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FIRST EDITIOI
JefIDXI6HT.
NEWS BY CABLE.
The Suez Canal—Meeting of the
Frearb Legislature—The New
linistry —The Trial of the Bar
derer Traupmann—Failing to
Secure a Ring, Spain will Be
come a Republic.
Telegraph to the Pltteburgh Gazette.)
tiREAT - BRITAIN
lasnos, Deoembsr 29.—A. Suez letter
in the NEWS says that work on the canal
ha been stopped, an the passage is still
quite hazardous Ifor vessels drawing
more than twenty.(qur feet.
The Times' correspondent at Rome
writes that the Popn'a Influence over
the (Ecumenical Connell la vlsibty grow
ing weaker. • •
FrItATICE.
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Pants, D mbar 27.—The approach.
lug eessiou of he Ciorps Legislatif le fixed
for January i 10th. M. Rouher will be
named se Pre; , derd for 1870.
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"Ilse Journal Oifiria/ publish • letter
from the Ern rur to M. Forcade •Laro.
quette, saying that he accepts the rasig
nation of the Ministry' with regre4 and
it affords him pleasure to sckrfowledge
the services which M. Foroado has ran.
dared the country and thkEmperor, in
the faithful ear:cation of recent reforms
and maintaining publie order with •
firm band.
MEM;C=2II
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Count Napoleon D'Arn and tool. Jo
seph Buffet, Cldefs of the Le. Centre,
Lave refused to enter the new ' Ministry.
It Is reported, Talhonet and
awns, members of the Right - Centre,
have also refused. It is certain M.
Magne, the present Financial Secretary,
M. Lebouf, Minister of War, and Ad•
miml Rcgault, the Minister of Marine,
will retain their potations.
The Dial of Tniuoman for the murder
of the Klock tamity wee continued to.
day. A number of witnesses were'
examined. While feauproan admits
his guilt, he persists there were mown.
plioen in the crime, but refuses to give
their names. The public interest In the
result has by no means abated.
VAIN.
NIA.DI3I DOCOMber 29.--SOITOr Zerllia;
Minister of Justice, rustle a speech at
Albecta yesterday, wherein be declared
that. If the tiovernment cannot find a
king, they will throw themselves Into
the cram of a republic. •
SWITZERLAND
,LuzEnrrE, December 29. —Victor Rally,
of the Province of Vend, President elect
or Switzerland, died yesterday.
MARINE NEWS
BOUTIIAM PTON, Deceintier 23.-Ar
rived, 'steamer Baltimore, from Baal
more.
LONDONDERRY, December A.r
rived, Nova Sootlan, from Portland.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Lonna, Dec. 29.—Evening.--Connole
for money 92; account 92g. American
Secnritios quiet and steady: '67s, 8470
86s, 83%: '62e, 86%; 10-4 Ca, 8t• Erie 17%;
Minch. 99%; Atlantic and Great West
ern. 25 %.
Penn, Dec. 27.—Bouree firm at 72f
860.
LIVERPOof, Dec. 29. Cotton heavy,
with sales middling .uplands at 11%d;
'Orleans 11%d; Wes 12,000 - bales. Bread.
waifs quiet. California white wheat 9I
8d; red western Ito. 2, 63 3dggBs 4d; win
ter 9s 103, Western Flour 22a 3d. Corn
Mo. 2 mixed 293 6d. Oats Its 9d. Barley
Es. Peas 363. Pork 106 s. Beef Isis.
Lard flat st.7ss. Cheese 68s. Bacon 6.7 s
eict BEV& Petroleum Is 4d; relined
la ,`all ow 44e 6d. Turpentine 27a 6.1.
Lou Iv; December 29.—Tallow 455.
Refined Petroleum la &pgllall%d. Com
mon Rosin tid. Petroleum at Antwerp
flat ats3%f; at Bremen firm at 7 thalers;
at Hamburg firm and unchanged.
Hama, Dec- 29.—Cotton quiet.
FaAffsreoirr, December W.—U. B.
Bonds 91%-.
BOSTON
Lecture - by secretary noutwell—The
Transition Parted ortne Unltal Mateo.
ury Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Glasette.r
Banos, Dec. W.—Hon. George S.
Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury,
battered before the Mercantile . Library
Association - this evening on the
Transition Period of the United States.
A fair audienoe was present, comprising
many of the principal business men, par.
ticularly those Interested in finance.
After a rewlew of the cause. and . re.
aunt of the war, Mr. Boutwell said the
great events of the decade have furnish
ed to the people, north and south, white
or black, equality of opportunity. The
southhad been opened to a system of pub.
Ile instruction, the advantage of which
could not be adequately estimated. The
public sentiment of the south, aided by
the memillesnoe or the late Geo Peabody,
was opening schools which, by their edm
cation of the masses, will prove, in after
years, the sustaining prop of the Repub.
Its. It matters not if the rich do with.
draw their children; It will not .prejudice
the - system. - The labor question had
been agitated recently to a great
extent. In the north something had
been done for it, by opening up
the south. Rich agricultural, min
ing aud river resources were already
revealed, or their use made possible, by
the events of the war. It was impossi
ble there should be equality of condi
tion. though something had been accom
plished toward it. The revolution of
1774 broke the chains that bound us to
England, but It left a subject class.
The last revolution elevated all. It was
true, the events of the past ten years
had left their difileultlea to the loss of
commerce, the creation of a vast 14a.
Lionel debt and a system of taxation
that was deemed burdensome. Placing
whatever estimate you please upon these
difficulties, even the largest remount,
there-la still upon the 'ledger nbalanoe
to the credit of the nation. If the coun
try remained at peace, and there was no
Indication to the contrary, the public
• debt would soon be considerably
reduced, and Its final liquidation
not be very remote. It had been
asserted that the Americaps, as a nation,
wan , grander& anxious foe extension of
territory. This he desired to emphaU.
sally contradict, for within the past
twenty tire years the government has
repeatedly rejected proffered territory.
He instanced Maxie.), which was once In
the possession of United States troops,
but the government accepted only a few
outlying States and paid f,r them liber
ally. The Sandwich Wanda, be had 00.
C 341011 to know, - bad been tendered
year. ago, and other islands have from
time to time been-offered and rejected.
We take nothing .by oporealon. Other
nations take by Ores ol arm; owl by
force of Ideas. If by such force others
&sire to join us, we will consider it
Proposals. There should be not gin
our public debt to prove s an ex
tension by peaceful means. - e should
erveduce it in peace that in the evert of
another war our credit would bold good.
Taxation be an evil that should be re
duced as quickly as posdble.
In alluding to the destructing' of Amer
ican commerce by the war, Mr. Boutwell
said none doubted what the remedial
course should I*, though no platfbror
could be devised to accompliati its resto
ration. In clo big he said there was a
future for America that could
no w be better comprehended. Eng
land's American colonial are yet
to accept ;he American idea, which
has-spanned the continent, bring
ing the Pacific, under commercial
control: which has conquered the worst
and set up the better. The disband
ment of her armies when the war ended,
was an important proof of her stability,
as was their assembling when ft line be.
gun, and the world will soon learn that
a government by the people for the peo
ple la far preferable to a government of
the people against their wishes.
Mr. Iloutwell was frequently applaud.
ed, though some were dleappointed ap. -
welltly at his avoidance of the special
financial topics now generally discussed.
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VOL. LXXXTV.
NEW YORK CITY.
The Merchants Exchange—Bent
Defalcation—Oman Mail Ser
vice—A Swindling Merchant—
Railroad Receiver Arrested—
Drawback Frauds lnterna•
tional Yacht Bace—ll2o,ooo
in Bonds Lost.
I Ely TeicgTeph to the rittebtrati Ov.tetti.)
Rive team, bee. 29,: 18
Tits EANK DEFALCATION
The investigation of the defalcation In
thehierchante Exchange Bank has gone
ea far as top/silly the statement, on the
authority of Mr. Coßender, the National
Bank Examiner, that the lost to the
bank to less than $lOO,OOO, and may not
exceed $.50,000. In any event, ho ova, It
will not exceed one-third of the surplus
of the bank at the last quarterly state•
ment. It le asserted on grad authority
that Cornelius Oakley, brother'of the
'cashier, was a large depositor, and at
times largely overdrew his account, the
speculations proved unfortenate, and he
recently failed. Partof hie overdraft the
bank will recover by means of securities
held by them. Oakley. property and
sureties will aim go far towards making
up the loss. Oakley to on duty at the
bank, assisting in untangling its affairs,
and It is not
.probable that criminal
proceeding. _will be taken against
him. The easertion that the peculation'
have
_been going on for four years is opt].
tradlcted, as the bziaka are examined
yearly by a competent committee, and
at the laat examination the affairs of the
bank were correct.
TEX POSTOPTICII COMMITTEE.
The Committee on Postal Laws and on
New Poetoffloes met this adernoorfin the
Astor House. The pardon is private.
P,oetmaster General Cresswell, it Is un
derstood. Informed the Committee of the
reeult of negOtiations entered into by
him with the various competing train-
Atlantic line& for the carrying of United
States mails. He eanlalned at some
length the different often; made by the
companies represented, and stated that
the beet interests of the government
would be &observed by the employment
of the North German Lloyd. It is re
coned ho has ;Concluded contracts with
the Williams and Union and North tier
man-Lloyd tines.
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It is alleged that In November Jut
Samuel Oppenheimer, claiming to be an
Ohicvmerehant, obtained IW,K3 worth of
Roods from Simon Mack do Oa. and other
firms of New York, under faiew preten
see. Subsequently a check for one thou.
sand dollars, passed by Oppenheimer,
was proved worthless and led to tho be:
lief that he was a windier. Detectives
traced him to , Philadelphia and Balti
more, and two days ago Meek et Co. re.
calved a letter from him, dated Hudson
City. N. .1., offering to compromise for
130,000. Detectives were sent in pursuit.
RAILROAD DIFFICULTY.
About six this evening A. o.',Daugher
tY: receiver of the Atlantic. and Great
Western Railroad, uuder an order of
Judge Barnard of the Supreme Ji.burt,
attempted to force his way into the office
of the company on Broadway, and was
arrested. He was subsequently released
at the request of Judge Birnard.
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Terms have been- arranged by means
of cable dispatches fora race between
Mr. James Gordon Bennett, Jr.'s Alfieri.
can yacht "Dauntless," and Mr. As
bury's English yacht "Cambria," for a
plate of two hundred and fifty pounds,
from old head of Kinsale to Bandyhook,
New York, to start July 4th, next.
TEE DKAWELCN FRAUDS..
Col. Whitely, Chief of the Secret Ser
vice Division of the Treasury Depart.
sent, says he has no instructions from
Washingtoniooking to the - employment
of S. T. Blatchford as a government wit.
neon in the drawback fraud CMOS. Mr.
Blatchford has shown no inclination to
turn State's evidence.
COLLEXIIII PIATERIttTY
• Toe annual Convention of the Zeta
Fri fraternity.la in session at Cooper In.
statute. Delegates from all porta of the
country are present. After the Conven
tion the delegates will Indulge in the an
nual dinner. The proceeding' are' of
course secret.
DI119)168CIED HONORAIBLY
Robert Martin, accused of having a
plate for printing Hub-Treasury checks
in his possession,' has been honorably
discharged, It being proven he wail em.
ployed by the Treasury Department to
ms&e the plate.
The cane of Rowena Lawreneeva. Gen.
B. F. Batler bee been removed to the
United Suttee Circuit Court. • Gen. J. C.
Fremont appeared In the same Court to.
day against the Kenna Ronk Railroad
Company.
MIT OF XI:WC/1210N
The Board of Education of Ude oity
report 'their ,expend hums . for . the year
ending September last at 42.961,361. Es.
thnatee for ensuing year g 2,882,000.
LOST OR STOLEN
Coupon bonds valued at $121,000 were
lost or stolen on Christmas day at Jamey
City, and ■ reward of ;moo Is offered for
their recovery.
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A Tammany Society la to be formed In
New Jersey. as an auxiliary to the more
celebrated one of' New York.
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Steamer Chi of Washington from
Liverpool, laws from Glasgow and Cella
from London, arrived today.
XEMPHIS.
Comaßies on ■ Siteasaboat— Negro
fillosin to Pieces by Torpedoes—Selz.
are or Distilleries—Railroad Accident,
(By Teloom& to tho Pittabotyll 6asetio4 •
Mammas, December 79.—Henry O.
Baker, an old citizen of Arkansas, less
f ound dead In a stateroom of the steamer
Ozark this morning.
Two colored roustabouts on the same
steamer while wrestling Yeaterday , foil
overboard and were drowned. ^
. .
e deck-hand on the same steamer,
while handling sixty , torpedoes today;
exploded them, tearing him Into frag
ment%
Gen. Pattersonreollector of this Me
trict, noised. two illicit distilleries near
Randolph, and captured two of the pro
prietors named Dickey . and Stinger.
Dewitt. .another, managed to ceoapth.
The stills and prisoners ware brongbt to
ibis city, and &begetter held .to ball in
The western freight train on the MOM
phis mid Charleston railroad ran off the
track near Corinth yesterday morning,
smashing several cars, killing a brake
man and fatally Injuring Tim Enright,
the conductor.
the Bth lost , young Gifford,oontin •
ed in'the Ozark, ark., jail, on charm:.
of complicity In killing young West at a
Party some weeks sines, was shot
through a window by a party of ruffians
and killed.
During a dlfilettity between two ifient.
en ,named. Elkins mod blear of `Pike
county, Ark., Elkine shot Nub three
times while running, killing him in•
atm:My. Elkin, °impel:
Illnceita!sty Concerning the Result of
the Election.
My Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Oszetee.l
GALVIMPOPt. ' Peoember 29.--The result
of the election Me elate — raft Is.ll4l . tiA:
certain.-Davis is about - 'Sys , hundred
a head, with twenty•five counties from
which no official returns have been re.
calved. There are no returns of the vote
on the constitution, but It has probably
been carried almost unanimoualy. If
an eh:Won- was held In hithusw
Yarre =nide* Itierthought that-Remit.
ton will be elected. Otherwise Davis
will be elected by several hundred ma
jority. The result of the find Congres.
atonal dietrict is uncertain; -in the S..
cond. John C. Connor Is elected: In the
Thlrd„ W. auk; id.the Fourth, Edwin
Degener. As fares heard from the Leg.
Islature stands about as follows: Senate,
Conservatives, fifteen; Republicans, four
teen, with one to near from. , Rouse,
Conservatives, forty•ilve:
tZti-six aan i i t 4 r i Lll te ltile As i o l anin dou t ot onni . w o ;
by • large msjorlty.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
- , The regular Nossion of thn Louisiana
Leghtlature begins Monday next.
—George • D. Prentice continues criti
cally ill with rheumatimm of the heart.
—The Congressional Postoilice Com
mittee ate at New York pursuing their
—The Einhoharle Calmly Rank, In Saha
hark, N. Y., was burglarizod yesterday
morning -of f •
• —Mrs. M. Regnoy has been awarded
a $20,000 ocular/tot far macadamizing
streets in Ct. L-uis.
—Tbe report (bet Streeter '1 Strickler,
of Junction City, Kenees, have failed and
gone in bankruptcy le untrue.
—The Savings Bank at SockVllle, Von.
necticitt, waa robbed on Tuesday night
of WY/ In bonds and ;150 in bills.
—David Durkle, a well known butcher
or Memphis, Tenn., wee thrown front Isla
wagon Tuesday evening and Instantly
killed.
—United States Senator Pratt, from
Indiana, has decided not to resign at
present, as he had Intended. His nealth
is precarious.
—The completion of the first section of
the Oregon Central Railroad was cele
brated on Tueeday by an excursion to
the end of the track.
—Gra Nolan, s retail grocer of Louis.
villa, Ky., sulcided, yesterday, by Jump
log from a skiff into the river, drowning
iduraelf. Canso, 111 health.'
—A heavy. Shock of 'earthquake Is re
ported to have been felt at Bey Sc. Paul,
forty miles below Quebec, some daps
educe. It only lasted one Minute.
-The three hundred Chinese brought
from San Francisco, and now en route
for Texas, are under contract to work for
twenty dollars a month and boarding.
—lt Is rumored that Southern California
and ArisOna are ta be made a depart
ment under the command of Qan. Jeff.
U. Davie, with headquarters at Ban
Diego.
—The colossal statue of President Lin.
cole, modelled by H. K. Brown, and to
be erected in Union Park, New York, bi
now ready for transportation from Phila•
delpbla.
—The pork packing amnion at Lards
villa has closed two months earlier than
last year. The total number of hogs
packed Is 186.600; au increase of 13,000
over Oat year. •
•—At Cleveland. Ohio, the jury in the
slander case of Rosa Be nton: against R.
P. Wade, rendered a Verdict for 15,000.
The plaintiff sued fet 116,000 damages.
A motion was made for a new trial.
—A large number of vessels from for
eign parts arrived at New Orleans yes
terday with cargoes; Among them was
the new steamship Statesman, of the
New Orleans and Liverpool Company's
line.
—The freight agents of * various
roads and fast freight lines at Memphis,
Tenn., have formed an aasociatlou r vrith
Enoch Taylor as President and AM.
lialthevas Secretary. The purpose is to
prevent cutting down rates.
—lt Is officially stated that arrange
ments have been perfected for the com
mencement of work on the weatarn
division of the Memphis and El Paso
Railroad, between San Diego and Fort
Yuma, early the ensuing spring.
—The English pepere say a Russian
expedition. numbering 1,64./e men. -has
started for Balkan Bay, or the Caspian
sea, to attempt the discovery of means
of connecting the Caspian acd Aral seas,
by the bed of the ancient river An:oldie.
—Three steamers arrived on Tuesday
night from Rundout and report the Bea
son river nearly clear of toe. They left
yesterday morning with a large tow qf
canal boata. The high water and lee
have done considerable damage to boats.
—TheTreasnrer of Sfassaehusetta, Hon.
E. M. Bates, will remain la New York
city during the month of January to pay
the State-Interest due; also to take up
the refunded stock called In by procla
mation of the Governor, payable. after
1869.
—Mangyironmanufacturersof St. Louis
and other places In Missouri are signing
a memorial to Congress not to reduce the
present tariff on pig iron. They have
oleo invited Dr. William Elder, of Phila
delphia, to deliver an address on the
interests Involved.
—About three hundred canal boats are
frozen Rion the line of the Delawareand
Hudson Canal, with cargoes of coal ag
gregating thirty-seven thousand tone.
' There are nine thousand tons on the
Rondout docks and frozen in on boats at
that place are four hundred and tiny tons
more. ,
—Foreign advlces state that the Deisti
cal Convention which met at Naples on
the Bth Instant.. In apparent dellanos to
the Ecumenical Council at Rome, wee
dimolved after a two days' session by the
Italian Government, the ostensible rea.
eon being that the delegates shouted
Eocura lairuncia Republicans.
—Jostles Daily. at New Yorki has do-
cided that steamboat companies,
common carriers, are liable for baggage
of passengers left in state rooms, not.
withstanding notices may have been put
op that baggage will not be allowed in
cabins or state rooms, or when placed
there last the risk of the owner.
—ln the Criminal Court at Cincinnati,
yesterday, John Cottle, a polloesuan,
was convicted of manslaughter, in kill
ing John • Bebb in August last. Robb
died of Injuries received by blows of a
mace dealt by Cottle, who found him
drunk In the door or on the pavement of
his boardAng.house.
—A St. Paul (Minn.) dispatch states
the down stage from Red Wing broke
through the bison Lake Pepin, three or
four miles above Reed's Landing, yes.
terday. It had ono passenger and an
express agent aboard. Both got out
oafs. Both wheel-borers were drowned,
and the stage, with the mail, lice in
thirty feet of water.
—At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Lake Hhore and Michigan Southern
Railway Company, at Cleveland, yester,
day, called to consider the question of
oonsollaatton with the Toledo, Wabash
and Western Railroad, only a small In.
formal vote was cast, the consolidation
project having been practicallyabandon•
ed some weeks since.
• —Albert it. Hatch, a lawyer of Porta.
mouth, N: EL, has instituted a colt for
libel against Stephen S. Scanamon for
publishing an advertisement charging
that several notes collected of him by
complainant were forgeries. Also,
against Frank W. Miller and (Roes° W.
Karsten, publishers of the Chronicle, for
publishing odd advertisement.' The
trial is aeslguts2 for Monday nazi.-
—A Leavenworth (Kansas) dispatch
says : The Missoui i Piscine Railroad ap-
pears to have rellnqulehed all claim to
the Missouri River and Leavenworth
and Northwestern Reads. The latter to
now running al: trains daily. between
the State line and Atchison, having ee.
cured aniticlent rolling stock from the
Vanderbilt and St. Jcaeph road. The
Missouri River Salina Ul9 Pacific owes
them a balance on contract of J 300,000,
and steps will be Speedily taken to. re.
cover It.
Curtin. American Ambassador
at St. Petoraburg, writes to the Commit
tee of the Louisville Commercial Con
vention. that the Russian fair is to no
national and only for the productions of
Russia. Several of the crowned heads
of Europe bad accepted invitations to he
present. The Committee appointed by
the Louisville Convention Will therefore
not 001hPot specimens, but devote their
whole attention to the question of ImMl
gration.-aa devolved upon them by a revs.
°lotion of that body.
—The trouble between William Horace
Lluirard, the "Copt. Jinks" of the
Grand Opera Harass, New York. and his
-wife, Alice Dunning, was ventilated be.
fore Justice Dodge, In that city, on Tues
day. An amusing squabble between the
parties took place In the court. The
feature in the case la that it InvolVes the
reputation for chastity of James Flak,
Jr- Mr. Lingard was required to give
bonds to observe the peace towards Miss
Dunning, and the affair was settled.
The parties In the evening appeared
together at the Grand Opera House.
--Colonel Whitney, of 'the United
States date:Bye force, has received a
tattersall from Montreal, announcing
that , Richard B. Caldwell, ' whose
connection with Samuel T. Itfatchford In
the Custom House frauds has received
such widespread _puttUcity, -haa been
committed to prison to await the arrival
of the necessary papers for Ms extradi-
tion. The appeal to the Court of Queen's
Bench end the two writs othabeas corpus
bare became aside. It Is said , that the
Secretary or State at Washington has
already forwarded the necessary papers
to the Governor General of Canada, and
the two Caldwalls, father and son. may
beano:tad at New York very soon.
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PITTSBURGH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1869.
SECOH EDITIOI.
FOCA O'CLOCK,. dr. AL
THE CAPITAL.
Public Debt Reduced About $3,-
000,000—Colored Men's Organ
—Routine Businms Only in De
partments—New Year Calls at
White House—Monthly Report
on Agriculture.
lßy Telegraph to the Illistnargh Gazette.)
WASHINGTON. December 29, 1869,
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
The public debt statement will not be
published till next Monday. The prat.
out Indications are that the debt will not
be decreased over 13,000,000. the receipts
from • customs and , internal' revenue
having been comparatively light. Those
from the tatter today were only 1820,600.
COLORED NEE'S OROAN
A newspaper is to be •published here
under the auspines of the National ?zee
nttve Committee of Oolored-Men, to rep.
resent the political and Industrial Inter
ests of that race.
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'The announeementie officially made
that the President wUI receive calla as
naval on New Toar's day.
ACIRICOLTtIRE REPORT
The report of the Department of 'Agri
culture for the current month will con.
lain a detailed review of the crops for the
paid season. All to corn, the only States
reporting an increase of quantity are
Minnesota, Missouri, Florida, Ne.
breaks, Kansas, Texas and Cali
fonds. • Louisiana and lowa give
nearly an average. The ' princi
nal corn growing section of the
West will average a, reduction of fully
twenty per cent. in yield per acre. With
all the increase of farmers to produce
and population tb consume, and with an
actual enlargement of the area under
cultivation, It Is certain there la actually
lees. corn produced this year than In 1668.
The cotton crop is a little inure than
ten per cent. above the yield of 1308, or,
ilsont 2,700,000 commercial bales, or fully
three IlitthOU6 of bales of 400 pounds each.
The potato crop Is very large. The
greatest lucre... is respectively In Ksu
nas, Nebraska, Illinois, lowa and Mis
souri. All the eastern States, New
York;" New. Jersey and Pennsylvania,
and all western, except Minnesota, home
advanced In production, but 1,111 south.
ern States, excepting only Florida, Lou-
Jalapa and Texas, have reduced their
sggregate. The sweet potato crop is
somewhat lees than an average.
Tobacco—The latest returne Indicate a
redaction of one third In Virginie and
Maryland, one sixth In Kentucky, six
teen per cent, In Michigan, with a alight
decrease in Indiana and Illinois. Maw
sachneetts, West Virginia, Michigan,
Wisconsin, and the States west of Minnie
slept have somewhat enlarged their pro.
duction. A fair luminary, of returns
would seem to indicate an aggregate re.
ductionof about twenty per cent.
The apple crop was more than an aver
age one in the west, with the exception
of Ohio, where a reduction of twenty per
cent. is Indicated. Mains, Massachusetts
and Rhode Inland made but a half crop,
Now Hampshire and Connecticut three.
quarters, while Vermont ei:Doyed nearly
an averages told; New York and Penn
sylvania suffered fully onelenth
lion. New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land and Virginia produced crops from
(nil to large, and the remaining Southern
States report generally a small yield.
In Calhoun county. Michigan, 100,000
bushels, one-third the crop, were frozen.
In Athena county, Ohio, many , thous
, ands of bushels wore frozen on trees.
Similar statements 'coin. from all per.
(MDR of the wait.
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Very little besides routine laminae% Is
transacted at the Departtnente. Three
or the heads are at present absent from
the city and the offices are ebbed at
noon.
EZUMMX!
The United States steamer Lancaster,
Admiral Laurena' flag ship, arrived at
Maderla November 21st. It would pro
ceed, on the :WI, to the coast of Brazil.
comxirrms nasnizie.
The Comiatittee on Appropriations We.
In session to day. No other oommittee
met. There are now about fifty Senators
and sixty Repress:Mali/ea to Washing
ton.
ECM!
. The statement that Senator Pratt, of
Indiana, has realigned, la denied by an
therity from that gentleman. lie has
not reaigned, nor does he Intend to.
=!
'The Prealdernt, es a rale, during these
holidays, Aloes not generally receive
vialtors. - A few only of his most Ira
mate friends Omantonally call:. -
MEM=
Dr. Jams! Dove, a well known 'Opal
elan, tiled to-day.
CHICAGO.
leucite Infleiroutie Coilecttoos—A Mar
rho Wanton Rebuked a CatomialeM RS
Notary Public—Prom the Winneprs
Country—Pew Presbyterian . Organ—.
Deaths from Trichina.
tar Telegraph to the Mist...rah Garotte.)
CHICACIO. December 29.—The total col.
!actions made In nibs district, Chicago
and Co& oonnty, by the United States
Revenue Collector .during 1869, foot nip
47,670,190;TC farn" ofirMPtlrOvir the
previous year.
Governor Palmer declines to commis.
sion hint. Myra Bradwell, of this city, as
Notary Public, for the reason that an of.
tidal bond would be necessaly, and being
a married woman the Is legally Incapaci
tated from giving the bond required.
Congressman Hopkins, of Madison,
Ms., who hot been serloualyl.ll tiresome
weeks, is still Ina critical condition.
A special from 161. Paul. of this date,
says the cause of McDoogalPs retreat,
from Wlnnepog is the result of an Inter
view between McDougall and Donald G.
Smith, of the
.Hudson - Bay Company,
and the colony will for • time revert to
the control of that Company. TheCana.
diens claim that the insurrection was In.
cited - -by Antietam% and . that. the half
breeds can give no reasonable cause zor
their revolutionary acts.
The steam flour mill of Gideon Trump.
dale, at Kenosha, Wis. was burned
early this morellos. Lola 117,000; In-
Bored - for $lO,OOO. ' •
The director, of Lhe company recently
organized to get up a new Chicago weekly
Presbyterian organ. say It will ap.
pear on the that of February. ,
A special from Belvidere. lila, 'say.
that three persons belonging to a family
of Germans, Ilving twenty miles south
east of that city, had died from. eating
trichina pork. Eightothers &recreates.
ted from the same cause and will proba
bly all dle. The trichina mut be Seen In
Immense number. In meat, and also In
the flesh of those who have died.. '.-
VIRCIIIILI.
•
Another Project for iltate Adria/ski
Tax osiortacen end Whiskey Destro/Id
or. Lost.
Tottrtspb to the Mttaborge easette4
.. Rtexteoxn , Deoember 29. --The State
Central Committee of the seceding wing
of the Republican party have prepared •
bill, to be submitted to Congress, provi
ding that the Legislature shall meet, to
take only the oath prescribed in the lath
Amendment, and go on to elect Sate of
Scars and judges,, after which it adjourn,
and its work be submitted to Congress,
and if approved the State Is then to be
admitted.
The Chamber of Commerce to-dai
adopted a petition to (kingtem to release
from the PsYMent of revenue' tax
whisky or tobacco which may be des
troyed by fire or wrecked.
- A u' linottnae sliver Batten. ' •
(Br Tweinath to tee PlUsearen Gannet
GEOROZIOWIr. Colorado, Deo. 29.—An
hrUnenee button of silver was finished
to-day by the Brown Sliver Mining Co.,
weighing six hundred and eighty
three pounds troy; currency value 0 12 .•
700. It Is the largelir shipment, ever
made from Moos
CINCINNATI.
Meeting of the Benet and Der—Memo..
rim Concerning the Late Men. R. M.
Sightoll.
(By Telegraph to the Bl.ttaborgt alette.)
Clicctrr:lvrt, December 211.—A. meet
ing of the Bench and Bar Of this city was
held at the United States Court Rooms
thin afternoon, to take action respecting
the deathof Hon. Edwin M. Stanton.
Nearly all the moat eminent members
Of the bar of Cincinnati were present.
Judge Learnt was Chosen President of
the meeting and Lt. Miner, Esq., Secre-
tary. 'A
committee of five was appointed
by / the chair to draft a paper expresialve
of the fooling of the meeting la view of
the event which had celled them to.
gather.
During the absence of the Committee,
Judge Leavitt and others addressed the
meeting. The deepest feeling prevailed.
'The Conimittee returned and mama
ted the following memorial, which wu
adoptedi
let. This bat has Molted with-pro.
(mind sensibility the annotincenionc of
the death of Hon. Edwin bi. Stanton,
one of its members, who at the time of
his decease was one of the Justices ofthe
Supreme Court of the United States. By
hie qualities us man he had attached
and held the affections of many. By the'
Constancy and clearness of his courage
during the late civil commotion he had
become a pillar of strength to the'. Fed
eral Government. By his sdministra.
rive capacity 10 Secretary of War ho had
largely occupied the attention and in
epired the confidence of the country and
had earned for himself an uncommon
measure of fame.
Id. Of illustrious latayere and patriots
who have held places at Oda bar, enrich
log it with' Inspiring traditions, not one
has left a more secured reputation for le
gal abllitiesomone him had the fortune to
render public services so arduous, trying
and impressive; no one has achieved re
noon more broadly historic; not one has
left • memory more endeared to his
private friends.
3d. There is no choice hut trustingly
to remit for history and posterity the
axial appreciation of mocha life ; yet his
tory can never reproduce, nor posterity
D 06110131103 through which he lived. The
peace and power of the United States,
now so noobecured as to almost seem
never to have been shaken, have within
• few years been redeemed from im
measurable 'dangers and confusion, in
part by his great efforts, witnessed and
shared by his cotempor aries, who owe It
to their own generation and to the (Mare
not to withold their testimony, nor to al
low In death his name to be diafranchls
ed of its honors. History frequently
fails of truth and perishes. Traditions
of great and heroic public services do
not perish. Mr. Stanton did' not have
the government of the United States, nor
did any man. The Government which
can be eared by an Individual. or few
Individuate, la too narrow to be worth
raving. lint he was one of the chletent
among those who wrought magnificently
for 11. When the feud between liberty
and slavery in our affairs had plumed
quite beyond the range of peaceful Ms
CUPIIS{OI3, and bad become a thing of force,
he affected no useless ninpirsge between
them, but threw his whole weight
without to serve, on the aids 'of
liberty. When public opinion need
ed courage and comhdency, be wee.
courageous and conelletent. -Whim the
government needed i !strength, le was
strong. As Secretary of the War -De
partment he controlled unprecedented
expenditures with Integrity, not enrich-
Jog himeelf. He thole incompetency
and lack of faith with consuming grand
rage from his preeenoe. Ile wielded
with coherence,of purpose, on a level
with.popular . aspiratlone, the im.
mans military reecances of the coun
try. Be organized, fed and moved
armies, which once within the inspire.
tlon of his invincible seal, neither rested
nor turned beck . any" [Dore. His great
labors. his fixed will, so upheld the
Union cause, that nittrill mingled
cororywhere with th tuneoefthe deg,
sham everywhere t hrightnees of its
glory, and seems d ed to same its
i t
Immortality.
...
It Is the desire of the bar to place these
memorial expreetiona on the records of
Court, and in respectful sympathy with
the family or deceased that copies of the
record en made be sent to hit mother,
his widow and his eldest eon.
ST. LOUIS.
The Burned Steamer Teemed—The ChL
neee—Humeno Sockety of lledided.
(By Telegreen to the Ptit.bergh Ourtte./
Sr. Louis, December 29 —The steamer
Tempest, reported burned at Trinity
river on the 27th, was valued at $16,000
and insured for PAO or 15,000 In St.
Louis and Pittsburgh offices.
The Chinese were visited by a large
number of ctiaeo• today.
The Humane Society of hilesouri was
organised to nistit by the election 'of
oaken. Hon. *Geo. H. Partridge was
elected President, with a number of Vice
Presidents and other offloera, selected
from among-the very best and most
Prominent gentlemen of the city.
Iron Rallcsnd . Plg Iron.
It appears from official return!, pub.
'hind by the authority of the English
House of Commons, there were exported
from Great Britain during the ten months
ending October 1, 1869, the following
weight of Iron rails, to wit: 793,619 tons,
against 509,698 tons daring the same pp:
riod 161868, and 513,071 tons In 1867.
Of these amounts doting the ten months
speciftol, there were exported to the
United States 262,E29 tone of rolls, during
1809, an increase of 734,738 tone over
.1868, and 117,663 tons over 1867.. The
exports to Russia during the ten months
specified,.were 247,277 tons of rails In
1809, an Increase of 146,724 tone over
it 69, and .1.2.1 4. 7 .. 63 tone or
pig Iron exported to United States
amounted to 118,297 tone In 1669, an fn.
crease of 42,783 tons over 1868, aad 11,.
778 tons over 1867.
With all duty removed, at , tins rate,
what would become of. our iron manu
factorlea, who now ethaetimee
difficulty in paying their employes living_
wages and keeping their etuabilehmente
In operation.—llarriaktry Tdegiaph.
A simple Onminesl.
A' very pretty mantle ornament may
be obtained by suspending az%Worn, by
a Piece of thread tied ar d It, within
half an inch of the enrfa of some water
contained in a vase, tumbler or issuer,
and allawing it to remain undisturbed
for several weeks. It will soon burst
open, and small roots willseek the water;
a straight and tapering stem, with beau.
tiful, glossy green leaves -will shoot up
ward and present a very pleasing appear.
ance. Chestnut trees may be grown in
this manner, but their leaves are not as
beautiful as those of the oak. The water
should be changed once &month, taking
cats to supply water of the same warmth;
bits of charcoal added to It will prevent
the water from eourlitipAt the little
leaves turn yellow, add one drop of am.
monis. into the utensil which botch' the
water, and it will renew italuxuzienotx
—Private advisee front Washington
city represent that the adJaatMent of the
Alabama claims la to be made there in
stead of London. The Dokeot Argyle Is to
be the Ambassador of England, g l o a ted
with authority to make a settlement
upon inch terms as may be speed upon.
It la likewise said that the apology
which Senator Sumner insisted that En
gland shall make for Its course during
the war, will not be sanded to on the
part of that Governent, but that Ju lie
of this the British Go m vernment will pro n .
pose to transfer to the United States all
that territory In British America lying
west of Lake Superior, including Britlah
Columbia and all their possessions 011 the
Pacific mutt, in comdderation of our pay.
ing a large sum of money therefor.
—United States Marshal, Harper has
reported to the United States District
Atm
o, at New York, that Charles
Augustus, itlason:lesils and Thomas N.
Riley, against whom bench warrants
had been issued for their arrest on a
charge of attempt to defraud the rave.
nue, could not be Round in that city by
his deputes, and that he bad good sewn
for believing that they had all , Iled to
Europe. Government offictida have evi
dence to show that they hadentered Into
an enormous conspiracy to defraud the
revenue, involving the stun of over one
million dollar; by manufactormg and
selling spirits In an Illegal manner..
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
THE JUDICIAEY.
Meeting of the llembora of therMar—
Propomd Additional Judge —The. Su
preme Beach—Toe Salaries—Diversity
_ of Opinion—Tim Matter Referred to a
committee.
Pennant to adjournment, the mem
bers of the bar met In the District Court
room at ten o'clock yesterday morning
to consider and take action on the report
of the Committee presented at a previous
meeting, relative to an additional Judge
for the county courts, and recommend.
log an iuereaae of salary for the judici
ary-
On motion, A. M. Brown, Eeq., wee
called to the chair, and the reporters of
the press were appointed elecretariea.
Mr. Bruce, from the Committee refer.
red to, waa'called upon, and stated for
information, that the Committee recom
mended the tipper ntment of an additional
law Judge, and .net the salaries be In
creased to six thousand dollars per year,
The report was accepted, when A. W.
Feeler. Fag. said he hoped soma gentle
man would al re him same reasons for the
proposed change:
R. Woods, Eq. , said he was eurprised
that the gentleman should ask such •
question. Ile said that he thought the
necessity for an additional Judge was
apparent to all. Be was opposed to the
overworking of any one man,
S and he
said that any member of the bar could
see that the Judges Wore growing old
therapidly under the . labors imposed upon
m.
Mr. Foster said he could not see that
the wear and tear was very great. The
Judges appeared to be very robust in
mind and hotly, and showed no Niguel of
giving way. There was no difficulty, at
all events, In securing persons to accept
position■ on the bench. He thought it
better to try the present number a little
longer. Ile remembered the time when
one Judge Old' all the business of the
county, as well as some of the surround.
icor counties. He said be was afraid the
people would have something to say
against the matter. An additional Judge
In not only asked for, but It is suggested
that the salaries of all be increased: lie
failed to see the necessity 'of another
Judge, and thought the busineaS could
be expedited if lees time was taken In
disposing of causes.
Mr. Patterson said be did not feel pre
pared to vote for the question as pre•
',anted. He thought it should be divided,
by first taking the opinion of the meet
ing as to the necessity of-an additional
Judge, and then on the question as to
which court each Judge should be as.
signed.
The question was on motion divided,
and upon the vote being taken as to the
necessity of an additional Judge, it was
adopted.
Tne chairman announced that the next
queetion belore the meeting was as to
tne location of the Judge.
W. Bakewell, E.g., hoped there would
be some discunalon on this question. He
was not prepared to determine the ques,
lion, sa his practice in the State Courts
had been comparatively limited. He
was in favor of returning to the old prac
tice of conflolng the businesa of the Court
otCommon Plane to Its old limits, and If
Bat were done 'he thought a great Im
proVement could be accomplished.
B. F. Lucas, Esq., was in favor of the
appointment of a new Judge for the
District Clourt, and stated at length his
reasons therefor. He said that the cases
on the argument - lint could be more read
ily disposed of. and in various ways he
thought the additional Judge would be
beneficial. It in well known that in
various cases there is a divided court,
and the opinion of the Judge who tried
the cause the judgment of the court.
If three Judges were on the bench the
maJority would decide the question. He
thought if there was an additional Judge
he should be asaigned to the District
tkm.rt.
J. Cohen, Esq., was opposed to the
additional Judge. He thought the people
should be consulted in the matter. They
armless deeply--Interested -es theater
-
nays. Ile ate° referred to the fact that
the Judges of the District Court state
that they do lain need any assistance.
T. M. Marshall, Esq., did not roe that
an additional Judge was needed, but if
such should prove the fact ho thought
the Comotom Pleas should nave the
Judge. He referred to the business of
the Court of Common Pleas, Quarter
Session., etc., and said an additional
Judge in that court could be made very
• fitment if the work was properly sys
vowelized. But' the matter should be
carefully considered and such 'Whales
procured ma would demonstrate the no- '
amity of an additional Judge.
Major Brown said be could see some
advantages which would arise froth time
appointment of an addltlocal Judge for
the District Court. It was not the num
ber of cases that delayed the business In
the Court, but it was the character of the
cases. Frequently one cause would oc
cupy eight days or two weeks, and the
trial of those cases neoseascily delay the
other causes, and parties wars held in
suspense from day to dal awaiting for
the calling of Weir caeca. Boma mem
bers of the bar would not be benefitted
if twenty jury trials were continually In
wogrees, as they had all they could do.
But other case, would be expedited, and
it was in this view that he was In flavor,
as the majority of his fellow members
of the bar seemed to be, of an addition
al Judge. He referred to the statement
that there are now two cues pending In
the Common Pleas to one In the District
Court, and stated that every member of
the bar nodentood the reason. Homo
times the issue docket of the Common
Fissile overcrowded and a rush Is made
to the District Court, which has concur
rent jurisdiction. Then the reverse is
the case when the District Court Is over;
run with business. He minim favor of
• Judge for the District Court, if an ad
ditional Judge was to be asked for.
Mr: Bakewell said that If the reorgani
zation of the Common pleas Court was
Ago, __
031onel Bayne wan opposed to limiting
.tbe jurisdiction of the Common Pleas.
Court. He thought it would be eviscera
ting the Judicial pride of the Judges of
that court, and besides It would deprive
the attorneys of the • option they now
have of bringing their muses In either
the District or Common Pleas Court. He
was emphatically in favor of an addi
tional Judge for the District Court.
Hem. T. J. Bingham thought the mem
bers of the bar did not know what they
were liking for. They had not only
asked another Judge, but proposed to
Increase the salaries of the present
Judges. To go to Harrisburg with both
propositions would be sheer madness.
The question then recurred on the
motion of Mr. Powers. to lay on the
table, when it was decided in the affirm
ative by • vote of tweuty-three yam to
thirteen nays.
Mr. Powers then moved that the vote
declaring an additional Judges necessity
be reconsidered.
- The motion r's iadopted when Mr.
Marshall moved that 'committee of five
be appointed to consider the wants of the
people of the county in regard to the
Judiciary. to prepare statistics of various
Courts of the county and report in writ
ing at in adjourned meeting.
An attempt was made to adjourn, but
the motion was negatived, when the mo
tion of Mr. Marshall was adopted.
A. W. Foster, F.aq-, offered the follow
ing. which was referred to the Commit
tee created under Mr. Marshall's mutton.
Resolved, That the Senators and Rep
resentatives from this county be re.
quested to procure the enactment of a
law providing that in actions hereafter
brought in the Common Pleas and Dis
trict Court of Allegheny county no jury
shall be called, but the same shall be
tried by •judge only, unless the nista.
tiff shall endorse on his nary. when thing
the same, and defendant shall enter of
record, when pleading, a demand for a
trial by jury: and that the tame shall be
tried so as to preserve to each pasty all
right to exceptions to evidence and
opinion of the Judge.
J. S. Slagle, Esq., called. attention to
the report mainlined at a previonsmeet.
ing, recommending the appointment of
two more Supreme Judges, the increase
of their salary to 1 7 , 6 00 p er year, and
that they give to An ts teiy „ minty
ogee., four weeks instead - 6f two as now
allowed.
Mr. Bakewell Mond to amend by re.
questing the Supreme Cotirt to imams,
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the time of taking up the Allegheny
county canes, an not to interfere with the
BESSIOCIS of the United States Court.
On motion, the whole matter was re
ferred back to the Committee, with ln.
struction to rersrt In writing.
The Chairman announced the follow
ing as comprlalng the Committee, pro•
pOsed by Mr. Marshall:—Messrs. T. M.
fitanthall, R. B. Patteison. A. M:. Brown.
R. O. Powers, Jos. M. Gazzem.
On motion adjourned.
TEACHERS IN COUNCIL.
Westmoreland Teachers'. Institute—ln
teresting' Ererchce—Two..llays , *es
elon—Reporte, lifocutalone, Adareuees,
The Westmoreland Teachers' Institute
commenced its annual _session at
Latrobe, - 'Monday atternon .In the
Lutheran Church, J.. IC. Steven
eon, of West . Newton, presiding, and
about forty-live teachers being in atten.;
dance. After the opening devotional
exercises, Rev. H. M. Davis, of Latrobe,.
delivered an addresa of welcome, Mr. J.
Walth our delivering the response. All
the ministers in attendance were elected
honorary Members, and various commit
tees appointed.
Mr. E. B..Sweenoy presented a paper
in relation to the Bible in Schools, a dis
cussion of which. occupied the remain
der of the session. • 4
At the evonlag amnion President ate.
venson delivered an Inaugural address,
which wan followed with an address on
Primary Education, by Prof. D. McKee,
which contained a great many practical
thongtaa, which received the sm.:water
the audience.
"School Exhibition's" were next die•
cawed by the session.
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The morning of the second day wee
occupied by a class drill is grammar by
Prof. McKee, and another in geography
by Mr. J. G. Francis, followed by criti
cisms on the methods premnted, Messrs.
Jones, M'Ket' Spreigel and Solvely, tak
ing part. "Are District lostitutee bone.
tidal," wee next discouled at lengh by
Messrs. Franks„ Runt, Lowe T and
Rpro'gel, when the morning session ad
journed,
Prof. D. F. Thompson °petted the after
noon's excercisea with Some remsrka on
methods of teaching Arithmetic. A
choir, agreeably varied the programme
at this point with vocal music,—"The
Old College . Bell"—which was warmly
applauded. Select Readings, by Mr. J.
W. Smith were followed with mere dis
cussion on ' , District Institutes." and the
afternoon session clotted with Mr. Ells
worth's Illustrations of teaching Penman
ship.
The exercises of the evening aessiErn
wore enlivened at intervals with excel
lent music from the Litrobe Clarionet
Band. An many wan rend by Mims A. J.
Fortune, of Pleasant Unity, on "The
Present Age," and anathefon.Contlict".
by Miss M. Akers, Mr. S. Singleton de
livered a lecture on "Education versus
Scholarship The remainder of the
session wasoccupled with a discuselon on
the question •Ought the State to enforce
the education of the children within its
Jurisdiction," which was participated In
by Messrs. Shaner and a number of
others..
strange. Discovery or a inunier—The
.. Resurrection" Nen
In the course of bie long professional
career Sir Ashley Cooper was at least
twice instrumental in discovering mur
der. The first was a curious case enough.
A Mr. Blight, a ship•brokerot Deptford,
was sitting in his parlor, when the door
soddenly opened and he saw an arm ex
tended toward him. The band held a
pistol, which was fired at him,and he
fell wounded and the wound subsquently
proved lataL The only light he could
throw on the matter was that hiepartner,
Mb. Patch, while sitting in the same room
a few days before, had heard a gun fired
outside—and the ball had . entered the
shutter. Cooper seated himself in the
place where Blight had received the
wound, and satisfied himself that to have
fired and also to have concealed his body,
the murderer must have been a left
handed person. He now noticed that
Patch, the partner, was a left-handed
person, and he became convinced
that he wag the murderer. Patch
was at liberty after the poor man's
death, without any suspicion attach
ing to him, but on the inquest many
damaging facts came out, and he was con
victed and executed on the strongest ch
eumetantial evidence. On the second oc
anion, a rich merchant, who was Coop
er's own intimate friend, was assassins.
ted. A servant brought the news to Bir
Astley in a strange, confused way, and
Sir Astley immediately was convinced
that his servant was the murderer. The
man afterward cut his throat, but being
cured. He was fully convicted, and suf
fered on Pennington Heath, near the
scene of the murder. There was a re
markable statement in the man's conies.
sten, he said that as he was going up
stairs, poker.in hand, to ward his master's
bedroom, he said to himself: "Nicholson,
what are you going to do ?" and he heard
an answer 'nada to him by a voice at his
side, "To murder your master and mis
trete." In both these Instances Sir
Astley said that he could not ,explain the
peculiarity of manner. in the criminals
which made him form such a rapid and,
decided opinion of their guilt.
In the life of Cooper we Had the best
amounts with which we are acquainted
of the formidable resurrection men.
Many tales of mystery and horror are
told of these men, but it is hardly possi
ble that the fictions ever come up to the
facts. At the commencement of the sees.
skin there was no proper provision for
quite m ,much as the murders of Barka
and Hare, in Edinburg, induced the
Government to bring forward what was
properly called the 'Hatomy bill. Most
of the resurrectionists came "to bad
ends for other violations of the
law. The popular indignation against
these men was very great, and several of
them were beaten to death. One ofthem
Is known to have accumulated .E 6,000 out
of his horrible earninga. One of the
least horrible of these narratives may be
mentioned. A "subject" was brought to
a medical man as usual, tied up In a sack.
The doctor paid some money on account
for It, and being In a hurry kicked the
parcel in the direction of his dissecting
room. op stairs to bed he heard
groans In that direction, and going to see
he found a man standing upright with a
sack by his aide. The fellow, in a sup.
Nesting tone, said that a trick had been
played on him when he was drunk. The
doctor bestowed a farther kicking, Which
sent the "subject" through the door into
the street. On turning the matter over
i n hi s mind, he was convinced that the
resurrectionist was an summed charac
ter, and that a burglary had been in
tended.
A Female Al
The life history of a female miser has
just been collected from the private papers
found in the house of the now notorious
old maid of Poughkeepsie, New York,
Lochy Ostrom, who died a few weeks
since, leaving a fortune of $60,000, and
apparently no "next of kin," at the age
of seventy.seven years. Idles. Ostrom
met bar first and only love at Pough
keepsie, when she was but fifteen years
old. This young man and Leap were
affianced, but the girl's parents would not
consent. The lover went to Cincinnati
and there married. but his wife lived only
a few years. 'lWlosa of her "nice
young man" made Loch y a miser—pro
during in her an • avaricious mania. In
1848 the "Ant. lover" revisited Lough
keepele, a wealthy widower, and offered
to - marry Lochy Ostrom, but,sbe refsed,
and so she lived an died In sinugle
blessedness. The clothing she left at
death In an old braes mounted butte,
was all of the most antiquated pattern,
and little better than bundles of "shreds
and patches."
NO. 307.
IiENERAL NEVI&
A woman at Vinton, lows, the other
day, got divorced 'from ~,one husband at
three o'clock and married anothei'it five.
Soli noar revives an 'old saw to show
that there will not be good crops in 1870:
••Phoold , ectinber be cold with snow,
On coots height, (4, crops will row...
TOE City Councils of Omaha, by a
nearly unanimous vote, has prohibited
all future exhibitions of the leg 'domain
that city.
A Gasman astronomer suit that we
are soon to have another moon, and that
it will be nearer the earth than our prem.
eat satellite.
' GEORGE FnArias TR.= says he
learned Italian, Spanish and French In
six months; but does not promise to quit
talking English.
INDIA rubber is the lateit thing propos
ed for preserving meat. The trouble, If
any, will be to distinguish thrbcef from
the gutia.perelm. •
Tunas are 12 monasteries in the
United States, where men live under
vows of celibacy and poverty, and 300
nunneries of various grades.
A BABY has been born In Detroit which
Is marked with the Image of a spotted
snake, extending from the corner of the
right ey6 to a point on the right shoulder.
A men in California was bitten on the
lip by an insect "black In color and .re
sembllng very much an overgrown bed
bug," and 'died three days after hi conse
quence.
MAICTOit MARBLE, of the New York
World, has presented to his Alma. Mater,
the University of Rochester,
L. complete
file of his paper, bound in thirty-seven
volume& -
Tux weather wee so mild in Oregon
during the last week in November that
strawberries and peas were ripening,
blackbeiries in bloom, and oak buds
bursted
Tne, Treasury department will adhere
to its determination not to encept pro
posalsefor gold which vary more lean
one quarter to one•half of one per cent.
from the market price. •
Oust hundred thousand dollars, gold, is
the price asked for a genuine painting by
Raphael, now on ale by a Neapolitan
gentleman, and it is , considered a fair
price by uropuut,contioisseum
AT some of the , fashionable boarding
schools, it is said, in the East, young
ladies are taught the "art" of refusing an
offer, so as to give the victim little or no
pain, or a! perfect avalanche of agony.
AT Indianapolis more people die of
vaccination than from anall.pox, and
they are discussing the question whether
It is not safer to let the prevention alone,
and stand their chances wittithe disease.
A taus child of Zacharias Hosts, of
Allentown, was attacked by rats, a few
nights ago, and bad part of his knee
eaten away. The infant, which is nine
months old, was heard screaming daring
the night, hut no one thought that any
thing so serious was the matter with it.
BTOBICIL College, at Harper's Perm
Va., an Institution of conelderable pre
tensions for the education of the adored
race, is now so far completed as to be
opened to ahmited class in the higher de.
partmente, while the preparatory school
is full to overflowing, of both sexes, all
ages and colors.
WE fear that the prospects for the
American and Rolland Cable Company
are too brillliht. The rare luck that has
befallen the enterprise, la the accession
of the killed and celebrated Wai. Cornell
Jewett, seems too good to hold out long.
If the admirable Jewett could only have
come in at the end, instead of the begin.
ning--1
Ix Salt Lake City, mys Anna Mau l
oon, a man leads to the wedding altar
half a dozen women, calls them his wives,
and lives with them as such. In New
York city a man does precisely the same
without any preliminary exercises. In
Salt Lake they call it religion: In New
York city they call it a youog man sow
ing his wild oats.
A FLonmA paper owloits that a
steamer with an exploring fluty- has as
cended the St. John river three hundred
and seventy-five miles, one hundred and
fifty miles further than ever before accom
plished. The lakes through which' they
paned are said to bo Indescribably beau.
tifal, and the country more diversified
than lower doivn the river.
Tax Minnesot ermers have rallied
this year 6,600, of corn against
4,807,477 hat year, and 12,000,000 bush
els of oats against 7,582,461 last year,
and both crops command better Priem
than last year. They also raised 20,000,.
000 bushels of wheat against 15,250,000
last year, and although the price of this is
low, th e four crops will realize nearly . ,
$2,000,0001 more than last year.
IT is given out by his friends,. that
Attorney• General Hoar will remain in
the Cabinet only a short time, and will
then tender his resignation to the Presi
dent. The prevailing opinion is that
Judge Strong, of Pennaylrania, will ,
succeed him, it being known that the
President tendered him the position when
It was summed that Mr. Hoar would
resign'to go upon the Supreme Bench.
A. WOOD sawyer, who was piling wood
near the railroad track at Edgerton, Ohio,
one day recently, noticed, while standing
on the pile as the lightning train
prowled a large Mick lying upon theist,.
' Without a moment's hesitation he leaped
directly before the train and grasped the
stick. At that instant the engine struck
•-• and hurled him some distance for
". fell to the ground mangled
. he had saved the train,
movement on foot, to be
loon as Texas shall be ad-
Union, to create two new
are two bills now before
instruction Committee for
One of them proposes to
is Colorado 244, sad t"
at Lincoln, and a"ther
provides Ro th e States of Honeton ' Lin
coin and Tea= to be caned out of the
present State.
_
Towns Is ample authority for saying
that negotiations for reopening the A.4ba,.
ma Claims question will not be definitely
eettled•nnUi after the assembling of the
British Parliament in February, - it, being
uncertain whether the British Ministry
would be sustained by Parliament bi corn
milling itself to any definite course or
change in the policy as punned in the
past. An exproadon .of opinion is de
sired from that body before dull agree.
ing to the proposition made by Minister
Motley.
Tart Nary Archimi, an Austrian periodl•
cal, contains the statement that a new
invention has been proposed to the Ent.
peror Napoleon which greatly dhninuhes
the deleterious effect of projectiles. The
material employed for this purpose is a
kind of felt, the composition of which Is
the secret of iv Italian named Muratori.
This felt, preyed by powerful engines,
is cast Into moulds like melted metal.
When it gets cold it mists the effect of
btlls like the bed steel. Used for mid
terms, It resists blows by • sabre or the
balls from &revolter. treed as enamor,
It raditithe ball from a Chassepot gun, if
it _is - fired at one.half Its range.,: and it
considerably diminishes Ito effect when
fired at a nearer distance.
In the New York World's report of the
recent French ball in that city, mom the
following Nader elands in the
middle of the floor and shouts to the mu
sicians to go on, for it is'nt sate for them
to atop. Whenever they do there is a
fight. One stalwart beauty, In bus arms,
has knocked down a young man in the
entrance way, and left the marks of her
high heels oft his face. She would
have kicked the life out of him while her
bully held blot down, If a still stronger
policeman bad not flung her like a maw
of offal into a corner. There she is pick
ed up, And, backed by a - half dozen of
her associates, pushes and strikes pmts.
cuously, and the datums crowd about her
posh also end strike, and sway tere and
there, and yell and hiss and come, until
the entire police force in the piece drag
out a Bowe of them, and then the rest go
on with thedaneing, between which and the fighting there le so little dfilbrease."
THE WEEKLY GAZETTE
Is the Net uld 'cheapen commercial and Many
simspaper publisbed to Wesless Pilhaelhuals.
So Ander, neeetwele or =enchant should bee
=3
E=li
Slagle rebeerlbere
Clubs of gee
Clubs of sea
Ml=
• Dopy teMsfelthed ersteltoasly to the getter
ap of a elabor tea. Postioastars an Itqwei4led
to as as wit&
Address. •
,PERRUNLAN, REED .11
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Aadltectiall Market. by.Telegrapti.
Cnicaeo, December .29.—At open
Board this' afternoon the Wheat market
was weak, but prices easier: sales NO.lr
at 78®78t4c, seller January, cash; closed
dull at 77,4;®78e. Corn dull, with sales
at 69(36fq.,0, seller. January, closing weak
at Inside figure. Oats dull but firm at
44c cash. In the evening grain Market
inactive. Pmvisiona quiet, and on Pork
market weak and lower, sellers caah,
mess appearing at p 28,50 and Lard 'clear
ed In small way at 16%c; sales Hem
Pork seller ..February at 130: do de' at
WOO; buyer February at 130. Green.
Hams 1414 c.
New ORLEANS, Dec. W:--Cotton active
with high grades scarce and drm at 246
24 , 40 for middlings; sales 5, 6 80. reell l Pia:
2,956, exports 4.318 bales. Flour dim at
15,25®5,90®6(46,25. Corn dull at 81:41
gOo. Oats—stock light; ettolos 680. Bt.
Louis 70c. Bran 11,15. Hay 7124. Pork
130@30.25. Bacon unchanged. Lard
1814018303 for tierce, 20(4210 Itir keg.
Buhr and Molasses quiet. • Whisky IL
Coffee unchanged. •
NEW • ADVERTIBEMIM/1.
Or/166 Roust or Ilist.:6l. WzlTasw
ro.trtl. oscuo Pl.tibo.•b.
• - Dscsaissa 1.9. 11169.!
rarTHE ANNUAL ZIEE'rIRA
of the Contelbators to the Hones of
Refuge fur Western Peansy.vahla, ',FBI be bell
at the office of the Innßutton. Ne IT rettetit
&venue, rittstrargh, on MONDAY, the 34 day
Of JaoltarY. 1110, between the hours of 10,aal
DI o'clock. noon.' to hear the Baton 'o f the
Board of Ifanstrers, and to elect Mean, sail
Yu ur the entelOg tart.
•
Br ceded of the Board,
delleaW JAMISB. D. YEED.S. eftwataz7
GriCIIDEINY OF MUG
POE ONE VIE= ONLY,
Commencing January 3d.
GRAND COMBINATION.
• The World.lienowrmed Tifylesheatie.
THE HANLON tROTKERS.
.Tbe 111011-provoltbarg LIM*
HANLON MIDGETS,
The Wonderfis Little ,Bob,
I=l
NNW GREAT ART,
• •
Led other Attn.:the Novolll.. Th.l7 1911 M.
acronspaaled by •
ALF. BURNETT,
The Malta*. Auerkm% Huatori.to
Miss HELEN:. NAS4.
The Versatne Oeameelrnne angi -•-
SANE:B . 7% SHABPLEY;
Proneanted the Greaten Ilvtose ConeertMlat s the
•h ola 'arming • .mblustlon aacqualled la the
Carts. and In the Interest./ and anareopti&a.
able char. er at the performances. _
Dots. , bstandleg Megan. esmensa attanellf
this Octal he prime of ashalmlet
bare heah fixed at Ms rationing:slam Yareasata •
and Dress Lamle, 73 centa• moored Poet- Si,
Mandly Mete s 73 Dents Gallery 33 s;1 1•
•
Beats Mr any treein g may be steered an and ,
eßes 73day ...Me. beftmDcr 31, at IMP& -
& Gros , iliP Wmi Meet. . defy
-
rIKABONIC HALL.
FREE PUBLIC POPULAR LECTURE
Thursday Evening, Jan. 6,1870
. Dee. 30th. 1389.
PROP. Z. 8. 711A336-81e: We. Is elder. '
slasM. %setae men year hlghteallmoulalit aa a -
Lewin,. was ()Wales, will esteems foes Mar ,
dellverlar a Lecture on the Anatomy and nye- ,
lelozy of the Itemsa Eye, sod on the thef sad
Abuse ot apeetaeles, la Plttabargh. It will be
of Minty to the community by Inetraet'ait
et the datiyer of using Improper Spectacles. and
the benett of wearing prober oats; at the eem •
time Drosealgatlea laftwalattoa and Inetnalloa.
on the aonstroetion of that delicate orsaa.the.
Lye.
JOHN DICKSOH.II. D.. 5173 run IL
S. ►. 517.11.RT1T, N. D., Ocullot, Pena St.
H. DONENZC, Elalop sr PlHtisnsl.
L. K. BOTE&II, M. D., MIS Pans H.
D. CORLKY. N. D., SIP Puma.
B. 7. D•lte, M. D., 310 Peas at.
J. 5. NANKIN, IL D., 191 Peas St.
J. SYKES. Y. D, 191 Pena at. '
J. B. MeOLILLAND. Y. D., Pais pc
G. M. BURNS. M. D.. 11111 n Ave.
L. H. WILLARD, Y. D.. TA Mum* A.
J. P. COOPER, IL D., TS DumasA, A.'
WY. WILSON, N. D.. AB6 hota Ot.
N. COTE, N. D.. ABS Pail Et. •
J. C. BURGHER. IL D.. Ocollst., rase 'IL
IL W. WALLACE. IL D., VI DIGHGad. £4
Mosul:mon. Dee.alst, 1 1 1 1 111L- , .h.
OZ 11=11)1111.: I feel honored DI Yonlave/Can
to Lecture. Ailey laity In Pittsburgh Is Itudted.'
g can denser • lire* Lecture es Taarriclayinn.
tug. jecusry 9th. at Masoalc Han. %be
.111 be !Untested by means of Dlagrias,Notals,
ustillegal ryes. te.
I an t utualenes. loan obediently.. • .
EDWAJID B. /SAAR%
. Oculist load
N. 11.—DoCors vlll be amid u Vli - ceeliati"
LULU'', to tamable Si 11. ,
SEATS WILL BE RESERVED FOR LADIES. , :
Children snider 14 yam of age will netts 1116
mated waren sonershasted by their grarieds
ADMIEION BY nagrONLY.
Wilett may ho °Noised away rata clown.
Rom say of the Ante] aas traoie ass es mat,
tutted to Utts circular, sad at Um oatter Of tiorP 4
Dotty Pool, CiAritas. Evening Mall had inns ')
Jams MB.= • Co., Drogglata, carnal Fogs . •
sod moth streets. ad hoot the Lecturer ►t bbi
oleo at Um Nobloaorafoaoc. '
NI Collection, aed not any ipettatlei
be bold in lire lecture Wm.
4•llTered with • wit* cl la- ,;
This moil
tn.:lmam D. ift." — A72l=l z/Arrzwgr- - ; - t
arrAITACLIS (a MACK of whist ea has fir NOV
to the eltisessiaf 1%40=0.
At Ile tenatnalleAk of the Leetere, r itocep-o
hreeke t.Dttlee we
GRAND OPTICAL ESTERTAMIi!M:"'
wlnelk cu•atata of • •ombef'of woos Antotitil
1111.1a1 are noreoptlcon rictus, asiDlosolt/Off."
Vlowo. bostdos • 'alloy of '
Comic and Other Beautiful
pahltan - 74,
magallod many thousand tines their :alas lir
Maw of an Immense large Achromatic UM. ;
and re/.aloe on • Seml-Tiansparant Wenn* :
Illasnlastad by two pswerfal Cateluso
which will be Anon and explained at. 134014 of
the Inhibition,
Dn. YRANICO lit .PATENTIII . aski er
.1.7 'SIMMS Improumuts fn She ocrissroos
um of
SPECTACLES AND:LENSES,
la 1111101/4961t of 'Ma he has for Moth nth
bosthsoStb•
Romirsort zioFsai,
tat. Diqueute Way aid Welk itno,
BOO' No.
For s eftiort Maze Onlir. -' '
Dr. /RANKS gl , e. tPidal ~tantlo~ to 111
DISEASES OF THE immix BIL 5;
STolleo Howl from 9 o. 0. to 6 r.
QPEEIDE ALLEY.— Notice . "
hereby glum that at .110. 11. Dissater
eu r i on a of Quarter Hanlon. court. a rale ..
Kflatea to Wow fano why gala alloy, frost .
Saavaiittana to lb. River,
Stottld not be Vacated and Closed Hp,
I.l'lo ..111 be =de abtaluta mauls crinclaus
are lied la pTeper Ibiza. • •
JOHN O. sucoisk.
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