gl THE DAILY BAH; El rantrumn PMII4.IF,- R 00, Offiee,B4 and 86 .F t 4 Avenue P. E. PENIII2IMG T. P. ECILIBTOZ, xr..rou Asp r Imam; or Tar DAILY » s++4 vu nu, ~1~!!}!!~i14~!~~i~i ' .wiro.rwur. THE CAPITAL Hee *ng of Hoikat,ors and &whi t • Lions Adopted Concerning the Death of Judge Stanton—Rep resentatit6 Also Hold a Meet ing—The Funeral To-day. 1117 Telegraph to the Pltutorith Gatette.l WASHINGTON, Dec. 25,, o,- , MEETING OF SENATORS. ' A Meeting of Senators Wait held at the Claphol this morning, to make 'mange ments to attend . the funeral ofthe late Stanton. Tim nialiteo Cot. ikk, on motion of Senater cam b er, was called upon to preside. On taking the , 'Chair be stated the purpose of the meet ing and in a few very sopfoeriate marks alluded to the life 'and eminent public services of the deco Med. The following Senator* * were appointed a Cbstrulttee to prepare sultablOreeolu. lions and make all neceanary arrange. manta for the attendance of Senators at the funeral of dammed. Mr. Ham- Um of Maine, Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, Mr. Scott, of Pennsylvania, Mr. Trumbull, of Illinois, and Mr. Williams, of Oregon. The Ikommittee reported the (following resolutions, which were unanimously agreed to:. /Wolfed, That we have received with profound sorrow the announcement of the death of Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, whom eminentpublic services' entitle him to the gestate' thanks of the people of the United States. Ilesolved, That we tender to Mei widow and family our sincere sympathy In their bereavement, and in token of our rem ibr jilts memory we will In a body attend his funeral and follow Mill remains to grave. I - Resolved, That a copy of these resole. lion" Do fnenlehed to ale widow of the demised. MEETING or RSPRESEXTATITREA The members of the House also held a meeting this morning, and among other business appointed a committee to Malt resolutions of respect to the memory of the late lion. , Edwin M. Stanton. Tale FALL ItRAILESt& In addition to the names published of ttell rers bea at the obsequies of 'Mr. anton, them are added those of Sena. ra Chandler and Edmunds and 'Repro. Isentatives Judd and HeOper. FIRE—NARROW mearia A flre caused ti a ilu broke out last night in t he realdendefective ce , o " f Hon. Denali ?decently member of ()Dogreatt from New York. Considerable derange was done to the house and furniture. Mr. McCarthy narrowly escaped suffocs. lion, but was rescued by two friend, who happened to be there. CHROBTNAS 40DSERVANCE. To-day wa y genelly observed.' partments. No business a was transacted ra in the (le. TEL FERIZZAL OP .TtrDoh araivrox. Warman:Grow, December 26.—The neral of the late Hon. Edwin M. Stanton will take place at twelve o'clock to morrow front Ma late residence on K street, Franklln - Squire. Al. the request of the Justices of the Supreme Court Concurred lu by the family, the arrange ., inane are taken In charge by the War Department. lo • compliance with the what of the family, that the funeral khenhi.be strictly private, - there will be no military display; but in order that the general desire of the public tO.join In the obsequies may be grained, M ears Will be on the ground to assign an appropriate position In the prOOMIdOn to those who may appear -at the appointed time. In deference to the express wish of UM Stanton, the coffin containing the remains of Mr. Stanton will be closed in the chamber where he die& Affer Ude le done the body will be removed to the parlor, where the funeral services will be performed. One hundred' carriages have been en gaged by the undertakers, and the Su perintendent of Police will detail a etuffi client force to keep the crowd from °r etracting the streets In the way of the . • Tie last viilt of Mr. Stanton to the Ex. ecnitive Mansion was on Wednesday, when he called to think the President Itr his appointment as Associate Justice. The oommission of Mr. Stanton had not been signed at the time of his death, but' In the coons of the day the President appended his signature and sent the paper to the widow as a mark of respect. „TUE XEETMOOP IZEPRIZENTATICEEL At the meeting of the members of the House of Representative. held yester. day, Mr. H. L. Dawes in the Chair, and Mr. Butler, of .TeMiallaee. Bearenu7,• Representatives Hooper, of Massachn setts, and Garfield, of Ohio, were appoint ed a Committee to confer with Senators with reference to the death of Mr. Slanted. They reflected that the Sena tars were in 116181011, when a Committee consisting of Representatives Hooper, Garfield, Poland and Judd were appoint ed to draft suitable resolutions, which were received and are as follows: Relolord, That we have received the information of the death of Ole Hon. E. M. Stanton with unaffected sorrow , and that-in common with the whole • can people we mourn his lois and ex prow our grateful remembranto of his eminent public services. ' . Realm:, That wetender to hie widow and fanallymir slncereeymnathy in their bereavetnent, and as a token of our re. spent to. his memory we will in a body attend Ms funeral Resolved, That 'copy of thane ;vetoed. Inge be furnished to the widow of the deceased. urranvraiv wry' ens. irrarrrox. Senator Sher Man, on behalf of the Senators and ReDreaentatives, subset quenily had an interview with Mrs. Stanton, and expressed to her the desire that the body abecid-be removed to the Eall ot the Boa* of Representative'', whore the tonere! oeremonjes should be oanduated,„ Mrs. Stanton feelingly =- primed her gratitude for this mark of ' respect, hat owing to her , grief and health, abswould be unable so be pres ent at the Capitol. For this reason she wee not at liberty to assent to mach ar rangement. Afterwards it was sumac :let the serums be heldat the Church of the Epiptursty;sa affording greater op portunities for attendance, but.tbla was also declined. The funeral will therefore lake place from the late residence of the deceased. The ceremonies will be &inducted by Rev. Dr. Starkle, assisted by Rev. D. Sparrow, of the Alexandria Episcopal Seminary. CENTRAL AXERICA. Reamer in the Cabin Interest—At tempted Revolution In Hotlaa--(treat giro at tiesuage, Call—Americas lifiruster at Bogota. . Inv gaiesivist to me Yltubereb *lustre.) New Yobs, December 26.—The steam er Atiaona brings Panama &dame to the 17th lust. Irwas reported Peru had sohd the steamer. Ravo, formerly the R. R. Cuyler, to the Nicaragua Government for 1150,00. Elbe still het at Oarthagens and will require extensive repairs to be servioeable. Rumor, however loos she is Intended to prey upon Spanish ship. ping in the Cuban /merest. • An atte mpted revolution In Bolivia, ppdpreened. er eral'Morale; ha been sup. most o A eat Santiago, Chill, destroyed firf the great warehouses in the plaos. Loss heavy. Gem. Hurlbut, new American Minister " Bogota, had been officially recei. The speechos made on the oceuelonved Indeffavorably to the propo se d D alai canaL Murder at Detrelt—Arrest of the Sap. NOM Murderer. (By Telezzaph totba Plaslant &wk.) DEntarr, DeCember 24—A. terrible murder was committed here last night. An expoliceman named'Hens.was Mond on the sidewalk with his =reit cut from oar to ear. The next door neighbor, Sibihael Costello, was arrested for the crime. They had a Wert qui. rat to & saloon shortly beibre theteUrder. ' _ • . -.- , ..- • . • . L.:, - . . . . • *:- :- . - -),- .- . --;:. . . -i- . . . ... ..... . ~. •••• • .. i pi • .... . _ . I.lq kr' ,-;:-, \..,---,!...- .....-. .. :,.._ I‘..z .. , . ~.. • ';', n• ‘23 , ' . .. rt „ c \ N N . . . . - --1,:-- . ! li--...„ { , ./Itt JOBUE 11110. REED, ‘ ". Eii NEW YORK CITY. Christmas—Ten House Burned— Forger Arrested—Depth on the Rail—Disabled and Penniless BOldier3 Turned Adrift-*-Al leged Murderer Arraigned-- Railroad Bond Case. lily Telegraph to the P/t;iburgh thactte•l‘ NEW Yom r, Dec. 25,1069. CHRISTMAS. The weather is fair to dity, and the peo. pie generally enjoyed themselves. All the Episcopal and Catholic churenes were crowded to suffocation. The char. ity schools land inatitutiOns were well provided for, and the holiday haa beeM most happily spent without anything to mar the feativitles. A rainstorm set In to-night. RAILROAD BOND CASE.. William Auferman has been arrested In this city, charged with converting to his own rise .150,000 of the'bondabf the Memphis, El Paso and Pacific RsDread, of which be was assistant treasurer In Paris. The order of arrest was In acivll I suit to recover the money. A motion was made yesterday before the Court of Common Pleas to vacate the order of ar •reet on settees technical grounda, and because the cause of action arose in Paris between two non•residente, and that neither the bonds nor their proceeds were brought to this'country. Decision reserved. DEFENDERS TURNED ADRIP.T. Sixteen disabled soldiers were turned out penniless from the' Brooklyn poor house yesterday, becalm, as stated to them by the Superintendred, they were Republicans. They are all cripples. CAStrALTT A young lady, returning tram a Christ mas evening party lest night, was In stantly dashed to pieces on the New Haven Railroad, near Harlem, while crossing the track. - _ - ARRAINGED. Deputy Sheriff J 8.4100 was brought up for trial for the murder of Douglama yesterday. He plead not guilty and. was remanded for trial. FORGER COUGHS. John Nelson. Bald to belong to, the West, was arrested Yeeterdayfor a cheek for . 13.000 and. - oommitte4, for TEA ROUSE BURNED. The ter warehouse; oii Prost street, or &legit dc Ronaldeou was burn. ed Lam eight. Lose pow; insured. Nsw Yeas, December 26. Basotarrtors OP RESPECT. At a large Speetalmeeting of the Union League Binh, last night, W. 9. Bryant offered resolutions of realskilui - the late Hon. E. M. Stanton, which wore ttnan Imonsky, adopted and a committee EP. pointed to attend the funeral of the de. ceased., . IRO. ROST BLOWN VP.'-. ... - • • - tug boat J. G. Nesltie blow up 8S the Atlantic dock on Friday night and wee nearly torn to plmw. Of three man on board two escape& without Injury; one was badly scalded. Some of the sur rounding property was damaged, but not to a great extent. • PANIC ON A. STEAMER. . . . A tire on Friday night on the long Ode gonad steamer Galata, from Providence, created a panic among the passengers (or a while, but was extinguished without parlous damage. TEN. MORE OP TIM M. Ten more of the Spanish gunhciate west belowyesterday and wilt /*Yaffe CIA. Milne until the cot MO*. Irtga short of men, tun JOM thett, CHDLL • Arrival of the %teenier China —Revhdon • or the English Treaty Ratified—Arrt. • Cal of Bishop Singland. car xelearana to eat riustaratitiarelms4 SAN FRANCNScro; - December 21L—The Steamer China, arrived, from Hong Kong Nov. 19th, and Yokohonta Deotneber She bring;-heavy freight and a large number of passengers, hanltiffing 139 Chinese and Japanese, Gen. Yon Volker'. Mug and suite, lateigfinister to Japan. I The steamer America arrived . from Yokohama Nov. 13th, all'WelL Paoli CHINA. The revision of the English treaty was signed, but het yet to be ratified and accepted by other foreign governments before it comes Into operation. The principal change s are the modification of transit dues. oPen . t two new port; of e ppi nir rie w" a n ex m pe i :l i alen by t, in two a places yet to becboaen, reduction of duty on native coal and variou.s minor articles, establishment of bonded warehouses, navigation of inland waters by vessels HMsteameramorte to be opened are at Wu ho, on Lower , Tantekti, and Wean, on the east between Wingpo and Bucto v, both strongly recommended in all the memorials on the subjee. The Chinese Government also agreed to employ Eng. Leh barristers tofraMeaeoClis of mercan tile law In conjunction with the Judge of Her • Majesty% Supreme COUlt, to govern all International civil auks. The advantage gained by the treaty is pronounced substantial and equally bini, eachl to the Chinese and tbreiguere The Duke of Edinbtug was received dined hlm. at Shanghai, and a cordial welc o me ten. Sir Rutherford •Alcock was about to return to England: takinethe new English treaty with him. • The reappearance at Pekin of Mr. Brawn, Chief Secretary of the Burlin game Mission, created comdderable as tonishment and a rumor prevailed that the American treaty had been retitled through Idehgency. It la expected the young Emperor will be established on the ihrOne some time next y ear. &shop Hlngelatf, of the American Methodist Episcopal Church. left Pekin October 211 s, and Intends making an official visit to the mission stations of his church In Chine. He wil D ece m ber ng Kong about the Ist of for home ea India and Europe. Baron Rethefrau had returned to Shanghai from • geological tour through the northern provinces of China. THE INDIANS The Apprehended Trouble - with the Uhes and Apaebes—True State of the Cue. (By Telegraph to the rltteteugh fluette.) Sr. Loam DeComber 2.s.—Lltute T. Spearcht and W. J. Godfrey, Interpreters for the Southern Ma Indians, are here and deny the recent statement of appro. blinded trouble with the trte and Apache Indians. They state Ins true the Apaches are out o n ht, a hubt, but they do not refuse to go on serrations; that the report to that effect probably originated Joel. Dewy for the agency, which was nub. limbed In about the centre uf Iherndlaii Ressuation in Colorado,. althongh the Indians themselves desired It: that the people of New Mexico desire he break oca In up that ir agency, an as to e It lted mid, in order that they may BY B secure the US the ben st e . fit arising from tbe Government appropriation, which amounts to liiik,ooo,ooo per annum. They also say that if any trouble arias, the remponalbility will rest upon • the people of New Mexico, for the Mar are peaoeabie and suantfait a desire to cunt. rate the privileges of civilization, among which Is education. ~They.'deelrer.thelX children to be taught, and already have ' a school house for that purpose. The ' Men are well provided for by the Gov ernment and as a consequence are con. ' tended and will thlke no trouble, If let alone. LOUISVILLE. I nix Barges snnk-120.000 Bands or Pittsburgh Coal flunit—Low $20,000 • Loonvizzei, December 26.-BLz model barium oontaining 120,600 bushels cial,fn tow of the steamer Mary Alice, item* one of the channel bridge plant and isnot: The coal belonged to W. N. Brown, of Pittsburgh. and wu rained, with barges, at $20,000, No inimrance. leo liven lost, No damage to .the Mary THE WINNEPEG REBELLION. Declaration of IngependeneeProvls. tonal Government for Rupert'n land and Northwest Territory--Faunre of a Gunpowder Plot (By TeWerwat tote Plltibtlegh thwtte./ C oncaoo,December • 25..—A special to the Tribune from St. Paul Bays the dada. ration of Independence of the provision• al government of Rupert',, Land and Northwest Territory am received from Red River by to day's mall, signed by John Bruce, President, and Lords Reel!, Secretary. It is quite voluminous. Its preamble recites, that public authcrity commando the obedience and respect of its eubJects; that • people, when It has no government, Is free to adopt whatever 'form lt sees fit; that .the people ot Ru pert's Land have heretofore re spected the authority of e a company of adventurers known as the 'Hudson Ray Company.' which circumstances had placed over them; that this government wan tar from answering the wants of the pitoplin'. that that government,. havleg abandoned them by transferring to a strange power the sacred authority coed dad to it, therefore, the people of Ru pert's • Land and Northwest . Territory become freed from all allegiance to said government; they infest) to recognize I the authonty of Canada; that by send lug back McDougall and hie companions, coming In the name of Canada to rule ' them with the rod of despotism they 1 have but acted In conformity to that sa aced right which commands every chi non to rental enslavement; that they will continue to oppose the establishment of r Quotidian authority under the announc, ed form. 1 The proclamation concludes as follows: "Furthermore, we do debtare and pro slain, io the name of the people of 'Ru- Pert', Lind and Northwest Territory, that we have retabliatted a Proilidonal Government, and hold it to he the only lawful authority now In existence in Rupert's Land which claims the obedi• ponce and respect of the people; that , meanwhile we hold ouraelves In read!- ' ness to enter Into such negotiations with the Canadian Government as may be favorable ito the good .-gtirernment and prosperity of, this people. "In support of tide declaration, rely ing on the protection of Divine Provi. dance, we mutually pledge ourselves on oath, our lives, our fo rtu nes and our sa wed honor to each Other." The press Correspondence state, that the offer to treat with Canada Is on terms which the Canadian government wilt not be likely to assent to. The real pro- gramme of the leaders le a ter more red- teal one, but as the Englleh speaking portion of the poptuation have as yet no delegation in their council, they do not want tcri.unocuice It until the cc opera'. Mon and u n ity of the whole settlement has been secured, after which they will make a told strike for independence. Col. Dinnia, Surveyor General of the Dominion, who had organized the In diens In support of McDougall, has for mally disbanded his forces, and in pro clamation has ordered the loyal party to cease further action under the appeal to arms. Stone Fort has accordingly beim abandoned. Dennis Is still a fugitive. Another letter says when the party, were recently captured at the residence of Dr: &hour, there were no . Urea In the stoves. An examination disclosed large quantities of powder and cartridges con cealed in the moves and atove.pipes; which had been taken apart for that purpose. Under'. the arms and ammunition were found. H ad fires been at once made In the sterna, the building and Its captors would have been blowu to atoms. BOSTON. nion - Plielfie Railroad Coupona—Pires —Vbri a tin a•Obserrauce--Munier by a taP TeleKtaidit).lhaPlttitaar. hamtartie.) Searcy'', December 25—. Tho, Unioni 'Pacific Railroad Co., which advertised to pay their coupons In Boston, havereOen, . sidered the decision and will pay them in New York to those whowish on andafter The laundry building connected with the Insane Asylum at South Boston was damaged by Are this morning, to the ex tent of $5,000. The fire broke out la the drying room. &Bre also broke out in Kearney Hospital, but was confined to the chapel in the basement. Christmas was folly observed today. Among the religious ceremonies was the solemnization of Mass on board the school ship by a Catholic priest. , Bosrog,, December 24.—Catharfee widow, aged thirty-five and mother of two children, was stabbed in the throat and killed yesterday afternoon by George Collins, a rough, aged twenty years. 'The murder took place lriCross street„and grew oat of a quarrel about the sum of five cents. Both parties were under the influence of liquor. Collins was arrested. BRIEF TELEGRAM. —The Little Rock Railroad muddle, continues. Each President Is out In ■ card In the Memphis papers ventilating each other.. —The Ontario Parliament was pro. rogued CM Friday last by the Lieutenant Governor. who asserted' that savonly.. five hills had passed during the session. —The trial of Pgiillp Btienmelz, for the murder of August Reck, mo t Tune last. at Toledo. Ohio, _was concluded on Friday evening lost. 'The jury found's verdict of guilty of murder in the brat degree. H.•Pennybacker, -a railmad contracitor from Wood county, West Va., on Friday last had a heavy beaver over coat cut througn and 1250 taken from the pocket, at Cincinnati. He did not dhotel.iscover kis loco till he returned to the • - • , —At Nitahvflle, on Christmas , the hazi ness houses were generally closed, and notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather .hundreds :of men and boys, white and • black; were on the streets making noisy demonstrations. There was more drunkenness than usual par ticularly amongst young men and boys. Only A , tew- minor accidental occurred. At night a fight occurred between two negro men us ball West Nashville.; One of them was killed and the dance word on _over hit remains, which were not renzloved 'until Saturday morning. —At Lafayette, Indiana, the Mont gomery Opera' how*, until recently known as Snyder's Opera-house, wes burned to the ground - yesterday. The building wu Owned by Junes Mont. gomary,pf O hlosomsarutsulusd at fort/ thotatzed-dbiliris. Inetthmee ten thou. . and dollars. The west room was bun- Pied 'SS 06 1)04 ninee.'.: The .mall and office fiztures , wereatived. 'O. 0. Com: stock's billiard room was, in the baae. -- meat ; loss thirty-five thousand dollars no Insurance. !Wallace Brothers, gas . fit s l tliis and pluMbers, oecupying an sd joining room, suffered slight lass from the hasty removal of. their stock. The fire U supposed to.besilmrsult:of a do. Illative fine.. betweect -the Missouri Puede and Missouri River Railroads culminated yesterday In the entire sae-, Wh n i s ch io I n o noi p a e c ra o t n i n on ec s t oionn t hlaetlwater oKan areity,and .Loevenworth. The bits. estirl„Paciflo Company have withdrawn airtheir rolling stock to the State line, and paissngers and malls from the East far'Lesvenworth will be forwarded„ over the •Kansas Pacific road via Lawrence. Pending the aettlemeat of the troubles between the parties interested, there Is a rualor of a proposition made by North Missouri. Hannibal and St,. Joseph, and Fort Scott and Gulf mods, with a view or obtaining . ..postnatal:rot the Misecari River nod: - andlawork Ii Jointly, run. rang their train” direct to Leavenworth. T~ptrtlmt changes in ; the manage. morn of the Great Western Railroad. In , Canada arei about to 'take plats, which will virtually place that road under the control ofits - Anterican contrecthrg lines The committee of .English d,irectors are now In this country.. After ehoroughty examining the road, they have recently had meetin_ g with James .1.•; Joy, Prost. dint of the Michigan Central, and ether, concon minent !daith toirioan railroad °Maids nected w the Central route, the re sult of which is that Mr. Joy obtains a controlling influence over the 'aim or thelliitat Weston:4*W of the Detsoit and Milwaukee, which road Is also In. la the arrangement. The - alike; - of managing director, held by Mr. Striae. yard. is abolished, and - Wrillam ELM* present Maidaat. (WOW Superintend , eat of the Michigan Centre!, appointed General Superintendent of, the ,orest, Itrestenr. He sesames the duties of the °Moe on the first °Limitary. •=2 NECOD Ena FOUR O'CLOCK, 4. NEWS BY CABLE. I Anglo-American Diplomatic Cor respondence—Secretary Bout well Criticised—GCn, Banks Given a Dinner—The Papal Constitution—The Ecumenical Council—Committee on Disci pline Announced—Change in the French Ministry. Bl Teleysaph to tbo rlttsßurgh Gazette GREAT BRITAIN. LONDON, DOCBl:llber29.—The Telegraph to-day, In an editorial, urges the instant publication of the Anglo.Amerlcan dip lomatic correspondence. The , Ypectator considers t3ecretery Boutwell a child In Arlene°. Ills plan, the writer continues, forbidding the in terest on deposits and.ihniting advances upon collsterals, Is Idiotic. Tne Saturday Review bolds .the Times Berlin correspondent answerable for the false rumor of French proposalei for gen. oral disarmament. FRANCE. Pans, Dee. 2.s—Prettions to the de. pertain of General Banks fo r the United States, the Minister of Foreign Affairs gave a grand diplomatic dinner. F.,ighty persona were present. PASTS, December 25.—The French journals have articles commenting on the feat that the Papal Conatitutian entitled 0 0eartgitto gum ./Urefeeksefte " dc. , ex coinmunicathe almost Svery PARIS, Evening, December 28.—The radical journals of to-day state that forty. four non•commlstrioned vetoers and sol diery of the Paris garrison have been arrested for having formed a 'Republican and Bocialittle society. - ' - It la now asserted that the mlnistrywlll resign tomorrow. The city - is full of rumors as to the names of the succeasors, but thoy cannot be traced to any reliable source. It wenn certain, however, that ht. 011ivier will be charged with the formation of a new cabinet. = ' Rome, December 2.s.—The Pope - will baptize the Infant dangl4er of the Queen of Naples. The Committee on Discipline of the Ecnmenical Donnell luta been appointed, and carnprians the Bishops of . Now York, Birmingham, Mexico, Barcelona, Rue bee,: the Banta Cruz, Bolivia, SOM. nal, the Patriarch. of Alexandria and the Vicar of Bombay, _ • Roam; Deeonther 95.-7ieeterday His Holiness, the Pope, received the felicita tions of a deputation of the Ecumenical COuncil. The occasion was one. of the utmost good feeling. Sometime during the present week the Pepe will receive, in state, the Dial°. matte • Cktrps, the ROlllllll2 officials and French officers on duty here. The healt h of the Pope is excellent. The names of the Committee OP Die. cipline appointed by the • (Ecumenical Cbuocil were announced late yesterday afternoon. The following la the Hat in fall: Archbishop of Mew York, 11. S.; Bishop of Bir-n Ingham, England: Bishop Storani, of Mexico: .and the Bishops of Barcelona. Spain: Lettla,.ltall: quehee, %Tatman; East Frame Lleg. Belgium; Genoa, Switzerland; Lem. berg, Anetrla; Wuraeburg, Bavaria; Peru, South America; Meea, France. Begavia. Spate: Quitupar; France; Santa Cruz, Brazil Bolivia; South America; Reggio, Italy; Ascolon. Syria: Callan. ratta, Sicily; Corvietto, Senegal, Africa; Patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt; Vicar of Bombay, India. I= Srocitnomr, Dixember2s.—The Swed ish Government has decided that light house duties are not oollootable twice in the same month from the game Vesesy = ldarnun, December 28.—The La Oar reApondencia formally denial the pro. tended reconciliation of ExAltmen belle and t be Duke of ldontpenaler. =I Vinsriva, December VS.—Advice' have been received here stating that the Dal matian rebels have laid down their arena and surrendered. ' =I FLoararoz, Dec. 25.—A considerable reduction of the Italian army is proposed. MARINE' NEVIS Quaaow, • December The steamship. Nevada Cubs and City of Antwerp, from New York, have arrived. Gt.asoow, -December .Dl—The steam. chip .porops, .from New York,. arrived 6°:a socreemprorr,,. December 2p.—The steamship Allemanli, from .New York, touched here yesterday morning dn her way to Hamburg. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. PARIS December 26.—The Bourse cloned lirteu relates 72f, Um - P.RANIEY9RT, December A-4We- Twenties - clone d irregular yesterday. CINCINNATI, Military Mineral—Wadden Death—Man !nabbed Through the Temple. Illy Telegraph to the Plitabarglifilasetta.J CINCINNATI, December 28.—The ft. moral of Major. Frederick Sharer, FLU Ohio Cavalry, deceased at Hot Springs, Arkansas, of wounds rrxelved In the service, took plaoe today with military honors. C. 0. Andress.' an old and wellknown citizen, fell dead at home last night from apoplexy. A pocket 'aria plunged to the hilt, night, throngh • the- leftlemnie of Jerry Hogan, In this condition be wax taken to the hospltal,jokhrg and playing with the handle of the knife, opening and shutting Maned itidd he felt lir ha had two two'heae. Three men with l strength held d his head 'down while two took out the knife, using pita .tongs to glean the hilt. Hogan Is, doing well with a fair prospect of recovery. The optic nerve was not cut. Weather warm, cloudy and. drizzling mist. NEW ORLEANS. breten Plenary Burned—Tne Custom noose billiculty. .tbr Tocsins co the Pitteberth Owe.. l - • • TTlVltlicrathiii7leeetabfrr2B.-.8. Pr' o.VOn s piaktity iints destroied byline Fri• day night. Taws .30,900. 1 ' The dlinculty between the Republican and Oolfeetor Casey ham ended in s tom. promise. Ina note to the editor of the Repubttoon, Casey sass :. 4 M7 setbation has boon called teams atrietures In your papsr regarding 'my oMelaVimtutuct In :be disposition'. of >the _personal Of the oustotn, bonze. , Bone Delnewas=i, bale beenand: are now lb the cement heel% but as feet as the liutereete of the Goy. 'animate well permit, and competent and trustworthy mance= be procured, I shall removethem Atilt : appoint Republicans . ... .. .., : --. 111 . 11 381881PP1, Legislature Ordereti to Co'nese—Plus visional istiti ceaketi: Dy Telatri p i icithe Vittibirth Onettel LUMMOX. Miss.; Daum:Mei 26.--Ciey Atnee h.: ordered ther,aahMatire to con. Tale on the 11th of Januiry. i ' • The Ibliowtog 'officers, elected &Vibe late &tannin, are a lined Provisional ffi ocers •ntilll thelr Lion: James L.:Aloorn, Governor; James kon ored, Secretary of thate; HernT MuldraTe• EltateAnditonJoshnaß. Moir* Attorney . General__ axe waser y es.- ne.tiftliot the Legal*. ==MtMIM PHILADELPHIA: ~ Sugar "Refinery Burned Beentott of New paper Etrporters--Two Extensive Fire —Heavy Lou. By Telegraph to me Pittatmrah euetie ..) Pitt 4abst.rine,„ - December, 26. —The i Columbia Sugar Refinery of Messrs Rogers & Mitchell, corner of Third and Vine s i ;ts, was destroyed by - fire to day. , 1=000; insurance 1120,000, mostly in city companies. Last evening, at the American Rouse, on Chestnut street, the First Annual lie union of the Reporters of Philadelphia papers took place. Twenty-three gentle. men were In attendance, representing all the daily and Sunday papers In the city. The evening was pleasantly spent and' the event a most happy one. A fire broke out in Fourth atreet, ' above Market, a few minutes before one o'clock, yesterday morning, and des ' troyed nearly 1200,000 worth dfproperty. 1 The flames are supposed totbave origi nated from the second story of No, 14, a Lave story brick building, occupied by Ruder & Thatcher, wboleeatst hard ware dealera, on the first and third doors. Their stock was destroyed with the ex. I I ception of a few hundred dollars' worth l of Cutlery. The firm loseslso,ooo, sap. I I posed to be fully covered by In- sanuice. The second, fourth and fifth ' floors were occupied by B. L. Sutton, i , hoot and shoe dealer. His lona Is esti- I mated at 120,000; Insured for 110,000 in the North American Fire Association of Pennsylvania, of this city. The five story brick buildings adjoining, Nos. 12 and 14, were also wrecked. No. 12 was occupied by Mussleman dt Kirk, whole sale dealers in carpet, yarn, dc. The stock was desttoyed to the amount of 1 50 ,000; Insured for *l5OOO, If the Penn sylvania, Spring Garden, Fire Aaao. elatiod and other city. companies No, 10 was occupied on the- first floor as a boot and shoe house, by Thatcher de Co., lose 818,000 by water; insured as follows: Niagara, of N. Y.; 110 . .000, Continental and Phoenix, 15,000, Etna, Radford, 18,000. The second and third floors, occupied by Taylor, Gibson & Wilson, dealers in taller trimmings; insurance in New York companies. B. Nell, dealer In shoes and gaiters, and W. A IJpdyke, shoe uuutufacturer, occupied the 4th and Elth floats. They lose the greater part of their. stock; partly insured in Philadelphia and Eastern companies. The loss on building is 00,000 to 140,000, partly covered oy in. sureties. No. 18, also a five story brick building, was pretty badly damaged. It was occupied by Thomas Carson ,t Co., wholesale notion dealers. Their stock was damaged to • the extent of 150,000, insured for $20.000. Y. C.' Hoot dr. Co., dealers in boots and shoos who are occupants of the upper floors, lose heavi ly by water. The stock of F. If. Wall: trunk deaer rth, let the basement of No. 10 North Fou l street, was damaged to the amount of 120,000 by water. Insured. The building of the Seventh National Bank, at the ' orner of Fourth and Mar the TOOL ket streets was slightly damaged about Last night a fire broke oat in the flour and grain storage warehouse No. 110, 112 and 114 North'Bread street. The build ing has a front of aeventy.five feet, depth one hundred and seventy-Live feet, and two stories In height, Tho building was *slued at 125,000 and was occupied by Thoe..Worley as a oommlaalon and storage warehouse. A large stock of 1 /lour, aggregating 8,000 barrels, was In the warehouse. The fire consumed ' everything excepts free tsaoks. Worley lases 1 10 ,000; fully insured,' in the ware house was a large stock of lour owned by Mr. Knowles, a Broad street commis sion merchant. Adjoining this building on the north was the bargestarage homer of James Stut it Co. This contained 6.- 000 barrels of whisky and quits a Meek of Dour, all of which were saved. The entire loss will not A ll short of 180,000. Later.—The fire Is still burrdsg,,and it is feared the warehouse adjoiningosm- Lathing 5000 barrels of whisky, may go. The lire companies emu .80tit_thilUtAftil evening. EBIF. Attempted Robbery and Murder. • ty Telegraph to the Mahwah Gazette.) Ewa, Pa., Douai:Ether:AL—At Won Mils, last night, a man named John Fenton made an attempt to commit highway robbery on 'Thomas Wood; and subsequently stabbed Om "R. Thomas in the right long. It la .supposed mon. tally. Fenton la in Jail. • Railroad Accident at Trenton. (By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Baliettal • • PICILADELPHIA, December 21.—0 n turday evening the southern and western trains were detained at Trenton two hours and a half. western train. leaving New York at The nine o'clock„was repairing a hot journal. The Washing ton train, leaving New York at 9:20 P. at., ran into the rear of the western Dula. damaging the locomotive and some cars. One passenger was slightly Injured.. It being a dark and stormy night, the en gineer of the Washington train failed to see the danger signal in time. Serbnia Diatiirbance at Savannah. - My Teiterete to the PlttiburAll Gannet SAVANNAH. Ga., DAM 26.—A fight no. curred on .Chriatmes afternoon among aotho nevem In the eaetern portion of the arty. Whiles party of police were endeavering to atop the dtaturbanCe. they-were attacked by a crowd, and one of them, John Sullivan, was shot and in. staouy killed, and another wounded. Twentylive negro°s have been Arrested. litage Coach Robbed. • (By Telegriott to the Plitaburgh Gazette.) CaRTENNE, December 2.s.—The Den ver mall mach was • stopped fifteen miles from here last night, by two armed men. The stage contained two men sod a driver, ail unarmed. The robbers After firing several shots took tke stage team and mall, and drove off leaving the passengers to walk to Cheyenne, Sixty cavalrymen have gone in pursuit today. UK Wheeling Intelligence?, giving an account of the recent collision and smash no of trains on the B altimtro and Ohio Railroad, records a " miracitlous escape" thus " Wm. A. Janes, of this city, mall agent on the train east, received some severe ,Injuries, and escaped with his as all on the eround say, as if by miracle. When thoidarm was sounded, ho glanced out and saw the coming train, but Instead of Jumping out like rest remained In the car. In an • instant the car In front crushed through Ids ear, knocking him senseless by a blow on the temple. The floor of the car passed over him, but ho was driven with the debris of both care, a hot stove among the rest, Into the bag: gage apartment of his car. The mall car was a complete wreck—belng crushed and broken into a thousand unmans. For some ten minutes, as Mr. Janes was nowhere to be. seen, he was supposedlo be dead. He was lying unconsciona in the wreck, union recovering his senses crawled out. He had a severe contusion and. numerous a cuts on the h two tlngeni on the m lef all t hand were crashe ead. d, ' the cud of the fore/Luger being torn off; his clothes were torn and sticking hall of splinter' and be was cut and bruised pretty much all over. In addition to this he seems to have been In momentary contact with the ACM. and mend a ban on the fcirehead. Fortunately the stove was not broken open; and although the splintered wood in contact once be. Ran to mike, it was Immediately extin guished and the horrors of tire avoided. Had the wreck taken fire quickly Mr. Janet must have perished.. This gentle. man returned to the city yesterday morn. ing and suffered an amputation of his torn finger. His injuries - are palnlhi but not dangerous-I,' Tnn Pittsburgh Coeimeivial, with a ty that is dleatating. co n ti nues to attacks upon Col. Quay, and doors Its readers with columns of what It considers very damaging seipments against what it osils the °ring.' It is" reiktabing to read Its emasterufs to the Ro pe. members of , the Legulat un , an d I N areatertfonsi are of the very coolest order. N ow , if the 'C r eetaterdel was tontideted a genuine _Republican Paper. It might have a right to soma and threaten publicans, but u it does ntore to- aid the Democratic party than does the nttip burgh Post, (ride returns oflastelection) we deny It this right, and characterize It attackempan Republicans u the ex treme of impudence—Alitanafeg Repub. STATE A DAILT paper will shortie- be issued in York. .7 Tux. Drake testimonial fund accumu lates slowly. The amonut received ,u to the 24th was $2,830. ' Art old citizen of Uniontown, Jesse Lincoln, died last week. He was a sol dier of 'l2, and eighty.two years of age. AT Titusville., on Friday last, John Brown was held in $5,000, to answer the charge of stabbing John Bloate, an en gineer at Summit well, No. 1. Tau time for killing deer, wild turkey, fox, squirrel or rabbit, expires on Friday, the last day of the year. The time for shooting partridges expired on the 20th inst. the brisket, and- pulled It out. It was the same stick it bad swallowed Sad measured two feet and three inches in length, and strange to say, the broken end came out lira." Ar Roweville on Friday last, a hotel the " pasteboard" pattern, kept by Rathebone m Heard, was destroyed by fire. Loss 1115,000. Many of the board ers lost their baggage. Jr is reported that a general reduction of the wages of tailors, to the extent of B 5 per cent., ims . been proposed in , New York, and the employes of one firm have already struck against the reduction. A PODDLI3II named Michael Barron, formerly a resident of Manchester, Alle gheny county, committed suicide by drowning himself in the canal near Sha ron, Mercer county, recently. Intempe. ranee was the cause. ATi the dedication of the new Court house, at Meadville, on Thursday of next week, addresses will be delivered by Hon. John P. Vincent, Col. IL L. Richmond, and Rev. J. Ilamizett, D.D. A banquet will be given In the evening. Tee express train from Uniontown last week ran into a flock of sheep, be. longing to WM. Beeson, killed forty of them and wounded six others. They I were Canadians and valued at $l5 per head. The locomotive was thrown front the track. Teat Armstrong Republican says same, of the buildings at Parker's are built on "stilts," to guard against high water. Boatmen sometimes use the leg of a house for "snubbing poets," which gen erally enrages the tenant, and sometimes causes disturbance. Acconnreci to Dr. Phipeon, lead" cop• per and perhaps zinc, can all be disaolved in water at ordinary temperatures and in- mepresence of air; therefore, conducting pipes made of any one of these substances are carefully tq, be avoided when the water is to be used in chemical technology, or for drinking purposes. A WELDING roman, named ultimo nail, has been in use for some time past, in Germeny, and found to be of great efficiency. The formula for its prepara tion has until lately been kept a secret; bat we now learn that it consists of four parts of Iran turningekthrce parts of borax, two parts of borate of Lew, and one of water. Ore Tuesday of last; week John Gum- I inert, a well known citizen of Browns ville, and at one time a prominent Dem ocratic candidate for the nomination for Sheriff of Fayette county,. was killed in a coal bank at that place. He owned, and was superintending in getting out and delivering coal, and had gone into the bank late in the evening to Bee some of the men, when a portion of the bank fell. In on him, killing him instantly. - Lest. week, while Jacob and. Samuel Strickler, of Franklin township, Fayette county, were cutting railroadrtrossties, and working at the same piece of timber, Samuel's feet Blipped from under him last es he was in tpe act of rinsing ,Idir slate stake, and in - the effort to stale his hold, threw the axe forward, striking his brother in the back of, and burying the entire width of the blade - In his neck, inflicting a most serious wound. - Trot Union Railroad Transportation Company, incorporated by the State of Pennsylvania, has made application at the Treasury Department to have their cars bonded from New York to Philadel phia Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Chicago and other points West via Camden and Amboy, Allentown, Pennsylvania Cen tral, Pan Handle, Fort Wayne and con. netting roada. The application is said to be defective. As soon as ills properly amended the bonds will be executed. Tag Genius of Liberty tells this singu lar circumstance: "Some time ago J.' D. Springer, Esq., of North Union town ship, (Fayette county) while attempting to relieve one of his cattle that was chok- ing on an apple, by running a handle down its throat, accidentally broke the handle'off in the throat of the animal. Nothing more was thought about the matter, until lately, when one of lir. Springer's sone - noticed something pro trading from the animaPs stomach behind Os Monday Of last week, at Shazon, Charles Christy, a young man Ives all I ed by Morgan Davies, en old citizen un der the following circumstances : Christy went to the house of one Mary Reiner, which home belongs to Davies, and in which the latter was at the time. Christy had been there before during the day, and caused some disturbance, being in I liquor. Davies told Christy not to come in or be would shoot him. Christy went in, nevertheless, and Davies did shoot him, using a revolver for the purpose, the ball from which entered the victim's head, and killed him at once. Davies was arrested and committed for trial on a charge of murder. Ix opposing a resolution offered in that body; a Philadelphia Select Councilman said while be loved the city first best, he bad a tweaking kindness for Lindley Many. He appreciated the force of a 4roper resolution, but he did so with more jocundity when that resolution was coached is parable English. The Ares ' ent resolution is couched in language ex cruciatory of tee vernacular. The man whci wrote It knew the use of pen, ink andpaper; Divine Providence had eel. detilly withheld fronleim the -possession of brains. lie begged that the minutes of the body might be spared the infliction of bearing the transcriptloe cif unintelli. bl am e and ungremmatical a plc= of English composition. Tea recent "delivery " of five prison ers from the Mercer jail, the Greenville Argus believes was accampllshed throh "outside influence." That paper says; "The entrance to the jail was manifestly made from the roof, by means of a rope: the several doors of the cells were picked, or unlocked, a hole knocked In the wall from the bathroom, and the fiveprison ers through this delivered. Two of the fugitives are the thartiesnamed Johnson,' thaw:crated for the burglary of Irvine's' safe, it Orangeville, a short limb since. It lament than likely that the outside aid came from panics of the same perenselon with this brace of (Jail) birds. Another one of them belongs to this town, and had the bulk of a yearyet to serve. The other two are chickar thieves." Two or the "escaped" stole horses in Mercer, by way expediting their flight. AT ITOtOII, OA the PITIL Barker, ail young OW m an, was J abot and killed by a young woman named Eliz abeth MeQuiff2. who surrendered herself to the' authorities. The story of the murdereas that she was seduced by Barker and is wanted him to inake her the only reparation in his poer, which he refused doing. Hearing II rumored that be was going to be married, she determ hied to compel him to do herjustice. Her brother and herself met him; she naked him what he intended doing ? he replied, "Nothing." She then told him he must go with and marry her at once. On his refusal to do so sheared two shots, one taking effect In his beast He lived long enough to say to lib father that it wu the brother, John, who shot The girl persists that It was her, and that she alone ought to suffer. • -- In the western pert of Time county, lowa, there is a band of Indians number ing two hundred and sisty.elght, wh o occupy four hundred and nineteen acres of the hest land in the lowa Rivereldley, ferepurch nt ased with their own money at dif periods. GENERAL NEVI& Pr has been decided to send a large force of troops to Montana to punish the savages. • JVDCM EDMONDS wishes it to be under stood that the Richsrdson-McFarland marriage is denounced by the Spiritualists of the United States. Many fashionable young ladies in New Tork are said to be suffering with ab scesses on their feet, caused by the high French boot-heels now in'yogue. IN Sweden the public house licenses for the sale of liquor are put up at auction and are sold for cash to the highest bid der, thus becoming a considerable source of revenue to the community. THE boot and shoe market in Boston Is dulL The total shipments of rubber goods from all the towns In the State for this fear will probably reach the enor mous amount of 1,600,000 cases. - Soma of the women school teachers of Randolph, Mass., are selling books to their scholars for twenty per cent. more than the regular price,llleging that their salary is too small to support them with out this traffic. Two little dogs got into a fight In Buf falo, New York on Thursday afternoon, but a large Neittoundland happened to come along, and after watching the cow- Wants a few minutes, suddenly caught up one of them by the neck and trotted off with it, keeping a firm hold upon him until hie angry passions had, time to cool. . . HOLE . IN•TIIK•DAT, the Indian chief who died lately in Minnesota, left an estate worth over #4,000, Including some twelve hundred acres of land. As he left three wives living (besides two dead), one of them the.white wife, now In Min neapolis, whom he married at Wi In Washington, and as each would be entitled to one-third of his estate', there is some difficulty in dividing the property. Govannon BULLOCK, of Georgia, anti cipates some trouble with the Democratic members of the Legislature of that State, who it is understood will attempt to resist the execution of the recent actof Congress reorganising that body, but he la prepared for any emergency. General Terry, com mending that district, has been ordered to make such a disposition of the troops un- der his command as to enable him to fleet any emergency and to preserve peace. A LAZY man In the west has Invented a novel apparatus called the "Automatic Fire Lighter.'! It consists of a small clock, on the plan- of an alarm clock, which at any desired hour lights a match and oiled wick on the hearth by means of a connecting wire. The kindling" In the stove are so arranged that they are readily ignited—and all that Is needed is to decide at what time you want your lire started in the morning, set the clock, and theaffalr wl l tale care of itself. From the Philadelphia Nor; it Amerlean. The American Iron Trade. The 'product of pig - Iron in the United Stets in the last flve years may be stated thus: , 931,000 net tone 1868, . . 1,603,000 " 1869, . ; . 1,900,000 ." During the last eighteen months no leas than sixty-five new blast furnaces have been erected, including a few not vet finished, but which will probably "blow in within two months," viz: "New York, 6; New Jersey, 1; PennsylVania, 19; Maryland, 1; trellis, 4; 0hi0,6; Indi ana, Si; Illinois, 3; Michigan, 6 Wiscon sin, 2; Missouri, 6; Kentu c ky, 3; Georgia, 1; Alabama, 2; Tennessee, 1. In addition to these flfty•eight more are in contempla tion, mostly in the west, nearly all of ' which will be built next season, if the tariff shall not be reduced. .I'`-' - Weratik attention to this fact. While Pennsylvania has incurred so much odium as reaping all the benefit of the tariff on iron, here are thirty new fermi. ces erected in the west, against nineteen In Pennsylvania, and the disproportion Is es great also in the new ones contem plated. Advices from iron men in Mis souri say; "With the proper tari m ff, new works will be put up; without it, ost of those now in blast and all those now building will stand Idle." Bat it Is not only in the erection of new furnaces that the extraordinary ac , hvity of the American Boa Interest is shown. From all quarters come reports of the activity, enlargment and repair of old furnaces long idle, and the adoption .of new and improved appliances for In— creasing the production and improving the quality of pig iron. In the Schuyl kill region of Pennsylvania alone the production of pig iron has been increased to the extent of 50,000 tons within the past year, chiefly by the enlargenient and improvement of old furnace,. About half a million of dollars has been expended •In this enterprise. In the Lehigh district the mills have lan increased capacity of 60,000 tons, while the increase upon the upper and lower Susquehanna and west-- lem Pennsylvania is quite large. The - production will also be still largely in creased when the railroad now being built from the Allegheny river eastward, 'to intersect the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, shall have been finished, as thereby large tracts of Iron ore and cod lands will be opened up. In the Ironton region of Ohio, which Includes a small tract also in Kentucky, the annual Pro* ducticm has increased about 30,000 tons, and a like increase has taken place In the Mahoning region. A large number of Winces have been built in Indiana and Illinois, where : three years since nut an active furnace existed. In the upper peninsula of Michigan, within the last three years, come six c harcoal and one bituminous furnace have been com• ' planed, and more are In progress of con dilution, and the mining and shipment. of Iron ores In that State has Increased from 500,000 net tone last year to at least 700,0001n1869..The new furnaces in process of construction in Missouri will increase the annual product of the State to 100,000 tons, against a total capacity of 80,000 tone previously. From all present prospects, if all the American iron works shall be fully em. ployed, the, product of 1870 will reach 2,250,000 tons. It Is this very activity that has stimulated the extraordinary energy of the Free Tradeleague to raise a hue and cry against the manufacturer of pig Iron in particular, as guilty of ex. tortion upon the American people. The Whole force of the free trade cruaßle has been directed against the Iron interests, and against Pennsylvania r.pm•isily, as the major part of the native iron, - - Thirty years our entire product of pig lion in the United. States was but 50,- 00 tona per annum, and our largest fur• nave was only capable ofproducing 1,500 tons annually. Now we have multiplied the total by forty, and we hive furnaces that produce 15,000 tons a year. As re gards the cost of iron, which the free traders allege to-have been increased by protection, the Protectionist remarks: "Our home production of iron benefits consumers by keening down the prices of foreign hon. After the tires of our fur. mews and rolling mills had been rutin guished by the tariff of 1846, and our Increasing population created a demand for the extension of our railroads, the demand for foreign iron revived, and during the four years from 1851 to 18A inclusive, we Imported annually over million tons. British 1 which ha. l :l been sold here in 1849,firoro f o rty ollars ton (while American iron, worth twice as much, was offered at fifty dollars), rose to the enormous price of eighty dol. lars per ton. • "The sliding scale of duties which the American lion masters asked, without obtaining, would have kept down the price of hen to fifty dollars per ton. "Our railroads consequently paid into the pockets of British iron masters, in these fouryeus, owing to the destruction orilimerican competition for want of ad equate protection, no less • sum than thirty millions of dollars, all of which was a Lou to the American people, and in turn taken front their resources. "These facts conclusively prom that the coat of iron to American consumers was greater during the eight yurs pre ceding 1854, than if the rucilon of - duties , by the tariff of 1846 had never . taken place." The Committee of Ways and Means has agreed to report in favor of a redac tion of the tariff on pig Iron from $9 to $7 per ton, and a corresponding redua tion on scrap iron. On behalf of the iron interests of Clew Tork, Pennsylvania, New Jersey.) Delaware, Maryland, Vir ginia, the , Carolinas and Georgia, we Protest earnestly against the reduction, as uujust and uncalled for. The west, we feel sure, stands as much In need of protection as we do, but la our ease the necessity is imperions. In the ten months ending October 111, In the last three years, the Imports of British pig iron and rails into As United /Mates were as follows Pig iron, to 1867. 180. 1839. n5,..119,300 84.564 132,493 Rails, " ..162,5841 255,462 274,368 This was despite the enormoua increaae of production here, as well as the tariff and the gold premium. - Practically pro. section has been reduced and - the foreign trade favored by a reduction of the gold premium from forty to twenty per cent; and now on the top of this, the Committee of Ways and Means propose to reduce the duty on iron. To show how much Money passes out of the country to pay for these imports, we may state that der• ing the first seven-mouths of the year 1869, the value of iron and steel and man ufactures thereof imported Into the United States was $18,350,851, against a total of $12,210,344 for the corresponding period of 1868. We have shown above, that as regards pig iron the protection given us has not merely fortified the previously existing works, but has developed the production of pig iron on a colossal scale i all over the country. The following ex tract from the Prefectionin shows how the tariff has developed other branches of the iron manufacture: • "Efforts toproduce cast steel in this country have been continued for more than Unity years, but with so little success that until the last five or six years It was 'be. Item' that we should be compelled to rely on foreign production. for this in• dispensable material in the manufacture, of tools and machinery. It was said that our ores were wanting in the ateely prop- erties found in the Swedish from, •of which England had the monopoly—and we were warned against attempting to nourish the manufacture by protective duties, France having failed even by the highest protective duties and premiums Ito attain any excellence. Hence, until 1861, the duties on steel were kept even below the revenue standard. "Within the last six years it has been demonstrated that the eteel-producing qualities do exist in American iron, and many of our best edge-tool manufactures., and marks ate testify that steel, bothesat and rolled, made in Pittsburgh from American Iron, is fully equal to the best English makes. • "The steel.producing capacity of the works In and around Pitta :ugh alone is estimated at ateventy.five tons per day. This Industry may, therefore, be deemed an accompliated fact; and, brief as Its history is, it has already exercised an ire.' portant Influence in controlling foreign prices. "For many years before the production of tuned= cast steel, and while the duty was only twelve per cent ad valorem, the price of good.Engllsk steel averaged sixteen cents per pound. Ae soon as it was found that the manufacture in this English would was success, the price of English steel reduced to thirteen cents. Foreign agents charged our rail road companies $l5O per ton In gold for Bessemer steel rails; which they at once reduced to $llO per ton in gold, the moment that preparations were made in the United States for their produttion. • "This compare - lively new branch of manufacture, worldng under a protective duty of only three cents a pound, by forcing the English manufacturer to re dneehis mines; saws to the Anierican consumer not leas than ins on every ton "At the end of the Trent affair, bad we had a war with England, the steel manu facture not then being developed, we were mainly dependent on that country for the material for oar salutes and bayon. eta, and for the tools for boring and finish. England guns and cannon. A conflict with England at that time would have taught us the lesson that no nation is safe which does not rely on its own industry for all the munitions of war, and that we should ' in times of peace prepare for war.' ." Forty years ago the manufacture of American hardware was scarely in exist ence. We now manufacture all the styles of goods we require for home consump• Von, and the five-sixths of .the stock of our hardware stores is of American mane. lure. "American axes, shovels, spades, hoes, &c., have entirely taken the plate of for eign tools. Nothing equal to them In shape or finish is made abroad, and they are now largely exported. American butts and hinges of all kinds are cheaper and better, and entirely exclude all for eign goods. In cutlery of all kinds, the medium American qualities, of which the largest bulk enter into consum ption, are cheaper and better than those of foreign importation, only the very low and worthless grades, or the vary expenilve and luxurious styles can now be import. ed. Every year adds to the list of our manufactures, and the oldest exporters in the hardware trade Basest that' the In troduction of every Ameriatzt article has the effect of lowering the foreign one In price, until It wan finally driven from the market. ' , These manufactures and eir be flcial axis, -hare been clearly th th e ren ne d • of protection, and each of -them km con (erred benefits on the comma." The Mennetioff Robbery—An ke-Pred dent's Nepriew /uremia by awake. About two or more years ago Ciffonel Bennehoff, a Pennsylvania saillionalce, and proprietor of the well known Benne hoff Bun oil section, was robbed of VSO, 0001 n bowls, and over $lOO,OOO in money, by a gang of burglars who had braes open the safe and extracted 14 contents. About the time of the robbery, • law• yer, well known in Corry for his lucra tive practice and respectable standing, auddenly4lisappeared, and was afterward traced to-Europe, and thence to Pleasant 11111, Missouri. All the eiscrunatance s tending bin departure were so peculiar and mysterious theta coupled detectives felt assured that he must bet the man they were in search of. Laying before Mr. Benneholl their suspicions, they were not long in persuading him to entertain them. He accordingly swore to an al. davit setting forth the facto, upon which a requisition upon the' then Governor, Fletcher, was nude by Governor (herr. of Pennsylvania. Armed with this, this "adventurous" detectives started, post. haste, for St. Louis and Jefferson City, where'a warrant of arrest was issued by Governor Fletehes. • They then visited Plesiant Hill, only to learn that their game had flown, hav• ing "gone to Kansas, in co mpany with two corusterfelters." One el, the thaw. thres remained - .at • Pleasant HUI, and the other came to . Bt. Louts to await his arrival with the urbane,. After an oth sauce of several days, the supposed erim• bud, together with a companion,' was brought to St. Louis, and both - were kicked up in the calaboose. Capt. Lea conversed with them, awl was fully matte tied of their innocence of the theft, and informed the detectives that they would be as much Justified In plating the irons on him as upon their supposed culprits. Claindng custody of the main priloner F by virtue of the requisition, they quickly left for Pennsylvania. On is way, they announced 'to their prisoner that if he would "Inform" on his partners in the robbery, they . would I make hlm a State witness, and guarantee Ids discharge. As a rat= tor the fug gestlun, he dealt the impertinent -deter, tiro a powerful blow. felling him to the groo', at the same time informing him that Hite aver dared-to amorists his name again' in connection with the mime, he would blow his trains out. Arriving at Corry, they. became caseload that they were really on the wrong &oral - and pew very The prisoner wan Informed that Giv had decided not to roams him. He very properly refusing to end the matter In this way, demanded an es- 71. aid 7a Fifth Manta. THE WEEKLY GAZI'M Le thetas sat ohrtret costofedaltiallOstUY wenspft suttatef a Werfus Piatushsels. No/anat.. •nnanna or Wenn= aaolla . inumat ti. yo TRIM 3 galai• Mlbseribeis —. Si SO Citbast ire ............. SS • cm Is huslated grandssuff to to. gotta spot Lama of um. lronisanca ad mussed PEARDELE REED i CO., Propriststs. _ , . . amination, and wu consequently taken before s magistrate artd honorably sc. quitted. In order that. he titighrreturn home free from the alighted tiler of crime, he immediately commenced an ea lion for false arrest Nubia Mr. Beratehedt, laying damages at re.ooo. The snit Is sl reported to have been ricentiy settled at .5,000. The gentleman, whose mauls Pleura, and who Is a nephew of the late ex•Prad dna, took his sadden departure from Cony at the time Of the great robbery, on amount of a family diftleulty, which it is not neceissurto detail to the and, In order that he migbtbe no implicated in the unpleasant 'affair, he de. Weed upon quitting forever the scene of his troubles. As ill•ltick would have It, just before the detectives—if detecUres they can be called—left for Plasma 14.. he left for Kansas, in the company of two men who were charged with beaus coon. feiters of United States bonds—nos ea their associate and accessory bat as their counsel--on their • way. to their trial, Which resulted In an acquittal. • Mr. Pierce still resides at Pleasant Hill, where he enjoys a lair practice and irreproachable character. —s!. "Loafs 2'ience. r "711 .. 1,171 ;iiyi:k3,21.3A ntembers.it 1110 N CITT ;TEMPLE' 1.4. 11050111. No. 5. are hereby nodded to meet at tlitasH. No. noble meat. 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