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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.
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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.'-. ...
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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
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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
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, —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.
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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-
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crime, he immediately commenced an ea
lion for false arrest Nubia Mr. Beratehedt,
laying damages at re.ooo. The snit Is
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dna, took his sadden departure from
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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. •
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Hill, where he enjoys a lair practice and
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