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WE ritniT
.the inside pages of this
morning's GAZETTE : Second page—Poetry,
Ephemeris. Third page---Financial Mat
ters in New York, River Nerds, Markets by.
Telegraph, Railroad Time . Tables# Imports.
.81ra- pcige—Home , Market*, Finance and-.
Trade. Seventh page Letter from _New . York
— Miscellaneous Reading -fatter.
GOLD closed in New York yesterday at
1381. • .
Iz wAs thought' at ‘ l'r •
ashmgton, yester
day, that the illness of Mr. STANBERY
was quite as much due to his discovery that
he was in danger of losinereputation, as to
any more serious ;`physic cause. The
Presiaent's counsel, a frierid writes us,
"came with such a flourish of trumpets, and
there were so many to say that the Mana
gers would be no match for them, that it is
perhaps but natural that they should be get
ling sick, when the result proves that" they
are no match for the 311magers."
WE DO KNOW that Mr. THOMAS WTI,
DMUS is, or is not, a candidate for re-elec
tion to Congress from the 28d District. But
we do know that during his three successive
terms of service he has earned a high nation
al reputation, and demonstrated the posses
sion of abilities and culture of so, superior
an order as to be selected by the _House of
Representatives as one of the Managers of
the Impeachment of the President: This
is far from being a small honor in a body
as eminent for uncommon capacities and
endorsements as any of its predecessors, no
matter how illustrious they may have been.
Nor is this the only evidence of 'apprecia
tion and esteem which ..Mr. Wlytto - ts is re
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ceiving at Washington. - In different ways,
and by different sections of the Republic:dr
party, he is Witted out for possible 'and
speedy recognition of ti yet more conspieu7
one and potential sort. By one section, and
in the event of Impeac.hment being carried
through, he is named for the position of
Attorney General under the new Adminis
tration. By another section, it is maintain
ed that he ought to be elevated to the bench
of the Supreme Court in case. of a re
arrangement of the districts and an increase
in the number, which may take place before
the Close of the present session of Congress.'
For either of these positions his naturalized
of mind; his long and careful training, and
his varied legal experience fit him in an un- j
usual degree. ,
RECONSTRUCTION, AND ITS RE.
SUITS.
The elections hi South Carolina and
Louisiana take place this week, dosing to
day in the former State, and on Saturday
in the latter. The result in South Carolina
has not been considered doubtful, no regu
lar opposition having appeared against the
regular Republican nominations. Of Lou
isiana, the Now Orleans Republican of the
Bth reports that the Democratic opposition
had virtually abandoned the contest and
there eiisted no longer any doubt as to the
election of Governor WAIWOUTH and a
Republican liegislatute. The Georgia and
North Carolina elections commence on
Monday and Tuesday next, respectively, and
their result is much less certain. the Repribli
can nominations being opposed with zealous
bitterness . by the rebel-demociatic-Coliserit
atives, as well as by an influential portion of
our own party. • -
If these elections should all result in the
successful establishment of civil government
in these States, under their amended Consti
tutions as now proposed, the effect, immedi
ately and remotely, upon National politics
and upon the most important interests of
the people of all sections will be very great.
The bi terest foe to ' the Reconstruction
policy Congress will no longer be able to
deny its practical success. The. prestige of
the Republican" party: throughout the can
vass must be Very decisively increased, and
any danger, riow, however remotely exist
ing, of its defeat 111 the pending Presiden.
tial canvass, will be completely removed.
The settlement, thus by the popular vote
in the States directly. concerned, of all the
troublesome questions rising out of the dif
ficult problem of 'constitutional reconstruc
tion, will expunge the' ivhole'subject from
the canvass in - the loyal States. The 'com
munities most, deeply interested having once
more remitted themselves, by legal and and
constitutional forms, and with the approbtki
tion of Congress, to civil governm en 6 of
their own choice, these governments being
speedily set in motion,and their representa
tion in Congress beistg again perfected, there
will no longer lie any pretext for the offi
cious and super-stivie.eable zeal with-which
the Northern opilogitionlmii exhibits itself
as the esPeenai elintarsiew -9f.''1i4.48,137eirn
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The commercial value of Commodities
does notc h pend altogether upon their in
trinsic q 'ties. The cost of transporting
them, from the, places where grown or pro
duced to the spots where needed for use or
Consumption, must also be taken into con
sideration. Freight often becomes the de
cisive element in determining what particu
lar articles are worth in Market, and hence,
in regulating the scale of remuneration re
alized by those who find employment in
raising or manufacturing them. Especially
is this the case with all ponderous or bulky
things.
Atittleiriore than a half a century ago
the merchintable value of agricultural pro
duce in - Ohio was so small that not much
beyond a bare subsistence could be gained
by tilling the land. The larger part of it
was necessarily Consumed by the men and
horses who carried it to points where it
could be sold. At the same time the value
orall commodities needed by the,fiumers was
so great that it required fifteen tons of
wheat to pay for one ton of iron. As wa
gon roads, canals, and railways were con
structed, that is, as the cost of. transporta
tion was diminished, the value of wheat
went up and the relative value of iron went
down. The introduction of 'agricultural
machinery has contributed powerfully to the
same tendency.
It will be observed, that better and cheaper ,
'facilities of transportation are simply con;
trivances for bringing the growers of farm
products and the consumers thereof prac- .
tically nearer to each other. It will, also,
' be, seen from the instance adduced—which
is a common one, and finds its parallel in
every other case of commercial exchange—
that-the fanner necessarily pays freight both
_ways, whatever may be the distance his
crops are carried to market or his supplies
brought from. The inevitable proportion
between what he has to sell and what he
must
t buy, settles this point against him,
however he may try - to 'evade the dilemina
lie is in.
It has recently, been demonstrated that
the heaviest tax paid by land and labor is
that of transportation This tax increases
in geometrical proportion, as' the dietence
from market increases arithmetically. Hence
it is demonstrablp that corn that would
yield in market $24,75 a ton is worth noth
ing at a distance of only one hundred and
sixty miles, if only an ordinary wagon
road can be used to move it—the cost of
transportation -being equal to the selling
price. By railway, taking one series of
years with another, the cost would not ex
'ed $2.40, leaving the farmer $22.35 ce a s th e
amount of, tax saved, him by .t,49 . construe- .
tier'. of ,' the'railWay. Assuming that the n
yearly. product of an acre of land will aver ;
age a ton, the saving:is eqUal to the interest,
at six peicent., on so7oanacre; Asstuntu g
'the_ product of wheat to be twenty bushels
an acre, the saving is equal 'to tha interest
on $2OO an acre. On more bulky products
the saving is much „greater--aa 41,!,4 , ca5 e
of potatoes, trirniPE4:garden InetO/P!1.
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general'. : • . • ' :
This explains Why an acrd of land Sells
foribtinitittds of dollars neirlindort, wide.
an acre
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chased- lowa, Viscohidf,.. 1011casia .
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can justify is in looking for, tol bring their
lfflitietfinivitattlutift"Sottttr - shalrhaVerlfeW
finally disposed of the question, .up - to the
point of agitating any longer the. abandon
.mertt.of Reconstruction, or the eicitision of
the Southern States from the rights to which
they may hate been already restored. e , Ti
opposition which has agitated and
clamored so long, - can then agitate
that questacn no more. = We: give
them more credit for more political sagacity
than to believe that they would attempt it.
They must fclloW the example of their
Southern reb4 - friends' in' "accepting the
anal in endeavoring
other advantage by 'acquiescing in the re
sult. They irill-disiciver, and - doubtless -
they, are already aware, that it is proper and
practicable to oppose a koposition while
its decision is still - peri'diiie.buC a Wry: dif-!
ferent thing to attempt to reverse that de
cision when legally pronounced. •
The future tactics of the Democracy
North and South must be directed there
fore to the best political method of securing
a controlling influence under the new state
of - affairs'. They will aim so to influence
the'i.otea of nearly a million of blacks,
newly enfmnehised citizens, as to secure
their.confidenceand to make them the reli
able allies 'of the Democratic Party. Al
ready in South Carolina a Democratic State
Convention led off the other dab in this
new policy, by adopting the followhig:
Reeort4 That under the action of the State of
South Carolina, heretofore taken, we recognize the
colored population f e State as au integral ele
ment of the body politic :
l and as such, In person and
NCT•ihret pAofttti:_tg:t,u
Citizens of South Carolina , wee declare our willing
ness, when we hare the power, to grant them, WI..
der proper qualitlcations as to property and intent
'gence, the right of atarage.
No intelligent observer of the course of
American politics for the past twenty-five
years, who properly understands the peculiar
tactics by .which parties have been governed,
can be very much in doubt asto the success,
more or less complete, of the Democracy in
securing the support of those classes l'Aich;
from Want of education or of acquaintance
with the spirit and the Practical workings of
oursystem of popular government, are una
ble to,form correct opinions upon political
affairs. The blacks, especially, are an emo
tional, sympathetic race, easily led by their
professed friends, and attracted by the mere
names of things. When the negro-hating
Democracy of the country shall once fairly
make up their minds to surrender their
prejudices, and to adopt proselytism as their
leading principle in dealing with the negro
voters of the South, we predict that they will
have a temporary success which will aston
ish even themselves. Stranger things have
happened in this. country than that, within
the coming ten years, the black Democracy
of the South should be . a great power in
American politics. The shrewder leaders
of the party already see the prospectiye ad
vantage of this, and in due time will develop
a corresponding, policy, to conciliate and se
cure the black alliance.
EFFECTS OF PROTECTION ON AG..
RICULTIURE.
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Kansas, for it much more thinenzte„dollar.i
Altemat4A - Trlellitkir" - Are-tranapntation-elti
`steadily carrying up the."' priee' of lands, all
over, the interior portions of this continent.
-- r - w4 turn to many sectitinanf the old
world we see the same principle illustrated
by the ,falling into decay of the means of I
transportation- • In Portngal,.for a century
arid a half, the power -to cormtuntd the servi
ces of nature has declined, and a constantly
growing difficulty has been expeidencecl in,
obtaining the food, clothing.and shelter re
quired for human That trade
which was . formerly so opulent, bas ceased
to fie -c coi*ed, for it no longer exists. The
Turkish empire is vastly rich in natural re
sources. Wool, silk, corn, oil and tobacco
might be produced in almost unlimited
quantity. Coal and iron ore, abound, and
in quality 'equal to any in the world;
in some parts, the hills seem to be masses of
carbonate of copper. 'Nature Las dello'
everything for that country. ..It
_was once
the granary of the world. But its roads have
fallen into decay and no longer "exist; and.
the expenses of transportation so completely
swallow the price obtainahle in market 'that
production has ceased.
But, whatever advantages may result
from the possession of facilities for reaching
distant markets, the superior advantage of
the agriculturist consists in finding his mar
ket near, at band. In the latter case, he not . .
only saves the entire cost of transportation,
but prosecutes his labors ' under conditions
that enable him, if he will, to 'return the man
ure to the land, so that its powers may be
maintained. This can be done
. only by di
versifying industry; by the introduction of
manufactures and trade, thus creating ne
merous and prosperous classes who consume
agricultural products, but do not cultivate
the soil. The corn grower has no need `to
exchangeTiVith his brother corn grower, nor
the wool grower -to exchange' with his neigh
bor who also raises sheep; nor the sugar
planter with his fellow planter; but each of
these find it profitable, nay, indispensable,
,to exchange labor, and its products with
the carpenter, the black Smith, the
mason, the saw-miller, the miner, the
furnace mad, the spinner, the weav
er and the -printer. All these, more
over, require to purchase food, and to give
in pay for it their services, or the commo
dities with which they have to part. A di
versity of employment, places the consumers
and producers side by side to each other,
and a rapid motion among the products of
labor ensues, with constant incretise of the
power of payment.
The necessity for employing the trader
and transporter is felt, by all producers
who have exchanges to make, to be an obsta
cle. Not that these -orders of society are
not essential to the on-goings of great com
munities; much more to' the intercourse
of nation with nation; but any laborer
rejoices when demand for his services is
brought to his door by_the erection of a mill
or furnace, or the construction of a road.
The farmer rejoices in the opening of a
market, close at hand, giving him con_
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sinners and ready pay for all the food he
can raise. Every. one rejoices in the
growth of a home market for labor and its
products, for commerce is then increasing
rapidly and healthfully.' - -For corresponding
reasons,' any man of sense 'laments the
diminution of a home market, for it is one
of those evils which cannot be compensated
elsewhere. Labor and its products are
then wasted ; the ability of consumption
lessens in exact ratio to the diminution of
the power of Production ; -conunerce lang
iishes ; labor and land sink in value,; and
laborer and land-owner become continually
poorer than before. _
This view is made the stronger -when we
consider that the farther we get, from those
centers where labor is diversified, the higher
do we find the prices of all manufactimil'
commodities, and the lower the ;value of
land. This condition of prices demonstrates
against all theories to the contrary, no mat
ter how plausible they may be, that the ag
riculturist naturally pays the freight on his
products to the market, and the freight on
the commodities he buys, with the - traders'
profit on both ; this he does by the'lessened
value of what he has to sell, and the in
creased value of what he has to buy. The
same fact is exhibited in another way; that
is, by considering the various rates of in
terest that obtain ' for the use
.of - money.
Start . tni ate point where labor is most dl
versified, it is found that . labor- and capital
s
there meet on term of equality and reciPro
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Cal benefit, while the farther tone depaits
thence the higher. becomes the rate of inter
est; consequently, the greater the antagon
ism between labor and capital.
No body doubts but the payers of stamps
and auction duties, the tai gatherers' and
they who live by the produce of taxes, all,
stand between the men who produce and the
men wlio eonsnme—all of them living by
definite shares taken out of theproduce ; of
the land, 'as it passes from the hand that
produced it to the mouth or back for which
it is destined. There can be just as little
doubt that , the broker, auctioneer, and trad
er derive their profits by abstracting from
. wlint, under other conditions, would be the
gain of the producers. The go between'
classei produce nothing, but make gains off
those who do.-- In exact pioportion as the
number of these individuals is increased, by
the various changes in place of commodities,.
between the points of production and. the
points of consumption, will ordinirily
the share abstracted from the prices realized
by the producers.
Prom what has been said it is evident that
the true interest of farmers is prop oted . by
finding the main niarltets for their products
Awn their own doors, aad the nearer the
better:, As has been shoWn; the Creation
' of improved wagon roads, canals and rail
ways, iein this nature; that is, measuring by
time and cost, these improyements
.bring
ittarkets mare - r to producers,
,But the build
ing up 01 , Villages and cities close aehand,
of even more consequence to the farming
:pninab i ti on clayelatui, columbusi Cinch),
,nad, Pittsburgh, and the minor„ ,towns of
*Western Pennsylvania and Ohio have ntine
more to increase the value of fano. PrPiluchr
and of throughout all the whole
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iegicais immediat ely:triblittrkthem; tiark
'l--allotherbatifietvbembirtfd(-4ven 'multiplying
giose causes many folds. - In the : t o wns
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are congreg,atednot less than a million
huMan- beings,. palm:fit:lg profitable indus
tries, but growing no food, , or next to none.
' 'These million mouths furnish a steady mar
ket, and at increasingprices, for all manner
of - agricultural:products. They are centers
of consumption. Nor is their influence re
stripted to furnishing a ready market for
everything the farmer has to, sell: - They_
largely ' termine the value of his land and
improve ents. The , nearer lands are .to
these ee ters, the greater is their value, the
freight l ved on the bulkier products con
stituting the basis of difference.
If these' towns, by the expansion of the
ef,
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indust el'protiectiteil therein, should be,
doubt in population; lands through all the
district drained by them would feel ,the
impulse first, in the increased demands for
Armco modifies, and then.in the enhanc
ed value of
ll ie lands consequent on this
,quickened demand. -
Nor can tovins fail of thus ensuring en
hancement in the value of farms and farm
products in the'districts in'which they stand
racentera: Farmers, living at remote dill,-
tances, have the cost of transportation
Against them; and this ordinarily settles the
whole question. What is London, PariA
• Eerlin,, Vienna or St. Petersburg, common
ly to the farmers of this country, in the way
of furnishing markets? Compamtiveli
nothing. Last year and the present consti
tute exceptions. A falling off in crops, to
the.extent of full twenty per cent, in many
wide districts it. Europe, ran provisions up
'his t autumn to extraordinary rates, more
than overcoming the expense of tmnsporta
tion: . The result was such augmented ship
ments from this country as not only main
tained prices in the face of full crops,
but actually sent prices up beyond
expectation. This was an anomal-.
ous condition of affairs, upon which it
would be idle to - predicate:calculations fora
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series of yeara, or even for a single year.
A full harvest in Europe, the coming sum
mer, will put an end to the export of bread
stuffs from this side of the Atlantic, and if
the export of meats shall continue uncheck
ed, it will be because the building up of
manufacturing centers on the other shore
has so enhanced the value of lands by turn
ishinga'new market for the bulkier agricul
tural articles, that- it is more praktable to
grow theni than animals.
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So far there are no indications of short
crops in Europe this year. If our own crops
shall prove abundant, as all signs prognosti
cate, farm products will • necessarily rule
low . ; and all the more because there is a de
cided check to manufacturing and mechani
cal industries. As men fall out of these lat
ter employments, by reason of financial de-
rangements, or foreign competition, they
naturally bbtake themselves to the soil, thus
increasing the number of producers of agri
cultural prqducts while diminishing the .
number of non-consumers by purchase.
Whither this tends is sufficiently apparent
Of course, so-broad a subject, demanding
a volume for its suitable explanation cannot
be set forth and elucidated in the compass of
a newspaper article; but we have said
enough to show that no class of 'people in
the United States has so great a stake in the
doctrine and discipline of Protection to Do.
niestic Industry as camera. Such a diver
sification of employments as would establish
'among us all the practical arts essential to,
the highest civilization, and forwhich we
have abundant resources in soil, climate or
mines, would ;much more' than double the
value of all farming lands on the continent,
because creating better markets for the pro
duce thereof; would certainly increase the
knowledge, power, and 'grandeur of the re
public ; and better the aggregate condition
of the population.
On Friday last, the Senate substantially
decided to admit in testimony- all the Presi
dent's declarations of Innocence after the
attempteffretnovid Of STANTON. But, per
ceiving. tliat this decision might have the ef
fect to prolong the trialfor weeks, and that
it was objectionable for other reasons—tbey
voted, on Saturday, to exclude these declara
tions, and Gen. Sur.a.mari was accordingly
ruled off the stand. On Monday, thaSen
ate faced about again and, on the interven
tion of one of 'their number, (Mr. REVEHOT
:icaNSON,) who toblr upon himself the re
serponsibility of calling for the testimony.
Gen. SirEnmax was recalled, and proceeded
to relate his conversations with Mr. Jona':
sox. his testimony 'taken , as whole amount
ing to but little, and that little rather injuri
ous than otherwise to the aceused. It is
understood, however, that the special ad
vantage sought ; and apparently gained by
the President's counwl, by the decision of
the Senate as it now stands, lays in the
privilege, which they have thus secured, of
Introducing other and, they hope, stronger
witnesses as to the declarations of their
client. They will bring in GitAivr and' ask
him the same questions, and, after him,
STEETOIAN and any number of newspaper
cOrrespondents, and the'trial will be thereby,
considerably prolonged. to' the intrinsic'
difficulties of the question which the Senate
bas found so embarrassing, the New York
Post remarks :
It is a general principle of the law of
ovi
dance that nothing which can properly be
called "hearsay" must be admitted in testi
mony; and the word is construed broadly,
so as to include all mere talk of the - parties
interested, as well as of others. But the de
clarations of,n person who commits an act,
"if' Malin at abont'lhe' the aCt, so
that al may be regarded as a part of the
same transaction, ,are , always received as,
evidence of the ,tharacter and intention of
the act itself. •
Now ,a great,Part of the, ingenuity of law:
yers matters of testimony is given to
drawing the line between ''hearsay;l, which
can't be heard, and declarations.accompimy
ing an act, which are good evidence. And
courts differ very much in the "llberalityor
strittness with which they interpret these
rules. „ ,
—Mr, Tertnyson's mesumess is beyond.
beliet. 4 q allows a report to circulate that'
2flrss Tennyson stole the recent drivel
lisped over his name, frind his Nynste:Pllllr
basket. '
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HEARSAY TESTERORY.
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FROM HARRISBURG.
4.egislation—Nuniber of 13111 s Passed and
Their Nature.
[Special Corre , pondenee of the l'ltt,burgh Gazette. J
HARRISBURG, April 14, 1868.
I see a statement going the rounds of thq
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Press that 2,028 bills originated in the House,
this Session, and 1,860 in the' Senate; and
the impression "is thus left that the two
Houses together passed 3,888 bills.
Such a rate of legislation would be fright
ful, if it existed; which, fortunately it does
not. The statement on whlch this false
impression rests, originated in a paper here
that labored very earnestly to bring a Leg-.
islatrue into disrepute from which it - failed
to get a fat. contract., ),
The feels are that 2,028 bills were reported
from Committees in the Horne, and 1,860
in the Senate,• but as each bill has to go
through both Housesi it has to be twice re
ported- on—once in each House. Of the
3,028 reported oh in the House, about I,loo'
originated in that body, the other 928 having
originated in the Senate, and of the 1,860
reported on in the Senate, about one-half
only originated there—the rest being House
bills.
There were, thus, about eighteen hundred
bills which came up, in some .form, before
both Houses; but of these ' many were
never acted upon in either House; many
others were rejected; some fell between the
two Houses; and a considerable number of
others, having passed one Rouse, were
not acted on in the other.
The Governor, up to the hour of adjourn
ment, had signed about nine hundred' bills,
and there were probably one or two hun
dred in his hands, but 1 think not over one
hundred. This would make about a thous
and bills in all—a number considerably be
low the total of last year.
The public bills, in this total number,
amount to over 75; railroad- charters 50;
passenger railroad charters 25; extending
time for payment of enrolment tax on par
ticular hills 150; exempting property of
charitable institutions from taxation 50; au
thorizing school directors to' pay over
surplus of bounty funds in their, hands 50;
authorizing school directors to borrow
money for building purposes, 50; incorpor
ating coal, turnpike and other companies
50; supplements to borough and city char
ters 50; authorizing counties, cities and
boroughs to borrow money, 50; prohibiting
hunting and fishing in various parts ot the
State, 50; pensions 25; private claims 25;
supplements to various charters 100; author
izing townships, boroughs and counties to
levy special taxes, 50; curing defects in
various charters previously passed, and ex
planatory acts 25; miscellimeous 50. These
figures are approximations, only.
It will be seen from this list that very
little of this special legislation could 'be
covered by general laws. A strong effort
was made to pass a general law to authorize
School Directors to borrow moneyjfor build
ing purposes; but it was found impossible.to
fix a limit on the amount to be borrowed
that would be satisfactory, and the attempt
had to he abandoned. The taxing power, it
was said, was one of so much importance
that it would be unwise for the Legislature
to surrender it absolutely to local boards,
and a limit that would be safe and neces
sary in one county, would prove unsafe and
dangerous in another. This is a class of
bills which is continually growing, and will
consequently cumber our statute books for
many years to come.
General laws have been passed for char
tering •mining, manufacturing quarrying,
water, insurance, cemetery, charitable,l re
ligious, building, loan and various other
•companies, and the Legislature has thus
been saved an enormous amount of Work;
and it is possible general laws may yet be'
made to relieve the Legislature of the pres
sure for merely local legislation; - but nearly
every attempt to pass such laws this winter
has been met with stout resistance, on the
ground of, impracticability, or members have
jumped up all over the House moving to
exempt their counties from the legislation
proposed, thus destroying its general char
acter. General laws seem very easy to
frnme,lo the imagination, but it is found
the most difficult - task of the ' legislator to
frame them so as to meet all cases.
' One of your papers, I see, speaks about a
bill to erect a boom in the Allegheny at Free
port; as having been eloquently resisted by
Senator WiErrE, but expresses its inability
to learn whether it passed or not. It will
gratify that journal to know that the bill tlid
not receive a single vote in the Senate, and
that, as it was dead from its very inception,
it did not need a word from Senator WHITE
or any other Senator to kill it.
A bill was introduced in the Senate to
wards the close of the session to change the
time of the city election in Reading from
February to Oetober. 'When this bill came
up
. for consideration, Mr. Rnar.rr moved a
substitute, changing the time for electingall
city, ward, borough and township officers to
the second Tuesday of October, so as to
have but one election in . 'the year, which
was adopted almost unanimously. It &Red,
I believe, in the House for want of time;
but i trust it will be revived next year, and
pressed to adoption.
Soine complaints are -made, I notice,
that' no act was passed to regulate coal
screens at coal works. No act was sent
here for that purpose, as far as 'I can learn.
A petition was sent down asking, in general
terms, for some legislation'on the subject,
but as it gave no details of the legislation
asked for, no bill was framed. Unless pe
titioners indicate, in bills drawn to meet
their views, what they specially want, their
petitions. never accomplish anything, be
cause it is impossible for others, not inter
ested with them to do that work foi them as
well as they can do it themselves.
Presbyteria.n Reunion in !Scotland.
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The Presbytelans of Scotland; like those
of the United States, have for some years'
discussed the'practicability of corusolidation.
The Established Church holds itself aloof
from the movement, or, perhaps, we should
say, is precluded by the nature of the case
from taking part in it. But by the other
Presbyterian bodies—the Free Church, the
-United Presbyterians, and the Reform - ed
Presbyterians --the subject nos been de
bated in the annual assemblies, and very,
able committees have been appointed to
conduct the preliminary negotiations. It
has been the general impression in Scotland
for a year past that the' re-union would be
constiramated by the .littay , assemblies of this
year.
The ScoUish-Anierican Journal thinks this
impression will prove incorrect. It says;
"Notwithstanding thelaborious and pains
taking efforts of the UniOn - Conunittees the
union of the three churches cannot
.he', the
tened on this year without leading ta Sec
ond &eruption; a disruption
take place in m ore churChes than one, and
which Shall leave the :Presbyter: iaMem of
over.
Scotland
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The editor howA3ver, consoles himself
with the reflection that "the time Is certain
to
eir foll come when the churches . wllt laugh at
Y.. The words 'of the dying Bir
David Brewster will • find an echo ill e;
the land, and may help the tlital.consummAg
tion.-:.-I.- trust .it Will:gq - on.. in My .own
opinion, the ;object ; is so ;desirable that ;I
think our own . church ought to , run
the risk of a second disruPtion ill or4r t°
acoomplish it...'l --:- 1 .. ... ' , 1 • •
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WE are informed thatln' mbers of Boston
gentlemen, including
x i c • emists, doctors,
merchants, &c.-, have o . ga ized &company,
and intend to open akm of do-operative
kitchen which will be cell d the "Rumford.
Food Laboratory." Al i arge amount of
capital has been subscribe . and Professor
Bolt has consented to stiOrintend the cool 4
1 ing. Supplies will bo 1 Ptircbased by the'
quantity,. from "head aceirces," and the, pre-
pared food will be s'apPlied to faMilies with
in an hour's distance front the Laboratory.
Many articles can be put U? illiterrtled cftli y
sealed cans and sent t 6 1 any part of the
country. The Laboratory will probably be
ope•ned next month. • .1 -
• : BEWATiE
Of that remorseless and Inst.:llP s destroyer of the
r rr
human race, I • ii . . . '
CON SUMP - , lON.
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Check an
W d conquer its advane s, lest you fall
victim. hen attacked with ,
an of Its prelludnary
symptoms, no matter how stighc r be on year guard
and promptly use the remedy, ere too late....
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DR. SARGENT'S COUGH SYRUP
,
Is an old, well tried, certain stad standard remedy
for 'Coughs, Colds, 'Asthma,; 1 group . , Difficulty of
Breathing, Pain or Oppression), in the. Chest : or.'
Lungs, and all DfZeases or the Pulmonary organs. _
Its sure and certain efficacy lea lbehrt fully , . tested
and endorsed for many years ',hi! numbers of well
known citizens in our midst, :al their certificates .
are on record. Rave you a cough which Las grad-
ually Increased from a slight . culp r it° one of perma
vent standing? .Lose no time, bit procure a bottle
of DR. SARGENT'S COIIIiII 1 SI'RUP, which will
surely relieve youi of the . dangeions pmponitbry
ymptoms and eflcct a permanent cure. Do you
spend miserable days and long r sieepleis nights of '
torture and nein from attacks of Anthma or Difficul
ty of Breathing ? Dr. SARGENT'S Cough Syrup
will act •promptly, relieve you, ;and gradually re
store you to your freedom of pal:Wand sound, pleas
ant sleep. Are your lungs sore and Irritated ,1 ndl
eating inflammation ? This is onei3f the most dan
gerous symptoms , and should be p otapuy.removed.
1/r. SARGENT'S Cough Syrup w it heal the sore
ness, allay the inflammation, and 'restore the lungs
to their prestine health and I vigor. This Cough
Syrup is pleasant and agreeable teitake. while pow
erful and sure in its action. }or' ale by all Drug- -
gists in the country. . .
A MISERABLE SH A KER
Is the victim to Fever and Ague. 4 lila tedious and
enervating diseise is, unfortu, alely„ too well
known to needy description.. It kii . strictlYa malts
rious disease, caused by exhalattnes from the soil,
especially from mirshes. swamps aid newly cleared
lands encumbered with ilecomposie' vegetable ma r
c•
ter..The chills is one of the mos tronblesome.of
maladies, as the patient, though lie may not be con
fined to' his bed, Is incapable of actinn. The' expert
ence of years has demonstratetlthe fact thatHOS- -
TETTEWS BITTERS Iva. sure me ins of fortifying
the system against all atmospheric 4ollion, breaking
, up the paroxysms and rapidly restoring the strength. •
Quinine, which has so long been. the great remedy
for chills, has been supereeded by this powerful and
harmless agent: while as a proventiste it is unequal
ed, us its use will certainly exempt fill who may live
in unhealthy localities from the teivtages of this fits.
ease. HOSTETTER'S =STO3IACEt. BITTERS is
now.among the . most popular, and, at the menetime,
valuable specifies In the medical ward. In recom
mending it to the public, we are ha ly conscious of.
doing them a great service, knowing, as we do,
their many excellent qualities, and, Euro and speedy
action in all cases where the silsealle Is caused by
irregularity of the digestive °meta . As .a tonic it.
is both mild cud agreeable to the teak., and alleluia::
Ling in its action upen.,the,system. 'i.'
ALLEGHENY
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ANOTHER CURE. OR. DEAFREsS.
I lost my hearing during the last year. Part 'of
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the time I was totally, deaf. In April of thls year I
was induced, froin an advertlsomenti to make ap
plication to Dn. liCzysztt, 1510 (Penns street, Pitts.
burgh. After having tried various medicines hum
doctors wltbout any benefit, I hive lifeen under Dr.
Egyser's treatment now for nearly two months, and
am entirely restored to m y heating,,. 4 so that I can
bear pin drop. • S,
JOHN CANT.AN.
Coal Blurs, Washlaiiton Co., Pa- '
Alc3TßEft brim.
A Mall elated to -day at Dr. lieys6r's office to in
feral him of a great cure made by hisMs° c bun, or
PCIAIONART EIififORATIVE. ilst these cures
are made with the Doctor's prepaiatious, he desires
[• It to be distinctly understood that inclat of his great
cures are made Iniv:eft, twee with the established
laws that goyern the science of inediClue, in , which
he has beelkengage4fer the Oast tifirttpsive '
Last week be Ivai! ficerpto a;' eater ' from •
iilergyin in thO 0u:to ii•f vim% pother
hiost siondeihd cure. 1 ,
DR. rixrezipB ItifilDENT C•111101.11/Nalur.
4,Tolturvem omiNnoltaiannazv z , il
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_ 1 Warning.
... - A friendinformsuisOfthefollowing singuj.
lar circumstance which' occurred to him on.
Saturday night last. irfe repaired to his
farm, some distance from the city, for the
purpose of passing thle night.. At ten o'-
clock he retired to bed; before doing so, he
put some 'wood on th fire, it being rather
cool. Some ten - minutes after retiring, a
bird (supposed to ben Whi p-o'-wIH) which
Was in a tree within the.enclosure, began to
sing. '. The utterances 'df the bird seemed to
say: "You've set Yon: house 'on fire!"
'which was repeated'ilhickly. Our friend
says that he listened to ;the bird attentively
for some moments, then thinking that it
might be a warning, as die fire was burning
briskly, he concluded Ito get up and.see if
the chimney was on fire. To his a stonish
ment.when he went Outilie saw sparks fall
ipg In the yard, and' nOri flirthar examina
tion found that fife roof of the house had
really ignited from the' falling sparks. He
immediately aroused the freedmen, and
happily extinguished dui fire without further
damages. . ... - -
The friend who relatea to us this singular
circumstance positivelravers that he would
not have got up had ht not been froin die
timely warning of they b* d; as lie did not
feel the least apprehension of tire or any
other danger when he ize, tired.---Charleston
Courier, 6th. -1
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I . cockiey. Cai l ophony.
F We need.never expecti anything like iini
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fortuity in the pronundiation of such Eng
lish proper names as iththibit an eccentric
orthography. The British are in the habit,
of slaughtering not Only • vowels' but else
consonants, when they stand in the way of
their organs of speech .'4ktf American gen-
Bolan was once introdu d to an English
man in London, whose (name was Sinjun
Sligger, or Slidger, as I ottr cOuntryman un
derstood it. After, an I ;acquaintance with
this gentleman of seve'ra! months' duration,
the American hid .006i81011 to address him
by letter, and then. bfuree, he had to
determine upon the I orthography of his
nanie. Not feeling equal to the emergency,
he called upon an English friend for aid,
when to his amazement- and his amusement
p 7
he learned that the e: ken name Singun
Slijjer or Slidger was: ' ritten St. John St.
Ledger ! After that, lie! N as ready to accept
any orthographic monstrosity without ques
tion; as you will also Idciubtless be, by the
time you shall havelbeen six months in
England.—.N: Y. Ledgei,.l.
IT APPEAns from a rePett just pr,esenteci by
. the examining commisiiio, ers, that there are
about three thousand endowed schools in
England. Of this nunt*er 782 are called'
classical, and the rernainder, non-cliissical
schools, being devotedltb the educatied.or
the laboring classes. n Some of the classical
institutions have annual incomes exceeding
$lO,OOO. King Edward'd, at Birmingham,
has a total yearly stipend (.$OO,OOO, which
sfan it expects to have inc eased to $250,000
during the next-thirty Yea. The total in- -
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come of all these schofilS amounts to over
$1,500,000. They educate pn an average
thirty-seven thousand jiiipils. In addition
there are some ten thoufia . 1 d private schools
in England.
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