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HARRISBURG.
•
. , , Legislative Proceedings-.-Ap
- propriatlon lital ;Paisedi'Lthe.
,
. :Senate-Reconsidering Itsite
t. , Section of Conference. Coin.
. .
niitteetslleportpeaker- of
i - ltenatpAl
,nrins, tke .Itecess
Piti li b eeng4 l llll}lPitsied:
I ' fay
Telex ph to thei.ittstfiiirttolzeit.e:i.
1 ! Helium:rump ; April 15, . 1858.
_ Tan' APPROPRIATION BILL.
~
I In the Senate,this afternoon, Mr. Jack
lijllo
Leon, (Democrat ,) of Sullivan,moved the
i • : reCbunideitillon of the Vote of yeaterdik;
I t •defeallng the appropriation • bill, -which
I ? '-ivia-ligreet Cot
u:
and the Conference Co
;•mittee's report adopted .by 17 to 1/3:: Of
I I'
I ':
the seven Roptiblicads who , yesterday
I voted with ale DeMocritts against • the
1 4 ~ bill, Messrs. Brown, of Mercer, Coleman,
I Fisher, White and Worthingtori ' to-day
. 1 4 voted for the bill. Messrs. Graham and,'
. ;Blllingfelt 'were the only Republican'sl
; . voting no. ' • .
1I - BPEAYLEB. OF THE SENATE.
, The Senate Republican-caucus this t at::
1 igexcloon unanimously nominated Senator
1 - Chas. H. Stimson, of Montgomery, for
, Spegker dmili l l the meals.
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l' ; liothintittuillOne In the tegieb4ure
!i tilde afternoan and evening but concur
. Mace in amendments; &e.
• 1, The Militia bill: was amended by Mr.
1 1 '• Errett, in'the Sedate, totakeetrectimme7
Idiately, and passed both. Houses:: ' •
• IM•-• Mr. Morgan's hill, emmpiing sewl 1
achines belonging ttcl-seamstressee
•I I + ; 4:llstress for rent, passed both Houses.
1 • Mr. Wilson naked-up the Senate bill
!-•
t•
held or de authorizttig citizens 'to hbld Property
- .vised by aliens, which passed
'.' both Houses. •
T r
•-* Mr. Morgan's coal oil inspectiOd. -t bi
t.
Rouses. bo th ,for Allegheny county, "panned. both
,•
. ~
• ' The Senate bill regulating the taking
1
. .01 game, passed both Hounos.
___ Mr. Wilso'e Sill aainittlng Saint
PMl's Orphan Asylum of Pittsburgh to
Soldiers' Orphans aor, passed both
• :Houses.
_ Mr. Jones' bill authorizing cities and
ticroughs to provide against adulteration
-.of milk, passed both Houses.
k.he Senate bill against obscene adver
m:lents, prohibiting the publication of
zious mediiatien for alexual diseases,
I' , pmehd'both bowies: •---. :, • .
i Mr. Nichohcon, in the House, charged
ten Senators, who voted to reject the ap
propriation bill, with drawing one thou
. suid . 46llars salary previoun to voting.
1. 1 CMCIAGO.
, ~ ~ .
..
• , eetinje• or Lille Salters at
_ichleage-•••
•,
• '-'• tatioretbrmed :tad kobbefl.
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.. a. 127 Tele - Twill to tile PlttoOptirt, Gazette.) •: • .
Cliwaoo, April 15.--A large meeting
Af lake Bailors was hel d in this city bit ,
•
? ktvening; .• tbe object of which
..,,b. to
.i Wolin*
Union for the'ln *die* Veit •
....., ..., , .
• , reste.
~ Several apes es Ivere . made
. flet. ' .
iln supportof the move ent,'WhetiLthe
_.. resolu tions .
-•:* ollowing restions We read and unan
. measly adopted: Whet c 4, The seamen
:., lot-the•en
in tire chain, of 1 ices have - ,42411,,
• .-. -
ttib'c'eedg season obsery d with dissat
‘,
• *faction the conduct o captains and
ialdpiwners •in dlscha int;them, in
polto,' on any alig t pretext, when
pp g from Chicago or isewhere, and
depriving., th em of a, it chance of
12g an honest livellh d: and Where-
;Seamen are shut out ea their le.
Idtimate occupation duilng five' winter
itnonths,,thus depriving their families of
ouppart during the period /if which' they
unemployed, because they are not
d‘titioagit during the-active 'season to
.. i apply the means of living .through the
•,gdull seasoti;' therefore.be it ' - • '
.11etolved, That we, the seamen-of Chi
,tphleeisieadgemoeurewseluvnesiot:E Nir e ilr e k;l o d ie u n rda t
As. on
kshft
tion of this city, as we believe it, to
rite the champion of oar rights and vigi
ilankprolector of our interests. • •
• ' Over four hnndred members then en
lled themselves. - •
Last night, about eleven o'clock, the .
, we o f Mr.. Scheer, in the nOrtb.lll-
Lo
la.-*vision , "
was entered by two men with
lackened faces, who immediately seized
Scherer, her husband being absent,
dltllltt.hcliding her firmly . applied or
Pptittilled with chloroform to'her nes
ts until consciousness ceased. The vil
no then searched all the drawers and
tre up several of the carpets, but were
ewarded.enlr by alto,. finding 0,, twenty
ollafticridivei and "a small amount of
ijewelry. •
iLizindioltie
- " he Death • Sentease—Saitbupp 94;
,'• -; t.., .1 Ohltritall Head ' Diiidelid a. t -
„
~. 04 TetesTapa to the Pittsbusea Gautteo ,
:'• EtavnatosE, April /s.—l n the . criteh,
• ' At arteittilhia‘ ' morning ` John llf" °Wainer — a•
waipenteneed to be.hanged on such dar
as Ahe Governor may appoint, for the
order of his ' wife on Christmas day,` `
At a
,toppting of.theiZtetors of, the
: tizobioandtlida.MUr eyealtriday,
e-tbulal aeltd-nntlat dividend ccf A per
eenTitin-the niain inealjp_apti per vent: On.
_the Washington Brwett, re declared:
prhe arrangements for transferring ,
thzifh.teidneaeroset Pgilltkl
ito kin, 'instead ht • pawe ' through
Me city , Im, Pratt street, were diseassed.
It Was iturtottneott: the - tuck would. Ise
Diately fie removed from / Dra
j...-.. t; atreet. {
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A,LTOOLA PA , 1
4 i ., • • 1 t. •
. ve Vire -.Seventeen Houma
f" f Hurnect.=-i .40,000.
'ilie Torino to the -Pittgliarie oblate. I '
AttrecrooY. P &., 4411 15 := -A - tire bicifie'
,ar.
'el'
_And itaihed 'ltch headv./3'44 '
• alhe efforts, of the Bremen. I n c a ,
kourtu. isharluo;oooal:bles:vpartainens ':wveerrye:°thadaillesestrtaureb:iled.d'at.a rieLbeatgnih
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NEW YORK
. ,
Itecoveryef a Valnidde Estatr--A Vigi
lance Committee The New psn .
lan consmuuon—Addresstir idetratt of
'Cuban Liberatoilrire lifJers'eftlity
—Bankers and the Revenue--Custom
House Retrenchtiiiiit. - 9 IBy
Tel4sraph.to the Pittsburgh Gazette;i
PismoPismoYons, Aprills,lBo;
In the Brooklyn Supreme
Winifred
yes
terday, Mrs. Wiifred Ward, whe ti4is
married to John Ward in 1834, and was
not from that time - till:the time of his de
cease, in 1864, recognized by WM as i lds,
,
wife, recovered overthi' rtythcluelact
lars from his estate. .
Fredeilok S.'l3Ogne was brought before
the Court of General Sessions yeeterdaY.,.
charged with being a member 'of a SO
,
called Vigilance Committee,--and pre--
mulgsting inliagurry reporl gibout
crime and the no. ta. 'Judge- Bedford
discharged him with, the threat that if
brought before him• again he would send
him to the State prison,
The draft of the new Spanish Consti
tutiov isprinted, Article twenty , obliges
the nation to maintain the. worship and
the ministers of the " Catholic religion,
By the following article resident for
eigners receive the right of exorcising
any other worship, env article'twenty
two concedes to* Spaniarda who-profess
another religion. than -Roman Catholic,
the right which the preceding section
had conceded to foreigners: -
The Broadway, New York, I Surface
Radipapillwasliabled'in the Senateto
dax. _
Mr. J. Valiant°, general agent of the
Cuban revolutionists, has issued an ad
dress to the people of the United-,States,
in which he says the Cuban liberating
army , has been gradually incleasing,not-•
withstanding the lessee consequent upon
a steady campaign, and now compr is es
Nome - forty-two „thousand wen.. under
Cespelles, Who is Cotn inander-hi-Chlef of
that army, and the bead of the Repub
lican Governthent, dnlY established with
in the lines of the Liberators. Their
lines run in a westerly direction from
the eastern end of the Island to Segue
La Grande, without reaching the sea
board either north or eouthilor want :of
the requisite armament to hold it, but the
territory pointed out la l two-thirds
of the area of Cuba; i newlych slavery
bas been abolished -and in Which Spanish
where
they. are kept at nay. This has been
donf3by the' Patriots' in a connaisiatitely
short lame, tiOtwithstanding thiersad de
ficiency in war material. and leads to the
belief that if they bad been tolerably
supplied with such materials their mote:,
ments would now cover also the remain
der of the Island, where no uprising has
yet taken place from thi3 utter want of
arms, while their enemies are.llllly,
armed with*the beet. •eppreved weitpote
of the United States.
Deputy Commissioner of Internist Rev
enue Douglas has instructed Asiesior
Webster that the average of all money,
whether borrowed or otherwise, used or
e an mpl ker in th u e busioyed dring the month by any •
b ness of banking. ex
cepting only deposits whichare returned
for tax as such, should enter into the esti
mate of the capital taxable under section
-110 of the law now in force.
Comp freehold of the New 'Jersey Gas
any's works and those of the N e w Pneumatic 'Company, and three
liege barns were burnt Wednesday.
In consequence, of. the explosion offs`
still in the latter establishment the en.
tirklower part of the village took, fire
from ettidersc but • wan sated. Losss3,ooo.
• The Congressional Committee of Wiwi
and Means Were" at the Custom House
again to-day, and visited the iseverailde
. partments.
• The French Government has made a
contra& with two houses in this city for
three thousand hogsheads Virginia to
bacco, to be filled in Richmond.
At the examination before the referee
this afternoon, as'to the bank acecbunt of
Henry C. Crane. said to be connected
with the Union Pacific Raiiroaa, and al
leged to amount to # 5 00,000, the Presi
dential'. the Corn Exchange Bank testi
fied the balance to his credit is $1,270,
and the total deposits since January last
would not amount to $lOO,OOO. •
!..• The rephrted Beene between „President
' Grant end General Sickles, Isieuthcirita
tively denied: There is no reason to be
lieve the President intended to nominate-
General Sickles forth° Spanish , mission.
Collector Grinnell has consolidated
two divisions in the Custom House under
one Deputy Collector. It is understood
this change dispenses with one Deputy
at $3,000 a year, and a number of clerks,
whose salaries amount to many thou
-sands of dollars.
CUBA.
b to the Plttaburgh Gazette,/
April 16.—The 'Revolution
ary Junta at Holaitin was captured and
executed on the 6th-inst., at +Fibre.-
Havana journals -publish-very favora
ble accompref-the 'of troops in
subduing the, insurrection.in all phrts of
the Island, •but acoounts of affairs in the
interior from rebel sources are Wanting,
and there ape no , means of ascertaining
the , :facts. /t Hs known several tights
mpel/limn pia& ' Within, the 'last two or
thres,days,, but they are represented to
be mere skirmishes. " • '
The capturbd American brig' Mary
Lowell has been declared legalprize
by the Spanish", Courts: The acting Con
•SurGetifirellial sent the United States
steamer Penobscot to . Arer.Weet with
thea
'dispistnb o
ekilisfntanif Abet Government of
cta, . • ; • - •
1 FM
Thle Grain PreiOtAki sf. , 1411 4 8, '
t• sy Teresette to lb; PlUilkiriltauette.) '
1 , 3 8.4- Lots3 3 ; APri lls .4±ke.iiiimt.entlitt4
- Vasil° a:lusting that baa'yet•ussembleclin
the, pain interest wail - 1101d id, Abe:Beath
,• e r n:AOtelto-fight..: , filimeaheswere made
'by it number •of gentle Men. The 'quint.'
Clop ifi all ltsbftrbge creakily &paneled
and the , oonialete sums" pretty of
demonstrated., Nearly • all';;, he:Stnalt
liasflmen taken and , the-ionisinder will
be subscribed before' the, elope Of the
weep; ° •
"The Ibliairing ° gentlemen: were
elected Directors of the Association s:' E.
O. Stanard, Geo. P. Plant, Chann onyPlL:'
ley, Ilenry A. Hoymer, L. R. Sh2reki , •
•R. U. Greer, U. C. Haartstein_morlie
Cain, Henry Hitchcock ,_ Jokii ..totall,, .• •
Iticheson- These names belong to slime ,
ofthe most active, energetic, enterpriii
g and intelligent merchants of. St.
Louis and will constitute an unusually
strong I3oard. The . Directors 'will elect
officers at once and thh Association will •
Ro into mediate o p eration. \
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HUB 11111111
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ThE wan.:
NonainatiOtts sent Ins. Con
nrined and'
Treaties Ratified 'Foreign
illissionV-;Departinent -Rat
teas-8 upreme - 'Court Deeis
; tiniaf , -Itusiness on Union 'Pa..
CPY,T.etegraphto tbe Pittsburgh Masette.3
WASHINGTON, April , ls, 1889.
NOMINATIONS.
The President sent to the Senate the
tollo*ing nominatiens:
Henry Baxter, of, Michigan, Minieter
to Effindunng Chas. B. Delong, of 2.44'.
da, lisier to Japan; Adams Bodoni;
Assistant Secretary of Legatfeli at L.
don: • _
TON: Cotumls: Jas. Park, of Indiana,.
at Boise Darmstadt; Alex. JoOrdart, of
Pennsylvania, at Venite; H. D. Rogsrs,
of Minnesoti, at Hesse Cassel:: Nasal
and Hesse Efainbuig; .Edward Robbie-cm:
Of Nov Yoylt, at Hambuirg; J. V. Gro.
ier,vf Solith Carolina, at Anoona; . /Q.;
hart Xi. &OW, of New York, itTorodlo;'
San:o3 . ol Dejfines, of Califiirnicat Revel;
Samuel of Michigan, at Saints?
Jaa. Flatter, ofindlath ar. OpOrto;
Jobri.Daldlrell, of Maine at Valparaiso;
Jas. V. Schofield, of 'fillas:oftri, at Hato.
Si di;
pore M., M. Del o, of ColOradot;
Singa.
Edward M. M. cook, Governor of
°rade; Sett "bher. Se cretary of
Montana.. - - Or
Postmaii.tilis: John Lingarelt%, _
dayaburg, Jain A. Myler, Alle
gheny, Pa. -
Asaessors Internal Revenue: Edward
Scull,-Sixteenth District, Pa.; Wm. H.
Thompson, First phittict, Pa.
H. "D. Barron, or Wisconsin, - Fifth
Auditor. of Treaaury; Jr"-r . l : - iidartitt- of
Alabatna,Sixth Auditor. ' •
NOMINATIONS co.:qv:RS[lBD.
;The Senate, ;in exeliativt I,
session : to.
day, confirmed the following namina
tibns:
P.
Assessors of Internal Reve nue-David ßea, 9th District Wil ssLta ma, tric":lstt h District;. aim. P.
, P.t. • -
Samuel J. Fisher, of Ohio, to be Com
missioner of Patents. = - -
• It. L. B. Dirk, Of rock; to lie "Ekam.
beer in Chief of Patent Office.
- 1i...-Van-Aernam,•of".New York; Com
misedener of Pensions: - " • -
Joseph G. Palen, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court. Now _maxim; EL S.
Johnson and. Abram • Ilirgeni Ausociate
Justices of New Mexico.
' Joseph L. Lewis, Am :white' Justice. of
the Supreme Court of Idaho.
commander Bancroft Gherartlii to take
his former position on the Navy Register,
-next after Commander G. M. , Norris, for
meritorious and galivant services during
the war; Capt., JAMBS •.Fornaly Marine:
Corp s, to he brevet ajor, for gallantry
in the action:against the sayages a;,kor.
E. C. l3anfleld, Solicitor Of the' Treas
ury, vice Jordan.
Postmasters; Henry Stevenson, Green
vine,- Ohio; Jos. F.' Cnrren;Delaware, 0;
U. H. Bingham, Philadelphia, Pa; A. W.
Merrick, Shamburg, Pa; L. Sp Blair,
Hyde Park, Pa; Rola. Treadwell; Nor
?tato**, Pa; ' John W. ,".Cracrant, Katy",
ife; a; Tindall, New
Cor
'nigh, Pa; He P. Diti od , Brutquehatta - De
pot, Pa;.George, W. Bieha
Pa GeO qi. Pottantwn,
; rke Stone..liforittraefe;ra;
TAlvord, Towanda*, Pa; Albert i Itheer,
'Carlisle,- Pa; Stewart Pierce, ;
t
Barre, Pa; H. C.-Goalin, Carbondtlle: Pa;
James Slocum, Scranton, Pa. - -• •
H. M.'Hovt, Collector Internal' Revs
nue, Twelfth District, Pa. - -
N9MIN AT I 9 2I EtIiTMIDRAN 9 *
noThe .4 - Preiddent hue withdrawn, the
inittlekta of D. ILR. Kelm, as Consul
at Foochow; also, that of H. L.A. Liv.
Conscm as COnaut at Lyons, Snot" L.Neats;
ulat Port Sarnia, and Hullo Mille
brandt; t.katind at Smyrna.
DEPARTMENT' KA.TTREA,
It is understoOd theBec and Comptroller
of the Treasury Department will shortly
resign. Jno. D. Defrees, late Superin
tendent of Public Printing, wilt probe
bly be appointed.
C. P. Blackmer, of Connecticut, Chief
of Division of Back Pay and Bounties of
the Tre asury - Uvula:tent, Was renitlve&J
yesterday. He was a candidate for Sec
ond Auditor.: I- - ••-
President Grant is busy to-day With
Secretary Fish and 'other - members of
Ma Cabinet, and none but Cabinet Min.;
lidera were allowed to see hint: „may
disappohated.'i;
Secretary Cox had alenglhy interview
with vheTrwdent,-Itad
%o;the Intorlor. DoziOttden* IS n004.16*
fused awls:Won to .v - • - •
4- boutl i t ituPla
meelltd tr tb Re biter o oe yestor
,day. .54t./east"tbatomanyinctrer.WlM
removed. Two hundred male clerks
will probeblybe rtfinchtedfielbtorthiVelftat
of the present- week. No appirimtn
are made in- p lebe!' thutr vileatalf.m te
TRZAZIEB 714,TLF/RD•
The naturallsatiOn treaty,; Great
Britain, limner to the other onwAeoti
.ated on the same , Subject tattae-stu.
ropeatt powere,,was by theillen-•
ate. )
• The - Darien Canal treaty - went over till
next I session after debate. Itt4itlilelr
Messrs. Feasenden, Wilson; Warner, anti:
others' urged that while, by the terms of
the treaty the United Stats,waa bound
to construct the canal, no tir l9 llekete be:
yond the mere right of. Way were• atm
ded in return.
!' • P°1121921 u • Ps f 43° l,P`...,_ Vif •i 1
Minister ga le 's resignation as :caister
to Spain, has been received. by Sooretio7
... 11 /sh•
The opp oslu A
o• n ° tar: pits
xbb
`of Congress from Missouri, nondu a t e d ian
Minister to Brazil, is very grea I
••strong efforts will be made,-.oofoot, and
r w i th
the -Po reign - CommatteP . btit Witli Thaiiii„.;
ra ratg
f o,lo: have . the tu ftinothni ritiL
Mr,,Oifteroll is also :yfito r d iiir
im to i t Mr. Outhve itmtilraistion atlaigir n .
, • Generalfilcitles had a oil; ititiiii e ,, r ,
with trant, expressing dissatisfhotion
with his treatment, but Gant uplifted
•,'";SI-Y4e...gt.f41.1.1`,.. '4- t!'
_ .
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L6.(1.1,
iiM3
gait Met
-that Similes' nomination'was opposed by
Sumner, Anthony, and others.
• • SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
The Supreme Court made 'several de
cisions to-day: •
ha case of the United States vs.
John Kirby, appeal from. Circuit Court
was decided in
from Kentucky, the question certified
, the negative, the Court
holding while the law provided for eases
of wilful detention or - obstructions of
mails; It does not prevent the arrest of a
supposed criniinal.
In the case of John E. Reeside against
the United - States for the enforcement of
an old contract for carrying mails in A.r
kansas. Allssippi and Alabama, the Court
reversed the' judgment ot the Court of ,
Claims and ordered a verdict for plain
tiff.
The
against casethe 11°fnite4edruSelistea, voGla"vinirn
a
balance due for arms furnished to Gen.
Butler for light troops, was similarly fie
aided.
No decision was given in the legal ten
der cases.
The Blair election ease was continued
for advisement.
yea REN ADE.
The -empl of the
printing office, numbebout three
hundred, wait e d ): Goernment
noon Hon ring J
. ohn I). De
frees at his residence Last night, and com
plimented him frith a serenade on the
occasion of his retirement from office.
Hee was presented with a complimentary
Eirouo, handsomely engrossed on
went. Mr. Defrem responded in a
di speech. Air: Clapp. the incoming
Congressional printer, •tvas also serena
ded by a large numbo . r of persons, prin
cipally New Yorkers:
SENATE sasstoiv.
T.be Senate, iteetiv Session to
day, consideredhe traty between the
United States and Great Bit : lteln, leaving
the settlement to of the San Juan Island
question the arbitration ofSwitzerland,
but came to no conclusion upon the sub
ject. The- probability is that the Sen
ate will not adjourn before Wednesday
next.
BRION PAC/FlO RAILRBAD.
The follovrlng dispatch Lusa been re
ceived here:
Omaha, Neb., April 15.-011ver. Ames,
President Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany: All our passenger cars are re
quired to accommodate the travel west.
Much or it is bound to White Pine.
(Signed.] WEBSTER SNYDER, Supt.
AURORAL DISP
The Phenomenon inDiflerent Localities
—Effect on the Telegraph. •
Clly Telegraph to the Plttehurgh Gazette.]
_RICHMOND, April 15.—About eight
o'clock this evening a belt of white, ap
parently About six feet in width, ap
peered' across the sky. extending from
,eastati , west and drifted -northwest, crea
sing and to some extent obscuring the
moon,and finally gathered as a fah closes
and disappeared. The Aurora Borealis is
not visibaftlir the northern horizon. The
people generally turned out to witness
thtlphenomenon.
We have bad frost for__the last three
.
PHILADELPHIA, April 15.—A remark
able auroral display occurred to-night,
the greatest since the electric storm of
1 . Broad bands of red and green
light, reaching from east to west horizon,
suddenly changed into knots overhead,
which sent forth broad rays in eve di
rection. During its continuance ry
the
Western Union Telegraph Company
worked its lines from this city to the
western part of the State without the use
of a battery at either end. The wires-to
Boitortwere worked with the' aurorp'
current -='•
...avat alone fr a uarter of an hour.
Theat n tearners c over ed the Heavens and
Were very brilliant.
NEW Your, April 15.—The most bril
liant, auroral display took place this
evening. The auroral current affected
'the telegraph wires east and west, al
most suspending Operations for a time.
The current was very heavy.
LOuTsvILLE, April 1 5.—Between half
past Seven and ten p. x. the Northern
Lights wereslightly visible, but the
etlects upon the teiegraph wires were
hardly perceptible.
Lvniewavoras, April 15.—The Aurora
Borealis was seen here about eight
o'clock, with a whitish- color, as though
the.clouds were rent by winds. On the
south a beautiful bow was formed.
About nine o'clock • the sky was again
lighted. up, first in the .north-west and
then veering around to the eaat, darting
out huge sheets of light which turned
red and then fadedaway antil they could
scarcely be seen, when again theywonld
burst 'forth anew. The •phenomenon
lasted about half an hour. '
GINOINNAT2 April ls.—This evening
there was line auroral display in the.
;northern .horizon.. Brilliant columns
shot up to the , zenith. The telegraph
wires,. except. :those running south and I
west, Ivere disturbed, the current some
tithes strong and at others almost nen- 1
Arldliesl
Ha.l , puddent Johnson at llteniplus,
, thioratesrash to the Plttiburgb Gast ttt .
BiltitE11:18; April -15.--Ex-President
Johnson spoke to about live thousand
;persons tbbs.atlernacqtf from a ,stand at
Itio•O.vertcHtt Hotel: , His speech waa but
a repetttion , or those made at Knotville
and, kralthsille., , He •was well :received
. .
,risompyerthevete.,„
egotao,, April 15.—The much talked
otrolte Front : bill recently vetoed by Gkm-
AltWA'AgtoPii w a lt Atte4t9ditylti the,
Hodse, Oat tbe veto, . - a vote of 62u) 81.
The: TO' Xxelpption alao , passed
oveitbo'l3enor's veto.
Bridge Inspection. •
l' YesterdeY morning the -T.;: 8. Bridge
Instecuirs appointed to isinaider isildere•
I, QI
podtoCongreas a planlor the erection
ea Bridge across the East - River at New
'York, arrived in the city, awl spent imp.
end hours • in;examining the Bt. Clair
Buipenidozi, Bridge. , The Inspectors in -•*,,.,x04,04#1g from AMA point to ex.
amt , Chicliniati,, and Niagoia,
, Brid Oh' 'a ft er which they will return to
W gten,' and present their ropprs o
the hi9ritiox for action. The puttee
are et hg at the. Monongahela sloaSe.
The lb owing' gent/eaten'ohniposelbe
'lnspection Board: ~ • ~, • -
John A. Roebilng, Horati o ;Au en, z i,
Dutton Steele'
J. J. Serreß, William A. ,
Boebling t Hon. -11. W. .Blootim •le x .
hi'Otie,W. A.-rowler. .I'i/ow l htlu ma .
lin, Thos. - Ithbada, Z. Carey, 0; U. Wr:
Sia, W. O. Kingelez, J. W. Lewis, Tbo
Wilson B. it. rrobasoo, Sanaa w.
Admix:
: TM - lUD 'R
16 . 1869.
Vfl
..... ,
„ wag. • • •• -
LorrziormAnuk, 411118—Ana steam--
ship Enropt from N,Ow,Terh on the 311;
arrived. . • ‘
Einnirr, April 15.3.. The 'aiesmithip Ei
roc. pe, from Nei , York on the 3d, arrived
Maw ORLEizatiAprills.—Cotton loWer
at 138 )(028X0 'for ' middlings: salsa 'of
.1,800 Wen ,mdl" 265 bafelir expcitlii;
4007 bated:; per,'
Etter/lug • /421 it
Commercial , 1141 N®142..)i New Work
night-. .•;4"1§14" - Pr e ttlina ,, :,f• .-- . •i t Armen."
con4oftai P l Og u t i hiltilt.lP 18 r alt. rldp
lasses itco; xe.."statent•lng, , ci , , . .I lour
•
lit very In l and the: atotik-redinied;,..eu
'Pantile-411A double extra, 0,80, treble
extra g 10,7tV• Volt *stye and higher;
white 714@80c1•• Oa
Scarce: sales eine.
Bran scarce t andPnisoted at - 111,80.• way
Arm! iit 10 oar , / prime. s - Pork- &11l at:
5a1,87. dull and iotveM shoulders
ALIN°, clearribs:ideal%) clear sideal7
Pcdn3'
ys. - Lard -Auk lbws-18@lWhIstyfrmer;w9o,
o and keg c.,
ectleg Sadnchengeedt.ldedge9sc.
Matispinitt, APill ',P.—Cotton unchang
ed; 7, resalttti 180: ' exports 1,148 bales.
Flour at .5,8008 for Corn'
At 780.• Oats at 790.; 'Hay rat• Pe.' Pat*
•Itt US, _ Lard, at MO. .- Bacon quiet at 140
Ibr shoulders, and into for Sidon. Bulk
Meat* quiet at 183 to • for ' ishOulderai and
p}iolo'Kci for•aides., • •
~? J 1 - -
sasavxr.tvi;April 15—nits Cotton nsar
ket is quiet, with sale, of low middling
at 26340, and good ordinary at 243ic.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS
— Timothy C. Day, Ex-Congressman,
died atiCincinnati yesterday. • •
—The custom receipts for the week
ending April 10th were $5,121,399.
the Bo t on Chas. 0. Rogers, proprietor of
Journal, died last evening.
—The earnings of the Michigan South
ern Railroad •for the past year were
134,747,219. Operatingexpenses,s2,B&l,BB7.
—The,second session of the First Par
liament of the Dominion of Canada was
opened yesterday, at Ottowa, by the Gov
ernor Genend. • .
.;-iThe ceremony of.
Normal e corner
•stone of the new istate School at
manner
Buffalo,
yesterd • was celebay. rated in an InVofthig
—At Ripon, Wisconsin, Wednesday morning, fifteen buildings were des
abou t
troyed bYlire, involving a total loss of
$40,000, on which there is an insu
.rance of abot $lO,OOO. '
- -A.dvices from Hayti are to the effect
that the; revolinionary General Sant
had furnished General Luperon and Ex.
President. Cabral with means to ttack
President Baez. It is reported tha a t the
invasion of San Domingo has begun.
—At Providence, R. L, a paper has
been put. in circulation fur signatures to
an invitation to Governor Burnside, ask
ing higi to accept a public ovation, ow
ing to the alleged aspersions on the First
Regiment, in the battle of Bull Run, by
Senator Sprague.
--A dispatch states that a coach ,came
through in twelve hours from Terminal
station on! the Central Pacific Railroad,
.which coinpleted• within' six miles of
.Monument Point. Travel over the Union
-Pacific la very heavy. A. large number
of persons are going to White Pine and
and other mining localities.
—W.:B. Dinsmore, of Stratsburg, N. Y.
has lost four valuable imported cattle. '
They were seen licking the sides of a
newly painted barn, after which they,
with throe others, were Aitken suddenly
IIL The four Alderney cattle, imported
from Scotland, Ingather with three Alder
nay heifers, died within three days.
They cost five thousand dollars in gold.
The remainder are recovering.'
—The following resolution was adopted
at a meeting of flour dealers of Chicago,.
on Wednesday: Resolved, That it Is the
ophiion of this meeting that an establish
ment of grades and the selection of stand
ards of extra and superfine are desirable,
and that whenever the parties to a trade
so desire flour to be inspected, as sound,.
full weight and equal to such' standards,
eh can be accomplished without inter
fering with the present general custom of
inspection and trade.
—A large number of Indians, with
whom General Sherman and other . Peace,
Oonirnisilloners
,madci treaties last sum
mer'' ' are' Ainch Afilsz4lafled with their
iiittatiohafid• the thanner'ln which they
have been used. They ady that the,Gov
ernment let got them , penned in and
failed =to keep its promises to give
them the annuities stipuLated. Spotted
Tail and
.other influential chiefs are los
ing confidence in the . Government, and
If the proniises of its agents are not ful
filled this summer trouble will be the
result. There are in camp in the reser
vation. in the vicinity of Grand River
andj Fort Sally, and in Spotted Tail's
camp, about four thousand warriors, and
if he should `choose could sweep every
white man from Fort Sally to-Yankton
before the,Government could do any
thing.• -
Markets
by Telegrapb.
LONDON, April _16.-1 P. at:—Consols
for money, 93k; for account, 93k.. Five.
Tweaties • firm, at , 87k, ex Coupons.
Stocks steady; Erie, 24; Illinois, 96N;
Atlantic and •
,Great 'Western, 30." Tal
low,l6s• ' Sugar 398:3d.
AsTivgar: April 15 . -- Petroleurif. 53
,05336 franes.
LivEnroor., , April 16..-Cotton is "quiet
and. steady, middling uplands /2;‘;
Orleans, 123 i; sales have been rtiade of
10,080 bales. , California white wheat, 9s.
3d.: red western, Bs. Bd. Western Flour
228.' Corn 28s. 6d. for new. Cate 3s. sd.
Barley ss. Peas 395. Pork 105 s. Beef 90s
Lard 71s. 6d.
,Cheese 78. Bacon 62a. 3d.
Spirits Petrolennierefined ls. 10d. Tur
pentine 80s. 9d.C,4315. .
Liviittroot., Aprills—Evening.—Cottcit
cloted at the folloWing rates : Middlidg
Uplands, /21(d.. ' and ' Orleans, 12;id ;,'
Saletvto-day atnounted to' 10,000 bales.
Wheat declined to 95.-2 d. for California
white,' 8. 7cl.@)Bs. Bd., for -No. 2 red
Weitern.. Mid other Breadstuff& un-'
changed. Previsions and Produce closed,
unchanged:
.LOttnow, April •15---EVenin9.--Consola'
closedo at O 3 4 . ;Meney at 1113 N account.'
+5.205 quiet at 8I X, ex.cupons. 'Railroad •
stocka , steady` and , undhanged. ' Tallow
at 4611 . ,9 d.®46aeperowt. •Spirits Tarpon.'
tine al 3 18.®313. , 3d.;,lLinseed Oil at £3O:
stealing Der mms,Stigar, • Oils and - 1.41 n.,
seed•zinchamied,
ANTw.kaP, A.prit . 15 1. --- -PetrOlettni ,
quiet
and nnehanged. ' ' • .
• HaVrik; April " 15- 7:E'venilig; '= - Clotton"
closed unithanged for - both stock on, sPet •
Ana tc! areve: , • , '. , • ; - •
v i s 2
PARIS, •Ap 11 15:;—The-'brillionin'thes
Bank of:: 0' co ' increatied 4,94,000 f
during.„the t week. •' .' :; '
Lozini;m• April .15,--Weekirratunisof
Batik, of‘Eng
• na . show L the Azninut .of
specie'decre ,eil -122.3,9095ter1it
Lortziorr— -
-ship '''
CITY AND SUBIRBAN.
A Bold Thief,
Yesterday morning William Dough
erty 'made information before the Mayor
Charglitg Ed. Grier and Mat. Alley with
,
larceny. Dougherty: resides on the line
of the Allegheny Valley Railroad, about.
.., °.
ten miteellni ro the city; and, it appears.
came to the city Wednesday on buid--,
nesse After transacting his bm 'h e
resolved to remein In the city over night.t
and see the "'sights," but, Unfortunately
for hint, before he had Seen all that yew
.
to be seen, he, had Ms i•eye closed.", He
, . •
alleges that after taking several drinks-.
he•met a stranger"who - appeared to be et
j eered ovial, goo d sort of a fellow, who volun-
,
L to show him round.' He had
made the tour of. biN and returned,
Paying for the carriagehiredlor himself
and new found friend, and went to John
Williams' saloon; on Liberty Street, near ''
the Union Depot, ' where he called
per had
i • suppers. Before sup.' .
they were been prepared, ; however,
joined
••by, , two, other;.:
persons who were introduced to hint AS
friends of his companion, and he. Witt.
of a liberal turn of mind ordered scipper
b for them also. After the supper had
een discussed, and the party hadlaken
a drink all itround,Dougherty stepped:
up to the counter to pay the bill t _when ,T
the clerk and he got into -an altercation t
about the matter. The clerk alleged that.
Ida euppers bad been served, and Dough-
e a r refused to pay for -more than four,
i t ic
Ash ch he said was all that he bad 'or- :
der . While they were discus si ng the •
ma ter spate one came up behind
'tai a nd knocked him down. While
tal with the olerk he had his '
money, about thirteen , dollars, In his ,
hand, and still retained it "after getting
t at
U. Aa soon as he recovered kin . well
_be
din ed the man whom he;thellght nea, ,
atm him, and was holding lam, when '
the an whom he had first net in the _
early of the evening interfered dend --•
al e
sap red them. He, Dougherty, -;:then
put h money In his pocket,
„andeltook
hands with the' an who knockd him.
down, and while doing so ,one of the', .
party slipped his band In Dorighert,y'n
pooke and, took his money and - ran out
of the door., .Dougberty followed hint
outi on reaching the sidewalk, was
taken ,,
down by the man who had
is money, who `
he says con -4
• cealed himself in
the saloon,a door adjoining
him down The man,' after knocking
, made his ' escape, and
of
Dougherty then went in search
the facts of t he
an officer
-to whom he stated.. '
case. He. accompanied
the officer to the oftlee r of the Captain
of the watch, *here berremaitiect il Until .'
yeaterda morning,' wc& 'he, made ! the' , '_
arulgavoiideklejoik_orthe_ -
man; On that descriptionithe efenctinitea'
Grier and Riley,,were arrested, and et:::
the hearing yesterday, Doughertyidem• •
titled Grier, positively as the ruan who ~
.had taken Ms money, bin failed to rec.:
ognize iri the 'Other the man who bad ,
.knocked him down the first' dine. The
Mayor held Grier to bail for his appear-'
ance at Court and discharged. the other: •
A Verdict for Forest County
The suit of Forest county vs. Venango-',
county tried . recently befOre Judge
Trunkey, at Franklin, resulted '
a verdict in fever pf Forest cburity.
for - 17,164,34. The Forest' Repitblfe"
_ ,
can soya the snit was 'bro w ht by t •
he
Forest county COmuussioners -ecuppet,
Venango county to refund - to ,Foreek ,;
county -the taxes levied and collected jat..
that portiim of the ' (then' Venktig4,
county in 1886 ,' The act of easettiAly an= " r
flexing that portion - of the county to Fora '
eat was P _ at the session - of 1866 and': '
prom rovides
taxes "That all money '•
f, teeded and assessed - upon
the -stud inhabitants during • Abe,
present year shall be 'paid - • La • the •
Treasurer of Forest county." 'The ":
act was not approved'by Goivc'tiftirt
til October 13th following, and txonse-
quently did not become a law until that •
time. Venango countyir held that :the •
taxes eollectbd in 1868 , werelevied and ~
assessed in October, 1865, hence the enit.,
Tbe - case was tried by `a jtmychosen &Out.
IVenango county, and *as obit conduct;-
,
ed, oa , botb sides;! -- Bon. W., Corbett--
and linneocki Esq attorneys, for •
Forest county, and; Mesars.‘AlbOalmont
and
pied
for Venango. The trial beau
pied the Most of two days and the best
of feelings 'prevailed thr oughout_; The -
jury Vets out but a few moments 'when
they retarned with the verdict'as stated
above.
•,.. .. ,
• Real Estate Transteiii. -,.4. ,•• . -..
) The following deeds I.VOrO tiled of
record befote il. &lively,Esti.aledordei-,
'April 15th,'1869: , - . • .1
..
4411 M Frazier et al. 'es. Robert Monroe r,, •
1860; tot on Sheffield street. neer Bidwell. PIM
ward, Allegheny,. 7o by 140 rejetijarith hollitings. ..
- i .... 1••• • . ... • a ••• .... ... 1115,m0 •
4sui i, tilcaseni iC, i i tear artiiiostapill.ls, Am ;
lot On ireatern avenue. Second ~aritall, Allesbo•
ny, 4 feet irtnehas by: feet.'.i.•...„. .. .. 43,000
I obn b. blialrer to Frederick k vert , Jannalli /4.1 •
la&I; let-on Diamond alter, Tithbaratt; 40 1 711 , 3 ,
feetwart buittinicr......i.......,..i.;....,417.000,.',
John Walkerto Sobn Weetter, AMU 7 , ISM; lot .. 1 -
in Rosatownship, contanuttrui pertains -13403"
Charles D. Wiley to ktra..lanlabrAni ticrober3‘, .1
~..., BA% los on Carroll atr,,,ch.heclnd wgrAl,,,A4l ...a
_ Th .
i• litienj,
Jr
ilohu alcharaison 'to, Alm ita t rigigni Jr.: A.juilLP,
I: 14, 1&30; lot on corner, ot b oaten and .Grank, . 1
stretto,-, Bladdoeks•-• borough,' liatils-byl2o rek.--
: 1 with buildings ...• ,...., . .... .. ~ .....4-BtellOr ..:
City or Alleglieny_to Feleman 1411140 Der, lot„13,
Petrobhater township, containing 11. Wires. an 4 re .' -
beit ~ .. . ....•• . .-.; ... .1 . ..-.^.; ...... .. 31.5711 U.,' t
Heiro 'tittle' A: „mercy to Thomas Kelley. Aptit 1,,
. ow; lot or ground ln-then-the village' of Nobles.
tc•yrn. Containing 13 pe.ches... ... " ........ it opeocher ,to Jacob - , 0 alter, April 8, liar •
lot og , ,geoinad kr. Barrisett townibip, 40 by, AL ..
.' .. tett.".• ••••••,.. •• . _,. .. 1.• • • .1. ... ,r• .a.. • ..... ♦4411 n, -i•
,felbt Ir.:Begley tO•iiiiit_ti White." Roeetnbeik" '
past, !,ot brarroticia in Unktololllllolllo. codte. !‘ r
')lNln z uVoibii•iiii . 10 7 ii.i;:iifie;iiryf,:iiiiil i V“. - -
1 4,13301 lui grouriOirt kplitoo tovrositltt; eri,.. {
. 3,
.."; titninir 31 acre' and so intones... .. . .... ~..411411. ~
w ho mair . blektailt,r to Job n It. Chibbille; Aril- a i ,
• 1934, for on ttront,,atteot, la,tOoviltage o Tut,„),,,i r
._ttevreek., 0,1/, 111 AWL-. ••••••• •• ,,, ... v .. Ow . ,
Win: Wittohtto-Oharies. '11..-Anderlon. alliVil k S.
16603. lot "040px. , of -Fa, beg ono Rrldo. otreet s „,„-
I. Sixth 'ward, ; PU Sl!:turittit 1 7 14' 5541Cet,-witk
_bniblins...i....l .... i.... ... . ............... .. 13.033-te,t t
iscorge al • WibillllllS to Aliso Tnortunkk'mon.gra,--::
street, Twentieth wair/, Plitaburgb,w, 'by 333 "
tli= .ii.tic lefilei74.oll.ll4l,llllWit*; .
lotlu Harmon towastuo ! on Brno sold twe• 7 --
VII!, 6:0‘by,,233 a et....r31i.1,1•!•••• (111.•:* Pe etz-
. f•- • , xclaTamia s ti.•..l - 1 ':, - -.. ' - •
Tient,. inOitgagia #o , eltaiti 4 . „ec:r.d.,.. ,
-The followfttir het einstitholirt'', h'-icr.,.,'
steamer An_teXpoir-buttisttell Mond * -OW '1
Iho upperAsnseatitiittttert •I'Bratto ' or , ' " 1
Boston, eNneet New Bligtatee winai sac: 1.
Martztelle.ooo4.:.:lndePend e ntiof33oesen
1 ! 000 ;'.. 1101% 44031211904e0413000p1i9re:, :
*'-
-
—T vlbotus of staging
MOM bridges gaP in the Pacific TIT um
Wear.