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V 01,1734 T EDITION. Rip "TIVELITE , O'CLOCIEt DI. - HARRISBURG. The Legislature Republican Caucus of Both Houses—Prop .l- (million to do Pasting and Fold • jug: RelAtted—The Governor's (Message. • IBT Telegraph to the 'Pittsburgh Gazette.l HARRISBURG, January 4, 1869 13E,NATE ,CAUCUS. . " 4. The Senate Repuilican caucus this after noon nominated for Speaker Hon. Wilmer Worthington, of Chester; for Chief Clerk, Geo. W.:Hammersly, of. Philadelphia; As % Clerks, Lucius Rogers, of McKean, and F H. Bragging, of Mercer; Sergeant at-Arms, Wm. A. Rupert, of Crawford; „Travicribing Clerks, Ebenezer Williams, of Pittsburgh. H. C. Bosler, of_Montgom , ery, Charles Williams, of Philadelphia, and Anderson, of Beaver. x. No. other officers were nomlrtated. There was a - diffictir lty inleadetts, srid'it Committee oh Slate was appointed. PASTING " PROPOSITION E. U. Ranch and T. W. Cochran, of Lan -caster, have . subtnitted a proposition to do the pasting - of the Senate for two thousand five hundred dollars, and that of the House for five thousand dollars—both at seven thousand dollars. The proposition was re jected in both caucuses. They state the present expenses of pasting and folding in the House alone is $37,000.. HOUSE CAUCUS The House Republican caucus this even ing nominated the following gentlemen: 'Speaker, John Clark, of Philadelphia; Chief Clerk, Gen. James Selfridge, of Northamp ton; Resident Clerk, John A .Smull; of Har risburg; Assistant Clerk, E. G. Lee of Phil adelphim Transcribing Clerks, F. A. Ma gee, of Pittsburgh; ---- Barritt, W. B. Ir• win, J. D. Miller, R. Bernhard, Chti.s.Nibbs, Geo. N. Bakeoven; Sergeant-at-Arms, Jas. M. Cornell, of Philadelphia; Postmaster, A. G. Henry, of Armstrong; Assistant do.. A. W. Kimmel], of Indiana; Messenger, jas. McCalley, of Philadelphia; Doonteeper of Rotunda, James McDermott, of Wash ington; Chief of Folding Department, Wm. McLaughlin; Assistant, John Dairah. • 117, GOVERNOR'S 4ESSA.GE.• Governor Geary is justly incensed at the bad faith of the papers last year to whom he sent his message in advance. He now :refuses to give it to reporters, but will send it to-night to all the papers, with enclosed slip.'requiring falthfq use. -,The message will not be read probably until Wednesday. NEW YORK my. . Four Men Killed by_a Submarine+ Explosion off Sandy Hook—New City Government —512,0000pm0 of. Appropriations Be quired—improvement in Brooklyn—Ex. press. Company Suit—Movement or the Police to Secure Increate of Salary. NEW YonE,, January 4,1809. [By Telegraph td the Pittsburgh Gazette.] A pretuatare eiplosion occurred yester -day noon at the wreck of the steamer Scot _ land, off Sandy Hook which resulted in the ' , death of four men and the severely wound ing of several others. The Neptune Sub- Marine Company naade a contract with the Government last fall to remove the wreck ;of the Scotland and baVe been at work for several weeks; whenever the weather `would permit, in blowing the wreck to pieces. • There were about twenty men employed in this service, under the charge -of Captain William L. Churchill, late of the Navy, with the' Company's steamer - • Cotamedore Trnxt on. Yesterday -two charges of powder were taken on board a small boat at Sandy Hook and towed out to the wreck. Another small boat was low ered, containing an air pump, diving ap paratus, two divers and five- men. The boat containing the two chargesof powder, eighty-seven and a half pounds in each, was now manned by Captain Churchill himself and three men. The divers went down and signalled to have one charge sent down-, which was done, leaving one charge in the boat. Both charges were connected by a wire several hundred feet After placing the charge, the divers came up and reported. everything ready, when both boats began to pull away, but bad proceeded but half the usual distance, when, from , some unexplained cause, the.submerged explbsion - took• place, followed almost instantaneously - by the ex plosion of the reserved charge in the boat, blowing. Capt. _Churchill and the men to atoms. It is suppoSed the •chartre in the bciat was exploded 1.4' the concussion. -Sev eral men in the divers' boat were seriously - injured, and have been sent to hospital by ; the officers of the Company.;: The names of the killed are Capt. Wm. L. Churchill; diver, Louis Jurgins; seamen, Geo. Moore and James O'Sbay. Mr. Geo., W. Beardslee, the electrician in the employ. of the Com-, pany, was not present. The new city government was organized to-day. Mayor Hall did .not send in his anessage. The Comptroller's report esti• mates the appropriations' needed for the year, at about twelve millions of dollars, of which about ten millions are to be raised 'by taxation. The annual message of Mayor Kalb &Lech, of Broeklyn, shows thitt thirty-three hundred buildings were erected in that city during the year. ' He, approves the course of ttre Common Council in investing in the stock of the East River Bridge Com pany. The sentence of Baker, convicted of making false entries in the books of the Tradesmen's National Bank, was today postponed to the last day of the January term of the United States District Court, bia'counsel expecting to obtain some favor able action in his behalf from the President pr Attorney General. • A suit has been brought in the Supreme Court, by a stockholder' of-the. Merchants Union Express Company, 'to restrain the consolidation thereof with the American Company, and to prevent the collection of the assessment of five dollars, per share on the stockholders of the former Company. The police captains and sergeants held a meeting at police headquarters to-day to devisee means of, securing an 'increase of salaries by the State Legislattire. Acorn miitee was appointed to go to Albany, and, gpossible, secure the necessary ice:Wien. NEWS BY CABI4E., [By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.] CHEAT BRI CAIN. LoNnox,. January 4.—A Miter in the Times discusses the present situation of France. He sa;s the year ends with the most precal ions peace the world ever saw. He pronounces Si. Rouher a mere maire du patai4, notices the growth of Democratic sentiment in France, and declares that' the Emperor must either check the press or abandon personal government. 1=11:=1 FRANCE. PARIS, January 4.—The Ambassadors of Chinh will have an interview with M. La vallette, Minister of - ; Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday: • ' The Greek government asks for the post ponement of the meeting.of the Conference on the Eastern difficulty until the arrival at Paris of M. Delijannis, the Greek Minis ter to the Sublime Porte. MARINE NEWS QuErNsTovvN, January 3.—The steamer Manhattan, from New York, arrived to-day. FINANCIAL AND CDNEVIEkCIAL. LONDON, January 42- Qonsols, 923,;; American securities are firm: Five-Twenty bonds, 74g: Erie, 253;; 111in0i5,95.1. FRANKFORT,`. January 4.-onds are quoted at 79.,1@79V,,. LIVERPOOL, January 4.-The Cotton mar ket is active: Middling Uplands, 11©11N: Orleans, 11@11%; sales amounted to 20,000 bales. California white Wheat. 1.1a. - 9d.; red western, 10s. Flour, 265. 6d. Corn, 2.75. 9d. @3Bs. Oats. 3s. 7d. Birley, ss. Peas, 455. Pork, 90s. Beef, 105 s. Lard, 665. 6d. ®66s. Bd. Cheese, 70s. Bacon, 535. 6d. Common Rosin, Os.; fins do. 16s. Tallow, 475. 6d. Turpentine, 28s. 6d.@295. Linseed Oil, 30s. Linseed Cakes, 12 pounds. LONDON, January 4.-Sperm Oil, £92. Sugar, 365. 6d. Whale Oil, £37. Tallow, 475. 9d. Spirits Turpentine, 295. 6d. Cal cutta Linseed, 565. 6d.g575. Petroleum at Antwerp is dull at 53 francs. Cotton at Havre is quoted at 129 francs. . ' PARIS, January 4.-Bourse firm. Rentes 70f 37c. HavnE, January ] 4.—Cotton unchanged LOUISIANA. Meeting of the Legislature—Message of Gov. '4Varmouth—The Peruvian (By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.] NEW ORLEANs, January 4.—ln the Leg islature tc-day no business was done except the reading of the Governor's message, a large poition of which is devoted to 'the late election and its' effect on the country at large as, well as In Louisiana. The fol low•ing paragraphs from the political_por tion of his message are indications of HS tone : "In many parishes the late election was the occasion of most disgraceful acts of in timidation, cul , ninating, in several in stances, in scenes of massacre shocking to the sense of civilized men, and , only finding parallels in the annals of savage warfare.- These instances of savage cruelty, unpro voked, but wilful and premeditated, seem to have been instigated by the hostility of certain clasees to the-laws of :Congress, by which the Government has embodied the colored population' ;into the - birdy• politic, and vouchsafed to them equal political and, civil rights." • He, states that l in,replv to applications for troops orders were issued which might be construed to mean something in Georgia, buir Which, in Louisiana, might be said to consist only, of words; that these orders were made phblic and strived only to In form the lawless that they need have no fear from that quarter and could prosecute their anarchial schemes to the limit of their purpose. He takes an encouraging VIONV of the financial condition of the State. The entire banded debt, exclusive of bonds held and owned by the State, is 156,n0,000, and the floating debt is nearly $2,000,000, which lat ter can be canceled by the special tax al ready levied, and a surplus of half a mil lion be left. He believes aid will be ex tended by the general government towards 'regulating the levees.'He has no doubt that the United States Mint in this city could be obtained from the Government as a contribution for use as a State capital. He urges the 'Legislature to adopt the school system without distinction as' to color, and recommends a revision of the charter of New Orleans. He closed with an appeal for forgetful ness and forgiveness of the , past, and In the latter spirit recommend:4 the abroga tion of the ninety-ninth article of the Con stitution, 'the disfranchising article. The Peruvian monitors and convoys, the Havana and Monterey, are ready and will sail for the Pacific the moment the weather permits. As soon as the fleet departs the Peruvian legation: willreturn to Wash ington. - ' Kansas.Rtillroad Matters: (By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh tiozette:l LEavErriVoitTn, January '4.---The con tract for building a railroad and highway bridge oyer the Missouri river,at this place was closed to day with L. B. BL.oner C )., of Chicago, the work to be commenced on the first of February next and the bridge completed na eight' months thereafter. The County Board, this afternoon, by a unanimous vote, transferred Its stock of $500,000 in the Missouri River Railroad to the Leavenworth and Atchison Railroad. This action un the part of the Bridge Co. and Board of County Commissioners is believed to be the most important ever taken in behalf of Leavenworth; The railroad to Atchison will be built inamcdi ately and the bridge withinthe time speci fied. The business prospects of Leaven worth are such that old citizens bdlieve the citt , will increase from forty thousand in habitants to one hundred thousand within five years. The Georgia Legiblature. (By Telegraph to the Plashurgh tia.zette.l ATLANTA, Jan. 4.—lt is understood that when the Legislature of Georgia meets in this city, do the 13th inst., it will pass res olutions declaring that hi its former action is was 'governed by an unbiased construc tion of the reconstruction acts of Congress and the new Constitution of the State, and that it was not its purpose to deprive the negro of arty, political right/ he, had acquired by either and declaring further a willingness to abide by the decision of the Supreme Court of the State, or of the Uni ted States, upon the point at issue.' The Canada'Assassination Case. EBy Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) Toner:To, Janhary 4.—The Whalen case came up to-day before the. Court of error, on aepeaL The Judges unanimously de cided that the writ of error was the proper course to bring the prisoner before the Court. Hon. J. H. Cameron then proceeded .with his argument, alleging errors as to the challenge of Sparks and Hodgkins. Messrs. Robinson and Anderson replied for *the Crown. The prisoner was remanded until the =d, when a decisibn will be given. PiTTSBURGET, TUESDAY, JANUNAY , 5, is SEIOIII MEM 0, 1 :9140Cli. A. M. TILE CAPITAL. Treasurer .jpinner Grant Public Delit, 7 - Claim Agent Arrested—Suprerne;Court —Cost of Printing. • (By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gezette.l WASHINGTON, January 4,.1569.,, TREASURER. SPINNER Was taken quite sick this morning and forc,cl to retire from ids desk at the - `D pertinent. He has been exercising himself much lately in the exercise of official duties. GENERAL GRANT Will return to Washington i this evening or to-morrow. I THE PUuLIG DEBT 'STATEMENT Will be issued about Friday. It cannot be definitely' stated what reduction will *lie shown. During December. §0,760,000 was issued to Railroad companies. Et 4,840,001 be ing to the Union and the balance to the Central Pacific. C..... 131 AGENT( ARRESTED. A claim ageritl'narriect 3: R. Wolfe l been arrested in this city by officers of the, secret service division of the Treasury pe- , parturientoharged with attempting to com mit frauds upon the Government by pre senting claims to the Quarter Master Gen , eral's office which bad already been paid: SUPREME COtillT: 4r , All the Judges, excepting Justice Field. were present in the Supreme Court to-day. A decision was rendered iwthe following case : Reversing the judgment below in 239, Moon vs. Marsh, et al. This decision estab- lishes the right of the plaintiff in error to recover for an infringement of his palent for improvements in grain drills during the time he was the sole owner, although at the time of commencing the suit he had ceased to be such sole owner. Time .was fixed for, the argument of vari ous cases, including those( of the Florida and Georgia boundary, Missouri against Kentucky, involving the jurisdiction rivet. an Island in the Mississippi river, and Vir ginia ' against %Vest Virg i nia, concerning JTBrkley and Jefferson counties. COST OF PRINTING. The annual report of the Congressional Printer shows that the, actual disburse ments of his office during the year ending the 30th of September were $1,309,000. , , NORTH CAROLINA. The Legislature... Municipal 'Elections.- , The Supreme Court. [By Telegraph to the filttantrgh Gazette..l R.A.LEIGH, N. C., January 4.—There was no quorum present in either House of the Legislature. The municipal election is progressing quietly. No regular candidates ate in the field except radical .nominees. The SupreMe Court assembled to-day. The Court refuses to take the room assigned them in place of their old and lawful room, now occupied liy the Superintendent of Poblic,lwitsuction„find the auditor The Court organized in their old room and will' attach the officers named ter contempt if they do not vacate. In the injunction case against the Public Treasurer and the Cheatham Railroad, a dissolution was agreed upon pro form,, with a view to bringing the caw at once(by apt;eal before the Supreme Court. lkinwrigurig, Jan. 4.—There was quite an exciting canvass today between the two Republican nandidates for the Mayoralty. Mr. Barry, a native of this State, was elect.. ted. No disturbance. WILMINGTON, N. C, January 4.—At the municipal election to-day none but Ropub- Beans participated. J. N. Neff, the regular nominee, was elected Mayor, over J. A. Chadbourne, bolter. Several negroes were elected Aldermen. ~ CUBA Review of •TroopainHavana—Sklrmhth .at Manzanillo—Arrival of the New Captalu General—Return of Bishop Martinez. [By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) HAvatia, January 4.—Captain General Lersundi held a grand review to-day of all, the troops in and around the city. No news has lately been received' Trom Count7Valmazda, who, at last accounts, was out on the tine between Nuevitas and Bay amon. . . The Gazette publishes: an 'account of a skirmish between the regular troops and the :Insurgents on the 211th ult., in the vi cinity of Manzanillo, and claims a victory for the' Government. No statement of losses is given on either side. The newly appointed Captain General, Dulce, arrived this morning from Cadiz. Hedisdmbarked at noon and was conduct ed =to the , Palace, where he was installed and took possession of the.l.3overnment. None of the demonstrationi which it was exPected 'would be made by both Spaniards am Cubans on his arrival took - place. — The ceexi2onies of his reception wore of a formal charilaer, and passed off quietly. The new Viceroy - brings with him a number of gen eral ollicers and civil employes. He is also accompanied by Bishop Martinez, of the. Diocese of Havana, who was some time ago banished to Spain by Captain General sundi. The Trouble in' Georgia—The Military In- tertere and ,Settle Matters. . , (By Telegraph to the rlttsbargh Gazette.] ShSTANNAH, Jitnuary 4.—The have taken charge of the Ogeechee troubles and the preliminary organization of the citizens to act as a Stieriti's posse has been discontinued. The Sheriff will be support ed by the military in the execution OriAntr rants. Two United States. ollicers have visited the scene of trouble, and report that the negroes are willing to surrender to the military, and there will doubtless be no further trouble on the Ogeechee. Later.-The trouble on the Ogeechee is quieted. The military take charge. Four teen insurgents surrendered to the authori ties last night, and pthers implicated are expected to come in to-night. • Norther& Enterprise In Mouth Corollas. By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.] Cowunus, January -, 4.—The extensive water power, . known as the Columbia Canal, was, sold this morning for two him. dred thousand dollars; to Ma). G. A. Pearce, business agent of Senator Sprague, of Rbode Island. It is believed.tbat a few Months will witness the erection of a large manufacturing establishment on the land bordering on the canal. flour and Grain in St, Louie. [BY TelerrePh to the Pitteburgh Gazette.l ST. Louis, January 4.—The stock of flour and grain in this city. January Ist was as follows: Spring flour, 12,469 bbls; wheat, 78,699 blush; corn, 31,153 bush; oats. 73,729 bush; rye, 20,332 bush; barley, 68,637 bush S NEWS. •BRIDFOnD count} , is to have a new jail. ,TLIE letter-carriers of Beading have '',as sinned their new uniforms. ' TnE Pennsylvania Rail Road Company as purchased the Lock Haven boom. FORTY school teachers of Bradford coun- y have been married during the past year TuE office of the Mauch Chunk Ga:ette was destroyed by fire on the 23d inst. It was fully insured. DONATION visits sometime during the hol lidays to popular pastors have been of com mon occurrence throughout the State. Sciterirox complains of Ix:or, miserable pp. Shouldn't wonder,if Allegheny had more right to complain than Scranton. LEW,IediIIRG will probably soon have water works,'as some of her(most prominent and energetic citizens" have taken that matter in hand. ' ' ' • \ Tea= memi ‘ fro of a dangerous gang of horse thieves were Captufed last week in Luzerne county. Two stolen horses were recovered at the same time. Tira annual meeting igsthe Pennsylvania Fruit Growers:- Society will \ be held in the ,Orphans' Court Room at Harrisburg, on the third Vitednesdapin•January.Ttrr , Montgthnery County Poor House has '217 inmates, which is more than it was' intended to hold. The Berks County Alms House is a little larger and has 300 inhab itants. THE Susquehanna is no* spanned hy a firm bridge of ice, and sleighs arc passing from Wrightville to Columbia and back,' carrying passengers. Carts are also passing over loled"wth pig iron from the Wrights ville furnace. THE Columbia. Spy says: A colored man who came to this place several days 'ago, from -.llliddletontn, stepped on a spike which' enetrated through the sole of his boot into his fobt: OtiThursday last he took loCkjaw, from which hi died on Friday. JamEs Grnsort, of East Bradford town. ship, Chester county, went into the West Chester Record office - the other day and wrote his name against the 'wall while a fifty•si x pound weight was hinging on his little finger. Gibson is a carpenter, and is past his three-score years. TILE Lancaster E.iantiner says: A. sad ac cident occurred on last Thursday, resulting in the - detrth of a little boy named Musser, living at the ripper end of Marietta: The lad,. it appears, chased a rabbit under a board.pile, and following it pulled the whole pile upon himself. The accident was .not discovered at once, and when taken out the little fellow was dead., THE Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad Company have.ordered steel. rails for their road from Mauch Chunk to Scranton. This will make it one of the best roads in the United States: An additional order fbrltive hundred additional coal cars has also been made, and when filled the rolling stock will 'be sufficient for immense coal sldp ments.—Easton Free Press. THE Harrisburg papers state that an asso ciation of gentlemen in that city have sent an agent to Furt Wayne, Ind., to purchase 2,000 partridges to stock Dauphin county. The first installment will number 500rTliey -are to be kept until spring and , then turned loose. This is a commendable enterprise, and deserving of imitation in other sections. Cussewago,. tiunday; Dec. 27th, the ice was cleared from a stream of water, and thirty.one persons immersed and added to the Carmel. C l burch. This is the oldest Babtist organization north of Pittsburgh and west of the Allegheny. One of the Deacons and his wife have been members nearly a half a century. The 'church was established in 1805. [Crawford Journal.] The Washington Review . and Examiner says: On Wednesday morning of last week Josiah Brown (popularly known as 'Squire Brown), was' found dead in the rear of Lawson's stable, at West Alexander, this county. The deceased had been afflicted with disease of the heart, and it is presumed that a sudden attack of this occasioned his death. n He was azed about sixty-five years, And was universally respected. A 'MEETING of the landholders in Elk, .111'Kean and Cameron counties, of Pennsylvania, was held at New York last week tor the purpose of considering the practicability of constructing a railroad con necting those counties and their coal fields with Buffalo, Rochester and the lakes. It was resolved to solicit the Commissioners for receiving subscriptions to open books for subscription immediately in New Yokk and Philadelphia. ELIZABETII Fisuaß who is now in Allentown jail on the charge of infauti, chit!, is about 88 years old, originally be longed to Oley, Berks county, and was the widow of Ifinry Fisher, who died at Forge dale someten years ago. Her Maiden name was Hoch. She says that her child which disappeared was still-born, and that being unable to meet the• expenses of a decent burial, she threw the child into Jordan creek, near Allentown. TILE Pottsville Ifinate Journal says: On Monday morning last Mrs. Blake, wife of Richard Blake, residing at the foot of Mationing plane, wished- to come to Potts ville by the usual train, but missed the cars. She then concluded to walk, add while crossing a railroad bridge over Mill Creek, she slipped and fell to the ground beneath, a distance of about twenty feet. Her skull was crushed and she died soon after the ac cident. She leaves four children. Tug Dover Furnace during last week made one hundred and forty tons of No. 1 dron, from black band ore., This extraordinary rnu was •made within seven consecutive days, and is the best on record—from black band ore. There are but three furnaces In the United States running on this kind of ore. These furnaces are located, one at Canal Dover,.and two at. Massillon. We believe that black band ore is found nowhere else but in the Tuscarawas valley. It makes a soft and vary, valuable iron, and is much sought after by minufacturers of castings. —Tuve:meal Chronicle.. . .0x Friday of last week, two men—Messrs. Manbart and Leezer—were out in the mountains huntiiig - deer. They' had just IMlien in with several large tracks, and ek (fleeted attanymoment to sight the animalsand had their 'rides cocked. They were walking side by side, wben Mr. Mini:at caught his foot between a stone and tree, and it being' held asrin a vice, he was throw,n to the ground, and as be fell the butt of his gun struck a large stone, dis charging the piece, and the entire load en- tered the person of Mr. Leezer, who fell and instantly expired. WE learn from the Tanntigna Jourinalthat a aad occident occurred on Thursday Wahl of last week, at Plane No. 1, Summit Hill. Mr. Jesse Walton, employed at the engine house at the head of the plane, sat down up on a box near the edge of thesfly-wheel pit, when tihe box tipped over and threw ium into the pit. He was caught in the rapidly 'revolving wheel and so mangled as to cause his death. He was an old resident of Sum mit Hill, and served throukhout the entire war. On Friday eyening of last week a fire broke out in the engine house of the Buck ville Colliery, Operated by Moss, Abblett & Co. The engine house, engines, boilers and other machinery Were damaged to the ex tent of about $15,000, upon which there is an ihsurance of $6,500. The fire was caused by the heat from the boilers igniting the wood work of the boiler house. OHIO NEWS. NEW PIaILADELPILIA, Ohio, has a skating rink. ' TIIE new opera , house at Massillon is nearly completed. THE Xenia Y. M. C. A. are giving tab leaux at the City Ball. ' A LARGE force of men are at work on the new railroad from Massillon to Cleveland via Clinton. CLARINDA &FRET, aged about forty and unmarried, residing near Newport,•Madison county, fell Into the fire, while in a fit, on the 19th inst., and was so badly burned that she died shortly afterward. L' Springfield the other s day some white bricklayers refused to work beside some colored men of the same trade, who had been employed. The consequence was the dis missal Of all the discontented white and the employment of nthre negroes and some white men from Dayton. Tna Coshocton Age. says: "On Sunday night_the oth instant, James M. Sells, .the Dethocratic sheriff 'of Coshocton comity, decamped with about ten thousand dollars of money, belopging. principally to widows and orphans, and coning into his possession by virtue of his official position. •It ap-. pears that , for some time prior tOlis depart ure he had collected together all the money that belonged.to estates and parties collect ing money throuzh court." A BOLD and successful forgery was.Coria-,. 1 mitted on the Madison National Bank of'l London, Madison county, on the 21st inst. Thos..Shea and Ed: Slatterly, , brothers';in . - law, a few weeks since deposited $2,000 in this bank, taking therefor a cercificatemf de posit, which Shea took home and placed in a drawer. wife, havin ,, an inclination for travel with some other fellow, took the certificate, forged Shea and Slatterly's in dorsement, presented the indorsed certificate, drew the money and departed for parts un known. WEST VIRGINIA NEWS. TEIE Morgantown Poet says: A little child of Enoch Brewer, of Cass township, was nearly poisoned to death one day last wee's, by eating a lot of colored candies which he had bought in town a few days before. WE learn from the Tarkersharg Times that a Mr. Coull, of •V nod county. a gentle man seTenty years of av, committed suicide on Thursday of last week by shooting him self wittra reYolver. THE 3lorgantown Post says: On the ,even lag hf the sth nit., while Mr. Isaac Williard, or Clay township, and his family were in a field husking corn, a tree fell upon one of Williard's ,daughters, killing her instantly. On Sunday evening; Bth ulf., some un known person or persons set fire to the Liming Meeting House,_ in Battelle town ship, which was entirely consumed. TH.E Philadelphia North American says: Some of our exchanges are exerciSing them selves about the new.systetn of uniforming letter-carriers. They solemnly announce that it is a step on the way to livered ser vants, a la aristocratic z Europe, and to such caste distinctions as are enforced in parts'fif Asia, and gravely intimate that we are lapsing into monarchical ways and customs. But all this seems very absurd. Uni. forms have been found indispensable in the army and navy, very advantageous in 'the police force ()lefties, and will, unrylestiona bly, prove not only convenient in the. Post., office Drpartment, bnt a security against mistakes, frauds and the robbing'; of lamp.' post letter bbxes. If they are, badges of ser. vitude, we fear they will be too many will ing to wear the stigma of just such &servi tude. As to our republican Institutions, we don't consider them seriously "ertdan6red by the system. THE cultivation of silk in Californiais•re.. ported as being in a highly, prosperous con dition. While in France and Italy the silk worm is affected by a fatal 'disease, on the Pacific toast of the United, States' the eggs are sound and the worms are =healthy and vigorous. It is stated that orders have been sent from Europii to the California silk growers for all the eggs they can produce for years to come, at $4, per ounce, each ounce containing 40,000 eggs. The Cali fornia Legislature has sought to encourage this valuable interest by offering a premium of $250 for cultivating 5,000 mulberry trees for silk culture, add 4300 for every 100,000 silk cocoons produced in good merchantable order. , ' —The P.rovidenceJournai States that the result of the deliberations of the Ecclesiasti cal Court in the case of Rev. John P. Hub bard, which has excited general interest as similar to that of Rev. Stephen EL 'Pyng, Jr., in a verdict ' of not guilty on both the charges. In this the majority of the cdurt consisted of the Rey. Messrs. Wheeler" and Duane, and .the minority was the Rev. Mr. White, except that upon the Sd specification of, the Second. Charge the vote was unani mous. This was the ,speoilication •in refer ence to a violation of his ordination TOW an the part of .the Rev. Mr. Habhaid. It is expressly,- stated, however, that these opinions do not-involve any approval of his couree. • Timm sre now two Moniteurs in Paris, the old .Moniteur Universal, and the Mons teur de l'Ernpire. Both are issued twice .a day. The Moniteur — Unirersal will now be-• come an opposition paper with strong Re publican tendencies, and it is believed that most of the stook of that journal has been secretly bought up by the Oriental Princes with,a view to having, in the event of a crises in, France, the Ho/atone and its fine printing office (one of the best and most ex-_ tensive in Europe,) at their disposal. Na , potent' the 111. wanted to get rid of the old Moniteur, because he thought that Dalloz was an enemy of the Empire, and on sus piciously intimate terms with Berryer and 'attn. NI:3111ER - 3. Incinent hi the Life of Carl Seliarz. In 18ttS I was told an incident in the life of earl Shurz. which was very interesting. It is so long since I heard it that I may be incorrect in some particulars, bilk I will re late what I remember of it. Schurz, in his fatherland, was the. student of a celebrated philosopher. political thinker and writer. Durilig the revolutionary troubles in Ger many, both the Professor, (whose name, I think, is Kinkel, and who now resides in London,) and Schurz were arrested by the monarchists, but Schurz effected his own es cape and fled' to Italy. The Democratic cause failed in Germany, but Kinkel was still a prisoner, Schurz, in his exile, attempt ed the liberation of his teacher. He acquir ed a perfect knowledge of the Italian lan guage, and, adopting the Italian costume and manners, procured a hand organ and proceeded on his tour among the German prisons to find out, if happily he could, tte whereabouts of Kinkel. There was a cer tain song which in the olden time always charmed the Professor and ever drew from him some response, and -this song, among others, Schurz sung in his prmon visitations: - Finally, he arrived at this; prison where Kinkel was confined, and when he sang this song, to the great delight of the jailor and guards, thelisteiaing Kinkel knew the presence of all friend and broke out in joyful song, his voide passing beyond_the confines of his solitary,cell and gladdening the heart of his itinerent • pupilf Schurz hovered. around that prison, delighting the employes by his minstrely, and finally effected the es cape of his teacher. E6th reached a seaport, where they engaged bn an' English vessel as coal.heavers, and finally reached Eng land in safety.—Cor. Joseph Herald. Ladies Should Read Newspapers It is a great mistake in female education to keep a young lady's time and attention de ; voted to only fashionable literature of the day. If you would' qualify her for conver sation, you must give her something to talk about—give her education with the actual • world, with the outer world, and its trans hpiring events. Urge( her •to read news papers, and become familliar with-the pros- • ent character and improvement of our race. History is of some importance; but the past world is dead—we have nothing to do with it. Our thoughts and our concerns should I be for the-present world; to know what it is and improve the condition of it. Let her have an intelligent opinion, and be able to sustain intelligent conversation concerning the mental, moral and religious improve mente of our time. Let the gilded annuls and poems on the centre table be kept part of the time covered with weekly and daily journals. Let Ore - whole family—men, women and children—read newspapers.' - RCSiIA AND BRITXSIT INDIA.—The Com missioner sent by the British Government to examine the,country lying on the north western frontier of (its Asiatic possessions reports that the region between Afghanistan and Thibet is rich and fertile enough to sup port a large army with ease. As the Rus sian army must pass through this hitherto unknown region in order to invade India, the statement has created'great excitement. The Commissioner has also discovered that the Himalayas may be easily crossed in the northeast ( by an army with camels and horses, and that a railroad might be run across them. The reports of precipices 17,000 feet high are declared to be pure fic tion, and it is asserted that there is, in fact, "a bole, in the north-north-east corner of the semlcircular wall which shuts out India from the rest of Asia." Markets by 7 elegrapb. BI:IFFA.LO, January 4.—Flour steady; city ground spring 67a7,50; fair to choice west ern' 6-a9. Wheat nominally unchanged. Corn; new advanced; old weak; sales of 4,509 bush old at 95c in store; seven car loads of new at 80c on track; 1,200 new at 8055aS1c in store. Oats nominal at 65c in store. Rye; sales of, 2,800 bush choice Canada at :3 1,45 on track. Barley In better demand; sales of 4,000 bush Canada at 81,95 (a 2,00. Barley Malt; sales of .2,000 bush Canada at 62,30 and 5,000 bush State at $2,25. Polk and Lard steady and dull. Highwines nominal at 61,00. Amount of grain in at 're here: Wheat, 443,000 bush; ,corn, 140,000 bush; oats, 166,0000 bush; rye, 140,000 bush; barley, .63.00 bush; peas, 4,200 bitsh. The-estimated-amount of flour afloat is t. , 0,000 bbls , and wheat, 110,000 bus. • Nsw Ont.zaass, January 4.—Cotton.closed . 1-2 c higher; middling 2534 c; sales of 6,550 bales; receipts of 3,551 bales, and exports -of 3,975 bales. Gold 135 X. • Sterling 147, commercial 145 N a 14614. Nero Fork Sight Xta," per cent. discount. Flour &ger; su perfine 87,50, double extra tr 7,75, treble extra 6 , 8,00a8,25.! Sugar and, Molasses firm and active;. common Sugar 9aloc, prima 12Xal2Xe, yellow clarified 13a133:c; com mon Molasses 524055 a, prime 64a613e, choice 67a68c. Corn steady; white 77a78g; yellow SoaBl3Gc. Oats 68a70c. Bran dull at 61,37% a 1,40. Hay; prime $20a27. Pork dull; ask ing 626,50. Dawn scarce ancl.firtn; should ers 1443.143.(c; clear rib 18,4 c; .clear sides 1934 c, Lard firm; tierce 17 ;c; keg 18Xc. Cnioxoco, January 4.—At open'board in the afternoon there was a fair movement in wheat, which was veryAirm and advanteft ' 13020 per - bush; No. 2..snring opened at $1,16 find closed with buyers at $l,lB. - Corn and Oats were dull and nominal. Provisions were quiet. and steady; th'e .sales include 200 tierces of Land, bnyer, February, at 18!4; 100,000 lbs short rib middles at 15c; dry in the salt at 1314. In the, evening Wheat was tolerablyactive, firmer and higher; No., 2 spring .ranged from 51,18a1,1sy„.closing with buyers at • $1,18%c. P,rovision were dull and nom inally unchianged. 'MEMVEIIg, Jannary 4.;--Cotton excited and irregular 25V.,a2534c; receipts. 56S bales, and exports, 1,352. Flour; the fancy brands are a drug, and superfine is scarce at'57,00a7,25. Corn dull at 6546 c. Oats 63 a64c. hay $23a24. Bran $25. Corn Meal $3,75. Pork dull at $28,53. lard 1834 a lOW. Bulk shoulders 11Vall%c, and clear sides 15;,;a15c. Dressed4Hogs ALBANY, January,4.—The Cattle 'market opened with prices 34c: higher 'than last week; the receipts were light and the sales amounted to about 600 head today at 6a7c foe common; Ba➢c for ordinary to good; and 9 Na101(o for extra. Sneep are in active re quest at ila7c. Dressed: Hogs sell nearly at 1211130, the outside rate being paid for heavy State. . , N.tsuvrnr.E, Jan., 4.—Cotton market sa tire, but low; middlings at 25c; good to or dinary at 2434 c. 1- Railroad Company property Destroyed. SVnaCUSE, Y., JannarY 4.—The re pair shops In. this city' of the Syracuse, Binghamton and-New York Railroad Com pally were destroyed by Ilre this morning, including all the machinery and forty loco motiven. two of which belonged to the Del awar% La(iawarina and Western Railroad, and two to the Binghamton road. The loss of t'oe limghatnton road is about $40,000; loss of the Lacawanna road not known. There Is an insurance of about 120,00 - on4 tlo shops. I ZEE