The Pittsburgh gazette. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1866-1877, December 30, 1868, Image 4
U H :I r.:cii Ana, B! . IPENNIIIIAN REED & GO B , Proprietors. r. B. PENBfIU 2 Lr. JOSIAH Engel S. P. HOUSTON, N. P. 'MED. Sditors and rrornintors. 60MS BUILDING, NOS. 84 AND BO FJFTB•ST, °PEJO/AL PAPER I fit Pittabarigit, Allegheny and .allegukty Inotuity. . u. . • Anne — D*l4. lihitt-Preektr. , Wek/Ai' t I 1 lear•-•40,1X1 ,hteYete.ll2.so 61ngleeopyi::'.$1,50 month. 73 Bli aloe.. LSO lcoplee,tach. 1.23 ft the week ' Three:hos 17110 '', . " 7 .15 mom canter.) and rile tokgent . El . DECEItBaIt ao. -1888. Tun ,Witniam GAstnizy4'iuued on Wed nesdays mut Saturdays; kfhe Out an4aktaP _4oB;faiall n newilmier PenOiroan(47.:;, P each week fortkeight oolulisne of solid reading maw. It .gives thb'llot as - as the mold reiiabkmaria reports°, any papir try theillate. ltt foes are - used 4:001u- Mealy blithe Civil Courts of Allegheny . county .ftr reference sn invortant Wins to determine prkes in the markets at the time of de business transaction"n &saute. Terms: Single.evy, one year,`sl.lso ; in clubs office, $1,25 ;In dubs of ten, $1,15, and oneftess to the getter up of the club. Specimen cow sent free to any address., WE Mai , on the inside pages of this tiorning's.Gezzing--ikeland pap: ,Poetry, "The Chriainuut Day," Burning:Candles at Both Ends. Third and 'Eliza Pages Com snereial, Rnanciai, Marketk ; Imports. and BieerYew& Beventh page: Interesting iris esilani4 Ansumnent Directory. Gem Closed in York y ester N ---- at 134i@i841 !Iv • TELE Fayette county /Standard and the .tdonongahela Republican , endorse the /nine ofGen. 3. E. 400luzzark for IT. B. Bauer. The Reputollean . Committee of Beaver county adopt resolutions in ftwor of Hon. - ',Row Allison for the same office.- , 'rim Philadelphia iformiw Post, a p e n ny ixPer,' and Republican in politics, Will ap pear on New. Year's Day in' new type, and "an enlarged form, and bedomele'twikeent paper.' .It is gratling to know : ihat'the proprietors find their enterpriseAsnccesa. Ti Treasury coniMenced on Saturday the disbursement of gold for the . .Tanuiry interest on the public debt, unlocking large sums in the princ.ipal cities. In the mean time, there is much uneasiness in New York commercial circles, with ,one or two large failures which, it is feared,:may not be the GEN: SinmrAbr has ) advises troin the TO-' tianterrltatT. which indkate that the vigor of onr militarylnovements has caused terror among the hostile tribes, large numbers of whom have come into the forts and stations for peace and protection. Those who re. main on the warpath are known, and are to he pinned to the entd. : IT arrnAns that aitho' Chief Justice, then Secretary, Owls was opposed to the I 4 egal Tender 'bill on its first intr.oduction, he changed his opinion while the bill was still pending, becoming convinced, of the need Air its passage, and so:a4vir3ed Mr. SPAM DENG, in a letter read by that gentleman, during the debates in the House. Tau latest ontilvings from the State De partment are that the points of difference with the English goverment, es to the AlS batna claims, hive been so determined as to Insure:a prouipt ratification of the treaty by the United States Senate, to which-body the Administration expecte to submit the mat, ter some time in the coming month. We will see I Gni Hetwocz satisfactorily repels the Imputations of Indian Agent WysKoop, who charged him with the wanton destrac tion of a Cheyenne village in '67. The General shows that the tribe were•afthe moment engaged in , hostilities against as, and that, too, after fair notice from him of th e consequence s to follow ; theft - Patralle , k irperslsted in. • - ' TEE gitiln.trade of Chicago has grown from the -first ehipmenc of bushels Or wheat in 1888, tto a more, than twenty millionisdi beshels fiV itA year rust closed. Added .to *ere , 15,000,000 bushels of corn, 10,000,000 buslnlhof oats, and .000,000 bushels of . rye and barley. Nearly 2,000,600 - Itedir'olf holiiind cattle were also received in,Chicasto;last year, and oeity : ne.ludf of these were slaughtered in the , • , • ; WE ARE to have another veto, 'Clci r gT esti before the late 'recess, repealedthe of a previous Benton prohibiting the organiza, ton pfthaprilltia by pir. Jourmori's pro*. tonal governments. The power is now to be resksred te-titaieconstrucied States/Qui Executive Aristotle vetoes .the repealing Act on the grourrethat,Congreia had no right to pass the:original bill. The logic by whleh his veto is to be riustained' already aivakens the curiosity of, the age." , Tam CONVENTIOiI otloyal but Warrant Atised citizens of the Corinnonivenith of Pennsylvania continued' its deliberatlone In this city yesterda,yr and; as on the day previous, the proceedings were dignified, harmoniunsand, temperate—altogether char- acteristic of men deeply 'impressed with the ilraYnC , lialiOrtanos of the .occasion .and:,; the great Object :in • view. 'iltft'seading forth greeting Ita:ulek ccgoXed 1911Pw citizens throughout the country, telling 'them that the loyal f .diefnutchisee of: hriiEttystone Stater.are not to. The rights:4'nd 'uteri ista of thetr race , tlAa Ontrentign Present} ilia ifseic .ImiNge Wfkr.liNakilW mires for lithcconsiderafia* pf Ipl i celite inclined to Mari with thoi?..deapTv*Ri: the ftlU piiviligeiland rights of s treo:t3meeso. 4 11. 4 .-.4mbiad from the amik 414 ; 1114 erille itT•7"7 • • e 'Ulkf a Ciallell ohtu.di • '` • ~,:,~-mow Eli A very respectable cotemporary objects to the continuance, of the Tenore-of-Office Law. that it would result in the retention of office by a large class of incumbents who,—owing their positions to the nomina tion of Mr. Jortusoß and umfirmation by a Republican Senate, --must, necessarily, "have get 'their placei by double-dealing and political trickery, by making pledges of an exactly opposite political nature, and 'who natiiralir rod iticheating both parties, and consulting only their personal profit." Certainly, an-indictment that sounds quite formidably Ii . • But, granted that officials are generally of this double-deathy and unworthy type, how is the repeal of the present law to help mat ters ? The new nominations of the incom ing-President will none the less require to be confirmed—and , by the same Senate which, as our contemporary insinuates, has already corruptly committed itself to the present incumbents. Such a Senate will equally deny its approval of any changes, whether the law -stands or 'is repecticd. That repeal,, to be sure, will enable Preii dent GRAXT to effect absolutely those re p/ovals which at present would be condi tioned upon the Senatorial concurrence, but, even then, the obstinate refusal of that body to ratify tbe sweeping programme which some of his injudicious friends are trying to foist upon the new President, would practi cally accomplish its defeat, since the Execu tive would decline.do to discharge its re sponsibilities as , to Vacate all the leading offices in the ,public service, even if a cor rupt Senate were to be held responsible for that condition of things. BefOre say ing more, let us enter , our pro test against such unworthy imputations up on the Senate. Doubtless, this body is not immaculately pure. If there were not some corrupt, bad men on either side of the Cham ber, it would be a miracle among legislative bodies. But, taken as a Whole, we feel our strongest confidence justified in the personal purity, official honesty gtnd political fidelity of the great body of the Republican mem bers. They Will heartily support a Republi- Can President in the great buSiness of re forming the public service. Nor, as a body, have these . Senators engaged in any corrupt compacts with Mr. Joirssosr or with his ap pointees. They have ratified his ' nomiria tions in most cases reluctantlY, and in WI cases fr o m a conviction that the public inter est would admit of no delay, or could hope for no better -servants. . They have taken the,beat they could , get, and should not be censured because they took any at all. . , Here Jilt the 7 .ealur,l4b. The law. as It stands. is the bulwark of an upright and cautiourrExectitive, against the mightyyush of a, nit army ' bf place-I/sinters who pro pose to storm' the White Rouse' In March. The firmness of the new - President Is grates fully known to hiscountrymen. It js none the_less ilreaded by-the great army of ex pectanta who, for the next ninety , days. are to live, move and have all their.being fn the sole ambition of acquiring office. The MI6 stipulation of Gen. ORAN? tostheir purposes will 40 c/Otteite much of a contract as• these gentlemen &sip • to undertake, and not' a few of them despair of succeeding in, that, —as well they may. When behind those personal 4ualitles of (linen' himself, they see rising up also the formidable barrier of this Official Tenure Law, they naturally feel hopeless of gaining what they desire/ So the law must ho repealed, that GRANT may be left naked to the, worst,of his enemies, the oillee•seeking mob who are the scandal of all political parties. • ' Ntuidoubts for a moment that the rd.. 0i,ii,1 8 1, 9 be piridsi by the now Preshleitt— let them be as isieePleffas they may..—witt tbe made suMelent cause, And that, toS., to the aatiefaction of the Senate, If this body should‘,;think ' fit to clOnand the ExeCutive reasons for such removals? And who doubts, moreover, that the reasons to: ,be thps s ill signeirbyttiiiits S. Griper ward' bo 40 : opted as ample by the country? And who ,doubts, again, thist,ll, any issue , . were made thereupon betiititin President mid Senate-- an event of which there Is not even the.re. molest poisiblllty;—:the popular velar, the condening ' - nriltddli or , the Itepubinati nutilaes,"would bear/aged on'artiatoi aide. ---or "Therpeople who have elected him 'will elan should btu;sustain him. They made,4to Amistaks Iry , Ar•.tho, Aker man, and, to the hot Ater oil* int. 'agriiiiiiat . Saytte, as other classes citizerity and such anspi _ ,cos movements as that. now being made in our 'City will tend to l break down the prejudices and weak "party ex pediencies" which now deprive great masses of citizens from enjoying the rights or elector& We hail the present movemen t started by the opkhessed people themselves kis a sign of progression, and, in their be half, ask that the importance of the Con vention be not tider-estlinated. Iti+oice must be heard and heeded, for the mettinow calmly engqedin the deliberations looking to the rights of the negro, are CoippiquOlis for learnitig, wisdom and talent; and are really in earnest in all they say and do.' They temperately demand from the Ration s Ane labiy , enfranchisement, and hope that ,Ute Pf_ ..in t sticelyill prevail in the dis position tetheir dlga4teci memorial for Timms are bbstaelts In the may of the proposed . , European, ~ Conference on the Gr ecoquAllkqttestion. ~Turkey refuses t agree that the ,Cretan q u estion shall be con.'kiddie& and theilehi practleally vetoes the whole proposition, that question being at the bottom of the difficulty. It is said that .England supports the , Sultan in this realise], by the active influence of her Ambassador at Constantinople, ~,This is the more , proba ble, since leading .Eondon 'jounials mnly assail the - idea that a 'Conference would ac -3 . . 'complish anifieelsiVe 'good: On the other hand, Greece, Supported by Russia, and confident of securing the influence of Prus 'sla and the German !kik assenti to the Con femme*, becauseshe knows it would give her nothing to fear. Should Turkey remainob stinate, the inevitable drift of the situation would be more and more attay ' frees a peaceful termination of the quarrel., •.: ' ,! .T 11 . T . 8111 :7401'7 - 08 . .:$1!ETTE 'ii '.Vr CRY ticxo i SPECIE RESUMPTION. MR. DAVID WILDER,' cif Boston, Mass., recently addressed a letter to Mr. F. E. BPninzu, Treasurer of the United .States, making a number of suggestions in refer ence to - a return to specie payments. One of these was that the difference, or. some thing akin thereto, between specie , and pa per currency BMW' -be deducted from the face of all outstanding obligations, whether of the Government or individuals, upon pay ment in coin. Mr. Srisxmiobjects to this plan, that it would involvd partial repudia tion;.and it must be confessed that the objec tion is well taken. But, will the Trensurer in "form the public In what particular the retro t . I spective action of the Legal Tender Law' was different or better? -By that' action, persons who had contracted debts on _the specie basis Were allosied •to pay "ern , off In currency, at par, when that currency was at 280. That wailndireet repudiation with a vengeance, especially so far as related to creditots l ithesei demands ,rested `iii notes, judgments- and mortgages haying consider able time to run. All k these, vere,, actually robbed of one-hall'of tbelr just demands, because they stood in , (he ' relation of cr9(1 1 1 , 011. ..' .... ,•-!, : ~ .0' One serious objection to Mr. Wzmun's scheme' is, that it Would pluftder the crgdlter classei again, ` by . ACpriving 'them of that compeneition; in Part; at ledit, ksr former losses, which nature, through_ the operatiOn of its invincible laws, is bringing about. Tbc, vice of lir e ,WrLDEnte letter Is that he conceives it to be possible to so•lengthen the deaCent from, the highest inliation down to the solid basis` of' coin; that'every body can got down without 'lots; nay; without knowing they have descended' at all. The Idea that men 'can go tin selling on a falling market without, encountering, .loss, le a simple absurdity,, no matter from how -, eini:- neat it financial authority It 'may emanate; ANOTHFitt lIATILW A Y POIIIIII*ATION. • The . Now York. Central Hallway Com pany hair termed close relations, with the' Michigan, ,tioulberg„,Michigan . Centriti, Lake' Shore, Cleveland and TOledo, To ledo and •Wabilli, and the Chlcano and North.western roads. The chief rootoo of this itirtifinOinent lictlott . allf,rolghts shall he carried. atuniform rates "per ton per mile. Nothing can bo more equitabro In; Point pt principle. Apart from the rivalries which rAilWAYllidnigantmi IntPeillinee :Id common with mullopongsse4 In Alt.pt4arpprtulls• no roaaon - oxlsti whilmidnonni m en so loco tedttitOtatin 011010 of tante' pitoold . Pai loss fps frolitits thin ~ o ther men. The iier= vice thoy requite le:the Seele t rahl thereto-, floral"' I nn !Or , rivalry ,alluded to, <WP,nid, bt. elan , ~ 0-1 RA/ 1 k ,-) 1 5 1 , ~would come 10.1ut '''' ' to ttelnhtsi , daft Aintsindien; he Wili'fintity their unlit' Wing confidence. During the e sessions of the Senate, the power of removal Is tuilimited so long as that i body concurs, and this concurrence may safely . be anticipated' in all cases, unlss with the rarest exceptioris. Daring the re cesi, the power is limited only by the de mand for "eviden6a itatisfactery to the President," that the officer Is unworthy, in capable or legally disqualified, and by the furthei duty of 'reporting his reasons to the Senate at its next sesion. How much these limitations upon Gin. GRANT'S power , will amount to is better considered when we'reflect that by the . time he, shall have purged the public service from all the nisi WS whom n,srpap'w Jounsoir has admitted to the:public crib,' there 'will remain but a anon handful of-honeta and capable men to `Stand in the way of the aspirants for place. Is it Warthirldle to : ' repeal ; the law for the i purpose of reaching only these? We should have great respect for the per... sorrel Wishes of "General i llitoirr When he shall, ;with the sxplicit,frankness which is not the least of his honorable char acteristici, recommend • the repeal of the law, the suggestion Will ileserie the aired eciiiirdertition. ChM then, we shall give no credenee to the IrreisPonsible'ruiaors which set forth his opposition to its contin uance among thestatates. l eppointnientic wade by the President of the people, and the'correspondingremovals, when sustained,, as they will , be, with' the approval of his Constitutional adviser; milder the law precisely as it stands new, will for the first time in forty years' hlitory of the Republic, excepting the four years of Mr. Lnicoisr, be upon their Ike a guaran tee to the people that the old reqiiialtes of nenesty and Capacity, with the new, quali fication of a hearii acceptance Of'thene publican spirit of the preheat. 'conatitational order of things, are once more reestablished in the official service of the govertunent. To our mind, any conditions are desirable which fairly conduce to this ,radhal,reform in the management of this business of filling the Offices. We are from believing that an end, of so lunch `solid censequence to the highest national 4 intehsts, will be promoted by the repeal of the law in questldn. ° On the contrary, it , ls plain tons that such re peal will be so long 'a step, toward,the inangtinuion of the Infamous dOctrine that the public offices, if not themselves public plan der, are only soughtai facilities - therefor, eel° threaten President °wail with the severest penalties for official greatness. We do not propose that he shall be saved from tests for an official integrity which, thank lie4ven, fan impregnable to a corrupt friend es to an open foe, but we do wish to see his Ad ministration relieved from the burthen which•ProVed fatal to nonunion :and Tiy- Lon. If we btka, possessed an Office-Tenuie law, extant among our statutes since 1841, the count'' , would have been spared the dig grace of a Tr/un ond the absurd Indic!. lency of a F'n.Lmona, and the long and not yet ended train of consequences which have been entailed.upon us by their treacheries to the party which first gave them office. .General Gas has. fortunately a robust physical vitality, and he will need it all if the White House is to be again, beleaguered salt was in '4l and '49. And our CoLvit is neither "a TYLER, FILLIOBE nor Jorayson, we prefer to, keep , him in sound condition ready for the Republican track in 1872. TNESDAV- 1868: all alike in , proportion to bultor weight and stance distan and make these rates , such as tol yican liberal compensation, and no more, they would deal jistly, and give a larger measure of satisfaction to more cus tomers than they do now. Business men at Chicago, St. Louis, New York and other, ,1 places eircumstanced, would doubtless think competition better for them, because it would give them lest% rates than men in such places as Pittsburgh would have. But the great majority would be far more content than they 'now are. Men like competition when it makis in their favor; not otherwise. Workmen in dittereat trades combine in order to deliver themselves from competitim; era combine to get labor low, and to sell the product thereof high. So is it - all Ound. 'Every one wants cempetition in whatever, he has to buy, but does not want irblivhat be has to sell. Washington Gossip. '' aid i on I ts amnesty proclamation and Its effect ,the Je f f erson Davis case is still a topic of discussion. There is a - mor circulating that some time last summer ru , about the time the other proclamation was I issued, the Chief Justice was aposiched on p I the question of the President s power. to lipardon while the trial was progressing as n the; iuse of the ex -Confederate President. It' is asserted Abet Judge Chase expressed ',views that favored the President's pow to pardon general amnesty dodge. - • • The 'advocates of women suffrage will old a national' convention here. January 19, in which ills expected that Mts. Stan. ton, Lacy Stone, and other lea,dinir advo- Cates will participate.' It Is said that one of the Brat' thingsdraw the fire of Congress • Will be Pomerd 's amendment guaranteeing 7 womanhood su rap. ' It is to be Pressed in etirnest, and ttie Kansas Senatir Is now •pramming up bn n' the reports of speeches Made by 'eminent , members of the disfran chised class.. He announces that he Means 41. leave no stone unturned to press the'sub- eet, to a vote. • . , • Things in he, vs Vert. cam' Youx, December 27..—There were rePortilast evening of the failure of several large dry goods houses, two of them' con nected with the Lowell , mills ' and Boston fines. Serious trouble' is predicted this week among the jobbing' houses many of which have been paying exorbita nt rites of interest,. lately, and carrying immense stooks which they could not disposeW. - A very wealthy old Hollander died, here abont one hundred and twentvAve years ago, without making a will, as it was sup posed, and his property was disposed of ac cording to law. Recendy ; his will has been discOvered, and his heirs hive employed able!counsel to get - possession' of the im mense fortune of which they have been de prived. Some of the most valuable lots on . Broidway and Fourteenth streets, valued noviat thirty or forty millions, and much othe property, are in question. The -suit will rival in importance the famous Gaines case, And must impoverish persons at pres ent very wealthy. Ohio Finances. I The forthcoming report of the Ohio State A.ndifor, shoWa the following statement of the state finances to the close of the fiscal year : I Receipts of the fiscal - year of 1868, including the balance on hand November 15,.1867: General revenue fund, $ 1,060,. 156 38 ; canal funds $41,530 54; national road d, $21,002 22; sinking fund, $l,- 824,659 4; common !school fund, 81,467,- li 496 73 ; • soldiers' c ms fund, $3,825 78; soldiers' allotment nd, $3.469 90; bank redemption fund, $2, ' 81. Total, $5,025,- 475 61.1 Disbursem nts.--General revenue fund, $1;518,210 85; al fund, $14,939 39; nand. tional road fund, $18,829 36; sinking . fu51,472.226 33; .common school fund, $ 1 , 4 26,868 80; soldiers' claims fund, $3,781,. dem 68; ption fund; aoldiers' a 110 5 1695. tment fund Tot , a $482; , bank re 1, $4445, 38,- 86.. Balance in Treasury, November 15, 1868, $570,120 , 75. 04 SWTIatiLlill who spent several hours recently; at General Grant's residence, with Several others, gives me some interesting gossip about the interview. The person referred to was a former friend of the Grant family, and knew the General when a West Point cadet at home on a visit. Like others 'have seen, t h he did not believe the cadet any elemen ts of power and greatness in his character, and told how vehemently he con troverted] Gen. Hamer's (the Congressman by whoni Grant was nominated to West Point, and-who afterwards fell in Mexico,) declaration that Lieutenant Grant would make his mark, •for that there , was a good deal in him. Myintermant Was delighted with the easy geniality of the General, and described with ktisto manher end conversation. Many stories were told of campaigns and move ments. The regard for Sherman, so well known toy the' country; was ' shown quite plainlyy byl tie vcral allusions to itim, anCeii, pecially initbe narration 'of incidents con nected wittt the surrender of Johnston. ' who was resent re- marked Senator Wilifo Jocularly n t h at he had n p oticed , that the General had been' closeted with lace:el len.. Grant responded • SitinatiTer . 41 in0 fowler asidthat .11cOlelligi was an a bl e Man and soldier. The only point. on .which he expressed Himself dnring the l etinversittlen that' bore upon pobitqatfairs u was in religion to Gen. Sheridan, and his removal from the com mand of Louislanit.' 'lt was an easy and fair deduction from his remarks to believe ttiat among the •first, , if not " Com m ve first; act of his administration as nder. in•Oldef" would be the signing of an order placing. Little Phil. In command of Lou isiana and Texas, probably also of all the Tranegilissiesippi region. '• • • GENERAL EHERMAIIIII instructions are to strike all hos tile ui Indians, and cluster ,' those that are frie ly, abont'Port Cobb, under General Hazen. By the state of War now existing and commenced by the Indians, the treaty made ta Medicinh Lodge , creek is not considered blhding, and no Indians are-per loßte4 to boot on grounds , outside the reser-, vallori , where they were entitled to roam by. the treaty. Their rights in this respect are declared forfetted. Information has been received of :the, death of Rattan 'Nose, a bad Indian,who refused to come in atMedi;_ eine Lodge creek. He was a principal oh tef; Or Ithe po g i f_3ol4ul; π hillediby thertroops under geaeril Z. A. Carr, near the headwaters of the Republican, some six woo, ,; TIM New York Herald is moved by the recent scrip dividend of the New York Cen tral- Railive& to tell 'how the stook of the Western U nien;•TektraPik: Cempany has, been- ' , watered. • Beginning with ecapital • or $ 860 . 00 „ •1 4N4413:41'o ago, ,corPerls: tiolnew normal capital of o 4 1•001- 806, "ilearly'rlifetimek-WluitAt: should be If the capital had Nee, Increased in, a legiti mate dime/ ttletwei , the expenie'o64 7 , Arcola* tied the absorptiouof ether lines. 'Four, times the -stock hu been doubled with. out any pretense of value to show for lt; and Mil the triceshii stock #6 ll molly represents fenereshast they • cost Yalu* original holders. .t 4 \ Relations by Marsbge. . • A great many comnlex relationships come about by marriage. We have heard of the mother and daughter who married brothers, and who therefore addreassd each other as sisters; and also of the young man who on being asked by [the judge whether he h ad a father aild'thother, said he wasn't Oita cer tain whether he ha d or not; first, his father died and then his mother married again, and then his mother died and his father married again, and now he didn't', know eiactly whether they _were his father and mother or not. Bat Dazi Bryant, at the minstrels, telli of the most complex family ever known, something in this wha t : "I married a young widow who'llved with her, stepdaughter. • My wi was therefore the mother-in-law and' 'dimg% ter-In-lsw of my father: lam the step .father of my mother in-law. and my irife's a pdaughter is 'my ii, step-mother . Well,: illy stete-mother!--that Is to say, my , father's wi :and my wife's daughter--, - -had a son. I:fe s` my step-brother, of conrse,.bat being the nof •my; vrife'a step-daughtei, my wife :of course, his grandmother, and .I am s grandfather as well u his stepbrother. c' My wife also - had stepsl a boy., Hy of , m step-mother is consequently the ater y boy and ilk his nd mother, became be is the child of her gra step soh, and my father is the brother-in-law of my son, who is the son of 'm stepmother. I am my mother's brother-in-law, my wife is the aunt oF her own son, my son is the grandson of my father, and I am my own grandfather." Ta GOLD WELDS IN Atrarics.--By re ports transmitted to the Government of the Cape of Good Hope, from the geologist sent out to explore the gold fields in South Africa, it appears that the 'prospects. *of profitable returns are. Very unfitverable. Traces were discovered "of old excavations =Midst/3 the.depth of thirty-five feet, but now filled up by , the. lapse of time. The Mott encouragin specimens wereear. ,face, about thirte e n inches below, face, but at agreater depth the gold - was distributed in extremely fine , particles through the quarts rock and the friable de tritus of a green taleose slate. The dip of the strata is: anew-fiver degnas,' and the , search for gold requires the: sinking of "al most perpendicular shafts: The amount of gold as yet procured is so small that the Miners prefer " prOspeetlng" to continuing their present laborious work. This alleged discovery of therefore; add very little to the product' of the precious metals, Tan first bill nOW lan on the Speaker's table in the House, is D e g . granting an ad ditional subsidy to the Union Pacific *Rail way, 'eastern div:iion. It iiassed last But sion,•and involves about a million dollars and about a million acres of public lands. The parties interested tried hard to get the bill up, befoie tint recess, and were" only provented by keeping something else befo re the. House. Many members voted to waste a day or two on the tariff bill, so as to de lay action on this railway measure. > Price, of - lowa, is expected' to take charge of it when it comes- up, and the effort will pro bably be made to put it through" under the operation .of the previous'question. Its op ponents wilt iniilst on the yea and nay vote, so that the country mayhave a chance to see how members stand. - /it constructing a new local railway be tween Manchester and , Didsbury, in Great Britain; a gunge of 31. feet Is. proposed, as answering all the rcquirements of the line as well as the usual 4 feet 81 , inches width; and costing with the, rolling stock, one third less. Railways , of this gauge, it is said,on, ;pave been adopted in - Queensland, Ceyl Belgium and Norway, with satis factory results. ,The locomotives to be used will weigh fi ft een tons, and their speed be Putted to twentv-flve miles per hour. The carriages will be like our•street cars,' 20 feet long, 6 feet wide, and' '6l. feet high inside, and will accommodate twelve passengers on each side, giving:over 30 cubic feet of space to each. , , Tnz, Stns.— The announcement hu just heel, made to the Royal Astronomical Sod ety of England of. the discovery, by means of the spectrbscope, of a hitherto unknown envelope of gaseous matter surrounding . that body,pf a thickness of seven or eight thou ! and miles. Its piecise composition has not yet been determined, but will, probably, be fore long, be 'ascertained. At the same time, air. Iluggins, who his made so many important discoveries In reference to ,the composition of the heavenly bodies, by means of the spectroscope, presented a com munication stating that at least one comet contains carbon in a state of ignition. Gas. Plum, by , his delay -in summoning the Spanish Cortes, has given rise to the suspicion that he intends to make ; himself Dictator. To refute this charge, Prim has recently written a letter, in which, he says: "Ihave no thought of being the master, em peror or dictator of my country. If I had any such wretched designs, I could not do better than follow the advice of chose who think themselves more liberal than,l, and I should then urge Spain to become'a teptib • lie. In that case she would certainly offer me supreme pdwer in'one form or another. Tun Rechoster, Chrzkniae tells this artocry / - phal story : " Daring Robert Lincoln's re. centjournev from Chicago lo Boston, he got out'of his car, and while willtitig - along the railroad track slipped and 'fell before an ad van chsg- engine, A: gentleman 'paling at' the time Saved his life by' dragAing him from the track, and getting up and looking for his preserveri he recd Bs P44111 . 1300th. No words were spoken, Rooth walking Ally away. yftt, give, the atorY;tut it is .Id,to ua.'' • i Tex production of coal in Greif Britain i , 1867 amounted 'to 14500,880 tons,. vai n d atwbont $ 18 0,1100,000. `The 'aura e all • niinersla,V ore; salt, ^clay, dbe:;‘daribg-the 74*, Wwil.PFo7./1220,000000: 'The iron produnt'waS 'valued at about $60,000,000.• In JBSZ, Abe amount o f - coal:mined:was only about 65,000,000 tone. It is tatimated that the yield of coal in the 'United States In 1867 was about 25,000,000 tons_ •. ' . New . - THE York Tirites Says: ' The death by suicide of the reputed .wlclow ,of Mr. Aniustris Dickens, brotheibf Charlea'Dick ens at Chicago, itrreporteci by telegraPh. We t believe that the wifejof - Mr.— A.ugnstus Dickens is stilt livipg in '.England, and has been supported by. Charles Dickens ever. since her. husband c ame to this country in' company with"; theladY whose' decease is now announced. - . Warrinm, in a lettertn the N England 'Society at. Washington, on A m nestyninLifurrage' 'expresses his belief ' that a mturAtY the Northern: people'.!yould heartily agree with in supporting the motion just made by a New England boa tOrit9 actual, thaptlitshilities, of Moms at present disfranchised in the revolted Ste uPke.aPalle#7 and softge wire*. . . . ! , .. , THlBltaan Illitittltloi of t h e vindette icy at lot been Inattaurited, udder theeuelAces of Itunwilene f ha Mk cannily, :Sweetie! . alremeedout osth or:Bansu!naryrereask Lmiriiivni now mit to *ark end hutirldjtav • extertataate the meeker hitejwa who se-, ticipatettd cutlet Olathe ?exam or thh . Resto 424 4 44 1 4 ar. 4.1.4 U., Vo I Pat* . • A Marriage Ceremony; . Nothing, we calculate, could -"be more edifying to our dusky-hued friends than the remarks made by a sable parson at a negro wedding which took place recently near Montgomery, Alabama. Thus spake he: "Here is a couple who have walked out to night, wishing to be fined ins and taro' love, and wishing all clem ,dat hay any . Ling twitt dent come forward and speak pow. if not, let dem hold dar peace now aud i tor evermore. - I wants every ear to hear and every heart to enjoy. "Mr. Jim Thompson, whomsoever stands licitly by your side, do you take her for your beloved wife, to:wail upon her through sickness and through health, safe. and be safe,.holy and be , holy, loving and be lov ing; do you love her mother, do you love `her father,doyou love' her sisters, do,yee love ber ister, do you love'her mistress, ,but do you love God de best?" •Answer: ".I dp."- : • : "Kiss Mary Thtimpson, whomsoever**, stands featly by your right side, do you take I ~ to be your dear-beloved husband, to wait on :1 • him through health and through nonfiution,/ safe and be safe, holy • and.be holy; do y ou` love love his mother, do you love his father; 'do you love his brothers, do you love his sis ters, you love God de best?" Answer: "I will." - "I - shall pronounce Kr, Jim to hold Mu Mary fastly.`by the right hand, and, shall c pronounce you both to be Dian and wife, by the commandments of God. We shall hop e, and trusting though God, that yon may live right, that you may die right, noiv and for evermore. 'Row, Kr. Jim, slew your bride. . Let us 'sing a lame: ' , "'Plunged 1/1 a gulf of dark diapair, 9 .91 etc. Dnswirac i ilarper's Jragasine. SCIENTIFIC men by a blundering expo rinient with coal tar and fragments of slate, which were both fora long time a nuisance, have discoYered that' when.. the Vermont sheet slate is ground to a fine powder and mingled with coal tar, in definite propor, tions, the plastic material will reconstruct in a short porion of time and" forma elate, which is susceptible , fas fine a polish. as a c schoolboy's slate. The . Legislatlire of the State of New York instituted a thorough' , investigation .of this subject, . last winter , ; , i touching the adaptation of this plastic; fox , covering the roote r of public buildin and f decks of every kind of boats, and that' i i were so thoroughly satisfie d of its exec& e ll /once as a durable .rootiing .material •-• and more than as - cheap again as the. best„of 1 tin—that an act was pass legalizing the I use of what was termed .uplistic slate,"- for I Mig p es, in all the cities and vil i la- 1. he State, even "within the limits of i the lire districts," Where the municipal ,or f corporation authorities had passed an ord. inane° to allow no building to - .be ;covered ' with a combustible material. Strange wit may appear, after the coal tar, whlch is ,• highly inflammable, -has united with the r. - . elate Soar a fire may be kindled directly on the roof : of a building, and the rooting will not burn any sooner than the Vermont slate. Tha Morgan (O.) Herald says: A funeral procession passed through AlcConnelsville last Monday, snd uperi inquiiing we ascer tained that it was that of a young man named Vanfossen, who had come to a sud den and terrible death by falling &Irides circular saw In fall motion, zipping biflt almost through. We have floe been able to learn all the Parilculars but understand that he was sawin logaftat .the time 'and / 'accidentally lost hi ll s balance and dropped ' upon the saw, which.resulted, as above re lated, In his almost Instant death. A A. PACLEUC RAILWAY orncisz. recently stated at St. - .Louls that the Pacific Railroad ivould be opened to San. Francisco June 4; that rails were now being laid at the rate of Seven miles per day; that forty-five sleeping cars and eighteen dining room cars had al ready been ordered for the accommodation of the grand opening excursion party. COUGIES, COUGHS, COLDS -When i , c.OLDS, • I person takes cold the lungs beceme • ' charged with phlegm, which oppressing the con• stitution a natural effort is Made for a relief, This effort Is a cough. The only safe and prudent remedies to be adopted aro those which assist no ture In its work; by' looser ing the phlegm and excl. • Sing a freedom of expectoration until theevil is re. moved. DR, iitAltaENT'S COUGH TP.UP Lad. mirebly adapted to promote expectoration, ease the breathlug,loosen the phlegm, abate the fever, and allay. - the tickling which occasions. the cough, with out tighUming tue chest. or in any way Injnilnithe system, and for , alltemporai7 and , local turectiOmi. !Inch as irritation of the. throat, hoarseness of the -voice. Influenza, &c., it Is of incalcultible value. pecially at this incleinent seasou of the year it would be well for every family to have this valaahle remedy at hand. Prepared by 6, Q. /4.. KELLY. 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