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FIRST EDITION.
ATDArIGHT.
FORTY-FIRST- CONGRESS.
(SECOND 6ESSIOL)
SENATE: - Recess to Jan. 10th—
The Admission of Virginia—
Two Additional Lieutenant
Generals—National Cemeteries
hi Southern States—Chinese
Immigration = The Interns
ttonal•• Industrial Exhibition:
.11013 SE i •Genera I Debate on a
Variety of Subjects.
ter Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
W.isunroxoti, December 22, 1869
SENATE.
REMISS To JANCIA2T 19TH.
The House joint resolution extending
the recess uver the holidays until Janu
ary 10th, was ooncurred In—yeas 27,
nsys 22
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The bill for payment of certain ex
pensing of, New Maxitio, and bill for the
temporary appropriation of $200,000 to
pi-mecum the work on the Dee Moines
,N . ablde, in the alleabisippl river, were
paned.
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Mr. MORTON Introdnoed • bill to al
low the orgerdwdlon of the militia of
Georgia, whiph was referred.
NITLOTNIA ADDIDIMON
fr. 'SUMNER Introduced a bill to
carry out the reconstruction acts . m the
State of Virginia, aid to secure equality
before the law, which he gave notice he
would move as a substitute for the bill
reported by the Committee.
It alleges various irregularities and
defects In the organization of the present
Legislature, and declares the ezialing
State government to be provisional only
and in all respects aubjeckto the author
ity of the United States. The bill directs
the military commander ,of the first
district to assemble within thirty days
the persona elected as members of the
Legislature, but none shall participate
In lie organization or business without
taking the oath of isle =, BBL Upon
the ratification of the XVth Amendment
by the Legialature thus organized, the
}Rate shall be admitted to representation
In Congress, upon the Madan:tenni' °au
dition that the Constitution of Virginia
shall never be amended ao as to deprive
any citizen of the - right to vote, hold
emee, sit upon juries, participate equally
in the school fund, or enjoy equal per
sonal rights with all others under like
eircumatancea. Amendments may. how
-ever, be made In regard to the time and
place of residence of voters. .
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Mr. WILSON offered a resolution
structing the Committee on Military Al
la' to consider the expediency o fadd log
two to thb number of-Lientenant Gener
ale and reducing thnnuuiber of /Major
Generals from five to three. fle explain
ed that his object was to do justice to two
eminent Generals, Thomas and Meade,
whose great services to the country were
universally recognized, the latterhavlog
gained at"Gettystarg the decisive battle
of the war.
Mr. DAVIS believed the namber_of
high military offleisis might vdtbont de
triment be decreased.
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Mr.. TLIAYER offered a resolution.
-which was agreed to, directing the At
torney General to furntah a copy of any
opinion delivered by him relative to our
national cemeteries in the late rebellious
Minna., typo , the :question,. Whether -it
.1s necessary to obtain the coment of the
Legislatures of the States In which cam
eteriea are located for their Immanent
continuance therein.
instants FROM THE HOUMA.
The House resolution relative to the
death ot,Gporae,Peabody wee concurred
The Hon ee resolution relating to the
ißrotitlon of an equestrian Name in bronze
of Gen. Grant was .referred to the CorW
maltase on Military Affairs.
purszez IMMIGRATION
Br- Vil/LIZAMB moved to refer the
bill to regulate the - Immigration of Cid
nese. Into thsAinitixl States - to the Com
mittee on Commerce. .
,Be explained tie
object of tell was to prevent, as - far
ss practicable, the importation of coolies
and dissolute' Chinese women into the
Bolted Suites, by voiding . ell contracts
for 'thole importation. and prohibiting
sgreemeots by owners of vermeils to trans
pors= persons from China except with
persona themselves to be transported.
It eras the intention td protect the labor.
ere of this coubtrr, as far es tracticable,
from the presence of that clue of degen
erate Chinese who were accustomed -to
sohjection -to another clam of minions,
and compelled to work fore wages upon
which a free .1126.11 would starve; , . After
some discussion.- the reference was
agreed fe.
TEE INTERNATIONAL Z. 2111111142011
Senate took up the 0111 to promote and
encourage the Internetlona! Industrial
.Extabition in Washington in 1871.
Several ..emettintents" were adopted,
among others one changing the date to
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SIORBILI. (Vermont) proposed
swearal, amendments, among others to
make' the- eorpongors individually
/table 13rdebtncurre41.
The smenMsnta proposed, together
with- the whole subject, were than re
leered to: the Committee on Dlatried of
Cote:cable.
ociiIJU:SPONDENCE.
The PlOo.Prealdent enbmitted s tom.
intinkstton from the .President temtsite.
inn the.. .ownerondenoe.. called for by
resolotton of the Senate relating to Am.
orb:an claim against Great Britain.
On. motion of Mr. TRUMBULLott 2
o'clock the Senate went into Pseentire
aession.
It was after seven o'eloca _when the
dente were reopened and the !donate ad•
jaunted until the tenth of January.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. •
G.MILBJ,L DZIIATIL
[The Brat part of the proceedings were
teditthrniebed no.] -
Mr. DAWES replied to the argument
of Mr. CUllete. He said he heard with
some apprehengen that that gentleman
not - only thought It right, but mutton.
plated an attempt o .t the part of those
who might bare the power or right to
break up the original Constitution of this
G over nment, compounded of the States
and of the people of the whole , nation.
The contemplated amendnientanggimed
by the gentleman from Illinois would be
a basica of tho'pUghted filth of weary
State that bad come into tke.Union under
the Constituttor. The late war had been
wades to put down the heresy of State
sovereignty. Let It not, ne prayed,
mark all. the decay of State rights.
Mr. WASHBURNE, of Wil'ougcs
Made a speech in favor of the Gvern,
Meet undertaking the telegraph . Mud.
nese of the countryAn connection with
the portal serviced He criticised the re.
pport made last session by the Post Mee
Committee against the proposed reform,
and analysed and contradicted the gale.'
manta stabOsitted to that committee by
the Woesteffirraoll Telegraph Company.
Be referrociao the success of the system
In France, Switrailand and Belgium,
and to the cheapness of telegraphic mem.
Mos in those countries.
Mr. FARNSWORTH, Chairmaned the
Posh:glee Committee, alleviated that the
comparlsoe was not a fair one, as the
population of Belgium was four hundred
SO the square mile, and that of the United
States but tin to the square mile.
WASEIBURNE said be would re.
~fer to that before he got through:. He
annOunerd.hisrlotentiOn . to ask the
House to appoint a select committee to
!a:Malign:a the whole question of" leis•
geephlnni and to determine what the
Would bo of connecting the tele.
graph :Mb the postal system, and ex.
tending h . :, usefulness to every section of
the UMem:.")/e was satisfied that better
Boos than the Western Union lines
could be built by Lite Oovernarent at less
Shan die,ooo,boo.
Ater further remarks. Mr. WASH.
ZURNE • aid : The purpose of my bill Is
to bring the telegrapn within the reach
. gd the humble as well NS the highest; by
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connecting it with the poet office, and
establishing a uniform rate of twenty
cents for twenty words. And the fur
ther purpose of my bill is to give press
dispatches t's the ent , re prase of the
country at a /03X rate than now furnish
ed to the favored few who now compose
the close corporation known as the "As
dated Prem.'
Mr. PETERS uked Mr. Wubbnrne
whether hls proposition NIBS to establish
the telegraph system u extensively as
the postal system was now established?
Mr.WASEIBURNE replied bathe affir
mative.
Mr. PETERS remarked that there
wore thirty or forty telegraph offices In
Maine that did not pay exp.nses.
Mr. WASHBURNE said it would in.
traduce a ',bill to provide for the estab
lishment of a telegraph office at every
postoftice in the United States where the
gnaw receipts amounted to a given sum,
on which:he had not yet determined.
He believed this coun.ry4ln consequence
of long distances, was much more favor
able to the altDceteful adoption of the
system then Belgium or Switzerland.
Mr. FARNSWORTH wished to know
whethir Mr. Waahburne proposed that
the Government should buy the existing
lines
Mr. WASRSUBNE replied he did
propose the Government should pur
chase them.
Mr. FARNSWORTH—At the apprals
ed value?
Mr. WiLEIHBURNE—Prealsely
Mr. ORTH addressed the Committee
on quantum • pertaining to the public
debt and its • permanent adjustment,
national banks and currency, specie pay
ments and the revision of the tariff, and
internal revenue questions. The taxes,
he said, should be so adjusted by wise
and prudent legislation, that the burden
will fall as lightly as may be on the la
boring men, and the wealth of the coun
try wilt not receive undue exemptions.
Enormous aa was the. national debt, the
Coul2tri had the ability to pep it, and Of
its willingness there remained not a
doubt. Repudiation found no counte
nance or support in any locality, but was
shunned and abhorred as an enemy of
the country. The first step to betaken
was to enforce rigid economy in all
branches of the.pnblio service, and to see
that not a dollar of public revenue Is
Stolen or diverted from its legitimate
purpose. He believed the army should
be reduced to 20,000 and that the expen
ses of the navy might also be much di
minished. The public lamb should be
husbanded, made the sonrall of revenue
and to secure homes for actual settlers.
As to the Interest paid on the public
debt, he believed the rate °rex per cent.
not only added directly to the burdens of
the people, but had a most Injurious ef
fect upon business interests, by drawing
to Investment In pubila bonds capital
which would otherwise be invested In
business. Congress should at the pres
ent cession provide legislation far fund
ing and consolidating the public debt at
not over four per cent. As to National
banks, he favored the removal of the
present limit to the amount of circula
tion and capital: in other words, the in
corporation in the present banking sys
tem-of the principles of free banking.
This would allow the withdrawal of the
legal tender note/4 and their retirement
would naturally - and necessarily be fol
lowed by specie payments, se gold and
silver would then be the only legal ten.
der. A. to tariffs, he argued that tariff
laws Should be enacted for the sake of
revenue and not for the sake of protec
tion. The present tariff needed thorough
revision and very general reduction,
whilethe free list should be very gen
erally enlarged. As to internal revenue,
he thought that was sanceptible of still
further reduction and that the duties
should be confined to spirits, fermented
liquors, tobacco, sales, gross receipts,-
banking and st amps on conveyances.
Such • Purley he •be advocated .would
stimulate egricalture, trade and coos
meroe, build up American towns and
cities, construct railroads and other
works of internal Improvement, and en.
able the people under the providence of
God to enter upon a career of unexam
pled prosperity.
Mr. LOUGHRIDGE next addressed
the Committee, urging the neceasity of
economy in all branches of the public
service, and indicating how very exten
sively and property the present expendi
tans of the Government could be *Undo-
-Mr..ELDßlDGE, a ll o rring to the re.
marks of Mr. Dew - when the re
construction measure were Introduced
by the Republican party, be felt 110 doubt
the day would come, and come soon,
when those who were most ardent is ad
vocacy of the destruction of States and of
the rights of States. would be heard to
pray just as the gentleman from Muse
ehusede had been heard to pray to-day.
He hoped now the gentleman trout hiss.
uettusetts hail taken that position. The
gentlemen on the other side, netwith.
standing the ruin which they brought
upon the country, would reconsider
the course they had punned and.
come back to the position occupied
by the fathers of the Republic.
The Union depended for its life on the
maintenance of the rights of States. The
Union had been uplifted and was upheld
by States, It had no existence except in
the life ['CO* States, and must fall when
the States were destroyed. He hoped
tZaiN , entleman from this time forward
stand with those .on the Demo..
matte side, in defense of the rights of
Mr. DAWES begged the gentleman
from Wisconsin to make the distinction
—the Mitre to make which by hie party
had Involved. the country In the Wren
war—between State rights and State
sovereignty.
Some further colloquy took place
between Messrs. Eldridge and Dawes.
but It embraced a mere. repetition of the
views exposed in the foregoing.
Mr. SARGENT addressed the commit
tee on the subject of mixing and mining
taws In California.
Mr. KERR spoko of the nea3aidty of
!normally the number of Federal ootirta
In Indiana.
Mr. LAWRENCE Broke to support of
Ma bill requiring Pension agents to make
out pension papers without charges'or
fees to pensioners.
BILLSRZFERDJIM.
The Committee rose, sod the following
bills were Introduced and referred : -
By Mr. STEVENSON: To amend the
Internal reTOl2lll, laws, by repealing the
ciente allowing Stree t railroad compa
nies to add the Government tax to the
fare of passengers; also, to amend the
same by repealing the clause allowing
gas companies to add the Government
tax to the contract price (Iva furnished
to customers.
By Mr. WASHBURNE, of Wisconsin:
To grant certain lands to the State of
Wisomidn as swamp lands.
The House at half past four o'clock ad.
journal until January 10th.
CHICAGO.
The Snow Storm—lto Serious laterrup
Won of Travel—Brewery Burned.
By Telegraph to'the Pittsburgh (lagetta.)
CHICAGO, Decettiber 22.—Tito storm
which commenced yesterday at noon
continued up till twelve o'clock last
night and then ceased. Snow fell to the
depth of six or eight inches and is much
drifted. Sleighing today Is excellent.
The atmotiphero Is cold.
Though the storm .was severe and ex
tended In every direction, and snow fell
quite deep, there has been no merlons
detention of railroad trains.
There were six fires in this city be•
tween ten o'clock last eight and three
o'clock this morning. Tho only serious
One was the destruction of Fieltech•
man's brewery, which occurred at one
! o'clock this morning. Loan $ l5 ,Ca4 I-
I annum 1400.
Itoothng Manufactory sernee_g
_ anon of rabile schools.
ter releerses to the ritUbutall Oanll.l
N.envitsit, December
Wards dt Co., patent moiling Menefee.
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tory, arm 'partially bunted this sites
noon. The lire originated from a kettle
0 1 burning gum, which exploded. Loss
about $7,000; Insurance 0.000.
Deep feeling prevails among all dusk
of chicane -of ,Nashville. at the prospec
tive nusperudon of the city free No:boobs ,
The acheole are attended by some four
thousand pupils and are In a highly pros.
psrotte,condition. Their suspension le
urged - by the city authorities as a meas.
are of economy.
apatthh Genbeats at Forty/v. Monroe.
(Br Telev.ph to the Plttstrar.b Uaeett. )
FOBTILIMO hfonnor., December
teen of the Spanish gunboats, conveyed
byy the frigate Pizarro, have arrived In
.the cape and anchored in Lynn
NEWS BY CABLE.
British War Vessel Lost—Secre
tary of War for India on Board
—Bishops Consecrated—Sup
porters of the Pope's Infalli
bility Losing ..Ground—Cortez
Elections in Spain—Return of
Father Hyacinthe.
By 'releseoph to the Pthebuzyli Gantt/LI
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Bisitsina.ra, December 22—Advice*
have Jost come to hand which render It
certain that the Itrithilt war steamer
Deerbouild bad been totally lost while
on &voyage from Athens to Malta. 'Sir
Stafford Northoote, Secretary of State of
India, was on board and is believed to
have perished.
Lormoiv, December 22. —Leave tau been
granted the Archbishop of Canterbury to
appoint a Suffragan
The newly appointed bishops of Exe
ter, Bath and Wells • and Falkland
Islands were Consecrated yesterday.
The troops! in Ireland are hereafter to
be more generally billeted on the in.
habitants.
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MADAM, December 27..—The elections
far the- Siunts Mclntosh, which were
dissolved by the dovernment, bave been
ordered and will commence on the third
of January. The elections to fill the
vacancies In the Cortes, left., by the
Republican deputise who took an active
part in the late Insurrection, will take
place on the 20th of January.
In the Cones the Republican minority.
have made an energetic protest agabiar
those elections, and they demind the
restoration of the former AJunta Mein.
toah. They declare they will carry the
matter before the legal tribunals, but
counsel the people in the meantime to
keep the peace and make a vigorotti ef.
fort at the new elections to return their
true friends.
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PARIII, December 22.—A antscription
bar been opened here for the relief of the
Spaniards who were recently 'expelled
from the country by the French Govern—
ment.
The French Journals allude.to the fact
that General Banks had several inter
views with the Emperor before Ms de
parture for America, but abstain from,
comment.
PARIS, December 22.—rather Hya
einthe be arrived at Havre in the
steamship Parralre.
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lantomc, December ZL—The latest. ad
vice.' from Rome Indicate that the advo
oaten of Papal Infallibility we losing
ground in the Council.
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PORTUGAL.
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LISBON. December 22.—Rumor, that
keret negotiations are In progreaa for a
Paolnsular union cause much public isa•
citement. •
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Reatuttao, December 72.—The steam.;
ebip liammonia, advertlied to !mashers
on the 15th Mot., for New York, was de
tained until the 19th.
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BREST. December 22—The steamship
Parterre,. from New York. has arrived.'
Qtrzwerrowyr, December 22.—The
steamer Samaria, from New York, has
arrived.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
imcnorr, Deoembei 21—Evening—Cori
sole for money. 9744- account, 142 , /,'.
American se cu r ities: 62e. 85g; aSt. MN;
;675, 83%. Stocks: Eries, 17; Wrung,
994 1: Atlantic dc Great Western, 29.
kstaxxvonr. Dec. 23.-11 EL - Bondi
Eat at 94,V,.
72LPAM% December 22..--Docuao drill at
450.
LIVIMPOOL, December 22. Cotton:
uplands. 1130; Orleans. 11%d; 2111011,000
bales. 'California white wheat. 9et
old western, 12a 8d; winter, Si 101. Bread.
atuffa dull and unchanged; dour. 221.
Corn—No. 2 mixed. 28a 9d. Oats,. fld.
Barley, sa. -Pea* Ms. Pork flat at 1177 a
Od. Beef. 1011. Lard flat at 76a 6d. Cheese.
68a. Bacon, 625. Relined petroleum, 10a
6d. Tallow. els 9d.
Lonocrs, December 22.—Tallow ATMS' .
at 45a 61.
ANTWERP. December
quiet at 60341. - -
Havit,Deo. 2 4 .2,-Cotton flat; on spot at
138; afloat, 13534.
" BRIEF TELEUIUIS
—At Dubuque, lowa, Taisiday,- Alex
ander Kenneron^eommltted suicide by
banging himself from a tree. Whiskey
did it. ,
—The Petersburg, Ilfnou , woolen
mill, owned by H. Mille, was' burned
Tuesday evening. Lose MOM No in•
curium.
—Townsendlftwa and coffee Wray at
Jersey City, was burnt early.Wedneaday
morninw. late 112,000; linruranoe' $5,-
000. A family on the %mar• door. were
nearly anfrocated.
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--W. W. I.'aylor, confined In the jall. at
Louisville since September 'upon • the
charge of murdering an old negro named
Moses Granir ha been admitted to 'main
the sum ' of 110,000. '
—The illlbtuner expedition' which left
New York.on Friday night of last Week
to Intercept and destroy , the Spanish' flo
tilla at sea, was a failure. The filibusters
have all returned.
—The - water In the Buffalo creek? st
Buffalo, New York, has limn to an on.
precedented height for the season. The
cellars along the llne Of the dooks - and
'canals are flooded and the water is 4111
rising, being backed In from thelake.
—Both honing of the California legisla
ture have adopted a memorial to Con
gress .concerning the • Southern Pacdflo
Railroad grant of Janda, 'amktog their
restoration and settlerdent, and protest
ing against further land grants in Cali
fornia. •
—At Louisville, Ky., Tuesday night, a
fire destroyed the ..upper portion of , a
furniture factory belonging to Haying,
Kceep a Co., and damaged the stock and
building tothelto2olMt of $8,00:0; Insured
fully In the local cbmpanloa, exoept
12,000 In the Enterprise of Cincinnati.
—The third annual mode( the Board
of State Charities of Ohio, submitted to
Governor Bayer on Wednesday, showy
that there are in county infirmarie s 7,4ol pampa. Of theme 4,810 are indi
gent and 934 insane persons. 964 child
ren, 340 Idiotic persons and 300 epileptic
persona.
—The tournament of the New York
Chess club Is still progresaing. One nun
dred and sixteen games have already
been lost and won. The most suocsafel
champions are, up to the present time,
Capt. Msokeriale, Mr. Ware, President of
the Chess Club, Dr. Barnett; B. Leaner
and 3. Thompson.
—l3nutual activity prevails in the navy.
The that chars steam frigate Manville, at
Brooklyn, I s preparing to leave for China.
The crow of the Donated Miantonomah
has been ordered to the Vermont. and
orders have been issued to the Uogerd
and Saratoga to be ready without delay,
to be need as store ships. •
—The contractors fore the breakwater
in Buffalo 'harbor have 'wended opera.
Mons for the season, having planked over
or wholly completed four hundred and
seventy running feet of work to the
eight of eight feet above the standard
low water mark sod five hundred and
fifty feet to the water level.
—Mr. Neilson. President of tlin New
York Stook Exchange, write. that no
proposition be been entertained In that
bontv to Ivry St. Paula church, and that
the idea of perverting to any secular pur.
pose the ground on which Mande the
sacred edifice Is as repugnant •to the
feelings of the brokers as tothassof Rev.
Dr. DIX, who wrote the indignant letter
on the subject,
—Heavy railway robberies, during
several months partom the line "of the
Hartford and New Haven, Erie and New
York roads, have , come to light. The
heaviest loser is - the New "Yon Central.
Among the slakes on that road la the .
Baronets Olga De Melutts, of New York
city, who, on the fourth of lad Nevem.
bar, was. robbed of over fifty thoutand
dollareworth of lace and jewelers from
her trunka, ' between Albany and
Niagara Fails. Expert ,dektotivea are
now eitimgod_ln fathoming thili-nirnaP
PITTSBURGH, TI[IJRSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1869.
SECOND EDITM.
FOUR O'CLOCK, 4. X.
NEW YORK CITY.
Proclamation from Cespedes, the
Cuban Insurrection Leader—
Erie Railway Troubles—Heary
Suit for Damage—the Lottery
War —Reappraisement of Bond
ed Sugar. .
B 7 Telexrapti to ths'll.bar PE/none.)
Mcw YORK, Deo. 72, 1869
CAR OP CATTLE STOLEN'
Quite an excitement was occasioned at
POrt Jervis on Monday by the report that
a car load of.cattle had been stolen Dom
Gnomon Dye, of Marlon, Ohio, who ar
rived at Port Jervis on Sunday. Mr.
Dye stated that thirty-one bead of , cattle
were stolen from him by Lewis N. Cald
well, who move the cattle twenty-live
miles to Gallon, Ohio, where he shipped
Unlit:on board a train for Paterson, New
Jersey. On discovering his loss, Dye
started in pursuit, and found that the
cattle had been shipped at Gallon. He
traced them 'to But alo, and taking an
express train arrived at Port Jervis
on Sunday ahead of the stook train. On
Sunday night the train arrived, and with
it the oar load of mule and Caldwell.
Dye Immediately sued out a warrant of
arrest, and 'Caldwell was taken into
custody and the cattle driven to Buck•
ley's yards. Caldwell was taken before
Justice Penny. and after a hearing the
case was postponed to await the arrival
of the owner, of thecattle. The meson
ter showed that theater:to, againatllald
well, of having stolen the cattle, and of
being a fugitive, should be sustained. A
requisition from the Governor of Ohio
will be obtained to remand the prisoner
to that State for trial.
IMOCLAMATION FROM C6'3PE➢E!
The Sus publishes a lengthy proclams.
don by President bespedes, dated Gaya-
MOS, Cuba, Nov. 00th. Ile cWmi to
have forty thousand troop., well armed,
With passable discipline, to be Steadying
supplies and "maddens of war milk' reg
ularly, sake recognition by the Outgrow'
of the United States, and soya: "We
have captured 1.026 Spanish soldiers.
1,481 of whom we have released on pa
role. We have captured 6,322 stands of
arms and 29 piece" of artillery from our
enemy. Our lines today are within ride
abet of every city and town on the Island
out of the city of Matanzas, and we are
able to engage our enemy at one point or
another daily. We have directed that
the armies should burn and destroy the
cane fields of the island and disable thel
sugar :Mils. We have liberated 115,000
slaves at a loss of ono hundred million
dollars. We base our duty to do, and
taking our wisest counsellors into our
confidante, we have gone straight for- ,
ward in the programme of our duty."
BONDED SUGAR' USATPLAISED
The Special Treasury agent In this city.
With the aid of Deputies, has completed,
the reappralaemout of sugars In 'banded
•warehousee. Those officers sampled,
graded andelmailled Ltl,ooo hogsheads
and %POO boxes snore. Of this IMMellee
quantity the -expert employed by Col.;
Howe has found but 56 lots which had'
been appraised at lees than their proper
grade. He further asserts that the an
gers of grade lb. Dutch standard, have
teen paved at 12, a loss to the Severn.
meat of two cents a pound, and that In
one came at eager that should have , paid
• duty at • grade or over 17 was passed'
et 12.
SUIT VOA /100.000 DAMAO=
The administrators or tho late Aarou
D. Hutt,of Dougl have sad the Efts
in s frlt — t ' il:4 as
6 10 on a w 3ll bou es
nd
train, two week. ago, mina which he has
not been seen or beard from, and the rel
atives thistk be was killed , outing a cot
Ream The company Itaa offered three
thousand dollars sea comorunitse.
==!
Anothed move has been made In the
lottery wits. and Bert. Wood has again'
obtained control of the business- Judge
Canlom has granted an order which ra
instates Wood in all the benetim to be
derived front the Receiverahip. Wood.
It Is said, intends to salt the whole of
the property at public auction and
wash his hands of the entire lottery bog-
ERIE RAILROAD TROUBLES
Thefts. of Ramsay suptiost the Erie
Railroad Company name up at Atop
hamton :yesterday ter argument. Oa 40
Motion to set made tbs'order of suspen
sion of the Injunction and order appoint
ing a receiver. The court reserved Its
decision and stayed Ramsay's praised
lugs In the meantime:: •
COMPELLED TO PLY
The Staten Mita furry boat Pomona
was melted tredanaind the owner com
pelled to pay beet taxes to the amount
of eight thousand dollars to; the Cloyern•
moat, when the boat was released.
.Hderlozotrts vEssici.
The naval authorities are keeping a
atria watch on a reamer fitting out In
Brooklyn, believed to boa Cuban pri
vateer. • • ,
CINCINNATI.
New Railroad ProJect—ltveatigation by
the Grand Jury of Piddle lostatudatut—
Roinletde at Ironttin; ' •
tO7 Telegraph to the Pittaborib Omits.] •
CRWIENNATI, December 22.—A notating
of citizens of Cincinnati, New Richmond,
Ripley, Manchester, Pottsmouth, Ring
tog Rook and Ironton, Ohio, and Ash
land; Hy., was held at portaruonth to•
day, to take ineeenria to build a railroad
.
from,Cinclunaal to trip north side of the
Ohio river, to meet the Chesapeake Ind
ChM road south of the Gyandotte'river,
In Wait Virginia. , • • -
A resolution had been reported favor
ing the immediate organization of a
company under the name of tho Chesa
peake and Cincinnati Railroad Colima
ny,.and that a capital sock of one mil
lion dollars be subscribed Immediately.
The Oran& Jury be. Juan oompietedthe
Investigation of various Bate,county
and municapitpubllo • inedtutions, and
reported this afternoon. At the work
hcmee they report Irregnistritlee suffered
by the late City Council Committee. At
'Ling View • Lunatic Asylum tiny per
cent. too ranch was paid for clothing.
They found the oast per week for each
Inmate as fell rest County Infirmary.
12.15; City Infirmary, 113.60; Boone of
Refuge, P 25; Long View Asyluat.N.6B
An up river steamer on leaving there
heard the reprirt that,. a man named Mn.
Quigg shot a man named Bsrker at In:io
date last night, wounding him fatally,
on the ground that he had seduced a
aiater of the former.
CALIFORNIA.
Sslate of the Late Dail4 C. Broderlet
—Poputattott.Cold Walther—Revenue
Setzurea.
(B? Te',queue to The Plactrurab
SAN FAANOISCO t December 22,—Sev.
eral alleged relatives of the late David
C. Broderick have commenced suits to
the United Staten Circuit Court - against
John A. MeGwynn, 'Andrew J. Butter
and others for the posseaslon of Mod.
erlek'a property, stating that the will
under which the estate was adminiatsred
upon was a forgery, written after Brod.
crick's death by Alfred A. Ehllllpiand
signed by Moses Flanagan.
Langley's Directory, Junt published,
estimates the population of San Frauds.
co in September last at ono Imndred and
seventy thousand two hundred and fitly.
Immense bodies of 'iron ore have been
discovered In Calaveras county.
The weather In Ifs Angeles county
has been • the coldest for many years.
Great damage has been caused to the
young fruit trees and orange trees under
taro years old. . - _
Heavy seizures have beep made Id the
southern counties by the Raucous en
theritteefor illicit diatilliag.
Execution at Carlini, Pa.
Mr Teatim. le Me P.lttabarta esteem.) :
IDARtgaMt, bee. 22 —Adorn Titus wu
executed this morning for the roomier.
of flenty Wllaon, near ShlppensOurg, •
per
THE CAPITAL
Alabania Claims Correspondence
—The Supreine Court Judge
Nominations Attorney Gen
eral Hoar's Nomination Consid
ered and Not Confirmed, but
Laid on the Table. ~
(B 7 Telxgrsph t; Its Plit.burgli gaiette. I
W.,.238121QT01%, December 22, 169
ALABAMA OLALXII CORILZSPONDRIOL
The President has sent the Alabama
claims correspondence to the Senate, in
accordance .with the resolution of Mr.
Sumner. It is Itittetrietyltingthy. •
Mr. Filih,, , tilldee date Of September
25th. BC% to Mr. Motley, informs that
gentleman that at the time of him de
parture from tbs United Stated the
claims were not in a condition most
hopeful for negotiation, and that the
Ntibeldence of negotiations, for a short
time might allay the excitement. To
this Lord Clarendon had expressed
nreement. Bat the President of the
United States now considers it sppropri•
ate to resume negotiation'. Mr. Fish
says to Mr. Motley that the President
hopes Her Majesty's Government will
conduct further .negollatious at Wash
ington, where any *proposition' will be
received and carefully - Considered by the
President.
lord Clarandon's letter to Minister
Thornton, dated Nov. 6, 1869, refers to
the dispatch of Secretary Flab on the
causes of dissatisfaction with the Britleh
Government durint the late war. Lord
Clarendon say" Secretary Flab's dispatch
makes no proposition as to the manner
In which such' dissatisfaction may be
remedied, but he Instructs Mr. Thornton
to inform Mr. Fish that the British Gov
ernment will be ready to cooperate In
any honorable manner to effect • satis
factory adjustment Of the.dlMculties be
tween the two countries In relation to
the Alabama cialms.,-,
..0111INATIONS 001.131DERIID.
The Senate remained in executive see
don from two o'clock title 'afternoon till
after seven this evening. After confirm
ing a number of nominations of • corn.
paradvely unimportant character, the
names for circuit lodges were taken up
and the following confirmed: Geo. T.
Shipley. of Missouri, for first circuit:
Lewis B. W.oodrulf. of New York, second
circuit; Wm. McKennac, of Pennsyl
vania, third circuit; Wm. B. Woods, of
Alabama, fifth circuit; S. L., Withy, of
Michigan, sixth circuit; Thos. Drum
mond, of Illinois, seventh circuit; and
John T. Dillon, of Iowa„ eighth circuit.
The nomination of Geo. H. Pearce, of
Misionri, (or fourth circuit, Is under
stood to have met with some unfavorable
action In the nature of postponement,
but it is still pending, tagettler with
that of Lorenzo sawyer, of California, for
ninth circuit. .
BeLore the late nomintion was reached
for action, a motion prevailed to take up
the nomination of C. R. Hoar for Atao.
elate Justice of the Supreme Court.' A
very long And at times stormy debate
ensued as to the propriety or advisa
bility of. confirming it. Finally it be
came apparent that the majority of Sena
tors present were opposed to Mr. Hoar's
confirmation and his friends moved the
further consideration of the nomination
be postponed. This motion was nese.
tired, as was also the next - one that the
Senate do now adjourn, and another that
the Arid motiOn be laid on the table, At
this point a canvass of the Senates/towed
them wan a majority of twelve in favor
of rejecting the nomination, and it
was understood that several New Eng
land Senators thereupon pledged them
selves that If the majority would allow
the nomination to be simply tabled, the
name of Mr. Hoar should be withdrawn.
Upon this understanding the nomination
was acoordiogb. laid on the table.
-AomeWerthis member tenombiglien
Veers not reached at all, and the Minn,
of the Senate to confirm them-cannot.-
therefore, be considered significant of
their ultimate fate. Among the number
were the nomlnstions of Gen. Sickles as
Minister to Spain and various consular
appointments. '
SWAB PILMN37/113.
The °Urals reaonstrnalon bUI wu
presented to the President this afternoon
for signature.
Effects of Rade on Animals.
That music has a charm on the Juilmal
creation has long been known. The
sane of hearing in many animals L very
acute. They love to hear gentle voices,
andani grateful for kind words. The
tiny mouse Is charmed by the whistle of
the Alpine herdsman, will abide In his
but and come from his covert to listen to
his song. In ancient times the grazing
herds were charmed in listening to the
flute of tlie shepherd. The WI cow, is
proud of her bell, and shows it in her
gait, ai she leads off the herd, and shows
grief -when it la taken from her, and cat
tle have been known to pine away and
die when deprived of - their' harmonious
ornament. The horse Is particularly
charmed with music, for, "At the shrill
trumpet's gerund he pricks his ear." Many
'will remember the account of the Libyan
mares, who would only be handled wben
soothed with soft music, and the horses
of the Sybarites, that had been taught to
dance to plating melodies, and then,
when bearing their' masters into battle,
suddenly heard, In th e enemy's ranks,
the well remembered sounds; and in
stantly set to dancing instead oflighting I
The same love of MUSIC in the' horse has
been noted in more modern lima. The
eccentric Lord Holland, of tho r e its o y
William ILL. used to give a weekly con.
curt la a covered gallery especially erec
ted for the Roos& He maintained that
it cheered Utah . ; temper. widen eye wit
ness laid that they second to be greatly
delighted therewith; -
Kula la ripprechted.by the elephant
in a remarkable degrea.• Sweet, gentle
strains delight* him, while loud, harsh
notes rouse dispassion to uncontrollable
fury.: The, Arab entertains- his camel
with music, song and airy tale, and with
the plaintive tones of his voice. Birds
are the true macho of the animal
kingdom. They have what many men
lack, • gerodne talent to learn and age.
predate meal notniand melodies. You
sing and they will repeat, bar- after bar
Men listen with eager attention to a
hand organ, and, little by Mar, learn
whole ton* the ablest of all avow imitate
the songs and yokes of othal..
•♦Territorial Delegate.
A Delegate is a sort of °alignMlonal
tadpole.: He pa swim and dive, tat he
cannot croak. He bun° vote anon what
he has been talking about.He says,
..my robe is for war I" baktht le all or
him that is. He is cruelly endowed by
Congress with the power to put his nose
Into every question, but his hand no.
where. He oisobeys his Bible every day,
which says: "Let all your conversation
be yea I yea! and nay I nay I" while, ac
cording to the rule of Congress, be has
everything but a nay and a yea. Beside,
he is subjected to the Indignity of being
sworn in after the regular "members,"
like a negro Methodist who Is alloWed to
speak in class meeting after the poor white
trash have finished. Thla kind of second
hand Congressman I commiserate. He
Is like BbyTock, invited to Bsasanlo's din
ner : ”To smell pork; to eat of the bah.
Ration; to buy with them, walk wltit(them,
and go following; but not to vote with
them !" •
—ln the ease of the Sheriff of Boyle
county. Ky., vs, Cobb it Ca, of Buffalo,
New York, for ,the restoration of. one
thousand throe. hundred bushels of
wheat, meted from blot while under an
attachment, Judge Ballard, of the United
Mates Metric' tionrt at Louisville. has
decided Mat the United Matey Marshal
could not take from the posatiesion of a
State oMcer property which was held
under a-process returned at the expense
of Cobb Co. •
• Hrs. Allen, •at Now York. 42
charged by her son, an. Eplecopalig•q,
AUnister with being - demented ori High
Church doct4ne. Her counsel bias
- asked an order of Court to prevent an
extravagant waste of her propet7, stet
fog that the lady's very clothing was
being sold.- The matter is under ed.
sltriernent. • •
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TUE MEANT OF POET SAID.
. At the opening of the Suez Canal, Says
the correspondent of the London News,
there were, on the sands 'of the Mediter
raneanrE and about an eigh th oft- de from
the harbor, three state Meeks , c.. h
the
largest, was spacious and with I two
wings held three hundred people. This
was for the Khedive, his royal, and smite
of his eclesistical guests. lt had two
openings, each gained by a carpeted stair-
CM; and the whole structure was. open
all around, its one flooring or platform
being some twelve feet from the ground.
It was reached from the harbor by a
temporary roadway, guarded by Egypt
ian soldiers, along the elesespace of
which the royal and a few other of the
K.hedive's guests walked on foot, taking
their seats with backs to the town, with
the harbor and its countless flags on their
right, and the Arab quarter and the strip
of sand dividing Lake Merman from the
• sea stretching far away on the left hand.
The canal was not visible. Between this
state structure and the Mediterranean
were two smaller kiosks, each facing it,
the one on the left painted green and
white, being deititute of internal decora
tion, and containing six Russell:mut mol
albs, all of high rank in the Mohammedan
Church; the one to the right being fitted
with an altar laden with a sliver cross and
massive candlesticks, and filled with
bearded priests of the Greek Church,
monks, and acolytes In scarlet. Between
these two and forming a background to
them, ro lled the open sea; between them
again and the first kiosk were the suds.
A handful of bystanders were yermitted
to occupy the intervening apace, but the
vast majority of the spectators lined the
road from the harbor and kept their posi
tion during the proceedings, Standing
between the three kiosks, you saw the
faces in each, and utile principle or vice
regal one filled, the central space between
its wings, occupied by Coptic and Armen
ian priests, bearded and , gowned, and
each looking like the conventional Merch
ant of Venice as seen on the British stage,
became s mug of brilliant color. Mr.
Elliott, Her Majesty's representative at
Constantinople; in diplomatic uniform of
blue and gold, sat on the extreme left.
Next him MU the Queen of Holism', In
pale lavender silk; then the Khedivg, in
fez and Turkish uniform, with the grand
cordon of the Mediji, across his beast.
The Empress of the French came next,
and It was admitted on all hands that her
Majesty never looked more lovely. Drap
ed in a delicate lilac silk with many
flounces and much white lace; the double
skirt of the said dress being looped up,
and Its body cut in evening fashion; the
fresh violets the Empress wore beneath
the locket on her neck relieved the dainty
little hat surmounting her dark brown
hair. Very animated, and with her deli
cate complexion not even touched by the
Nile stn, Her Majesty chatted with the
Emperor of Austria in jsger uniform on
her left, or interchanged 'a few words
with the Crown Prince of Prussia in full
uniform, in apparently high spirits, and
as if resolved to please. Prince Oscar of
Sweederi and Prince Louis of Hesse, both
in uniform, were the two other occupants
of front seats; and immediately behind
the Empress the worn-lined face of Abdel
Rader peered from beneath a white bur.
note. Age has not bleached the old
chief's hair, nor dimmed the brightness of
his eye, and men needed to be told that
this was the venerable hero whose name
was the world's talk scarcely a generation
since. M. de Lessem the Viceroy's
Minister, Lord Houghton, in Deputy
Lieutenant's uniform, and other leas noted
personages, filled the rear, and directly all
were in their plates, one of the mollate
In the Moaselman kiosk, a grave man, '
.who with whim beard-and in this-holy
ghee, commenced the proceedings by.
reading
reading an extract from the Koran. Then 1
the patriarch of Alexandria and the priests
of his church, knelt at the altar in the
other kiosk, and offered up prayers, after
which the ships in the harbor fired many
volleys, and then there was a momentary
stir among the crowd on the steps, and
Monsignor Bauer, as representative of
the Roman Catholic Church, came for
ward. The interest culminated now.
The whispered remarks of comment or
explanation which had passed hitherto
between the Viceroy, the Queen of Hob
land, the Empress Eugenie and the Em
peror of Austria, ceased. A great quiet
ness, too, felt upon the crowd, and so
with-the turbaned Shieks—one of whom
we recognized as having played a promi
nent part in the rite of the Dosch when
the prostrate bodies of the faithful were
ridden over a few days since—gazing cu
riously from one kiosk; and the gorgeous
and gaudy figures of the Greek priests
gazing down on him from the other,
Monsignor Bauer, standing on the steps
of the latter building, began his eloquent
oration.'. The velvet boret, robes and
gloves, the apostolic ring, sonorous voice,
and appropriate action of this ecclesiastic
made his every word tell.. His Reverence
spoke at considerable length, and .to this
effect, so modulating his voice that though
the space was considerable between him
and his royal hearer", not a syllable was
lost: "The final hour has struck- At
length, then, the problem has been solved
which btu formed the thought of ages.
An era is closed. East and West salute
each other across the Isthmus. Human
ity celebrates its festlie day. -The mate
eel grandeur of the enterprise we cele
brate la the feature which first strikes us;
but its physical greatness is far less Im
portant than its moral aspect Throigh
shy channel the civilization of two Worlds
will be fused tylosther. It is fitting now
, to pay respect to those who have brought
this great work to a conclusion." • •
After somewhat elaborate compliment' to
thelChedive u the regenerator of Egypt,
the Empress es the consistent patron of
the undertaking, and to the Emperor of
Austria and to the otherpotentates assem
bled, the orator paid an eloquent tribute
of respect to IL Laseps as the modern
Columbus, to whom the universe owed a
debt of gratitude. Monsignor Bauer
wound up his harangue by an appeal to
his auditors to raise their thoughts hum
thin union of two hemispheres to the yet
higher-union between reanand his Maker,
and - by imploring the blessing of bort;
deuce upon the fruits of the canal, which
1 he formally pronounced in be open.
The Sanotacture or Meet.
The Paris Pram says: "An med..
meat of a most interesting character, and
haying the highest Interest for the. Iron
industry, has taken place at the Mugulie
Stock Works, in presence of two emi
nent persons of the Ecole Centrals. The
object of this experiment was to make
steel by one operation, a problem which
has engaged all metallurgists, and, it
solved, would anise an Industrial revolu
tion: M. deleted° Berard, an engineer
whose name Is familiar to who have
occupied themselves with - Allis question,
pmpond to change Recondense metal In
course of refining into steel of at least
ordinary quality, by means of a process
alternwely oxteliziog and reductive. His
efforts hare been crowned with success.
The ptoduct obtained by his process, in
presence of two competent judges, proved
to be steel of good quality, suitable for
all purposes, end made with the facility
necessary to Its application to practical
Industiy. The operation was effected in
a rev, reatt - fy trance, lasted about an
hour and a half, and was' accomplished
with as much facility as puddling. In
this giroceat, instead of acting on 480
pounds of metal to obtain Iron of number
one quality, from 0,000 to 11,000 pounds
of metal is made by only one operation
Into steel Ingots ready for the workshop,
and with an unexpected economy. We
will be , much deceived If this Invention
has not In It the gent of a complete revo.
!talon In metallurgy."
Hunt WARD BERCI= hu reached
the stuurolt of human tante. EN portrait
has been published in the Pau; Omits.
along with thou of murderers, `'eminent"
audczfelters, aio The same ".honor"
acCorded Um "Atm . ." Prothingham,
Hoe McFarland•l4lchardson.l3ase. Dan.
lierstrland arid Albert D. Richaidstin.
Frothingbarn looks as If he could mull
oats a ten•penny nall. •
TA B FAT BEMS BALL. .1
Why should the fat men have a ball at
all ? Here is a problem for the psychiffo
gists. Is not the carriage of corpulence
a sufficient affliction, but that a man
should particle his paunch and exult in
his excess of tissue ? It cannot be that
misery loves company, because the fat
man is not miserable. But be considers
himself and his brethren a peculiar peo
ple, and he Is zealous of good wurlui.
The purely physiological difference be
tween himself and his leaner brethren he
exalts Into a social barrier, and endeavors
to erect a cote upon corpulence.
"Adipose ssue," according to the an
thorities, "Is the membrane that contains
the fatty particles, or, rather, which sep
arates and keeps apart those particles,
which are of polygonal and reniform
shape, and of microscopic -size." But
what ground is there in this for a society?
Fat affects disposition. Human jollity
is known to bear tome relation to human
rotundity, and it would seem that in the
eagerness e men to devise new methods
of enjoyment it occurred to them that
they might, lead the ordinary festivities
of the IeMIKM with their own organic
unction. Bo the fallings got • togeth
er to offer themselves to Terpsi.
chore. Fat is only another name
for vanity, and the moment it
was suggested to the fleshy mourners af
ter mirth that they were to be afforded an
opportunity to aggregate their grossness;
into one grand, snood, roistering row.
,de-dow, the whole dominion of obesity
bestirred itself. Fat and lbw function
aries In tar away places sent in their
names; aldermen of distant and dim cities;
men of weight if not wisdom rolled up
from ail quarters; and alas those who
were riot illustriously but only approxi
mately obese, resorted to all sorts of ex
pedients to inflate, to extend, to increase
the mortal coil which in the delusion of
the moment was thought to be the great
desideratum. We fear that the candi
dates for admission, many of them, adopt.
ed a false and feminine trick of cotton
and underclothes, with the foolleb infatua
tion that bundle and .not-'bowela would
stand the test of this charivari. Others
are known to have themselves extended
by mammarlal balm and other patent ee
-1 Teton; and in one cue a lean and slip
! pored pantaloon was blown up to Inordi
nate capacity by a week's diet on dried
apples. It is still:Went to say that he was
punctured early In the evening by a sharp
but greasy joke, and consisted to the dir
may of a tender leviathan who saw him
melt away from her massive arm like the
dew of Hermon. But noble fat, the
simon pure and honest article, came in
quantity, in balls, la massive immensity,
in trucks, in chartered drays, with the oil
of gladness streaming down its face, and
its bowels of mercy wabbling
It mixed and melted, and for once the
eyes of fatness stuck out with co opera
tive gladness.
But, reason or no reason, the ball was
given. The fleet fat man darkened the
doorway at 9:15. His name is so lost to
&Me, for that he was speedily followed
by several of his overgrown brethren.
Small boys. pining with envy, gazed upon
their pigmied shape,, and cheered lean
and derisive cheers as they arrived.
Some came in carriages, and issued thence
peculiar, like the gent expanding from
the bottle in the, "Arabian Nights;" so
that, as the wonder in that case was. bow
the bottle ever held the gent, so now the
wonder was how the barouche was able
to include the cubical and corpulent man
who swelled from its narrow entrance.
Some came on foot, and their vest•con
verging hulk covered Irving place to
south and to north, as if it had been the
cloud of coming doom. Bat on foot or
on horseback or in vehicular conveyance,
the Jammu on his snivel was beaming,
he smiled in vast creases, which un
wrinkled the vast and placid expanses of
his countenance Into corrugations of Ti
tanic mirth. Roodsof cheek were charm
ed 'up by his smile, and mountains of
mirth shook when he laughed. Properly
the fat man does not—laugh at all. He
vents chuckles, which eye him the ap
pearance of an apoplectic Popocatepetl,
and wheezes like the volcano which rum
bees under Vesuvius. The bat clerk, who
to meaner and leaner mortals is an'object
of raging indignation, is to the fax man an
incarnate and peren nial joke. The weird
Afrites in the basement who beat you
upon your protuberances with the bat end
of brooms, under the absurd pretence of
purgation, and in hopes of pecuniary
gnerdon, and who excite meagre men to
frenzy by that process, belabored the fat
man in vain. Ills articulations were all
padded, and he defied their wrath, and let
them work their wicked 'wills upon his
broadcloth, and when they had done, he
tranquilly withheld their fees and wheezed
at their discomfiture.
But the dancing was the acme of the
whole. He who has only seen the fat
man In repose can Dave little notion of
the fat man in action. It is almost pro
vertial that fat men dance well, but who
could bare anticipated the greasy grace
of these fat men? One noble swain par
cel of dropaineas there was who merits
special commendation. He cut pigeon
wings. He did double shuffles. The
beams creaked under bii buoyant bulk,
and the frescoes of Garibaldi creaked
over : his head. But still he kept his
course. The wax of the floor was over
laid with his drippings. The incautious
persona who ventured Into the shadow of
his disc had their dress coats covered
with grease spots. But sq long u the
musicians would blow for him, that fat
man bid his lean and agile partner from
the public view.: It was as galvanism
upon adipocere. When he cut his ulti
mate caper and sauntered fatly to his
bench, the chbers were long and load.
The hero of the ball, or rather the ball,
was Thomas Conway. He It called a
boy.: He is a walking globe. The fat
boy in Pickwick was but a type of him.
His age is officially put at six, but it fa
simply impossible that the human nutri
tive powers are capable, in six years; of
forming the quantity of dune which he
bears about. His head la a globe, with
two flaps for an, two orifices for nos
trils, a mere hint at eyes,and a crease for
a month. Fair corpulence frowned hot
on his humble birth, • and melancholy
marked him for her own. Each fat min
has an ideal of fatness, but it seems to be
conceded that this fat boy is relied upon
to reach it. Busch weighs 410 pounds.
Fisk weighs MSS. But Diusiel Lambert
weighed 7110, and the American fat maw
swells with grief and emulation when be
considers him. Bat tons Will be needed
to measure the avoirdupois of Thomas
Conway. if his life is spared; but that Is
absurd, if his life is rounded to the term
of the bloated Englishman 'who remains
the ultimate achievement of adiposity.
Of course, the fat man was supreme at
supper. Bushels of lobster-salad disap
peared before him. Gallons of oysters
vanished In the recondite recesses 'of his
giant tale. Into his "trunk of humors"
pyramids of lee.creani were packed. He
dispersed not, until the last fragment of
the repast had succumbed. And Its liquid
accompaniments made him hilarious, but
not unseemly. Two platoons of pollee
attempted to arrest one of him. But they
could not surround him, and their Innoc
uous locusts were unable to reach a sect.
sltive part of him. And so he flowed
fsally,on to bed.—.7r. P. Work/.
HOW TO Warm—We are uently
bothered with communications foe
publi
cation written on both sides, We had
rather see any other kind of copy than
that. Bed spelling, bad grammar and
bad writing can be got along with, but
when time, presses double paged copy
cannot be used.
It should be understood that meat copy
has to be cut up and divided into "takes"
or small piece', and put into as many dif.
torrent hands as there are takea. In times
of great taste three or lour lines only are
even to any one printer. The difilculty
in petting type from ;ropy written on both
eider,. will, therefore, we hope, be readily
understood.
. • 11111 Ellolllll WOOllll2 recently isaa net ,
self out. to , please tbe public by giving
birth to 'five. children at OtICO, and the
Queen sent her .E 7. Not tts,l.t, 'enough
Fay expenses.
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NO. 297.
A DETECTIIT'S EXPERIENCE.
• /
A FEILeILE FORGER.
"Not many years ago," said Mr. F—
"the mercantile COMMUnity were annoyed
by an immense amount of spurious paper
most dextrously pat in circulation.
Checks were presented at the principle
banks signed by the firms of prominent
houses, and money in the aggregate to
nearly ;t50,000 obtained upon them- The
peculiar circumstances of the ease die
closed the fact that the forger resided In
the city, and for months we were on the
qui airs to detect the criminal. Every,
new face. every stranger, whore mama
thin and pursuit were not thoroughly
understood, were subjected by Mr. l—
and myself to a most rigid scrutiny. Still
we were' at fault. It is not difficult to
And out the person who is not guilty of
an offence; the trouble is to discover who
Is. And thus our search went on. Baf
fled in one direction we took ano th er.
Aside from the reward, which was ample,
our pride was interested in oetemieur the
person who, almost before our very eyes,
practiced such open frauds. One day I
saw a lady• paying for a bill of goods
with,a check. Mbfore she bad time to
leave the store I obtained a look at the
paper, and was satisfied it was not genu
ine. Still I was not certain. The lady
was deeply veiled, and I was subjected to
the alternative of following her. This I
did and traced her home. -
It was a beautiful little cottage, with a
large yard - and garden. Taste and-cul
ture bad fashioned the gravel walks, and
trained the dense but •bauttihl foliage
into parterres, aa curious as novel and
pretty. Vines crept over the portico and
trolled along the network of the gallery.
'rho white and the red hollyhock bloom
ed at the gate, and the marginpf the walks
was bedded with violets and sweet
merited verbena. The perfume of orange
blossoms :mingled with the odor of the
rose. and the senses were delighted with
the evident beauty that pervaded the place.
I hastened back to the place where the
check wu passed, and which Mr. I—
liad already ascertained to have been
forged. We had now obtained a clew
which, if carefully pursued. we were sat.
isded would lead.to the detection of the
We waited until Morning, and it was
then determined that I should - visit her
alone. I did so, and found the la.iy
seated In a pleasant little parlor, looking
out on the miniature lawn. The room
was exquisitely furnished and breathed
an air of evident rstlnement. It was fit
ted up as a pleasant lounging place, half
library, half music-room . Beautiful
paintings hung from the walls, and in a
recess was an elegant piano. Near It
was a statue of the Titaness ifrunnosyni,
and opposite it stood a marble creation of
the dance•losing Terpsichore, and from
the center of the richly carved writing'
desk rose a beautiful Polymnia, with her
linger pressing the lips, brimming with
dases filled with books, and vases of
Arabesqueb of gold, filled with flowen,
were scauered through the room. The
lady reclined in an cup chair, and re.
calved the announcement of my name
with evident embarrassment. Still she
received me with great politeness, and
inquired "to what circumstance she was
to attribute my business?"
"I do not know, madam, that it Is to
you, as yet; but may I inquire if your
husband is In?" •
"I am a widow, sir."
''But you have a business agent."
ity."No, air; I live alone on a small annu
" -
"Indeed!"
"It is trai., sir; but pon will pardon me
111 inquire the purport of these goes.
-goner'
"Madam!" I rept:led, "there is no
doubt some mistake about it, but the
draft you gave yesterday to Messrs. H.
& Co., is a forgery."
"Sir!" the tone was indignant, end the
face was white with terror rather than
passion.
"I; is as I stated, madam; here Is the
paper," and I took from my pocket the
check and showed It to her.
"What is the purport of ell this?"
"To Inquire from whence you obtained
It." .
"That I cannot tell you, air!"
"I trust, madam, you will reconsider
your last remark, for otherwise it will be
my duty to arrest you as the enralnaL"
"And you would do this?"
"It would be my duty."
Her eyes lost on the Instant their eager
look, and she turned aside her head. I
could perceive from the workings of her
countenance that she wee thinking rapid
ly, intently. Emotions, first of terror,
then of determination, then of entreaty,
chased themselves over her,face with the
rapidity of thought: It was a gtand face
—noble in expretuslor—evincing Intellect
id' no common order.
- .
I could not believe sbe.wu guilty. I
did not! until she turned to Ina wlth the
words ;
"Take me to jail. I alone am guilty!"
" Bat, madam, reflect, you are con:
deming yourself 1"
" I know It—lead me away—l say to
you again, lam guilty." .
It may seem strange to you, but even
despite her words I could not believe this
strangely . beautiful-. lady Welt In earnest.
There was to my mind a gieat wrong
somewhere; the lady was sacrificing her.
self tosave some one else. Still I had no
alternative but to take her Into custody.
I placed her, however, in charge c.f as
officer, and still left her at heroin house.
While I was gone to the city, baLiaaw
hours, she contrived to send a note aw 4 -:.
It reached the person It was mewl for- -
an hour afterward the lady was dead.
She and by E wa hand, front
Sham• broken •
Years afterward we ascertained the
neat culprit was her own son ! She had
confessed to a sin that she never commit:
ed, to give him an opportunity of escape.
—Ha: Orleans Renee&
=C=^l
"Mrs= Stebbins," who has been ha.
ing notes . for us at some of the recent
parties, has derelopekthe Rolktwing rule*,
which' *lll be found bixaluable to our
dashing rums men
When you dance sebitthche be sere to
hold your feet up as a dog holds up a
lame paw; it looks graceful.
When you dance polka always be .
Sure
to Insist that the =sic Is too slow, and
hurry your partner.:' If she knows any.
thine she will like you, and you will be
sure to get her to dance with you - again
—lf she can't help It.
When yon "aUtnanA left; catch the
lady's hand as if yon. were going to pull
her out of join and If you can manage
to "blimp" ag ainst the next lady It will
heighten the effect.
In "dos dos" If yon eta twine to
"bump" against your vie a eft and knock
ter chignon askew, it will ameuie the by
standers.
Ile sure to criticise Ow dress and de
portment of the ladles in your neighbor.
hood, particularly if you are not very
well uquainted with your partner. One
of them may be her sister, and yourcritt.
clan may that reach her cams:ma than
you expect.
In the "Lai-make:stir," . Paha of
prompting your neighbors that a "grand
right and left" the other way, no
matter what way ti m
epid out. They may
think you know something about it, even
if you know you don't. •
When you waltz, "grab your parther , a
bind and hold It. straight down by your
side, or keep it bobbing upend down like
a pump bindle. ,
In "balance to the right," use your
heels on the floor; you may thus Improve
yourself in clog dancing;•no knowing but
you may be reduced to follow it for •
living, in which case it'will come handy.
In order to cultivate graceful motions,
perform a double Sheltie, annstove your
arms upend down .11101airood sawyer's;
it is becomlug—to the wcod sawyer.
if you are from the East, be careful to
ask 'if this or that Is the way they do
"out hen." and point out the differenoe
between Eastern and Western* halite ' , to
the disadvantage . of the Western.
TEE WEEKLY GUMS .
Is Me lest u 0 cbespest' esonisrelsl 101d1r.
zem.ower ptibllabed L Warta= Illabanehisia
No Armen, mechanic oi suinhant abiaald,
=2l
=EI
Sty% sanstribary Siso
Cobs oasis..
Candor tan • -
1Y
• copy Is fan/abed . tratidlootiey laths gatiar
eP or • elicitor. tea. Pitstinaita.c in ragailltaii
loggias aseati.• - ,
HEED .4 CO..
=l3
onto ITEM&
Toe pollee forceof Zeiteerrllle costa th•
city government ce 0,000 a year fot theft
servis.
GE.NTLIEMAR of Btebuienville =tau-
plates tbe erection of • flne Operation's
In that city. Rumor hu It on the ear
ner of Fourth and Market streets.
Tas Governor ba3 ordered a new elect
lion In tbe esnatorial District of Clark;
Chnzpoisn and Madison, to be beld
comber I9th, to fill the vacancy , causal
by the death of Hon. John Rowell.
Tux Sten - ben,'lle larald says: At the
next meeting of the City Connell, tst
Thursday. evening, It Ls surmised that ef
forts will at once be made to reoganlse
the Fire ',Department, and take measures
to provide the city with a better aid
more efficient mode of fighting 'firekthaa
the present old fire engines base proved
to be. The Most feasible pi ..n seems to
be, to make a reservoir on what is known
as Myer'a Hill, abOve the trrerent reser
voLe, and connected by pipe with the
same, tho higher baaln to be used only II
a water head in time of a tiro. It is the
opinion of those who claim to be with the subject, that water let on*
the pines from the fire reservoir, will be
of sufficient force to throw it th rough or.
&nary hose, over the highest building In'
the city. The plan is a good one, if it
will do all that Is claimed. We have
been la favor of a steamer, but If this
method Is the best we freely acquiesce and
say, goxhead.
NEW ADIFIIRTISIIENJiMIEL
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. TlOll C22l.ol'—ThaaansajnasUid.
th e
of Stockholders or We Company ern Ike
held o2THuIkeDAY. the UM day of Yuman.
1870. at 2 o'clock r. at their ofildo. No. 14
D•amoud anat., rttsbdrib, for Um II itotiCtli et
omen hr the enanlcg Year and other butane.
Tlie pot a will a <a. at 4 ' -
MMWZMi=
WE _RAFE FOR SALE TOR
BEST PLATED SPOONS
Made V the tountry—trlll tut Winn or tSia
=
V. JIVED a 00..
es nrra'Aviestris.
F"QTWEWELlDATlL—areuse
keepen shauld realetahar that woken, masa
bat Wright's (Jeanine Maas leas; 4114111 y la
• Fresh Caaaed tlystarv. and fifths lia• casual
t /arurlta Tore o; Yothera
Asslow•• and Yartroulh dirmi,o4rrnigiab
veuva4lluahroons, maws
oiled.
Com am
Balstat. Currants, be.. ar... for me's& 0,11M4
palm, tba raWly Grosonslitora of
• JOHN' A. • • •
den Cornea ilhrty sadld lath stmts.
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Coebon - lro. X, Pleat /traces* Done
thla ComPhar, des reansei /STO. wilt
paid DU lad attar that date... ter•Matattel 3M.
delivery at the Mucha: Ia Nadosall Bath at
Daltim'. re.
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this Wads antll •FAITTUDAY; inistin7 Its
ISTO, when It will Os returnee" to tie ettrfsand.
sera stiles for collection.
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