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WE Princyr On_ the inside pages of this
111071liri0 GAZETTE: Second and Seventh
Evidence' in the Taek-0' ConitOr Case
.at Philadelphia. On Third and Sixth
pages, Foreign and Domestic Afarkell and
River Netei,..litnanee and Trade; ere.; etc:- -
Gm) closed• in New York yeatertl4- at
13910@1.40.
IT ra umransti,v usumvarjo, in the best
informed quarters at Washington, thatzpon
the lineations of violation of the law in the
attempted removal`of• STair-rox and the; aa
interim. appointment of THOYAS, every Re:
publican Senator but two (Fovirmat and
Vex WrogaT.), will. vote for conviction,
while thereare found Some, Who declare that
even thesetwnSenatais • 'will 'concur in the
Tim RETURNS so far at hand from the
elections which- ended yesterday in North•
Carolina, and will close to-day. in Geogia,
are too meagre to warrant a decided opin
ion as to the results. The indications are
not'at all flattering for large majorities in
behalf of Reconstruction in either of the
States; and it is mit' hnpossible • that _either
of them may have rejected the proposed
Constitution. As to Louisiana, we see no
reason for doubting that she has accepted
Reconstructionby a decisive majority.
Au influential. New York journal advo
cates the admission of Alabama as a• State,
under the Constitution for which 70,000
votes were recently glQen, but which failed
of a legal adoption simply becauseof. an
unwise provision in the e.nabling•act of Con
gress. Our cote.mporiu7 concedes the non
.compliance with this act; it - would as freely
concede, as indeed it has already, that the
requirements of the act were most injudi
cious in the particular. referred toi , Yet
it advises Congress to., disregard • itsi 'own
legislation, and to recognize that as! legal
which its own solemn , nactment conclusive-' _
ly shows to illegal.-We . can perverplm
cur in such advice This is notA quistion
whether a certain lawitiair Or may - not have
been wisely conceived.' Nor is it 'merely a
question of 'what may or - may. not be most
gratifying to the Union sentiment of Ala
barna. The question is :whether Congrcss
shall regard its own legislation, yielding to
It while •Imie . pealed the same respect and
obedience whiell are'exacted from the peo
ple most concerned, or shall ignore it, tramp
ling upon it as.a dead letter , simply b ecause
a majority of the members find their pie
sentinterest in doing so :Fertunateiy one
branch of Congress has wisely committed
itself, in the 'disposal of this question
to a solution whiCh, as in the
bill,. neither; violates a law'nor de
nies duo protection and relief to the Union ,
people of Alabama. We trust that the Senate'
will else concur in that measure at an early
We 'num 'that , the permission granted,
by the Senate, to the prosecution and de
fense fOr the p'resentation of argurnents,
oral or printed, by each of the lidanagers
and counsel, will not result in a longer de
lay in the final submission of the issues.
For the purposes of the trial, the,- case will
be well enough argued by the two gentle
men, on either side, to Whom that duty luts
been esmrially , committed. The printed
arguments to be put in.by' titeir respective
associates will be valuable contributions to
the record, emapleting the exhaustive discus
sion of the case in all its, legal and political
aspects, and supplying to the `statesmen and
publicists of future generations, the most
ample expositions -of every- view.of the
great questions involved in our first Presi
dential impeachment. The country has pa:
tiently stood still, -in the . baterests of *ogee,
while the evidence was received, and' w,c4110;1
still haie been patient had this evidence
consumednannch longer period than it has;
the duty, the necessity -for- investigation
of all tha,faets, ample and _ complete as it
could be "made, has been conceded ;I' . aIL
But the public patience. Should'. no kinger lie
taxed by any superfluous speech-making.
Two arguments from each side will fay
satisfy all reasonable expectations, and not
an hour shOuldho That in listening'to more.
Senators; indeed, may be fairly supposed to
have already,7 each for himself„ opinions
fixed beyond the reach •of any effo*.Cif:
counsel. Had last Monday's sitting terml'
nated with. iiote Upowthe verdict; lfe
suit would line been the same, beyond
doubt, that. is now to tee delayed to
Day. Yet the regular , arguments of cone
sal, and ti tg'ttecret &ensile= of the Sen
ate will Act be without their fusee,' The.
formalities of justice, never "tii;" be lightly'
dieregarded,',are thus observed;tad' ilib
teresta of . the accused are vindicated in the
minutest partic u l ar .
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The O'CoN - roe-Tec,e,case, which has oc
cupied thettenliOn of theflulidelplai
of Quarter Ses.sions for some-dayspastymed
which has been so fully and' faithfully re•
ported in the GAzk*E. was terminated yes
terday, by the jury failing'to agree upon ft
verdict. There were seven"jefore in favor
of acquitting the Messrs. Taos and but five .
who took an opposite
_view of the case.
'This was particularlY — tinfinkilete fa'? the
defendants, who claimed a full , vindication
of character orilliie testimony edifeed• by the
comMonwealth ; ; that they were entitled to
it, . seven of the sworn jui•ors
- , held
As thkiiie 'nave stands, lieSilis:'"riCk
'must be regarded as innocent men until a
juiy "of their fellow countrymen pronounce
"them otherwise. We do not 'kriow Wiiat
shape the case will next assume.''' It is pos
sible that the Commonwealth willm*e : no:
further effort; to secure conviction of the
defendants; as 'the-trial' just 'closed all of
its ;evidence was taken . and , not a witness
was celled for . the defense -We have no
matter, only so much.feeling in the as to re
gretr that this' unfortunate. legal duel should
have been entered upon by business citi
zens for whom we haye ever lel(' a large
`,ineasure of respect and esteem.. We have
performed our duty as journalists in ptlb-_.
;fishing full and impartial reports of the pio
-ceedings, and,
..hevlut-. - wpread.. ; the entire
matter before our readers, ask them to draw
their own conduit - ma from the pioteedings
published, and especially, the`able charge
Judge BEEWBTER to the jury, which we
printed in full in Thursday's GAZETTE.
, Howeier desirable - aligolute arid
Usefulness is in all men set:nper; Aci:ginke
laws for the Republic or any „particular , ;
State thereof, no thoughtffil person' - belieiei
it to be'practically—iittelhable;lted men
exist in the world; and they contrive to get
into public offices , as well as *to mingle ac-
tively la private affairs. It may, therefore,
be - assumed as inevitable---that am amount
Of corruption, more or less fixed and defi
nite, will exist' in the managment 'of public
affairs, and under whatever .forms of gov
ermnent may exist or by which - ever party
administered. The existence of this aver
'age sum of abuse and corruption while
certainly to be deprecated, does riot' furnish
cause for special alarm, any,mora than the
ordinary degree' of rascality in commercial
transactions affords reason to anticipate a
disruption of those relationsarid confidences
which are essential to the wholesome man
ngement of business. But there are indi-
,
cations, ofsuch imp o rt tas not to pass un
heeded, that political corruption is increas
ing to such a degree as, to threaten the very
foundations of civil order. Proofs multiply
that an efficient remedy must be had, either
by the orderly development and concentra
tion of moral influence, or else by those
outbursts of unlawful but organized wrath
by which incensed communities, rising in
inhtrent majesty and parthority above the
forms they have, prescribeil for their own
conduct, take summary vengeance upon
evil-doers.
.PerrylVania has long field a had
pm-eminence. Half a_cpritury , ago, Mr.
Cobbett said of it
"Tliebaseet and` most corrupt idvemment
that I ever anew, anything, or ever heard
anything of, I:tithe Republican government
of Pennsylvania ; and, in that, the' most
`fitly tyrannical, base, and corrupt from
bottom to top ; from the rootto - the' top-
most twig ; from the trunk to the extreme
poi*t of every branch." .
'That was Fitting the case in language
strong enough, if not polite. Charitable
persons have commonly held the picture
thus painted;to be overdrawn ; the chrdnic
apleen of the. sturdy iqoaachist , hurrying
him be3iond the bounds of reason and fact.
But, if the legbilature takes many more
turns for the worse, the picture, repulsive as
it is, will be produced in' actual life, In
ages to come, instead of standing as a truth
ful delineation of facts existing when the
author wrote, this ' will be - accepted as a
wonderfully exact prophecy of a deplorable
condition fifty years in advance of , ac
complishuient.
It will be remembered, thnt.at the recent
session of the tegislature, the seat held by
- Mr. SHUGART, (Democrat„) in the Senate,
was contested by Mr. 'Rolm:sow; `(Republi
can,) and that 'upon investigation Mr.-
WALLACE, Chairman of the Demo Critic
State Committee, was implicated-in hiring
witnesses to abscond; from the Common
wealth; that, notwithstanding these efforts
to conceal important I %cis from °beer;
vation, the grossest fniuds were' clearly
proved to have been perpetrated in, behalf
of Mr. SUtOART, andthSt he was ultimately
ejected from-the bod y .
It is not , so, well known that the Demo
cratic leadens, in the face of the most cogent
testimony in the case, undertook to bribe
sufficient noniber of the, Republican mem
bers of the- Investigating COnimittee to in
mire apport, against the incontestable facts,
in favor of Mr. Snuoar4; that a very large
sum, of money was offered for such areport;
and that the consummation of a bargain to
that end:was frastrated by the accidental ex
,posure of the negotiation.' Of this matter
we know: nothing, except upon reports,
.which se,9ra la heinaicieUtly, nutheaticated.
According to these reports, - ,enpugh of the
Republican Senators were willing, to ; sell
themselvei end their par* fora round price,
and enough Demoorats were found Who,
'ter the.sake of party advantagai'were 14i11-
ing to 'vend 'neat thousands of dollars in
carrying into effect a corrupt arrangement..
The Infauiy divides equally , betwe,mr.memr
of the. but' there is this
differencg, the party,
higardloaoont was )clear ,
*aiin theplot, the DetalOrt4la party,,se
fiVanizat i " , ' w , m _l n v., 4l _ d i e d th , e r 4 n. • :"
One ofthe:neptibuceu, -wingers: whom
common , fam6."- - conntir With this* dis
reputable affair, made himselfconspicueps, ; ,
early in the session, by denouncing in bad,
English, all neilithat I.4lnWell to s
suspect that he or any Obis associates were
not immaculate, If these later rumors of his
'Connection ;with lids 4 4- bantilik and Bale,
have really a sufficient foundation in feet,
the public has a commentary, at once strik-
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THE O'CONNOR•TACS CASE.
LEGISLATIVE CORRUPTION.
PITTSBURGH "GAZETTE : FRIDAY, APIIII, ~24; 1868
ingand revolting; of senatplial weeN-eratioiv
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of hcinor and honesty.: •
.1 , . We do not express any opinion in respect
to. these various allegations, but repeat what
was in _the mouth of almost every person
about the Legislature near the close of the
' session.
In 'New York there, have been numerous
charges againstthe probity of the
,Legiela 7
live bodies, the past Winter, culminating:in°
accusations of ecatidalaus ; coritiption foucto
ing enactments in Vella!! 'of the managers' of
the . Erie railway.: Many-signs give assur
ance that these complaints are made wi )
abundant canse. ' '.
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From Washington them are reports tha
the " Whisky Ring," hming profited enor
mously by the'rnai-adininiitration of th
'revenue laws under President • JoErtmort
leave raised a purse 61 One 'million. dol ,
with which to buy Republican Senators to
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vote for his acquittal on the Articles of Lui
peacbment ' tipoii Wl4ll - re lif sow.' iiiiViii
his trial. The later - teies'of ebteial" Semi
tars, upon questions Auk incidentallY, -
*part credibility to the sinister rumors.
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Certainly, the whisky m n can well afford to
spare the sum, stated, great as.itis, from the
- vast profits they Itiiire Traudidently made;
and in the ten 'months remaining of Presi
dent • Jonicsm.i's administration, if he shall
be allowed to hold on until the , regular ex
piration of 'his term, they will illegally .
,pocket one hundred millions
.more. When
= gratitude and selfishness. conspire in favor
of a measure, it is most likely to be heartily
espoused-
Is there:no cure for. this inordinate cor- .
ruption/ .Can free institutions stand the
ever-increasing. strain.? These are. ques
tions -.that press upon the 'attention of all
American citizens. -
THE SMOKE
'Thai element of.humari society, distin
guished everywhere and in all ages as Con-_
servatism, manifests itself in this city pre
eminently in the tolerance of that smoke
cloud which over canopies and envelopes all
'objects, penetrating into the most secret re
cesses, making cleanliness impossible, and
vexing each man and woman in whose
bosom the love of that cardinal virtue has
not been smothered by superabounding dirt.
What makes this instance peculiarly strking
is the fact that this abomination is' more
costly than most of the luxuries which min- -
later to epicurean tastes. This dense smoke.:
cloud is heavily freighted with tmcora
busted =bon. It is fugitive_ firel, making
its escape from use into the upper air, fling
ing a trail of annoyances behind as it goes.
It is a gigantic waste—several million of
dollars worth abstracted from coal piles an
nually without utility, and to no advantage
whateier. It this abstraction fell into the
category of common stealing, the owners
suffering:the loss would be swift to detect
it, 'and would institute special watch and
ward until the spoliators were arrested and
Among& to punlstnnent.
Conservatism takes coolly the wasting of
these millions .yearly.' It says, self-com
placently, the fathers did so, and why
should not the children ? These latter
can stand both the loss and the disco
infort as well as . they who went be
fore them. Do pot distrust the prevailing
apathy by the intrusion .of new and ag- .
ireisive ideas. It is not Well to beget a
spirit of doubt or incAulry, that cljallenges.
the past puts it .to the prof, and, failing to
get satisfaction, strikes boldly out in be
half of new measures.
%Some years ago we remember, the tan
aeries used to cast out as worthless all their.
spent bark, and serve their heaters with
fresh fuel purchased at large expense. Con
seryatism stoutly insisted the waste should
'he Continued in deference to habit. Doubt
stood timidly up, at first, andqueried inhere
was not.a,bettea Way. At length licaibt
was naturally transmuted into progress, and
a heater came forth in which spent bark
answered instead of other fuel, and making
a saving of several thousands of dollars
a year to each tannery. Still canservatiam
retains `iti air Of wisdom, shakes its head
oracularly, and iterates the dogma that what
was done for the tanneries cannot be done
for iron mills, glass factories, and other es
tablishments which fall into the same gener
al class. Of Course,. Conservatism is a hum s
bug—nay, .worse, an' impo.ster and chat,
but it is hard to make its facile dupes under~ .
stand its real character and take mcasures
accordingly. Nevertheleas, the day is com
ing, and that speedily, when the smoke in
fliction must and will be abated. Bad as
the plague of vermin that smote the Egyp
tians; corninglikathat into - all houses, satur
ating garments; defiling beds, creeping into
kneading ',troughs, insinuating into every
crack and cranny, endowing filth with om
nipresence, and rendering tidiness impossi
ble—it cannot be permitted to remain,
As was to be.expeeted, the chief Europe
an cities . are pioneers in the work, not only
of abolishing smoke but of utilising it.
These cities began with their sewemge,which
had previously been turned into the rivers,
thus corrupting the, waters andengeudering
-disease. London Subniitted to this oppro
brium until the Tiuunes emitted such a
stench that Parliament Was disquieted in its
- palace. Then the sewerage was converted
into a source of revenue, and . made. to en
;lob the adjacent ugrienitural distrietri: Lon
don , tog, compounded of exhalations from
the river and smoke irom fra myriad' chinv
'rim, doubled the Cost of living and made
house keeping a terror : .
v lt Wag 'not, to be
• endured; no matter how enchanti4lY Con-
Vrvatista might plead in its' behalf. %di_
calls q assailed it—not,. indeed, withperfeet.
ha aveapolis; but . with such as came that to
band—iind already Parliament has 'enacted
'that'l4l manufacturing 'estiblishitienricahali
copsume the smoke theYinike. till/ was
What the ownpra)did trot wort to do, although;
tit was demanstrable, an 4 even : demonstrat
ed,lthaf the Faced; imp* an economy; of
full tteen t cent 4iptiri•the cost of di the
`fuel used. ROutine would not give
** way
• eheeriblitermitiifileAr ofconsider- :
atione or bigliiiaiaii6dn'tiige.
`thiesod stringent feiVluid to come in and
forbid the owners to squander their mean'
In creating smoke uselessly to their own
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annoyance and that of the public.. Now, all
the manufactories liaye applied smoke con.
:turning apparatuses, 'to the Manifest relief
of the metropolis. • ' • '
It is not pretended that tliesecofitrivances
are perfect. No human instruments are so,
or can be, from the necessities of ' the case.
But they approach towards perfection to
Such a degree as to commend them to uni.
Versa' adoption, nd on grounds alike of
economy and co . ort.. Bucceisiye improve
.rnentti-Wlil folio , until t.hise appliances
- shall become so s mple and; efficient' as ti)
come Into tise 'yen in . ordinary dtv,elling
, ,t
, _
ouse. , • .
Fifteen tper ent. !saved
,'upon all 'coal
burned in Piths]) gh 'and :vicinity, we'uld
amount to afo ..'dable sum; constituting in
itself a remune ng tired 'On the , busitieSs
transacted, It be saved with each anal
chines as are no v in .use elsewhere. , Why
'should it contin eto be wasted? This is too
large an offerin. to be sacrificed ' On the altar
_of such a
„de on Conservatism. The
princely sum• w. uld endow colleges andhos
pitals that we ld bless our ;population
through, all the ages. Will our ' 'people take
the matter into consideration? t .
Besides, what a noble city would be
for residence if the grimewas -washed from
its face. Hot manufactuters; shall the city
not wash, find henceforth be - elean ? It is
for you to decide.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION
FRAUDS.. ;
The following remarks of the'New York
Daily Times, in reference to the revelations
'intitie in the Centre county contested elec
tion case, seem to us to hit the nail right on
the head:
"The whole sale frauds of the Pennsyl
vania Democratic State Committee in the
Sharswood election having now been
proved, the question Is WlEtt, ;done
with the guilty? We are told thit "the
case has concluded" with the ousting of a
Democratic Senator and the swearing in of
a Republican. It strikes us that the case
should not conclude, but commence, at that
point. When, in addition to the ,atrocious
frauds thernselves- , -the unblushing bribery,
the importation of ;raters, the wholesale for
gery and perjury, the abuse of court rules
and notarial signatures--we Sad- that -one
w4ness to the frauds was murdered in cold
blood, a second' kidnapped atia ebitfined,
and a third rescued from the very hands of
the law officers, surely something more
than a political change of one vote in the
Senate should result. Unless the severest
penalties of the law are inflicted, the same
thing will be done again, with increased
skill in avoiding detection:"
Samerons, under the rule, may each oc
cupy fifteen minutes on each separate ques
tion, when their verdict on impeachment is
considered in secret session. If each mem
ber avails himself of this privilege on the
floor-,as most of the lawyer-Senators and
not a few'of the others will—thirteen boars,
equivalent to at least two daily sessions,
might be consumed on each question rising
under each Article of the eleven. It is
thus within the power of Senators to occupy,
if they choose, two or three weeks in dis
posing of nil the Articles. But, fortunately,
not every Senator will use his privilege of
debate, and the decision of some of the
articles will be governed by the decisive
votes upon others. The longest delay will
not therefore be looked for; nor will it be
safe to rely upon aldecision "in a day or
two" as expected in some quarters. In
this connection, the Philadelphia Pros has
the, following from its correspondent at the
Capital
do not pretend to have canvassed the
Senate, for such a thing is Impossible,
but from close _observation I have, reason to
believe that' not a single Republican mem
ber of that body is Willing, even at this day,
to repudiate the fote 4 . .. which they adopted
the resolution in answer to the message of
the President announcing the removal of
Secretary Stanton, which resolution, it win
be remembered, declared that removal to be
illegal. I have carefully obtained the opin
ions of the so-called doubtful Bepubhcan
members on this subject, and can announce
authoritatively the fact that they have not
changed their mind since they recorded their
votes at that time, after the exhaustive de
bate of nine hours. It is probable, low
ever, as I have previously intimated, that
the Senate will spend a day, if not two
days, in consultation before the final vote,
during 'which they will doubtless embrace
the opportunity offered to explain their
votes on the admissibility of evidence, and
for the purpose of malting those reasons
public they will remove the injfinction of
secrecy from their deliberations.
JUDGE WILLiAMS, the framer of the Ten
ure of Office Act, has also a speech giving
a history of its enactment,-bnt he will hardly
state, if he should obtain permission to speak
or to print, what is well known—that air.
Stanton endeavored to persuade him not to
kress the passive of the Adver
,
Suppose that statement to be true, and
what does it amount to Neither Mr.
STANTON nbr the law are now , on. trial.
Nyr can even the t3ecretary's most unserup
ulous opponents assert that, whatever his
opinion of the bill, he ever claimed for him
self or for.the Executive, the revolutionary
prerogative of disobeying the lap when
enacted.. Had Mr. JOHNSON been governed
by his Secretary's example, he would rest
more easily at the White House to-day.
Cnicitoo elects a majority of Republican
Councilmen, bur gives 900 majority_ for
,
a Democratic. Judge. The', total vote was
some four thousand less than in 'O4, the,
,falling of ! ,
counting as usual, citt the .Repub
lican side. Of this result the Tribune says:
"The lesson of the day will not be lost
on the Repnblicans of Chicazo. • ' They will
now understand' the nature the work,
'they have to do, to carry, he; ;city'neat fall.
Chicago is: it Republican, city of four , thous.
and majority on a ftillsote, and the ?rest
dential contest will develop the fact." •
~. Tim disfranchised students of the Ohio
Wesleyan University hive adopted a series
of •resolutions denouncing the bill just
ratascd by the , Democratic Legislature of
Ohio", ,
'as a, great injustice to college stn.
dents, a gross insult to 'intellectual culture,
a palpableiyiolatiOn of the inndamental print
ciples of , all good government, and asteing
to enlightened humanity, execrable, painful}:
humiliating and too comteraptible to cou
ld)
tent late;" and they take the bill to be "ex:
' sive of the acknowledged fact `col-1,
4adenti, WitititticAte not' . ichOnt `to
vote withilid §reselit Womintiiit'Aity in the
Legislature, and that institutions of learning
are antagonistic to the principles and teach
ings of that party."
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Kerosene as an Explosive
The Providence lotimal calls attention to
the explosive properties of the kerosene or
dinarily sold, and gives the following ac
count of this fluid:
Since the high price of alcohol and tur
'.pentine, nearly all the burning fluids in
common use, of whatever name, are coin:.
posed of the distilled products. A certain pot
tion to which the name kerosene has been
applied, if distilled carefully, will' not catch
fire from a lighted taper at a lower tempero
ture than 110 degress, and is perfectly, safe,
with ordinary care; as - d burning fluid. At
ordinary temperature, a lighted taper put
into it will be extincuished as quickly as
When put into water. •
But there are other products of the distill
ation of Petroleum, of which rittplitha: is 'die
most irnportimt,. which are'of light specific
gravity, will catch fire froin a blaze at °rill
nor ytemperatures, and of which the vapor
is highly explosive when mixed; in 'certain
proportions, with atmospheric air. Naph
tha is far more dangerous than gunpowder,
because its Vapor will take fire at some dis
tance from thelkufd, whllegimpowder will
not ignite - Unless brought, in contact with
fire. Unfortunately, naphtha,, will burn
with a clear, handsome light, end when
mixed with keroseneLt seems to improve it
for illuminating purposes. : •
Besides this, naphthols produced in latge
quantities in the 'distillation of petroleum,
and no extensive use for it has been found,
so that its market value is very low. Hence
the great temptation to mixit with kerosene,
rind to use it for patent burning , fluids, .and
hence the very great importance of . 'rooted ;
ing the community 'from the sale of those
fluids, and ; also from the sale of kerosene
that will not stand the fire test, as it is called.
There is no doubt that ninety-nine One
hundredths of all the loss of Lives, amount
ing to hundreds every year, and of property
amounting to millions every year in this
country from explosion_ of burning fluids,
are caused by this use of naphtha, or of
kerosene adulterated with naptha.
Act of Congress, passed a year ago,
provides severe penalties for mixing for sale
naphtha with kerosene, and - for, selling,
keeping 'for sale, or offering for sale, any oil
made from petroleum Which is inflammable
at less.than 110 degrees Fahrenheit, , .. This
law, however, is not generally 'known 'Or
observed, and it is'a failure, in that it makes
no provision for its Own enforcement. Leg
hdation on this subject has, therefore,at
.tracted the attention of State and Municipal
Legislatures, and stringent ordinances have
been passed. In Providence' the ordinance
has proved very efficient. The Journal
says : .
,
First, It has practically banished all pat
ent burning fluids from the city. ' Quite
frequently parties come here to introduce
some new, cheap fluid,' but our ordinance
prevents the sale at once. •
Second, None of the cheap, adulterated
kerosene oils (made cheap by mixing with
naphtha) are at present sent to this city from
any quarter. No respectable dealer will
sell them.
• Third, Our ordinance has put an end to
burning fluid explosions in this city. We
do not recollect to have heard of one since
the ordinance has been enforced. If it is
fully enforced there can be none. Kero
sene that can be sold under our ordinance
cannot explode in any ordinary kersoene
lamp.
Fourth, We recently_ heard of two
instances in this city in which lighted kern;
serve lamps have been broken and the oil
scattered in every direction without taking
fire, or injuring any one. This, could not
have happened with adulterated oil.
Bohemian Gossip About Senators
Mr. Sprague, on Saturday, voted against'
one of his father-in-tales decisions.. He has
never been absent from the Senate anhour,
except . when a dying friend called him away
for two days. The- Senators exercise all
latitude in absenting themselves, and regu
lar whippers:bx are kept• to muster all forces.
Chandler arrived late one day, bienthless,to
vote, but the count had been. announced:
The Shernums are after Stanton with a
very sharp stick. John Sheiman made a
number of vigorous efforts to have it
proved in Court that Mr. "Stanton. bad of
fered himself to write the veto of the tenure
of-office bill, that he and Mr. Seward.did
write it, that Stanton said the bill was clear
ly unconstitutional, and that he himself was
not covered by its provisions.
Sumner and Sprague refused to vote on
the question both declining to interfere in
a merely family quarrel, but it is true in Part
that Stanton did object to, the 'tenure-of-of
fice bill. This, however, is no 'excuse for
Tohnson breaking it. The Mem:tan-Stan
ton quarrel is irreconcilable; not so the
Butler-Grant controversy, for Butler 'is not
so vindictive as he is malicious, and there
is very little choice between being his ene
my and his friend.—G. A. l'., Cleieland
Leader. -
A RATIMII significant step has hitelybeen
taken by the Emperor Napoleon in, giving
an official though indirect recognition to the
branch of the family known as the Ameri-
can Benapartes. Jerome Bonaparle Pat
terson, a grandson of, Jerome and Miss Pat
terson, it will be rememebred, was induced
to leave the United States Army four or five
ears ago, and take up his residence in -
France, .where he was commissioned an
officer in the Imperial. army. After the
marriage of Jerome' and Miss .Patterson was
annulled by the first Napoleon, the.. Bona
parte family steadily, refused to rebognize
the son born of that union; and when the
grandson received his first commission from
the present Emperor, it was under the name
of Bonaparte Patterson. The other Jerome,
commonly called Prince Napoleon, born of
the later marriage, has obstinately opposed
any more , complete recognition of the family
claims of, his elder half-brOther and his de
scendanti; but, the other day,. the Emperor
thought proper to promote his American
cousin to an Important command in the ord
rumce service, and in the commission the
name of Patterson was dropped,:and that of
Jerome Bonaparte only used. This is sup
posed to indicate a serious intention: to re
stcire,the•long-demedrlghts of the American
Bonapartes, which;' if carried out; would.,
put.them nett to - the'PAnce Imperial and
ahead of Plillo3 ,, NOtileon, the order of.
succession. . ,
,
THE Lower .House of tile Hun garian.
Diet has 'verified the election of Ecsseth. - : .
As Kossuth has not in this case, 48 hedidon,
a former occasion, declined the oflbred seat,'
in the Diet, , we suppose it to bc.probable
that he means to acdept. Kdssnlh Still is a
tower of strength to the , Radical party
throgghout the land, although ih the Diet
that party is present in the t*ority.
• • Tan=THOtrOOD_ PRUBONS
•yesterdsy, kit Baltimore, . afterSeige t int ,
Back thP:fiai-earder. Onciudf as many
Baltimoreans bad ,7 rallied under that flag in
April, 1864 it in grate
and
that four
yearkof terrible war; and half a. million of
Precious liveavould• have been ig:tared...pt7.-
—H MlRob:nt.'s and . Chat.-Soott, - charged
with the murder of David Hertzler, broke
jail at Sprineld, Ohio, last evening. One
thousand dollars reward is offered for the
arrest•of each of them. •
Tice LiwcoLis monument in Washington
was dedicated on Wednesday. It stands in'
front of the City Hall, consists of a pillar
thirty-five feet high, surmounted by a col
lossal statue of Lincoln, all Of white mar
ble, and was procured by voluntary contri
butions of the citizens of Washington, cost
ing $7,000. A large crowd present,
including the Masonic brotherhood and
other civic organizations. The' President,
Generals Hancock an: Enxiky,
.and .other
officers, civil, military and :natal, the, mem
bers of foreign legations, members of Con
gress, 4.tc., occupied the stand. Generals
Grant and Howard were also in attendance.
The ceremonies consisted of prayer, music,
an address on the life and services of Lin
coln by Major French ; and the reeitatioirof
a poem by ColonerOlmstead; after which
President Johnson' pulled ihe halliards
which unveiled the statue, which was greet
ed wittiprotracted cheering. '• • , • t
Trim Amendatory Bankrupt Bill, passed
by the House, is m three sections. The
Erst . settion extends the, timementioned in
the second clause, thirty-third section of
the original act, to the first of December.
The second section makes) numerous verbal
changes, and corrections in the - existing
law as suggested by the justiCes of the Su
preme Court. The third section provides
for alloWing registers in binkiuptcy to_ ad
minister oaths, and gives Commissioners
the right to take proof of debts:. The agree
ment of the Senate with the first section ex
tending the time may be regariled as doubt
ful, and-in general many leading , Senators
are disinclined to act upon tho measure at
all this session
—Twelve convicts escaped from Clinton
prison, New York,' on Wednesday. They
were at work in an iron ininci - six'hundred
feet under ground, disarmed the keeper
and gagged him, and then started for the
month of the mine. There they encoun
tered a guard, but with a gun;in their_ pos
session they disposed of him,'iln# jutuping
over the stockade fled 'for the - woods. The
prison was closed as soon as the alarm was
given and all hands started in pu4suit of the
fugitives. Seven were caPtured on Wed
nesday and two more yesierday. Among
those still at large is Geo. Gordon, convicted
in Albany for the murder o 4 Owen Thomp
son, a drover, and sentenced;to prison for
life. It is confidently expected thateall
will be captured, as the ground was entered
with snow, so that a fugitive be•baaily
tracked. . • '; ' '•
OhlO Female College, at Collage
Hill, six miles from Cincinnatlicaught fire
at one o'clbck, Thursday, ;afternoon ; _ and
the Main building Wes totally". destoye.
The contents of the : building; .including 28
,
pianos, were savek - together' with the ward
robes of the inniates. On i ir one .of , the
outer buildit!gsw,ertr injured The loss is
$lOO,OQOp was Insured for ;..50,000, princi
pally in Cincinnati offices. meeting of
the trustees Was . held to secure tha use of
the Farmers college rooms, directly oppo
site, and arrangements were made to have
the Ohio College continue without interrup
tion after;Monday next.'
—Delegates to•the Republiqm National
Convention at Chicago yilll. be. furnished
with a free pass, good over'any-,road in the
existing arrangement with regard to such
delegates, which will be sent them through
the Chain:rum of their 'respective State
Central Committee on application by the
latter to Dr. Chas. V. Dyer, :Chairman of
Chi go Committee of arrangements.
—A dispatch from Fort McPherson, Ne
braska, dated the 22d, sari: Four, men
were killed by :Indians ,yesterdaY: •Two
were brought in alive but thevviere scalp
ed. ' The Indians attempted thecapture of
J. A. Morrow's stock, but were repulsed by
Ranchmen. These Indians are supposed
have come from Republican RiVer. • •
BEWARE 11 ' 17'..,-::.`.:,
• „
'A., •
Of that remorseless and insidious aestroley , oz.the
human race . . -
CONSUMP'I{ION.`
' Check and conquer its adrances,lefit you fall the
victim.. When attacked with surer, its preliminary
-symptomsono 'matter how slight, be oh !your giaid
and promptly use the remedy ere-Wit-late. •
•
• DE; MEGEST'S•COUGO SYRUP, •
Is aft old, well ttled,, certain and , 'tandard reined) ,
for Corghtc, Colds, Aithinh, Croup, .Thilicuity ,of
Breathing, Pain or Correa's - ion • itC-tbe Chest or
Lungs. and all Diseases of the rool4:iniryoigani.
Its sure and certain efficacy' his been • fully tested
and endorsed for many years by numbers of well
,
known citizens in our midst, . and their certiflc,ates
. .
are on record. Have you a cough 'Which has grad
, .
Emily increased from a Slight one to one of Derma
neat standing? Lose no time. but, immure a bottle
of.DR. SARGRNT , S, COUGH SYRUP which will
surely relieve you' of the dangeraus premonitory
symptoms and effect -a Pertaanent cure. Do you
spend miserable days and long sleeuleas nights of
torture and pain from attacks of Asthma.or
r g N
CouD ifficuf
wil o a ß t'pro h mptly D rel S r AGE , TB 'grad h ally up
store you.to your f reedom-o fpain.
-
and sound, pleas
ant sleep. Are your lungs sore and irritated, i
eating 11121311/Unitioo This is one of the most dan
gerous symptoms, and should be promptly removed.
Dr. SAlitiEbiT , S Cough Syrup will heal the sore
ness, allay the Inflammation, dud restore the lungs
to their prestine , health and Niger. This Cough
Syrup is pleasant and agreeable to take. while_Pow
erful and In its action. pot sale by all Drug
gists In the country. - • • • -
LET NOT. YOUR .PREJUOICE USURP
• YOUR .REASON: ' ;
. .
It is a fact that, in the minds pf Many persons, a
prejudice exists against what see called patent
medicines; but why should this prevent you resort
ing to an arstcle that has such
an array of testimony
to support it as HOSTETTER'S' T0:03IACII BIT
TERS? Physicians prescribe It; : why should you
discard It? Judges, usually considered men of tal
ent, have used and dOktse it In their families: why
should you reject it?. Let not ping.prejudice usurp
your reason to the everlasting injury of Sour health.
If von are sick, and require, a medicine, try these
Bitters.
. When the bodlly energies are worn out by anxiety
and need a -stimulant, MIS -is the'best that can be
taken. It-is tempered and modified by hygienic
herbs and roots, which prevent It from revering the
blood, and hence it does not produce a mere tempo
ran' excitement, to be followed by injurious reac
tion, but communicates a permanent potency to the
entire vital organization. Bowe of its herbal con
stituents are slightlysoporific, so that In cases where
sleeplessness is one of the accompaniments of ner
vous disease, a dose of it taken towards bedtime
will tend to produce quiet and refreshing slumber.
For palpitation of heart, tremors,. hysterics, faint
ing Sts, general restlessness and the causeless fears
and distressing fancies to which ladles are especially
subject, under certain' morbid conditions of mind
an , . body peculiar to their, sex, the Bitters will be
found the Most agreeable and certain of al2 counter
irritants.- - • -
The *constitutionally. nervous may readily keep
their Infirmity In constant check by the daily use of
this healthful vegetable tonic; and those who have
"shattered their nerves," as the , phrase Is, either
by Imprudent indulgence or undtte.phyaleal or intel
lectual labor, will end In this . vttaliaing elixir a
prompt restorative. ' '
ANOTHER CURE OF.DEAFNESS.
I lost my hearing 4joring, thelatt year. Part of
the, time I was totally deaf. , In April of this year I
Wall induced, from an advertiseMeht, to 'maim ap
plication to Dr: Hirreszs, 120 Pain Street,.Pitta.
burgh: Alter having,tried varlUns medicines from
doctors, without any henellta has!! been under Dr.
/fancy's treatment now fUr nearlytwd months, and
am entirely restored to my I;esithig, so tttOt,' I, can
hear s pAi drojp,
_Joint SOAP; yam, •
; Coal Bluffs. Washington Co., Pa.
, THER cinzz.
• .
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A man called toda,j at Dr. geyser's office to In
forM him of a great cure made t rf 1 , 4 , 14rNG,c11 7 tE, or
I"Ell4lglisitY Enna . ° . • these , cures
vented° with th'e De OtorapreParitthals i be desires :
It to be distinctly understood that' Most of his great
cures In-accordance' 'filth the established
hors that italeisitheeelgnee, of mpolclne, In which
h
he has been tsisise4 for, the past tilrenklme years.'.
'Last ',heir he'Utinkabie SlLWeklitzkilainteelt;iiia
gttife* :Mother
most wonderlhi cute: ' ' '
DR. KEYSER'S RESIDENT CONSULTING OF
FICE FOR LUN GE-YAMMATIONS AND TREAT
MENT OF CHRONIC DISEASES, No. 1119 PENN
STREET, FROM 9 A. M. UNTIL IP. NI.
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