Court-4udgeire— Candless,, . District Attorney Carnahan filed a libel against the distillery of Ira G. Hatch, 'pea . ted in Erie, together yeah a ecinsiderible . whisky, gape: . juiceof birkberry add graps juice - for distillation, anti all. the apptirre minces of the distillery._Thc - dMilleryiwas seized by the Collector of the 19th District, on the 9th day of March, for faitureto shake proper returns under the revenue law( - - , A monition was issued to Ph reputed owner, and made returnable oir the_i= instant. A libel was also filed ,against . therarry . 011 Worlisi owned by - M. B.'P., sons4r4C,o., :situated in'Mill Creek townsb ;Brie boun ty. The refinery was seized y the crake tor on the 19th of March, for alleged viola- , tion ofthe provisions of the revenue lair. A - monition was issued and made returnable t on the 21s inst. in In the bankruptcy branch, finals dis charges were granted, and certilates awarded to Asaph Golburrt, of, Bra ford county, and Thomas H. Duff, of Venango county. • ' 1 A petition for adjudlcatioMudiankraptcy• was filed by Louis M. Slatter, of Stoyaown, Somerset county. ^ - - ' District court—Judge- WilAnnie; , . The case of -Wainwright v%. M. M'Cul lough, Jr., which .has been out trial ih this Court for several days. was c6neladotl. The jury ibund for defendant. , . - : The case of G. W. Wildes vs. ;'James Trainer et al., was next taken np,! This was an action in ejectment for a lot of ground in that portion IA Allimheily for merly known as Manchester. YenliairTor plaintiff - with six cents damages-Unit costs, subject to decision of Court On questions of law reserved. The next case, taken up was that of Rev. Shadrick Washington vs. John M. Bell. _This was an action to- recover damages for alleged malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. It will be remembered that the plaintiff was arrested on an infoimation made by defendant, charginginna with the larceny of a receipt. Ho was triedi in the Crinunal Court and the juryncqcdttedhim. Ho now. brings suit to recoverdareiges sus tained by the prosecution, which he 'claims was malicious, and for false imprisonment. On trial. I Quarter_ Sessions--Judge Makin. The case of Abel Cohen, which:was re ported on trial Monday, was concluded yes terday afternoon. The jury found a iverdict of guilty.. Sentence deferred. , Reilly, n'a.s arraigned forth's larceny of a gold wat;ch; chain and gold cross from Mr: John A. Reel; of Allegheny. , :The de fendant was employed in thelamilii of Mi. - Reel as domestic. About the 9thttf March last she left the - house, when the; articles named were missed. She was subsequently arrested at Johnstown ' and the articles re covered. The jury found a verdict of guilty, but the Court, in consideration of the previous good character givere defend ant by her former employer, sentenced her 'to pav a nominal fine antilo undergo 'one month imprisonment in the cow* jail. with James McLarkin was charged .itt deser tion, on oath of his wife Bridget. I A.hear-• ing in the case was had, and theVourt or- - dered the defendant. to pay. to his [wife the sum of two dollars per week for her sup port. He was also required to give that the order of the. Court would , i be faith fully complied with. • Eliza Spencer was tried for the 'larceny of a roll of carpet, owned by Mrs. Clements, from a house on Market 'streeti ) l The de fendant was tried once before during the 'present term, but the jury failed lo agree, after remaining out overi,night,'4nd were discharged. This morning the jury found a' verdict of not guilty, and Mho defendant was released. • -; Frederick.Bauminf East -Liberty, was indicted for fornication kind bastardy. The information was made by 'thisahlWalters, and the offence is idlegedlo haveteen com mitted with MargarekViralters; = tighter of *prosecutrix. jury' out. _ _ Common Pleas—Judge Stnwe. The first ease taken. Etpwas.t•hat' of PattersOn & Co. VS. Patrick MaCitin. This was an action on-a prep:dui:4.Y te. Ver dict tor amount ofriote *with into t, f 24517. Motion and reasons for new trfalln part of defendant.,. . 'The next case taken pp was - that of Ldnis Bohm vs. John Will. This wig scifa on a mechanic's lien, on property in Bloom field: - 94 trial. • . . li New (Means Market, . (By Tolograph to nu) Plifsbu' rgh Gazeti . e. 3 • NEW Oat.F.A.Ns, .9,pri1:7.-L-Cottell dull and irregular; sales 10,000 ~bitles raiddling at 30t c; receipts 643 bales; exports- . 584 bales; yestemay.99obittlek. receipts, , includ ing SurdlaYt. so 13 bales; exporbo.Bsl bales. „Flour 'steady; superfin e 110a16,60; choice extra 04. Corn ' fi rm - at' $111,Q6a1;10. Oats lower at _7Bc. - ;Hav better;•priniephio river .1940. Porkp:m. _ Bacon quiet and firm; shoulders 13304. clear. Sides 18,5/ 4 p. Lard quiet and firm ; prime tiered 17, 1 ‘e; keg 18c. QoldilWlA. ;Sterling .batik -exchange 161 a, .14 1 %. New York sight exchangel,4 pre. t , t f cl , 11 • , . M I, Yana A 18 041;fk;1., i tßriakegriplk to quit Pgtsbu;gt Gavitte:,l ' larAtti:Apiit7.:The, itistei nutrket 'is quiet and offers are made at '4'A. teals- and IF ler c.No, i 2 t'A 8, 14 1 E041 2 ga On United ' teit it 2754428' discount. • A'. e quan -1 ty of- AineileatillOriiividali ' shipped teals- I :frOut "New York toPorto Rico:he arrived, haring been unsaleable at the 1 tter 'point. Raining all day. ' , ' El N RI Id 11 11 II k