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Proceedings of the Legislature-- Reward for the Brodhead Murderers—The penerallteg istry Law—Monument Dedi cation—Case of TwitchelL (By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette./ SENATE. HARRISBURG, April 5,1869. FINAL ADJOURNMENT. Mr. WALLACE introduced a joint resolution for final adjournment April 15th._ • BILLS PASSED. The bill authorizing railroad companies to subscribe to the stock of improve ment companies, passed finally, with Schuylkill county exempted from its provisions. The bill authorizing the appointment of a police force in Petroleum Centre, passed. Mr. GRAHAM called up the_ bill au thonzing- the congregation of convicts in Western Penitentiary for labor, learn ing and religious services. Passed. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. PETITIONS, ETC. Mr. WILSON, of Allegheny, present %.ed a remonstrance from the Eighth I Ward, 'Allegheny city, against the School Board - borrowing money. Mr. HUMPHRIES, of Allegheny, a petition from Sharpsbarg and Etna for a law authorizing the citizens to vote for or against liquor Ih3ences. REWARD POE BROADHEA.D MURDERERS. Mr. WlLSON.introduced a joint reso lution authorizing the Governor to offer a reward of two, thousarid dollars for the recapture of the •Broadhead murderers. ;Passed finally. THE INSANE BILL. -Mr. CLARKE, of Warren, moved the general insane bill be the special order for Wednesday. Agreed to: - THE JURY LAW. ' . Mr. WEBB . ' of Bradford, called up the the Senate supplement to the jury act of 1867, allowing the Court to order new lists,far deficiencies iu jury - wheels. Paseed finally. . , . strrEnvisons. Mr. XERR, of Allegheny, introduced a bill fixing the number of supervisors in Elizabeth township, Allegheny coun ty. Passed finally. - . COUNTY SURVEYORS. Mr., NICHOLSON called up the bill allo*ing present and future county sur veyors to act till their successors are duly qualified. Passed finally. ,LATERAL RAILROADS. Mr. .. CHOLSON also called up the Senate 0 1 relative to., lateral railroads, authorizi g parties to abandon construc tion and make equitable settlement, making i applicable to Beaver, Wash ington and Fayette counties. Passed finally. °THEE BILLS PASSED. Mr. HUNTER introduced a bill ex- tending the jurisdiction of Aldermen and Justices of the Peace, and relative to St. Clair Cemetery Association of Greens burg. Passed finally. Mr. PORTER, of Cambria called up the bill creating an additional Court in Cambria county. Passed finally.. • The bill repealing the act changing the venue in certain cases from Allegheny to Jefferson, was supported by Mr. Wilson, opposed by Mr. Brown, of Clarion, and passed finally. . The bill confirming the jurisdiction of • the Butler Common Pleas Court In the case of Butler county against the North western Railroad, was favored by Mr. Leslie, of Butler, and opposed by Mr. Edwards, of Lawrence, and passed finally. The bill authorizing the - election of a ..Board of Licenses in Titu§tille passed finally. 4tEGISTRY BILL The General Registry bill ,from the Senate was sailed up by Mr. STRA.NG, •and opposed by dilatory motions and points of order from the Democratic side. Mr. STRANG offered as a substitute an entirely new bill, principally the sane as the Senate bill before amended. The bill, with an additional section specially providing for Philadelphia. passed second reading by a strict party MONUMENT DEDICATION. Invitations were extended to both Housea to participate in the dedication of the Dauphin County Soldiers' Monu ment on Wednesday, and accepted. THE CASE OF TWITCHELL.. It is understood that all efforts to ob. tato a pardon or reprieve for Twitchell will fail with the Governor. - Difficulty at Michigan State Prison. torTenutraeh to the Pittetotrighliatettej— Thrraorr. Mien.. April b.—The' keep; era, twenty-two in number, having charge of the convicts in the different shops in the State Prison at Jackson, **- signed this morning, because their sala ries were not raised by the Legislature. Work in the shops has entirely ceased, aid the convicts are locked in their cells. T e contractors have notified the Agent that they Will hold the State resporutible for damages, which will amount to over one thousand dollars per day. The sale ry sts fixed 'in -the new law is five hun dred-dollars. The Agent has called a meeting of the Board of Inspectors for to-morrow to consider the state of affairs. The Legielature adjourned sine die to-day. Central Paelfle,Ridlroad Progress. TBVPlneittapli to the Pittsburgh Guette.3 Seri FRAricrisa?, Aprir s.—The Central "Otte Railroad.is completed to the six htmared and fortieth mile pcst since the removal of the Democratic Commlw :golfers seventy miles have ,been con structed, , but no Commissioners are here,anthorized to examine and report upon the work. Tbe track laying progresses five miles a day, and it is ex. waited to reach Ogden in twenty days. Brodtiead Murderers—One Recaptured. LEI Telegraph to the Pltubergh Elseette.l prod Pa., 'Apr il 5.--Orme, one of 4 4 Brodhad Murderers, who escaped from the Stroudsburg Jail on Saturday night: has been recaptured. Brooks is still at large. • , 4^.4aVA , 7t l • •;+ 115e ., 4 4 ‘45.1,04.V.,,,,,*4-P} , :%:-" 1 • '-**.iiisl6,..o;l.7o72.3b7.74VVVASMWn't.'-:'44.t.434W4)-4.EiWittifigZP-Untf'' ' ' • - , • • • • • THE CAPITAL Additional Nominations—Con firmations by the senate— Writ of Error in Twitehell Case Refused The Tariff Question. CB➢ Telegraph to the Pittsburgh 6azette.l WASHINGTQN, April 5, 1869 SUPPLEMENTARY CURRENCY BILL. The Committee on Banking and Cur rency had before it,this morning,the bill in relation to. currency. Mr. Jones, of Kentucky, moved to report it - back to the House with the recommendation that it pass. Negatived. The- Commit.. tee then Proceeded to consider :the pro posed amendment, but had not complet-, edits consideration at adjournment. SUPREME COURT DECISION. The Supreme Court to-day delivered an opinion in the case of James T. Aus tin, plaintiff in error, vs. Board of Alder men, in error to Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The corporation had taxed a. number of shares held by Austin in various banks. He set up the plea that the State apt rel ative to returns and taxation of shares on associations for banking established under the laws of the United States was repugnant to the statute of United States passed June 3d, 1864. The Supreme Court affirmed the validity of the statute of Massachusetts. . The Supreme - Court adjourns on the 15th till October. No argument will be heard after Friday. APPCTSTMENTS; The following nominations were sent in to-day: James M. Ashley, Governor of Territory of Montana; W. M. Bateman, United States Attorney Southern District, Ohio; Jerry S. Razeiton, United States Attorney, Wisconsin; B. F. Dennison, Chief . Justice Supreme Court, Territory of Washington; Edward Eviina, Associate Justice, Territory of Washington; A. B. Maynard, Attorney Eastern District, Michigan; John A. Norris Pension Agent, Columbus, Ohio; Frank Walcott, Receiver Land Office, Wyoming Terri tory. The following Registers of Land Of fices: Lewis Dugal, Denver, Colorado; Henry Walter, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Jas. P. Clark, Olympia, Washington Ter ritory; Wm. Berry, Prescott, Arizona. The following to be Surveoors: Gen. T. Russ Spencer, New Mexico; W. H. Beadle; Dakota; H. D. Washburn, Mon. tana; Edward Roger, Wyoming; E. B. Terry, Washington; Jauett W. DanieLs, to be agent for Sizeton and. Warpoton bands of Saint Croix Indians in Dakotah. - be Assessor of Internal Revenue: Thos. F. Shaw, Second District, Ohio. Collebtors of, Internal Revenue: L. Werteel, Virg District, Ohio; - Richard Pultsn,'Second District, Ohio; Henry C. Rogers, Nineteenth District, Penn sylvania. The following postmasters: Wm. Mil -ler, Petroleum Centre, Pa.; R. J. Calmat), ti; . • - lin, Pa.; Jno B. Howe, Oil City, Pa. NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED The - Senate this afternoon confirmed nearly two hundred nominations, includ ing nearly all those of the Postmasters heretofore transmitted to that body, be sides Registers. and Receivers of Land offices. Among the confirmations of Postmasters are John R. Vooris, Chilli cothe, Ohio; John F. Johnson, Bellefonte, Pa.; Andrew W. Dennison, Baltimore; Wm. It. Holloway, Indianapolis; Isaac Keyes, Springfield, F. A. Eastman, Chicago; H. W. Hager,. Lancaster, Pa. The Senate also confirmed the follow ing nominations: D. B. Parker Mar shal District of Virginia; Eli. 11. Mur ray, Marshal of Kentucky; J. A. Bar bank, of Indiana, Governor of Dakotah; AlvanF. Flanders, Governor of Wash ington Territory; Obed F. S. Strickland, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court for Utah; Joseph A. Glover, Attorney Northern District, Illinois; Aubrey H. Smith, Attorney Eastern District, Pa.; George S. Rimer. Treasurer of the Uni ted States Mint and Assistant Treasurer at Philadelphia; Beuj. H.Campbell, Mar shal Northern Ditrict, Collectors or Customs: W. R. Holiday, Wheeling, W. Va.; Thomas Steel, Pitts burgh. Collectors of Internal Revenue: Geo. 0. Evans, Third District, Penna.; Thos. W. Davis; Twenty-second District, Penna.; Geo. Bubb, Eighteenth District, Parma.; Charles J. Bruner, Fourteenth District, Penna.; Charles M. Merrick, Twenty-fourth District, Penna. Assessors Internal Revenue: 0. Ni. Mat thews, Second District, W. Va.; Albert Chamberlain, Second District, Penna.; Sanriuel Know, Thirteenth District, Penna.; David M. Karmany, Tenth Die tea, Penna.; John It. Horny, First Dis trict, Penna.; Russell Errett, Twenty ,second District, Penna. QUESTION. THE TARIFF QUESTION. The Committee of Ways and Means to-day passed a resolution that they will personally examine into all the custom -houses, warehouses, revenue offices, &c., and everything pertaining to the revenue, in order to enable them to frame a tariff bill =by the next session of Congress. They will probably extend their visits from Boston to San Francisco, commenc ing at New York in May. WRIT OF ERROR DENIED. Chief Justice Chase to-day denied the writ of error in the TwitcheLl case, on the ground that the fifth and stath amendments to the Constitution were not restrictions upon State Governments, but only on the Government of the Uni ted States. PROPOSED SERENADE. Various friends of Cabs prOposed to serenade, tomorrow night, the special envoy of . Cubans, in they, have alma doned the design n sccordance with , his wishes. ' BILL SIGNED. The President 10-day eltraed'the modi fied Tenureo.of-Offiee bill, as passed by Congress. Election In Michigan. tßy Telegraph to toe Pittsburgh Gusette.l • DETnutT, April 5.--A light vote was cast today.- The Republicans elect Thos. „M. Copley, Justice of the Supreme Court, 'Jonas .M •litcCiowan and joseph Esta brOok. Regenta of State University, by lirObably the usual majority; - also elect Circuit Judges in nearly all the circuits. ]in his city the total vote was only-2,775r ' last-faith was over 12,000: - The Demo erotic majority on Justice of the Supreme Court is W. • • PITTSBURGH, TUESDAY, APRIL 6. 186.9 SECOND EMIR. FOUR O'CLOCK. A. M. FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. [FIRST SESSION.] Termini of the Pacific road —DisCussion of the Ques tion in the Senate—General Business in the House—Con tested Elections in South Carolina Evening Session for General Debate. City Telegraph to the Pittsburgh 6arette.l SENATE. WASHINGTON, April 5, 1869. • Mr. TRUMRULL, from. the Commit tee on Judiciary, reported, without amendment, , the bill prescribing the oath of office to be taken by persons who participated in the late rebellion, but who are not disqualified from hold. ing office by the Fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. It provides when such person shall be elected or appointed to any office of trust or honor under the United States Government, and shall not be able to take the oath prescribed July 2d, 1862, on account of participation in the late rebellion, they shall, in lieu thereof, be fore entering upon the duties of their office, take the oath prescribed in the act of July lith, 1868, prescribing an oath of office to be taken by persons from whom legal disabilities shall have been removed. Mr. THURMAN, from the same Com mittee, reported, with amendments, the hill for the sale of Hot Springs Reserva tion, Arkansas.- Mr. SCHURZ introduced a bill mak ing St. Louis and Cincinnati ports of entry. Referred to Committee of Com merce. Mr. SUMNER introduced a bill pre venting United States Courts interfering with the oontrasts of slaves. Referred to. Judiciary Committee. Mr. CHANDLER called up the bill authorizing the New York, Newfound land and London and Lansing 'Tele graph Companies. to land cables on the United States coast. Mr. STOCKTON'S amendment, giving the same permission to any compan4 chartered by any State, was pending. While advocating his amendment the morning hour expired, and the Joint res olution to protect the interests of the United States in the Union Panicle Rail road came up. The question pending was on Mr. Sherman's amendment concerning the junction ottlfa twaToadriveta.r.auutibri - mg the President of the United States Go fix the point of junction cf the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads, and for that purpose, if he deems it expedi ent, to appoint a board of eminent citi zens, not exceeding five in - number, to examine and report in regard to the pro per point of junction, anti also in regard to the condition of each road, and what sum will be required to complete it as a first class road. :Mr. WARD opposed the amendment. Ile did not think , it wise to, clotEict the President with such extraordinary dis cretion, nor did he believe the President would be willing to exercise it. He con tended the Secretary of the Interior had established a line between Monument Point and Echo Summit, upon which both companies were neural to build their roads. The Union Pacific Company, however, had seen fit to diverge to the north of the - line fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, and now the two companies were constructing their roads, one eastward and the other westward; past -each other, with out forming a junction. This left the rights of the respective companies to be settled either by the courts or by Congress, and he greatly preferred that Congress should settle the matter by law because a lawsuit between the compa• flies mightresult in depriving the coun try of the benefit of a through railroad to the Pacific for Months, or even years. Be therefore offered an amendment ap pointing Gens. Sheridan, Thomas, Mc- Dowell, flalleck and Thomas J. Durant' a board of commissioners, with authority to establish the point of unction, which shall be on the line already approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the board to, report Buell point to the Secretary• of the Interior. Mr. SHERMAN agreed that the point of junction must be fixed on the general route'contemplated by the Secretary of the Interior, but objected to the amend ment of the Senator, because it required the Commissioners to select some point, or a designated line, as if a line had boon fixed by law, which, in Mr. Sher man's judgment, was not the fact. It was well known to every Senator that the line claimed to have bsen fixed by' the Secretary of the Interior was In dis pute, and that charges had been made in connection vilth it and were being invds tigated in the House of Representatives. It was now necessary that the point of junction should be fixed by acme man petent authority, because the rival roads were overlapping each other. The Union Pacific Company had already cow ieted its road thirty miles beyond "Og den.Blr.'Ci)NKLlNG asked which was the line fixed by the Secretary off nterior? Mr. SHERMAN said that it was one of the disputed points; but however that might be, the rearionsibility t of fixing the point of junction might, after all, rest on the President of the United States, and he (Mi. Sherman) therefote thought it be;. ter to place that responsibility upon the President at onee, and let him select Commissioners, than for Congress to un dertake to select army officers and send them away frOm their important official duties to do this. Mr. WILLIAMS suggested to Mr. Sherman an amendment to his amend ment, to direct the President to fix the point of junction according to the legal rights of the respective Companies. The discussion was continued atlenuth by Messrs: Thayer,- Howard, Trumbull,- Cole and Stewart on the 'points of con troversy between the and Union Pacific Railroads as to , where was the proper termini of the two roads, and the suit-of Fiak against the' Union Pacific Railroad Company in New York. At four o'clock the Sonata, without ao• tion went into Executive Session and subsequently adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. ELA introduced a bill to provide for printing the Congressional record. Mr. JENCRES, a bill to, establish a Department of Justice. Mr. NEGLEY, a bill reducing the num ber of army officers. Mr. LAWRENC.E, establishing a Law Department; also, for preserving the purity of elections and right to free dis cussion in unreconstructed States. Mr. TRIMBLE, appropriating $lOO,OOO for a custom house, postoffice, Arc., at Pa ducah, Ky. Mr. ARNELL, a bill aiding the Nash ville and Decatur Railroad with lauds. Mr. SMITH, of Tennessee, a bill appro priating MO,OOO for custom house and postoffice at Memphis. - Mr. JULIAN, a bill making Fort Cul lom military reservation, Colorado, sub ject to pre-emption for homesteads. Mr. STEVENS, a bill construing the eight hour labor law to pay fail wages. Mr. REEVES, a bill allowing prize money to the officers and crew of Moni tor for fighting the Merrimac. Mr. HOOPER, a bill to transfer the cutter S. P. Chase from the lakes to the seaboard. Mr. WINANS, a bill to fund`the pub lic debt; also, to amend the bill taxing whisky and tobacco. Mr. JONES, of Ky., offered a resolu tion Instructing the Committee on Ap propriations to inquireinto the propriety of applying part of the appropriation to coast survey to enable its Director to ,a)- operate with the Commissioners operat ing on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, for the purpose of obtaining an accurate geographical and topographical survey. Adopted. • Mr. JONES also offered a resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to inquire into the propriety of restoring to Mrs. Mary Custis Lee the Mount Vernon relics taken from her house at Arlington during the war and now in the Patent (Mice. Adopted. Mr. JULIAN reported a resolution to declare void so much of the Cherokee Indian treaties as authorized the sale of lands at 51.25 per acre. Adopted-98 to 85. Mr. SHANKS moved that the Judi ciary Committee investigate the charges against Judge Busteed of Alabama. Adopted-07 to 47. _ _ Mr. COBURN introduced a bill supple mentary to the Currency act of July 31, 1864. Laid over till Monday next. The business on the Speaker's table was then considered. • Several Senate bills and resolutions were referred and the following pasied: To carry into effect the treaty with Mexico for the adjustment of claims. To continua-in force the act extending the chartor of Washington City. For the relief of settlers on absentee' Shawnee lands •In Kansas. Continuing the Freedmen's Bureau Hospitals at Richmond, Vicksburg and ,the District of'Columbi 11. ;PAFNE, from the_ Committee on ecllsiiirftlireseMit.kka.Aiittie appointment of a Select Committee to in vestigate the charges made by the Board of State Canvassers in South Caro lina, relative to the system (..f terrorism and assassinations which prevented a fair canvass In the Third and Fourth Dis tricts at the last election. but after a brief discussion withdrew it for the present. Mr: BURDETT presented the report of the Committee on Elections, declaring A. S. Wallace entitledpritna facie to the seat form - the Fourth District of South Carolina, and gave notice he would call it up to-morrow. Mr. RANDALL presented a minority report in the same case. A message from, the President an nounced that he had signed the Tenure of-Office bill. The business , on the Speaker's table was again considered, and - several addi tional bills and resolutions referred tip-. proprlately. The SenatO Joint resolution enabling actual settlers to purchase certain lands of the 'Great and Little Osage Indians passed, with an amendment, in the na ture of a substitute. A. discussion arose on the bill extend ing the time to •construct the railroad from St. Croix river or laye, to the west end of Lake Superior, and to „Bayfielth Mr. JULIA.N. opposed the Dill and moved its reference to the Cortunittee ott Public Lands, with an ameadtnent re striding the sale of land to actual settlers. 'Mr. WASHBURNE, of Wis., advo cated the blll, sayin,g the opposition came from a rival interest, the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, and that CenipanYhad a heavy lobby around the House.' ,Mr. JULIAN disclaimed all knowledge of such oppoiition. His opposition was in the interest of the pber men who wanted to settle on public lands. Mr. WASHBURNE declared the ac tual settlers in the counties through which the railroad was to be built were anxious to have the bill passed. Mr. BUTLER, of Mass‘ohusetts, op posed the bill, because ho Had set him. self against all railroad aubsidles,whether In land or money. , After further discussion the bill was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. DAWES, from the Committde on Appropriations, reported back the In dian Appropriation bill, with the Senate amendments, whieh'Was made the spe cial order' for to h niorrov. • The SPEAKER presented a message from the.Presideut, submitting the re port of the Sepretary of State, with a tab ular statement as to the destination of . American merchant vesseisby privateers during the war. "Referred to' the Corn vinittee ou Commerce. Mr. DAWES asked leave to offer a res olution for a Select Committee a seven on election frauds. Mr. ELDRIDGE objected. Mr._ FARNSWORIII introduced a joint resolution authorizing the satin:Ws eon of the <Virginia Constitution:to a vote of the people. and authorizing the election."( State officers provided by that .f43 Constitution,. and of members Of on'. grass. Referred to ReconstructionL ni. mittee. ‘.E. ..:,,• Mr. FARNSWORTH , from the • oft. office Committee, reported the post td . bill. -' Passed. k =F:'3'l3 :, Mr. BURR offered a resollitioltrnto; ing an investigation into tbi aka 0 0 81 Third and Fourth Diatriots*Sodth Itte# t olina. Reforred to Qtro tthe,Ai Elee.:' tions. House \ • x The . 101 then! at ,:s lifilnist four' o'elock. took , a recess; theveititig Ales sion to beTor general debate only * . .-:_. . 2,vesfngSession--.Mr.:814,1R, of Mioh igen, in the Chalr. _ d Mr..TENOICESAddresse the House . on the necessity of a reform in the civil service, and in favor of his bill to that end. Mr. ORTEI advocated the admission of St. Domingo into the Union upon its adoption of a Republican form of Terri. terial government. :Adjourned. _ NEW YORK CITY Fisk vs. Union Pacific Railroad—Eighty Thousand Dollars in Securities Stolen. t Bp Telegraph to the Plttabur...h Gazette.) NEw YORK, April 5, 1869. 'ln the case of Fisk vs." the Union Pa cific Railroad, an affidavit was tiled in the Snpreme Court to-day by'Oakes Ames, a j stockholder, and Thomas C. Crane, John B. Alley, Sidney Dillon and Come. Hue S. Buahnel Directors of ,the Com pany, which states that during the prog ress of the work a contract for construc tion was made, which was not to be bind ing unless af terwards approved by the stockholders; that Fisk afterwards pur chased six shares of stock from a party who had assented to this contract; receiving a certifie.ate for the same, upon which was endorsed an express rat ification of all the Rota of which he now complains; that he Is therefore stopped from making any such complaint, that said rash has no other stock in the Company; that his pretended aubscrip lion to the Company's stock was invalid, and that it was made without any inten tion of becoming a bona fide stockholder; that if valid, the stock belongs to other parties, who employed him as a broker to' tender the subscription; that he never used or risked a dollar of his own money; that he ha.s at varioustimes since the commencement of the suit distinctly • stated to Messrs. Dillon, Alley and Bush nef that the subscription was made by hini for other parties and not for his own benefit, but as certain officers and directors of the company re fused to pay him 113,200 for services, counsel fees, &c., he brought suit for ' damages, and was determined to make the company pay him 575,000 or 8100,000 to,settle that he said farther, in July last, to Mr. Busmiel, that papers were made out and signed by judges for the appointment of a receiver, and that such receiver would be appointed on the following day; the directors, fearing this threat would be carried out, and know ing that at that time the company had property to the amount of many millions in New York, which, if taken possession of by a receiver, without notice, would have put a stop temporarily to all work on the road, took meas. urea for removing so much of I such property as was convenient out of the jurisdiction of the Court. The deponents deny the allegations of Fisk i and others as to fraudulent contracts' I with the Credit Mobilier, and explain those contracts averring that they were i just and equitable and more fayorable to the stock holders, than could haye been made with other parties. The ere dit Mobilier has paid but two dividends of six per cent, each. In some cases where the government subsidy was 0:41. "000p_er mile, the contractor has expend e—tsf`kfittirlover, 8200;000 per mil: j The Itotal profit to the builders of the read Will not exceed fifteen per cent. up on the total disbursements. Believing it for the interest of the Government and Compariy that the road should be completed without the usual delays in cident to works of this character, with out regard to cost, and to this liberality alone la the fact due that the line is no's practically completed at a cost contem plated in some cases more than doable the original estimate. . Jno. B. Alley. one of the Directors,. was examined before the referee. Mr,. Redfield, and testified that under .t ' e contract with the Credit MobiliPe r ,tlcfoit company was to guarantee itsittlfillnient of advance money and_ receive two and a half per centcomrtifsston as Well as . interest upon the whole cmitract. The' commission'would atnount to one ,mail- lion two hundred .thousand dollars. The amount of contract was about forty-seven million dollars. The commission has, never been paid, as the Credit Mobilig, could not respond to the call made upon th'em. 4:- During Sunday night the sto , ; 7 .0f Richard P.Runks it Co.; Tiventp nth street, was entered by burgle who broke open 'the safe and rob ..'it of ,', 4 ;5T),000 in , aecurities, and it.loo. *h. o,f the . securities only. s6o(l lat tied to States five.twenty bonds lire aiNtilaiale. co,Vq,Ecinctni Ey..VonoN. Republicans Carry the state.:-.coin' of one Republican Congreisairla • ' CBi Tetearartt to the rlttsbaitth o.F.Otte.) HArrriaßD, COllll., April 5.-9 r. it.— _ettirns , , . Returns are coming in Well for the Re pribliCans, indicating the election of the State ticket by 1,000 Majority, and the election of Strong over Dixon, for Con gress, in the First District. Returns from forty towns give 821 net'Republican gain, over last spring's vote. The full vote of Hartford gives for Governor, Sfarphall Jewill, Republican; 2',760, Jamed E. English, 'Democrat, -327; kir Congress, JulttieE. Strong, Rirpublt can, 2,757, James Dixon, Democrat, 3,267, a Republicatt•gain i ott47 over the vote. for Govern; feet sprink. ' ' - ,' t' WATnantrur, April 5..--The followini. IS the vote of Waterbury:. For Governor; English, 7 l,oB2; Jewill, 040. For Congress,' Kellogg, 4,109; Babcock, 845. One Re. publican and Democratic . Representative are el n ee To ted. zt oltri, April i_ The , Ti ___' met. , 51,1 i ,, the, vote of the Statii!will fall 10,000 tra-,. hind tnao,,Af last April. Hartford fallitl off over lOU . and New; , Haven over 60k1 The=results on GoVernor is elate; with the , chances, in favor Of Jewell. - The Demo L../ crate eß4 , loongresamen in ithe Second. and' ' nnd;thußepublicani, in the. -First • ''. OA iListriets.'Mhe Legisla ture ' h. , I . Ulddetablp ;Democratic' . galus,,,%, , . ' xobithly Republican 111 bot , ..ito , 'by eilti d majorities, ,Th 0"; 4 . , rant' 'saYSZet(veri - Your ' towns • show,'Oleptibilhait hair of 1,331. 'The tient , ~0141k1s• giiii 'imiolhe !State. James .Dixonhfilluitik defeated by J. L. Strong in the ,, IVongrestional District. Bah• cock;: : t; is is electedin the First D . iStarkweather,. Republican. In thlt.Tblidi , and Barnum, Democrat,• in the ~ • • 1, ~. 0 DA April s.—There areltopub „ . 4 , 0 c:• . kin Hartford and New Haven ~, , - und'Demooratio gains in Wind „. _ • field and Litchfield counties. L : Strong *election over Dixon is oonsid .;(*. .‘ tire. The Legislature is pretty 'balanced. .131 . ...-N” Yonx, April 6-3 A. st.—Nothing, re* ed as to the status of the Legis . /Mures ' 4 NUMBER, 84 NEWS TY CABLE. EST Telegraph to the Plitbborgh Gazate.) GREAT BBITA.IN. LONDON, April s.—ln the 'louse of Commons to-day the bill for thel aboli tion of imprisonment for debt' passed to a seeondrreading. SPAIN. MADRID. April 5.-Informal meetings of meMbers of the majority in the Cortes have been held, and have reignited in a resolution to support ex-King Ferdinand of Portugal for the throne of Spain. The Council of Ministers also decided to sec— ond the majority of the Cortes in thisde termination, and a deputation,with Don Salustina Alozga at its head, s gone to Lisbon to invite King Ferdinand - to ac cept the candidature. MADRID, April s.—La Politica, Serra no's organ, declares it knows facts rela tive-to Mr. Hale's smuggling, which it describes as flagitious. and insists upon having the documents. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Loxpox, March s.—Evening—Flve. Twenties quiet at 8831. Stocks steady; Erie, 24; Illinois, 9634; Atlantic and Great Western, 32. Tallow 465. Sugar 395. 9d. Linseed 011, 29 pounds 10s. Cal cutta Linseed 595. FRANKFORT,ApriI s.—Bonds at 87;i. Pains, Apris.—Bourse steady. Rentes 70f. 350. ArrrwEßP, April s.—Petroleum at 5.3 m-, HAVRE, Apill s.—cotton, on spot, 156 francs. LIVERPOO, April s.—Cotton dull; mid 'Ming uplandsoon spot, 123 ; afloat, 12;. Orleans; 12%; sales of 8,000 bales. Cali fornia white wheat, 9s. 9d.; red western. Ba. 9d. Westein Flour 23. Corn 28s. 6d. for new.• 0at4 , 38.4d. Barley 6s. Pork 101 s. 6d. Beef 90s. Lard 735. Cheese 765. 6d. Bacon Eas. 6d. Spirits Petrole um 9d., refined is. 9Md. • Tallow 465. 43d. Linseed ..9.62. Turpentine 31s. Heva.r., April s.—Evening—Cotton closed firmer, tres ordinaire, on spot at 147 francs. • BRIEF TEAGRAMS. —Navigation is nPw open between Lakes Huron and Erie. Boats left De troit last night for Cleveland and Alpena.- -Brigadier General Henry S. Burton, commanding at Fort. Adams, Newport, R. 1., died at that Fort, on Sunday, of apoplexy. —There was a heavy frost in Georgia Monday morning, and fears are enter tained that the fruit crop and early vege tables are injured. —.Aheavy frost on Sunday night had dlsastrotra effect on the South Carolina Stia cotton, -nearly all pf which. most be.replanted. • - - --Rig understood that Perry H. Smith, RAT; Tice President of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, tendered his resignation to the board of directors in New on Saturday last. ' • ... large fire has been raging for some • "Wilt the woods 'lletween'llag Harbor. and East Hampton, Lang; Island. It has burned over five hundred acres, and caused a vast amount of damage. . —The two express robbers; NI orton. and Thompson, with two other prisoners couatt.itted for theft, escaped from the jailed White Plains, New - York; on Sun dayrnight. The affair is involved in great mystery: "--Gablesberly & Co.'s four story brick bonded warehou'se," at Frankfort; ..Ry., on Saturday night was destroyed by fire, together with three hundred and fifty barrels of whiskey stored therein, in volving a loss-of MO,OOO. —Another accident happened on the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railroad on Friday evening last. A train ran off the tracknear Hollis Station, caused by 'a broken rail. A: number of passengers ' were injured, but mot none dangerously.. _ _ —Dr.,RobleY Dungleson, of Philadel phia, died on Thursday night, aged seventy-one years. He was one of the the most distinguished physicians and. authors of the country, and was for many years connected with Jefferson College, of Philadelphia. —At drneeting of the stockholders of. the Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Rail road Company, hold in Chicago, Monday afternoon, the retiring directors were re elcoted.for, lite ensuing year, viz: John A. Stewart, New York; William F. Weld,,Boston, and Payson R. Chandler, Chicago: —The. Chicago Hoard of Trade have elected the following officers for;the en. suing year: President, J. M. Richards; First Vide President, S. H. MCCrelt; Sec ond 'Vice President, 11. C. Ramsey; Directors, R. W. 'Petta, F. W. Mitchell, B. P. Hutchinson, J. Whitney - and - G. D. Watkeu. • —The projected railroad from Decatur. and Mootgomery,. Alabama, was let out to contract on the first instant, and the work, will begin immediately. The con tractors are,principally northern capital ists. The road passes through one of the richest mineral regions in the coun try. A large number of practical Penn sylvaniamf fume already invested large -17 in land ou the road. is stated that an imPortant and excited meeting of .the New York City ;Vigilance Committee was held on Thurs. day night, •et which a propOsition was made to call oat the ward organizations March to the tombs and demand the IstuZ render of the murderer ftedi into their hands; brit, after a stormy debate, it was ./determined to• await the action of , the Qiourts, and keep a clasp watch on.the "movements of the Volitictans in the case. , —The number of fires( and alarms in St.Loms, for the year ending in March, were two hundred• and twenty; total loss 12,020,000; insurance $1,655,105; loss over insurance 1865,315. The expenses ofthe:, Fire Department wore, 1131,498 4 a de-- crease fromprevions year of 18,236. Th e value of - property belonging to the De.' partment is 1225,650, including ten en gines ten hose carriages, two thousand feet o f ' hose, one hook and ladder truck, two fuel wagons, flity-eight horses dco. —On Wednesday night last Christopher Diehl, living in Camden,New Jersey, was dangerously stabbed by his ihther, who is seventy years of age , and served in the army during the late war. He parted with his wifesome years ago, and the son , renounced him and took. sides with the mother. The father and son met in a beer saloon, after which tbe'old man drew a knife four inches in length and ipilloted a wound in the abdomen of: - the son, the bowels protruding and dreg., - ", ging on the ground. • , .
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