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WE PRINT on the inside pages of this
morning's GAZETTE—Second page: Poetry,
Ephemeris. Third and Sixth pages: Com
mercial, Ifinantiai, Mercantile and River
News, Im.ports, and idarkets. Seventh page:
Scientific. Items and :Miscellaneous Reading
Matter.
oaoLD cloNd yesterday in New York at
1861.
• Tan new State Treasurer enters upon his
office on the first 3londay of May next.
• "Cs unmAx" WALLAcEstill lives. A Rep
fesentatilie from an extremely rural district
presented him as a candidate' for Senator
yesterday at Harrisburg. Look out for cof
fee-colored ballots next Tuesday.
MAN - K 8 to the publishers for the Tribune
_Almanac, for 1869, which came to us yes.
terday. No well-informed citizen can erer
afford to be without the publications of this
series, while the present number embodies
a much more than usual amount of reliable
information and statistics.
THE pending writs of error, which have
carried up the New York - naturalization
cases to the Supreme- Court, work-a tempo
rary suspension of proceedings in the simi
lar cases in the Ohio Federal Court. Justice
SWArtim has ordered the latter to be con
tinued until a decision from the Supreme
Court shall be obtained.
Tits Naval Committee of Congress re
lases to restore Commodore 31E,Anz to the
active list, and the matter wasilisp4ed of by
an indefinite postponement. The old Com
modore has served his country well and
faithfully, and' in' dealing with him Con
gress should be careful not to give truth to
the assertion that republics are ungrateful.
I:flCoExt the President's recent-,proclama
tion of amnesty, the District Court at Waih
ington has ordered the discontinuance of the
criminal prosecutions therein against Dams
and BRECKENRIDGE. And thus treason has
been made "odious!" The Court hesitated
to complete its record' by the discharge of
Stiank . rr, whose case remains under ad
visement, perhaps until he can exchange
congratulations with his fellow-conspirator,
Munn, releas6d from prison atihe Tortugas.
CONCLTRRING in the recommendations
of the President, Congress has repealed the
act in reference to militia. organizations in
the Southern States. That act, it will be
remembered, received his original signature
under a written protest. The repealing act
was delivered to, him on Tuesday, and he
has ten days froni that date, to consider the
expediency of justifying , the singular but
very confilent expectations of his friends
that he will veto a bill, the passage of which
he has himself advitied.
ROmons at the Capital concur in repre
senting four of the eight' Supreme. justices
.--GILLEE, DAVIS, §WAYEE and . MILLIFS—as
favoring a decisio'n for the ccinistliritioriality
of the Legal-Tender acts, :!and Messrs.
FIELD, CLgesPofio and XeLsort against it,
with Judge CHASE "believed" to side with
the majority. His vote the othet way would
idivide the Court evenly and leave the pres
ent state of the question undistarbed. But
en imPression has become general; in quer
tersthe best informed, that the act will be
sustained by a clear Majority' of:the Court.-
Torii have the news - biLondoil tiat NA
now,anweraglinkag. idea? which;
be hal; once before encouraged at . a disas
trcius mist to France and to an Austrian
Prince. This time the plot gathers head4t
'Madrid, and its object is to place one of the
BOURBONS, Who is at present 'Out of bust
mess; upon the "throne" of Mexico. The
story goes also that Plum consents' to the
connivance of Spanish officers in the affait%
If the whole - story were not a`sheer canard,
one might be tempted . to think that the
French and Spanish' Goverkments had not
enough, to do` ., just now, in looking after their
dwu affairs at home.
CARL SCRURZ is the. Republican nominee
for the Missouri Senatorship, from which
M.r. Jinni:mason retires in March next.
The nomination has not , been secured with
out a long and bitter contest against the
personal Interests of a limited but influen
tiar,section of the party in that State. But
we see no good reason for doubting that the
nomination, which has been fairly won, and
with an ample majority in the party caucus,
will he honorably ratified in due time by
the formal election... Republicans will wel
come General ScirtrEz to the Senate as to
seld in which great distinction awaits Wan,
and as a sphere of enlarged ateefulne,fes to
the country.
A. WASHINGTON letter-Writer finfidently
predicts that Grant's Cabinet ma/ be clearly
named as follows : Stanton_ for the \ State
Department,. Welles for the Treasury, Wash-
burne for the Interior, ; Schofield for the \\Far,
Schenk for the Navy, Greeley for the Post.
office,and Edwards Pierrepoint for Attorney I
General. This leaves new England all out
in the cold—a view of the programme which
efficiently refutes it: Any speculations upon
the composition of the next Cabinet are not
so much efforts to unveil'conclusions already
reached by the President elect, aj to bias his ‘
judgment indecisions about to ;be made.
For no one really believes that lus choice
of advisers will become public until .he
latest possible moment. :
THE • OHIO RIVER BRIDGE BILL, passed
at the last session VE the Senate, is still pend
ing in the• House which his'sent it to a Com
mittee, and w,e learn that, , an early_ report
thereon will be made to the Housd. We
entreat from all members, representing the
millions ` who
are directly concerned in the
Wise dispositioriof this matter, such an at
tention and fidelity as will ensure a prompt
passage of the bill. The matter has noth
ing to do with GRAses Cablnet, no; with
railway subsidies; nor with jobs of any sort
for private profit, but it does vitally con
cern an interest of vast importance to • the
entire population of the Ohio River Valley,
who are - not unreasonable in their demand
that Congress should occasionally give some
attention to questions of a practical char
acter. \
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NEMESIS INTIM SEAT
„t -
Of 'the seven Senators who, separating
from their associates, came last year to save I
ANDREW Jonrisori from the merited punish
ment of hiicunnumbered offenses against the ,
nation, the epitaphs may' already be , writ
ten. Thair political extinction is only a
question of time, and that limited only by
the duration of their current terms of office.
Mr. HENDERSON has been excused from the
Republican service in 31lisouri. In West
Virginia, no one is found with assurance
enough to suggest the re-election of VAR
WINKLE. Two of the seven are thus dis
posed of. Other four await the same end in
the two years \ coming, their terms not ex-.
piring until 1871. Messrs. GRIMES, Ross
and FOWLER entertain no hope of are-elec
tion, while. Mr. FESSENDEN sees, in the
alacrity with which Maine discards his
friend, Senator MORRILL, the same hand
writing on the wall_for himself. If ho
should be'agiiin chosen, and if 3lr. TRUNI.
BELL be re•elected from Illinois in 1878,
they will have to fight hard'for it, and even
then will owe their success :rather to their
marked ability than to the confidence of
I their old political friends.
RAILWAY NEWS
Thellempfield road is advertised for sale,
under a foreclosure of its first mortzage
bonds, made in the Philadelphia Courts
Without the knowledge of its directors.
The latter held.a,mehn.g at Washington a
few days since, to consider the situation.
The annual meeting of the Erie and Pitts
burgh Company, on the 11th ins_t., resulted
in the re-election of the old Board of Direc
tors, with the re-appointment of the former
officers for the cnsuinz year. Eight-tenths
of the stock-list were • represented at the
meeting, which expressed its hearty ap
proval of the policy mid ability of the man
agement. •
We adverted yesterday to the sharp dodge
by which' the New Tork "carpet-bag"
clique achieved their startling coup, in revo
lutionizing the Cleveland and Pittsburgh
road. We also announced the equally sharp
and substantially the mote successful move
ment, in behalf of the old management and
of the stockholders generally, to protect the
valuable interests of thel corporation from
such an'audacious piracy, by the interven
tion of the Courts. .At their instance, a Re
ceiverhas been appointed Who has entire
possession of all material property of the
Compiny, and that possession will prove to
be a very strong point both in law and in
facts. " ' •
We now feel authorized to state that be
yond the nominal direction of the company's
affairs, and the decidedly.irtusory -posmises
of the extraorffiilarY .ProSllUnme adopted'
at their first official meeting, tho bogus. di
rectory of the C. Sr I'. road have taken abso
lutely nothing by theirmotion. They did
not succeed in removing from as Company's
office] a single dollar of its bonds, securities
or cash, and the seal remainsinideithe cone
trol of the President and Secretary, where tfie
raiders cannot reach ft., The carpet-bagger,s,
went honieto New York with hands MA
\ earpet-bats as empty as when , they entered
Cleveland to spring their little game upon an
honest, honored and responsible , . ca r po rE k
tion. So effectually is this game noir
blocked that no amount of paper resolutions
and official - voted of theliogieall'board" will
secures dollar's worth of confidence from
the financial world. r , Scy without either
- cash or valuable papers, without the pfficiat
without the possession of the road it
self, and without the confidence of, enough
people to make a corperal's guard, the
Wallstreet fillibusters have the minutes of
the proceedings of their bogus ',`board," and
nothing else, to show as the spoils of vic-
Of — course there, is likely to be some show
of legal proceedings in their behalf, for they
will not accept the present situation if they
can help it'. But we thinklt 4111 - be entire:
ly safe,' for such of our readers as: may. be
owners of this , company's stock, to ,dismiss
any special a pprehensions as to seriously
unfortunately results to their interests from
this unprecedented piece of fillibuatering.
• This reminds us to add that other. cOrpo.
rations may profit /by the experience of
this railway company, In providftig: such
regulations and precautions as will no longer
leave it in the power' of an unprincipled
combination to buy into the control of their
stock at just the right moment to resell im
mediately, emitting the valuable right •of a
vote thereon. It was sharp in Wall street to?
frrtsßuito ft dAZETTE t t .TRIDA.I,, sjkitAri -45,
.1869.
see and profit by that neklect in one
but it will be the most -censurable folly in
any other corporation which exposes i self
to a similar blow in the future.
As. :.to the actual condition of the affairs
of the C. and P. railway, - at the date oi l the
annual meeting, the annexed parsgrtph,
from the sworn statement of its President,
submitted to the Court at Cleveland{ on
Tuesday, affords an interesting statement:
Thotinances of said company were 'at, the
time of said meeting in a sound and
healthy condition, and no money - was
needed by said. 'company for any purpose
except such as had before been proVided
for; said company had no floating debt and
was financially easy and independent; that
~in the legitimate business of said company
-there was and is no need of or use for said
issue of five million dollars' worth of bonds
or of said increased stock; that the Com
pany has no need of or nse for a double
track, and is not likely soon to need a dou
ble track, and is capable of doing wi h its
present tracks more business than it has
yet had to do; that the extension ot` said
road from New Philadelphia to Zanbsville
- is entliely uncalled for, and if built would
not be self-sustaining; that there arepther
direetious in wider . it , would be much bet
ter abd more profitable for said company to
make i extensions than the one proposed;
and said proposed extension is not under
taken by the majority of said board fir the
business of said company, but must, be a
great injury and loss to said companVt.
DEATH llN‘' THE LAMP.
Prof. C. E. CHANDLER has recently made
a report, to the Metropolitan Board of ilealth
of New Elork, on the - quality of Burning
Fluids' sold in that city. The New York
Tribulte in speaking of it says "Is irply
frightful. there is not a single one f the
seventy-eight establishments which is not
selling a dangerous explosive substance,
through the desire to have a cheaper article
than kerosene of the legal standard." We
give below a synopsis of the repo t, the
whole of which is too long for our co umne
The burning iiiiid 'sold so exte t tuively
throughout the United States un er the
name of kerosone oil is refined peqoleum
froni the oil *ells of Pennsylvar.K Ohio,
Virginia, Kentucky and Canada. lAs it
1 .
comes from the wells, petroleum is eneral
ly of a dark-yellowish or greenish brown
color, and possesses an odor more or less '
offensive. To render it salable, it is sub
jected to a process of refining,by-which it
is rendered almost colorless and eed as
much as possible from its disigreeab e odor.
One of the most important objects o , i tt the pu
rification is, however, the separatio of the
more volatile constituents—the 4enzine,
keroseline, gasoline or naptha, as they are
variously called. These liquids•being very
volEdile and at the same time very . combusti
ble, are the substances which giv; rise to
the explosions which, render the use of ke
rosene so dangerous, and fill the newspapers
with accounts of frightful burning a4cidents.
The crude petroleum, as it co es from
the wells, is subjected todistillation, when
the most volatile constituents pass' off first
in the form of vapor, and are cond :used by
passing through a coil of iron, pipe stir
rounded by cold water, and • collected as
benzine. Subsequently the burni g oil or
kerosene makes its appearance. T is is fol-,
lowed by a heavier oil, which ma be used
for lubricating machinery, and there is
finally a small residue of tar or co e left in
the still. -That portion of the product
which is designed tor illuminating It is then
subjected to the action of sulphuric acid, to
remove the odor and color, and estroy a
little tar which it still contains. - tis then
subjected by the more careful refi ers to a
somewhat ,ele'vqed temperature, o expel a
small per ventage of benzine wh ch it still 1
contains. Thus purified, it cons itutes the
kerosene oil as it is sold in the ma ket.
The conscientious refiner r s all the
dangerous oil into the benzine k, and
only when the oil is sufficiently heavy to be
safe does he allow it to pass into the hero- I
u Te
acne, receiver. But as the Benz i must be
sold at slower price than burning il, the re
finers are, many of them, led collect as
little benzine and as much kerosene as pos
sible. It must not be supposed, however,
that the specific gravity of the it can be I
considered a safe index of Its quality. On
the contrary, the apecific g.rs.vityfives very I
little idea of the duality--for while benzine
I
and naptha render the kerosene lighter, 1
the'gravity of good kerosene I preserved 1
by the presence of heavier oils. Bo a poor,
dangerous oil may be much heavier than a
safe oil. As the products, of petro
leum are dangerous in proportion to
their inflammability, a fire-test has long
been in use by which the temperature is de
termined, at which the oil revolYes an
.iin
flammable vapor—the "vaporizing point"—
and thetemperature at which the oil itselt
may be with a burning mateh--the "burning
i i .
point." ~ The vaporizing point o good kero
sene oil should not, be belo 100 deg.
Fahrenheit, and the burning Int should
should not be mucn below 110 deg.-Fahren
heit. Unfortunately, the resultsof this in
vestigation show that but little of the oil sold
in New Fork comes up to this standard.
The old law of Congress fixed 110, deg.
Fahrenheit for the burning test, but this law
was, ,unfortunately, repealed. The free
laws of New York fix the burn ng point at
100 deg. Fahrenheit, which is decidedly too
low, as is shown by the great increase in the
number'of burning casualties. I -
Processes have been:patented, and Tend
ers have sold rights throughout the country,
for- patented and secret. processes fot ' ren-f
dering benzine, gasoline, and naphtha non
explosive. Thus treated it is sold under
such names as "liquid gas," "itunrs • olls"
etc. These patents and secret processes are
not only ridiculous, buttheir sale.to Ignorant
persons Is a crime oply eqUalleil, by, murder.
It in impassible to render light oils ,
non
explosive and safe. The addition OIL few
grains of alum, potasirihorax,lalObol;'grart
caMphor, etc, to a barrel of , ,berizine Acme .
it s,
not change its, dangerous character i the
least. The experiment of.po ring& little of
the fluid into a bottle and ap p lying a hurn
ing match is no proof hatavee, for
to produce . an explo ion it is
necessary ' to) secure 'ti , t certain , ratio
of air to benzine vapor, , which it ‘ would
not be possible to do in a bottle once in fifty
times. The fire-test gives the only sure in
dication; apply a lighted match to a little of
the oil contained in a cup orsaucer and if
it can be made to.take fire, ithould inamon
sideied at once as unsafe - even though the
experiment be made in oneof the hottest
days of summershould it tot•take fire, it
might still be a dangerous I oil, as safe oil
must not evolve a combustible vapor below'
109 , degrees Fahrenheit. Experimenters,
must be-reminded that greed( care is neces
sary in applying this test, its persons, not
accustomed to making such experimentsare
liable to serious accidents. I By carelessly
trying the fire-test on a sample , of kerosene,
a gentleman in New Bedford burned up the
entire refinery, oil, barrels, still and build
ings. I
Professor CIIANDLEB proc
from seventy-eight different
at random throughout the ell
pyrometer• tested them all
izing point of none of thel
than nlnetyfoar, and of butl
- ninety, whilst one was as
and eighteen were beloi sit
of these specimens weal copa]
per cent. benzine and ten per cent running
oil, and the best of two per cent. benzole
and ninety-eight running oil.
Every refiner can send a perfectly safe
kerosene to market if he chooses; he may
make it to stand fire at 110 degrees F., 120
F., 130 F., or any other temperature he
may elect; it is merely a question 'of a few
cents, more - or less, per gallon. Consumers
should understand that in demanding the
cheapest oil, they compel the refiner to sup
ply them with a mixture of benzine and
kerosene; competition is irresistible, and if
the price is run down below cost, adultera
tiC•n must follow.
The results of this examination will, I.
think, be sufficiently startling to interest the
members of your honorable body- in the
'speedy enactment of suitable laws for the
'protection of the poorer classes who are not
supplied with gas and are consequently de
pendent on the honesty of the refiners and
retailers of kerosene. There is only one
plan by which the safety of the public can
be insured, that is by the enactment of strin
gent laws compelling the refiners to remove
these dangerous substances from the kero
sene, and inflicting heavy penalties upon
those who are' reckless enough to endanger
the lives of innocent purchasers. A. proper
i nspection Of the kerosene sold, made under
he authority of the. Board of Health, would
- prove sufficient to enforce such a law.,_ For
the purpose of registration, the retailers
should be required to procure licenses from
the Board. The sale of dangerous oil should
be followed by confiscation, lose of license,
and perhaps fine. •
The Public Flounces.
' The following comprehensive statement of
receipts, estimates, expenditures, and other
matters bearing upon.the financial condition
of the Government,.hai been compiled from
official (lite and furnished to the House
Committee on Appropriations, by Hon.
D. A. Wells, Special Commissioner of the
Revenue, and will be found of interest and
Value : •
Deficiency celled for In Nov. 1S" $ 15.564.015 CO
Deficieney called for io Dec. I , 21,345,131 00
D ceinber. 1567. the Secretary ot
Treasury estimated the apuropria-
tient required for the fiscal yzar end- •
in , June 30. PO, at f 1372,000,000 00
I. ecomber, 1503, he states that the ex
penditnres for the first quarter are
$105.152,470 00. and estimates the
• stnount needed for . the remaining
three quarters of the Year at $2.31. •
0u0.600, mating a total, Including In
tercet and deficiencies, of $336.152,470 CO
rtraNDlXOnts. - 13?3- 0 3.
ApprOpriations actually made $110,715,070 17
Permanent appropriations required,'
35 459
estimate( 000 00
Interest ae ount 1e.1.67d,073 50
Pit• chase m ney for Alaska ' 7.M1,600 00
Defidenele asked for 21„ 315 151 00
L'uexpende balances of previotis
appropriations. e c stimated as re•
(aired 24 609,184 53
•—•--
.
Total expenditures for fiscal year.... $3M,078,484 7.7;
REVENUES FOE 186849.
Actual receipts for first quarter $ 5i,V2,1,69 77
Estimate pf Secretary of Treasury tor •
remaining t [tree quarters 216.000.000 00
Total by Secretary's estimate &ILL ftn, 541 77
Special Commissioner's estimate 336,12tX1,00.1 00
EXPENDITI:IILS - 00- 7 0. '
.kpuropriati.tb , ni Iced for 1in5,014,011 74
rcrunt leat appropriations rtquired,
- tstlrnate,l 10,052 nr.o no
Interest. Account I-S. Giro, 676 00
tinexp , ivied balances of previous
s.opropria , lon-, estitnited as re
quired 5.05,312 26
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ECM
•
This figure gives all that is asked for, and
there is reason to believe that the Committee
on Appropriations will reduce the amount
given to at least $290,000,000.
itgrENuiv3. 1569-70,
Secretary of Treasury estimates 1, Cr27,0n0.0a 0
:Special Commissioner estimates •tUo.fon
The following figures give the total ext
penditures of the government for the las
three fiscal years, with the estirdates of the
Secretary for the present and next fiscal
years: - I
,
1./Vr.f;..V.:.. , , 000
1...66. 346.73 a. n(VO
IN6:-8 377. X 10,600
1,4•5-7336,0.104(X10
1 .th.'.)-,70 303.000. COO
It should be said that $43,47 ,500 of the
expenditure for 1E 1 67-8 was for b unties.
The following tables show t e expendi
tures and receipts of the government for the
first and secorill quarters of the current fiscal
year ending next June: i _
1 tEVE.. - rF.9.
Internal Recenaea....lst:' , •t ° .ft 3 (A • 34.151.916
Custc.ms 49,6711 Si/4 C 40,0041,000 est.
Lands 714,05 1.13 500.000 eat.
Direct tax 15,41/1 tl.
Miscellaneous - 6.249.179 97 7 (15=.0.4
Totals i$,S, IM 565 97 $ 5A.50t,012
EX PENDlrgaz.4,
Civil service. fore , ten •
intercourse and
miscellaneous ......=1,."""..,106 21,=.1 06 33 . 10,919,060 35
Inter or—peuelons ..
Ind ISMS 12.558,n17 70 k 5.043 1= SS
War and bounties.. "1'414 1 .117 (a, 2.3..9!5.573
30
fstsv7 h.1%04 ' , SS 33 c.v.a.:cm fO
Int. on public debt.. 31.742.614 37 k 21,277.879 32
Total $105.15/470 7S II n,367.314 95
Less repayments 5C0,000 00
CE!TRAL BOARD ¶)F EDUCATION.
Reports of High School Principal and City
Superintendlent-•Additional Teatheno.
Colored School...Resignation—Charges
Against Prof. liughes--Ainandments to
School Law.
A regular meeting of the Central Board
of Edication was held yesterday (Thurs
day) in the High School building, at two
and e half o'clockl P. at.
The roll was called when the foll Owing
members answered to their names: Messrs;
Anderson, ChUdwick, Covert, Ciaig, Getty,
Harrison, Maysi Nobbs, •Shaw, Sergeant,
Wilson, and President Brush.
The minutee , of the' irecedir
were read stud approved.
Mon' scrneetp.puirrcnfit's
The Secretary read, the rep
Plidotus Dean. Principal, of
Schad, of,which the following i
Days of session —*-
Total attendance
Males
Females. ti
AN'rerage attendance of Mules_
_ 41 ,•-, Females .... 75'
'Total 'average ' 144
The averagelter,cent.
_of atte dance, Was_
85T-7i total greateritlittendinc
Normal 'Department -.lDays cif-session, 19;
::Males attending, none; females, 61. The
greatest attendance wan 57, and least 89.
Commerc at Department.—Males attend
ing from High School, 21; females, 9: from
Normal School, lemares, '3; others, males,
91; females, 16. Total number stteltding
the department, males, A 121; females, 28:
total, 144.
The report ,reuommends the appointment
of Misses Agnes C. Way and Rachel Hen=
derson as Teachers of Drawing.
The average of several applicants for ad
, mission to the High School was given.
The report. was,received. -
On motion (of ,ff.' Covert, Mrs. Anna
Hetherington was admitted to the High
'School.
. - CITY."EitirERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
• 1
Mr. I..ticky. City Superintendent, sub
mitted the 14.4c:wing report
GcentientenT"Allpw me most respectfully
to submit the following condensed report
of the condition of the Public Schools of the
city foi the month of December,leAlEi :
The number of Teachers is the same as
reported for November. Three additional
Teachers were appointed at your last meet
ing„but were not actively engaged until the
first - of JahitatT. .
The training school, though not\ properly
a subject of notice in this month's report,
yeti take, the w liberty of stati for the
information of ' the board, went into
operation on Monday, January 11th, under
very favorable circumstance, and bids fair
aced specimens
laces, se,lected
y, and with his
The ,vapor
was higher
five was as high
iow as eighteen,
tty. The worst
:posed of ninety
to beauties an important part of our public
school system.
Whole number of pupils enrolled 8,355
males 4,269
41
" females 406
Total average attendance 6,920
It .{ males 3,589
II 6{ females 3,331
Per centage of attendance 83
The number of corporal punishments in
the different wards were as follows:
First ward, 9; Third and Fifth wards, 4;
Fourth ward, 6; Sixth ward, 60; Ninth and
-Tenth wards, 24; Eleventh ward, 20;
Twelth. 25; Thirteenth, 8; Fourteenth, 17;
Flfteenth.\ 18; Seventeenth. 13; I•7lneteenth,
2; Twentieth, 4: Twenty-third, 9; Colored
School 2. 'Toe "wards not named had none.
This makes a total of 221, a'decreaSe of over
11 on the number reported for NoVember.
Eighty-nine per cent. of attendance in
the Third and Fifth Ward§ was the highest
reported.
The report was received and ordiared to, be
filed.
TEACHERS AND SALARIES.
Mr. Craig, from the Committee on Teach
ers and Salaries, submitted a report recom
mending. the employment ofMiss Agnes
Way and Mies Rachel Henderson as
teachers in drawing In the High School, at
'tt salary of fifteen dollars per month each,
and the einployment of an assistant teach
er In the High School at_ a salary of one
hundred and twenty-five dollars per month;
provided a suitable additional room can be
obtained for the use of the High School.
The report was received and adopted,
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Mr. Sergean4 Secretary of the Board,
submitted the following report :
GENTLEMEN: I would respectfully report
that warrants to the amount of '414,682.87
have been drawn since your meeting of
Deceinber Bth.
The report was received.
MUSIC TEACHER. 1
Mr. Craig, from the Committee on Music
and Music Teacbers, reported that the
Committee was in need of an additional
teacher, at least two days in the week, and
asked that the Committee be authorized to
employ a teacher two days in tho week, at
a salary of five dollars per day.
Mr. Nobbs moved that the request of the
Committee be granted. The motion was
adopted.
Mr. Mays, from the Committee op Col
ored' Schools, submitted a report, accom
panying which *as a resolution authoriz
ing the Committee to furnish and let the
hail at such times and upon such occasions
as they may deem properinot, however, to
interfere with the arrangements of the
school, and to be let for religious and mis
sion purposes alone. •
The report was received and the resolu
tion adopted.
The. Secretary read a communication
from Dr. L. Oldahue,resigning his mem
bership In the Central Board. The coin
mut:ilea-ion was received , and the resigna
tion accepted. A
CHARGES AGAINST PROF. .11raliNg•
Also, a communication from the School
Board of the Eleventh ward, stating that
the charges preferred by Mr. Mays against
Prof. Hughes, teacher of music, did not
originate in that board, but wore his own
act. The communication was received.
Mr. Mays stated that be bad not present
ed the charges as emanating from the
Eleventh ward Board, hut as his own act,
and a4ked that the fact be so stated.
Mr. Harrison moved that the Eleventh
ward Board be informed that the charges
were not presented as emanating from them,
but as coming from Mr. Mays himself. The
motion was adopted. el
$303,0(0,0(X1 00
REVISION OF SCHOOL LAWS
Mr. Craig, from the Committee appoint
ed to revise the school laws, presented a re
port recommending several amendments to
the present law.
The report was received, and the amend
ments recommended to be embodied in the
general school law by the State Legisla
ture.
The Secretary then read sundry bills
which were ordered to be paid.
On motion of Mr. Craig, the o Secretary
was authorized to subscribe for a copy of
Municipal Record.
The meeting then adjourned.
THE .COURTS.
District Court—Judge Kirkpatrick.
In this case of John P. Gilson vs. the
Ardesco Oil Company, the jury Ibund a ver
dict in favor of plaintiff for 51,500.. De
fendant's (*nisei moved for a new trial.
In the case of Dennis O'Leary vs.-tames
Greene, resorted yesterday, the jury found
a verdict in favor of defendant.
The next case was that of the North
American 011 and Mining Company, for
use of Francis H. Macey, trustee of Josiah
H. Madey & Sons, vs. the Antesco Oil. Com
pany. Action on covenant, plaintiffs alleg
ing•vlolation of contract entered into by
the parties July btli. 1867, In the leasing of
oil. Works in Arpistrong county. On trial.
$71,867,314 73
TRIAL LIST FOE THIS DAY.
131. Hagerman for use vs. Schaad.
49. Cochran's heirs vs. Auld.
82. Burbridge & Co. vs. McDevitt.
72. Dollar Savings Bank ye. Aeschelman.
73. Finney vs. Bradley.
79. Nicholas vs. Boyd.
81. Comely & Friskett vs. Eichner Bros.
142. Ardeseo 011 Co. vs. Fleming et al.
=NI Pleas—Judge Stowe.
In the case of John Verner and Son vs.
James Sullivan, the jury was withdrawn
arid-the plaintiff took a ,non-sult.
O. W. Marshall ►e. Alex. . McClintock.
Action to recover 1314.50, balance alleged
to be due for cord-Wood sold to "defendant.
Verdict for 1297.50. .
John Michael vs. Rosenback, Mailert ec
Co. Action' to recover 1600, amount of
promissory tote. On trial. •
I s meeting
RETORT.
of Prof.
the I) Igh
a eypopeis:
T RIAL %Myr FOR TO-D.A.T.k
230. Panhorst vs. McMaster.
242. Lower vs. Ihmsen.
261. ==White et. el. vs. Kearns et. al.
245. Robinson, A.dtax.vs. P..&.
Company.
128. Fleming & Co. vs. Bushnell. ,
247. Harrls-vs. Ihmsen.
252. •Robion & Co. vs. Duncan.
257. Clark et. al. vs. 'O'Donnell. "• •
285. Watt & Wilson, vs. Mulholland et.al.
Quarter Seishinet--4udge Mellon.
The Court of Quarter Sessions met at ten
o'clock yesterday morning, Judge Mellon
on the bench. . • •
THE O i NBIL RIOT.
The jury in the O'Neil riot case came into
Court and Stilted 'Tor instructiens 'relative to
the testimony. They have not yet agreed
upon a verdict.
ALLEGED INDECENT ASSAULT.
George Forsyth was arraigned on an in
dictment charging him-with committing an
inllcent assault on Mrs. Margaret Scott.
The defendant resides in -Union township,
this county, and the prosecutrix is a resi
dent there. The parties are relatives and
the assault was alleged to have been com
mitted on the premises of the defendant.
Jury out. ,
FELONIOUS ASSAULT. _
Reilly Jackson, colored, was indicted for
committing a Moutons assault and battery
upon Albert Cooper, also colored, on the
night of November eth. The parties were
attending a colored ball, given In Birming
bam, and during the evening a disturbance
arose between a man , named Hopkins and
Jackson. The defendant drew a knife and
ran Hopkins out of the hall, but on reach
ing the door he fell. As he was raising Up
he stabbed Cooper, who was standing near
the door, in the left leg, inflicting a severe
wound. The case has not yet been conclu
ded.
STATISTICS.
COLORED SCHOOLS
lIESIOICA.TION
BRIEF TELEGRAMS
—The total number of steamboats arriv
ing at Cairo, Illinois, for the year ending
December 31, was 3,729.
—The Legislative Council of British Co
lumbia is - considering the question if re
ciprocity with the United States.
—On Monday evening, at Ottawa, 111.,
Draft and Thorn, two young men, were
drowned in the Illinois river while skating.
1--A dispatch from St. Paul, Minn.' says,
Ramsey's re-election to the United States
Senate is certain. Donnelly is said to have
retired in favor of Wilkinson.
- -
—At Wanaconda, 111., on \ Saturday after
noon, Thad. Raymond, a farmer, strangled_
himself in his own barn. Financial and
domestic troubles were the cause.
—United States Attorney General Evart
has issued a circular of instruction to Dis
trict Attornies directing all. suits for the
crime of treason to be discontinued.
—George Donelson, of Burlington, Vt.,
convicted of illicit distilling,has been sen
tenced to imprisonment for six months, and
to pay a fine of one thousand dollars.
—Of eighty specimens of kerosene oil
tested by Prof. Chandler, at - New York, re
cently, none reached the right standard,
and none for sale in that city, that he had
seen, was At to usel, .
X. Bear, teiegraPh operator at
Brownsville, Nebraska, was knocked down
and shot twice on Wednesday night, and
robbed of 'froni six to eight hundred dollars
of Express money..
—J. C. Cliatlen was arrested in Fredericks
burg, Va., on Tuesday. charged by his ex
wife, Sarah A.- Hoyt, of New York, with
larceny and obtaining two hundred dollars
by forging her name to a draft.
—The report of Messrs. Peckham,' Steb
bins and Griswold, committee appointed
to examinine the stock mattersof the New
York Central Road, report the amount of
its capital stock on the 16th of December
fus 528,795,000.
—A new theory concerning the Rogers.
murder, at New York, is that the murderer
is an escaped' Sing Sing convict, who had a
letter for the discharged convict Logan,hat
never delivered it, or at least the envelope
was found in a portion (Attie coat torn from
him in the struggle with Rogers.
—Nelson Spellman was arrested at•
-
Springfield, Mass., on Tuesday, for attempt
ed outrage on Miss Elizabeth Gibbons, an
estimable lady, fifty-five years old, as she
was going to church on Sunday. Mrs.
Gibbons was thrown down in the snow and
severely injured, but her screams fright
ened the villain away.
—The Leavenworth' Commercial says a
White man named. Hays was recently mur
dered at Hays City, Kansas, by three negro
soldiers belonging to the Thirty-eighth In
fantry. The murderers were arrested and
lodged in jail, but during the night were
taken from prison by a Vigilance Commit
tee and hung to the nearest trees.
—Pana , aa advices to the 4th state that.
the crops,of -southern Chili are not likely
to turn out fa% orably. Extensive gold
mines are reported at Santa Rosa, causing
great excitement. There is less talk of
revolution In Peru. Earthquakes continue
along the coast. The navigation of the Pe
ruvian rivers has been declared free to all •
flags.
—James taring, of Lasalle, Illinois, late
volunteer Lieutenant in the United States
Navy, calls on all officers who served in the
Western Flotilla and Mississippi Squadron
during the war, to assemble at Cairo on
the eighteenth of February and form a so
ciety similar in character to that of the
Armies of the Tennessee, Cumberland; Ohio
and Georgia. _
~—Saturday evening last a physician was,
summoned to attend two dying - women,
Mrs. Louisa Cook and - .Miss Jane V. Ree
land, who reside on South Second street,
Jersey City. Having had domestic trou
bles which they thought themselves too
weak to boar, the women had bought-mor
phine and took a heavy dose, resolving to
die together. Having been restored to con
sciousness, they expressed their indigna
tion that they had not been permitted to die.
AFFECTIONS OF THE KIDNE Y S AN
URINARY ORGANS
Diseases Of this nature are found to exist in per-.
sons of all ages. Children, and even infants, -are,
subject to unnatural secretions of the Ilidneys, and
pain in voiding the urine, as well as adults. Espe
cially is this the case with aged and inernapsrsons,
and those whose habits are sedentary. Nor is this a
matter of surprise when we take into consideration
the delicate nature of the kidneys, and the import
ant functions they, have to perform. All the super
fluous, unhealthy and poisonous waste of the system
Must pass through the kidneys, thence into the
bladder, and passes off with the urine; consequently'
any obstruction In the kidneys, that awlll prevent
these poisonous particles from being thrown off,
will be followed bvdiseases.t the o gams themselves
and more or less derangement of the wnoie system.
Among the svmptoms of such derangement are the
following: Deep seated pain in the small of the
back, sometimes extend!, if around the loins in the
aboomen,
or adult heavy, numbing pain, extend
ing froutthe back down the lower extremity of the
rlgnt abdomen to the tuner part,or the thigh; rest
dilDcultq la exne, fenced in voiding the urine, feter
ish skin, headache, nervous and general debility,
&c., &e.
In the removal and cure of such diseases, no rem
edy has yes been di•covered that equals Dtt. BAR
GENT'is DIURETIC On BACILACHE FILLS.
Trey have been used extensively for upwards of
forty years, and hvvegiven perfect satl•faction in
every case, and are highly recommended by all who
nave used them. For sale by all Druggists.
THE MACHINE, CALLED MAN,
Is a very complicated and delicate one, and is more
liable tp get out of order, and much more difficult to
repair, than any combination of wheels, and Cranks,
and levers'. made brae hands of man, As a rale, it
Is tinkered too muck. and badly tinkered at that. It
is often calomelLted."narcotized, depleted, and othsi
erwise misused. when all that it really needs is a
wholesome toulc and restorative like HOSI`hT
TER'S STOIIACH BITTER4io put it In proper
mid keep It so. The 'atom ch is shamefully trim
mal
treated. To the drat pace. to food wide is 1p Juices
are Intended to dissolve. is too frequently aroma
into tt hastily, and la • half matte-sited condition. ••
In which state the gastric arid cannot properly act
nnoa ft. The result is dyepessta. Then comes the
doctor. and ending the 'digestive orgths weak and
the bowels them, be proceeds to weaken and pens. -
lyre thin more with drastic purgatives These fail
lag-as they always do-to produce a salutary change,
be tells the Invalid that medical science can do no
more for him. This,' with all dee deference, Is a
mistake.--oue of those mistakes which Taileyrand
said weirettantemonnuto crimes. What the dytpep
tie needs is snotperattes. et edgthen the stomach
with HOSTETTER`d BITTERS. and the stomach
will 'truism n ev,ry other part of the human ma
chine; and make it, In common parlance, is good as
new. Upon the state of the digeetion depend,. lax
measure, the condition of the whole system: Now,
the Bitters are the most admirable sonic known.
Thermo:l'M& of the tiniest vegetable invigorants and •
restoratives, combined wills an unai:ulterated illici
t:dint. The dyspsptic needs nothing else to effect a.
cure, ,except a light, nutritious diet.• and a fair
amount of exercise.; -Even in the absence of these
last mentioned "memories, the teak, and a'teratirt,
properries of the preparation will' work wonders,
ensoling the dyspeptic to digest inferior fare with
comparative ease and to maintain. a good habit of
body. In spice of the drawbacks of a sedentary occu
.
.pa
•• •
THE SOUND OF TUB LUNGS. -
One of the most accurate ways of determining
whether the lungs are in a healthy or diseased con
dition, is by means of liatening to the respiration.
To those experienced In this practice it becomes as
plain, an inuex to the state , of the' Inv gs, and is as
well knoen to the operator as are the voices of his
moat intimate acquaintances. The belief that long
standing conchs. and diseases of , t e lungs upon
which thei are dependent; are. incurable. are fast.
becoming obsolete. One great advantage to be
gained from this advance In medical knowledge Is
et e earlier appileXtion of those who become afflicted
with those diseases to some one competent to afford
relief. 'I im error which had hold of the pub
.llc mind in regard to the curability of consuraption.
or Tuber non.c arability, is fast becoming obliter
ated, and it is well that It should be so, not that.
persons should lose that sa,utsry fear which would
make therit aoply fors eircrt , y remedy, but that all
, might be induced to use remedies while there Is any
hope. His the delay In these cues that ells ns
with apprehension and alarm, , for if every one
would make timely applicatioa of DR. IIEYSEIt'S
Luxp pufiE In the beginning of a cold or cough,
few cases would go so far as to become irremediable.
Bold at the Doe ors great litdielne Store,No.l 4o
Wood street. WILLSHORTLY.RFMOVE TC HIS
' NEW STORE, NO. 16 LIBERTY STREET, SEC,
OND DOOR FROM 8 r. C1;41.1R.
HP:YSER'S RESIDENT OFFICE POS.
I CND EXAMINATIONS AND THE TREAT
MEN r or OBeT [NATE CH SONIC MiLLSEtt,ISO..
IAU PENN STREET, PITTSBUROLI,,ri.. Office
Hors trod 9 A'. - st. 'until 4r. 31.1 and horn. 4 to 6
at tight.
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