THE DAILY GAZETTE:• PENNIMAN, REED & Office, 84 and 86 Fifth Avenue. F. B. naninuar, 2. P. HOUSTON, IDITORS ASV pio}fißOL• 'MILKS OP TOL V, BY mall. Der DeUrtred by ~...ter., p. •w FIRST EDITIR XIDAIGHT. THE .CAPITAL. Dirge of Extravagance Refuted —The 'Texas Election—Naval Affairs—Tax on Pork Packers Postoilice Matter—San pomingo Annexation—Judge Roar's Nomination. (Sy Isicatapb to Ma Plt• starch Gasettal WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 1869. ca.annx ar.rorzo. The Committee of Ways and Means have been charged In various quarter. with extravagance, while engaged since last seselon of Oangreas In holding meet ings and conducting investigations at New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Wash.' Luzon, Chicago, San Francisco and Port land, Oregon; but it appears, on final settlement of their sooolinta, that the whole amount drawn from the contingent fund, and for which they have tiled vouchers, covering all the expenses of their clerks, stenographer and messen. gar, is rive thousand seven hundred and seventy-two dollar. only, Instead of the allegel amount of V 50,000. • NAVY CIAIETTIL The United Stattiateamers Tenth! and Albany, now at New York, will be re fitted and ordered torejoin the Atlantic sortuidron. The Seminole in to he order ed to IR. Domingo on duty. Coal for the use of the North Atlantic squadron will be sent by the Navy De partment to Santana, now in the posses. sion of our Government. Admiral Poor will soon make a That tol Hayti In lila flagship to look atter the 'United States interests. The harbor of Port Royal, B. C.. has been recommended as • naval rendezvous for weasels of the North Atlantic squad ron, and probably will be used for that pairpowa. Admiral Poor, on his flagship Severn, accompanied by the monitor Dictator, huleft Savanunh for Key West. THE TEXAS ELECTIOX. A telegram from Gov. Pease, dated Austin, Texas, 'aye that Davit for Gov ernor is four hundred ahead, exclusive or he anodise of Milan and navarre, which. If allowed to vote, would elect Hamilton. Navarre did not vote dli the days of the election, as regintrationbad not been completed. In Milan it was ' interrupted by a disturbance, and was therefore not completed. Gen. Reynolds had ordered elections in those counties, but has referred the questionof counting the votes to the President. ..The latter, as yet, hart received no communication from Gen. Reynolds on that subject. TAX ON PORIXPACCIERS. The following order Was Issued 'to-day upon representations of N. B. Judd, of Illinois, and le to be extended to all other collection districts or the country: Treasury Department Office, internal Revenue, Washington. D. U., Dec. tffi To Edmund Juseen, 11. S. Collector, Chi cago: Suspend the collection of tax on. xork packers assessed under section 4th, Act of March 31st, 1869, until otherwise ordered. [Signed.] C. Dawn°, Commisaloner. POSTOPTICE OMMULAIIS. • - The Postal:leo Department Is sending 'circular. to all postmasters In thellnited States, ordering them to make an sum rate monthly report of all frank and free matter deposited at their offices for mail ing for a period of six months, corn. mincing January let. JUDGE ROAD'S NOMINATION. It has been reliably ascertained that the nominetion of Judge Hear was not reported without recommendation, as has been atated. but was reported from , the Judiciary Committee adversely. - ST. DOMINGO. ANNEXATION. It la stated that a duplicate copy of a batty of annexation with the Republic of St. Domingo was brought by General Babcock and placed In the hands of Pres ident Grant on Tuesday. SPANISH MIMMON. The nomination of Gen. Sickles as Minister to Spain has not yet been =from the Ocunmittee on Fore ign 1M=33:13 The President will not receive any vis itors during the holidays, except inch public officers as may have haziness re. galling his attention. =EI3 The receipts of customs for the _week were 12,5=.621.--'t ST. LOUIS. !Wild for a World'a Fair In 1872 nagar Seised—Old Cltlzen Navigation Cleat& (By Telegreph to the rlttsbergb narettt.) Sr. LOWS, December 23.—Quite a number of prominent citizens met at the Planter's Hones to.nlght to take prelim inary steps in the matter of nolding • world'a fair at Bt. Louie In 1872. May or Colo preaided. '• A number of arsechea were Made, all of which indicated great interesain the matter. A committee of ten was appointed to consider the xnb ject and report a plan of action to an adjourned meeting. 'One feature of the arrangement will be the providing of ground', All the required means can be obtained without asking aid of Con gram, as has been done elsewhere. Ninety nine bogeheadaof eager were seized here yesterday for non-payment of duty. It was in the hands of innocent parti An old citizen of fit. LOllll, Frederick Dan, was killed on Tuesday on a trans. teribost on Ulo North Missouri Rallrosd, as Bi. Charles, by a resin running over bin,. NantraUou south of here is closed for the present. The weather. Is milder but still cold and the river toilet floating Ice• BUFFALO. Cale arid Flood—gamic. to New York Railroad,. Telegraph to the Pittsburah Oaratte.) NUrraw, December 23.—The south. west gale and snow storm still . prevails. About four hundred feet of the Niagara Fade branch of the New York Central Railroad is washed away. The trestle bridge on the same road. near the depot. was carried away by a floating crib from the breakwater. Four hundred feet.of the Brie and Niagara Railroad on the Canada shore., opposite this city, Is washed away. Passengers and freight on the New York Central. Great Western. and Grand -Trunk roads are transferred at. Black The water is . higher than known for thirty years. GEORGIA. M,ernor Etntioik Operathsit Under the Re cent Act of Congress. (E) Telun ph to tn. tstrarik Guetta ATLANTA, December 23.—Goveruor Bullock has leaned a proclamation sum moning all_perscrna elected to that:lent/. nil Amend,ly of the State of Georgia, by proclamation of General Meade, June =oth, 1868, who are qualifitd, to appear in Atlanta on the 10th of January next, where romans equally quali fi ed to bold aloe in accordance with the act of Con• grew in such OMANI male and provided. Will be organized In a Senate and noose of Representatives aa the Provisional _Legislature of Georgia, for the purpose of promoting the reconstruction of the civil government in Georgia in accordance with the laws of the 'Gaited States. 1 ~- r -_ :murderess Held to Ball In 133,000. Tglegranti to the Pittsburgh sl gg . w ., CaAntorrsectnue. VA.. December 23. —ln the case of Miss Ayres, Chemed with killing Dr. Oliver, Miss m oo Ayres end Dr. Brown. the family phyla. clan, testified to the effect that Mot Ayres was about to become another, and that the deceased had seduced her. NM' Ayres was held to ball fa 123,000 to answer the Indictment. I a= l i. gg KM EM!=S .t e • • • • • •. - • lit ✓. is A ...1) • • I _ . I 1 • . . . - , • s . . Jona lale. I.P•Yt~ CI El VOL. T,3O(XTV. WEST IsDLES. The Lease of the Bay of gamine—ac tivity of the St. Domingo Revolution- fots—The letoolon of 144 Thomos—The Hoytles ittvoistlon--One . Dollar Id Gobi .worth 1400 Io Currency—Cu ban News—Citizens of Havana Ban- Wien. CB? Telegram to the Pittsburgh mamas Havgdra, December 23.—The news of the lease of the Bay of Stamens to the United States caused intense excitement among the people of Bt. _Domingo. The revolutionists aro making efforts to overthrow Baez before the American Cot:liven can ratify the arrangement for the lease. Baez's troops have taken Ca rtel and Volta, two of Cabrera geneyals, who were captured. They were Immedi ately executed. Reports from St. Thomas say negotia. Sons for the cession of St. Thomas and Santa Cruz to the United States have been reopened. Information from Hayti ro the 9th (net. Is received.' Sal naoe now holds only the city of Port an Prince. The revolu Son ary President Bagel has informed the foreign representatives at the capital that five war vowels are coaling at St. Marko for the purpose of proceeding to blockade and bombard Port an Prince. The land forces will attack the city aim. ultaneouel3 with the fleet. Sather° has threatened:to born Port an Prince before he will surrender. One dollar in gold was worth four hundred dollars in Ilaytien currency. The English war steamer Cherub brought Salnave'a mother and friends from Cape Hayti to Port au Prince. - - Advice' from Jamaica to the 9th lost. state that the. Chief Justice refuses to grant, a certitleatedo Government de. (daring the seizure of the Schooner La Have and cargo legithnate,or reasonable. Later advice!' received state that Sal nave had notified foreign Consuls that the blockade of ports would mon be en. timed by : the ram Atlanta, daily expect ed from Phliadelphia(and another ves sel. Salnave proposes to bombard the revolutionary ports. The rovolut - oniate are short of ammunition.• s. GARRISON AT NAMANA Advicee front St. Domingo state that a small garrison was left by the United States frigate Albany at Barcena. Baez -holds his position and declares before he will resign it he will annex the Island the United States. The revolutionists - •it without arms, am muntlon or vessels CUBAN' NEW/S. HAVANA, December 23.—An Inflam matory proclamation bee been circalstel in the city. calling on the lisysneee to fly to arms and aid the insurgents fighting in the Interior. Many bonus, generally belonging* to prominent Cubans. have been searched by the police, and forty well known cal :ma have received peremptory orders to leave for Spain in the Cadiz steamer to morrow. These orders will probably be followed up by the transportation of all suspected or guilty parties of prominence. It ia Stlpposed tbesie • Measures will pot the finishing blow to the insurrection. A Cuban was arrested yesterday for trying to indl/C0 IMMO Cataionlen valun• teem to shout ' , nye Cuba." He will be tried by court-martial. Thinews from the interior is unfavor able to the Insurgents. Many are eolicit hag pardon, and where they. continue to resist the troops are slowly, but surely, driving them back. A battalion of Catalonian volunteer'''. arrived to-day for Spain. BRIEF TELEGRAMS. —Dickey, the Heekenesek wife mar darer, hang himself in Jell on Wednes tiesday —The steamship Roams from Liverpool and Estee from Havana arrived at N e w York yesterday. —The Ai:natl.:yin yacht Meteor to re ported to have been loot in the Mediter- I:E2=l=Ca —Thu o,susgat Muth Mt= e is r Antn, a It s a dock In - Williamsbur g, said, owned by Cubans. --John 0. Robinson, charged with In oendlariem at Summerville, Mawa, has been arrested In Canadp. —The New York State Temperance Association have inaugurated the "New York Anti... Dram Shop Party." —The New York police officers con victed of robbery, have neon sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. —The recent verdict of a Boston jury that "lager beer is not intoxicating," has been set aside by the Superior Court. —The stores of .7. B. Don & Co.. and Adams & Stone, at St. Charles, Minn., were burned on Monday night. Loss .18,000; nearly fully insured. —The Spanish steam frigate Isabella Catolica arrived at New York last night with crews for the fourteen gunboats re , malniog there, which.she will convoy to Havana, —Near Milltown, Crawford county, Indiana, George Gibbs, a school teacher, was dangerously stabbed In the breast and abdomen, by a young man named . Stewart. —The journeymen carpet weavers'. strike at Philadelphia la at an and. They resolved to go to work at a reduction of twenty4lve per cent. below the prices paid lest summer. —A Fortress Monroe dispatch says: Twelve of the Spanish gunboats-cement, the roads Thursday morning, but-were shortly afterwards signalled from below and went out again. —Chambers Brothers' elevator, at ' Muscatine lowa. was burned Wednes day night. Loss 1130,000, with insurance of 1124,000. There were only a few him. dred bushels of grain in store. —Enormous frauds are said have been committed recently in bonded warehouses at Montreal, Canada, through the collusion of officials. Home startling facts have already been developed. —The National Land Company, from last Jannary to the let Inst., sold lands along the Bans.' Pacific Railroad to the amount of $1,085.e82 Since the latter date $160,000 worth of land has been sold to a Scotch colony. —Over four hundred colored men have left Richmond, Va., during the last week to go to work in Louisiana and ' Mississippi. It is estimated that over two thousand have left that State during the last month for the South. —The Bal de 1' Opera of the French,. Societe des Bale, took place at New. York Wednesday night. Immense crowds as sembled on the sidewalks and hooted the women as they pawed In. A large forte of polioemes was present and used their utmost exertions to preserve order. —At Troy. N. Y., Wednesday evening, John A. Criaaier, a one armed soldier, attacked John Riordan with a knife, Inflicting no less than thirteen wounds. An alleged criminal intimacy between' Riordan and Crlealer'a wife, was the came of the =unit. Riordan will die. Crlealer la In jail —Oliver A. Morgan, the murderer of John Petrie, was hung in a small build leg erected for the purpose near the jail, at Indianapolis, at n few minutes put twelve o'clock Thursday. He met hie fate with apparent Indifference. 'The execution passed off very quietly and with no unusual incidents. —Gov. Chamberlain, of Maine, has Issued In order detailing the State mili tia as an escort for the remains or Geo. Peabody, when they arrive. The British Consul at Portland has received die s from Minister Thornton, signify. Me his Intention to be present at the reception of the remains of the late Mr. Peabody. —Floyd B. Emmett and David I. Eel. matt, of Chillicothe, charged with de.' Banding the Government In the menu. facture and sole of whisky, yesterday, In the 11. S. circuit court at Cincinnati, withdrew their plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty, and, by author , Ity ,of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the consent of the Seers ', tory of the Treasury and Attorney 'Gen eral, have comomised with the Gov arrnent by pay ing 40,000 and amts. Collision on tne Baltimore and Ohio Ilaßroad—Trains-Wrecked. tile Telegraph to the Pr tubargb tlesetre.) WELZSCINO, W. :VA:, Deo. 23.--Thts afternoon the mail train out on the Bal. Moore and Ohio Railroad collided with the Cincinnati expresa •train west, two miles from Benton. The engineer, Mo. Oahu, the &eaten, VlnOyard, and the eater, Roo; were woriotusly t7tM "' L No paanengerewere hurt. The train* were a perfect wreck. ~-• • , EDITION. FOUR O'CLOCK, J. -w NEWS BY CABLE. - The Spanish Throne—The Royal Family in Council--• The Cortes Elections—Ministers on a Hunt ing Facursion—Overend, ney et al. Acquitted—Gentility and Humanity or Lopez, the Paraguayan Chief—The Polish Clergy and the Ecumeniell Council New Postal Arrange ' men's with France. )3p TeleKraPtk_to the Ciatette.3 MADRID, December 23.—1 t is reported hero that a council of the Royal family was held at Turin yesterday, to decide the queatlGn of the candidacy of the Duke of Genoa for the Spanish throne. The Spanleh Government and the parti sans of the young Duke have not aban doned their hopes of making him Ring. The Government has ordered the elec tions to till vacancies in the Cortes for the twentieth of January, In expectation of adding to the majority for the Duke of Genoa. The election will be .botly contested. The press unanimously de mand that the election be drat held for municipal councils. in order to termi nate the exciting unconstitutional situa tiou, the present municipalities having been illegally appointed by the Govern ment. The Ministers have gone on a hunting excursion to the' Toledo mountains. Three hundred guards and -, a battalion of infantry were ordered to accompany and protect the ministerial party. This excursion, contrasting as it does with, the misery prevailing in the capital, causes a painful impression. MADRID, December 23.—The Bishop of Havana has disappeared from Madrid. It Is reported he has gong to France with the Bishop of o.situa, who has openly declar ed he does not recognize the - Provisional Government, the Regent or the Row, lotion. I 1; ~.1 LONDON, December 23.—The trial of Overend, Guernoy et al. has teen con. eluded, resulting in their aoquittal. Gen. oral satiefactlon fa expressed thereat. The case of Stewart vs. Gelot wag tried at Edinburg yesterday; The recta are that the former refused to pay the latter a stun of money exacted from him under the pressure or the fear of Proc. dent Lopez. or Paraguay. Among the testimony submitted were the deposi• Gone of Gen. McMahon, Ex. American Minister to Paraguay, and E. G. Worth ingon, American Minister to Ilraguay, which represent the character of Lopez as all gentleness and humanity. The evidence was regarded ow conclusive that a verdict was given for Stewart. The Russo• Polish clergy have in. atructed their delegates to the Ecumeni cal Council to °prose the unity or tern. ponil and spiritual powers, the doctrine .of infallibility, the injudicious, educe lion of the clergy and an-organization of the College of Cardinals, which practi cally excludes foreigners. Toe Times to-day speculates on the; action of the Ecumenical Council. It expects some conoessions to the enlight ened 110111.1111013 t of the age. but predicts the dogma of Papal infallibility will k. decreed.. It believes the political alma of thO Jesuits will be nullilled by the Euro2eau Governments. FRANCE. I WE. 2 =4-- • - • iii stir will probably adjourn tomorrow. The Journal Official contains an Imps. Hal decree making a new postal arrange merit between France and the .I.lnited States. Letters sent direct, of ten gram. men weight, require the prepayment or sixty centimes; sent via England seven ty contlines. St Imps are to be obtained or the French Administration: Insuffi cient prepayment renders postage null. Tne prepayment or all letters carried by French steamer.] la obligatory. • The Bourse In wilt° firm over a rumor that the list of the now ministry will appear on Sunday. =I ROME. December 23.—The fourth con 'venation of the Council will be held on the SOth inst., when the election of the twenty-four members of the Committee on Religious Orders will take place. It is expected that u soon as the commit tees are completed, the discusalots of proposals ooncerning frith will corn- • manse. All the Austrian Bishops were re ceived it audience yesterday by the Em press of Austria. A dinner and a recep tion was given last night by the French Ambassador, at which eighty dignitarlea of the Church ware'presour. =XIII! Qur.rwarows, December Z3.—Arrived, be sleimer Denmark, from New York. °FINANCIAL AND C MOIF.RCIAL. LONDON', Decembei.23—Emning.--Cork• sots for money. 92y: • account; 92V ‘ ; 5 20 bonds '62s, 85,10'655, -- 134,:: 'o7s, 8334: Erica, ley,: Illinois. 09X; A. dc G. W., M. Lrmotroor., December 23. Oatton: sates for the week, five days, were 58,000; speculators. MOO; exportert,7,ooo; stock, 370,000. American, 83,000 bales. Receipts MOO% American, 33,000, bales. Afloat, 248,000, Including 151,000 American. Market to-day wu steady, uplands 11340; Orleans 11Rd ; sales . 11,000 bales. Corn Zid. Other breadatuffs unchanged. Lard 78d. Other provisions unchanged. Prodnce unaltered. Luapula. Dec. 23.—Petroleum firm •at Is. Bd@ha 8,1:d. Linseed active and un changed. ANTWKEP, 23.—Petroleum firm at 60340. Buswarr, Dec. 23.—Petroleum lirm at $ thalers 66 groate. Elawnww, Dec. 23.—Petrolenm quiet at 15 mar Minces 12 shillings. Rum, December 23.—The &Mien in the Bank of France has increased 6,900,- 000 trances aince last week. LONDCM, December 23.-The bullion' In the Bank of Migland has increased £.66,500 during the week. I - LIVERPOOL, December 24. —The mar ket will be closed tomorrow. Efsvus,Dec.23.—Cottortflat; on spot at - - 1311; adost, 135. .--- ANTWERP, December 23.—Petroleum quiet at 6ogr. PARIS, Deo. 22—Bourse strong. Bents closed it 72 trances 72c, AdelMenai Markets by Telegraph Crucmoo, December 28.—Mter the close of the Exchange there was a mod erately active' movement in the wheat market, but prices were a shade easier, with sales of No. 2 at 73,41377%0 for cash, 77(07730 for seller Jan'y. closing steady at medium figures. Corn dull at 67qc for seller Jan'y. Oaks. inactive In the evening market, butquiet. Provis ions steady ' without any Important change. Mess pork; sales reported at seller Jan'y at $27 60, seller 'Feb'y at 25@)28 50. Lard; seller Feb'y at 170. Green hams at 13%c. ldarket closed firm. New Ont.Earts. December 23.—Cotton active: and Armen middling , at 23%(41 Ste; sales 8,400 bales; receipts, 8,485 bales; exports coastwise, 1,620 bale*. Flour at 65,75ge50g6,25. Corn dull_and lower sales 100 bush. Oats firmer at 65@ 700 : Bran at 11,15. Hay dull and lower; porkprime t $3 we l.so. stern ßa J oon: shoulders at 15%c, clear rib at 19140, clear eldest at 200. Lard: tierce at 19@iflgo, keg at 220. Sugar easier; prime at 12@1214c. Molasses: prime at 67®68c. Whisky at 11,05®1.10. Coffee unchanged. Sterling 1303;,. New York alight paraq discount. Gold Barrixons, • December 23.—F100r t 'quie and steady . Wheat firm at 11155@i 1,40. By firm at sl@l,oo Whisky; stock lighter and held firm at 11. I Miterms, Dec. 23, - -Cotton artist and I firm at 240.- Hay 126@27. Bran 12 1 W 2 . Pork 111@12 Lard 11111(420}0. Balk 't Shoulders Illegaides 170. • Sas FRANC:IOON December 23.—8a1a• lea steadily since midi:light. Floor erre' al it 6 214:514 5 60. Wheat: sales choice se ei. legal tenders 83. PITTSBURGH, -FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1869. DISTILLERS IN COUNCIL Conventton of Rye Welsity Manalaetur. hirers or Western Pennsylvania—As arsociatuna Vormed—Permanent gr gallivant:ln—Report, of Coaandttee on Resolutions. Re. Pursuant to a call issued by some of the leading rye whisky dbitlllera of this city and vicinitV, a Coaveintion of the Distillers of Rye Whlsley In Western Pennsylvania wee held at the warerooma of A. 0 uckenheimer A Co., WO3. 93 and 95 First avenus, yesterday at three o'clock. The Convention was well at tended, the-leading firms In the western part of the State being represented. Tne object of the meeting is far as we. could ascertain was to organize an moo. elation the purposes of which are to aid the Government, so far as practicable, In the collection of the revenues on die. tilled spirits and in suppressing whisky frauds, thereby protecting themselves; and 0100 for the purpose of - securing, if possible, certain changes in the revenue I two, whereby the distillers of pure II quors are Imposed upon. • Tho meeting was called to order by Mr. A. Guelrenheitner, on whose motion Mr. Thomaa Moore was called to the chair. Thomas J. Irwin was chosen Secretary. On motion of Mr. J. Finch, it was to solved to form an association for the pur pose above named, whereupon the meet. tog went into an election of ofileera for the ensuing year, with the following re atilt :. - Prevident--Thomas Moore. Vice President—A. Gackenheinier and Mr. Baldwin. Treasurer—William J. Friday. Secretary—Thomas J. Irwin. Mr. Finch moved that a committee of five be appointed to draft resolutions ea r pressing the views of the meeting rela tive to existing laws, roles and resole , dons of the revenue department for the oollecUon of revenue from distillers. Toe motion was adopted, and the Chair I appointed the following 'named gentle halm on the committee: Messrs. Joseph ~.F. ' 13, Wm. McKim, Wm. J. Friday, A. I S.& Overholt and S. Villager. . • BES01;11TIONS. • The committee retired, and after a brief absence reported the following pre amble and resolutions: We, the undersigned Committee ap pointed to draft resolutions, beg leave to report the following: That the Rye Wills ky Diatillens of Western Peatusylyania ate laboring under difiltulties Mid are likely to suffer losses Molar business, re cutting from recent new regulations of Commissioner Delano In shortening our fermenting periods', etc.., and from past crlpliog our industry and hemming the revenue of the goverment, offer the following resolutions : • liezolved, Ist. That from our experi ence as practical distillers of rye whisky. we dissent from Commissioner Delano'a view in shortening the fermenting period to 44 hours, as our experience has fully demonstrated that the fermenting period is often regulated by the condition of the, atmosphere and other eircunistancei beyond the control of the distiller, and that the 6th section of the Revenue law. enacted July 20th, 1868, In letter and', spirit gives the distiller the right to set his own fermenting period. - _i. That by our system it will fre quently happen that the fermentation will not be complete at the period of fortv•elght hours set by the late ruling of Comtnlssioner Delano, thereby rep dering the distiller unable to comply with section 19 _of the revenue law, re quiring every teir - to be emptied at the, end of the fermenting period, hence the tub would have to be refilled before the twenty-four hours expired or disemitile the distiller to mash the- estimated amount of his eotablished capacity, thereby throwing him unavoidably lia ble to deticiencg tax. • 3d. That the number 'of dry Inches al. lowed the distiller for pure rye or wheat whisky by the recent survey is not suit. 'lent. That there should be -given at least the one fifth of the inside depth of the tormenter to guarantee safety from lose of the mash running over, caused by the expansion during fermentation, which is a bass to the distiller. 4th. That COOStedill beinamorialinedst 'Sits Docent iielaion to change so much of the present Revenue laws an relater; to the special tax on yen, 'and also the claiming thar Itrais ollars teridetcyrtobiniure the ,businesa or distilling sa being op pressive to different distillers laboring under different circumstances, asall die. "lent are not able t., produce • the same results. Bth. That the taxing of distillers.s by cspaolty. either in the grain mashed or the liquor, to be produced from arty esti mated capacity or given amount of grain, is not practimil, but unequal and online —— . as li lea well eStablialsed fact that no two distillers Is able to produce the same re mits front any ' Oren capacity, while some distillers ate making from 14 to 16 quarts, others are barely getting 12 quarts, and In the language of the learned Judge Drummond, of Chlosgo, In alms his opinion in the case of the United States against John P. Furlong, for den. cleocy, is beyond human con trol to produce any specified amount of spirits from a bushel of grain, it varying from 6 to 16 quartsi owing to different circumatancea over! which the distiller , has no control." 6th, That the payment 4: monthly taxes is oppressive to the distillers, and that the interests of themselves as well as the Government, will be benetitted by a simple direct tax on the amount of gal lons produced by the distiller Including the eatery of storekeepers to be paid when the whisky Is taken out of distil. lent' bonded warehouse, thereby rattily , log,the distiller of much 11100nYetaleRee and befitting the Government by.greatly diminishing' the expense of collecting. 7th. That the use of the Tice Meter for the purpose of registering the tins and correct amount of spirits produced from the still is a failure, and we believe It to be beyond the ingenuity of man to dis cover any means by which - the true amount with the proof can be registered on, ea the expansion and costraction of the spirits, owing to the different tams ;mature as they flow nom the worm. Bth. That the Interests of the manufso-. torero of rye whisky will be enhanced, as well as that of the government, by allowing their spirits tO remain In bond for the period of two yeses or more from date of manufacture; that' ibreing our whisky out of bond In twelve months from date of manufacture la injurious to our Interests, as the spirits are unlit for use, more time being required for their Improvement, in order to prepare them for the trade; that the continuance of the present law has a tendency to burthen our trade and cause many distillers tem. • pohrily to suspend business. - 9th. That we endorse and approve of the exertions of mho Hon. Columbus Delano, • Commlssioner of Internal Reve nue, in a fair and honorable collection of taxes, and that he shall have our hearty cooperation In suppressing the mean time of Illicit spirits. 10th. That a committee of five be ap. pointed to proceed to Washington and lay a copy of thesereeolutiorui before the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and the Committee on Ways and Means, as soon as practical, and also take proper steps to secure speedy action on the rase. , !Wong. Wm. McKim, Chairman, Jos. S. Firma, A. S. R. OMEIOLTZ, • Tune. J. FRID&Y, S. Dicta:men, • Committee on Resolutions. Attest: Taos. J. lemur. On - motion of Mr. A. Gnekenheimer, the report was received, and thesiresolu. %lona considered seriatm.. The resolution. from the Ist to the 7th inclusive wore passed without dlicruesion. Mr. Friday moved tostrlke out the Bth resolution. Mr. Moore stated that If the Tim metre was relledon by the Government, it would enable the distiller to defraud the bovernment out of at least thirty three per cent, of the revenue, if he was dishonest. The metre at one of his distilleries did not, register more than seventy per cent of the liquor run, according to the gauger's measurement. • A vote being, taken on the motion to strike out, it was decided in the nasa lly.. • - The question then' recurring ',on the adoption of the resolution, it was adopt ed unanimously. The ninth and :tenth resolutions were then adopted without debate. • The following named gentlemen were appointed the committee as suggested In the last resolution: Messrs.. Tbomu Moore, William McKim, Joseph Finch. S. Dillinger and A. S. R. Qvarholt. A subscription Was then made-to do fray the expenses of the delegates, and the Treasurer directed to notifyfirms not represented of the soden of the Alsocia. lion, and request their 00-operation- . The Asisoclation then . adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman. Pi&===2Ml =MMMSMigAig U GI ALLEGHENY COUNCILS. Regular lleetlng—Fluanesul Report of the Market Commlute. A regular semi-monthly meeting or lb e Select and Common Councils wee held yesterday, Thursday evening, Decem. bar 23d, at half.past seven o'clock. !Select Connell Memters present : Matsui. Callery, English, Long, Morrison, Gilmore, Pat. lemon, 0..1., Patterson, A., Phillips, Riddle, Bolter, Wettach, and President Mcßride. The minutes of the proceeding meet ing were read and approved. Mr. J. C. Petteniou presented the poll. Son of John Kuhn for permisalon today a switch on Pine street front the West Pa. Railroad track, in the Eighth ward. Referred to the Committee on Streets. Mr-Watson called up the report of the Water Committee, presented at a previous meeting and laid over. The report, among other matters, seta forth that Mr: William Smith, - ooutractor for furnishing the city with water pipe, who held a considerable amount of 6 per cent. water bonds, proposed to dispose of the bonds at reasonable rates, and a resolu tion authorizing the Directors of the Poor and the Water Committee to Invest 1110,6610 of the nurpluspoor fund. Mr. English moved to refer the resolu tion to the Finance Committee in con- jinetionWith the City Mr. Long moved to amend by recom mitting the resolution to the Water Com mittee in conjunction with the City So licitor. . . After- considerable discussion • vote was taken On Mr. Long'e amendment, whfch wee decided in the negative. The gueaUon then recurred on Mr. English's motion, which was adopted. E. C. non.cancurred. Mr.iiiddle called up the report of the Committee on City Property, ureeented at a previous mooting, which was accept ed, and a resolution adopted In Select Council, C. C., non-concurring, and mov ed to adhere and asked for a committee of conference. The caion was adopted, and Messrs Riddlnand English appointed. IMM=2 Mr. Hall, Chairman of the Finance Committee, presented the report of the Committee, accompanying which was a resolution .authorizing the Committee to negotiate a temporary loan of 1225,000 to redeem bonds falling due January 1, 1870. The repoit was accepted and the reso lution adopted. . Accompanying the report was an ordi nance providing (or the negotiation of the loan and authorizing, the issue of six per cent. bonds to the amount of 1100,000, t he interest payable aemtannually at the Union National Bank In the city of Phli. adelphia. The ordinance was read three times and passed finally. Mr. Patterson presented the petition or the Street Committee, accompanying which was a resolution authorizing the opening of Fayette street from Bidwell street to Allegheny avenue. After considerable dincutnion, Mr. Usti called for the you and nays on the Adoption of the resolution, with the fol• lowing result: yeast; nays 11; so the _resolution was lost. Mx. Patterson promoted a prolikt of theh grade of Willow street to the tlevii 6th ward. Lsid over under the rules. Mr. Patterson presented a resolution authorizing the City Treasurer to keep bark all notices or paving assessments on Western avenue until ouch time as the street is put in good order and satis factory to the citizens residing on said avenue. 'Mr. Riddle moved to refer the matter to the Street Committee. Adopted. Also a resolution instructing the Com mittee on GAR to erect a lOU lawn on the corner of Western and Beaver avenues. Referred to Gas Onximittee. Mr. English introduced a resolution senior ising the Street Comixidee to con struct a stone crowitnton Locust atreet, across Federal street. Referred to Street Oommittee. Common Connell. Pre.Went blankintha Present—Messrs. Cowley, Gil li land; Banns, Haelinge, Megraw, McNeil, Ober, Price, Porter, Seldle, Thompson and Warner. Oa motion of Mr. Minns the reading. of the minutes wu dlepemfid with. PETITIONS, &O. Mr. Kopp -presented a petition from 'citizens In the Eighth ward asking for privilege to put down their own side walks on Ohio street fronting their pro perty. Referred to Committee on Streets. _ . . Mr. Varner remonstranoe against pay ment of assessment for grading and paling Juniata stmt. Sixth ward; for rasa= of the unworkmanlike manner in which the ()entreat was executed. Re ferred to the Committee on Streets. _ Mr. Thompson remonstrance against the report of viewers on Fulton street extension. Referred to, Committee on Streets. Mr. Matto& offered a resolution In structing the Committee on Gas to notify Gas Company to put down a gee main on Green street. Adopted. Mr. Minns. Resolution instructing the Street Oommittee to advertise for propb. eats for laving a plank sidewalk on that portion of the Perrysville Plank Road lyi og within the oily limits in accord ance with drdlnance already pared. Adopted. lIN,7l2tItillED 1117SUIM8. The ordinance in relation to the re. funding of !sewer assesements was next taken up, as reported from Select Coun cil, At the last meeting the first section was adopted. After amaiderible discussion the see. and section was rejected and the third adopted. The report of tne Committee on City Property, in relation to the fence around City Hall, was received from Select Connell, who adhered to former action, and asked for a Committee of Confer ence. Mamma. McNeill, Comley and Gil liland were appointed from Common I Council, and Messrs. Riddle and English from Select Council. - The report of the 'Water Committee was taken up and adopted, with the ex ception of the resolution relative to plas terers' assessment, width was rejected, the aellon of Select Council being thus non concurred in. Th 3 report at the Finance Committee was amended on motion of Mr. Warner' an u to authorize the lame of renewal Wilde In ems of POO instead of $l,OOO, for the redeniption of Municipal Bondi motoring January lat. 1010. The action C. wu thee non-concurred In. Adjourned. El= Orzna Hoenne.—Thia evening Wm Emma Madder°, the versatile and pleas. log young actress, will appear in the ' , French Spy" and "Poen:ionise." The house gill doubtless be filled to over flowing, as Mat .hladdern takes a Taro. well benefit. • ... PITTSBURGH Taawrat.—Dicir. . Bands, the champion clog dancer, Is sWI at the Old Theatre, as are also Kate Fielding. Clara Butler, Herr Ho!tam and a host of other celebrities. An immense bill la announced for this evening, on which w oolen George Miller, the gentlemanly Treasurer, takes a benefit, • Kest:min HALLLSargeaut, the clan, is drawing large audiences arra: sonic Hall. 100 presents are given away every night. LinitAny Litornna—MlesEate Melds, the moat popular writer of the day, will lecture before the Young Meo'e Library Association at the Academy of Music, Thursday evening next. Her subject will be "In the Woods" In which she will ze. late her eiperlence at; ..Adirondack," • graphic' discriptlon of which Ina pub, ditshod In Harper some months 'dace. Tax Orxne.—The Garman Opera last night excelled In brilliancy either of the proceeding evenings in every respect. The audience was much larger and there were a greater number of persons in fall dress, and the company, from the prima doors down, redeemed themselves. Mozart's opera, entitled .111agic Mute." waxpresented, and the cast embraced nearly the entire strength of the company. Including the three prima done, Mhos* Jackson, Freldericl and Dziubs. A want of specie prevents& more extended =Moe. Ciarnsws F•nt.—The basement of Bt. Pan. cathedral presented • brilliant scene met evening. The Fair now In program there protases ter , ,,be a grand enemies. Eahts...lllarm.--Ths alarm of fire hat •ifietting it eight o'clock. from box 52, Ira oomtelonsd by a burning chimney" near the corner of Marion street and Fifth avenue. to serious damage was dons. THE. COURTS. ' Quarter Sessions—Judge Stowe. TIERIOOI3.I.Y, December 23.—The; first case taken up was that of the Common wealth vs. Bilthasar Burkhardt, Indict ed for assiult and battery, Charles May errosen prosecutor. The prosecutor is a boy about twelve years of age, and it was alleged that defendant had pushed him and, struck him with his fist. It sp. peared from the testimony that the boy had been using profane and indecent language to a lady and had taken np a stone to throw at her when defendant in. terfered and pushed him away. The next case taken up was that of the Commonwealth va. Annie Gordon, In -dieted for larceny, Mary Simonton, pros. ecntrix. It was alleged that the defend ant, in the month of November, came Into the house or the proeecuttlx on Grant street, and did then and there take, steal and ciirry . away several aril clea of ladies Wearing apparel and a breast pin, the whole valued at 00. It .appears from the testimony that she had disposed of a part of the clothing to a colored woman, which led to her arrest, as the colored woman was aeon wearing the clothing, and an Information was made against her for the larceny, but when she accounted for her purchase of the goods she was discharged and Annie Gordon was arrested. The jury returned a verdict of net guilty. She then plead guilty to another charge of larceny and was aentenced by the Court In three cases, having plead guilty to two Indict mente for larceny several days since, in the first to ono year and three months, and In the others to one year each In the Western Penitentiary. -.Commonwealth vs. Lawrence Bell, two indictments fcr larceny, DI. C. Fulton and W. W. Callery prosecutors. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty In both Casts. The next case taken up was that of the Commonwealth vs. John Sylvia and Joseph Fl!brook, indicted for misde meanor in office, W. P. Linn prosecutor. Defendants are supervisors of roads in Patton township, and it is alleged that there is a public road or highway In said township leading from the village of Turtle Creek to the village of Monroe ville In said township, which i partially opened and which it is the duty of de fendants to open and prepare for public use, which they have willfully and neg ligently refused to do. Mr. - Watson, counsel for defendant, moved the Court to quash the indict ment for the following reasons : let. That the indictment for misde meanor is defective, in that it does not charge that defendants acted in the prem ises, wilfully, corruptly, dlc. 2d. The indictment should conclude "to the common nuisance of all good citizens of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania," and is defective in that respect. ad. That the office of Supervisor under the act of 1830 being such that the officers are entrusted with a discretionary power to act, they are not indictable under the statute, and 4f indicted under the statute, the prosecution must fall, because the act of 1802, to enforce which the act of 180ftwas passed. has been repealed. The motion was overruled by the Court,-and the trial proceeded. Not con cluded. The jurors were rellered from further attendance until Monday, 'Dec. 27th, at le o'clock A. X. TRIAL.LIST FOR TOM:WAY. 217. Com. ve. John Barber. 189. - i• M. Bh'Orman, 3 cases. IS!. " Minimax Fielder. 1116. " Elijah Hall, 3 cases. 169. .• John Lefevre. 249. Patrick Murphy. 2 case& 183. " Margaret Bchlatiner. 360, John Oaths Drier, 2 cases. Henry House. 129. 0 Joseph Lotink. 130. ' Joseph McKee. TRIAL LIST FOR REDNESDAT. 72. Corn. vs. Gerhard Johnston, 2 oases Common Pless.-Judge Copier iItURKDAT, December 23—In the case of Beal vs. Bracket', previouil,y reported. thejury failed to agree and were dis charged. Rodgers ne. King a McKee, previously rerted, was mill on trial when Conn adjopournexl. Another Method .r Computing. InterM. NEw BRIGHTON. PA. Dec. 23d,'69. • Enrroas Gazer= : I noticed in tide morning's paper an article on “cornpu. ding interest," corded from the Chicago Evening Journaf, at the close of which that paper addic "This rule is so simple and so true, according to all business usages, that every banker, broker, mer chant or clerk should post it up for ref. ference. • • • By no other arithmeti cal prone'. can the desired information be obtained by so few figures." For the benefit of three interested, the following will be found far more simple and easily understood, and with lees fig uring than the rules given blithe Journal. The Interest on any given amount at oz per cent. for alx (6) days, is readily found by moving the notation mark one place further to the left of that between the dollars and cents, and reading all figures to the left as dollars and cents. For eight percent. add one-third, be cause the difference between six and eight is two, and two Is the onethird of six. For nine per ma. add one-half, for ten add two-thirds. - Analysis—Find the interest un15,760 00 at six per cent, for twelve days: 6,76 Interest for aft days. 111,50 interest for twelve days. Multiply by 2 because the interest for six days, multiplied by 2, will give the Interest for 12 days. And as for any number of days the interest will be east. ly found. This rule is applicable to any amount for any given time, and the accountant Is less liable to mistakes than by any other theory, as the work Is so simple and short that at a glance .he can see if all Is right without going over a whole rigmarole of figures. B. Sixth Ward School lEstablUon As the remit of but a week's prepare. lion, the pupils of loom No. 12 of the Forbes . District (Sixth ward) school, gave an exhibition yesterday afternoon at the Ann street school house, which was; next to those of our own school days, the most enjoyable we have ever attended. The large room on the second floor was crowded with scholars, and their parents and friends, among the latter being Rev. J. D. Herr and Rey. John S. Sands. -- The exercises were under the direction of those two able and experienced-teach. ere. Mien Wallace and Miss Girth]. while Prof. Slack and Mies McCreary led the music and singing. The performers• we consisted of recitationsand dialogues, Including a number of condo pieces', and all were well rendered, many of them excellent. The boys and girlie; the part!. clpanta, were about equally divided of both sexes—did great Credit to them- selves aultheir teachers, and the dire°. tors mayevell be pleased with the stand.' lug and progress of the school. At the conclusion of the exefrelses.Mr. L. H. Eaton, principal,,on behalf of - the first clue, was presented with a fine fortfolla, and Miss - Garvin and Miss Wallace each with • handsome set of vases on behalf of the second and:third classes respectively. Being called upon. Revs. Herr and Sands made short and happy addressee, and were followed by the several directors and by Ph. Grade. Esq., director elect. On motion of Rev. Herr, on behalf of parents, a resolution of thanks was unanimously tendered the teachers for their untiring seal, to which Prof. Eaton responded: The scholars were then dlembaed for the holiday vacation. We ehtrald not forget to add that all of the teachers were compll, .mented by handsome presents from their scholars. Alleged Larceny Ellen Comm wee arrested yesterday on a charge of larceny and locked up fora . , b earing. It appears that she was ent. ployed in the family of a gentleman re. siding on Fifth avenue, In the Sixth ward, In July of 1868. for a period of one week, and after her departure a gold watch. valued at 250, and other articles of value, amounting In all to shoat 11400, were missed. Information was made at the time before Alderman Butler, but the woman, It was alleged, bad left the city, and consequently was not arrested. Ascertaining t h at she had returned; the gentleman made information, before the Mayor yesterday, when -a warrant was Land and the accused arrested. Bbe ' will have a hearing thu moraine. RUFFIaIiM. Ithnllanlem Again in Allegheny—Daring Attack on a Lady—Escape •t the Villain. • Allegheny, a usually quiet and order ly city, seems of late to be infested by a gang of rowdies, who are rapidly acquit'. ng for it an unenviable reputation. The latest evidence of the presence of such characters wasgiien, Wednesday even. lug. About eight o'clock, the wife of a well.knoWn and esteemed citizen was walking along Craig street, toward her home on Rebecca, fl few squares from the railroad tunnel. She bad neon out mak ing some purchases and had several small parcels in her hands. Just as she turned the corner and came upon the street leading to her naidence the dropped one of the parcels, and in picking it up was startled by a voice at her aide. Looking up she-saw a tall, well dressed mail standing there, who, without further ceremony, seized her by the shoulder and threw her to- the gr 011131.4. Allerco struggle then ensued fur a few moment., when some poisons, attracted by the cries of the lady, canto to her assistance. The Vlll6llOl unfortunately higird their ap• ,roach and fled, witheut`laccomplishing is designs, but leaving his victim al. most insensible from fright and exhaust inn. She wan taken Into a house near by and restorative. applied. - In a short time she wee enabled to proceed borne. The coward who committed the assault is not known, but Is is supposed he be longs to a gang of rowdies who have Infested that locality for some time past. Taking into consideration the hour and place, the affair was one of the boldest evidences of rowdyism with which Alle gheny has evor been disgraced. =2 Last evening, the Christmas Jubilee of the North avenue M. E. Sunday School, wee held at the church, corner of North avenue and Beaver street, Allegheny. The beautiful echool room bad been tastefully decorated by the ladies for the occieloo, r and oresented an exceedingly attractive and picturesque appearance. Festoons and wreathe of evergreen, entwined gracefully around the pillars and adorned the coiling and walls on every aide. Large traneparenciea in va , rime colors, containing appropriate Scripture mottoes, committed the chan 'deli ere and wore brilliantly by the gee jets. The fountain, a peculiar feature of this room, wee adorned In a rustle manner with meow, and ferns and flowers, which glistened as the spray from the fountain Jets fell over them and ran trickling down in all directions. Added to the other attractions, several bird cages had been concealed among the evergreen decorations, and the sparkling notes from feathery eongatere mingled with the happy rejoicings of the children.. The house was crowded to its utmost capacity with- the members and friends of the school, when the exercises began with singing and prayer, followed by a I neat address by the Rev. A. H. Thtimas, of Johnstown. Twenty-one prizes were then distributed to as many scholars who had, during the year, correctly recited the Scripture lessons every Sabbath. Others who bad tried were also rewarded, and drums, books, violins, Penknives, Rink tickets, and a varietyiqf articles found their way into • tue handa of the delighted recluients, eich of whom pre viously had choice of the gift moat de• sired. Some of the scholars in addition to the regular preient received substari• tial evidence+ of friendship from their teachers. These pleasantries occupied about an hour and a hail, interspersed with songs and social chit. when, just on the eve of adjournment, the estimable and beloved Superintendent, Mr. Thos. Bakeweil, was aatorilehed by a scene not anticipated in the programme. His surprise deepened into emotion as the pastor, Rev. El .1., Gray, with a few very happy and touching remarks, In behalf of the teachers, presented him an elegant bronze statuette of Diallers. Toe figure represents the distingulahed literateur sitting in an arm chair, sur rounded by books,. his eyes dreamily fixed on • he distance, his hair thrown carelessly back and curling_ on the shoulders, a pencil in one hand, and his whole attitude one of deep and earnest study, as though meditating for a moment in the production of one of those muter pieces, which have made memorable the name of a gifted and generous' hearted Frenchman. The gift was at once very unique and appropriate, reflecting high credit on the taste as well as the liberality of the givers. The recipient attempted to re ply, but was too much overcome by the illecaliton, and was compelled with but a few words to give up the endeavor. ' This concluded the exercises of the ju bilee, when the participants separated homewards, with recollections of an evening cheerily and happily spent, and one around which the most pleasant Christmas memories will ever linger. Western Univers A meeting of the Western University Alumni Association was held last even ing in the 'University building. John 0. Newmeyer, Esq., was called the Chair, and W. J. Sawyer, Esq., appointed Sao: rotary. Interesting letters were read /nom the following gentlemen: Hon. W. H. Lowrie, Hon. Daniel Agnew, Samuel Gormley, Elk., Rev. John Mffidaaters, D. D., Rev. Wm. White, D. D., of Butler, Pa., Mr. George Rhes, Judge Buffington. of Kittanning, Ps., and several others. The following gentlemen were appointed an Executive Oommittee for the ensuing year: Hon. Thomas Mellon, Saw. er, G. C. Monuoth, Jame' W. Murray, and John A. Wilson, Regis. The Anaemia— Bon adjourned to meet In June, 1870, at which time the annual address will be delivered by Rev. R. Audley Browne; D. D., of New Castle, Ps. The Last Free Trade Manifesto The Philadelphia North Amer tean man "Revenue Commissioner Wellahas dells , wed' himself of hfs usual annual report, and this time lie has got further In the i direction of free trade than in any of his 1 preceding efforts.. The old arguments 1 that the free traders have been using so I industriously are carefully retailed, and the attack on the iron interests is made in precisely the same manner that has been made so " familiar for a year past all over the country. Any" Intelligent editor of a free trade jorirnal would furnish ' such a document gratis to Congress for the mere honor of doing so. Mr. Wells wants to redline the duty on pig Iron to three dollars a ton, on woolerr.manufac• tures to twenty five per cent., and on cot. ton manufactures to an average of the same rates, although ranging from fifteen to thirty-five. The New York Booting Post coolly says that this is not a free trade tariff. We say that In our financial condition It is not possible to make a tariff more thoroughly trio trade than the one recommended by Mr. Wells. Ail the crusade of the Free Trade League has finally been concentrated in favor of inch a tariff, and consequently Mr. Wells has thrown off all dispise, and become the government organ of the free trade fac, tion." The Philadelphia Post says: "If there Is anything upon the suect of tariff well known by the people ofhis country, his the utter impossibility of American iron and steel manufacturen competing with those of England, except when the pro. duodens of the latter are imported under la high rate of tariff. Why this Is theme Is also well known. Perfection a ma chinery. the result of many years' labor and study, and pauper labor gives the E.gliahman the advantage. To strike at the Iron interests is to aim a blow at the very foundation of the American sysjam, of protection. And yet, here lea Man, too well informed to plead ignorance, paid out of the people's money to look after their interests, who urges an Rama diate reduction of the duties on steel from twenty to lily per cent." The Philadelphia inquirer says : "The Commissioner of Revenue will find hosts of unfavorable critics sitting in Judgment on his report, but he will find none so terrible in their power to disprove his ar guments as his own array of fags. They are intangible proofs of the incorrectness of his remoning.' , . The Providence Journal says: "There Is much division of opinion as to the re port of Mr. Commissioner Webs, but near ly every oso appears to think tbatbe takes too gloomy a view of the financial condi tion of the country. The Pennsylvania protectionists ire especially annoyed at lir. Wells:. statements, and they stoutly deny, some of his assertions about the cost of producing pig-iron, kc., -here, compared with other countries." - . Mi=EMEME NO. 298. . TRU WATER SUPPLY. Practical Avower' to Coneopoottenta. EDITORS Claurra - : A. lengthy and rather readable, bat not very conclusiie article over the signature "I'." which ap• peered In your Issue of the y3d, calls for some notice from the writer of this. Not with Any view to diffusive argument, but merely to vindicate some opinions ex pressed In the article of the 11th inst., in the Commercial, to which "T." seems to object, and to keep in view one point at issue between public opinion and the proposed action of Councils, I wish to 503 Ist. Asto the dam arid turbine, wham in "A. P." differs with the "report," "A. P.'s" calculations are correct, and if eteam will be needed in high water as the report proposes, and in low water, as "T." proposes, the dam will be an un necessary and expensive obstruction, which Is all that was claimed on this sub ject In the article of the 11th inst. 2i. As to the available power of a dam, e.te., "assuredly" T. does not sup pose that with a given quantity of water in the dam he can do more with a num ber of small Wheels than with ono large one equal to the entire flow. let As to the many excellent but un appreciated Inventions, A. P. is not in terested in any that would be In any way applicable to the "Bennett plan" of water ..I nor does he know an one who is. 4th. As to Its being "funny" to dig down for water when there is• plenty at hand on the surface, it is a Tory old "trick," and is resorted to e , rery time a well is sunk by the side of a pond or running stream. •A. P. don't see the funny part of It, and does stand corn. mitted to it, and fully believes that in the future, as in the past, It will give "clear cold water," and in the gravelly bed of the Monongahela an abtindant supply. sth. As to the measured flow per min ute, A. P. never disputed ascertained facts, and gave the dimensions of a stream that would deliver 2000 feet per minute merely to show a high probability, that the alleged measurements of which no de tails are given might have been 'comely or imperfectly made—and also to illustrate the underground flow, and show the ab surdity of concluding from insnfilcient data that the entire quantity of Inter in the river bed could be so small- • 6th. As to the plausibility of the un derground river theory, it is no more plausible than it is rational, and It is to he regretted that T. considers it foreign to hie purpose to enquire into the matter. 7th. As to the "spurting up" that T. suggests, where the river flows over solid rock, If he will find where. the Monon gahela does flow over solid rock, he will find a larger visible flow than at points where its, bed is sand and gravel. Bth. Ai to the "mud dams" which T. proposei to build from the Led rock up through the gravelly bed of the run and thus force the underground flow to the surface, there can be no pombis doubt that if properly made such dams tootad inertrue the visible flow of the miser pre cisely to the extent that the underground flow's', obstructed, and if its quantity is u great as wo.have reason to believe, the river could be rendered navigable without the resent dams. Oa this point T. is logical, and says that an experimental rule May determine more than the mere possibility of supplying the city with good water from this source. If the idea is original with T. (A.. P. lays no claim to it) he may shortly be in the field with a "valuable patent" that will not be neap• And now to the point. From all that has been said and written on this subject the following cannot now be denied : There is reasonabbe ground to suppose it poudielliat in abundance of better water can be had from. the proposed wells at a less cost and in a shorter time than by any other means you suggested, and if Councils refuse to determine the fact by an experimental well, which can be made forks' than one thousand dollars, and in the lace of the recent failure of .the dam and turbine plan in Philadelphia re peat that experiment at the cost of a mil lion or two, the public will be forced to believe that somebody has been lau enced by other motives than a desire to serve the interests of the city. A. P. The State Treasurership. The York Democrat says: The ques tion as to who shall fill the office of state Treasurer for the coming year, has occa sioned a good deal of comment from the press of the State, for some time past. The two prominent 'candidates are It. W. Mackey, Esq., the present incumbent, and Gen. W. W. Ixiwn, who filled the office last year. The contest is wholly a personal one, as It seems to us, and we are therefore amused to sea the arguments adduced in favor of the election of Gen. Irwin. It is claimed that Mr. Mackey is the "head centre" of "ring," and that his sole object is to make money at the expense of the State. This it is charged he is able to do by the large "unexpend ed balance" he has continually on rand, and for which ho receives interest from the banko in which it is deposited. Granting this statement to be true, how do the friends of Gen.lewin propose to remedy it ? Do they propose simply a change of men and not of system ? What benefit would the State derive from a change of men t Would not Gen. Irwin keep a large "unexpended belanee on hand, the same as Mr. Mackey does ? • And for whose benefit would it be kept ? Bo far as we are advised Mr. Mackey has fairly and properly admin istered the affairs of the Treasury depart- 1 ment, has responded to all demands made upon him for disbursements andlaa complied with all the requirements of the laws. What more could Gen. Irwin or any one else hare done ? If the alas of State Treasurer is worth a hundred thou sand dollars a_year, that certainly is no fault of the Temaurer, but of tie law, wider which the finances of the State are managed, and a change of men, cannot liffect any reform.. If this system is the means of creating a Treasury "zing," It is none the less so when the men who manage it, are cluinged. lift Ittrae that large sums of monk" are annually real. Ized by the State Train= from the inter. est on the State funds, then there should be provlsibn made for the State to receive this benefit itself, and the Treasurer should be fitly remunerated for his 'aryl• cur by an adequate salary. The fault Is not with theTreunrer, but with the sys tem under which the Treasury' is man aged. We like to see fair play; and ere opposed to misrepresentation for mere personal consideration. Mr. Mackey has made a good. officer, and he shouldreceive the proper credit for all he has done. The Lancaster Examiner says: The Expreu savalP"Mickey, Quay Co. base their only hopes of success in corrupting a sufficient number lir the members to secure the caucus nomination, and for any member who was elected over the ring candidate to pole in direct disregard of the clearly expressed will of coned tuenta, whould at once render him an object of grave auspicloit." Mere Is richness I These ininandate, Incorruptible Irwinties who have gone through the mill once almady In disturb ing the crave Legislators to the tune of $lB,OOO to accuse Mr. Mackey's Merida of intending to do what they bare done themselves, and what the hurdneu men of the concern expect to do again. • The Express further .says The Ex aminer per sista in charging that General Irwin's election as State Tanaeurer two years ago was obtained corruptly, and that $58,000 was spent for that purpose. We are assured by those who are general ly well posted In such Matters that the money spent on that occasion was not paid by Gen. Irwin nor in his Diterag." We are glad to lee' that the "Express is' prepared to admit thst the money was need: and 104 ay it was used to put the "slate" through. The Somerset Wk'g says: The heated controversy that for some time past has been carried on between Republica journals of a.certain class, regarding the selection of "°Mods of the House and State Treasurer, has led. to the bandying of ehargeabf conniption, and bargain and Sala, and . malfeasance In office, as unbe coming to theparties usingtbem, as they .are injurious and derogatory to:the good MEEKE TEE WEEKLY GAZETM um bon ad eliespe4V c01=1 , 0161 and nadir • ----i umneser pabllabfdlx!Weatart =T==3 1=93 11=1 0 Slagle subaerlbers...4; (Mara Clubs et sea • ropy In tendsbed gritettoontr to the getter pof club or. tee. rottseetteve are vegetated to sot on •dent! ►ddna, PEJOIIMAR, REED .11 CO., name and reputation of the great tarty to which they profess to belong. That there are bad men intheßepubilean party it would be folly to. deny; that more or leas of corruption has prevailed it Harrisburg, la conceded' by all; and that our officials always possess immacok late characters, to not generally believed. But while all this is true, it will not, be denied we pregame, that good and trey honest and pure men, till many of the po sitions about Harrisburg, and ocean, seats in both branches of the Legislature, and It Is to these men individually, as well as to the aggregated party, that foul wrong is done, by the loose charges of corruption, and sweeping allegations of malfeasant*, daily seen in other respects. We Joanna,. Where specific facts are known, when Individual dereliction from integrity or duty, can be pointed out, it is clearly just and right, that they should bti made public ; but loose, sweeping, general charges, otmere surmise*, or crudely drawn conclusions, or. .Intmendoes, ate as unbecoming Inthose who make them asthey aro unjust to the body of our leg islators and officials. • • • The thunder of the Cotentarefef does not appear to much ►Rright the souls of the Allegheny County Republicans, sad not to put too fine a point on It, to repro• sent much 'sentiment in retErd to the elec tion of State Treasurer. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Iar.MAISOSIC 7111 DAY AND 6/LTUHDAX NIGHTS, December 111th 064 A6th. • [RGENT. THE 11101C11.N.' 100 PRE]ENT6 elven arrar 5009.1 y. 011114 maa Hatmo• at I 0 , 0 , 0aa r. it. Lam abila Will 96 ma Ire premmi. Tlekata to Maims or 9009 arum. one GrACADERIT or MUHC. VERC.VrTILE zuni.sier LECTURES.! NISS KATE FIFJ,E. WILL LICTI3BI. 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