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AP New °rim*Ai Custom' House—cot ton Be fied ware -house. Freight. raigements "-Farefath ells May (Br Tebirraph to titayltrsburgh eszette.l • l'ir t a44/417 9TOTT, December 22,1868. rf - swoptg4thi CUBTO looptos. A number of.YetferOitilii Veen iiiSeived by the, Tremont:3'. Department from ,mer chante and-others in New Orleans, stating thl4lrf* 4 lltcoOetot.• reduction in-the eleri tinsincei hag hot been transacted speedilyas it should be, and it la necessary that a number of , those - dispiegeor he reinstated:- 1-h accord ance with arm," iniggestions 2d1 7 . MisC r ulloch will reinstate a niimber of clerks and in spectors. • BORDED WAREHOUSES. OolatbiEllitier 2l llia !tubs deeiiiildSCids tabliah 'city.' of HOW irorkt four tur-; petit, boodedcwarehouses itv addition to two_ already established, .und..hps made selec tiono for thSt r icurpeSe.' - • - Secretary McCulloch has amended the warehouse regulations, by allowing rlier ..cihazlize to be exported to Maxim+ y3ei,-.Tn , (*mole, Texas and New York. Comex OF CLAIMS. ' There are at - leist two hundred cases be lore the Court of Claims, involving several millions - of dollars, on account of - cotton alleged to have been illegally seized or de stroyed by tinted-States officers. , The Treasury Department has employed coun selespecially to protect its interests. The Court bee adjourried'till alter the helidaye. PiMGHT. At a recent Convention . of leading rail road men here, arrangements were perfec ted,for ,the more prompt transmission of fieigliffrom this 'city to the west. 'Freight cars will go through without breaking bulk. A new tariff. Will be put into effect January ' 'firilho7lBoll APPOINTED Julius C. BuiToughs has been appointed Supervisor of Internal Revenue for Aliehi • • gan and: Witioonsin. This . . completes -the the appointments in that grade of Internal Rev .; enue officers. . _ • ,THEMICWILINGLAND SMETY - Of the District of Columbia, just formed, celebrated Forefather's Day this evening by a characteristic dinner Id the Kirkwood • house. -- WANTS INSTRUCTIONS. Supervisor Young, of Ohio, is here f6r f: the purpose of receiving instructions in relation to his duties. CHINA. Arrival of the C. at Republic sitSiin Fran !: elsco=!-Lateit Advices. tßy Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) ' Sax FRANCISCO, Dec..22.—The steamer Great Republic arrived to-day with advices - from Eking Kong. to November 16th, and Yokohama to -.the 28th. She brings three hundred and twenty passengers, twelye , \ hundred and seventeen tons of freight, fifteen hundred and forty-five packages of • silk and five hundred packages-of tea for New Mirk.' The Republic made connection with the • steamer Golden City, for Panama, to-day. The City carries $519,000 treasure-4209,006 for New York and $2,95,000 for England. • brhanghai, Non. 15.—The Viceroy gives in • to Consul Medhurst's demands for the Yang Chow outrages on missionaries. An American bark, Charley Lancaster. master, was lost near . New Chung. The crew took to the boats,, and one is missing. The English fleet reached Nankin Nov. Bth. The next day. the British Consul, Med burst, with a guard of marines, called on the Viceroy and demanded full reparation !Or the-insults offered missionaries at Yang Chow _The" Viceroy proposing! to -delay disiiivisionk was informed if he did not Coln- Plyhy m: that 'day the Chinese gun. bdais'anchortd off Nankin.weuld be seized, 'whereupon he immediately complied with. AIL demands. Three !hundred men were sent to Yang Chow to degrade and punish the Illiterate Chinese. A gnu haat vi salient to - ;Chenklang - . with an English officer aboard, who willimrrender her of _ &leis thion complying ;with all -demands, The fieeirefurtied io , Shanghale The Rinal do; :With LuritScqtf, proceeds triForinosaUp , Mit/filth - oaßiiiitry gnostical there. apt.-Dunlap, of the ship Dove, is busily engaged - irraurveying the Grand canaL fT3aw4ipt- Protestant- Church , in:Central hinirwas dedicated at Hankow by BithOp Victoria, On the 7th of November. ! ," Were °Paned on November 3d stt Hatikow and_Racklang, and the votelwas gindgranticanione for Grant and Colfa7. - Serious disturbances had broken ou tin Northern China, General Ling having raised the banner of rebellion and gatheredaround him many,disorderly bawls. .1 proclamation against the Christiana, which Bret. appeared in the province of • Elwin, /slimy widely posted throughout the Empire. - The report that Imperial soldiers were • sent to drive away the gold diggers from Chefoo gold mines is unfounded. • The, ttetibkgi between the _Chinese. and " foreigners at Formosa are assuming a serious aspect. Two gunboats were sent to protect the latter. Yokohonia. November 28.—News is , . meagre. The rebels still. fighting, but the Chief of the town is - said .to have been taken hy the Imperialists. The Tokugawa clan supporters of the Tycoonhave settled down. The Surunga have turned their at tention to''commerce and ,desire to open - their port to foreign trade, thus dividing the commerce or the west coast with Nu- - Match Game at Billiards, fitr Tehtgraptt to.the Pittsburgh Gazette.] ett!c,tao, December 22.—The match game of billiards' between McDevitt, and eicidthwaite, for Ave hundred dollars a side and the champlonshipof the United States, commenced at eight o'clock .to.nlgbt, at _Crosby.% Music Hall.' At ten o'clock McDevitt - had -scored sevetchundred and eighty-onel • points';, - and Goldthwaite five hundred and seventeen. It will taknuntil about twelve o'clock to complete the game. There is little or no doubt that McDevftt will win the game. New York 'Canals. tßv Toiegrson to the Pittsburgh tiazette.l_ ALBANY,Decernber 22. The eine' Cim tracting- oard were to-day enjoined by Recorder Rosendale from awarding con tracts for keeping the canals in repair for 'tho neat five yeard. The matter was re ferred to the Canal Auditer, who will re port to-morrow, when it is expected the lettings will beinsde. • . u . • —The loss by-the fire at Fort Snelling was stated too high. It is only about §15,000. —General Palmer, Governor elect of Illi nois, will be inaugurated on the 11th of January. OCR; M. AL —Gene Grant has ordered an investigation into the affairs of Georgia, Mississippi and Texas. —At Philadelphia five men have com mitted suicide in as many days by..walking into the Dela Ware river. —The Tack-Motu:ter case, called at Phil adelphia on Monday, has been postponed till the third Monday of January. —A jury in the - Twitcheli-Htil ;murder case, at Philadelphia, was obtaiiiSd yester day and the trial prOceeded , —Gen. McCook, Minister to t3anitati , lands, is coming home, the position of Min- Aster there having been abolished. . —Mayor MeMicbael aud,inembers IPhiladelphia Council aret in Washington :competing the tills to League Island. — Tames:Gaivid hail been fouridigililty, at IMeinphis, ofniiirder hi the first degree, for killing n policeman last Christmas. I Gustav Fischer, the newly elected Sheiiff of Cook county, 111. , is lying dati gm:onaly ill with Scarcely a hope of his re covery. e A. - Delaney, clerk in the New York Postoffice, has been held for trial on a charge of embezzling a valuable boi from the ma 11..; . ' . —A man named Hardy, mate of the steamer Red Rover, 'lying at New Albany; accidentally fell into the river and was drOwneiß , ' - • —Gen. Grant his ordered den. l3abcock 'to visit Arkansas to inquire into the condi= tion of affairs in that . State ,and report to headquarters. . —A woman stifFiage oonventiod, which is ,to continue for two days, convened Its ses sion at Concord, N. H., yesterday morning. The attendance is not large. —ln a game of at; Chicago on Monday night, forthe championship of Il linois, Vermullen boat Rhinos twenty-eight in a score of fifteen hundred points. —At Malden, Mass., yesterday - morning, a policemin was shot dead by one of two young men he hadnoticed lounging about the railroad depotand ordered away. Ficker, einpioyed by Meatts,RYle dt - Co. r , was run over and killed by a train on the - Ohio and Mississippi Railroad near the dePot, in Cincinnati, yesterday morn ing. -Gov.. Fenton of New York has appoin ted Freman J. Fithian, of New York city, to fill the vacancy in the Superior Court occa sione(r by the death of Anthony L. Rob- „--The steam tug Volante exploded her boiler near Henderson, Ky., onSunday, killing the engineer , David Cooper, and slightly injuring Jolin Morris, one of the ownera., ' . is stated that Baron • Stoeckel, the Russian Minister will not be retained at Washington by his government, in conse quence of his connection with the Alaska purchase. ' • —The Chamber of Commerce, of .BL Patch- Minn., hamrelindlatelObeir serlptiOn to the Mississippi - Valley National Telegraph Company on the ground of mis representation. , —Andrew Bailey, a prominent railrOad contractor in Missouri, and well known in Pennsylvania and the East, died at St. Donis on Sunday after 'a short illness .from con gestion of the brain. —At Buffalo great distress exists among the canal drivers and poor persons tempo- rarily stopping in that city. Numbers are committed as vagrants to the workhouse at their own solicitation. —Mr. Childs, proprietor of the Philadel phia. Public Ledger, now in. Europe, has telegraphed from Paris ordering a Christ mas present to be given each employe and a Christmas dinner to the newsboys. —Further, Investigation &pi the frauds in the customs at New York has revealed the fact that 5325,000 worth of silks have been from time to time invoiced as clocks and shades by Guiterman Bros. and others. --Sigismund and Simon Gulterman: im porters, at New York, have been held for examination upon a charge of defrauding the Government of large sums of money by smuggling silks; shawls and other valuable goods. —The Brooklyn Common Council have voted to subscribe three -millions of dol lars to aid in the building of a bridge across East River—the money to be paid in instalments after two millions have been subscribed by other parties. . A fire at Rochester, N. Y., destroyed the Democrat office, Sargent's lock factory, Union Bank building. and City Bank, and damaged a few, other buildings. Loss fsloo,ooo, mostly insured. Four firemen were injured by falling from a ladder. —At Saco, Maine,,the York Hotel, with stables and buildings, stable of the Saco House, the bake house, Dearing's barber shop, he American House, Libby's tene ment and several other buildings were de stroyed by fire on Sunday last. Total loss 130,000. —The suit- of Mrs. 0. B. Wilkinson against the Chicago Tribune for libel was commenced in the Circuit Court at Chicago yesterday. The chief witnesses on either side are Mr. and Mrs. Ellithrope, the form er for the prosecution and the lattei for the defence. —The body of a negro named John Shaw was found near the;city hospital,'in Mem phis, yesterday morning, with the head crushed from the blow of an axe. Louis Given, who lived in the same house with him, has been arrested as the murderer, having threatened to kill Shaw. his axe was found covered with blood. —A special from Prairie du Chien, Wis , says that a sleigh load of passengers, in crossing the Mississippi River at that place on the ice, broke through, and all the pas sengers were saved ,except a child three years old, which froze to death.. All the saved got a thorough ducking and were badly chilled. The horses were drowned. --Dtipa"ge county, Illinols r has long been the scene of conflict in regard to the loca tion of the' county seat. There are two contestants for, the honor and 'profits, Na plerville and. Wheaton. The former has heretofore had nine. points of the law in its favor. his not so ?low, the inabitants of Wheaton, having formed themselvei Into a Vigilance Committee, on Sunday last,went oVer to Napierville, captured all the county records, and have them now under guard at Wheaton. This is but the beginning of the end. • ' —The now bridge spinning the Missis sippi river between Dunleith and Dubuque was completed on Monday and its strength thoroughly tested on Tuesday. The bridge is pronounced a success. Its entire length is one thousand seven hundred and sixty feet, consisting of four spans of two hun hundred and twenty-fit% feet each, two or twobundred and fifty feet each, and the draw three hundred and sixty feet long. The entire bridge is composed of iron and masonry, and the cost will be upwards of nine hundred thousand dollars. A ball and xupper is given to-night , An honor;of,lts• completion:" BRIEF TELEGRAMS TTSBURG W EDN ES I) SECOID 011101. FOUi cPci.iacir. FROM EITROPL The Eakern Difficulty Yet 'inset .in Spain,Crisisin Portugal,— Eruption ; of ,; Mt. Aetna ,Ceased—Spanish Rein?: fOreements for !BY Teligratth to tbe Pittsburg% Eigzette.3 Loirnox, December 22.--The following `dispatch,. dated Ocinetitntinop)e yesterday, .has just been received, and embraies the latest nerfie trona that quarter:' - The 13nltau has extended to three weeks the time for the departure:or the Grtteks froni Colintait tinople: The Emperor -of Rnssiri -.htse:tin thorized the Greek vessels, probably those carrying away the . refugeesi to , False the Ausalau Hobart Pkielia Tuskinh. Admiral with seven men.of-war blockading Syria, where the Greek steamer Erosis took refuge. The Turkish Minister at Ath ens has returned; to Copetentinople„ The Grecian Governinent is rapidly preparing for war, Lmtmos, December 22.—Dispatches from the East say many Russians are volunteer ing for the Greek service. A letter from Athens, dated" Dec 17th, says the,:eimisterial Budget has been-sub mitted to the Chan2bers, and notwithstand ing the expectation of war with Turkey: the military.estimates are not increased. The Chamber of Commerce of Syria have petitioned the Athenian goveraraent to Pro nounce against war. . SPAIN. MADRID. Deceniber W.—The election for the Cortexin this city passed off with corn.. parativelv slight disturbances of public order. All the Monarchial candidates were elected. The Republicans have carried the cities of Seville and Barcelona. • It is stated on official authority that lip to the present moment six thousand troops habe: been sent .to reinforce the army in Cuba and'more will soon follow. The Gov erntnent announces it will never _Abandon a colony of Spain. , Marattn. December 22.—1 t is reported here that the United States have sent a spe cial envoy to Spain to negotiate the pur chase or Cuba and his arrival is daily ex-,. pected. GREAT BRITAIN. Lowposr, Decembei 22—The press here is nyanimons in condemnation of Presi dent Johnson's message, particularly the portion relating to United States bonds. Mr. Cardwell was to-day re-elected to Parliament from the city of Oxford. • VALLZTA, iitiALTA, December 22.—The ZeOGILLSIMPUOIOr M 9.4131 A,43334 )OYO la& idly a n the Iftilbancrhas eiStitrn little sign of activity for the peat • two weeks. PORTUGAL• lasnoN, December 22.—A crisis has-taken place in the Cabinet. Desilva has resigned and Coniat 'Cayellierros has , accepted pro. visionally the, Ministry of Finance and Marquis Bandleaxa that of Foreign Affairs. MARINE NEVIS. QUEENSTOWN, December 22.—The steam er City of Antwerp, from New York, arrived yesterday. BREST, December 22.—The steamship Periere, from New York, arrived yester day. FINANCIAL' AND COMMERCIAL LONDON, December 22.—Money 925/. Consols 923;. American Securities steady at 535. 7A3 e d. Erie, 25b/.; Illinois.,Central, 9034. Bonds at Frankfort are firmer and higher at 7834. Sperm Oil 925. Sugar 365. 3d, and steady. Tallow 47e. 6d. Linseed 575. 6dasBs.• Petroleum at Antwerp 5430, holds 55f. - LIVERPOOL, December 22.—Cotton quiet; middling uplands 103„ Orleans 10. 1 4; 'sales of 10,000 boles. California Wheat lls. lld. redwestern 9s. 11d. Flour 265. 6d. Corn 385. 9d. Oats 3.< 7d, Barley Os. Peas 455. Poi* 87s. Beef 105 s. Common Rosin Os. 9d. Cheese 695. Bacon 598. Spirits Pe troleum 7d., refined ls. 7d. Tallow 48s. 6d. Turpentine 275. Linseed Oil 30s. ( 18d. HAVRE, December 22.—Cotton 124 franca, on the spot. - PARIS, December 22.—Bourse is quiet. Rentes 69f. 92c. Xfsvtut, December 22.—Evening—Cotton closed firm for tres ordinaire on spot; low middllngi, to arrive7at 1211.-50 c. • • CUBA. Contradictory Rumors Concerning the 'Progress of the Insurrection. [By 'relefraob to the Pittsburgh Guette.l HAVANA, December 22.—Intelligence has been received here that Col. Aguero Betancoris and twelve other Insurrection ists arrived at Neuvitas as prisoners; also, that a number of wounded Spanish officers and soldiers had arrived at that town for medical treatment. All the journals are unusually silent on affairs in the Insurrectionary districts. There are many rumors of engagements between troops and Insurrectionists. One report states that Col. ( Benegussi had been defeated in an engagement near Avalgin, brit the Diaro denies the correctness of this report, and asserts, on the contrary, that the'dovernment troops in that region have gained success, and that nearly all the sol diers who lately arrived from Spain have been sent to the seat of war. The reports that the inhabitants of several towns on the Havana Western Railroad -had joined the Revolutianists, and that bands of insur gents had formed are noteanfirmed. HAVANA, December 22.—The Pais news paper, the organ of the Cuban party, sus pended publication to-day. .An editorial to its readers says: • , We are not permitted to treat with sufficiently ample liberty the questions of vital Importance to the country, and the time when we shall be I enabled to , do so seems far distant. We bave been obliged, when attacked, to renounce the defence or give answers which have been mutilated by.the Censorship. ,The Censor has always been hostile to our principles, which tod ay prevail throughout the Spanish Pen insula. The pen is",useless in , our hands, and under the present circum stances it would be, incompatible with our dignity to remain in the editorial chair. We prefar to guard the most absolute si lence than tor,* tempt to continue our exis tonal in the impotence to which we have been reduced." - A steamer arrived fro% Cadiz with eight a ‘hundred - fresh troosplog t ; reinfor c e those, now in the field. Y. DECEMBER 23, 18e . SOUTH' :16111Bili CA. Arrival of Caleb Casti ng at Panama, En Route lbr Rego . —Els Mission. fey Telegraph who pinahargit Gazette.] ; I Nicw Yostit. Decelitbeilhe steamer Arizona,from, Allpinwidl, on ,the' 15th, brings fat2,4oY in specie. lion. Caleb Cushing, , on a, - special,,lntission for the United States Government, had arrived there on the atektneeT4trizana from New York, end left immediately on the United States steamer .yantict,_tbr Carthag_tillt, en route to Bogota. Gen.'llti Eclat. Warren, United Statetl'Minfster,ta Gbatemala, alSo arrtvett - er *Palmas . litetnir Vadilia, agent oftbeljeleetbian Cloveitibient, denies that he. purposes raisins:Amu from--the; Rail- road Compitty._ The*. Nazaire Steamship_ Company-iiak!nial clit'ariabgebiebti to ex tend its line to the South Pacifiiiritlist. The British sloop Charles was seized at Carthagentiand condeintied and her cargo cenilacated:4 the a hortWa for alleged want of tnanifest: Xnal.ish Oistkif-war Was dskly, expected. t ' to:lntestiga the • The Panama Star .ditto 14th says: "We f a rm are disposed to believe the ostensible ob ject 'of Ctuthing's mission is is reference to :the much talked of Isthmus Canal; blit be hind thatmchst be seething more impor tant thanihe nerreiftlfaining of ii graOt for the purpose of undertaking it. It is prob able the United States government dons not 'feel disposed to apen4,l9mbeas of millions in i millbiln'ea - cantilthfoukh - thleratlimus on a mere charter from the Government at Bogota, and it may hayetsent, Cushing, out, , to ascertain what 'the' gitspect is of the general Government being able to hold the - Isthmus and fultill its part of the contract. should peonle of this State be disposed to cllsptite the justiceef the • nation appre = . printing to itse lf whatever material benefit. lathe way of subsidies, (Ito-, there is to be dirlved from such concession." ; ' NEW YORK CITY. ,lily Telegraph to the Plnaborgb Gazette.]„ . - 1 • Now 'Yogic; December 22,1888. • The steamer Queen, from Liverpool, ar rived to-day. The Congressional. COnitaittee to-dav, ea_ [{mined quite a number of parties rerative to the alleged election (rends in this city. A large number. of documenta bearing on the case have also been laid before the Com mittee. Judge Cardoso te4day appointed Gratz Nathan referee, to take the rompulsory affidavit of Alex. S. Diven, Vice Presi dent of the Erie Railway Company, 'for use on the argument now pending in the case of Belmont vs. Erie Railway Company. Arguments in' the' ease of the contest of the will of James IL lloosrelt, who died in 1868, leaving the bulk of-his property for the foundation and endowment of a hos pital.". Were aciirimended to-day before-judge Ingraham of the Supreme Court. The dinner of the New England Society took place to-night at Delmonico's. Jas. C. Choate presided Among the guests were 2dcDowell, J. La throphiotleyandlOther distinguished per sons. The a i passed most agreeitb!.Y. Speeches were biliZe by Prof. Hitchcock', jnds, Brady,floboyler Colfax and others. , —Generals Babcock and Porter, .of Gen eral Grant's stall; left Memphis for Arkan-, us yesterday afternoon to investigate the militia troUbles. , 1 , . —Messrs Tucker & Co. ' extensive bank ers and stock brokers, at Louisville, failed yesterday. It is believed that they will r, ' soon be able to extricate thems Ives frOm their unpleasant position. —The post office at Southßen ,Indiana, was broken open - Monday night and some three hundred letters rifled of their money contents. Other valuables .werri not•dia. t., turbed. It Is supposed the robbers got sev enty-five to one hundred dollars. I 1 —Monday night, at Carroll a ation, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, n ar Hum boldt, Tennessee, two of the pibkpockets who have been: infesting that TOad, were caught in the act and taken by the passer'. gers and citizens at the station an hung to a tree.- - ' - ' • I " ' ' ' —The material. train un Manaesis Gap Railroad, Virginia, ran off ' the track yesterday evening, between Gainesville and Manassas Junction - . Three or four men were killed and seven wonnded, three of thorn fatally. A train, with surgeons left Alexandria for their relief. —Gen. Stonemaa l commanding ' the Dia.: tract of Virginia, has issued an order ez tending the stay law till the bit of July. The order provide; that if before that time the debtor pays 811 the =accrued interest, the execution will be further stayed until - farther orderig in the. mean= time, if the debtor attempts to dispose of his property to the prejudice of the credi T tor, the judge of a court may order the is sue of an execution against him. 1 • —A. jury; in the United States Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Judge Lea , vitt presiding, yesterday gave a verdict for, the Government against three lots of whir ky:%llrst, twenty barrels claimed by James A. Stevens. New Richmond, Ohio; • second,' three hundred and ilfty-nine barrels, with' dtstlllery, rectifying house and latnree.' claimant same as above; third, tweinty-six' barrels of whisky and other property, ' claimed by W. M. Mcrilurotiy, New. Rich mond, Ohio. The defendants in each -can's; moved for a new trial. Jas. J., Worthing ton,late revenue agent, was the inforMant.l iThe value of the property condemned is six- Ity-five thousand dollars. • —ln the United States. District Court, at Memphis,Judge Trigg presiding, in the ease of M rs. Catharine iley vs. St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance Company, where action was broug ht to recover 'five thou sand dollars on her husband's life, which the defendants declined paying on the ground that the deceased had failed to pay the premium for three quarters, and that his son, at the'instance of his friends and physicians, called at the office and paid the premiums whilst his father was on his death-bed,• representing that ho was in his usual health, and that therefore the con tract was null and void, the Cogyt ruled that the Company:Could not hold to the con tract if par. Bailey lived, and repudidqte it if he died, end the jury , found for the plaintiff, , • Warning from the "Regulators." (By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) LOUISVILLE, Ky., December 22.—A circu lar, purporting to etninate from the “sey mour Vigilance Committee," states that the Committee hXve been informed that certain parties In and about Seymour have been making threats against the Regula tors, and that if these threats are carried into execution, the parties in question may (expect to be summarily dealt with; but if they conduct themselves civilly towards the' Regulators, they will permit the warned parties to live at their houses, and will protect them. The parties warned are as follows: Wilk Reno, the father, Clinton Reno, Trick Reno; a younger. brother, Jas. Greer, Stephen Greer, Leo Johnson; Chris. Price, Harvey Needham. Mede Malan Mar tin Lowe, Roland Lee, Wm. Sparks', Jesse Thompson. Win. Hare, Biggins,..Jas. Rolm and Pollard Able. Seventeen in all. CITY AND SUBITRBA THE COURTS. - District Court—Judge Hampton. Court Met at the usual hour yesterday morning,:judge Hampton presiding: Iu the ease of Gottleib Meyer vs. John Pile% aetionfor damages, reported on trial yesterday, the jury found for the . plainiiff in the sum of XlO. ' . The oue of Adam Apple,,iessee,azad Mrs. Denny, owner, vs. 'Hers of James Wood, deceased, .rerited yesterday, is gtill on trial. In the case of Healey vs. Burke motion fora new trial. ' . . , 'hniow DISCHA ED. The Conit gave notice that the juror summoned to attend Court on, the fourth Monday of December would not be re-, gritted until the first Monday lu January. Conniton Pleas--Judge .Stowe. "Tho Conit of Common Pleas met. at ten o'clock yesterday f savrning, Judge Stowe presiding. In the ease of Lynch vs. Haley, reported yesterday, the;: jury found for, the defend dfint. In the case of Harrison, adm'r. vs. Spencer, action on account, the jury found for plaintiff in the sum of $92,76. . In the case of 13oggs & Kirk vs. Schnlz & Danner, action on a draft payable twen ty days after sight, for 45420, the jury was withdrawn and defendants confessed jtidg nient.l • - Trial list for to-day: • 271. Powell formse vs. ;282. Heiltiruner. vs. Stewart, 288. Rankin Vs. Schmertz. ' - . 288. jsleClurkan VS. Hastings. • 289. Adams vs. Lipp. • 293. Coleman, for use vs. -Foster 6: Co., 295. Lechler vs. Gliess. 2. Idonroe, Hamilton dr Co. vs. Sheets, Striver Qc Co. Quarter Sessions—Judge Mellon. I •• Court met at the usual hour yesterday' morning, Sudge Mellon presiding.. in the case of the Commonwealth vs. Henry. Thompson, indicted for selling liquor to minors, the jury returned a ver dict of guilty and recommended the ac cused to the mercy of the Court. LUNACY Mary'Lent, a woman In indigent circum stances, and supposed to be insane, was brought into Coast and committed to the charge of. the Guardians of the Poor of the city of Pittsburgh. OTFAB AND TERM:N.Ip. The next case taken up was in the Court of Oyer and Terminer. • Com. vs. Eliza Soles, indicted ter arson; Jacob Crawford prosecutor. Tice defendant was charged with setting fire to the barn 01 the prosecutor at McKeesport. The charge was based upon circumstantial elidence, and the fact that Mrs. doles had threatened to burn the barn some time pre vious tp the fire. The jury returned a ver dict ofr t illy and recommended the priso i 0 AeUltitt AN . II sATIvEr: Anthony Green, indicted for assault and battery upon Chas. Thomas, was next awed , on trial. It was alleged by the prosecutor that the defendant met him o the evening of the 3d of November on the n street and knocked him down and kicked him. A verdict of guilty, was rendered, and the Court sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of fifty dollars. Jtllty DISCITARGED The jury In the case of the Common wealth vs. .Margaret Barrett, indicted for felonious assault and battery, reported yes terday, failed to agree after remaining out all night, and were discharged bythe Court. The case of the Commonwealth vs. Eliza tibmphries, indicted for felordowi assault and battery, David Lewis prosecutor, wiis next taken up. It was alleged by thalifis. seoutor that the defendent atidok-,him on the head with a billet of/wood, inflicting a severe and'dangereus , Wound. On triaL • TRIAL LIST YOU WEDNESDAY. Corn. vs. J. R. Frecke. Com. vs. G. Tobias. Com. vs. Joseph McCann.. • Corn. vs. Ellen Williams. - Com. vs. Jeremiah Hawley, Michael Ryan and/James Sullivad: Com. vs. John McDonald, John Gaily, W. W. Alexsinder, Jonathan Jones slid George Bothwell. Corn.. ys. Robert Foster. Corn. vs: James Rogers. Com. vs.-Patrick Rogan. Com„,vs. - Wur. Barnes. Corn.' vs. Nathan . Gists. TRIAL LIST FORTRUSSDAY. Com. vs. Daniel Harbougli: two cases. " Henry Neeland; three cases. " ' " E. R. Gardner. • " Joseph McCann. --- " " George McNamaree and Austin McClean. " Francis Hahn and Glotlelb Wooster. " A. A: McGinnis; two cases. " Samuel Matthews.- " " L. H. Kerr. ", Bridget Cleany. Minion Township Teachers' Institute. Pursuant to. adjournment this Institute convened at nine A. 'll. on last Saturday at School Room No.' U. . There was quite a large attendarece of pupils, teachers and spectators, among whom were Revs. Tur ner and Beaoom, pastors respectively ofthe Union and Forest Grove congregations, who take a lively interest in educational affairs and are constant in their attendance at the Institutes. • The forenoon was devoted to the regular routine of school exercises conducted by the teacher, ,Prof. - E. 'Bregg. The recita tions were good, the order unexceptiona , ble and the interest manifested by the pu pils in their studies very commendable. The forenoon session was concluded with - short addresses by. teachers, directors and others who were present as visitors. Much good advice was given and some very ap propriate and suggestive incidents were narrated by the different speakers, but the undue quantity will doubtless preclude the possibility, of its being remembered. After an hour spent iv social converse, during which ample, justice was done the. ;viands prepared by the ladles, the after noon session was , opened by Mr. A: B. Young, President of the School 13Card, reading some original poetry, which 'was received with applause by the audience owing to the numerous local hits which it contained. • . . The remaining portion of the sessionvas spent in discussing various questions which had been assigned to different members of the Institute at the last meeting, to be an swered at the subsequent meeting. The two following elicited quite an earnest land animated discussion, viz:,"Gls Mind Wealth?" discussed by- Prof. Gregg;and, igShould technicalities be .used in • .41;illing classes?" opened, by Prof. iorlesser, and particinatAd in by Prof. Taylor, Dr. Smith and otheis. At the close of the latter subject, owing to the latenes.s of the hour, the remaining performances were indefinitely postponed, and the Institute adjourned to meet at school room No. 3, T.l Wilkins instructor, orrfgatufday, Jai:mazy, 9th pnix,, at which time a large attendance and interesting'ex ercises are anticipated., Rest Estate' Transfers. • The foßowhiti.Aeedi were Bled of record before 8.. *Lively,. Esq. Recorder Decent:. ber 21st, 1868 . W. M Darlington to Phrlltlan Dellenbsch.- Dee. 4. 1869; lot on Third street, Allegheny city, 20 by 104 feet c- Oottleiti Bar:anger/to John Meennlev, 1868: 4.929 square feet In Wilkins township.. ..$125 Valentine. ew to Jacob_New,, Noy. 21. 1860; j ot on JJoseph.street, East Birmingttatn, 20 by6Ofeet.with bullulngs ... .. - • • • 9350 Jac/b New to Win: Stamm' Sept 13. 1865* lot above described ; • 111,003 Atexander Walker Jo:ilt:then, Walker, October 250 1857; lot m Chartlers toitrisblp. 2.101‘ by 160 her. • 4300 John C. Spat :rio Leonard &man, Sept 5; 1808; rat In Shalersville, 40 lay na feet me Adaralreinemant4 w. kfcC,lintock Jan. 2.1861;. lot in Pitt township, (noweitYt Pomisylvaritiavenue O tiy 113 feet t• ••• . 0250 W. McClintock to Christian Gernec; * Seitt..B, • 18694 lot above described ~ . ••• Samuel. B. Clpley, ate= to : Cunene' National Bank, land and buildings ` in Peebles ;ownshiA- Andrew. East to Pat, Ick Rice, January 1, 1867; lot on Rebeeca three,: Vint. ward,Allegheay......ll,66o Mrs. 61, Ballet' to William A. Hill, Marcltki . - 1867: lot on Coal h 111. 24 by 60 feet' ts 6 V.. John Fehl to Jake Rill , August 10, 1868; lot- No. 33 - Fotrilli'etreet,• Pittsburgh, -20 by;.-841,0% feet. El ss 00 Caandollar to WllllaouCashdollat, Dec emb e r ' ' 24 . 1868; bah' of tract tortilla InPatton town, ip. V•M Hush M. Bole to - Vflinam lWilson, September 5,.. 1868;• lot on - Fulfot; street; Eighth ward, Pitts -24 by 182 feet ..... ... .!: . . . . VTA,, Hiram Schaller to Fr-d M oeller, Jr., .31aroli 1863: '1 one half of lot No. 81. In Warner's plan; Chestnut. i street, Fourth ward, Allegheny 11400 J.:h. C. U. Barber td' Frederick kloeller. Jr:, Aptli 16, 1863, _• ore-third of the above lot *4OO Tbomss Mellon to Mrs. Hannah Linden, ,December 17, 1868; two lots in thel'wenty.first vard, Pitts- t burgh. Why - la/ feet., ' 6,800 Joseph Dilworth to Benjamin Hall. November 5, • 1868: lot on Corwin street, qtrount ',Washington. 40 by 130 feet • 4265 Stewart Seephard to Henry ITennaman, December 1, 1865: lot on Nixon street, All, gheny, 40 byl2o feet *loloo' Astdiatyr J. Jack to Wm. M. !Money. June 1. 1885; ten acres of land initose township, with bnildlntri..• 15,01i1 James It. Poster to R. B. Francis, July 18,1663; one third - portion otlo%ort Canal-street ,- Allegheny. . 415 f by 1023 , 4 feet, with be!, dings 411,500 atoirrcsags. - Nine mortgages were also Bled for record. I Dgcsuitsg. `", 1868. The :Refhrined Presbyterian Congtegatitprot sae ! legheny to Geo. Alexander,aud James B. Melfee, -Decgmber..B,ll43ll; Jot in .320Dortald's plan 0n4.4- - cock stree'."Fmirth ward, Allegheny, 65 by 69 feet. - with buildings ' • ' • '.6 000. 'Mary A. Pinchur et al.. to:James Burkholder Jr., Getobef I; 1868; lot- = 0. 7. lin 18Incialr's - plan, in Versailles townstup, 511 by .V 4 feet.. ..... Nicholas Votgtly to Edwin Mitesiind John S. elute,: December. 16, 1868; lot No. 3 in Toegtley's plan. Reserve tawn.blaveontalning• six acres and oat '• l_ .hundred and forty-One-perches 13.787 Mary B. Evans to RIM' Bennett; November 1668; William in Pitt township. 199 by 2:101..et WOO • Batewell to James F. Lewis. Mar•hl, WS; lot In Sharpsborg, on Main . street. 50 by 100 feet. ' with balidlngt .110111131.0 ES RILED. , Same 'day two mortgagesireie filed of record Court Proceedings of Venango County. Mzseits. Enrrons: A special term of the Court of Common. Pleas Waicheld here last. week. Present—Hon. John TruDky, P. J. ; Hous, It. S. McCormickand James L. Con nelly, Associates. A greet amount of jausi riess was ,dlspbtied of,l but 'very- few VW* itic;W.' 1.449 AOrtskiVikfuwe Olieltraugzhk, 'by. WM. , Mo , assignee for Culver, Ben &Co., againstlag n D. Kinnear. Mr. Kinnear got judgment against them soon after their: failure, and seized and, sold seine property amounting to several thousand dollars. Mr. 8. / brought suit to 'recover the property or its equivalent. He testified that he hid been appointed in the city of New York., and that some of the creditors had been 'preferred—that only two thousand dollars 'had gone into his hands, fourteen inuidred of which he had paid to the 011 City Bank, and that the liabilities of Culver, Ren Co. were over four millions, and , that ho had not acted as assignee for the reason that there , was nothing to act on. Thu Court charged' the jury that the:assign ment was frattdulent and void. The jury decided in favor of Mr. Kinnear. This finishes all hope of the creditors of , Cuiver, Rom 4it Co. of ever recovering anything. ; The case was well tried on both sidesL-S. C. L. Dodd for the plaintiff, and Messrs. J. S. Myers and C. E. Taylor for defendant!". : FRANKLIN, Dec. 19,1868 .1 I S. Corner Loafing The practice of loafing on the corners of public thoroughfares by yOung men seems to be an incurable evil. Time and again we have noted the arrest and fining of par ties found in this way "killing the time," as they denominate it, but all the warnings, reprimands and finings Seem to be of no avail and the evil flourishes as vigorously as ever. One would have supposed that the cold weather would have (broken np the practice lately, but such haa not been the case. On Sunday evening Mayor Drum was notified that a crowd of loungers had taken up their quarters at the corner of Federal'and Robinson streets, and were en gaged in the "gentlemanly" amusement of insulting passers (of course only ladles un accompanied by gentlemen) with their ob scene and insulting remarks.. The police at,encs 'repaired. to the/ designated place, but owing to their approach being ob served, only two of the offenders were cap tured. the rest , having--made good use of their legs in escaping. The, two captured were taken to the - Mayor's\ office and locked up over night. •Yesterday 'morning they were each fined five dollars and costs which they paid and were diseliarged. • • Markets by Telegraph. NEW ORLEANS, December 22.—Cotton; low grades are easier, and ;middlings are - unchanged at 2334 c. The sales to-day amounted to 4,600 balee. The receipts amounted to 5,235 bales, and the exports were 7,241 bales. Sugar is active and firm, with sales of common at 9'a93ic, pribie at 12 al2 l /0, and yellow, clarified at litalWo. Molasses is active and firm,lwith sales ,;of common at , 50a56c, prime at 58a60c, and choice at' 62a650. Flour; low grades are scarce and higher; sales were Inadt, of au perfine.at double extra et $7,50, treble extra at $7,75a8,60. Oats quiet and firm at 64e. Bran is dull and unchanged. Hay is held at $26 •for eastern, and $25 for fair western. .Pork:ls dull, with sales at $28,50: Bacon is scarce, retailing shmildera at 13y,0, clear rib at 180, clear sides at ,19c, and hams at 15a16c. Lard is scarce and firm, with sales of, tierce at 18a19o, and fr.eg at 19e. Whisky is firm, with sales of western rec tified at $1,17%. Coffee; sales of fair at 1435 a14 3 / 4 c, and prime at 1634a17c: Arayorr, December 22 .--Pattle market closes drill and depressed at; Sal per cent. lower; receipts 5,700; Sales 3,100 at 4a5 for inferior; 53. a 634 for, common to ordinary; 7Va9 ,tor good to. extra; 19a12 for • choice Christinas stock. Sheep—receipts 2,300; sales 9,000 at 4a735. 'Hogs —receipts 1,200: males 4,000 at 8%a9. , I CAIIBRIDGE Dec...V..—Bt oeipts, LOOl head; the 'mark' sales of extra at $12,60a13; fir ,$11a12; second' quality at $9,51 quality at $7,50a9. Sheep en eeipts, 4,739; supply- light ail doing; extra, 54a6 per head, ai 1.04 lbs. 'l7.e.envirzt,,Dece 22.1, and prices noniinal; low mie good ordinary,' 22e. 'et cattle—re• je" inactive; rat quality at 0a10,50: third id lambs—re ad very little veraging 75 to -Cotton dill! • &lug, 22M,c;